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BICHMOND PAIXAOTUM t: AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 8.1. RICHMOND, IXD., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

HEW YORK NEARLY EXPERIENCED THE FRISCOCALAMITY DThis Fact Realized When It Was Found a Hundred Thousand Lbs. Dynamite ' Had Not Exploded.

A Birdseye View of Skyscrapers of Cotham L SHE IS THIRD WIFE PROCTOR LIQUOR REGULATION ACT MOW CONSIDERED OF LAWRENCE PHIPPS OF THE Y. M. C. A. A GREAT SUCCESS

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It Is Believed Between Thirty and Fifty Were Killed Searching in the Ruins Is Dangerous. (American News Service) New York, Feb. 2. The discovery tnudo Unlay that a hundred thousand pounds of uncxploded dynamite la among the ruins made by the Jersey City explosion Wednesday In which from thirty to fifty persons perished and hundreds were Injured, caused experts to decluro that lower Manhattan had escaped tho greatest calamity of modern times. Had this huge mass of dynamlto been detonated by the force of other explosions skyscraper buildings In New York would have toppled over and a desolation llko the San Francisco earthquake disaster would have resulted. The loss from yester day's explosion Is placed above a mil lion dollars. Seven bodies have been recovered and more than thirty are Known to be missing and are believed to have been blown to atoms. Prosecutor Garven of Hudson county will go before the grand jury In J or fey City and ask for the Indictment of the men responsible for the explosion of 35 tons of dynamite on pier 7 near the Commnnlpaw station of the Jersey Central railroad yesterday which cans od tho death of between SO and 50 persons and Injuries to at least 300 others and a property loss conservatively' cs tlmated at 91,200,000. Wat Violating Law. Already It has been shown that the Cathcrlno W., the steamer on which the. dynamite-wa. being loaded, waa violating the law. She was not a licensed carrier of explosives and her owner. Captain James Healing will be asked to explain why his boat was allowed to carry dynamite.Pear of another explpslon caused officials of the company to take unusual precautions in searching for bodies today. Samuel Schwarts, a searcher, was working on pier 7 with a crowbar and narrowly missed three sticks of dynamite. Other searchers had similar ex periences and some of them Quit their work. Inspector Connelly expressed the belief today that the responsibility would be fixed on tho Dunont powder company and John Healing, owner of the tug, whllo certain Jersey Central officials will come In for blame. -A Tremendous Roar. The stupendous force hurled Itself upon the. community yesterday while greater New York was teeming with noonday life. Kye witnesses say the prelude was a booming roar, the intensity of which was felt for miles. In Communlpaw It was a deafening' reverberation which sounded like continuous thunder. A blinding, semi-luminous glare tpread over the land, fading into the darkness of smoke. The smoke spread immediately In billows over the sky. Three ferryboats In their slips were torn and splintered. Out In the Hudson river cries wero heard from the ferryboat Homervlllo which had left her berth a few minutes before tho explosion. Her windows were shattered and a score of her passengers were cut by fragments of flying glass. IS A MIGHTY GOOD FLACE TO RUSH CAN (American News Service) Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 2. A recordbreaking attendance Is expected at the annual convention of the National Canners Association to be held In this city next week. In connection with the convention the Machinery 8upplles Association will Join In the several sessions. The organization work of the earners and allied Industries during the past year has made great progress and the approaching convention promises to be the most Important as well as the largest In the history of the canning Industry In America. Palladium's Total Daily Average Circulation (Except Saturday) . Including Compllmentarr Lists, tor Week Kndlng Jan. 2S, i$n. S,65(D City Circulation tbowlnc net paid, newa stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies. 5,694

These Immense structures of steel, concrete and brick trembled In the fury of the dynamite blast at Jersey City yesterday. Had all of the dynamite been exploded, it was discovered today, probably the greater part of the metropolis would have been demolished.

