Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 46, 25 December 1910 — Page 1
HE RIG, MCOKB 1P A T -LL TS II ANO SUN-TELEGRAM. , SINGLE COPY Z CENTS. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 40. BICII2IOXI. LND., SUNDAY, 3IOKMXG, DECE3IBER 25, 1910.
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ZERO WEATHER IS PROMISED BY THE WEATHER EXPERTS
Forecast Is Made that by Five O'clock This Morning Mercury Will Be the Lowest of the Winter. MINNESOTA COLDEST . V PLACE IN AMERICA At- Moorehcad .Yesterday, Eighteen Below Was Registered A "White Christ- ' Aas" Is Assured Fact. Snow and sleet, followed by a cold wave In the Christmas present which the, Weather Man la expected to put Jn Indiana' Mocking today. The little present will bo deposited probably In the morning, and then In the evening the temperature will begin slowJy to rise. Richmond felt the cold wave yesrerday afternoon. At noon the temperature alood at SO degrees the maximum ftf the day. About two o'clock began ft rapid drop and at eight o'clock in the evening the mercury stood at 10 degrees above a drop of twenty. From that time tho drop was at the rate of n degree an hour. By five o'clock this miming the temperature will stand nt about ero, according to the government bureau at the pumping station. Over three Inches of Bnow fell In the city and county Friday. Tho mercury remained high all of Saturday, reaching the maximum for the week about noon with thirty-seven degrees. Snow fell during the entire day. It began getting colder Friday evening, but the mercury dropped very slowly. The Coldest Place. During the day there were falling temperature over the central valleys and lake rcglous but In the Atlantic Coast states there were rapid rises In the temperature, the greatest being thirty-eight degrees at Northfleld.-Ver mont, to a temperature of thirty-six. There was also a rlBo of temperature over the Rocky mountains, but In the Paclflo Coast states the temperature remained practically stationary. Christmas in Richmond has been a white one for several years. Last year there was a heavy fall of snow on Christmas day. Probably this morning the temperature will drop to the roldest in Richmond on Christmas for many years. Last night was the coldest Christmas eve in tho city for a number of years. Christmas will be made merry in many homes of poor people in the city by the Elks lodge, and other organizations. The Elks have raised about $250 and which will be distributed today together with presents of all sorts and dlscriptlons. The presents will be delivered In automobiles this morning. REGRET LOST TIPS Pullman Porters Are in a Sad Fix. (American News Service) Chicago, Dec. 24. The good old days when Pullman porters could afford to sport diamonds and own automobiles are gone by, and the knight of the broom and brush is lucky nowadays if he has enough change left to enter a crap game after paying his necessary expenses. Such, at any rate are the general views expressed by members of the Sleeping Car Porter and Car Service Men's union, who are to hold a convention In Chicago next week to discuss the situation. The porters complain that during the past year or so their earnings have been steadily decreasing until they have almost reached the vanishing point. The newspaper humorists, with their jokes anent the Pullman porters and their wealth, are held partly responsible for the changed conditions. But the decrease in the size and number of the porters' tips are believed to be chlfly due to a change of sentiment on the part of the traveling public, who are inclined to rebel at the system by which the car companies seek to have the travelers pay the wages of their employes. As the porters see no way of increasing the liberality ot the travelers they are considering steps to force the company to raise their wages so as to make up the loss in tip. HISTORIANS MEET IN INDIANAPOLIS (American News Service) Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 24. A large gathering of men distinguished in historical research will assemble in this city Monday in preparation for the annual meeting of the American Historical Association and allied societies. The sessions will continue until the end ef the week. THEWEATHER 8TATE AND LOCAL Colder today, with slowly rising temperature thi evening.
The Little Child
BY CARL BERNHARDT. " So once each year the world takes on a more cheerful aspect. People surprise themselves by the heartiness with which they enjoy life. They, look at each other in amaze. "Is this the same world of everyday?" "Here you are and here am I . . . . and yet; some subtle enchantment; some soft and pleasant mystery has entered it and made it what we have thought life ought to be. and the gray and dingy place wherein all men live." What is the change?
