Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 281, 17 August 1911 — Page 2

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1911. JURY TRIAL; HELD ' ; HI POLICE COURT Railroad Brakemah Charged with Provoke by- Negro ; Policeman, G. Bundy. EXPERT EXAMINES CITY PARK TREES Finds Their Condition Is Above Average Words of Praise for Glen. HDIGESTIOir HAS All ENTHUSIASTIC Did You Ever Know It To Fail KNOCKED OUT TOGO . RECEPTIDIUM American Hospitality Has To Traction Proved Too Much for Great Sea Fighter. Several lowns Along a Proposed Route.

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The trees in Richmond's parks are In better condition than those in the average parks In this state. This is the verdict of W. C. Kip-' linger ot the Capital Forestry company of Indianapolis, who has been inspecting the trees in the city parks at the instigation of Park Superintendent Hollers. Mr. Kiplinger has made a hurried inspection but he says that he noticed a few defects in the trees. The trimming of. green .branches 1 and limbs during August should be ; prohibited he says. This is being I done by permits issued by the board of publio works, and according to , Kiplinger it saps the life of the trees. He says that dead branches should be , removed from the trees as soon as they are noticed but that green branches-aholud-net -he -removed during this month. Another thing which Kiplinger says is existing, in' this city and which should not be permitted is the butchering of the trees by the public service corporations. He says that tley Stretch their wires through the limbs of the trees and trim the trees so that the branches will not interfere or come in contact with the wires. This weakens the vitality of the trees. He ays that he has noticed this deplorable condition more in Starr park, or North Tenth street, than in any other place in the city. . ' ' Kiplinger advises that cavities in trees be filled so that proper drainage

can be given them instead of the cenient filling method. He says that in Glen Miller park he noticed quite a few cavities, but that a' little work .would put them into proper condition. That Olen Miller is one of the fin est' parks he has noticed in the state is another complimentary statement which he makes. He declared that Olen Park has the making of one of the best parks in the country, owing to the rolling ground, the number o large trees and the water facilities. Kiplinger will return to this city durtng the first part of September and probably will be employed by the board of works to do some surgical work on the park trees. SENATE AMENDED COTTOIIJCHEDULE Cummins Metal Schedule Ad--ded Duty Free Coal to V. and From. Canada. " (National News Association) WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. The senate today, by a Vote of 28 to 25, added an. amendment to the cotton bill the Cummins metal and steel schedules. 'An amendment making a 25 per cent .reduction in duties on chemicals was carrted by a rote of 27 to 22, all ot the Insurgents voting against the amendment. An amendment to admit coal duty-free from Canada, providing Canada' would admit coal free from the United States was adopted. - Rep. Underwood called up the free list bill In the house this afternoon and moved to accept the senate amendments, v It was agreed to debate the bill for two hours before a final vote, The house committee on territories decided that no attempt would be made to pass the statehood bill over the President's veto. The Clark reso lution omitting the recall clause will probably be presented to congress at this session. This Is practically the same measure presented to President Taft by Senator Smith today for his approval. A SCHOOL OPENING HAS BEEN DELAYED . Schools In Dalton township will not be opened until October 1, and will close a month later In the spring of 1I1S than the other seven months district schools. Th reason lor -delay-ins the opening of the Dalton town ship schools Is that the buildings, both of which are now being constructed, will not be finished until that time. It had first ' been planned to open the schools In September, using the vacated school buildings until, the new Structures were finished. . The Oldest Reliable Date. It Wed to bo suppeeed that the most . andsnt drffiaattoir ot which real rec ords bad bee found dated from B. O. SSOO. This bad relation to Peru and Its earliest known Inhabitants, but Dr - Sdoard Mayer, professor of ancient history at the University of Berlin, studying the Egyptian calendars on the monusaents in the state museum of the German capital, discovered that the data B. CI 4241 Is frequently cited as that lo which the early Egyptian astronomers first calculated their solar rear from the rising of the stsr Slrius. This la by far the eldest reliable date .ta the history of the human race. The Word olfry." The word "belfry bad originally no connection with -bell." so Idea which j ta now Intimately associated with the ' term. The first meaning - given Is "watch-tewer." from the middle Eng , Hah "berfry." a watchtower. The first oart of this word Ma connected with ' imtk" th aecond with -free." As the practice grew of hanging -bells' hi oaeb towers people reminded them eeireo of the fact by changing the word -berfry" into the modern "bel fry." -

