Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 151, 30 April 1912 — Page 1

MOW) PAJXA1DIIJM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. KO.151. RICILMOXD, IXD., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. POKER GAME WAS RAIDED LAST NIGHT New. PHoto oJHarry K. MRVE$TER CO. THE OLD DAY SHE IS FOREMOST WOMAN- SCIENTIST FINALLY SUED BY THE U. S. STATE HOLDS ITS PRIMARY HAS REACHED HALIFAX, N. S.

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Six Gamblers Captured at the Westcott Hotel by Four Policemen at a Late Hour Last Night.

RAID LAST NIGHT FOLLOWS PROTEST Some Men Who Had "Bucked the Tiger" Complained Game Was Not on Square. Fines Paid. Persistent rumors that a quiet game of poker was being held nightly at the Westfcott hotel resulted in a raid on room 75 last night with the result that five players and the keeper of the game were arrested by four officers. They gave bond immediately, Inquired as to the amount of the fine they would be assessed and left the sums designated. In police court, when each fictitious name was called this morning, a plea of guilty was entered and fines totaling $95 were assessed. , " , Several complaints had been received at the police station that the game was not on the square, and two men complained that a Hebrew had beat them at a game with a "cold deck" and a stacked deal." The men would not appear against the keeper of the game, who is entered on the police docket as "H. P.Martin," The men arrested last night gave their names as J. R. Meyers, J. W. Simpson, E. T. Marshall, A. Hoyt and T. R. Reynolds. These names do not appear on the hotel register. The clerks state the room is used fis a store room, and there was no record last night as to whom the room was rented. . At 1145 p. m., when the lights were low, four officers, Hebble Hirschfleld, Edwards , and rYingling, all in . plain ctothes. climbed the stairs to the third floor. In the nprtheastern corner a light showed through the transom of a store room. The officers crept softly to the door and heard voices. Officer Hebble was lifted by the other officers and he looked over the transom. Six men were grouped about a table, on which was money and chips, busily engaged in the great American game. One muttered hoarsely "I'll see you and raise you five." "Let's go to em," said Hebble and they started to open the door. The keeper of the game, Martin, was at the door in a second and tried to hold it fast while his comrades were trying to get the money, chips and cards off the table. Their efforts were in vain, however, for the officers in a bunch stormed the door and it flew open. Officers Hebble and Hirschfield grabbed the money for evidence and the other officers held the door against the men. All the money, cards, etc., were se cured and the officers with their prisoners made their way to the street and walked down to the city building where the five prisoners were slated for gaming and one for keeping a gaming house.- They at once put up money for their lines and departed. The affair was very much on the quiet, so much in fact that employes of the Westcott hotel did not know of the occurrence until this forenoon. The men all gave fictitious names, it is thought, and parted with $95 , rather than face the mayor in police court this morning. The officers by their vigilance and quiet movements had "the goods on them," and the men realized they had no chance in fighting the case, and put up money for their fines after bidding it a fond farewell. KILLED BY A Iron Drops on Indianapolis Man's Head. . (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, April 30. Charles W. Egan, aged54, time keeper for the Noelke-Rlchards iron works, and a civil engineer, was instantly killed today when a SO foot iron beam slipped from It position, fell thirty feet and struck Egan on the head, tearing off half of his skull. The accident occurred at the new Merchants' National bank building, now under construction. THE WEATI1ER STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight. Wednesday increasing cloudiness. Warmer probably followed by rain Wednesday night. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Fair tonight;' rain Wednesday. Maximum temperature, 70 at noon yesterday. Minimum temperature, 41 at 7 a. m. today. . Temperature at 11:30, 48. Barometer 30.00. Direction and velocity of wind north g. mile an hour. ,

