Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 55, 3 January 1911 — Page 1

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VARIOUS STATES WILL ENGAGE III SENATE BATTLES

However, the Make-up of the Upper Branch of Congress Is Already Known, C O. P. Having Control. DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAKES HEAVY GAIN Republican Majority Having Been Reduced to Ten Three of the New Senators Already Named. MAKE-UP OF SENATE IN 62NO CONGRESS Alt Republican members: California. Connecticut, Delaware. Idaho, Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, South Dakota. Vermont. Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. All Democratic members: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia, Indiana, Ioulslana, Maryland. Mississippi. Missouri North Carolina. Oklahoma, South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. On Republican, one Democrat: Colorado. Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Weat Virginia. (American News Service) Washington, Jan. 3. The most important political event of the New Year will be the election of United States senators by the various state legislatures to complete the upper house of the (!2nd congress. The new senate will be composed of 51 Republicans and 41 Democrats, as against 1)9 Republicans and 33 Democrats in the last congress, u net gain of eight eats for ' the Democrats. (In tho house, according to tho returns of the election of November 8 the Democrats will have a majority of 65.) Of thirty senators, whose terms will expire on March 3rd next, twenty-four are Republicans and six Democrats, and the various state legislatures elected on November 8 last, will choose their successors. There will also be senators chosen to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Senator Cummins of Iowa. (Republican), Senator Thompson of North Dakota, (Democrat), and Senator Clay of Georgia. (Democrat), making a total of thirty-three to be elected. Of the thirty-three, seventeen will be Republicans, and sixteen Democrats, representing a gain of nine seats for the Democrats and one for the Republicans. The states where the senatorial toga will fall from Republican to Democratic shoulders are Indiana, Nebraska. Montana. New York. Ohio, New Jersey, Maine, West Virginia and Missouri. .The one Republican gain occurred In North Dakota, where a Republican successor will be chosen to complete the unexpired term of the late Senator Thompson. Democrat. The legislature of this state will also elect another United States senator to succeed Porter J. McCumber, whose term expires In March. Three Are Chosen. Three of the senators, Included In the above counts, have. already been chosen. They arc Isldor Raynor or Maryland, elected to succeed himself; John Sharp Williams, elected to suc ceed Senator Money;" and Carrol S. Tage of Vermont, electetl to succeed himself. The term of the late Senator Daniel, of Virginia, expires this March, and as the regular session of the Virginia legislature does not convene until 1912. either a special session will be called to elect a successor, or Claude A. Swanson. who is serving by appointment, will retain his seat until next year. No successor will be chosen to the late Senator McKnery of Louisiana, until 1913. Ills seat is at present being filled by J. R. Thompson who was appointed by the governor. While the eople of a few of the states have Indicated their senatorial preference through a direct primary, there are bitter contests being carried on In the majority of the states where the senatorial vacancies occur. New York In a fair sample. It has been many years since the Democratic party of the Kmpire tate has had a member In the upper house of congress. and there are a countless number of aspirants to the seat, which will be vacated by Chauncey N. Depew. They Include Kdward N. Shepherd. William P. Sheehan. Martin W. Littleton and a host of others. Even the new governor, John A. Dlx, has been mentioned and the fact (Continued on Page Eight.) THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair and colder tonight 'with temperature rear or below zero. Wednesday fair and not auito oo cold.

