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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
IS MORE FIRE
ESCAPES ORDERED
INSPECTOR BECK TAKES STEPS To
AFFORD PROTECTION FOR
HUMAN LIFE.
PROTESTS COMING IN
But THE REDoUBTABLE OFFICIAL
DECLARES THAT THEY WON'T
DO ANY GOOD,

Fire escapes must be erected on
thirteen additional structures In
Richmond, according to orders issued
Wednesday by building Inspector
Beck.
The buildings involved are three
and four-story brick structures used
mostly for factory. business and apart
ment house purposes.
Inspector Beck's mandates. issued
on recommendation OF the lire chief,
are as follows:
r. Samuels. 1439 East Main street:
Elan 4 Funston. agents, I434 East
Main street, II. Seldom Taylor. agent,
1923 1-2 East Main street: w. S.
Donnan, 1921 South Thirteenth street;
J. S. Moore, 1545 East Main street;
Jacob Leurt & Son. 1886 East Main
street; W. 4. Cheatwood. 1915 East
Main street: Samuel Steiner and Bro,
1871 East Main street: IL. Seldom Tay-
lor. agent, ITO East Cary street; Mrs.
Julia E. Moore. 142l East Main street;
\. w. Bowe 81 Son. agents. i40s East
Cary street: II. FL. NoIte Paper Manu-
featuring Company, 13S3-35-ST East
Franklin street
Protests Coming In.
Protests are already coming In"
said Inspector Beck Wednesday. but
they won't amount to anything We
have the law behind us and that's all
there Is to it. one owner tells me
he will tear down his building before
putting up fire escape. Another who
owns an apartment house involved in
the orders says he Is going to run
all the tenants out into the street /.
persist in making him erect fire
escape. What such people say. now
ever, won't deter my department In
he ali e~h nuf in In la u- yS
carried out"
Fire Chief Joynes lis now engaged
in inspecting other buildings In vari-
Gus parts OF the city, and it Is likely
that another batch Of orders from the
building inspectors Office wifi he
forthcoming in "A few days Chief
Joynes is paving particular attention
to boarding houses above two stories
In height.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
THINK BODIES ARE
IN RUINS Of FIRE
Seven Lives Believed to Have
Been Lost in Cincinnati
Blaze
VIOLENT EXPLOSION;
SIXTEEN MEN INJURED
Seven Story ChamberofC Com
merce Building Destroyed
Two Hundred Escape From
Banquet Halls

CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. ll.--Seven
be dies to-day are believed To be buried
in the ruins of the seven-story gran
tie building occupied by the Cham
Der Of Commerce, In the heart OF The
business district OF the city, which
was destroyed by fire AT o'clock
last night with loss ot more than
100000.
Sixteen firemen and spectators were
injured during the height of the Are.
which was marked by two violent ex-
piosions believed 10 have been from
gas.
The windows in the lower part OF
tho Sinton hotel and the famous old
Burnet House were shattered by the
explosions ana guests at both hoteIs
were badly frightened. The e&plo-
sions followed the crash of the roof
Of the great building. carrying with
IL two upper stories.
The missing men are.
Charles .. sibboid, secretary OF the
Early and Daniels Company. grain
dealers.
Brent Marshall, of Covington, KY.
vice. president OF the same trm.
Leslie Buchanan, seventeen years
old, employed by the Union Grain aud
Hay Company.
Fred Selm, night engineer.
Christ N.euts, night fireman.
Henry Stegman. waiter. and an
unidentified man.
The first three named were work
ing in the Office OF the Early ana
Daniels Company. on the iirst iioor OF
the building. On account OF the tact
that the building Was popularity sup
posed 10 be frcproof, they did not
hurry out, and were supposedly caught
when the floors fell The Buchanan
boy WAS working in the office OF the
Union Hay and Grain Company ear
lier In the evening and has MOI been
seen since.
The engineer and fireman OF the
building are believed q. have been
trapped in the basement
Fire Chief Archibald declared this
morning that II would be. several
days before the ruins would be cool
enough TO search for the bodies
The fire originated In a storeroom
over the kitchen Of the business Mems
Club. on the sixth floor This orsani-
xatlon occupied the two upper floors
With two banQuets in progress in
the Business Mems Club when the fire
started. there were about two hum
dred persons endangered, All escaped
unhurt. but number OF employees OF
the Business Mems Club were over
come by smoke and were Rescued by
the firemen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
CHILLING
FOR O|SC0vERER
CAPTAIN PEARY HAS WARM SEES
SION WITH HOUSE SUB
COMMITTEE.
NEW FACTS DISCLOSED
HE TOLD NO ONE EXCEPT CAPTAIN
BARTLETT OF DISCOVERY
UNTIL HE REACHED
ay...,... CIVILIZATION.
NEW FACTS DISCLOSED

