Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 180, 8 May 1911 — Page 1

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Circulation Than All the Other Papers II n Richmond MIC. EDITORIAL V 1 1 N BUSHIESS OFFICE PEOHE 2566 department JL PCOHE 1121 AND SUN-TELiTGrR AAI . VOL. XXXVI. NO. 180. RICHMOND, IXD., MONDAY EVENING. 31 AY 8, 1911. SINGLE COPY S CENTS.

Lawyers And Prisoners Denounce Abbatemaggio FINANCES FOR MAY PRESIDENT DIAZ -WILL RESIGN TO DAY CELEBRATION NOW SEEM ASSURED Is.4 , RESTORE PEACE

BOARD TO RECEIVE BIDS Oil CONTRACT FOR TOM 12 First Steps to Supply City With Water for 5 to 25 Years Taken Monday by Board of Works.

PURCHASE CLAUSE MUST BE INCLUDED

Advertisement for Proposals So Detailed that Free Competition Is Afforded to All Prospective Bidders. The waterworks proposal has been icompleted by City Attorney A. M. Gardner and Is advertised Monday. The proposal asks for bids on a contract to furnish "water to said city of Richmond, for all public purposes, and to the citizens thereof," for a period of from ten to twenty-five years, the bids to be submitted to the board of works, Monday morning, June 12, before ten p'clock. The principal provisions of tho legal ; Advertisement are the following: Quality of water to be Bubject to (he requirement! of the state board of health of Indiana, the department of health and charities of tho city of Richmond. The quantity of the water hall be ample for the needs of the city. The mains shall come up to the standards provided by the American Waterworks association, and subject to a hydraulic pressure of three hundred pounds per square Inch. The machinery and equipment of the plant shall bo In all respects first class. 1 In addition to the necessary pumping stations there shall be a reservoir with a capacity of not less than four million gallons to be constructed on . the best and most . scientific plan known. The. reservoir shall have an elevation above the grade line of Alain and Eighth streets of at least one hundred and sixty-two feet, and shall have n water area at the top of not less than two acres, and so that the same hall be capable of producing a hydrostatic pressure in the pipes at the corner of said street, of at least seventy pounds per square Inch, and that the water shall be maintained to keep the pressure at this point. Provision for Hydrants. ! In the proposition it must provide for 289 fire hydrants for which water rental Is to be paid by the city, and 29 other Intermediate hydrants, for which the city will only pay the cost of Installation. Water to be furnished free. The proposition shall provide for the extension of mains of the company, and the location of additional paid hydrants. The bids shall clearly specify in regard to excavation and laying pipes in streets, and proper repair of streets. regulations as to tapping mains, thet pressure to maintain for air purposes and all other matters connected with the construction and operation of a first class waterworks. All proposals must provide for the purchase of the water system by the rlty of Richmond, and state fully, plan and terms under which said purchase inay be made. The notice Is signed by H. M. Hamtmond. president of the board; Fred R. Charles, city engineer, and V. W. Ziratacrman, mayor. Makes Competition Possible. After reading the proposal City' Attorney Gardner said that of course the details were left out of the advertisement for bids. Inasmuch as this would make competition against the Richmond City Waterworks company more difficult. He said the 'advertisement was so constructed that there is no hindrance to free competition. Mayor Zimmerman said the proposal "looked good to him." ENDEAVOR SOCIETY CONCLUDED SESSION The thirteenth annual convention of the Christian Endeavor Union, of the Richmond district, closed a three-day session, at the South Eighth Street Friends' church, last evening. The meetings of the union have been well attended, and the convention has been one of the most successful ever held. THE WEATHER STATE Unsettled In north, fair in south portion tonight and Tuesday. LOCAL Fair tonight and Tuesday; Not much change in temperature. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Highest temperature Sunday, 76 degrees at S p. m. Lowest temperature Monday, 44 degrees at C a. m. Temperature at 11:30 a. m. Monday. 74 degreet and rising. Barometer Is very lowly falling. Indications are for warn weather and fair at present. High barometric pressure Indicates fair weather, but cooler; low baromet rlc pressure Indicates warm weather. put rain. '

