Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 74, 22 January 1911 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1911.

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V ULUIILI ULII1IULU President Taft Wants Gov;crnment Police Under . Only One Bureau. jLKIE given a task tic Has Been Detailed to OrH ganizc New Corps of J v Customs Police. Y JONATHAN WINFIELD J" . . . i Washington. Jan. SI. Within jfrar tho long famous "secret service tyircau of the government" the greatevtrlme detect Ins forre in tho coiinryr'UI probably be wiped out of cxllaee. Not. that Uncle Bam. means JCo discontinue his rrusude agalnsfeVjounterfeltcrs and other violators of ihe, federal law, but for the 'sake of 3conomy this bureau will be absorbed y another department. Tbere has 'eon a constantly Increasing demand ;.'fpr moro secret agents for tho- depart Xsent of justice. An investigation, showed that In nearly every govern''. 'lAent department a number of special jigents were detailed for duty. i Often the work of one department 'Overlaps that of another, and the con3 lusion was reached that there should one central agency to which all latters of a detective nature should referred. For this and a number minor reasons. It has been decided '.TV President Taft, secretary of tb treasury MacVeagh and other members of the cabinet that a great econ,niy ran be effected If these agencies ; CTe combined Into one bureau. " 4 A Job for Wilkle. .Accordingly Chief John K. Wilkle, it the secret service, has been detailed to organlie a bureau of special cusiVmi agents of the treasury depart ' )ent. After this branch of the servUie Is thoroughly equipped for field &"ly, Jt Is expected that what Is now itto secret service will be placed under the direction of Stanley B. Pinch of the department of justice. .Later St Is the Intention. It Is said, of com- ' blnlng all of the detectives or special gents Into one bureau. '' ' The special agent's department of which Chief Wilkle Is now the head deal exclusively with customs matters. He Is now bard at work get tM" the force Into shape and Is going' ,f )e rounds of the leading cities and 1 rts where .customs agent or .pel agentf ara employed, with a' View i V effecting ' a 'number ' of TefoYms. (hen he gets through overhauling the t rre there iwill be a- more vigorous t Robing Into the administration of the Vtoms laws at the different ports t in ever before. i The agitation for a special force' of 1 C)toms agents started about a year I , when there was talk of a general 1 vest Ignt ion 'Into the administration clustoms laws. The scheme has Iver been carried out. The New 1 rk port has been rigorously Investlf Jted and a number of detectives are I jw engaged in finding out whether i. re is anything wrong at Boston, I Louis atl Ban Francisco. Exam tu itions of accounts have also taken t )ce ot all porta, Jut special investlt jllons have been conducted at only a i- The -New System. IAII orders to the customs agents 21 pass through C hief VIklo s hands he Is to be primarily responsible fx) ever) iking. Heretofore, orders fcftc gone through various officials befCe reaching the agents and respon stilly for error has never been sarisfCltorily fixed. Hereafter, there will b?lno chance for evasion. The agents X be responsible to Wilkle and the ntbn will have no. opportunity to ob ject to work assigned them, because' It -fs In conflict with an order some one else has given. . s--Contrary to the old order of things.

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the new . regime' win keep . the men moving. No agent will be allowed to settle down In any locality. Hence the new service has already received the new name or the "flying squadron." Its members will be sent to any port where there Is the slightest suspicion of crookedness or Irregularity in customs and will even go to Paris or London to watch things. Once the "flying squadron" arrangement Js worked out it will prove a terror to those who seek to defy the customs laws, or evade them in any fashion, or to the officials who connives at smuggling. In commenting on the new order of things. Chief - Wilkle says that when the customs " agents are fully prepared to take the ield a repetition of the recent New York customs fraud will never occur. Undervaluation frauds will bo an unheard of thing, and attempts of society women and others to smuggle Into this country dutiable purchases made abroad will completely disappear. Blow to Smugglers. '"Ther will be no incentive for a person t6 break the customs laws." continued Chief 'Wilkle. "and customs frauds will disappear because In the

