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Tfl BIG B PA IX A IDT AND SUN-TEXEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 284. RICHMOND, IXD., SUNDAIT 3IORXIXG, AUGUST 20, 1911. SINGLE COPY 3 CL JTS. PROTEST MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CALLED III LONOOri SUNDAY The "Happy Jack" Geraghtys HARMON BOOM NOW MAKES HEADWAY IN THE LOWER HOUSE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS WILL BE BUSIEST III YEARS ROCHESTER MECCA OF VETERANS ALL OF ENSUING WEEK

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COUHTY PIONEERS : MET III HISTORIC TOWIIMTURDAY: Several Thousand People At-X; tend Fifty Second Annual t Picnic at Centerville Many from a Distance.

J?aiIroad Companies Charged ' with Oppression by the Strikers at Mass Meetings Saturday.

AVERAGE WAGES ARE . FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK Hram Car Employes Are Now Showing Unrest and It Is Quite Probable They Will Declare Strike."

(National News Association ' LONDON, Aug. 19. GiganUc mau meetings of railroad strikers will be held throughout the country tomorrow. At a rally held In London today speakers charged the railroad companies . ( "with oppression. "One hundred thousand employes pf railroads work for less than $5 a sreek," said one speaker. "If the dock men can get an advance in wages surely the men who-work railroad trains, who have to give an account for every minute they are on duty and who are charged with enormous responsibility in safeguarding human lives, deserve decent wages. Ralloroad employes are worse off than they were ten years ago. They have received no wage advance in that time ' but the cost of living ' has increased enormously.' , 100,000 Stranded. It was estimated today; that 100, 000 strangers are stranded in London. ... Attempts by strikers to tear up ; tracks of the Midland railroad have resulted in a request from the companies that more soldiers be called , out for the protection of railroad property. If the situation becomes actually acute the reserves may be , placed under arms. The stock market was depressed by the strike and railroad shares were heavy and sold at a loss. . The two suburban depots at Lud- . at Milt and SinVfcflr t weYe elated

today after, the strikers made menac ng demonstrations about them. A new alarm was sounded today. The tram car employes became - Infected with the spirit of unreBt and proposed a walkout. The union decided to take , a vote on the question and form a definlte conclusion before the expiration of 24 hours. Their strike threatened to make complete the tie-up of all traffic conditions In the city proper. SAVED BY WIRELESS . Ship Notified of Approach of Typhoon. ' (National News Association) VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. 19. Per laps for the first time on record a vessel has been saved from the de structive effects of a typhoon through wireless telegraphy. The steamer Ohio Maru which Just reached Vancouver from Yokohama when out a few days got a wireless from Yokohama warning her of a terrific typhoon and giving instructions how to get out of its path. This the vessel was able to do and with Its 162 passengers reached Vancouver safely. The 'same typhoon in the Tokio district wrecked many vessels and caused a loss of over 250 lives. DENY THEIR GUILT . .. . ' Labor Leaders File Their Final Answers. (National New. Association) WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Relteratlag their plea of not guilty and declaring their prosecution barred, by - the statute of limitations, Samuel t Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrisson, officials of the American 'Federation of Labor, through their at'torney today filed their final answers to the charges of contempt of court ; ordered July 31 by Justice Wright. .The answers signify that the labor ofjflclals "stand pat", in their refusal to . outline any defense. Last month they 1. filed pleas of "not guilty.- pleading the statute of limitations. ' SUSPEND ADVANCES (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. The interi State commerce commission today sus ? pended until Dec. 13, proposed ad vances by about 150 railroads on trans- . portatlon of ground rock and phos- . phate. THE WEATHER V; TATE AND LOCAI Unsettled; shower ana slightl warmer. - Sunday.

