Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 106, 23 February 1911 — Page 1

Tho Palladium Mao a Larger Circulation Than All the Other tPapera In Richmond Combined

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PRESENT SESSION ' WILL HOT RATIFY CANADIAN TREATY Oil PROCTOR ACT

FIIILY GRAY GETS DISTRICT CHANGED AS HE REQUESTED Congressional Apportionment Committees of Legislature Fix the Sixth So It Is Democratic.

JURY WRESTLING WITH BEALLVIEW CASE FOR HOURS Received Case Late Yesterday Afternoon but No Verdict Reached Yet Expected to Disagree.

Product Lacking in Either of These Properties Constitutes a Violation of Franchise, Gardner Says.

ADVISES EXPERTS' CONDUCT TESTS Franchise Which Expires in 1915 Weak in That It Does Not Specify Heat Units to i Cubic Foot. By a "standard quullty" of artificial gas, as H U prescribed in franchise, the Light. Heat and Power company shall furniah ita patrons In Richmond, the city attorney holds includes the heating as well as lighting properties. In the Light. Heat and Power franchise Is the phrase "to furnish artificial gas, to the city of Richmond for lighting, heating and mechanical purposes." Falling to comply with any ono of these three purposes would constitute a violation of the franchise according to Gardner. The city will very likely test the gas furnished by the Light, Heat and Power company to determine whether or not the franchise Is being vlolated. As to illuminating and mechanical purposes, use In gas engines and laboratories, Attorney Gardner thinks the company Is putting out the satisfactory article of gas, but the heating properties are doubtful. The test which the city will probably apply, will require "that the gas to be furnished sold and distributed, shall have at least 600 British thermal units per cubic foot, measured according to the standard employed for that purpose." This standard was that adopted last year, when the city had negotiations with the old Richmond Natural Gas company, regarding the adoption of a r. IH I A ft la lh. minwiAarA Kv wM the citi-ens Gas company of indian-i a polls Is regulated, and believed, by Mr. Gardner to be a satisfactory one. Expect to Conduct Tests. Attorney Gardner recommends thai an expert chemist should be employed by the city to make the test. He considers Prof. H. N. Holmes of Karlham college, a man who could give the city valuable Information. Whether or not Richmond Is getting water or coal gas, is a question which has been discussed, matters not to the consumers, according to the city attorney. It Is a question of good or bad gas. Resides taking the 600 thermal unit test. Mr. Gardner will also send for the qualifications used by the New York utilities commission. Regarding the use of the old natural gas mains Mr. Gardner said on Thursday morning that he doubts whether the general public would be In favor of excluding the L. H. & P. from using them even If the court would deride in the city's favor when the case Is brought to trial. - Regarding New Franchise. In the first place the matter was brought up by the mayor merely to get the company In such a position that a new franchise could be secured. The expediency of the move Is now doubted. The franchise under which the Light, Heat and Power company Is now operating, expires April 1, 1915, according to City Attorney Gardner. "I suppose," stated Mr. Gardner, "that almost everyone In Richmond knows that the term "candle-power," refers to the Illuminating quality of gas. We use the terms dally in relation to gas and electric light, and I have never heard any one use it in connection with the heating qualities of gas." Continuing Mr. Gardner atated, We do not need an expert to tell us what Is meant by the term, but we would need an expert to make the test and determine whether or not the gas was of 15 candle power. "In the L. H. & i franchise, it States that the quality of gas supplied shall at all times be up to the standard. Now, I believe when there Is an occasional deviation from the standard the franchise has been violated. However, the franchise provides, that when an unavoidable accident occurs the franchise would not be violated." Must Have Heat Qualities. "If ft Js a fact." Mr. Gardner said, "that the light units of gas-have ab(Continued on Page Kight) Penza's Tctal Daily Averse Circulation (Exctpt Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for WMk Ending Feb. IS. 1911. 6f75 City Orcslttton bowing net paid, ntwi stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies.' Sf7GS

