Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 157, 15 April 1911 — Page 1

Tho Palladium Mao 19000 More Circulation Than All the Other Papers In Richmond Combined

THE RICHMOND PAIXAMUM ' AND STTN-TETJSGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 137. RICII3IOND, IND., SATURDAY EVEMXG. APRIL. 15, 1911. SINGLE COrY 2 CENTS. BEHOLD TELLS OF IRE OF ARMY OVER DEATH OF LINCOLN Will Hold Coronation Robes Of Queen Mary $4,027 IS RAISED MORE BATTLES ON BORDER A SIGNAL FOR AN INVASION ALL GOVERNMENT BUREAUS ARE IN GREAT SUSPENSE FRIDAY FOR F FOR ENCAMPMENT

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Well Known Local Veteran Marching with His Army ' Corps When Tragic News Was Announced.

CRAZED MEN SWORE TO AVENGE MURDER Homes of Many Southerners Were Burned to Ground by the Soldiers and a Town Threatened. Forty-six years ago this morning, whllo ho whs marching from Goldsboro,' N. C, to Raleigh, In Schoflcld's corps of the Army of the Cumberland, Joseph Rotzold. now 72 years old, member of the board of mctroiolitan pollro commissioners, and former night sergeant of police, heard the news of the assassination of President Lincoln. Mr. Betzold's eyes flashed when he told how enraged the troops were by the tragic news, which was flashed over the army telegraph. Some of the men wept bitterly, he said, others cursed the rebels and Booth while still others Attempted to leave the lines to take revenge on the rebels. Between 33.000 and 40.000 troops were inarching with Schofleld. After the knowledge of the shooting of the president became generally known through the army, it was with tho greatest effort that the officers held the men together. From that time until tho arrival of the corps at Raleigh, practically every homo of a southerner passed by the army was left a pile of ashes, fired through a spirit of revenge. Many Homes Fired. Soldiers of the Union would creep Into the homes, and sometimes before the rear flanks of the big army had passed, tho homes would be blazing fiercely. At Raleigh Schofleld was forced to place a doublo guard around the town and to hold every man In camp, to save the town from being pillaged and burned. Tho enraged soldiers demanded revenge and swore they would have it. All that saved the town, says Mr. Iletzold was the news of the surren dor of Robert K. Lee, commanding the main Confederate force, Hunting at Richmond. This dispatch was received with tho wildest demonstration. Mr. Bet told says ho never expects to see such a scene of revelry and jolli neat ion again, for it far surpasHcd scenes at political and other public demonstrations of the present day. The soldiers all marched into a big Held, where they carried the officers around on their shoulders and, though Mr. Hotzold said ho was ashamed to admit It, "there was much booxc taken nd some of the boys got quite hapTho end of the war came soon after that. Johnson, the rebel general ov posing the Army of the Cumberland nd his successor. General Hood, fled vouth. after the battle of Kingston, with not more than a corporal's guard of men. iMvr at Charlottesville, Schofleld's corps was on guard duty to prevent the Union soldiers from raiding the Confederate homes. Several men were placed in each non-union home. This tvas after the troops were mustered out, and the government had no control over them. Mr. Betzold arrived homo In September, 18i5. Tells of Big Battle. Ills tales of the rough army life are Interesting. At Kingston, he Hays, there was nn acre of sapling trees between the opposing armies. Every treo was shot down before the last .hot was fired and ten thousand Confederates ly deud between the linos. The scccsrlonists made thirteen distinct charges In this fierce battle. "The nearest 1 ever came to being wounded in my two years of army life, declared Mr. Betzold. "was at Kingston. As a sergeant I was marching in the second rank. A man In front had his flnger shot off and the bullet struck me a stinging blow on the foot. It. did not penetrate the hoe. though. I have had men 'shot down on loth sides of me but was jiever hit. It seems a long time since 1 was In the army." When the body of the murdered president was brought through Richmond, there was a great demonstration. Tho funeral train, draped in the deepest blick, passed through the Tennsylvarla station at three o'clock In the morning. A huge black arch was erected over the tracks. Many thousand persons went to the station to see the funeral train. THE WEATHER STATE Fair tonight with light frost In extreme south portion. Sunday fair. fLOCAL--Fair tonight and Sunday. ' Light frost tonight. Not much change in temperature.