first place such an action will be beneath respectable people and In the second place the smugglers will know that a jail or penitentiary sentence is extremely, apt to follow such an action. "Heretofore, customs agents have been dealing with travelers on a plane that is too lenient. When the Incoming passenger arrives with a trunkfull of dutiable articles and tries to cheat the customs officials, he or she usually begs off, and escapes with a reprimand. "Under the new scheme when passengers make a declaration, it will have to stand. If the law is violated they will be arrested for a breach of the customs laws, just as any offender is arrested for a breach of the peace. "This new service is going to be very much on the job, and you can say that it intends to make a record not even second to that attained by the secret service." While Chief Wilkie has been busily engaged In his new task the work of the secret service has not been Interfered with. Its .work is going on just os usual, appropriations for its continuance halng been made by congress until the end of the fiscal year. Date of Organisation. . The secret service was organized in 1811, when the first reference was made to the bureau as a secret service force. In 1861 however, congress made appropriations for the suppression of counterfeiting which has been continued to this day. Now the service is to 'be placed under the supervision of the bureau of Investigation of the department of justice, which will have- permanent headquarters in the large cities of the country. These will be located at Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, El Paso, San Antonio, New Orleans.' Kansas City, St. Louis, Denver, Buffalo, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Atlanta, Oa. The Chicago and New York offices have already been established with sixteen men each. These agents will be expected to do all kinds of detective work for the government, including running down counterfeiters, apprehending criminals and detecting all kinds of crime against the United States. '-.') In the establishment of permanent offices In the federal buildings of the large cities, the department of justice expects to save considerable money. Now, when a case is to be investigated In San Francisco, they have to pay the fare of one of. the agents there and back.' Under the new system to be inaugurated, they will merely have to telegraph their own headquarters. In connection with plans made by the department the work of Investigating the trusts is proceeding on the largest scale ever planned. Every big trust In the United States Is being probed In an effort to separate the good trusts from the bad. In none of the Investigations will there be any hasty action. 'The attorney general will have to be convinced whether the government can make out a case

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started.' Conseqnently while all the men in the department of justice are very active these days In looking after the trust situation, there will be no disturbance of business. Good trusts need not fear the heavy hand of the law.-,, . V The shakeup In the detective force of the government comes as a sur prise to many of those who have been connected with the departments for years. In some quarters the contemplated changes have been denied, but from a general impression gathered from officials close in the confidence of both Secretary MacVeagh and At torney General Wlckereham It can be authoritatively stated that the change will be brought about gradually. According to one of the officials, the contemplated merging of the bureau of investigations of the department of "justice and the secret service of the Treasury will be one of the most beneficial results of the present agitation for greater economy and efficiency. STILL A DEADLOCK In the New York Senatorial Contest. (American News Service) Albany, N. Y., Jan. 21. Members of the senate were five minutes late in gathering in the assembly chamber this noon to vote for a United States senator., Lieutenant Governor Conway was absent and in his place president pro tern Wagner presided at the joint session. The vote of the senate showed no changes, many of its members having been paired. The assembly changes were: Assemblyman Hbyt changed from Parker to Littleton; Assemblyman Terry changed from Rosendale to Shepard. . Martin H. Glynn got two votes from Assemblymen Martin and Saunders. Assemblyman Shortt cast his vote for Morgan J. O'Brien. Parker lost one on the vote of Mr. Hoyt, who voted for Littleton. D. Cady Herrick got two votes. III WERE HURT In a Fierce New York Blaze Saturday. (American News Service) New York, Jan. 21. Twenty firemen were hurt and nearly 2,000 persons were routed out of their homes in a 3-alarm fire . which destroyed the five story factory building at 114 and 118 Leonard, street? and 184' and 186 Meserole street, Williamsburg, today doing $100,000 damage.' Practically every fire fighting company in Brooklyn was called out. This blaze was discovered on the fourth floor by the watchman who mysteriously disappeared in the excitement whlhc followed. Policeman Monahan sent In the first alarm and then commenced waking' residents in the vicinity. That section ' of Williamsburg Is thickly congested and it was feared that the flames would spread to adjoining apartment houses. ORDER LIMESTONE FOR COUNTY JAIL The county commissioners in February will order a car load of limestone, which will be' suitable for cracking at the county jail by the prisoners. Chairman Beeson of the board staged that Sheriff Steen was anxious to try the experiment again and as the , latter believes he can make it a paying venture to the county, the county was willing that it should be attempted. Heretofore the experiment has proven a failure, not that it did not provide plenty of work' to the prisoners, but because there was always less stone hauled from the jail than was shipped in.

