Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 357, 30 October 1909 — Page 1

EICHMONB PAIXABIUM 4HD ?5UX-TELEGBAM. VOL. XXXIV. NO. 357. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1909. SINGLE COr 2 CENTS.

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CORONER TO GIVE HIS VERDICT ON WRECK NEXT WEEK

Butler County Official Completed His Probe Last Night Of the Panhandle Tragedy At Collinsville, Ohio. PROSECUTION HINGES ON RESULT OF QUIZ Testimony Giverr Yesterday by Railroad Detective Burns in Contradiction to Decision of Railroad Probe. (Palladium Special) Hamilton, O., Oct. DO. -Coroner Burnett last night concluded his inquest in the cases of the six men killed in the wreck of the Chicago-Cincinnati Express train, No. 18, at Collinsville, on the evening of October "J2. It is probable that the verdict fixing the responsibility for the disaster, will be announced next Wednesday. On the finding of the coroner depends largely the questiop whether criminal prosecution will result against the person found to have caused the disaster. More than twenty witneses, for the most part Pennsylvania trainmen, were examined by the Coroner during the day, and Trainmaster O. V. Porter, of Pennsylvania lines, sat by his side during the entire proceeding. I. J. Haller, of Richmond, Ind., who was the rear brakeman on freight train No. 81, that had left the Collinsville siding shortly before freight train No. 75 entered it from the other end, was the most Important witness of the afternoon. Haller testified that he closed the switch after his train had passed through it John Williamson, a farmer of Collinsville, testified that his wife had told him that she saw a man close the switch after train No. SI had gone out. Testimony of McDonald. Before Haller took the stand Ralph McDonald, of Richmond, - head brakeman of freight No. 75, testified that he had not touched the switch after his train entered from the other end. But E. S. Johnson, the Collinsville station agent on that day, testified that a brakeman, presumed to be McDonald, was standing in the station when No. 38 approached, and cried out, "My God, I left that switch open." The switch was found to have been unlocked and the lock lay on a tie beside the switch. The last witness of the day was J. W. Lucas, 21 , of Richmond, a brakeman on train No. 81. - He testified that he opened the switch to let his train out and was positive that he saw Haller close it, after the train had passed through. A large number of farmers from Collinsville, who saw the disaster, testified, but threw little light on the cause. The bulki of the important testimony was by trainmen of the Pennsylvania road, which gave the coroner every possible assistance in the Investigation. Burns on the Stand. Isaac F. Burns, of Richmond, a special officer for the Pan Handle, testified that the crew of the train leaving a switch should see that it is properly closed and it was the. duty of the back brakeman to look after this matter while the front brakeman was the man to open the switch for his train to come in. This testimony would seem to impeach the decision of the railroad authorities in Richmond. Burns said that an experienced trainman could not mistake a derail for switch. J. W. Hartgrove of Logansport, passenger conductor of No. 18, testified . to the efficiency of Engineer Brown of the passenger train No. 18. He said the train was going about fifty miles an hour when the air was applied. He was in the rear coach at the time of the collision. Brown Is Praised. Philip Ramp, of Logansport, Ind., a member of the crew of No. 18, said that he had been in the service for 16 years and had worked with Engineer Urown for 12 years and knew him to be trustworthy. Elisha Brown, ot Richmond, conductor on freight No. 75. said his freight was never on time and therefore he did not know what time they were due at the CoJlinsviUe switch. He said that no one on his train had any occasion to look at the switch and he did not see any of his men go near the switch on that afternoon. He heard No. lS's danger signal and nfter the wreck made an investigation end found the switch was open. IT WAS A SUCCESS The most successful supper ever given in Wayne county was that of ths teachers and pupils of the Middleborough school last evening. Approximately $SS was realised. The money Is to be turned into a fund with which to purchase a piano.

HOW TO VOTE. If a voter desires to vote either a straight Democratic or Republican ticket, he must make a cros3. thus X within the large circle containing the device of the party for whose candidate he desires to vote. But if the voter does not desire to vote a straight ticket, he must NOT make a cross in the large circle at the head or top of the ticket, bat must make a cross, thus X, in the small square to the left of the name of each candidate for whom ho ;!esires to vote.

