Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 84, 1 February 1911 — Page 1

FAIXABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 84. RICHMOND, IXD., lyEDXESDAXj EVENING, FEBRUARY -1, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

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FOR ENCAMPMENTS Departmental Officers of G. a r- I l I " J A. K. ana iinarea urgam7i)lnne C.vt Trnlr Annrnv. al to Plans. INSPECT THE HALLS THAT WIJX BE USED Like; Arrangements Made for Accommodation of Crowds at Private. Homes--Expect . Big Meeting. The hoads of the state organic Hons of the G. A. It., the Women's Roller Corps, the Hons or Veterans, the Ladles' Auxiliary of the S. of V- and the Ladles of the 0. A. R., who met In this city yesterday with the local committee having In charge the arrangements for the encampments to be held here in May. expressed themselves as highly pleased with the outline of work as prepared by the local committee, and said they were willing to conform with all arrangements made here for the holding of the meet Ing and other features. The principal, practically, the only work of the departmental officers consisted In looking over the halls, a list of which was Riven yesterday, proposed for the meetings of the various organizations, and of learning the hotel rates that they may be made known to the members who are contemplating attending. They commended the plan of the local committee to canvass the city to determine what residents will take delegates to their homes for board and lodging and to place the names of these on cards together with the rate, so that tho delegates upon arriving may at once secure accommodations and know what the cost will be. Only a small per cent of the delegates and visitors can be quartered- In the hotels and It rests with the citizens to provide accommodations for the crowds that will swarm into the city. To' Local Committee. . All other details of the work such as decorations, parades, advertising, .arrangements for public meetings, etc. were left entirely with the local committee according to their preparations. All of the state officers expressed themselves as highly elated with the prospects for the most successful meetings, and declared that so far as they are concerned every effort will be put forward to this end. In connection with the Sons of Vet erans, encampment. It was recalled that the first encampment was held In Richmond In 1886, making the coming event the twenty-fifth anniversary to be celebrated in the city where the Initial encampment was beld. . J. Newton McGuire, a prominent attorney of Indianapolis and high in the circles of the Sons of Veterans, who was in attendance at tbe meeting here yesterday called attention to the fact and pointed out that in addition to the regular encampment work, exercises of an appropriate nature in celebration of the anniversary would be held. The feature of the encampment of 1886 was an elaborate ball held at the old Park Opera bouse and skating rink at the corner of Twelfth and North B street. It was attended by Walter S. Payne, then commander-in-chief of the national order of Sons of Veterans, and other men prominent In the organisation. The city was elaborately decorated, and the encampment was made one of the, most important events of the year in this vicinity. Col. E. S. Walker, now deceased, was re-elected state commander at the encampment Here. , NO MORE SESSIONS IN THE AFTERNOONS Palladium Special) Indianapolis. Feb. 1. This week will probably see the last of afternoon sessions in the house of representatives until the latter part of February. In order to give the committee time to consider measures in their hands the leaders plan to hold one session each day from 9:30 until 1 o'clock. The afternoon and evening will then be free for committee meetings. "More than 400 bills have already been Introduced and the committees must have time to consider them." aid Representative Cravens, Democratic floor leader. "We depend upon tbe committees to relieve the house of a lot of this work by killing bills which have no chance of passage." Penza's Tctal Dsily Avercse ClrcnlaUon (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Jan. 28. 1911. S,S5 City Qrcslstion showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies, . . 5S4

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Editor of Parisian paper, who alleged English ruler, when Prince of Wales, had morganatlcally married an admiral's daughter, several children resulting from the union, sentenced for libel today. The above cut shows King George and Queen Mary. .