For years, yes, for centuries, men have been dreaming or a Perfect World. At Christmas time we all see this vision a fact; a truth become a reality.- ? ; Nineteen hundred years ago a Splendid Dreamer was born. His code 1 was slmpje; bis propaganda wsi lipt to overthrow and destroy an empire; 1 he, proposed,. 00, statutor change) jL the ecjkstliatioa Ad not one law did "jhe put upon the loolu of Ws-4jsj
His startling revolution was only er. He did not botner nis nead asout Kacn to nis own oeni, wun wnai tne i. i.v . i East, musters in occult signs and the mm iuc Biiiij.ic tui'piiui us Child, unwondering for the future, all changing sameness.
And the boy child waxed in years and stature and grew strong. And lie set about his business. His business, and what might that be? Simply of loving. He made living a means of loving, and loving a means of living. And so his love was unconquerable though the spikes wore driven through his hands .... and the epc?ar pierced hi3 gentle side. For that was tho fate that awaited this revolutionary! Business and politics of that day were not one whit different than they are today save in that the life of this child has changed it. For greed is greed, and money is money. And there was the man of greed who desired his death for business and political reasons and the man who took the twenty pieces of silver, though much good it did him! Very much the same do we find this today. And yet for all that, in this Christmas time we find men trying vainly to achicvo what this Man from Galilee did throughout the short span of hia young manhood and then a-failing and a-falling back into the ways of the 6ld Gods with attendant War and Famine, Strife, Hate and Bitterness, Poverty, Degradation, Sin and Death. And so men rejoice with subtle amazement that this world may be so good and fair and full of gentleness and yet that tonight small children by the thousands are working and will work tomorrow knowing nothing of the thing called life. That theirs shall be the dividend of cruelty and hardship and that to others it shall be happy, and smiling. We have come a long way .... and yet tonight while we sit warm and tight there be men and women and children to whom Christmas shall be a mockery. All is brighter and yet there is hunger and starvation
and death without hope. , - ..J -
And in those hidden recesses of the towns there are girls whose cheeks were once pink and not rouged. And there be jails and asylums whereby the wickedness of mankind is mo.numented. So the world goes on its ways. We have found in this small lapse of hours and days at Christmas a proof that all men may eventually love one another more than they love themselves. It makes some of us who regard the world a little hopeful ... . though there will be those who scoff at the Idea that it ever can be anything that it is not now. But willy-nilly it must come. It will not come from laws, nor yet by force of arms though these will come too as they did in His day. But the softening of men's hearts and their gentleness .... that is the only thing greater than all human understanding and effort for in it is the divine spark of life. , The Splendid Prince will not come. , The Gentle Child is here.
Y, M. C, A. BANQUET HELD III JANUARY A Number of Prominent Men Will Be Invited to Respond to Toasts. Plans for the annual banquet of the Young Men's Christian Association are in the hands of a committee, including President, S. R. Jones. Secretary Herbert Weed and E. M. Haas. It is proposed that the banquet, at which there will be a flow of congratulatory oratory by well known after dinner speakers, will be held during the third week of January, although no definite time has been set as yet. Perhaps the most important thing in connection with the banquet will be the announcement of the financial affairs of the association for 1910. At the end of the first year the association's records was so good that it was referred to In the most commendable way. The association proved more than successful as an educational place for Richmond's young men and boys and several hundred dollars above the expenses were placed in the treasury for use In 1910. It Is gen erally believed from the attitude ofthe officials that the report for the pres ent year wl.l be a satisfactory one also. No selection of speakers for the banquet has been made. Three or four from out of the city, all of whom will be selected because of their prominence in association work or for their ability as after dinner speakers, wjii be invited to respond to toasts to the association. In addition the pro gram will be rounded out by responses by well known local after dinner speakers and selections by an orchestra. The banquet, in all proba bility, wl be served by the Ladies' Auxiliary, this organization having served in this capacity twice before in- most approved and systematic fash-
that all men should love one aridlh- f
tne idea tnat they snouia be equal. acciaem oi Dina oaa given mm iu i it. j j i t I movements of the stars knelt down iuuiiu in iuo iuytiKij ui mc imiv; i the solution of a weary and un- ....', .. ..... .. . 2 RICHMOND GIVEN mm GIFT City Is Presented with Check for $37,000 by County Treasurer. Best wishes! But how would you like to get something more substantial? Say, a present of the face value of $37,000 on a little pink piece of paper. Such a present was given in Richmond on Saturday. City Controller E. G. McMahan, former city councilman from the Seventh ward and for many years, before taking his present position, a bookkeeper in the Second National bank, was the recipient. It almost stunned him when he acknowledged the receipt and found what the package contained. But there usually is a "follow up" to such stories of great benevolence as he read further be found that to be a beneficiary he had to be munificent himself and give practically the entire amount away in the next six months. He later found that the little piece of pink paper, commonly known as a check, was put in his stocking as the ofHcial representative of the city. The check was from the county treasurer and was the unpaid amount of the total of J67.000" which the city of Richmond received as its share of the second installment on the 1909 taxes, paid into the county treasury in the fall. COLONEL GIRARD ON RETIRED LIST Washington, D. C. Dec. 24. Colonel Joseph B. Girard, Medical Corps, closed his active career in the army today, having been transferred to the retired list by operation of law on account of age. He is a natiTe of France and was graduated from the medical school of the University of Michigan in 1S67. In the same year he was appointed an assistant surgeon in the army. During the early years of his service he was stationed on the frontier and in Arizona and he was also with Gen. Crook in his campaign against the Apache Indians.
