Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 143, 30 March 1910 — Page 1

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VOX.. XXXV. NO. 143. RICHMOND, IXD., WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 30, 1910. SINGLE COPT. 3 G2HTS.

CHARITIES BOARD HUIIT A GRAFTER WITHjDO GRAFT Officials Are After the Person Who Seeks to Live at Public Expense by the Operation

rf; "Homes APPLICATIONS MADE FOR STATE LICENSES To Operate Institutions for Orphans and the Kind-hearted Public Always Makes Liberal Response. '(Palladium Special) Indianapolis, March 30. Amos W. Butler, secretary of the Indiana board of state charities "Is after", the grafter who Is seeking to live at the expense of the public, under the guise of oner ting a home for orphan and friendless children. , Within . the last three months, a large number -of persons eeking to establish private homes for such children have been refused li censes to operate, and under the law of 1900, without such a license, they cannot operate. Mr. Butler's chief ground for his Stand is that there are enough such : charity establishments in the state at this time and that to increase the num her would be to increase the burden of the people who are besieged on every vide to contribute to the support of such places, and , that, too, without adding' - any material benefit to the Child saving movement. The plan proposed by the number of applicants for license turned down' was to procure some dwelling and open a borne for caring for children. When tfct Butler asked the applicants how they Intended "to support the home, they replied, "By popular ' subscrip tion." ' - "But whoa rf- tirr people will not subVSW: t tOTWW ! Mftti , WWWVIi a . "Oh, but they will,' was the reply. People Tee Generous. i"There you have it," said Mr. Butler. '"That . is the greatest difficulty with which we have to contend the open heartedness of the people. The average man or. woman will dig down into, their purse and respond liberally when it Is represented that the giving Is to aid some orphan or some friend' less child. ' Designing persons who liave Jess charity in their make-up than a' ;slre to make a good living . at nflht exertion to themselves know this" as well as any one, 'and there is usually found their causes for desiring to start a home for needy children. In such a home, they get their rent paid. their food furnished, and their cloth ing supplied, by popular subscription The children, in most instances, no doubt, would be well cared for, but that is not the point. .They can be yreil " cared for in the institutions which we have, and' in even a less number than we have. " And that, too, without draining the public for add! ttonal subscriptions with which to proVide for any and every, person who wishes to make a living easy 'The proper method for caring for the orphan and the needy child is to : find it a good home and provide prop er supervision for it when it is placed in that home, according to Mr. Butler, That is the plan, too, that is being - followed by the state board, under the

direction of Mr. Butler. When thejhey love Mr. Mull more, that they

public gives here and there and everywhere to the support of private institutions for caring for children, the people are interfering with the method shown by actual experience to be the best yet discovered for handling the homeless child problem. An increase of private orphanages, it has been a , . ' . . .. . - a ' xouna uy me , Do&ra, uieans iinruer York to interest the public in caring for the children in private homes. Where they should be cared for, and the child is made to suffer because an unthinking, public, without inquiring, ;Js "easy" for the prompters of these Ibomes. Are Well Cared For. 1 The present facilities in the state, the . board has found, are more than - UUvIVttV iui as Tiv(mt uouuiiusj ui caa the homeless children In the state. Last year, the board, with the aid of the present institutions, engaged In child work, handled successfully 3,052 homeless children, and now have 3.000 - la private - homes under the personal 'Supervision of the six agents employed by the board. The present institutions devoted to the care of children are caring dally for from 1,500 to 1,600 wards, and could easily care tor 1,200 snore with their present facilities. S4n nn Mr Itnttar. it 1st , whmllv

luousn tor tne puouc iu su uuwu in their pockets to help every man or v woman who comes along to establish another home which the public would .be compelled to support by popular subscriptions, much of which would go to the support of the Individual at the bead of it: The objection to additional homes is not restricted to homes maintained by private subscriptions, bat by taxes as welL The state board does not see any need of establishing sv&lttona! public . orphanages as long . s dose now est&idished are far from 1 WZ tStt WOCr capacity. .

