Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 117, 6 March 1911 — Page 1

Tho Palladium Mao 1,000 More Circulation Than All the Other Papers In Richmond Combined

MOM) PAIXABIUM t; 7? AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 117. RICII3IOSD, IXD., MONDAY EVENING, 3IARCII 6, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. NOTABLE MEN TO BE SPEAKERS AT ATLANTA MEETING Speakers at the Southern Commercial Congress ELKS DENOUNCED COMING SESSION SALOONS IN CITY NOT REDUCED BY THE PROCTOR LAW BY PASTORS FOR HOLDING A FAIR OF CONGRESS TO BE A BRIEF ONE

President Taft, Ex-president Roosevelt, Governor Wilson and Others Appear on the Program.

DIXIE'S COMMERCE TO BE DISCUSSED Atlanta Convention, Opening Wednesday, Will Exemplify Business Union of North and South. (American Nw Srrvlre) Atlanta, Ga., March 6 Tho presence or President Taft, Secretary of tho Treasury Wilson, Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Secretary of War Dickinson and Woodrow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, together with all the governor of the southern states and some of tho foremost business men of the nation, at the owning of the Southern Commercial congress here Wednesday will lend added dignity to a convention whose importance to the country at large and the south In par. tlculnr will be second to none. Coming as It does, just fifty years after the division of the states in civil strife it will exemplify that great commercial union that has sprung from the ashes of a dead revolution to bind the north and south firmly in bonds of mutual Interest. During the three days of the convention, March S. 9, 10, speeches will be delivered which will command the attention of the nation, not only because of their commercial and political significance, but because of the prominence of tho men who wilt utter them. These discourses will be headed by a speech from Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, who will apeak on "The Southern Renaissance" lie will describe the awakening from the darkness of mind and stupor that followed tho war and the recovery of courage after defeat. As to Panama Canal. The Becond speech of national imltortanco will be delivered by Senator llcrnando I. Money of Mississippi, on "The Obligation of the Panama Canal." The third national utterance will fall from tho Hps of former Senator James Gordon of Mississippi, the man whose farewell speech to the senate In 1910, deluged that chamber with tho tears of his audience and attracted tho attention of the nation. The senator, who is now 77 years of nge, will bring as he calls it, a message "From Yesterday to Today" and will express to the nation the spirit and tho feeling of the old soldier who fought his fight of conscience and who now, preparing to die, appeals to his nation for a union of heart and of ' spirit in faring all Its future prob lems. He will bo followed by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, commander-in-chief of tho United Sons of Confederate Veterans, a young man of thirty who will speak on "Today and Tomorrow," and will display before the eyes of the young men of the south the national summons to endeavor, to technical training, to devotion to Ideals and to worthy son-ship of worthy sires. The fifth speech will come from Col. Roosevelt, lie will lay great stress upon the vast contribution that the south and Its statesmen made to this nation In its formative years and the obligation resting upon the thinkers And workers of today the problems of constructive business endeavor. Prtsldent to Speak. The sixth national utterance will come from President Taft, who makes the closing remarks of the three days session, and has taken for his topic "A Greater Nation Through a Greater South." The program of the three days Is no extensive and comprehensive that It la Impossible to describe it in a brief article. Three men of worldwide reputation will speak on the irst day. These are Secretary Wilson. George Westlnghouse and George W. Perkins. On the evening of the first day a remarkable group of speakers will be beard, each speaking from ten to twelve minutes and each h leading business man In the state for which he speaks. These state speakers will (Continued on Tago Eight) Pdlsdlon's Total Dally Avercge Circulation (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending March 4. 1911. 6,767 City Circulation showing Bet paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies, ' 3,796

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Auditorium Armory, Atlanta, Ga., "where the Southern Commercial Congress will meet, and prominent men who will address the congress. At the top, from left to right are: Secretary of WarJMLJaiskinson, GorgaJftV -Perkins, William G. McAdoo, and Governor Wobdrow Wilson, of New Jersey':" In' the center is a photograph of President Taft. Below from left to right are: Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore, Md., ex-Senator Gordon, of Mississippi, and G. Grosvenor Dawe, Managing Director of the Congress.

