Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 103, 20 February 1911 — Page 1

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T MOOT) PALLAD AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 10.1. RICHMOND, IXDM 3IOXDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. TROUBLE BUG IIIWOMEIi'S CLUB Oil SCHOOL CASE A re Waiting to Learn Their Fates AGED WOMAN MADE UNAVAILING PLEA WITH CITY BOARD COMMONS MAKES, BUTLER'S VIEWS ARE RIDICULED BY WOMAN SAYS A MINISTER HAS A RIGHT TO SPLENDID RECORD 111 STATE .SENATE BECOME Afi EAGLE

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.Two Officers of Collegiate Qub Deny AgitationsOther Members Are $upporting Mrs. Bartel.

SCOTT HISER RAPS LOCAL CONDITIONS Former Manual Training Instructor Says Conditions in Schools Here Are "Bad to the Core." To the Editor: Win you kindly correct the Impression that the Woman's Collegiate club declares (he ventilation in our schools to be defective and insufficient? An exact" statement of facts is as follows: At the last meeting of -tho Collegiate club a aier on "Problems 1 of Sanitation In the Public School" whs rend by a member of the club. No action was taken whatsovcr on the paper, no publicity authorized, aud no campaign to have a woman elected as a number of the school board was considered. Mrs. Lamar, President. Mrs. Ah!, Secretary. .The above communication was presented to tho Palladium, Saturday Bight by Prof, tamar, of tho high school, whose- wifo Is president of the Collegiate club. When other members of tho club learned that such a statement had been presented to tho Palladium they were far from being pleased and one member stated this action was taken without the Indorsement of the club, fiho stated that practlcully nil the members staunchly supported the campaign' undertaken by their fellow member, Mrs. Den Itartcl, to expose the unsanitary conditions existing in the ft rail a schools of lllchmoud. Indications are that tiio next meet!l( of tho club will bo a very interesting one aud it. is highly probublo that the club will take a raout positive stand In Indorsing tho work of Mrs. Bartel, although opposition to such action la expected from two club members whose husbands are members of tho faculty of tho high school, Mrs. Lamar and Mrs. Murray. ; Letter from Hiser. In a letter tp a member of the reportorla! staff of the Palladium, W. S. lllscr, supervisor of manual training and penmanship at the Manual Training high school, Indianapolis, formerly connected with the Richmond public schools, confirms tho statements made by Mrs. Ilartel. In a telephone communication this forenoon he said, "only the surface has so far been scratched. Go to the bottom of affairs in the Richmond public schools and you will find some surprising conditions." Prof. Hiser's letter, In part, follows: . ,"i wan much Interested in the expoaure of some very bad school conditions In Richmond, which I read In last .Wednesday's Palladlub. Those conditions have existed for several years, particularly the awful smelling lavatory and cloet conditions at the Starr school. Teachers of that school asked me, when I was connected with the Richmond schools, to use my influence with the superintendent to have the condition removed. Hut you ee It was as dangerous for me to tell the superintendent to remedy this as It was for the teachers or that building. They realised their danger in doing so or I would not have been invited to do so with them or by them. "Richmond can remedy the whole chool situation, which Is bad right at the core. The public has been blinded to a good many things. Ky the way, hate you noted that Terre Haute and South Bend are both trying to remedy a situation very similar to that' in Richmond and that they are both proceeding in the same way?" MRS. CLEVENGER A PNEUMONIA VICTIM (Palladium perta!) Centervllle, Ind., Feb. 20. Mrs. Thomaa Clevenger, aged 52. of this place, died Sunday morning after a week's Illness, from pneumonia. She Is survived by the husband, a daughter, three sisters, and threo brothers. The funeral will lie held on Wednesday morning at 1:30 o'clock at the home and burial will be in Doddridge's chapel. Perm's Tctal Daily Averse Circchtlon (Ixetpt Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, tor Week Ending Feb. 1$, 1911. 6f7S City CircslsUoa howiig set paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies. S,7D5

Three officers of the American Federation of Labor, who will soon know whether they are to serve the prison sentences imposed on them as tho result of their controversy with the Rucks Stove and Range Company of St. Louis. On the right is Samuel Compers. president; and to his left is John Mitchell, vice-president. The insert below is Frank Morrison, secretary. The case is now in the bands of the United States Supreme Court and decision is expected within a short time.