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HORSE THIEF WAS CAUGHTJBYLAVVLER Police Officer by Clever Work Makes an Important Arrest. Clydo Perry, arrested yesterday afternoon by Patrolman Will Lawler. who afterwards confessed to being a horse thief, was returned to Henry County yesterday. He Is wanted at Ogden, about 33 miles west of Richmond, for stealing n horse from John Allen, and a buggy from James Scars, both of Ogden. Perry entered the barns of Allen and Sears, last Sunday night, and after obtaining the property drove to Richmond. About a mile west of town ho abandoned the outfit and walked to Richmond to the home of his stepfather, Parker Henderson, on North G street, where he hid. The matter was reported to the police yesterday and Superintendent Gormon placed Lawler on the case, who after some clever work. located the man about three o'clock in the afternoon, just an hour and a quarter after It had been reported. Perry was brought to headquarters and a few minutes later had confessed to the chief and was on his way back to Ogden with the authorities of that place. Perry's mother came to police headquarters with her son, begging the policeman to remove the handcuffs from his wrists ; and to release him. The case was a sad one. The heart-broken mother displayed great love for her son. but he returned little of the affection. With his arms tightly cuffed behind him, and on his way probably to a penitentiary sentence, he roughly turned away from his aged mother and hardly spoke a decent word to her. j The police term the boy as one "who lives without working." VIEW TrIEJEPORTS Township Advisory Board Make Inspection., Advisory boards in all of the fifteen townships of the county met on Tuesday morning and considered, the annual reports of the township trustees which will be ready for publication Eoon. Each expenditure and receipt was examined and cither approved or disapproved, the work being similar to the field examiners of the state board of accounts, although not nearly so thorough. Very few errors were discovered and the few were corrected. None amounted to more than a few cents. The advisory boards, which are also the township finance boards, considered the apportionment of the township funds to public depositories that bid tor this business. The township funds are apportioned out tn ratio to the capital and surplus of the bidding financial institutions. The amount which each township has for distribution varies according to the size and population of the different townships and also the amount raised by taxation. On an average it is estimated that the maximum amount which each township will have for deposit at any one time is $4,000.

APPEALS FOR AID ARE IJOJJUMEROUS Wayne Township Did Not Have to Help Many First Three Winter MontHs.""

Unusually small have been the number of the appeals for assstance made to Wayne township trustee James 1 la worth during the last three months and it is probable the total amount distributed will be three hundred dollars less than the aggregate amount spent during the corresponding period of 1909. This condition of affairs is attributed to the general prosperity of the community. However as the winter is progressing the daily appeals are becoming more numerous. On Tuesday morning before ten o'clock nearly two tons of coal had been given out and several dollars worth of groceries and meats ordered. However as there were only a small number of appeals during the I first three months of the season the trustee believes .that the poor account for the winter will be less than ever before. Trustees of other townships in the county, report but little suffering. All needy people are being cared for, the townships furnishing fuel and food, while neighbors and charitable organizations assist those in want. Many dependents are earning as much as possible by taking in washings, there being several instances where the husbands and fathers are doing this work to' tide them over until they can find factory employment or the weather moderates so they can obtain work outside. DIES' WITH SMILE Ex-soldier Executed for Murder of Wife. (American News Service) Ossinning. N. Y.. Jan. 3. With a smile on his lips. Samuel tustin. a former soldier in the U. S. army, paid the penalty for wife murder, with his life In the electric chair at Singsing today. Austin Is said to have been the coolest man that was ever electrocuted in Sirtgsing. He was convicted for the murder of his wife, Irene, at White Plains last year. There was no hesitancy on Austin's part us he w".ked into the deathroom. His bearing was erect and military and as he took his seat in the chair of death he smiled broadly. Owing to the peculiar shape of Austin's head . the electric cap did not fit snugly and when the current was turned on the sickening odo.r of burning hair filled the room and a tongue of flame played about the doomed man's head but he made no outcry. Two shocks were required. The execution took place at 6 a. m. KICKAPOO INDIAN CASES ARE HEARD m American News Service) Guthrie. Okla., Jan. 3. D. K. Tibbetts of this city, acting as' special judge, today resumed the hearing of arguments inxolving the extradition cf five Gklahomans to Mexico to answer to indictments for alleged Kickapoo Indian land frauds.