A LINCOLN GUARD DiESJTSPOKAHE Last Member of Escort to the Body of the Martyred President. (American New Service) Spokane. Wash., March 6. Sole survivor of tho soldier escort at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in Spring field. 111., is A. K. Robinson, a resident of Spokane, who enlisted in the. Fourteenth regiment of Iowa Volunteers on February 1, 1S64. at the age of 16 i years and served until the close of the war. Ha i In ronri health nrl vigorous and is interested in civic and industrial affairs. Born in Albion, X. Y., on May 17, 1847, he moved with his parents to the middle west. He enlisted in Iowa and joined the Fourteenth regiment of volunteers of that state at Vieksburg, on March 20 1864, Berving a year under Major A. J. Smith in the south and six months in Camp Butler at Springfield. Mr. Robinson participated in the battle of Fort Derusa and marched with the forces to Alexandria, thence to Pleasant Hill, La., where they met defeat at the hands of Johnston at the battle of Sabine Cross Roads. Returning, they were again pursued and engaged in a running fight to the mouth of the Red River. "We were then transported to Arkansas to drive the southerners- from the banks of the Mississippi river, where navigation was blocked.' Mr. Robinson said in recounting his experience. "We had a short battle and were then sent to St. Louis, and afterward scattered Forrest's forces when they attempted to capture the arsenals of lilot Knob and St. Louis. "Soon after the regiment's time expired and the veterans and recruits were mustered into a battalion and sent to Springlcld. 111., where I was detailed as an escort at President Lincoln's funeral, and continued in Camp Butler until the close of the war." MAKE A REDUCTION IN COTTON RATES (American News Service) Columbia. S. C, March 6. A reduction of approximately 20 per cent in the rates charged by the railroads on cotton piece goods from the interior manufacturing centers of South Carolina to the port of Charleston came into effect today. The reduction follows a long struggle between the railroads and the cotton mill men of Co lumbia. Greenville. Spartanburg and other centers of the cotton manufacturing industry in South. Carolina...

BAILEYISM AGAIN REVIVEDJ TEXAS .Democratic Enemies of Senator Denounced His Action a "Fourflush."

(American News Service) Galveston, Texas, March 6. The action of Senator Bailey in tendering his resignation as the Texas junior senator and then recalling the same within a couple of hours has revived "Baileyism" in his home state. At a conference of the state association organized several months ago to ight. Bai,e-V'3 "xlertlon and includ,n 118 nieniDersnip over one nundred prominent Democrats, this last action of the junior senator was denounced as a Bailey '"four-flush and never intended sincerely." a "collusion between Senator Bailey and Gov. Colquitt to bring out a big boom for Bailey. The conference declared the resignation plot "is a fraud upon the confidence of a trusting people and that Bailey was merely duping those who followed him so as to cover up his defense of a man who is said to have bought his scat in the U. S. senate." Attention was directed to the fact that most of the protests against his resignation from Washington came from Republicans who had voted with Bailey for Ixrimer, and that not a message from any of the Texas delegation was sent. It was also observed that the message requesting him to withdraw his resignation did not come from the legislature, but that a group of Bailey's frb-nds assembled in the legislative halls and summoned Gov. Colquitt, who read his reply to Bailey's resignation. SIBLEY CASES WILL . BE HEARD IN JUNE (American News Serv!c Warren, Pa., March 6. The cases of former Congressman Joseph C. Sibley and certain of his campaign managers who are charged with violating . the primary election laws will not be heard until the June term of court. The cases were originally docketed for trial today. LAUNDRYMEN MEET AT CINCINNATI, O. (American w Servtcel Cincinnati. O.. March 6. The Ohio lAundrymen's Association began a two days" convention in this city today. Delegates are in attendance from all sections of the State. In addition to the laundrymen there are present representatives from every industry connected witti the laundry business.

