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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

sent for by ]. T. Morgan was Mr.. Hill,
and his assurance that he and the peo-
pie OF the Northwest were prepared
to do their share in taking up the
foreign bonds Is believed to have con-
tributed largely to the success Of the
negotiations.
From n local viewpoint his influence
in the upbuIlding OF South ST. Paul
stockyards principally through the de-
cision Of Armour & Co. to come to
the suburb. claims first rank
His claim to being tho original ad-
the Northwest Is unqucstioned. and
since the retirement OF a. q. Stick
ney. he had been most ardent propo-
nent OF the upbuilding of the Industry
ut this center. n work which has been
taken up By his son. Louis w. Hill.
EXPRESSIONS OF SORROW
HEARD IN WALL STREET
NEW YORK, May 29-The news Of
the death Of the man who for two
sonaNty in the financial community
was received In Wall Street to-day with
many expressions Of sorrow and a feel
ing OF almost personal loss.
The financier's death did not cause
the slightest disturbance in the stock
market. The Hill stocks, Great North
ern and Northern Pacific. were virtual
ly inactive.
MT. Hill was famous in tho financial
community for his quaint humor and
conservative though optimistic Views.
Of general conditions throughout the
country
Mr.. Hill made his headquarters. when
here. at the offices OF the Great North
ern Railway. but spent much Of his
time Waiting the leading banks and
banking houses. His advice and in
fluence were eagerly sought last fall
by the banking syndicate which float
ed the s50o00o,oo0 Anglo French war
Issues. He was Il powerful factor in
the successful contamination Of that
unprecedented Undertaking. Mr.. Hill
was outspoken in his championship OF
the allies.
Local officials Of the Hill roads are
expected to leave town TODAY to at
tend the funeral. It is also likely
that representatives Of the hankInr
houses Of j. P. Morgan & Co. Kuhn.
Loeb & Co. tho First National Bank.
Chase National Bank and City National
Bank with all of which Mr. Hill had
close personal and financial connec-
lions, will attend the funeral.
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District Passenger Agent.
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SUBMITS SPECIFICATIONS
President Wheelrrikht Snys Power
Company Can Furnish Cheaper
Current Than City.
Chairman John Hirschberg, of the

Chairman John Hirschberg, of the
Administrative Board. yesterday re-
coived from President Thomas S
Wheelwr'ght. of the Virginia Railway
and Flower Company. his specified tions
to supply to the city electric power at
n cheap.1 rate than the city itself
can manufacture it.
Superintendent Z. W. Traf:ord re-
Gently asked the board fer funds with
which to install additional machinery,
and. the Virginia Railway and Power
Company. learning of the request, in
formed the board that it could furnish
electric power more cheaply than could
the city, and that If its offer were ac-
cepted large sum would be saved to
TIE city. The company was then ask
ed to submit definite proposal.
The proposal may come up for con-
sideration and action at the meeting
OF the board this morning.
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JAMES ]. HILL DIES
AT ST. PAUL HOME