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HE SHOT PORTERS ROBS PASSENGERS One Man Raids Trans-conti nental Train While "Pal" Holds Up Engineer. (American News Service) Ogden, Utah, Jan. 3. Two masked bandits help up the Overland Limited on the Southern Pacific by signalling with a lighted fuse near Reese Station at midnight. One robber covered the engineer, while the other entered the Pullman sleepers and collected money and jewelry in a gunny sack. The men then escaped. The passengers were awakened by two shots fired by the robber whose entrance to a Pullman was opposed by two negro porters who received bullets from his gun, William Davis being shot dead and Alex W." Taylor probably being mortally wounded. The- trainmen were ordered to the rear of the train while the bandit en tered the sleeping cars. As he was climbing upon the vestibule steps two porters appeared. "You men keep off this tain," cried one of the porters. Ignores the Command. The man paid no attention to this command, but climbed to the platform. The porters, who could not see distinctly in the darkness, tried to push the bandit down the steps. The robber fired several shots and both porters fell. The passengers, aroused from their sleep by the fusilade of shots, crowded forward. The bandit ordered them back. ' Women screamed and became hysterical and men were cowed by the menacing gun in the hands of the robber. Shortly after midnight Conductor Cunningham made his escape and ran all the way to the nearest station where word was flashed to Ogden that the Overland, the most celebrated train on the Southern Pacific had been held up. Two Women Robbed. The robbers after collecting their booty, warned the train crew not to follow them and disappeared into the darkness. A half hour after the holdup two daughters of James Wayment of Warren, nearby, were held up by two men who are suspected of being the two robbers who held up the Overland. The girls were so frightened and the night was so dark . that the young women could not give a definite description of the men. However, they declared that one was short and the other tall, and passengers on the train declared that this description in a general way answered that of the men who held up the Overland. GO TO RESCUE OF SHIP IN DISTRESS (American News Service) Woods Hole, Mass., Jan. 3. The revenue cutter Acushnet and the Cnttihunk life-saving crew were dispatched today to the rescue of a steamer aground on Prasque Island, one . of the Elisabeth group. The vessel went ashore late yesterday but the life-savers were unable to locate her because of heavy fog. Distress signals were sent up by the vessel at frequent intervals throughout the night.

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SPENT BY P, R, R. Oil IMPROVEMENTS Double Tracking Between Richmond and Knightstown, 25.9 Miles, Will Cost Over Two Millions. NINETEEN CONCRETE BRIDGES ARE BUILT And Sixteen Other Bridges Erected, and Twenty-five Crossings Eliminated Is a Vast Undertaking. ' To provide additional facilities for handling traffic on its Indianapolis division, the Pennsylvania lines are making additional improvements by constructing 23.9 miles of second track. Some idea of the magnitude of the work which has been undertaken Is seen in the figures showing that no less than twenty-five street and highway and two railroad grade crossings are to be eliminated. This alone will entail the building of four overhead and sixteen undergrade crossings and the vacation of five highways, formerly crossing the railroad at grade. The Indianapolis division, extending from Columbus, O., to Indianapolis carries the heavy through freight and passenger business of the Pennsylvania system between points on the eastern lines and Indianapolis and St. Louis. Prior to the inauguration of the work now in progress, the Indianapolis division from Richmond to Indianapolis some 68 miles was single track, with the exception of six and one-half miles of double track in terminal yards. Is in Two Sections. The double tracking authorized is In two sections, 17.6 miles from Richmond to Dublin, and 8.3 miles from Dunreith to Knightstown. In connection with the double track work, it was decided to reduce the maximum grade from f.X per cent to .7 per cent or about 35 feet to the mile. This necessitates changing the grade on 21 JJ miles of line, but when completed it will enable the company to operate much heavier trains over this division with the same locomotives now in use thereby increasing the efficiency of operation. A change of line of about a mile is being made just east of Knightstown. It will replace a 3 degree 50 minute reverse curve and a 1 degree 32 min ute cudve by a single 1 degree curve, saving some 121 degrees of curvature and 880 feet in distance. At other points where the change in grade is considerable, an entirely new double track road bed is being constructed, and when completed, the old line will be abandoned. The double track road has been elevated through Cambridge City, Raysville and Knightstown, and depressed through Dublin. AH masonry in this work is of plain or reinforced concrete. There have been built nineteen concrete arch bridges, thirteen steel trough floor bridges, and three plate girder bridges. The three largest bridges each have three spans of 60 foot arches over streams at Centerville, Cambridge City and Knightstown. Each of these bridges contain about 5,000 cubic feet of concrete. In making this Improvement 1,850,000 cubic yards of earth have been graded and 71,000 cubic yards of concrete masonry used. For eight miles west of Richmond, the new. tracks are practically completed and in operation, and it is expected that the entire improvement to the Indianapolis division, costing some $2,750,000, or a little more than $108,000 per mile of line, will be completed during 1911. WEDLOCK UNITES FAMOUS FAMILIES (American News Service) Washington, Jan. 3. Today witnessed the first of the notable weddings of the year in capital society. The bride was Mrs. Arnold, widow of Captain C. H. Arnold Jr., and daughter of Col. P. F. Harvey, U. S. A., retired, at whose home the wedding took place. The bridegroom was Richard Bland Lee, Jr., of New York. Mr. Lee comes of one of the most distinguished families in American history. His grandfather. Col. Richard Bland Lee. was a first cousin of General Robert E. Lee and his great grandfather Richard Bland Lee, was a brother of Gen. Henry Lee, known to history as "Light Horse Harry. MET Lee is also a cousin of the late Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Pallsdima's Total Daily Average Circnlatioa (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week. Ending Dec. 31, 1910. 6552 B Ctfy Clrccl2tfn snowies Bet paid, sews stand and regUa " complimentary list does cot include sample copies. 3,629