, ' "Harpy Jackrtieraghty, the Newport' chauffeur and his bride, who re-wed in St. Michael's, Catholic' Church at Springfield, Mass., to make their union doubly secure against the interference of relatives, and are now enjoying their ''Second honeymoon," as they call it. Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbllitb girl's aunt, is pleading with the parents to forgive their daughter, -while all of the society colony at Newport awaits eagerly for news of her success or failure, which ever it may be.

BEATTIE TRIAL TO STARTM0II0AY State Summons Sixty Witnesses and a Venire of a , Hundred Talesmen. (National News Association) RICHMOND, Va , Aug. 19 Final ar rangements were completed today to place Henry Clay Beattie on trial .r hia Ufa in rhoitorfioiH t,r house on Monday next on the charge of having murdered his wife, Louise, on' the Midlothian turnpike on the night of July 18. Almost sixty witnesses have been summoned for the state and a venire of 100 talesmen also have been called.'., , " ," epfent tn finding the Jury. Then will come addresses to the. jury by de fense and prosecution, delivered with old style southern oratory. The first wltncss probably will take the stand i on Wednesday and the real battle for and against the life of young Beattie will then be on. When Beattie is placed on the stand In his own defense, he will be asked questions regarding his wife's jewels which will prove embarassing. The night of the murder, the young man entered his wife's rooms and saw several rings and pins on the dresser and he was seen to drop a silk handkerchief over them. He walked away and returned in a few minutes, picked up the handkerchiefs and the rings. Along with the rings he grabbed a watch, according to the story from one witnessed the affair belonging to a member of the family. His attention was called to this and he returned the watch. The rings have not been seen since, say the officers. . The night that Mrs. Beattie started on the ride which ended in her death she wore her diamond wedding ring. That has not been seen since that night, the officers further declared. Beattie is losing sleep. His appetite has gone and he is growing restless. The belief is that he will break down before the trial is over. LOVE AFFAIR LASTED BUT FIVE WEEKS (National NeWs Association) CHICAGO, Aug. 19 The announce ment that R. D. Inman, a millionaire lumber dealer of Portland, Oregon, had obtained a divorce today revealed the news that his bride, with whom he lived for only five weeks, was Mrs. Maud Howard Bryan, famed in Chica go for her dashing beauty. Mrs. Inman's love for Count Czaky is said to be the cause of the divorce. She was engaged to Czaky when she met Inman and the latter is declared to have made a big monetary settlement on the count for his release of Mrs. Bryan. The latter Is living in Chicago and her titled ex-fiarce is said to be with her almost dally. GOTHAM NEGROES UNDER SUSPICION (National News Association) NEW YORK, Aug. 19. Charles McKegney, aged 20, was killed today In a raco war at 127th street and Rf-cnnd avenue. No one saw the shot fired and McKegney was dead when found. The fatality was the culminating feature of a series of fights that had raged between whites and negroes throughout the district all night. Ne groes stoned every white man who ap- j peared on the streets and severely j beat Policeman McGuire when ;he drew his revolver after ordering a j mob of them to disperse. v - ., J Reserves rescued him. . V I A cordon of police surrounded the ; district today. Orders have been giv-J en to arrest every negro who acta sua-1 picioualyv - ,