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SENSATIONAL WHS CrlABGEJUl MADE Hints White Star Attempted Reinsurance After Titanic Was Sunk. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, April 30 Edward J. Dunn, of New York, testified before the Titanic investigating committee today that a Western Union employe, whose name he refused to give, told him a message was delivered at 10:30 Monday morning, April 15, addressed "Islefrank,"" the code address of Vice President Franklin of the White Star line, directly referring to the reinsurance of the steamship Titanic and having reference to the sinking of the ship. Dunn stated that his informant promised to come to Washington to testify, but had wired him that he had been prevented from doing so. Mr. Franklin interrupted to notify Mr. Smith that his company Mould waive all right to permit the telegraph company'to produce such a message. J. Bruce Ismay was recalled as a witness. ' Mr. Ismay challenged the committee to make any investigation it saw fit as to his conduct at the time the Titanic was lost. He declared that he left in the last boat, which put away from the starboard side of the Titanic. A GOOD R0ADS BILL Was Passed Today by House of Representatives. fNatlonal News Association) WASHINGTON, April 30 By a vote of 122 to 39, the house today adopted the Shackelford amendment to the post office appropriation : bill which provides that thefederal government pay a graduated toll for the use of roads over which rural mails are carried. Roads are. to be divided .into three classes and the annual toll will range from $10 to $30 a year per mile. It is estimated the federal government will contribute in this way about 515.000,000 annually to the upbuilding of state and county roads. SPEAKS ON LEPERS Dr. J. W. Kapp of Cincinnati, formerly pastor of the First English Lutheran church, will deliver a lecture Thursday evening at the First English church on the mission work carried on among the lepers. Dr.' Kapp will show the stereoptican views presented on this work at the "World in Cincinnati" a short time ago. The lecture will open at 7:30 o'clock. -

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JOHNSON WILL BE TAKEN JNJUSTOQY Centerville Merchant to Be Charged with Making a Murderous Assault. Harry Johnson, who Saturday night shot Walter Williams in the leg at Centerville while Williams was sitting with a crowd of boys and girls around a small lire they had built, will be arrested this afternoon, charged with shooting "with felonious intent to murder. The affidavit was made out and sworn to by fourteen members of the party. Attorneys engaged by Williams and other members of the party who are -sharing in expense of prosecuting Johnson, are busy serving witnesses and preparing their case with the view of sending Johnson to the penitentiary. Members of the party state Johnson did not. give warning before he shot, as he is said to have done, and did not fall down and. accidentally discharge his revolver as he fell. The little town of Centerville is still wrought up over the incident, and many .citizens maintain that Johnson's action was justified by the conditions. The marshal who said he was in bed when the shooting occurred, and who the members of the Richmond party claimed warned them to desist from their singing and dancing shortly before the shooting, is coming in ' for a large share of blame and censure. He is said to have witnessed the shooting. Williams was reported today as rapidly recovering from the effects of the wound inflicted by the bullet from Johnson's revolver. THIS LAST DAY TO ENTER EXEMPTIONS Today.is the last day for the filing of mortgage exemptions. In order to accommodate persons who so far have been unable to file their affidavits for mortgage exemptions, the county auditor's office will be open until 9 o'clock this evening. Persons who fail to file affidavits today will be assessed the full value of t"heir properly even if they have mortgages on their proyerty. According to law a property owner who has a mortgage on his property can file an affidavit to this effect, stating the amount of the mortgage, before a notary public, between March 1 and April 30, inclusive. This affidavit must then be presented to the county auditor and one-half of the amount of the mortgage up to $700 will be deducted, thus saving the property owner from paying tax on onehalf of the mortgage.

Action to Dissolve Corporation, Entered at St. Paul, Alleges It Has a Monopoly of Its Trade.

