The times dispatch. [volume], November 13, 1911, Image 1

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SCORE OF DEATHS
CAUSEOBY STORM
Its Havoc Is Followed
by Freezing Cold
Wave.
MUCH SUFFERING
AND HEAVY L?SS
In One Town Cyclone Claims
Eight Victims, While Fatalities
Are Reported From Many
* Places?Wind-Swept Wa?
ters Are Taking Their
Toll of Lives.
afearly a score of deathB, several mil?
lion dollars property loss and much
suffering und Iricon vcnlcncc resulted
from the violent change of temperuture ,
preceding storms and the succeeding
cold and snow that beset the central .
portion of the country Saturday and ,
Sunday.
After an unusually warm November '
day Suturday, tomadlc storms did much |
damage in Wisconsin and Illinois und ;
killed a dozen i.ersone. besides Injuring
more than a score, several fatally.
A cold wave, almost Immediately
rolled over the wreckage of the torfado
and extended In a few hours to the
flu If coast and Atlantic seaboard. Haiti
turned to sleet, snapping telegraph
and telephone wires, and snow fol?
lowed. The temperature dropped in
several places more than sixty degrees
in eighteen hours.
Several persons were frozen to <V5aih
by the sudden cold; shipping on tho
Great Lakes was dumuged, und ifevc-ral
boats were cast adrift. In some places !
gat; almost fulled. The poor in la-ge
cities und the homeless In stormswept
regions suffered severely.
The official weather forecast last
nlBht was for quick relief from tlje ao
vero cold In the Middle West, the low
temperature moving rapidly eastward
and southward. From a point near j
zero the thermometer began to rise!
yesterday, with probability of a further
rite hy to-morrow In the Central States.
Hcsume of deaths. Injuries, daiuugu
and conditions:
Jancsville, Wis., and vicinity?Eight
persons dead, two dying, dozen injured
an.: II.000,000 damage.
Clilrugc?Two men frozen to death,
?even- llshertneti missing on Lako Mich?
igan, many persons hurt on the icy
pavements, shipping dumaged.
. Ceutral I lmoir,?Three or more per?
sons liead and score injured in storms
at Easton. Vlrglnlu. Peorla and otner
pluciu; $l,000,Ou>) properly dveiage.
Iowa?One man frozen at Ottutnwa;
much suffering from cold.
North Dnkotu?One man frozen at
Grand Forks.
Omaha?One man dead in cold*
Indiana?Whole State swept by bllz
sord; 11.000.000 damage, by wind.
Ohio?Much damage and suffering
cuu.ied by cold, wind and snow.
.Michigan?Storm damage at several
places by wind and sleot.
Kentucky?Widespread damage by
wind; unusually cold.
Alabama?One man killed by wind
near Montgomery.
Gulf coast?Unusually severe weath?
er; much suffering.
Rained Home* Litter Country.
Janesvlllo, WIs.. November 12.?
Splintered timbers, broken furniture,
crumbled rock and plastor. scattered
farm produce and dead farm animals,
littering the ground over an area of a
quarter of a mile In width and twenty
miles in length, indicate the tremen?
dous force with which Southern Wis?
consin's worst cyclone swept through
Rock county, killing eight persons. In?
juring many moro and doing damagu
to the extent of nearly SI,000,000.
Of the Injured, one, Albert Schmidt,
four years old, near Hanover, will die.
His father und two sisters are dead.
At least one more may die. The dead
Anton Schmidt, flftr-ilve years old,
Hanover, blown from barn and killed \
Instantly.
Alice Schmidt, eighteen years old, j
daughter of Anton Schmidt, blown .
across the road end found nearly
burled In a Held.
Reggie Schmidt, four years old, sla?
ter of Alice Schmidt, found dead be?
side ber sister's body.
Helen Austin, five years old, Milton,
Instantly killed.
Mrs. John Crowder, who lived be?
tween Brodbrad and Orfordvllle.