(Cont!nucd from First Page.)
(Jerome) HiN was born in 1898, the
son OF an Irish Canadian farmer, who
died when the boy was fifteen. there
stands a tree stump labeled: THE last
tree chopped by James j. Hill"
IT marked the lads resolution to go
to the United States. He had been
prompted by an odd incident. Accord
Ing to the story that is told, n strange
traveller had stopped at the Hill farm
to take dinner. and left his horse at
tho gate. Young Hill saw the animal
was tired. and he carried it n pail of
water. The stranger was pleased with
the lads thoughtfulness, and as he
drove off he tossed him newspa per
from the United States. and called out
Graveiy:
Go there, young man. That coun-
tr.- reeds youngsters of your spirit"
Hill read the paper carefully. 1t
contained glowing accounts of oppor-
tunities in the States. lie resolved to
investigate for himself. 1t was the
next morning that he chopped his last
tree.
AS a mere roustabout lad Of eigh-
teen. he toured from Maine to Mime
sofa. When, in 1855, he disembarked
from a Mississippi River packet at ST.
Paul, that place was a frontier town Of
5000 inha bitants At the sign Of
w. J. Bass C Co, agents for tho
Dubuque and st. Paul Packet Company,
he found q job as both stevedore and
clerk.
In the fifteen years that followed he
seized every opportunity to study the
whole problem OF river transportation.
He gathered no end Of experience and
n little capital, with which he launched
his own firm of Hill, Grlss & Co, which
promptly displayed its initiative by
bringing the first load of coal that had
ever been seen in that section into ST.
Paul. Two years later, with fat
bottomed steamer. he established the
first regular communication with st.
Paul and the Manitoba ports of tho
fertile Red River Valley.
WRIST EXPERIMENT
IN RAILROAD BUILDING
AT about that time st. Paul was hav-
ing Its first experiment in railroad
building. Eighty miles had been laid
to ST. Cloud. BIG miles to Brecken-
ridge. both of which terminals were at
the southern end Of the Red River
Valley, and there were about 100 miles
Of track (which began nowhere and
ended In that same indefinite spot"
This venture ran up debt Of s33, 000,.
| 600 and collapsed, with Its only assets
being "a few streaks OF rust and a
| right of way"
Hill had had sufficient success in the
region to be seized with n consuming
desire to purchase tho defunct property
After Ave years OF financial dickering
| Including the sale Of all his other In.
forests, which Melted a fortune OF
100000. he and syndicate Of three
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
To-Day and Tonight in
Richmond

Memorial Day exercises In Holly
wood and National Cemeteries.
Art Club of Richmond, lecture on
folklore, diSO o'clock.
COwnrdin Avenue Christian
Church, sacred cnntnta, 8 O'Clock.
Peoples Democratic Club of JEFF
fcrsOn Ward, address by Captain
James r. Bailey, candidate for Com
mon Council, Springfield Public
School. y O'Clock.
.Acndcmy-Pricc Players, In "The
Country Hoy" $500.
I'yric-Populnr vaudeville; mnti-
nee, 81 night, Z 80 md 8.
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Paul Fnvors Hughes.
7ecial to The Times-Dispatch

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l
HARRISONBURG, VA. May %
Former State Senator John Paul. OF
Harrisonhurs. who is prominently men
toned as the probable Republican can
didate OF the Seventh Congressional
District against Representative James
Hay. In the coming congressional cam
pa!gn. gave out a statement in which
he says he favors Hughes as the Re
publican nominee for the presidency,
but believes that Roosevelt and Root
have outlined the issues upon which
the fight must be made
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Ask Lights for west Broad Street.

r. b. Wilson. w. II. and H. Carl
Boschen and others have pctitioned the
Administrative Board TO install deco
rative lights on the south side OF Broad
Street, between Pine and Laurel. The
petition was referred by the board
yesterday to the Superintendent of the
Electric Plant for report and an esti-
mate of the cost.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

ISptclal % The Times Dispatch.1
WASHINGTON, May 29.-There will
be thundershowers on Tuesday In the
Lower Lake region, the Upper Ohio
Valley and the Atlantic States, from
New England to North Carolina. fol-
lowed by generally fair weather on
Wednesday.
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Sent to Grand Jury.

Winston Harris. colored. was sent
on to the grand jury from Police Court
yesterday on charge of assaulting
and cutting Lenias Darlington.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
State Democratic ConventiGa
Roanoke, vn.
Reduced Rates. Special Train VI.

For the accommodation OF delegates
and visitors to the above convention,
the Norfolk and Western Railway has
arranged to operate a special train of
Pullmansleepers and day coaches, to
leave Richmond 600 P. NJ, Thursday,
June LIST. Sleepcrs will be open for
occupancy at Richmond at $3.50 P. NJ.
Delegates should make their Pullman
reservations early. Round trip fare,
37.l5. Pullman berth, $500 for lowers
$3.50 for uppers. each way
c. II. BOSLEY,
District Passenger Agent
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The Weather
FURNISHED by u. =. weather Burenu.)
Local T'en,pcraturc