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Wild scene at tbe Camorra trial when the "informer" Abbatemaggio, testiied. This remarkable picture shows the thrilling scsne when the bet trayer began his revelation of Camorra secrets in the Viterbo court. On the lower right are the three dramatic figures of the trial the woman Camorrist, Marie Stenardo; in the center of the group, Enrica Alfano, the genius of the conspirators, and next him. Father Vittozzi, the priest whose emotional outbreaks have caused sensational scenes In court. Fronting this trio is the phalanx of wildly excited lawyers, who, like the main body of Camorrists in the cage, are shaking their fists and shouting protests at the. informer. Abbatemaggio appears standing calmly on the judicial dais, with the judge seated at his right and the armed police at his back, who seem to be the only ones in court to keep their heads.

EVEI1 SPOONFUL BEERJNTOXICATES Declares Dr. Zimmerman in Settling a Much Mooted Police Court Point. "Every person who . takes even a spoonful of beer, is intoxicated." said Mayor Zimmerman in police court on Monday morning in the case of Will Smith, arraigned for drunk at the Eagles' carnival Saturday night. "Therefore," said Zimmerman, "I fine you $1 and costs." Smith pleaded not guilty, but admitted that he had taken a half dozen glasses of beer. . The man was not arrested for drunk, but for stealing $3, which William Costlc, an Italian fruit dealer, at leged he did. Smith was not accused of stealing the money in police court. Costle was put on tbe stand to testify he was drunk. When asked how he knew it, the man replied, "by ze look of de facea." The case against Cecil Wintersteen, saloon keeper, charging that he permitted B. A. Kennepohl, a person not a member of his family, although his father-in-law, to come into his saloon, after houra, was postponed un til Wednesday. RUSSIAN-JAPANESE ATTITUDES TO CHINA (American News Service) St. ' Petersburg, May 8. Russia and Japan have jointly arrived at a conclu sion as to their future - attitude toward China's acUvity in Manchuria, and official announcement to the other powers Is expected. Gen. Vornandez Inspector general of engineers, has left for Valdivostock.vto confer with Gen. Zoukhorallnoff. Russian minister of war, who will soon proceed to Toklo on a secret mission. TUBERCULOSIS WAR Systems That Resist the Germ. BY DR. PARKER MURPHY. Men who lead clean, temperate, sensible and sanitary lives, who give the body the attention which Its due, will stand the best chance against the germ of consumption. The single exception might be the Individual Inheriting a weak or enfeebled constitution. Even here a knowledge of the weakness and an effort to overcome it will go far toward safeguarding the individual. Alcoholism that is. drunkenness will weaken the body so that it is particularly susceptible. Privation that is, lack of proper and nourishing food will effect a condition which cannot successfully resist the germ. " Intemperate habits that Is. excessive use of drugs, tobacco, stimulating beverages, etc.. lack of proper rest, indulgence of physical passions, etc. will engender a condition which cannot resist tbe germ. :

DIAZ SENDS GOLD HERE TO BE MELTED

Ten "Millions' Received in New York Assay Men Fresh from Mints. (American News Service) New York., May S. The U. S. aseay office in this city has more than $10,000,000 in Mexican gold coin, which has been received within a fortnight through tho international banking house of Lazard Freres, for melting down into bullion. Although no official explanation has been made it is reported that the gold was shipped here by President Diaz of Mexico. Expert assay men say that they are fresh from the Mexican government mints.' This fact substantiates the report that they have been forwarded here by t the highest government authority. The melting down -of the coins Into bullion is apparently for the purpose of preventing its being hereafter identified as having come from Mexico. .The state . department at Washington has been informed of the receipt of the gold at the assay office here and the utmost secrecy has .been enjoined upon all employes who have knowledge of the shipments. Members of the firm of Lazard Freres and company refuse to discuss their connection with the Mexican gold. WILL flOTSDBMIT Helm Committee to Appeal Judge Petit Decision. (American News Service) Chicago. May 8. The state senate committee which is investigating the bribery charges in connection with Win. Lorimer's election tp the United States ; senate will not submit to the ruling of Judge Petit that Edward Tilden, George Benedict and Wiiliam C. Cummings do not have to answer subpoenas to testify and produce documents demanded by the committee. "It is likely an appeal from the decision which was handed down Saturday in the habeas corpus case instituted by Tilden will be taken at once. As a result of the ruling Judge Petit has been made the target for a great deal of criticism and has been charged by at least one Chicago newspaper of being a creature of Lorimer. The Helms committee will hold another session at Springfield, tomorrow. It was announced by a member of the legislature today that the state senatf would back it up in any action it decides to take. KILLED SWEETHEART; TRIAL NOW STARTED (American Xews Service) Canandiagua, X. Y May 8. Joseph M. Breyer, charged with shooting and killing his sweetheart, Frances Deisinger, was placed on trial in the, supreme court this morning. Breyer attacked the girl and killed her on the street in the presence of many witnesses.

