Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 56, 10 January 1912 — Page 1

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111 STEEL Iron Master Subpoena to Appear Before Stanley Committee and Tell of Great Trust. MADE $15,000 LOAN TO BEGIN BUSINESS He Said He Wanted to Go Back Fifty Years to Beginning of Story Before Being i Questioned. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Andrew Carnegie, master of steel, today appeared aa a witness, under subpoena, tefore the Stanley committee investigating tbe steel trust. Mr. Carnegie was summoned after be had declined an Innovation to appeaJV owing to the fact that he was defendant in a government suit against tbe U. S. Steel corporation. With tbe appearance on the stand the steel' investigation was brought to its most interesting phase. He took the stand at 11 o'clock. In response to question! by Chairman Stanley he described his early life in the Iron business. He told of securing a loan of 915,000 during tbe time preceding the outbreak of tbe Civil War It 1863" aald the Ironmaster, "my partners and I built a mill in Pittsburg." This mill, be said, was the berfnnlng Of tbe business which has grown to be an Industry worth many millions. V The witness aald that in 1864 the superior rail mill was established and 'In HIT the two mills were consolidated Into a locomotive works. Mr. Stanley asked; "did you increase this busi-

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'J scr Jiewea. spniy nromner openv lrthVtitTTiers were Installed on each Jour plants. . ' j Mr. 4?rnefcie later told of the coming of natural gas and lis effect on the operatloaa t his plants. Carnegie said , . tJsSt after h had told his story he could be questioned. BIBLE CLACS AFTER , j FUND FOR MISSIONS ' wmt ill . . 'a . . . ...

me ciucua niw iwnvi win appear lit the First M. E. church tomorrow evening to render a program of vocal and Instrumental music, under the j auspices of the Four Leaf Clover class ct tne meinoaisi scnooi, wnicn is staging this entertainment In a campaign to raise a fund for missionary work. This Bible class has had the most rapid growth of any religious organisation In the city In the past few Months. The class has promised to jrstse $50 for missionary work between now and Easter Sunday, and as the first move In the campaign to raise .this sum, is offering the musical entertainment. The class, which has just ' recently gained official recognition from the International Sunday School association, has made a" remarkable

record since the first of Inst 1 October. ,V, having Increased Its avcrnse attend- . mi ance over 300 per cent, now having ,: sa enrollment of over 50, r Taw' quartet which has, been secured to aid the cause of missions, has made ' peculiar record during the past five years. The four men, all college graduj ates. after stnglng at Anttoch College together, continued their musical work and have prepared a pre gram featured by humorous readings, and vocal and " Instrumental music.

(VETERAN MEMBERS . , ATTEND THE LODGE V. v i 'An oyster supper followed by the Installation of officers for the new year, "marked the celebration of the sixty-fourth anniversary of the founding of the local patriarchal branch of Odd: Fellows, held last evening at I. O. 6. r. hall. Will KverSman was Installed as chief 'patriarch for the coming year. With Demas Coe acting as toast master, , speeches were heard from many prominent member of the lodge, notably Ed Bellls and George . Bishop, both of whom have been members for over fifty years. L. A.' Handley, chairman of the committee man-' gglag the entertainment, read an orlgtzsl poem on the progress of the lodge.

LA PHI RELATES STORUKIURDER Says He Killed Cousin Because He Thought Other Would Kill Him.

