Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 142, 25 April 1913 — Page 1

B FA AND 8UN-TECEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 142 RICHMOND IND FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS HOUSE HEARS A CATECHISM UPON TARIFF NANCE GWYNN TIRES OF FOURTH HUSBAND JUNE NINTH IS DATE OF THE PRIMARY Forcibly i Feeding a Sick Python In New 'York Zoo NICHOLAS TO MAKE FALLEN CITY A t

t:

eic:

MOM

JLXAJDItUM

HUM

y

.0 5

Reading Clerk Reads a List of Questions and J. Hampton Moore, Republican, .Gives the Answers.

NO PRECEDENT FOR ; UNIQUE SPECTACLE Moore Said Wilson Made . Country, Take Notice By Reading Message and He Followed the Example.. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, April 25. With the aid of the reading clerk Congressman J. Hamptpn Moore, a Pennsylvania Republican congressman, found a new -way to deliver a tariff speech in the .house today. Mr. Moore conducted a. tariff "catechism" by having the house clerk read questions which the member had prepared In advance, and which ' were' then , answered by Moore from the floor. ' ' . v .The ."catechism", began when the clerk asked, -"when was the- first tariff act passed?", - ( .' ' Rep.-Moore answered that the first tariff bill was passed In 1879 and was regarded as an American declaration of commercial Independence. i I fVt The next questions answered then took tariff legislation' step by step up to the Underwood bill, which was "roasted" by Mr. Moore in his answers. Mr. Moore termed - his speech a "tariff primer," ; and the spectacle presented when the clerk began, to Are questions at Mr. Moore from the-read ingrdeek was without precedent In .the house. , Rep. Moore explained that he took this unusual method of ' speech making following the "stop, . look, - and listen exainple of President Wilson, who a few-days ago addressed the house' on the tariff issue. The president's act, said Mr.V Moore, caused tba. country to sit up "and take notice and.' ask about the tariff, and-for the good of the uninitiated. Moore said be s desired the clerk to ask certain questions which he would . answer. Rep. Moore's answers to the , questions propounded " 1 were -critical throughout of the Democratic tariff bill and served . as a unique defense of the present law. ' , . , 8ampies of Questions. ' Some samples - of questions " and answers were: .. ; "Why was the Payne bill passed?" "Because the Democrats were misrepresenting the tariff question. "7 ."Did the Payrie bill ' revise the tariff downward?" : ;" t "It ,did, and equalized many duties." , . : . -. . a-. ."If the people enjoyed such wonderful, progress under the Payne law; why did they complain?" - - 4 "They listened to America's politicians, agitators without conscience, journalistic ''Morgons with , axes ' to grind, ' magazines seeking pap, essalests who found it more profitable to write friction than to work theoretical college professors, non-producers and a few sincere reformers, usually misinformed and frequently mislead." The clerk read off a question asking Moore what was meant by the Wilson Underwood bill. ; ; ' .. "'The bill introduced by Chairman Underwood, exponent in the house of the theories of President Wilson," he replied. 'The industries of the' country, Mr. Moore? declared had thrived both under the Dingley and Payne laws, but many of them would be wrecked under the Underwood bill. A SPY SENTENCED . (National News Association) LIEPSIC. Germany, April. 25. Herr Kohler, a German, was sentenced to seven years penal service for spying on German fortifications in behalf of the Russian 'and French' governments. Forest fires in 1912 caused losses in Pennsylania aggregating more than $50,00. "TAG YOUR CAT" BATTLE CRY NOW (Vatlonal News Association) SPOKANE, Wash., April 25. ;"Good morning, have you tagged your cat?" This will soon become a commtin ' form of . salutation in Spokane if plans formulated by the women of the Spokane Floral association mature. With "Exterminate the stray cat" as a battlecry the i women , have launched a movement to place cats in the same category with dogs. ; When asked how they expect to discriminate between the fluffy, purring :pet and the homeless, unloved stray, the answer came, "Put a tax on, cats the same as on dogs and then make them wear a eoljar and tag." By this means the women ' hope to fortify the security of ' their cherished house cats and to remove the necessity, of their mingling with the felines of mongrel origin. It has been suggested that the aid of the small boy 'be enlisted In a campaign to round (jbj tiie ftrayjk , -

