Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 31, 10 December 1910 — Page 1

MONB PAIXAB11M AND SUN-TELEGRAM. vol. xxxvi. xo.:m. RICHMOND. 1XD.. SATURDAY KVEXIXti, DKCE3IBER 10, 1910. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS.

THE

BIG

TEN MINERS DEAD AND BIG ALBERTA

IE IS Six of the Rescued Men Are Dying and It Is Believed Fifty Missing Men Have Been Cremated. SOBBING WOMEN ARE SURROUNDING SHAFT Of the Seven Men Who Succeeded in Gstting to the Surface, Six Burned So Uadly They Will Die. Culgary, Alberta, Dec 10. Ten men re dead, six dying and nearly fifty others believed to buve been burned to death. In the Bellcvae mines of the Western Canada Collieries, which 1? a raging furnace, toduy us the result of mi explosion im hour after mid l:lsht. lie ores of mothers, wives and children are crowded, sobbing about tho mouth of the pit, hoping against hope that the flames haven't destroyed their loved ones. The rescuers made desperate att emit s to force a way through the burning shaft, but In vain. The tmoke and fire drove them to the surfe.ee almost as fast as they descended, and it is believed now that all tho jnen in the mine will have perished beforo the fires have been quenched. Seventy men were at work In the mine when the terrific explosion occurred. Seventeen of these rushed for the exits, but only seven succeeded In getting to the surface alive. The other ten, overcome by the smoke and beat, collapsed and died. Their bodies were taken out by rescuers who went down into the pit Immediately after the explosion. Town Is In a Panic. Of the seven who got to the surface, six are fatally burned and will die. 1 Tho little town of Bellevue Is In In a panic - Nearly ovegy one of the inhabitants has relatives or dear friends down In the bottom of the burning shaft. Several women had to be forcibly restrained when they attempted to light their way Into the pit to rescue their husbands and sweethearts. Until the fires are extinguished, however, nothing can be done to reach the entombed men. Experts declare they are dead already unless they have managed to And a way to the back passage of the pit. Whether they are held prisoners by barriers of coal and debris lossened by the explosion Is not known. The cause of the explosion is not known. The mine was considered safe from black damp and officials here are of the opinion that the blasting powder caused It. The Western Collieries company Is an American corporation, f nanced by capital from 8t. Paul and Minneapolis. Telegrams have been sent to the proprietors and they are now enroute here to lead in the relief work. IRELAIIDJS ROWDY Situation Getting Beyond Control Now. (American News Service) Belfast. Dec. 10. The political situation in Ireland is getting beyond the control of the authorities, Bomb throwintf has been resorted to, and as a resort to the use of dynamite in rioting which lasted through the night. John Watson, a private cltlsen. lies mortally wounded today and a half doxen policemen are suffering from injuries. . . .-. t RloUnff and flghUng between Or angemen and Nationalists which be gan with the polling In Ireland cul xnlnated In tferowlng of the bomb late last night during a meeting in Independent Orange hall. The building was nearly wrecked, all the windows being broken and one side nearly torn out Tho police made half a dozen arrests today and will hold the prisoners pending the result of Watson's injuries. The all-night rioting was the result of Independent Orange men voting the Irish Nationalist ticket. A great crowd surged about the hall after the outrage. The police charged the crowd trying to disperse it . but were beaten back.' Sticks and stones were thrown and threats of shooting were freely made. QUAKE SHOCK WAS REGISTERED TODAY (American News Service) Washington. Dec. - 10. Severe earthquake shocks, lasting from 4:04 a. m. to 7:09 a. m. more than three hours were recorded at . Georgetown university this morning. The seismograph shows the greatest vibrations between 5:23 and 5:34 o'clock. The disturbance Is estimated to have been from 7.00f to 8.000 miles from Washington, and of a violent character.

Ml

BURNING

Judge Baldwin

I ') XT" I V rxT J"t d&N 3 I . v y V tip " V i'h i " J&m

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, and Judge Mimeon E. Baldwin. Governor-Elect of Connecticut, who have been invited by the New Haven Chamber of Commerce, to attend their dinner on December 13. Mr. Roosevelt is to be the chief Biiest and speaker. Judge Baldwin has announced that he will not attend the dinner unless Mr. ttooaevelt makes a public apology to liini for his. attack during the recent campaign. The friends ofoth parties are trying to bring about a reconciliation and Col. Roosevelt has admitted that he is corresponding with Judge Baldwin.

