Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 54, 2 January 1911 — Page 1

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Marshall Has Completed His Statement to the Legislature to Be Given that Body on Thursday.

OBSERVANCE OF ALL PLEDGES DEMANDED Anti-saloon League of Ind- ' iana Is Ready with a Big Protest against revoking the Option Law. Indianapolis, Jan. 2. Governor Marshall has completed the message he will send lo the legislature next Thursday. In all It makes about 30 typewritten pages, of about 200 words each. The message Is much shorter than other governors of Indiana have prepared. The governor recommends , strongly the enactment of. laws to earryout every pledge made by the Democrats In their state platform. There is no equivocation on the tempersnce question. He stunds squarely on the Democratic platform, favoring the substitution of the city, incorporated town and township as units, for the present county local option plan. ' There has been an effort for mCre than two years to create the Impression that the governor Is not In favor of the position taken by his party In the last two campaigns on the local , . option election. Two years ago he as- " serted that If he did not believe In the Democratic plank he would not run on It. This year he was even stronger in voicing his views. He has discussed the local option question so fully in his message that there Is not liable to be my room for any Democratic leglslator to hide behind him it he does not care to stand by the party's pledges. .The local option feature of the gover. nor's message Is one of the big featurea of It. " Money Mustn't Be Wasted. . !! demands of the Democrats that no platform pledge shall be overlooked. He Is vigorous In his demands that there shall be no wasting of the state finances. It is said that he goes to considerable length to show why the legislature should adopt two approprl- ' atlon bills, one for the ordinary running expenses of the state and the . other providing for the specific appropriations. It is understood that he will give the legislature a statement of the financial condition of the state, showing what the revenues will be during the next two years and urging the legislature to keep within them. The legislative visitation committee will have Its report ready for the opening of the session. It has followed the governor's lead, and will make recommendations that can be met by the revenues the state Will raise during the next two years. The governor Insists that he is not attempting to dictate, but that he Is merely recommending what he thinks ought to be done. Two years ago he urged the legislature to reorganise the state cil department by providing for only on deputy inspector for each congressional district and placing them on a straight salary basis. It Is said he will ask for a law giving the governor the authority to remove local authorities when It is shown beyond question that they are violating their oaths of office. The governor. It Is declared Is not going to attempt to bring about any great reform I In any direction. He Is going to ask for the enactment of laws to make Interurban travel safer. He has conferred with the various departments and it Is said the message covers every branch of the state government and the Democratic platform thoroughly. Committee Meets Today. There will be another meeting here this afternoon of the house and senate committees appointed to see that bills are Introduced to carry out the Democratic platform pledges. These committees are not drawing any bills, but v will look over all the platform measures and select those that are regarded as being the nearest the platform Ideas. The plan now is to enact the platform raeasifrrs. Including a new local optlnon law during the first two weeks of the session. Annotating quick action on the part of the Icmocrats. the anti-saloon league expects to present a petiton next Thursday, signed by 00.000 persons. protecting against the repeal of the county option law. There will be a meeting Tuesday of the committees appointed to determine on the number of employes the house and senate shall have. The number will be fully a third less than two years ago. and there will be no "extras for the employes, as has been the custom In former years. If the prevent program of the Democratic leaders la carried out the expenditures will be cut down fully 125,000, as cornfared with the last session. THE WEATHER , . 4TATK ANO LOCAL Fair and decided drop In temperature.

Suffragists of New York placarding the city with posters announcing that Sylvia Pankhurst, the justly celebrated English suffragette who, has led many a storming gang of English women In sympathy with the movement against the House of Commons, will speak in New York. The bill posters attracted much attention. The fuffragettes were not garbed in any old clothes, but the beet they could, find In. their wardrobes. No interference from the police or the Bill. posters'" union was made and as a wnir tho oit. ir.OBfy ryf-A zr -

