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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
PRESIDENT PRAISES
. HERO OF VERA CRUZ
Holds Up Bravery of Chi
cago Boy Killed in Battle
as Example for Nation.
TBY LEASED WIRE1

CHICAGO, May 6.-President Will.
son paid tribute, official and personal
today to the bravery of Sammy
Meisenburg, one of the marines who
fell at Vera Cruz. In a letter received
by Meyer Meisenburg, brother of the
Chicago boy, the president set forth
the example of the boys loyalty to
the country as one which should be
followed by all citizens. He thanked
Meyer for the latter's offer of his own
services under the country's flag.
The letter follows:
Meyer Melsenburg, Chicago.
"My Dear Friend:
Your letter of April 29 has
touched and gratified me deeply.
l congratulate the country that
there are men in it who feel as you
and your brother, Sammy, about
the service of the nation when
they are called upon, even to give
up their lives. l thank you most
sincerely and send you not only
my heartfelt sympathy over the
death of your brother, but my
earnest messages of friendship.
Sincerely yours,
"Woodrow Wilson,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
BECKER MAKES LAST
FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE
Crowds Swamp Court Room
When New York Police
Officers Case Is Called.
TBY LEASED WlRE1

NEW YORK, May 6-The second
trial of ex-Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal opened today with an attack
by the defense upon District Attorney
Whitman. Bourke Cochran, counsel
for Becker, moved before Justice Sea-
bury that District Attorney Whitman
be adjudged in contempt of court.
This motion was based upon the
contention that the district attorney
had made public statements preiudical
to the interests of the defendant. Mr.
Cochran also made a motion for a
change of venue on the ground that
Becker could not get a fair trial in
New York county.
Justice Seabury said that he would
listen to formal motions from the de-
fense this afternoon. Then he directed
that the trial go on. The roll of three
hundred talesmen was then called
Detectives employed by the district
attorneys office swarmed through the
big crowd that jostled to get into the
court room. A special guard was en-
ployed for the talesmen.
Mrs. Becker, who has worked with
out pause to free her husband from
the murder charge, was among the
first to enter the court room, and con-
suited eagerly With her husbands
counsel.
Interest Nationwide.
The wide outside interest in the
Becker case, with it's revelations of
police and underworld intrigue, was
shown by the facts that the telegraph
wires had been strung into the corridor
of the court house for use of news
paper men, some of whom came here
especially to represent out-of-town
newspapers,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06

Post c, T. P. A.. believe that Mr..
Goodwin can be prevailed upon not to
interfere with the contest.
Because of the requests of the wives
of many of the members of the organ
ization to witness a real badger fight,
it has been decided to allow all women
who attend the banquet to see the
unique spectacle.
HOFFMAN READY.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 6-Ben
Hoffman, of this city, one of the best
known members of the Indiana T. p.
A, is to leave for Richmond Friday
morning with his famous badger,
Bill" said to be the greatest fighting
badger in the United States, and
which has no more fear of a bulldog
than it has of a jackrabbit.
81 have been training Bill in Flor
ida all winter Mr.. Hoffman said to-
day, "and he is as fit as fiddle. The
contest in Richmond will be the first
one for Bill this season. | have been
feeding him throughout the winter on
Florida peppermint drops. which are
supposed to make badger particular
ly ferocious. If a good referee is Sc
lected, the fight at Richmond should
be a classic one"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
CLOTHING RIPPED FROM CORPSE,
USED ON BOAT HOOK AS SIGNAL,
SAVES THE COLUMBIAN SURVIVORS
Twenty-seven Rescued in Small Boats from Freighter
Wrecked by Explosion on High Sea.-Refugees Almost
Dead from Exposure and Hunger-The Blast Smashes
Wireless Telegraph Apparatus.

