Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 327, 1 October 1911 — Page 1

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ceived English -ff cials Predict Conflict Will Be Brief, but Oc&pahon of Christian Territory

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iN.itlonal News Asnociationj TRIPOLI. sect. 30.- Tha Italian sauadron commenced Bombardment

PjhsreTn an ffort to- ditlode the Turk at 10 o'clock tonight.

o Tfiaoli uo to that 'W ffniiatam house.

(Mt tire from the battlashlps is being directed principally at the forts.

A forts which are ew na neavny If Ir ability. PlEDiCT BRIEF NDON, Sept. 30.Ther is a hare that the wfr" between financial instltutlhs confess to end but they decie to give the hhe report today Mverer that the more complicated complexion Aon. The prlmarr fuse ot the war Man territory, alBthe European 1 Powers to 'fjitervcntipn by WpOWP in the

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rillng a ie and ConBtantinVa,... A CITY 18 LONDON. Sept. s6-3touah forces lording to a report thU afterfapon. BenRazt Is on the gult of Hydra and n 1,000 of whom are l3urope&8. Utile to Christians. I ! 1 Reports from TripolUcame by ly vague. Apparentlylltalian trocps lay nor had the Italia! war ships '1. . . t . 1 l VLoe foreign resident! naa aepanea iorted as compartivd) quiet. The actual fighting, the Turks

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ne when the first Italian expeditionary force, consisting of 25,000 men

Jler command of GenOal Canqva, arrives from Italy and attempts to fed under the guns of" the flet. Meantime an ironclad blockade along b coast of Tripoli and Cyaenaica is being maintained by the Italian Ir. fleet. The Turkish transpdrt Derna was seized by Italian war ships frttae Tripoli harbor yeterday immediately following the declaration of

but not until after he had discharged her cargo of 13,000 Mauser

r" es and 20,000 tons of ammunition. i

turIey appeals to u. s. WASHINGTON, Sei. 30. Turkey today asked the United States,

rough the state department to represent the interests of Turkish sub-

lcta on Italian soil duritf; the war. It

at this action probab- would be taken after President Tart and sectary Knox are consulid.

CASES OP CON TAGION REPORTED L -.After two weeks of excelent health (records, the reports of contkgiotn and Infectious diseases became! mote'' nu merous on the closing day. of ; the lonth. The local health department wras Just getting read to? Issue -its

lOnthly report ,with an opUonalbtf the Catholic church in St. Peter s

abftence of sickness, when itwo toports 'of.1 serious cases wera handed In to the health officer late last evenI Ing. There is no fear of an epidemic ypf any sort, for the cases are In tle ) ot the best local physicians, a I more than a single Instance: n disease is known. T . be patients in the recent eases hette Banks, 245 South Fourti fret, who has tvphoid fever, and mber of the family residing at 11 rty atenue, who has contract ktherla. I . A ft- . ... oca neaun autnoriues are ge rwxuy io men an outbreak o! lt fever within a few weeks i Jresent cold" weather continues. mond Is nsnally well protected this disease, but the doctorsd e though., .est to be ready fori t. . . . . epidemic. IRISH BREAD RIOTS KatloAat Xews Am relation) BUS. Sept. 30. Serious bread broke out here today when bun rased men. women and children ked, and overturned bakery and ry deirrery wagons and lobtsi luveow. me siriKe of bakers r ' , . M. - ... . . .. ,V '1 " u?r the price of brea to rift WDiure rate. Buttri antis ujienai, : ,N

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e Turkish Troops, Who Fight Prevent Complete Occuparipoli by the Invaders.

