Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 40, 19 December 1910 — Page 1

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AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND. IXD.. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1910. SINGLE COPY" 2 CENTS. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 40. Chief Figures in the Parcels Post Fight REIGN OF TERROR GOOD AVERAGES ARE MAINTAINED BY THE BOYS CO! SCHOOL The Average Yield of Corn in Wayne County Is Found to Be 74.24 Bushels to the Acre. MANY VICTIMS ARE CLAIMED BY A GAS EXPLOSION IN N, Y, PARCELS POST TO BE AIRED BY THE PRESENT CONGRESS STIRS THE CHINESE: MANY ARE SLAIN Provinces of Kwangsi and Kwangtung Are in a State of Revolt Against Authority of the Empire. Twenty-four Persons Blown to Atoms and More Than a Champions of the Movement Think that Some Definite Action Will Be Taken for Establishment. Hundred Injured Tank Lets Loose. When

VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN STARTED

James L. Cowles Says if Present Congress Takes No Action a Special Session Will Be Asked for. Amrlran Newt Srvu) Wmthlncton, Dec. 19. A parcels pout w III be one of the most Important mbjects that the present congress will have to deal with, and the champions of this movement feel confident that home definite steps will be taken to ward the establishment of this system before congress adjourns next March. The, fact that both President Taft. in his annual message, and Postmaster General Hitchcock In his annual report have recommended the. rural parcels post, has greatly strengthened their hopes, and they believe that If once a system Is established for the rural districts, it will only be a short time before It in made general. James Ia Cowles, founder and secretary of the Postal 1'rocress league. says that a vigorous campaign will bo made this year tn Washington tobrlnrf about the enactment of Borne parcels poet legislation. Ask Special Session. "Should we fall." he continued, "we shall urge the President to call a special session of the 62nd congress to take up this matter. "Every effort Is being made by the members of our league throughout tho country to bring about the election of senators pledged to a parcels post system. We feel confident that a majority of the House members are in favor of such legislation, and now is our time to make sure of the senate. "A mass meeting la to be he'.d in Cooper Union, New York, on December 29. whfftr-irtir twwMmwed by a number of prominent business men. and this will be followed by our annual convention In February. "At present there are. two bills before congress providing for a parcels post system the Bennett bill and the Hulzer bill. Our league favors the Suly.er bill because it specifies the limit on packages. If this bl'.l Is made a law It will save the people of the country 160.000.000 a year that they are now paying to the express companles In excessive rates, and convert the annual deficit of the Postoffice Department Into a handsome profit." Although the sentiment in the House seems generally favorablo to the par cel post, there is a strong factor op posed to it. This is the House Com mittee on Postofflces and Post-roads Representative Weeks, of Massachu setts, the chairman of this body, has expressed himself very forcibly as onitoaed to any legislation of this kind. and he apparently has the support of the majority of the committee. With the end of the present session, how ever, ten of these lose their seats In the House, and there will be a new committee with a new chairman, when the 62nd congress opens. The arguments for and against a parcels post are many, and have been reiterated time and again, and it Is safe to say that they will be presented in amplified form at this session. Rep. Suiter's Bill. Representative Sulzer's bill Is as fol lows: Be It enacted, etc, That the common weight limit of the domestic postal service of the United States is here by Increased to 11 pounds, the com mon limit of the Universal Postal Union, and that In the general bus! ness of the postoffice the 1-cent an ounce rate on general merchandis fourth class mail matter be, and 19 hereby reduced to the third class rate. 1 cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof. Sec. 2. That the rate on local let ters or sealed parcels posted for delivery within the free delivery ser vices Is hereby determined at 2 cents on parcels up to four ounces, 1 cent on each additional 2 ounces; at nondelivery offices, i cent for each 2 ounces. Sec. 3. That all mail matter collected and delivered with the different rural routes of the United States is hereby determined to be In one class, with rates, door to door, between the (Continued on Page Eight.) Pdfedlna's Total Daily Average Circulation (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Dec. 17, 1910. 6,56 City Circulation bowing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies. 5,615