EXPLODED MAYOR'S ECONOMY THEORY Zimmerman Took Credit for Being a Big Saving to City Cabinet News.

When Controller E. G. McMahan commented on the fact that the bill for feeding prisoners, in the city jail, was heavier, this month, than usual, as shown in his financial report, Mayor Zimmerman objected to tbe criticism. He said he was saving the city considerable money, by acting as police judge, and as a member of the board of works, and that he thought there should be no objection to the slight increase in the prisoners board bill: He said the increase was caused by holding prisoners from Saturday until Monday morning, and by prisoners held on postponed cases. Following the meeting, one of the of ficials who objected to the Mayor's taking the credit for the saving to the city, said Mayor Zimmerman had noth ing to do with the change. He quoted , an act of the 1909 legislature making j the Mayor a member of the board of works, and an ordinance passed April 19, 1909 by the city council, and signed by Mayor Schillinger, abolishing the office of city judge, after the expira-1 tion of the term o the deceased William Converse. The Mayor's statement was made at the meeting of the mayor's cabinet on Monday. Sanitary Inspector. Schurb, made his April report as follows: Contagion diphtheria, 4; scarlet fever, 5; measles, 19; small pox 4. Marketmaster Taylor said that he had been inspecting the scales of the city, and that his work would be' finished within a few weeks. He recommended the whitewashing of the market house, and his request was considered by ,the cabinet. The board of works'will order the improvement. Gormon's Recommendations. Superintendent I. A. Gormon, of the police department,, recommended that the alley adjacent fa tMfe city hair be cleaned up. and a few of the boxes and old trash barrels removed. He a so suggested that the fbifc alley north, and the first alley south' of Main street be lighted by the efcr for he claimed the danger of robjreries, and other crime in these darlralleys is great. Tbe board of wprki tas ordered to investigate thelcoafitioo of an alleged crumbling wi.Il.at, the old blackboard works,-corner North Eleventh and E street as reported by the fire chief. At the city "light plant Superintendent Johnson is now preparing to install the new engine which will be delivered the twenty-second of the month. A new cement foundation is being built for the engine. CHURCH RIOTERS QUIETED BY POLICE (American News Service) . .Rochester. X. Y, May 8. Police had to be called In last evening to the ML Olive Baptist church (colored) to quell a riot that ensued when members attempted to forcibly eject the pastor Sedley E. Lee. Lee was deposed by bis congregation, but refused to leave and appeared in, the pulpit as usual. He was forcibly ejected and none too gently. " '--

