Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 134, 10 April 1912 — Page 1

EIGHMOWB PA1LABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVI J. NO. 134. R1CII3IOXD, IXD., WEDXE9DM EVENING, APRIL tO. 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

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L OF PARK TRACKS Several Councilmen Are Said to Be Ready to Fight Against Transferring Line to 20th Street. MAYOR REFUSES TO MAKE ANY COMMENT However He Intimates That He Will Use All His Influence to Have the Line Taken From the Glen. The offensive interurban tracks in the Glen Miller park may be allowed to remain following the action of tbe city council next Monday night. Three councilmen have openly stated they would vote against removing them from the Glen. One of these men says he knows of three more councilmen besides the three referred to who will vote against removing the tracks, and another stated seven would oppose taking up the Glen tracks and allowing the freight cars to run down North Twentieth street. Mayor Zimmerman this morning, when informed that the agreement providing for the removal of the tracks from the Glen might not be approved by council Monday night, stated he would be very sorry if this action was taken; that he had fought hard to have the tracks taken from the park. He said the people wanted them out of the Glen and that they would have to go. Asked if be would advise drastic action if the council failed to order track removal, the mayor stated he would not make a statement at the present time. "Let them take action at the council meeting, and then if they do not order the tracks taken out, it will be time to act," he said. . Mayor Made a Threat. Some months ago when the matter was taken up, the mayor stated he had had an interview with the governor of Indiana who advised him that the tracks could not be legally allowed to remain in the park. At this time the mayor stated that if council would not remove the tracks he would get a gang of men and take the tracks up. He said he could easily get five hundred men to help him do the work. A prominent resident of the east end, and who was one of the first to sign the remonstrance protesting against allowing freight cars to run on Twentieth street, was asked to give his real objection to having the tracks removed from the Glen. He finally admitted he was afraid that in event the freight cars were allowed to run on Twentieth street, the board of works would force a brick street on the residents. He said the expense was too great, and that this was his real reason for his open antagonism to removing the tracks from the gully in the Glen. The ordinance for track removal will come up for third reading at the session Monday evening. At this time the remonstrance will be read. A Big Remonstrance. The remonstrance, opposing the removal of the tracks from the Glen and allowing the interurban freight cars to run down Main and Twentieth streets, has been signed by practically, every owner of property along the line of the proposed route. Feeling runs high among the residents of the east end who regard this as an affront of their "rights," and a large delegation will be present at the council meeting to protest against passage of the ordinance. The agreement for removing the park line has been signed by the head officials of the T. H. I..&.E. traction company, and the board of works. It provides for the removal of the tracks ; in the Glen at the expense of the company, and the filling of the gulch occupied by the tracks at the expense of the city. The interurban freight cars are to be allowed to run west on Main street to Twentieth street, to E street, thence west on E street to Ft. Wayne avenue, up the avenyue to D street, down D street west to Fifth street, thence south on Fifth street to Main, and from Main- street west to the corporation line. THE WEATHER STATE Showers tonight and Thursday. Warmer in extreme north portion. LOCAL Showers tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and vicinity, rain tonight and Thursday. Maximum temperature, 66 at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Minimum temperature. 48 at 6 a. m.; Wednesday. Temperature at 11:30. 60. Rainfall since yesterday .04. Barometer. 30.1.