ACTION THE CLIMAX OF YEARS OF WORK Trust Charged with Misleading Public and Dealers, and of Employing Unfair Trade Methods. (National News Association) ST. PAUL, April 30. Claiming that the International Harvester company is a combination in restraint of trade; that it has made affective competition impossible; that it has mislead the public and dealers regarding its ownership and output, and that it has resorted to unfair trade methods, and has made inaccurate and misleading statements concerning rival machines and companies, the department of justice filed suit here at 9 o'clock this mornfng for the dissolution of the company. Coming as , the climax of several years investigation of the Harvester trust, this suit is minute in its details, multifold in its charges and specific in its names, dates and. other data. The International Harvester company, it claims, was fathered by Cyrus H. McCormick, Harold S. McCormick, Charles and James Deering, Richard S. Howe, William H. Jones, John J. Glessner, George W. Perkins,-Charles Steele, Elbert.,H. Gary and others wta6

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combination ip restraint of interstate trade and commerce in harv-rpting r Jhinery, tools and imph rjeata and and commerce. ' These men. it is "declared, have been engaged ever sinc n maintaining and perpetuating this lnegric6n bination and have unlawfully attempted to monopolize interstate commerce in agricultural machinery of all kinds. The motive operandi of the trust is explained in the suit as follows: In towns where there is more than one retail dealer the defendants have adopted and are now carrying out the policy of giving to each dealer the exclusive agency for a certain well known machine, such as the McCormick or Deering grain-binders and mowers, instead of giving to one dealer an agency for all the defendant's lines, intending thereby to obtain for themselves the services of all the responsible" implement dealers, ami by means of these contracts to monoplize all the trade and commerce in harvesting and agricultural implements. BIG CONFERENCE ON M. E. Church Meeting Being Held at Minneapolis. (National News Association) MINNEAPOLIS, April 30. The general conference of the Methodist Eplscopaf church for the year of 1912 will be inaugurated here tonight with a reception to the conference delegates by the citizens of Minneapolis. The delegates will be welcomed by Governor A. O. Eberhart, the Rev. Endrew Gillies and Bishop Robert Mclntyre. Bishop H.' W. Warren and Mr. Hanford Crawford, chairmen of the General Conference Commission, of St. Louis, will respond to the welcoming addresses. Bishop Warren, in his address will given a tentative outline of the program of the meeting. Beside the election of several new bishops and the heads of missionary and benevolent boards, the conference will deal with the following important ecclesiastic problems: Shall there be a supreme court of Methodism? Shall Methodist bishops be made dicesan? Shall district superintendents be elected, or appointed, and shall their power be increased? Shall there be a time limit on Methodist pastorates? Shall the official attitude of Methodism toward popular amusements be changed ? Shall laymen have a voice in the annual conferences that station all Methodist preachers for the year? Shall there be any credal change? . Shall there be an organic union of Methodist bodies? In addition to these questions, there will be an official consideration of temperance, marriage and divorce, peace and war. labor and capital and the moral phases of great public questions. The regular sessions of the confer ence will begin tomorrow.

Massachusetts Is the Center of Interest for the Whole Nation, Its Decision Being Vital.

