Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 281, 30 September 1912 — Page 1

IGHMOND FA ABIUM ' AMD SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. XO. 881. RICHMOND, IXD., MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 30, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. JENSEN HAS STARTED ON COUNTY TOUR Women are Not too Dishonest J. ETTOR t TO REGISTER FACED COURT LAUGH TODAY BT COLONEL

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Next Monday Is the Last Day on Which Voters Can Register Before the Election.

THIRTY PER CENT NOT REGISTERED Removal Certificates Must Be Secured by Voters from the County Auditor by October 4th. Next Monday, October 7, marks the beginning of the last -session of the registration board prior to the November election. Voters whose names are not listed when this session is concluded cannot participate in the election. The Progressive party urges voters who did not register at the two previous sessions of the board to do so without fair next Monday. If a voter has moved from one precinct to another since he registered at the May or September session, he must get a removal certificate from lthe county auditor. Voters are urged Ho secure them before October 4. Removal Certificates. Under the law, the registration clerks have the right to demand the registration books from the county auditor on October 4, three days before the opening of the last period. County Auditor Bowman will ask the clerk to leave the books in his office until. Saturday, October 5, to accommodate voters who want removal certificates. But he is helpless in the matter if the clerks demands the books on October i. Voters are urged to keep in mind that October 7 is the last day on which they may register, and that October 4 is the last day on which they are afcluty sure of securing removthe office of the count nomes on Monday and Oc- . iriday. " Remember these .vjf.; tJkey mean that you will Be Udprlved of your voting privilege if you have not registered. It Is probable that the October session of the registration board will be longer than one day in some city precincts. It is expected that if a party sees that its full vote has not registered, it will ask that the session of the board in the precinct be extended one day. But this is problematical. Absolutely Necessary. It is absolutely necessary to register Monday, Oct. 7, if the voter has not already registered. The voter not registered can not vote this fall. The Interpretation of the statute says: "Registration alone does not qualify one to vote, but if a citizen is otherwise qualified to vote and is not registered, either at the May, September or October registration, his vote can not be accepted." There are some quirks and twists in the registration law, and there are some openings for confusion and in1 justices. The wise voter will see to it 'that he is not in any way tricked out Of his roght to register and his right to vote. One way to make sure is to Ireglster without fail Monday, Oct. 7. To be on the safe side, it is up to the wise voter to register that day and have it done. If the careless elector iwaits for a second or third day of opportunity to register at the October period he is liable to be sadly fooled. The wise voter will keep in his mind the fact that there is a "joker" In the Taggart machine's registration law. That "joker" has the effect of putting it absolutely In the power of . the registration Inspector in the precinct to hold open the registration ' (Continued on Page Six)

Linus Meredith Had "The Can" Attached to Him One Paper Says

The Newcastle Times, a Democratic ,organ, prints the following commentary on the withdrawal of Linus Meredith as Sixth district chairman: "Linus Meredith, Sixth district Republican committeeman, finally got a ican to his tail. The G. O. P. wouldn't stand for it any longer. "Linus was not a very good liner. (Every time he heard anything that eounded like a Bull Moose he tucked 'Ms tail between his legs and hiked. This procedure started away last 'spring, when the Roosevelt and Taft lines of battle were forming. At any .meeting that promised any kind of a scar, Linus failed to get there. He was sick or had some kind of nervous prositration. He was not a Bull Moose, nor I had he any. leanings in that direction, for he was not sufficiently qualified to Join that organization. A politician who is not a scrapper and ready to light at the drop of the hat has no busi ness In Republican politics this year. "The Republicans have not kicked Linus out, for they long ago wore out their boots kicking at Bull Moosers. either has Linus resigned, as the

Progressive Congressional Candidate Opens with Address to Shopmen in This City at Noon.