II OF DIX VEIN SIMPLE New. York Governor Takes His Office-- Inaugurations in Other States. (American News Service) Albany, N. Y., Jan. 2. John A. Dix, the' first Democratic, governor' New York has had In many years.' was inaugurated at noon today. The -ceremonies in tho capltol were extremely simple and occupied less than half an hour. The program included jthe address of welcome by Governor White to his succesHor, and the response of the latter. Among the visitors who witnessed the ceremonies was-a large delegation of Tammany hall men. The Inauguration was , preceded by a parade of various companies and companies and command. of the National Guard or New York. Troop B. of this city furnished the personal escort to the new governor. . MICHIGAN EXECUTIVE. Lansing. Mic, Jan. 2. Simplicity formed. the keynote of the ceremonies today attending the inauguration of Chase X. Osborn as governor of Michigan. All military pomp' and ostentation were lacking and even the customary public reception' was dispersed with. In accordance "with the wishes of the new executive. The inauguration exercises were held on the steps of the capltol and were witnessed by a large crowd. The principal features of the program were the invocation by the Kev. J. A. Kennedy. , the administering of the oath, of office by the chief justice of the supreme court, and the Inaugural address of the newgovernor. BEGINS SECOND TERM. Providence.. K. 1.. Jan. 2. Aram .J. Pothler'took the oath of office as governor of Rhode Island'for the. second time today. With hm the newly elected state officers assumed official authority.' The , Inauguration was conducted, with the usual ceremonies' In the presence ' of loth houses of the general assembly. LEGISLATURE IN CALIFORNIA OPEN American News Service) Sacramento. Cal.. Jan. 2. Many measures of a progressive character are to be discussed and acted upon at the session of the California legislature which met today. The initiative referendum and recall, popular election of senators, submission of constitutional amendments for equal suffrage to a vote of the people, and state conservation of natural resources are Included in the program. The legislature will choose a United States senator to succeed Frank P. Flint. Albert G. Spalding appears to be the leading candidate for tho senatorsbjp.

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OF THEJAR NOW Complete List Printed in the Court Calendar Which Was Issued "Today. The court calendar of the Wayne circuit court for 1911 was distributed among the members of the bar of whom there are fifty-two now practic ing on Monday morning. The calen dar contains' a list of the members and index and list of the cases now pending In the court, likewise the more important court rules pertain lng to local practice. Judge Henry C. Fox, who Is serving jthe county is the second oldest mem ber of the bar from the standpoint of continuous serVice. Daniel W. Mason of Cambridge City has been engaged in the practice longer than any other member. Members .of the bar,-their postofflce address, except those living in Richmond, and the order in which they were 'admitted are as follows: Daniel W. Mason. Cambridge City, Henry C. Fox. Daniel W. Comstock, Thomas J. Study. Abel L. Study, John L. Rupe. William F. Medsker, Cam bridge City, Henry U. Johnson, Thorn as R. Jessup. Benjamin F. Harris, Wil Ham I). Foulke.- Charles E. Shiveley, Jonathan W. Xewman, John F. Robbins. Benjamin F. Mason. Hagerstown Arthur C. Lindemuth. Luther. C. Ab bott, Perry J. Freeman, Henry C Starr, Alonzo M. Gardner, Roscoe E Klrkman. William A. Bond. Frank M Conner, Arthur A. Curme. Jr., William H. Kelley.' William A. Medsker. Cam bridge City. Paul Comstock. Robert L. Stndy. Alonzo R. Feemster. Cambridge City, Wilfred Jessup, Ray K. Shiveley John C. Dodson. Cambridge City "A. C Huey. George .W. Conrad, William C Dennis." Byram Robbins, Walter D, Cook. Centervtlle, Charles Ladd. Josh ua Allen,-" Hagerstown, Kverett R.'Lem on, Joseph C. Burgess. Fountain .City. Harold C. Burton, Greensfork." Gath Freeman. Charles O. Williams. Williamsburg. .Carrnon Sells. Hagerstown. Clifford C. Bradbury. Orange S. Harrison, Willis IX.Stoner. Will W. Reller, Frederick' G. White. Gustave H. Hoelscher, Denver C. Harlan. The bar association will meet in the library in the court house on Tuesday, considering important business in regard to keeping up the library, now one of the best in the state. An organization for 1911 will be effected. FILE FINAL REPORT.

