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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02
STEAMER
EXPLODES AND
KILLS z
SHEETS OF FIRE SHOOT
FROM DOOMED VESSEL
Six Burned and MutiIated Bod
les Recovered From Wrecked
Hulk of III Fated French Oil
Bark at MarSeiIIeS,


Marscillcs April 1.-The French
tank bark jules Henry, Captain Is
coffler in tho OH trade hetwcen Phil
adclphia and Cettc. blew up today and
was practically totally wrecked
Twelve men off her crew were killed
and many others injured. Thr bark
arrived az Cstte. March - from phil
adelphia.
a repre- sentative of tho Nertais
agency accompanied bN tho second of
fieer as inspecting the vessel at the
time of the accident Tho two men
had inst entered the tank hold when
there was q trcme ndous explosion
The entire deck OF the bark was lifted
and ahc forward portion of the ship
WAS Wrcnched off
Twenty men of the crew at work
painting aud repairing Wero blown
into the air. Great sheets of flame
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02
III trfss II. t.'tsIte9NDtEAS
.r.'H SCRAP INlAGlN AttN

Washington, April senior fffeFs
rate. The Guatemalan minister here
cc'rfS e'4t.seilad ther.sf fplio}e}p,e able
siitm ttiifn rhp nr~s''3r -: 80. 'hnlrfs
matat
"Guatamala. Anrl T. 0o9.
DENY most emphatieallS the news
fin press regard movement of Guatc-
malan troops on the Honduran IRON
tier, as such news Is entirely ia lse
M ESTRADA CABRERA
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02
MEXICO WILL
HELP SPANK
BANANAS
DlAZ PROMISES HIS
HEARTY COOPERATION


Mexico city. Apr president
Diaz opcuod the second session Of
the tWenty-fourth congress tonight by
reading his annual message The
legislators met In the palace of mines.
the chamber OF deputies buildine be-
ing burned few days ago
President Diaz In his message re-
frrrcd to the return of prosperity and
peaceful relations existing between
Mexico and the nations oi the world
He declared that the United states
had asked Mexico whether or not she
Nould cooperate in case Il became
necessary to compel the Central Ann
and spirit of The Washington peace
pact. and that his answer had been
that such cooperation would be given
to the fun cxtcnt Of the powers Of the
republic
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02
ROOSEVELT To
SEE RUINS Of
MESS|NA
TO VISIT EARTHQUAKE
ZONE WITH THE KING
Duke and Duchess Of Aosta
viii Give Brilliant Dinner to
the Bic Hunter and Kermit,
In, Morning journal special Leased wirel

Rome, April The battlcship re-
umbcrto has been ordered TO make
ready 10 embark King Victor Emman-
uel and this fact has given rise to the
report that the king Is going out TO
meet Theodore Roosevelt and take
him to Messina aboard the warship.
Il Is believed Alr Roosevelt wants to
visit the earthquake zone to sec the
results of the work done By Ameri-
cans with American money
The steamship Admiral, on which
Nh Roosevelt Will go from Naples to
Mombassa does not touch ut Mcsslna
and Therefore It is believed here that
thu king wishes To tax Mr. Roose-
Welt aboard the Reumberto 10 Mes
sina before the departure OF the Ad-
miral No official Information on the
subject s obtaiuable however
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02

Los AngeIos, Cal, AnTlT IL y
Lee. confidential cmpioyr Of tho
Northern Crown ban kof Saskatoon
Canada. was arrested here today and
taken to Jail on charge OF having
cmbez2led So 600 from the bank by
means Of classification Of his account.
a woman who accompanied him here
was also taken to the station but re-
leased The detectives say that Loo
hns admitted the truth Of the charge.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02
Appeal From Divorce Decree.

Edinburgh. April l-Both Lord
Northland ana Mrs John Alexander
stirling have lodged appeals against
the decree of divorce in favor OF MIR,
Sterling. handed down in this city vast
month by Lord Guthrie
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02

Chicago. April Interest I'M the
tournament for Tho lightweight
wrestling ampionship which rs TO
be held here April 81 was aroused to-
day bv the entry of Eugene Trcmhlc
champion of Canada
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02
Quarantine lgains, yellow Fever.