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1. Postmaster General Hitchcock, who favors a rural parcels post, and who would have charge of this system should it be established. 2. James L. Cowles, founder and secretary of the Postal Progress league. 3. Frederick C. Beach, editor of the Scientific American and president of the Postal Progress league. 4. Frank H. Piatt, head of the Un ited States Express company, who leads the fight of the express compan ies against the establishment of a parcels post. 4 - SEVERAL CLAIMS , FOR REPARATION Interstate Commissioner Is in Chicago to Conduct a Hearing. (American News Service) Chicago, 111., Dec. 19. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Edgar E. Clark arrived in Chicago today to conduct a hearing in the so-called Burn-bam-lianna-Munger case. This is also known as the Missouri river rate case and after it was begun the Interstate Commerce commission in accordance with evidence that had been introduc ed, reduced freight rates from the At lantic seaboard to the Missouri river. Litigation ensued, and the reduction in rates was suspended until November 10 last. Tho Interstate Commerce commisthan $100,000 already have been fled with the commission under its decision reducing rates. A typical case is that of the William Warnock company of Sioux City, la., against the Chicago & Northwestern railway company. Reparation is demanded on all shipments of class freights from the east to Sioux City during the period of the commission's original order. The reduction, which was sustained by the United States supreme court, amounted to nine cents a hundred pounds on first class freight, the reductions on classes being from a sixty-cent scale to a fifty-one cent scale. The linterstate Commerce commission has received to date nearly 800 claims in reparation. About 450 of them apply to shipments originating in Atlantic seaboard and Eastern trunk line territories, about 200 to shipments originating at various points east of the Mississippi river and, north of the Ohio, and the remainder are shipments originating in the Central Freight association and South eastern territories. In addition to the claims already on file, other claims will be presented and the likelihood is that eventually the aggregate will be in the neighborhood of a million dol lars. Final disposition of these claims probably will hinge upon the result of the Burnham-Hanna-Munger case, which is to be heard here this week by Commissioner Clark. INDIANA BUILDING TRADES ORGANIZED (American News Service) Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 19. Labor leaders from the chief cities of Indiana gathered in this city today and began a three days' session for the purpose of completing the organization of the State Building Trades Council. The council is to bo labor unions, district councils and lo cal building trades councils which are the American Federation of Labor, as have been formed in a number of other States.

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SENATE WRESTLING WITH LORIMERTASE The Fight for the Vindication of Senator Began to Brew Early Today. (American News Service) Washington, Dec. 19. Fight of the vindication of Senator Lorimer began to brew teday in the senate. Beverldge and La Follette of Wisconsin are in the limelight to a considerable extent just now. Beveridge is on the senate committee of privileges and elections. The sub-committee which investigated the Lorimer case made its report to the main committee. So far the report is secret, though it is well known that it gives Lorimer a clean bill of health, and takes the po sition that not enough members of the legislature are shown to have been concerned in' the bribery to have changed the result of the election. More over it is not shown, the sub committee finds that Lorimer had any hand in the bribery. In some quarters in the senate it is felt that the sub-committee has been unduly len ient and members of the main commit tee should make a most careful study of the testimony for themselves. Bev eridge is proceeding on the theory that nothing is to be taken for granted and that it is up to him to explore the testimony for himself. If there should be a minority report of the committee it is generally supposed Beveridge will make it. La Follette is not on the privileges and elections committee, and Is 'not taking part in the case. He cannot do so under the circumstances. But if the report made to (he senate is adverse to the majority report there is not much doubt that La Follette would get into the game and go into an analysis of the case. More ways than one. La Follette has indicated his disgust at the "jackpotters" of the Illinois legislature and nobody doubts he will give expression to his sentiments about the whole proceeding that culminated in Lorimer's election, if there is an op portunity and seems to be warrant for it in the nature of anything that comes out of the committee. But no matter what report is made no question is longer entertained that Lorimer will keep his seat. It is against precedent for the senate to expel any one. FIRM WILL LOCATE HERE PERMANENTLY The Pilot Motor Car company, which recenUy considered leaving the city, because of lack of capital, is now located here permanently, the necessary capital having been received. The prospects of the company for 1911 are extremely bright. The Pilot line, of automobiles is being manufactured. George Seidel. C. W. and Horace Kramer are the largest stock holders in the concern.

