Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 55, 2 January 1909 — Page 1

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RICE TP ANI SXTN-TEIJEGR AM. 3J SINGLE COPY, S CENTS. VOl.. XXXIV. NO. 35. RICHMOND, IND SATURDA.Y EVENING, JANUARY, S,1909. 5 MEN FIGHT DOGS III THE SICILIAN DR. WEIST HAS LEFT THE CITY ACCOUIiTHIG BILL IS APPROVED BY AT ST. HOIIAll HAS THE Roumanian Princess Drives Out Diplomat MARY'S TODAY SPEAKERSHIP HAILED BOl'JII Popular Physician and Family Will Speak on Congregation's RUINS FOR F Go to New York. New Church. U5

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tlcports Tell of Desperate Conflicts Between the Hunger-Maddened Victims of Italian Horror;

SHIPS OF QUICK LIME ORDERED BY THE KING Stench of Decomposed Bodies Found in Wreckage Almost Prevents Work of Rescue Parties. DABES BORN ON WARSHIP A RUMOR WAS STARTED TODAY THAT ON THE DATE OF THE CA TASTROPHE TIDAL WAVE SUB MERGED PASSENGER TRAIN. Washinoton, Jan. 2. Italian embas sy today forwarded a quarter of a mil Dsn dollars to the Italian Red Croaa society, this being contributions from the embassy staff and others prefer ring to remit through the embassy. ' Rioting Has Started. Rome, Jan. 2. Survivers of the Earthquake at Reggio and Messina are without food or shelter and today be gan rioting. Troops were sent to quell them. Men were fighting each other for scraps of food found in ruins. More hocks and another tidal wave in Strait of Messina have added to the devastation. There Is fear that two shiploads of refugees have been lost In a tidal wave. ; King la in Charge. - King Victor. . in charge of rescue . work at Messina, has visited Cannitel 1o which he found literally razed to " the gromd." He telegraphed " Premier Golitti'.r "Send shins and still - more .ships laden with quicklime Send as many 'men as possible." Many more victims are still ' believed to be alive in the ruins but it is impossible to reach them. Horrible tales are coming from Calabria of fights, not only between men but between men and clogs for food, and famine and thirst terrors are heightened by occasional earth shocks. Three babes were born on a Russian warship which was car rying refugees to Naples. LABOR 8IDE BY SIDE. Latin, Slav, Teuton and Anglo-Saxon Work. Rome, Jan. 2. Stories of catastro phes in Calabria and Sicily multiply as communications are restored, but side by side with the cumulative trag edies come tales of rescue work done by Slav and Latin and Teuton and Anglo-Saxon laboring shoulder to shoulder. The relief work at Messina seems now to be thoroughly systematized and is going on with almost unevent ful monotony. . It has been greatly hampered by extremely Tough weath er, rain falling violently and persistently, accompanied by a heavy wind The downpour ceased yesterday and leave the thousands of helpers the first opportunity for working - in dry clothes. The worst fires now are under con trol, although many ruins still are smoldering! Injured persons are being continual ly extricated from the ruins. ; They are sent first to ambulance stations for preliminary treatment and thence to various ships for transference to different points. f The uninjured survivors are being dispatched across the country or are sent by railway to Catania or other place. , Another Tidal Wave Reported It Is reported here that another tidal wave has swept through the strait of Messina... , ' Two steamers loaded with refugees and injured persons that were expect ed in here yesterday have not yet been sighted, and fears are entertain ed for toeir safety. The vessels may. however, have sought shelter at .. some one of the Islands along the coast, but the ef forts to locate them have failed and in some quarters it is feared that they bave been wrecked, I The rescuers are suffering great! from the odor arising from putrefied bodies. ' Many of them are unable to ' tat owing to the smell which perm eates the clothing of the living, mak fag them smell almost as horrible as me dead. - It was a wise decision that mduced the kins and the ministers of tiie Interior and of public works, who Tent to the devastated districts, to lirge In their earliest telegrams the hastiest dispatch, of unlimited quanti- - ties of quicklime as even more important than food, inasmuch as the health And lives of all the surviving natives Bind thousands of soldiers.-sailors, and ilaborers were endangered 1 Many hundreds of tons of quicklime yt7 been used, but immense quanti lea are anil needed, and every hour' wiay maj cost, nunaroqs oi lives. f,rvfiinsrt on Fass TwoJ

