Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 184, 7 June 1912 — Page 1

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BOARD CLOSES CONFERENCES Board of Works Held Meeting Yesterday Afternoon When Specifications Were Considered. MATTERS OF PUBLIC POLICY DISCUSSED New Water Contract Scheduled for Public Reading at the Next. Council Meeting, June. 16th. The conference over the specifications of the water works contract came to a close yesterday afternoon. Matters of public policy rather than changes in the wording of the remaining sections occupied the afternoon. 'The board called Mr. Howard Dill of rtho water works to give the company's fside of the free water clause. Mr. Dill P as very anxious to-reduce theamount f free water now allowed the city. He argued that the city should set a limit kon the amount of free water to be usted by the school children. ! The matter was taken under advisefwent by the board and its attorneys but it seems probable that the board will take the ground that .sufficient con cessions would probably not be made Ithe city to justify placing a limit on i what may be a very desirable right to ireserve. Wilfred Jessup pointed out that the tendency toward an increased use of water in schools on account 'of their J more general use for public purposes. He cited the free baths, swimming .pools, and the preparation of lunches iin those cities which have taken on an industrial aspect. In twentyfive years, !Mr. Jeesup thought, the city might ,xted all Jthewater JpuJLdeocthfi, 1 schools. Mr. Dill followed this with an illustration. "When the company allowed the city to use water for flushing sewers it had no idea that automatic flush 'tanks would be installed. This has 'been a surprising loss of water. We had to work with these automatic flush tinks to keep them from seriously interfering with out service. If free water increases we shall bo handicapped." Purchase Clause Considered. The purchase clause was next, considered. Various suggestions were (made as to the right to be reserved by ithe city to retire the bonds of the company, the limits to be placed on the bond issue. Mr. Johnson asked Mr. Dill if an arrangement for issuing bonds in series to be retired at the bp- ! tlon of the city at intervals of ve years would embarrass the company. ! Mr. Dill said that he wished to have ithe advice of the other members of the board of directors before assenting I to such an agreement. "In my opinion there would at least jbe no benefit to theeompany in allowing the city to retire a series of bonds. "In regard to limiting the issue of 'the bonds, it is my opinion that it would be unwise to place a low limit as we need some treasury bonds to carry forward improvements. "Is it not true that you are constantly retiring such bonds yourself?" was one of the inquiries put at Mr. Dill by the attorneys. Mr. Dill admitted this was? the case. This matter was not settled at the -meeting but will be put in tentative form before the matter is presented to council. From $500,000 to $750,000 was suggested as the limit to the bond issuer Then Mr. DM1 took scattering points 'on which he wished reassurance. One , thing that troubled him was the pos- ; sibility thatthe company might not be paid for its new Are hydrants. Mr. Gardner reassured him by telling him that he would insert a clause defining the term "free intermediate hydrant" so as to clear up any misconstruction that might attach to aJt-Hydrants lying " between two hydrants wnjich are paid for. Mr. Dill was also fearful lest the words ''city building" might mean that free water should be furnished for? the condensers at the city light plant., An,otherfpolnt he tried to gain was, that ! the company should be put to too great expense by the continual testing of , meters. However on cross examination jhe admitted that the company had i never been put to serious inconveni ence.. . Our informal meeting will probably .place1 the specifications In good shape for the consideraton of council and the public. It is now scheduled for public reading on tie next council meeting which occurs one week from next Monday evening. Jm When you take your vacation let the Palladium follow you. Telephone your vacation address to No. 2366.

