Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 32, 11 December 1910 — Page 1

IGHMONB PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM.

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TO GO TO SENATE Ofl MONDAY AFTERNOQH It Is Expected that President Taft Will Make His Judiciary Selections Within a Few Hours. HUGHES IS FAVORED FOR CHIEF JUSTICE While Two Southern Judges Arc Being Considered Dalzcll Visits White House and Left in a Huff. (American Nwj Servlre) YVnaViincrtnn Iim 1 ft PraMn t Tft continued to struggle today with the supreme court and rommerce court appointments. He la to continue ronferences with friends of the candidates and It la expected he will make up the slate early Monday and will end his nominations to the senate Monday afternoon. Attorney General Wiskersham and Asitoclato Justice Lurton of the supreme court conferred with the president today. The Judicial appointments are In a anarl. friends of the candidates still In the field fighting bard for their favorites. The president Is giving an attentive ear to all that la said. It eems a certainty that either Judge Itussell of Texas, or 'Judge Lamar of Georgia will be named as one of the assistant justices, with Judge Hughes a chief justice. The Republican candidates for the second assistant judgeships still In the field are Judges Hwaysee of New, Jersey. Hook of Kansas. Van.De Venter of Wyoming, and Wlnslow of Wisconsin. Tolls for the Canal. President Taft today conferred with Representative Mann of Chicago, chairman of the house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, as to legislation that must be enacted to regulate the collection of toll when the Panama canal Is opened to traffic. The president thinks the tolls should not exceed $1 a -ton. Thla would bring In about $7,000,000 a year, according to Representative Mann. The cots of maintenance of the canal when sompleted will -be about $3,000,000 annually. An excess of $4,000,000 annually will not pay Interest on the money Invested. The Kansas City commercial club delegation which has been attending the rivers and harbors congress asked the president to not overlook the need of the Missouri river for Improvement when the appropriations are considered. RepresentaUve John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Speaker Cannon's right band man, arrived at the White House today In a new automobile and left In a huff. After cooling his heels for an hour and a half In "Lame Duck Alley," Mr. Dalzell made a break for the door. "Any news?" Queried a newspaper nan. Only Reached Deer. -No.- snapped Mr. Dalzell. "didn't get any farther than the door." It became known during the day's conferences on supreme court and rommerce court appointments that the president has practically decided to eliminate Judge Pollock of Kansas. The chances for the appointment of Judge Hook of Kansas as one of the associate justices are materially increased. It Is also reported that the president will name as the -head of the commerce court, either Chairman James Knapp of the Interstate Commerce commission or James 8. Harlan also a member of the commission. Former Vice President Falrmanks arrived In Washington shortly after noon 'and Is the house guest of President Taft. Tonight they attended the Gridiron club dinner. Mr. Fairbanks will remain here until Monday. Mayor Fltsgerald of Boston was a White House caller. "Lodge cant come back. He will be defeated, he said. "Massachusetts will send a man in his place who ' will not betray the people In the Interests of the corporations." Mayor Fltsgerald loft for Boston this afternoon. Mr. Randolph Hearst and Clarence J. Shearn or New York called upon remained half an hour. AMERICANS ATTEND THE CELEBRATION (American New Service) Paris. Dec. 10. Several eminent representatives of the Bar in the United States were present as Invited guests at the opening here today of two days' celebration to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the reestabllshment of the Bar In France, bv Napoleon I. ANDERSON TRIMS THE LOCAL FIVE Anderson nigh school won from Richmond last ntght at the Y. M. C. A. before a big crowd by the score of 32-19. High school was unable to cope with the work of the fast Anderson team. As a curtain raiser Roy Compton'a Falcons fell easy prey to the Colts. The Colts had a badly crippled team but had an easy time with the Comptonites.

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Diplomat and Picturesque Wife

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Mr. and Mrs. De PeretU de la Rocca, the new secretary of the French embassy, and his wife, who are we'l thought of in Washington. Madame de Perettl de la Rocca is one of the most picturesque women in the diplomatic corps. Her friends say she resembles Marie Antoinette. She Is a Mexican, and met her husband when he was an attache of the French embassy in Mexico City. . The De la Rocca's have a pretty home on Columbia road, which was designed by her. In the drawing room . the ceilings are hung with canvasses alBo painted by her. The art gallery, although small, contains several gems of art. Since her residence in Washington, Mme. de la Rocca has been, giving weekly dinners to the members of the different embassy staffs. Both - the first secretary and his wife are very proud "of Iheir little hoy, Perettl, and their ' girl baby, .six months old.- The, mother likes outdoor sport and Is fond of roller skating, which is a fad In Washington. She likes to skate with her young son, and they visit the rink together as often as his school duties will permit. Sometimes they skate around the block on which their house stands.

