Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 119, 6 March 1910 — Page 1

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EICHMONB ' P AIX ABTUM T AND SUN-TEIGRAty. VOL. XXXV. NO. 119. RICHMOND, IND.f SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1910. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS.

STRIKERS IN BIG PARADE DEFY POLICE

Despite Orders Not to, Philadelphia Workers March Through City Hall Square in the Afternoon.

MAKES NEW RECORD

(American News Service) Paris, March 5. A new world's record for aeroplane's was established today at Morniel by Henry Farman, who in a machine of his own construction flew an hour and two minutes with two passengers. He maneuvered without trouble against a heavy

wind for the last quarter hour, the biplane being under perfect control.

A SCHOOL REPORT IS SUBMITTED BY SUPT. I A. MOTT

RIOTING TOOK PLACE AFTER THIS ACTION

And the Police Had to Work Desperately to Quell the Disorder Expect Big Turnout Monday.

CAR DRAGGED OFF TRACKS

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND PO

LICE, MOUNTED AND ON FOOT, HAD TO CHARGE THE RIOTERS

OTHER TROUBLES.

CLERK IS ARRESTED

(American News Service) Buffalo, N. Y., March 5. Ira E.

Griffin, money clerk in the office of

the Pacific Express company in this city, was arrested today. It is

claimed he is short $1,400 in his accounts. His home is at Cadillac, Mich.

EXPERTS WORKING

THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES' BOOKS

Shows That the Term Which Closed Last Month Was One of the most Successful in Recent Years.

Paris Now Resumes Normal Appearance

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INCREASE IS SHOWN IN THE ATTENDANCE

But as There Are Fifteen Townships in This County It Will be Several Days Before Finished.

(American New Service)

Philadelphia, March 5. Absolutely defying the orders of the police and the mayor, about 3,000 of the 6,000

striking car men and about twice that number of sympathizers this afternoon held a parade which marched aronud the city hall and then moved

upon Independence hall, the home of

the old Liberty bell.

Although there was no great vio

lence during the course of the parade itself, immediately after its breaking up there followed a series of attacks

upon cars which sent truckloads of

policemen racing toward half a dozen different sections. The worst riot was

at Twelfth and Walnut streets, right

in the heart of the city.

There the mob of 3,000 drove the

crew from "a car; beat them and a policeman who was on guard on the front platform, and then started to shove the car off the track. Half a hundred policemen and a squad of mounted men rushed to the scene. ' Calls Came Pouring In. No sooner was this disturbance

quelled than calls began to pour into the city hall from Kensington south

ward, and from distant points in

West Philadelphia. These continued until well into the evening and the total list of wounded, several of whom will die, will reach perhaps fifty

There were more than a hundred ar-

restB.

From all indications there will be a still greater number of "sympathy strikers" on the streets Monday. Naturally this being a half holiday there is no means of even approximating

the number of workmen who have

quit their posts. Monday will tell

Jhe tale. The building trades apparently suffered the most severely. A few operations which have been busy

all week showed signs of life today.

President Murphy of the Central

Labor Union, said tonight: "Wt are well satisfied. An unusual

v ly large number of non-unionists have

gone out, and the town will be sur

prised on Monday to find how tightly

it is tied up." '

Director of Public Safety Clay issued his nightly statement that there

had been no trouble and that he ex

pected none tomorrow. The situation

is bad as it eevr has been, with pros

pects or becoming worse.

HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO REVEAL RESULTS

In Nearly Every County Irregularities, Because of no Uniform System, Have Been Ferreted Out.

WHAT CARES RUSSIA?

Despite Protest of the World

She Will Try Venerable Patriots. (American News Service)

ot. Petersburg. March 5. Heedless of

the protests of the civilized world, the

Russian government announced today it will try Nicholas Tchaikowsky, the aged radical leader, behind closed

doors. ? Tchaikovsky was liberated some time ago when a petition was presented in his behalf signed by many Americans of world wide fame. His

trial will begin March 8 as will that of

the venerable Catherine Breshkovsa-

kau. Both are charged with being

members of the central revolutionary

organization.