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helpcOl. hoosevelt Gifford Pinchot, former U. S. States Forestry expert, who has just return ed from a three weeks' stay in British Columbia, where he was advising the Canadian Government regarding the establishment of a forestry bureau. He is now among the regular callers on Col. Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, and is expected to take an active part in the Ex-President's fight against President Taft for the presidential nomination. IS RELEASED f COUNTY JAIL TODAY Wyles, Alleged Pickpocket, Permittee to Go on ; Recognizance. Henry Wyles, one of the three al leged pickpockets arrested May 7, at the circus grounds as they were in the act of going through a man's pocketbook which they had taken from his pocket, it is said, was released from the county jail this morning and allowed to go on his own recognizance. He was taken before udge Fox, who held that the evidence in the hands of the state's attorney would not juati-1 fy holding the prisoner until late in August when it is planned to try the 3 men. Judge Fox ruled the evidence did not clearly establish Wyles' guilt and allowed him to go. One of the men in the alleged crowd of pickpockets, Frank Cantwell, a former boxing promoter of Indianapolis, was released a short time after committed to the county jail, on bond of $1,000. ohn Willis, the third of the trio is still being held, the evidence against him being of such a nature as to be absolutely certain of his conviction, in the opinion of the police and witnesses. The men were arrested at Nineteenth and North P streets. A man had his pocketbook stolen, and Willis -was seen to throw an empty purse to the ground. Cantwell and Wyles were pushing and crowding the man shortly before his pocketbook was missed. The state's attorney; claims .to have a clear case against all? three men. Wyles is to appear when his case is called to trial by the terms of his release. . .. KILLED AJABID 00G Animal Attempted to -Bite Children. , , A . small dog belonging to Frank Hale, 813 North Tenth street created a reign, or. terror at the . Hale home yesterday when it apparently went mad, and attempted to bite several children. .Mrs. Hale, however, closed a door shutting the dog into a kitchen where a neighbor, called to the scene, killed the animal. 'The dog had been locked up on-the premises until Wednesday; morning When it escaped. The dog showed all the symptoms of rabies. ACCOUNTANTS WORK ON CITY'S BOOKS The two expert accountants working on the city books at the court house now, will finish their work within the next two weeks. The men have finished their work on the city's books with the exception of the street improvement fund which has been badly confused, the beneral fund and the street improvement fund being drawn on at random in the five years preceding the last administration. This work, it wap thought, would require the services of the two men for three months at least. They have been working on the books for less than two weeks, and have the task well in hand, having completed about one-hal? of the work up to the present.

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CITY FATHERS Writer Says That He Did Not Charge Council and the Mayor With Being a Set of Crooks. CHARGE OF MAYOR WAS UNJUSTIFIED 'Nothing but a Distorted Mind Could Misconstrue My Request," Is the Statement of Bavis. In the appended communication A. Bavis, who has considerable insight in public affairs, "comes back" at the mayor and the city council, for the latter's treatment of him at the council meeting last Monday evening. Bavis declares that his communication was a plain simple request that the stenographic notes taken at the sessions of the hospital investigating committee be turned back to the councilmanic committee for translation and publication. Bavis declares that the statements of the mayor and the councilmen to the effect that his communication charged the council with being crooked, were not justified. Bavis charges in his communication today that Mayor Zimmerman had told him two different stories regarding his absence at the council meeting when the hospital report was considered. Mr. Bavis declares that nothing but a distorted mind could construe his request, in regard to the publication of the stenographer's notes, into a charge of crookedness. He further states that whoever places such a construction on the request can be looked upon as one whose conscience is not wholly clear. The communication follows: ThePAUadium:- - - I have deferred commenting on the reception given to my communication by the council Monday evening, to give my nerves an opportunity to set- : tie down to something like a normal j state, that I might be in a fit and proper condition to propel a pencil without fear and troubling. As it is, I have to write while the graphophone is playing, to keep my mind from wandering to the possibilities, had the cause for the eruption been a little more acute. What was all the rumpus over? What did my letter contain to transform such a haven of peace and tranquility into such an inferno? I am charged with insulting the dignity of the councilmanic body as a whole. What grounds are there for such charges? Let us draw a comparison or two and see where the insult lies, whether it be to the council, or the committee, whose work has been "kicked around" that it makes the kicking of the "Missouri Houn Dawg" look like love taps from the tip of a velvet slipper. My communication was a plain simple request that the stenographic notes be turned back to the committee for translation and publication. With a further request, for whatever additional evidence has been given to the council to justify the four-fold re versal of their actions. Here is the quotation from the let. ter that is construed to be an insult, and possessing the charge of "crookedness" on the part of the council: "I would further ask your honorable body for such additional evidence adduced, subsequent to the submitting of our report, that justifies the frequent change in your vote as a whole on its acceptance, and particularly to cause the three councilmanic representatives who served on that committee to vote against their own recommendations." I felt and do feel, that any ad ditional evidence given to the council! justifying a change in the recommendations of the committee report, the members of that committee, with the councilmanic representatives, should be put in possession of such evidence. What but a distorted mind could construe such a request into a charge of "crookedness"? There is no such a charge, direct or implied, and whoever places such a construction upon it, can be looked upon as one whose conscience is not wholly clear. When it becomes necessary for me to make charges of crooked dealings. (Continued on Page Seven) THE WEATHER STATE Fair Saturday. tonight and probably LOCAL Fair tonight Warmer. Saturday. and Saturday. . HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and Vicinity Maximum temperature, 73 at 3 p. m. Thursday. Minimum temperature, 49, at 5 a. m. Friday. Temperature at 11:30 today 66. Barometer 30.2. Direction and velocity of wind, W 9 miles per hour.