GOTHAM TO HAVE
TWO CHRISTMASES FOR POOR PEOPLE Sunday and Monday Will Be Holidays and the Paupers of the Great City Will Be Made Joyous. KING GEORGE AIDS POOR SANDWICHMEN JrefcWill Be a Merry CelebTaHon at the White House Trrlor Wnrl-of.-'llpr Plouc q M- V, 1 ot. iNicnciss (American News Service New York, De?. 24. New York is to have a double Christmas this year. It will begin tomorrow and continue ov- ( er Monday. It's to be a charitable J Christmas, too. for on both d:iys insti- j tut'.or.s and individuals r.re going deep j t'own into their pockets to di-nce Christmas cheer to the homeless ami the hungry and the ill provided with j even a more lavish ha ul than has i been seen in former years. Churches 1 .1 : ...tit i4!cr)rlW'ltl I well filled baskets the Salvation Army and kindred organizations will feed the derelicts at great f casts spread in public halls, several free dinners will be given ivpecialiy for tiie news bovs. and in all tho hospitals, the prisons and the charitable inst:tu tions of the city preparations have been made for bounteous Christmas dinners. KINO GEORGE AIDS. London, Dec. 24. King George has given a subscription of $r0 to tho fund promoted by Reynold'3 newspaper for providing ' the London sandwichmen with their annual Christnuis dinner. Among the other liberal s.-.lv s-cribors to the fund this year were the Earl of Rosebery and Mr. Balfour. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Washington. Dec. 24. With all tho members of the President's family at home for the holidays, it promises to be, a. very merry.. Christmas at the White House. A number of intimate friends.' including several young people, have been invited to help in making the day one of mirth and jollity. The day will bring many happy surprises to the various members of tho Taft household, to judge from the almost continuous stream of express wagons and delivery boys that have boen leaving parcels and packages at the executive mansion for several days past. J. D. AS SANTA. Tarrytown. N. Y., Dec. 24 The most envied of all the littla girls and beys of Tarrytown today are those whose names are enrolled as members cf the Sunday school of the First Baptist church. The church is the one that John D. Rockefeller and his family atteud during their residence in Tarrytown and the word has gone forth that the oil magnate will remember all the Sabbath school pupils with Christmas stockings filled with goodies, which he believes will be more acceptable, if not more beneficial than the customary gifts of copies of "Pilgrims' Progress." MILLIONS FOR EMPLOYES. Chicago. 111., Dec. 24 Following the custom that has become more general with each succeeding year, Chicago business concerns employing large numbers of men and women today distributed considerably more than $1,000,000 in Christmas presents. Cash bonuses for faithful service, salary increases and shares of stock constituted the bulk of the gifts. The cash gifts distributed among the thousands of employes of the International Harvescter company amounted to $500,000 while the appropriation of Armour and company amounted to about $300,000. The large department stores, the banks and board of trade firms were also liberal in their gifts to their employees this year. EDUCATORS WILL HOLD A MEETING (American News Service) Chattanooga, Tenn.. Dec. 24 A most important meeting of the educational interests of the South, the twentieth annual session of the Southern Educational Association, convenes in this city, Tuesday morning, continuing through Thursday. The meeting will be participated in by many ot the leading spirits in every branch of educational work in the South, from Maryland to Texas and from Missouri to Florida. Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop College, will preside over the genera sessions. Among the noted speakers to be heard are Mayor Gaynor of New York, United States Senator Owen of Oklahoma, W. K. Tate of the University of South Carolina. President Henry S. Pritchett of the Carnegie Foundation. P. P. Claxton of the University of Tennessee. Dean Russell of the University of Wisconsin. President Barrett of the Farmers' National Union. John C Campbell of the Russell Sage Foundation. Mrs. Xeal G. Knowles of the Iowa State Normal School, and Dr. C. W. Stiles, secretary of the Rockefeller "hookworm' commission.