A BIG CLASS FOR Will Be Initiated into Order Tonight, the New Ritual Being Exemplified. The exemplification of parts of, .the new ritual of the Modern Woodmen of America, which have not as yet been Incorporated In the work by the degree team of the local lodge, will feature the meeting this evening at the Pythian Temple at which sixteen candidates will be Initiated into the adoption degree. There will be large delegations here from Dayton and Indlanaplios, who as the guests of the local lodge will be entertained at a banquet following the lodge work. On Sunday they will attend the morning services at the First M. E. church with the local Modern Woodmen. For the most part the work of inltlaUon of the candidates will be by the Richmond degree team. Mr. R. W. Wynlngs, a deputy state organizer will, with a number of other assistants from Indianapolis, aid the local team In its work. All parts of. the new ritual will be exemplified and it is certain that it will be viewed with much interest by 'the local members and their guests. The candidates, include Lester Booker, C. M. Wiatt, H. W. Day, A. R. Thornton, O. O. Clevenger, E. W. Lens. V. C. McGuire, L. F. Miller, B. F. Wellbaum, B. Bohannon. A.. A. Roberts, R. M. Wiley,: W. S. Morris, M. A. Darnell, C. T. Wiley and William Brown. . Those of the visitors who remain in the city over Sunday will stay at the hotels and at. the homes of the members. The Rev. Radcliffe, pastor of the First M. E. church, has prepared a special service for the occasion and the Woodmen will have places , reserved' for them in the auditorium of the church. The Woodmen will assemble at the lodge rooms at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and march in a body to the church. A NERVY OPERATOR Wires for Help While Being Robbed. (American News Service) . t New York, Dee. 10. While a highwayman .was . holding him up today, Thomas Nolan, station agent and telegraph operator for the West Shore TL R. at lllghiands, N Y.. wired a report of the robbery to Weehawken. "The robber has told me to keep right on at work.r his message stated. "I am pretending that I am sending regular dispatches. He does not know what I am doing. Please send help quick." During the entire time that the highwayman was in the station Nolan was describing his movements. Operator Glelsner. who received the mess age at Weehawken, sent word to Corn wall, and a posse was dispatched, but before it arrived the robber had escaped. ' THE WEATHER STATAE AND LOCAL-Fair and colder tonight and Sunday.

MODERN

fOODMEN

Asks Roosevelt to Apologize

A LIE IS PASSED LAWYER WAS FINED Attorney Byram Robbins Became Provoked at a Witness Apologizes. "You're V.Har, cried Attorney Byram Robbins, leaping from hiscnair in. police court this morning, 'when Chatfleld Baker, prosecuting witness against David Brumley; held for alleged sale of liquor to a minor, declared, he had held no conversation with Elmer L. Smith in the county Jail in which he told Smith that he did not buy liquor at Brumley's saloon. The court assessed Attorney Hobbins a fine of $5 and costs for contempt, but afterwards remitted the fine when the attorney apologized. Mr. Robbins claimed he was much interested in the testimony and he was so provoked by Baker's alleged deliberate lie that he could not restrain himself. Was Found Guilty.. ' Following the testimony ' and argument lasting the entire morning. Mayor Zimmerman found Brumley guilty of selling a quart of whiskey to Chatfleld Baker, aged IS years, and fined Brumley $20 and costs. He was warned that a repetition of the offense would mean a jail sentence. Brumley, through his attorney, filed an appeal and placed a bond for. his appearance. Baker testified that he bought a quart of whiskey of Brumley, purchasing the liquor from the owner of the saloon ' personally. Brumley's place is on Fort .Wayne avenue. He said it-was purchased about two o'clock in .the afternoon. Attorney Robbins . brought witnesses to show that Brumley had not, left his home until after three o'clock. An empty bottle found in the Baker home on North Fifteenth street bore Brumley's label. ; ' When put on the standi Mrs. Tessie Baker, mother of the prosecuting witness, was asked ' by ' the prosecutor, who made up her family. Without hesitation Mrs. Baker declared "I raise hogs." - , A COUNTERFEITER WAS FOUND GUILTY (American News Service) New York. Dec. 10. After deliberating for 20 hours, a jury, before Judge Holt In the criminal branch of the United States circuit court today found Gulseppe Boscarino, an alleged member of the noted Lupo Morello counterfeiting gang, guilty of dealing in counterfeit money. - He was remanded i to the Tombs In the custody of Unjlted States Marshal Henkel until Monday for sentence. In the case of . Dominico Malone, jointly tried with Boscarino, the jury disagreed and Judge Holt remanded him to the Tombs in $2,500 bail to await a new trial. FILES HIS REPORT S. K. Morgan. . who was appointed receiver for receiving rents and property profits on the petition of Frank Htllman. in his suit on a claim against Louis Hallway and others, has filed his final report and has been discharged. The receiver's report shows that $108 was involved. He was appointed in October, 1909. . "