RUSH TO PAY TAXES After Tuesday of next week, the office of County Treasurer Albert Albertson will be "dead," but just at the present time it is the most lively place in the city, due to the rush of tax payers to pay the fall installments. The tax line today was the longest of the week and it was necessary to bring up the settes and form an aisle in order to keep the crowds in proper line. Today was a big day for the farmers, who came to the city to trade and ft the same time pay their tax. Monday is also expected to be a busy day. ALLEGE HORNING FAILED OBSERVE MILK ORDINANCE It Is Said Well Known Dairyman Will Be Arrested on a Charge of Selling in City Without a License. INSPECTOR STEWART MAKES THE CHARGES Horning Has Been- Causing Much Trouble and His License Was Revoked for Not Complying With Orders. Although his license was revoked on Wednesday, it is alleged that J. L. Horning, a dairyman residing about four miles northeast of the city, sold milk to his customers in Richmond on Thursday and Friday and the man's arrest will now be the result of the alleged violation of the city ordinance. Horning has been causing Dairy Inspector Mark Stewart and members of the board of health no end of trouble within the past few weeks. Repeated attempts have been made to have him better the conditions around his premises and enforce more rigid sanitation on his place but the efforts of the officers proved of no avail. Notice was then served on Horning to the effect that his license was about to be revoked and a day of hearing was set on which the man would be given an opportunity to explain why such action should not be taken and why he had not complied with the orders of the inspector to clean up his dairy. Failed to Show Up. Horning failed to put in an appearance on the day of hearing and in view of that fact and Homing's apparent unconcern and failure to appreciate the opportunity presented him, the dairyman's license was taken away and he was notified to desist from the practice of selling milk in this city. According to Dairy Inspector Stewart, ample evidence has been secured to prove that Horning sold milk to certain of his customers in Richmond on two separate days after his license had been revoked. Horning will now be arrested and compelled to answer to the charge. He will be held on two offenses as the ordinance provides that each day on which milk is sold after the license has been revoked constitutes a separate offense. The fine for such a violation is not less than $5 or more than $100. It is understood now that Horning is desirous of reaching an agreement with the officers in regard to the matter. He is alleged to have asserted that he Js ready to comply with the order and clean his premises. However, Inspector Stewart stated this morning that the man had "come to" too late and the law would follow its course. LEAK WAS LOCATED After a month's endeavor to find the cause of the gas leak at Eighth and Main streets, and during which time the Light,. Heat & Power company went to an approximate expense of $500. the leak was located last evening. It was an uncapped one-inch pipe, located in the exact center of the street. The pipe was immediately capped and by midnight the company had all repair work on Main street I finished,

PASTOR FINDS KE CANNOT LIVE ON $400 PER ANNUM

So the Rev. A. H. Kenna, Pastor of Third M. E. Church, Aged 22, Will Do Newspaper Work at Upland, Ind. WILL ALSO CONTINUE CHURCH WORK IN CITY He Had Been Assisted Financially by Father, But Allowance Stopped After Recent Floods in Mississippi. Although he did not have to pay rent for the house he lived in, thai belonging to the church, the Rev. A. H. Kenna, pastor of the Third M. E. church and the youngest minister in the conference found that he and his family, consisting of his wife an-l baby, could not live on the salary paid him by the congregation, $400 per year, so Monday he and his family will move to "Upland, Ind., where he has accepted a position as business manager of the Upland Enterprise, a weekly paper. However, the Rev. Mr. Kenna will not give up his pastorate at the Third M. E. church. He stated today that he will return to Richmond every Saturday and will conduct the Sunday aervices. Gives His Reasons. "I am going to Upland because I cannot live in Richmond on the salary I am now drawing," said Mr. Kenna. "I do not say this to cast any reflections on the members of my congregation. They are all good, hardworking people, whose incomes are not large and the majority of whom are building their homes. They are not financially able to pay me a larger saJary and I realize it. I came to. the church in June, 1908 when I was only twenty years old, and I have been paid regularly and the members of my church have been faithful in their attendance. "I have been able to live here as long as I have because my father, who lives in southern Mississippi, has always given me an allowance each month, helping me to meet my expenses, but he was greatly injured, financially, by the recent cyclone and floods in Mississippi and now his support has been withdrawn. He Worked Hard. "When I was called to the Third M. E. church I was living in Upland, where I had attended Taylor university. Presiding Elder Guild told me that he thought I might be too young to take the charge but that I could have it if I so desired. I accepted and I have worked hard in the interest of the church. Since I have been pastor the membership has increased from 100 to 127 and the church debt has been decreased until it now amounts to only $25." "Do you intend to follow the ministry?" Mr. Kenna was asked. "That Is my present intention," he replied. "I want to save enough money the next twelve months so that I-can take a classical course at DePauw university, which institution I intend to enter during the winter of 1910." The Rev. Mr. Kenna is very popular with the members of his congregation. They are more than willing to retain him as their pastor and he goes to Upland with their best wishes. TAKEN III COSTODY Harry Winter, Arrested Suspicion of Recent Brass Thefts. on A CHUM OF EARL BREESE In the arrest of Harry Winter, last night, the police believed they have "nailed another of the numerous brass thieves who have been operating in this city within the last few weeks. Winter, who is about 21 years of age. is a chum of Earl Breese, who was arrested Thursday, charged with stealing about two pounds of brass from the Standard Pattern Manufacturing company on October 11. Breese still dv nies his guilt, but the evidence against him is very damaging, it is said. The police are of the opinion that Winter was implicated in the robbery with Breese, as he is a close companion of the latter and is continually with him. it is alleged. An effort will be made to connect Winter and Breese with the theft of several hundred pounds of brass from the Wayne Works company on last Tuesday night. The couple are also alleged to have been implicated in the theft of brass from the Chain Works and the plant of M. C Henley on North Sixteenth street, some time ago. Other arrests in the case are I expected within the next few days.