A REAL AEROPLANE

-MAY STOP IN CITY Providing Sufficient Induce ment Is Offered Jordon Receives a Letter. Richmond may be one of the stop ping places of aero places competin for the William R. Hurst prize of $50,' 000. Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the Commercial club, received a letter today from an official of the New York American saying that these aeroplanes would probably make many stops over the country, descending in cities which would offer sufficient inducements As good prizes will probably be of fered in Columbus, Dayton and India napolis, it is likely the course of sev eral of the aviators' will pass over Richmond, in which case only small sums of money will be required for a stop. The matter will be put before the local Commercial club at the January meeting but just what action will be.taken on the affair is impossible to state at this time. The offer made by Hurst provides that the machines may be stopped at any time along the course and repairs made at any time. The start may be made from 'New York or Boston and the finish at San Francisco or Los Angeles. Starts may be made at 'the Western cities and finishes at the Eastern points. All the machines must pass through Chicago. It is provided that the machines must cross the con tinent in 30 days and shall compete for a prize before October 1, 1911. CORN FROM SEED STORED IN MUMMY (American News Service) Jeffersonviile, Ind., Dec. 19. The third annual corn show of the Clark County Corn Growers' Association was held here and no exhibit attracted more attention among the farmers and other visitors than an ear of corn sent by Mrs. Sallie Marshall Hardy, which was grown it is said, from seed taken from an Egyptian mummy. The mummy was placed in a tomb one thou sand years ago and the corn was plao ed with it. The corn raised from the seed resembles ordinary sweet corn and the ear is about five inches long, a few gTains of yellow and white corn, due, it is said, to being gTown among other varieties. Mrs. Hardy is a descendant of Chief Justice John Marshall and is a woman of education and culture. She is proprietor of an antique and curio store in Louisville and has recently built a handsome home on the Utica pike two miles east of this city. APPRAISE PROPERTY In report on the appraised value of the personal estate of the late Frank lin Coffin of Center township. Dr. Har rison Gabel, the administrator of the estate shows it to be of the probable value of $346.63. Henry Doherty and

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AN URGENT APPEAL SENT BY MINISTRY

Towns and Villages Have Been Seized by Revolutionists and Citizens Shot Down in Cold Blood (American News Service) Pekin. Dec. 19. The southern part of the Chinese province of Kwangsi and the southwestern part of Kwangtung are in a state of revolt against the authority of the empire, American schools, missions and hospitals have been destroyed; foreigners driven out and hundreds of peaceful Chinese and soldiers slain. Following an urgent appeal sent here from Canton, the ministry todaj" ordered every available soldier put in the field against the revolutionists. Nearly three thousand Chinese, no better than brigands and pirates hold tae districts in a state of terror. Towns and villages have been attacked and seized and citizens shot down in cold blood. The outwardly is identical with that of the Boxers and in some quarters this is looked upon as a serious series of outrages directed by the secret chieftains of the Boxer clan. The center of the revolt is the city of Lien-Chow, which is in possession of the outlaws. The American institutions there have all been burned. Soldiers Tortured. Perfect Woo. of Lien-Chow, sent word to Canton that the Cantonese lorce original. y sent to quell the uprising had met with serious defeata and that scores of soldiers had been killed by the brigands. The soldiers captured alive were subjected to grew-

some tortures. j Webster The authorities maintain that the;Qreen rebel forceswer. recruited . by secret Jefferson TJtiV