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Viscountess Deerhurst, a daughter of the late William Daniel of the United States and stepdaughter of Charles W, Bonynge, the California millionaire, and her two children,. Hon... Peogy and Hon. John Coventry, who took an active part in the recent political campaign. A'Fharp contrast is drawn between the activities of the women members of a candidate's family in England, especially' of the American wives of some of the most noted figures in English politics, and the non-interference, stay-at-home policy of politicians' wives in the United States, and why the transplantation of American women should heighten their interest in the issues of the day. The attention of the Viscountess Deerhurst. was drawn to his contrast and 6he was asked why she took such an active interest in politics in England. She said: ' ' "I am, with my husband, a strong supporter of the Unionist cause, and for obvious reasons for any one who has followed the trend of legislation in England for the past few years must have had some misgivings as to ihe ultimate aims of the Government. The influential and wealthy classes are in the majority of cases Unionists. - "Just why I believe in the Unionists, and think "the majority of American women who have taken up their residence permanently in England are of the same opinion, is because they respect law and order and freedom, which is not obtainable under a Radical or Socialist government."
J. B. MOISSANT IN WONDERFUL FLIGHT Daring American Aviator Takes a Soar Over City of New Orleans. American News Service i
New Orleans. Dec. 24. John B. I a young woman whom he had sumMoissant, the American aviator, madeimoned to the telephone, a spectacular flight over the city to-1 Tho chtw tv tho
day. With Moissant's fiighi the first big; international aviation tournament of; the extreme south was opened. The tournament will last nine days and , ojcrht rmmia KirlmAn -. f Intorn.tiiT.- t ' ....l. J V. . . - V- . . VT. ill 1 1. U 1.1V1 It al fame are upon the ground to take 1 part. They are Charles K. Hamilton, . Edmund Audemar3, John Frisbie, Jo- i seph Seymour, Rene Barier, Rene Si- j raon, Roland Garros and Moissant. The feature of the meet consists of flights by Moissant. in a metal built machine capable of carrying five passengers. This machine arrived from Prance yesterday. Successful flights have been made in it near Paris. Starting out at 9:15 from the aviation grounds Jioissant swooped over Canal street and then circled in graceful curves over the business district while beneath the streets were jammed by great crowds of spectators who craned their necks and stood awe struck at the strange sight. - The housetops were crowded with p-eople who watched Moissant as he soared far above the tops of the city's skyscrapers. His machine was under perfect control and he traveled along at good speed. HOLD EISTEDDFOD (American Xews Service) Xiles. O.. Dec. 26. Delegations of Welsh singers from points In northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania gathered here today for their annual eis teddfod.
English Politics
MELODRAMATIC DEED Man Suicides While Talking Over Phone. (American News Service) New, York, Dec. 24. After firing a bullet through his head today, John Rice, who said he lived at 59 Ferry street, tola or nis act over tne wire to rooms of the Chatham club at 6 Doyer street. Rice was sitting with several friends when he suddenly jumped up. went to the telephone and called for a number. "Is that you, Ray?" he inquired, when the ring was answered- On reeeiving a reply he said: "I'm going to do it." j Then he pulled a revolver from his pocket, placed it against his head and j fired, falling instantly to the floor. (The bullet entered the right ea r, ! struck the roof of the mouth and took an upward course, coming out at the left eye. Despite the frightful wound Rice retained consciousness and while he lay on the floor, asked for the telephone receiver, which was handed to him. j ,"Are you there, Ray? You ought ;to see me. I'm in an awful mess," he i said over the wire. I He was rushed to the Hudson ! Street Hospital. He would not say why he tried to kill himself. TWO ARE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK (American News Serrice) Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 24. Passenger train No. 24 on the Illinois Central running between New Orleans and Granada, Miss., was wrecked at Simpson. Miss, today. Fireman John P. Hamilton was killed and Charles Mills, engineer and a number of passjengers were seriously injured.