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LORIMER SENATORS INSULT BEVERIDGE While the Indiana Senator Speaks' Lorimer'sr Friends Walk Out of Senate. (American News Service) Washington, Feb. 23. Senator Beveridge today in the senate resumed his speech in opposition to Senator Lorimer. It Is thought a vote will be reached late today but this is uncertain. Following Beveridge a number of other senators, including Gallinger, Stone and La Follette are expected to join In the discussion. While the friends of Lorimer are confident that the tide has been turned and that he will be allowed to remain in his seat, the vigor of the attack upon him has not been lessened. ' The Republican pro-Loriraer senat ors "walked out" on Beveridge today during his speech opposing Lorimer. Senator Owen of Oklahoma demanded a quorum over Beveridge's protest that "they are out at lunch. Don't insist on their being here." "But there are only eight senators on the Republican side. Insisted Owen. Beveridge In opening referred to the speech yesterday made by Lorimer which, he said, he listened to with a peculiar personal and sympathetic feeling. Ills recital of his personal experiences and friendships were interesting and gave an Insight Into his political strength, but they did not touch the real Issue, the Indiana senator pointed out. , DOROTHY ARNOLD AN ELUSIVE GIRL (American News FerYlce) New York. Feb. 23. Investigation today brought forth what appears to be conclusive proof that a girl traced to Richmond, Va.. in the belief that she was Miss Dorothy Arnold, was not the missing daughter of the perfumery Importer. However, a new clue In the case would make it look certain that Miss Arnold was in Baltimore on February 2. She was seen and recognized from her pictures by Dr." Isabella K. Godfrey, who lives at Park avenue and Mosher street, Baltimore. The supposed clue In Richmond was started by the report that George S. Grtscom Jr., sent a telegram from the hotel t'halfonte, Atlantic City, to Mrs. A. J. Bradley, box 421, general postoffice In Richmond. There is no Mrs. A. J. Bradley In that city and the report that Griscom sent the telegram Is positively denied. TEXAN OVER SEVEN FEET TALL IS DEAD (American New Service) San Antonio. Tex., Feb. 23. Lamb Graves, the largest man in the state is dead at his home here. He is 7 feet 3 Inches tali and weighed 350 pounds. Graves is said to have possessed the strength of three ordinary men and could tame horses and other animals Into submission by sheer , force. He was 53 years old and unmarried. A specially built casket will have to be prepared for his remains.

SENATE ENDORSED

FIXED SALARY LAW Opposition to Bill Giving Co. - Superintendents 1450 Per Annum. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 23. Thirteen sen ators led by Grube and Shively who thought they saw schoolmen's lunch hooks thrust into the county treasury buffets, raised the hue and cry of sal ary grab again Wednesday against the bill to put county superintendents on a fixed salary basis. They tried to yank the bill out of the taxicab which glided fjhrough with thirteen other less important ones. But thirty votes were the preferred fare and the vehicle began to look like a factory truck when the insurgents tried to block it. So the pedagogues' bill sail ed away so fast that the faithful con stables timing the speed of these treasury hauls did not even get its number. Those who opposed the bill which gives nearly every county superin tendent In the state a fixed salary of ll.450.0S with $200 traveling expenses and the privilege of an assistant at not more than $3 a day for not more than 120 annually, were Akin. Carleton, Farlow. Gers, Grube, Harlan, Mc Carty, Parks, Shively, Stotsenberg, Trautman, Jackson and Sexon. Greathouse Was Engineer. Charles A. Greathouse, state super intendent or public schools, from a seat in the center of the senate floor among the members, personally ral lied the forces for the bill. Senators Shively and Grube in divers fashions tried to lop the expense and assist ant clauses from the bill, but were drowned in a cloudburst of noes. Senator Jackson offered an amendment which would have precluded the superintendent from having an assistant related to him by blood or marriage, but this, too, was voted down. Senator Netterville's bill to prohibit discrimination in rates paid fire in surance agents was withdrawn from the omnibus list and made a special order of business for Thursday at 4 p. m. There will be opposition to it. MABEL HARRISON HAS TUBERCULOSIS (American News Service) Chicago. Feb. 23. Mabel Barrison the actress, today Is somewhere in Texas hoping to recover from a sud den attack of tuberculosis which has ended her career n the stage for all time. She had been ill in her apartments at the Virginia here but departed Saturday for Texas to recuperate. STORM RAGES ON MEDITERRANEAN SEA (American News Service) Cairo, Egypt. Feb. 23. A violent storm is raging on the Mediterranean sea. British ships are reported ashore, one of them, the Tockwith, Is said to bo a. total wreck near Jaffa. The fate of her crew is unknown. The steamer Tactician Is ashore near Port Said, and the Duan near Reval. .