Chinese societies and that plans for this uprising In the sourt have been under way for many months. The outlaws are well equipped with arms and ammunition. They have seized boats upon the rivers and manned them with their armed forces. Stores and residences . are being looted and bloodshed is rampanf. For some time the attitude of the secret societies has been causing the Pekin authorities much alarm. Heretofore the leaders have treated with government troops but recently the highbinders have shown a disposition to carry on their warfares against the government instead of against their private enemies. . CLUBS MAY UNITE Commercial Club and Y. M. B. C. May Be Affiliated. At the organization meetings of the Y'oung Men's Business club and the Commercial club which will be held soon, a question of importance likely to he debated upon will be the affilia tion of the two clubs. The matter has been contemplated and talked over be fore but no deinite action taken. The two organizations hold such an important position in the business life of Richmond, that whenever any matter of consequence arises, committees from both clubs are appointed. Very few questions of great importance are considered by one or ganization without the other being consulted, and this has given rise to a rumor that the clubs will form a coalition. Leaders in both organizations say that the matter has not been formally introduced in either of the clubs. REGIE VANDERBILT IS CONGRATULATED (American News Service) New York, Dec. 19. Many friends of Reginald C. Vanderbilt took occasion to congratulate him today, first, because it was his thirtieth birthday anniversary, and, also on account of his complete recovery from his recent serious illness. Mr. Vanderbilt, who is the youngest of the three sons of Cornelius Vanderbilt, was born in this city Dec. 19. 1SS0. Since his college days at Yale he has been conspicuous for his love of outdoor sports. As a breeder and exhibitor of show horse3 he has been especially prominent and at his Sandy Point Farm at Newport he has one of the finest breeding es tablishments in the world. TO ANSWER COMPLAINT George Browne, representative of several publishing companies in the subscription business was ordered to answer the complaint of Nicholson Printing company on Monday in the circuit court. The printing company seeks judgment for approximately $95 on an account current

CHESTER HELMS GETS THE HIGHEST SCORE

With 85.5 Per Cent, and Russell Markley Is a Close Competitor for Honors with 84 Per Cent. The average yield of corn in Wayne county per acre is 74.24 bushel; the average cost of producing one bushel j

of corn is 27 7-20 cents per bushel and j xve,p arrested this afternoon followthe average cost of producing an acre I the discovery of dynamite sticks

of corn is $20.30 2-5. These averages have been estimated from figures taken from the grades of boys competing for delegateships to the Purdue short course in February. The estimates were made Saturday by Joseph Helms, It. G. Leeds, Walter Commons and Charles W. Jordan. These averages will be slightly higher than 4he averages which are produced on the farms of the county, as the boys who competed for the prizes were permitted to take especial care in growing the grain. However the depreciation for carelessness will not. be great. In the following averages for the townships as to average bushels per acre, average cost per bushel and acre, Abington ranks first with an average production per acre of 89 bushels: cost per bushel of 1ft 1-3 cents and per acre of $17.21. Center ranks second, Clay third and Wayne Fourth. The averages for the townships are as follows: ! Township Av bu. Av, cost Avcost per acre per bu. per acre Wayne New Garden Franklin . . . Da Hon 8 70.6 7:5 77 68 75 58 76 78 23 l-3c 27 1-8 25 1-5 28 4-5 36 1-5 30 7-10 32 1-9 30 1-3 2G 1-5 19 1-3 25 3-17 22 4-5 29 3-5 21 3-5 $18.67 19.15 18.40 22.18 24.61 23.03 18.63 23.05 10.44 17.21 20.28 21.40 17.10 24.27 Jackson . . . Washington Abington 89 Harrison . . ; . . 52 Center ....... 85 Boston ....... 75 Clay 82 Perry 7Z 16.20 Chester Helms Wins. Chester Helms, of Boston township got. the individual high score with 85.5 per cent, a per cent and a half higher than that of the nearest competitor. Russell Markley, of near Richmond was secrfnd with 84 per cent: Loren Goble, of Boston township, third. 83 per cent, and Robert Kirtley and Russell E. Wilson, of Washington township tied for fourth with 32.5 per cent. The names of the winners are as follows: Abington Township. . Per Name Cent. Charles Clevenger 71.5 Walter Clevenger 71. Boston Township. Loren Goble , 83. Edward Goble 79. Chester Helms 85.5 Raymond Helms 82. Center Township Mark C. King 80.5 Robert Morris 79. Murel McKinney 74.5 Emory Bowman 73. Roby Hobbs 70. Clay Township. Florence Lindeman 79. Wilbur Bond 76.5 Franklin Township. Herman Thomas 70. Evan S. Horn 66. Lorien Hill 58. Dalton Township. Howard Taylor 72. Forrest Macy 71. Green Township. Geo. F. Scantland 82. Cecil H. Scantland 81.5 Joseph Quigley 68. Harrison Township. Paul Davis 1 64.5 Jackson Township. Don Sutton 72. Blaine Howard 69. Jefferson Township. Fred Leavell 71 Herbery Myers 65. Esteie McCullough 60.5 Perry Township. Howard Hennicutt . . 77.5 Chas. Franklin 67. Clyde Franklin 66.5 New Garden Township. Russell Lane 71. Lester Mercer 70.5 Hershall Turner 70. Wallace Reynolds 65. Robert J. Johnson 65. Lawrence Harrison 61.5 Harold Reynolds '. 6S.5 Lawler H. Deitemeyer 60.5 (Continued on Page Six.) THE WEATHER STATE Cloudy and Tuesday fair. colder tonight. LOCAL Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature

THIRTEEN BODIES RECOVERED AT NOON

Pedestrians Thought Earthquake Had Struck the City Buildings for Half Mile Around Were Shaken. (American News Service) BULLETIN York, Doe. 19 Three men New near the wrecked building during an investigation of the explosion at the New York Central power house. New York, Dec. 19. Twenty-four persons, including three women, were blown to atoms, crushed, or burned to death by an explosion and fire that destroyed the new power house of the New York Central railroad shortiy after eight o'clock this forenoon. The loss is half a million dollars. More than a hundred were injured, a dozen of whom probably will die. Thirteen bodies, all but two identified had been recovered up to noon. Other victims are still in the ruins. The disaster was caused by an explosion of the battery of boilers under the new power house, at the corner of Lexington av nue and Fiftieth street. Fire Immediately followed and .communicating with big gas tanks stored there which exploded but a few seconds liter. Another explanation, is that a workman dropped a crowbar on the third rail the flash therefrom exploding the gas tanks and boilers following. All who could give definite information as to the cause are dead. Buildings for half a mile around were almost shaken from their foundations and threatened to collapse. A Lexington avenue surface ear. a block away was lifted from the tracks and hurled against a passing automobile, killing three persons outright, and injuring a dozen others. Late rising , guests in nearby hotels were Utterly thrown out of bed by the jarring of buildings, and rushed through corrlders in pajamas thinking an earthquake was in progress. ", 30 Persons in Building. About thirty persons were in the powerhouse at the time the explosion occurred. The building was a twostory one. with a carpenter shdp oil the second floor. The first floor and basement were used for boiler, engines and dynamos, which supplied most of the power for the third rail system on the New York Central road.' Twenty carpenters worked on the second floor. On the flrBt floor and in the basement were ten firemen, engineers and their assistants. The explosion came without warning. With a terriic report the big boiler bum completely wrecking The power house, and breaking windows for blocks around. Those who were in the power house did not have a chance to flee. When the boiler burst the floors and walls collapsed. Those who escaped happened to be beneath something that withstood the downfall of bricks, atee! and mortar. Among the first to get into the ruins was Father McQuade of St. Patrick's cathedral. He administered the last rites of the Roman Catholic church to seven men. Firemen Are Heroes. Firemen did heroic work in going into the ruins and saving injured men. Battalion Chief John Duffy was severely injured while aiding In this work. The first of the dead to-be identified was Thomas Starr, a watchman employed at the power house. Two children were picked up In Lexington avenue near 50th street af ter the explosion, with their legs cut off. Besides a man and a boy who were killed when the surface car oven urned, several passengers were injured. A guest on the twelfth floor of the ; hotel Belmont at 42nd street and Park avenue, was nunea out ot Dea Dy me force of the explosion and dashed down stairs into the crowded office wearing only his pajamas. He declared that he thought an earthquake had struck the city. Large plate glass windows in the hotel were broken and the mirrors and glassware shattered. The tierka'In' the branch postoffice at the corner of 44th street nearby, were suddenly surprised to find the building shaking and all the glass crumbling from the windows. TONS OF CANDY FOR STEEL MEN'S BOYS "Cnkmtown, Pa., December 19. The Frick Coal and Coke Company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation has purchased fifty thousand pounds of candy for distribution among the thirty thousand children of, its em

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