EEO BUG KILLER TAKEN BY WOMAN

Tries Suicide After Having Had a Quarrel with Her Husband, Today. Bed bug killer was used by Mrs. Al bert Bakr, of No. S.tho Worley build ing on Ft. Wayne avenue, In an attempt to commit suicide this afternoon. The act followed a quarrel with her husband, who left the bouse before she drank the drug. He said he was going to leave town. . Cries of the woman brought Mr. Violet Benning, a neighbor, to the scene, and the woman was carried into the fresh air. Patrolman Lawler immediately notified Coroner Bramkamp, as it was first believed the woman was dead. After a few minutes work she was brought to consciousness and then soon recovered. , It is claimed the family has be$n having much trouble. John Worley, who runs a clothing store just below the Baker home, heard Mr. and Mrs. Baker quarreling just before Baker left. He said it sounded as though Mrs. Baker were throwing plates at her husband. TO SUE FOR CLAIM Action to Be Taken by Fer- ' ret Lowe. Suit to mandate the payment of $118 commission -to former tax ferret Washington B. Lowe, on paid-in taxes on sequestered property which Lowe discovered when . an agent of the county, will be filed In the circuit court soon. The action will be against County Auditor ' Demas S. Coe, who refused to Issue a voucher to Lowe until he had had an order from the court. The suit will be friendly. If the court orders tho payment of the amount, it is '.. expected that in the adjudication Lowe will not be allowed the amount in full. The cause for this is that the ferret turned over to the county an assessment on a sequestered mortgage for an amount greater than the mortgage. Upon discovery of this error the county refunded $25 to the holder of the mortgage. Lowe, therefor will have deducted from his bill against the county 30 per cent of $25. Thirty per cent was the commission which be was allowed on all paid-in taxes on assessments discovered by him under the terms of his contract. Pdlsdima's Totd Dsily Average Circcbtlca . (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Dec. 3rd. 1910. City Orcslxtfea showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does . not include sample copies. St 525