Dr. and Mrs. Harry Weist and fam

ily have removed ,to New York city where he will actively engage in the practice of medicine and also be the private physician for Daniel G. Reid. Dr. Weist's mother will remain in this city during the winter and will join her son and his family in the spring. IICREASE URGED BY CHIEF MILLER FOR DEPARTMENT n his Annual Heport Miner ' m MBk am mm mm Asks the Addition of Ladder Truck and Fire Engine to Equipment. BUILDING INSURANCE SHOWN TO BE SMALL toperty Endangered Last Year Valued at $402,894 With Insurance Amounting To $223,575. Again Ed Miller, chief of the fire de partment, will recommend in presenting Ms report of the year just closed, that the department be improved by the addition of a ladder truck and en gine. Miller, has made these recommendations each year since becoming chief and each time the board of public works has informed him the finan ces of the city are not such as would warrant the expenditure. The chief says, the department needs these addi tions and the truth of his statement is likely to be demonstrated at any time, just as it was when the Olonial block was burned, last April. Were 147 Alarms. Miller's , report ft shows the alarms answered in the past year numbered 147, which was about twenty more than the previous year, he total value of the property endangered was $402,894. The loss was but $67,927. The total loss was raised by the conflagrations at the Colonial building and hat factory. These were the most serious fires of the year and together total approximately all of $60,000. Insurance is Small. That the insurance carried on prop erty in this city is for only about onehalf its value is made evident from the report. With property valued at $402,894, the insurance carried on the same was but $223,575. Authorities declare to insure property for but one half its actual value is to act without proper discretion. , Ladder Wagon" Ancient. Although the hook and ladder waf;on now used by the local department is bright and shiny in its coat of red paint and brass trimmings, it is, far from a new wagon. It has been used by the department for almost a quarter of a century. It is not large enough to accommodate enough ladders of the proportion now required to ' combat flames when buildings4 of three, four and five stories are endangered. The engine is needed inasmuch as at pre sent the only water force is that that comes from the mains with the usual flow. The water works company can put on high pressure at its station but when the limit is reached and found insufficient, there is nothing to do but let a blaze eat its way. Chief Miller believes Richmond now is of such size that additional water pressure ought to be provided for by means of an engine.

Apprehension Is Felt i Over Safety of McNuit Former Richmond Man Was in Italy at Time of the Recent Earthquake Catastrophe.

' Local friends are somewhat apprehensive as to the safety ' of Francis McNutt. foVmerly of this city and at one time a member of the Pope's house hold.3, Mr. ; McNutt - left ; this country some weeks ago and intended to sojourn in Italy. Whether or not it .was his intention to go to the sonfhern extremity of the peninsula or , Tisit ' the island of Sicily is not known.

Coe Believes Measure Would

; Be Beneficial Although Requiring Revolution of Accounting System. ; CONCENTRATED EFFORT BROUGHT BILL ABOUT Private Citizens and Commercial Organizations Urged Business Plans in Public Office Business. County Auditor Coe declarftd today the bill to revise the system' of ac counting of public office holders will revolutionize the bookkeeping of many offices in the state, it will be an en tire change in some instances, if the measure , becomes the law.- So long time ; will be required to arrange for the change that it is proposed not io put the measure into effect, "if it be adopted, until the first of next year. The bill . meets the commendation of nearly all business organizations of the state. It provides for the business of public offices being transacted on a system similar to that in vogue in private practice. "Public business like private business" was the slogan adopted by the promoters of the mea sure. It will be remembered the fed eration " of commercial clubs of the state when in convention in this city) adopted resolutions favoring such an enactment . The bill was finally approved last Tuesday by all h persons interested in it, members of the committee on bills from the combined committee, the attorneys and. ; representatives of the state associations of - county clerks, county auditors and county recorders and their attorneys. Attorneys who were actively engaged in getting all the provisions of the bill together under the direction of the combined committee were Charles T. Hanna, former judge of superior court of Marion county and James W. Noel . , The text of the bill in part is as follows: A bill for an act concerning public accounting and reporting and supervision thereof, and prqviding penalties for violation of this act. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen eral assembly of the State of Indiana, that there is hereby created and established a department of inspection and supervision of public offices. The prin cipal officer of said department shall be known as state examiner, shall be a skillful accountant, and well versed in public acounting, and shall receive an annual salarw of four thousand dollars and he shall be appinted by the governor. There shall also be appoint ed by the governor two deputy examiners who shall have like qualifications as the state examiner, and who shall be of different political parties, and each deputy examiner shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dol lars, and such deputy examiners shall be subordinate to the state examiner. it shall be the duty of the governor within sixty days after the taking ef fect of this act, to appoint such state examiner and to appoint two such dep uty examiners. One of such deputy examiners shall be appointed for two years and the other for four years, and their successors shall be appointed for four years. The deputy examiners shall be subject to removal by the gov ernor upon executive order entered in writing and showing cause therefor The clerk of said department shall be appointed by the state examiner and shall be , responsible to the state ex aminer and shall receive an annual salary of two thousands dollars. Said salaries provided by this section shall be paid monthly out of any moneys of the state not otherwise appropriated The department of inspection and su pervision of public offices shall be provided with suitable quarters In the state house. The fear that he may hare decided to visit these regions will remain with his local acquaintances until something is heard as to his presence elsewhere. McNutt has gained unusual fame for his work as an historian. He is recognized as a talented author and contemplated work on new book? led him to raMrn to the European continent.