Wh '-J '(fay 7, r-'i :, J , - ? i' t . 1 s , "Vj - NANCE GWYNN. NEW YORK, April 25. Nance Gwynn, thedaring and dainty dancer, who created quite a sensation in New York about three years ago when she introduced . her "Dance: of Dreams," has admitted that; she! is .suing her fbuHkViuslanclf harjea 'isomer Williams, a -wealthy art dealer, for divorce in the courts of England. .Miss Owynn cannot see anything unusual in the fact that a young woman of her age, she "admits she is twenty-slx'should have walked to the strains of the wedding march on four - different 11 occasions. "I won't be bound to a' husband that I, can no longer love," js her only comment. , - . 33 BODIES FOUND Totar Nnmber of . Pead in 'Pennsylvania Tragedy'Now 1 52 Will Exceed' 100.1 (National News Association) FINLEYVILLEPa.r' April :25. The coroners jury today started Its Investigation into the cause of the 'explosion in the Cincinnati mine of the Monongahela 'Stiver Consolidated Coal & Coke- company near here -which resulted in the . death ,of . from t 111 to 120 men. ;Thirty-three bodies were recovered ' earjy ' today, bringing the total known dead ups to .fiXtyiwOs.-,,:' , , No finding will be made by the coroners jury until all the bodies are removed. ' That may be days 'for many of the bodies are buried, under tons of debris. , .; ':; , While hundreds of ?,wives, mothers and4 other -relatives of the naen believed to have lost their lives, have waited patiently at the mine's mouth, no word has been vouchsafed by the company officials since the explosion "Wednesday afternoon which would tend to relieve the" anxiety of the watchers.- Man after man returning from the interior of the mine, is rushed 'into 'the company's 'office' where he meets G. W. Schluedersberg.' general " mine manager, and makes his report. Employes have been Silenced. To the newspaper men Schluedesberg replies to all questions, "you know as much as I do." . - The office -is surrounded by special officers, state constables and railroad policemen -who keep the: watchers outside a roped enclosure, while Insults are frequently .hurled at the men and women, who . unable to restrain their Impatience "for, news of lost ones; constantly encroach on the- 4 forbidden territory."- - v- -- , Union officials. lt was said today, are incensed at - the - situation and plan a special Investigation not only into the cause but over the manner of conducting the relief work. That the accident was avoidable was the statement today of William Davis, superintendent of the min many years ago. He' declared the mine was gaseous and said that the fan "' was inadequate to keep a constant supply of fresh air circulating througn the workings. THE WEATHER STATE . AN D LOCAL Cloudy and cooler tonight. .Probably preceded by showers in south portion. Sat- - vrday -fair.

I V V,- , , ,, i

-X.

City Committee, 0 f Progres- , sive Organization Decides on Short Campaign For Various Candidates.

QUALIFICATION OF VOTER BROAD RULE Utmost Precaution Is Taken to Insure An Absolutely Fair Election a List of the Precincts. " At a meeting of the , Progressive city committee last evening it .was unanimously decided to hold the primary election on Monday, June 9, for the purpose of nominating a municipal ticket. The rules, for the primary, as prepared by the executive committee of the organization the previous evening, were adopted with a few sMght , alterations. The rule governing 1 the qualifications of voters is broad and the utmost precaution has been taken to insure a fair election. The following Is a list of the voting precincts and the rules governing the primary: - . . Voting Precincts. The city shall be divided Into nine precincts, as follows: '...- No. 1 shall comprise all of the First Ward. -J,:. No. 2 shall comprise all of ; the Second Ward. r ' r No. 3 shall comprise all of the Third Ward. ' ' " No. .4 shall comprise' all of the Fourth Ward. No. 5 shall comprise all that portion of the Fifth Ward lying south of the middle line of the P. C. C. &.St. L. Railway. v ' v , No. 6 shall comprise all that portion of the Fifth Ward lying north of the middle line of the P. .C. C. & St. L. Railway. - - No, 7 shall comprise all of the Sixth, Ward.' '.-'.l, ... "Na 8." shaJl. comprise all of the Seventh Ward. r No. 9 shall comprise all of the Eighth Ward. Officers of Election. The election in each precinct, as above speciled,". shall be under ' the supervision,' management and control of the Progressive City Committee. The members of the City Committee . of each precinct; is authorized to select and appoint, sabject to the approval of the City Election Committee, such judicious, discreet, reliable and reputable Progressives in each voting precinct as In these rules are provided, tcihwit: 1 inspector, 1 Judge, 1 Sheriff, and 2 Clerks, to assist the Committee in faithfully and properly receiving and counting the ballots at said election, but it shall be necessary that any Inspector, Judge, Sheriff or Clerk, shall be a freeholder,' but as far as practicable, the member of the City Committee shall be the Inspector. No candidate shall be a member of the Election Board, and no person nearer related than second cousin to a candidate shall be a member of feuch board.' Election, How Conducted. - Each Clerk shall keep a separate poll book and a separate tally sheet. The polls must be opened at 6 a. m. and closed at & o'clock p. m. As soon as the polls are closed, all ballots not voted shall immediately be destroyed in the presence of the entire Election Board by .consuming the same with fire. " This election shall be governed and conducted as nearly as practicable under the laws, rules and regulations governing the general election in this state. ; All mutilated and protested ballots shall be preserved, and the inspector shall indorse on the back thereof the offices for which any such ballots have been counted. Each ballot as counted shall be strung upon a card and preserved. Qualifications of Voter. All Progressives are entitled to participate in this primary; and in the event that there shall be any question as to the qualifications of a voter his declaration in writing, If" required, before the election board, that he is a Progressive, shall entitle him to vote. , First voters are invited to affiliate with the Progressive party by voting at the primary of said party. Filling Vacancies. In case of the vacancy In any office by reason of death, resignation or other disqualification of any candidate after the nomination, this committee shall fill the vacancy or determine the method - of filling such vacancy. Reports and Returns. The inspectors and judges of said; elections, in all precincts, shall report in , writing to the " Progressive City Committee on the result of the election, showing how many votes each person voted for at said election re-