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s Affairs Complicated.

time consisted merely or tne siege rmca wsm isihumumik WAR. growing impression in Government Italy and Turkey twin d very oner. have information that it is virtually basis on which they fix their beSultan advanced into Thcssaly on the situation, causing more appreinvolves, tnrougn mis invasion oi powers. Intervene. Turkish-Italian trouble is regarded

v fortfl tp b taxen nas not ooezt aiscioEea. " ' hree miles Inland and not to resist the ltai

resumptioa of a confereace between OCCUPIED. have occupied the city of Bengasi, has a population 15,000 more Feeling there la said to be decidedly round about means an,d were exceedhad been landed there up to noon opened fire on the city. Practically all J Jli! UL: iL . ana conuiuuiis wnmn me-uiiy decide to offer armed resistance, win was announced at the department CONCLAVE CLIMAX IS REACHED TODAY (National News Association) CINCINNATI. O., Sept. CO. Right Rev. Jos. Schrembs, newly appointed bishop of Toledo, Ohio, preached the sermon In the ecclastical conclave of the fifth annual Eucharist congress cathedral today. The climax of the four days conclave will occur tomorrow when thousands of visiting clergy Mill take part in a great open air service at Norwood Heights. Archbishop Parley of New York, will celebrate the pontifical mass tomorrow morning and Archbishop Blenk will deliver the sermon. Among those who read papers today were the Rev. J. B. O'Connor of Newark, Ohio, and Rev. J. D. O'Neil, of Chicago. WENT FISHING; CONTRACTED POISONING As a consequence of his strong fas cination for fishing, William Patter son. 127 South Seventh street, is ser iously ill at his home with a case of hlood poisoning. "When preparing for recent trip in search of rare speci mens of the finny family, Patterson waded into some ice cold water to get minnows for bait. He soon contracted he illness, and friends attribute the (situation to the contact with the cold water. THE WEATHER AND LOCAL Rising tem perature with probable showers.

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IIATIOII-WIDE IS RAILROAD STRIKE Shops Are Closed on Two Big Systems and Freight Is Blockaded. (National News Association) CHICAGO, Sept. 30. Twenty-five thousand men today obeyed the strike order issued at the behest of the sys tern federation of shopmen on the Haral j lie riman lines and the Illinois Centr railroad and left their places in the shops. From New Orleans to Chicago and from St. Louis to the Pacific coast the shops were left standing idle. Though reports from the Pacific coast came in slowly officers at the headquarters of the various unions affected asserted that practically all the men in their federation had gone out and that the fight for the recognition of the federation's head begun in deadly earnest. Roth the railroads and the men made grim preparations for tht struggle. Railroad officials are preparing to rush strike breakers and special guards to various points. , President Markham of the Illinois Central asserted that his road had arranged with a detective agency and with an employment concern to f urnif h , guards dla't atrik 'ifiUiMB.' In ' some' of the shops the order to strike wa-deteyed. .In 3ucao the machinists were the last to leave ilie four acre enclosure at Burnside. At many points the strike order was not received until noon. In Omaha the men walked out of the shops of the Union Pacific in a downpour o! rain. In the Illinois Central shops there the machinists were the first to leave. Re ports from Denver and Cheyenne saj the strike in Colorado and Wyoming is general. In Chicago the police are ready to aid the railroads should rioting occur. Two thousand reserves are being held in readiness should they be needed to suppress disorder. A FREIGHT BLOCKADE. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30. The Illinois Central is powerless to move freight in either direction and passeni ger traffic will be affected within 72 nours. ine cniet concern nere is over blocking of the movement of cotton. The policy of the Illinois Central officials, it is believed, will be to attempt to route cotton over ether roads. A conference of the Southern cornmercial organizations this afternoon I will tender its good offices to obtain arbitration but W. B. Thompson, secretary of the cotton exchange and chairman of the conference, says it is a hopeless case. "There is nothing to arbitrate," ke said this morning. "It is merely a question of recognition and there is no basis for a compromise. I fear a nation-wide strike. I was called to conference against my own judgment. PHYSICIANS RETURN Dr. D. W. Stevenson Again Elected Treasurer. On their return from the state capital yesterday where they attended the annual gathering of the Indiana State Medical Association, several local physicians brought back some interesting reports of the proceedings. Dr. David W. Stevenson was again honored by being chosen treasurer of the organization, and several other Richmond men were recognized during the cpn vent ion. . When the call for nomisaUons for the office of treasurer wts issued, not even the formal business of holding an election was necessary, for the whole assembly acclaimed Dr. Stevenson the favorite for the position for another year. The local doctors were much interested in some of the speeches and received valuable suggestions on the treatment of unusual caseav