SMUGGLERS CLASH

WITH OFFICIALS War Declared by Revenue Men Against Schooners Carrying Chinese. (American News Service) Los Angeles. Cal., March 6. With a dragnet thrown out over land and ssa the United States immigration service is making a concentrated effort to affect the capture or destruction of three or more high power gasoline schooners operated by the widely extended smuggling organization with headquarters in Ensenada, Mex., in smuggling contraband coolies into the United States. The dragnet on land is composed of every available federal officer from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The sea is being combed day and night by the swife government revenue cutters, Orient and Bear under the direction of Chief Inspector Charles T. ConnelL Headed by American. The history of the smuggling organization, headed by an American, according to the immigration, backed by hundreds of thousands of American capital, teems with exciting events, in which exciting ocean chases through the night and miniature battles form a part. The Immigration officials working under the direction of Chief Inspector Connell.are engaged in determining the fate of the contraband cargo of a torpedo shaped smuggling craft which crept out of the night into the Long Beach harbor fchortly after midnight Thursday. The schooner was without lights and with its high power engines muffled crept under the bridge of the Salt Lake Railroad company shortly after midnight Thursday in a desperate effort to land its contrabard cargo on American soil. The boat was met by a fusillade of bullets from long range Winchester rifles fired by federal officers stationed on the bridge as the result of th receipt of information from Mission Vieja. Mex., north of Ensenada. the smugglers' stronghold, that the swift, schooner with ten or more Chinese coolies aboard, had left that port for the coast- As the smugglers are much better equipped than the government, it is believed that the smuggling of Chinese into this country will continue until swifter revenue cutters are put Into service here. The smugglers, it is said, receive $300 jo $500 a head for landing the Chinese on American soil.

Ministerial Association Pre

pares Protest, the Nature of Which Has Not Been Given Out Yet. REV. HOWARD CALLS IT PLAIN GAMBLING Says Prominence of the Men in Organization Makes the Affair All the More to Be Condemned. Severe criticism and denunciation of the methods by which the Elks fair, held at the Coliseum next week, will be conducted were made by the Rev E. G. Howard, pastor of the First English Lutheran church, in his ser mon last evening. The event was called an immense gambling undertak ing and was declared by the minister to be all the more serious because of the prominence and standing of the members of the lodge in this commu nity. "I know that gambling is being car ried on among several women's clubs," said the Rev. Howard. "I do not know if there are any gaming houses, but even if there are, they would be as nothing in comparison with the stupendous gambling propaganda which is being planned by the Elks lodge for their fair which will be held next week." Is Merely Gambling The fact that an automobile and practically all the articles donated by the merchants of the city would be raffled off was pointed out by the minister. This constitutes the gambling, he alleges. Concluding his remarks of denunciation, the Rev. Mr. Howard said: "The Elks lodge may be made up of the best men in the city but the offense is made all the more serious by that." T-hef air furnished, the subject for a report by a committee and much subsequent discussion at the meeting of the ministerial association this morning. All members loft the meeting with sealed lips in compliance with instructions voted upon to that effect, and while no statements would be made it was very well understood that the event was severely condemned and criticized. The Rev. Truman Kenworthy, secretary of the association, is preparing a report of the proceedings which he said would be submitted to the press tomorrow after it had passed the inspection of the committee which brought the matter up at the meeting. He refused to divulge anything concerning tho proceedings nor would he make any statement regarding what the general trend of his report would be. Ho said he was not at liberty to speak, and his report would have to be passed upon first by the committee before it could be given out. GRAND JURY PROBE Into Alva Hamilton Case Is Now Started. CPalladlum Special) Connersville, Ind., March 6. The Fayette county grand jury assembled today and one of its first acts was to examine into the alleged illegal method employed by Alva Hamilton, a farmer near here, in securing clear title to a farm, which he recently purchased from Clement Gedrge of near Centerville. Ind. Hamilton recently gave himself up to the authorities. Civil proceedings have been instituted against and others by Mr. George to obtain the unpail amount on the farm said to be in the neighborhood of $2,000. On Saturday Hamilton was given a preliminary hearing in the Fayette criminal court and on a plea of not guilty was bound over until the next tetrm of court and to await an investigation by the Fayette county grand jury. Hamilton, it is alleged, forged a deed to the farm and recorded it, and on this alleged forged deed, borrowed money from the county school fund and also from a Cambridge City bank. The alleged forged deed was signed, or rather purported to be signed by George Doney of Cambridge City, a notary public. BEGIN TRIALS OF ALLEGED BRIBERS (American News Service) Springfield. 111.. March 6. The case of State Senator Pemberton and former Representative Clark, charged with conspiracy to bribe in connection with the contracts for furnishing the State capitol. was called for trial today In the Sangamon county court. This will be the third trial of the case. The first trial resulted in a jury disagreement and the second trial was prematurely "ended by the death of a son of one of the jurymen.