BY SWEAT OF BROW HE FORMERLY LIVED The Candidate Informed Interested Audience Visits Bethel, Fountain City and Whitewater, Today. Gierluf Jensen, Progressive candidate for congress from the Sixth distrist, delivered his first address to the shop men of the city today at noon at the corner of North .Twelfth and E streets before more than 109 interested workmen. This afternoon he made the first trip of a scheduled swing through the county, speaking at Bethel Whitewater and Fountain City. Jlr. Jensen has a message for the shop men and workers, for he said that he spent many years working in the sweat of his brow. For several years he received $8 a month for the toil he performed. He was introduced to the factory men today by Will Reller, Progressive candidate for prosecuting attorney. Mr. Jensen said in part: "I come before you with pride, feeling that I am one of you, because it was with the sweat of my brow that I, in former years, earned a livelihood. I am delighted to represent the Progressive party as congressional candidate. I approve heartily of all the principles for which it stands. "I do not see how Woodrow Wilson, with his principle that labor is a commercial commodity, can come before the great working class of America and ask for votes. The Progressive party is the only one which comes before the working people with a platform that will redress wrongs and give them help. "Elect the Progressive party and we will see that your sons and daughters will no longer be kept in ignorance beca'use you cannot afford to send them to school. We will put laws on the Indiana books that will provide free school books and all the necessities required to school your children. "We also promise you, that your daughters will be able to work at wages that will permit them to buy good clothes and substantial food through honest employment. "To you, my brothers, we promise a liability law which will give you protection in the hour when you need it most. We want the American workers to enjoy all the privileges which rightfully belong to them, and also the wages which will enable them to live in a comfortable manner. We propose legislative acts that will forever prevent the financial depressions that accompany political campaigns. "We, as a party, feel that we are one of you, and claim that we are the only party which can come before you without a blush of shame and ask you to vote for us. Through you we will enact the laws you want and demand. If you elect me to represent you in congress, I shall do everything to help the condition of the working man and every class of society . in the United States." Mr. Jensen is a convincing speaker and his arguments seemed to strike an eloquent advocate of the Progressive cause. SHARP SPOKE Isaac Sharp, a Friend of London, addressed the congregation of the East Main Street. Friends' church Sunday evening on the subject of "A Half Century of Quakerism in England." Mr. Sharp is a well informed member of the Friends' church and his address was an illuminating one. stock of resignations were exhausted some weeks ago. They just set Linus upon a high shelf where he can gather the dust and keep out of the fray. "In his stead is installed Patrick Joseph Lynch, whose name would indicate a thoroughbred Republican. Although of French descent, he was born in Pennsylvania and for that reason never heard of the Democratic party until he was past the age of discretion. "He has a smile that would make old Santa Claus look sad; a countenance that reminds one of the glorious sunrises that young lady novelists write about, and a hand-shake that would raise the dead. We want to warn our Republican friends If there is a fighting convention in sight P. Joseph Lynch will be there before daylight and with him Erin's love of a scrap. "The Times desires to extend its felicitations to Mr. Lynch and its congratulations to the Republicans of the Sixth district in securing an experienced political manager and a real live wire to direct their campaign." .

Two Labor Leaders Charged with Being Accessories to Murder of Woman During a Recent Strike.

CLOSE GUARD KEPT OVER COURT HOUSE An Outbreak of Industrial Workers of World Feared Workmen Parade in Sympathy for Accused. (National News Association) QUINCY, Mass., Sept: 30. One thousand quarry and shoe workers of this city and Wymouth quit work today and paraded through the streets as a demonstration against the prosecution of Joseph Ettor ' and Arturo Gioivannitti. HAVE 350 VENIREMEN. SALEM, Mass., Sept. 30. Three hundred and fifty veniremen jammed the court room of Judge Joseph F. Quinn today when he called to the bar Joseph Caruso for murder and Joseph Ettor and Arthur M. Giovannitti as accessories to murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Anna Lopizzo in the Textile strike at Lawrence eight months ago. Outside the Essex county court building, many guards were stationed because of rumors that members of the Industrial Workers of the World of which organization Ettor and Giovannitti were leaders, might attack the building and attempt to rescue the prisoners. This is one of the most extraordinary cases in the annals of Massachusetts because of the character of the indictment which charges complicity in the murder of a woman during a strike riot to the leaders who preached a strike. All the forces of labor are lined up against an interpretation of the law which means that a strike leader can be punished for all the excesses of his followers or even the actions of the forces they lead. History of The Case. Ettor and Giovannitti went to Lawrence shortly after the outbreak of the big strike in the woollen mills. As officers of the Industrial Wrorkers of the World they addressed meetings of the striking operatives and counseled them as to their conduct during the disturbance. A few days after the beginning of the strike the disturbances became alarming and the militia was ordered out. Serious rioting, in which street cars were attacked, took place on the morning of January 29. The police and strikers clashed that same evening in front of the Everett Mill and Annie Lopezzi was mortally wounded by a bullet. The day following the killing of the Lopezzi woman Ettor and Giovannitti were arrested on the ground that their speeches had incited the principles to commit the acts of violence which resulted in the shooting. In April indictments were returned against them and they have since been held without bail to await trial. Since the arrest of the two leaders a nation-wide campaign in their behalf has been waged by the Industrial Workers of the World, which has pictured them as martyrs held in prison by the "interests." Notwithstanding the pre vailing belief that the men have been denied trial up to date by the government, the records of the court show that all continuances of the case have been at the request of counsel for the defense. It is expected that the trial will occupy at least six weeks. A KILLING FROST VISITER INDIANA Tomato Crop Suffered the Worst Cambridge Reports 30 Degrees. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept 30. The first killing frost of the season visited Indiana during the night and another is promised for tonight by the weather bureau. In Indianapolis the minimum temperature for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock this morning was 39 degrees, as shown by the instrument at the local station. - ,p It is believed that tomatoes, late in ripening were the greatest sufferers from 'the frost. ,.. A' killing frost with a minimum temperature of 32 was reported from Lafayette, while Auburn and Cambridge City reported 30 degrees. Other cities reporting ' fronsts were as follows: Logansport,' 31 ; Lafayette, 32; Columbus, 32; Bloowington, 35, Ft. Wayne. 34; Terre Haute, 38; Vincennes, 40. Frost ranging from the killing to the milder varieties was reported generally from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and New York. :

