Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 300, 5 September 1909 — Page 1

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T AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIV. NO. 300. RICHMOND, IND.f SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS. LEGAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THE BASS FAMILY ASPHALT FAILURE Machine In Which Curtiss Won International Honors IS STATEMHT OFA PR0MH1EI1T MAII

tlembers of the Englebert Family State That They Will Prefer Assault and Battery Charges. .-r'. 1 !'. CLAIM YOUNG MAN WAS DRAGGED INTO HOUSE

Allegation Made by Young Man's Family That He Was Given a Severe Beating A Peculiar Case. Affidavits charging Miss Isabel Bass, Ellsworth Bass and Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bass with assault and battery on Arthur Englebert. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Englebert, Friday morning it the Bass homestead, 301 Richmond Avenue, will be filed with Prosecuting Attorney Ladd. according to a state ment made by Mr. and Mrs. Englebert r ..... a . when seen at tneir.nome iasi eyemng. . ffhe affidavits would have been filed Friday afternoon, If Arthur Englebert bad had his way, but was advised Dy tils parents to leave the matter drop and avoid the publicity, but since publicity has been given the affair, Arthur lEnglebert, supported by his parents jrlll nrosecute the case. It was stated by Ellsworth Bass to the Palladium yesterday afternoon that Miss Isabel Bass, his sister, was tne nlv one who assaulted Englebert, However, Arthur Englebert told his mother Friday morning, following his recovery from the wounds which he re ceived, that not only did Miss uasa horsewhip him, but that the other members of the Bass family also took b hand In the affair. Hunt Camphor Bottle. It is asserted by the boy's parents that Mr. Mr. Bass awakened a neign bor Friday morning and asked for a camphor bottle, saying they had a man at their house who had fainted, Mr. Englebert said that a teamster living near the Bass homestead had his blacksnake taken and the weapon used bv Miss Isabel Bass was the one which belonged to him. The teamBter bought a new whip the next morning and did not know who had his whip until a member of the Bass famltv returned It the next day, ac cording to the story told Mr. Englebert bv the teamster. Tn relating their side of the story, Mr. J. B. Englebert said to a Palladi um representative who called at Bis home, 205 Chestnut street, iasi even "On Wednesday evening. Mr. Bass, (meaning William Bass) called at our home and asked me whether my son Arthur was home. Mr. Bass Bald his family would sit up, awaiting him un til l o'clock Thursday morning. asked Mr. Bass what he wanted Ar thur to come over for. Mr. Bass replied that Arthur had Insulted his rtmisrhter. I replied : My son will not fee over. Bass then replied that if iArthur did not come over he would tinvA him arrested in the morning. To this I replied, "if a man insulted jny daughter, I would have nim arrest ed and make him prove It." Told the Details. Mrs. Englebert said that Friday tnoming following her son's recovery from his injuries, he told ner me ae tails of the story. She spoke as fol lows: "Arthur did not come home on the Quarter of eleven o'clock car Wednes day evening, as usual. I got uneasy. Mferararet and I walked past the Bass home and we saw three men standing In the yard. I asked whether Arthur mas there and received a reply from rne of the men that he was not. "On Thursday night Arthur told me " hat as he was coming home, Ellsworth ras lying on a stone wall and just as ' he was about to pass. Ellsworth jump1 ur and grabbed him. ' Arthur told me that Ellsworth dragged him to his home. Arthur said when he and wis worth reached the Bass front door. TCltaworth opened it and four Jumped t him Arthur told me that they rii-nirmxl him In the house and threw Mm on the floor and beat him until he i-ai unconscious. "They (members of the Bass family) called in Harry Haseltlne and Poiwman Cullv to tell them what they hud done. Mr. Bass called Isabel to come and whip him again." Cullv Makes a Call. Mm. Enelebert then said that Off! Cer Cully called at their home after the assault on Friday morning and In relating the affair to Mr. and Mrs. EniAhrt said. .."I stopped that." reierr Ing to the reported action of Mr. Bass calling his daughter to beat Englebert before the eyes of tne policeman ana Uirr Haseltlne. Mr icnriebert then said that he met Mr. Haseltlne the next morning and annul nvpr the assault with nim. Mr. Englebert said, "Mr. Haseltlne said to me that my son was lying on a couch fcndI took a damp cloth and wiped off his face. Arthur loowea awim, mr KTMHink said to me." Mrs. Englebert again took up the conversation and said, Arthur did not aU a lie about her. He went with (Continued on Page Two.)