MEANING OF QUICK

IS HOW DETERMINED Was TroublirrgrPoint in the Schuster-McLeland Potato Litigation. . Upon the Standard dictionary defini tion of the word "quick" Judge Henry C. Fox based his decision in one par ticular of the suit of Jacob Schuster of Ixmisville, against Homer V. Mc Leland for $127.50 in which he rendered a decision favoring the plaintiff Monday. McLeland withheld payment of an account with Schuster on the grounds that he was damaged to that extent by the failure of Schuster to ship carload of potatoes on August 9, 1910 Schuster, who is a commission mer chant of Louisville, telegraphed Mc Leland on August Sth, offering him a carload of potatoes at 70 cents per bushel - provided there was auick ac ceptance. McLeland did not order the carload until the following day and in the meantime the price of potatoes had raised and Schuster refused to make the sale. Judge Fox pointed out the Standard dictionary definition of quick as "without delay," and said no other interpretation could be placed upon it, hence Schuster was justified in not filling the order as McLeland delayed in answering. Judge Fox further held that the contract was an Indiana contract inasmuch as it was made to a person within this state, and therefore the matter came within the statute on fraud. The statute provides that any sale of more than $50 for which a part payment has not been made, or a part of the goods received, or else a memorandum of acceptance signed by the person charged with the goods, is not valid. He pointed out, therefore, that there was no transaction between Schuster and McLeland. MOROCCAN PEOPLE REPORTED STARVING (American News Service) Tangier, Morocco, May 8. Inhabitants of Fez are starving and can hold out only. 15 days, according to advices brought here by couriers today. The French relief expedition under Col. Bremond has been bottled up in the city and the source of all supplies cut off. The rebellion is spreading and several mutinies have occurred in the ranks of the sultan's soldiers. UNIVERSITY FIRE CAUSES BIG LOSS (American News Service) Omaha, Xeb May 8. Creighton University was swept by fire early today and until after daybreak firemen were unable to check the flames. The loss so far is $75,000 and the flames are threatening to spread to the chemical and physical laboratories. Should this happen the entire building likely will be destroyed and the loss will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fire is' believed to nave been caused by lightning.

Quaker Students and Alumni

Scour City Monday, Disposing of Tickets Very Readily. , MERCHANTS HELPED TO RAISE FUNDS Program for Spectacle Which Will Be Held Friday on the College Campus, Was Announced Monday. At promptly 7:30 this morning one hundred and sixty Earlham students started out on the whirlwind campaign to sell tickets for their May Day cele bration on Friday. They started from the show rooms of the Starr Piano company in teams of two each to sell the attractive triangular tickets which have been designed for the occasion. Some record sales have been made and at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon 'the hand on the large dial in the window of the piano company pointed to 1,000, in dicating that that number of tickets had been sold since the campaign was started this morning. Assisting the students in today's canvass were fifty representative buslnea men from the city. Richmond business men have been assisting in the May Day activities from the first. The merchants secton of the Com mercial club this morning issued di rections to their membership who were to represent them In the cam paign, and have also issued a formal statement asking that all Richmond merchants excuse their employes who have purchased tickets for the May Day on that afternoon. By noon today several of the large arms had already acted upon this suggestion, and made it known to their employes that this privilege would be granted. The record sales among the business and professional men of the city were made by Mr. Atwood Jenkins, selling forty tickets; Dr. C. S. Bond, selling thirtysix, and Mr. Ben Bartel selling thirty five. At 10 o'clock G. O. Ballinger had also reported a sale of twenty-six tickets. In Resident Districts. The resident sections of the city were covered by the students. Miss Pauline White and Miss Agnes Kelly, working together, turned in forty-eight dollars before 11:00 o'clock. Other good records were made by Miss Bond and Miss Catherine Hartman, selling forty tickets. Miss Marlatt and Miss Wilson selling eighteen. Miss Adams and Miss Henley selling fifteen, and several teams brought in reports from twelve to fifteen, and man more from ten down. The office in the show rooms of the piano company will be open until 9:00 o'clock this evening and reports are expected to arrive constantly from students and business men who are at work in their territories this afternoon. Taking into consideration the funds which have been received from foreign sources up to today, and making a rough estimate of the day's proceeds, it can be said that between twentyfive hundred and three thousand dollars has already been paid Into the May Day treasury of the college. Rehearsals for Friday's events are constantly in progress at the college. The big pageant will doubtless be assembled again this week for another full practice and the plays which are to be given on the campus are now ready for their dress rehearsals. The program for the events of the day is as follows: EARLHAM MAY DAY PROGRAM. Order of Events. 2:15 Earlham Circle. Battle of Winter and Spring. ' Song to the May by Robin Hood band. Crowning of the Queen of the May. Song to the Queen by Mildred Barrett. Old English song, "To the May Pole Let Us On." Winding of the May Poles. Song of the Morris Dancers by Rob in Hood band. Revels of the Morris Dancers. , Old English song. "Come Lasses and Lads, Get Leave of Your Dads." 2:45 West of Quadrangle. - Robin Hood Band. Tragic Interlude of Pyramus and Thisbe. Titania and the Fairies. 3:45 Robin Hood Band. Tragic Interlude of Pyramus and Thisbe. Titania and the Fairies. Now get your fortunes told. . "Look sharp" for the quack doctors, the peddlers, the beggars and the egg women. . Supper on the campus. - Order of Events. 2:45 East Quadrangle. , " .', ' The Shepherdesses. Tbe Old English Play of St. George. The Milkmaids with music, by Robin Hood Band. . - Chimney Sweeps, Jacks-in-the-Green