WAS FOUND GUILTY OF LIBELING KING Editor Mylius Alleged George of England Morganatically Married. . (American News Service) London, Feb. 1. A prison sentence of one year was today imposed on Edward F. Mylius. found guilty of criminal libel for publishing a story in the Liberator of Paris. - that King George while he was Prince of Wales had morganatlcally married a daughter of Admiral Seymour and several children had resulted from the union. The trial was railroaded through and ended abruptly. Admiral Seymour testified his daughter did not marry King George. Mrs. Napier, the woman Involved, testified she had married only Napier. Records of Malta, where the marriage was alleged to have occurred, were produced minus any mention of such a marriage. Mylius who acted as his own counsel was not allowed to cross examine. Many women were In the crowd which surged about the court, attempting to break by the guards and enter. It required the efforts of fully a score of policemen to keep back the people who tried to fight their way into the room after it was already filled. ' Mylius conducted his defense In person. Immediately - after the opening of the court he petitioned the tribunal to compel the ' attendance of King George, lie gave three reasons why the King should be present, summing up his contentions in the following words: "I demand the presence of King George, first because the accused has the right to be 'faced by his accuser in court. . "Second, . because in libel . actions the accused must be in court. , "Third, because without the accused In court, there is no proof that the prosecutor, is alive.". '. Mylius also demanded the return of private papers which he declared had been siezed. Mylius was1 ruled against. " .' i Are Offered at a Public Sale "Today." (American News Service) Philadelphia. P., Feb. 1. Included.ln a notable collection of autographs of fered at public sale here today were twenty-three letters and documents written or signed by George Washington. One of the finest letters in the collection, written entirely in Wash ington's hand, was dated Philadelphia, August 12, 1793, and addressed to Thomas Jefferson, requesting him to continue In office as Secretary of State. Several of the ' other letters were dated from Valley Forge and two were written while Washington was President. RESISTED BANDITS; SLIGHTLY WOUNDED ' (American Xew Service) Chicago. Feb. 1 George A. Kleser was shot and slightly wounded by two bandits who held him up in an alley ! early today. Kiser showed fight when the men attacked him and one of the bandits fired at him. The noise of !the shot frightened the pair who fled. leaving their victim on the ground. Kicscr's car was grazed.

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k Mi EXCITING CHASE FOR INSANE MAN Telamon Cuyler, Wealthy, and a Writer, Being Pursued by Friends. (American News Service) Atlanta, Ga., Feb. Ilurt by a fall from a fast moving Southern train, his mind affected by recent financial losses and believing that detectives are after him, Telamon Smith Cuyler of New t York and Atlantaauthority on fashion, literature and historian of note, is leadng a stern chase through North Carolina and adjoining states in which the pursuers are directed by his friends. With bonds worth $22,000 in his possession and apparently plenty of money, he has up to this morning evaded capture, although the officers of a half dozen counties in North Carolina are actively engaged in the search. Last Saturday night Mr. Cuyler left New York bound for Atlanta with a package of Rock Island bonds worth $22,000 in his possession. On the train he talked wildly and his actions were very queer. A few miles from Kings Mountain, N. C, he suddenly leaped from the train while it was traveling at a rapid speed, receiving Injuries in the fall. He was arrested at Kings . Mountain as a suspicious' character, but later eluded his captors and is again at liberty. VOTE ORJE. : JAILED Is Provision Made in This " Measure. , . . (Palladium Speclal s Indianapolis, Feb. 1. "Vote or go to jail." is the pith of a bill introduced Tuesday by Senator Durre. .The longest ' time a man could spend behind the, bars for not casting his ballot would be thirty days, and he might get off .with a fine which could run as high as $100, if the bill were passed. : It, forces every, legally qualified voter "of the state personally to be present in the precinct during any hours of -primary, special, or general election to vote unless physically disabled so he cannot reach the polls, or possessing conscientious scruples against balloting for candidates. If the latter is the case he is to be given a chance to register the fact before election, with the election officers. The. bill says It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the law when the state establishes the fact that a man was present In the precinct, was physicially able to get to the polls and failed to vote. AH other matters of extenuation or excuse are matters of defense, the burden of which devolves upon the defendant, except that one claiming exemption for cinscientious scruples shall not avail of that defense if he fails to register. , ADDLEMAN WILL The will of the late WlUiam H. Addleman of Whitewater who died on January 21. was probated in the Wayne probate court on. Wednesday. The estate is willed to his widow Mrs. Mary J. Addleman, during her life and then It is to become the property of his ncice. Miss Myrtle Addleman. The estate consists of a ten-acre farm. ' -:; - - w -