MANY LAWMAKERS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY AT WORK Minnesota Solons to Have a Busy Time, Illinois Legisla

ture Is to Investigate Bribery Cases. NORTH DAKOTA WILL NAME TWO SENATORS Oklahoma Assembly Will Redistrict State and Delaware Will Return Dupont to the U. S. Senate. (American News Service) St. Paul. Minn., Jan. 3. The thirty seventh Minnesota legislature conven ed today. Three months of lively work are before t'ae lawmakers. If all the proposed measures are given at tention. The main contest of the session is expected to be legislature reapportionment. The new senators have just been elected for four years and if they pas3 an apportionment bil'., to take immediate effect, it will cut their terms short tw'o years. Senator Moses E. Clapp's term Is about to expire., and his reelection is assured. County option, as to license of saloons will be an issue,. The coun ty optionists failed to get control of the senate. They will attempt to have the question submitted to popular vote in 1912. Various reform organi zations will work for an initiative and referendum amendment to the consti totion and for extension of the direct primary law to state officers. Ad vocates of woman suffrage will also make a demonstration. An attempt will be made to pass a distance tariff measure like the one which Iowa now works. BRIBERY CASES. Springfield, 111., Jan. 3. Preparations are being made to bring to trial within the next few days the-case of the people of Illinois against Stanton C. Pemberton, a member of the state senate, and Joseph 8. . Clark,., a member of the state house of representatives, indicted in this county on charges of conspiracy to secure bribes in the awarding of the contract for new furniture for the state legislature. This will be the second trial of the case. The first trial .was held last October, and resulted in a disagreement of the jury. STUART'S MESSAGE. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 3. The Pennsylvania legislature convened in biennial session today. After completing the work of organization the two houses listened to the message of Governor Stuart. In his message, the last that he will present. Governor Stuart reviewed the work of his administration, dwelling at considerable length on the finances, the Capitol civil cases, the control of state building operations, election laws, highway improvement, the administration of the pure food laws and various other matters of public importance. REELECTED DU PONT Dover, Del., Jan 3. The Delaware legislature met for organization today. A United States senator is to be chosen this session, but the matter is attracting little attention as the re election of Senator Du Font is sured. asELECT TWO SENATORS. Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 3. The United States senators are to be elected at the session of the North Dakota legislature now convened. Senator McCumber will be his own successor and Congressman A. J. Gronna will be chosen to fill the unexpired term of Senator N. N. Nicholson, deceased. Railroad legislation, including the antl pa3s and full crew measures, and amendment to the primary election law of the state will receive most attention at the session. OKLAHOMA SOLONS. - Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan- 3. Many matters of importance are slated for consideration and action by the Oklahoma legislature, which convened' today for its regular session. ; Redisricting of the state will be one of the first matters to receive attention School land legislation, a county tax assessors law and more rigid prohibition legislation also are expected to figure prominently in the work of the session. COLORADO LAWMAKERS. Denver, Colo., Jan. 3. Much legislation of a pnogressive character is to be taken up by the Colorado legislature, which convened today for it$ regular biennial session. The legislature does not elect a United States senator this year. ROCKFORD VOTES ON COMMISSION PLAN (American Sews Service) Rockford. 111., Jan. 3. Citizens of Rockford will know tomorrow whether or not the city is to adopt the commission form of municipal government in i preference to the aldermanic system. A special session was held today to J dec ide upon the adoption or rejection of the commission plan.

