Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 98, 15 February 1911 — Page 1

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TP A TX A TDIFTTlVir AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOI XXXVI. SO. 98. RICII3IOXD, IXD., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. LOCAL HOSPITAL USED AS A BAIT III SALE OF DOPE Photograph of the Formation of New World POINTS ARE SECRETARY KNOX SOME SCHOOLS III EROUS III THE BELIEVES SENATE WILL ADOPT BILL VERY UIISAIIITARY CONDITIO!! TODAY SOUTH II ST. CASE

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Man Known as "Dr. C. W. Flowers" Poses as Representative of Institution in Celling a "Cure."

ISTATE OF OHIO IS HUNTING THE FAKER Tells Victims His Medicine Will Cure Catarrh or He Guarantees Treatments at Hospital. With the claim that ho is a representative of tho Held Memorial hos pital of Richmond, as a bait. Dr. C. W. Flowers, said to be of Richmond, Is swindling persons in many 'parts of Ohio. Superintendent Gormon of the local police department has started an Investigation. Information has been received here to the effect that Flowers has approached persons in different Ohio towns, with the assertion that he will cure catarrh In a four months treatment, as an advertisement for tho mcia memorial nospuai. lie ciiumru, lit Is said that in cane the disease could. not be cured at home, the pa tient would be taken to the local hos pita! for treatment. Flowers, It Is said, by this method has sold many persons (20 worth of 'drugs in unlabeled bottles and has jthen disappeared. Ho had previously 'stated that ho wanted nothing more .as a reward than a sworn statement ' ' front a notary public from each pa tlent 'cured by him. . Tho state of Ohio has offered $100 reward for the man and there are sev oral private rewards offered it is un derstood. Ills latest place of opera tion where he successfully got away with his swindle was at Convoy, O., where he swindled several members of the family of John D. Sheet l!ocfet'fctt,r.I fc 7 there ' , is no agent or tne jgeai insutnuon on tee roa, $rt crook is captured the hoBr-,4-ay prosecute him. - lie is -wrU4 in Ohio for obtaining money nnder false pretenses, and violating 1 the pure food and drug act, in selling drags in unlabeled bottles. could;tcrack it Sturdy Safe Resists' Efforts of Chicago Crooks. f American News Service) Chicago, Feb. 15. Three safe break ers, armed and masked, after gag ging and binding a night watchman early today, attempted to crack the safe In the offices of the Northwest era Fuel company, 6200, South State street. After smashing the combln atlon, they were unable to release the lock and finally fled without accom plishing their purpose, - The watchman who was gagged and bound was A. Maps. He released himself from the rope with which he had been tied after the escape of the men and called the police of the EnKlewood station. A patrol wagon of police was sent to the place. The room was found in disorder and the , lock on the safe shattered. TOOK CASH REGISTER. Chicago, Feb. 15. Robbers early to day entered the restaurant of George P. Wagner, 416 Rush street, held up a patron and an employe and fled from the place carrying the cash register containing 155. Police of Chicago av enue station were notified, took up the chase, discovered the robbers and opened fire on them. The men dropped the cash register in an ajleyway and escaped. Will WASHED AWAY Residents of Washington Village Panic Stricken. (American News Service) Hoqulm. Wash., Feb. 15. The town of Mocllpa la being washed away by the sea and the residents are panic stricken. Half of the Summer hotel, containing 323 rooms,' has toppled into ' the water and the rest of the structure has been abandoned. The seawall has collapsed and. has cut away 100 feet of land along the shore. A "strip five or , ten , feci . is washed away with every tide. The public school building. Forward . Bros. Jewelry store and several other buildings went today.

THE WEATHER OTATI Unsettled wtsthtr, probably . rain tonight or Thursday. LOCAL Unsettled weather' with rain tonight or Thursday. Continued - warnv I '. . . . , ' .