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FIRE PROTECTION AT SCHOOLS GOOD Except the Finley Building Is Opinion of State Inspector McMahon. With T. A. Mott, superintendent of city schools and Ed Miller, fire chief, William P. McMahon, deputy state inspector of buildings and factories, visited the school buildings in this city today. Mr. McMahon declared that the school buildings were in excellent condition, with the exception of Finley school on South Fourth street. He advised that the school board have a fire escape erected on this building. He says that this should be. put. up before next fall. Mr. McMahon says that he has been connected with inspection work for some years and has never found school buildings so well equipped for fire protection as are the ten buildings in this city. Three years ago the school buildings here were inspected and at that time the inspectors stated six buildings needed fire escapes. The school board had the escapes constructed on the six buildings specified, but the inspectors at that time said that there was no need of an escape on the Finley school building. LORIMER'S FRIEND JUMPS ON COLONEL Senator Jones in Senate Likens Col. Roosevelt to Pilate in Speech. (National News Association) WASHINGTYON, April 10. "And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they, required," was the theme of an address before the senate today by Senator Jones of Washington, in which the westerner likens Theodore Roosevelt to the spineless Roman who ordered the crucifixion of Christ because of the popular clamor for the Nazarene's death; applied the same principle which actuated Pilate to the motives of the Colonel in condemning Senator Lorimer and arraigned the former president's suggestion for a judicial recall. Once during the speech he likened him to the Duke of Richmond, saying, "a new Richmond has rushed upon the political field. WILL PROLONG TOUR Roosevelt May Campaign to the Pacific Coast. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., April 10. Jubilant over his victory in Illinois Col. Roosevelt decided today to extend his personal campaign t throughout the country. He may go as far as the Pacific coast. The Colonel beamed as he rapidly pursued a hundred messages of congratulation that reached him here and at Greensburg, where he made a brief talk. He announced he will leave New York Friday for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Next week he will go to Nebraska, and he may continue his trip through other western states. COUNTY ASSESSORS The deputy township assessors of Wayne township held their regular Wednesday meeting at the court house this morning. The deputies made their semi-weekly reports to Assessor Charles Potter.

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The portrait on the right is of Walter J. Snyder, the wealthy sporting authority who was found dead in the bathroom of his fashionable apartment after a woman, who declares she ts Mrs. Mary Snyder had ordered a bellboy to summon a doctor. An examining physician said that hfs death had been caused by four stab wounds near the region of the heart, that the man had been dead for eight hours at least and would probably have been saved had a physician been called at the time he was stabbed. The woman who says she is Snyder's wife admitted that she was partly responsible for the tragedy, declaring that Snyder had stabbed himself with a pair of scissors she held in her hand. She says that following a petty dispute Snyder, half mad and half jokingly, grasped her by the wrists and pulled her toward him and that in some way he plunged the long shears into his body. She did not explain why a physician had not been summoned sooner or how the body happened to be in the bathtub. Mrs. Snyder is shown on the right and below is a facsimile of a statement in her handwriting in which she declares her innocence.

COUNCIL PLANNING A DRASTIC ACTION Ordinance to Revoke Car Company's Franchise Is Being Prepared. The chance for securing a better street car system for Richmond seems more promising than ever. The special council investigating committee which has been working on this question for some time, met with City Attorney Gardner last evening at his rooms. Many points of violation of the street car company's franchise, under which the T. H. I. & E. company is operating in this city, were found and were admitted as sound legal complaints under which the revocation of the street car company's franchise could be made. City Attorney Gardner and the cimmittee went over the evidence slowly. The list of alleged franchise violations were drawn up in legal form and will be presented at the council meeting Monday night. The evidence will be embodied in an ordinance revoking the car company's franchise. The measure will pass, it is believed. Legal process will then be invoked. The council will pass the ordiance revoking the franchise on the ground of the specific complaints enumerated in the ordinance. Council may revoke the franchise by a two-thirds vote. The street car company then has a period of time to remedy the conditions alleged to be violations of the franchise rights. This must be done to the satisfaction of the city council or the franchise rights granted to the company are forfeited. The city attorney forsees a legal battle. The street car company has alread retained a number of local attorneys and intends to fight. All the evidence gleaned by the committee has been presented in careful form, care being taken to leave no loop holes or legal technicalities by which the company may escape. KY. REPUBLICANS HOLD CONVENTION (National News Association) LONISVILLE, Ky., April 10. The Republicans of Kentucky went into convention at Phoenix Hill park at noon today to select four delegates from the state at large to the Chicago convention and to settle the contests that arose in the district convention held Saturday. The fight between the Taft and Roosevelt forces, promises to be the most exciting known in years. Senator Bradley, the Taft leader in Kentucky, was to be temporary chairman of the convention

