Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 197, 23 May 1910 — Page 8

' THE RICH3IOND PALIADITJ3I AND SUX TELEGRAM, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1910.

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MANY DEATHS ARE HELD PREVENTABLE And Report on American Factories Will Create a Big Sensation.

WILL BE SUBMITTED SOON NUMBER OF WORKMEN KILLED SHOWS MURDER RULE8 INDUSTRIAL SY8TEM, PRESBYTERIAN DELEGATES TOLDt Atlantic City. N. J.. May 23. More than 10,000 persons filled the big auditorium of the million-dollar pier Sunday afternoon to attend the mass meeting for labor, the greatest popular meeting of the Presbyterian General assembly. CharleH F. Nagel, secretary of Commerce and Labor, did not appear to deliver his scheduled address on the conservation of national life. A slight Illness was given as the reason for his nonappearance by Congressman Bonnet, of New York, who declared he was speaking for the cabinet officer when he said the national turmoil over conservation of forests and national reservation is not nearly an Important as the conserving of human life throughout the country. Sensation In Report. Congressman Rennet hinted that "the coming report of the Commission on Immigration, which has been studying conditions in American factories, is likely to create a sensation in the number of preventable deaths caused in factories." Rev. Charles Stelzle. superintendent of Department of Commerce and labor of the Presbyterian church, made the principal address of the meeting, attacking present industrial and social conditions among the working classes. He said that when 30.000 industrial workers are killed every year it means there is something wrong in our industrial system. In some cases it is nothing short of murder. The railways of America alone kill nearly 12,000 persons every year and injure 120,000." Working Hours Too Long. "The present working day, from a physiological standpoint is too long," continued Mr. Stelzle. "It keeps the majority of men and women in a constant state of over-fatigue; it leads to the craving of meaas for deadening fatigue and induces drunkenness and other excesses. TheNreal justification for a shorter working day is found in the Interest of the race. It Is the business of the church to help remedy this situation. We should talk less about building tip the church, and more about building up the people." Officials of the Atlantic City Central Labor Union led a delegation of 2,000 workmen who attended the meeting. Moderator Charles Little preached his annual sermon at the men's religious meeting held on the steer pier, and appealed for the return to the simple life as a panacea for modern ills in both industrial and social life. He lauded former President Roosevelt for his stand for simple living as opposed to the modern race for ; wealth and position. TERM EDR TEACHERS The summer school for teachers at Earlham college, will open May 30. The term will be twelve weeks long. The institution "will be very crowded for the first few weeks as the spring term does not close until in June. Prof. Walter Jessup, who has been at tending Columbia University will have charge of the educational depart ment He will arrive this week. Prof. Jessup is now engaged In writing a geography for the Rand, McNally firm Easy To Cure Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat and Ca tarrh. Breathe Hyomei. It will cure catarrh or any nose or throat trouble if you follow directions. Don't lay it aside when the snuffling, hawking and spitting have ceased. Stick to it daily until you are sure that the catarrh germ ia dead, and that your air passages are free from their poiBonous influence, Hyomei (pronounced High-o-me) is the only treatment for nose, throat and lung troubles that has ever been sold with the understanding that if it did not cure, it was to cost absolutely noth ing. Hyomei can be obtained at druggist everywhere and at Leo H. Fihe's who guarantees it to cure catarrh, croup, Bore throat, coughs and colds. A com plete outfit Jl.OO, which is mighty cheap for a remedy that has cured more cases of catarrh than all the ca tarrh specialists on earth. An outfit consists of an inhaler, a bottle of Hyomei. a supply of antisep tic gauze, a medicine dropper, and full instructions for use. The inhaler is made of hard rubber, and will last a lifetime. And bear in mind that ex tra bottles of Hyomei If needed cost only 60 cents. euros indigestion It relieves stomach misery, sour stomach, belching, and cues all stomach dis , or money back. Large box of tab- , w earns, uiuou in u

A BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK BY HENRY CLEWS

New York, May 23. Inertia is the chief obstacle to Improvement In the stock market at this time. Activity has been checked by various considerations, not the least of which was the temporary cessation of business in London out of respect to the memory of King Edward. The delay in placing our bonds in Europe also had a deterring effect. Continued cold weather in all sections of the country and consequent backward conditions of the crops was another element which put a damper upon inordinate optimism. There is also a general slackening up in business which seems to be extending. Commodity prices had reached the prohibitive point, and now that downward reaction has set in buyers naturally hesitate until satisfied that the decline has reached it3 limits. There is no question but that a readjustment to a lower basis is going on in industrial and mercantile affairs, a readjustment that will prove highly beneficial and pave the way for renewed activity at a later date. Unfortunately the country has become so accustomed to high pressure activity and advancing prices that it cannot experience any movement in opposite directions without becoming unduly discouraged. It is a question if the na, tional business nerve has not been weakened by too long prosperity, since it now takes unnecessary fright at the slightest sign of reaction. It has long been insisted on in these advices that the country would be benefited by some sort of readjustment; our industrial machinery being out of gear be cause portions had advanced more rapidly than others. We are now going through a period of this character in which equilibrium is being restored. There is no occasion for undue anxiety, and after a period of moderate retrenchment we may look forward to renewed activity, provided the harvest realizes expectations. At present the crop outlook is promising, although

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SAEE WIZARD DIES G. P. Assman Could Pick Any Lock, But He Was Always an Honest Man. A PICTURESQUE CAREER San Antonio, Texas, May 23. Al though George P. Assman, the famous safe wizard who died a few days ago at Austin possessed knowledge that might have tempted a less honest man to" enrich himself at the expense of others, he lived and died a relativelypoor man. Throughout his life he demonstrated that there was no safe lock or combination that could withstand him and there was not a safe or vault that stood not open to him without the crude methods of the safe blower. In opening a safe to which the combination had been forgotten or in which the mechanism of the lock had gone wrong, Assman never depended on rules or his sight, touch and hearing supplying him invariably with the key. This remarkable fact he demonstrated many times. His method in opening a combination lock seemed extremely simple. Sitting before the safe or vault he would turn the knob until the lock would act- It was his boast that he needed no tools to open any safe in the country as long as no tools had been used in closing it. His services were in constant demand all over the South and Southwest. On one occasion the great vault of the New Orleans subtreasury could not be opened for the reason that a part ot its lock mechanism had failed. After making every effort to open it the treasury officials finally sent for Assman, who succeeded in opening it in a very short time. Before Assman left the vault he inquired as to his compensation which he thought should amount to $l.rOt. This sum, however, was flatly refused him and without saying a word the safe wizard swung the huge door back into 'place, leaving the officials to gape in amazement. Since there was no one to open the door, Assman was arrested shortly afterwards for interfering with the property of the government. The case was. tried as soon as this could be done and the law being to some extent on the side of the safe expert, an agreement was made whereby he was to bet the sum of $500 and all expenses for his services. Assman then opened the safe and put the lock in order. As a rule he was able to tell exactly when the door would open and had he been criminally inclined not an unguarded safe in the country would have been secure. ' Rubies.' .. Rubles are more precious than diamonds and are practically Indestructible except by fire.

containing spots of disappointment. Considerable injury has unquestion-1 ably been done to wheat in Kansas, but this should be offset by a larger j