~ noon temperature. S:
T. NJ temperature. . IS
Maximum temperature TO S +. NJ. S!
Ainlmum temperature to S 7. NJ. 6;
Mean temperature .... a
Normal temperature . =
Excess in temperature.
deficiency In temperature since
.ahrch i ;......... ...... a
Accumulated excess since January
s,
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Sent tn Reforu scboo,,

William Simpson. sixteen years old.
was sentenced to the Laurel Reform
School for Boys yesterday by Magls-
atrats II. s., Sunday. OF Henrico County.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Nav an 1915

Wilson's doctrine Of the autonomy o
individual nations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

Local Observation mt s p. W. Yesterday.
Temperature, -; humidity SIS: wind
direction, cast: wind, velocity. 2 miles !:
leather, cloudy.
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Locnl RninfnlI.

Rainfall last twenty-four hours.
Deficiency in rainfall since March
Deficiency in rainfall since Jam
uary l
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
PEACE TALK IS REVIVED
BY PRESIDENTS SPEECH
Editorial Comment in English Papers
on Wilson's Recent Address
In Washington.
SOME OF HIS POINTS ELUSIVE
Hard to Believe That Cause for
Which We Stand Is Not Of Some
Concern to Great Republic of
West" Says Liverpool Post.

LONDON. May 29.-"Irresponsible
peace talk received its quietus from
Sir Edward Grey last week. but no
doubt President Wilson'S speech before
the League to Enforce Peace will re-
vivc the discussion I'm certain quarters"
says the Liverpool Post. Its definite
ness In certain particulars is interest
ing. but perhaps to many of his own
countrymen the air OF defnitcness
which the President gives to some of
his phrases may seem elusive.
one can imagine many being spe-
cially disappointed when he says that
with the causes and objects Of the
war the United States has no concern.
To US, who believe we are opposing
an attempt at world domination. 1t ts
hard to believe that the cause for
which we stand is not of some concern
to the great republic of the west"
The Post argues that the entente
allies arc fighting for virtually the
same object for which President Will
son proposes n league OF nations.
The Manchester Guardian says this
plan OF the President is almos. as old
as the first formulation OF the ideal OF
organized peace. but that 1t never be-
fore in any part Of the world has com
manded the support accorded IL in
America to-day. This newspaper says
further: THE President inevitably has
confined himself 10 cautious and gem
eral terms. but IT is impossible to miss
the Significance of his declaration that
the United States would he ready to
become a party 70 any feasible league
OF nations. Twenty-one months of war
have done much TO undermine even
the rooted American aversion from al
liances and leagues"
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L.ocaI barometer Rendiur

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The Detroit times., 1916-05-22
Anti-SalOOn Man Says
There Are But 3,4O0
To Gust
THINKS u. s. WILL
BE DRY IN 1920
w. V. Waltman Tells
DetrOiters Vets Are
On the Run

Asserting that nearly half of the
saloons I'm the state have been clos
ed, w. v. Waltman, of Grand Rapids
district superintendent of the Anti
Saloon league of Michigan. told the
congregation Of Fisher Methodist
church, Sunday, that the liquor men
realize they are not long for exist
ence and are fighting 4 losing fight
I'VE have the liquor traffic yelling
for ice water" he said.
"Since 1907. we have closed up in
Michigan, 2,572 saloons. There are
at present in Michigan 3,40s retail
liquor establishments, Wayne county
has 1914.
81 have never heard a good reason
for the existence Of the saloon, but
II any person will tell me OF a sim
gle saloon that has made happier
father, a sweeter mother, or a better
boy or gtrl will leave this church
and never say another word against
the liquor trafic.
"The saloon Ia bad, a breeder of
crime and the source Of mieery and
suffering to a great extent than any
other institution the world has ever
known.
But a new day is dawning; the
rainbow of hope Is spanning the sky.
II rests with the church and tho peo'
ple who believe In better homes. bet
ter labor conditions. happier fam
tiles. to bring this new order OF
things to It's full fruition.
Russia has vanished Vodka
England has curtailed the use of
liquor to the extent of closing drink
ing places entirely In many parts OF
the nation, and permitting sales
from 70 o'clock TO 2 and from s
o'clock to Z, In others. France
has banished absinthe. and Germany
Is putting the ban on beer, so that
this great nation shall soon be able
to clasp glad hands with the great
nations OF the world and proclaim
prohibition.
I'VE believe, with the Christian
Endeavor society. that before 1920
there will not be q saloon anywhere
In the United States"
The Detroit times., 1916-05-22
7ather and Brother of
I Dentist Seated in
Court Room
1ECK KIN ALSO
l. WATCH ORDEAL
Proceedings May De-
velOp Into Battle of
Alienists
BY UNITED PRESS.