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WORDS OF WISDOM TO THE PRESIDENT Harry New Tells of Need of Breaking with the "Machine" Crowd.

(American News Service) Washington, Jan. 21. Harry S. Xew, who was Invited to Washington by President Taft. to talk over Indiana politics, told the President plainly that if he desired to win a victory in Indiana In 1912. he must turn away froul the demands of the Fairbanks-Keating-Hemingway combination that they be put In control of the organization. Captain New is still in Washington, lie goes to New York tonight but will return to Washington next week and confer further with the president. When ex-Governor Durbin was here to advise the President he is said to have told him that had Senator Beveridge made his race as a stand-pat Republican he wold have won. Harry New showed the President the fallacy of this line of reasoning by submitting figures from the election returns in Indiana. He called the President's attention to the legislative districts Beveridge carried on a progressive platform in which the Republican state ticket ran fa? behind. Warned President New told the President that he was not actively in politics but wa3 still a Republican anxious to restore Republican supremacy in Indiana. He warned the President, however, that if he turned the Indiana patronage over to Hemenway and Kealing and constituted the old machine the referee in political matters. and the mouth piece of the Taft administration, he would throw away all chance of victory. "Listen to all Indiana Republicans, machine and otherwise; give all a respectful hearing but avoid factionalIsm or machine methods." Such was New's advice. "Create no bosses, let the Indiana Republicans in mass work out their party's rehabilatlon." The President was very much impressed with New's suggestion., In interviews in local newspapers, New predicted that the Republicans would regain control in Indiana. Whether they would be ableto do so in 1912, was doubtful and would depend in a measure on Taft's attitude towards machine methods. New also let it be known that he personally would not accept the National Chairmanship of the party. SETTLE OWNERSHIP OF WIFE WITH DICE South Bend, Ind., Jan. 21. After finding his eloping wife in Chicago in company with the man he considered his closest friend, Camille DeClerque, of this city, induced the woman to return to her home, and then shook dice with Achille Duwill, her admirer, to see who should have possession of the woman. While the men were in the midst of the game they were interrupted by a policeman, who placed the trio under arrest for disorderly conduct. De Clerque and his wife were ordered from the city, and Duwill was sent to jail for 15 days. A NEW CASTLE MAN IS ARRESTED HERE Chalmers Penny, who has been employed in this city for several weeks, was arrested here Saturday by patrolman Vogelsong on a charge of wife desertion. The affidavit was signed by his wife, a bookkeeper at New Castle, alleging he deserted her without cause in 1910. Penny maintains that he and his wife have not lived together for two years. His bond has beon fixed at $500. which he - is " attempting to secure.' His arraignment in the circuit court probably : will be early in the week.

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Berlin Public Now Awaiting Operas. Of Noted Composers