OVER 90 MILLION

ERICAtiS BY REPORT TODAY Director Durand Issues Official Statement that U. S. Population, Without Colonies, 93,402,151. INDIANA IS NINTH IN STATE RANKING As Result of 20.9 Per Cent Increase, Various States Are Entitled to 59 More House Members. (American News Service) Washington, Dec. 10 The total population of the United States is 93,402,151, exclusive of the Philippine islands, showing an increase of 16,145,521, or 20.9 per cent. With the estimated figures for the Philippines, the total population of the United States and its possessions would be 101,100,000. The ranking of the first ten states follows: New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana and Geor gia. Kentucky ranks fourteenth. Additional representatives in congress will be distributed as follows: Alabama, 1; California, 4; Colorado, 1; Connecticut, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 4; Kansas, 1; Louisiana, 1; Massachusetts, 2; Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 1, Mississippi, 1; New Jersey, 3; New York, 9; North Carolina, 1; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 3; Oklahoma, 4; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 6; Texas, 4; Virginia, 4; West Virginia, 1; Wis consin, 1; Washington, 3. Total, 59. The population of Georgia is 2,609,11, an increase of 17.7 per cent. Wis consin has a population of 2,330,480, an increase of 12.7 per cent. Washington has 1,141,990, . an Increase of 120 per cent Montana has 376,033, an increase of 54.5 per cent. A statement containing an extended analysis of totals will be issued by the census bureau at 9 o'clock tonight for publication In the Sunday morning papers. The census bureau today dropped 120 employes from , its rolls and a further reduction -in "the force probably will be made next week. Director of Census Durand to day sent his report to the house of representatives. It was referred ' to the census committee, of which Representative Crumpacker of Indiana is chairman. The committee . held . a meeting and began preliminary work on the bill for reapportionment today. PLAIIS ARE MADE FOR DEDICATION Of the New High School Building, which Will Be Held Next Thursday. President F. J. McConnell of DePauw university has accepted the invitation to deliver the principal address on next Thursday evening, December 15, at the dedication of the new high school building. Wilfred Jessup will make a short address as representative of the alumni. S. S. Strattan, Jr., president of the school board, will preside at the meeting and make a short speech in behalf of the school board. The program for the evening probably will be announced on Monday. At the exercises in the afternoon only pupils of the Dublic schools' of the city will be Invited. In the even ing the exercises will be held for the public: It was necessary to make this arrangement in order, that the large crowd which will attend could be accommodated without overcrowding the auditotjum. Ous Hoelscher, a well known young attorney, will address the students in the afternoon. The Richmond high school orchestra will render several musical selections at both the afternoon and evening exercises. BABY GIRL COOKED BY BOILING WATER (American News Service) Washington, Ind., Dec. 10. With her doll clutched tightly in her arms Helen,; the two-year-old daughter of Carl Boger, today stumbled into a p of boiling water her mother had prepared for scrubbing purposes. Death followed in a few hours. The flesh was cooked from the shoulders to the knees. A STRIKE BREAKER THROWN IN RIVER (American Sen Service) Chicago, Dec 10. The police rescued Mandel Shotts, a strike breaker from the Chicago river where he had i been thrown by strike sympathizers j this morning. He was nearly dead ! from exposure, but may recover at jthe hospital.

SHOWN

A FAMOUS ACTRESS

BECOMES BARONESS Dedise Orme, the English actress, who, through the death of her hus band's father, the second Baron Churston, is one of the many stage favorites who have entered the ranks of the English Peerage. Miss Orme, the ouly daughter of Al fred Smither, married secretely on April 24, 1901, Captain John Yale-Bul-ler, the eldest son and heir of the Baron who has figured in several domestic sensations, found it out she sued Captain Yale-Buller for $25,000 for breach of promise. The suit went against the captain and bankrupted him, the judgment and expenses of the suit amounting it is said, to $250,000. Two years ago Denise Orme returned to the stage to provide for the family. She has two daughters and a son. ERS A 'BABY Shocking Crime Committed by a Girl. (American News Service) . Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 10. The police of Rochester today started a widespread search for a pretty 19-year-old girl who says she is Gertrude Enright of Kingston, Ontario, and who is said by the police to have dismembered the body of a baby, stuffing some of the parts in a drain pipe and burning others. The crime was discovered yesterday in the rooming house conducted by Mrs. Vandusen at 99 Broadway. An investigation to find what was clogging the bathroom drain pipe disclosed the arms, legs and trunk of the infant.'," - ' :" ' The Enright girl broke down and confessed as soon as the discovery was made, the police charge, although she disappeared before she could be taken into custody. Mrs. Vandusen told the" authorities today tliat the girl bad rented a room ffom her some time ago saying that she had come fronts Kingston. . "She was a handsome girl, not more than 19 and quiet and demure," . de clared Mrs. Vandusen. "I cannot be lieve that she could be responsible for .such a tragedy. The police allege that the girl probably carried the -daad Jbody otthe In fant into the house, is, Jbertng it with a razor. EIGHTY WERE HURT IN CALCUTTA RIOT (American News Service) Calcutta, India, Dec. 10.Eighty persons were Injured today in a con tinuation of the religious riots which started yesterday when 150 were wounded. Tbe native and English pc lice charged the rioters this morn ing, driving them from the streets and warning them to stay indoors in the native quarters. The riots are a result of a custom of Mohammedans to sacrifice cows during a religious ceremony known as the Bakrid festi val, which falls on Tuesday. The Hindus, to whom cows are sacred, attacked the " Mohammedans, rescuing several of the beasts from stables where , they were confined prior to being slaughtered. HARRY PENNY WILL MOVE TO COLORADO A farewell meeting to Harry, Penny who will leave in January for Colora do, was held at the meeting of WUtewater lodge, L O. O. F, last night Dr. Robert E. Newman, George Bishop, pt. L. M. Gentle, and I A. Handley; mstfe speeches, following which the ' third degree was conferred on Walter Leonard.