In Order to Pass Regulation

Bill It Is Agreed to Permit Councils to Fix the License Fee. OTHER POWERS FOR THE CITY COUNCILS In Towns Dry;, Under Old County Option Law, Councils Can Regulate Number of Saloons. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 23. At a caucus meeting of the house leaders today it was decided in order to secure enough support so a restrictive and regulative liquor measure could be passed, to cut out all features of the Proctor bill tending to fix the amount of liquor licenses. This means, in other words, that the fight for a higher license fee Is abandoned. A further decision was made to leave the matter of fixing the license fees to the city councils. ' In order to bring this question into the city campaigns and confer the power upon the city councils of fix ing the license fees it was determined to insert a clause in the bill to this effect, and also to fix a time in which the councils must act after enactment of the law. There is every indication that the time will be placed at thirty days, and unless a city council fixes the amount of license within that time after the bill becomes a law, It can take no action in ' the matter. Furthermore no succeeding council will be vested with power to increase the license fee. This is designed bo that the question ultimately will be taken out of politics. It is also proposed to give councils the authority to limit the number of saloons to one for every thousand population in towns and cities voted dry under the county local option lav which has been repealed. LIMIT POWER OF R, R, COMMISSION Against Permitting Commisa O l T- . siuu io ouspenu raies diock signal am. f m (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 23. A bitter antagonism to the granting of the power to the Indiana railroad commission of suspending rates pending an investigation broke out in a meeting of the senate committee on railroads Wednesday evening. The Lyons house bill, as F. A. Durbin, attorney for the B. and O. argued, gives the commission power to suspend a reasonable rate for 9 months as well as an unreasonable one. The attorney said it is equivalent to taking away a property right and declared the bill unconstitutional. Next to the defeat of the bill the railroads would like to ' see it apply only tt rates set after the taking effect of the act, and not to rates which, are now uniformed pending Investigation by the Interstate Commerce commission. The railroads are at present agreed not to put these Indiana rates in effect until the decision comes on the interstate rates, but they do not fancy the railroad commission having the actual power to suspend these rates, Alexander Cavens, representing shipping interests, defended the bill. The railroad commission's block signal bill specifies i the automatic system, said to be the most expensive. Railroad attorneys, including Frank Littleton, assistant western attorney for the New York Central lines, want to have the option of installing the ausystems. They all profess to be unafraid of the discretionary ability and fairness of the present commission, fcut none care to give the commission more power by such a specificaUon as the bill now contains. C. L. Henry attorney for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction company, declared the Interurban interests will not tolerate that section of the bill which now provides all block signal devices, whether for steam or electric roads, but that it must be approved by the American railroad association. STATE DEPARTMENT ASKED TO INTERCEDE (American News Service) El Paso, Tex, Feb. 23. Americans are preparing to ask the state department at Washington to intercede in behalf of the two Americans who are held prisoner by the Mexican federal-soldiers near Juarez and who are threatened with death as a result of their activities In behalf of the revolutionists. One of the men is Lawrence F. Converse, who has been acting as courier, it Is alleged, between Gen. Orosco and rebel junta here. The other is a Texan named Blatt. The Mexicans assert that both were arrested on Mexican soiL

