Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 101, 17 February 1909 — Page 1

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AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXX IV. NO. 101. ul4 RICHMOND, INiJ., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEIJKUAKY 17, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS, 1 VETERAN FLAGMAN PARK SALE PLAII WAS OPPOSED AT CLUB'S MEETING FIRST MEETING Crack in the Liberty Bell Is Threatening the Relic ' HASJROKEN ARM LAST E

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Henry Crivel Victim of Slick rof. Russell Addresses the Bible Class. Pavements.

CRUSHED BY FALL OF II BRICK WALL Miss Martha Miller Victim of Careless Workmen and Receives Injuries Which May Prove Fatal.

SHE WAS LITERALLY BURIED UNDER DEBRIS Miss Irene Hart Receives Slight Injuries, But Miss Quinn and Miss Eiler Escape Without Hurt. WERE GOING TO WEDDING AS THE HAPPY YOUNG. PEOPLE PASSED OLD HIBBERD PROPERTY WALL SUDDENLY SHOVED OVER NO WARNING. Miss Martha Miller, as a result of the Alleged grossest negligence on the part of Morris Carrol, overseer in charge of tearing down the old Hibberd property, Eighth and North A streets, lies in a critical condition at her home, :;i!J South Tenth street, and Miss Irene Hart is painfully injured. This morning as Miss Miller, Miss Hart, Miss Hannah Quinn and Miss Dina Eiler were on the way to attend the wedding of Leo Fihe and Miss Rosella Luken at St. Mary's church, workmen on the Hibberd property which is being torn clown for the new St. Mary's church, shoved over an upper section of the brick wall, which alighted on Miss Miller and literally buried her. One of the falling bricks struck Miss Hart on the shoulder MifcS.-Mil.ler, was removed from her perilous position and taken to the office of Dr. W. W. Zimmerman, where, after a hasty examination, she Was placed in the ambulance and taken to her mother's home, South Tenth streets. - ( Injuries Not Known. The extent of Miss Miller's injuries nre not know, but they are regarded as serious. It is possible that internal injuries may develop although examination this morning by the physician failed to disclose any. Her injuries apparently include three scalp wounds, an injured shoulder and hip and many bodily braises. No broken bones could be found. Miss Hart's injuries include a very painful wound on the right ehoulder. Criminal action may be taken by the authorities, at least they are investigating the affair. This morning Chief Bailey stated that as yet he believed there was no criminal liability and that civil proceedings for damages was the only possible way for redress. Miss Hannah Quinn, for whom Miss Miller has been a dressmaker for eight years, stated that there was no warning given by the men employed on the Hibberd property, nor was the street blockaded with either ropes or boards. She stated that the four had left lier place of business early in the morning and were on . their way to attend the Fihe-Luken wedding. Miss Miller and Miss Hart were walking together and she an'd Miss Eijer were fsevera! feet behind them. They walked down the east side of North Eighth street to A street and turned west on the north side of A street. Just as Miss Miller and Miss Hart were opposite the rear of the Hibberd property, Miss Quinn noticed that workmen were endeavoring to push over the wall. She saw it begin to fall and yelled to Miss Miller and Miss : Hart to run. " 'Run, oh run girls.' I said," declared Miss Quinn in speaking of the affair," and then I paw Irene run. . but Martha was caught by the falling bricks before she could move. I then ran to the front of the building and screamed to several workmen to come to the rear of the building where Martha was buried under the debris. "When I returned, help had been summoned by others, including Elmer Rhodes and Prof. Conrad, and Miss Miller was removed to the office of Dr. Zimmerjtnan." ? Had Premonition. Continuing, she said, "Last Sunday us I passed the place an uncanny feeling came over me and I vowed at this time I would never walk past those walls while they looked to be in such a dangerous condition. However this morning we little thought of anything but the wedding. We were walking along having the best of a time when the awful thing happened." "It Is certainly a shame that a girl i like Miss Miller should be so terribly Injured and possibly fatally so. She was one of the prettiest girls in the city. She was -well liked and during the eight years she was employed at my store we all learned to love her. Slave you learned how serious she s injured?" she asked a reporter, and V&pn learning that Ue extent ofthe