(Special Cabl from the International News Service.) BY STEPHEN BURNETT. Berlin, Jan. 21. -Always interested in music the Berlin public are eagerly looking forward to, the three coming opera premieres by the world's greatest living composers: Puccini's "Girl of the Golden West," Dr. Richard Strauss's "Rosencavalier" and Signor Leoncavallo's "Maia." Private reports received by local opreatlc authorities do not altogether coincide with the favorable accounts of "The Girl of the Golden West" sent over from New York. It is said that Pucinni will have to "overhaul the piece thoroughly" before it will be regarded acceptable for the kaiser's discriminating impresarios. We hear in Berlin that the Covent Garden is to have the first European production of "The Girl of the Golden West." with Caruso and DeBt inn, during coronation week, at the special request of Queen Alexandra, to whom the work is dedicated. The secrets of Strauss's "Rosencavalier" continue to be well guarded. Little authentic is knuown either of the, plot or music, except that the creator of "Salome" has not scorned to descend to the melodious depths of operetta. Whisperings reach me to the effect that the royal censor will have even a bnsier time with "Rosencavalier" than with "Salome." Strauss has the German artistic world keyed up to concert pitch of excitement. The Dresden royal opera is already snowed under an avalanche of applications for seats from all over the world. Strauss is on the Elbe, personally putting the finishing touches to the work. There seems to be some doubt whether the first night can take place as early as Thursday next as hitherto arranged. The newest Leoncavallo opera "Mala," like one or two others of the the Italian maestro's works, will first see the light of day under the kaiser's auspices. "Der Roland von Berlin," in which Leoncavallo and the kaiser "co-operated," did not enjoy prosperity. . .- . Germans who are religious, but dislike the church, are about to organize 'themselves into a militant force. The .initial meeting took place here a few days ago at the home of a well-known ex-nava) officer. Professor Ernst Haeckel came up from Jena to attend it. The objects of the proposed organizations are as follows: :" To promote desertions from the church; to obtain legal status for an organization of non-church members; to work for full equality before the law and in society of "dissidents" and others who are not affiliated with a denomination. ; Professor Haeckel stated during the meeting that a movement was in progress to organize an internationl league of monists. ' How absolutely the Hungarian government is in the power of great land owners, who prevent American meat from being imported into the empire through the medium of a prohibitive duty, has just been shown in a most striking manner. A syndicate of cattle breeders in Uruguay sent a sample of 2,00 pounds of frozen meat to Flume, but the Hungarian government prohibited the sale. Thereupon the consul for Uruguay on behalf of the syndicate, offered to distribute this meat among, the, poor of Flume, . of whom there are many, but this humane proposal was flatly rejected by the Hungarian minister of comerce for fear of displeasing the agragrlans. The same syndicate sent a sample of meat to Trieste, but the Austrian minster of 'comerce followed exactly the same course as his Hungarian colleague. First he prohibited the sale of the meat, and then he refused to the destitute of the town.t Thus several hundred families in' these two ports who rarely see meat on their tables, were not allowed to have a J 911 C3AIH

good meat meal because the respective governments would not irritate the agrarians. Here in Berlin we are not much better off; beef is getting so expensive that only the very wealthy can afford to buy it, but horse meat is

plentiful and the city just after the New Year decided to build a new large slaughter house, where horse meat only is to be handled. The number of horses killed here Is far greater than generally known . and last year over 12,000 horses, two donkeys and quite a number of dogs were eaten by the people of Berlin." German postal facilities, which have long been among the very best In the world, are to be amplified in April. 1911. by an arrangement in the larger cities whereb letters will be called for by special messengers and delivered without intermediate delays of any kind The regulations are not yet. quite clearly understood, but the extra service is to cost somewhere between 5 and 10 cents. Messengers will be sent in response to personal, telephone or written calls. The general postoffice is actuated in introducing the innovation, less by a desire to be accomodating than by a petty spirit of greed. It is officially admitted that the under lying object is to kill off the competition of the meBsenger-boy comnaniea which now enjoy wide popularity. The boys are a fair imitation ot their American brothers, in their uniforms, naitincss and versatility, and the public has little sympathy with the crusade which for months has taken the form of legal prosecution to declare the messenger service a violation of law. The issue is still pend ing in the supreme court. SMOKES AND TALKS AWAITING DEATH New Orleans, La., Jan. 21. Calmly smoking a cigaret and chatting with the surgeons at the Charity hospital when he knew his end "was rapidly approaching, Robert C. Pitts succumbed to injuries received when he fell beneath the wheels of a railroad train. Pitts was a discharged soldier and was beating his way to his home, in Winston-Salem, N. C, after having recovered from an attack of fever ' in Texas.:: "'v;: S.-:--r ' Weakened by the fever he fell from the car on which he was riding and his limbs were badly mangled.' When told that he must die within a few minutes the - man asked for ' a cigaret, lighted it and smilingly conversed with the surgeons. He died with the cigaret In his lips. ' . SKIFF WAS TEMPORARY FUNERAL BIER Helena. Ark., Jan. 21. Side by side in potter's field lie the bodies of Allen Free, a veteran houseboat fisherman of the Lower - Mississippi, and his five year-old-son. ' The son's body was in a casket strapped to the bottom of a "skiff, which the father had towed hundreds of miles up and down the river for more than five years. It was the wish of the father to provide suitable burial for his son, . but five years effort to accumufate enough money to send the body to his old home in Alabama had been futile. The father died some time ago while fishing near here. Since the father's death the wife cherished the same idea, and, too proud to beg, finally let the little casket be buried today, thereby revealing her pathetic storyTo enable a person to massage himself without assistance, there has been patented an apparatus to be fastened to a wall, adjustable to any height, in which a wheel with leather covered balls on the ends of the spokes is rotated by cranks and suitable gears.

