Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 14, 21 November 1909 — Page 1
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NO. 14. USia " RICHMOND, IXD., SUNDAY 3IORXIXG, NOVEMBER 21, 1909. f '. SINGLE COPY, CENTS.
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RESCUERS DISCOVER OVER ONE HUNDRED LIVING
IN THE WRECKED COAL
MNE
AT
CHERRY
LINOS
Nearly all of the Rescued Men, Prisoners In the Terrible Pit For One Week, Will Recover From the Effects of Their Ter
rible Experiences-To Keep From Starving to Death Unfortunate Men Even Ate the Oil From Their Lamps and the Leather in Their Caps.
EMBEZZLER HALL BOASTS HE WILL
NOT SEE PRISON
FOUND HUDDLED TOGETHER IN GROUPS
First of the Living Miners Found Were
Discovered After the Wall of Debris
Had Been Broken Down By the Heroic Efforts of the Rescue Corps-George
Stemic, One of the Rescued, On Reach
ing the Surface Yelled for Cigarette
'Makin's", Then Told His Story.
Was Frustrated in One At
tempt at Escape, But Apparently Is Not Discouraged By Failure of Plans. TRIED TO PRY OPEN A REGISTER AT JAIL
WILL ACCEPT NO EXCUSE FOR THE
HIGH HANDED ACT
Uncle Sam Thinks Two Execu
ted Americans Had Legitimate Right To Take Arms
Against Pres. Zelaya.
And Was Also Prepared to Attack the Sheriff With Iron Bar, But His Plot Was Reported by a "Pal"
(American News Service) Cherry. 1118., Nov. 20. More than 100 of the 256 or more men entombed last Saturday In the St. Paul mine were found alive this afternoon. The rescuers believe that the number of men alive in the mine may reach from 130 to 150. Forty-five men were found In the far south end of the second vein shortly after 2 o'clock. A few minutes later seventy-one men were found in a tunnel off the first vein. Nearly all of the men will recover entirely from the effects of their Imprisonment,-terrible as It was. When the news of the discovery of the live miners reached the surface. It spread like wild fire. The north of the mine was surrounded by frantic men, women and children and the soldier guards had to threaten violence to keep them in check. Huddled in Groups. When found, the miners were huddled together in groups and were flr6t thought to be dead, but several raised arms as signals of distress. The relief corps worked like demons to reach them. George Eddy, one of the stricken miners, managed to gasp, "For God's sake men, give us water. We are dying of thirst." When the first two men were brought to the surface and found to be in fairly good condition, the wildest excitement reigned, women and child
ren shrieking for joy. The first discovery was made when the wall of debris had been broken down. Make Heroic Efforts. When the men discovered they were imprisoned, they worked together in a heroic effort, walling up crevices, through which smoke was " pouring, and this proved their salvation. The rescued men managed to subsist on mule meat, but this supply was soon exhausted and they devoured their plugs of tobacco, leather bands out of their hats, and then bethought themselves of the oil in their lamps which they consumed sparingly. Their only water supply was the tricklings from the coal rifts. Up to four o'clock twenty-one had been rescued and the majority of them revived under stimulants and fresh air. Being imprisoned they lost all account of time and some figured it was Sunday. James Crescini was the firs man brought up. William Hinds was the second, then two others in a dying condition were brought. v Many Will Survive. They were quickly followed by additional victims, in better condition, and it Is thought most of the rescued men will survive. Telephone and telegraph messages were flashed to every town in the vicinity for physicians. Among those rescued was Tom Payson, postmaster of Cherry, who is also a miner. His condition is critical. A remarkable phase of the rescue was that many men fainted when they struck fresh air. Oxygen tanks were quickly brought Into play. During their imprisonment many men lost all hope, fearing that the efforts at rescuing them had been abandoned. Dr. Howe, in charge of the relief work, pronounced it the most remarkable recovery from a mine in history, and declared that no one believed a living soul would be found in the mine. Give Praise To God. Most of the rescued men showed their thanks to God and immediately inquired for home and loved ones, but others developed peculiar eccentricities. After describing their efforts for protection during imprisonment and subsequent subsistence, George Stemac, 21 years old, told a reporter that one more day would have meant death to half of the imprisoned men, who will be rescued. Stopping suddenly in his narrative, Stemac cried, '"For God's sake, somebody give me the makin's." He was supplied and with trembling fingers rolled a cigarette and puffed away with supreme delight. Continuing, he said: Tells His Experiences. "Piece by piece, in the first two days I ate the three slices of bread and butter, a piece of pie and two slices of meat, which had been in my dinner pail. After that I ate the leather off my mittens and the leather band out of my cap. I was nearly starving when I thought of the oil in my lamps. I believe it was this that really saved my life." ; Stemac was brought to the surface, staggering and rolling about like a drunken man, but he refused support. When first told of the good news many families begged their informants not to try to deceive them with cheerful news, but when assured that the information was authentic, nothing could stop them In their mad rush for the mouth of the mine.