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MARK VERY GLAD BURDEN OF STATE LIFTED F lol. Thistlethwaite Heaved a Sigh of Relief When Governor Marshall Got Back on Job Again. BUSHELS OF LETTERS FOR THE EXECUTIVE Communications Ranged From Summons by U. S. Supreme Court to Invitation to the Fall Festival. Indianapolis, Ind., September 4. Al though the business of the governor's office was well taken care of during the governor's absence on his four weeks vacation 'trip, and all of the! important matters were disposed of by his secretary, Col. Mark Thistlethwaite, there were nevertheless hundreds of letters awaiting him on his return, and most of them were invi tations to make speeches. Of course. invitations did not constitute the entire bunch of mail, for there were many other things besides these. On the top of the heap on the gov ernor's desk was a summons for him to appear before the supreme court of the United States and show sufficient reason why a judgment against the Pennsylvania railroad should not be corrected, pursuant to a writ of error. The case is one arising from a decision of the Indiana Railroad commission which has reached the supreme court on appeal. The governor will be rep resented in the case by the attorney general. Ready to Make Report. The Andersonvllle Monument com mission is ready to mate its final report as soon as the governor can book an appointment. The report will then be sent to the state printer for publication. One of the matters that will receive the governor's attention is a letter from Ernest P. Bicknell, director of the National Red Cross society, recommending a reorganization of the Indiana society and outlining a plan to be used to bring about uniform results from all the states. Trip With President. . ;I Correspondence awaited the gover nor from the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways association, relating to the trip to be taken by President Taft from St. Louis to New Orleans in company with a number of governors, and which Governor Marshall also may take. He also Is Invited to name delegates, one from each congressional district, to the meeting of the association at New Orleans. Almost anyone who has qualifica tions as a delegate, ought to be able to secure an appointment with the privilege, of course, of paying his own expenses if all of the conventions asking for Indiana representatives are satisfied. The list includes: List of Conventions. ; The fifteenth International congress on hygiene and demography, at Washington, September 36 to October 1. The national farmland congress at Chicago, the third week? in November. The governor is requested to allow the use of his name as a member of the general advisory committee, i The second national good roads convention at Cleveland, September 21 to 23. At least five Indiana delegates are wanted. v The association of military surgeons of the United States in its eighteenth annual meeting at Washington, October 5, at which members of the profession connected with the state militia are desired. . The fifth annual conference oi weights and measures, under the auspices of the bureau of standards of the Continued on Pan Two.

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s IS NOT A MONOPOLY Brooklyn Justice Rules on the New York Stock Exchange. LONG FIGHT IS NOW ENDED (American News Service) New York, Sept. 4. That the New York stock exchange is not a monopoly in the eyes of the law that may operate in restraint of trade is the decision of Justice Crane of the supreme court of Brooklyn, who handed down a decision refusing to grant an injunction asked for restraining the New York stock exchange from enforcing a resolution recently adopted by its board of governors, forbidding members of the exchange from dealing with members of the Consolidated Exchange on pain of eviction or suspension. The decision is regarded as a victory for the New York stock exchange in a long fight with the Consolidated Exchange. Arguments on tho test case on which - the decision was rendered! were heard on August 3. TAFT m SPEEDER Some Jay Constables Hold Him Up For Hitting the High Places. WERE GREATLY ABASHED (American News Service) Beverly, Mass., Sept. 4. Constables who came into town today to attend court told how they captured President Taft over-speeding his automobile into their auto trap in the town of Newbury, yesterday afternoon and stopped him. When they found out it was the president whom they had oaiptured they allowed him to go on without summoning him to court. President Taft, Mrs. Taft, Helen and Robert Taft and Captain Butt were in the automobile with the chauffeur. They came from Beverly on their way to Haverhill to see JustlwWm. H. Moody of the Supreme Court of the United States who is ill. They used the state highway. In the town of Newbury there is an automobile trap one-eighth of a mile long. - -A constable stood at the entrance of the trap with his watch in hia hand. President Taft was going too Cast, so Constable Jacques signalled Constable Sanborn down the road to stop the automobile. It stopped. When the constables found out it was the President the automobile proceeded to Haverhill. II (American News Service) Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 4. A reward of 125,000 for the arrest and conviction of the persons guilty of wrecking the Baltimore and Ohio Royal Blue New York and Chicago flyer at Chewton, Pa., 46 miles west of this city last midnight by General Superintendent Finney of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad this morning. The reward was authorized by Vice President and General Manager George I Potter, of Baltimore. , . WAS IT 1 11 CEII D I A RY ? x A fire, believed to have been of in cendiary origin broke out in a store room of the Windsor hotel on North B street last night at about lOuTO o'clock and caused considerable excitement in that vicinity for a few min utes. A telephone call was sent In and the No. 1 hose company quickly responded. A. quantity ot old carpet and rags was burned but the flames were put out by the nse of chemicals before any damage of consequence was dona. -