ceived, and the office for which he Hed are as follows: Organization received said votes. This report shall . Committee, Finance, Fraternal Organbe made at the conclusion of the court iaatlona. Publicity, Auditing, Booster in each precinct and shall be signed Trips, Decorations, Mercantile, by the officers of said election. , Awards. Parades. Hospitality. Grain,

At the close of the count. In the Mu8ic: mansina-. uatue. Mogs, sneep, presence of the officers of the elec-! Horses, Vegetables, Fruity Flowers, tion, the ballots, one poUbookv one Transportation. Amusements, PrivtaUy sheet and one certificate ot elec- ik?ees Refreshments, Poultry, Educa-

jLContlnuedLon Xoat Pager

Hp"- - -jycTi" 'IT l" i 3, j I , . -V " i'"5 " S : t - - y,. ri-'j-v i i' r 7b?l': ' T"r y -. -..v- V : L' ; k V.. ' 'skl-U 5c I 4 S' tMt r'fthslf .!u j'-i'.r

STE U B E H V ILLE HAD -A DANGEROUS FIRE Hotel Badly Damaged and Several Buildings Burned Down Early Today. (National News Association) ' STEUBENVILLE,"0; April 25. One hundred guests in the Imperial hotel here had hair-breadth "escapes. from death and a number were painfully burned when fire swept through the hostelery this morning. After a hard fight the flames were gotten under control, but not until the structure had been badly damaged. ' Many guests lost all their effects: ' ." Incendiaries are blamed tor the conflagration; . . t Shortly after the fire In the , hotel was put out fire broV? out In the .warehouse and stables, of F. M. Yoacum -and spread to Vseveral- houses nearby. Three Ivonses, twelve stables and the warehouse, were destroyed. It is believed this blaze was also - the work Qf firebrands. . , ? t, i COIIOEMIIS M S; Of I PANAMA OUESTIOH Norwegian Cabinet Officer, in Washington, Supports, British Contention. (National News Association) -WASHINGTON, April. 25. Gregers W. W. Gram, minister of state of Norway In an address before the American Society of International law at the New Willard hotel accused the United States of taking the wrong stand in the Panama canal tolls controversy with Great Britain. "After tha completion of the canal, in time of peace, as well as in time of war, it should be exercised on equal terms for all nations. , To discriminate in favor of the .trade of the United States is to break the spirit of the treaty," the minister declared. Mr. Gram suggested that the matter be referred to The Hague tribunal for arbitration and, inasmuch as he Crossed the ocean expressly to address the society, his speech Is- considered a pronouncement of the true European view of the controversy.. . Mc Gram .'expounded the clause in the treaty reading: "There shall be no discrimination against any nation in respect to the conditions or" charges 'of traffic." He took the British view. t J , An address by Senator Elihu'Root, president o the society was-read by James Brown Scott, secretary. FESTIVAL COMMITTEE ..... f Will Hold Session At Y. M. , C: Al Monday. ; A meeting of the sub-committee of the advertising committee of the Commercial Club - which has - the - matter of arranging for the proposed Fall Festival in charge was held last evening. Monday noon a meeting of -the full committee, will be held; at the Young Men's. ' Christian ' association building, at 11:30 o'clock, at which time "further arrangements " will' be completed. . v A list -of - the" committees, for ; the Fall Festival have not been chosen, as yet The names of the committees to . I uonai, jtustonai jxiudix. Home Jomjing Celebration, Domestic .Sdenee,

