Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 99, 14 February 1910 — Page 1

HICHMOOTD PAIXABIXIM 'A AND SUN-TELEGRAM. vol. xxxv. no. w. RICiniOXD, IXD., 3IOXDAY EVENING. FEHKUAKY 14, 1010. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS,

IS ABSOLVED BY Special Investigators Today Submit Report, Alleging Charges Made by Evening Item Are Overdrawn. TEDITOR FOULKE WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT (Says He Will See That Practice of Beating Sick Inmates by Drunken Companions Is Eliminated. REPORT IS THOROUGH ONE AND IS CLEAR AND CONCLUSIVE THROUGHOUT NO ATTEMPT IS MADE BY COMMITTEE TO SUGGEST ANY REMEDIES. Finding that charges published in he Item, relative to alleged mismanagement of the county infirmary and the mistreatment of the inmates, were 'incredulous, the committee, including iGeorge H. Kggemeyer, Wilfred Jessup and John L. Rupe, appointed by the Itichmond newspapers and the county commissioners, made its report today. " The committee completely exonerates Superintendent Townsend and his assistants, but does not touch upon the charge of nepotism, which was made by the Item, following the appointment t the committee. The committee was appointed for 1he explicit purpose of investigating conditions at the county infirmary, as a, result of an article published in the Item Monday, January 31. Its report, therefore, covers only these points, but it is probable that some recommendations will be made by the commilttee. Just what changes will bo suggested are not known, but it is ijirobahle, they will relate to the care (of the sick, advising that better nursing service be rendered and a choicer isupply of food be given. Such recomjinendations, if made, will be by personal letters to the county commissioners, from the committee members. Statement by Foulke. Editorially, the Hon. William Dudley Foulke will answer the report of the committee. To the Palladium he made the following statement: "Before I retire from the newspaper business, if God spares my life and faculties, there are two or three things which I intend to see accomplished in this community I intend to eee to it that tubercular milk is no longer given to the infants of the city; that public situations and employments are no longer peddled out among relatives of public officials, as If they were personal spoils; that the oor creatures, the helpless and the eick at the county infirmary are no longer liable to be beaten at midnight by drunken companions, nor suffered to live upon food which is not fit to sustain or nourish them." The committee's report is as follows: Report of Committee. To the People of Wayne County: We, the committee selected to investigate conditions at the county infirmary, in view of the charges published in the Evening Item, have concluded the investigation and submit to the public the following as our report thereof. The investigation was conducted un- , dor the general direction of the commit tee, with the assistance of attorneys. Mr. Henry U. Johnson representing the Item newspaper and Robbins rind Robbins, the county commissioners. The committee heard all evidence offered except as to the charge of nepotism in the appointment of Mr. Townsend, a brother-in-law of one member of the board of commissioners, as superintendent, and the appointment of other relatives as employes of the institution. We did not feel that these matters were within the proper scope of our inquiries, and they were therefore excluded. Three Days at Infirmary. Our investigations were conducted practically entirely at the infirmary where, during the three days of our work, we had opportunity for personal inspection, communication with inmates and inquiry from all connected with the institution, and we availed ourselves freely of all these sources of Information. We do not find the conditions such as one would naturally expect from reading the Eveniug Item's published charges. We find no credible evidence, either in evidence produced before us. other statements or from our own inspection and examination, that the infirmary is not as cleanly kept ns is reasonably possible; nor have we found any substantial evidence or (Continued ou Page Se vea

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The famous inventor George Westinghouse, who has just finished the construction of a steam turbine that is expected to increase by a most appreciable percent the speed of battleships. It is expected that when the new invention is applied that it will make the American battleship as much superior to the present Dreadnaught class as the Dreadnaught herself is superior to all battleships that have preceded her. UE DEMANDS MORE DAMAGES FOR WIFE Wilson Smith Files a Second Suit Against T. H. I. & E. Traction Company. LOST HER COMPANIONSHIP AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THE CAMBRIDGE CITY MAN THINKS THAT $3,000 IS DUE HIM WON HIS FIRST CASE. Alleging that he has been deprived, and will be deprived forever of his wife's society, companionship and conjugal affection by reason of injuries sustained by her in alighting from a passenger interurban car in Cambridge City, July GO, 1909, Wilson Smith of that place, brought suit against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company for $3,X) damages in the circuit court this morning. This is the second damage suit in which the company has been defendant by reason of Mrs. Smith's injuries. Early in January Mrs. Smith was awarded damages for personal injuries in the sum of $1,300, half of the amount asked, by the petit jury of the present term of the Wayne circuit court. Mrs. Smith's injuries were very severe and some of them permanent. Mr. Smith avers that his wife's injuries continue to give her much pain. Also that it is necessary for help to be employed in the preparation of the meals and in doing the housework. Large medical bills have been paid by the plaintiff in the treatment of his wife's injuries. The plaintiff is represented by Attorneys Dodsou and Johnson. WARNING OE STORM Accompanied by a Cold Wave Predicted by the Weather Men Today. WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEK (Palladium Special) Washington. Feb. 14. In a special bulletin issued today the weather bureau says: During the present week a general storm followed by a cold wave will cross the United States. The storm will appear over the P;uifie states within the next two days, cross the Kot kies, plaius states and the central valleys during the middle days of the week, and reach the Atlantic seaboard by Friday. The cold wave promises to be severe. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Unsettled; partly tonight and Tuesday cloudy