Wilson's Edict that N. Y. State Convention Must Be .'Unbossed" Makes the Bosses Merry.

C. MURPHY SNORTED WHEN INTERVIEWED And Growled that He "Had Nothing to Say" A Factional Fight in Convention Now Certain. (National News Association) SYRACUSE, Sept. 30. Gov. Woodrow Wilson's ultimatum from Seagirt that the Democratic state convention which goes into session tomorrow must be absolutely "unbossed" was still the cause for giggles among the political wiseacres this morning. They say Wilson's warning to Tammany hafl is laughable in view of the fact thac Tammany this year is as strong as ever before and Tammany will dominate the convention regardless of Wilson s desires. Senator O'Gormon said concerning the Wilson statement: "I am heartily in favor of his stand and shall do all in my power to make this convention a free and open one " Charles F. Murphy, Tammany leader, when told of the Wilson challenge snorted, then snapped: "Nothing to say." Congressman William Sulzer, Progressive leader, said: "The progressive element in;the Democratic party of this state will use every effort to make this convention one of the people and not one of the party bosses." Murphy To Name Him. But there is a general feeling that the man who will be nominated for the governorship is the man who wili be chosen by Murphy. The platform that the convention will adopt will be dictated by Murphy. And so it will be with the nomination of the rest of the state ticket and the selection of chairman, temporary and permanent. Governor Dix is still Murphy's candidate for standard-bearer this fall. Supreme court Justice Victor J. Dowling is said . to be Murphy's second choice for governor. A fight on the floor of the convention hall between Tammany and antiTammany factions is certain. Congressman William J. Sulzer who is out for the governorship as a leader of the progressive Democrats will have the backing of all the progressive and anti-tammany factions in the state. Martin H. Glinn, former state controller, was chosen temporary chairman. Congressman Francis S. Burton Harrison of New York, and J. D. McMahon of Rome and Norman E. Mack of Buffalo are being spoken of for the permanent chairman.' SECUREDJUJIVOBCE Child Wife Unfolds Tale of Abuse to Judge Fox. Pretty nineteen-year-old, Mrs. Daisy Rea Lamberson, sat on the witness stand in the circuit court room this morning and unfolded her late tale of martial woe in an effort to secure a divorce from Park E. Lamberson. The child wife, bit her lips in a visible attempt to check her emotion and when asked questions about which she was naturally sensitive, tears came to her eyes. The couple lived at Dublin. The plaintiff told of her husband's adversity to work, of his slavery to strong drink and of his inhuman treatment of her. She stated that she and her husband had separated on three different occasions. She declared that it would be a physical impossibility for her to live with him again. Unable to touch the floor with her feet, as she was sitting in the witness chair, the bloom of her youth not yet faded, little Mrs. Lamberson. told in a childlike voice, of the abuses heaped on her. She declared that he had never provided for her as he should have done, and that during the last few months, prior to their final separation, he would return home late at night in a drunken condition. One time, she asserted, be became angry at her, and struck her. She was ill for some time from the effects of his treatment of her, she declared. Judge Fox granted the decree. REFUTESASSERTION That There Are More Saloons than Law Allows. Chief Gormon today refuted the statement of Mrs. R. W. Randle. county secretary of the W. C. T. who in her statistical report before the county convention iast week said there were 53 saloons in this city which is five more than the law allows. Chief Gormon said that the law which Mrs. Randle refers to was made after the present saloons had been established and that they can not be icloeed for that reason..