SENSATIOIIS WILL DEVELOPE OORCA WISCOHSIII PID Election of Senator Stepfcrason of the Badger St, Will Be Investigatedijby senate committee. INQUIRY TO STARTlfe ON MONDAY MORNtTSS Uncle Ike", His FjfJrJs State, Is Not Worf$fc adolii ine Kesuit ulette Is to Play Part ' S - (National News AsoctatMa ' ; MILWAUKEE, Sept. 30-Btie-

tions similar to those developcj&$4JfJand in answer to the question Lorimer inquiry are expecte4.lMiBira'd6le' chairman of. lire fn

orimer inquiry are expecte4, W the investigation into the e!ect?& of United States Senator Isaac SteflSaason, of this state, is begun b'?t2k.iM: Monday. The iBub-committee o3h Senate committee on privilege: elections, which will conduct tnO;T!W is composed of Senators HeybjrrV-of Idaho, chairman; Bradley, of 4.n tucky; Sutherland, of Utah,' Rs 511. cans; and Pay titer, of Kentuoy$B4 Pomerene, of Ohio, Democratsid was appointed at the last seatfejafeof congress, when Senator StephitWDn admitted in the publication rfiWho election expenses that be had,ft 7107,000 to insure his election tOhdhe United States Senate. . 5r.' The composition of the special 4ban mittee is largely reactionary, tnMr'ete spite this fact, some sensational 4ta (.closures are expected owing U. thfinetivity of the large anti-Stephetatfm "Uncle Ike as Senator. ?tptf-

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limits of the law. The senator's frieods atate that the mere fact of his complying with the state laws and publishing the full extent of bis campaign expenses proves his honesty. They laud his loyal support of the Republican party and recall past elections when the Stephenson purse was at the command oi his party leaders. Those who are of different political

complexion are just as positive that threshed out in a business like manthe Senatorial investigation will leadjner nntil the citizens of Richmond get

to btephensons political death. They ! hint at sensational disclosures, stating that the $107,000 primary election item is but a portion of the sum really expended for "Uncle Ike's" election. It is further stated that an attempt will be made to show the fallacy of the popular election of United States Senators through the primary system. It is also said that efforts will be made to uncover the political past of Senator "fighting Bob" Ia Toilette, who up to the last Presidential campaign, had the support of Senator Stephenson. In this direction the political enemies of La Follettee and his progressive policies hope to injure his prestige and thwart his rumored intention of creating a split in the Re publican ranks in the Presidential struggle of 1912. They claim that the investigation will not be without sensational developments and state Wis-

consin politics will receive a jar that morial hospital. Last evening members will rival the Lorimer disclosures. !of the committee reported that the toSenator Stephenson is one of thecal collections amounted-to $980, richest men in the middle west. His which is $319 more than was received fortune is estimated at $20,000,000 and i last year, the contributions of 1910 he owns one of the finest dairy farms amounting to $661. in the United States. His attitude! It is believed that the course pur-

i has been one of frankness throughout, He freely admits the expenditure of over $100,000 but seems inclined to view it as a "mere bagatelle." The senator is over 82 years old, and has been identified with politics ever since the accumulation of his fortune. He has always been noted for his extreme liberality in support of his party, winning a great many i friends throughout the state. ! About thirty years ago he served! two terms in the state legislature and . was later sent to congress, where he urri air 4ar ...t. hnt hmt. with him ahnnt four years ago. The stricture is mmored to have come about through La, Follette s refusal to stand back of bis ally in his ambition to reach the United States Senate, as well as c..u ,,a r, riKiiTiT

Senator Stephenson supported Sena-1 city a small box was placed, ana tnjnS w,c ,..m. v tor La Pollette for about ten or twelve money collected from the sale of tagsjave the bodies buried there from Inyears, while he was making his fight K dropped into the boxes. Towards i cineration. Fully 500 dwellings were

Bob's" alleged desire to make thejwoe. mostly members of the variPreidential race in 1908. , ous aid societies of the city, lent their When the lasi Senatorial election i services to the cause and remained m iimnnil stefaheasoii saw his on-! throughout tbe day at their respective

portunity in the lately enacted direct election of United States Senators law to gratify his ambition to reach the United States Senate and vent before tcoaiinne on Pago im