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- -'- DEAR TO ALL Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17. Is the Liberty Bell, most famous of America's historic relics, doomed to split in two? Will the trip which is planned for it to the Far Northwest prove to be its final undoing? These are questions which are being seriously asked by those closely associated with the bell and its history, and they point to certain facts, in discussing the probabilities, which bear out their assertion -that the bell should be handled most carefully if it is to be preserved. Since the time of its ringing the original crack in the bell has grown seventeen inches in length. The new crack extends from a point midway between the rim and the crown to a point near the center of the crown. It is said that the new crack has grown a little in extent each time the bell has jnade. a trip. No measurements have been kept which would substantiate this, bufc the crack is there. Relic May Split Apart. The old crack has been drilled out, and is easily discernible, while the pew crack is but faintly outlined; and the observer must look closely to see it. A careful investigation of - the bell's records fails to show any mention of the new crack, and nowhere is any official explanation of its cause extant. The officials in charge either do not know what caused it, or they will not say. They intimate broadly that it was caused by the jarring it received on its various trips, but will not make this statement in their official capacity. William B. Hamm, who is 77 years old, a manufacturing jeweler on Dock injuries were not known, she said, "Oh I am so afraid they are serious." Verifies Statement. Miss Eiler verified the statement of Miss Quinn that there was no warning given the party by the workingmen or were there any blockades. Morris Carrol, who is superintending the razing work for St. Mary's congregation, was questioned but rather than tell what he knew walked away. He admitted that at the time there were no boards across the street to prevent pedestrians walking by the danger point. He, with other workmen attempted subterfuge and lied regarding the accident if the stories of Miss Eiler and Miss Quinn are true. He declared that only a few bricks fell upr Miss Miller and that it was an accident rather than carelessness. He expressly stated that the entire section of the wall did not fall upon Miss Miller. However, immediately after the confusion resulting from the accident, it was seen that Carrol placed two boards at either end of the Hibberd property to prevent - other pedestrians walking along there. He ordered his men back to work after these precautionary measures had been taken, v Puts Blame on Girls. Rev. Father Mattingly pastor of the church was seen and declared that he did not know who was injured. He knew nothing of the accident until after the wedding ceremony had been performed. He stated that the reporter would find that the girls were responsible. He claimed that blockading boards were up and he also stated that Carrol had a contract for racing the property. Many members of the parish who visited the scene after the accident condemned the action of their superintendent. They attributed the accident to carelessness and stated that the place should be roped in. Several of these members stated that the workmen were paid by the day by the church. The District of Columbia comprises an area of 62,245 square miles. The govrnment consists of two civilian commissioners appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and one army engineer officer, detailed by the Secretary of War. the three constituting the Board of Commissioners for three years,

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street, has compiled an exhaustive history of the bell. He loves the relic as he would a child of his own and is familiar with its "every movement. "It cracked in 1835 when tolling for the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall, he says. This crack began at the lip of the bell, where the metal was three inches thick, and extended toward the crown, a distance of twenty-nine inches. The crack was later drilled out, with the hope that the bell could be rung without further splitting it and still hold its tone. Since that time it has never been tolled. "But gradually the original crack has lengthened, until now it is fortysix inches long. Although no measurements were taken after each trip of the bell, it is a fact that the crack has grown on every occasion and who knows when It will split in two parts? "When you ask me whether other trips might split the bell in half I can only say that the motion of .the mole cules in the metal of the bell changes under irregular percussion and alters the metal from its cohesive characer to a granular character. Should this alteration take place the bell might split." Superintendent McCormick, of In dependence Hall, and Curator Jordan were asked as to what caused the crack, but beyond saying that there is no record on the subject, they would not discuss the matter. In the meantime the date is ap proaching when Councils will be called upon to grant permission for the removal of the bell to the Seattle exposition, which opens on June 1. It would be a long trip, but officials interested in the matter say that there is no danger, and that the bell will be handled carefully. WANT POPULAR ISSUE This Demand Strong in Regard to Bonds for the New High School. ASK -SMALL DENOMINATION There is an increasing demand that when the bonds to cover the cost of the erection of the new high school building are issued, they be made a popular issue. It is claimed by the advocates of such an issue that the denominations ought to be small so that as many local citizens as care to have opportunity to secure their possession. It is pointed out that In the majority of cases where a large improvement has been made in this city the bonds have been in such large denominations that very few private citizens had a chance to obtain any, the banks and trust companies acquiring the complete issue. The school board has not decided what action will be taken. THEY ATTENDED THE CONVENTION Holton and Jones at Tariff - Meeting Yesterday. Sharon E. Jones and Charles Holton were the only local delegates to the tariff convention at Indianapolis who were , able to attend yesterday's session. The other local delegates will attend the remaining sessions. Pekin has had British, French, German and "Japanese banks since 1902, and is now likely to Lave aa. Ameri can, bank.