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MRS. GABRIELLE STEWART MULLINER. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. Mrs. Gabrielle Stewart Mulliner, a prominent New York lawyer and practicioner, denounced as unjust the action of the Society of Law of England, one of the most influential organizations of its kind in the British Isles, in voting not to admit women as solicitors. The average English woman has not yet learned to be honest was one of the reasons given. "It's a slur against the women of England which no amount of apologies can cover." she said. Mrs. Mulliner declared she had spent six months in England studying law and never heard of a dishonest person among the scores of her fel-low girl law .students.

FOLLOWS TO STRIKE Unhappy-Lawrence, Mass., Was the Scene of More Rioting This Morning. (National News Association) LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 30. The twenty-four hour general strike called by the Industrial Workers of the World in protest against the imprisonment and trial of Joseph G. Ettor and Arture M. Giovannitti on the charge of being accessories to the murder of Anna Lopizzo resulted in disastrous rioting here today. Women led in the outbreaks. The trouble began as soon as the mills opened and it developed that hundreds of the employes ordered to strike had refused to obey. One man was fatally injured, and scores were assaulted and beaten and fourteen arrests were made in the course of disorders that occurred Jn the mill district, while operatives were going to work. Of those arrested, five were women. The fourteen face charges varying from "creating a disturbance" to "intimidation and assault." About 4,000 striking operatives thronged the mill street district near the Washington mill when the gates opened. One hundred and fifty police and forty state officers under Deputy Neal were on hand, patrolling tha streets to check trouble. Their presence failed to awe the strikers. The man fatally injured was pulled from the running board of a car and fell, fracturing his skull on the asphalt pavement. He was an operative on his way to work. While William Hoffarth, a fireman, was on his way to one of the mills early today with his daughter, who works in a mill, half a dozen men attacked him. For several minutes, gyu-ding his daughter from their blows with his own body he fought them off till help came. One man escorting a woman to work, carried a revolver in i his hand. He was given a clear path but unarmed workers were not so fortunate. Two women, one armed with a file and the other armed with a hammer, attacked Agent Mllliken of the Everett plant. He drew a revolver and drove them away. Many of those beaten were attacked as soon as they left their homes. In this way the strikers and their sympathizers avoided interference by the police on guard at the mills. UNIVERSITY BARS MISS JANE ADDAMS (National News Association) ANN ARBOR. Mich, Sept. 30. University of Michigan officials have refused permission to Mtss Jane Addams of Chicago to speak In University Hall when she appears in Ann Arbcr. Oct. 9th to speak in behalf of the Progressive party. Arrangements are being made for an open air meeting. A rule which prohibits the use of the hall for political discussions was the reas-

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PLANS CROSADE AGlSniOLATORS Mayor to Punish Saloon Keepers Who Sell to Habitual Drunkards.