STATE OFFICERS GAVE PROBERS A VALUABLE "TIP"

Told Sullivan, Ind., Men to Visit Richmond to Get Ideas on the Right Way to Govern Their City. ARE EXTREMELY GLAD THEY HEEDED ADVICE - ; . . j l-UrniSnea Oy MatlSIICS Dli- ,, . reaU and Mayor HOOVer and Clerk Schrader Pay This City Compliment. Mayor Hoover and City Clerk Schrader of Sullivan, Indiana, were in Richmond today securing ideas on how a city should be run and for the purpose of becoming familiar with the city form of government. The visitors stated that. Sullivan had recently graduated from the ranks of a town into a city and they were after new ideas. They declared that they wrote to Indianapolis for the purpose of ascertaining what city to visit to secure the best ideas in respect to municipal government, and were referred to Richmond by the officials in the statistics department in the capital city. Got Good Advice. The Sullivan officials state that they were told by Indianapolis authorities that Richmond was the best regulated city in Indiana and that Sullivan would do well to follow closely the example set by Richmond and make the "Panic Proof City" its precedent. It was stated that the morals of this city were cleaner than any other city in the state of similar size, and that the police and fire departments were of a high degree of efficiency. The visitors state that they felt well repaid by their visit here and secured much valuable information, which will be of benefit to them. Chief of Police Gormon stated that in his opinion Richmond was the best regulated city of .its size in the entire country. He declared that while he did not mean that wings were sprouting out of the town clock, he firmly believed that there was not another city in the United States of similar size where the moral standard was better than that of the Quaker City. "The fact that Richmond was referred to as an example for Sullivan to follow," he said "is a striking bit of evidence which tends to show residents of this city what a privilege it is to live in such a town." A POLICE REPORT IS NOW FINISHED Work of Local Department for 1909 Is Compiled for the State. OFFICERS HAD BUSY YEAR ED McNALLY WORKED AGAINST TIME TO COMPLETE REPORT BY FEB. 15TH TO SAVE CITY FINE BY THE STATE.

Day Sergeant Ed McNally has iusteaused a hemorrhage of the brain

completed the mammoth task of making out a complete report of the police department records for the year 1900, which will be sent to the Indiana Bureau of Statistics at Indianapolis. The statistics show several interesting features. There were 417 persons fined during the entire year. Of this number C2 were given a jail sentence in addition to the fine. Ono hundred and fifty-seven paid their fines, while 247 went to jail; S3 were acquitted; sentence was suspended on 43 and 8 were dismissed altogether. During the year there were 31S white men and 5 white women slated on the docket book for intoxication. On a similar charge there were 23 colored men and 1 colored woman who drew fines. Four hundred and nineteen of the number slated on the various charges of misdemeanors were white, 14 being women. The negro population contributed a total of 69 victims, of which 5 were women. It required some time to complete the report and was a big undertaking. In event the report is not sent to the Indiana Bureau of Statistics by the fifteenth of the month, a fine of $100 is imposed. LODGE TO CELEBRATE. The Centerville lodge. Knights of Pythias, will celebrate the anniversary of the founding of Pythian ism Friday evening. County Superintendent C. Y Jordan will deliver an address

TO HOLO MEETING

Members of Young Men's Business Club to Hold a Rally Tuesday. DIRECTORS MEET TONIGHT An important mooting will be held! by the Noting Men's Business Hub tomorrow evening in the city buildiug at 7::: o'clock. It is requested that all j members be present as several niatJ terd of considerable importance will j be discussed and a full attendance is 1 desired. The directors of the club will treat themselves to another dinner partv at ihe Westcott hotel this evening. This i is the second of a series of dinners to 1 be held by the directors and officers for the purpose of becoming more Closely associated in the work and af fording better opportunity for a better discussion f the affairs of the club which pertain to the interests of the city. it BiD" IS ACCEPTED The invitation of the Triumph lodge, Knights of Pythias to the degree team of the Oregon lodge. Knights of Pythias of Dayton, O., to visit this city early in April, has been accepted. The team will give an exhibition drill at the Coliseum, after which there will be a dance. The exact date for the exhibition has not been set, but it will be either April ! or 1.'. OCEAN UNRAVELS Body of Girl in Bali Gown Cast Up by the Waves at Atlantic City. HER ESCORT IS MISSING EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIAN SHOWS GIRL WAS EVIDENTLY KILLED AND DEATH BY DROWNING NOT CREDITED. Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 14. With her ball room gown frozen to her flesh the body of handsome eighteen-year-old Janet Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams, of this city, was cast up by the sea early Sunday morn-! ing and was found by a trolley crew of me Lxmgport service two miles below me cii.