ENGLISH SPIES TO BE PUTON TRIAL Two British Officers Accused by Germans of Seeking Military Projects. (American News Service) Leipslc, Dec. 10. The trial of the two English officers. Captain B. F. Trench of the Royal Marines, and Lieutenant V. H. Brandon of the Royal Nevy, who were arrested at Borkum as supposed spies, will take place here the coming week. It is expected to be one of the most interesting international trials that has taken place In a long time, but the newspaper statements that the trial Is . fraught with the gravest possibilities for the peace of Europe are not taken seriously here. ' The charge against' the two officers is that of trespassing for the purpose of espionage, and attempting to convey military seevrets to a foreign vcy military secrets to a foreign cd In secret and the accused will be given fair play in the fullest sense of the term. They will be defended by Mr. von Gordon, a prominent international lawyer of Berlin, and Mr. Hans Otto of this city. . Permission will be given the British government to be represented at the trial, which will take place under the civil law before seven judges. It is the general belief here that if the two officers are convict ed the sentence will be light GREEK SITUATION IS NOT ALARMING (American News Service) Athens, Dec. 10. General elections will be held In Greece tomorrow to choose a new assembly to succeed that which was dissolved last fall on account of the revolt. The tranquility which prevails on the eve of the elections Is regarded as evidence that popular opinion supports King George and that an assembly willing to carry out his reform policies will be elected. A NAVAL WEDDING American News Service) San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 10. Many naval officers snd their families attended the wedding at Mare Island today of Miss Sally Simons, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hanly Simons, and Paymaster Klrby Van Meter, U. S. N. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair and colder today; slightly warmer tonight. -

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PROTEST MADE ON HINSHAW PAROLE State Pardon Board Is Con sidering Case of the Convicted Minister. (American News Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 10. Few criminal cases in Indiana in recent years have aroused such wide interest throughout the state as that of Rev William Hinshaw, whose application for parole is now under consideration, Today the state board of parole met at the state prison at Michigan City to hear testimony, and Monday the hearing is expected to be concluded in this city and the decision announced. While friends of the convicted pastor have ' been urging his parole on the' ground that he is dying of tuberculosis many persons of prominence have been active in opposing his release from prison. So pronounced has become the public agitation over the matter that Governor Marshall has demanded that the case be given the most thorough investigation before an action is taken on the appli cation for parole. The crime of which Hinshaw was convicted was the murder of his wife in 1S95. His defense at the trial was that she had been killed by burglars. There were no eye witnesses to the murder, but the circumstantial evidence was so strong that the husband was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. After serving about eight years influential friends succeeded in getting a sixty-day parole for him and later he was given an indefinite parole. He returned to his former home, where some two years later public indignation against him was again aroused when he was named as co-respondent in a divorce suit. As a result of the scandal Governor Hanly promptly revoked the parole and sent him back to prison for life. OFFICERS OF FLEET WERE GIVEN DINNER (American Xew Service) London, Dec. 10. Mere than one hundred officers of the American Atlantic fleet were the guests at dinner given at the House of Commons restaurant today by. Earl Beauchamp. the First Commissioner of Works, and the controller of the official hospital city fund. Many representatives of the government and others prominent in the public life of Great Britain were present to meet the American naval officers, in whose honor an informal reception was held following the dinner. - -