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AT ATLANTIC CITY - ' " i Is Senator Beveridge, Train

ing for the Republican State Convention. WILL DEFEND ATTITUDE (American News Service! Washington. ; March 30. Beveridge is in Atlantic City recuperating and getting in a condition for the state convention at Indianapolis, next week. He will leave Saturday for Indianapolis. J, The senator declines to discuss the part he will take in the convention, but close' friends here understand that he will be ready to defend his attitude towards the Aldrich-Payne bill and they expect that his speech before the convention will be a notable one. IS GIVEN CANDIDACY OF THUS. 8. Wayne County Democratic Leaders Met Last Evening and Pledged Local Minister Their Support. HARMONY OUTLOOK IS QUITE GLOOMY NOW Lon Mull of Manilla Is Still in the Race for Congressional Nomination and Doings Probable. , If last night's called meeting of Democratic leader jsao- Be taken as a barometer of the party's local sentiment, the Rev. Thomas K. Kuhn, of Richmond, will have most enthusiastic support for the nomination for Con grass when the Sixth district congres sional convention meets here on May 27. It also may be said that the Dem ocratic leaders appear to have no doubt that the Rev. Thomas H. will be nom inated without much trouble, despite the assertions previously made from other parts of the district that Lon Mull, of Manilla, Rush county, had the nomination sewed up in his vest pock et, so to speak. Chairman Beck and others declare that Mr. Kuhn has demonstrated his ability as a vote get ter. His paring down of the Republi can majority in the old burnt district was a feat that earned Mr. Kuhn the lasting commendation of the party and to side-track him for another who has not been tried out would, the leaders say, be the height of political folly. What the Outlook Is. However, -it may be said with real respect for the truth, that there is no outlook for perfect harmony in the Democratic ranks of the district just now. There can be no question that the leaders in other parts of the dis trict have been trying to stir up things in order that Mull may be the candidate. Mull unquestionably stands high in his party's councils; so does the Rev. Thomas H. Kuhn. And there's the rub. It is not that the Democrats elsewhere love Mr. Kuhn less, but that have been trying to make him the star performer in the approaching congres sional circus. It also has been one of the slogans of some of the Democratic leaders to have the party nominate "new -faces," and weed out the aspir ants for political honors who have been in the lime light during the last two or three campaigns. But with all this sort of sentiment, Wayne county with the biggest amount of political prestige in the Sixth dis trict may be able to show the antiKuhn Democrats & " few things and when the eons sounds for the get away, the preacher candidate is likely to be in the lead several lengths, QUE SEASON ENOUGH Rule Regarding Calendar Wed nesday to Be Enforced, Says Cannon. INFORMED HOUSE TODAY (American New Service) Washington, March 30. Speaker Cannon again made It clear to the house members that the rule regarding the calendar Wednesday is to be strictlv enforced. .The speaker had just announced that today was calen dar Wednesday when Representative Wilson of Illinois made an injuiry regarding the reference of the resolution. After receiving the Informa tion Representative Wilson asked the speaker to refer the resolution, whereupon Cannon said no business was in order except as provided for the; calendar Wednesday. V