RUMELY STOCK IS STILL GOING DQWII

Common Closed Today At 23 While Preferred Closed at - 518 , a Big Drop. RUMORS IN THE AIR Reported That the Preferred Stock. Will Fail to Pay Its Next Dividend. M. Rumely ft company stock continued to tumble today and many Richmond stockholders are now wondering bow far down the slide this stock wui'go.5 ' ' - , ;;VJ;; Yesterday Rumely preferred "Closed at 65 and opened today af"54. ' It closed today at 61 . ; Yesterday 'Rumely. common closed at 27 and opened this morning at 2? but closed today at 23. ; , - : 1 Six months ago Rumely preferred was selling at par and common was selling at between 95 and 97. This morning a number of Richmond people received the following card from the, Chicago branch of the John Burnham & Company, one of the largest brokerage firms In the country: - "The preferred stock of the M. Rumely Co.. closed Thursday . at 65 a : share. The common stock closed at 27, after selling down to 26. "In al- probability the dividend on (be common will be passed, and there are constant rumors "to the effect that the preferred will also fail to pay Its next dividend. , We have no definite Information on this point, but believe that this market should be watched carefully." 5 Announcement was made today that the New York Stock Exchange had refused to act on the complaint filed with it by a New York . brokerage , firm j against Solomon & Company, one of ithe firms which financed .the Rumely merger, charging misrepresentation In 'disposing of the stock. WALES HOW INVADED "--. By the Militants, Who Are Spreading Terror." (National News Association) CARDIFF, Wales. April 25. Militantsuffragets are "now spreading terror throughout Wales. Early . today the 'police found' on a bomb on the doorstep of Lloyds Bank in Albany Road." just in tinre to extinguish1 the fuse and prevent the building from being .wrecked. Upon the infernal., machine was printed . "Votes- for women." s! On the j other sidewere the letters ?R. . J. P.," I supposed to "represent the initials of t the Latin phrase "Requlescat in Pace" or "rest in peace." v ; J '- - The bomb had been rudely constructed of a" large tin' canister, threequarters , filled with gunpowder and another explosive. t. A long alow burning fuse was : connected " with --oil soaked cotton on top of ihe powder. . The police declared there' was enough explosive to wreck the building. One theory is that women, possibly members.of the. Women's Social land political .Union., were'" sent .here from London . to commit outrages! throughout Wales. . -, .' " MANY ASK AID OF local Charities The Associated Charities have been unusually busy during ' the last- few weeks as many, persons have applied for aid. - Measles developed in three families. In one home a child was born whit its. mother was ill , with measles. The child contracted .the disease and. only lived two weeks.::;

SEARCH ABDUCTORS OF 1 WEALTHY GIRL Gale Gordon, Multi-Million-aire, Employes Detectives to Locate Daughter.

(National News Association) NEW YORK. April 25. Municipal and private ' detectives , instituted search today for Romano Gordon, the 17 year old daughter of Gale Gordon, the multimillionaire, who was kidnapped from a New Jersey sanitarium. The father of the girl declared he would have the kidnappers arrested and punished. Miss Gordon was reported In three widely sepe rated places. A dispatch from Atlantic City stated that the girl was believed, to be - In hiding" there with Mrs. Helen Seldon. Another report bad Miss Gordon In this city and still a third had her appearing on, the steamship Cincinnati, which sailed for Europe, yesterday i.. .- . ',......... ,. After her return from Washington, Mr. Gordon sent his daughter to a sanitarium to recuperate. - From. a description given,. by Mies Gordon's nurse, who waa with the girl when the girl was kidnapped. ' Mrs. White of Cleveland was in the automobile in which Miss Gordon escaped and her companion was Mrs. Marlon Backs of Brooklyn. Mrs. . White had been friendly with Miss Gordon for several years. Miss ' Gordon - has an income of $25,000 a year and her father says she has alawys had everything she desired at home. , PHYSICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE Sentence Withheld By Mayor on Charge of: Violating Health Board Rules. Pleading guilty to the charge of failure to .comply with the state health laws in reporting a case of typhoid fever, sentence in the case of W. Grant Hoffman, a negro physician residing on 'North Sixth street.-was withheld by-Mayor Zimmerman this morning' on the grounds that it is impossible .for doctors to tell exactly what disease a patient has tram the first symptoms, and -when'-complications .arise. The affidavit for Hoffman's arrest ' was sworn by Dr.- James E. King, county health officer, who states that he was instructed: by Dr. J. E. Hurty, of the state board of health, to prosecute physicians .who fail to obey the laws of the' state board, demanding that all cases of contagious or infectious diseases be" reported within twentyfour hours after the diagnosis. i Dr. Hoffman pleaded guilty, to the charge, saying -that It was impossible for -him' to tell the nature of the case. He stated that a consultation was held ahd that the doctors in the consulta tion could not diagnosis the case positively as typhoid fever." "I am technically guilty." said Dr. Hoffman, "but I believe that I should be phown' some consideration in this case as I have been very prompt in reporting cases previous to this one." Dr. T. Henry. Da vis. city, health officer, bore out 'the man's statement. ?Tbere are times when the best doctors on earth conld - nottell what disease a patient has. from symptoms," said Mayor Zimmerman after he had suspended, sentence on Hoffman. Hoffman was given a . reprimand and promised that be would be .very careful in the : future -to observe an state health rules carefully. . SANITY INQUEST - An inquest into the sanity of Mary Goodrich. 0. wife of John G. Goodrich, Irving at 27 South H street, will be held tomorrow by Dr. W. W, Zimmerman. Dr. T. Henry Davis and Dr. R. R. Hopkins. The application was filed today .by Mr. Goodrich, who allieges that.his.wlfe is raTingly insane.

