Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 91, 8 February 1911 — Page 1

EICHMONDP AJEDIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 01. RICII3IOXD, IXD., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1911. SINGLE COPWS CENTS.

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TO MAKE APPEALS DIRECTLY TO THE RICHMOND PEOPLE As Last Recourse Associated Charities Will Ask Citizens to Contribute Aid to the Poor.

ONLY FEW DOLLARS LEFT IN TREASURY Drain on Fund of Organization Has Been Heavy and Worst of the Winter Is Still to Come. An appeal to tbo people was decider upon at tho meeting of the Associated Charities Tuesday as tho lust recourse to secure addition funds that tho work of earing for the deserving and worthy poor, particularly elderly persons whom the ravages of time bave left In unfortunate circumstances, may be carried on through thorcmander of the winter. The total amount expended for relief during January, a little more than $225, was the largest In the history of tbo organization. Only a few dollars now remain in tho treasury from the funds collected for the year, and unless tho depleted account Is reimbursed to a considerable extent tho charities work will of a necessity cease within a month when It Is expected tho present balonro will be exhausted. A crisis seems to have been reached In the affairs of the organization, and in the opinion of tho officers of the association, expressed at the meeting yesterday, It will take quick work and ., liberal response to a solicitation for funds to meet the exigency. ' The amount subscribed to the work this year, approximately $1,200, was about $600 short of the amounts of previous years. The present shortage is attrl-buted-ta-tWs-fact. tatters -will be sent out at once to those who did not respond to the first request and It is hoped through these and an appeal through the public press to raise enough money to continue the work during the remainder of the winter. Cases Are Enumerated. A report of Mrs. Candler, city missionary, included an enumeration of a number of cases In which thero was pathos beyond expression as a result of distressing circumstances. The fact that the persons being helped are worthy of the attention, Mrs. Candler said, was clearly shown by their unwillingness to accept charitable aid. As an example of this she told of an old man decrepit and feeble in body, but with spirit undaunted, breaking down and weeping passionately when he was finally forced to ask for help muttering between sobs that it was the first time in his lire that he had been compelled to accept charity. During the past month eight families have been helped and supported by the association. One of these Is a family consisting of a mother and four children, the father being dead. Three of the children have typhoid fever, and because of the duty of caring for them, the mother has not been able to contribute to the support of herself ' or the children. Another case is that of an elderly couple, both suffering from sickness and disease. The wife has tuberculosis and is lying at death's door, while the husband is unable to do any work because of severe Illness. They bave no means of support whatever and are entirely dependent upon tho Associated Charities. The most distressing 'circumstances came to light but a few days ago when an old man called upon Mrs. Candler and asked that she go security for him for provisions for a few weeks. He said that ho had secured work at ono of the factories but that he would not be paid for three weeks, and that In the meantime he had no money to support his wife and small grandchild, lie said I hey w ould get along on $3 worth of provisions a week. Officers of the association are hopeful that sufficient funds to carry on tho work will be secured. DELAYS SIGNING THE RESOLUTION Mayor Zimmerman has not yet signed Councilman Barter resolution, providing that an ordinance shall be drawn up by the board of works and the City Controller to approve the resolution, and recommend an appropriation. Both the Mayor and President Hammond of the board being In favor of letting the fines stand, there can be no doubt as to the board's action. Controller MrMahan has not stated whether he will approve the resolution or not. THE WEATHER ftT ATE Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Colder in south portion tonight. LOCAL Fair tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature.