The formation of a new world. This remarkable photograph .was taken by Proressor G. W. Ritchie with tho great Bixty-inch reflecting telescope at the Carnegie Observatory at Mount Wilson, California. It shows a spiral nebula whirling in spate trillions of miles from the earth and throwing off from itself a mass which will become one of its satellites. This nebula 13 a gaseous mass millions of miles in diameter, revolving at a velocity which no known Instrument can measure. Using the most conservative base of figures, this gigantic pinwheel of celestial pyrotechnics is calculated to be 3.S65,G96,000,000 miles from earth. Not even the faintest glimmer of its light can be seen from tho earth with the naked eye. Through the smaller telescopes it appears a hazy blue, without form or shape. . ,

" TO BE ii At First Annual' Banquet of Young Men's Business Club Friday Evening. The members of the Toung Men's Business Club, who have been actively engaged rin boosting the, "Panic Proof C4t will sit down for a few minutes Friday night and take stock of what has been done, and what can be done for Richmond. It will be' the Urst time that the club has held a banquet, and the event is looked forward to by the membership with much pleasure. The ladles of the Eastern Star will serve the banquet in the Masonic Temple. The hall will be especially decorated for the event and the committee in charge, composed of Raymond B. Mather, Willard .Rape and William H. Rlndt has arranged an appetizing menu and an interesting program. ; -, ; In addition to the" members ot the Young Men's Business club a number from the Commercial club will be present, as well as other business men who are not members ot either club. Many business men in( Richmond are members of both organizations and the two clubs are now closer united than they have been. It is expected, that the coming, banquet will do much to cement this feeling of mutual co-operation for the benefit of the city. " Program for Event. The program in full as arranged is as follows: Hon. William Dudley, Foulke, Toastmaster. "Our Club and Richmond Mr. R. G. Leeds . .Quartet. " ' Mr. H. H. Kamp, Mr. Myron Malsby, Mr. E. N. Wilson, Mr. G. W. Craighead, . " , 'Commercial Harmony" Mr. Charles W. Jordan "The Science of Salesmanship and Business Building .Dr. Charles B. Moire rl Quarter. "The Individual Member Mr. .Wilfred Jessup Stomatology" . .Mr. George P. , Early MAIL POUCHES ARE MYSTERIOUSLY GONE (American News Service) Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 15. Secret service men of Georgia and the southeast are bending every effort today to solve the mysterious disappearance of two mail pouches from Thalman, Ga., a station where the Atlanta. Birmingham A Atlantic and the Seaboard airline railroads crossed north of Brunswick.. , -.. ; ' ; . " . ' One of the pouches was lost on January 19 and the other on Jan. 31 last. While the officers are very reticent about the contents, it is said both pouches contained valuable checks, securities and other negotiable paper, somo placing the amount as high as 11,000,000.

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sr.. .w m- -J- - t MI PROVISIONS TAKE 3R! WUWiill Colorado Housewives Happy and Eggs Still Going ; Down in Pittsburg. . ' . (American News Service) . Denver, Feb. 13. Smiles are spreading over the countenaces of Denver householders today provoked by the drop in .the wholesale price of provisions, - . , . , Wholesale prices of eggs. ; pork, steak and vegetables ehowed a decided decline, and retail dealers declare decreased prices will become operative for consumers before the end of the week. : Eggs were quoted yesterday from 17 to 20 cents, a reduction of 1 cent from lowest . prices, received., yesterday Saturday's prices and a reduction of from 10 to 15 cents from a month ago. Pork and pork products fell off from l.to.l.cents, and butter. is selling.at from 5 to 1 cents lower than it was a month ago.- 1 ' ; " PITTSBURG MARKET. . Pittsburg, Feb. 15. The . wholesale price of eggs .. continued the downward trend today and a decline of 1 cent per dozen was recorded from the Fresh extra grades are selling at 17 cents and firsts .at 15 cents a dozen. A sale of. 100 cases of prime grade of storage eggs at 10 cents per . dozen was commented on by dealers as showing the erratic condition of the market. - Collections in the poultry districts of the south are said to be constantly increasing and being "shipped to the northern business sections are forcing the April offerings, the choice storage grades out of the. market.: It is .estimated, that., the. decline In, the price of eggs since January 1 represents a shrinkage in, value to .Pittsburg holders of . -storage grades of eggs of more than $100,000. WOULD OUST GOULD Kuhn, Loeb '& Company Begin War in St. Louis.' (American News Service) - -St. Louis, Mo, Feb. 13. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York today started in earnest on their fight to force George J. Gould out cf his position in the control of, the. Iissouri . Pacific Railroad which is the holding company for the Iron Mountain, and the. Rio Grande systems. Should Gould lose his grip on this line, the Gould family practically will be eliminated- from the -railroad world. That there is a good chance of toppling him over, is evidenced by the fact that Kuhn. Loeb & Co. have tak en "up the fight because the big finan cial house would not undertake an-im possible fight. Of the S30.000 shares of stock of the Missouri Pacific, Gould owns only 525,000. ' iv"

