Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 312, 17 September 1910 — Page 1
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ic: T AND SUN-TEIiEGRAM. SINGLE COPT S GZXZT& VOL. XXXV. NO. 312. RICHMOND. IXD.. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910. s SHE IS JIIIG POET Mrs. Le Gallienne Wants to Get a Divorce from the Gay Bohemian.
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HIPPODROME FOR THE FESTIVAL TO BE OPENED OCT. 3 Event Will ' Be Appropriately Observed by the Various Improvement Organizations of this City.
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SHED LOVE TO BE DEFENCE MADE BYBOBLCHAIILER If He Concludes to Take Up the Gauntlet Hurled Down by Cavalieri by Showing Wedding Contract. A PROPOSITION MADE TO THE OPERA DIVA Action Taken by Mrs. Chanler Leads to the Belief a Bitter Fight Will Be Made for the Fortune.
(Amrlsin New Service.) New York. 8ept 17. "Unrequitted love" will be the defense of Robert Wlnthrop Chanler, who threw bin fortune at the feet of Una Caywllerl last May If he concludes to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the diva when through counsel the filed a copy of the pre-nuptlal contract with the New York register, as the first step In her endeavors to gain the Chanler Wealth. Cavallerl's attorneys would make no statement today In regard to tho report that the Astor-Chanler family has made overtures to Cavaleirl offering her $10,000 In cash and an annuity of $5,000 It she would abrogate the contract and consent not to bring ult. Attorneys in the case are looking to Cavalieri for the next Important move which la expected to be either cabled command to her New York attorneys with King and Osborn. to file an action against' the Chanler's or her own departure for America to contend in person against the rich and aristocratlo family into which ahe married. v Pear Latter Step. The Chanters fear the latter step. Sn the belief that the presence of the diva, with her siren charms, would "Sheriff Bob" again to throw discretion to the. winds and put his foot through all the carefully made plana of hla family and lawyers. - The action ot Cavalieri in filing the ante-marriage agreement in this city and Duchess county was regarded variously; some believing that it was the first step towards a bitter international legal fight, probably the atrangest in the annals of the law, while others looked upon it as the Initial move, In a compromise, forced by. the members of the Astor and Chanler families who deplore the publicity and who through their vast financial and social Influence could practically bar Cavalieri from the grand opera field here should she choose to defy them. In the first skirmish two principal figures temporarily lost sight of; they were "Bob" Chanler himself 'and Oreste Cavaleirl, the brother of the Diva who came here to represent her In the post-marriage business. Haa Legal Strength. Attorneys who had opportunity for the first time to examine the strange document expressed surprise at the legal strength and completeness of it. yhlle Chanler gave away everything he had, Cavalieri did not allow Bob's mad passion to sway her from a practical business view. Her attorneys wrote Into the document everything which would make it binding, even down to the consideration and the irrevocable power of attorney given Mme. Chanler-Cavallerl. Attorneys on both sides today ex pressed the belief that there will be no litigation due to the extreme aver sion of the Chanler and Astor families to have their names aired further in public. SAYS BEER IS GOOD (American News Service.) Chicago, Sept. 17. Europe no long r ia the haunt of the toper, according to Dr. Max Henlus, of Chicago who haa returned from the first in ternational congress of brewing at Brussels. Signs of a powerful temperance movement in Europe were manifest' ed by the V00 delegates to the convention. Dr. Ilenlus said. "Denmark has taken the lead. There the government does not tax beverage containing less than 14 per cent of alcohol while it doea tax and heavily, too all other drinks. "The brewers both here and abroad will back temperance. There is no doubt that drunkenness is the world's greatest corse. On the other hand. however, they do not want prohibl tlon. because beer, drunk in moderate quantities, is not harmful." VETERANS TO PARADE. The Col Meredith Post O. A. R. met Thursday evening at the Court house and accepted an Invitation from the Fall Festival to enter the Centennial parade, aa a body. Several members of the local post will go to Cambridge City, October 5 to attend the reunion eg the 5a Indiana regiment.