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me giu ui:appearea mysteriously on n an anempi to maim or aestroy nuthe night of February 4, after attend-1 man life. iug a dance on the Million-Dollar Pier j The dynamite was exploded in a tent in company with W. M. Seyler, a mar-! occupied by Miss Smith and her baby

ried man. Left Last Monday. Seyler disappeared last Monday when he learned that Mrs. Adams, the girrs mother had a warrant issued for his j arrest, charging him with eloping with V.O- oj,-T Vr . . " her daughter.. He deserted a wife and I-.. , , , . iu luiiuieii, aim uie wne is now HI in bed from shock and fear, because of the accusation of the dead girl's mother that her husband was in some way responsible for the death of her daughter. There is a deep cavity over the girl's left eye, apparently made with a blunt instrument. When County Physician Souders tonight gave out the result of his autopsy he declared it to be his conviction that the blow was delivered by a second person with a blunt instrument. It which resulted in death. The body could not have been thrown overboard from the pier. Such are his deductions. No water was found in the lungs, and the drowning theory by an accidental fall from the pier is thus ruled out. She Wants a Probe. The mother of the girl who has been ill since the night of her daughter's disappearance, identified the body and insisted that she wanted the police to sift the mystery to the bottom. In the meantime the police have sent out a renewed call for the arrest of William Seyler, who was last in the company of the dead girl, and his brother, Arvis, neither of whom can be found.

The Seylers, the police say are want- j for two to fourteen years. Good beed to shed light on the last movements io? win probably mean his release

of the now dead girl. A POSTAL BANQUET Preparations for the annual banquet of the male employes of the post office at the did Fellows hall, Tuesday evening, February 22, at which time all sorts of fantastic stunts are gone through and fine lunches served, have been made. The program will include addresses by several local men and the guests of

the postal employes. The committee ) the circuit court by the wife, in which in charge of the affair is as follows:! she avers that the husband did not K. S. Mote. Oliver Hill. Clarence Fore-J provide. The marriage was solemnizman. Lawrence Handley and Willicd October S. 1907 and the to lived

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LEO 10 til ARREST Report of Probe Committee on Dynamite Outrage Is a Sensation. DOCTOR NOW IN CUSTODY (Palladium Special) Santa Rosa, Cal., Feb. 14. A sensational climax was reached in the investigation of a mysterious dynamite explosion at the Burke sanatarium which nearly resulted in the death of Luella Smith and her eleven months old baby ! when Dr. Willard P. Burke, head oft mat institution was piacea unaer ar - j rest cnarged with exploding dynamite outside the main building of the sanatarium. Miss Smith was painfully injured, while her baby was blown out of bed, but miraculously escaped with ! its life. It was at first supposed the woman . , j , had attempted to destroy her own life . ,, tv,. u . k... ,. auu Lit til jl 1 1 tuuu, uui lain ucici opments convinced the authorities that , a murder plot was responsible for the I explosion. ! The principal evidence against Dr. Burke is contained in a statement made by the Smith woman, in which she charges that last December a letter was written by an attendant in the sanatarium in which she predicted that I Dr. Burke would attempt to put the ! woman and their child out of the way ; by the use of dynamite to bide a family skeleton. This letter was sent to the district attorney and was preserved by him. Miss Smith has been in the sanatarium in the capacity of patient and nurse for more than a year. Dr. Burke has been released on ?:,- om bonds. He declares that the woman is insane. HE GOES TO PRISON Today Sheriff Linus Meredith took Frank Coffin, who plead guilty to a charge of embezzlement in the criminal court Saturday, to the penitentiary at T!Vi!qti rSftr Cntfin'a SAntone van in eighteen months. Mr. Coffin was an excellent salesman and by reason of his intelligence, it is probable that he will be given a clerical position. SHE WANTS DIVORCE Almost a trial marriage was that of Ida L. and Howard Morton of this city for, after six months of matrimony, the separation took place and this morning complaint was filed In