corn crop. The same remark will apply to the country as a whole. A larger acreage of cotton is in prospect, and it is still too early to indulge in pessimistic views regarding any of our crops. A cool and backward spring can hardly be considered detrimental when accompanied by adequate moisture, and it should be remembered that a few warm days will quickly place the crops upon a satisfactory footing. The monetary situation shows further improvement. Interest rates are now declining in the interior, and call money is likely to be abundant and cheap until harvest requirements st in. The Western loan situation excites some apprehension owing to the land speculation, but interior bankers are now showing a much more conservative spirit, and there is less uneasiness in this quarter. Abroad the monetary ; situation is also better. Interest rates are declining in both London and Pari3 and the outlook in this respect is even more favorable than anticipated. Just what reasons have led to the delay in our bond negotiations abroad are not yet divulged. Two prominent issues have been taken, and it is presumed others will follow. It is quite possible that the terms are not satisfactory for the reason that investors are insistent upon better returns. The 4 per cent bond has become a drug on the market and more attractive returns have to be offered in order to secure purchasers.. This accounted for failure of the Philadelphia loans. There were plenty of buyers, but better inducements were necessary. The fact that new applications for capital are numerous and that larger returns must be offered than formerly is one of the important features of the market at this time, and promises to divert attention, from bonds to stocks. HOOSIER BOY WINS Gets the Fair Maiden Who Was Engaged to Be Married to Englishman. LAFAYETTE VERY HAPPY Lafayette, Ind., May 23. Marshall Haywood and Miss Enid L. Carrothers left last night in the former's auto af ter having been married by a minister here. The bride was engaged to Lord Walker, an English nobleman, who landed in this country a short time ago and who it is declared, was enroute to Lafayette to marry her. It is said that he arrived in Chicago Sunday and that he expected to reach here today. His marriage to Miss Carrothers was to have taken place in June. Haywood is said to have learned a few days ago that the Englishman was on his way to marry the girl and it is declared, he urged her to marry him. Mrs. Ginerva Carrothers. the girl's mother is said to have objected to Haywood as a prospective son-in-law and to have Insisted that her daughter should marry the English man. Haywood obtained a license last night. One of the bride's friends help ed her get away from home with her clothes. They met Haywood and the marriage was soon performed. Hay wood had his automobile in readiness, He strapped their trunks to the ma chine and hiked out of Lafayette with out any of their relatives knowing any thing about the affair. Mrs. Carroth ers, who is said to be prostrated over the girl's action, and Haywood's par ents knew nothing of the marriage un til today. Mrs. Carrothers and her daughter re turned two weeks ago from Europe It is said that the girl became engaged to Lord Walker on the trip, but that Mrs. Carrothers was more interested in the engagement than she was. Walk er it was represented, owned a large estate in England. The bride's family is wealthy and formerly resided in New York. Hay wood is a Princeton graduate, and his family is also promintent in northern Indiana. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends for their kindness to us during the sick ness and death of our husband and father.. Mrs. Thomas Hensen and Family. Employment. The wise prove and the foolish confess by their conduct that a life of employment is the only life that is worth leading. Paler.

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HE LIKES OUTLOOK S. W. Haynes Thinks "Tag Day" for Orphans Will Be Successful Here. HE SPOKE HERE SUNDAY S. W. Haynes, superintendent of the Children's Home society, who made addresses in St. John's Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran and before the Sun day school of St. Paul's Lutheran churches yesterday, relative to the work and purposes of the organization, left for Indianapolis last evening, stating, before his departure, that he was very well pleased with the out look for a successful observation of "tag day" on next Saturday, in this city. Mr. Haynes is a member of an old Wayne county family, having received his education in Earlham college and his father having at one time been judge of the Wayne county court. Mr. Haynes is of the Presbyterian faith having joined that church in this city under the ministrations of Dr. I. M. Hughes. The members of the local board of the Children's Home society, Walter S. Doan, Mrs. U. B. G. Ewing and Mrs. George H. Knollenberg. are confident of successful results from the effort to be made for the collection of funds here next Saturday, the facts set forth by the organization's state representatives who spoke in twelve of the city's churches yesterday, having aroused much interest. ON LOCAL DIAMONDS Amateur and semi-professional basebhll games in which local teams participated yesterday resulted as follows: Glen Millers 7, Boston 5; Shamrocks-Y. Mi. I. at Beallview park, 9-3; Giants-Cincinnati Muldoons at Athletic park, 2-1. The game between the Muncie Shamrocks and the Starr Piano team which was to have been played at the new West Side daimond was postponed owing to wet grounds. When Kiseing Wee Costly. The case of the people against Murline, heard by the governor of Sew Haven colony in council on May day, 1660, indicates the attitude toward unlicensed kissing In those times. It appeared that Jacob Murline and Sarah Turtle had been caught kissing each other. Jacob tried to throw the blame on Sarah, saying he thought she had "with intent let fall her gloves." Sarah denied the Intent. Jacob then admitted that he "tooke her by the hand and they both sat down upon a chest, but whether he kyssed her or she kyssed him he knows not. for he never thought of it since until Mr. Raymond told him that be had not layde it to heart as he ought." The stern governor, after duly lecturing the guilty parties on the enormity of their offense, decreed that "the sentence therefore concerning them is that they shall pay either of them a fine of 20 shillings to the colony." Khartum. Khartum owes its existence to an oriental form of treachery. When Khedive Mohammed All invaded the Sudan in 1S20 he marched triumphantly to Shendl. where his troops were entertained at a banquet by the submissive natives. But while the khedive's high officials were seated at the feast they shared the, fate of the viands and were themselves reduced to funeral baked meats. Full of fury, tb-i army felt on Shendl and demolished it. Marching south, the invaders reached the junction of the Blue Nile and White Nile. With the conqueror's instinct they recognized that the strip of land, with its few fishermen's huts of straw, formed ideal strategical head Quarters, so Khartum finally grew Into file mast aeaartfr part of the Sudan organism.