HUNDREDS DROWNED IN GREAT

AT AUSTIN,

SET DATE TO TAKE UP WATERJUESTIOII As Soon as Attorney Johnson Is Informed on Subject, Council Will Act. The lull in the water works controversity has raised the question as to the exaot status of affairs at the present time in regard to the investigation of the Richmond City Water Works, Frank franchise committee of the city council made the following statement last night. "The setting of the date for the lneettgation of the affairs of the Richmond City Water Works would have hen taken up at the last meeting of council, had not Attorney H. U. John i8 ked for time to look into the Cs before any- further action waa taken.'VMr. Waidete said "at the last meeting of council an ordinance was passed authorizing the city attorney emnlov Mr. Johnson to ansist in the I new franchise to b? granted to the wa- j ter company and as Mr. Johnson was not familiar with the case he asked for time to make a thorough investigation, and I am informed that Mr.) Johnson will not be ready by next Mob$7 night but will be at the next reitaf meeting of council at which it 4ffsi ."Will, be, not for the investigation.' -3ri as. to tM,,opn&ai, qi he ana Mr.xWiabaurt stood :M the caeVt a Tttntsh ife'wteV: -"it is our. plan to make the investigation and after the valuatlaon ia fixed our committee will have further plans to make public. The water works question is not settled by any means and the fight has just commenced." Mr. Waidele said further, "The people of Richmond need to have no fears alfout a new franchise being rushed through council as the matter will be a fair contract and lower water rates." it is understood that a number of minor matters will be considered at the meeting of council Monday night. The amendment to the sidewalk ordinance is to come up for third reading. WAS DONATED TO RE1D HOSPITAL "Tag Day" Results More Than Exceeded Expectations of Aid Society. The results of hospital "tag day" were very beneficial to the Reid Mesued this year by the hospital cornmittee is a great deal better than the j method followed last year. This year in contributions were solicited, whereas last year citizens were asked to contribute to tile fund. i A larger corps of women assisted m ine worn mis jear man in iiu ana a larger number or small stands were maintained In various department stores throughout the city, where tags could be secured for any amount which the person wished to donate tol wards the hospital fund. Besides this in every store in the tilled with coins. It is believed that i Richmond people hare taken a broader j view of the advantages of the local ini stitution and this explains the generosttv of the residents Almost every business man and working man as well was "tagged." posts, selling the tags. As a result of the Increased contribution members of tbe committee were agreeably surprised and stated that the amount of tbe contributions nnonedfd their expectations

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PENNSYLVANIA

RESERVOIR WALL COLLAPSED

Johnstown Horror Was Repeated Yesterday Afternoon Millions of Gallons of Water Sweeping Down on the Town, Drowning a Big Percentage of Its Population Before They Could Escape.

TOWN ACTUALLY WIPED OUT EXSOTCESf

Reports Concerning the Terrible Tragedy , Were Difficult

to Obtain Owing to the Fact that All of the "Wires Were Grounded by the Flood Terrible Scenes Confronted Members of. Relief Trains.

Johnstown And Galveston Floods JOHNSTOWN FLOOD Occurred May 31, 18S9 and wan the) roautf of the destruction of a dam across South Fork, a small branch, of the Conemaugh river. Heavy rain had been falling for day and tho..moun-l tain streams of the vicinity had become raging torrents. Tho dam kept back the waters of Conemaugh Lake, about twelve miles from tha :', city. When the dam buret the valley leading to Johnetown wd: f tooded to a great depth and the waters poured Into the town so awtftly i that escape for hundreds was Impossible. Morn than 200 people were . downed. The property loss was $10,500,000. f . . 1 ' ,! -i , i . ' .. ' . GALVESTON FLOOD Occurred on September 8, 1900 nd was thn, result of a great tidal wave that swept in from the ocean and completnly submerged a greater part of the city. No almllar Aieaster of modern times has been so terrible in its results. More than 7,000 persons In and out of the city, lost their lives and the property loss was in ex-' cess of $17,000,000. .