RICHMOND MAN TELLS
ABOUT LEROY CANNON
Gives Insight of Life of the
Daring Adventurer and Tells
Of the Conditions in Unhap py Republic.
It is the boastful assertion of Earl T. Hall, the insurance agent, who was convicted of embezzlement on Thursday, in the Wayne circuit court
was sentenced to serve an
indeterminate term of from two to
fourteen years in the state prison at Michigan City, that he will never see the inside of the prison walls. This
bold declaration was made in con
fidence to a fellow prisoner in the
county jail, who allowed the secret
to leak out and it finally reached the ears of Sheriff Meredith. The sheriff
will take Hall to Michigan City Mon
day morning and states that be is
willing to wager that the prisoner's boastful threat will not be carried
out.
That Hall Is a desperate character however, is evidenced by his actions at the county jail during the past few days. One of the boldest and most
daring plans to escape that has ever been originated in the local Jail was unearthed by Sheriff Meredith and was discovered just in time to prevent the prisoner from making one of the most sensational of escapes. With a large iron bar secured from a seat in his cell, Hall broke loose the cement from around the big register in the jail assembly room. This register extends about six inches above the level of the floor. What Hi Plan Was. Hall planned wait until Turnkey Harris had ta. ill the prisoners out to work on the stone pile. It appears that one of the prison
ers at the jail had been consulting an attorney daily. It was Hall's intention to wait until Sheriff Meredith admitted the lawyer before he attempt
ed his escape. His plan was to
"soak" the sheriff over the "koko" with the iron bar when he turned his back, make a dash for the door and run out through the front entrance of
Meredith's house. If the way was blocked, however, and he found it im
possible to make his escape in that
manner, it was then his intention to
pull up the register, which he had previously pried loose, knock the pipe loose, and then drop through the
opening and make his escape via the
basement. Too Over Confident. Perhaps it was only Hall's over confidence in his fellow prisoners, in whom he had confided the secret, which prevented him from making his daring dash for liberty or carrying out his artful design. One ofe prisoners notified Meredith of the embez
zler's purpose and Hall was immediately placed in solitary confinement Even when placed in a separate cell, Hall exhibited unusual bravado and declared in an emphatic manner that he would never be placed behind the walls of the Michigan City prison. Meredith declares that if there is a repetition of the Frank Townsend escape, he will resign his position as sheriff of Wayne county.
HOLDERS OF BONDS
MAY HOT SUFFER BY THE DECISION
State Gravel Road Law Mix-up
Complicates Existing Con
tracts in All Parts of the State.
LONG DELAYS LIKELY FOR THE CONTRACTORS
Belief Prevails, However That Eventually All Will Come Out WellWhat Attorneys Think of the Matter.
A Tribute To King Corn It is with much pleasure the Palladium announces to Its readers in Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio that the approaching National Corn Show, held at Omaha, Neb.. December 6 to IS. will be especially well handled" by this paper. The Palladium has arranged with Mr. Joseph Helms, chairman for Wayne county at the great exhibition, to contribute articles of interest to
people in this section of the country, while the American News Service will furnish the Palladium five special articles on the educational
and most Interesting features of the exhibit. These articles will be
illustrated.
Corn growers in this section of the country are taking keen inter
est In the exhibit, and Mr. Helms states that Wayne county will be Quite well represented at the bis
show.