GOMPERS IS SILENT

Chicago, March 5. Samuel Gompers

president of the American Federation

of Labor, arrived in Chicago today to

attend the meeting of the Chicago

Federation of Labor tomorrow. Mr

Gompers refused to discuss the object of his visit beyond saying that vital labor questions will be discussed today in a conference with the officers of the Chicago Federation and with Union

delegates at the meeting.

Mr. Gompers will return to Washing

ton Monday. He refused to discuss

the Philadelphia strike.

Messrs. Barrett and Weybright, field

examiners, sent to Wayne county by the. state board of accounts, have done a great deal of work In the three days they have been at their duties, but it will require considerable time for them

to go over" III detail, checfc up and final

ly compile their reports of the finances

of each of the fifteen townships in

Wayne county.

The examiners are on a straight sal

ary of $10 a day for each day actually

employed in field work and if the local operations can be taken as a fair average of the examiners over the state there is no "loafing" on the job. From

early morning until late in the afternoon the expert accountants now in Richmond are poring over the annual

reports of the trustees as filed in the

office of the auditor and in addition

the trustees' office books are to be gone over.

One Township at Time. One township is taken at a time and

receipts and expenditures for each of the various funds is gone into thoroughly. The examiners have no right

to make public any of their findings, their reports in their complete state to be forwarded to the state board from

whence comes the information that is to be given to the public.

It has been found in every county

where the examiners have been at work that irregularities have been nu

merous, due in a great deal, it is assert

ed, toythe fact that with no uniform

guide each trustee has interpreted the law as he sees fit. What the examination in Wayne county will disclose remains to be seen. It is understood the reports of the trustees for a period of five or six years past are to be gone over.

When the townships of the entire

state have received attention, which

likely will be before mid-summer, the

work in the county and city offices will

begin. Whether Messrs. Barrett and Weybright will remain here to go over the affairs of the county, or whether they will be succeeded by other exami

ners after the checking up of the townships is concluded, is not known. The field examiners are under the orders of the state board at all times and may be shifted at will.

Sickness Was Responsible for Much of the Absence During

the Past Term Some Statistics.

In many respects there was never a

more successful term in the Richmond

public schools, than that which ended

Feb. 11, and while the report of Su

perintendent T. A Mott which was

completed yesterday, does not give opportunity for comparison of last term

with corresponding terms of previous

years except in routine matters yet it is announced by Superintendent Mott that the term was one of the best in

the history of the local schools.

The report does not indicate the

proportion of pupils who passed in all

their studies; nor to what studies the majority of the failures were due, and other matters of this nature, which

would give the public an insight into the operation of the schools. But it covers the routine, in respect to the attendance, tardiness, interest taken

by the parents and necessity of pun-

ishment by either the teachers or the

superintendent. Mott is Well Pleased.

Superintendent Mott is well pleased

with the proportion of promotions. One noticeable result for the term

and one which the school authorities have been working for Js th decrease in time lost by tardiness. ' Despite the fact that the enrollment for the fall

term was. 100 in excess of the corresponding term of 190&-00, there were 161 fewer cases of tardiness during the

last term. During the term which

closed February 5, 1909, there were 2,-

530 cases of tardiness reported, while last term there were 2,369. The time lost in minutes last term by tardiness amounted to 15,093, while 16,189 minutes were lost during the corresponding term of 190WK). Sickness was responsible for much absence during the past term. The report shows that 9.(581 days were lost from this cause, while in the previous term, sickness caused a loss of 9,238 days. The number of cases of corporal punishment for the past term was 41, as against 28 for the term before. Seventy-five cases of truancy were reported, while in the term of 190809

only 59 urchins were caught playing "hookey." The number of visitors for last term shows a decrease of 172 over the term previous, the ratio being 1,642 against 1,814. The Total Enrollment.