Bishop O'Donohue of the Indianapolis diocese will preach at the 8

o'clock and 10:3O masses at St. Mary's church tomorrow' morning and his sermons will deal with the new church to be erected this year by the congre gation. He is assured of a large at tendance for the' congregation M JTW anxious to learn as-o the material qualities of their future religious; home. , ' III 1008 REPORT OF POST OFFICE The Richmond Postoffice the Past Year Showed an Increase of $6,343.74 Over! The Year 1907. FIGURES REFLECT THE BUSINESS CONDITIONS Postal Report Shows That Business Confidence Began , To Return Last Five Months Of 1908. The Richmond postoffice the busi-J ness barometer of the ' city shows a I remarkable gain in business for 1908 over 1907, amounting to $6,343.74. It is reasonable to expect that the gain in general business in the city was in a similar proportion, for the postoffice has always faithfully reflected local trade conditions. The postoffice figures for the past, year are as fol . .. . i lows: Month 1907 1908 January ..$ 5,387.17 6,255.50 February 5,933.17 5,061.75 March April ..... May. June July ...... August' ... 5,615.18 5,789.85 3,978.48 5,133.66 6,087.20 4,303.66 4,231.31 4.990.W 4,875.18 5,677.05 5,072.20 5,252.97 4,400.96 4,548.88 5,453.80 4,939.84 4,772.41 September October . , November December 5,244.63 5,472.57 6,786.87 Total $56,818.59 $63,262.38 . Panic Showed Effects. It -will be seen by close scrutiny of the figures that the past year started out with a gain of nearly $1,000 over the month of January of 1907, but for the next two months the postal receipts were several hundred dollars short of corresponding months of the previous year. This is attributed to the panic of the. latter part of 1907 and the early part of 1908. As the postoffice is a business barometer, it is shown that the merchants and manufacturers of the city had a very discouraging outlook at the beginning of the 3rear. There is probably one month of the year, January, which is not exactly a business barometer. This Is due to the large number of postal cards and calendars sent out and therefore the gain of this month last year over the same month of 1907 is not a true reflection of the business done locally. " , - Business Braces in May. As the year 1908 proceeded a sudden brace was taken In business along about May, or rather business again became more nearly normal. It was in the month of May, 1907, that the first panic vibrations were felt, and the postal receipts tell the story. How ever, in June and July, 1907 the business again took a brace ' and the , gross receipts twere in excess to corresponding months of 190S. But after that, in 1907 the receipts became less and less and were -far below normal. r In the last five months of 1908 business became quite steady and is now again at normal, if the same months of 1906 are taken as a business criterion. Election Helped 'Business. -The national election, last fall was expected to hurt the business of . the country but It does not seem to have done so. .This Is attributed to the absolute certainty of the , business world that' the republican administration would continue in power and the policy ; of the government would not be changed. " . ' f Although business for the year was much better than was it in 1907, the most notable change was in the past month. It will be remembered that the merchants of the city stated the Christmas business was greatly in excess of that for. tlie holidays" of 1S07. The postal receipts were compiled by Finance Clerk Otto Sprang. THE -WEATHER PROPHET.