HILL. FOR BOARD IS Women Hold Mass Meeting and Boom Candidacy of Prominent Woman for a School Board Member. MAYOR IS PRAISED FOR HIS ATTITUDE Enthusiasm Shown When It Was Stated Executive Favored Placing Woman on School Board. A successful and interesting meeting was held yesterday afternoon by the women of the city in the lecture room of the Morrisson-Reeves library for the purpose of discussing the situation relative" to the nomination of Miss Sarah A. Hill for the school board, which was made at the meeting of the city council held last Monday. A representative body of women was present. Not only club, but non-club women; women from organizations not classed as "women's clubs," but large and influential aggregations of feminine citizenship; both Catholic and Protestant, and, indeed, almost every phase of life of the town, were included. i ne meeting was informal with a chairman appointed for the afternoon, the procedure being concerned entirely with Bhort talks relative to the expediency of impressing the council with the wide-spread sentiment in favor of the appointment of Miss Hill. Explanations Given. The personnel and complexion of the city's administrative body were explained and commented upon in more or less detail for the benefit of those uninformed as to the exact duties of councilmen; the limitations of the various wards set forth hs names Y and addresses of councilmen given out, the division between ward councilmen and councilmen at large defined, and every department of civic .'activity which bore on the appointment bycouncil to membership on the school board brought up. Representatives from the various wards of the town were in attendance and Ehowed a considerable knowledge of the situation relative to the standing toward this question of the councilmen in their particular wards. A committee was appointed from each ward to look after the interests of the election of Miss Hill, all these committees to report at a meeting to be held in the same place on Saturday, June i5th, at four o'clock in the after noon. The most enthusiastic point in the proceedings was reached when it was stated that it had been learned that the attitude of Dr. Zimmerman toward the appointment of a woman on the school board was favorable. Greeted By Applause. Applause greeted this statement and the mayor's attitude toward a number of measures in which women were interested, notably the removal of the tracks from Glen Miller, commended. The statement was made that all the women school teachers in town were for the election of Miss Hill, and j f "ention was called to the fact that iuej are me ones wno are more airectly affected by the make-up of the board than any other class in town. Both of the other nominees for election, namely Lee Nusbaum, whose term expires, and Mr. Jordan, who is a candidate for the position vacated by Mr. Strattan and for which Miss j J1111 ws nominated, were referred to in , complimentary fashion and the point made that the women of the city were not opposing their, or any other man's candidacy. It was emphasized, however, that the wromen of the town were practically a unit for the appointment of Miss Hill, that all the school teachers were for It, and that a large proportion of the men were also in its favor. And that this was not surmise but actual knowledge gleaned from a canvassing of the situation. MOTORCYCLES FOR RICHMOND'S POLICE A reward of 50 which will soon be given to the police department of this city for returning Ed. Bodiker to the Indiana prison, from which he was paroled some years ago, will be turned over to the city soon: This sum will probably .be set aside in a special fund designed eventually to equip the police department of this city with motorcycles. The board of works and council have set the seal of approval on this plan. The laws requires that rewards paid into the police department, shall at once be turned Oto the general fund of the city. Council and the board of works have signified their willingness to set aside this sum from the general fund to be used as a special fund to buy police motorcycles! The police department is delighted with this arrangement, and it is probable that action will be taken, at the next meeting of counciL