ACTION IS FILED IN PARIS
(American News Service.) New York, Sept 17. Richard Le Gallienne, poet, Bohemian and personal friend of "Bob" Chanler, who was one of the guests at Chanler's bachelor dinner on the eve of his Investment In matrimony, is also in domestic trouble, it was learned today, when 4 cable message from Paris brought the Information that Mrs. Le Gallienne had sued for divorce. - The poet hag been served with a summons In this city although the case will come to trial soon In Paris. Le Gallienne has been living in America for a number of years, although his wife has been residing in Paris with her daughter. The woman In the case is the poet's second wife, formerly Julie Narregarde, the beautiful daughter of a dis tinguished Danish family, whom the( poet married in 1897 after the death; of his first wife, ard the suit is said to be based upon evidence gathered ' In this city last December although' the charge made in the petition is de-i sertlon. i Le Gallienne was In the public eye recently owing to his controversy with Wm. Watson, the English poet, over "The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue." Mr. Le Gallienne flying to the rescue of fair womanhood, with a counter poem, "The Poet With the Coward's Tongue." Threats of a dual followed, but did not pass the conversational stage. SHADOW OF DEATH OVER MANY HOMES DR, HURTY STATES He Predicts One Death Every Quarter of an Hour, Nearly All Children, During Month of October. - ' " TO EXCEED RATE IN . ' THE SUMMER MONTHS Increase Is Attributed Almost Entirely to Wrong Housing and Badly Ventilated School Rooms. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Sept. 17. Death's shadow fell in a grewsome portent over Indiana Saturday when Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary ot the state board of health, prophesied for October that children will die at a rate quadruple that of the summer . months, which means one will die every fifteen min utes. "The prevalence of children'a dis eases will be Increased four times over the summer months, and the same is true of the death rate," said Dr. Hurty. Children died at the rate of more than one every hour in July. Hence each time a clock chimes the quarter hour in October1, more than one home will have been darkened by a child's death, if the prediction of Dr. Hurty comes true. Cause of Increase. "The increase may be attributed al most wholly to wrong housing," continued the health officer. "It is about time for us to be receiving reports of epidemics of diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever and other diseases breaking out in the schools. Poor care of the children and crowding into badly ventilated school rooms is the cause." The state board Is sending out a special bulletin calling attention to the fact that the season for coughs. colds and pneumonia ia near at hand. "We desire people to understand it ia not the cold which causes cold." said Dr. Hurty. "They come because we shut ourselves up in houses to keep warm. If we lived as much in the open air in cold weather as we do in summer, coughs and colds would be aa rare In the winter season aa they are in summer. More people are killed by badly ventilated rooms than are killed in all the wars. Trusts can not corner air, so there is no need of air-starvation." A special warning will be sent out to the schools of the state telling the precautions for sanitation and ventila tion. . WEATHER REPORT. TAT -Generally fair tonight and Sunday exeept in the northwest portion. Cooler In Northwest per tlon, Sunday. LOCAL Fair tonight Wanner Sunday. " and
CITIZENS TO PARADE TO EXHIBITION PLACE
California Fruit Exhibit, Now at the Ohio Valley Exposition, Will Be Shown at the Local Festival. The executive committee of the Fall Festival decided last night to open the hippodrome Monday, October 3. Commercial . organizations of the city will have charge of the celebration ot this event, as the executive j committee has invited the Commer cial club, Young Men's Business club. West Side Improvement association, Rlverdale Civic League, and South Side Improvement association to participate in the celebration. There will be a big parade from Main street to the hippodrome ground at Fifteenth and South B streets, in which all these organizations will march. They will be lead by bands. Charles L. Wilson, superintendent of the exhibit, who was here last week and placed a proposition with the executive committee to bring the California fruit exhibit, as was shown at the Ohio Valley Exposition, to Richmond for the Fall Festival, has "been Informed that his proposition is ac cepted, which means the exhibit will come to Richmond. One of Three Places. Besides Cincinnati and Richmond, the exhibit will only appear at Chicago, from where it will be taken back, to California. The exhibit is a large one and will require 