Spats between attorneys 11 U. Johnson, representing tb defendant, and aKsliftant prosecutor, R. K. Shiveley, which have been rather frequent during the trial of Michael La I'cnna, charged wlthj first degree murder of his cousin, Antonio, tame to a focus Tuesday afternoon when the disputants Indulged in personalities. Reprimand of the court ousted the two. The argument arose over a method of cross examination. Tbe accused Italian was placed on the stand Tuesday afternoon as the first witness for the defense, as soon as the state had rested us case on direct examination. I Penna's story was several hours long and not until 10:30 o'clock, Wednesday morning, was ho turned over to counsel for the 6tate for cross examination. His defense was self protection. It was anticipated by the counsel for both sides that all testimony and perhaps the arguments would be made before adjournment Wednesday. The ! court's Instructions have been preI pared and In these he instructs the ! jury on the degrees of homicide and reviews the charges of the state. The instructions are the same as ordinary in murder cases. La Penna, who. speaks English fairly well, said that he had overheard a conversation through tbe thin partition at his home, 621 North Twelfth f treet, in which Tony's alleged threats were discussed by other Italians. Later, he said, be was warned by a friend that Tony would shoot him and again Mated that two days before tbe shooting he met Tony on the street and asked him about tbe threats. He said Tony told him be would get him (Mike) at tbe fence factory. La Penna explained that when he went to the factory on November 7, he met his cousin, at the pay desk, and that later he went to Tony at tbe place where the Wiling occurred, with the purpose of demanding an explanation for the threats which he says Tony had made. He said Tony was standing and wben he had asked the question, Tony looked mad and said "Humph, wait a minute," and turned quickly, thrusting his right hand toward his hip pocket. The accused says that when Tony did this, he pulled his own gun from his hip pocket and shot, the first shot being effective. He said he shot TOny because he was afraid if he did not bis cousin would shoot him. After the shooting he said he walked to where h bad hung his overcoat, and. changing clothes, went to bis home, where he was arrested in a shed. He declared it his intention to visit bis brothers t nd then to give himself up. La Penna alleges that the trouble arose over some fancied insult to htm u hen put out of Tony Ferrantl's house. It was Ferrantl's wife whom Tony accused. Mike of being intimate with, it Is said. , v . -The state1 spun'SsmrHitin the cross examination of La Penm sought to prove that his reputation as a trouble maker was bad, but was prevented from introducing .evidence of this Character. The defense showed the "dead man bad an Impetuous temper and had been in trouble. The state objected to not being permitted to prove the same true of the defendant TWO OF BOATS SAFE Destroyer McCall Is Only One Now Missing. (National News Association) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. A wireless diq patch received here at noon stated that the torpedo destroyer Roe is safe. The message came from the scout cruiser Salem, and added that the transport Prairie was conveying the Roe, which had crossed the Gulf stream, and would tow here to Gusntanamo, Cuba, if necessity. MAYRANT IS 8AFE. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. A brief dispatch to the navy department today from the naval station at Guantanamo. Cuba, says that the torpedo boat destroyer Mayrant has arrived there safely after a battle with the Morm Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Not a word has come from the destroyer McCall. which was supposed to be In company with the Mayrant. Four battleships and two cruisers were therefore ordered to continue search for tbe vessel. APHASIA GERMS IN THE POLICE COURT? Is It true that aphasia germs are In tire atmosphere of the police court? This question is being asked by police court attaches, each day when persons charged with committing offenses against the state laws say they forget everything connected with .the offense with which they are charged. This morning Charles Brant was arraigned on the c ha rice of drunk and he was Ined $1 and costs. Previous to his arrest yesterday by Patrolman Lawler he had a push cart in his possession. He sold It but be says he does not know to whom he sold the cart and has but a faint recollection of where he got it. Another charge may be lined against Brant