WASHINGTON. u. c., Jan. IL
Declaring that this country has been
deceived by SO many fake heroes
that Congress should take the utmost
care before pinning a badge of extra
ordinary honor upon any man, Repre-
sentative Robert b. Macon Demo
craft, Arkansas, submitted Captain
Robert f. Peary to a fierce griiling
to-day before the House committee
on naval affairs.
ITO pass this bin making Captain
Peary a rear admiral would give him
a passport to every phase of human
society as an American hero de-
ciared Mr.. Macon, we must give
the matter the deepest considera-
ton"
Mr.. Macon objected to comparing
Peary's swift return trip 10 Alaskan
racing dog records and intimated his
doubt that Peary could have covered
fifty miles in one day. He brought
out the fact that since Peary entered
the navy in 1851 he had been unem-
ployed sixteen years aud one month.
and of this time had been on leave
thirteen years.
You received salary all this time ?''
asked Mr.. Macon.
Not all the time" said Captain
Peary. There was six months ana
sixteen days when i didn't receive
pay"
Mr. Macon demanded details about
Captain Peary's surroundings and ar
gued about the current In the far
North. asserting that Captain Peary' s
soundings were worthless. He pointed
out that President Gannett, of the
National Geographic Society. had tes-
tilted that the soundings were the
only official records of the dash TO
the pole"
Mr.. Roberts Republican,, of Mas
sachusetts, quizzed Captain Pears
about his. notebook and urged the
committee TO observe that it bore
no finger marks or signs, water, dirt
or hard usage" He brought out the
fact that Captain Peary told no one
but Captain Bartlett of the discover,
OF the pole until he reached civiIiza-
ton. keeping his shipmates in isno-
rance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
rhe Need for Revisien.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Jan. H.
Both wings of the Republican party
and President Taft. said Senator New
lands (Democrat). of Nevada. in the
Senate to-day, had shown clearly that
they realize that the country was dis
satisfied with the Payne Aldrich tariff
bill and demanded that future revisions
should be based on facts ascertatned
by tariff commission
1T may be conceded. therefore" con-
tinued Mr.. Newlands, that at this SEES
sion OF Congress n permanent tariff
commission of Independent experts will
be provided for"
Control of the railroads. he said. had
gradually been brought about through
the work OF special commission.
Railrosd officials fought every blu that
Increased its. powers. but now they re-
gard 1t as an instrumentality for good.
he asserted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
GRAFT-bU|LT LAW
BUILDING OPENED
EXCEEDS HARRISBURG AND AL
BANY IN ScANDAI-CoSTS
TEN TIMES ORIGINAL
ESTIMATE.