about twenty-four men ten minutes
before the boat that picked me up
got away.
"All agree that the fire started at
midnight on Sunday, cause unknown.
1t was first reported by the lookout
who saw smoke coming up from No.
4 hatch. Half an hour later the whole
ship forward and amidships was in
flames, with constant and violent eX-
plosions, which wrecked the wireless
apparatus. We are carrying to Boston
the remains of the chief steward who
was frightfully injured by the explo-
sion. He was delirious soon after the
boat got away and died on Tuesday
at midday.
Il made another detour, searching
for the other boats and deeply regret
that I could not find them. But many
other steamers are fastening to the
scene of the disaster, and l trust that
if not already picked up they will be
rescued by other ships"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
By w. NJ. TAFT,
Special Correspondent Of the 'nterna-
tionaI News Service at the
White House.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-General
Carranza has been eliminated from the
mediation negotiations of the Latin
American ENJOYS. Official announce
ment to this effect was made to one
of the mediators today after a con-
ference with Secretary of State Bryan.
"Carranza will not figure in the
mediation proceedings" he said. I'VE
have decided to eliminate him. Know
ing that Carranza is a strong man, we
do not think that he will be asked to
be included. We are going ahead
with the plans without him."
The mediator who has taken a lead
ing part in the negotiations was asked
what action would be taken if Car
rama requested permission to send a
representative.
why, 1 suppose he could come. -
was the reply.
Mediators Outline Plans.
Secretary of State Bryan asserted
that the U. S. has not agreed to medi-
ate any particular issue. This leaves
the situation practically where it was
when the good offices" of the medi-
ators were rendered and it is under
stood that the negotiations will be
suspended pending the gathering at
Niagara Falls. Meanwhile, the medi-
ators will continue to outline their
plans for the conference with the hope
that they will include the question of
general peace in Mexico But if Car
rama continues to hold out, the con-
ference at the Falls will merely be be-
tween the Representatives of the Unit
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
CALLS FIVE BANKS
TO FORM DISTRICT
Organization Committee of
Reserve System Outlines
Plan of Election.
TBY LEASED WlRE1

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The organ,
ization committee of the new currency
system today announced that five
banks in each reserve district will be
designated not later than May 8 to ex-
ecute the certificate of organization
for the districts as provided by the
currency act. Representatives of the
banks designated are urged by the
committee to meet promptly in the
reserve city for their district so the
certificates may be filed with the
comptroller of the currency without
delay. When this is done. the COM
mittee states, all subscribing banks
will be treated as member banks
and the election Of electors and nom
ination of directors may be proceeded
with
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
SIS. I. A. ADJOURNS

The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the directors of the South Side I'm
provement Association was adjourn
ed last night owing to the carnival.
Nothing further has developed in the
matter of the Great Western Rubber
company's decision to disorganize. Ne
gotiations that have been carried on
with the Birmingham Glass Works for
ia location here have resulted in moth
Ing definite
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
ATTEND FROM HERE.

Headed by d. w. Comstock, depart
ment commander, a large delegation
of Richmond members of the G. A. r.
and the Sons of Veterans went to In
dianapolis today to attend the en-
campment. w. H. Hansche, division
commander of the Sons of Veterans,
and L. A. Handley, member Of the
visiting committee for the Orphans
home, were in the delegation. Alto
gether about thirty local veterans,
members of the Sons of Veterans and
the Ladies' Auxiliaries, went from this
city,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-06
Man Goes Over
Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, May g.
Richard Snyder, fisherman carried
over the Horse Shoe falls in a row
boat today. 1t is believed that the
man was rowing across Niagara river
between La Sale and Chippewa, about
two miles above the cataract, and that
one of his oars became broken by the
ice which still chokes the river at
that point
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