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Calls Former Secretary of Justice, A. H. Miller, Incompetent Officer. (National News Association! WASHINGTON, D. ' C, Aug. 1. Senator LaPollette made an attack tojday on A. H. Miller, of Indianapolis, attorney general in the cabinet of President Harrison. The senator was speaking in support of his bill, introduced this morning, amending the Sherman anti-trust law. The senator from Wisconsin declared that Mr. Mil-1 ler failed to comprehend the importance of the Sherman act and did noth lor torsive -it vitality, V; - v ,. t'' and one of which' was successful because the violation was so flagrant !inai no oim!r reBim coum WHVe nap i'e"eu He declared there was utter incom petency in every branch of the department of justice, under Mr. Miller's administration, the attorney general and his assistants and the United j States attorneys were lacking in virility, he charged. "They failed utterly to comprehend the scope of the Sherman act or the results that were to follow," said the senator. "They seem to have paid no attention to the great debates in congress on the subject." - MOLTEN METAL EXPLOSION WAS FATAL (National News Association) JOLIET, 111., Aug. 19. Four men ure dead, four others dying and nine others in hospitals suffering with fictured arms or legs as the result of Ian explosion . of molten metal whSch wrecked the moulding building of the Illinois steel company here late yesterday. The dead: Olav Erickson, William Coelow; two unidentified laborers. The explosion occurred when several tons of molten iron upset on the floor. There was a terrific explosion and the walls of the building collapsed, imprisoning nearly a hundred men. Rescuers set to work at once and it less than an hour had rescued those who remained alive and had taken the bodies out. One of the dead still is buried under tons of metal. ASTOR AND FIANCEE WERE ON YACHT TRIP (National News Association) NEWPORT, 71. I., Aug. 19. CoL John Jacob Astor's private yacht, the Noma, with Col. AstorN his 18-year-old fiancee, Miss Madeline Force and her father, William H. Force, on board, arrived here today after an exciting cruise up Long Island Sound from New York, during which the crew of the Noma saved the crew of the wrecked yacht Singara off Norton's Point, Conn., late last night. The Singara had run Into a stiff gale and was helpless with her . crew of five on board. A lifeboat was put off from the Noma and CoL Astor and his fiancee watched the daring rescue i1 searchlight from the deck of the Noma. The Singara's crew was put ashore at New London, Conn. FOR SUBSCRIBERS A regular carrier system-i has been established at . the Chautauqua, beginning Monday night. Anyone wishing the Paladium delivered to their tent please notify the office. Telephone 2566. .

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ernor for "President, and Underwood for Vice President Is Discussed. BOTH MEN FAVORED BY CONSERVATIVES Would Receive ; Support of i Memberf i Party Who fjCHfw Jrtp Opposed to r... ' - . ' BY JONATHAN WINFIEL.D. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. For President, Judson Harmon, of Ohio. For Vice President, Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama. I t This is the ticket! that some Democrats of the House are talking of now, since tj Representative , Underwood's scathing rebuke of William Jennings Bryan recently,' cheered to the echo by the House Democracy.- . There are some jLTnderwood supporters so enthusiastic that they have started an Underwood boom for President, but the Alabamian, now chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the Hous9, modestly waves aside all references; to himself. In the first . place it would be embarrassing for RepresentativeVnderwood to op pose Speaker Champ Clark . at this time. In , the second place, he is now mainly concerned -with the duties encumbent upon him as the chief tariff maker of the House. . '.,'v Conservative Ticket. The Harmon-Underwood' propoganda is assuming shape, and there are many Democrats who believe that the ticket would be Invincible. -Both Harmon and Underwood belong to what may be termed the conservative wing of the party. They would receive the vote of men who would never support fa ticket which included William Jennings: Ufysn; anAyAerhays Governor, tew-errttTe, latter is termed a progressive, but there are some Democrats who think that the New, Jersey governor is too progressive, and that he would fail of the support of the conservative wing of the party. The Underwood rebuke" of William Jennings Bryan is thought to have gone a long way toward eliminating that thfee-times candidate from the field of possibilities for the campaign of 1912. The manner in which the former idol of the Democracy was dethroned in the House during the Un derwood speech is regarded as one of the most significant political events of recent years. The House membership has always been divided as to Bryan. The Nebraska leader has had his staunch supporters, like Representative James of Kentucky, and Representative KitchIn, of North Carolina. On the other hand he has bitter polticial opponents In the House, notably Representative Frank Clark, of Florida, who has insisted all along, of recent years, that it was time for the Democracy to tear itself loose from the influence and domination of the oft-defeated leader. . Defeated in Caucus. A good portion of the House, mem bership stood by Bryan when he demanded that the Ways and Means committee should put raw wool on the free list in its revision, of schedule K. The Bryan and anti-Bryan went into f the Democratic caucus and the latter won out. Representative Underwood and his faction had their way, and a twenty per cent ad valorem duty was levied on raw wool under the terms of the House bill. Bryan accepted this defeat gracefully, although he came out in an editorial in his paper declaring that the Democratic party had been delivered unto the enemy, and that it was marching to defeat under the flag of protection. The split in the party at that time was characterized as the initial step taken by the Democrats to eliminate Bryan as a political factor, although his enemies were forced to admit that he still had a strong following in the country, and that his personality at the next national convention might be a dominating one. Then came Bryan's rebuke of Underwood, whieh seemed to be, the last straw so far as the attitude of the House was concerned- Because the Ways and Means Committee, under the leadership of Representative Underwood, had not first undertaken a revision of the Iron and steel schedules, Bryan charged in an authorized interview that Underwood's personal interests in the steel industry in his home town, Birmingham, had prompted the delay in revision. Several weeks ago, during a debate on the free list bill, which jut steel wire on the free list. Representative Underwood ; had told the House that a part of his I fortune was invested in the Iron industry. At that time the steel trust, at work on a plant in Birmingham, j thheatened to shut down work unless underwood backed down in his stand that wire should be put on the free list. Mr. Underwood stood firm and