ROME. Jan. 1.-THE Law Courts, in
the twenty three years building of
which more graft scandals developed
than even in the construction of the
Albany and Harrisburg capitals in the
United States, was formally opened by
King Victor to-day The building cost
ten times the original estimates and
was delayed in its completion 30 long
that II Is now hopelessiy small and
anttQuated.
So many scandals grew out OF the
construction Of the building that the
king was asked not to participate in
its dedication.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
SCAFFOlD FALLS AND
SIX N. N ARE HURT

JERSEY CITY. N. j.. Jan. 1.-THE
collapse OF a seaffold at the power
house in course of construction in the
Greenville yard OF the Pennsylvania
railroad to-day was followed by a
report that a train had been wrecked
and ambulafsces and police were sum-
moned by telephone.
Six men who were on the scaffold
were injured, one seriously. Tony
Rosa's right leg was broken. The
other five men sustained cuts and con-
tusst0nA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
RAILROADS FLAYED
BY Mr.. BRANDE|S
Ignorance and Greed Respon-
sible for Sweeping Rate
increase
FACTS DISPUTED, SAYS
HE CAN PROVE THEM
Not Only SO But He viii
Give Other More Terrible
Facts Showing Gross Mis-
management of Systems

WASHINGTON. Jan. l1.-Rail-
roads were fiayed merciIessly with a
verbal whip lash welded by Attorney
Louis ID. Brandeis before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to-day.
Ignorance and greed were declared
solely responsible for the proposed
sweeping freight rate increases which
are the cause OF one of the greatest
legal battles ever fought before the
commission.
Mr., Brandeis charged that the rail-
roads were allied. through their direc-
tors, with the steel trust and coal
barons. The interests of the roads,
and of these other corporations, have
been conserved. he declared, by de-
bauchery OF the purse of the public.
The management OF the railroads.
which yesterday were described to the
commission by the railroad attorneys
as having reached the highest pos
sible point OF efficiency" were raked
fore and aft by Brandeis, He declar-
ed them beth unreasonably expensive
and antiauated. The present exorbi-
tant rates were declared TO be due
chiefly to the stubborn unwilllngness
of railroads to adopt modern meth
DDS. which he said would decrease
their operating expenses by $1,000
00e daily.
Saves Miiiiom Day.
After declaring that scientific man
agement would meet with the appro-
val of labor unions, in that 1t meant
still higher wages in return for great
er efficiency, Brandeis described his
plan OF saving a million dollars "a day
as comprising In a general way the
following seven principles:
THE separation of planning from
performing, or a huge development OF
the look before you leap theory.
Putting the burden of accom-
plishing results upon the men who
are responsible. instead of the men
whose main duty consists OF obeying
orders.
Universal preparedness. or the
planning of everything in advance,
so that any emergency can be met
Instantly.
The making Of analytical studies
OF each operation to determine how IL
CONTINUED on Fourth PageD
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
CASE OF SMALLPOX
IN NORTHUMBERLAND
HEALTH BOARD TAKES PREcAu.
TioNs TO PREVENT SPREAD
OF DISEASE

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
HEATHSVILLE, VA, Jan. ia
weit-deyeioped case of smallpox has
been reported by DIR. j. A. Rice to the
Northumberland county health board.
the patient being Mr.. Julian Duling,
who Is stopping at the helms Hotel.
1t is supposed that the disease was
brought here from Richmond, Mr. Du-
ling having returned from business
trip near that city few days ago.
The health board will use every pre-
caution to prevent the spread of the
disease.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
Goes TO HOSPITAL
WITH Mr.. PEABODY

BOSTON. MASS. Jan. IA pri-
vate car is due In Baltimore some
time to-day, aboard OF which is
George Lee Peabody. millionaire So
cicty chbman. his mother and his
fancee. Miss Edyth Deacon. who went
with him TO stay by his bedside at
Johns Hopkins Hospital while he sub
mits to an operation that made neces-
sary the postpenement OF the wed
ding OF the pair.
Peabody has long suffered from a
growth In his head that surgeons say
caused his long Illness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
COUNTESS TO SERVE
Term FOR MURDER