HOT ENOUGH WATER USEDJHOCTORS In Treatment of Various Cases an Expert Tells Local Physicians. That a proper diet Is a cure for many diseases and massaging equally beneficial in the treatment of several of the abdominal ailments, and that water is not used frequently enough by the general practitioner were points made by. Dr. Otto Juettner of Cincinnati, in his lecture on the subject, "Physical Therapy Id the Hands of the General Practitioner" at the Wayne county medical society meeting In the Commercial Club rooms on Wednesday afternoon. Much discussion was created by the paper and many questions were put to Dr. Juettner by the forty-two physicians who attended the meeting. It being one of the largest attended in several months. Some agreed and some disagreed with what was stated, but generally the members of the society were in perfect sympathy with Dr. Juettner's treatment of the subject. Diseases Needing Diet. Such diseases as rheumatism, dyspepsia, gout, neuresthenia, diabetes and others are those in which recovery is more probable with a proper diet. Massaging he has found to be beneficial In the treatment of auto-intoxication, sciatic rheumatism and many others. He explained Tully the manner or massaging and listed diets which might be used. In the treatment of many diseases water was declared to be essential and not one In ten physicians resorted to it frequently enough or In sufficient quantities. He also discussed the use of electricity and declared that the faradic current was more beneficial than the static current, in his Judgment. Dr. Charles S. Bond had an Interesting paper on the recent discovery of an electrical Instrument which is used In. measuring tho heart action and which has not only greatly increased the .knowledge of the medical profession, but gives promise of even further discoveries. The machine is the invention of a French scientist and the one which was seen in action by Dr. Bond was brought to Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, at the expense of several thousands of dollars. There are only a few in the United States. IARD FOR TAFT He Will Support the Canadian Treaty. (American News Service) Washington. Feb. 2.- Indiana Democratic representatives caucused today and voted unanimously to support the president s Canadian reciprocity -pro gram. The two-Indiana Republican congressmen .will - also support-it Ccumpacker favored the - Taft plan from the outset. Barnard w as inclined J to oppose it at first, but is reported today to have come out in support of the president's plan. MOTHERS MEET (American Xewi Service) Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 2. Mrs. Frederick jSchoff of Philadelphia, president of ;the National Congress of Mothers, is jin Atlanta the guest of honor at the .third annual meeting of the Georgia j Congress of Mothers, which assembled today fur a ttrce days' session.

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DIVORCED HUBBY MEETSJIER FINE After Disconsolate Woman Had Used Walls of Cell as Punching Bag. After passionately beating the walls of a cell at the city jail with' her fists during the entire morning, Marie Goodman, fined $5 and costs in police court on an ffidavlt charging prostitu-

tion was released late Ihis afternoon when Max Johnson, her divorced husband, paid the fine. Upon being released the woman learned that her six year old girl had been taken to the home for the friendless, the police believing that she is not a fit person to care for the little girl. She had been praying, cursing and calling on the spirit of her dead mother to release her from the cell, -but when she heard that the child was to be taken from her she almost fought to get back in jail. "I've lost all my friends and my chcildren are to be torn from, me," she walled bitterly. "Let me die; there's nothing to live for." The woman lives at 720 North D street, in a dingy flat, with Johnson, her divorced husband, and Ralph Goodwin, her present husband. She has been in polfce court before. An attempt was made to prevent Patrolman Lawler from taking the child when he went to the house this morning, but after some argument and force he was able to carry it from the house. It is understood that oth er charges will be filed against tire woman and her husband by Prosecutor Charles Ladd. SPECIAL FINDINGS FOR JUDGE ENGLE Attorneys on both sides of . the case of Stella Oler of Dublin against the Pennsylvania railroad company to enjoin the latter from vacating streets in Dublin, will prepare special findings and conclusions, These will be submitted to special Judge James S. Eagle, of Randolph county, v.'ho presides In the case. His decision probably will not be announced for some time. Oral arguments were made on Wed nesday in the circuit court. IMMUNITY BATHS TO DANVILLE BRIBERS (American News Service) " Danville, 111.. Feb. 2. It was announced today that the grand jury was ready to vote approximately fifty indictments against vote sellers in Vermillion county as a result of the two weeks', investigation in progress' here. With the Immunity bath granted by Judge Kimbrough for the bribers, it is believed all the vote sellers will .be named and indicted. City Attorney Jones' was the first to take advantage of the immunity. WOMAN ANSWERED CALL AND WAS SHOT rAmerlran News Service) ... Klnt. Mich., Feb. , 2. Mrs. Nellie Bane, boarding house keeper, was called to th edoor and shot dead and her sister Mrs. John Talbott. wounded In the arm this morning by a man whom Mrs. Talbot declared was Frank "Fox. brother-in-law of Mrs. Bane. The motive is unknown. The assailant disappeared, " - -