Fl Paso Texas. April J. - Federal
quarantine against ports iu Mexico
threatened with yellow fever Infection
is being made effective today at nll
ports along the Rio Grandc.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02
rxpccl, riehl Mhh Uncle sam.

IN speaking Of the plans for di-
,erting the water back Of Iaguna dam
which the government is said 10 have
tn contemplation. Mr. Hartman fore
shadowed conflict between the
southern Pacific and the federal au-
thoritics
They are now planning to build n
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-02

Confined on Page Z. Column .raheis
local y
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
Presldent-eIect Taft Wants
Him for This Position and
The Senator Consents to
Accept It.
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
HELD TWO MEETINGS
Next President Shows the Re-
firing Executive His Report
On Canal, Which Favors
The Lock Plan.

Washington, Feb. 17-After a con-
ference with the president-elect. Sena-
tor Knox. Of Pennsylvania, made up
his@mind definitely and absolutely
that he would not recall his accept
ance OF Mr.. Taft's offer to become
secretary Of state under the new ad-
ministration.
The senator was one of the first
men whom Judge Taft saw after his
arrival here from Cincinnati yester-
day~and they Immediately entered up
on discussion of the peculiar situa-
ton that has arisen in connection with
Mr.. Knox and the state portfolio,
which congress, by an unprecedented
act, sought to correct. At the con-
cMsion OF the conference it was an
nounced.that the senator would retire
from the. senate on March 4. in order
tosbecome the. head of the department
'ofxstate.
Taft Confident.
Judge, Taft is of the firm opinion
that the bill which was passed after
SO much difficulty by the house of
representatives yesterday fully re-
moves the constitutional disability,
from which the senator was suffer
ing. He said he also was convinced
that there was nothing improper in
thus disposing of the disqualification.
He had no apprehension, moreover,
lest any Of the acts of his secretary
of state would be invalidated, al
though he frankly admitted that the
question could easily be carried to the
courts for judicial interpretation, as
could the constitutional right Of Mr..
Knox to serve in the cabinet.
Next in interest to his conference
with Senator Knox was Mr.. Taft's call
at the white house-rather his calls,
for he was there twice. He first paid
his respects to the president at 1870
p. m. but remained short time
When he was ushered into the presi-
dents office, his greeting was, Hello.
Mr.. President
His Greeting to Taft"
Hello. Taft. I'm glad to see YOU"
was Mr.. Roosevelt's response.
The two men, who have been so
close to each other, then chatted a
few minutes. and, the president being
engaged with the postmaster-general.
Mr.. Taft took his departure and rolled
away in a handsome and capacious
automobile. Four hours later he call
ed again to go over the report of the
engineers on the Panama canal This
report, as is already known is in fav-
Nf ty,ro xryhs sc 4
Ing built. After the departure of
Lieutenant Colonel Goethals, the chief
engineer Of the canal, the president
and his successor to be sat down and
had.a heart-to-heart talk.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
Cats IN A SPAT
Divorce Case to Be Heard
Here on Change of Venue
From Henry County.
SUIT PROMISES TO BE SPICY

Upon change Of venue proceedings
from Henry County, the divorce COM
plant of Cecil F. Gait against Orville
Gait has been filed inthe Wayne Cir
cult Court. Mrs. Gait prefers all of
charges against her husband. not the
least being that he is worthless,
and will not work. She alleges, also,
that he has told her that he loves a
woman in a house of i'll fame at In
dianapolis and will remain with her
despite what his wife may say or do.
1t is alleged that the defendant has
threatened to kill his wife and that he
has carried pistol about with him to
intimidate her. She says he refused
TO secure the services of physician
for her when she was i'll and further
that he has wholly failed to provide for
her maintenance. She has been com
PEELED to reside with her parents, the
plaintiff AYERS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
MANSION MEASURE
WAS SLAUGHTERED ,
IN STATE SENATE
Continued From Page One.)