House Democrats Have Map

ped Out Their Plan of Campaign and Will Do Their Work Promptly. RECIPROCITY BILL CERTAIN TO PASS Some of Schedules of PayneAldrich Tariff Law Will Be Pared Plan Reapportionment Bill. (American News Sfrvioe Washington, March 6. Democratic leaders in the house have agreed upon a tentative plan for the special session to be convened on April 4. The house Democrats probably will pass the Canadian reciprocity agreement, revise tho wool and possibly part of the cotton schedule of the Payne-A!d-rich tariff law and will then pass a bill reducing duties on about one hundred items, all necessaries of l?fe, including articles of wearing appirel. With this accomplished the Democrats, according to present plans, will postpone a general revision of the tariff until later, after they have hart an opportunity to make a more complete investigation. This would make t'.ie extra session a short one, probably thirty days. There is a probability that the proposition of amending ths United States constitution so as to permit a direct election of senators will be taken ip in the coming; special session The other legislation that is likely to be touched by the Democrats in the special session is the reapportionment bill. This bih. increasing the house membership to 433, failed in the senate in t.io closing hours, chiefly through the opposition of Senaioi:? Root and Depew. The passage of a reapportionment bill bo'cr? next December would result in considerable addition to the members as it would not be possible for them to gerrymander several states which may fall into the hands of the Republicans next fall. Will Decide Election? They say that tho policy of the Dem ocrats in the next congress in all 1 probability will decide the fate of the 3012 national election. If the Demo crats make good they can go before the country in 1912 with a united par ty and with a strong presidential can didate can make effectual appeal for the support of the independent votd on which will depend in great measure whether a Democrat or a Republican occupies the AVhite House two years hence. With the aid of Republican insurgents they can dominate the senate for with all vacancies filled, that body will stand 50 Republicans and 42 Democrats. Judged by their actions in the past there are at least five insurgents who may be willing to line up with the Democrats in the revision of certain schedules of the Payne-Aldrich lav. It is the purpose of the Democratic leaders of the house to afford them an opportunity to demonstrate what kind of revisionists they are. The situation confronting the Democrats holds great possibilities and yet it abounds with perils. The leaders of the party have indicated quite early their general ideas of revisions, though they have not yet gone into specifications. Champ Clark, who is to be speaker and Representative Underwood, who is to be chairman of the Ways and Means commit tee, are in favor of schedule-by-eched-ule revision, that is to say, the passage of separating bills dealing with individual schedules of the present laws. Two Vital Matters. Two vital matters in this connection must be determined: First, how many of these bills should there be, and second, how deep shall be the reductions in the present duties. The action of Senator Bailey in resigning suddenly from the senate on Saturday and then recalling the resignation has served to emphasize the cleavage in the Democratic minority in tiie senate. On the eve of an extra session of congress in which the Democrats will j be in control of the house and in which the Democrats in theisenate, if they acted harmoniously might be cooperating with the low tariff Republicans of the insurgent variety, to accomplish some legislation on the tariff, the senate Democrats find themselves split into warring factions. Senator Bailey is at the head of one faction and Senator William J. Stone of Missouri, is leading the other. The line of cleavage was shown in tho Lorimer case. In the alignment against Senator Bailey is his colleague. Senator Culbertaon of Texas. The revolt against Bailey's nominal leadership has been growing for some time and it will probably be stronger in the new senate than it was in the old. A known exception will be Senator Clarence Watson of West Virginia. His colleague. Senator Chilton, also may join the Bailey faction.