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POLICE WANT A GYM So to Keep in Better Physi cal Condition. Agitation has been started to se cure an appropriation by council for the purpose of equipping a gymnasium for the local police department. Members of the police force are enthusiastic over the idea and an atten.pt will be made .to obtain the desired end. However, Police ;. Superintendent Gormon believes that council will not approve of the idea Inasmuch as the opinion has already been expressed that the police department is spending too much money and that Mayor Zimmerman says 'that in order to curtail the expense of the department one patrolman will be discharged. . The police have no fund from which they could secure the desired equip ment. They state that a room at police headquarters could be equipped for about $100. Patrolmen are handicapped in keep ing In: good physical conditioh more than the average person would believe. They have no way to secure exercise other than by patroling beats. Police in other cities" throughout the state have the advantage of prop erly equipped gymnasiums and are enabled to keep in good physical condi tion. CAR STRUCK LOAD OF PLATE GLASS . (National News Association) CHICAGO. Aug. 17. All the - win dows in a street car . were shattered and an automobile truck laden with $1,000 worth ot plate . glass wrecked when the machine was. struck by an Indiana avenue trolley car today. None of the passengers of the car was even scratched. BOWLING LEAGUE For. the purpose of organizing bowl ing leagues for the coming winter, a meeting will be held at the City Bowling alleys Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. Two leagues will be organized the City -League and the Amateur League. The leagues, will open on or about September .1. EX-PARTE ACTION Ex parte proceedings to partition real estate have been brought in the Wayne circuit court by John R. Nel son and six others. Thought He Had Seen I. Yankee Tourist (watching Vesuvius In eruption) Great snakes! It reminds me of hades. English Tourist (looking at him in amazement) My word! Tou Americans go everywhere! Boston Transcript. Not Necessary. : A country bridegroom, when the bride hesitated to pronounce the word fobey," remarked to the officiating clergyman: Oo on. mister. It dont matter. I, can make her. 8 till Qrieving. "So she has lost her husband? Has she recovered from her grief yet?" "Not yet. . Ton know how slow those Insurance companies are in settling." . Calamity is the opportunity of rirm and. a sour to a great mind.

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ACCEPT AMENDMENTS To Free List Bill the Senate Tacked on. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Without a roll call the house this afternoon accepted the senate amendments to the farmers' free list bill. , ' 4But one vote was had in the house on any amendment, and that was admitting free of duty cement and Ume. On this the vote was 160 to 102 to accept the amendment. A number of Insurgents voted with the Democrats. A number of amendments were concured in by viva voca vote. Just before the vote was taken Rep.' Underwood declared that the house was still in favor of free meat and free bread, but the senate had refused to yield on these two items. COL. ROOSEVELT IS NOW GRANDFATHER (Naflonal News Association) : v SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. A baby girl was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. This makes the former president a grandfather. DR. HERBERT CLARK TO BE WEDDED SOON (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 17 Invita tions have been received here by several relatives to the wedding at Panama, of Dr. Herbert Charles Clark and Miss Jessie Sanderson, a South Carolina girl. Dr. Clark, who is a government bacteriologist in the Canal zone graduated from Earlham college and formerly lived at Economy. DECIDE TO WED George S. and Ella Watt, brother-in-law and sister-in-law respectively, and both possessing life interests in a large farm in Washington township were granted a marriage license by county clerk George - Matthews on Wednesday afternoon. Both have been married, Mr. Watt's Iirst wife dying in 1903 and his brother, Mrs. Watt's first husband, departing this life in 1S95. The groom is 56 years old while the bride Is 54. They are both well known in the southwestern part of the .county. , ' wonfuciua en Kingcraft. "What is kingcra'ft?" demanded a disciple. Confucius replied. "Food enough, troops enough and a trusting people." "Were there no help for it which could be best spared of the three?" "Troops." said the -master. "And "were there no help for it which could be better spared of the other two?" "rood." said the master. "From of old all men . die, but without trust a people cannot stand." . Got It Mixed. An amusing blunder . was made in the case of a Judicial declaration that certain resident magistrates "could no more state a case than -they could write a Greek ode." ; This was made to read that the magistrates "could no more state a case than they could rid a Greek goat."