'a large room for exhibition. The Leeds room on Main street will probably be used for the fruit. Governor Marshall will be" enter tained by Dr. 8. E. Smith of Easthaven, when he comes to the Festival, as Dr. Smith was appointed chairman of a special committee in charge of the governor's entertainment. It is likely the governor will make a spe cial examination of the hospital. Twenty Spanish - American War veterans have been secured to patrol the streets during festival parades this year. Last year the work was done by ten. They will be mounted. A letter haa been received by Secretary W..W. Reller stating that the Indianapolis Commercial club board of directors will attend the Festival in a body. Judge Cassiua C. Hadley of the Indiana Appellate court, will act as a judge in the parades. The grain exhibit from Purdue university will be held in the room formerly occupied by Chris Schaefer. Lee B. Nusbaum will again provide programs for the festival. A "JACKPOT" EIGHT Republicans and Democrats Alike Are Uniting to Defeat Lorimer. TO CLEAN LEGISLATURE (American News Service.) ' Chicago, Sept. 17 Republicans and democrats alike are uniting today in an effort to defeat the Lorimer and "Jackpot" factions of the republican party victors in -the primaries ot Thursday In the fall elections. The clean-up is to be made in the general assembly and it is freely predicted by politicians of the reform eelmenc that the democrats will control both houses when the smoke of battle clears away. Drafting a platform was begun today by members of the democratic executive committee and the Republicans will begin drafting their platform Monday. Roger Sullivan is in control of the democratic column although the Hearst harmony slate made deep inroads into his following;. The defeat of Rep. Henry Sherman Boutell for renominatlon was hailed with delight by both republicans and democrats. Boutell, however, declares he will run again. ISSUED TRANSFERS Township Trustee James Howarth Issued seventy transfers today to pupils from the Wayne township schools who wish to enter the Richmond high school this year. The township pays S4 a month far nine months for Mrh
- .students. This makes $2,520 which Sunday. will be paid out, an increase of 1600 over last year.
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A picture of the wreck of Aviator Clifford Harmon's aeroplane recently near the Harvard aviation field. After a spectacular flight all over the field, the aviator attempted several quick turns. They were accomplished nicely, but in a final "swoop" a contrary current of air was met and the machine dashed down and into the mud. Harmon escaped injury, but his machine was wrecked.
AMERICA BUILDS GREAT M0II0PLAIIE It Bids Fair to Equal Best Performances of French Machines. CRAFT EXHIBITED TODAY INVENTOR DEMONSTRATES ITS RACTicMiuTv; Taltko ucTh EXPERTS ALLEGED' ITS LINES WERE WRONG. (American News Service.) New York, Sept 17. American Ingenuity at last has devised a monoplane that bids fair to equal the best performances of the French airships that have recently been capturing flying honor e. The first v-acticable Americanbuilt machine of this type was exhibited at the aviation field at Garden City, L. I., today ly Walter L. Fairchild, a New York electrical engineer who believes that he gained a great stride In American aeronautics. Fairchild demonstrated in flight the practicability of his monoplane which is built upon original lines and which was constructed against the criticism of etperts. He successfully flew back and forth over the aviation grounds. skimming through the air on even keel under perfect control. The machine is built to resemble a gigantic blackbird. ' The aviator declared that his machine is capable of making seventy miles an hour in speed. Aviation experts' were keenly interested In his flight and acknowledged that Fairchild had given a great Impetus to aviation In America through his invention. Heretofore America has been represented in the air by biplanes only, and while these bigger machines have many advantages they have been distanced on all the recent events by their smaller ami . faster rivals with the single plane. K REGIMENTAL REUNION. The 69th Regiment Indiana Infafitry Volunteers will meet at Hagerstown, Ind., on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Comrades can go on 6:40 and 11:30 a. nj trains. ' ' PaUcdinm's Daily Averspe Circulation For Week Ending Sept. 10, 1910. (Except Saturday) TOTAL DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION Including Rural Routes,. Mail Circulation. Small Towns. Oomplimentaries. City Circulation, Etc, Six Days 6,091 AVERAGE CiTY CIRCULATION This Includes Regular , .Complimentary lisL This Report Does 'Not ' Include Sample Copies. ; .
CAPTAIN LARSEII TO SHOOT FALLS One More Man Believes He Can Go Over Niagara and Live to Tell It.