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TITANTIC SAILS ON HER FIRST VOYAGE White Star Liner the Largest Vessel that Ever Sailed the Seas. (National News Association) LONDON, April 10. Carrying 1400 passengers the liner Titanic of the White Star line, than which there is no larger vessel afloat, sailed from Southhampton today on her maiden voyage bound for New York. The Tttanic which is of 45,000 tons displacement is sister ship to the Olympic. All the special suites of rooms instituted as an innovation in the Titanic were occupied when the passage begun. These suites consist of bed rooms, sitting room, bath room, and servant's room and have their own private deck promenade isolated from the rest of the ship and not overlooked by any other passengers. The Titanic also possesses another new feature in its Louis XVI. restaurant. Her sister ship the Olympic, also has this feature but on a smaller scale. It proved so popular, however,, that the White Star company decided to have the one on the Titanic greatly enlarged. Adjacent to it is a special reception room for the use of passengers taking meals in the restaurant. The Titanic while its engineering principal is the same as that of the Olympic, is expected by experts on navigation to make faster time than the Olympic because of a slight difference in the curvature of the propeller blades. . AMERICAN EXECUTED Yankee With Mexican Federals Killed by Rebels. (National News Association) CHIHUAHUA. Mex., April 10. Thomas Fountain, an American Machine gun operator for General Villa of the federal forces, was executed by the rebels during the night and his body was found in the streets here today. "He attempted to escape," is all the explanations the rebels offer. Fountain was captured when the rebels took the town several days ago. He had been given his liberty up to yesterday. He is a native of New Mexico.

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IN NEW YORK STATE TODAY Four Delegates at Large Were Not Instructed, Only "Urged" to Support Candidacy of Taft. ILLINOIS RESULTS TURNED THE TIDE Root Attacks Col. Roosevelt, but Comptroller Prendergast Made a Spirited Defense of Colonel. (National News Association) ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 10. The Republican state convention today by unanimous vote adopted the platform framed by the committee on resolutions. It then elected four delegatesat large to the national convention at Chicago. The delegates-at-large are not instructed, but are "urged" to vote for President Taft in the resolutions adopted. ROOT FLAYS ROOSEVELT. ROCHESTER. N. Y., April 10. When the Republican state convention was called to order this morning the committee on permanent organization reported in favor of Prof. Butler as permanent chairman and a long list of vice chairmen, which were chosen. Lafayette Gleason, secretary of the state committee, was named secretary of the convention. State Chairman Barnes then reported as chairman of the committee on resolutions, submitting the report that was given out to the newspapers at midnight. The greatest burst of applause came when Chairman Barnes, in reading the platform, mentioned the name of President Taft. Senator Root then took the platform to lead the discussion on the platform. He seconded the resolutions report by Chairman Barnes saying, "I shall confine myself to discussing the attempts to stangle the importance and judicial departments of our government. The question of whether or not our courts shall be subject to the will of a majority, fickle as it may be, can never be enacted into law without entailing the degredation of the people who so enact. "The origin and life of the Republican party is a protest against that majority in the south that enslaved millions of black men. "The Republican party is and always must be a protest against the rule of the majority when that majority seeks to subvert the principles of justice. The principles which it is attempted to force on this great republic are little different than those which have converted the fair land of Mexico into a rising seething hotbed of anarchy. Upon the independence and integrity of our judges depends the continuance of our free institutions. If you place the fear of a recall over a judge you make a coward of him It would be the rule of cowardice instead of the rule of courage. Anarchy or despotism must be the unevitable end of hanging the fear of the recall over the judiciary." Roosevelt le Cheered. Comptroller Prendergest followed Senator Root, and right off the reel he gave the convention to understand that he was not to promote harmony. He told them (and was cheered that he didn't stand for the platform that was adopted and was going to vote against it, because there are certain provisions incorporated in it which, he said, he did not believe was the sentiment of the majority of the party. "I do not favor the renomination of President Taft," he said. "You're all right," yelled some one in the gallery. "So is Illinois," he retorted, and there was an outburst of applause. "Socialism," the comptroller declared, "is largely a protest against existing conditions," and he endeavored to point a Roosevelt moral to it, by holding him up as the man who could crystalize the national discontent into votes. "This is a family party," he said, "and we might as well talk things over in a family way." The irony of this hit the bullseye and there was a roar of applause. '"Gentlemen, what we need now is not rhetoric but a remedy," was one of the many phrases made by the speaker that captured the fancy of the convention. He Make a Protest. I protest," he said, "as one of the men who voted to place Col. Roosevelt in charge of the destinies of this country against Senator Root's designation of this man as a political patent medicine man. "Why do the people of the states, one after another, adopt these measures (the initiative, referendum and recall) ?" the comptroller demanded, "unless they have not been getting a square deal under existing conditions." The gallery cheered, but the main floor with its audience of delegates, refused to enthuse over what it viewed as revolutionary doctrine. "What is our duty today," Pendergast said, "in the face of the facts that in every state where there has been a presidential preference primary the result has been against President