Mayor Zimmerman is seriously planning another crusade. He is vexed at the saloon keepers who persist in selling liquor to habit ual drunkards. He asserts that a number of local saloon keepers will give liquor to men who are intoxicated or of whom it is known that they drink liquor to excess. The frequent appearance of habitual drunkards in the city court to answer to the charge of public intoxication, and a number of cases last week, peeved the mayor and he announced today that he would give the question attention. Mayor Zimmerman asserts that be has attempted to revoke the licenses of several saloon keepers who were guilty of the practice, but that the cases were appealed ti the circuit court. He said he did not know what disposition was made of the cases after their appeal. REPUBLICANS LOSE OH SW BALLOT Progressives and Democrats Gain According to Ballot of State Federation. The straw vote taken by the Cincinnati Enquirer at he State Federation of Labor convenUon here last week shows that six Republicans indicated that they had changed to the Progressives, ten Democrats had joined the Bull Moosers, eight Republicans had become Democrats and one Democrat had become Republican. The straw ballot indicates that among the laboring men the Republicans have lost severely. Progressives and Democrats show the largest gains. . Eeveridge secured thirty-five votes. Durbin four and Ralston seventy-three. The returns on presidential choice showed Wilson in the lead with eightytwo; Debs had forty-five; Roosevelt had twenty-one, and Taft with sixFACING BIG STRIKE (National News Association) CHICAGO. Sept 33 Through the resignation of Judge Kickham Scan lan as arbitrator of the Union men, Chicago faces a strike of 10,000 street car men, Wednesday. Judge ScanIon gave his reason for his resigning as his inability to agree with Herbert E. Fleming, arbitrator of the companies, in selecting a third arbitrator. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight and Tuesday; frost tonight.

In the 1P04 Campaign, Reads" Letter Written by Late Mr. Bliss, Given to Senate Probers Today.

ARCHBOLD CHARGES ARE NOT SUPPORTED Resumption of the Campaign" Fund Investigation Today Was Attended by a Very Large Crowd. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. Sept. SO. Determined to discover tho source of. the huge campaign contributions th senate committee of which Senator Clapp is chairman, resumed its hearing today. Believing that the investigation would produce some of the most stirring incidents in modern political history the committee room was crowded long before the session opened and scores were unable to obtain admission. William II. Libby of New York, a di rector of the Standard Oil company. also appeared before the committee today. His name had not been mention ed before in connection with the In vestigation. Bliss On The Stand. Cornelius Bliss. Jr., son of the late treasurer of the Republican national committee of 1904. wa the first wit ness called. Mr. Bliss submitted two documents, one a report made by an auditor of the accounts of Mr. Bliss. Sr., and the other a letter written by the elder Bliss, on his resignation, tp -Harry S. New. then chairman of the committee. Young Bliss declared be knew nothing of any contributions to the campaign and that he had not examined the report except in a casual way. "As I am about to retire from the treasureship of the committee and cannot be present at its session It seems proper for me to make a report of the receipts and expeditures for the 1904 campaign. " inclose copies of 'report of cam-,, paign contributions available. I have consistently refused to make the contents public for the reasons that I believe the contributors have the same right to secrecy that a voter has a right to cast his ballot in secret. "A great presidential campaign ia a contenUon for a principle and there s no need of disclosing the contributions thereto than there would be to make known the movements of organizing armies in war times to each other. "Statements of Republican receipts and expenditures already published were the emination of spiteful and diseased minds and did not contain the truth or anything like it. No "Tainted Money." "No political campaign has ever been conducted in this country as the Republican campaign of 1904 under the able and conservative management of Mr. Cortelyou. Not a dollar was received which the committee bad not good moral right to receive, and no pledges which should not have been made. There was no improper appropriation of the funds. Every member of the national committee should take pride in this record." The letter showed that In 1904 there was a balance of $107,000 left over from 1900, and a total of 12,088,000 was obtained in addition. The expenses for that year were f 2,096.000. Young Bliss said be knew nothing about the letter from CoL Roosevelt, which was supposed to hare been destroyed, and further stated that he had never beard his father - mention the names of Archbold or Penrose la connection with the campaign funds. The (Contlnced on Pag Clght) News Nuggets (National News Association) -PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Sept. 20. John Palais, whose wife is 13 yearsold, must send her to school or he will be sent to jalL . ... NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Rev. Earle Wlfley. in a sermon here, said that "Romantic love Is the curse of the age" and that love cannot thrive on less than $20 a week. TARRYTOWN, X. Y., Sept. 30. For dancing the turkey trot on John D. Archbold's sidewalk In front of the Catholic, church here at, 5 to 7 o'clyock in the morning Violet Moore of New York and George Miller, were fined $20. - W1NNIPEAG, Man.. Sept. 30. Steve KetcheL of Chicago and Tommy Kilbane, of Cleveland, win fight 12 rounds here tonight. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 30. Bob Barman established a new world's record for one mile over a circular' track at the Universal Exposition grounds yesterday when he drove his 300-horsepower Blitzes Bear once around in 47 3-5 seconda.

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