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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
Railroads Raise WAGES.

Employees OF the PHILADELPHIA G.
Reading railway were notified that.
beginning April /. their wages would
be increased per cent The announce
ment. made in Philadelphia. says that
the increase will be general among all
permanent employees receiving less
than $500 a montk whise pay has not
been adjusted within the last ninety
days
Coming within twenty-four hours at
ter the announcement by the PennsyI.
vania Railroad company OF It's wage
boost and the increase being alike. has
given rise to a report that there has
been q slip-up in the announcement
and that IL was intended that the
raises were intended 20 be published
simultaneously. In railroad circles Il
was recalled that the last general in
crease In wages. made by the two com
panies In 1906. were announced at the
same time. The increase at that time
was 10 per cent
The Readings increase will affect
shout $1,000 employees As the average
pay is about SEQ a month. the addition
Will cost the company about $97. 500 a
month. or 81 1855. 400 annually. The to-
tai number OF employees. including
those in the general Offices. Is 27,5O0.
Not including the general Offices, the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
THE BROWNSVILLE SHOOTING
Verdict Says Nobody Is Guilty. There
fore Everybody Is Guilty.

Under the Foraker resolution the
military court OF inquiry appointed
to investigate the Brownsville shoot
ing ARRAY, as a condition to their
re-enlistment. was 10 pass on the in
nocence and guilt OF the 27O negro
soldiers OF the Twenty-fifth Infantry
who three years ago were dismissed
without honor by President Roose-
Welt.
Like all the previous investigating
bodies. after a years diligent efforts
the court Is unable 20 establish the
guilt of a single individual. Accord
ingly. after the Roosevelt procedure,
IL again convicts the entire battalion
The logic Of the verdict is as clear
as day. AS the report reads. nobody
is guilty; therefore everybody is
guilty; and, everybody being guilty,
nobody is innocent, unless II be pre-
sumably the fourteen men recon-
mended for re-enlistment. How they
could escape being guilty when the
entire battalion is guilty. except they
were in Alaska or the Philippines or
some equally distant place at the
time of the shooting. is one of the
mysteries OF the case. And III these
4
they been undergoing punishment for
three years?
One other point the court brings
out. perhaps inadvertently. According
to its findings. If the officers OF the
regiment had performed their duties
Immediately prior to the shooting af
fray, 1t could not have occurred; and
also If Immediately after the shoot
ing they had performed their duty,
some OF the guilty men would have
been discovered" So no guilty men
have been discovered and go have
been punished; but the officers, who
did not perform their duty on two
occasions, were known and have en-
joyed immunity.
To be successful a farce should
lead up to a grotesqus climax. The
court OF inquiry has done all that
could possibly be asked Of it to make
this Brownsville burlesque upon JUS
tice a triumph of absurdity.-New
York World.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16

and finally by this special court of
inquiry. Then IL concludes this:
Yet the mystery of Brownsville
will cling to Brownsville INQUIRIES.
The court is not unanimous. Two of
its members do not concur in recon-
mending restoration of the specific
fourteen; and one. General Schwan
emphatically dissents from the ma
jority's criticism OF the conduct of
the officers of the garrison immedi-
ately prior and subsequent to the raid.
If board of veteran officers, long
iamiliarized by actual service, with
troops in the field, camp and garri-
son, finds itself able to specify only
certain number of soldiers as alb
solutely innocent of participation in
the raid on "the conspiracy of ST.
lence' the civilian public may as well
abandon all hope of ever identifying
the actual raiders. Military men, by
reading all the evidence, in the light
of their tactical knowledge, may not
be able wholly TO solve the mystery
as TO individuals, but an impression
was strong very recently with some
of those VINO had thus endeavored
TO penetrate the obscurity that not
more than eighteen soldiers were
involved. A conjecture which has
found favor in army circles is that
the raiding party was made up to
three or four sets of "fours" with a
few faint hearted accomplices follow
ing in the rear. 1t will be noted that
the special court does not wholly in
dorse President Roosevelt's course.
nor wholly disapprove it. for il recon-
mends the restoration Of fourteen sol
diers comprehended in his order Of
discharge without honor"
Though heretofore the talk on
Roosevelts part was only about 20
soldiers, now out OF 167 only Il are
recommended for re-enlistment. This
last seems to make glazing the out
rage.-Boston, Mass. Guardian.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16

AT his death the work was almost com
pleted. DR.. BOuey leaves three boys
TO mourn their loss. His dying request
was that his sons be educated in the
United States. To this end Or. l.. G..
Jordan. secretary OF the foreign mis-
sion board. viii work.
DR.. PettifOrd and wife Of Birming-
ham, Ala. have agreed to give 500
toward the home passage OF the BOYS.
Memorial services In all churches
throughout the denomination Will be-
held during TINS month for the deceas-
ed missionary. Letters from pastors
are being received at the mission
rooms in Louisville. Ky. daily. asking
for Information concerning the life and
work OF DR.. Bouey. IN order 10 make
the memorial services more interesting
and effective.
The foreign mission board is making
strenuous effort to raise large sum
or money on Easter Sunday, March
% the day set apart for the annual
foreign mission rally. and Is urging
every Baptist Sunday school in this
country 10 use programs arranged and
sent free TO the Sunday schools by the
board. provided the money raised on
that day be given 10 foreign missions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
WANT LEE STATUE REMOVED
Massachusetts G.. A. X. Encampment
Sends Protest 10 Congress.

Boston. April at the Massa.
chusetts G. a. r. encampment today
the veterans unanimously entered a
protest against the retention in the
national House of Representatives OF
the statue OF Gen. Robert f. Lee and
petitioned Congress for its removal.
Retiring Department Commander
John l.. Parker said on the subject:
II would be an insult TO the mem
DRY OF the men who gave their lives
for their country and the Union vet
Grams who have survived the war
and who still cherish a love for the
flag they fought under to place the
statue of Robert f. Lee In the full
uniform of a rebel General in the
Hall OF Fame, as il would teach to
coming generations that the man who
fought to destroy his country de-
serves the highest honors the nation
can bestow
Commander Parker said further
that Congress passed the act setting
apart the Hall OF Fame in April,
1864, and that in the same week one
OF the divisions OF the rebel army
commanded by Robert r. Lee made
an assault on the capital OF the ma.
ton under the leadership of Jubal
Early.
The resolution said in substance
that the Department of Massachu-
sets Grand Army of the Republic, In
convention assembled, most courte.
ously and earnestly requests the State
OF Virginia to withdraw this statue
from the national Capitol, and most
respectfully petitions the Congress of
the United States to remove the same
II the removal should not be ordered
by the donors Of the statue.
Senior ice-Commander Brown said
that after full investigation Il had
been determined that Robert K. Lee
never accepted the terms OF amnesty
offered by Gen. Grant. but died not
a citizen OF the United States, and
that his statue therefore had no righs
In the hall Of honor.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
THE END COMES
The War Department Wins in it's
Fight OF the CcIored Soldiers-A
Few Men Reinstated.

Washington, d. c., April 6.-The
military court of inquiry which.
during the last year. has been in
vestigating the shooting-up OF
Brownsville. Tex. finds that the evil
dence clearly sustains the charge
that the shooting was done by sol
diers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry.
colored.
AS 10 the charges made by II e
mayor and citizens of Brownsville.
Tex, the court is of the opinion that
the soldiers Of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry, stationed at Fort Brown, Tex.
did on the night OF August 1914,
1906, shoot into houses of the town
of Brownsville, Tex, occupied by
men, women and children. killing
Frank Natus, citizen Of that town:
seriously wOunding the lieutenant of
police, NJ. Y. Domingusz, causing
him the loss OF an arm, and killing
the horse under him. The court is
unanimous in it's opinion that the
evidence sustains the charges
Also. as TO the disciplinary aspect
of their crime, including the per
Torrance Of duty by officers and en-
listed men OF the Twenty-fifth In
fantry, garrisoned in Fort Brown.
Tex, on the night OF August 1914.
1906, as measured by the standard
in the army. the court is Of the
opinion mat II the officers. non-com-
missioned officers, and privates had
performed their respective duties on
the evening OF August 1914, 1906,
Immediately prior to the shooting af-
fray, with appreciation OF the obli-
cations and responsibilities devolving
upon them by the serious situation
then confronting them. the shooting
ARRAY could not have occurred.
Also, IL Immediately after the shoot
ing when the men had been charged
with the crime, a careful inspection
OF every man in the garrison. includ-
ing his arms, equipment and ammu-
milton. had been made. as was at
tempted at daylight, several hours
afterwards. some OF the guilty men
would have been discovered.
As TO the eligibility 10 reinstate-
ment, a majority Of the court finds
favorably as 20 the qualifications of
the following men: Company b.
Twenty-ffth Infantry-Jones a. Colt
rane. Edward L. Daniels. Edward
Warfeld, Company c. Twenty.ffth
Infantry-Lewis J. Baker, Clifford
l. Adair. Henry w. Arvin. Calvin
Smith. John Smith. Company d.
Twenty-ffth Infantry-Robert VIII
liams, Winter Washington, Elias Cant.
John A. Jackson. Samuel +. Scott
and William Van Hook.
Brig.-Gen. Theodore SchWan does
not concur in the second conclusion.
Northumberland Samuel B. NJ
Young and Major-General Joseph p.
Fanger DO not concur in the third
conclusion.
According TO the terms OF the act
creating the board OF inquiry, its
hndins are final. and cannot be re-
viewed by any one.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
The Brownsville Decision.

The court OF inquiry in the Browns
Vile case has at last rendered it's
decision. As has been foreshadowed
by those who knew most. several
months ago. this decision is adverse
to the soldiers. They could not prove
their innocence. No man of intelli-
Cence ever undertakes to prove a
negative. They could not prove that
"a single soldier was engaged in the
shooting up OF Brownsville. and yet
they declared that one hundred and
twenty-five of them were guilty. The
court gathered certain information
from which IT deducted the fact that
some of the soldiers did the shoot
ing. and because none would say who
did it. all were adjudged guilty alike.
Only fourteen are named as being
worthy of re-enlistment. We pre-
sumo that they are those who were
absent from the barracks on the night
in question.
Attorney Marshall. who represent
ed the soldiers did perfectly right ia
refusing TO make any argument be-
fore the court. There was no way
by which the .colored men could
prove directly that they were limo
cent, but they offered to prove IL
indirectly by showing that some one
else did IL. Attorney Marshall Of
fered TO produce evidence to show
that there was a conspiracy against
the soldiers, who participated in the
conspiracy. who shot up the town.
and all the circumstances surround
ing the affair. The Court would not
hear this testimony. What the Court
wanted was for some "nigger sol
diers" TO brand others as midnight
assassins, and because none would
do this none was fit for re-eulist-
ment. President Roosevelt was
wrong; Congress was wrong: the
Secretary OF War was wrong. and
the Court OF inquiry was wrong when
they required an unheard-of thing
in American jurisprudence-an ac-
cused person 20 prove his innocence
The colored people have not the
money that the Jews of France had
with which to keep up the agitation
and secure justice in the Drcyfus
case. but they have right and God
on their side. While these poor sol
diers will perhaps never receive JUS
tice at the hands OF the government
which they have served. history will
vindicate them. and those who have
wronged them will suffer in the es-
timation of posterity. Forakeris cla-
rion voice no longer rings through
out he halls of Congress and we may
expect have no champion there to
stigmatize the last disgrace as it
deserves to be.-Philadelphia, Pa.
Odd Fellows Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
number of employees is given as zS.7Oo.
To Rearcue OIL and tobacco Cases.

To Rearcue Oil and Tobacco Cases.
Both the oil trust and the tobacco
trust dissolution cases must again be
argued before the supreme court of
the United States. This announcement
was made by the chief justice.
The reargument of these cases
comes as the direct result OF the death
of Justice. brewer g few days after
the Standard OIL case had been
argued.
AS Justice Moody was unable to
participate in the consideration of
these cases only seven justices were
left 10 give a decision.
How the court was divided In re
gard to the decision is still as much a
mystery as before the assignment Of
the cases for reergument
II Is believed. however. that the
court was evenly divided or almost so
and that II probably was loath TO give
to the country n decision which was
not supported by a majority OF a full
court. Such a majority would be Eve
members
The fact that the corporation tax
cases were not set for reargument Is
taken to mean that n decision will be
announced in regard to the constitu-
tionality OF the law authorizing II in
short time
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16

produce? Who can tell them? The
law does not exact impossibilities.
The honor of these men, dearer than
life, is now with this court. II can con.
tinue the stigma on these men and
their offspring.
1t can remove the blot wrong
fully, even IL with good intentions.
placed on a clean page.
III ever there was a case where
conscience should control IL is the one
now awaiting decision"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
To Suit Her Hahits-

She was telling how she once had a
canary, dear little yellow thing. but
she had forgotten and left him out In
the rain one night. and in the morning
there he lay. little yellow. pitiful
heap at the bottom Of his cage. dead.
But" they said to her. III you must
have a bird YOU can leave In the pour
Ing rain. why get a canaryg Why
didn't you get a nice little duckT'-
New York Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
Thomas =. Walsh Dead.

Thomas T. Walsh. the Colorado
mine owner. died at his home in
Washington. Mr.. Walsh had been iii
for more than six months with heart
trouble that followed an attack OF
pneumonia.
Mrs. Walsh. her daughter. Mrs Ed
ward Mclean. and Edward Mclean
were at his bedside when the end
came
Mr.. Walshs wealth has been vGri-
ously estimated at from $4,000. 900 TO
100000 600. His daughter married Ed
ward Mclean, a son OF John r. Nc
Lean. the publisher. Mr. Walsh was a
friend OF the late King Leopold og
Belgium. and at the time Of the kings
death was one OF the few men In this
country TO come forward with q state.
ment In his behalf
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
Blow at High Cost Of LivInq.

The senate committee. headed by
Senator Lodge. has offered a remedy
for the present high cost OF living
This Is. in short. 20 set a time limit
on cold storage. the limit 10 be a year.
After that food in storage is TO be
considered as adulterated and TO come
under rhe provisions and prohibitions
OF the pure food act.
Such a treatment or the matter II
is held. will bring IL under the con
troll or the federal government and
not limit the iatter's authoritw. as the
investigation conducted during the
winter at the instance of Congressman
Hampton Moore limited Il 10 the Dis.
trict OF Columbia and the territories.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
Accidentally kiIIed vi, VIII.

Mrs. Catherine Bomgardner. wife of
a plumber, was shot by her husband.
John w. Bomgardner. in mistake for
a burglar at their home in Harrisburg.
Pa. She died a few hours afterwards
The Bomgardners live In the central
part Of the city. AZ there have been
some attempts at robbery reported re-
Gently. Nj. BOmgardner placed a re-
volver under his pillow several nights
ago.
Before daylight Mrs Bomgardner
who had been III. arose TO get some
medicine. This aroused her husband
who. seeing her moving about the
room. opened fire. One bullet struck
her in the side. causing a wound that
resulted in her death
A coroner's jury gave a verdict of
accidental shooting.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
Modernism

Where are you going. my pretty
maid?"
Tn going first 20 Smith & Jones'
TO match a piece OF ribbon. then TO
Jones & Smiths TO ger a dozen hair
pins. next 20 Jones Bros to look at
those darling little baby pins. after
that to Smith Bros TO look for some of
those nice what-do-you-callem's. and
then to the hairiresser's. sir" she said.
Purple Cow.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produc,
and Live Stock

The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.
PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet ;
winter low grades. S4Q430: winter
clear, $4,000 BIS: city mills. fancy. IS
Q6.25.
RYE FLOUR firm. at s425q44O per
barrel
WHEAT quiet; No. red. sI.16hG
11S15.
CORN steady: No. yellow. local.
66i5 Q67c.
OATS quiet; No. white. 4sHG
49c.; lower grades. 47izc.
POULTRY. Live steady: hens 20
Q20Hc.; O.d ROSTERS. i4c Dressed
steady; choice fowls. l9l1c.: old roost-
ers. 14zc.
BUTTER steady; extra creamery.
3zc. per Id.
EGGS frT; selected. 24926c: near
by, 23c.: western. 23c.
POTATOES quiet. at 33G35c bush.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
A Dollar Bill Remedy.

When you're feeling sad and III
Take a good old dollar bill
Aching tooth or falling hair,
It's the best cure yet. 1 swear
rheumatism. measles. humps,
Beats my time the way pain jumps.
Grouched or gloomy. feeling blue.
Dollar bills the thing for you.
Scarlet fever. chilblains. pip.
tn cure EN-. likewise grip.
Baltimore Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
PASTOR SLAIN
BY MADMAN
Shot by Man Who Listened
to His Sermon
HIS ASSISTANT WOUNDED
Preacher Said He Would Die For the
Church, and insane Man Took Him
at His Word-SIayer Escaped.

sermon on martyrdom. in which
Frank Skala, an editor and prominent
mission worker, had declared himself
willing to lay down his life for the
Christian cause. was followed by his
assassination in a highly sensational
manner. and the shooting down also OF
fellow church leader. John Gay.
Arm In arm. the two missionaries
were leaving the little Congregational
church in Woods Run. a suburb of
Pittsburg. at the head of more than a
hundred OF their followers. A raggedly
dressed and collarless man poked his
way through the crowd as Il reached
the corner Of Eckert street and Nc
Ciure avenue. and when he was but a
step behind the leaders he pressed q
revolver to Skala's head and fred
twice.
The bullets took effect in the Jaw
and In the temple and in the midst OF
his followers he fell dead Gay. who
threw up his right hand as II 20 ward
on the weapon. was struck nrst in
the thumb. A second bullet was bur
led in his head. He fell unconscious
across the lifeless body OF his col.
league.
For a moment the assassin stood
over his victim In crazed triumph over
the deed. nourishing his revolver.
while the panic stricken crowd fed to
shelter behind posts and doorways
The murderer was Jan Radowitch.
a character known TO most OF the mis-
sion for his shiftless habits. slovenly
dress and radical opinions. A moment
before he had meekly read from iuve-
nile leaflets in the Sunday school led
by Skala; previously he had sat in
back pew Of the church during the
regular sermon; and at the commence
ment OF the services Skala had shaken
his hand I'm greetings In all this Ra-
dowitch had given no warning OF HIS
murderous intent
There were no police In sight when
the murder was done. the church peo-
pie were too frightened TO grab the
assassin. and after the wild flourish
Of the weapon and stamping his foot
on the bodies. he made OF down the
avenue TO The Fort Wayne railroad
tracks and was soon lost 90 view. A
large armed posse OF police detectives
and church people was soon In pur-
suit. but they have found no trace OF
him.
After the mAdman's disappearance
the mission crowd resssembled about
their fallen leaders and passionately
mourned their loss. Sksla's body was
removed 20 an undertaking establish
ment and Gay was taken 20 81. Johns
hORpital His wound "a dangerons hut
Il IL believed at the hospital that he
will recover.
None of the church workers believe
that there was any method in RADIO.
vitch's madness. He was a man who
had lived at the Salvation Army bar.
racks and as a charitable parasite
elsewhere but was always at variance
with the teachings OF his Christian
leaders. II is doubtful II he had ever
seen Skala before
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
REV. Or. H. N. BoUEY DIES.
Faithful Herald Of the Cross Passes
Away In Africa.


The news OF the recent death OF tbs
Rev. Or. II. n. Bouey. missionary In
charge OF the work OF the foreign mis-
sion board, west coast OF Africa, for
the national Baptist convention OF the
United States. came as a great shock
10 the entire Baptist brotherhood in
America.
Rev. Or. Bouey was born IN Georgia
Aug 4, 1S49. and was a missionary In
Africa for nine years. Before going
20 Africa he gave 500 toward tho
founding Of the Western college Ma
con. Mo. and spent twelve years as
superintendent OF missions In that
state. On Dec. II. 1905. he sailed for
Africa for the third and last time. He
succeeded I'm building a church at Tai
lah. his kongotown station In the vey
territory, and planned the erection Of
n permanent house for the Jordan In
dustrial mission at Bend60 station
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
Millionaire Indicted For Bribery.

The grand jury al Pittsburg. Pa.
indicted Frank n. HoffstOt. president
OF the German National bank. OF ALE
gheny. as well as president OF the
Pressed Steel Car company. on the
charges OF bribery and conspiracy.
President Emil Winter, OF the Work.
ingmen's Savings Bank and Trust
company. OF Allegheny. another fnan-
cial power of Pittsburg. went into
court TO confess that he had bribed
counc!lmen 10 the extent of 10000.
James NJ. Anderson. general book.
keeper OF the WOrkingmen's Savings
Bank and Trust company. was arraign-
ed on charge OF having mutilated
the books OF his bank 10 save the ex-
posture OF certain persons. He pleaded
nolo contendre and was placed under
bail
The most startling feature of the
graft probe up 10 date is information
conveyed In the presentment handed
down against Honstot District Attor-
ney William A. Blakely appeared as a
citizen before this grand jury in con
nection with the Hoffstot investigation
and told how before he became dis
trict attorney he had been approached
by Hoffstot and the late j. w Friend
and by Councilman Charles Stewart
and asked to act as stakeholder for a
fund Of $4,000 which they said were
TO be paid certain cOuncilmen for the
passage OF a bank ordinance
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-16
A Niatt.r Of pn.itinn

A prominent lawyers wife had fads
about hygienic sleeping She once
asked her husband, lis It better to lie
on the right side or ON the otherg'
He answered ah~ently. MY dear.
when one Is on tho right side IL gen
orally is not Necessary 60 do muca ~
Ing. "-Leslie's weekly