ROME. Jan. 1.-THE cabinet to-
day refused a pardon to Countess Ma
ria Tarnowska, who was convicted
with DR.. Naumoff and Nicholas Pri-
luxor Of the murder OF Count Paul
kAmarowska. 1t was argued on be-
half OF the countess that she was
going mad in prison. but this was
refuted by Onoreyole Vecchini, one
III her lawyers at the murder trial,
who declared that. aside from insom-
mia. the condition OF the countess
was almost rational.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
FORTY LIVES LOST;
VESSELS WRECKED

VICTORIA. b. c., January H.
Forty persons lost their lives and
slxty-sepen pearling vessels were
wrecked as the result of q hurricane
which swept the coast of Western
Austria last month. according TO ad-
vices received here to-day. The storm
created havoc. many buildings being
wrecked and many centers were DESC
lated by the hurricane.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
ATLEE POMERENE WILL
SUCCEED senator DICh

COLUMBUS. o.. Jan. lin spite
OF the bitterness Of tho late Demo-
cratic senatorial campaign the vic
tor. Lieutenant Governor Atlee Pom
creme, was elected 10 the United States
Senate by the Legislature by the vote
Of every Democratic member OF that
body.
In the Senate Lieutenant Governor
Formerene received ~ votss and In the
House 10 votes. 4,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
URGE APPOINTMENT OF
HULL ON ORDNANCE BOARD

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Jan. 1.-THE
members OF the House committee on
military affairs called upon President
Taft to-day to urge that Representa-
tive Hull of Iowa. chairman of that
committee, be appointed the civilian
member Of the board OF ordnance and
upon his retirement from
Congress March I.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
HAT PINS MUST NOT
PRoTRuDE roo FAR

ROCHESTER,. n. Y. Jan. 1i.-An
ordinance providing that no woman
may wear a hat pin that protrudea
more than half an inch beyond the
Council The transgressor viii be SUBJ
ject to arrest and nns.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
DIR. wELLEORD's ESTATE
rs VALUED AT SIG, 900

DR.. John s. Wexford. who died re-
Gently, left an estate valued at $1S,-
600. according to his Will filed Tor
probate Wednesday in the Chafcery
court Mr.. b. Rand Wexford his
nephew. qualified on the estate.
The physicians property goes TO his
widow. who Ia now critically III at
her home. 31s East Grace street. He
left no children
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
ACTION WON
BIZ MRS. A. II. LAWRENCE

Verdict for the plaintiff was re-
turned in the Law and Equity Court
Wednesday in the case OF Mrs. A. r.
Lawrence against Mrs Annie Stein
brecher. involving = brick wall at s24
West Broad street. Mrs. Lawrence
contended that the wall Ii situated
four feet too Tar on her property.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
COURT UPHOLDs
ELECTION LAW As
To PRIMARIES.
Judges in Norfolk Primary Can
be Punished for Participating
in Alleged Frauds
PRIMARY Is ESSENCE
OF GENERAL ELECTION
SAYS OPINION
Supreme Court Holds Present
Regulation of Elections AM
pie to Base Prosecutions On
little is Not Defective
AWAITS THE PAPER.

NORFOLK, VA, Jan. t1~--Com-
monwesith's Attorney Triton, In
advance of receipt, here, of the
full opinion, I'm the Primary case
this afternoon, had mo state
menf 10 make as TO what action
he will take In the eases Of the
Indicted Norfolk Primary judges.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11

Reprieve Murderer Until Feb. IL.
RALEIGH, n. c.. Jan. ii.-Gover-
nor Kitchin has issued reprieve TO
Charles Il. Piyler until February IL
He was to have been electrocuted In
the states prison ON January 20.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11
SAYS On. FORSYTH IS
SLIGHTLY Ih|PRGVED