However, on Wednesday, the Commissioners Will Establish a Ratio Preventing Any More Saloons.

PETITIONS ENTERED . TO COMMISSIONERS Board of Works to Have Ordinance Increasing City License from $251 to $300 Up Tonight. No action was taken by the county commissioners this morning regarding issuancp of liquor licenses under the new regulation act owing to the fact that the officials do not clearly understand the law. However, it is known that tho new law cannot reduce the number of saloons now operating In Richmond. Tho commissioners will meet again Wednesday and take some definite action in establishing the ratio of saloons for tho county, which will prevent the addition of more saloons. A petition was filed today by Tim othy Nicholson bearing between fourteen hundred and fifteen hundred signatures, asking that the ratio bo fixed to one saloon to every one thous and inhabitants. Were Four Applicants. Chairman Beeson of the -board call ed the session at 10 o'clock, four applications for licenses entered by Joseph Collins. Alphons Collett, Matthew Mil ler and Henry Shannon, being the first business considered. The first three applicants were represented by Attorney W. H. Kelley and Mr. Shannon by Attorney Henry U. Johnson. Inasmuch as the license held by Mr. Shannon expires at midnight tonighc, and the board has postponed action on the applications for new licenses until Wednesday at 10 o'clock, tho sloonist will close his place of business , on North E street at 11 o'clock tonight and not open again until some time. Wednesday, after he has obtained a new license, The other ealoonists who wish to renew their licenses are not affected in a similar manner inasmuch as their old licenses expire as follows: Collett's, March 30; Miller's, March 17; Collin's. March 12. . John Miller who had advertised that he would be an applicant for a license not holding one at the present time, withdrew his application as soon 'as he became acquainted with the law? It was certain that he could not be Issued a license under the new law, because of the population ratio clause. It is understood that he wished to succeed Joseph Collins in business, and should this be the case, ho may have the license, issued to Mr. Collins transferred to him, as the new law permits such action. Are 53 Saloons Here. Richmond now has fifty-three saloons and if all of the annual revenue which will be derived will be $10,600 to the county tuition fund, and In addition whatever license charge is fixed by the city, council. The county license fee is now $200. being doublo the former figure. The city now charges $23 license, council fixes ' a definite amount, the state law declares that the Hcese fee In cities of the third and fourth class shall be $200, , the same as provided for the county , license fee. Council has the power to increase the license fee to as much as $500. or any amount between $200 and $500. The fee exacted by the city goes into the general fund of the city treasury.. ; ,- v';: ";.y- ; :7iOn Sunday at both the morning and evening services of the Protestant churches of the county, petitions were circulated among the congregations, asking that the county commissioners fix the rate on saloons to one to a thousand population. Timothy Nichotson on his own accord caused these petitions to be circulated. , t Not All Are in Yet. Not all returns were had on Monday morning but from the ietitions turned over to him, Mr. Nicholson said there were approximately 1500 signatures. There were petitions for the women 'as well as the men. The petition presented with -the male signature contained several hundred names with that of Ji W. Newman heading the list and the name of Elizabeth Haworth heading the' list on the woman's petition. Mr. Nicholson secured consent of the board to append to these petitions others which are expected from churches, both within and without the city. Petitions were circulated in the Protestant churches of the city, Economy, Hag(Continued on Page Six) THE WEATHER STATE Unsettled, weather, probably rain tonight or Tuesday. Cooler in the extreme . south portion , tonight. ... .. LOCAL Unsettled weather; rain tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature.