Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 105, 20 February 1910 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAIXABIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IXD.t SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1910. VOl- XXXV. NO. lOo.

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SCHOOL FAVORED BY THE TEACHERS Resolution Adopted at Educators' Meeting Yesterday Advises County Institutions for Farming. BETTER PENMANSHIP ALSO RECOMMENDED One of the Pleasing (features of the Meeting Was Address of Dr. Dennis Regarding "Aviation." By going on record for the establishment of a county school of agriculture and, by suggestion, advising that the next session of the Indiana legislature pass a law, similar to that of Wiscon sin, providing for such institutions, the semi annual session of the Wayne County Teachers' association, came to a close yesterday afternoon. The section of the resolution, with reference to the county school agricul ture is as follows: Agricultural School. "With the present needs for more scientific agriculture and the progress that is being made in Agricultural Ed ucation in different states by the es tablishment of county schools of agriculture, we believe that Indiana should take a step in this direction. "Our legislature, at its next session, could do no wiser thing than has the state of Wisconsin. It should pro vide us with a law permitting any county or a certain number of counties to establish county schools of agriculture. Manual training and Domestic Science, which boys and girls can enter on graduation from the com mon schools. ' This recommendation is in harmony with a movement made in this county by an agricultural commit tee two years ago of which our county! superintendent had the honor of being a member." I Another important matter considered by the passage of resolutions was that relative to the course of penmanship, now bein gtaught in the public schools. Advising that the present somewhat dilatory methods and carelessness, incident to the instruction of penmanship be corrected, the following, was embodied in the resolution: As to Penmanship. "In view of the fact that half the children in the Wayne county schools are vertical, backhand or staggered hand writers as shown by observation and by the examination of Diploma Examination manuscripts and such writing is condemned by all business men; it is important that the proper teaching of this subject receive atten tion by teachers and school authorities. Arm movement is to form in writing as an electric motpr is to cars. Writ ing with all finger movement is like hauling cars with, mules. The habit of arm movement in writing will no more be forgotten than the habit of swimming or skating." The lecture by Dr. David W. Dennis of Earlham college on "Aviation," was one of the best ever delivered before the association. Many of the pictures used in illustrating the lecture by stereopticon views, were taken by Dr. Dennis while in Washington, D. C, and an attendant at the aeroplane flights of the Wright Brothers. Praise for Orchestra. The high school orchestra rendered several pleasing musical numbers. The convention adjourned to meet next fall. In addition to the foregoing sections of the resolutions adopted, the following matters of lesser importance were also included in it: "We wish to give a hearty expression of our appreciation of the music rendered by the Richmond High School Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Will Earhart. "We desire to express our thanks to Rev. Truman Kenworthy, pastor of Fast Main Street Friends church for conducting very appropriate devotional exercises. "The papers that were presented before the association this morning dealt with the history of the early schools in this county which is important. Our recommendation is that they be published in pamphlet form or in one of the county school documents by the county board of education. "We desire to convey to Prof. David W. Dennis of Earlham college the very fullest measure of our appreciation of his entertaining and instructive address upon aviation. "Prof. John F. Thompson of the Richmond High school, comes in for a share of our appreciation, for operating the stereopticon in connection with this address. "The public must be educated by word of mouth in the things that are newest and best in school work, in order to have their heart- support. So we are in favor of continuing the Teachers' Institute in connection -with the Richmond Chautauqua. "We recommend that the committee on resolutions be appointed by the president two months before the meeting of the association. The resolu tions o fthis organization ought to have