REV. DR.. Robert w. Forsyth, rec.
tor of ST. Pauls Episcopal church.
tory rheumatism at his home. s14s
East Grace street. IL reported 10 ~
a shade better. When DIR. yamea Mo-
Cav Thompson left the bedaide sMre$
ly Wednesday afternoon he said thG&k
the clergyman was holding his or
though his condition continues crtfS
cal. S4
Wednesday morning DR.. FoF10x
was reported TO be barely altye. an1
Dove Ledge - Mect- g NJ
A stated Communication 0k EQ
Lodge, No. 81. Ancient N1@1 anl
cspted MasousA vim ~ bGfd f
niEht JennaEy ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-11

Continued on Fourth Page.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
WOMAN FIGHTING FIRE
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
Kimono Burned and Part of Hair
Snged Off, But no Serious
Injuries

In a heroic and successful effort
to save her home from destruction,
Mrs. NJ. II. williams of 1913 South
Second avenue narrowly escaped be-
ing burned to death early yesterday
morning. Though the hair was burn
ed from one side of her head and the
kimono she was wearing was almost
destroyed, Mrs. Williams sustained
no injuries more serious than a few
slight burns.
Mrs. Williams father. Rev. Thomas
r. Stewart. arose and went into the
kitchen to build a fire in the wood
stove. Mr.. Stewart is a very old
man and almost blind. Being unable
to see plainly, he touched lighted
match to a curtain hanging at the
kitchen window
Mr.. Stewart Immediately called his
daughter. Attired only in a XII
mono, Mrs Williams rushed to his
assistance and began beating out the
flames, which had spread from the
curtain to the wall paper. She
knew that if the fire was not checked
Immediately the board wall would
soon be ablaze and the frame house
would burn like matchwood.
While she was beating at the
flames, Mrs. Williams loose kimono
caught on fire. Part of her hair
was singed off when she got too near
the burning curtain.
A family named Moore live in the
same house with Mrs. Williams and
Mr.. Stewart. The Moores heard Mr..
Stewards call and rushed into the
kitchen, in time to smother the
flames enwrapping Mrs. Williams
kimono as well as to effectuaIly
quench the fire on the wall. All the
paper from the floor to the ceiling,
for a considerable width. was burned
and the wall itself was somewhat
charred.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
SOMETHING SAID
IN new YORK TONIGHT
Colonel Roosevelt Principal Speaker at
Lincoln Day Banquet.

New York, Feb. 12.-Those who are
in close touch with the political situa-
ton declare that Colonel Roosevelt's
address at the Lincoln dinner of the
Republican club. to be held tomorrow
night at the Waldorf Astoria, will be a
highly important utterance. The clubs
annual Lincoln banquet is regarded as
the most momentous political gather
ing of the year and the admirers of
Colonel Roosevelt anticipate that his
remarks on this occasion will have spe-
cial significance.
Secretary of the Navy George Won L.
Meyer viii represent the Taft admins
tration at thee dinner and will speak
upon naval affairs. The Grafton upon
Lincoln will be delivered by DIR. Frank
W. Gonsaulus of Chicago. Judge En-
DRY Speer of Georgia will represent the
south. Rabbi Joseph Silverman will
ask the invocation
In the dinner invitations the COM
mittee in charge ask that the Ratchet
be buried by the various factions of
the republican party and that the din
ner be made to bear striking evidence
Of harmony and unity"
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
POSTPONED RECEPTION.
General Navarro Has Not Yet Ar
rived at Juarez.

FL Paso. Texas, Feb. 12.-Jefe PO-
litico Martinez of Juarez announced
that the public reception to General
Navarro. set for today. had been in
definitely postponed. Navarro did not
arrive. An insurrecto courier located
the federal leader a few miles south
east of Ahumada, which is about 80
miles south of Juarez The insurrec o
forces are scattered between Ahumada
and Juarez. wherever they can find
pasture and water. The country for a
hundred miles south of here is practi-
cally a desert. Navarro, fearing
mines, is said to be proceeding at
snairs pace.
A letter received by the local junta
today from a sympathizer at Shafter,
Texas, purported to show that the
federals have not forsaken the prac-
tice of executing the defenseless. The
letter states that Tom Perrien. river
guard. saw the recent fight at Mulato
and says that four very old men were
taken out and shot, although they
were unarmed and defenseless.
zone of them" says the letter. "was
partly blind and paralyzed. He was
IS years old and another one was 81
years old"
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
A VANDERBILT FUNCTION.
The Guest of Honor Magyar
Nobleman.