LARGE VOTE BEING CAST OVER STATE It Is Improbable that the Result of the Primary Will Be Made Known Until After Midnight. (National News Association) BOSTON, April 30. The eyes of the whole country are turned to Massacha eetts today, awaiting the results of the state's first presidential preference primary. Although cloudy weather pre vailed throughout the state this fore noon a large vote was cast in all of the larger cities, where the polls opened early. Never before in the history of New England has there been 'such a hot political fight as has been in progress during the last few weeks and the re sult .was expected to be the biggest primary vote ever polled Tfie appearance on the stump in this state of President Taft and Col. Roosevelt, who are con-8ting- for the Re publican nomination "or president, at tracted widespread attention. The rival Republican candidates in their tours yesterday spoke to a quarter of a million people. . The polls in Boston and some of the other large cities opened at 6 o'clock smaller cities and towns the p tta."opened -at noqjl and will clo p t . p.' m, It is believed the result .y ill not-be known until after ml .1 night. ; Both Taft and Jtooeeyelt leaf e?ji ,af claiming a victory. -Tbe-'Taft men have had the beet organization as the entire state machine rallied to the support of President Taft, but the Roosevelt men say Massachusetts is the most pro gressive of all the New England States and they are counting on a big plu rality for the Colonel. A STEAMSHIP SUNK BY FLOATING MINE Texas Goes Down; 140 Pas sengers and Crew Drown in Smyrna Gulf. (Nfttloral News Association) LONDON, April 30. A news agency dispatch received here this afternoon states that 140 passengers and members of the steamship Texas were drowned when that vessel struck a floating mine and sank in the Gulf of Smyrna, yesterday. Ninety paesen.gers were rescued. The Texas is not an American vessel but was built in England and was formerly known by the name of Olympic and Marguerite. FOND OF RICHMOND Was W. Scharf. So Fond He Gets a Jail Term. William Scharf, acknowledging his subservience to the temptation of liquor, and who said he had tried to get out of town twice before succumbing to his appetite for liquor, sat in police court for the third time this morning, and heard his name called to answer to the charge of public intoxication. He plead guilty and asked for another chance to leave the city to go to his family at Aurora, 111., but the mayor after hearing the testimony of the arresting officer. William Lawler, who said that at the Ume of the arrest Scharf was cursing and blaspheming in the presence. of women, the mayor fined the culprit $25 and costs. He went down again. Howard Morton, colored, stated that four beers in the afternoon, the last one at seven o'clock, would not be enough to make him intoxicated at 11 o'clock, but the mayor overruled this reasoning and fined Morton $i ana costs for drunk. Morton, according to testimony, accosted a Ft. Wayne avenue saloon keeper and asked for a drink of whiskey, which was denied him. He then grew abusive and the proprietor started to throw the man out when Officer Menke Interfered and arrested the negro. He said he was not guilty but said if the mayor "thought he was guilty, he would like to be let off. for he would rather work than stay in jail." The mayor could

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The above is the latest photograph of M:ne. Curie, the great French scien tist, who, with her husband, discovered radium. Mme. Curie was recently awarded the Nobel prize for her won derful chemical discoveries. KNIFE FIGHTER IS GIVEN LONG TERM John Gaither, Negro, Found Guilty of Assault with Intent to Kill. John Gaither, negro, was sentenced to a term of from two to fourteen years in the Jeffersonville penitentiary by Judge Henry C. Fox in the Wayne circuit court this morning on'- the charge of assault and battery with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter on-Eugene Brown. Gait'oe pleaded not guilty and was defended by Fred G. White, pauper attorney1, Gaither was chargedln-the affidavit, with having stabbed Brown above the heart and in the - right leg ' Monday night, April 15, in the rear of the Westcott? hotel. Both negroes were waiters at the Westcott dining room. Gaither declared that although he and the prosecuting witness had had some words, yet he did not stab Brown intentionally, asserting that Brown fell on the knife. Erowrt Was Waylaid. Brown testified that Gaither had made some insulting remarks to him while the two were on duty that evening and that the chef at the hostlery had ordered the two to cease arguing. Brown said, that Gaither left the dining room and shortly afterward left the hotel by the rear alley entrance. As he stepped from the rear platform he averred that Gaither. jumped upon him and with gorilla like strength overpowered him and stabbed ; him above the heart. The witness testified that the two rolled over and over on the bricked alley and that Gaither again sunk the knife into his (Brown's) body, this time the sharp instrument going Into his right leg. Gaither made other attempts to stab him. Brown said, but was not ' successful, although his clothes were cut in numerous places. The clothes which were exhibited in the court room this -morning were cut and torn and were covered with blood. Dr. Huffman, colored, who aftended Brown, testified that Brown came to his office and almost fainted while his wounds were being dressed. He said that Brown was weak from the loss of blood. In passing sentence Judge Fox said that he did not believe the story told by the defendant to-the effect that Brown fell on the knife. TRIAL IS BIG EVENT Wythesville 1 Makes Merry Over Allen Case. (National News Association) WYTHESVnULE. Va April 30. Floyd Allen, the chief member of the notorious gang, was placed on trial here today for shooting up the Carroll county court house, killing the judge and prosecuting attorney and one "witness during a trial. At noon eight jurors had been selected. For the entertainment of the large crowd m ho had flocked to the village a motion picture show, a street carnival and a religious revival were opened here. FOOR MORE TO TAFT New Hampshire State Convention ' for President. - (National Xews Association) CONCORD, X. H.. April 30. Four delegates instructed for President Taft were chosen by the state Republican convention here today after a etonny session.