MADE FINAL TEST TODAY HE.r LANS JTO-rSMpOT THE GIANT " V 2RFALL, WHICH HAS ALKcADY CLAIMED 80 MANY VICTIMS, IN A SMALL LAUNCH. - . (American News Service. Niagara Falls, Sept. 17. Captain Klaus Larsen of Cleveland, Ohio, the latest daredevil navigator to tempt death in the treacherous Whirlpool Rapids, made a final test with his eight-horse power motor boat . this morning. "I am positive that I will come out alive for I have studied the currents and the position of the rocks," said Larsen after an examination of his engines for a trial spin. T'he Whirlpool Rapids stretch over seven miles where the water in the narrow canyon boils white over jagged rocks in its treacherous bed. Captain Webb, the world's champion swimmer, and the only man to swim the English channel, lost his life trying to negotiate the same course. Relies Upon Current. Larsen . announced today. - that - he would rely mainly upon the swiftness of the current and said that he believed he could make the trip successfully In fifteen minutes. Crowds- surrounded his little motor boat this morning while the navigator put the finishing 'touches on his arrangements. : "I am taking a life preserver with me," said he, "in case of an accident. My boata can make only' eight, miles an hour, but speed is not necessary in such an undertaking as this. - The terrific current will be the driving force." . As . the crowds looked at the frail little boat and then at the dangerous rock stream canyon there was not one who thought that Larsen would make the . trip (successfully. The toll of death by Whirlpool Rapids has been large and the fear that one more human life today would be added to its total, was almost general, while Larlsen was calmly, making his arrangements to start. IFIIIES WIFE BEATER For assault and battery on his wife, Harry Murray was fined $1 and costs in police court today. The mayor first assessed a fine of f 5 and costs but as Murray is a working man. he reduced it.- 'Mrs. Murray was . cot seriously hurt. Harry Kewcomber'was fined $1 and costs for drunk. Neweomber is from New Castle. Patrolman Wlerhake. who got him at Sixth ' and Main streets, had trouble making the arrest. Neweomber took a left jab at him and Wierhake saved himself by 1 ducking. His hat was knocked off. HOUSE IS SOLD. ' The home of the -late J. M. Wefel. Twentieth and Mate streets, was sold yesterday to George Cates by the administrators of Mr. Wefel's estate. The consideration was SeVSOdL ...
PAY TRIBUTE TO
JUDGE CONVERSE His Brother Attorneys Meet and Draw Up a Most Beautiful Memorial. TELL OF HIS KINDNESS DEATH .OF JUDGE-,;,JCONVS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FILL HHP PLACE AS GRAND K. OF P, CHANCELLOR. Twenty-six members of the Wayne county bar met in the circuit court room this morning and adopted reso lutions in memorial to William C. Converse, who died Thursday in Chicago., The memorial in part follows: "He was uniformly respected by all members of the bar and by the community at large. He was especially noted for his kindness and sympathy for his fellow men. He stood prominently as a most loving husband and devoted father. As a citizen, he was a model in his dally walks of life. "We, his associates at the Wayne county bar, who knew him well,' having met to take formal action expressive of our sorrow in his death hereby adopt the foregoing memorial. ; "We extend to his family our sin cere sympathy and reauest that thtt Wayne circuit court enter upon its records this memorial as the action of the bar, and cause a copy to be certified by the clerk and delivered to the family. , - "CHAS. E. SHIVELEY, 'PERRY J. FREEMAN, ""A. M. GARDNER." " The memorial referred to his work as an attorney, as city judge and contained a short obituary. Tell of His Career. Before the adoption of the memorial several members of the bar spoke on the life and character of Mr. Converse. Charles E. Shi veley. Henry U. Johnson. Perry J. Freeman, Roscoe E. Kirkman and Wilfred Jessup spoke of his career as an ' attorney, city judge and - fraternal V official. , They paid a high tribute to his paternal love, his sympathy, his interest for his clients and his faithfulness to his work. - , These members of the bar had been associated with Mr. . Converse as a school boy, college student, attorney and judge and told Interesting events in his career.'. .. Mr. Converse was Grand Vice Chancellor of the . Indiana grand lodge Knights of Pythias and Quld have succeeded to the office of Grand Chancellor October 5. There are no provisions made by the order to fill the vacancy and it will probably be left to the discretion of the present Grand Chancellor A. M. Brown of Winchester, Ind. The Grand Chancellor may appoint some one to fin the less, important positions and promote the other officers or he may permit the matter to rest until the next meeting of the grand lodge. - . BOYS BUI A DMI The fire which destroyed the barn of James Gordon, 726 Chestnut street, yesterday afternoon, is thought by Mr. Gordon to have been started maliciously by boys. - Fires have occurred In the vicinity previously, it is claimed. Prosecution will probably follow.