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There Will Be Tariff Legis

lation Without End and Monetary Reform Question Will Have Hearing. FLOOD OF PRIVATE BILLS TO COME IN Attempt Will Also Be Made of Devising Some Method for Government Control of the Corporations. (National News Association WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. That the next session of congress will be one of the busiest in many years is already foreseen because of the events of the extra session. Besides tariff legislation without end. Congress next winter will have to wrestle with a monetary reform system, a new code for the control of corporations, direct election of senators. and the big appropriation bills- There will be a flood of private bills. These, private measures will come largely from the Democrats, who have in the past years been in a minority and in no position to demand recogni tion of their legislative plans. Of course the tariff revision will be the paramount issue. The Presi dent has vetoed all the revision measures which have gone to him during this session. That means that the wool, the cot ton, the sugar, the steel, and the far mer's free list bills will go over. They will have to be dug up in the regular session, and considered In the commit tees and again reported out and pass ed. If the Board does not report, they will be again vetoed, provided the President does not change his mind in the meantime. . Expect More Revision. : . And, in addition . to ' the t schedule now - before the , extra cession, "there will be some, others.; The DemoCTat as-WNMT- thensttrreirt " epublieaaa are committed to the policy , of revising downward practically all the schedules placing a tariff on raw materials. This policy embraces a number of important articles now being considered for revision. Probably the next question to be taken up, that is, next in importance, is that of devising some method of governmental control over industrial corporations. This is a problem which has come before the country more prominently through the Supreme court's tobacco and oil decisions than through any other matter. At the time the two famous decisions were handed down, the country realized that unless something was done corporate wealth would sooner or later control the country. The supreme court declared that competition must exist, but the industrialists declare that competition cannot exist. They say that, instead of competition being the life of trade, it is the death of trade. In other words, it is evident that some code must be enacted that will give the federal government power to regulate monopolistic corporations. It may even be necessary to give the government supervision over the prices of commodities. This is seriously talked about, and even though it is thoroughly Socialistic, - it appears to many congressmen that this must ev entually be resorted to. Meet In November. The senate committee on interstate and foreign commerce has decided to hold hearings in November to determine what must be done as a preliminary to his new governmental policy. These hearings will of course immediately precede the - reconvening of congress, and it is planned to make some kind of a report by the first of the year. Already the monetary commission has announced that it will submit its final report on currency reforms at the December session of Congress. This will result in half a dozen bills for financial reference. Nearly that many measures save even now been proposed. The AWrich monetary 'plan is now looked upon as the issue. It became known as the Aldrich plan through the fact that the then senator from Rhode Island fathered it as chairman of the monetary commission. He has proposed in a general way, for reserve hanVlnir a ccrtoiarirm a in all th laro financial and business centers of the r, Tt, MHot,. rpected to serve their communities during periods of fianancial stress just as the new clearing house association did in the last panic. There will be still other monetary