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UNCLE SAM IS NOW READY FOR ACTION 5,000 Heavily Armed Infantrymen May Invade Cuba and Quell Rebellion. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. June 7. Following an open threat of intervention in Cuba unless President Gomez deals summarily with the revolution the war department today placed into commission the transports Meads, McClellan, Sumner and Kilpatrick, now j at Newport News with orders to be ! ready to sail immediately. At the ! same time telegrams were sent to the 1 - , . . .. , . . . . . posts to have their troops ready to move immediately on receipt of orders. This will enable the United States to pour 5,000 heavily armed infantrymen into Cuba within two days. TVi fi trnnenArls will cull frrm nrfnlk Va.. and Savannah. Ga. i This action followed the transmis- ' sion of the following note from Sec re- '. tary Knox to the Cuban government: j I have the honor to inform you that ! the president has dispatched four warships to the ports or Oriente and will , disembark marines to protest property ; of Americans but without attacking J the rebels. The president hopes the Cuban government will put an end to ., R , ., , T, .. . the revolt, otherwise the United , States, in accordance with the treaty, will be obliged to push an active cam- i paign to crush the rebellion." This Is tne first time tne unltea States has openly threatened interventionin Cuba during the present ' tintiHlA Ctiti danoptmAnl nfffMola art. mitted today that the United States is weary of Gomez's reiterations of his ability to crush the rebellion while he apparently makes little progress and if conditions don't Improve within the next 48 hours the U. S. will take the matter in her own hands. BOSTON ELEVATED STRIKE OirtODlY Twenty Cars Were i Wrecked in the Bean City by the Rioting Strikers. (National News Association) BOSTON. Mass., June 7. Boston elevated railway union employes went on strike shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. Car service in the subways, in the downtown districts and in Cambridge, Sommervllle, Maiden, Melrose and other cities within a ten-mile radium is badly crippled. The strike vote was taken at a meeting in Pane Memorial hall and was practically unanimous. Two thousand men were at the meeting. Disorder broke out immediately afterwards. When the men left the meeting a car was passing Castle Square. They drove the crew off, cut the trolley rope and took the controller handle. Committees of strikers were rusfied to the different car barns." The elevated railroad applied for protection and special detachment of officers were hurried to the Dudley street and SulHron cnnaM tfirmtnala Twenty cars were wrecked In different parts of the city, a score of people were slightly injured and the service ! was badly crippled. T In Regard to Present Quarantineon Dogs? For the purpose of securing opinions of prominent men on the present quarantine of'dogs, Edgar Iliff. president of the Humane Society will call a meeting of that organization to which the public will be invited, some night next week. When asked his opinion on the second quarantine Mr. Iliff made the following statement today: "I believe that the first quarantine was all right and that the health authorities were justified in issuinK the order for it, but this second quarantine is somewhat inhumane, in my opinion. It's a good thing to get rid of ownerless doga, but it is a cruelty to good dogs. A BRYAN STAMPEDE FAILED IN DULUTH (National Xew Association) DULUTH, Mian., June 7. Resisting all efforts to create a stampede in favor of William J. Bryan, the" state Democratic convention yesterday voted to send a complete delegation of twenty four men to the Baltimore convention and Insrncted them, to vote for Wood row Wilson for iiominanation for president. The vote may be transferred to another candidate whenever, in the opinion of two-thirds of the. delegation Wilson's nomination becomes impossible.

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ANARCHY PREVAILS IN EASTERN CUBA Negroes Are Rapidly Joining Insurgent Army, Fearing Their Lives. (National News Association HAVANA. June ' 7. A condition of anarcny prevails in Oriente province. the government troops in the field are .unable to cope with tne rapidly Increasing rebel forces and President Gomez has decided to go to the front to lead his own army. t Even the president's closest friends admitted today that the government bad made a grave error in suspending tne constitutional guarantees. Many B who nad hltherto hesitated , ut joining the revolutionists fear that they will be executed on suspicion by the white troops and therefore have piedged their aid to Gen. Estones. . , , . .. , , ,. ,, declaring that they would rather die fighting than to be shot down without a chance for life. The struggle has developed into a race war that may shock the civilized world with its barbarities. The lower negroes are openly boasting that they will kill all the white men and make the white women their slaves. Throughout the island the whites are forming committees of defense for the protection of their homes, but they are handicapped by lack of anna while the negroes seem to be plentifully iup plied. Every negro arrested is found to be armed. Many whites in this city are panic stricken. That any personal clash between a white and, negro j would be the signal Jor a race outi break here is a fear openly expressed by the authorities. The belisf-is growing that the landing of American marines on Cuban soil is the fore-runner of a third Intervention and President Gomez's closest adviserB have warned that unless he crushes the revolt at once his administration will fall. It was for thia reason he decided to lead his troops. The failure of General Meantugudo to take the offensive and whip the rebels in Oriente province was today explained by the government to be due tq the heavy rains and the difficult country in which the rebels are operating. ELECT AJREASURER Henry Schroeder Is Chosen by the Eagles. Henry Schroeder, of this city, was elected treasurer of the state aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at j the closing session of the state con7,entln DeM 7atTd' at I"POlis. The Richmond degree team had charge of the exemplification of the degree work at the closing session last evening. A large number of Richmond Eagles, in addition to the delei gates and members of the degree team. attended the convention. It waa decided to hold next year's convention at Indianapolis, although other cities had asked for the stata meeting in 1913. DOG POISONER IS SHOWING ACTIVITY Residents of Fairview are up in arms against the acts of a dog poisoner who has been at work on Sheridan street. Eight valuable dogs have been poison ed in the last week, and in all but one case the dogs have died. Ground glass has been given the animals, together with some more subtle poison. The police will be asked to aid in fixing the Identity of the fiend. Several of the J dS" Wre tte1 on the,r owner's prem ! lap it 'help? nereaoarv tnr th rinr fiend to throw the poisoned meat or other bait Into the yards. ALUMINUM TRUST ENJOINED TODAY (National News Association) PITTSBURG. June 7. A consent decree was entered in the U. S. district court for the western district of Pennsylvania today in what Is known as the aluminum trust case, whereby the government obtained a perpetual injunction curtailing the monopolistic tendencies of the trust In controlling the price of aluminum mare and bauxite in the United States and Europe. The decree prohibits the sate by the Alumi num Company of America of aluminum abroad and likewise closes American j markts to foreign manufacturers.