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ROOSEVELT AND THE WINNERS

JUST DEE-LIGHTED IS COL. ROOSEVELT With a Broad Grin He Says His Illinois Victory Is People's Victory. (National News Association) PITTSBURG. April 10. "We knocked the bosses yesterday in Illinois. The people had their say in a fair and square primary. What we did here we can repeat anywhere that they let the people speak for themselves The voice of the boss will no longer be heard in this land wheu the people turn out as they did yesterday in Illinois. "It was a glorious victory the peoples' victory. The fight will go on, for the principles at stake in yesterday's primaries win everywhere. "I am in the fight to stay." In this way Col. Roosevelt today, as his train left on a day's stumping tour of Pennsylvania, spoke of the sweep of Illinois. Roosevelt was elated over the outcome of the primaries. While his managers had assured him that he would win, they had no idea it would be a landslide. The ex-president was the more gratified that the victory was such a decisive one. The overpowering majorities he got over President Taft in McKinley's district were cause for immense delight. Wanted to Beat "McKinley. Roosevelt had been particularly anxious to carry McKinley's domain and to have done so by, such a positive vote made him doubly pleased. "It was a ine victory, fine." he exclaimed when the whole panorama of victory was unfolded to him. j The Colonel left here at 9 o'clock for a hard day's campaign whirl which will end with two speeches at Philadelphia tonight. His special was scheduled to halt at Jeannet, Greensburg, Lathrobe, Blairsville, Johnstown, Cresson. Altoona, Huntington, Lewiston, Mifflin, Harrisburgh, Lancaster and Coatesville. Roosevelt will now try to sweep Pennsylvania. His leaders say he has a good chance to carry off two-thirds of the delegates. The Illinois result, they think will have a distinct bearing upon the Pennsylvania vote. "Roosevelt will be nominated at Chicago," declared ex-Senator Flynn. the ex-president's Pittsburg leader as he stood at the special train today. "There is no stopping him. The people don't want President Taft. whom they know can't be elected if nominated. They might as well call off their fight and get behind Roosevelt. TO LET CONTRACTS Thursday on Several Improvements in the City. The city contracting season is opening again, and bidders for the improvements to be let Thursday morning are expected to be present in large numbers. Several improvement contracts are to be let, covering a large amount of work. South Sixteenth street is to be improved. A seven foo, sidewalk from Main to A, and from C to E. on the wst side, and from Main to E on tne east side is to be made, and curbs and gutters are to be placed on both sides of the street from B to E street. North Fourth street from A to D street is to be provided with a six foot cement walk and curbs and gutters. A cement alley from Main to Sailor streets between Eighth to Ninth streets is also to be constructed. Building permits were issued yesterday to the following. Charles Beck. 425 Pearl street, a $50 addition, frame. H. F. Pilgrim, 630 South Twelfth street, a frame, costing $1,800. Wm. H. Duning. 307 South Eleventh street a frame house to cost $2,000. S. O. Yates, of North D street, a garage to cost $50. NOT BOOK AGENTS; MERELY ASSESSORS While making preparations in anticipation of the spring housecleaning, many housewives are being 'bothered"" by persons carrying books under their arms, who persist in knocking at the doors of their homes, despite the former's attempt to appear "not at home." In most cases the man with the books under his arm is not a book agent. He Is either the assessor, who is making his annual call, to get tbe valuation of property and household goods, or the school enumerator, who is employed to get the names of all children of school age, or a man sent out by the Republican or Democratic parties to take a poll of the voters in the city. IS SERIOUSLY ILL Will Hoffman, suffering from a dropsical ailment, was removed from his home at 42S Main street yesterday afternoon to the Reid Memorial hospital in the city ambulance. He is in a serious condition.