GRAY AND BROTHER DEPARTED SMILING

Three Marion County Town- , ships and Johnson County, Democratic, to Take the Place of Decatur. The Democratic majority In the Sixth congressional district will be materially swelled, if plans of the House and Senate Congressional Apportionment Committees made at Indianapolis last night, are finally adopted by both branches of the General Assembly. It is planned to slice Lawrence, Warren and Franklin townships of Marion county from the Seventh district and place them in the Sixth. -, In addition to this the Sixth will fall heir to Johnson county of the Fourth district, having a decided Democratic majority. In exchange, Decatur county, Republican, will be placed in the Fourth. The removal of the three Marion county townships from the Seventh to tlie Sixth district will mean more than 600 additional Democratic votes for the district. The loss of Decatur county and the acquisition of Johnson, means that the Sixth District will be pretty thoroughly Democratic. Go Before Committee. Representative Finly ' H. Gray and his brother, Judge George L. Gray, of Connersvllle, - appeared before the committee at the meeting held at the Denison hotel to protest against any change in the district that would reduce the Democratic, majority, and as the result of the request the committee made" th"'changes.''"'''x"::ti;r."'"'":'!,' The Gray brothers are said to have been greatly pleased with . the change, leaving . the meeting with smiles. To aid the Democrats of the Second in carrying that district the committee agreed to take, Lawrence county from the Second and place it in the Third district, the latter being so thoroughly Democratic that it can stand any Republican majority which Lawrence County might roll up. The first step toward bringing congressional apportionment legislation before the assembly may be taken today when a "dummy" bill will be Introduced in the house . The bill will fix the thirteen districts the same as they now are and likely will pass the house in that form. It then will be sent to the senate, where it will be held until such time as congress acts upon the number of representatives to comprise the national legislative body. The senate committe"e hopes to have definite word from Washington concerning Indiana's share of representation soon so the state's apportionment can be framed before It is time to adjourn. v J; Senator W. B. Carleton of Evansville, chairman of the Senate committee on Congressional Apportionment, said he and the other members of both other committees were anxious to accommodate Representative Gray. LANDSLIDE STOPS WORK AT CULEBRA (American News Service) Colon, Feb. 23. Work on iLhe Culebra section of the Panama canal is practically at a standstill today as a result of landslide which carried half a million cubic yards of earth into the cut- An army of workmen Is engaged in clearing away the mass of earth and rocks. Engineers say that as a result of the numerous landslides, the plans for the Culebra section may have to be changed. The change in plans will include the entire removal of Gold Hill from the sides of which the landslides come during the wet season. RUSSIANS ATTACK ENGLISH RESIDENTS ( American News Service) ' St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. An English family of the name of MacHarvey has been attacked by natives near Gresny, Russian Caucasus, and several members killed, according to a report reaching here today. Mrs. MacHarvey was mortally wounded by the natives and the other members were killed outright. After the murder the natives looted the home of the slain family... ' FOREMAN WOODYARD CRITICALLY ILL (American News Pervice) Danville. 111., Feb. 20. Isaac WoodyanLvforeman of the Vermilion county jury which is investigating the alleged vote selling scandal, is critically ill at his home.

TWO REQUESTS WERE MADE OF THE COURT

Jury, Asks to Visit Site of Proposed Crossing but Turned Down Then Ask for Instructions. Upon request of the jury made this afternoon, the Instructions of Judge Caldwell were read agaiu. The Instructions set forth mainly two points for the Jury to settle whether the street would be a public utility, and whether the opening would destroy or impair the value of the railroad yards. Evidencing the fact that there are several members whose ideas and conclusions do not coincide with those of the others and that a disagreement seems probable, the Jury in the Wayne circuit court, which heard the petition of the South Side Improvement -.s-sdciation for the opening of Souui N street, through its foreman, Oliver Beeson, sent word by the bailiff to Special Judge Fred S. Caldwell about 9:30 o'clock this morning 'asking that it be granted the privilege of visiting the location of the proposed strejgt opening. The reason assigned by the foreman for the request was that it was desired to secure some first hand information regarding the situation. Judge Caldwell immediately sum moned counsels for the improvement association and the C. and ; O. rail road, which so bitterly fought the pe tition, and a conference was held in the court room. A decision Was soon reached to refuse the request of the jury. This was probably on the grounds that the jury personally inspected the location of ; the proposed cut during the ti,me J,he case .was J n hearing, under escort of the attorneys. Goes to the Jury. The case was submitted to the jury last evening about 6 ' o'clock. Late this afternoon after many hours of deliberation no verdict had been reached. No intimation as to what would be the outcome was received with the exception of the jury's request, which was taken to mean that there was quite a difference in opinion among some of the members. Predictions that the jury would disagree were rife during the day. There was quite a gathering in the court room this morning about nine o'clock when it was erroneously announced a verdict had been reached during the evening and would be returned. More interest seemed to be manifested in the case tnan in any which has arisen in the Wayne court for some time. As time progressed and no verdict was ; reached, . those gathered in the court room began to leave, and only a few, , those vitally interested in the matter, remained throughout the day. - . Is a Good Jury. Judge Caldwell in conversation ?Jn the court room in the morning declared that in his opinion the jury 'was a very good one. He said that he believed it to be the best obtainable in Wayne county. ' - - " " Attorney Henry IT. Johnson in a very able argument bristling i with satire, closed for the remonstrators, the C. & O. railroad, yesterday afternoon. He was followed by Attorney Perry Freeman, closing for the improvement association,- who made every effort to allay, the effect of Johnson's powerful speech. ; , ' The final picture Jeft by Attorney Johnson was the ' Beallview addition, as he said, the south-siders would have you' see it-drilled with the homes of the workingmen, who poured forth as the proverbial bees in swarms, resplendent '.with Industries, and altogether one of the brightest spots on Richmond's map and then as he saw it on inspection a' large stubble field, spotted here and there by a desolate house, and presenting in general a barren outlook. Nothing in the past, nothing at present, Mr. Johnson declared be would call it Prospect addition rather than Beallvievr addition. ROAD BILL PASSES WITH 12 MAJORITY (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 23. Representatives Wider, McGinnis and McClew put in some hard licks for the road committee's compromise road bill in the house, Wrednesday afternoon and brought about its passage with only twelve opposing votes. The principal changes from the present law are the provisions requiring the ' payment in cash of all road taxes over $20 and the appointment of road supervisors by the township trustees. Those who voN ed against the measure were Representatives Askren, - Ault, Breining, Butcher, Coble, Finly, - Higgins. A. 1 Johnson. Oglebay, Van Horne, Wells and Williams.