STEAM ROLLER RUI1 OVER BORAH TODAY DESPITE PROTESTS:

Operation Takes Place After Borah Had Demanded Re cording of Votes on Motions Presented. A FAIR PLAY PLEA IS CALMLY IGNORED By Committee Majority, but Roosevelt Men Vote for Taft Delegates From First Alabama District. (National Xws Association.) CHICAGO. June 7. The Republican National committee today began its contest hearing. The cases of six dele-gates-at-lsrgc from Alabama were first considered. Just to try out the steam roller it was run over Senator Borah, of Idaho, a Roosevelt supporter, at the Very oatset of the hearinc Borah asked that the committee order a roll call on the demand of eight members. The present rule provides for a roll call at tbe request of twenty men. He was voted down. , As Borah rose to address tbe meeting there was silence. He made bis motion and launched into an address in support of it. Then the throttle of the roller- was opened. A commttttetnan . mads a motion to lay ths Borah motion on the table. The Senator wss Interrupted while the new motion was made. He protested. Chairman Rosewater used the gavel. The motion to table was seconded, then it was gavel; ed through. . "I dont want to be choked off, Borah cried angrily. "I don't wsnt to begagged here. I will say what I want t say and I will say It now or I will stop the proceedings of this committee in such a way that the world will know." "Tbe gentleman's motion is laid on the table," Rosewater interrupted, but Borah would not be cilenoed. "You will not proceed. be shouted. "I want to talk and I will talk. I know yon have a steam roller. Tbe world will know you have a steam roller and who operates it. I want the world to know that the men who do not have moral courage to go on record here are not the representatives of the Re-. publican party." A. N. Stephenson, holding a proxy, rose to the point of order and asked that the committee proceed with its business. Borah, however, was permit ted to continue. "If these rules are not changed, be said, "it can be charged that men have been seated in this convention, who have no right there. I do not make this motion because I expect to get a change here. I do not expect any different result, but we ought to proceed here so tbe world may know bow eacb individual rotes. We ourht to do so ss a matter of personal courage, in the recording of eacb vote. "We are not dealing alone with delegates. We are being watched by sotn ninety million people. If the vote is known the people will say that you are at least honest in your convictions. Is there any man here who Is desirous of going on record as making a record which cannot be revealed? Are you afraid to let the people know bow you voted? "When we take a vive voce rote it is nothing more than a vote of the chair. Why not go on record, then, after yon make your record, it will stand behind yon and your personal courage. Why have a record here which gives an opportunity of charges of fraud?Alabama Contest Up. At tbe conclusion of Senator Borah's address the committee took up consideration of the contest over the Alabama delegates-at-Iarge. The Roosevelt contestants were permitted to present their side first, A new bombshell was exploded by tbe Rooseveltians when Attorney Huntley, for the Roosevelt men, declared that the Alabama delegation at large for Taft was named following a pact between President Taft and Alabama office holders. In his exhibit, he declared, was (he original letter signed by the president. He charged that the convention in AI (Contlnued on Page Ten.) DISCARDED , FURNITURE need not be throw n aw ay. TLre is a market for it. and you may dispose of it easily by reaching customers through the WANT ADS.

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