Mrs, Elizabeth I'rocdc, resided be?
tween Brodhead and Orfordvllle.
Leo Lent/, sixteen years old, Han?
over, blown from barn and lustantiy
killed.
Amy Kocrbln, eight years old, In?
stantly killed when her home was de?
molished.
Wire service was demoralized last
night, and it was not until to-day that
the, details of tho catastrophe wero
obtainable. A steudy downpour of rain
added to thu confusion Saturday, and
made identification of the dead difficult.
A Fearful Mgbt.
Saturday night the thermometer
dropped nearly to zero, and It was a
fearful night for grief-stricken sur?
vivors, many loft without a roof to
cover their heads.
The cyclone started in the vicinity
of Orfordvllle, twelve miles southwest
of Janesvllle, traveled northeast for
several miles and then turned to the
east. The greatest damage was done
near the point, of origin and at Milton.
The cyclone lasted only a few minutes.
Although it occurred about tho mid?
dle of tli afternoon, it was dark as
night. Tho blinding downpour made
tho search for tho dead and dying a
terrible task.
Of the Schmidt family, three-quar?
ters of a mile east of Hanover, there
1b only one ourvlvor- He Is Albert
Schmidt, tho four-year-old boy. Phy?
sicians say he cannot recover. Alice
Schmidt and her younger sister wore
In the house. The bodies were blown
across the road, tho house being de?
molished over the ? heads. Their necks
were broken, skulls fractured, and it
required two men 'to pull tha half
buried bodies from the ground.
Anton Schmidt, the father of the
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TAFT ONCE MOSE
IN WHITE HOUSE
He Finishes His 15,000
Mile Trip Exactly
on Time.
ARDUOUS TASKS
AWAITING HIM
Message to Congress to Be Writ?
ten and Successor to Associate
Justice Harlan Appointed.
No Selection Yet Made for
, Place on Supreme
Bench.
Washington, D. November 12.?
The White House Is occupied again, j
President Taft bwirtig down from Ina;
private car In tho Union Station here '
thla morning at 6M5, exactly on time,
at the end of his l?.OOO-mllc trip, and.
Ilfteen minutes later the gluts doors of j
the Executive Mansion opened for hltn. i
It was the President's first call there)
since Auguat 211, excepting only for ui
stop between trains two weeks ago. I
There were few persons 'U the sta?
tion when the presidential train pulled
In. only a few policemen and a num?
ber of White House employes. Mr*.
Taft, who was expected here before the
President, came to-night. The Presi?
dent had breakfast und luncheon alone,
attended church and spent the remain?
der of the day In resting and receiving
callers. He took u long walk throufcii
the streets of the capitul In the rain
lute In the afternoon.
There are two mutters before Mr
Tuft that he regurds aa most Important.
His third annual message is yet to be
written, and although data for it h?a
been assembled, he has not written any
part of It. In addition to writing the
message, the President Intends to give
much consideration to the uppolntment
of a successor to the late Supreme
Court Justice Hurlun and to the naming
of men to till other important judici.
vacancies.
For the Supreme Court vacancy alone
there have been more than forty rec?
ommendation, but the President has
made no determination as to whom h*
shall name, nor docs he expect to do so
for bevcral weeks.
Still After the Trusts,
As forecast In his speech to llus
Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh"
several weeks ago, Mr. Taft expect*
to recommend In hie message "con
structlve legislation" to strengthen
und to make more certain Ihc regula?
tion of "trusts." Federul incorpora?
tion, which lie has recommended here?
tofore, probably will be put up to Con?
gress. What additional legislation the
President may suggest he has not de?
termined.
Professor Emery and A. H. Sanders,
of the Tariff Board, conferred with the
President at the White House to-day
about the report on the wool und cot?
ton schedules of the tariff the board
promised to make by December 1.
The tariff will figure in the Presi?
dent's message, und his desire to rec?
ommend a reduction In the wool und
cotton schedules, if the Tariff Board's
investigations wnrrant such reductions,
was told on many u platform during
the trip.
