Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 201, 27 May 1910 — Page 1

TOo Palladium Invitee BnveGtlgation of Ito Circulation It ITanto Kir. Advertiser to Knoiv THE RICHMOWB PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM. vol. xxxv. NO. 201. RICHMOND. IXD.. FRIDAY EVENING, 3IAY 27, 1910. SINGLE COPY, 9 CUNTS. STATE BUREAU OF FREE EMPLOYMENT A MARKED SUCCESS BALLINGEB FLAYED Picked English Soldiers Lined Streets Through Which Dead Monarch Passed BY GLAViS' LAWYER BEFORE COMMITTEE

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First Report Issued by State Statistician Gives Figures Showing Amount of Charitable Work Done.

FIND WORK FOR 150 PERSONS EACH MONTH First Three Months Trial Showed Value of the Institution Authorized by the Last Legislature. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, May 27. J. I. Pectz. tate statistician, who has charge of the free employment bureau which vu established under an act passed ly the last legislature, has issued a circular In which he sets forth the Vesults of the work of the bureau during October, November and December, 1909, the first three months of its existence. He points out that the bureau has been even a greater success than had been expected. Mr. Peetz says that the act which created the free employment bureau and placed it under the Jurisdiction of the statistician did not make any appropriation for the maintenance of the bureau, because no appropriation was needed. He says the bureau Is operated wita the same office force that was- in the office before it was established. "It was hoped," says Mr. Peetz, "that we might register as many as seventy five or one hundred applications a month for employment and locate at least one half of that number. In October we registered more than five hundred and found employment for more than two hundred. Since its establishment the bureau has found employment for an average or more than one hundred ana fifty person nranu, ana ue oniy ca&rgu made to the applicant for work is sufficient postage for the necessary correspondence, as is allowed by law, which usually amounts to from two to five cents. However, nearly one half of those for whom we secured em ployment did not have the money to pay even the small amount of postage, "And here the questions arises, 'What would have become of these people If the Indiana free employment bureau had not been in existence?' They would probably have been com pelled to either starve or beg on the streets or 'become objects of charit able institutions, or possibly steal, to provide bread , for ' starving ones at home. The fact that one-half of the applicants for whom employment was secured by the bureau were entirely destitute demonstrates the usefulness of and the necsslty for. this bureau, "No discrimination was made against those who were unable to pay the small fee for postage to the bur eau, but Instead every possible effort was made td secure work for them as 'soon as possible. . im - u m . - . lrue cnamy aoes not consist in giving a dollar, to the able bodied per son who needs, a dollar, but. Instead, it gives him an opportunity to earn a dollar. This is the only practical charity, the only sensible thing to do, the only kind of help that any honest unfortunate person could expect and the only kind that he Ss entitled to. Mr, Peetz figures that In the three months named 205 persons who applied for work were destitute and not able to pay the postage fees to the bureau. He says: "Suppose these 203 men, with their families, had been thrown upon the taxpayers for a period of only one month. The record of the charity organizations show that it requires an average of $3 per family per week to care for destitute families. Two hundred and five families at $3 a week for one month would mean an expense to the taxpayers of 12.636. "The Indiana free employment bur eau demands recognition as an instl tutlon which, from a standpoint of usefulness and beneficence, though it is In Its Infancy, and though it is com pelled, because of a lack of funds, to work against difficulties, stands In the front rank with the oldest and most Important state institutions The bulk of Its work Is done here in Indianapolis and Marlon county. However, the bureau has reached out into more than a score of counties as well as into other states. Our records chow that the bureau has done business In the counties of Boone. Cass, Clark, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Grant. Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Johnson. Kosciusko, Lagrange. Lake. Madison. Newton, Orange. Owen. Rush. Tipton. Vanderburg, Vigo and Wayne, and that we have furnished help for parties In Peoria, 111., Beaver, III, Lansing, Michigan and Fremont. Ohio. "The business men, manufacturers and farmers over the state are gradually , becoming acquainted with our bureau, and the number of workers asked for by individuals and Institutions varies from one to hundreds. All -who have had dealings with our bur(Continued on Page Three J

The funeral rortc.r;a turning into the Palace Yard at Westminster, the Hall was walled with soldiers as shown here during the removal of King country of the cortege.