mm Jf im

A LARGE S

STOLEN FROM Modern Cracksmen with Electrically Operated Tools and Nitroglycerine, Get into a Big Safe. STAMPS AND MONEY TAKEN BY THIEVES Attempt to Gain Access to Inner Vault, Where Thousands Were Deposited, Is Foiled by Fright. TAKE HORSE AND RIG T1 From Livery Barn in Making Their Escape Fear of Being Tracked in Snow Is Credited to Crooks. Milton. Ind., Dec. 10. Officials of the Farmers' bank of this place this afternoon stated they were not prepared to make a statement as to the exact amount taken by the cracksmen who blew the safe this morning. Not more than $400 in gold and small change, it is believed was taken. It was learned today that about $300 worth of stamps, deposited for safe keeping by Postmaster Calloway was also taken by the robbers. The total amount of money in the inner vault, which the robbers unsuccessfully tried to get into has not 'been announced, but it is known, that, several thousand dollars was deposited therein,? ; At noon it was learned that the stol en horse and buggy had been found in a vacant barn at ConnersvUle. Tbe Xanowin are the officials of the bank: President, M.'Beeson; VicePresident, Mordeaci Doddridge; cashier, Oscar , Kerlin and Elmer Hurst of MHton, George Florea and . James Mount of ConnersvUle. Prof. Wood, superintendent of the local schools, bad some valuable papers In. the bank safe. They were blown to small bits by tbe nitroglycerine explosion. USED MODERN METHODS. Milton, Ind., Dec. 10. -Modern cracksmen, using the latest and most approved tools, perated by electricity. early this morning effected an entrance into the outer compartment of tbe big safe at the Farmers' bank, this place, securing between $300 and $400. which was in a tray. The robers used nitroglycerine on the Inner, burglar-proof door of the safe almost demolishing It, but departed before getting Into the innermost vault, where deposits. ' reserve, etc.. were kept. A second charge of the powerful explosive would have blown the inner door into small pieces. Various (opinions are offered why the cracksmen departed before applying the second charge to the stubborn burglar-proof door. Soma are of the opinion that the "yeggs" were afraid the noise of the explosion had aroused the townspeople, the others say the' crooks were afraid that if tliey remained in tho bank too long they could be easily trailed in the snow, which began to fall heavily about 1:30 o'clock. ' The cracksmen had no difficulty In making their escape, using a horse and buggy, stolen from tbe Frank Morris livery barn. The interior of the bank was badly wrecked by tbe explosion. : All neighboring towns have been notified of the - robbery and search parties are on tbe hunt for traces ot the escaping professionals. Discovery of Robbery. ' Discovery of the robbery was not made until about 6 o'clock this morning after the yeggmen had at least start of their pursuers. Officers of t'ae bank were notified and the institution was closed during the day until an investigation could be made by tbe officials, the insurance agent, and detectives who have been notified. The exact amount of the loss is not definitely known but is estimated at between $300 and $400 which was the money carried over after the Friday business and deposited on Friday night within the compartment between the outer and inner door and the burglar-proof inner door. , Those who claim to hare been awakened by the explosion say tbe report was not loud. Ko idea as to the number of yeggmen In the party could 'be given, although officers ben Iieve there were - at least three. No suspicious characters were seen In or around Milton or Cambridge City on Friday. . --- : - Fate has played a rather peculiar part In the. bank's existence. The heavy snow is 'generally believed to have prevented a complete looting of ; (Continued on Page Eight.)

MLTON

RANK

ft-