CHICAGO HAVING A

LIVELUAMPAIFII Mayoralty Contest Entered Whirlwind Stage Today This Last Week. (American News Service) Chicago, 111., Feb. 20. One of the liveliest mayorallty campaigns that Chicago has seen In years entered upon the whirlwind stage today, with but ono week remaining before the candidates of the two parties are choseu at the direct primaries. The election will take place early in April. The primaries are attracting a vast amount of public attention. The candidate favored by the Republican organization is John P. Thompson. Besides him the two strongest Republican candidates are John F. Smulski, who has loug been a prominent figure in Republican city politics, and Alderman Charles K. Merriam. Mr. Merrlam Is a professor In the University of Chicago and a writer on political science. As head of the so-called Merriam commission he laid bare the graft in the city administration and brought about the removal of several city officials. The Democratic - contest - brings to life again the old rivalry between former Mayor Carter II. Harrison and former Mayor 'Kdward F. Dunne. Air. Harrison, who was mayor for several terms, following in the .footsteps of his father, is again a candidate on' an independent Democratic ticket. Kx-Mayor Dunnes campaign has the slogan, "Nobody wants him but the people." Mr. Dunne Is a lawyer. When mayor he made a good rocord. ' He lowered the telephone rates, and, although he vetoed seventy-five cent gas, an ordinance was' passed giving the people a reduction from $1 to 83 cents. , '. Another leading aspirant for the Democratic nomination' Is Andrew J. Graham, who is the choice of Roger S. Sullivan, member of the Democratic National committee. Mr. Graham is a private banker and is credited with corporation leanings. His opponents for Ihe mayorallty a'.lege that he has spent upwards of $300,000 in the ante-primary campaign. Among the Issues figuring more or less prominently in the campaign are graft and vice, cheap gas. lower telephone rates, subways, and universal transfers, the smoke nulsan.ee, and cold cars. MASONIC MEMORIAL FOR G. WASHINGTON (American News Service) Alexandria. Va., Feb. 20. High degree Masons from many sections of the country have journeyed to Alexandria to take part in the meeting called to form a permanent Masonic Memorial association which will commemorate Gorge Washington's connection with the order. The meeting began today and will continue until Wednesday, on which day the Masons will make a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon to pay their respects to Washington on the anniversary of his birth. Returning to Alexandria late on Wednesday afternoon the delegates' will hold a reception In honor of President Taft, who will deliver an address.

FROM DIXIELAND COMES BLIZZARD

Lashes Its Way Northward Toward Great Lakes Heavy Snows. Chicago, Feb. 20. Straight from the gulf coast country of the south west, a blizzard is lashing the western half of Dixie with its fury and is head ing northward and eastward for the lake regions. It is stinging the whole of the lower Mississippi : valley en route. Snow flurries and blustering wind already have interfered considerably with telegraph service between Chi cago and surrounding cities. While Duluth, Moorhead and the Medicine Hat country have clear, cold skies, Ft. Worth and Amarillo, Texas, and other towns of the far southwest have been surprised with a "belated breath of real winter. ; In parts of the panhandle of Texas, snowdrifts on railroads are report ed to be several feet deep. A passenger train near Amarillo gave up trying .to plow through the Enow. It is waiting in a keen wind and cutting particles from the sky fcr a big force of men to clear the w ay. .Most - of Oklahoma, Kansas, Mis souri, Northern Texas and Mississippi down to the gulf coast . are . under a blanket of snow from one to five Inches deep. In exposed p'aces the wind has whipped the snow Into drifts two ; feet deep. ; - . The major part of Kentucky felt the force of a blizzard and Cincinnati has snow shoe top deep., Kansas City and St. Louis are experiencing a genuine blizzard, - AT COLUMBUS OHIO. Columbus. O., Feb. 20.v-F1ve inches of snow here; 1 .temperature below freezing. Outlying J towns reported twenty inches of snow. Trains are delayed. AT SPRINGFIELD," ILL. Springfield, 111.,' Feb. 0. A blizzard is raging in Central Illinois. Traffic is impeded. AT LOUISVILLE, KY. Loulsviile, Ky" Feb. 20. Blizzard conditions prevail in Kentucky today. Railroad trainee Is crippled. Many wires are down. . , AT INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis, Feb. - 20. Four inches of snow here. - Absence of winds minimized traffic delays. A LARCENY CHARGE AGAINST A BANKER (American News Service) Alexandria, Va., Feb. 20. C. Jones Rlxey was arraigned In court here today to answer charges made against him as a result of the failure of the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation, of which fce was president. The concern went Into the hands of receivers December 29 last; together with its eight" branches scattered throughout Virginia. The indictments charge false statements as to the financial standing of the bank and falsifying the accounts of, the institution.