The total general enrollment, ending in February, 1909, was 3.136, while for the term ending in February, 1910

the general enrollment totaled 3,296.

For the term just ending, 1.633 of the

total number were boys and 1.663

were girls. For the same term the

year previous the number of boys en

rolled was 1,600 and the number o! girls, 1,536. This year shows a gen

eral Increase over last of 146 pupils,

The average daily attendance for the

term ending last month was 2,775,

against 2,683 for the term ending Feb,

5, 1909, an increase of 92. Each year

has shown an increase in the total general enrollment and the following figures will show the relative increase for the terms ending in February, since 1904: in 1904, 2,997: 1003, 3.017; 1906, 3.080; 1907, 3,153; 1908, 3,126; 1909, 3,136; 1910, 3,296.

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BE ATTACKED BY REGULARS

This Program Decided on at)

Conference of President and! Congressmen, Smith, Hep-! Burn and McKinley..

INTO IOWA THE WAR

IS TO BE CARRIED

PIPER CASE ECHU COMES OVER WIRE FROM DOWN EAST

Dispatch From Danvers, Mass., Tells How That Old New England Town Was

Scandalized at Him.

ONE BANKRUPTCY IS

CHARGED UP TO HIM

And a Tale is Spun Showing

How the Man Stung

Friend of the Family for a

t Very Neat Bundle

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Stac? Out Insurgency There,

So it Cannot Spread Furth er," the Watchword of This Campaign.

THINK ACTION REQUIRED

STANOPAT REPUBLICANS BE.

LI EVE THAT WAR ON ALDRICHISM AND CANNONISM WOULD BE SUICIDE TO PARTY.

American Newi Servlc) Washington, March Ci. A conference

the object of which was to lay an axe

to the root of Insurgency, and carry

war against it into Iowa, was held this

afternoon at the White House. The

future of the president and his parti) was involved.

tray, nappy raris, nas neariy iui suuru no iui mm iuc nwua. i

ritv now looks but little the "worse forwear." The above views of the Hotel anion w wnuga

des Invalides and the Place de la Concorde, are evidences of this

FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING Each year simultaneously with spring, comes an increase in the use of Palladium Want Ads. The thrifty housewife, preparing for the spring house cleaning sees things to sell or trade about the house. What's the use of hating old furniture, carpets, stoves and things you no longer have use for when, by the simple method of putting a Want Ad in the Palladium, one can turn the undesirable into cash or trade it for something wanted. Palladium Want Ads cost only a penny a word and. 7 insertions for the price of five. Learn to read and use Palladium Want Ads it pays. Turn to page 7 now.. Your want may be there.

(Palladium Special)

Danvers, Mass., March 5.' George

M. Piper, formerly of Danvers, who was recently sentenced for a long

term in the Michigan City, Ind., peni

tentiary for embezzlement from the P.

& N. Lawn Mower company of Richmond, is said to have had not a few

victims in Danvers and vicinity. Mrs. Piper and their two beautiful daughters have been staying at the

Hotel Touraine in Boston from time to time, and on one of Piper's recent trips to visit them, he called on Earl P. Perkins of this town, who as a boy, knew Piper and had not learned of his machinations in the west. Fell An Easy Victim. Piper asked Mr. Perkins, according to the statement of the latter to do him the favor of. cashing a check for $250, as he had to rush to catch a train. He assured Mr. Perkins, who is employed in the National Security Bank that the check was genuine and would be honored promptly. Perkins had been very pleasantly entertained by the Piper faimly in Boston and was wholly unsuspicious. He granted the favor, endorsed the check, which was paid by the bank, and Mr. Perkins was out $250. Piper is also said to have worked on the credulity of a cousin of his wife, Mr. Choate of Boston, obtaining S250 in a similar manner. Little was known of Piper when he first came to Danvers, but he was found to be energetic, capable and popular to a considerable degree.