DR. BOND ELECTED

Dr. Charles S. Bond, of this city, was elected president of the Union District Medical society at the meeting of that organization held at Rushville on Thursday. The district comprises four counties In Indiana anl three in Ohio, as follows: Wayne. Fayette. Union, Rush. Preble, Butler and Darke. The next meeting of the society will be held at Hamilton. O., in April. Several local physicians at tended the meeting at Rushville the other day, including Dr. Anderson, Dr. J. E. King and Dr. A. L. Bramkamp. ARE AFTER MEMBERS Next week will be initiatory week in all Odd Fellows lodges in the state, owing to the fact that Grand Master Horace M. Kean of Jasper, is very anx ious to make a good showing and if possible, increase the membership ia Indiana to over NuHX). The week is set aside for initiatory work in honor of John W. Cockran of Indianapolis, who will be Grand Sire of Odd Fellow shin o fthe world next yeai. The oc& lodges are making special efforts and Whitewater lodge, which Is the largest in the city, has seven candidates prom ised for next week. Last evening, at the meeting of this lodge, Harvey Wil son was given the first degree work. JLCO CM! WB OF THE CLASSIC VAIIDERBILI CUP Driven by Grant, the Big Machine Today Went Distance Of 278 Miles in Remarkable Time of 4:25:42. FRENCH AUTO TAKES THE SECOND MONEY During One of the Sweepstake Races Today Lewis Strang, Noted Driver, Was Stoned By One of the Spectators. Motor Parkway, N. Y., Oct. 30. The Alco car, driven by Grant, won the Vanderbilt Cup automobile race this afternoon, making the distance, 273 miles, in four hours, twenty-five minutes and forty-two seconds. Parker, driving a Fiat (French) car, was second. Time, 4:30:58. Fifteen cars started, but only two finished, the others being driven out by breakdowns. The Chalmers-Detroit car, driven by Joe Matson, won the Massapequa Sweepstake, and Maxwell cars were second and third. Matson's time was two hours, nine minutes and fifty-two seconds, for a hundred and twenty-six miles. The Marmon car, Harroun driving, won the Wheatley Hills sweepstake, one hundred and eighty-nine miles. During the race some one threw a big stone at Lewis Strang, who was driving a Fiat car. Strang was not injured but his car suffered injury. The only serious accident of today was the wrecking of a large touring car enroute to the race course, in which one man was killed and two women seriously injured. MAKE A NOISY START. (Palladium Special) Motor Parkway, N. Y., Oct. 30. Twenty-five of the swiftest racing automobiles, guided by the pick of the nation's daredevil chauffeurs, were sent away at 9 o'clock in the three big contests over Nassau county roads the fifth Vanderbilt cup race, the Massapequa sweepstakes, and the Wheatley Hills sweepstakes. While an intensely enthusiastic crowd cheered madly, the first car, in the Massapequa shot from the line. Four to the minute the others were sent off on an unbroken line. Long before the last entrant had waited for the elapse of the fifteen second interval that separated them from his immediate predecessor, the leaders were miles away, dashing through solid lines ot spectators, kept off the road by XK Pinkertons and police. Car No. 41. a Chalmers-Detroit, with Buster Brown driving, was off at 9 o'clock sharp and the race was on with the usual accompaniment of artillery like noise and smoke. "Wagner, as he called off the seconds, kept his eye on a boxed chronometer. A big ovation was given Strang as he came to the line as the first starter in the big race. The stands were well filled and everybody stood up and yelled. Chevrolet also got a big cheer. It was eight minutes and forty-five seconds past nine when Joe Seymour, in Car, No. 17, the last car of the twenty-five, shot away from the starting point. Matson, in a Chalmers-Detroit, was the first to lap the course. His first lap was 13 minutes. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Cloudy and colder Sunday.