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o YOUNG REPORTER Fred Bollmeyer, Moved by Pity at Woman's Plight, , Defends Her. , Moved almost to tears by the sad plight of Mollie Lewis, who has figur ed in many police court cases, J. Fred Bollmeyer, a young police reporter of a local daily, volunteered this morning in police court to defend the woman. He was permitted to conduct the defense, and immediately entered a plea of not guilty. " Prosecutor Ladd, ' realizing ; the "class" of the legal talent pitted against him, introduced a half dozen witnesses to. show the woman ( had been "beastly drunk," and was pros trate on a sidewalk when taken into custody. V Bollmeyer made an eloquent plea in behalf of his client. He pictured her as a poor women," without friends, old, and , as . trying to drown her sorrows in drink. . "Moli" was released by the mayor on, a promise tot leave town and be good. , Many were the congratula tions received by Bollmeyer after the trial. ; Ladd, i however, sulked in a corner and refused ..to .congratulate his talented young legal adversary. Negroes. in Battle. After fighting merrily at Sixth and Main streets for several minutes with bricks and stones, John H. White and William Jones, both negroes,, adjourned vto "an alley neat by and continued the battle. White was arrested, but Jones escaped. v Neither of the men were severely hurt. There was con siderable commotion at Sixth and Main for a few moments on account of the flying bricks. White's case was set for tomorrow morning. He Is charged with assault and battery. SUFFRAGISTS WILL HAVE A WAR FUND . (American News Service) New York, Feb. 15. The National Woman's Suffrage association, whose headquarters are in this city," today formally launched a campaign tor raise a fund of $150,000 to carry on the fight fort woman's ballot- rights. The day for beginnings the movement was appropriately chosen, this being the anniversary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony, one of the first and probably the most famous advocates of equal rights in America. PEACE CONVENTION AT SAN FRANCISCO (American New Service) San Francisco, CaL, Feb. 15. A two days convention was begun In this city today having for its object the organization of. a Pacific coast directorate of the National Industrial Peace association. -Various branches of the organization , in Oregon, Washington, California and British Columbia are represented. .

Attorneys for S. S. I. A. and

the C. & O. Railroad Have Legal Sparring Match in the Court. COURT PAYS VISIT TO DISPUTED TRACT Counsel for Petitioners Avers Railroad Has Not Ob served the Terms of Its Contract. Progress in the legal controversy between the South Side Improvement association and the C. & O. of Indiana railroad over the opening of the South N street crossing is very slow in the Wayne circuit court, where the case was taken on appeal from the county commissioners' court. Hindrances to the admission of certain evidence be ing thrown by counsel for both parties interposing objections to the evi dence. Just at present these objections are more frequently made by railroad counsel, inasmuch as the association is now examining its witnesses. John Hanselman, a director in the association, was the , first witness on the stand who gave evidence other than that on record in the offices of the county auditor and county treasurer. - His testimony in general was to prove that the South End was building up rapidly and that the street crossing would be a matter of public utility. A List of Factories. He listed the different factories which the association had brought to the south part of the city. Included in the list are the overall factory at Seventh and South H streets, the Chandelier and Art Brass works, and the handle factory both on South J street. rargnrn-ataTr" Relrm1raTpany - in the lower part of Beallview addition, the National . Automatic Tool Works and other smaller concerns. On request of the examining counsel he proceeded to show the number of Btreet and other improvements in Beallview and adjacent territory which the associa tion had taken a leading part in securing. He pointed out the necessity for opening the street for the benefit of property in the west part of Beallview addition and particularly to the tool works factory. At the Tuesday afternoon session. County Recorder Will Robbins and county Auditor Demas Coe were on the stand the greater part of the afternoon. About 4 o'clock the jury and Special Judge Caldwell of Winchester accompanied the counsel for both sides to the Beallview addition where they Were made familiar w ith all con ditions from a personal inspection. It was felt that such a visit would benefit both the court and jury in understanding technical descriptions and the like. A map of the Beallview addition, with the railroad lines and proposed yards has been placed in red crayon lines on the floor directly in front of the Jury. It is referred to constantly by attorneys. A Fine Point Raised. A question raised by counsel of the railroad company in argument to the judge on Tuesday and which will have a vital connection with the outcome of the case in all probability was, if land was dedicated to public use of a railroad company, could a municipal body put a hindrance on the railroad's right of way which would render impossible the use of the land for which it was intended- Such action the S. S. I." A. proposes, the attorney said, and he contended it would be illegal. He claimed the ground which is being contested for was dedicated for yard purposes of the railroad company. . He said the defendant corporation would show South N street was not a public utility. Another point which was brought up by the petitioners for the opening was that the railroad company had not assumed all of the obligations which it promised to when it asked Richmond for a subsidy which was given. Among the provisions which the railroad company has failed to carry out, and referred to by counsel for the complainant, was that no quick steam motor service had been installed as promised. This service the complainant alleges, was promised by the builders of the road, for frequent and quick passenger service between Richmond and ' nearby small towns along the railroad. . The jurors were admonished at the conclusion of the Tuesday session not to discuss the case and allowed to return to their homes. Hereafter during the trial, the court will convene at 9 o'clock instead of at 10 o'clock. CAGE OVERTURNED; FOUR MINERS DIE -0- . , f American Xeirs Srvlc) - Harrisburg, 11L, Feb. 15. Four min: ers were killed when a cage in which they were being lowered into the Saline county mine No. 3 overturned yesterday;, morning. . . , .