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HE FLIRT" GETS SEVERE WHIPPING FOR HIS ACTIONS Irate Husband Catches a Man Who Had Insulted His Wife and Knocks Him Into Gutter 4 Times. HUSBAND SURRENDERS TO THE POLICE But Chief Gorman Refuses to Place Him Under Arrest, but He Is Anxious to Capture the Masher. Just as has b??n anticipated for poir.o tine, the natural resuit of one o? the frequent cases of insulting aclvanc-t es to local wcnicn h?.s oecureil. Last) evening a well known Fouth side wo- J rocery. V'.:en she loft tha store she not'.ced a man following but paid littie sttent'on. ' After ehs tal tvrr.ed down SI?.th street, the ve;r.a:i found that the nia:i j was epuroacnins ner. men ne cauea out for her to stop. After seeing It was useless to try to escape she told the "masher" that she had been to the grocery and was going home, and for him to leave her alone. "Come down the alley," the man 6aid, coming close to her, "just come down the alley. She told him that he had better cease his insults and move away or her husband would whip him. Just toen the husband of the woman approached and she called for assistance. Masher Gets Beating. The husband caught up with the "masher" und demanded an explanation, but getting none, he knocked the man into the gutter. The "he flirt" was knocked down four ntore times and then the woman told hsr husband to stop the punishment. .The husband went immediately, to police headquarters where his action was reported. The man said he was willing to pay a fine for hitting' the in suiter, but he" was told by Superintendent Gormon, that he would not be arrested unless the man he - hit appeared Xo file charges; which is not "believed to be very likely. According to Chief Gormon the masher "will get all that's tomln to him if he comes to headquarters." "It is just as I have anticipated," said Superintendent Gormon last night. "I wonder if that boast has been forgotten very recently when a man was acquitted of murder for kill ing a man who boasted that 'an automobile and $500 could get the best woman In Vincennes.'" "It's a shame," continued the chief, "that a respectable woman can't walk on the streets without being Insulted. Anyone that is brought to me for that offense will be dealth with severely." BRAZILIAN NAVY AGAJNILOLTED Detachment Ashore Aided by a Warship Is Shelled by the Loyal Forces. (American News Service) Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 10. The Brazilian government today put down a second revolt which broke out in the naval forces. A number of mutineers were killed before they surrendered. The naval battalion on Combra Island in the bay mutined last night and siezed the fortress. Simultaneously the crew of the Rio Grande De Sul, which took part in the naval meeting several weeks ago steamed to a point off the island to support the mutineers. , Government ministers held a meeting and decided to put down the mutiny within 24 hours at all hazzards. Orders were given from military headquarters to storm the fortress and cannonade the position of the mutineers until they either surrendered or all were killed. At dawn this morning the guns of the shore batteries and the loyal ships opened fire upon Combra Island. For three hours a furious cannonade which shook the city was directed against the Combra fortress. About S o'clock the mutineers ran up a white flag and offered to surrended. The city is in a state of great excitement. Many "isidents fled from t'aeir homes t o the open country fearing that the city would be bombarded. Palladium's Total Oaiiy Average Circulation (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Dec 10, 1910. 6,469 City Circulation snowing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not include sample copies. 5,561

DECEMBER 11, 1010.

TINTYPES RELATE EARLY PASTS OF FJ With Fiendish Glee, George Ade Presents Long Forgotten Pictures at IndianaChicago Banquet. KIN HUBBARD TOLD . ABOUT ABE MARTIN And Toastmaster Buckingham Nearly Talked the Arms Off All the Diners Was Joyful Affair. (American News Service) Chicago, Dec. 10. The Indiana society at Chicago, at its sixth annual banquet at the Congress hotel tonight unanimously resolved, without the for mality of vote that all the doumas, cortezes, reichstags, storthings and plain legislatures might as well disband, as the affairs of the universe would be safely left In the hands of Indianians. In proof were offered samples of Hoosier poetry and prose, art and oratory, statesmanship and philosophy, manufacture and farming. Even aesthetics were attended to, and native Hoosier songs, with words and music complete, were offered in abundance, fitted to the needs of every clime. It was a wide open meeting and much hidden personal history was dragged into the light- Some of this cruel revelation came in speeches but most of it was set forth in a teriffic indictment committed to print for private circulation by George Ade, The tell-tale document was entitled, "I Knew Him When, and not a few eminent Chicagoans displayed a desire to get under the table upon pursuing its pages. Dress and Undress. The illustrations consisted prin cipally ' of reproductions of tintypes dating all the way back to the civil war and showed types of dress, infantile undress and youthful whiskers, and left "an" assumption of dignity On the part of the many diners useless In the face of tvposures. Among the persons who pasts in In diana were, thus cruelly revealed were Charles Warren Fairbanks, Meredith Nicholson, George T. Buckingham, Booth Tarkington, Albert J. Beveridge, Charles D. Major, George Barr McCutcheon, W. T. Durbin, J. M. Studebaker, John W. Kern, John S. Shafer, Will J. Davis, John T. McCutcheon, James Whitcomb Riley and udge Frances E. Baker. ohn Kern gave the Hoosiers sage advice about how to get into public office, under the general head of "Campaigning In Indiana." Robert Alexander's subject was "The Confessions of a Slave." He told his admirers some more of the difficulties of running for office. George T. Buckingham was toastmaster and he talked more than all the other speakers put together. When the diners finally succeeded in muzzling him, Kin Hubbard told about "Abe Martin's Neighbors." It was a scream. SHE IS AFRAID TO RETURNJO MEXICO Mrs. Woodyard, Visiting Here, Told by Husband to Remain in Indiana. Mrs. Gilbert Woodyard, who has been visiting in Richmond and Muncie has received word from her husband and son, Gilbert, who are In riot-ridden Guadalajara, Mexico, that it is not safe for her to attempt to return to Mexico at this time, owing to the disturbed conditions. Mrs. Woodyard has been visiting in Indiana for several weeks and was preparing to go to her home in Durango, Mexico, when the anti-American riots broke out in the various parts of Mexico, these being later followed by the attempted revolution. Mrs. Woodyard was shocked to learn in a letter from her husband that one of the good friends of the familyan American named Lockhart, had been killed while on his ranch near Durango. During the week that conditions were at their worst in Mexico no mail sent her by relatives reached Mrs. Woodyard, she says. In writing from this city to friends In Muncie, Mrs. Woodyard said: "The railroad bridges were burned between Durango and Torreon. I understand that no damage was done in the city of Durango, our home, but Americans who appeared on the street were cursed and threatened, and they went, heavily armed at all times. Cavalry patrolled the streets constantly land they made seventy-five arrests in j one evening there. There were gendarmes on every corner and every time three or four Mexicans were seen together, they were dispersed. If con ditions become settled so that traveling for an American is again safe, I expect to start for Durango early In