Final report of the Dickinson Trust Company, administrator of the estate cf the late Henry Heck was filed in the 'Wayne probate, court. The total amount involved in the (-state was 1057 of which the widow, Mary Heck, received S0O as per the natatory 1lowance, , . - . - - I ----- - '

Legislative Program for Con

sideration This Session, Beginning Thursday, Is a Most Vital One. A DIRECT PRIMARY LAW NOW PROBABLE Commission Form of Govern ment for Cities Over 20,000 Township Option and Labor Bills Due. (American News Service) Indianapolis. Jan. 2. For breadth of scope and problematical depth the matters which the general assembly of Indiana wiU face in the session which commences Thursday will probably outmeasure those which any past legislature has attempted to solve. Most of the big proposals for enact ment. Including the pajty platform measures, will be presented within the first two weeks cf. the session. For convenience some of tho most im portant problems are herewith sum marized in pill form and may be di gested without pain: Election of a United States senator; act to repeal the county local option bill; reform measure, providing $500 high license, one saloon to 500 popula-1 tlon, rigid law enforcement, abolish ment of brewery-owned saloons. Commission form of government for cities of 20,000 or over; five directors, one to be c'losen by the mayor, to govern the city, and salaries ranging from $2,500 to $5,000; Initiative and referendum and recall; three civil service commissioners to grade routine municipal clerks on merit plan. A Direct Primary Law. Direct primary bill for the nomination of all officers, from United States senator down; the legislative candidates to pledge themselves to vote for majority choice of people for senator; no amendment to the constitution; canvassing board created; voting day of sixteen hours, the canvassers to count ballots cast in four periods; system of localized recount; registration acts. With rigid inquisition suc!i as may shut out aliens from the ballots; a gerrymander act is due. restricting the state for the election of members of congress and for the election of senators and representatives In the state legislature." It will be an old-fashioned gerrymander. Ratification or rejection of a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, to permit a federal tax to be levied on incomes; a township bill, abolishing the advisory boards, trustees to fix the tax levy and appoint road supervisors, 1,016 town ships in seven classes as salary basis, the trustee, the assessor, and one jus tice of the peace to constitute the township board of finance; township assessors' bill, increasing salaries to S3.50 a day for assessors and $2 for deputies. Public utilities bills, probably sev eral; readjustment of rates; supervision over stocks and -bonds; adjustment of differences between corpo rations and patrons. Enforcement of franchise terms will be aimed at. A child labor law no boy under 14 or no girl under 18 to sell on the streets; no child under 16 to be allowtd to work more than eight hours in one day except as a domestic or on a farm; ban on many injurious and risky occupations; weekday wagebill, applying to mining, manufacturing, wholesale and retail corporations, but not to railroad or agricultural employes; compulsory payment in cash. Three workmens compensation acts, recompense for accidents on a fixed scale, measured on wages lost; fellow servant rule; assumption of risk and contributory negligence, legal provisions abolished and the losses divided between employers and employees; employers' liability bills; a bill to combine the state labor commission and the state factory inspector's office, putting the two in one department to be called the department of labor; plumbing and barber license bills: Indiana departments of labor and agriculture: industrial education; support of the Winona technical institute; ten hour work-day for women laborers; legislation of trade unions; miners' qualification bill, providing county examining boards; miners' shot firing bill, making expert handling,of explosives compulsory. To Oust Incompetents. Ventilation and escape shaft bill, providing a special emergency shaft; a governor's power of removal, the right to oust public officials elected and his own appointees, is asked; also -"a recall" by voters of incompetent officials; good roads bill, creating a state highway commission, with the state and county to divide the cost equally; a bill to cut the number of road "supervisors; trustees to appoint the supervisors; county auditors act to legalize all previous acts in office and to start a clean slate under the state accounting board's new uniform method; to define more accurately the duties of auditors and commissioners, also to give auditors the appointment of a board of review"; reform la gravel

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ing" type he was looking for. He is now on his way home in New York with the promise of' Miss Rasmussen to go to New 'York early 'in the New Year, and pose for the pictures of the new "Fisher Girl."