Arrives in Chicago, Full of

Confidence for Success of the Canadian Reciprocity Measure. TO BE OF BENEFIT TO BOTH COUNTRIES Champ Clark's "Annexation of Canada" Speech Was Repudiated by President Taft in Letter. Chicago, Feb. 15. Secretary of State Knox arrived in Chicago this forenoon as the guest of the Associa tion of Commerce, which he will ad dress at a banquet at the .Hotel La (Jalle on Reciprocity. Knox is ex pected to voice the views of President Taft on tearing down the tariff wall between Canada and United States. That the Canadian reciprocity bill will be triumphantly passed at the present session of Congress and will prove an immense benefit to the peo ple of both the United States and Can ada, is the view of Secreary Knox. "I do not think any real fight will be made on the bill in the upper house of Congress. There is no reason why the measure should not pass and there are many reasons why it should,1 said Mr. Knox. "The matter of reciprocity with Canada is an economy measure and not a political one. It is a purely business proposition." Is this reciprocity bill to be con sidered -only as an opening wedge with the further extension of the prin ciple of reciprocity in the future,' responded the Secretary to this ques tion. Then he Baid: "I am not in position to discuss the future. We Tiave been concerned only with the actual work being done and the ac tual negotiations in progress at the present. The future can very well tftjiejcf if." . "TJo-Tdu think this opens the"gaw to the ultimate annexation of Canada." Knox laughed, 'That Is something that has not been considered or even thought of,", he replied, "there has been no occasion to discuss it whatever." James J. Hill, empire builder, who reached Chicago today agreed with everything Secretary Knox said. BILL IN THE SENATE. Washington, Feb. 15.The McCall Canadian reciprocity bill was referred to the senate committee, on finance today. Nine Republicans and five Democrats are on the committee. This action was taken after Chairman Cullom of the foreign relations committee reported the reciprocity agreement back to the senate without comment. LET EAGLE SQUAWK. Champ Clark In a Speech Predicts the Annexation of Canada. Washington, Feb. 15. President Taft today sent a letter to Representative McCall repudiating the "Annexation of Canada" speech of Champ Clark, delivered last night in which Clark declared the Stars and Stripes would wave over North America from the Arctic sea to the Gulf, and that Canada would be annexed to the United States before long. The after effects of Clark's speech has been the most sensational of any development between the executive and legislative branches of the government since Roosevelt's term expired. The president has resolved to let nothing interfere with the passage of the reciprocity agreement if he can prevent it. Besides sending his letter to Representative McCall today the threat was again sounded about the senate that an extra session would be called by the president if the agreement was not passed at this session. In his letter to McCall President Taft says: "I write to congratulate you sincerely upon the the passage through the house of the McCall bill, enacting into legislation the ' reciprocity' agreement with : Canada. I sincerely hope that it wilt pass the senate and become a part of our statutes. This agreement, if it should become a law, has no political significance. No thought of future political annexation or union was in the mind of the negotiators on either side. Canada is now and will remain a political unit. , I am very sure that i f this agreement becomes a law it will insure great social and commercial benfits to both countries. "Sincerely yours, i "W. II. Taft." NEW YORKER WEDS RICH DENVER GIRL . Denver, Col., Feb. 15. The wedding of Miss Marie J. Sheedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sheedy, and Robert L. Livingston of New York took place today at the -home of the bride's parents in this city. The bride had her sister, Miss .Florence Sheedy, as her . only attendant. . Archibald i Barklie of Philadelphia acted as best j man. Among the guests was the ( Countess de Lngier-V01ars, cousin j of the bridegroom, - j