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11 t-?J : ' est -n. 1 CORONER HOT TO ASK PROSECUTION Henry County Official Be lieves Chalfin Suffered " ' Enough. Homer Challn of Losantvllle, the night joperatorofthe C.-& O. of In diana railroad who admits tbe responsibility for the terrible C. & O. of Indianarailroad catastrophe Blountsyille on last Saturday, fn which three railroaders lost their lives, will not be prosecuted if Dr. J. E." Hiatt of New Castle, coroner of Henry county, has his way In the matter. The sympathy of the coroner for Chalfln is thoroughly aroused and he says that to prosecute the man would be no more persecution as Chalfln has suffered unbelievable torture. Phy sically and mentally Chalfln is wreck, although his friends and the attending physician believe he will re cover. " Although Coroner Hiatt expects to file no criminal procedure against Chalfln, yet the Indiana railroad com mission may take a different attitude It is understood that the commission has not made any investigation but it, too, may rely entirely on the cor oner's verdict for its information: Jesse Swisher Dead. The third victim of the wreck was added on Tuesday with tbe death of Jesse L. Swisher of Peru, a brakeman on the ill fated freight No. 73. Swish er, badly mangled, scalded and burn ed and for, whom no hope of recovery was extended at any time, died at the Peru Jiosirital. He was conscious to the end. The other two victims were Harry Edwards of West Virginia the engineer on the freight, and Fireman Schrock of Peru on No. 73. The inquiry into the wreck . was conducted by. Coroner' Hiatt. at ' Muncie on-Tuesday. The surviving mem bers ofthe crews of the two freights, Challn, and others "were witnesses The testimony brought, out little . that was new, and - the coronoer ' expects to be able to' file his verdicf within a few-days.'" ' Despite the' fact that ' Chalfln was hardly In any "condition to attend' the inquiry he did so and told his' story In a straightforward " manner, which impressed the coroner j greatly. ' He told the .coroner-he would-gladly ac cept the fate of the three men were he able to restore their lives. He said that forgetting the train order which should have - held freight No. 73 at Losantvllle was the cause for the collision. When the. engineer whis tled for a. clear, track, the order had entirely slipped : his- mind and he gave the white block. - When the dis patcher reminded him of his error, Chalfln . did all , he . possibly, could to prevent tbe accident,' sending out an extra engine, which was in the Lo santvllle yards in an attempt to head off No. 73. Chalfln is 43 years old and has a wife and two children. ALLEGED VICTIM PROVES A FAKER , (American' News Service) Paris. FebM. Dr. Hardy Miller, the American who recently caused a sen sation when be was discovered tied to a tree in a forest near the city and claimed that he bad been robbed of $1,000 will be deported. The Parisian police have discovered that he is not only a faker of robbery and suicide, but that he has a long prison record in Europe. He will be sent to the United States within thirty days.