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WEILAND IN CHARGE During the absence of Rev. Father Roell, pastor of St. Andrew's church, who left yesterday for New York City, from wlience he will sail to Europe to make an extended trip, his assistant, the Rev. Father Weiland, will have charge of the church. It is probable that an assistant will be sent to this city to help Father Wreiland as the work of the church is too great for the attention of one man. It is not known who the assistant will be. The Rev. Father Roell will land at Naples, Italy, and after a short visit at Rome, he will go to different places of interest in the European countries. He will also visit the Holy Land. He uill sail on his return journey in the fall after several months' absence. WEATHER LAST WEEK The weather last week ranged from 34 degrees to 80 degrees in temper ature. The rainfall amounted to 1.25 of an inch. With the exception of Tuesday and Friday all of the days were clear. The daily temperature was as follows: High. Low. Sunday 63 34 Monday 68 48 Tuesday 59 51 Wednesday 70 48 Thursday 75 42 Friday 75 58 Saturday . ..SO 58 The Pearl Hunters' Superstition. The pearl hunters of Borneo and the adjacent islands have a peculiar superstition. Wheu they open shells in search of pearls they take every ninth find, whether it be large or small, and put it into a bottle, which is kept corked with a dead man's finger. The pearls in the vial are known as "seed pearls"- or "breeding pearls." and the native J Borneose firmly believes that they will reproduce their kind. For every pearl put into the vial two grains of rice are thrown in for the pearls to "feed upon." Some whites in Borneo believe as firmly in the superstition as the natives do. and almost every but along the coast has its "dead finger" bottle, with from nine to fifty seed pearls and twice that number of rice grains carefully and evenly stowed away among them. That no results follow does not dim the superstition. The Wonderful Toad Bone. AH early writers attribute wonderful qualities to toads and frogs and the various parts of their bodies? " Pliny believed, for instance, that if a toad was brought into ihe midst of a mob or other large and unruly concourse of people "silence would instantly prevail." A small bone found in the right side of toads "of the proper age" was also believed to have powers over the rarious elements. "By throwing this bone Into a vessel of boiJing water," says Pliny, "it will immediately cool it, the water refusing to' boil again until the bone has been removed. To find this bone, expose the dead toad on an ant hill. When the ants have eaten her all away except the bones, take each bone separately and drop it into boiling water. Thus may the wondrous toad bone be discovered." An Ancient Astronomer. About 500 B. C. Anaxagoras of Ionia was born. When he "grew up In wisdom" be was the first to teach the course and cause of both solar and lunar eclipses and to give his followers rules whereby they could distinguish planets from fixed stars. He wa punished for declaring that the but was not a god. Another Way. Student I want some informs tiot about the bronzes. I , suppose I had better write to the keeper? Attend antYes, miss, or yon might see him verbally ! London Punch. The Deg "What are the degrees of a stingy man's married life?" "I suppose they are matrimony, par simony, testimony and alimony." Baltimore American.