plans proposed. The Democrats willImmander-lnhlef, haa practically no want advice in the new measures, and ! opposition as candidate for that post bein in control of one house, they will! e tl T ottxeen tltt the be able to force a compromise, at any Relie. Cor P"mi ....to be nte , j more interesting, as there are already - TtTiii- th i. mm. rfii,.inn nt . f our candidate in the field for the po-

reform currency .ystems at this time, the general impression is that there will be: no currency law passed until after the next presidential campaign. Neither party is keen to proceed with

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On Every Train the Boys Who Fought to Preserve the Union Are Pouring Into Encampment City.

HEARTY RECEPTION FOR BOYS IN BLUE Grand Parade of Veterans and Allied ' Organizations, on Wednesday, Principal Event of the Week. ROCHESTER, N. Y.. Aug. 19. Red, white and blue are the predominating colors In this city today. Everywhere they meet the eye, in the counUess flags waving in the breeze from every flagstaff in the "Flower City," in the many miles of bunting with which public buildings and house fronts in general and particularly those along the line of march, are profusely decorated and in the thousands of incandescent light bulbs strung in garlands across the streets or massed at the crossings of the most prominent thoroughfares. This patriotic display of the national colors Is a pleasing sight to the grizzled veterans of the civil war who are arriving here with every train to attend the national encampment of their organization which will be held here next week. The arrangements for the reception, the housing and the entertainment of the veterans are complete and in perfect working order. The arriving members were received ' by committees of the local posts at the train and escorted to ;: their respetclve departs ment headquarters, , where the visitors were equipped with literature and every information r they required or desired. ; . - Gilman's Headquarter. The headquarters of Commander-in-Chief Gilman of the Grand Army of the Republic was opened at the Hotel Seneca this morning and all day long the ' rooms were filled with Tisitora, lamdna tiie mai'de to the Commander-in-Chief or to con fer with him about some details of the arrangements for the coming week The headquarters . of other patriotic organizations which will also hold their annual encampments In this city next week, among them the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ladies of the G. A. R., the Sons of Veterans and the Daughters of Veterans, ex-Prisonera of War and Army nurses. Next Monday will be devoted to the reception of the arriving veterans and other visitors, to an exchange of vis its at the various departmental head quarters and to business'-sessions of the executive bodies of the various organizations. On Tuesday the various organizations, excepting the Grand Army of the Republic will hold sessions for the transaction of business during the day and in the evening all will attend the semi-official opening of the G. A. R. encampment at Convention Hall, presided over by Commander-in-Chief Gilman. The drooping of about a hundred old battle flags under the direction of J. Payson Bradley, chief of staff to the commander-in-chief, will furnish the spectacular feature of the gathering. There will also be music and singing and Gov. Dix, Mayor Edgertoh and other distinguished men wil deliver addresses. Wednesday will be a busy day. The grand parade of the Grand Army veterans and of the allied organizations will start at 10 o'clock In the forenoon and will travel over a line of march two and one-eighth miles long, leading through level, well paved and shady streets. The reviewing stand, having a capacity of 4,000 seats, is on Clinton avenue south, and there the column of veterans will be reviewed by Commander-in-Chief Gilman, President Taft, Governor Dix and Mayor Edgerton. It Is expected that the parade will last about five hours, quite a task for the old men many of whom are quite infirm. Hold Big Campfire. , On the evening of the same day the veterans will have their big camp fire at convention hall and there they will listen to stirring music and to addresses by distinguished comrades and pay a tribute to the memory of the former comrades who have gone to their last rest during the past year. The business session of the encampment will not begin until Thursday. Several important suDjecis win come up for discussion, among them the pro--r'lesi againbi pi-ving ui uie uen Lee statue in the' Hall of Fame. The ques tion of electing a new commander-in-1 chief does not promise much excite ment, as it is generally conceded that Col. John McElroy, past second vice BWon of present, which Mr, Belle J Harris, of Emporia, Ka, will ya- j - v-Tbe outcome of thr election la S "d members of the organ- j ization with considerable interest, and t the friends of the candidates are working hard tor their respective choice.