In the "corn belt" nothing is of more interest than corn, and the Palladium realizes this fact, hence its efforts to give Its readers the best of service on the great Omaha
show.
DES MOINES PLAII
A GREAT SUCCESS: A SUMMARY GIVEN
Lafayette Young, Prominent
Editor, Gives Convincing Arguments to Show Benefits Of New Method. ONCLUDING ARTICLE ON DES MOINES PLAN
(American News Service)
Washington, Nov. 20. It was said at the State Department today that the
claim of Zelaya's officials that Leon
ard Groce and LeRoy Cannon were ex
ecuted because they were laying dynamite mines in the attempt to destroy troop ships of Zelaya's army, will not avail as a defense for the shooting of the two Americans. Officials declare that the mining of a river or harbor in times of war against an enem is in accordance with the rules of civilized warfare. The protected cruiser Tacoma sailed today from Guatanamo, Cuba, for Cristobol. She will then be within easy striking distance of Nicaragua. The answer of the Nicaraguan government here to the letter of Secretary Knox has been received.
SEDGWICK KNEW CANNON. Richmond Man Talks on American Victim of Zelaya.
"I knew LeRoy Cannon and a more fearless and adventurous man would be hard to find," stated Isham Sedgwick, who recently returned from his plantation in Nicaragua, to a Palladium reporter.
Not long ago, Cannon, who was a soldier of fortune, got into trouble over smuggling in Nicaragua. As he was over six feet tall, weighing over two hundred pounds, and a perfect athlete, it took about fifteen of Zelaya's soldiers to arrest him. After he got out of the scrape he vowed he would get even with the Nicaraguan president and he evidently attempted to. After
he made his threat it was a foregone conclusion, in my mind, what would
happen to him if he ever again fell into
Zelaya's hands. Evidently my surmise was correct." "What do you think of this government's action in taking a hand in the Nicaraguan muddle?" Mr. Sedgwick was asked. Uncle Sam Must Act. "It is only a question of time before the United States will have to establish good government in that country and the sooner the better," he replied. "The United States stands sponsor for the Central and South American republics and the foreign governments will eventually demand that Uncle Sam enforce order down there a littla bit better than he has been doing. "Zelaya is a powerful character, shrewd and absolutely fearless, but I think his downfall is now certain. I have received no private advices from Nicaragua. It is unsafe to write there
at the present time, as every letter
is almost certahi to be opened by Zel
ayas agents. I am certain that no damage has been done to my planta
tion."
The decision of the Indiana Supreme court to the effect that the three
mile gravel road law is unconstitutional .has created such havoc throughout the state, that lawyers, county officers and the many thousand individu als who are holders of the bonds are in a quandary. On he face of the decision, it appears that the Supreme court In deciding that the law was unconstitu' tional, took no official cognizance of the bond phase of the question. The decision, however, unquestionably affects the validity of the bonds issued, and until the whole matter is run through the channels of the United
States courts, or through the legislative grist, here will be delays occasioned in realizing on all securities of this kind. There Is a Question.
In the minds of some of the most eminent attorneys in Indiana, there is no question but that the bond holders will be absolutely protected, and that
though there may be some delay caus
ed to all concerned, there will be no shifting of the responsibility that reposes townships of the state that have built the roads and of the counties that through their boards of commis
sioners, have issued the bonds.
Wayne county fare much better than
any county of equal size in the state.
There have been but two gravel roads built under the hree mile law and both are, completed. ... One . has been wholly paid for and there is but approximately $3,500 remaining unpaid
on the other. That is the Washington
township gravel road, and H. F. Burke
of New Castle, Is the contractor. Burke May Have to Wait.
It is not unlikely that Contractor Burke, though under the provisions of
the law, entitled to his money, will
have to abide his time for the money
due him, and wait until the tangle re
sulting from the Supreme court de
cision has been removed. It is likely
that there are two or three hundred
Richmond people who have made in
vestments in gravel road bonds, pur
chasing them through Indianapolis concerns that deal in them to a great extent. The bonds have sold a sbad below par in order that Investors
might realize more from them than on
other forms of municipal securities
The issues in most cases are p
cent bonds, but on the basis of sale
they net the investors 4.75 per cent
Not only have these securities ben
deemed gilt edged, but the state law permits them to be filed as security on bonds given by public depositories, and in some counties this has been
done.