NEW YORK. May Ellis jaunty
Elm gone, with the two women with
hom he played srrayed agains,
m. Arthur Warren Waite, dentist
nd dilettante. lover and linguist
shlete. and. by his own confession,
ch-poisoner, went on trial today.
Ahe laws accusing finger was point.
! at him for the killing. by arsenic
pisoning. of his father-in.law. John
Peck. millionaire. OF Grand Rap.
10. Mich. The chief witnesses
yainst him. by whose testimony
se state hopes TO secure the cap
al punishment. were TO be his
lie. who has sought TO divorce
m. and his studio companion,
,e pretty Mrs. Margaret Horton.
"Mixed inextricably In the tangle
III be Waite's apparently countless
We affairs. his pleas Of bad
an from Egypt" who took posses
on OF his faculties and urged him
lward TO his plot TO poison the
hole Peck family that he might IN.
,rit their millions, and his final
Jsistence that he now Is sane and
,sires expiation OF his crimes.
4 His attorney will plead insanity.
he state has nearly $50 witnesses
support their contention that II
o. not a mad mans brain, but
eat OF a cool. calculating adventur.
:. who weighed the chances OF
.ilure against the dreams Of q but.
.rny lie OF millions to be spent
pr pleasure. that planned the MUIR
srs OF his wife's parents.
Waite looked white and wan to-
~. although he has fully recovered
Iom the effects Of strong narcotics
lken when he foresaw the police
lust inevitably uncover the trail Of
is plot OF poisoning. He said he
Ias feeling fine"
New York hopes to set record
pr criminal trials In which the is
he Is insanity, In handling Waite's
Lase. Selection OF Jury 10 expect
a to consume three days. but JUS
Ice Shearn has only set aside 10
iays for the entire trial.
Waite was the coolest and appsr.
!ltly the ,noet unconcerned man In
~ crowded court room when his
iial was called. Dressed modestly
} a blue serge suit. he sat beside
is counsel. Walter X. Duel, and
id not finch when Assistant Dis.
iict Attorney Brothers briefly re-
aewed the case for the veniremen.
nd came down hard on the word
5nurder."
! In court when the case was called
ias Percy Peck. son Of the slain
tContinucd on Page six).
The Detroit times., 1916-05-22
THOUGHT Wife
TOO ATTRACTIVE
Fred Crater Threw Acid On
Spouse, Burning Shoulder;
Is Locked Up

T thought II / made her suffer a
little she would como TO her
senses" Fred Crater, az years old.
who is being held by the police for
throwing oarbolic acid on his wife,
Elisabeth, told Assistant Prosecut-
Ing Attorney Robert speed. Sunday.
II was because men liked to look
at Mrs. Grater's attractive face on
the street. according to the hus-
bands side Of the story. that Crater
assaulted his wife with acid. Short
~ after O'Clock, Saturday after
noon, residents of an apartment
house at No. 12s stanley-ave. were
aroused by fracas In the Crater
apartment, and the husband was
taken to the police station.
He is charged with having at
tempted to force the poison down
his wife's throat, and is held on q
charge Of felonious assault. The
acid was spilled during the struggle
and slightly burned Mrs. Grater's
shoulder.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-22
nine KILLED
BY TORNADO
Oklah6Atx Town Practically
Wiped Out By go,
Cyclone

DENISON. Tex. May 22.-Nine
persons are dead and the town OF
Kemp City, Okla, eight miles east
Of this city, practically wiped out, as
the result of tornado which swept
over this vicinity late yesterday.
Eight OF the victims were killed In
the town and the ninth. child. was
crushed in the collapse Of It's fathers
home just beyond tho outskirts.
Thirty-eight persons were injured.
many seriously. Twelve business
houses. a two-story hotel and so resi-
dences we're demolished.
Many OF the bodies were carried
hundreds Of feet by the force OF the
wind
A relief train with physicians was
rushed from Derison and at an early
hour this morning. Most OF the In
jured we're cared for.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-22
Four B an d 8 Follow
Wake Of Retiring
u. S. Forces
VILLAGES ARE
TERRORIZED
Many Inhabitants Flee
North Before Out
law HOrdes
BY UNITED PRESS.