fixed in the bill. In this city a widow
receives $500 and $50 month pen
sion and each child under the age Of
sixteen years receives Sc a month.
There was case in this city two
weeks ago in which a fast passenger
train struck hook and ladder truck
and killed the driver. He left a widow
and eight children, seven Of them be-
ing under sixteen years of age. From
the firemen's pension fund the fam
lily received 5000 and the widow re-
ceives $40 a month and each child Sc
a month until he reaches the age of
sixteen. 1t is this kind of fund
that the Mccullough bill proposes for
cities of the second and third class.
An Election Measure.
A bill aimed to prevent the use Of
commercial influence in elections was
introduced in the house yesterday. 1t
declares invalid any contract made
contingent upon the result of any
election. For instance, if Smith goes
to Jones, a manufacturer and gives
him a large order for goods with the
agreement that if Brown is elected
president the order shall be filled and
if Brown is not elected president the
order shall be Cancelled such contract
would be invalid. And it would make
it unlawful for any employer to tell
an employe that in case a certain man
is elected to office the factory will
run and if he is defeated it will close.
It is a democratic measure and is
directed, they say. at conditions that
have existed In presidential campaigns
during the last few years.
Get Salary Raise.
The house education committee has
reported fayorably a bill to fix the
salaries of the county superintendent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17

of schools throughout the state
Among others, these salaries are fixed
in this bill:
Allen county,, raised from $1.472 to
$1,000.
Huntington, raised from $1,40S to
900.
Lake. raised from 1899 to $1,7OO
Laporte, raised from $1,41S to
$500.
St. Joseph, raised from $1.4Os to
$1,000.
Wayne. raised from 81 ,4OS to $3.50.
The bill provides also for clerk hire
for the county superintendent as fol-
lows: Counties having 100 teachers
or less. none: 100 to 125 teachers.
$50; 1875 to $50 teachers. 1926; $50
to IFS teachers, $500; 175 or over.
$3.50. The bill is now ready to be
pushed through the house. The sal
airy OF the county superintendent in
every county in the state is increased
under this bill.
To Have Opposition.
The labor committee in the house
has recommended for passage a bill
that will meet with good deal of op-
position. 1t is bill to exempt labor
organizations and organizations of
farmers and horticulturists from the
provisions Of the antitrust law. The
bill, 1t Is declared. by several attor.
neys who have examined it, would
kill the entire antitrust law by max
ing it unconstitutional. They say
that the law amended in this way
would be class legislation and that
the courts would declare 1t bad.
There is great need for an anti
trust law in this state. and under the
present law. which was enacted two
years ago several important actions
have been begun, this new bill will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17

Chicago, Feb. 17.-When the Nation
al league promises a scrap look out
for a love feast. AS far as evidence
of violence between President Pull
liam and C. Webb Murphy Of the
Cubs went, there was aot even a
fierce look passed betreen them.
The old league men talked over con-
stitution matters and adopted sched-
ule in peace yesterday in the green
room Of the Annex. But there are a
couple Of days left for action. and
may be the war dogs will be unchain-
ed for period long enough to allow
Pulliam to say something and hear
something in return.
The American league club owners
also met at the Annex and fiddled
away sixty minutes without doing any
thing except listen to few ounces OF
words relating to the changes to be
made in the national agreement for
creating class AA for the American
Association and Eastern league. The
national commission didn't have the
minor league matter quite in the prop
err form for ratification, but that final
detail will be attended to today.
Two Deals For Players.
The two Chicago clubs contributed
what excitement there was in the way
of deals for players. Comiskey
bought Outfielder Cravath from the
Boston American league club for ST.
500, and Murphy paid the same
amount for Outfielder George Browne
of the Boston Nationals.
The purchase of Cravath carries no
particular significance, as "Commy''
has been looking for an outfielder for
some time Cravath is a pretty fair
sticker and not bad as an outfielder,
but is not looked upon as a successor
to Fielder Jones, who may not return
to the White SoX team. Jones may
be crazy enough to pass up salary
of $4,000 but nobody expects him to
do anything like that.
AS for George Browne, he has been
seen re gularly at the West Side park
for the last several years, with the
New York giants for several seasons
and last year with the Bostons.
Browne is a fast man when he wants
to be, but he doesn't keep it up very
long at time. He used to drive John
T. Brush wild with his easy-going
methods. and j. Tecumseh snapped
him to Boston.
Chance told Browne before buying
him that he would give him the same
salary he drew last season if he work
ed hard; if he didn't there would be
and 18th.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
ENDLESS CHAIN
IS DISCOVERED
At POSTOFF|CE
A Postal Clerk Accidentally
Makes a Discovery Which
Might Have Congested the
Local Office.
Whitewater GIRL is
AUTHOR OF EPlSTLE
Letter Gives Prayer and CON-
mandS That Is Shall Be Re-
peated to Nine Others Un-
der a Threat.