TENNESSEE TO SEE A BITTER CONTEST Legislature, Which Met Today, to Have Senatorial War Also in Ohio. (American News Service) Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 2. The fiftyseventh general assembly of the .state of Tennessee, which convened today is expected to make for Itself an important place in the history of-the state. The election of a United States senator to succeed James B. Frazier Is the all-Important work of the early days of the session. The indecisive results of the recent legislative elections and the wresting of the control of the excutlve' from the Democrats have combined to bring about conditions almost without- precedent in the political history of -Tennessee. As a consequence the outcome of the senatorial contest cannot be predicted with and degree of certain ty. On the face of the final returns, the regular Democrats have a majority in the senate, and will, if they hold together, be able to organize the senate by a safe majority. In the house the fusion forces have a majorityi larger than that of the regular Democrats in the senaie and hence on joint ballot to elect a United States senator will have a majority of a few votei. The regular Democrats, however, are not ready to concede the success of the fusion forces and today both sides are confidently . claiming they will be able to elect the senator. Senator Frazier hoiestobe chosen as his own successor. Governor Patterson and former Governor McMillan are aspirants for the toga on the side of the Democratic regulars and Gen. Luke E. - Wright, former secretary of war. and John J. Vertrees, a prominent Nashvifle" attorney, "are also mentioned in . the . same connection. ,. On -the side of the fusion forces there'is also an abundance of aspirants among them Jerome Templeton of Knoxville. Luke Lea of Nashville, G.' T. , Fitzhugh of Memphis, and several. others. DICK'S SUCCESSOR." - Columbus. O.. Jan. 2. The seventyninth general assembly of Ohio met today and perfected its organization. The Democratic contest for the "seat in the United States senate, now held by Charles Dick, will monopolize Attention during the early days of the session. Atlee Pomerene, the new lieutenant-governor, and Edward W. Hanley, of Dayton, continue to be the" leaders in the race for the toga, and barring complications that may come with the entrance of some other formidable candidates, the contest will be fought to a finish between these candidates. All other aspirants seemingly are in the "also mentioned class, with the possibility that the contest between Hanley and Pomerene may become tangled to the extent that a compromise candidate will offer the only solution.

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'X .Xi,':.l-VvW. f.iV..L ' v Francisco, who has been picked by as the typica.1 American beauty of Rasmussen as exactly the "slash BIG FIRE USHERED IN THE1EW YEAR Residence of Henrv Schissler in East End Almost Burned to Ground. Fire of mysterious origin partially destroyed the large frame residence of Henry Schissler, 205 North Nine teenth street early this morning, caus ing a loss of between $700 and $800. The damage is covered by insurance The blaze originated in one of the bed rooms, and before discovered had swept through the entire upper por tion of the house. Mr. and Mrs. Schis sler, both aged persons, were aroused by neighbors and escaped without in jury, excepting a severe nervous shock. Residents of . the vicinity of the Schissler home were aroused about two o'clock by crackling of the blaze and "the noise of falling timbers. The entire roof of the house was in a blaze which could be seen from all parts of the clty. Companies No. 2 and 3 responded to a telephone alarm and after two hours work had the blaze under control, although there was only ! one fire plug On the street. The sec ond noor, the attic and the roor were destroyed, buf-there was Tittle damage done to" the lower story. The occupants of the house were sleeping in the front room down stairs and it is probably due to this that their lives were not lost. The fire started in a ... second story bed room. The room had been recently painted, and rags saturated with oil had been left in the closet. The fire chief believes ihat the. rags may have come into contact with live wires, causing the fire. There -had 4 been no fire in, the room, for some time. s Sparks from the "i fife ? fell on the roofs of many houses Jn , the: vicinity, but good work of the fire department and the damp "condition of-the roofs saved the these dwellings.;" The lire was 'one of tfie - most spectacular in Richmond for several years. WALTER RATUFF IS ADMINISTRATOR Walter S. Rati iff was 'appointed administrator . of, the 'estate of the late w infield erregge who died on December 21. . The widow, ;Mp. Esther Veregge, who was nominated in the last will of the decedent as administrator asks to be relieved in favor of Mr. Ratliff. The bond of the administrator was fixed at $2,300. GEORGIA COTTON SCHOOL IS OPEN (American News Service) Athens, Ga., Jan. 2. The fourth annual session of the Cotton school, and Stockmen's Short Course opened today at the State college of Agriculture and will continue until January 12. - The number of farmers who have registered for the course this year is larger than ever before.