CAMBRIDGE CHQSEH FOR THE DISTRICT MEETING OF G. 0, P,

Convention to Elect a District Chairman, Will Be Held in Western Wayne City, January 31. MEREDITH IN RACE FOR CHAIRMANSHIP County Precinct Meetings January 26. Will Robbins Slated for Chairman Political Gossip. Elmer Bassett of Shelbyville. chairman of tbe Sixth district Republican committee, has announced that the , flrst district meeting of the year, to el- ' ect a successor to himself, will be held at Cambridge City on Wednesday. Jan;uary 31. This Is pleasing news to Wayne county's candidate for chairMan, Linus Meredith, formerly sheriff ! ' Tmr . . . ui nnyne couniy, as ne win not have to wage his fight in the "enemy's country." Meredith is quietly working building up his fences, and his candidacy is a formidable one. He is already assured of a good following outside this county, and it is practically certain that he will receive the solid support of the Wayne delegation, the largest which will sit at the convention. Over one hundred delegates not to mention a host of politicians from all over the district will invade Cam bridge City the last day of the month, and the convention, which will probably be held in the opera house, promises to be a spirited one. Will Risk of New Castle, at present Republican chairman of Henry county, Is tbe only cundidate for district chairman, besides Meredith, so far as known. Secretary John E. Peltz of the Wayne County Republican committee, fctated today that in a few days he would Issue a call for precinct meetings, to be held on Friday, January 26. At these meetings delegates to the district convention jt Cambridge .City will be elected, and precinct chairmen chosen. On the following Mondav the li recinct chairmen will meet at the court bouse and elect a county chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer, and will also set the date for the county primary election, after consulting with the various candidates. Many of the candidates favor Monday, February 12, as the date for the primary. l-JMssSMlr friends of Wtlr Robbins, county recorder, are booming him for Republican county chairman. Will is willin' and It is quite probable that he. will receive the appointment. So far as known Robbins is the only candidate in the field. Republican leaders fcay Robbins would make an excellent chairman, as he is well known all over the county and very popular with the rank and file of his party. A number of friends of Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the Richmond Commercial Club and former county superintendent of sohools, are now actively engaged in launching a boom for him for the Republican nomination for congress from the sixth dis trict. Mr. Jordan has made no statement concerning the report, but admits that he has been approached on the subject. HEW HOTEL OPENED Vanderbilt Will Be New York's Very Best. (National Netra Association NEW YORK. Jan. 10. With the opening of the new Vanderbilt hotel another was added to the long list of palatial hostelries for which New York is famous the world over. The hotel which is of the skyscraper type occupies the site of the old Vanderbilt residenve at Thirty-fourth street and Park, avenue. So far as the exterior of the building is concerned it closely resembles other structures of the same general class, but inside the hotel is said to set a new high mark for costliness and luxury. The interior fittings ' alone cost three-quarters of a million dollars.. In . every salon of the hotel there is an oil painting copy of some old master. The rugs and carpets cost about $200,000 and the furniture is all of the new glass top pattern, with satin or linen scarfs beneath the glass. The structure is declared to be absolutely fireproof. There Is not a bit of wod in the construction. The bedroom floors are all concrete and the baseboards are marble. The doors, window frames and sashes are steel. There are no wall papers used In the decorations, tbe corridors being all of stone and the walls of the rooms painted and panelled. The owner of the building is' Alfred Gwyne Vanderbilt. He Is not interested In the management of the hotel, though he has reserved one entire floor for the use of his bride and himself when they are In the city.

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(National News Association) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. That cash and securities, aggregating nearly a billion dollars, in the vaults 1 of the Equitable Life Building, are, alt safe was the opinion expressed 9f Vice President Poillon of, the Mercantile Safe Deposit company today;: Firemen of eight companies continued to throw streams Into the smoldering ruins today with a view to making, possible a ; searcfe , tor more bodies of , mUsing jtertPtoroe flames still raged in the basement while the walls o the buildings were thickly coated with ice. Night watchmanSeibert's body was recovered from solid ice twenty feet thick. Fire Deputy Binns expressed apprehension PACKERS SCORED A Important Government Testimony Cannot Be Entered, Judge Says. (National News Association) CHICAGO, Jan. 10. The packers won an important point today by a ruling of Judge Carpenter sustaining a motion by the defense to strike out the testimony of Jerome Pratt, former conidential manager of Armour and company, and later "government agent, pertaining to exhibits connecting J. Ogden Armour with operations of the meat trust. Two exhibits also were stricken out. The jury was instructed not to consider what they had heard. The government however, won a partial victory showing what District Attorney Wilkerson has denned as "the course of business of the packers in the control of meat prices." The two exhibits stricken out are, No. 53, a letter dated October 18. 1904, dictated by Jerome H. Pratt and sent by hand to J. Ogden Armour at his office. This letter was later returned to Pratt, bearing figures in the handwriting of J. O. Armour: No. 54, a telegram under date of Oct. 18, 1904, concerning price marks delivered to the stock irds office of Armour & company. Identification of the handwriting by Pratt by virtue of the ruling failed. ELECT A DEMOCRAT To Succeed Late Rep. Madison in Congress. y , (National News Association) HUTCHISON. Kan, Jan 10. Final returns today showed the election of George A- Neeley, Democrat, to congress from the 7th Kansas district, to succeed the late Representative Edmund H. Madison, Republican.., Representative -Madison was elected In 1910 over Mr. Neeley by 5.000 votes. This election adds the second Democrat to the house of representatives from Kansas. Joseph J. Taggart having recently been elected to succeed the late A. C. Mitchell la the second district.