Two other reports that may figure
in the message have been plact*! before
the President. One Is from the Hall
road Secur'llcs Commission, of which
President Had ley, of Vale, Is chnnman,
dealing with the question ot slock wa?
tering and overcapitalization; tho other
Is from tho Postal Commission, of)
which Supreme Court Justice Hughes
Is chairman, and deals with eecond
cluss postage rates. These reports
have not been examined by the Pres
?dent. Among other subjects that may
he discussed in the message are con?
servation, currency reform, reorganiza?
tion of the navy und government econ?
omy.
Get Together Movement:.
President Tuft's return was the sig?
nal for a get together movement on
the part of many politicians und oth?
ers who have been anxiously awaiting
the time when they could get In hand
to-hand touch with him. With the ex?
ception of his regular summer vaca?
tions at Beverly, this is the longest
time which the President has been
away from Washington since he enter?
ed the White House. He has now come
in touch with the people of every part
of the country, except the far South,
since he left the national capital In
September, and should, and probably
Is. well acquainted with tho public
pulse.
No sooner had the big doors of the
Whlto House swung open to receive
the President from his long trip than
the executive mansion took on Its
wlntcr-llkc appearance. With Mrs.
Taft and MiS3 Helen Taft both with
the President and with the big White
House full of visitors, everything will
run along In regular style until the
leaves on the trees outside announce
that another summer is at hand, and
with It another vacation.
Tho coming social season at the
White House will bo interesting for
a number of reasons, especially so in
view of the fact that it may be the
Taft'a last one in that historic place.
For this reason, It Is said, everything
possible will be done to make Miss
Helen the real White House daughter,
get every possible bit .of pleasure fromj
this winter's entertainments. The'
small social affairs which this young
woman und her mother will give from
time to time will be eagerly coveted,
Just as much on In fact as the formal
stately dinners and receptions which
will como also at various times dur?
ing tho next few '.nonths.
KILLED BY PARACHUTE DROP
Bar Breaks From Sudden Jerk and
Ac run nut tioses Grip.
Perkins, Okla.. November 12?Samuel
Heller was killed here while making a
balloon nscens'bn.
When hU balloon was 3.000 foet
high Heller cut loose the parachute.
Tho sudden Jerk broke the brass bar
to which ho was holding. Heller clung
to tho broken bar until he was 100 feet
from tho ground. He then lost his
i grip and fell.
Mobs Prevent Removal
of Garbage From New
York Streets.
EAST SIDE GANGS
JOIN RIOTERS
Police Att?cked in Many Parts
of .City, and Dozen People Are
Sent to Hospital as Result
of Injuries?Disinfectants
to Avert E p i -
demic.
New York. November 12.?New.
York's streets have become so Uttered
with piles of garbage as the result
of the street cleaners' strike, that
Street Cleaning Commissioner Ed?
wards will beg-In to-morrow the use of
disinfectants. He decided upon this
measure to-day after a tour of tho
city with l>r. Ernest B. Eederle, Com?
missioner of Health, who foiired that
conditions were such as to menace
public health. Dr. Eederle said he '
found conditions on the East S'de
"pretty bad."
Haiti, which Is fulling to-night. Is
expected to flush much of the refuse
away, but it was uppurcnt to-day that
It was accumulating faster than the
Inadequate force of strike-breakers
was able to remove it, the weather
to-day, moreover, was of a springlike
mildness, which d'd muc' toward ren?
dering the decaying piles of matter
more menaoUig than ever.
Efforts of the department to remove
tho refuse on the lower East Side to?
day were comparatively successful, but
In other parts of the city the work
was hampered by the continuation of
rioting. Although protected by heavy
squads of police, practically every
cavalcade of garbage wagons that left
the stables was soon surrounded by
mobs. Hoots and Jeers were followed
by showers of stones, bottles and
other missiles, and then by charges
upon the police In efforts to drug the
strike-breakers frcm their wagons.