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JsSSk a FIERCE TORTURE GIVEN CAPTIVES Tales of Brutal Practices by Moroccans Are Being ; Received. VIOLATE POWERS DECREE TWO HUNDRED PRISONERS, HALF NAKED AND TIED BY THE NECKS, WERE DRAGGED FORE SAVAGE SULTAN. BE(American News Service) London, Sept. 4. While Sultan Mala! Hafid of Morocco has bowed to the decree of the powers that he cease torturing his foes, the remnants of the band led by El Roghi, the details of the terrible measures visited upon his captives did not come fully to light-un-til today. 'A dispatch from an eye witness was received by a London newspaper and contained the following information: " In the morning, after prayer, all the troops paraded in the court in front of the palace and Mulai Hnfld and the viziers appeared. Two hundred prisoners ,half naked and tied together by the necks, were dragged before the sultan. At the same time baskets full "of heads and 32 women, said to be the harem of the pretender, El Roghi, were brought in together with several ancient and rusty cannon, the pretender's state tent, his "imperial" umbrella, his throne a ragged and soiled affair in crimson velvet and some mule? and Spanish cows trophies of war. ' Heads on the Gates. In the afternoon again the troops paraded, forming three sides of a square the old gate with the turrets and the city wall enclosing the square. On the gate were 75 human heads, some black and others intensely white all with jagged necks a horrible sight. In the square, beneath the wall where the heads were exposed, were twenty-four prisoners in chains. These were the kaids and chief cap tives. Soldiers stood guard over them and near at hand was a great cauldron of boiling pitch round which hovered the barbers of the city wearing aprons. "One by one the prisoners were re leased from their chains, seized -by the soldiers, and led to the barbers, who acted as the executioners. The right hand of each prisoner was sliced off at the wrist with a razor and the stump was plunged into the molten pitch. C All Were Stoics. ; "Allbore this terrible ordeal with marvelous fortitude. Not a cry escaped their Hps. Some brushed aside the soldiers and put out their right bands without flinching, merely turning away their heads to avoid the sight o fthe mutilation. i Four men had their left feet and right hands cut-voff. Some fainted and others died ot hemorrhage. The survivors were removed in chairs ' to prison. As each hand or foot was cut off drums were beaten. - But for the viziers, the sultan would have slain all the prisoners. TO OBSERVE MONDAY (American News Service) Chicago. Sept. 4. One of the biggest Labor Day demonstrations ever seen In Chicago will occur Monday at the Hawthorne race track when, the first horse races held In Chicago for years win be run In connection with the Labor Day celebration. There will be five events. A feature of the day will be a collision between two massive locomotives which will meet each other head-on, running at a speed of 60 miles an hour. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Continued cloudy and pro bable thunderstorms. .