Henry Crivel, the faithful flagman

at the North D street crossing of the C, C. & L. railroad, is off duty with a broken arm. Crivel was a victim of the slick pavements Monday arid went down with such force as to fracture the bone. His age will retard his re covery, but his good physical condi tion is strongly in his favor.. LOBBYISTS PAID NO ATTENTION TO When Speaker Ordered Floor Cleared the Hangers-on Contemptuously Ignored What He Said. TOMLINSON BILL IS STILL IN COMMITTEE Court Bills Passed by House Today Despite the Speeches Made Urging Economy Of Public Funds. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Feb. 17. Speaker Honan today ordered from the floor of the house every person not a member or a wife of a member. This action was due to the ferocious activity of the lobbyists, who almost crowded members out of their seats, and off the floor. ' The Speaker's order had no effect, asr the lobbyists paid no attention to it. The Tomlinson liquor bill will not be reported out by the senate committee for several days. The house passed a bill to legalize contracts with tax ferrets, where no appropriations were made to pay their commissions. The bill has already passed the senate. It is intended to permit payment in six counties In the state, where such contracts had been made between ferrets and commissioners, and no appropriation by the county council to pay the ferret's commission. Economy Is Scorned. The house today passed the Halleck senate bill for additional superior court Judge at Hammond by. a vote of 3 to 22, and the Bowser senate bill for new superior court at Gary by a vote of 72 to 19. Both bills have passed the senate and are now ready for the governor's signature. Speeches urging economy in public expenditures had no effect. The senate killed a bill to create a board of plumbers examiners in cities. It was charged this would create a plumbers' trust in each city. The house and senate voted to invite Senator Beveridge to address the joint session while here for the tariff conference. No time was set. - MIAMI ELECTION CALLED IN MARCH Peru Will Go Wet, But County Will Go Dry. The local option election for Miami county has been called for March 16. It is predicted that Peru will go wet but that the drys outside in the coun ty will carry almost every precinct and that the county will be dry by about 800. Considerable bitter feeling has been aroused over the election. FARMERS BURNING ICE0Ff TREES Some Young Trees Are Slightly Damaged. .Orchard trees are suffering from the heavy weight of ice and , snow. Many of the branches are bent almost to the ground and in many' instances owners of trees have broken the ice from the limbs to free them - of the weight- . ' Many trees - have been stripped of their . branches. Peach trees are among the worst sufferers. Young trees have been damaged somewhat. It is not an unusual sight in the country to see a farmer with a burnins corncob attached to ' pole melting the ice off the limbs" of his

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Severar Y. M. B. C. Members State That Under State Law City Could Not Dispose Of the Property.