New York. Feb. 1z.-Count Albert
AppOnyi. privy councillor to Francis
Joseph. emperor of Austria and king
of Hungary. will be the guest of
honor at a reception to be given to-
morrow by Mrs. Vanderbilt Governor
Dix and members of the diplomatic
corps at Washington. as well as lead
ing members of metropolitan society,
will be present
Rumor has been busy of late with
the names of Count Apponyi and Mrs.
Vanderbilt as, prospective parties to
another International matrimonial al
lance. Count Apponyi came to this
country in the interests OF the inter-
national peace movement. on which he
will lecture Wednesday night He is
not a stranger to America. however,
as he was here at the wedding of
Gladys Vanderbilt to Count Szechenyi.
Ever since that affair It has been
that Mrs. Vanderbilt would
follow the trail blazed BY her daughter
and become the wife of a Magyar
noble. Society papers say that Count
AppOnyi, who is alleged t. have
brought divorce proceedings against
his first wife, is to be the fortunate
man.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
A COMPACT TO LEAVE
This WORLD OF TROUBLE
WoMAN'S PROMISE TO DYING
HUSBAND.
It Was Kept and She Took Her Son
With Her.

Oxford. Me, Feb. I'm fuIfilIment
of compact made with her husband
during his lingering illness. which
death ended yesterday. Mrs. Lynwood
Keene ended her life today after she
had fatally shot her 14-year-old son
Gerald
Keene was once a prosperous farm
er, but was impoverished by his lin
gering illness. He was 50 years old
and his wife was a year or two
younger
The doctor found letter describing
her troubles. In it her death was
predicted, and it was stated that both
thought it wrong to have their son
remain in the world to suffer the
trouble they had experienced.
Mrs Keene bound herself to do
away" with herself and her son as
soon as possible after the death of
her husband The triple funeral will
be held on Tuesday.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
NO WORD OF DAUGHTER
Every Means of Finding
Her Having Been Ex-
hausted, Announced That
Family Has Given Up the
Search as Useless.

New York, Feb. 12.-The end of
the mysterious story of Dorothy Ar
mold is by no means reached. The
romantic turn given it yesterday by
George 5. Griscom, Jr., in his ex-
preston of confidence that the woman
was alive and in his quoted intention
of marrying her. if possible. was given
contrary twist today by the arrival
home from abroad of the MISSING
girls mother. Mrs. Frances r. Ar
mold.
In reply to the only two direct
questions, Ohm w. Arnold. her son.
permitted the reporters to ask her.
Mrs. Arnold denied even a circ4u-
stantial knowledge whether WAer
daughter was dead or alive and en-
phatically declared that she had not
given her consent to a marriage be-
tween the girl and Griscom.
Have YOU" she was asked most
formally. lat any time since your
daughters disappearance received any
definite information that would lead
you to believe that she is dead or
alive?'
In a low voice the mother repIied.
NO, none; l have received no word
that would tell me whether she is
alive or dead"
Have YOU" she was asked, given
your consent to the marriage of your
daughter Dorothy to Griscom, Jr.g''
mo. certainly not" was the quick
reply in a firm voice.
Young Arnold shielded the women
of the party from further questioning.
Discovering one of the Misses Shack
elford replying TO question he
cautioned her, You must not talk"
and ushere6 her into a stateroom. As
to further plans young Arnold said:
We have none"
Does that mean that you have
given up the search?'
Yes; that we have exhausted every
means we know to find Dorothy"