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(Special Cable from the International News Service.) Berlin, Feb. 19. A cablegram received straight from Theodore Roosevelt today, says he will be in Berlin from May 1 to May 11. Although it had been expected that he would come here first, he has placed Paris before influence and they should be thoughtfully and carefully prepared and yet not deprive the committee from hearing part of the program." "W. S. Iliser, Supervisor , Manual Training, Richmond. "Minnie Grace, Germantown. "Chas. Wollard, Hagerstown." HE DECEIVED HER A Rude Man Drops Book of Poetry and Cracked Her in the Jaw. SHE LOSES FAITH IN MAN New York, Feb. 19. A little man with new clothes and an engaging personality rang the bell at Mrs. Margaret Broderick's flat, No. 466 East 187th street, last night, and in a soft voice asked if Mr. Taylor, a roomer, chanced to be at home. Mrs. Broderick said Mr. Taylor had not returned, but that his friend was perfectly welcome to Mr. Taylor's room in which to wait the return of Mr. Taylor, The little man thanked the woman warmly and sat down in Mr. Taylor's room, opened a book of poetry, the property of Mr. Taylor, put his feet on the table and made himself comfortable. With that intuition which some psychologists think is better than man's judgment. Mrs. Broderick in the kitchen experienced impressions that all was not well. These impressions received ample confirmation when she tiptoed to the door of Mr. Taylor's room and beheld the poetically minded little man rifling Mr. Taylor's trunk. When he saw her looking at him the little man's profuse politeness became a thing of the past. He hit Mrs. Broderick twice on the jaw and then leaped nimbly through the second story window. Neighbors who saw this feat gave chase. The little man ran twelve blocks before he was caught. While he was en route he ran to the roof of an empty flat building in Bassford place, traversed the roof with amazing speed, dropped to the street via the rain pipe and was going strong in Third avenue when Policemen Cahill and Murphy laid heavy hands on him. At the station house the little man described himself as Philip Farrell, but contended that his address was a matter of no concern. Mrs. Broderick charged him with robbery and assault and battery. "I don't know what the world is coming to," she told the police, "when you can't place reliance in a man who wears good clothes and has good manners and reads poetry." JOIN FOB BEEF WAR (American News Service) New York, Feb. 19. District Attorney Oilman, who is deep in his own fight against the beef trust, which is expected to lead to indictments soon, today took steps to aid Prosecutor Garvin of Hudson county N. J., in prosecuting the indictment returned at Jersey City yesterday against the officers of the National Packing company. An active war on the meat combine is to be waged simultaneously in the two states and the two officials will co-operate.

Is Now Following the Nile Northward

Brlin on his itinerary, reaching Paris before the end of April. LEAVES TO MEET T. R. New York, Feb. 19. Fred G. Bonfils of Denver, left this morning on the American liner St. Louis, on a 10,(MK mile race against time to meet Theodore Roosev.c when the ex-president comes out of the wilderness at Khar CHARLES WILL BE ENGINEER Of ROAD Named by Commissioners to Supervise National Road Improvement. REQUEST OF PETITIONERS ROAD WILL BE THREE-MILES IN LENGTH AND WILL BE THE FINEST IN THIS COUNTY WHAT THE PLANS ARE. At the solicitation of petitioners, the county commissioners appointed City Engineer Charles as engineer of the proposed improvement of National Road, from West Fifth street to Center township line, at its meeting! yesterday afternoon. Viewers for the' construction also appointed Vit yesterday's session are Richard Smelser of Center township and I M. Pierce of Jefferson township. Mr. Charles has had a number of years of experience in road construction in this city and his appointment was petitioned for because it was believed that he was best Qualified to fill the position. This will probably be the biggest job of Mr. Charles's career. The road will be nearly three miles long. It will be the finest road in the county, not excepting Main street. Such a thing as dust will be unheard of, as a two Inch tarvia binder will form the surface. The quality will be of the best macadam. Final action will not be taken on the order for the road's construction for a few weeks. There are said to be several property owners who believe that the improvement will cost too much and are contemplating a remonstrance against it, but as yet no material opposition has developed. The petition is signed by more than 550 residents of West Richmond, and many living west of the city, whose properties will be greatly enhanced in value. 1 REMARKABLE CASE A remarkable case was heard before the Worcestershire Sessions today. Robert Fellows, colliery proprietor, was charged with stealing five thousand tons of coal belonging to Frank Hipklss, of Cradloy. The allegation was that over a period of many months Fellows worked coal under land owned by Hipkiss which adjoined his own, taking a total quantity which could not be ascertained, probably lO.ooo tons. The amonut taken daily, was. it was said, twenty tons. Under the prosecutor's land is the richest vein of coal in the United Kingdom, if not in the whole world. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Partly cloudy er; unsettled. and warm -