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T: .4 Otl WARPATH AGAIN After Taking a Decided Drop, River Seine Gets Surly Again. IT IS RETRACING ITS STEPS (American News Service Paris Feb. 14.-The Seine once more has retraced the path of its encroachnients on the city. After several fluc tuations, it continued to rise today, bringing further disasters. Today's rise was estimated at 8 inches early in the afternoon 1 Troops were rushed to the guai ae ia ee and Qual de -a Gare. to rebuild and strengthen the ramparts thrown up to check the river. Auteill was again flooded today, and in several other of the outer districts the waters were higher than they have been since the crest of the great flood. In the Place Trocadero today a great cave-in created a panic and threatened buildings. In other quarters similar accidents were imminent. The refugee centers have again been swelled. HIS PRECEDENT WILL CAUSE LEGAL STRIFE Justice Wright of the federal court of the District of Columbia, who has just established a precedent that may stir up all kind.-; of legislative and judicial strife. He has ordered the house committee on printing to appear before him and show cause why they should not award the contract for certain government supplies to a low bidder. The congressmen are incensed over what they think a usurpation of their authority. Justice Wripht is the man who sentenced Samuel Gompers to prison. - -

COAL FRAUD CASE COMMITTEE OIICE MORE IS WORKIIIG

When Session Was Resumed Today, Secretary Ballinger Was Represented by Two of His Attorneys. HAVE MADE A REVIEW OF GLAVIS EVIDENCE Before the Opening of the Meeting It Was Stated that the Committee Has Finished With Glavis. Ittlldiutn Sxi l! Washington. Feb. 1 1. The Ballinger Pint hot investigating committee re sumed its hearing this morning after a reeess of a week, to give what Senator Nelson, the chairman, has seen. fit to characterize as "the other side an inning. The "other side" is recognized as the Ilallinger end cf the controversy. When the investigation began the secretary of the interior, who, through liU letter to Senator Jones of Washington, has asked for an inquiry, disdained t ) apepar or be represented by counsel, but today for the first time, bis lawyers J. J. Vertress of Nashville, and Carl Has h of Helena. Mont., were on hand to cross-examine the witnesses for lb "prosecution, as those who are piesen ting the accusations against Secretary Ballinger have been called for the want of a better name. Study Glavis' Testimony. Messrs. Vertress and Itasca hav been spending the past ten days iu studying over the evidence given by Louis It. Glavis, the only witness to testify so far, and in familiarizing themselves with the documents and hibtory of the case. Their appearance has given the proceedings more of a iudicial asitect than thev have bad ; heretofore. Up to the present time. although all of the twelve members of the committee are lawyers, the rules of evidence have not been closely fol- : lowed, and there has been little or no M bearing uKn the subject of the inquiry'. Henceforth with "the other side to object and cross examine, it Is believed that the hearings will have more of the nature of a court trial with the members of the committee acting as judges and jury Conclude With Glavis. Before the session began tbe committee had decided to conclude with, L. R. Glavis and any witnesses he may bring forward to substantiate his statements or who may throw further light upon the action of the general land office with reference to the Alaskan coal claims, before It takes up that part of the investigation relating to Mr. Pinchot and his former assistants. Messrs. Price and Shaw, and the forestry service. Whether the committee will seek to probe affairs of the land office beyond tbe matter or the coal lands will depend very largely upon what additional testimony regarding the alleged misconduct of Mr. Ballinger is offered by Mr. Glavis or those who are associated with him. The scope of the committees authority Is broader and extends to all the doings of tbe land office, if it desires to exercise it. To Only One Subject. Mr. Glsvis's charges, however, have been confined entirely to this sabject and his testimony has touched only upon the matters entirely connected with these claims. If the Investigation is limited to the question of the coal claims it is probable that tbe Inquiry Into the affairs of the forestry service will also be limited to the part which Messrs. Pinchot. Price and Shaw took In assisting Mr. Glavis prepare bis case. Mr. Pinchot, however, bas intimated that be desired to go into tbe whole subject of conservatism as it Is dealt with by the land office and tbe forestry service. If this is done It will very materially broaden tbe work of the committee and may lead to still further developments than have thus far been brought to light. As Glavis's case Is confined to the coal land cases, it remains for Mr. Pinchot to go deeper into the question of conservation in order that the issue between bint and Mr. Ballinger may be thoroughly threshed out. HIT SKYLIGHT TODAY. IXJUisville. Frb. H. B-t bogs brought $9.1S here today, tbe highest price ev-r known. SOARING AT BUFFALO. Buffalo, Feb. 14. Hogs sold at nine-fifty here this morning. CHICAGO IS CHAMPION. Chicago, Feb. 14. The price of best bogs reached ten dollars here today.