JOHN L. RUPE WAS PRINCIPAL SPEAKER i

Says Public Officials Aref Placed Under Suspicion by Demagogues State of Po-i litical Hysteria. (By Staff Correspondent)'- . ; CENTERVILLE, Ind., Aug. M.-Ac -quaintances made in the days of the - early history of Wayne county among : the sturdy pioneers were renewed to s r day at this little town when the fifty--: second, annual picnic of the Old Set-: tiers association was held. Although; the ranks of the old settlers have been ' thinned with the passing of each year, t this village, the former county seat,; was thronged with people. today, the: pioneers, enfeebled with age, their children and children's children at-; tending the picnic held In Maplewood park, and after the day's enjoyment l expressed the unaimous opinion that' Centerville bad extended a moat cor-, dial welcome. The doors of the town were thrown open , the residents dia--playing their hospitality. The bastness buildings were artistically decor, ated with flags. It is estimated that between 7,000 and 10.000 people war- -1 here. Every interurban and railroad train from ; both . : directions carried hundreds of persons here, while ; large numbers drove in. The atreeta were almost impassable. An Impromptu Program, The program arranged by the execu tive committee of, the association was of an impromptu nature. Jobs L. - Rupe,a prominent attorney of Rich- , mond, delivered-the principal address.

Mr. Rupe spoke of the progress In the t -various lines of business and. Improve-' , ments which have taken plaoa dUTlng ttriscenaee ,wr- v the earty pioneers: The JaltDil -. cornet band furnished music for the occasion. Recitations were also given. Mr. Rupe dwelt at length upon the inventions which have aided the farmer in the betterments in farming implements and machinery; of the facill. ties now afforded in the way of transportation in the country, the railroada and electric lines and of the advancement along professional linea. la speaking of the transportation, the speaker , called to the memories of the settlers the day) of the canal, which

was constructed from Cambridge City to Cincinnati. In taking up the subject of advancement of the country from the stand- V point of medicine Mr. Rupe declared it was marvelous. He asserted that 75 per cent of the cases filed in the Wayne circuit court at the present are personal damage suits and suits for divorce. . Not Enough Hymn Book. Touching upon religious meeting -the speaker said that year ago there were not enough hymn book to be,, passed around in the church. "Soma J, one would be called upon to 'raise the tune'." he said. "The tune would be raised and often a trifle too high. The

singing did not sound a it does now. (Continued on Page Two.) GENE TURNS DOWN A CARNIVAL JOB "Say Kid!" It was Gene McMahan giving the salutation anyone could have told It, if they had heard the accent. ... "Hello Gene," I replied, "what the dope today." "What do you think of Lord Roberts at the Carnival some act, eh?" (Gene referred to the midget, who has been showing at the Entre Nous carnival). "Yes Gene," I ventured, "that fellow certainly is worth seeing." "They want me to go with him, spieler you know. What do you think of it?" "Good enough," I replied, "why don't you do it, Gene. You and Lord Roberts .would make a great . team." .. " rGot a better proposition than that, though," t was Gene's come back. "They want me to take a job eatin'; snakes, twenty-five a ;week." v v.;V.--; "Eating snakes!" 1 exclaimed, "I don't believe you could do it. Gene." "Ye I could." said y the little news butch, "They're candy, e." : "That ' looks easy," I suggested, "Why don't you do it?" "Xawthin' doin' they want to put . two live ones in the pit With me," and Gene emphasized hia de- . termination ' not to take the Job, with the significant motion of hi hand, and went his way selling his wet Enquirers. r '