greater breadth in proportion. to thu
depth There Is no slavish effort to re-
produce the alleged Shakespearean ar
rangement Of the stage and auditorium
affected in some so-called Elizabethan
revivals, but the atmosphere Of the
periad Is enchanced by clothing the boy
ushers In the uniform Of the Blue Coat
School, with its quaint coat and beggy
trousers.
"The Marriage of COIumbIne."
The Punch and Judy opened with an
innocuous little play derived from the
Horniman repertory and called The
Marriage Of Columbine" by Haroid
Chaplin. The piece was well adapted to
It's setting, being pleasant. far Sfrom
strong and a combination Of the fan
ciful and the realistic The realism WAS
more in the stage details and In the
Characterization than in the credibIlity
Of the story. The heroine is Of the cir
Gus. called Columbine, has lived the low
ing and loved companion Of Scara-
mouche. an educated clown, and has
borne him three children. A young re-
ligious enthusiast OF the present-day
English Nonconformist type, brings her
to her first knowledge of the condition
OF sin In which she Is living and nthe
tortures OF the hell fire that await her.
he points out the only way for her
to purify herself, which Is by marrying
him. and terrorized by his canting talk
and the tracts he has given her, she
consents to leave Scaramouche and her
children. but at the last moment takes
her baby with her The presence OF
the baby At the lodging house from
which he marries her causes complica-
tiops that are amusing. Scaramouche
turns up q the proper moment, rescuea
her from her religious husband Of an
hour. tears up her marriage certificate
and takes her back to the happiness OF
their former relations
Such appalling ignorance of the fact
that there Is such an institution as mar
riage on the part of a woman old enough
10 have had three children, the period
being the very recent past and the place
England. makes a heavy strain on the
imasfnAtion OF the spectator. This is
intensified by the matter-of-factness of
the scenes and some Of the characters
and the modeTnity Of the dialogue. II
the play were poetic In language and
setting. allowances might be made, but
as Il Is the effect Is rather muddling.
and at the close we wonder what Is to
become OF the poor girl back in her for
mer life. but with her new knowledge and
the consciousness that she Is the legal
wife of man other than Scaramouche
The acting Is also mixed. The COM
pany includes such experienced and ac-
complished professionals as Edward
Emery, Herbert Yost, Louise Closer
Hale and Elean0r Carey. whose work is
CONTINUED on PAGE NINE.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
Review Of Past Week at
New York Theaters.
By JAMES ;. MErcAFFE.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE present need
OF money felt by New York managers
had good proof in the avIdIty with which
they jumped for the possible box-ofice
receipts from the election holiday matt
nee and the election night crowds. As
a rule, the managers try to avoid a con-
fict of openings. stringing them through
the week, so that each show may have
q clear road in the amusement columns
OF the next mornings dailies. This year
financial stress. with holiday money in
sight, caused that consideration to be
thrown aside, with the result that four
productions were made in New York
the evening before election and another
election night. Klaw and Erlanger put
on "Papa's Darling" in competition with
"Outcast," The Only Girl" Mary Goes
First" and the next evening "Suzf' en-
tered the race for the easy money.
Another New Theater.
As though competition was not already
ferce enough. another new theater has
heen added to the town : already crowded
list. As the Punch and Judy. which Is
the name chosen by Its owner, director
and principal actor, Mr. Charles Hop
kins, seats only two hundred and ninety
nine persons, it Is not likely to make
serious inroad on the cttYs total OF ex-
penditure on theRter tickets. This exact
figure is to save It's owner from the heavy
expenditure imposed by our ere laws in
the construction Of q theater which seats
three hundred or more persons.
The Punch and Judy is q curious little
house built on two wide city lots and
running back not much more than the
usual depth OF one hundred feet II has
no gallery, the three sides Of the audi
torium at the gallery level being occu-
pied by inches with high fronts ilush
with the wall, each niche serving a. q
box, with scant room for two persons.
The seats Of the orchestra floor are
pretty close together. but are comfort
able, being arranged In one block, with
the aisles on either side.
The interior Is unusual in its deco
ration, Ellsabethan in character, with
iat, beamed ceiling, the lighting coming
from suspended slectroliers In Imitation
Of the old rings OF candles, which causes
no glare. as all the color effects are In
cints of dull brown. The length Of the
compared with its width,
robs the new house Of the effect OF eozi-
ness and nearness to the stage enjoyed
at the Little, which has the same seat
ms capacity. but & constructed with
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
Wrote PLAYS.

The barber had some extra time ana &C
he wrote . play. The cop could ind
but little crime and 50 he wrote play.
The butcher and the baker. too, dis
covered when their work was through
they needed something else TO do-and
50 each wrote play. The beIIboy found
his duties light and 90 he wrote a play.
They say. however. you can iind in Ho-
boken man who's blind and deaf ana
has feeble mind-who never wrote a
|pIay.-Bfde Dudley.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

Of new vigor and more life In his pro-
ductions az well as In his new company,
Sylvester z Poll announces as the un-
usual offering for the new Poll Players
next week one Of this seasons pro-
ductions, The Money Makers" Charles
Rlein's latest play, in which Emmett
Corrigan and Alexandra Carlisle created
the leading roles.
The Money Makers" is particularly in
tereSting to Washington, for In addition
to telling an absorbing love story, II has
as its main theme the New Haven rail-
road investigation, Of course. disguised
under another name. The hero 10 . cap
tain Of finance who decides to make
restitution of the money which he has
Eained ffaudulently by the manipulation
Of stocks. The Poll Players viii present
The Money Makers. with the same
scenic completeness az when produced
here for the FIRST time at q prices three
months ago.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
pe94RDeob
b. JULIA CHANDIER HAM.