FIGHT WAVES 10 SAVE LIVES OP r I Naval Officers Battle Against! Storm in Hopes of Rescuing Men Imprisoned in French Ship Pluvoise. ' DIVERS HEAR SOUNDS FROM SUNKEN VESSEL Wives and Children of Sailors on Ill-fated Submarine Line the Shore and Seek Lost Relatives. BULLETIN. Paris, May 27. Off icial announcement was made this afternoon that the submarine Pluvoise can not be raised for three days. All hope for the crew of twenty-seven has been abandoned. Calais, France, May 27. Braving death in every moment of their work, picked divers and wreckers are fighting today with the terrific forces of the ocean for the lives of twenty-seven officers and men entombed in the submarine Pluvoise at the bottom of the English channel. All night the best forces of the French navy department were put forth in behalf of those on board the tiny vessel which was sunk yesterday afternoon in a collision with the packet steamer Pas de Calais. At 5:30 o'clock this morning their efforts were rewarded. Rappings on the interior of the submarine were heard by the divers. Encouraged by this still more desperate efforts were put forth, for the rappings indicated that some if not all, of the men were still alive. . ' - Struggling against the terrific currents of the English channel, and baffled again and again by a long swell of tremendous force, a thousand men under the direction of the minister of marine, Admiral de la Payrere, maintained a heroic effort to lift the 4oO tons of dead weight, hoping that the imprisoned crew has survived. Throughout the night under the glare of searchlights the fight for the lives of the twenty-sevent were continued. Little could be done against the tides and curenta. Over the hull of the submarine there swept an undercurrent that time and again whisked the divers away, leaden boots and all, as they strove to reach the bottom. Some, however, succeeded. Their reward was the message of life under the sea. The officers of the flotilla about the

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Start Can v ass for New Members Young Men's Business Club Begins Campaign to Raise the Membership Roll to Five Hundred.

For the purpose of bringing the membership of the Young Men's Business club tip to 500, a systematic canvass of the city is to be begun at once by a special committee appointed for the purpose and every effort will be made to gain the. required number within a short ; time.' Fred LarhmazC Fred Krone and FUmore Rigfrs comprise the committee and in their solicitation of new , members will be assisted by everyone in the club. The original definition of the word young" stiy holds and every citizen

scene where the submarine was given its death blow by the paddles of the packet. Pas de Calais, dared allow themselves no hope in spite ot the divers' reports. Yet the work was pushed with might and main. In the ions night, it was no uncommon s'.ght to see old soadogs weeping a3 the Bea baffled the rescuers. As the day progressed without the accomplishment of tesults, this hope