Gangs Join Hi.item.
Gangs of East Side "guerlllau"
joined with the rioters for no other
reason, apparently, than to wreak
their vengeance on the officers of the
law. By vigorous use of their clubs I
the police always kept the upper hand, j
but this did not prevent many of tta^ t
i-trlk?.breaker, fr.im desoriing- intir
wagons. On the upper Bust Side 100
police battled for over an hour with
a mob of r>00 men and hoys that at?
tacked a cavalcude of wagons. The
rioters appeared to huvo determined
leaders, and made concerted rushes to
reach the strike-breaking drivers.
Time and again the way would be
cleared by the charges of the mounted
men only again to ie closed up by
the mob. The police finally Btarted the
wagons going, but not before a nine
year-old boy, Isaac Galman, hit by
a bottle thrown from the roof, was
taken to a hospital with a fractured
skull. The child probably will die.
About a dozen persons, Including
two policemen, were taken to hospitals
dv;r!r.g the day. Very few arrests,
however, were made. On many streets
detectives were patrolling the roofs to
prevent the throwing of missiles while
the street cleaners were at work.
MUST PRODUCE BOOKS
Otherwise Chairman Barnes May Have
to Go to Jail.
Albany. N. Y.. November 12.?William
Barnes. Jr.. chairman of tho Republi?
can State Committee, must produce the
hooks of the Journal Company, of Al?
bany, of which he is president, beforo
the Senate committee which is investi?
gating Al'janv cltv and county affairs,
and answer certain questions concern?
ing his acquisition' of stock In the J.
B. Lyon Company within eight days,
according to a decision by Supreme
Court Justice Joseph A. Kellogg, of
Glens Fulls.
Falling to comply, a warrant will
be issued committing Mr. Barnes to thq
county Jail.
Mr. Barnes to-night refused to com
n.ent on the decision further than to
say that the matter will be appealed.
The committee does not meet again
until November 21. Mr. Barnes, when
called as a witness by the committee,
offered to furnish a sworn transcript
of the Journal Company's accounts
with the city and county of Albany,
but declined to produce tho books on
the ground that the private business
of the company would become known
to its competitors.
PROSELYTING BY MAIL
Mormons to Start a Correspondence
Course In Their Religion.
Snlt Lake City. Utah, November 13.
?A correspondence course in proselyt?
ing .for missionaries and prospective
missionaries has been arranged by
officials of the Mormon Church,
The course, which will be conducted
along regular correspondence, jch??l
lines, v.-lll consist of scriptural and
gospel lessons, church history, church
statistics deal'ng with marriage,
moral purposes and social and financial [
activities. Instruction also will be
given in deportment and In the best
manner of presenting church doc?
trines and literature.
Branches w'll be established in all
parts of tho United States and many
foreign lands.
SHERIFF SENT TO JAIL
Officer Who Let Prisoners Escape Just
Re-elected by a Heavy Vote.
Greensburg, Pa., November 13.?
John E. Shields. Republican sheriff of
Westmoreland county, convicted re.
cently of permitting prisoners to es?
cape, perjury ami malfeasance in con?
nection with the coal strike in the
Irwin field, was sentenced to two years
and four months In the penitentiary.
Shields "was also deprived of his
office, to which ho was re-elected last
Tuesday by the second largest vote
given to a candidate In this count/.
OFFICERS OF NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
WM. DUDLEY FOlILIvB,
1'rcnldrnt.
SOUTH IS GETTING
TOUCH OF WINTER
Mercury Takes Sudden Drop To?
ward Bottom of Ther?
mometer.
COLD WEEK IS PROMISED
High Wind Comes Down From
North and Adds to Dis
agreeahleness.
Chilling Blasts
Coming This Week
V aahtngton, November la.?.V
torn-1. nf ?Unter will be felt over
practically tbe entire country tbla
week, and there will be many aud
den changes In the weather, accord?
ing to the weekly forecast Issued
by the Weather Uurenn to-nlltht.