Montenegrin King, in Defiance to Powers, Will En . ter Tomorrow and Proclaim 'City -As His Own.

FRESH IMPETUUS TO LATEST WAR SCARE Came With Announcement That France Is to Move a Large Army to the German Frontier At Once. (National Nws Association) j CETTINJE. April 25. One hundred ' and twenty heavy guns and over 40.000 small arms were captured by King Nicholas Montenegrin army which entered Scutari. General Mar-' tlnovitch. the Montenegrin ninister tof war, who has been at the front, ar . rived here today and gave out 'this information. Scutari is now held by 40.000 Montenegrins and Servians. The works which were badly damaged by the besiegers fire, are being repaired and fresh guns are being mounted. This action indicates that the Montenegrins intend to hold the city. . , King Nicholas will make his state entry into Scutari tomorrow when ha will proclaim that city his royal real dence. " A TREATY OF PEACE. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25.It was learned . from a . semi-official source today thai the preliminary pro tocal to a treaty of peace between . Turkey and the Balkan allies will be signed tomorrow. The Ottoman government and the allies have already reached as accord as to the boundaries of Thrace and the conditions upon which- war shall , be exchanged. This accord, however, may . not prove satisfactory to the powers. - EUROPE'S NEW SCARE. PARIS, April 25. Presh , impetus was given to the European war scars today by the announcement in tba Echo that the 'French government has begun preparations to move 20.0CI additional troops to the German 'frontier, and all the forts on the casters -bolder will .he strengthened. - It is believed the determination to make this heavy troop movement was inspired by the complications which have followed the capture of Sentari by the Montenegrins and by the demands and threats which Austria is now making. . ; . A telegram from Vienna states that the Austrian government la getting ready to take Independent action unless the powers act in concert to remove the Montenegrin army from Scutari. The ambassadors of the powers are trying to form a program which will allay the feverish feeling la Burope and the dangerous tension which is growing up between the- - two biggroups of powers, the triple entente and the triple alliance. One of the' most serious situations which has arisen In Europe for many ' years now presents itself. Apparently peace or war hangs upon Montenegro, the smallest kingdom in ' Eo-, rope , One ray of hope came from Csttin je. the capital . of Montenegro in a dispatch which quoted Premier Toms vice as saying that la view of the T concessions , made by the Greeks' and Servians to the demands of the pow-' ers Montenegro would not stand disgraced in the eyes of the world if she voluntarily gave up Scutari. The Greeks gave up Avalona, which probably will become the Albanian capital. ' and the Servians gsve np Duraxzo. oae of the chief Albanian ports. . The conservative element In European politics looks for Montenegro to yield as gracefully as possible and accept territory elsewhere. BURN RUBBISH SAYS BOARD'S PRESIDENT saswMMMw Unless citizens of Richmond bunt combustible rubbish, some means ot compelling them to do this will be Introduced, according to B. A. Kennepohl president of the board of works. Paper, and light combustible rubbish of all kinds litters up the streets and yards all over the city, especially in this time of the year when the wind carries the rubbish from the trash piles in the alleys, he says. Many complaints have been made to Street Commissioner Genn and Mr. Kennepohl about the amount of paper flying about the streets and in the yards. Investigations have proved In many cases that the complaintants were the persons who threw the rubbish in the alleys, the wind bringing It to the front yards and on - the streets. , . " j , Complaints have come from residents of Northwest First street, where a large amount of light rubbish blows from the West Richmond dump onto the street. Street Commissioner Genn. stated that the cost of hauling combustible rubbish which could be burned, almost doubles the expense of keeping the streets and alleys of the city. clean - . v

i