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FAVOR INCOME TAX (American News Service) Albany, N. Y., Sept 4. Col. John S. Crosby of New York was made chairman of the Income tax league which met at noon today. The league adopted a resolution favoring the ratificar tion of the income tax amendment and urged all voters who favor the ratification of such income tax amendment to publicly pledge all candidates for the state legislature to vote for Its ratification. TWO New Orleans, La., Sept. 4. A Jackson, Miss., mob took two negroes. Josh and Lewis Balaam, from their captors this morning and hung them to a tree In a swamp. The Balaams murdered deputy Sheriff Wainwright at Jackson last Monday. He was decoyed to a lonely road by two other negroes and the Balaams shot him. The murder was an attempt at revenge for an official act of Wainwrights. WILLIAM -SINGER All AUTO VICTIM Multi-millionaire Meets Death In Vehicle He Greatly Dreaded. A FORTUNE TO CHILDREN NOT LONG AGO OLD IRON MASTER GAVE EACH OF HIS FOUR CHILDREN $4,000.000 WAS A PROMINENT MA.N (American News Service) Watch Hill. R. I., Sept. 4. William H. Singer, who was one of the pioneer iron masters of Pittsburg and retired with a fortune of many millions, died here today from injuries received when he was thrown from his automobile on Wednesday, August 25. Mr. Singer had only a momentary interval of consciousness before his death. With him were his wife and three of his four children, each of whom he bade good bye before he passed away. A wound at the base of the brain caused death. It was on one of the multi-millionaires first automobile rides that the accident happened. Both he and his jife had always been afraid of the machines and never used one until a few weeks ago. They were driving in the country with their daughter, Mrs. Robert Milllgan and her husband. Dr. Milllgan. when a farm wagon unexpectedly turned out of a side road directly in front of them. The chauffeur to save the lives of those in the wagon ran bis car into the ditch. It turned turtle and threw the Singer party out. The others were only slightly Injured, but Mr. Singer was buried beneath the heavy tonnean and when he was taken out it was found that there was a fracture at the base of the brain. Most of Mr. Singers millions have been disposed of. so there will be no contention over a win in this case. Last rear on his golden wedding anniversary he presented to each of his four children $4,000,000. They are Mrs. Robert Milllgan. Mrs. William Ross Proctor of New York. G. Horton Singer of Pittsburg, all of whom were with their father when he died, and William H. Singer, Jr an artist who is returning from a painting expedition in Norway. There will be at least $4,000,000 and probably considerably more left for Mr. Singers widow. Mr. Singer was one of the real old time iron masters, who worked in the foundry himself and knew every detail of his business. He made a fortune in the early days of the iron and steel industry and Increased It vastly when the trust was formed. Upon selling out he retired and sines has lived here In the summer and In bis JPlttsburx mansion in winter. - -

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TO RROOKLYII MAII Noted Journalist Interviewed Dr. Frederick Cook and He Declares Him to Be Discov erer of Pole. SAYS GAME AMERICAN CAN PROVE STATEMENT American News Service Cor respondent Tells of Enthus iastic Reception Given by The Hardy Danes. Copenhagen, Sept. 4. This has been an exciting day In Copenhagen. Dr. Cook, after narrow escapes from lnju ry Dy wild and cheering mobs, is rest ing quietly tonight, the happiest man in the world. . As the representatives of the American News Service I am proud not only to report that I was the first American newspaper correspond ent to welcome the great American dis covered, but that I was able to help him through the enthusiastic crowd at the landing. The procession consisted, first of one policeman; second. United States Minister Egan, who ha3 the muscle of a baseball player and the nerve of a journalist; third. Dr. Cook In moccasins, wearing his only suit o clothes, bare headed, bronzed and hap py, and fourth, your representative, whose both arms were clasped around Dr. Cook's waist, holding him up as best I could to free him from the pressure of the surging, enthusiastic and cheering crowd. You sent me to Copenhagen to meet Dr. Cook. I have obeyed instructions and met him on the doorstep of Europe. This is my report: Cook Is All Right. Cook Is all right. You can bank upon that. Right physically and right geographically. He has been to the North Pole and will prove it- Those casting doubt upon his veracity will look pretty mean when his reports are published. I asked him about his health. He said it was first class. He looked it. To minister Egan he confided that he had only one suit of clothes, that in which he stood. It was a dark gray morning coat with brown trousers. He wore a gray neck tie and on his feet had moccasins. A woman thrust a bunch of roses into his hand. He kept It as long as he could. He seemed happy, but dased at the stormy vehemence of his welcome. Whatever doubts some may profess to entertain, there Is no scepticism In Copenhagen. Today the best geographical experts of Denmark: were at the harbor to bid the explorer welcome, and he was received by the king and queen. The group, comprising Minister Egan, Dr. Cook and your representative followed the policeman who acted as a crowd breaker." , The Danish po- j lice don't seem accustomed to dealing with crowds, for they left only one or two officers to cope with thousands eager to see - the explorer. Finding it Impossible to make way for a carriage, we diverged to the left while the crowd tramped through the gardens of the meteorological department. As soon as Cook was Inside the gates they were 'closed promptly, though not before several newspaper men and photographers got inside. After a pause for breath. Dr. Cook reappeared on the balcony and was greeted with a tumult of cheers, again and again renewed. In a few simple words he expressed thanks for his reception and his gladness that on his return he first stood over trodden Danish soiL Great cheering followed. After more photographing we were smuggled out of the rear door and escaped the crowd. Dr. Cook was driven to the Phoenix hotel where rooms wsre prepared for his reception. At one o'clock ha lunched with Minister Egan. where I had the privilege of being one of the company. -