against hope was slowly dimmed; by j noon few could admit that they yet ' had faith. Yet the work went on no ! less desperately. Through the night the scene was guarded by a circle of torpedo boat' destroyers. Today this was increas-' ed by the arrival of more torpedo boats from Dunkirk and dredges and wrecking machinery from Cherbourg. The rescue work was put under the direction of officers expert in the I handling of such tasks. The crack engineers of the navy were rushed from Paris. Every fathom ; of chain in Calais was. utilized, by. the .divers., before .. the navy equipment reached the spot. This morning it was declared that, if attempts to Talse the vessel continued to fail, she would be harnessed by chains to powerful tugs and warships and hauled toward shore. So strong was the current about the ship, that the heavy chains were waved about like cord. . Exhausted, the divers were hauled to the surface many times, only to tell of their failure at the moment when success seemed assured. The surface of the steel shell offered them little opportunity for the attachment of chains, and the links slipped off frequently when they seemed firmly attached. The divers were sent down in relays. In that terrible battle beneath the sea, human energy was exhausted speedily. Lying in 9 fathoms of water and in one of the worst spots in the channel, the Pluvoise offers a problem that has never before been presented to rescuers. The divers today reported that the eddies about the vessel and the currents . ricocheting from the shore had already begun to bury her with silt and the problem of raising her was becoming more serious hourly. All night throngs lined the shore, praying. At dawn a fringe of humanity extended along the coast for mile3. The town's water front and the shore beyond were crowded with thousands upon thousands of spectators today. In the tense strain many women became hysterical, some collapsing. Men made no pretense of hiding their tears. , As. occasionally, a boat from the Flotilla put into shore, the sailors were surrounded. Jveeping silent to hide their emotion, the seamen merely shook their heads to the showers of queries. Occasionally one would answer in monosyllables. There were many priests in the crowds. About each groups knelt, to be led In prayer. In the town, standing upon the farthest-extending pier there stood one slight girl who was the most pathetic figure in all the thousands. She was Marie LarnoL In the Pluvoise was her sweetheart, who lefther yesterday but a short time before the sub(Continued on Page Seven.) of Richmond who feels himself to be "young is eligible to membership. Officials of the organization state that so much has already been done through the cooperation of the club that with a membership of every business man in the city 'much : more could be accomplished for the good of luenmond and Wayne county. The canvass will not be an intermittent affair, but will continue steadily until the desired members are ob tained. Those seeking information are directed to address Fred Larhman, as committee chairman. . 4

route guarded by lines of picked troops. Edjard's body from tho Palace to the

ENCAMPMENT COMES HERE

Tcrro Haute, May 27. Richmond was victorious today when a vote was lancu in iuc vj. iv. it,, vuuveuiiuu uu the place to hold the next State En-1 campment of the organization, and in ! spite of the arguments put forward by i representatives from Evansville and i South Bend, the convention decided in favor of the Quaker City. TRIAL OF LEWIS Negro Who Murdered Another in April Granted Continuance of Qne Month. INSANITY MAY BE THE PLEA THE PRISONER STRUCK HIS VICTIM, ALBERT DICKEY, BLOW ON THE HEAD WITH A HEAVY SHOVEL. Wayne county's first murder trial since that of John Knapp, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1905 for the murder of Lennie Geisler, the Hagerstown marshal, promises to be that of William Lewis, colored, charged with the murder of Albert Dickey, colored, which was .yesterday set for trial June 27. The original trial date was next Tuesday but the defendant's counsel asked for !a continuance. Lewis has been confined in the county jail since early in April,, his arrest having been made when it was apparent that his victim could not live, after Dickey had been treated in Reid Memorial hospital for about a month. The defense for Lewis has not been positively announced and it Is probable it will not be made known until the trial is commenced. It has been intimated that insanity would be the defense however. The murderer has proved to be an ordinary prisoner in ; every respect. When he was told that Dickey died as a result of his attack, Lewis acted in a most hysterical manner. ' Since the attack of hysteria, has worn off, he has maintained calm composure. Dickey, it will be remembered was working in a ditch in the north part of the city early in March when Lewis seemingly without provocation crept up behind and struck him over the head with a shovel and . then proceeded to bury his victim. Dickey was removed to the hospital and later died from the effects of the injury. Daily Circulation Reports For the Palladium. Thursday, May 26th, 1910. IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND 3,322 TOTAL CIRCULATION For the Same Day of Value to Local Advertisers 5,824 Mr. Merchant, why take our word for ft? Demand to know what you are- getting for your money. The Palladium is going into 1,000 to 1,500 more homes than any other paper circulating in Richmond. Can I7e Prove It?