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PRINCESS MARIE AND CHILD. Crown Princess Marie of ' Rou mania, daughter of the late Duke of Edinburgh, has shown her power by compelling the withdrawal of a prominent diplomat from Bucharest, because of the scandal connected with his name. She has the reputation of being the mother of the handsomest royal children in Europe. She is shown in the picture with one of her little daughters. . ; -.;-: ' - - 4i''-"

ASK L OF Heirs Charge James Scott Used Improper Methods in Null Estate Matter. "TRUMRED UP" - CLAIMS. ALLEGE THAT SCOTT INTENDS TO . MAKE HIS POSITION ONE OF PROFIT TO DISADVANTAGE . DIRECT HEIRS.' " . OF , Upon the charge that . he had stooped to ulterior methods ' and "trumped-up" claims, a petition has been filed in the Wayne circuit court requesting the removal of James M. Scott as administrator of. the estate of Henry Null." The petitioners are Sar ah Null, Emma Farrow, Michael . Fry, John Null and Jennie. Reese. - Scott is administrator under the law of the es tate of Null upon his own solicitation. He has filed a claim for.&HM) against the estate and his 'mother-in-law has entered another claim' for t more than $8,000.' The estate is valued aLJ12.000. The'- petition sets forth that Henry Null died intestate March 2& leaving no widow At -the time of his death he possessed real 'and 'personal property valued at $12,000: 'April '14. Scott filed a petition requesting he be ap pointed -administrator." The ; appointment was made on the " fo'llowingday and Scott qualified for i the position. It Is ' alleged - that since ; his appoint-" ment he has done very-little towards the settlement of the Restate. It : Is charged .that he. is not- related to ; the decedent ..except distantly : through his wife, and. that she is not even an heir. The Scotts; made jtbeiri, home with the decedent and: managed; and-cultivated the farm." The administrator-has: filed a claim for $500 for services, rendered for this work and for bathing Null' in liniment from the years '1903'until 'the date of Null's deaths f J v.?.---? , It Is averred that in May of last year Elizabeth ' Fanster entered a' bill against the Null estate for $8,384 for services performed for the decedent since June, 1S64. : It is charged ' the claims are unfair, without merit " and "trumped-up." It is declared Scott encouraged his mother-in-law to file the claim and prosecute it and does not intend , to defend the estate against the claim. It is stated he secured the appointment simply by representing himself a resident of the county. " ' TO REFORM SCHOOL! Oscar Mashmeyer," deputy sheriff, went to Plainfie'd todav. He took with Wm John Miller, a colored boy. who will be placed in the boy's ".. reform niie thief. r r-;-

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CLAIMED BY ORYS First Ward Conceded to Wets While Three Are Listed As Doubtful. COUNTY MAJORITY 1,500. SECRETARY THOMPSON OF OP- ; TION CENTRAL COMMITTEE EXPECTS TO CARRY WAYNE BY A ' LARGE VOTE. arv H thA vntprft of Vitn mimtv will shall be wet or dry. In fact it is al most, compulsory that the election be held between these two dates accord-' ing to the law. 'The local option work ers have been informed tftat the county commissioners will not act on" their pe tition until next Wednesday. The' com missioners are "obliged to' give the" mat. ter favorable consideration and -set a date for, the 7 electibnv not less 'than twenty-days after,' nor .more than thir ty dayr after "the receiptof hef peti tion. ;.v .-.;. t ' - ' " All Absorbing Topic. ' ,What this county. will do, is the allabsorbingvtopic. of , consideration. It . Is claimed- by both 'sjd 3s '. that- many men do '.not know .where, they- stand.' Sec- j retary E. ,R.. Thompson v of .the. local option., workers stated, this i morning that the county.wquld.go . dry by 1.500. and that the city break even or better. ,:. . . , r - -, - -

. Just one half of ; the i number i ofier now than be has been at any time

wards in the city are expected to give ,t,he drys , majorities. , They, are listed as ioiiows: first, wet; second, doubtful; Third,' doubtful; Fourth, doubtful; and the , Fifth. 3 Sixth, ; Seventh and Eighth wards' dry:, In ' the territory claimed -sal oon. : -1 ' ; by,- the drys there is not a ; . .-i -;: . . " i '. - --- - BHItHDEfiS : : HAVE ArRBlIT . . .. -f . ' - Raymond Henderson Arrested On Assault Charge. - Raymond Hecderfion has been arrested on the charge of assault and battery upon George Weasel. Both men are railroaders. - The trouble Is alleged to have taken place in the Panhandle yards. Wessel has a badly bruised face and . he declared Its condition Is the result of his mistreatment by Henderson. vTb ease is set t for trial in city court Monday. The offense ibex