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E AGAINST HAUGHTY POSTAL Bought Eighteen Highly Spiced Cards at Westcott Cigar Stand and He Then Filed Affidavits. ROY STRATTAN AND ED RONEY ARRESTED After the Former Had Been Fined, Roncy and Rev. Black Had Words Which Almost Led to Battle. Insinuations against K. K. Honey, rcHl estate agent, by the Rev. Lester Black, pastor of the Third Methodist church, at jnilice headquarters this morning almost led to an atack on tbe minister. Intercession of several oth er ministers und the police prevented the. Impending "mill." for both men had fight in their eyes. The trouble occurred just after police court. In which Mayor Zimmerman fined Hoy Struttan. clerk of tho Westcott hotel cigar stand, $10 and costs for selling obscene post cards, but found '12. E. Honey not guilty of the same offense, affidavits against the men were filed by the Rev. Mr. Black who is conducting a systematic war on the sale of lewd cards and literature. As the men left court, Roney made a remark to lllack, which was resented. The pastor retorted that ho "only dealt with decent men." Roney was livid with rage in a second. Looked Like a Mixup. "What do you mean?" ho cried, drawing back his arm as though to strike the Rev. Black. "Do you mean to Infer that I am not decent?" Before lllack. who glared into Honey's eye without a sign of fear, had time to answer, Rev. Truman Kenworthy jumped between the men, followed by the Rev. S. R. Lyons, who pushed Roney back. Patrolman Vogelsong lead Roney away, protesting that he was as decent as Black. It Is understood that Roney is considering filing a charge of provoke against the Rev. Black, as ho claims he was greatly insulted by the remark addressed to him by the pastor. The trouble caused a great deal of comment at the city hall. The Rev. Hlack Is a yemng minister and has been in Richmond only a few months. Roney Is a well known real estate and Insurance agent. A few days ago the Rev. Hlack walk ed Into the Westcott lobby, and purchased 18 cards from the cigar stand for 50 cents. He testified that lie bought them from Strattan, although the latter, when on the stand could not remember whether he had sold the cards. The cards purchased by Black were exhibited in court and proved filthy to the extreme, blasphemies on religion, and with indecent and suggestive verses. There were the "Little Sun Shine Set." "Stories of Polly," "A High Hold-up," and others equally spicy. Strattan testified that he owned the cards and that Roney had nothing to do with them. He observed that "none but an evil man could see the evil in the cards." He admitted having them in his possession. Roney was released on his .evidence. WOMEN JfOTERS WIN Oust Seattle Mayor for Wide Open Policy. (American News Fervlce Seattle, Washington., Feb. S. A celebration of torchlights and bonfires which lasted into the early hours of today was a result of the victory of woman's suffrage In declaring the office of Mayor vacant. Hiram G. Gill was regularly elected to a terra of two years last March, but immediately "threw the town wide open" and the recall was applied and yesterday he was voted out of office. This Is the first time that women have voted at a mayoralty election. The returns compiled late showed that Gill would have been allowed to retain his seat save for the women's vote. Ninetyfive per cent of them voted and practically all to oust him. Some of the women voters marched through the streets all night. PET STOCK ASSOC'N ELECTS OFFICERS Stockholders or the Richmond Poultry and Pet Stock association held election of officers Tuesday evening, the following directors being selected: Mark Pennell. Frank L. Waidele. Lv F. Gay. Paul I Ross. A. R. Houser, Lee Eadler, Dr. L. C. Hoover, George Bullerdick. Omer G. Whelan. O. C. Krone and Mrs. S. P. Pike of Centerville. Mrs. Tike Is the first woman to be admitted to a directorship in the organization. The directors will meet on next Monday night and select officers and committeemen. Ar rangements will be planned at once for the 1511 poultry and pet stock show which will be held next December. V