CONTRACT AWARDS

WERE MADE TODAY They Call for Municipal Im provements that Will Cost $15,500. Contracts for public improvements amounting to nearly $15,500 were awarded at the meeting of the board of works this morning. The board chamber was la busyjlacev,atten. o'clock when Ave bids were opened, as ten contractors from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky towns, who had entered figures were present. The plums given out were as fol lows: Improvement of South F street from Eleventh to Thirteenth streets, grading and graveling tne roadway, construction of cement sidewalks, curb and gutter on both sides, award ed to A. F. Hooten & Co., of Greenville, $2,981.12. North Seventh street from Main to Ft. Wayne avenue, ce ment sidewalks, awarded to Schneid er Brothers of Richmond, approximate estimate, $2,050. North Fifth street. Main to North D street, cement sidewalk, curb and gutter, awarded to Daniel Burkhardt, Richmond, ap proximate estimate, $5,850. Construc tion of lateral sewer from Chestnut street, to the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania railroad, awarded to Philip Hipskind & Co., of Wabash, Ind., approximate estimate, $4,250. All Bids Were Close. Hipskind bid $2 below his nearest competitor.' All the bidding in fact was close. A difference of only a few cents was shown in the Seventh and Fifth street improvements. The im provement of South Second street from Main to South A streets, with cement curb and gutter on both sides, and sidewalk on the west side, which was held over from Monday's meeting was awarded this morning to Daniel Burkhardt.' "Burkhardt was the second lowest bidder, but the estimate of Schneider Brothers, who had a lowfigure was provisional and therefore thrown out. The large number of bidders came as a pleasant surprise to the board as on the last few improvements the bid ding has been rather light. An interesting session is expected Monday morning. February 13, when the contract for the big addition to the northwest sewer system will be let at a probable cost of $12,000. This sewer extends west of Ridge and north of Linden avenue, extending " to School street. It is understood there will be a half dozen bidders.. A List of Bidders. The following contractors bid on work this morning: L. W. Hancock Co., Louisville, Ky Goots and Gana, Greenfield, Ind.; Schneider Bros., Richmond: Daniel Burkhardt, Richmond; Coffey Construction company, Huntingburg, ind- Hooten & Company Greenfield; Philip Hipskind &. Company, Wabash; LP. Meredith, Richmond, " Hornung &" Company, Indianapolis, and A. G. Pugh, Columbus, O. A resolution to widen North D street at the Ft. Wayne avenue entrance, was approved by the board of works; the board also adopted a resolution for the construction of a cement alley iu the first north, of A street extending from Seventh to Eighth street It is understood there will be a remonstrance against the improvement of South Fifteenth street, from Main to E street- The, resolution calls for cement sidewalks on both sides of the street and curb and gutter on the west side, from Main to E. and east iide from A to E street. .