TRIAL OF WOMAN
MAY SOLVE VERY ; PECULIAR CRIME Wealthy Virginia Matronr ? Will Be Given Hearing fore the Alleged Murder of- ; Painter Last Fall. ? GREATEST MYSTERY ATTACHED TO DEED Apparently Simple and Dee void of Sensational Featr ures, the Crime Has Baffled All the Officers. (American News Servic Lunenburg, Vt, Dec. 24. With th, approach of the time for the trial o ' Mrs, J. Marshall Dodge, this town's wealthiest. woman, who ia charged with the murder of William Heath, c: painter, who was shot and killed whllcv at work in an upper room ot Mrr Dodge's residence early in September , the interest In this mysterious case is steadily increasing. The trial is to come up week after next and In the meantime. Mrs. Dodge is at liberty under $8,000 bail. This case, apparently simple and de-. , void of sensational complications, hat baffled the authorities, the lawyers and detectives more than any case In the history of criminal cases In this' state and it would cause the most gen" eral surprise, should either the prosecution or the defense succeed, in the, course of the trial, to solve the mystery surrounding the death of William Heath. All the men at the disposal of the attorney general of this state have been at work for several months, gathering evidence and preparing the case of the government is believed to be extremely weak, as there were no wit-, nesses to the crime and, in spite oi the most diligent search the prosecu-. tion is said to have found nothing that could be construed as a motive for the deed. ; The known facts in the case can be summed up in a few words. One day in the early, part of September, William Heath, a painter who had pre " viously worked, Jov Mrs. Dodge, was . engaged in painting the woodwork In one of the upper rooms of Mrs. Dodge's residence. While stooping over his work. Heath was killed . by three shots from a revolver which belonged to Mrs. Dodge. No one could be found who was in the house at the time when Heath met . his death, except the owner. Mrs. Dodge herself ' gave the alarm to the neighbors, say ing that Heath had committed suicide; She was arrested and charged with the murder of Heath. According to Mrs. Dodge's story t the preliminary bearing, she was at work, ironing in her kitchen, when she heard the shots. She admitted that the revolver, from which the fatal shots had been fired, was her property and had formerly belonged to her husband, but asserted that she had net; touched the weapon since her husband's death and had not even known that it was loaded. The utter lack of motive seems Co be the weak point of the theory that; Mrs. Dodge committed the deed with which she is charged. The defendant is by far the wealthiest and socially most prominent woman In this town. There never has been breath of suspicion concerning her character, there seems to have been nothing in her pre vious career that even faintly suggests ed scandal or any entanglement. MrsL Dodge was not only prominent In society, but also in church work and enjoyed an excellent reputation. On the other hand. Heath, the victim of the murder, was a hard working, sober and Industrious workman, quiet and I inoffensive, without the slightest sus picion a gal nut his moral character or his honesty. He was married and hajl several children. It is true, that Heath and Mrs. Dodge had had some slight difference concerning the bill for som work which Heath had done upon a previous occasion for Mrs. Dodge, but the matter bad been smoothed over and Mrs. Dodge had again engaged Heath to work for her. At the coming trial Attorney General Sargent will be assisted by State Attorney Hunt, while Harlan B, Howe of St. Johnsbury and several other distinguished lawyers will be arrayed to defend Mrs. Dodge. An Interesting legal battle is expected and it Is believed that the state will be seriously handicapped by Its inability to show a sufficiently adequate motive on the part of the defendant. Nothing definite is known concerning the line upon which Mrs. Dodge's lawyers will make their fight, but it is believed they will attempt to show that some stranger entered the bouse of Mrs.-Dodge during the morning without knowledge of the owner and, that for some reason he shot Heath. It is expected that the defense will advance the theory that the stranger, who afterward killed Heath, may have entered the house with the intent to commit robbery. In support of that theory it is pointed out that there was a small safe In the room fn which Heath was at work at the time of his death and that It was the general belief In town that Mrs. Dodge kept money and valuables fa ' that safe at different times. The outcome of this mysterious case Is await v ed with the greatest interest by law yers and the public In geaenL ,
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