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you alwaW Turns To THE NET PAGR WANT BEST FLUSHER And Board Starts Thorough . Investigation. After investigating the merits of the St. Louis street flusher at Cincinnati yesterday, Mayor "immerman and Homer Hammond, of the board o public Avorks, have decided to ascer tain, if possible, whether the St. Louis flusher is a better machine than the Studebaker flusher, by writing to of ficials of other cities which use them l ne btuaeDaKer representative was before the-board of works 'this morn ing and explained the advantages and results which could be obtained by the purchase of his flusher. Assessment rolls were ordered prepared by the board on the construc 4 tion of the alley between South B and C from Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets; on the improvement of South F street from Eleventh to Thirteenth street by the construction of side walks, curbing and gutters and the macadamizing of the roadway; and on the improvement of -South Fifth street' from Main to South E by the construction, of sidewalks. Wolf and Clements were awarded the contract for constructing a sidewalk on the north side of Washington avenue from Sixth street to Eighth. The sidewalks will be seven feet wide. F. E. Slick was given the contract for bouldering an alley between North Seventeenth and Eigh teenth street from E to the Pennsyl vania railroad tracks. TESTIMONY GIVEN NOT SUFFICIENT Because of conflicting evidence given, Mayor Zimmerman decided in police court this morning that he would not render a verdict in the case of the city against Floyd Hunter until he had heard further testimony. Hunter is charged with disorderly conduct. He was arrested late last night by Polioe- Supt. Gormon, Patrolmen Menke and- Wisrhake upon a charge of throwing glass bottle on the sidewalk between Second and Third streets. It is alleged that Hunter threw beer bottlea at three "young boys who drove by his rooming house, at 217 Main street. The hoys could not identify Hunter as the person who threw the bottles. Hunter pleaded not guilty. ONE EXAMINATION GREATHOUSE RULES State Superintendent Greathouse has notified county superintendent C. O- Williams that but one special examination for those seeking teachers license will be held this year and that on the - last Saturday in September. It has been customary to hold several special examinations in thepapst, but the state superintendent believes the system is wrong in that one special examination win cover the ground as well as several. Seme Women Are Hard to Please. "A New York -woman is suing for divorce because her husband reads bis poems to her." "Yes. and 111 bet she wtra'd have raed. Just the time if he read them to some other waman." -Chicago Becord-Berald.

(National News Association) : BOSTON, Aug. 17. Admiral Count

Togo of the Japanese navy, was stricken with an acute attack of Indigestion at the Hoter Touraine today. All Bos ton plans for the entertainment of the great sea-fighter were immediately called off. Chandler Hale, third assistant sec retary of state who has been accom panying the distinguished guest of the natiou on his tour, notified the navy department at Washington and the Charleston navy yard of the sudden illness of the admiral. Mr. Hale and the admiral's staff plan as soon as his Boston and to some place where he condition permits to get him out of can obtain the complete rest he needs. The little Japanese warrior is overcome by excessive hospitality to which he has been subjected ever since he landed on American soil. Too Much a Strain. His tour has been a swift success ion of sightseeing and banquets and his physique has been unable to stand the prolonged tax put upon It. Mr." Hale said today: "All plans for the entertainment of Admiral Togo in Boston have been suddenly called off on account of his illness. He is suffering from acute indigestion. He is in quite a serious condition. 'Admiral Togo's illness is due to the strain of . festivities and the constant exertions of his trip". They have proved too much for him. We wish to get him out of town as soon as possible. I have notified the Charlestown navy yard. Admiral Togo is in bed in his suite at the Touraine." The following wireless message was sent to the battleship Nebraska, Ad miral Osterhaus flagship, which is lying off Provincetown: "Admiral Togo is ill. Sudden attack of acute indigestion. Will not be able to visit fleet today. He will send you personal message later." Elaborate plans had been made for the entertainment of Admiral Togo in Provincetown. Spongo Growth. "" Fragments of sponge transported to another locality heal in about three months, when they again begin to grow, irregular uits soon Decome spherical and rapidly Increase In size. adding twenty-five times their own value in the course of four or five years. The growth Is, of course, slow especially during the " first year mainly because of the necessity for healing the wound caused by the tearing off of the fragment from the main body for transplanting. Harper's Weekly. i LEARN TO LIVE. It is not good for a man to devote himself wholly to preparation for dying. It is preparation for living that we need. Phillips Brooks.