of
affections
at
$50 Much For Much" win be made night
in
oil
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under ourob u /. ..fe
Following enthusiastic reception c Prey"
public and critic alike
nd b
by
by
performance of $50 Much So Much
d
Until Of his remarkable ability playwright recently
Washington Willard Mack his
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
WEAR PINK FOR
IZETTA JEWEL

In celebration of her return to Wash
ington. and her debut in this city in
vaudeville, Isetta Jewel has sent broad
cast the request that her friends who see
her performance at Keith's this week in
Sidney NJ Hlrsch's dramatic sketch wear
a. touch Of pink 50 that when she looks
out all week upon her audiences she viii
be able to locate her own particular
fans"
Miss Jewel makes no stipulation as to
what the token shall be. Il may be a
flower, little bow Of ribbon. a tie. or
4 waist-anything whatever. just so 1t is
pink-for that n the favorlte color OF
Nr. Hirsch's charming star.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
HIKh-cIa.. v.uderiue.

Ethel BARRYMORE will make her ap-
pearance next week at Keith's. She win
have the support Of Charles Dalton, re-
membered for his artistic work in THE
Servant In the House" The play selected
10 ''Drifted Apart" a former success Of
hers, used as a curtain raiser.
The supporting bill will include Cecilia
Wright. The Adopted Daughter OF the
United States Navy" conroy and Le
Aaife. the blackface stars, late OF "Fhe
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Wilde. Sylvia Loyal
and company, Parille and Frabito. and
Weihers and Phil Maase. supplemented
BY the pipe organ recitals and the
Hearst-SeIig news pictorial
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
cAIzzDAR OF rHE WEEK.

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MueA.S
Hatts1aB-eEsegfs1d FoIlies."
BeIaSeo-FeE - NJ Heart.S
PeH,S@FaAnne X!S
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Vn1aevllle.
Gayety-The wGtsoa SistsEa.
CosmOS-yauaevIHe.
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The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
Feature Films.

Paramount pictures Will hold the screen
next week at Moore's Strand Theater.
the principal attraction for the first four
days being THE Country Mouse" with
Adele Farrington featured in the role as
sumed behind the footlights by Ethel
Barrymore. The production has been
staged by Hobart Bosworth in associa-
ton with the Liebler Company. The re-
mainder OF the week will witness the
initial appearance of May Irwin In
a perturbation of Mrs. Black Is Back
from the pen OF George V. Hobart. The
supplementary features include Keystone
comedies, views OF the European war
and musical Accomplishments by the
Strand Symphony Orchestra
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
"The beauty Parade,

The Beauty Parade will be the at
traction next week at the oayety. Of
fering . two-act musical farce entitled
Five Hundred Dollars Reward" The
comedy lines and situations are IN the
hands Of Ambark (Bumpsyl Ali and
George F. Hayes, and the balancs OF
the male supporting cast includes Z. A.
Turner, Joe Phillips, Mickey currsn. J.
Tynon and =. Barbour. Hildegarde
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

Stone. Lille Brennan, Misses Earles and
Barbour essay other roles. A chorus
Of twenty girls viii present q like num-
Der OF big musical numbers Many novel
the action of the play several vaudeville
specialties will be seen.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
Feature Films,

Next week at Garden Theater the main
feature on Sunday will be The Warn
ing" featuring ThurIoW Burgen In the
leading role. On Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday the principal attraction will
be H. B. Warner in a filmization Of
Henry De Miles comedy drama, The
Lost Paradise" The remainder Of the
wcek vii be devoted to George Kleine's
production of Julius Caesar" featuring
Antony Novelli and other members who
achieved fame in the productions OF
Quo Vadis?' and "Cabiria-" Other at
fractions of the week include Keystone
comedies. war views and accompaniment
BY the Garden Symphony Orchestra.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
PROMISED NEXT WEEK.
'The story of the Rosary."