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GANG ROUNDED UP BY ELMER GORMO?) But One of the Men Takes Poison and Dies in the Presence of the Young Secret Service Officer. CROOK SUICIDES FOR GOOD OF HIS FAMILY One of the Men, Thought to Be the Chief of the Gang, Is Ninety-one Years of Age and an Expert. ' Elmer O. Gormon, of Detroit, Mich., secret service agent, formerly of this city and son of Superintendent of Po lice I. A. Gormon, was the principal factor in rounding up a notorious gang of counterfeiters at Port Huron, Mich., recently. It was largely through the former Richmond man's excellent work and keen detective ability in following up clues which eventually led to the detection of the culprits and their ul timate arrest v The man who is believed by the po lice to be the former chief of the gang is John Mack, ninty-one years of age He was arrested by Mr. Gormon and is alleged to have taught the other members of the gang the tricks of the counterfeiters' trade, about twenty-five years ago. After obtaining sufficient evidence to justify the arrest of Frank Mitts, a pupil of Mack's, Mr. Gormon visited the home of .the alleged coun terfeiter and notified him of his errand, at the same time telling the man that he was under arrest. Mitts asked to be excused for a moment, to "get his hat" as he said. Calmly Met His Death. When the man returned he told Mr, Gormon that he wouldn't need to bother to take him to jail, as he had tak en cyanide of potassium to- save his two daughters in Detroit f rom the disgrace that w$uld follow" niriaravlctttm and sentence to prison. Mitts; after shaking hands with Detective Gormon died within a few minutes. The outfit of the counterfeiters which was seized consisted ol tne moulds for the making of Canadian half dollars and dimes and American half dollars, quarters, dimes and nick els, a quantity of lead and tin, acid nnrf a. number of unfinished coins. Ac cording to Detective Gormon, the coins that were made were as good as pro fesslonals could have , done, and the outfit, although rather crude, was per fect. So far the police have been unable to obtain a confession from Mack. However, he is believed to have been the man who taught the counterfeiters the trade in view of the dying statement made to Mr. Gormon, to the effect that he wished he had never met John Mack. SHOWER OF ASHES CAUSES A PANIC Thousands of People Today Are Fleeing From the Mt. Etna District. THIRTY CRATERS ACTIVE LAVA STREAMS HAVE BEEN RE NEWED AND ARE ADVANCING VERY RAPIDLY ON ILL FATED CITY OF CATANIA. (American News Service) j Catania, Sicily, March 30. This city is in terror and-thousands of residents are fleeing to the hills for safety from Mt. Etna. A heavy fall of ashes today covered the streets to a depth of six inches. Thirty craters are belching fire and lava and redhot stones bom bard the country about the slopes of the volcano. The ashes have destroyed all the orchards that escaped the lava between Catania and the crest of the mountain. Hundreds of tourists, the majority of them Americans, who came here to . view the spectacle today made haste to depart. Fear has seized all of the 150,000 inhabitants of the city, and the frenzy of the peasantry about Etna is almost indescribable.' More troops have beenv asked for. The lava streams have been renewed and are advancing rapidly on the city. The belief is growing that the city will meet the fate of Pompeii" Oil THE SICK LIST Dr. J. M. Wampler, who for about two years has been suffering from an Injury to bis leg, due to striking it on the rocker of a chair, is confined to his bed.. The injury has given him considerable anxiety lately.

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Eddie Loftus, Brain Punctured, Shows the Most Remarkable Vitality. COMATOSE CONDITION RECEIVED HIS INJURY WHILE PLAYING WITH A LITTLE GIRL, WHO STRUCK HIM WITH UMBRELLA HANDLE. The case of Edward Loftus. aged twelve years, who is at Reid Memorial hospital, undergoing treatment for blood poisoning, is one of the most remarkable ever coming to the atten tion of the. hospital authorities. The child has been" unconscious for a large portion of the time, for the past two weeks and, although his condition from the first has been so serious that the attending i physician has given but little hope for his ' recovery, he is hanging onto life with grim determination. It is aairt that young Loftus and a colored girl were playing together during the time of the heavy snow in February and that in their play, the colored child poked an umbrella han dle into the, child's brain, above the left eye brow. For a few days the child was confined at the home of his parents, Mr. aad Mrs. Michael Loftus, 203 North Fourth street He contracted blood poisoning at his home before removal to the hospital. He has been at the hospital for about five weeks. Operation Performed. An operation was performed on the wound and a portion of the skull removed from the brain tissue, and the wound cleaned out to establish drainage of .the puss. It was necessary to perform a second operation a few days later, to increase the drainage, and since then the puss has been running from both the openings. Only occasionally does young Loftus have spells of consciousness. The rest of the time he lies on his cot as if he were dead and his position is changed only as the nurses think, it necessary. The general condition of the boy is little improved, but " the .attending physician stated today that the child was able to take nourishment In the form of stimulants. In this respect, he is better, for it has been only in the last few days that he has been able to retain the nourishment This improvement gives his-parents, the attending physician and the hospital attendants encouragement. Should he recover the case will ' be one of the most remarkable in the annals of American medicine. ' IS (American .Newt Service) " v Budapest, March 30. All Austria and Hungary are stunned by the Oekoerito disaster. ' Details arriving today show that more than 500 are dead. For the first time the full story of the horror was made public today. when the death list was swelled by twenty-five of the injured succumbing. The search of the ruins of the big barn in which the dance was being given reveals the terrible features of the : catastrophe which had been undreamed of when the first news of the fire was sent out to the world. The emperor today telegraphed his condolences. J. SKKIIIER II1SAIIE John T. Skinner, living near Whitewater, was declared of unsound mind and unable to manage his estate, yesterday afternoon in the circuit court. Nathan Graves, trustee of . Franklin township, was the petitioner in the action and the Dickinson Trust Company wast appotnted guardian.'