A scheme to start mamoth chain
letter campaign in this community
has been unearthed by the postal
authorities and an effort will be made
by them to stop the work. Postmas-
ter J. A. Spekenhier nspeaking Of the
campaign stated that the postal laws
prohibited chain letters or the like.
r. P. Goodwin, first assistant attor-
ney general of the postal department,
was communicated with and in re-
ply to Mr.. Spekenhier stated that per-
sons sending mail of the chain order
variety, which usually contained
threats are liable for severe punish
ment under the postal laws.
Contains Threat.
Yesterday one of the clerks at the
postoffice inspected an unsealed let
ter with a one cent postage stamp on
it. Thus the chain letter campaign
was accidentally discovered. In the
letter was prayer as follows: oh,
Lord Jesus, implore Thee to bless al;
mankind and keep US from evil by
Thy precious blood and take US to
dwell in eternity" The letter went
further to state that this was an an
cient prayer delivered by certain
secet of Jerusalem. The belief was
current among this sect that the per-
son who delivered the prayer had to
give it to nine others and each Of these
nine had to give it to nine more and
so on. Those who repeated the prayer
and passed it on to nine others would
be eternally blessed. But who ever
broke the hcain would be damned for
ever.
Young Woman the Author.
The letter was from young lady in
Whitewater to her sister. This is not
the first letter received at the postoffice
of this variety but it is the first in sew
eral months.
1t can bereadily seen that if the
campaign was not nipped in its early
stages that the business of the postal
department would grow enormously.
However the government does not
want this kind of bisiness.
Furthermore these letters contain a
threat in.that addresses are threat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17

The niece ssity of the rotation of
crops is we'll recognized among mod
ern farmers, and it now appers that
in India nature is seen practicing the
same thing in the forests. The soil
becoming exhausted after long per-
iod Of one kind of forest, seedlings
of another species gradually replace
the old trees as they die out. On the
Indian soil, the deodar tree has been
observed taking the place Of the blue
pine. pine and oak slowly exchange
places and spruce and silver fir have
been noted gradually extending into
a forest of fallinng oaks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17

have opposition from the people who
1t will. however. have the support OF
those interests that are opposed to
any antitrust law Of any kind.
To Prevent Squabbie.
Representative Wells. of Fort
Wayr ;. has introduced a bill for the
purpose Of preventing a recurrence OF
the scuabble that arose . year ago
over the school enumeration Of Fort
Wayne and Terre Haute. It was a
question which was the larger of the
two cities. and ugly charges were
made Of crooked work in the taking
of the enumeration. especially in
Terre Haute. The matter was fought
out for months with the state board
of education and the state superin-
tendent, and finally the superinten-
dent sent men to Terre Haute and
had a new enumeration made. Wells
does not propose that his town shall
get tangled up in any more such
squabbles and he has introduced
bill to require the taking Of q new
school enumeration when . former
enumeration Is found to be incorrect.
Another bill has been introduced to
place the taking of school enumer-
atoms in the hands OF the state SUPER
intendent OF public instruction.
A bill introduced by Representative
Mickey may bring relief to the Ham.
mond lovers who are now obliged to
travel the dreary miles to Crown
D~s
Wickey's bill proposes to authorize
the clerks OF superior courts may Is
sue marriage licenses. This would
apply to Hammond. which has a su-
perior court The circuit court of
Lake county is located at Crown
Point.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE
HOLDS A MEETING
Magnates Were at Peace and
A Schedule for the Seas
on Was Adopted.
TWO PLAYERS PURCHASED
CUBS BUY oUTFlELDER BROWNE
OF BOSTON NATioNALs-WHlT
sox BUY cRAvATH OF BOSTON
AMERICANS.
TWO PLAYERS PURCHASED
REDS AT HOME.