"The cumins; week," oaya the bul?
letin, "will lie one of pronounced
weather chunRrs and low tempern
turra over practically the entire
country. The cold wave that now
rovers the Middle Went will ad.
vauce rapidly enktwnrd and stive
the lowest temperatures of the sea?
son the first two days of the week
throughout the ISaMcrn and South?
ern States, and on tbeae days ab?
normally low teiuperatnrea will
continue In the interior dlstrlcta
enat of the Rocky Mountain*:. An
extensive disturbance that la now
off the North Pacific conat will ad
vnncr nlnwly eaatwnrd and be nt- .1
tended the firm part of the werk I
by Htormy w*ntber in the North i
Pacific States. It will ' cronn the
Rocky Mountains Tnesriay, tbe Mid?
dle West Wednesday or Thuradny, I
aud tbe Eastern $tntrn the latter |
pnrt of the week. Thin dlatnrbance
will be preceded by a general
change to warmer weather, be at?
tended by ralna in Southern nnd
rnlna and anowa lu Northern d|a- {
trlctn, and will be followed by a j
change to colder weather over tbe >
northern half of the country.
New Orleans, La., November 12?The
Southwestern cotton belt Is in the grip
of the coldest weather experienced at
this seuson of the year In many years.
The cold nor'wester which was fore?
cast yesterday plawcd Its way
across Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and
Louisiana last night, jolting tempera-!
tu res In record-breaking fashion and
giving unmistakable touch ot tho reul.
blizzard. Meagre reports show that
the wind blew ut the rate of forty to
seventy miles an hour, and brought |
sudden drops of from 20 to 60 degrees
in temperatures. Still colder weather
with continued strong winds la fore?
cast for to-night and early to-mor?
row. In a special bulletin issued by
the local weather bureau today warn-i
ing Is given of the approach of unoth-i
er cold wave embracing tho territory!
between New Orleans and Houston,
and along tho coast as far as Browns?
ville.
In tho sugar and * trucking regions
of Texas and Louisiana temperatures
are scheduled to drop to from 4 to 3
degrees below freztng.
Telegraph and telephone wires were
prostrated In ull directions this morn?
ing, and but few wero recovered dur?
ing the day.
The local weather bureau reports
that high winds were general over the'
central and western Mississippi Val?
leys.
At' 7 o'clock this morning tempera?
tures In Southern Alabama and Florida
were comparatively high, but the cold
wave did not reach thai section until
late In the day.
The height of the gale passed New
Orleans, at 6:05 A. M-, and reachc-1
Pensacola nearly two hours later. Re?
ports from that placo show that a drop
of 20 degrees was recorded within a
few minutes nfter the wind made Its
sudden appearance.
Small craft In the lakes and along
the const wero battered about, but no
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
The Blues in History
For four generations the Rich?
mond Light InfAittry Bluen have
been nn InMlltutlon in the life ot !
Richmond, from village to metropo?
lis. The story of their many np- i
pearaoee* before the public, from
tbe earliest days, wJII be told and
Illustrated In The Times-Dispatch
next Sunday.
I' ' {
CAMILLAS G. Kinn EH.
Depends on Yuan-Siii-Kai to
Evolve Plan for End?
ing Chaos.
NOW EN ROUTE TO PEKING
Court, Fearing Flight, Decides to
Remain in Forbidden
City.
- j
Peking, November 12.?Yuan-Shl-Kal
and the government exchanged tele?
grams this morning. Yuan has agreed
to come to Peking to discuss the situa?
tion, but ho adheres to his resolve not
to accept tho permiership. He Is ex?
pected to arrlvo to-morrow, und un
uudiencc with the regent hos beou
arranged.
The American legation does not be?
lieve Yuan-Snl-Kui lias yet advised
the throne to abdicate, us somo re?
ports stated, but he may do so later.