Says that Order for Cement Walks on Sherman Street Will Ruin Her, but Her Plea Was Useless.

MAYOR TAKES "RAP" AT THE CHAUTAUQUA Directs Preparation of Ordir nance Appropriating $600 of Chautauqua Fund for New Btjjdge. ; Tragedy w-gs interwoven with comedy at the ,board of works meeting this morning when Mrs. Katherine Eagen, Sherman street, with tears in her eyes, pleaded with the board not to confirm a resolution to construct cement sidewalks on . Sherman street from Sheridan to Boyer. Notwithstanding the quaint protests of the old woman, the board confirmed the resolution, petitioners for the improvement being in the majority. "Is there no one here with a heart that will be touched by a poor old woman's plight?" she appealed. "Geese and ducks and hogs never lived in my house, but I am honest. I've made an honest living for 49 years and have always done without the sidewalk and why should you force it on me now." Then as Mayor Zimmerman explained it would be impossible to observe her desires, she cried, "Oh, I see it all. You are bound to ruin me. It's all a put up job." The business of the board was halted a minute, its members were touched, by the woman's words, while remonstrators, petitioners and others before the board on various kinds of business, looked sober, as the stooped and wrinkled old woman tottered out of, the board chamber. Cracks the Chautauqua. Mayor Zimmerman played his last trump in the Chautauqua game this morning, when he moved that the city attorney frainie an ordinance to appropriate $600 from the Chautauqua fund to build an arch concrete bridge In Glen Miller park. Ordinarily this money would have come from the park, improvement fund, but as there is only 11,000 In the fund the remainder would not be sufficient to pay the other expenses of the park. What council will, do .when the ordinance is presented, if Gardner finds it advisable to draw such a bill is rather doubtful. When the matter of excluding the Chautauqua from the use of Glen Miller park this year was brought up, with Mayor Zimmerman fighting holding the Chautauqua in the Glen with all his might, council! was to a man, opposed to the mayor. As the Chautauqua board of directors is heartily opposed to use of the fund for any purpose other than building a pavilion in the park, the council may decline to pass ' the mayor's ordin ance. Another point that makes the mayor's ordinance ' have a small chance of passage was the board's "turndown" of council's motion to refund money paid in fines by violators of the right and left ordinance. Although opposing the mayor's motion, the board of directors of Chautauqua association, have not decided whether they will fight it. The legal points will be investigated. The ordinance will not be presented to council until Monday, March 6. Thinks It Is Legal. Gardner thinks the ordinance will be legal. He said this morning that the general opinion of the people favored the use of the fund for any park improvement purpose. Regarding the extension of water mains of the Richmond City Water Works company, H. A. Dill of the company, again held a conference with the board. The board is in favor of having a twelve inch main on North F- street because, there are a large number of factories in that section of the city and better fire protection is demanded by the companies. No definite decision was reached. A NEW ARCHBISHOP TO BE INSTALLED (American News Service) Ottawa. OnU Feb. 20. Arrangeare practically completed for the formal installation of the Most Rev. Charles Hugh. Gauthier as Roman Catholic archbishop of Ottawa, in succession to the late Archbishop Duhamel. The ceremony will take place Wednesday and .will be attended by many dignitaries of the church in Canada and the United States. Mgr. Stagni. the new papal delegate to Canada will officiate. J. BENNETT GORDON INVITED. TO SPEAK Invitation has been extended by the Earlbam college presi club to J. Bennett Gordon, formerly editor of. the Evening Item, now on .'the staff of the Indianapolis Sun. to attent the stag banqnet to be green on March 7 and discuss some phase of newspaper work,.'

Wayne's Senator One of the , Few Members of Minority Independent of the Bi-partisan Machine. .