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All evidence in the case of the state versus H.S. Bundy, a member ot the police force' has not been submitted

late this afternoon, and it is probable that a verdict will not be returned by the jury until late this evening. Diltz was arrested by Patrolman Bundy Sunday evening. It ia alleged that the former provoked the patrol man when Bundy requested him to cut his cars at the Twelfth street cros sing so that persons could pass. Bun dy asserts that Diltz called him vile names and when the brakeman made an action as if to strike him he hit Diltz with his club and placed him under arrest. Attorney Henry U. Johnson Is re tained by Diltz and Johnson requested a jury trial. In case a verdict of acquittal is not returned it is expected the case will be appealed. The court room was crowded to the very extreme this morning and it is said that It was the largest crowd which has ever attended a police court case. Mayor Zimmerman, as judge, adjourned court shortly before noon and the case was reopened at 1:30 o'clock. Considerable trouble was experienced in making up the jury. Numerous excuses were made by those summoned. Prosecutor Ladd asked each pros pective juryman if it would require any more evidence on the part ot the state for them to return a verdict of guilty wherein the prosecuting wit ness was a negro and the defendant was a white man, than if both were of the same race. With the exception of Alexander Gormon, superintendent of the Richmond street car company, all answered in the negative. The jury consisted of the following men: George Knollenberg, Samuel Mather, Clayton Hunt, Al Gregg, Thomas Draper, Theodore Hill, Harry Watt, E. W. Clem, George Deuker, William Rigsby, Edward Neff and Edward Iliff. STRIKE MAY SPREAD INTO A CIVIL WAR (National News Association) LISBON, Aug. 17. A great strike, which threatens to grow into civil war is imminent In Lisbon today. An archibts stood upon street corners ex horting all workmen to strike and inflaming the minds of the poorer class es against the government. Many of the street orators were 'arrested. Rad icals are urging " workmen and antigovernment factions to unite their strength with the Catholics in the north who are resisting the govern raents attempt to taxe an inventory of Church property. . . ' Aptly Described. "I hare been courting her for two years," said the disconsolate one, "and I am certain that she will refuse me when I propose." "Ah. that is interesting," said the amateur photographer "a sort of undeveloped negative." Pittsburg Press.

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Fountain City, Lynn and Winchester, and of other towns north of Richmond regarding the north and south traction line from Portland to this city, and later to Harrison, Ohio, is any thing but hostile, according to the reception given a committee of the Commercial Club which paid a visit to these towns, Wednesday. Subsidies will no doubt be promised as soon as the information ia secured which will give the people a better idea as to what the road will mean.' Secretary Jordan is now working on this data. Subsidies were mentioned Wednesday, but nothing definite waa done. However, the other important matter, that of securing a right of way, was settled and in each town assurance of the best right of way was given. The committee from here making the trip included William F. Starr, Sharon E. Jones. Lewis Iliff. W. H. Quigg, Dr. H. C. Burcham, A. V. Gregg. D. W. Comstock, C. W. Jordan, most of whom are engaged in either the wholesale or retail business here and draw much trade from the territory visited. The committee was transported in automobiles to the various towns and at each the delegation was met by enthusiastic committees,' The local business men returned vcryr much encouraged over the spirit manifested by the townspeople they met yesterday. The question now devolves into whether the towns along this the wes proposed lineor those of the eastern line, Including Whitewater, Union City and Hollandsburg, can offer the best proposition from business standpoint. , City Statistics Marriage License. V William Oscar Rosa, Lewlsville, 51,' farmer, and Viola B. Brown, East Germantown, 40, housework, divorced - in 1911. John Andrew Wallace, Richmond,". 28, laborer, and Lizzie Denny, Rich mond, 25, housework, both colored. Deaths and Funerals. -' WASSON Anna E. Wasaon, 610 Sheridan St., died Wednesday evening at the age of 76 years. The funeral will be at the house on Saturday 'at 1 : 20 in the afternoon. place at New Paris, call at any time. NOTICE VEHICLE OWNERS! Licenses on all vehicles including Automobiles, Motor cycles, Bicycles, etc., are now ready for distribution and must be obtained on or before September 1, 1911. E. G. McMahan, ;City Controller. prices in buying 11 1

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