Seymour Statesman Will Be

Selected for. the Job at Democratic .Caucus Held Night Before Session. SLACK LOSES GROUND IN SENATORIAL RACE Shiveley of South Bend" Has Made Gains, But Will Lose Unless a Combination Is Formed. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Jan. 9. While the fight for the speakership of the house seems to have narrowed down to such a point that it is about all over but the shouting, the race for

senator is still on in full. blast, with ' three of the candidates runing neck and neck. The speakership was all '

but settled long ago, but the withdrawal of Representative Strickland, of Greenfield, and Representative John B. Faulkner, of Michigan City, as candidates practically ' put the finishing touches on the result. Representative

Tom Honan. of Seymour, will be elected "speaker as sure as the caucus '

meets on the night before the session of the legislature opens.

Honan Has a Cinch. Honan's only formidable opponent ?

now is Representative James GarrartLr-

of Vincennes. and he has not enough . votes to win with. It has all alone been practically admitted by every body but the candidates themselves that Honan would win oat, because he was the floor leader of the democrats at the last session and is a hard work- ' Ing democrat who stands well with the democratic - state organisation. The organization is for him and has,, been ever since the Campaign started.' Representative W. S. Wells, of Al len county, is , a candidate also for speaker at least, he says he is and he says he is after the Job with both feet, now that Strickland and Faulkner are" out of the race. -Bat there is' no one who believes that Wells has a chance and there are few who believe that he really wants the place. They believe that he would be just as well ' saUsficd w,th the chairmanship of gooa committee tne insurance coinmittee, for instance, and he will prgj : ably set that and probably others 'Bsltrves He Has Chance. N Garrard cays he will stay in the race hMraiMjt ht twivii hit has a. chanca - to win. He goes on the theory, and it , is not a bad one, that there will be a good many representatives who will not be willing to accept any dictation from the state ' organisation of , the party and that they will vote as they please. He believes he will get a good many-of these' votes, and this gives him hope. But it is different with the senatorship. None of the candidates Is will ing to admit that he does not have as I . . Each man , seems . io Believe p is kuiuk io ub

elected. But the fact is. unquesUon- V.

nhlv that unless a miracle hannens.' John W. Kern will be chosen. It is aW most "Impossible .tor. figure ot fcow" they can beat him, He atrrC !isava the rank and XS wfia Wn ( ;thlsj coantslor muctr ea X tt,Jrtnd. Even the jpoll J'lf fey wanted to disregard Uss wKlof e people, are not at3a fio.de ao all 'the time, and this Is one of the times when it looks like the. people In the democratic party will compel the members of the legislator to do what they wish done. 7 : - suck Loses Footing. Indications just now are that Slack has lost some of his footing In the last week or two. Not that he has not as good a chance as any other candidate I outside of Kern, for he has. but his I prospects do not seem to brighten in I the least as time goes on. B. . F. Ishively has made gains and is strongjin the past, but unless combinations are formed In his Interest be cannot win. There baa been talk about ai coalition, between -Shively and Steve Fleming of ' Fort Wayne, by which Fleming was to swing the Twelfth district to Shively in case Edward O.

Horrman. oi ran vayne isus m eiec - - tion. and the talk has attracted aomc. ' 4

attention, but it is not believed that Fleming could ' swing the entire Twelfth district to Shively or anyone else. In fact, there is no candidate who could swing his entire district delegation to any other candidate at any'time in the fight. There Is going to be mora independence than that in the house.' '.t " "''-.'Y ; From i Same Sourc. This same talk said that Repreaew Utive - Garrard, or Vlneennes. candidate for speaker." was to enter the combine with Shively and Fleming. Garrard to receive their votes for speaker 1n return for his throwing the votes of the Second district to ghively for senator. The Second district has no candidate for senator and 'for , a few days this talk took pretty welL but soon the observers came to the conclusion that in making surY a . eal

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