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A quartet of England's most beautiful peeresses who will hold the .train of Queen Mary's coronation robes when the royal couple march to the altar in Westminister Abbey to be formally crowned King and Queen of England. The three-quarter length cut on the left is that of Lady Mary Dawson; tho profile Is Lady Kileen Knox; and the cut on the extreme right is Lady Dorothy Browne; while the lower picture is of Iidy Eileen Butler.

WILL OBSERVE WAR DECLARATION DATE Spanish War Veterans Will Hold a Big Meeting on Monday Night. The annual meeting of the Denver Brown camp, I'nited Spanish American War veterans, to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the declaration of war with Spain, will be held Monday evening. April 17. Besides exercises befitting to the anniversary, committees will be appointed to take charge of the part which the Spanish American veterans will play in the O. A. It. encampment held here. The late war veterans have not yet been notified what they will be expected to do In the encampment. When the Denver Brown camp as sembles Monday night, all the members will bo asked to again swear their allegiance to (he I'nited States. This ceremony will be an impressive one. On Monday night a new class will be mustered for which every member is expected to bring a candidate. Every ex-soldier, sailor or marine who served at nny time between April. 1S9S. and July. 1902. is eligible. All these veterans are invited to be present at the annual meeting and to join the organization. Following the routine business, including election of committees and officers, there will be a general reception to the new men who are present. Several speeches will be made. An invitation has been issued to department officers. ImiKH'tant matters, which will come up before the national and state conventions, will be taken up. Resolutions may be adopted on several of these subjects. The state encampment will be held at Iafayctte, June 5 and . while the national convention will be held in Oklahoma City. August '.mT-1' and 2:;. Delegates to these conventions will soon be elected. ENGLISH PRINCE WILL VISIT U. S. (American News Service) Vancouver, n. C. April 13 According to the latest advices received, her ITince Lcoiwld of Hattenberg. who is making a tour of the world, is to sail from Yokohama today and will arrive In Vancouver at the end of this month. He will travel across Canada and sail for home from Montreal. Prince lopold Is the son of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg who married the Princess Beatrice, daughter of the late Queen Victoria. His only sister is tho Princess Kna, Queen of Spain. CHICAGO BUSINESS MEN TO SEE TEXAS (American News Service) Chicago. April 13. A delegation of several hundred members of the Chi - cago association of commerce leaves here tonight for an extensive tour of Texas with the object of investigating the trade opportunities offered by the Lone Star state. The points to be visited include Texarkana. Fort Worth Waco. Austin, San Antonio. Galveston. Houston, Beaumont, Corsicana, Dallas, Sherman, Gainesville and Paris.

RECORDS

BROKEN

FOR SEPARATIONS Wm. Miller and Wife Parted Sixteen Times She Asks for a Divorce. Averring that the failure of their marriage is attested by their sixteen separations in thirteen years, and numerous alleged threats on her husband's part as well as his neglect to make reasonable provision for her, Mrs. Ida K. Miller filed suit in the circuit court on Saturday against William Miller, petitioning for a decree of separation and restoration of the maiden name. As a record-breaker for separations, the case of Mrs. Mii'.er, as cited by her in her complaint, no doubt stands alone in Wayne county, possibly in the state. Separations got to be routine events in their life. Hut in either the later part of September or the early part of October, the complainant not knowing which, and specifying no cause. Mrs. .Miller says she and her husband finally severed their maininonial career for all time, and she I now asks that the separation be made legal. According to the allegations of the complainant her husband frequently choked her. or attempted to, and on at least one occasion, which she sets forth, whipped her with his suspenders one of the buckles of which cut h and caused great physical pain. The whipping episode, she alleges, occurred on August :i9. l!t!. The last time set forth in the complaint when he attempted to choke her was on September 150, l'.tojl. Making her complaint, the stronger, the woman alleges that he cursed her, and for the past two years has failed to make reasonable provision for her support. Their marriage was solemnized on June 6, 1S9S, and the "stcenth" separation was in the fall of 1910. She has lived in several parts of the city within the past two years, but now is said to reside at 'A'. North A street. Ralph Husson is attorney for com p'luinaut. MAKING FAST WORK In Removing Bodies From an Old Cemetery.