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NEWSPAPER WAGS HAD MERRY TIME AT ANNUAL FEAST

Members of the Gridiron Club Roast Distinguished Guests to a Deep Brown With Their Skits. PRESIDENT A BUTT FOR MERRY ANTICS In Burlesque His Probable Democratic Successors Are Led Before Him Roosevelt Gets His. (American News Service) Washington, Dec 10. The present year of "lame ducks," unhorsed dictators, landslides, sundered political hearts and bountiful harvest of presidential candidates, gave toa6t mas ters, wits and playwrights of the Gridiron club their best opportunity in years to produce their satirical car nival at the annual dinner tonight. President Taft was present and it seemed the writers of skits took spe cial pleasure in exhibiting to him the contortions of Miss Democracy, coy, receptive, and wrestling humorously and valiantly in the arms of her "many friends." President Taft also had the opportunity of seeing parading before him as Macbeth saw the line of ghosts, successors to his crown, among them Judson Harmon, Woodrow Wilson, John A. Dix and others. Authors of the 6kits managed in the denouements to push these ambitious statesmen from Miss Democracy band wagon, whereat there were shouts of laughter from 250 prominent guests who saw the play with the president. Champ Clark Staged. Then Champ Clark was given the first representation of himself and his two mules on any stage, with Uncle Joe chained to the Clark chariot wheel. . The greatest skit was when the counterfeit presentment of Col. Roose velt started across the room his retinue being the "lame duck" senators. The time kept .by these gentlemen was to the strains of the "Dead March from Saul. The president was then put on the gridiron and roasted , to turn. Cor respondence between the president and former president, dating from July to November, 1910, was read. The first letters were addressed "Dear Bill" and ' Dear Theodore." The last notes degenerated into "T. Roosevelt," and a formal "VV. H. Taft." This was a big hit. What was done to Folk was pletiful. The, gentleman who persecuted Folk announced that his presidential boom had the indorsement of Bryan. There Was no argument; Folk was simply knocked on the head, and taken to the discard. Champ Clark, Roosevelt and others were grilled unmercifully in the skits. WOODMEN CELEBRATE Big . Crowd Sees a Class Initiated. Forty candidates were initiated into the Modern Woodmen, last night at a well attended meeting at the Pythian temple. Probably 1,000 persons were present. There were a number of visitors from Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio, and from practically all Jthe small county towns. The affair was a huge success from the beginning to end, being marked with enthusiasm. The feature was the exemplification of the new ritual recently adopted by the national order. It proved very popular. Following the degree work, Harry Wining, of Indianapolis, gave a stereoptlcon lecture on "Wood Craft of the Woodmen." It" w-as well received. There was a banquet and several afterdinner talks. Before the ceremonies the Modern Woodmen of Richmond paraded on Main street. There was a band, and a number of Woodmen in uniform, carrying their aves, which were afterward used on the candidates. HE TIRES OF LIFE; DRINKS HALF PINT "Now I'm going to end my life and then you'll be sorry for what you've done, declared Charles Miller, of Indianapolis, a boarder at the Brunswick hotel, last night - So saying. Miller tipped up a half pint bottle of whiskey and swallowed the contents of the bottle. Then he collapsed. The man was sitting near the stove and had been quarreling with his sweetheart. He was drunk, according to the police. There was a small panic among the hotel boarders when the man fell for It was believed he had taken acid. He was not arrested. REPORTS A THEFT "John Underhill reported the loss of several plates from a buggy standing in front of his home on Sheridan street, last night. It Is supposed they were stolen.