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AFTER FIGHT Band of International Anarchists Surrounded in London Building Refused to Lay Down Arms. SCOTS GUARDS AND FIREMEN GIVE AID Two Desperate Outlaws Were Found Dead Aftpr the Battle, Two Firemen Killed, Many Were Hurt. - - (American News Service) ; BULLETIN. London, Jan. 3. Late today a police surgeon reported one limblessbody, burned to a crisp had been recovered and another dead body was visible in the ruins. This makes four anarchist victims of the battle. London, Jan. 3. Two desperate an-" archlsts dead,, two firemen killed and wounds and Injuries sustained by eight policemen, seven firemen, three soldier and five spectators, was the re-, suit j of a bloody battle between a thousand r policemen, firemen and Scots Guards and an unknown number of anarchists, entrenched . in their stronghold in Sidney street, East End.! today. The battle waged for six hours and was. .witnessed by a hundred thousand spectators. The police authorities had located, what they declared to be an international band of anarchlsts plotting .the wholesale extermination of royalty at the forthcoming ; coronation ! of King George. Tho house was surrounded by cordon of police before seven o'clock this morning,' whereupon the anarchists withiu opened ; fire, wounding ; one policeman. Additional police reinforcements were' called for and from time to time thesoldiers of the Scots Guards were added to the police forcq and even the fire department was called out In an effort to flood the anarchistic gang in the quarters, v Those Intrenched In the building apparently had an Immense supply of up-to-date ammunition and ' weapons " and managed to hold the -army of police and troops at bay for -- hours. Finally efforts were ' made to ' smoke them out.' The building caught fire and collapsed injuring several firemen. . . Home Secretary Churchill . was on ' the scene and at times personally directed the actions of . the police. At the conclusion of the battle the police announced that the bodies of six dead anarchists were discovered within the ' wrecked house but two hours later admitted that only two were found. ; It; Is a matter of conjecture whether the other anarchists escaped from the ( building during the confusion or' whether the Immense police force had A. 1, I 1 . 1 . t. . . . . a. . anarchists.' The entire affair was later the subject of severe criticism, expressions being freely heard that de sired results should luve been accomplished with less disastrous : results. Among the anarchists alleged to have a rendezvous at the Sidney street bouse are several from America, Rus--sia and Italy. The police expressed the belief that there were several women tn the house and that they were helping the men by loading the guns and revolvers. The battle today; which was the most sensational affray since the feudal days, was the sequel of the Hounsditch battle between robbeds and police, when five officers were cither" killed c wounded. As an outgrowth of that affray It was learned by Scotland Yard that sixty foreign anarchists had gathered' in London and were plotting the death of the monarchs who will gather for the coronation of King George next June. Bot'j "Peter and Painter" and. "Dutch Fritz" were suspected of being the ring-leaders in the Hounsditch burglary and later when another' house was raided and a number of bombs seized the police found literswere really the head and front of the band. ' When the second detachment of Scots Guards . arrived upon the scene with a machine gun. Scotland , Yard rt'iuctantly consented v that the anarchist den be assaulted. - The gun was planted in the street with the muzzle pointed towards the house and artillery men loaded it. An officer shouted to the " anarchists : that the house would be demolished If they did not ; surrender. The 1 men within replied with a shout of derision. . The anarchists fired a well directed volley bringing down another police sergeant. Alexander Simmons. The wounded officer was rushed to a hospital where it was reported that be was mortally hurt. At 2:15 o'clock the anarchists climbed through a trap on the roof, bearing rifles and all the ammunition they could carry. They kept up their fire, shielding r themselves behind cbim neys. The men were apparently much excited for their bullets went wild. Two; minutes later there was an explosion which shook the buildings, as the fire reached the anarchists ammunition.' The- Miming structure was nearly shaken down by the shock.