CITY WILL OFFER PLENTY OF PLUMS

Hi IMPROVEMENTS Municipal Work During the Year, , Beginning in the Spring, Is to Be Exceptionally Heavy. MUCH REPAIR WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN Street Commissioners, as Soon as Weather Permits, Will Begin "House Cleaning" of the City. Because the Schilllnger administra tlon repaired a few streets at the ex pense of many others is said to be the general cause for the bad condition of streets in Richmond at the present time. The Democrats did a great deal of street w-ork. but left fifty-four blocks on which cement sidewalks ajid curbs had been constructed, but the streets not macadamized. The mak ing of these cement improvements resulted in the streets being considerably torn up, now necessitating re pairs. At council meeting Monday night this subject will be brought up by the streets and alleys committee, of which H. H. Engelbert is chairman. If it meets the approval of council, street commissioner 5enn will probably be ordered to repair certain portions of the city streets as soon as the weath er permits. While neglect last year caused con siderable depreciation in the condition of the streets,' and the corporations, including the light plants, water works arid street -car- companies, - are none too careful in repairing the streets af ter excavations, the great difficulty. according to the city ' engineer , and street commissioner, is the negligence of contractors. Blame For Contractors. : Contractors in Richmond are habit ually guilty, it. is claimed of leaving1 great -piles of stone,' sand and dirt;on the streets and in alleys after sewer laying or cement work has been done. In some instances, piles of stone al most blocking alleys for large wagons, have been left for months before being removed. The general work of the street de partment and city engineer in making the many big street and sewer im provements already ordered by the board of works, will begin early in May. It will be necessary to wait un til the frost is entirely out of the ground, before stone can be placed on the roadways or the street roller used. List of Improvements. The improvements so far ordered by the board of works are as follows: South Fourth street from Main to E street, cement sidewalk on both sides; North Fifth street, from Main to D street, cement sidewalk, curb and gutter on both, sides; South Second street, from Main to A street, cement sidewalk on the west side, curb and gutter on both sides; North Seventh street from Main to Fort Wayne avenue, cement sidewalks on both. sides; South F street, from ' Eleventh to Thirteenth street, grading and graveling the roadway, cement sidewalk and curb and gutter on both sides; North Thirteenth street, from E to H street, cement sidewalk . on the west side; South Tenth street. from Main to A street, cement sidewalks on both sides; Linden avenue from the Griffiths 'addition to West Fifth street, cement sidewalks on both sides; Extension of North West ' Sewer System, west of Ridge street and north of Linden avenue, extending to School' street, probable cost, $12,000; Klnsey street, from west line of Lot 283. Haines addition, to east . terminal on : Klnsey : ' street, macadamizing the roadway and curb and gutter on both sides; North West First street from Kinsey to Lincoln streets, grading and macadamizing the roadway, cement . curb - and gutter on both sides, cement sidewalks on both sides from Lincoln street to Richmond avenue and on wrest side the entire length of the improvement. : -Besides these improvements there are a 'number of smaller improvements, which have not yet passed the board. These include North D street, and North E street, both paving of roadway. ;V". '. . ... City House Cleaning. Withintwo months the street commissioner will -begin his annual house cleaning of the city streets, which will necessitate the employing of nearly a hundred men. Last year 90 men did the work, it requiring about two months. Cleaning up the citr cost $2,S77.85 in the spring of last year, and it is probable the expenditure this year will reach f 3,000 for Its work. . : : ; There is still some special repair work, not provided In the regular improvement resolutions, which will be done by the street commissioner before summer. About 10 blocks,' i or nearly a mile of this fork remains. Including several squares on South A street and some West Side workStreet Commissioner Gen n began his

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STILL NO MIRACLE 4' - . ' s , - V McKeesport,' Penn., Feb. l.--Margar-et " Shipley,"' tbe blind - girl, yesterday completed - her eighth -day; of fasting In the hopes of the restoration of her sight by a miracle, and still remained sightless. .Mayor Arthur, qalleq at; the Halderman.. home, ,w here thei girihas been making her fastand .served notice on ; Mrs.,. Halderman' and ' the girl wiii me. iJriormance mum, -eHa. -unless Mrs. Halderman forced the girl to take nourishment the Mayor said he would send somebody to jail. . "X did not have much faith," Margaret told the Mayor when he called. "If I had had more faith I would have had my eight, but now I am still trying to get more faith. I don't' know how soon it will be, but I know I shall 6ee before I finish praying." Today the affair has almost ceased to be a topic for conversation in McKeesport. - , HERE ISJARK PLOT Charge Japs with Spreading - -the Plague. f (American News Service) Pekln.'.FebJ 1--The open charge was made here today that the Japanese are spreading the. bubonic plague in Manchuria and -Northern China. . According to this report, Japanese spies of the most daring and dangerous courage are sacrificing their lives by infecting, themselves with the plague in Manchuria and then stealing . by, the frontier guards and entering, China. The only object can be the, devastation of the Chinese empire by . the sweep of ,the. death-dealing pestilence. Reports from .Harbin and Mukden today stated practically all -the villages within a radius of 200, miles had been wiped out, by the plague. On thousand coffins containing dead bodies which "have not been buried are being burned aOlarbin today. . COMMONS EXPECTS A BITTER CONTEST ' Predictions . that one of the hardest fights to be made in the Indiana1 general assembly' this session 'will develop from the proposed amendment to the restriction law granting' druggists the privilege of selling' whiskey either upon : prescription or t application I was made by Walter S. j Commons,' joint senator from Wayne and Fayette counties. ; today. ' Mr. : Commons 'said 5 that he . had . noU investigated the matter very thoroughly as yet, and' had not determined his : position "regarding it Mr.: Commons, who came over from Indianapolis, Monday, ' spent a great deal of his time in interviewing local druggists and - learning their opinion in the matter. . THE WEATHER STATE Rain - in the - South ; rain - or snow in the North portion tonight or Thursday. Warmer In ' the South , portion tonight. Colder - Thursday. LOCAL Rain ' or snow tonight or , Thursday; warmer tonight; colder Thursday.