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I FADS AND FASHIONS

L New York, Jan 21. Chiffon-velvet Is one of the favorite fabrics for dinner gowns of tie more dignified description,' arranged, as a rule, on the prevailing empire and ; directolre lines,with closely clinging skirts, and shortwaisted bodices cut en princesso with nothing in the way of a be, to mark out the natural line of the waist, which is merely suggested by the little corsage lining, to which is attach ed a shaped and bone corselet. A favorite color for an evening Eown is a lisht tan. bo clear and pala that it almost resembles ivory, but. naturally, it Is not becoming to everyone.; Enhanced with dark furs, hlch seem in uttre contradiction with the light colored tissue, a dress ot this kind is only suitable for a woman who acn afford a great variety of frocks. Narrow borderlngs of fur have suddenly come back into favor as a trim mine tor.' evening frocks, both lu catin and velvet, and a charming gown U carried out lu peacock blue crepe d Chine, brocaded x with black flowers with a border of Russian sable at thji hem of the skirt and on the long slender train. This dress, seen at a re cent society function, was s6 cleverly contrived that It seemed a mere drapery encircling the body in a most artistic manner. Above the black silk embroideries on the corsage, the curve of the decolletage was outlined in sable tali, and then again above the lino o ffur came a tucker of black tullo threaded with a narrow silver ribbon. Fashion seems unwilling to decide. ' at the moment between the rival i claims of the shining soft-toned orien tal satins and the fine silk nets and tulles as favorite fabrics for, dancing dresses. So charming are the models that are being made Just now in all these materials that tlie simplest way out of the difficulty will be to Invest in some gowns carried out in each ot than at the beginning of the season. They are frequently opened on both sides or cross over and open on tns front, being more than ever reminiscent of bygone days. . The brimlesa hat that eclipsed the brow has now a rival. It Is the brim turned straight op from the face or the side of the head. There la undoubtedly a becoming grace ot line in this type. , It shows the hair, it gives a curved line of beauty that forms an attractive frame for the face. : It shows the under surface ot the brim, and gives opportunity for a contrast between the brown and the hair.Cut ostrich feathers are now being made into bands for trimming hats and dresses. These come in all colors that are adapted for street and house wear. They are uncurled,, and therefore can be taken out Into the rain with safety. They are ltght In weight and give the effect of fur, which speak eloquently in their favors Os trich bands edge ; some of the large hats of Telvet or stfkr The trimming Is applied on- me euge . i s " Lrima ant liBiiaHv there is little ela required. ' - i WAS FAKE REPORT The article published in Friday's Palladium to the effect that tho wedding of Mrs. Rebecca Benson and Rev. Fred Jones would take place some time In February was erroneous. Both parties deny the report and -claim that they have been made the victims of a "would-be joker". , ' ' YOUNG TOOK DROP -IN IOWA CONTEST ; (American Now Service) Des Moines, la., Jan. 21. The vote today for U. S. senator in joint assembly resulted: Porter 45, Young 26, Kenyon 24, Funk 22, Byers 11, Garst 7, Franke 2. No choice. The changes resulted from absentees. Marriage License. pavid Henry Cooney, Richmond. 23, finisher, and Esther Catherine Bode, Richmond, 21, seamstress. . Thomas Allen. Richmond, 20, laborer, and Nellie Bailey, Richmond, 25, housework, ' '

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