Practically the entire distance from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall where it lay in state. This is the first picture published in this

Observe Decoration Day Major Zimmerman this morning issued a proclamation calling upon the citizens of Richmond to decorate their homes and places of business and otherwise fittingly observe Decoration Day on next Monday. The text of the proclamation follows: PROCLAMATION. In veneration and honor for the services rendered this nation byx the soldiers of the Civil war. May 30 is set apart by national and state law as Memorial day. It is fitting that on this occasion citizens dispense with the routine of their regular business, as mach as possible and pay tribute to the soldiers dead. Special services of an appropriate character have been arranged for in this city, and each one can do but his small part by attending.. In this way hecan show In aretnHeegree hi 3 gratitude to the" preservers of the Union. , I therefore, call upon you to dec-r orate your homes and places of business; let the merchants and manufacturers join in making the occasion the universal success it so richly deserves. W. W. ZIMMERMAN, Mayor. Richmond, Indiana, May 27, 1910. FATHER CAN KEEP CHILD. In the role of Solomon, Judge Fox this morning in the circuit court refused to divide a three-year old baby girl between its divorced parents, but after listening to both sides of the case, , gave to the father. Harry Wilcox, permanent possession of the baby and told the mother that she would be allowed to visit it on occasions. Wilcox and his wife were divorced last February, the woman marrying Jacob E. Melling a week later. She begged to be granted the custody of the child during a part of the time, but Judge Fox feared that the couple would be unable to agree and hence decided in favor of the father. TO NAME NEW SECRETARY. The selection of a secretary for the Commercial club, to succeed E. M. Haas, who has been recommended for the postmastership by Congressman Barnard, was considered yesterday at a meeting of the board of directors. Several of the applicants for the position were in conference with the board but nothing has been made public. It is understood that Mr. Haas is to retain the secretaryship until he is commissioned as postmaster. Tag Day to Help

Richmond Women Will Tomorrow Solicit Fund to Aid State Children's Home Society.

Prospects are bright for a successful eelebration of "tag day tomorrow In this city for the benefit of the Children's Home society of Indiana, the money contributed to go towards paying for the new receiving home of the Hadley, Ind. "Taggers" will be stationed at various points throughout the; city, including the Westcott hotel, the Pennsylvania railroad station, the postoffice. the traction station, the O, CL & L. station, the corner of Eighth and Main streets, the court house and a number of other places, those taking part in the observation being prominent in the social and philanthropic life of the city. The Westcott hotel will be In charge of Mrs. Rudolph Leeds. As stated here recently the object of j the collection of funds for the Chil

NEW WERNLE HOME TO BE DEDICATED

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Dignitaries of the Lutheran Church from Three States . Will Be Present and Make Addresses. PUBLIC INVITED TO INSPECT BUILDINGS Occasion to Be Made a Fes tive One at the Institution Orphans Will Take Part in the Program. The dedication of the new Wernle Orphans' Home will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and an elabor ate program for the occasion has been prepared. An invitation is extended all who desire to attend the dedica tion and the board requests that a large crowd be present. The building will be open for inspection and the visitors will be shown through the new structure. The Rev. Feeger and visiting clergymen will deliver the principal addresses. The program fol lows: , Welcome address and DedicationRev. A. J. Feeger. Choral, Lobe den Herrn -Audience. Gebet Rev. C. F. Allwardt, Hamil ton, Ohio. Lied Waisenkinder. German Address Rev. C. C. Hein, Columbus, Ohio. " Chorlied Maennerchor, Dayton, O. English Address Rev. A. L. Nicklas, Ann Arbor. Mich. Chorlied Male Quartet, Columbus, Ohio. Segen Supt, F. W. Gahre. 2. P. M. Welcome Address Rev. J. Beck. Choral, Now Thank We All Audi ence. Prayer Rev. M. L. Baum. Dayton, Ohio. Song Orphan Children. Anthem Zion's Choir, Hamilton, O. English Address Rev. G. J. Troutmann, Clrcleville. O. . Anthem Male Quartet, Columbus, Ohio.'. : .. - German Address Rev. M. Doer mann. Blue Island, 111. ' Anthem Mixed Choir, Dayton, O. Song Orphan Children. Benediction Rev. H. L. Rldenour, New Lebanon, O. Homeless Tads dren's Aid society is to help pay for the new and enlarged headquarters o! the society lately purchased at Hadley, IndL, where the farm and buildings of the former Girls' Industrial school are located. In Indianapolis two weeks ago when tag day was observed for the same purpose, almost f 2,500 was raised. ' . e::.,-,v;-;;:-The society's object Is to place in Individual homes homeless and dependent children, the society acting as guardian to its wards until they become of age, and thus keeping an oversight of all those put Into Its care even when adopted Into families. Daring its existence it has placed over 1,400 children, 26 of whom have been received from Wayne , county. - The 'receiving home is merely-a temporary shelter for the society's wards until they can be placed in an, individual home.