A Crime So Mysterious as to

Smack of the Dark Ages Baffles Officials of Keyset,West Virginia. A POISON PLOT IS BEING HINTED NOW Prosecutor Says He Has Dis covered an Important Clue but He Refuses to Divulge Its Nature. (American News Service) Cumberland.' Md., Jan. 2. A crime so strange that it smacks more of the. -dark ages than the twentieth centruy. has the authorities, who are probing the death of Miss Grace Elesser and Charles Edward Twigg of Keyser, W. Va., completely baffled today.: In the white satin bridal robe which she was to have worn at ber marriage to Twigg last night. Miss Elesser lay in her coffin at her home In this city this morning, while Twigg's body, attired in his wedding garments, await ed tho funeral tomorrow. Both will likely bo buried in the same grave. From ' the original , theory that the young man and woman committed suicide by ! poisoning the police have come to think that the tragedy was a. case of double murder and that poi son was administered by a jealous riv al of Miss Elesser. -v David A. Robb, states attorney, who spent all day yesterday In Keyser, announced today that he had discovered an important clue but he refused to di vulge the nature of it. .Traces of Poison. ' Traces of deadly cyanide of potassium were found In the stomachs of both and the tongues of both Mist Elesser and Twigg were badly burned. -Just how the poison was administered Is the most mysterious element of the wlerd crime. A box of candy was found in the Elesser home and this '? now in the hands of the authorities. Traces of candy, supposed to be from this box, were found in Twigg's stomach, but none was found in that of the girl. Members of the Elesser family admitted eating of the candy but felt no 111 effects. When Twigg's body was found a piece of chewing gum was 'discovered lodged In his cheek. A package of chewing gum with one stick missing, was found in Miss Elesser's room. The authorities took this for an analysis. The coroner's jury which has been impaneled to' invest! gate the case, was told to hold itself In readiness for immediate action. State Attorney Robb declared that he would call the juy into session the Instant he secured sufficient evidence to justify another forward step In the mystery, , Deny Suicide Theory. Members of the fsiesser family scout the theory of suicide. May Elesser, a sister, declared to-' day that she felt sure her sister waa a victim of foul play. It is dreadful to think that any one would want to take poor Grace's life," said the sister, "but we are sure that she did not commit suicide. She had no reason to wish to end her life. She was so happy because of her approach-: Ing marriage. On Saturday evening just a few hours before she met her death she told me that she was never so happy in her life." ' The couple' wer, to have taken their bridal journey by automobile and Twigg, who was wealthy,, had ordered a new touring car for the trip. The Elessers are Virginians, having come to Cumberland from Winchester, Va., some years ago. PRESIDENT TAFT AND DIX ATTEND (American Jfcw Service) v New York, Jan. 2. President Taft and Governor John A. Dix of - New York will be among the guests at the' annual dinner of the New York Press Club at the Hotel Martinique, 'Saturday evening. January 21st. It is expected that' about three hundred members and guests will be present at the banquet, "which will be followed by speeches from the president of the club. President Taft, and other notables. This will be the thirty-seventh annual banquet of the scribes and every effort will be made to surpass all former affairs. Pallciiain's Total Dcily Averse Clrcnlclion . Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending; Dec. 31, 1910. ' Sf SS2 City CIrcclattea showing net paid, news stands and . regular complimentary list do bol inciuui wiuiw wiun,- ..-- 5,(320

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