Yesterday Yuan sent a message to
tho government from his old* home In
Chanr-Fu. He then proceeded to
Cheng-Chow, on the Pehan Hallway,
where he conferred with a deputa?
tion from the Honan assembly, en?
deavoring to dissuade the delegates
from the proposed declaration of the
province's Independence, which, he said,
would damage tho throne's position
seriously.
The fact that the man on whom thu
government depends more than any
one elso Is coming to Peking > has
caused a general feeling of relief
and of hope that he will evolve pluns
to end the present chaos. It Is un?
derstood that tho court will remain In
the Forblddon City, realizing that its
departure now would be fatal. It is
also understood that the throne Is
willin- to accept a pension and rotlro
to Jehl.I. If safety Is assured. Prince
Chlng, the acting premier, does not
desiro to remain In office, but he con?
tinues to support the regent, who has
no other trusted adviser.
The situation at Kai-Feng. Ho-Nan
province. Is serious. . Tho governor's
family left for the nortli last night
on a specUal train. Tho governor
remains at Kai-Feng, but does not
sleep at the Yamen. Foreign refugees
who have arrived here from Tnl-Yuen- I
Fe. Shan-Si province, report that no!
foreigners have bo*n harmed. The gov- j
ernor and his wife and thirty Manchtts.
however, have been beheaded. The
rebels lire maintaining order und tho
now arrivals sny that their adminis?
tration is excellent. The whole, pro.
vlnco of Shan-SI is supporting the
movement.
Mukden and Now.Chwang are con?
trolled by defense societies, consist?
ing of troops and civilians. Tho con?
ditions prevailing In these places prac?
tically amount to independence.
Order In Restored.
j Shanghai, November 12??Reports
! from Nanking say that city Is now
orderly, and that all foreigners are
safe. Chinklang, a short dlstanco
from Nanking, is awaiting the results |
at the latter place, but the rebel Hag |
still flies on the forts. The revolu- ;
tlonarles hnve taken Chuhowon the
Pu-Kow Ruilroad, thirty miles north
of Pu-Kow.
The consuls at Shanghai havo re?
ceived instructions to consult and deal]
with the do fncto government without,
however, ofllolul recognition. The
American niar'nos who have been
gunrdlng the cable huts at Who-Sung
have been withdrawn, and tho revolu?
tionaries have taken charge.
It Is understood that Wu Ting Fang,
tho minister of foreign affairs, has tel
[ (ContTnuod on Second Pago.)'
CLINTON HOGERS WOODRl?K,
Secretory.
Sunday Parade Speaks Eloquent?
ly of the Vitalizing Power
of God's Word.
ADDRESS BY DR. ALDERMAN
City Auditorium Filled to Doors
When Annual Service Is
Called to Order.
Under a sullen sky, which threatened
every moment to deluge the patriotic
band with a cold November rain,
several thousand men of all ages,
composing the membership of tho
Federation of Men's Bible CIuhsob
of Richmond and vicinity, marched
from widely separated sections of
the city, with banners flying,
to Capitol Square yesterday afternoon
at 2:45, from which place they pro?
ceeded in a body to tho City Audi?
torium for tho annual mass-meeting of
the association. '. ho procession was
In six divisions, each company' headed
by its own marshal and standard
bearer.
The annual meeting of the federated
I'Blblo clusses has grown to bo one
i of the dlstlnctlvo lay events of the
j year, and 13 marked by much spirit
and enthusiasm. One of the feutures
of the annual meeting is tho address
[ of the day, delivered always by a
speaker of reputo?un event which
I usually crowds the Auditorium to its
doors. Tho address yesterday was do
' llvered by Dr Edwin A- Alderman,
president of tho University of Vir?
ginia, recognized as one of the few
big educators of the country. Despite
the rain, which began falling shortly
after the arrival of tho procession at
tho Auditorium, every seat on tho
lower floor was taken, and the gal?
lery well tilled with non-members and
women.
Gather at Capitol.