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Makes an Inspection and Sends Letter of Protest to the Superintendent. AIR IN ROOMS FOUL ODOR IS SICKENING Campaign to Have Woman Elected to School Board Now Being Considered by Organization. Statements declaring that sanitary conditions in the grade schools of tho city through lack of proper ventilation and inadequate toilet equipment are extremely bad and dangerous to i the health of the children were made today by Mrs. Ben Bartel, following an investigation made on behalf of the Women's Collegiate club. A letter culling attention to the un-, sanitary conditions and asking him; and the school authorities to take some action to remedy the eituatiou, was sent to Supt. Mott today, by Mrs. i Bartel.. - ! The Vaile, Finley Warner, Starr and; Whitewater schools were inspected onj Monday, and the Baxter school laati . Friday. "I found," said Mrs. Bartel. "that there was not a complete chango! of air in the room from the time the' children and teachers arrived in the morning till they left at noon." Starr Building Worst. Mrs. Bartel declares the Starr building is in the worst condition of any in the city. "The odor of tho toilet rooms," she said, "is simply awful, ; ' permeating all parts of the building.' One of tho teachers told mo that after smelling the odor for five dayB in the: week she felt that she could never get. away from It. The proposition of starting a cam-' paign for placing a woman member on Jhe schjool bpard is. being confctdered, by the Women's Collegiate club as af step toward securing better conditions in the schools. ' Mrs. Bartel said she asked one of the teachers In a school' inspected if she thought . a woman' member on the board would be of benefit and the reply was: "it certainly would." To this same teacher-, she addressed the question "Have you anything to say regarding the sanitary conditions?" Not now, but when I get out I can talk," was the answer.. "In one of the rooms of a school," said Mrs. Bartel, "I asked the teacher why there was such poor ventilation. allowing such an offensive odor from the children to fill the room. She said they were not -supposed (the word allow was not used) to raise the windows. I asked her by whose authority they were not supposed to do thia and she replied, "the superintendent's." In only two cases, at the Baxter and Vaile schools, during the noon hour when the teachers were absent, Mrs. Bartel declares, did she find the win-, dows in any room open. She called" attention to' the fact that the inspec-i tion was made about noon, which1 should be the most favorable Ume for' allowing fresh air to enter the buildings. At the Starr building where ; tbe odor) of lavatories is so prevalent,! Mrs. Bartel said the toilet conditions were very bad. The odor she said! seemed largely attributable to a defect in the drainage of the urinals, of! which there are three on the first floor and three on the second.' The floor, around the urinals was wet for a dis-j tance of seven or eight inches. Ac-i cording to Mrs. Bartel no windows' in the room were raised and the smell was terrible. What Teachers Said. Mrs. Bartel was told that about two years ago . three teachers from a neighboring town visited Starr school and that they stated to one of the teachers that they "didn't get away" from the smell of the lavatories from the time' they got there until they left. Attention was called by Mrs. Bartel to the fact that tin cups are used for drinking purposes by the children in all the grade schools, with the exception of those of tbe kindergarten and first grade, who are requested to bring individual cups.: She said, however, that at least in two- buildings the modern drinking fountains have been installed, but were not used to any extent, principally because of . their location. At the Starr building tbe (Continued on Page Seven) Psllsdlca's Tctal Dally Avenge Grcchtioa ; (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Feb. 11, 1911. showing net paid, new stands and regular , complimentary. ;IIsVr4os not include amp9 copies. t