TODAY ROCKED CITY OF fl. Y. Car Load of Dynamite on Jersey City Pier Goes Off ' and Over, Score of People Are Killed. EVEN BROOKLYN IS . DAMAGED BY BLAST Buildings in New York Were Rocked and People Panic J Stricken Fierce Fire Fol-. lows Crash. . V ' ' (American News Service) s New York. Feb. 1 .A terrific ex-' plosion, which is reported to have y dealt death to. a scoro of persons and injuries, to hundreds . of others, and - which shocked the : southern ; end of v New -York City like an earthquake oc- . curred a noon today when, a car of , dynamite, Doing unioaaea on pier seven, Jersey- City, .ignited.? An hour after the explosion ? occurred .. twenty were reported - missing. Wreckage . Was blown hundreds o yards, and 'a '. barge was blasted to fragments. , ' Pieces of human flesh wero nicked. up a hunder yards from the scene of the disaster, ,Many ; were, hurt 'by flying 4 wreckuge. Frightful confusion , prevailed. Witnesses saw workmen's heads blown from their shoulders, and , their bodies mangled. Many windows , were shattered in Brooklyn and Now ; York.. . The cause of tho disaster is a mystery. . .' '.-. . . Was Heard .For, Miles. ; i ne aetonauon was neara tor mucs. , Windows In tho financial district of New - York . -were shattered and huge ,' buildings as far, away as Brooklyn t trembled upon their foundations. Appeals were sent to all towns within a radius of twenty miles for medical aid. The fire ensuing caused a heavy pall of smoke to hang over the scene.. Scores of freight cars! were shattered-, and trainmen injured by, flying wreck-. age. All of the superstructure of sev-' eral schooners and steam raft which v Mere anchored; near the "Catnerlna W." Che - barge upon whfch the dyna mite was being loaded was blown away. The Rev. Peter Rellly; rector ' of St. Henry's Catholic; church, Bayonne, was One of the witnesses. He told this story : : "The explosion was -terrific. I ' was almost thrown from my feet, everything around me was ' trembling. The crash of shattered glass almost drowned, out the cries of , the frightened men and women. A ' man who was standing on a vessel nearby almost had bis head blown off1 by the explosion. The poor fellow must have died instantly. I admlnischurch to five persons who were so ' badly hurt that they feared they would die. Many persons must have been killed by the shock of the explosion ' and countless others were injured." The explosion cracked the front of the 'fire 'story building of tbe National Casket company of Brooklyn about ' eight miles from the scene of the ex-k plosion and broke a half doxen large", windows. One of the early rumors at the police headquarters In Manhattan was that ; 1,000 people . had been " killed and injured. . KilWShock.. Gianto Moro and' his cousin, Michael who are among the dead, were killed , in a most remarkable" manner. ' ,The , men were ,at wprk on ' a lull rigged . schooner, at Pier 6, Jersey City, loading old bones on board when tbe con-' cussion hurled them to the deck with $ such force that they' were instantly killed.- - A clock in the tower of tho ' Central railroad's terminal" at Jersey City stopped at 12:17 p. m., the exact time of the disaster. COUNT? TEACHERS TO ATTEND SCHOOL Having made it : optional with the teachers of the district schools in the county whether they will or will not close during thewee'k of February 6, In order that the pedagogues may atftend the Farmers' Short Course, to be t held ; here, trustees of tbe different f townships predict there will be a large enrollment" of teachers and school Children' over twelve years of age. Teachers taking advantage of this opportunity will .have to make up the days lost at the end of the term and instead of tbe seven months schools in the county closing the last of March, the greater number, will close at the end of the first, week in April. The state board of accounts does not permit the closing of -the schools and the payment of teachers -during this time , unless the work is made up at the end of the term."' f v-r ' 1 " FALL SCHOOL TERM ENDS IN 10 DAYS . The fall term of the city schools will close on Friday FebrnaTy 10 and the spring term -will be opened on the following Monday. ..The ; latter part of this week and the early part of next will be devoted to examinations.