CLARK ARE IN ILLINOIS

TAFT AND WILSON ARE THE VICTIMS OF THE LANDSLIDE Former President Will Get 56 of 58 Delegates and Speaker of House Gets a Solid Delegation. LORIMER CROWD IS GIVEN A TRIMMING Blonde Boss' Candidate for Governor Was Snowed Under. La Follette Made a Poor Showing. CHICAGO. April 10. Theodore Roosevelt defeated President Taft in teh primary yesterday by over 110.000 votes, and Speaker Champ Clark won over Woodrow Wilson by more than 140,000, according to practically complete returns this afternoon. Woman's suffrage in Chicago was defeated two to one. This question was not on the ballots outside of Chicago. Charles S. Deneen received the Republican nomination for governor for the third consecutive term. His plurality is about 75.000. Edward F. Dunne, former mayor of Chicago, was nominated for governor by the Democrats, receiving about 30.000 plurality. The total vote for various candidates. Is is estimated, will be about as follows: For president, Republicans, Roosevelt 230.000. Taft. 119,000, La Follette 37,000. By Democrats. Clark. 220,000. Wilson 80,000. (National News Association) CHICAGO, April 10. Col. Theo. Roosevelt swept Illinois, smothering President , Taft under a plurality of 115,000; Champ Clark overwhelmed Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey for the Presidential nomination by a vote of nearly 3 to 1 and Senator Shelby M. Cullom, ranking member of the upper house of congress, was sent to rejoin the retired senate Republican leaders, according to returns this morning from the state-wide primaries in Illinois. Although the figures have not yet been completed. President Taft secured only two of the state's fifty-eight delegates, while the Colonel is sure of fifty-two and late returns from the two districts still doubtful indicate be led there. Every delegate sent to the Democratic convention at Baltimore will wear th Clark stamp, not a single Wilson man having been elected. Taft's One District. Taft's solitary congressional district victory came in the fifth, the borne of Senator William Lorimer, former congressman and dictator of the community for years. Tbe victory was a Lorimer affair. The blond boss, stung by the taunts of tbe former president worked like a Trojan for the administration and succeeded in winning for Taft by 900 votes. One other Chicago district was in doubt this morning, the 8th, now respresented by Thomas Gallagher, a Democrat. The Twenty-fifth district, in southern Illinois, has not yet been completely canvassed, but the indications from the (Continued on Page Eight) News Nuggets (National News Association) BOSTON. April 10. Abraham A. Sodekson. who weighed 850 lbs. is dead of fatty generation of the heart. He gained 434 pounds in three weeks. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 10 W. W. Nolan, known as "the widow" and one of tbe best known totors at Harvard, has offered a prize of a $6,000 automobile to tbe student finishing highest in plain geometry. AUGUSTA, Me, April 10 While temporarily insane Mary McDivid. a librarian poured oil over her head and shoulders, then set fire to herself. She was dead when found. NEWCASTLE, Pa, April 10. Twins have arrived at the home of Constable and Mrs. Jacy Fee for the third time. They have three other children who came singly. BOSTON. April 10. William Richardson, treasurer of the town of Scituate, has been made official grave-digger for woodchucks upon which the township pays twentylive cents bounty each. FT. WORTH. Tex, April 10. H O. Granberg. a wealthy mining broker, has paid $3500 for a five dollar gold piece of the United stated minted in 1815.