HFVOTES RIGHT ON ALL OF THE BILLS Byv His Actions He Has Thrown Away Any Chances He Might Have of Pass ing Personal Bills. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 20. One of the few men of tho Republican minority a in the state senate who stand out be cause of their independence of the bi partisan machine that runs the sen ate, and especially the Republican members of it, is Walter S. Commons Republican senator from Wayne and Union counties. With the Republicans in the minor ity about all a Republican can do is to vote right upon questions and this Commons has consistently done. By so doing he has, along with the others of the senate who have steadfastly refused to permit the bipartisan machine control them, thrown away chances he might have had of getting any personal bills through the legislature. It is a miracle for even Democrats like Carleton or Shivery to get measures through the senate because of their refusal to sell their birthright to the corporation clique that runs things with a high hand in the upper house of the legislature.. It was because of this that Shively's recaH bill was slaughtered. It was because of this that Carleton's bill giving Evansvine 75 cent gas has been laid away In moth balls by the corporation clique notwithstanding the legislature, 'last session passed a bill through the senate giving Evansville 60 cent gas, although it was killed in the house later. Make Open Boasts. The corporation machine, composed of corporation senators on both sides are not secretive about their work. They openly boast that no man opposed to their schemes will get anything passed this session. So Commons is not made the sole object of their spleen when his bills are not given attention, but are put to death by the chloroform system. That fact however, has not deter red him from his duty. He is always in his seat and he makes a study of every bill that comes before the senate. Upon the Proctor' bill providing for restrictions and regulation of the liquor traffic, Commons voted for all the amendments to the bill that he thought would strengthen it and then voted for the measure upon final passage. Upon the Grube bill providing for the referendum of public franchises to a vote of the people in case of the council's action not being satisfactory Commons voted for it, being one of the few Republican senators sufficiently free of the domination of the corporation Clique led by Senators Wood and Kane to do this. Had Commons been present upon the vote on Shively's recall bill he would have -oted for it, but for three days last week he was in Richmond attending to some private business that required his personal and immediate attention.' He had an official leave of absence issued him by Lieut. Gov.-' Hall for this time. One of his first acts upon his return was to vote for the employers liability bill, a Democratic measure, but a policy 'indorsed by the Republican party during the last campaign. Why He Dodged It. The only roll call which Commons has "dodged" during his incumbency was one to prevent a constitutional quorum to pass an omnibus bill. An omnibus bill is a bunch of bills which a number of senators want passed, but about the passage of which there wouuld be some doubt if they were up for passage upon .their merits. In this instance seventeen senators having "private bills" they wanted passed, got together and agreed to help each other out by putting the bills all together and passing them on one roll call. It requires a constitutional quorum, that is a majority of the total membership to do this. In such bills there is usually a large amount of "dynamite" and "jokers" and Senator Commons refused to vote for a hat full of bills about which he knew nothing. So he left the state house and helped break the quorum. Other than this he has not "dodged" a rcll call and is making one of the cleanest records of any senator in the present legislature. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight and Tuesday; slight! colder to night. -

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The new. dean of Barnard College, Miss Virginia Crecheron Gildersleeve. Miss Gildersleeve. is a daughter of former Justice Gildersleeve of the Su preme Court of New York, and .is a graduate of Barnard 99. In reply to the induction speech made by Presi dent Nicholas.- Butler of Columbia, Dean Gildersleeve ridiculed the idea that college-made young women were overlearned. 4 RULES. SUSPENDED BY LOWER HOUSE Drastic Action Taken by Con gressmen to End the Filibuster of Mann. (American . News Service) Washington, Feb. 20. The house today voted. 175 to 43 t suspend the rules and make the remaining days of the session suspension days. This was done to terminate the filibuster Btarted by Representative Mann of Illinois. Under this ruling bills can be passed by two-thirds majority. The filibuster in the house original -ly started by Mann of Illinois wag continued when the house met at 10 o'clock this forenoon.. As far as the house was concerned today wa3 still Friday. Attendance was fairly good but Bennett of New York made a point of no quorum and a roll call was ordered. During the interim of last night and this morning leaders pn both sides of the house tried to agree on a program by which the omnibus claim ,bill . could : be put through - the house, and sent, to the. senate. The fact that there were only a few more legislative days to transact business which ordinarily would take weeks caused great" anxiety. " Two hundred and two members of the house answered the roll call. No quorum was declared tc be present. The omnibus war claims bill was taken up but was temporarily laid aside after several paragraphs had been read to -allow Du'zell to report the special order amending the rules' making the remaining days of the session suspension days. This .would allow the majority . of the house to pass any bill under a suspension of rules by twothirds majority. Forty , minutes was allowed for debate. Dalzell pointed out the congested condition of the house "calendar "and said -to avoid an extra session it would be necessary to pass these bills. Underwood of Alabama interrupted to say that the Democrats wanted to clean up the legislation. He. said that a plan , had been made to delay action by putting new legislation on the regular legislative bills. He urged that' unanimous consent should be the program every day until the close of the session. Jones of Virginia spoke in opposition to the proposed rule. He said the Republicans in the bouse were in a hole and wanted the Democrats to help them out. SUPREME COURT HAS RESUMED SESSIONS (American News Fervlce) - ; -aWshington, Feb. 20. The Supreme Court' of the United' tSates reassembled today, following a recess of four weeks. Interest in the meeting of the highest . tribunal was heightened ' by rumors current for several days' that decisions in the Standard Oil. American Tobacco and .Corporation tax cases may be handed down at an ear ly: date. - ---