Mackay-Bennett, with Its

Grewsome Freight of Titanic Victims, Steamed Into Port Early Today. WAILS OF ANGUISH AROSE FROM DOCKS Bodies of Dead Sailors, that Had Not Ben Placed nv Coffins, Exposed to the Spectators. ' .

. (National News Association) HALIFAX. N. S.. April 30. While -H -church bells tolled their solemn re quern, the cable steamj'hip Mackay. Bennett, the floating morgue of th sea. steamed into the port at 9 o'clock this morning bearing bodies of the victims of the Titanic disaster. With the coming of the death ship the sua-, pense which has gripped the sorrowing relatives and friends of the dead . for a week was lifted. The ship dropped anchor twenty minutes after her -arrival in port, at quarantine, where a . representative of the White Star line went aboard. The grewsome burden of the-Mack-, ay-Bennett wia piled on her decks and In her hold. During the last halfjhour ; of the ship's voyage the deck hands moved the coffins into rows so that, the work of carrying them off the ship . could be expedited. Accompanying the Americans on the deck was J. , M. Ragsdale. American consul general in Halifax. Mr. Ragsdale had seen to It that all who had gathered to claim.

their dead were equipped with passea so they would have no difficulty In getting on to the pier or into the morgue. ' Lowered to the Pitra. The -work of taking off the bodies , was begun at once. Seamen tied. ropes about the boxes. -The mate In-charge-eBouted "lower away" and the grewaome freight was swung by da-S'f-Rnya to h pier. As the coffins commenced to appear, those on .the dock were awakened to a new tense of their grief and the sound of weeping rose loudly. At the boxes, were placed, on. the pier workmen began the progress of the casket . to the morgue. The casket containing . the body of Col. John Jacob Astor, lay , in the stern of the ship and was among the last to be removed. . The "bodies of the Tltanlc's crew had not been embalmed or placed In cof- . fins, but lay on the decks covered, with a big piece of tarred canvass to keep off the rain and sun. It was a horrible and sickening sight. .As the' sailors drew back the tarpaulin to remove the dead the remains were ex

posed to those on the dock. The faces of the dead were set in expressions of horror and extreme fear and the legs and arms were bent and contorted, showing how madly they fought for life In the Icy waters. Some of them were partly clothed while others were entirely naked. At the morgue stokers, still wearing the grime of the engine room on their faces, lay side by side with the remains of men nurtured in luxury. Scores of newspaper men were present while embalmers, wearing linen dusters which resembled butcher's frocks, were among the crowdA NEW SEA FIGHTER Torpedo Boat Beale Was Launched This Afternoon. (National News Association) PHILADELPHIA. April 20. The United States torpedo boat Beale' was launched' this afternoon at Cramp's ship yard. Mrs. John R. McLean, of Washington, daughter of Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale, after whom the ship was named, christened the sea fighter as she swung down the ways to the water. The new torpedo boat is a fighting machine of the most modern type. She is 28) feet long, with a beam 2t feet and a displacement of 742 tons. Her draft is 8 feet 4 Inches' and she is expected to make a speed of 3C knots an hour. She is equipped with three twia torpedo tubes, five three-Inch guns and two machine guns. Lieutenant Beale bad an adventurous career, both in the United States army and navy. After resigning from the nary In 1852. he entered the army and was made brigadier general. In 1876 he was appointed United States minister to Austria, a position which he held with marked success. His most spectacular service was during the Mexican war, when he acted as dispatch bearer under the most hazardous circumstances. In the latter part of 1848 he carried dispatches through Mexico at a time when capture meant almost certain death. He died in Chester, Is on April 22. 1893,