When He Heard that City Dads
at Special Meeting Kicked on Increase He Expresses Opinions. assSBSSBBsssse . '-, FAVORS EVEN HIGHER RATE THAN PROPOSED He Thinks City Rate Should Be $1.25 Until the Municipality Is on Its Feet and Without Debts.
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ed at a special meeting of city ooun cil. last Monday night, will be present ed in the same form at the. regular meeting Monday night. The tax, rate
is fixed in' the ordinance at $1.11 or $1.06 on the general fund and $.05 oa the special fund. The total approprl' atlons amount to $174,786. Every item of the budget was carefully considered and here was a ten- - - . v'V; dency to shave down every thing possible, so every item is as low as pos- V. sible. It . was at first . believed that - , the city building could go without a root another year and that the street improvement fund could be .cut down, but this was found impossible, ' The appropriation of $64,000 for tho street department t is considered by many insufficient to meet the demand' for improvements. The roof on thecity building will cost $7,600 but to let it go another year will be Imprao-. -tical. i , . . - r - Councilman Protested. The councilmen : ' kept protesting ' that the budget could and must ho cut) down as there is said to be a UX" objection to its being raised by inany. C of the citizen. ' . ' ' Mayor Zimmerman was ill last fc.V and unable to attend. the special (ev sion of council, but he was tndlcnsat when he heard the councilman' weto ; , afraid to raise the tax rate, llg sett, this morning: '" "How a bunch of business men can , see the advantage of borrowing oonty . and paying interest on ft, rather thaa , raising the tax rate I don't under stand. I'm going to show 'em at ttb ' . ; . meeting Monday In a communkmttaai regarding the tax . rate. There's no - T sense In borrowing money and throwlng the people's money away to pay-si interest That's not economy. , . ' Favor a $1.25 Rate, t - "I am In favor of putting the tax. rate at the limit, $1.25. unt!l Richmond , gets out of debt and then reducing it: accordingly. . We can't afford to do k much next year on a $1.11 tax rate, bo-- r r-i-y
cause there is so much to do. I get: my opinion of a set of men who aror afraid to raise a tax rate'" when It's obviously necessary. After next year, , - when the people see what we haven't,' done, they'll say 'Yes, that's the kln4, ' of an administration the republican, give.' It would again be the old say' ing "The do-nothing administration." 1-
"I did think when that phrase wan coined I'd be able to show them Is , ; 1911, after we got on our. feet onon, again, but it looks like there Is notlH . lng doing." With all the tax levies tho total ' ' rate to be paid by Richmond cttlsonn ' next year, will be $2.84 or $2.86. Tho present levies of tax place it at $J4tS -but Inasmuch as this amount will not divide evenly, the township poor tax will Jikely be changed, either by add lng or deducting one cent. ' The levies will be as fellows; Ctty. , t tax $1.11; county tax $.45 340; stat tax, $.31 17-20; township poor, $.02 ,ot,' .05; township library $.05; South l. -street gravel road. $.01; National roxl ; . '. " Improvement $.06; Richmond special; . school. $.25; Richmond tuition, f.a;. Richmond school board. $.16. - . Talk About Avwilngs. Another matter discussed last att was the ordinance mtrodsesxl at te- ' special meeting last Moaday, refarsV'. . lng wooden sheds buQt over deore of business bousee. There) wa ant ordSaw ance passed in lS7f proelbULas c!)eds , to be built over doors bat tS crCaance was introduced . to wclL tLs previous bill, so that pernmncu nwnv? , ings might be placed,' exeept onllsiai street. , Last night it was referrel tCity Attorney A. M. Gardner tar re; - , ; vision. , . " .' Mayor Zimmerman, -who' braszi ' the amendment as nothing more nor? less , than class legislation said tUsv. morning he certainly would oppose it-, Monday night, and that there woali f -be something lnelnded on the snfc&ct- - i In his communication to council 12on . -. day. ' J , "Sheds will be all over-town If thct ' ordinance goes Into effect, anil: tilMayor this morning. It Sm est,". . make any difference about tho tx
cess men. We've got to tacs tSrr fire protection. If wo - let nerness" bofld sheds on the aid ctrect xrfU hare to on KsSn street. V csnrtwould uphoU fat c&tsn UrizYn. :
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