showing himself to be a shrewd business man. Harry Newhall of Dan

vers accepted him as a partner. No word against his Integrity had been heard from any source. The woman in the case, who was much referred to in Piper's doings In Indiana is known here, and before Piper left this town indications of a complication of this

kind were apparent.. Bankrupts a Business. Piper left town suddenly after bankrupting the hardware business which he conducted with Newhall. Stories printed in Indiana stated that Piper looted the firm to the tune of $6,000. This was never publicly charged In Danvers, but it was a matter of common knowledge that Piper was the man who brought about the failure of the business. Shortly after Piper left here reports came down from New Hampshire that he was Involved in a crooked deal there. Then the Danverites lost track of him until he put in an appearance lately, cutting a dashins swath. His arrest at Hartford and conviction in Indiana was noted with interest.

A PROMINENT ELK A DIVORCE CASE

For Second Time- Domestic Troubles of Ex-Grand Exalt

ed Ruler Cronk Are Aired

Before a Court.

QUITE SENSATIONAL

ARE CHARGES MADE

WOMAN FROM WHOM HE SEEKS

TO OBTAIN DIVORCE WAS WEDDED AFTER CRONK HAD DIVORCED HIS FIRST WIFE.

PROMDT MAIL

JUCEUUAIL

Oil DRUNK CHARGE

Ex-Senator Roscoe E. Kirkman Was Taken in Custody on Main St. in a Very Pitiful Condition.

HELD AT JAIL UNTIL CONDITION IMPROVED

About two thousand imported empty tj'amembert cheese boxes, bearing the names of well known French cheeses, were imported at New York on one steamship recently. Duty had to be paid on theprinted matter on their two thousand labels, and another duty on the imported boxes. According to a New York trade journal, these boxes are filled in New York state and sold as coming from abroad.

(American New Service) Omaha, Neb., March 5. George B. Cronk, former grand exalted ruler of the Elks," this afternoon filed suit for absolute divorce from his wife, Mrs. Cora Lathrop Patterson Cronk, making sensational charges against the woman, who was formerly the wife of Millionaire Patterson,- of Richmond, Virginia, a big tobacco manufacturer of that city. It is reported that if the decree is gained, Cronk will . remarry his first

wife, whom he forced to secure a di

vorce from him several years ago in

order that he might wed Mrs. Patter

son. The first Mrs. Cronk now re

sides at Los Angeles. Caused Scene on Train.

The present Mrs. Cronk came to

Omaha several years ago to secure a

divorce from Patterso4i. - This was granted and in the meantime. Cronk became infatuated with the divorce

6eeker. Mrs. Cronk discovered Mr,

Cronk and Mrs. Patterson on the same

train, en route for Chicago, -caused a scene and scratched Mrs. Patterson's

face. : Shortly afterwards she secured

a divorce, and - Mr. Cronk and Mrs. Patterson married, the former Mrs. Cronk going to California to live. Cronk - and ' his new wife disagreed from the beginning and have had numerous rows. The petition, recites: "In the absence of the plaintiff from home, Mrs. Cronk entertained a number of parties, both male and female, of bad reputation, in the home of the plaintiff.. -Next;-another charge of evil company is upreferred in connection with automobile rides with young society men of Omaha and the same allegation is made for the third item in the petition. r Still another count is that Mrs. Cronk some' time " ago threatened to kill her husband with a revolver, and yet another that Mrs. Cronk made an effort to have him barred from the Elks because of cruelty to his family.. '

Patrolman Menke, Who Made

The Arrest, Said That He Annoyed Young Woman Last Evening.

Covered with mud, . hat broken In, and an object of pity, Roscoe E. Kirkman an attorney, and former state senator from Wayne and Union counties, who achieved much publicity as a result of his successful efforts, while

floor leader of the senate, in the passage of the county local option law at

the special session of the Indiana leg

islature, in September, 1908, and also

by his efforts to defeat the attempt of the democrats to repeal the law, at the regular 1!X9 session, was arrested by Patrolman Menke Jast evening about

:.' o'clock, on the north side of Main

street between Sixth and Seventh

streets, and placed in the city jail on a

charge of public intoxication. He Had Plenty of Money.