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Manifesto Issued Sunday in

Which He Virtually Yields to Gen. Madero's Demand, Pleases Republic. . WASHINGTON TOLD OFFICIALLY MONDAY Situation Not Entirely Clear ed insofar as United States Is Concerned The Rebels Threaten Mutiny. . (American Xws Servlcat ' Washington. May 8. -Official an nouncement that peace is . near ' In Mexico was made by Ambassador Zammacona today after receiving advices from Minister Delabarra giving information regarding the Dlax manifesto in reference to relinquishing the Presi dency when satisfied that the revolu tion Is over and the country's future' tranquility assured. MADERO PLEASED. Mexico City, May 8. Jose Vasconcelos, head of the Revolutionary Junta here, received advices from Gen. Ma dero saying the news that Diaz will resign after peace Is restored has created a favorable impression in the ranks of the revolutionists. Long distance dispatches from .Ambassador. Wilson staated that Mexico City is comparatively quiet today although much uneasiness still exists. FIGHTING AT JUAREZ. ' El Paso, May 8. Fighting around Juarez-was begun today despite the announcement of Madero that no attack would be made on the border towns. The insurrectos advanced within a few hundred yards of the city and Bmall bands of federals went out to meet them. A telephone message from Madero's headquarters states the advance guard was. fired on by the federals and the firing was merely a skirmish. Several hundred shots were fired, bullets fell at Stockyards Union station here but none were wounded however. ANXIETY RELIEVED. ' Washington, May 8. Political anxiety over the Mexican situation has been materially relieved by the developments of the last 24 hours, especially by the news that Madero has decided not to attack Juarez. In some quarters there Is also a feeling that - the announcement of ' President Diaz that he will resign as soon as peace prevails will decrease the tension that has been apparent for three days. Nevertheless President Taft and his cabinet advisers yet fear the result In the Republic. The resignation of President Diaz might make intervention more neces sary than If he retains power There is evidence to show that Gen. Madero has the support of other lead ers while he has been engaged in leading the revolution but It Is not regarded here as certain that these leaders will follow him now that he may contemplate working for peace. Naturally it is regarded as of the greatest importance, for If the revolutionists don't agree among themselves there may speedily develop a condition even worse than that which might, exist were President Dlax to make efforts to remain power. - , President Taft and state department officials quickly learned of the sudden shift in tbe Mexican situation, the announcement of President Diaz and the order of Francisco Madero for marching of the insurrecto forces southward from .the border and on toward the capital. ' The removal of insurrectionary forces from a position so close to American towns as to constitute a constant source of friction and a menace to the good feeling be tween me two peoples is a aisunct relief. It was learned today that there Is a complete understanding between the United States and foreign governments regarding the ; Mexican situation. So far as governments are concerned no pressure will be exerted for the present at least on the part of tbe United States. The Taft administration is to have an absolutely free hand in dealing with the disturbed conditions south of the Rio Grande. BATTLE TO OEATH. Mexico City, May 8. "The die Is cast; it is a battle to the death and when it is over Porlrio Diaz will still be president, more firmly entrenched than ever." The revolutionary situation was tins summarized by an official of the Mexican government today following the defiant answer of President Diaz that he would resign only when peace is restored. That his reply means war to tbe end unless the insurrectos yield is well understood. The cabinet and , war department are making lans to tnat end. The cabinet tried te Laaee te president to resign bat when he wtqodL firm an bis advisers finally swung srv-j er to his side and today. the oomcfetw unity that has prevailed since fee new cabinet was formed became alre&t. (Continued on Pap Cix.)