Messrs. Comstock and Gest win pre-
sent Walter Howard's melodrama OF
love and war, The Story Of thu
Rosary" at the Belasco Theater NEXT
week, This IL the play which, brought
to America direct from the Princes
Theater, London, where II ran upward
Of 800 nights, ELECTED enthusiastic metro
politan comment as the best-Written and
best-scted melodrama seen in America
In ten years.
II has all the virtues OF perfectly
written play. and the Interpretation Of .
perfect cast, most of whom were creators
Of the roles they now play. The scene
Of The Story OF the Rosary 10 the
Continent of Europe. The country is
nameless. but II might be any one OF
the nations now embroiled In war
Annie Saker. Alfred Paumier. Walter
Howard. James Berry, George Desmond
Marjorie Day and Chris Walker con-
tinue in their notable roles
There are twelve scenes In the plays
four acts the stirring battle scene and
the mess-room scene employing more
than 100 aetors-not supernumeraries
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
"sari.n

At the National Theater Thanks
giving week the attraction viii be the
operetts. -Sari." that Henry w. Savage
will send back 70 Washington with a
notable cast. The public here has held
'Sari' In happy memory since the piece
was first produced At the National in
the early part OF last season. II made
q hit in Washington. and its New York
success was foretold. "Sari'' remained
on Broadway all the rest Of the year
after Il arrived there. There IL q real
play in ''sari.' and Mr.. Savage sees to
II that II is presented in the very best
manner, 30 IN addition to a company Of
extraordinary ability he provides a spe-
eial orchestra to play the score. The
production is elaborate, and the gowns
have become famous- They are new and
different this year. made from designs
especially obtained in Paris and Vienna
last summer. The company is made of
singers and actors brought together with
much care Mizzi Hajos and Charles
Meaktns are In their original roles.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
ssTAe Dummy"

''The Dummy" from its New York
triumph at the Hudson Theater. where II
has been playing since last season, is re-
turning to Washington to the Columbia
Theater for Thanksgiving week, with the
same cast that has been delighting the
New York public.
'The Dummy" Is by Harvey o'HiEEins
and Harriet Ford. It was founded on
the Detective Barney stories OF Mr..
0'Higginn. originally published In Col
Hers, which chronicIed the real exploits
OF q real boy detective
The playefE who constitute the New
York cast that has been at the Hudson
Theater during the long run Of The
Dummy" are: Ernest Truck, who plays
the boy Detectives" Edward Ella. Jane
Oaker. Joseph Brennan. Edith Shayne,
Frank Connor, Gus Forbes, H A. La
Note. John N. Wheeler, John Winthrop.
Nicholas Judels and little Joyce Fair.
-.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

''The Money MalEerE.o
IN keeping with his anRouneea policy
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

CONTINUED on PAGE NINE
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

gAgsd IN writing the mustc for this op-
cratic work
The energetic playwright and producer-
for Ar. HirBch produces much Of his
own work-as also planning the presen-
tation Of two new vaudeville sketches In
the near future. enc Of which b Q Hn-
doc Miracle Play. with q cast of fourteen
people.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-02-03

used to be that Japan would strike
us before the canal was finished. The
waterway being practically completed
some of the paraders of that spook
have evinced enough shame to keel
silent. But the spreaders of the
present alarm. by producing it when
the situation practically doubles our
naYal force, only indicate how hard
up they are for any excuse that will
lend concrete support to the four
hattleship cry.
The japanese are an exceedingly
polite nation, but they are hardly so
polite as. il they had any hostile
intentions. to wait until heir attack
on us would be hopeless. The fact
is that the Japanese war alarm is
an exploded fiction 1t is more
Ylainy so nov than ever The Jap
anese statesmen have all they can
do to maintain their position where
they are without attacking an an
tagonst Of many times their strength.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-02-03
BOY SCOUTS HAD GARDENS
Vacant Lots In Boston Were Chanqed
Into Places Of Beauty

From the Breeders Gazette.
The Boy Scouts movement is real
ly a great movement. 1t takes boys
out into the natural world and teach
es them TO understand it and to con
quer It. The keynote of the scout
movement is helpfulness.
In Boston certain people of prae-
tical bent enlisted the scouts inter
est in gardening. Vacant lots thu
had been eyesores to the neighbor-
hood were leyeled. manured ami
plowed. Each scout was left to plant
and cultivate little garden The
scheme was Unexpectedly successful
so much so that this year much more
work OF sim.llr character is planned.
i IS said that often the street aotlI
be lined with people looking II tt7
beautiful gardens and the children
working among vegetables and flow
srs.