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AMERICANS FIGHT III THE RANKS OF THE 0R0IC0 ARMY

Former Members of U. S. Army, Yankee Soldiers of Fortune and Cowboys Aid Mexican Rebels. REBEL FORCES ARE PLAYING FINE GAME By Feints and Counter Marches Arc Preventing Reinforcement of the Garrison at Juarez. "American News Service; El Paso, Tox, Feb. 8. Americans arc fighting in the ranks of tbo Mexican insurrectos who are menacing the city of Juarez. Under the banner of General Orozco, the young revolutionary leader, are a number of American soldiers of fortune. The camp Ares of tho rebel band winked from the hillsides about the Mexican city of Juarez all night and this morning before dawn lights could be seen moving to and fro as though the army was breaking camp. The federal sentries at the outposts about Juarez were strengthened after Col. Rabago, commandant of the Juarez forces, had been apprised of tbe activity of the rebels. Rabago under cover of darkness sent out scouts to ascertain the strength of tbe rebel forces to learn the whereabouts of the revolutionary forces of Gen. Sanchez Blanco and Col. Alanis and warn Gen. Navarro against falling into a trap. It was learned that Navarro's command which is making forced marches toward Juarez, has been sterngthened by 200 men, giving him 1,000 in all. A Skilful Leader. Col. Alanis. who is commanding a rebel detachment is playing a shrewd military policy. Marching upon weakly garrisoned . towns he hauls down the Mexican flag and runs up the rebel standard, hoping to draw off the troops which are enroute toward Juarez. '.; In this manner, it is thought he can keep Navarro's forces from reinforcing Col. Rabago. Orozco with the aid of the commands of Gen. Blanco and Col. Sanchez can then storm the town. Alanis is today in possession of tbe town of Ojinaga, which is near San Ignato which he captured earlier In the week. American soldiers, acting as patrols on the American side of the Rio Grande, declared today that they dis covered a number of discharged Am erican soldiers fighting in the ranks of the Insurrectos. Among the Am ericans was an officer, Jacob Hays, recently discharged from the 23rd U. S. infantry at Ft . Bliss. He was commanding a company of insurrectos. Another American was Lawrence F. Converse of Glendora, Cal., a noted soldier of fortune, who formerly was an officer in the Mexican regular army in campaigns against the Yaqui Indians. Also there was a number of American cowboys. Gen. W. S. Schuyler this morning took command of the United States patrols in Arizona. Col. John. S. Clem known among his companions as "The Drummer boy of Shiloh," commands at El Paso and along tbe Texas border. A FATALEXPL0S10N One N. Y. Fireman Dying, 15 Are Injured. (American News Service) New York, Feb. 8. One fireman is dying and 13 others are badly injured as tho result of the explosion of an ammonia tank during a fire which early today destroyed tbe four-story factory building occupying an entire block between Nos. 29, .It and S."5 Ashland Place, and Nos. 30 and Z2 and 34 St. Felix Place. Brooklyn. Five hundred families in nearby apartment houses were driven from their homes. The dying fireman is Charles Speiser, who was hurled from a ladder 30 feet to the street beneath, sustaining injuries the physicians say will prove fatal. Those w ho fled from their homes were called out by policemen who feared that several blocks would be wiped out by the fire. Practically all fled in their night clothes and were taken in from the icy streets by neighbors. The loss is estimated at $100,000. IMPROVEMENT BIDS RECEIVED THURSDAY Bids on improvements on West First street. Kinsey street and South Fourth street will be received at a meeting of the board of works, tomorrow morning. There will be a number of foreign bidders, it is understood. Kinsey street will be improved with macadamizing the roadway, cement curb and gutter; Fourth street with sidewalk on both sides and West First street with cement sidewalk, curb and gutter. A number of other important matters will come up before the board.