April ID, IS, Is. 17x-With Pitts
burg.
April 1917, 10. 20, 21-with St.
Louis.
April 25*-With Pittsburg.
April rs, 27, 20, 2e-With Chicago
May 9*-With Pittsburg.
May 29x, 30*-With st. Louis.
May 31*, 31*; June I, 2-With
Chicago.
June 8, q, SIX, 6*-With Brooklyn.
June 7, 8, 9, 1o-With Boston.
June II, Tx. 1877, 14-With New
York.
June Is, II, 1ex, 2o*-With PhiIa-
deIphia.
July 4*-With Pittsburg.
July 25*-With St. Louis.
July 80, Six; August II, 2-With
Brooklyn.
August 3, 4, 5, 6-With New York.
August TX, g., 9. 1o-With PhiIa-
deIphia.
August II. 10, Tx, 15*-With Bos-
ton.
September 4x-With Chicago.
September 5*-With St. Louis.
September 12*, 13-With Chicago.
September IS, 16-With Pittsbure.
September 1sx, 1917, 2o-With Bos-
ton.
September 81, 20, 23-With PhiIa.
deirhia.
September 81, 25x, 26*-With New
York.
September 20, 20, 3o-With Brook
Ign.
October I, TX, 3*-With St. Louis.
October 5, 7-With Pittsbura.
*Sundays and holidays. xSaturdays.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
LOCAL FAMILIES
LEAVE FOR TEXAS
May Remain Permanently in
Brownsville.

Mcclellan Darby and family and j..
NJ Schaefer left yesterday for Texas.
They will locate at Brownsville and
probably remain permanently. The
party was induced to go to Texas by
a land settlement company, represent
ed locally by Ball & PeltZ.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
Pennsylvania Engineers Are
Now Driving Stakes and
Connection With c., C. &
L. Looks Possible.
NO STATEMENT GIVEN
OUT BY THE COMPANY
Panhandle Was Defeated in
The Local Case and Appeal
To U. S. Supreme Court Is
Thought Unlikely.

Is the Panhandle division OF the
Pennsylvania railway section to pro-
vide the interchange switch at Third
and North D streets in accordance
with the ruling of the supreme court {:
Stakes have been driven and to the in
experienced observer it looks as if the
outline formed might be that of a
railway track. No information on the
subject has been issued by railroad Off
Gals.
Company May Comply.
Upon the petition of the CONNER
cial club the state railway commission
after hearing ordered an interchange
switch connection established, SO that
cars from the track of one company
could be switched to those of the other
The place decided upon was North D
and Third street. A switch was put in
in accord with the ruling of the COM
mission, but after 1t was decided to
appeal the matter to the courts, this
switch was torn out. A great deal of
time has been consumed in litigation.
but the supreme court finally upheld
the lower courts. Unless the railway
is given a new trial and the matter
goes back to the lower courts to be
fought up again. it is probable that
the company may intend to comply
with the ruling.
If the matter is to be disposed of I'M
der the decision of the court, it will
mean the company must pay several
hundred dollars for it's delay. The
ruling of the commission was accom-
panied by a clause which provided a
penalty in the nature of fine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
PERMIT ..
FOR new THtATER
Murray Soon to Erect New
Play House.

A building permit has been issued
to Omar Murray to erect new theater
building at the southeast corner OF
Main and Tenth streets. Mr.. Murray
has awarded the contract for the ex-
cavation and the work will begin as
soon as the weather will permit.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
FORFEIT THE MATCH.

Because of their failure to appear
last evening. the members of the Har-
old bowling team of League A in the
Y. NJ. G. A. bowling tournament, for
feited the match to the Markleys.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
SEVERAL ENTRIES
IN '. N. c. A. GAMES
Exhibition Saturday Night At
tracts Attention.

There is a large enrolment OF the
members of the Y. NJ. c. A. in the
aquatic and basketball sports. The
public exhibition to be given Satur-
day night in aquatics is attract g
much attention. Many entries have
been made by members who desire to
participate in the events.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
TO HAVE SUPPER
TO MEET EXPENSE
Whitewater Arranges Feast
For Next Monday.

In order to secure money to pay of
the expenses OF Memorial day, a
Washington's birthday supper will be
given in Laurel Hall. Whitewater,
Saturday, Feb. 20. In addition to the
regular meal there will be basket
supper. This is an annual event and
always well attended. 1t is expected
that neat sum will be realized
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17

The house education committee has
reported fayorably a bill to fix the
salaries of the county superintendent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17

Feltman's Special in Box Calf,
Button. They will equal the
$500 kind any day. Our price,
$3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17

ened with some dire calamity if they
break the chain. Under a strict in
depreciation of the law the consignor
could be fined maximum fine of
5000 and imprisoned for five years.