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E AND IS T BY PISTOL Mrs. Cyril Hiatt Probably Fa tally Injured by Accidental Discharge of Gun in His Vest Pocket. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL TO PROBE FOR BALL Hiatt and His Wife Lived With Her Parents, North of Hagerstown and Carried Gun for Protection. Palladium Special Hagerstown, Ind., May 23. As Mrs. Cloe Klla Hiatt was bidding her bus band, Cyril Hiatt, goodbye thij morn ing, the trigger of the revolver, which ne carried in his vest pocker, was sprung in some manner and the bullet struck Mrs. Hiatt in the right shoulder, also penetrating the right lung. She is in a very serious condition and the three attending physicians expected to take her to Reid Memorial hospital at Richmond, to operate and endeavor to remove the bullet. The accident happened at the home of Mrs. Hiatt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Derhpsey Lumpkins, about three miles north of this place, about five o'clock this morning. She and her husband had just finished breakfast. She had accompanied him to the door. Just as they had embraced each other, the revolver was discharged. Her husband carried her into the house and called three Hagerstown physicians. They found that the shoulder bone was shattered and that the wound in the lung was specially dangerous. The bullet had taken a downward course but the physicians were unable to locate it. Mrs. Hiatt is about 20 years old and her husband is two years her senior. He is employed at the Light Inspection Car Works. They were married about a year and a half ago. Hiatt has been accustomed to carrying his revolver for protection while they were living with her parents, as he walks to and from the shop and much of the walk is along a dark road. A STORY OF FORREST. The Actor's Encounter With an Impertinent Critic Many years ago Edwin Forrest, the celebrated actor, when in New York, was in the habit of dining at Windust's, a 1 noted restaurant on Park row that was a favorite resort of actors and literary men. It usually happened that Forrest would be joined by friends and that the little group would sit together at one table. On one occasion it chanced that an Englishman with a reputation for conceit and impertinence, who had scraped acquaintance with the tragedian, was one of the group. Early in fhe course of the dinner the Englishman began to make criticisms which he considered pleasantries about Forrest's conception of certain roles. Encouraged by bis own appreciation, he gave full play to his humor and concluded each of his impertinences with "Pardon my freedom, sir it's my way." To the astonishment of all who knew Forrest's irascible disposition he bore the Briton's offensive remarks patiently and seemingly ignored them as far as possible. When, however, the nuts were brought in by the waiter he took several cracked walnuts in his hand and, walking over to the Briton's place, jocularly snapped them successively in t he face of that individual, lightly saying after each shot, "Pardon my freedom, sir it's my way," and snapped him out of the restaurant. SPEED OF WAVES. Over Seventy-eight Miles an Hour Has Been Recorded. Interesting facts about waves were given by Dr. Vaughan Cornish in one of his lectures. In the north Atlantic, he said, waves had been measured, the largest of which was somewhat more than forty feet high, with a length from crest to crest of 560 feet. It was in the southern Indian ocean that waves attained their fullest development, and they had been measured there with a length of 780 feet. In the Atlantic it had been found that waves attained a speed of thirtyeight miles an hour in,a wind of about forty-four miles an hour. Speaking of the swells in the waves that run freely on the surface of the sea after the wind has ceased. Dr. Cornish said that during a storm in December, 1898, he recorded breakers nar Bournemouth which moved at sixty-seven miles an hour and had a length from crest to crest of 1.000 feet. In February. 181W. he observed breakers on the same shore which had a speed in deep water of not less than seventy-eight and a half miles an hour. London Family Herald. cial i nk

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A BATTLEJ WHEAT Duel Between Armour and Waterman Causes Market to Break Hard.

PRICE FALLS FOUR CENTS (American Xews Service) Chicago, May 23. During a spectacular battle in the wheat pit between Theodore Waterman of Albany, X. Y.. and J. Ogden Armour, of Chicago, May delivery broke four cents on the bushel today. Waterman is credited with trying to corner May option and Armour his chief opjvonenu Millions ot dollars is involved. HOW IT HAPPENED. The Explanation of the Automobile Driver end a Climax. After the victim of the accident was carried to the sidewalk the automobile driver turned his machine and came baek.aud explained how it happened with considerable warmth. "This woman." he volubly remarked to the policeman, "was entirely to blame. She ran around from ahead ot the street car und deliberately put herself in ray way. After she had dodged the coal cart it was too late for me to stop. 1 couldn't tell which way she was going, and when I saw that she ' was dazed and foolish I jammed oa the brakes and tried to pass to the left, but of course she had to run the same way. and the consequence was that in endeavoring to avoid a baby carriage with twins in it and an old man who was walking with a crutch 1 suppose I must have bit her. But I wasn't going more than two miles an hour, and any woman who would dodge around in that foolish way and lose her head shouldn't be permitted to go on the streets without a bunch of guardians." The policeman nodded. ' "Come over to the sidewalk," ha said, "and take a look at her." So the driver went to the curb with the officer and looked at the unfortunate creature who had so actively contributed to her own disaster. And. lo. it was only a dressmaker's dummy that had fallen off the rear of a delivery wagon! Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Mean Rival. Miss Aesthete On, I just adore poets! What a sad, soulful expression Mr. Loughan has. - Mr. Smartchap You would have a sad. soulful expression, too, if you were as far behind in your board bill as he Is. New York Weekly. Feltanan's Two Stores Closed All Day Decoration Day PLEASE her with a ring of daintily wrought gold of intricate workmanship, or one of plainer mould in which gems sparkle it all depends upon the occasion. Engagement rings, wedding rings, gift rings rings for a thousand fingers, at prices as alluring as the rings themselves. Sweet memories are often revived in a simple gift. It may be a pin, a bracelet, an ornament for the hair, a bangle or a brooch in filled or rolled gold. RATLIFF The Jeweler 12 N. Ninth St.

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