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Two of the leaders of the Mexican Insurrection and church where Mexican Federal troops seek protection. The photos show Pasqual Orozeo, Jr., general-In-chief of the insurrectors (on the left, and his father, Pasqual Orozeo, Ser., the second in command. The church is an old structure in the city of Juarez, Mexico, where Federal troops are stationed. General Orozeo is now attacking the Mexican Federalists stationed a short distance from the town and if he forces them from their position they will probably make their last stand in. the old church shown above. ARNOLD STARTS A SEARCHJN ITALY New .York Millionaire Thinks Probably His Daughter Is There Now. (American Xews Service) New York, Feb. 8. The international search for Dorothy Arnold is in full swing today. Working on the heory that his daughter eloped on the steamer Cincinnati of the Hamburg-American line and arrived at Genoa on January 17. last, Francis R. Arnold, her father, today, again cabled to the authorities of every large city in Italy to aid him in his search for his daughter. Incuded in the messages was a request that the passports of every American who disembarked from the vessel be held up and examined, particularly those issued to a young woman passenger calling herself, "Bessie Jones." This means that more than 200 passports will be traced. Pictures of Miss Arnold are said by the chief steward and a woman steward on the Cincinnati to closely resemble Miss Jones. The officials of the Hamburg-American line have also joined hands with the father in the search and today cabled orders to representatives of the line at Genoa and Naples to do their best in tracing the passengers of the steamer. The search will be extended to Switzerland. France and Germany, if she is not found in Italy. W. II. Handiey, United States consul general at Naples, today cabled a reply to Mr. Arnold's requests for aid, giving assurance thateverything in bis power will be done in tracing the missing girl. A dispatch from Naples today says that a young woman closely resembling Miss Arnold arrived in that city from Genoa- after disembarking from the CincinnaU. She was accompanied by a ypung man and a young woman. RHODES RESIGNS Samuel A. Rhodes who has been the guardian of the minor heirs of tbe late Emma Wolf has resigned inasmuch as he will locate in New Mexico and will be out of tbe jurisdiction of the Wayne probate court. Hannah L. Welsh ha been appointed as guardian and has given surety for to carry out the trust.

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AN INSPECTION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN By Physicians Required If This Bill Is Enacted Into a Statute. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 8. Running a gauntlet practically unscathed, the Mccarty bi'.l for the medical inspection of school children passed the senate on Tuesday afternoon with 40 favoring it and Dr. Henry Gers' lone vote against it. The bill as amended does not determine the salaries of the inspecting doctors, leaving that to the local school boards. It gives the parents the option of having the familyjhysician inspect the teeth, eyes, nose, and throat of the child, and presenting a. certificate from him at the beginning of the school year. "The bill is not harmed a bit," said Milton T. McCarty of Frankfort, the author. Senator Gers led the fight, against the bill, and he was backed by picturesque Senator Stephen A. Powers of Angola in one of the Jatter's characteristicfacetious arguments. Powers said the bill only created offices and expense and had statistics to show the state would hardly have enough money left to buy one classy drink if the bill passed. Incidentally he fell back on his real ho6by-idea that Indiana girls should become mothers instead of "school-ma'ams" or 'business women." . He said if the ; state had more of the right kind of mothers it would need less medical inspection for school children. It was Senator Ki6tiers amendment which struck out the salary stipulations. OHIO REAL ESTATE . MEN-AT COLUMBUS American Xews Service) Columbus, Feb. 8. Prominent real estate men from all sections of the state attended the annual meeting here today of the Ohio Association of Real Instate Exchanges. , The chamber of commerce entertained the visitors this morning. After , luncheon the association held its business meeting, with William B. Poland of CincinnaU presiding.

QUIET DEATH FOR

THE LAST SAL00I Cambridge City Indifferent ly Watches End of Its Last Booze Bazaar. (Palladium Special) Cambridge City, Feb. S. Beers, free lunches, limburgher, blue gills We en joy them no more. . Saloons died ia Cambridge last night at eleven o'clock. It was a peaceful ending. There were no drunks, no fights and no bon fires on the corners, surrounded by , jolly crowds as marked the saloons' finish at Hagerstown, several years ago. N arrests were made. By blanket remonstrance six months ago, Cambridge City went dry, chiefly through the township's efforts. It will remain "dry" for eighteen months at least, the saloons having been voted out for two years. In casQ no other remonstrance 13 filed before June 1912, Cambridge will become wet again. It may call a township election to determine the issue after that time. : The last saloon was. that of Simeon Crockett, wbich has been in existence for more than 16 years. Cambridge has been "wet," w ith the exception of two years, since its incorporation, in 1 1SS2. Between 1S52 and 1854, organizations over the state, known as the "Maine Clubs," were established to 'make a-war on. saloons. A chapter was placed in Cambridge City and during its two years of activity the town was without saloons. All liquor was purchased through physicians. Marshal Drischel says there arc no "blind tigers" in Cambridge at the present, so far as be can learn. He thinks there is little . possibility of "tigers," as there are "wet" towns within short distances of Cambridge. CONTAGION ALMOST ELIMINATED HERE There are but three cases of smallpox in the city now and the quarantine on these cases will be lifted soon. Other contagious diseases are equally scarce and the general heakh in the city so far as contagion is concerned is now better than at any time during the winter.