While possessing sufficient money

to meet the ordinary cash bond requir

ed in the release of men. arrested for intoxication, the authorities refused to issue bond after the saloons closed and

until he, in their minds, was sober

enough to go to his home in West Rich

mond. Chief of Police I. A. Gormon said that while Mr. Kirkman 's position

was regretable, nevertheless, the de

partment would follow the same rule.

as is observed in the bonding of other

persons, less prominent, who are arrested for misdemeanor. Patrolman Menke stated, last even

ing following the arrest, that Mr. Kirkman annoyed a young woman, whose name he did not know. He said that his arrest was necessary and also stated that Mr. Kirkman was badly under the influence of liquor, as evfdtnel by

his appearance and his actions. He was walked to the jail. His ar

rest attracted much attention. It was the matter of much comment upon the

streets and especially In the saloons.

where be Is not especially popular, ow

ing to his activity in preventing the

repeal of the option law.

. A pitiful appeal was made - by Mr. Kirkman to Officer Menke. that he be

allowed to go to bis home, but the of

ficer was obfctinale. Kirkman will

must be destroyed, It was this one. Senator Cummins, leader of a class, which the administration dubs "malcontents' Instead of Insurgents. Is to be taught a lesson In his own state. He is to be taught that the principle of hostility to the administration will prevent- him -or - his friends carrying any districts in Iowa with antl-Tafllsna. i

" Personnel of Conference. The personnel of the conference wafl the president, W. B.McKlnley, chairman of republican congressional committee; W. I. Smith, a straight out administration man from Iowa and the famous Pete Hepburn, lately defeated as congressman from Iowa by a demo crat. , . ' It needs no sort of divination lo fore see that if the principles which Cummins is advocating In the senate are allowed to be vindicated, by the election of pro-Cummins, members of con

gress from Iowa, the end of things aa they exist will be in sight, or not very

far below the horizon.

Good, practical politics demands.

without any suggestion from the demo

crats, that Cumminsism sould be ex

tirpated, root and branch, and the pro cess of annihilation began today.

Trend of Republicanism. The whole trend of repubUcansn

ever since the insurgents showed their

heads in congress has been towards the crystalization of non-insurgent, straight-out republican doctrines. This

fact explains the current concert of action between the heads of the republic can party in congress and President Taft. Straightout republicans nay tha . to fight Cannon and Aid rich would be

to commit suicide, and most presidents1 desire a second term. .

The impressions which the country

has of the relations between President Taft and Speaker Cannon and Senator

Aldrich are fairly based on his public utterances and his public attitude, personal and otherwise, to the speaker.

and the high priest of the higher tariff.

If these relations are not what they

are to the public, there Aave been no

stories to the contrary printed.

So. then, if a successful fire Is blow a

up by Senator Cummins and his adherents in Iowa It will be hard to say the least, to stamp out in a great ex

panse of territory, with Iowa aa the

center of the blaze.

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(Special Cable from the International Newa Servtoe.) London. March 5. Dr. Frederick TJ. PurnivaU, the noted Shakespearean scholar, who recently celebrated his S6th- birthday by rowing a thirteen mile spin o ntbe Thames, is a wonderful octogenarian. Sculling is his only recreation, and he haa remained faithful to the sport since his Cambridge days. In 1&46 he built one of the first two narrow sculling-boaU in England. At Hammersmith Dr. FurniTall hasfounded a rowing -club for working girls and it was in a little procession of boats, beaded by an eight of girls,, that be rowed his birthday trip. The doctor has been a non-smoker and teetoaler all his life,, and a vegetarian for 25 years. His; goldea rule is that every man should keep up his athletics nntfl he takes to his death bed. Every man. be. any especially.

every cyclist, snowa go in tot sobjiing one of the best and cheapest, forms of exercise . , t

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