Tho first divisions began to arrive
at Capitol Square shortly after 2:30
o'clock, and within twenty minutes .til
I six of them wero lined up and await?
ing the order to march. This came at
I 2:50 o'clock, when the procession,
stretching for a distance of four
blocks, five abreast, began Its swift
march up Grace and through the west?
ern part of the city to tho Auditorium
at Cury und Einden Streets. Tho lonir
line of. sombro-garbed men, headed by
marshals and color-bearers carrying
brilliant gold, red, purple, white and
yellow silk banners, aroused the great?
est Interest of the residents along the
quiet streets, bringing them to tho
doors und sidewalks In silent wonder
j at the Invaders of tho Sabbath still?
ness.
To tho Sunday afternoon pedestrians
this procession of cloan, determined,
.Christian men spoko eloquently of the
vitalizing power of God's word and
offered palpable refutation to the
cynical statement so frequently mado
that 'the ago is too busy for godly
things und that the Bible has no place
In tho scheme of modern progress.
While the day Is perhaps forever past
when religion and virtue are Inculcated
by might of arms, and while crusades
for tho purpose of ramming the gospel
down heathen throats with sword and
lire aro admittedly out o: date In thin
age of reason, there was an unmis?
takable air of tho stirring "Onward
Christtun Soldiers" about the proces?
sion yesterday afternoon, which left
its impress on every beholder.
March to Auditorium.
The march to the Auditorium was
made In quick time, and every man
; was In his seut by 3:15. The division
took Beats In the forward part of the
house, which hud been reserved for
them, whllo tho audience, which ar?
rived by tho hundred on every cur,
rapidly tilled up those that remained,
i The exercises were opened at 3:30
h With a few words of welcome by
President O. A. Hawkins, of the fodor
atlop, who, after the singing of the.
hymn, "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus."
1 by the audience, introduced Dr. H.
, Clay Lilly, who rend from the Scrip?
tures. An Invocation followed by U?r.
1 Goorgo W. McDaniel, and then tho
singing of the hym*,. "All Hail, tho
Power of Jesus' Name."
Dr. Alderman was introduced by Mr.
Hawkins with a short, speech, in which
he expressed the honor felt by th.j
federation in having with them us
speaker of the day "a man who occu?
pies a position .n tho front rank of
prominent educators In tho country."
Sneaker Warmly Greeted.
Hearty upplauso greotod Dr. Alder?
man as he arose to bow his acktiowl
1 XCoaUmioiT_o"?_?ocona Page.)] 7
HERE TO DISCUSS
VITAL PROBLEMS
National Municipal
League Opens Annual,
Convention To-Day.
ADVANCE GUARD
EARLY ON SCENE
Secretary of Interior Fisher Will
Preside Over First Session To
Night?Commission Govern?
ment and Liquor Question
Given Important Place
on Program.
To-Day's Program
l':ao I', si.?Meeting: of the Il*ccu
five Committee. Motel Jefferson,
Richmond, Vu. nr. Albert HtiMbnell
Hurt. Unrmnn II. Ilnton, 1'rofcasor
of Government. Ilnrvnrd Univer?
sity, CnmhrldKe, Slmta., " ^u.
HtM) I*, si?Presiding ._en Hon.
i Walter L. Fisher,, Secretary ?f the
I Interior, Wellington, U. f., former
! ly Secretary nnd Inter President of
the Chlrngn 5Iunlvlpnl Voters'
I.cnjtuc: Annual Aililrexst Address
of Wrlcome, lion, I>. C. Rtcburdaon,
.Mayor of Richmond! Reply, by pre-'
slillui; iilllecri Anuunl Addrena ut
the President of the Nntlonal 5lnnl.
clpal I.enKne?"Effective Municipal
Government," Hon. William Dudley
Fnulkc, Richmond, lud.
Following the address of 5Ir.
Foulke, n reception -will be ten?
dered him nnd officers of the league
and delegates.