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Attended and Toasts of Speakers Followed with Keen Interest. FUTURE PROSPECTS ARE QUITE BRIGHT One of Most Interesting Ad dresses Was Given by Will Lockwood on Conditions in the Far East. Toasts filled with optimism and joy over the outlook for the future in the Christian and philanthropic work both locally and elsewhere, resplendant with good stories and humor, and containing earnest pleas that the work undertaken in Richmond may be broadened and extended in all directions, captivated the large gathering of business, professional and laboring men who attended the annual banquet of the Y. M. C. A. in the gymnasium of the association building last even ing. And the, banquet menu proved equally as captivating. It was served by the members of the Ladies Auxiliary and it "reached home." Speaker after speaker prefaced his remarks by re ferring to the excellence of the food and service. A splendid diversified program had i been arranged and was carried through i without change. Much interest was manifested and the speakers were i closely followed, especially when ref erence was made to the work in this city; suggestions were given for development in different lines, and plans for new features discussed. If the meeting, which was attended by about 250 men. can be taken as a criterion for the Interest in the Y. M.- C. A. work, it bids fair for 'that institution, and, as "declared last evening, the prospects seem brighter than ever before. Work Done in China. Probably the mostjnteresting toast was , that on the subject "Changing China," which was responded to by Will W. Lockwood, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Shanghai, China, who is in this country for a short time assisting in a canvass for funds for increasing , the association work in the Celestial empire. One of the greatest results in working out a difficult local situation, said Mr. Lockwood, is that the solution will serve in similar situations the world over. He said that in the development of the Y. M. C. A. work in Indiana to better state conditions, China had been benefited immeasurably by the men who had been educated in the work here and had then gone to that country fo? their field of labor. Among them were Clinton, who was among the first to establish a Y. M. C. A. in China; Vernon W. Helms, who followed the army of Japan across Manchuria working with, the soldiers along association lines and who was afterward rewarded by the Emperor and Empress; Robertson, of Purdue university, who in his work as an engineer has found time to lecture ex tensively; and Elliott, of Earlham, who is now engaged in the Y. M. C. A. at Kan Tong. Now Has a Future. Mr. Lockwood said that in the sev en years he had been in China, that country had undergone ' the most re markable change; that where it used to be only a land with a past, it la now a country with a future, under going the most sweeping reforms and making lightning progress, industrial ly, socially, and morally. . Mr. Lock wood called attention to the movement undertaken to wjpe out every vestige of opium in 10 years, declaring that the country in general was behind the project and t'aat the only party in existence was the one which calls for the absolute abolition of the opium business. He said that by the end of this year it was hoped to have an entire parliamentary government fashioned after that of Great Britain in force. A senate and provincial assemblies are now in existence. Mr. Lockwood said that the Y. M. C. A. was playing its part in the development of China, that it was one of the greatest agencies in helping the country to break away from its old forms, and urged that the movement be assisted by the people in this country. Address by Foulke.' William Dudley Foulke, of this city, who was assigned the subject, "A Human Heart," by Toastmaster E. M. Haas, seemed to express the sentiment of the entire body of banqueters, w hen in referring to the financial report declared, "this organization must not fall-" ' v." Mr. Foulke was In al nappy mood and for a while delighted his hearers with a few- remarks about t5ie feelings with which he had regarding several (Continued on Page Six.)

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Miss Margaret Rogers, daughter of former Mayor Piatt Rogers of Denver who recently became the third wife of Lawrence C. Phipps, the millionaire steel manufacturer of Pittsburg and Denver. Mr. Phipps gained country wide notoriety in 1904 when he kidnapped his two little daughters, Dorothy and Helen from a New York hotel where they were staying with his divorced wife Genevieve Chandler and held them for weeks in defiance of the law. The matter was finally patched up and the children were returned to- thetrf mother with the understanding that he was to share in their custody. The little girls, though residing with their mother, attended the wedding of their father and Miss Rogers. Mr. Phipps has two other children by his first wife who died some - years ago. The Phipps are now in California on their honeymoon. BEVERIDGMS AID Taft Turns to Him to Carry Out Reciprocity Plan. (American News Service) Washington, .Feb. 2. Senator Beveridge had a conference with President Taft last night and again today senate with respect to the Canadian reciprocity and tariff board bills. President Taft is much concerned over the obstructive tactics of the "standpatters." With only four weeks, practically of the session remaining President Taft realizes the power in the . hands of the "standpatters" if they care to use it to obstruct and defeat his legislative policies . and he has turned to Senator Beveridge and other progressives to help put through the progressive legislative program. LOVE SICK MAN SUICIDE VICTLM (American News Service) Toledo, Feb. 2. With the picture of his sweetheart in one hand and a revolver in the other, Samuel J. Williams aged twenty-five, of. Columbus, was found dead in his bed at the Isenberg hotel this morning. Notes he left indicate that he had been disappointed in love. 2 KILLED AND 15 INJURED IN WRECK (American News Service) Memphis. Feb. 2. Benj. Jenkins of Chp.ttancoga and William Billings of New .York were killed and fifteen others injured in a Southern Railway wreck at Lime Rock, Alabama, early yesterday mbrriing.Train wreckers are suspected. The entire train except the engine, was turned over. - . LABOR PROTESTS (American News Service) ; Denver, Colo., Feb. 2. Organized labor of Denver and vicinity joined today in a great parade and mass meeting as a mark of protest against the action of Judge .Whitford In sending some of the striking coal miners at Iafayette to jail for violating an injunction issued by, the court. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL- Fair tonight and Friday. Much colder tonight.