According to information received
here yesterday, a meeting was hold yesterday at Indianapolis at which a
number of the attorneys who have been passing on the validity of gravel bond Issues were present. It is asserted that an effort will be made to have
the supreme court of Indiana grant a rehearing of the case. It also is a possibility that the General Assembly will be called in special session to
correct, if within its power, the de
fects that now exist in the statute.
FIND WOMAN GUILTY
(American News Service) Denver, CoL, Nov. 20. Mrs. Allen F. Reid was today found guilty of attempting to etort money from Mrs. Genevieve Phipps by threatening to
kill her with her dynamite. Mrs.
Reid has been on the verge of collapse since her trial opened.
FEAR FOR TOURISTS
Party of Americans Were on The Volcano When Eruption Started.
CONFER AT VATICAN
Rome, Nov. 20. A conference which is believed to have a bearing on the probable creation of more American cardinals was today held by the Pope and Cardinal Satolli. Cardinal Satolli believes that the west and middle west of the United States should be' given one or more cardinals. He is recovering from an attack of nephritis.
THE WEATHER. INDIANA Cloudy and colder Sunday.
II BALKAN CRISIS
MS STARTED BY
BIG MURDER PLOT
Death of Baron Mader, i
Prominent Austrian, Uncovered an Intrigue That Start les the Country.
VICTIM WAS KILLED
BY POISONED PILLS
t Is Pointed Out That in Order to Obtain the Des Moines Plan an Enabling Act Must Be Passed. -
NOTE: This article marks the conclusion of this series on the D Moines Plan. There are many other Interesting things which hav not been brought out and 0107 others which are doubt Iras not made entirely clear. However, as the series has already been expanded beyond the original intention, the writer will be glad to answer such specific questions as he has information en, as fully as time and space will permit. In making inquiries he will appreciate the courtesy of brevity and explicit-ness.
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FIGHT KNIFE DUEL
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 30. Egged on
by an elder brother, Peter and James
Greenwold fought a duel with pocket
knives this morning near George, la.
Both are in a serious condition
Peter, aged 15, sustained a deep gash in his neck, while James, aged 17. had his
head cut open for several inches. The brothers fought like young demons.
according to report, only desisting when blood, streaming from their
wounds, blinded them.
And the Lives of Several Im
portant Officials Were Im
periled Servians Blamed
For the Outrage. (American Ntwi Service)
Vienna, Nov. 20. A wholesale polit
ical murder plot. In which the lives of
several of the highest Austrian off! cers were imperil, and one was killed
was uncovered today by the death of
Baron Mader.
Excitement is Intense. The plot is
laid to Servians, and it was predicted today that the Balkan crisis had again
been set aflame.
Col. Baron Mader died today as the result of swallowing at pill containing deadly poison, sent to him through
the malls. Similar pills were sent to half a dozen other high military and civic officials. The pills were put up in the forms of samples and appeared
to be part of an advertising campaign for a new cure. Back of this was as threatening a political plot as ha been developed in years. The poison was sent only to foes of Servia. Make Examination. A laboratory examination of the pills, made immediately at the instigation of the foreign office, revealed the fact that they were filled with one of the most deadly poisons known. The effect of this drug is immediate. Baron Mader died in agony within a
very short time after he had sampled the pellets.
When the news of the plot became
public, a wave of excitement swept the public. Today meetings were organ
ized to denounce the Servians and it was asserted that the crisis would become so acute that the government
would have no alternative but to alter its policy in the Balkans to one more drastic. This would result in International complications and Russia and
Italy would be immediately involved
The recent pact made - between Czar
Nicholas and King Victor Emmanuel
for the preservation of peace In the near east is one of the most important
factors in the situation today. Secret Agents Efficient.
The pill sent to the Austrian officials were enclosed in letters that
bore the signature, ''Charles Francis
The most trustworthy secret agents of Austria were Immediately put on the case. The quick discovery of the
nature of the pellets, due to Baron Ma
der's death, probably saved the lives of
many of the country's leading men. A tiny bit of the subtle poison would be
sufficient to end life. In each pill was
enough to cause the death of a dozen
men.