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EQUITABLE BLOCK. of the fate of the contents of the vaults if the massive walls should crumble -in. Wall street transactions continued greatly hampered today but no panic was visible. An armed guard of policemen from the traffic Bquad and detectives are patroling Pine, Cedar and Nassau streets and Broadway about the ruins to prevent any attempt to loot the debris of the valuables it contains. Especially strict guard-will be kept 3litfcM.'uirLaU... curlttesare tAkeirfrom the vaults,"; In fear of criminal raids through the district under cover of the disorder incident to the conflagration, the police lines were extended about the zone of destruction and onJy those who could Win VISIT JAILS A. D. Gates to Tell of Conditions Found in Local Institutions. "Politics is the heart of all crime inlhe United States," asserted A. D. Gates, of the Central Howard association, while defending the conscience of the average criminal in this community and telling of his work in securing positions for 1257 ex-convicts last year who otherwise would doubtlessly have been thrown out of employment. Mr. Gates outlined his purpose of spending a few days in Richmond to interest local citizens in the task of helping worthy persons as they leave prison, and also to confer with city and county authorities on improving conditions in penal institutions here. According to the speaker's assertions, 85 per cent of the vast number of men whom the association has helped to secure employment as they leave prison, have made good, many of them now holding offices of responsibility. Mr. Gates invited aid in the work of his association as a solution of many sccial problems. Mr. Gates states that sixty-five per cent of the men now in prison either were forced from home or ran away when young. The speaker complimented Richmond on its organization of a joint committee from charitable organizations which can supplement locally, the work of the Central association. He said that this committee was in a position to better society materially by interesting discharged prisoners in honest labor. When asked concerning the difficulty of getting jobs for ex-convicts, a problem that is confronting the local committee, Mr. Gates said that the demand for these workers was greater than the supply, for broad-nunced manufacturers were realizing the value of employing such men, who receive excellent training in such work in the prisons. Mr. Gates is visiting the local jails today, and expects to report to the authorities on the way be finds conditions, and how be would advise improving them. MEETS THURSDAY The Mission Circle of the Universalist church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Crowder at her home, 163 North Fifteenth street.

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show they had legitimate business to transact were allowed to approach the ice-covered ruins. Securities in the vaults actually owned by the Equitable, amounted to between $250,000,000 and $300,000,000. In addition to that there was cash amounting to $10,000,000. belonging.? the Equitable Life, the Equitable Trust company and the Mercantile Trust Co. The latter also had valuable securities stored in its. steel vaults1 be? ti hi,Ultnwr Stneln.. hnrwta castr worur tens oi nuuus i jl 4 and owned by the ' 'banking -noui...tt August Belmont and company, the Union Pacific Railroad company and the Gould and Harriman estates were also in the vaults beneath the building. WARD B0UI1D OVER To Answer Charge of Making Felonious Assault on E. Brokamp. For-two hours this morning Mayor Zimmerman listened to testimony introduced by the state in the preliminary hearing of the case of Orvillo O Ward, charged with assault with felonious intent. Following the arguments of the state's attorney and the counsel for the defene Mayor Zimmerman found Ward guilty of the charge and bound hi mover to the circuit court, his bond being fixed at $500. Ward was charged with having shot at Elijah Brokamp, Monday night vhen Brokamp passed Ward's home, 208 West Main street. Brokamp was the first witness placed on the stand by the 'state. He testified that Ward entered Fred Brokamp's saloon about 10:30 o'clock Monday night and kicked and slapped Robert Vinson, who resides at 206 West Main street, and is employed as porter in the saloon. Elijah Brokamp said that after Ward had repeated this act that he (Brokamp) slapped Ward. Ward was ordered out of the saloon shortly afterward. He went to his ! home, secured a gun, and. according to testimony, jumped from his porch as Brokamp went by his house. He yelled, "Is that you Lige." Brokamp answered in the affirmative and he tays Ward leveled the gun. Brokamp jumped behind a tree just as the gun was discharged. Brokamp testified that Ward then J stepped In the street and leveled the gun again at him. At this juncture, according to testimony, Mrs. Ward, the mother, ran from the house and attempted to take the gun from her son. Brokamp then ran up and secured the gun, going to his home and then taking the gun to police headquarters. ANOTHER AUTO SHOW ("National Xewg Association) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. New York's second automobile show of the present season opened in tbe new Grand Central Palace today under tbe auspices of the National Association of Automobile manufacturers. The vehicles displayed include both passenger and commercial types of cars. Practically ail of the prominent manufacturers of America are included among the exhibitors. The show will last an entire week.