toum. Bonfils is carrying a message to Roosevelt a message from the entire West All the cities and towns of the West have given voice to the cry that would make Roosevelt's trip across America, a triumphal journey. Bonfils hopes to induce the hunter to heed that demand. Bonfils, who is a wealthy newspaper proprietor, is accompanied

A REMEDY IS NEEDED For the Proper Adjustment of Competing Railroad Rates. CONDITIONS INTOLERABLE (American News Service) Washington, D. C, Feb. 19. Railroad conditions in the United States are well nigh intolerable accordinj? to Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who appeared today before the House committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Tie agreed with Chairman Mann of the committee that the situation is extremely bad. The chairman asked him to give his personal view as to the best way to remedy the situation. He said he favored giving railroads the right to make agreements under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission and would allow them the right to make differentials in favor of smaller ports so that the domestic rate could compete with the foreign rates. THAWBRINGS DANGER Icicles Fall From Main Street Buildings and Sidewalks. MANY NARROW ESCAPES The safety of pedestrians on Main street was threatened yesterday afternoon by falling snow and icicles from the roofs of the buildings along that thoroughfare. In several instances there were narrow escapes from serious injury. The warm sun caused the snow on the roofs to melt and huge bunches of "the beautiful" would slide down on to the sidewalk, barely missing the heads of the numerous pedestrians who were in blissful ignorance of the danger. A regular avalanche of snow came from the roof of one building on Main street, but fortunately there was no one struck. Icicles hang like huge swords from the roofs of some of the buildings, ready tp pierce some unwary pedestrian who chances to be passing when it bids farewell to lofty heights. A gigantic icicle hanging from the roof of the court of the Wescott hotel, broke loose yesterday morning and fell through the skylight Into the lobby Large fragments of glass were scattered over the floor of the lobby, but no one was struck by the particles. Persons should exercise great caution when walking along the sidewalk during the period of thaw for the danger is greater than one would anticipate. UNDERGOES OPERATION. Mrs. Parks, wife of Dr. A. B. Parks of this city successfully underwent an operation at St. Mary s hospital, RoUhester. Mmn recently, fchc is still Jin Rochester.

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fore leaving Mr. Bonfils said: "We have taken the fastest boat we could find and we'll take the swiftest trains and steamer over every mile of the way. At Cherbourg we will take the Paris express and at Paris change for the Italian express, making steamer connections for Alexandria at Naples e'll beat all records on the Nile." GUGGENHEIMS ARE CALLEDJIINOCEUT Senate Committee Told They Did Not Block Railroad Competition. DEALS WITH ALASKA BILL THE ALASKAN SYNDICATE, S. D. BIRCH TESTIFIES, WAS NOT AN INCORPORATION, AND TELLS OF HOLDINGS. CAmerlcan News Service) Washington, D. C, Feb. i!). Stephen D. Birch, managing director of the Alaskan Syndicate composed of the Guggenheims and J. P. Morgan and company, resumed the witness stand before the Senate committee on Territories today which has been considering the bill to create a legislative council in Alaska. He pleaded innocence for the company as to the blocking railroads in competition. Mr. Birch's testimony today dealt with the business of the Alaskan Syn dicate. The Alaskan Syndicate was not an incorporation, he said, and it had no charter. It owned 340 acres of mining lands in Alaska, containing copper and silver. The syndicate baa. invested about 15,000,OUO in Alaska and it was engaged extensively in the operation of railroads, steamships, salmon canneries and mining. It was necessary to have railroads in order to develop the territory. Mining Wat a Trifle. The mining of the properties of the company, he said, were a trifle com pared to the mining lands of Alaska. The mines could not be developed without railroad facilities and the syndicate hoped for business by reason of their railroads. There are several other railroads in Alaska. Lq answer to a question by Senator Beveridge, he said the syndicate did not have any previous understanding with the Cunningham Coal company. The syndicate, he said, was to build a railroad to the mines which would cost ,000.000, but the work had not commenced. He denied that the syndicate had offered no opposition to anyone who wanted to build a railroad in Alaska. The syndicate railroads, he said, were constructed under the general law and competing companies could use them, THEY MET FIVE TIMES Washington, D. C. Feb. 19. The fifth cabinet meeting of the week was held today, all of tbe members attend ing. It is must unusual for the cabi net to meet immediately previous to the ministerial banquet which will be held tonight. The Arabic mission of the Reformed church in America has obtained per mission to erect a hospital at Bassorab. near the Persian jrnlf, according J to Consul-General Harris at Syrna,