Attorney Brandeis Delivers 'a

Scathing Denunciation of Head of Department of the Interior. EXONERATION EXPECTED IN MAJORITY REPORT Famous Investigation of Cabinet Officer Drawing to a Close Committee Will Probably Be Divided. (American News Service) Washington, May 27. In a scathing denunciation of Secretary Ballinger, of the department of the interior. At torney Brandeis, representing Louis R. Glavis, the ousted attache of that department, opened the arguments today before the congressional investigating committee. Each side will have five hours in which to sum up, then ma jority and minority reports will be sub mitted. In view of the result of votes on various questions arising during the long investigation just concluded. It is expected that Ballinger will be exonerated by the majority report. . Brandeis characterized Ballinger as "unethical, shifty, and lrresolute,M and altogether unsafe and unfit to guard' the people's interests. Brandeis declared the whole Inquiry centered on Ballinger; to his acts and his omissions evidence had been mainly directed and these must be the subject of severe criticism. ;Tne direct and ultimate issue requiring decision from the committee was: "Is the department of the interior in safe hands; have the conduct and associations oi Ballinger been such, are his character and his conceptions such that be may be safely continued as the trus tee or our vase pu Due aomainT ;"' " , That Ballinger does not meet the required tests, Brandeis maintained, had been conclusively established, and if this were true the department of the Interior should be under other guidance. That he was subject to far severer criticisms he firmly believed. Brandeis continued by giving a chronological resume of the Alaska coal land situation, and Glavis's connection with it. He laid particular stress upon the fact that Ballinger, as a commissioner of the general land office, was fully acquainted with It He pointed out that the Cunningham claimants are Ballinger's personal and political friends, powerful and Influential... . . "Was it a coincidence." he asked, "that investigation by Special Agent Jones in the summer of 1907 was stopped shortly after. Secretary Ballinger went to Seattle, just after the making of an agreement between the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate and the Cunningham claimants?" v : Brandeis then turned his attention to the charge of insubordination against Glavis because he had gone over the heads of his superiors in taking the case to the attorney general and afterwards to the president when he saw that the Interests of the public were about to be placed la jeopardy. He said there was higher loyalty than the loyalty which he owed to Secretary Ballinger, that ft was loyalty to the American people. The same was true of Stenographer Kerby. They had not taken an oath of loyalty to Secretary Ballinger, but to the government of the United States. Speaking of Kerby. Mr. Brandeis declared that he had spoken only when it became obvious that his superiors were seeking to conceal facta which the committee had asked for, and when it was apparent that truth could be gotten at In no other way. DIVORCE FROM EMBEZZLER On statutory grounds, Mrs. Henry D. Williamson was' granted a divorce by Judge Fox of the circuit court, this morning from ' her husband, who .'is now serving a two to fourteen year sentence In the Michigan City penitentiary for embezzlement. They were married at Covington, Ky., on January IS and within two months afterwards he was arrested and charged with the embezzlement of small sums in the collection of accounts for local merchants. He plead guilty to the charge. ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE, The fifty-second anniversary of the establishment of the lodge, and the annual roil call meeting, were held-last evening at the L O. O. F. hall by the Herman lodge of Odd Fellows. There was a large attendance of the membership and also- many letters were received from those who were unable to attend. The lodge is in an excellent condition, having a large membership and its financial condition being good. THE WEATHER. STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonfM. Saturday partly dowdy;