Senate Today Tacks on an

Amendment Providing One Saloon to Each 500, and a Sliding Scale. . rWO VIOLATIONS OF LAW LOSE LICENSE Amendment Also Passed thaf Saloonists Cannot Receive Any Assistance from the Breweries. TODAY'S STATUS OF NEW LIQUOR MEASURE Amendments Passed. Two violations of liquor law to be evidence that saloonist is not of "good , moral character," necessary to holding a license. Saloonists' bond raised from $2,000 to $3,500, held liable for all unlawful conduct on premises, including violations of this act. Saloonist can, receive no gift or loan of money, furniture, - fixtures or any other assistance ; from brewers. Applicant for license must state place of birth, or where naturalized to prove United States citizenship which will be required. Limitation of one saloon to first 500 people, and one for each succeeding 1,000. Restrictions Failing. Amendments to enforce immediate limitations of number of saloons lost. This means all present saloon licenses are good. If number exceeds limitations of act, proportionate reduction to lawful limits can be attained': only by increase of population, failure to renew licenses, or revocations for cause. Amendment to prevent brewery owners or stockholders from ownHug realty on which saloon is sit uated or having an Interest or lien on furaiture, defeated. .(Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 2. Facing tho task of patching up the remaining fivo sixths of the thirty-sectioned Proctor liquor restrictive measure, and with one whole afternoon spent in whittling into shape the first five sections the senate began to realize the enormity of its undertaking when it re- ; sumed the special order of business . Thursday morning. Turning their backs upon four amendments tucked away, upon a victory for all present-licensed saloons which will'permit them to continue in business even if their number exceeds . the limitations of the act, and upon the defeat of an amendment to prevent breweries from owning property . on which saloons are situated, the members of the senate Thursday jumped again Into the puzzle of fixing the number of. saloons per unit of ; population, and the size of that unit. A get-together proposal made Informally, at the close of the session Wednesday, for a limitation of one saloon to the first 500 people in a township, one for each succeeding thousand people was offered as an amendment Thursday and was adopt-. The Unit Bothers. The two clean-cut amendments, one allowing one saloon for each 500 population from the beginning of the count upwards, and the other allowing one saloon to each 1,000 population, were considered. The former was presented Wednesday by Senator liiggins and the latter by Senator Klmmel. It was argued the 600 unit would not be restrictive, and tho 1,000 unit would prevent communities less than that size from having'a saloon when they desire It.; Proctor, the author was the senator who moved to table both of these amendments, thereby setting himself awry with tho two main plans which have been talked from the first. But be bad a reason in the arguments stated. The Higglns amendment was tabled Wednesday by a vote of 36 to 10 Proctor's motion to table the Klmmel amendment, however, was lost by 27 to 19, this being the first rebuff administered to the author of the bilL Proctor has held for the 1,000 unit all along and it was a surprise when he proposed to table it,.but he explained he would not - want to deprive town-, ships of small ; population of their thirst parlors if they desired them. In the sesion two years ago a bill inIn the session two years ago a bill Inexact opposite of this stand. . He then introduced a bill making it prohibitive to sell liquor anywhere outside cities and towns. It passed the house and : was killed in the senate. Senator proctor freely - admitted ; fathering the, bill which was the antithesis of bis present attitude? but merely cited it as an "example of ' the change of public sentiment and a change in the .(Continued oa Page Eight).