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That He Regards This Kind Of Street Paving Absolute Failure. ARE IMPRACTICAL IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS President of the Muncie Board Of Public Works States That He Is Opposed to Asphalt Paving. (Carl H. Mote. Muncie Star.) Muncie. Ind.. Sept. 4. Fretl Klopfer. a prominent carriage manufacturer of this city, when interviewed concern ing asphalt streets, said emphatical ly: "I regard asphalt streets as a com plete failure. Especially Is this so la the smaller cities where the facilities are lacking to attend to their repair as needed. There Is absolutely nothing to be said In their defense when coustructed In the business districts of a city where the traffic is great and where heavy hauling Is necessary.1" Several years ago Mr. Klopfer waa a member of a volunteer committee that visited Dayton, Columbus and Springfield, O., with a view of learning the comparative merits of asphalt and other paving materials. At this time there was no board of works In Muncie that had definitive charge of the street department Mr. Klopfer noted that all the no town streets in these three cities were paved with brlclc. There was some asphalt paving In Co lumbus but heavy hauling on these streets was prohibited by a city ordinance and this ordinance was rigidly enforced. Mr. Klopfer was told at this time that the greatest life ot tho asphalt street even under these favorable circumstances was seven years. He Lived in Berlin. Mr. Klopfer formerly lived In Berlin. Prussia. Asphalt was used extensively In this country, but the greatest care was taken to preserve the surface. The streets were daily-cleaned and at night were, flooded with water and then mopped. In the winter when snow fell, a gang of mien was kept busy sweeping It off as fast as It fell. Water causes asphalt to decay rapidly and the snows of one winter, if left to lay on the surface causa a process of decomposition to set In that soon results in the formation of holes and the spoke-like cracking of the surface from these holes." In Prussia, the government Instead of pensioning the ex-soldiers, employs them on the streets at nominal wages, and thus reduces' the cost of repair and maintenance to a minimum. Mr. Klopfer regards the proper care of as phalt streets In this country as a practical Impossibllitjrih view of the fact that the cost of labor Is so much greater than In Prussia. George E. Dungan. the president of the board of works Is of the opinion that an asnhalt street Is one of tho most beautiful thoroughfares that Is built today. Notwithstanding this opinion. Mr. Dungan Is also of the opinion that an asphalt street Is Impracticable for Muncie because of the great cost of construction and maintenance. Mr. Dungan said: This city has never built an original asphalt street since the first were constructed over ten years ago. The asphaH companiefi have never gained a foothold here and have Intimated manv times that their failure is due to thetr inability to Impress the superiority of aspbslt upon the city officials. There Is no sentiment in the whole city administration In favor of asphalt. The people here are opposed to asphalt because the Barber Asphalt company has failed to care for the streets properly. Many rltlxens In Muncie at first fought brick, but they have without exception, reversed their opinions. "In my Judgment. Mr. Dungan said, -brick Is the best paving material for Muncie. First, because the origins! cost of brick is less than asphalt or bithullthlc: secondly, the repair of brick streets can be done by the regular employes of the city and no special mechanics are required as with asphalt or bithullthlc: thirdly, because asphalt and bithullthlc are so expensive that although a few property owners might be able to bear the increased cost, the majority could not afford t be put to the Increased expense oi traction and maintenance. MAKES A DISCOVEHV (American Kews 8rrle Paris. Sent. 4. An anti-cholera cine has been discovered by Dr. Saftaminl of Italy working under tho direction of Prof. MetchHnoff and Dr. Pierre Roux of the Pastsur Institute. It Is prepared by taxing bacdlll from a cholera-sufferer and maTrtssr a enltnre which to Injected Into TseaXhr persons. Local infection toTJows ssV er which the patient is tanmuae frocr cholera. Tests made in Rossis; wtti desperate eases have given a diminution In the death rate of from S9 to SS per cent.

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