"With the possihlo exception of trust
regulation and supervision of Inter?
state commerce, munlclpul reform is
tho greatest problem of present-day
American politico, and our assoclution
Is In Richmond (his week for the pur?
pose of aiding in Its solution." said a
prominent tielcgutu to the National
Municipal League convention, at tho
Jefferson Hotel last night. He halls
from one of the smaller cities of the
Middle West?a section of tho coun?
try which has come to tho front In tho
last decade us tho leading exponent
of municipal reform.
"And I hear," he continued, "that
Richmond Is about to udopt the com?
mission form herself, ?o our discus?
sions will not be without Interest to
the city." Whon assured by Tho Tlmes
Dlapatch representative that Richmond
Is still a long way off from tho quintet
plan, ho replied that It was only a
question of time becuuso what was
"good for Des Molnes Is bound to be
good for Richmond or any other city."
Tho advance guard of tho convention
' arrived in the city last night, but tho
speakers and the bulk of the delegates
will reach the city this morning. Tho'
meeting In Richmond this year marks
the tlrst time thut the National Muni?
cipal League haa gathered at a South?
ern point, except the convention held
I In Louisville In 1S97.
Executive Sleeting To-Day.
The convention will begin Its activi?
ties with the unnual meeting of the
executive committee at 2:30 this aftor
noon. It will be a closed session, con
, corning Itself with the formulating of
rules and regulations which will gov
I crn the session aud, with tlio appoint?
ment of business 'commlttoos. which
j will report later In the week. Tho
meeting will be presided over by Dr.
Albert Bushncll Hart, professor of gov?
ernment in Harvard University
secretary of the Interior Walter L.
Fisher la expecte<l to arrive in the city
i this afternoon, and will preside at the
1 opening session to-nlghL It'was stat
I cd last night that tho secretary will
bo required by tho press of business
in Washington to leave Immediately
i after adjournment, remaining in the
i city only long enough to witness the
I formal opening- He is deeply Inter
I ested In the problems to be discussed
'. at the present meeting, having boon,
before going to Washington, secretary
and later president of the Chicago
; Munlclpul Voters' League.
I Following un address of welcome by
j Mayor D. C. Richardson and a reply
] for the delegates by Secretary Fisher,
v. til come the unnual address of tho
j president of tho National Municipal
I League, William -dley Foulke, of
I Richmond, In-4 , on the subject. "Ef
I fectlvc Mu; -cipal Government." Dur?
ing tho p>.st summer Mr. Foulke has
I been personally Investigating tho ac
tuul administration of municipal gov
i ernment in a typical German city. His
j address will deal with results of his
: studies and will seek to apply the les
! sons learned to American conditions.
; It will be of interest to the laymen
! as well uh the delegates, und the pub?
lic Is invited to attend.
Tho address of Mr. Foulke will bo
I followed b- a reception tendered to
, the officers of the league and delegates
>by tho local reception committee.
.Mayor ('rump Coming.
Mayor E. H. Crump, of Memphis, why
j wuh re-elected by B sweeping majority
last Thursday on a commission gov
j ernment platform, will roach tho city
I to-day and will be the presiding officer
i at the round table "luncheon" at 1
i P. M. to-morrow. ? it will be given up
j exclusively to the oonalderation of
city government by commission. His
recent experience with tho plan In
ti.e election Just closed In Memphis,
will make his expressed views on tho
subject of special significance.
Speeches at this "luncheon" will bo
limited to five minutes to permit a
large number of expressions on the
subject. Discussion of tho commis?
sion plan will bo opened by F.oar-Ad
mlral F. E. Chadwick, of Newport.
; R. I., WRp is a vigorous advocate jf
the Newport plan us opposed to tho
commission government plan.
1 Drleuntea Frntn .Mnny States.
The activities of tho National Mu?
nicipal League und the National Con?
ference for Good City Government,
both of wnich organization* meet in
j Joint convention,'an Indicated by their
! names. Interest experts of all the
States. The Governors and Mayors of
all of these name special delegate*
to tho annual nicetlnus, which are