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TARDY HONOR HOW GIVEN TO MARINE FOR HIS BRAVERY Medal of Honor Bestowed Upon Former Private Fitz-j gerald, Now Employed in , Customs Service. FORMER COMMANDER TELLS OF BRAVERY Deed Performed by Fitzgerald Are Related in a Novel that Was Written by Late Stephen Crane. BY SIDNEY ESPEY. Washington, Dec, 10. Tardy recog nition has been given by the government to John Fitzgerald, now an employe of the United States customs house in New York City, for his gallantry and courage during the Spanish American war. The recognition Is in the shape of a gold medal and $100 in gold, with a personal letter from Acting Secretary. of the Navy, Winthrop, describing the, heroism of Fitzgerald. Major-General, . G. F. Elliott, until recently commanding the U.S. Marine Corps, was instrumental in obtaining a medal of honor for Fitzgerald who was a marine, and served under Gen eral Elliott in the Cuban campaign.. In his letter, bringing the case to th attention of Assistant Secretary Win-, throp, General Elliott says: "In the winter of 1898, after I returned from the Spanish campaign In Cuba, where 1 had served at Guantana- . mo, and had been in command of the' aggressive little fight at Cuzco Valley, (some three or tour miles from Guantanamo,) I received a letter from Col.' Robert W. Huntington, U. St. Marine Corps, who commanded the marines at Guantanamo, saying: ' "You were Sergeant Quick's commanding officer at Cuzco, and I think you should recommend him for a medal of honor for his personal actions in that fight. This I did, and Sergeant Quick received a medal of honor. He is now senlor sergeant-major of the Corps. ; Telle of Hie Deed. "Private, John Fitzgerald. U. S. Marine Corps, performed duty ot a similar character to that performed by-; Sergeant Quick in that fight, their conduct being almost exactly alike. Fitzgerald, rose to the rank of gunnerysergeant, was of exceptionally good character and is now employed In the United States Customs House, in New York City. He has made application, through me, for a medal of honor for his action at Cuzco. "Stepnen Crane, the novelist, and author of 'The Red Badge of Courage,' stood near me, and saw the signalling done by Sergeant Quick and Private Fitzgerald. The action of these mea as described in a little book called 'Wounds in the Rain.' I do not think. he has overdrawn the facts in any degree, and I therefore inclose a copy of that part of his book relating to the action of these men in the fight at Cuzco. The letter which I wrote, describing Sergeant Quick's action. must be on file in the Department, a It was sent to the naval board of awards about 1898. This letter was written before before I saw or, knew that Stephen Crane had , writen anything in regard to the matter, a certificate of Fitzgerald's service is also enclosed. ; "In view of the circumstances, I have the honor to earnestly recommend the case of John Fitzgerald to the Department's favorable . consideration, to the end that he be awarded a medal of honor for hie conduct while under fire at ' Cuzco, Suba, June 14, 1898." : The naval record of Fitzgerald will ,.- have the foregoing letter as a part of It, together with the of riclal decree awarding him a medal of honor. There will also be on file with It the following from Stephen Crane's story, re-, f erred to by General Elliott: ' From Crane's Novel. "At the wild little fight at Cuzco, there were some splendid exhibitions , of wig-wagging under fire. Action began when an advanced detachment of marines under Lieut., Lucas, with' the Cuban guides, bad reached the summit of a ridge overlooking a small valley where there was a house a well . and a thicket of some kind of shrub, with great oily leaves. This thicket, which is perhaps an acre in extent, contained the guerillas. The valley ; was open to the sea. The distance, from the top of the ridge to the thick-' et was barely two hundred yards. "The Dolphin "had sailed up coast in line with the advance of the marines, ready to assist In action. - Captain Elliot, who commanded two hun-. dred marines in this - fight, suddenly called out the signalman. He wanted a man to tell the Dolphin to open Ire on the house and the thicket. It was a blazing hot day on top of the ridge with Its shriveled chapparaL and Its straight,, tan cactus plants. In two minutes the prostrate marines were sweating like so many hull-buried stokers in the tropics. Captain Elliot called out: "Where is a signalman? Who's signalman here?"- ; "A. red headed Mick I think his nickname was 'Clancy.' at any rate it will do to call him Clancy twisted

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