ICOUGMIIG MAY

CAUSE THE DEATH OE COLORED MAN John Crocker Has for the Past Eiaht Days Been Suffering From Odd Affliction, Reported. It Is HAD A BRIEF REST LAST MONDAY NIGHT Every Effort Has Been Resorted to to Obtain Relief, But the Unfortunate Man is Slowly Dying. Utterly exhausted and with his vital ity slowly ebbing away, John Crokcr. an aged colored man, is purported to be dying at his home, -K7 South Sixth street, as the result of his inability to stop hiccoughing. For eight days Croker has been hisccoughing almost constantly, there being a break of only a few hours last Monday night. The man who is 75 years of age. apparently was in good health until a week ago last Friday night, when le was seized with the hiccoughs. Ignored at First. No attention was paid to the matter at first, but after a day had elapsed and the hiccoughs still continued, a Dhvsician was called, but his efforts proved unavailing. The negroe's con dition at present is alarming, it is; said, and practically no hope is entertained for his recovery. For the past week he has been unable to Fleep -1 Tk I J.i ft or ur- " "V,.". man. the attending physician, has used every possible means known, it is said, to stop the hiccoughs, but his efforts have ben futile and the man s strength and endurance is about gone. He is very feeble and can take practi cally no nourishment. Although there have been several deaths over the state from this cause. so far as is known there have been no deaths in Richmond directly attribut ed to the hiccoughs and the disease is regarded as a very peculiar one. CAIRO QUIET BUT FEELIIIG IS HIGH Negroes, Before Coroner, Tes tify That They Fired Into a Fhite Mob. MILITIA PATROLS STREETS LOCAL AUTHORITIES SEEM TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE SITUATION, BUT GOV. DENEEN IS KEPT INFORMED. Cairo, 111., Feb. 19. Everything is aparently quiet in Cairo tonight, al though the feeling against the blacks Is fired up again by the testimony of several black deputies, before the cor oner's juryt who boastingly admitted that they- had fired several shots, each into the mob, on Thursday night. Four companies of state militia are patroling the streets tonight under or der of Sheriff Xellis, with CoL Ryman in charge and Adjutant General Dick son on the ground, as the personal representative of Gov. Deneen. Cairo has not been put under martial law. but is still in charge of the city au thorities, who are in cooperation with the county officials and the militia. and they are working as a unit to pre serve order. The factories and mills were closed at noon on Saturday and partially for this reason, the streets were filled with men this afternoon. but no disorder was created. The coroner's jury met this after noon to investigate the death of Alex ander Halliday. Sixteen witnesses were examined, after which an ad journment was taken until Monday. An effort was made by the jury to find out which of the negro deputies had fired the shot that killed Halliday, the bullet being from a Swiss rifle, but none of them would admit he used the gun. Sheriff Xellis was the first witness called and he stated that he was compelled, to use the negro deputies because he could get no white men to help him. Xellis stated to the Jury that he left Halliday's body lying in tbe snow for three hours on th orders of Governor Deneen. He also stated that some one in the mob fired the first shot and that his deputies took it for a signal to begin firing. George Jackson, one of the negro deputies contradicted this and says the sheriff fired the first shot and that he was standing only three feet from him when he did so. and that was the signal for the deputies to beain shooting, which they did. The Brand jury investigation will begin Monday morning. Four members of the grand jury are negroes.

ARMY OF FEDERAL

AGENTS EMPLOYED TO ENFORCE LAWS Of Uncle Sam's Army of Silent Sleuths the Secret Service of Treasury Department Best Known. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS NUMBER OF AGENTS Even Agricultural Department Has Its "Dark Lantern" Men, Operating Under the Pure Food Statute. (By Sidney Espey.) Washington. Feb. 1J. Following the wake of the evil doer who attempts to undermine the basic principles of the federal laws is an army of secret agents, employed by the various othor branches of the government. Th scope of this work not only embraces what is popularly known as the Secret Service, which is particularly an adjunct of the Treasury Department, but other branches of the governmen. The operatives aie variously called "dark lantern men. special agents." "In vestigators." and "field operators. Their work in aeneral. Is to renort violations or the federal laws to their respective departments. The Secret Service of the Treasury Department, which was established. coincident with the creation of the de partment itself in 1779. leads the list in effectiveness or results accompiishI . . , A ...A cd by its silent sleuths. Since that time the Service has been broadened until each department of the government now has its separate and distinct corps of detectives. Have Special Agents. The Department of Justice has its special agents; the Department of Agriculture, its examiners operating under the recently enacted pure food law; the Department of the Interior, its examiners and special field agents who have saved hundreds of thousands of acres of land of the public do main from the speculation of land sharks; the Department of Commerce and Labor, its examiners and inspect ors who deal with tbe questions respecting immigration, corporations. steamboat inspection, etc.; the Interstate Commerce Commission, its dark lintern men, who keep an eye on vio lations by railroad companies, and the Treasury Department. Its Secret Serv ice who have reduced the crime of counterfeiting to a minimum; and tbe Internal Revenue Agents, who have practically broken up tbe business ol illicit distilleries. The Secret Service of the Treasury Department is under the leadership of Chief John K. Wilkie, who has been associated with that office for about 12 years. During that time he has been instrumental In breaking up several notorious gangs of counterfeiters In Philadelphia. Xew York Chicago, Xew Orleans, San Francisco and other cities. The "revenue have practically put the illicit distillers of the "moonshine districts of Kentucky and Tennessee out of business. In Moonshine Country. The operatives who "work the moonshine country, carry on their cases unhampered under detailed Instructions from Washington. For this reason very little information Is given out to the public concerning their activities. When a "case is made, facts are usually reported to the central office In the Treasury bulldlnc and prosecution la tbe federal courts is undertaken. On some of these eases, operatives spend months of work before an arrest is made, often Irving in the neighborhood where Illicit distilling is thought to thrive, under an assumed character. At different times the Secret Service is called in to aid other depart ments. During the land fraud Investigation by the Department of Interior, certain secret service men were temporarily loaned to the department for the purpose of working tap cases against allied land grabbers. In conjunction with special agents of that department. The result has been that many "land sharks' were sent to prison, while a Dumber of criminal prosecutions are still pending in the West. Through the efforts of former Secret Service Agent Burns, who was identified with some of the larger fraud cases. Senators and Representatives of the federal legislature were implicated in the frauds and prosecuted. Some Recent Probes. The Department of Justice, with its special agents has recently investigated conditions in the Burley tobacco districts and peonage cases in Texas and other Southern stats-. Interesting reports that have not yet been made public, have ben received by Attorney General Wickersham from these men. and will form the nucleus it Is said of a number of prosecutions to be brought in the federal courts. la tbe Burley tobacco districts, where a number of agents were located, passing themselves off . as hors dealers or other characters, information concerning tbe activities of a n timber of a!l"Sd "Night KidTS. was obtained. In some instances arrest