COLUMBUS, N. NJ, May a.
Four bands OF Mexican bandits are
moving north in the wake. Of with
drawing American troops, Seommit
ting depredations and spreading
terror in the villages. This report
was brought to the Columbus base
today. II is believed here that the
Mexicans who fred on 13 troopers
of the Seventh cavalry. wounding
one, were members OF one OF these
bands.
These bandits are moving In
bands OF from 90 to 20 and have
kept far enough behind the retiring
Americans to avoid a clash. Many
Inhabitants Of the region around
San Antonio, Mex. are fleeing north
in the wake Of the American troops.
Gen. Pershing has sent back cav
airy detachments to attack and dis.
perse these bands.
Stories that the American troops
are Withdrawing because villa had
recovered and was recruiting an
army to fight the American troops,
have been circulated among the
Mexican poems and are believed re-
sponsible for the new outbreak OF
banditry.
Several road repairing machines
have been received here and are
being sent south along the Perish
ing lines Of communication to re-
pair the roads which have been well
nigh impossible.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-22
All Potential Candi-
dates to Be Asked to
State Position
T. r. MAY MAKE
WESTERN TRIP
Colonel Silent On Sub
ject of Bull Moose
Convention
BY UNITED PRESS.

NEW YORK. May 22.--The FIRE
which Is expected to smoke out"
Justice Hughes was famed into
blaze here today when headquarters
were formally opened by former
Taft supporters now booming Col.
Roosevelt as a Republican nominee.
SO far as the Roosevelt Republican
committee" can tell, not a single
Progressive Ia among their ranks
the membership is composed solely
Of dyed-in-the-wool Republicans.
Coincident with announcement OF
organization of this committee came
the word that every one of the can
didates-receptive and otherwise
for the Republican nomination will
shortly be sent formal letter
signed by leaders Of the delegations
OF several states demanding to know
whether use OF the addressee's name
Ia with his approval and whether
II nominated. he will accept.
The newly-organized Roosevelt
Republican committee" has opened
headquarters in the Biltmore no
tel, and will shortly move to Chi
cago. A delegation has an appoint
men this evening with the colonel
at Oyster Bay. It's membership COW
ers prominent Republicans In 30
states, and George Won l.. Meyer,
former secretary of the navy, under
Roosevelt and Taft. is chairman.
There was an increasing belief to-
today that Col. Roosevelt would be
persuaded by his supporters into
making a very brief "whirlwind"
trip through the middle west. He
Is scheduled to speak at Kansas
City on May 80. having accepted an
invitation by G. A. r and Spanish
war veterans.
To date, Col. Roosevelt has not
definitely stated whether or not he
will be in Chicago for the Bull
Moose gathering.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-22
THE WEATHER

Detroit anA v1s1n1tyS loQnlnG
;sssw.r., s So srs:s :s.sh Sly % 49,. 3
LOwer Mlehigans Clog4v lgou11S
night and Tuesdayy nrsbably sAoWG61(
UppeR Lalkess Fresh DeseohQy soguu
Monday nlghts Tuesday soo11yj oho1ls
ers In north DortlonS 6nAu 0mnGl
warnings Indicated.
Lower Lakess Ffesh seath 90
night ana Tuesday.
Highest temDoratunO th1D An1D =
past % years, g. In 1915 lswsD4 O.
In 1876.
DePaturs, ~, lowest. 81 10on, !
partly cloudy weatAAr.
The. sun ests st Ssg0 r n Nsn1nV
and Rises ut 6Ol q. -. Tueo60y.
6ay.