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The Eiffel Tower, at Paris, 9S4 feet high, which was encircled and topped at an altitude of 1.300 feet by the Count De Lambert in a sensational exhibition with a Wright biplane. Starting from the Aerodrome at Juvisy, the Count traveled to Paris, tnirteen - miles, where he circled about getting higher and higher un til he was above the top of the tower. Then he flew over it and back to his starting point. At the bottom of the picture is shown the machine he used.

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GET COIIVEIITIOH Successfully Fight Marion for 1910 State Federation Meeting. GOT INTO THE FIELD EARLY THE INVITATION WAS EXTENDED OVER A YEAR AGO AT INDIANAPOLIS SO THE QUAKER CITY TOOK THE PRIZE. (By Elizabeth R. Thomas.) Hurrah! for the Richmond club women, who attended the State Federation of Women's clubs, held in South Bend this week. At the convention Friday, Richmond was given the 1010 convention over Marion, after some little debate. The successful city had on the floor of the convention, a prior invitation, having first asked for the meeting at the Indianapolis convention a year ago. South Bend was success

Lecturer Declares Women are Won by A (tractive A dvertising

Chicago. 111., Oct. SO. Advertising pays! This is the succinct conclusion reached by Miss Sophronisba P. Breckenridge in the third of her series of lectures on "The Modern Household" yesterday at the University of Chicago. According to the lecturer women never stop to question whether an advertised article is needed or within their financial reach. Instead of spending a brief minute in thinking the matter over, they use that space of time in getting nearer the goal the bargain counter. Miss Breckinridge declared that women rush headlong into the crowded aisles of the bargain centers buying everything in sight, provided everything In sight is freely advertised. Not that the women need the thousand and one things their hearts long for, but that these articles are advertised 2 cents cheaper in one place than in another, with the result that because the price is reasonable they purchase. Attractive advertisements overshadow common sense in the purchasing brain of the average woman, says Miss Breckinridge, making the fair sex "a pawn in the game of profits." "Real wants." declared Miss Breckinridge to her audience of girls with whom "shopping" is a fine art. "are neglected by women to appear well

ful at that time, but the enterprising Richmond women were not discourag

ed and passed the word around that they would try again this year. Fol lowing out the same plans, Marion will probably entertain the 11)11 con von tion. The convention yesterday afternoon passed a number of resolutions, add! tlonal to the vote of thanks to the South Bend clubs for their hospitality and many acts of kindness shown '.he visiting delegates. CHANGE 111 CUSTODY Estella Ault, who two years ago, obtained a divorce from Arthur Ault. and secured custody of their only child, Ruth, yesterday filed a petition in the circuit court for the custody of the child to be transferred to her former husband. Judge Fox acted on the petition favorably. In her petition Mrs. Ault represented that her former husband was better able to educate and support their child. IS GRANTED DIVORCE. Christina Haines was granted a divorce from Noah Haines, and also given the custody of their child, this morning by Judge Fox. The ground for divorce was abandonment. off in the eyes of the public, and to fchow how much they are able to spend. Many articles are not made by the producer for any living soul to use, but simply with the object of profit to the manufacturer. The desire in the way of economy Is to overcome competition, and the business is built up on advertising. Women reading nn ad buy certain soap and toilet articles, cot because these articles are known by them, but merelv because they have received the best display for years on the printed pages. "So it is with other things. If an advertisement stares the shopper In the face if only for an instant, surrender is complete, and the manufacturer has a customer. Women are too passive in their relations with the business world., and interfere only when the articles become too ugly or too much adulterated. Daintily gloved hands patted applause when Miss Breckinridge finished her lecture. There was a ruffle of skirts and laces as the eager young women made their way from the halL "I don't think we are such silly things as she said, do your inquired; one fair creature of her companion. "Unreasonable.' was the determined rejoinder. "Imagine ns girls baying things just because they were advertised. Oh, look at those hats across the street; aren't they pretty!1.