Too Much Legislation Pend

ing for Its Consideration, So an Extra Session Appears Imperative. PACIFIC COAST IS HIGHLY INDIGNANT Resolution of Protest Adopt-j ed in California' Legislature against the New Jap- " anese Treaty. , (American News Service) Washigton, Feb. 23. New compli cations have arisen in the senate which augur ill for the ratification of : the Canadian reciprocity agreement before the end of the present session. ' To express it another way, the chances of an extra session of con-' gress have taken a sharp rise within ' the last 24 hours and still the advocates of reciprocity have an instinctive feeling that the president will not)1 have o resort to this expedient to ' have the legislation enacted.. In addition to the many other measures which must receive the attention of -the senate within the next eight days or by March 4, the administration expects favorable action on I the new treaty with Japan. . This convention is of the utmost importance and while I there is doubt of its ratification, there ; will be a consumpUon of valuable time in its consideration and this of T course must be subtracted from the i meager period now remaining to complete the great mass of legislation' pending. , There has been delay in the disposition of the Lorimer case and also in I the vote on the resolution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote. . Senators today declared, that aft extra session will be necessary. . CALIFORNIA "MAD, - ; San Francisco, Feb. . 23.- Indignation against the . . proposed ;. Japanese treaty on the Pacific coast was intensified today following the adoption of a resolution of protest by the legislature at Sacramento last night. In addition to the terms of the resolution. Governor Johnson of California ' and other public officials will , telegraph President Taft today against the ratlication of the treaty. Labor organizations are preparing to hold special meetings and lodge protests against the ratification of the treaty. Representatives of the west-' era states in congress have been requested by their constituents to work against the treaty because of the hostility to the immigration of Japanese taborers. FIGHTS RECIPROCITY. Washington, Feb. 23. M. E. Hull, master of the Michigan state grange, ' fired the opening gun in today's fight against the McCall reciprocity bill ln( a hearing before the senate finance committee. The burden of Hull's argument was to the effect that the Re- " publicans should reject the treaty be-j" cause the farmers of the country have stood by the party, f He said ' reelprocity was not in accordance with . the promise made in the Republican ' national platform, that duties would be based on the difference of cost of production here and abroad with 1 a reasonable limit to the producer. AcV cepting this promise, he. said, "farmers had voted the Republican ticket; now it Is proposed to remove the duty." UllKJAttUAJNS ENGAGE IN DESPERATE DUEL . ' f'. 1 - ..I ; ':. ,: . (American News Service) t' . i Chicago, Feb. 23. In a desperate duel foueht In the frela-ht nffWd nf the 1 Ulnols . Central , R. R at , Wild-: wood, James Gallagher was shot and prooaoiy iataiiy injured oy Tnomax ; Hinchey. They had gone to the freight I house to settle an old grudge, " J, The duel took place shortly . after tmanignt today. The men were without seconds and according to a wit- ; ness, entered the building together. . They closed the door and In a few sec- -onds two shots rang oat. ' Gallagher was found dying on the floor, H inch-, ey was arrested. SUSPEND FRESHMEN FOR DISOBEDIENCE ' (American News Service) Monmouth, 111, Feb. 23. Sixty-live freshmen at Monmouth college are under suspension today as a result of a freeman banquet held yesterday despite the order of President McMIchael that the affair be' abandoned. ! A renewal of the two days battle with the sophomores followed the banquet and several dozen perfectlygood heads were damaged considerably. Several students are to be arrested. VHE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair .tonight' and Friday; not much change In - temperature.