RESCUE VESSELS ARRIVE
London, Nov. 20. Anxiety is felt
here today for a party of American tourists who were on Teneriffe, In the!
Canaries, when the volcanic eruptions of Mount La Salore3 threw the inhabitants into panic and did heavy damage. Reports received today say that the eruption has been renewed and a great stream of lava is flowing forth. There were American tourists and British invalids in the "heart of the district most affected. Pandemonium reigned In Oratavia valley, according to today's dispatches, when the eruption was at its greatest. The vessels sent to the rescue of the islanders arrived today and began the work of taking aboard the refugees.
who had fled to the coast, cut off
from the rest of the Island by streams of lava.
BUSINESS MEN SHOULD KNOW A successful business man watches his expenditures carefully and knows Just where every penny goes to. Then why should he not know the true condition of the circulation of Richmond newspapers?
The Palladium Is confident, from the size of its own circulation, by careful deductions, and by the thorough investigation by the members of its circulation department, that it has from 1.000 to L500 more subscribers than any other newspaper in Richmond.
The Palladium invites any individual merchant or a committee of merchants to examine its circulation, or it will pay the cost of an examination of its circulation by a competent circulation auditor, same to be selected by any committee of Richmond merchants.
Isn't that fair? Will the other newspapers be as fair with, the advertisers?
(By Carl Bernhardt.) In my previous articles I have tried
(however imperfectly I have succeed
ed to bring out. step by step, the real
ly significant things which the Des
Moines Plan means to the average man, who has never been very much
considered under the present scheme
of things except at election times. From this standpoint, I think I have proved that the Des Moines Plan Is eminently successful and practical Next, that Des Moines Is an average town. And that being true, that f the plan is successful there. It will apply with equal force to other American cities, where the same conditions are In force, which were present before tb-i change to the new form of government. I presented a truthful picture of what those conditions were, to show what the Des Moines Plan has overcome. This also Introduced the history and the need for the Des Moines Plan and Involved a discussion of the weaknesses of the old plan. . After this, came the arguments the contrast, which convinced Des Moines, as It convinced more than thirty other, cities, of the folly of the old form of government Then I endeavored to
give some idea of the actual workings of the Des Moines Plan and what has
been accomplished under It and by IK
In order to substantiate this, it was proved that the beneficial results ar not because of extraordinary men in office, but with average men. The
results are those that every American
city longs for.
The Cardinal Difference. Let me repeat, I went to Des Moines
prepared to be disappointed or to find
something which has not been mentloned In the glowing descriptions
which are current. I did not find
anything which is impractical. I
used as a basis of comparison the cltr
of Richmond. I found the conditions
parallel in many respects, 'and where the situations were not Identical, the
reason was obvious. I found that the men in office were below the average of Indiana cities." I found that the
work performed was several hundred per cent more effective. I found that the Des Moines citizen bad once less Interest in his' city government before.
than the citizen In Indiana cities has
under the present plan. But I found
that in Tm MnlnM nrtw vrv ltlen nf
whatever station in life. Is thoroughly awake to every act of the city government. The reason Is. that bavins' all the power, the citizen begins to take an Interest which he never had before and never will have under the
old plan. This is the most real and the cardinal difference I had almost said revolutionary result of the new system, called the Des Moines Plan. An Editor's Summary. Here Is what Lafayette Toting, the editor of The Des Moines Capital, ths largest paper In Iowa, says of the Dea Moines Plan: "One year after yon have adopted the new form of city government, you will wonder how yon ever submitted to
the old form so long. "Here are my views about the Plan: "1st I was an earnest supporter of the commission plan of city government. I advocated it In the Capital and made speeches night after night
"2nd I have had bo occasion to change my mind. I am more enthusiastic for the Des Moines Plan today than when it was adopted. "3rd I do not believe that a thoosand votes would be cast In this city to go back- to the old plan. la fact, such a thins Is not mentioned and Is never contemplated. "4th Our people know what is going on in the city government and they never did know before. - Publicity Is one of the distinctive featnrea of the
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