COMMITTEE IS NAMED FOR INVESTIGATION Proposition of Establishing Municipal Band of Forty Pieces Was Considered by Club Members. Much business of public Interest was taken up at the meeting of the members of the Young Men's Business club last evening at the city building. including tne proposition to sell a part of Glen Miller and enlarge the park by purchasing 00 acres to the east of it; the proposition of organizing a large band of forty pieces to represent the city, and the proposition to give a public entertainment, either in the form of a minstrel show or ball. Reports of committees were heard After arguing the proposition pro and con to sell that portion of the Glen cut off by the interurban freight route, a committee including P. J. Freeman, Wilfred Jessup and C. W. Merrill, was appointed to investigate the proposition further and report at the next meeting. Secretary Ed Harris acting on a suggestion of William Dudley Foulke brought up the question. Mr. Foulke proposed that as this part of the park, formerly the old cemetery was undesirable for park pur poses now, that they sellvit for build' ing lots and purchase GO acres to the east of the park. Oppose the Plan. Paul Comstock, Ray Shiveley, P, J. Freeman""and C. W. Merrill spoke on the matter at some length and were against the proposition. The senti ment against the proposed sale of part of the park was more marked than the sentiment favoring the pro ject. Those arguing against the question did so from the standpoint that the city could not give a clear title to the ground as under an Indiana statute a provision was made that old cemeteries which were converted into parks could not be sold. William Dud ley Foulke had such a law passed when he was a representative to the legislature from this county. The Band Project. The proposal of several of the lead ing business men of the city to organ ize a band representing the city was brought to the club's attention. These business men believe that the several bands of the city can be organized in to a very good musical organization Prof. Will Earhart, supervisor of mus ic in the public schools has consented to be the director. According to the proposition, the band could be made up of 40 pieces including all the instru ments usually in a large and well or ganized band. The club proposes to use the band to give concerts during . the summer, There are many other occasions when it could be of service and a source of pride to the city. Committee Appointed, The matter of maintaining such an organization has yet to be worked out. A committee including Watson P, O'Neal, Al Morel, Charles Morgan and Ed Feltman, was appointed to investl gate the matter. Among the plans considered for raising the funds ne cessary to equip a band and pay the musicians, was to take up subscrip tions from the merchants, ask appro priations from the city and the street car company and give a military ball once a year. It is believed that it would be necessary to raise $2,000 an nually to support such an organiza tion. The club will co-operate with the Veterans to secure the state encampment during the summer of 1910. E. S. Layman, representing the camp, appeared before the body last evening and made an appeal for co-operation. For Entertainment. A committee including F. I. Torrence, Nirurod Johnson. C. C. Commons, J. B. Gordon, Omer Whelan, John Zwissler and W. D. Loehr was appointed to report on some form of entertainment to be given during the month of March. Hereafter the club will meet in the Commercial club rooms. The matter was taken up last evening as the city building is not proving an altogether satisfactory place of meeting. The committee which was to have re ported on the muniolpaJ code of Indiana as it would pertain to Richmond asked for more time to investl - gate the question. The report entails much work is the subject Is provlns a very large one. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Continue 'air and warm-

The first meeting of the Short term

Bible study class of the Y. M. C. A. was held last evening with a large attendance of men of the city including members of the association and non members who were interested in the work. Prof. Russell of Earlham College, who will give the lectures in cluded in the course spoke last evening on the subject, "Karly Days of Paul." He used the blackboard to illustrate many points RUMOR CURRENT ZIMMERMAN MAY LEAVE THE RACE Reported About Town That Doc Is Not Satisfied With The Outlook and He Considers Dropping Out. FINDS LOCAL PRESS IN A HOSTILE MOOD Saloon Organization Will Not Lift a Hand for or Against The Doctor, Is the An nouncement Made. Is Dr. W. W. Zimmerman to retire from the race for the republican may oralty nomination? This is the question that is now be ing asked in public places about the city. No official announcement to this ef fect has yet been made by W. J. Bry an's only real rival as a long distance political runner. However it is known that Doc has considered making the move, because he has informed some of his friends that' he is not pleased with the outloQk. Don't Like Outlook. The last time Doc made a successful run for the prize he again covets, he was supported by one local newspaper and bitterly opposed by another. This year the prospects are that he will have the combined opposition of the local press. He realizes the handicap this would give him and he also realizes that to overcome it be would be obliged to devote nearly his entire time to boosting his boom a hard thing for a physician with an active practice to do. Doc also realizes that his many political enemies In the republican ranks will wage a bitter fight against him., No Saloon Support. Recently a member of the local sa loon organization was asked if the or ganization would support Zimmerman in his campaign. "We will take no such action. We have decided that the saloonists as combined organization will not inter fere in the republican primaries for or against any candidate. Saloonists as individuals may support whatever candidate they are inclined to support That is no business of the organiza tion," was the reply. POHLMEYER WAS WINNER III SUIT Demand for Claim Amounting To Only $15. After only a brief consideration of the case of the Peter Johnson Com pany vs. Pohlmeyer in the Wayne cir cuit court yesterday, the jury; found for the defendant. Suit was brought in the circuit court on appeal by the defense from a decision in the court of Squire Abbott. It was on claim, the demand being $15. The case was heard by a jury of six. MONGER WANTS All EXPLANATION MADE Not Implicated in Tangeman Divorce Case. Ora Monger, bookkeeper for William Waking, who was accused T in 1 connection with the Tangeman wife desertion case or having offered Mrs Tangeman money, has asked the Pal ladium to explain his connection with the affair. - He says Charles Tangeman gave him $5 to give to Mrs. Tangeman, that he offered it to her and she - refused to accept it. Monger says he wants it understood it was

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Care as He Thought Finances of State Did Not Warrant Such Expenditure.

SUPERINTENDENTS MAY GET SALARIES RAISED House Committee Makes a Favorable Report to That . Effect Other Doings of the Legislature. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Feb. 17. Tou neTer can tell what a legisla ture will do. Late yesterday after noon the house passed the Linton court bill by a large majority and the senate killed the bill to appropriate $60,000 for a residence for the governor. The court bill means an expense to the taxpayers of Greene and Sulli van counties, but this fact did not. cut any ice in the house. The Linton court fight has been the hottest of the entire " session. Twenty-four bills relating to courts' and the establishment of new courts - have been introduced daring the tension, and some of them, notably the Hammond-Gary fight, have been good ones, but the Linton bsttle has been the worst of all. Bloomfield, th county seat of Greene county, la which Linton is situated, fought the Linton bill to a finish. So did Sullivan county, which did not wish the additional expense of a new court fastened on it. but all to no purpose. If Governor Marshall ' signs the bill it will mean a new superior court that will sit a part of the time at Linton -and a part of the time at Sullivan. Court BUI ! Killed, k A bill to break up the superior court: district compoacd. of . Grant. , Howard and Tipton, give Howard a separate superior court and throw Grant. Tipton and Delaware together 4 was killed. A bill to make separate circuits of Clay and Morgan counties and throw Putnam and Owen together was passed. Next comes the Lake county court bills. They are expected to be handed down in the house today. Hammond is asking for an additional su perior court of Its own. There Is a belief that both bills will pass. Representative Miller, of St. Joseph. -Pulaski and Starke, stirred up the animals yesterday during his discussion of the Linton bill by charging that ' votes had been traded for that bill. He said there was too much trading of votes by members of the house and . that unless it was stopped the legisla-' ture will get into disrepute. Representative Zearing. of Marion county ' demanded that Miller name the mem-1 bers who had been doing the trading, but he declined to mention any names. Brutally Slaughtered. When the bill to appropriate $60,000 to buy a home for the governor came before the senate it was killed without much ceremony. Only five members Toted for it. and three of themt were from Indianapolis. This will not worry Governor Marshall, however, because he has said all along that he . did not think the financial condition of Indiana was such as to justify the expenditure of money for such a purpose. Marshall will continue to pay rent at" 1219 North 'PennsylTaola street. . Senator Proctor, of Elkhart, has Introduced a bill in the senate that will t meet the demands of the labor organ- , izations. It provides that all labor In- j 1iinr-tlrn sulfa thnl ha triaA hfnr m. jury. This would apply' to coatsmpt proceedings in which members of la- ; bor organizations would be arrested ' for violating an injunction. This was ' one of the issues, the main issue, tm '. fact, on which the labor organizations of the state went into the state cam- ' naim last fall anil rttl mlifl Ramnvl .. Gompers and other labor leaders made . a speaking tour of the state on a speo -ial train. Already a large and influential labor lobby is at work trying . to have the bill passed. Interest to Farmers. A bill that will interest farmer throughout the state has been introduced by Senator Tilden. of Greencastle. It provides that a thresher shall have a lien on the gram threshed by him for the charges for threshing. Senator Tilden introduced the bill at the reQuest of threshennen throughout the state who declare that they are frequently swindled out of farms. ' The bill Introduced by Senator Me- , Cullough to create a firemen's pension fund In cities of the second and thirl classes Is patterned somewhat after the law that maintains such a fond in this city. It provides for a small tax levy each year oa the property In the ? city and the money raised by such levy goes into a pension fund. When . a member of the fire department dies or is killed his. family Is paid a pen- -i sion of an amount tbat will have to be

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