ATTENDANCE GOOD

BUT CORN SCHOOL NEEDS THE MOHEY Enrollment of 500 Up to Date ( But One Thousand Pupils Required to Meet the Expenses. EXPECT ATTENDANCE TO HIT THIS MARK "Corn King" Gore, Champion of United Mates, to Lecture Tonight Work of School Today. Unless a heavy influx of farmers ' into this city for the Farmers' Short ( Course and Corn School occurs tomorrow and Saturday, there is a great probability that the necessary number of tickets to place the course on ; a self-sustaining basis will not be dis-, posed of. Tho total registration 'to f date is 'approximately 600, of which, more than 100 resulted from ono day, tickets, selling at twenty-five centr. . These were sold today.,, , ,.. t As each day has shown ,a; marked - Increase in the registration- over fli. . - ... one previous, the officials of. tho j Bcnoo! are nopotul tuat tomorrow mid - Saturday an exceedingly large attend ance increase will be made which will t be sufficient to net enough money to . meet all expense. As estimated by the officials it is necessary that ap proximately 1,000 course tickets be sold, netting ?1,000, or about 2.000 course and single tickets together, netting together the same amount, to raise enough money lor tho expense ' of the school. Keen interest Taken. The Interest among the students seems to be increasing greatly with the progress of the instruction. The corn school beihg held upon the sec-' ond floor of the old Business College, North Eleventh and B streets, contin-. ues to draw a large portion of tho stu dents. Instruction is given in tha., scoring and judging of corn and In ' the methods necessary to produce tho results desired. . . This evening L. . D. Clore, "Corn King," will lecture at the Coliseum. Much interest in the first evening lecture of the Farmers Short Courso delivered at the Coliseum last evening by Prof. G. I. Christie-on "Agri cultural Education" was manifested by the crowd in attendance. Prof. Christie's subject, touching ou the problem confronting the farmer of today in the home, on the farm, nn-1 in farm life and the solutions offered by education Was of vital importance and the large number of Sixth district farmers followed him closely throughout. . . The rise In practical and scientific farming was briefly traced by Prof. Christie beginning with the department of agriculture in the earlr "six ties" when it was under the control of the department of -war. He told of the growth from that time until the establishment of a separate bureau and the beginning of appropriations by states for the erection of agricultural schools and colleges. Out of these he said developed experiment stations, which he declared, have been of the utmost value to the farm er's. "-. " .'v: -"", ':. Along with the growth of agricultural education and correlative, Prof. Christie traced the development of the farmer from comparative obscurity to a position of importance and affluence This was made possible he said by the course. in agriculture offered and by the work of the experiment stations. '-.',) Herd Improvement The first lecture on Wednesday morning in the Coliseum was on the subject" of "Herd Improvement" by Perry Crane.. He said in considering tho dairy .business farmers :' should first look over the proposition and see what benefits are to be" derived from this line of work. . They should consider not only immediate profits to be derived but also the malntainance of our soil fertility,' which can bo maintained in no better way than by live stock, farming and the dairy business is oee of tbe very, best branches. In order that the best results and tbo greatest profits be derived it Is important that one has a herd of economical producers. Strictly dairy cows should be used if we expect best returns from the dairy business. Ons need not invest in an expensive herd of pure bred, stock but invest in a pure bred sire and grade up, keeping stock from only good producers which (Continued on Page Eight) Palladium's Total Daily Average Circnlafioa (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary IJsts. for Week Ending Feb. 4. 131L 6,695 City Cireclatioa showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does cot Include sample copies. 3,7J-3