desertion, but the jury imposed only j While it was hoped to raise $5,500, Whitewater cemetery on North; a $35 fine. While on the stand he j the amount secured for the last Fall Tenth and F streets, one of the oldest i testified that his earning capacity was j Festival, and which it was declared in the county, which has been abun-!not excessive and that while they Iiv-j would provide against any emergency, doned as it burying ground and theied together he had earned from $15 lit is believed the sum donated togethbodies removed to other cemeteries j to $50 a month, but that his present 'er with the amounts expected to be

in order that the grade may be re-

duced to the level of the street and 'company was a little more remunera-! fieient to meet all expenses and carry the valuable gravel underlaying thejtive. His wife testified they could not ' the event through according to the graves might be secured, will within ! go to housekeeping when they were ' plans made. a short time be only a matter of i married because of the expense. It j Two facts were particularly noticememory. Ms understood that his present finan- table in the canvass yesterday; that

The work of removing the bodies, which has been tn progress for some time has been completed practically, The grade is being reduced, the loam 1 being dumped to one i-ide and the gravel underneath being hauled away. As soon as the gravel is exhausted the soil will be hauled back and the grounds graded more nearly on a level with the street. Since the exhuming of bodies commenced in February, there have been between 50 and 75 removed to other cemeteries in tho county. ..

IE CITY

MOCH SUED TOWN Three Suits Filed in the Circuit Court in One Day Against that Town. Made defendant in "one day in three damage suits, two of which are for personal injuries, and the third on condemnation proceedings, is the record of the town of Cambridge City. The total demand of the three suits aggregates $2,500, all being filed in the circuit court. In each suit the municipal light plant of tlie town figures. In the two damage suits for personal injuries, Roland Wissler and William II. Stamm, complainants of respective suits, declare they were painfully injured on December 30, 1910, when an electric light globe of the street light at Jones and Main streets fell on them. Mr. Wissler asks $1,000 damages while Mr. Stamm asks $300. In the other dam age suit, Henry, Elizabeth and Harriet I Conklin, owners of real estate east of Itbe river and south of th road, demand $1,000, havir the National ng refused rfcaifl.oftoiUl.by the town wjr a., .Jot which the town board demanded for use of tho light plant. How Accident Occurred. Stamm and Wissler were walking along Main street on the day of the accident and when underneath the street light, the globe, which they allege the town boii rd know was not in good condition, fell, striking both of them. Wissler claims that his right shoulder and back were painfully injured and bruised and that his right arm is still so painful that it is impossible for him to follow his vocation of paper hanger and decorator. He was rendered unconscious by the falling globe. Stamm's injuries were upon the head and right cheek, he alleges. lie also avers he was rendered unconscious a short time after the object hit him. Both aver that they lost many weeks' work because of the injuries. On February l::. lftll the town hoard of Cambridge City issued a resolution to the effect that it would condemn land for the municipal light plant. It determined upon the Conklin property and assessed the damages to the owners of the property at $300. The ( Conklins remonstrated at the March meeting of the board and insisted their lot was valued at $1,000, refusing to accept the board's offer. William Medsker. Freeman and Freeman for complainants in all three cases. HOW WANTS DIVORCE After Failing to Send Husband to Prison. Alleging failure to provide for the

.(past two years and desertion. Achsahjtwo committees which solicited the

Penny of Dublin, w ho earlier in the j employes of the Hoosier Drill cornweek attempted to have her husband ipany and Gaar, Scott & Company, Chalmers Penny, sent to the state ! were the two not heard from last eveenitentiary for wife desertion, filed I ning. It was found impossible by suit in the circuit court Saturday ask- j them to get their report to headquaring for a decree of separation, the iters.

restoration of her maiden name of Moore, and equally important $1,000 alimony.

Penny is a laborer and lives in thet rne for Jio; and one for $3o. The city. He was found guilty of wife 'average donation was $5.

position with the Richmond Casket cial condition is a little improved. They were married in Dublin on j July 26. 1906, at the home of her moth er, Mrs. Gideon Moore. The desertion took place in this city in December, 190$. The complainant alleges that she made her husband a good and faithful wife, but that he neglected to niake provisions for her. It is probable that when the case is heard at this term of the Wayne circuit court, another legal battle will ensue. William Medsker of Cambridge City represents the complainant.

Business Men and Shop Men Willingly Dig Deep Into Their Pockets to Make the Event a Success.