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Five. American women just now very prominent In the cabled news from European capitals. From left to right on the upper row Miss Jennie Crocker, who caused quite a diversion recently by publicly tallying off the number of proposals she had received to date, sudden and otherwise: Miss Margaret Rutherford, daughter of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt. who

Kto be presented at court shortly;

f ported engagement to Hon. Montague Elliott. Left to rights lower row-

Miss Blgeiow Doage, wno iookb iorwaru u a urmuni mjbmou kmuu,

Mrs. Harold Baring, who will entertain abroad very largely this summer.

EMPIRE BUILDER PLANS TO SPEND VERY MAT SUM James J. Mills' Railroad Building Program for State of Oregon, It Is Said,' Calls for $30,000,000. $10,000,000 TO BE EXPENDED THIS YEAR His Gigantic Operations WHf Eventually Lead to the Completion of New Trans-continental Line. (American News Service) Portland, Oreg.,'. March 30. James J. Hill's railroad building progress for the state of Oregon for the next, three years calls for an expenditure of fully $30,000,000. This includes the construction ' work for; 1910 . that is estimated to run close to $10,000,000. The information that the great empire builder has only, begun gigantic operations that will eventually lead, to the completion . of a new transcontinental line comes here from a source that admits of no dispute, v . . The purchase of a portion of the vast land holdings In. Eastern' Oregon from Lazard Freres is but a single straw which shows, the way the Hill wind is blowing. The price paid for the - land mentioned i said to be $2,000,000. , ;. " ; " This V property is the huge land grant made by the .United States government a great many years ago to the Willamette Valley and : Cascade Mountain road company and is to be used as the right-of-way for one of the most important links in the new trans-Continental line which, has been Hiirs dream. The Hill program calls for extending the I Burlington system through Portland and San Francisco. Control of the Gilmore Jk Pittsburg line of the mysterious railroad projects of the Northwest, passed into Hill's hands some time ago. It reaches from BiMings. MonL. the-: present western terminus of the - Burlington aad has been completed wen Into Idaho. - It is said that the present plans will be carried oat inside of three years. It Is further declared that President Stevens is now engaged with the Hill directors in the East, insuring aoDrovai t;tieajgten. 5ji f.. -1 -1

Cable News

Miss Nellie Post, who denies her reMOST ROBBER 111 U. S. Ill CUSTODY IIOVJ One of Men Arrested in New York . in Connection With y the Richmond, Va., Theft Proved to Be Eddie Fay. 'X - - HE IS WEALTHY MAN AND A BAD CRIMINAL Postoff ice and Bank . Robberies All Over t. the Country Charged to Him Is a Rich Haul for Detectives. . , . - - (American News 8ervlce) ' New York, March 30.-Frederick Cunningham, arrested here last night after a desperate battle, as one of Richmond (Virginia) postofflce robbers. who escaped with eighty-five thousand dollars in money and stamps, was today Identified by Inspector McOafferty of the detective bureau as Eddie Fay, one of the most notorious and desperate criminals of the country-' He has been arrested under a dozen fictitious names, as a way to escape, after battle or break , out of jail. McCafferty says Cunningham owns a half million dollar residence in Chicago, and - once operated a string of horses on the race tracks from coast to coast. ; List of, Hi Robberies. Among the postofflce and bank rob beries charged against Fay are:. Chicago revenue office," thirty thousand dollars; Chicago - postoface, seventy-five thousand dollars; Los Angeles . bank, forty thousand dollers; San Diego postoffice, fifteen thousand dollars; Peoria revenue office, thirty thousand dollars, Superior, Wis. bank, sixty thousand dollars; Madison, Wuk; postofflce, sixteen thousand dollars. ; , " ; He was once arrested at Hope. Ind but leaped from a moving train after firing several shots at the marshals. , Cunningham still maintains he Is a banker and broker ' of London. ' If McCafferty's identification is correct, the detectives making the arrest will receive twenty-aeven thousand dollars reward. - " - - - George R. Martin and wife of this city, hare disposed - of their ninety acre farm, near Cox's MUla. to John F. McCord for tlO.000. Mr. Martin is engaged In the grocery business in this ctr "

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T. R. LEAVES' -CAIRO CITY Like a Whirlwind He Swept Through Capital and His Departure Leaves Town Split in Factions. GOES TO ALEXANDRIA TO SAIL FOR ITALY Ex-president's Speech at the Egyptian University Has Greatly Angered Many of the flative Leaders, BELIEVE CRISIS REACHED AND THE POSITION OP THE ENQ r LISH, IT IS STATED, IS ' NOW QUITE DELICATE LEAVE TAK ING IS FORMAL. (Special Cll from th International fiewi Service. J . Cairo. March 30. Theodora Boose- . day when he bade farewell to Cairo and started for Alexandria, to embark this afternoon for Naples, but government officials breathed a deep sigh . of relief at his departure. It is declared on all hands that the former president's attack on the Nationalists, resulting yesterday in a demonstrauun aswnn mm ana me muw gor ernment, has greatly complicated the political situation Vnd upset the authorities. .- Although Nationalists of all shades of radicalism have been aroused- 'by Mr. Roosevelt's censure, and many meetings have been called In nralMt Roosevelt party was consummated only with pleasantness. Superintends the Packing. Mr. Roosevelt was the first of his family to arise and personally superIntended the final operations for the start in the suite at Shepherds hoteL ah tne guests or the hotel were ; abroad early to see " him off. and - groups of tourists gathered about the grounds and along the route to the railroad station, as well as at the dpot. It was noticeable, however, that t2M native populatton. with all its love of ' spectacle, took little part save for ie officials, In the final display. ' The , Roosevelts : were whirtsJ through silent streets to the Hitftra, the train leaviag at :45. - It to admitted on all aides that Lla . attacks have broucht on anmat-? very much like a crisis in the Nags alisfs fight and the position of tfe English governors is most delicate.' University fmhsii seasd The University of Egypt is emtermal protest from infleential National-. ists at Rootwvelt having been nfiaw ed to make his attack on them in the university. Many Europeans fear of the final outcome of the tion he has created. ' As their carriages passed. made no demonstration piesvi laj sV ience till the carriagesr were peat.;.. About the group of vehicles, how-" ever, there was n strong force of police, and at every . important pcxt along the route detectives were tioned. Crowd of tMflciels. At . the station there was Ing Sir Eldon Gorst, the British axL; whose position has been made 4eUxts tlonaltots; Ambassador Strauss of Constantinople: Consul-General Iddings, stationed here. representaUvea of the irhull.a mJt tk. n.t.W - A heavy, force of troops was drawn -about the station to keep baetf the crowds and prevent a repetition of the demonstration . in front of fhephsriT's hotel. In which the cry of 'Down wit RooseveH..was domlnaaL There was more bustle than forssiity about the actual departare cf tie Roosevelts. The former precMemt was lavish with his hand shakes. A WgA note was apparent in the fareweCs of some of the officials. - On the stse one said he was xlad "the tronfcleer was going." Roosevelt was swept through CUro like a whirlwind, and behind him he' has left one of the worst stones and most threatening situations the Crtttsn governmen nt ever mesa a i alien dominions, ..j Tne Nationa'.-st press today ed Its deasneatioa of Kr. uipiieelnjt ssjonlnmenl ' the terror chief exeeative of a reputlie t&aZl l ly llmsf f wtSk n monnriifciecl mzZ -

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