GRECIAN REBELS

L BATTLE LATE YESTERDAY Revolting Officers and Sailors Of the Torpedo Boats Engage Battleships and the Salamis Artillery. DURING ENGAGEMENT THE REBELS RETIRED Torpedo Flotilla Is Roaming About Ready to Renew the Fight Others May Join the Movement Against King. Athens. Oct. Salamis. where almost -J..- years ago. Themistoclej gained a memorable victory over the Persians was again yesterday the scene of a naval battle. The correspondent has just returned here from Scaramanga, where he witnessed twenty minutes of fighting yesterday afternoon between the field batteries and big warshius on the one aide and the mutinous band of naval offi cer which quitted the t-apHal on Wednesday, with torpedo boats, on the other. The first shots were fired soon after 4 o'clock, and a sharp exchange of shell followed. Some of the project! Ica struck the arsenal buildings, but the correspondent saw only one shell hit a torpedo boat the Sphendona. which immediately was enveloped in a cloud of smoke. Rebels Number 300 Men. During the action the torpedo boats gradually retired until they obtained the shelter of the headland, when the firing ceased. The rebel vessels, while the engagement was in progress. r- , turned the fire of the warships and field batteries, but apparently little d&mage was done on either side. The rebels were led by Lieut. Tibaldees. and are reported to have numbered men. Athens remained quiet last night, but much suppressed excitement prevails. An official statement has been Issued, stating that the arsenal, which was in the hands of the rebels, has been recaptured, and that the mutinous torpedo boats are exierted to suirender. Lieut, Tiballdos appears to have been actuated by bis disapproval of the tactics of the military league and the junior naval officers in consenting to negotiate a compromise of the ultimatum recently issued by the military league for the enactment of an ordinance suspending all promotion for five yearn and the abolition of the posts of rear admiral, vice admirals, and fifteen places of lesser rank. Leader in Last Revolt. Tibaldos took a prominent part In the military movement last August. Ho was the first officer to go to the ramp at Goudl. outside the rity, after the premier's refusal to receive a deputation of officers, and he subsequently was appointed commander of the rebel camp. At a meeting of the military league Thursday Tibaldos said: "I led the last revolt, and without me it would have failed. Now you abandon me, but I will carry out a second revolt single handed. The Military league's proclamation, disowning Tibaldos. who was in command of a flotilla of torpedo boats and submarines, and demanding the portfolio of minister of marine, ascribes his pretensions to madness and the influence of outsiders and threatens to have him court martial ed for treason. The league held a meeting late tonight to discuss what its attitude should be toward the naval officers who took part in today's fight- It is believed that the league is inclined to show them in1 Hnl n f Location of Mutineers Unknown. Meanwhile the position of the mutinous torpedo boats resembles that of the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkln. which mutinied in 1005 and fired on Odessa and then roamed the Black Sea for several weeks, and the government is apprehensive as to where it next wi'l hear of them. It is rumored that they have gone toward Crete, In the chamber of deputies this afternoon Premier Mavromichalis, after detailing the events of the day, said the government was determined to suppress the outbreak by force. Happily the movement was limited. The ministers, he said, were occupied in reforms in all branches of the administration and would not neglect the navy. Therefore the officers Impatience was unjustified. The premier added, however, that if the naval officers had been led astray they still bad time to rehabilitate themselves. Tibaldos Refuses Compromise. The following shows how the revolt had its origin. The government. In response to the demands of the naval officers for the suspension of promotions for fire years and the abolition of certain high naval posts had consented to introduce a navy purification bill, but It insisted that the bill must be absolutely impersonal and declared that it would flatly reject any proposals aimed at individual officers. The military league accepted this solution of the problem, bat UeaL Ti(Continned on Page Eight.)

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