MONEY WAS RAISED IN SHORT CANVASS Solicitors Began Work at Noon and by Midnight Money Was in More Donations Expected. Richmond business and shop men

responded to the calls made yester- j President Taft, Maj. Gen. Carter, cornday by the 1500 finance committeemen ! manding I'nited States troops along

for the funds to meet the expense of i the G. A. K. encampment to be held ! here May 17, 18 and 19, to the extent of $4,027, and with the money that will be forthcoming from the privilege concessions and from men missed in the canvass, the success and brilliancy of the event is assured. When the reports of the committeemen were compiled at midnight last night, the hour the active canvass ceased, it was shown that a total of $4,012.50 had been raised. Donations received in the mails this morning raised this amount to the sum given above. The total number of contributors is estimated at 800. Donations range from 5 cents to $150, the former being given by a shop employe and the latter by the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company. This donation by the L. H. and P. company will be made in the nature of service. The company will erect poles and wires for the illumination of the city and furnish the electricity for the lighting. City Will Contribute. No donation has yet been received from the city, and a" considerable amount Js expected by the committee from this source, especially as the superintendent of the light plant has informed the G. A. R. committee that owing to the press of other work it cannot aid in the extra lighting of the streets at that time. Among prominent citizens who could not be seen yesterday and from whom donations are expected are George Mashmeyer, Pettis Reid and Charles Feltman. The management of the F. & N. Lawn Mower company also has not been seen. To the work of the 150 committeemen, all of whom are busily engaged in their own occupations, is given the credit for phenomenal success of the twelve hour canvass. Every member of the committee solicited territory as signed him and all submitted a report at the headquarters in the evening on the results attained, with but two exceptions. This is regarded as almost remarkable and is something without precedent in this city. All of the committeemen seemed to take great interest in the movement and gave willingly of their time and energy to jbring about the desired results Shop Men Contribute. Pleasing results were obtained in the canvass of the shops. The reports of the committeemen who canvassed those districts show the contributions of employes of the following concerns: Quaker City Machine company, $3.35; Standard Pattern and Manufacturing company, $5; Louck & Hill, $2.65; J. M. Hutton, $6.45; F. and N. Lawn Mower company, $5; Seidel Buggy company, $3.25; Richmond Casket company, $22.15; Richmond Chair; company, $2.35; Starr Piano company, ihvis v.ainage company, I $4.75; and Dille & McGuire, $5. The Of the estimated 800 contributions, j one was for $150; three for $100; twelve for $50; twenty-four for $25; j forthcoming in the future, will be suf- j the large contributors cut down the amounts they gave to the last Fall Festival, while "the small contributors gave approximately the same amount and in some cases more. It was the exceedingly large number of small tion of the canvass. One visit only was made to each person. With the money question now settled, all that remains to be done is the completion of arrangements for holding the meeting of the G. A. IL land auxiliary organizations.

President Orders General Carter to Be Ready at an Hour's Notice to Take the Army inTffMexico.

BOTH FEDERALS AND REBELS GET EDICT Despite These Warnings, Opposing Mexican Armies Opposite Douglas Prepare for a Contest. Washington, April 13. By order of the Mexican boundary today received orders . to e read' to invado Mfxlo i at an hour's notice. Further fighting by the Mexican forces so near the international line as to imperil American lives or interests, such as occurred in the Agua Prieta engagement will be the signal for the American army to swing across intothe sister republic. Coincident with these commands President Taft through the state department has served further warning on the Mexican government that further border fighting will result in immediate invasion of Mexico by the United States. The Madero revolutionists through the department of Justice and Dr. Gomez, their chief representative at warning. Both war and state departments today anxiously awaited developments in Mexico, expecting reports from Douglas, Ariz., and El Paso. Gen. Wood, chief of staff of the army wired the commander of the department of Colorado, who is now at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., for a detailed report on the situation at Agua Prieta and in Douglas. Wire for a Report. A report also wired for today from Maj. Gen. Carter at San Antonio. Viewed by diplomats here as of aK most equal importance to the forceful action taken by this government, is the news received at the state department that an English warship landed thirty marines and a Maxim gun at San Quentin, in Lower California, to protect that town from an attack of insurgents. This information came from the American consulate at Ensenada. where the so-called Socialists are threatening the lives and property of foreigners. This was the first instance of a public landing of a foreign force in Mexico and it was regarded as a further indication of the developed seriousness of the Mexican situation. State department officials said today that the English government is within its international rights in landing marines to protect British subjects. Nevertheless, this condition is looked upon as a direct menace to the Monroe doctrine, and Diaz must obviate it by restoring peace or permit the Unted States to step in. A BATTLE EXPECTED. Douglas, Ariz., April 15. Formal notice of the United States government's ultimatum that there shall be no more lighting upon the international boundary line which would jeopardize the lives or nronertv of Americana was today served upon both in8urrectos and federal leaders on the southern side of the Rio Grande. With the forces of Antonio Garcia, Sanzor Balsario and "Red" Lopez reinforced to nearly 1,100 men, federal reinforcements are reported to be drawing near, prepared to throw out a line of soldiers around the town. The bloodiest and most desperate battle of the war is believed to he imminent and many families are J preparjng to nee from Douglas in fear of stray bullets. SELL PROPERTY OF INFIRMARY INMATE An order to sell property in Fairview belonging to Harriet J. Wycr, an inmate of the county infirmary, to satisfy a mortgage for $683.69, held by Mary J. Eliason, was made by Judge Fox of the circuit court Saturday on petition of counsel for the complainant. Mrs. Wyer who has several grown sons, two of whom are in California, has been particularly unfortunate since her health failed and compelled her to give up her means of a livelihood. There was little assistance from the children and she was taken to the infirmary. What she will realize from the sale of her property, after the mortgage is 'satisfied, will be little, because the property i3 not regarded as a valuable one. With a few dollars which comprise her savings and the amount which she will receive for the proper-j ty the woman is planning a trip to the j Pacific coast, where she claims her sons will provide for her. TWO SMALL FIRES The fire department was called to South Ninth street, twice about noon today, to extinguish small roof fires, at No. 413, and No. 420. The damages jwere.pt little consequence. - - .