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DEFIED DY A CRAZY NEGRO Desperate Murderer Barricades His Home and Militia, Deputies and Police Are Besieging It. ONE DEPUTY KILLED DURING THE ATTACK Man Thought to Have Slain His Father and Grandmother May Use Dynamite on Negro's Home. BULLETIN. 8COTT8V1LLE. N. Y Jan. 10. Shooting In the battfe raging here has been continues for two hours. Sheriff Hamll baa received a wound In the arm. Deputr Sheriff Abbott will die. His lungs were penetrated by buckshot. The negro twice- attempted to open the door but was driven back by a fustlade of shots. A reporter for the National News Association is telephoning tbe story from a bouse within fifty feet of the brick bouse where tbe desperado Is entrenched. (National News Association) ROCHESTER. N. Y., Jan. 10. In a battle with William Wyman, a young negro, barricaded In his home at ScottsTtlle, near here, deputy sheriff Birmingham was shot dead and several others of the posse wounded. Appar ently the Insane Wyman attempted to kill James Cox, a neighbor, thla mornins:, after Cox refused to help "Wyman dispose of the body of tbe letter's father, whom Wyman claimed to bavo murdered. - ' - U Is HirU that Wyman has also killed bis grandmother, who resides with him. This morning Wyman went to the home of Jamas Cos and nrod. at sim. but mmsed.-r Oen sonjjtj. iiwt.,sw ww, wmm w m nnnae. m itinM vm a anotson aaa a revolver. , , - The dead deputy's body lies near the house where be was kilted, as he attempted an entrance. It cannot 4k recovered as the desperate negro opens lire on anyone who comes with In range. TW "otir 4ssJt1sy -been seriously, wouaded. - t-.r

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summoned to the scene and-it la feared that many others have been kilted, or wounded in the battle.' Captain' Coachman with a local company of the. . national guards, armed with rifles, and ; nccompanied by ten policemen of tbe' Rochester force, have left this city for Scottsville.

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Scheduled to Arrive Again This Evening. (National News Association) CHICAGO, Jan 10. Chicago and the Central West enjoyed a brief respite from the below zero weather today. The mercury hovered a few notches above tbe zero mark, and the weather man said it might touch ten above but it will quickly go downward again. Quoth he. Another spell of severe cold is traveling rapidly from the North west and before It abates it may reach well into the Atlantic and Southern states. Snow in various parts of the Central West continued today to add to suffeding. There is a blizzard raging in upper Wisconsin, which has completely halted train service. Several trains are lost in snowbanks. , There was another death in Chicago early today, due to the cold weather, making a total for tbe cold spell, 20. GET ON EARMUFF6. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Colder weather with snow in tbe Ohio valley and lake regious is the forecast for tonight. THE WEATHER HIGH SCHOOL OB8ERVATORY. Forecast for Rlchmond and vicinity: Colder tonight and 'Thursday. Highest temperature In last 24 hours, above at 7 a. m., Wednesday. Temperature at 12:30 p. m. today, 10. Barometer high and falling. 30.15. Direction and velocity of wind, south, genUe breeze. ' Note Another cold wave is on tbe way which may or may not be held back by a continuance of the present warm spell. STATE Snow flurries tonight or Thursday; cold in south and east portions tonight; continued cold. LOCAL Snow flurries . tonight or Thursday; cold tonight; continued cold Thursdsy.

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