Rev. A. M. Hackleman of

Montpelier, Ind., at Local Eagles' Memorial Service; Answers Criticism. HE SAYS BROTHERS GOOD AS HIMSELF Splendid Tribute Paid to the Memory of Dead Members of Lodge and Service Was Well Attended. "In no uncertain tones, the Rev. A. M. Hackleman of Montpelier. Ind.. In his address at the memorial meeting of the i Wayno Aerie of Ragles, held int the Murray thater . yesterday afteragainst him for being a member of the order of Eagles. He declared that he had been scored time again by numerous' persons "for : belonging to an order which admits into its member ship saloon keepers and bartenders. ' The Kev. Mr. Hackleman took the occasion yesterday afternoon to make formal and public reply to such criti cisms. ' - He declared that equality is one of the order's cardinal attributes and h said that every man is given an onnor-" tunity ..to. receive the benefits of the fraternity if he will accept them. "A man is a man," said the Rev. Hackelman, "despite his business, and if he is willing to live up to the teachings of the order we are willing to call him brother. If he is not strong enough to heed the lessons taught, by our ritual then he must be dropped; and we are drnnninc milt a nnmSw " v High in Hia Praise. The Rev. . Mr. Hackelman was also high in his praise of the order. "The men higher up, who are guiding , the policies of the order," he said, "are of the highest ; type, and the . teachings are of the grandest kind and I have no excuse to offer for - my connection with the Eagles." . t The Rev. Itnckleman's address : instead of being an eulogy to the departed members was more of a discourse on ; the i principles of tho orderliberty, truth, justice and equality, lie called particular attention to the: money that is, being spent by the fraternity for mankind, declaring that mnro than t1 Mh hfin .n.nf . year. The efforts of many of the lodges to bring Christmas joy to the deserving poor at the Yuletido season were pointed out.' and as. a result of what was said the Richmond lodge hereafter ' will make the Christmas work a principal" feature. The lodge motto "If I can't speak well of a man I won't speak ill of him," was the closing sentence of the minister's ora-" tion. ., The memorial . service was largely attended and was carried out in tho usual effective manner. The 1 calling of the roll of the departed brethren was done, by Franklin ' Moore, worthy secretary. The address of.' Rev. Hackleman was well received. The musical part of the program was an especial feature. A quartet composed of Mrs. F. W. Krueger, Mrs.' O. C. Krone, Walter Luring, and O. C Krone rendered i several - selections. There were solos by Miss Carolyn Karl and Mrs. Lewis C.'King. The lodge orchestra also participated. - MAY FILE A CHARGE Against Joe Jones for ari Alleged Assault. Palladium Special) CenterviHe, Ind., Feb. 20. With the investigation by prosecuting attorney Charles Ladd into the alleged assault and battery of Joe ' Jones, of this place, on his fifteen year old daughter, who, It is said, is in a delicate condition, the arrest and prosecution of the father for abuse of the girl is probable. Jones struck the girl in the abdomen (he told prosecuting attorney he did so accidently, while - at ttftmntlnr tri gutih hor ami nvAVA.. falling). The state's attorney expects a son of Jones to file the affidavit. The attention of the prosecuting at torney was caitea to tne case alter a genera fight in the Jones home, it is said. -The girl, who will be a mother soon, is understood to be in a serious condition. William Newman, now confined in the reformatory for horse theft, to which he pleaded guilty in the circuit court last fall, was : the girl's seducer, the attorney learned and may on his release be arrested on a grave charge. DANIEL MOSS NOW GREATLY IMPROVED The condnition of Daniel Moss of this city, who with hia wife, is spending the winter at St. Petersburg, Flor-. ida. is much" improved, according to word received by relatives here. For the past ten days he haa; been in a critical condition,. suffering from acute indigestion,' . -