House Democrats Launch a Campaign to Pare Off the Heavy Expenses Uncle Samuel Has to Meet.

BOTH SCRUB WOMEN AND CHIEFS SHAKE Speaker Clark and Committee Chairmen Hold Council of War Behind Closed Doors on Plans. (American News Service) Washington, April 15. Speaker Clark conferred behind closed doors this morning with the chairman of nine committees, whose inquisitions are expected to show many million dollars were wasted under Republican rule. Wholesale investigation of all go?ernment departments will follow. Salaries are to be cut right and left; bureaus eliminated and red tape discarded. The old rule, not exercised since 1S76 has been revived, giving the ap propriations committee unlimited power to prune salaries and reduce the annual budget. Extreme uneasiness pervades in all departments today. Among the chairmen who will preside over investigations are Cox, treasury department; Moss, agriculture; Cline, public buildings; AH from Indiana. Not since 1S76, when the Democratic house undertook a wholesale invesication of all government departments have those departments been so exercised as they were when Speaker Clark and his committee chairmen went into session. . To Be Topty-Turvey. Indications today were that the departments and their various bureaus are to be turned topsy-turvey. In each of, the nine fitvmmental departments tbepemocrats expect to find Illustrations of waste. 'Such revelations will make excellent campaign material, In addition to creating considerable excitement in the resjKJctlve'tjTauches of government. The probe of 1876 began with tho adoption of a rule making legislation in order upon an appropriation bill. providing such legislation Is in line of retrenchment. This gave to the house appropriations committee practically unlimited power to prune salaries and reduce the annual budget. The Democrats now have revived this old rule, of which the Republican house has never approved, and the appropriations committee of the house today la vested with authority to cut salaries at will. Legislation on an appropria tion will not hereafter be subject to a point of order in the house, provided that the legislation eaves the government money by abolishing some job or in trimming down somebody's salary. There will be trouble In the departments as soon as the Democrats begin to send their investigation emissaries around and uneasiness pervades the atmosphere in the bureaus today. The unsettled feeling and desire to know, 'where am 1 at" exists in the breasts of cabinet officers as well as women who gets a few dollars a month for wiping the floors of mud stains left by job hunters. Other chairmen who will preside over the various investigations are: State department, Haalin. Missouri; War Department, Helm, Kentucky; Navy, Hardy, Texas; Pest Office Department, A. S. Hebrook Ohio; Interior. Graham, Illinois; Justice, Peall. Texas; Commerce and Labor, Rothermel, Pennsylvania. OLD CHURCH ENDS EVENTFUL CAREER (American News Service) New York. April 15. The doors of All Saints' church, one of the oldest Protestant Episcopal churches in New York, where worshipped the descendants of the old Knickerbockers in years gone by. will close forever tomorrow at the conclusion of the Easter sermon of its venerable pastor, the Rev. Dr. William N. Dunnell. With the death of its older parishioners and the removal of the younger element uptown, All Saints,' like many other churches in lower Manhattan, has seen its congregation dwindle to the vanishing point within the past few years. Palladium's Total Daily Average Circulation (Except Saturday) ' Including Complimentary IJU. for Week Ending April 8, 1911. 6,886 Ctly Cirenlatioi showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies. 3,061