- : 1 ; (National Nefra Association),, L pouNoensPoj .Sept. 3tf.-f wnen i eon fcse Paper awtd Pulp mttln gave way o'clock jQifcrternoon, letting loosTmlfllon's Tcf galwnofwa1lS mighty deluge Jwhleh almost entirely

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destroyed the town of Austin, Pa., 12 miles south of here. The immense dam was 600 feet long and 50 feet high and backed dp the water of the Sinnamahoning river for fully a mile Austin is a village of 2,000 Inhabitants, and was almost completely de stroyed. Fire added to the horror of the del uge and destroyed the few homes situated on the hillside which escaped the flood ravages. NO WARNING. There was no warning. There came a great roar and then the flood, the crash of timber and the screams of fear. On the crest of the wave rose a thousand cords of pulp timber. This took houses and stores in its way, like a succession of battering rams. COSTELLO WRECKED. The water passed through the city in a wall two miles in length. The town of Costello, three miles out, was also wrecked but timely word from Austin saved hundreds of lives there. The pulp mill, a half mile north of Austin, was torn from its foundation with its many miles of logs, and was hurled upon the city.' The Goodyear lumber yards has 7,0C0,000 feet of lumber in storage at the outskirts of the city. This added to the great bulk of water battering ram, formed the apex of the flood. BUILDINGS CRUMBLED. The planing mill and the big hotel and many store buildings fell before the hammering of the great logs. The Davis House, the Goodyear House, and First National Bank building and the Telephone Exchange, all of which were large brick structures, were crumbled. All the stores were de- ' d d th. school .house .is .a . . . churches were left standing. RESCUE WORK STARTED. Many bodies were recovered along the banks of the river. Some have been swept five miles below the city. Rescuing parties were busy fightof them were trapped the occupants i who were utterly helpless, Although the dam broke at 2:30 j o'clock it was 2 hours later before the j news reached the outside world, telej phone and telegraph lines and even ! the railroad tracka were swept away in the general destruction.. As soon as the calamity became known relief parties set out from all the surrounding towns with automobiles, equipped as emergency hospitals and carrying all the available boxes. The Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad dispatched two special relief trains to the town. It waa S o'clock (before the real work of rescue could

FLOOD

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t. begin and by si o'clock bodies had been, recovs red 4

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not hear or understand the 'wamlngr war trappsd by the ' mammoth wave) and drowned or crushed in tha eel V lapse of their homes. The volume of , water was fully 40 feet high at It ' swept over the town of Austin and continued its work of destruction at Costello. Austin lies In the valley of the Sin namahoning river, one a famous trout stream. It la a minor tributary ' of the Susquehanna river and wandammed by the Pulp and Paper Co who erected an enormous paper plant in the valley, and utilized the dam for' water power. Thousands of dollam' were spent In reinforcing and strength , ening It and the Inhabitants of Austin had settled down to a feeling of es-, " curity. John L. Smith waa the first survivor ' to tell thestbry of the flood. "It wanv like the Johnstown flood but on a. smaller scale. The dam burst with- . out warning. The sea of water start.' ed as a solid wave, nearly 50 feet dean and 100 feet wide," he aald. PROPERTY L088 ENORMOUS. Tbe property loss was enormous. No estimate of the loss is obtainable, but it will amount to millions of dot, lars. Practically every dwelling is wreck along with the business hootw es and manufacturing plants. Tbe town of Austin is located lai c Potter county in the northern part of Pennsylvania, about twenty miles southeast of Port Alleghany. TheJ town has extensive lumber, palp and paper mills and is regarded as n'manv ufacturing center. 4 . ; 5 v BLANCHE RICHIE DEAD Blanche Richie, daughter of the latev Robert A. and Belle Lynde Rtcnle, , died in California on the twenty-second of September, according to word'

received here. The burial was In that state. . W

PUSKMOBILE OWNERS TO ORGANIZE Within a few days a Palladium Pushmobile association will he organized In thte city, all boys 'owning Palladium pnahmohilen or working for one. being entitled: to membership. ' The organlaatlott. wiU be affUlated with the ladiaav apolis association a?id an"' eieetloat will be held, probably Jtert-week, 'at which time' candidates fir Td offices of president,' vice pm!daftt secreTary-treasurer, sua vac mgwKWL.'. orships will be chosen.- ' y , , . Races are to be held some fine In the immediate future. The Tae will be held nnder the rules and regulations of the ' InternatiOKfJ Pushmobile association, v.

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