Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 104, 21 February 1911 — Page 1

VCdo tPaBtodlum Mao a Larger Gireulation Than All the Other Papers In Richmond

t: s RIOT B PAIX IUM AND SUN-TKLEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 104. 2 RICII3IOXD, IXD., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. COUNCIL TO PASS Reign of Terror on in Hayti BEVERIDGE MAKES ANOTHER ASSAULT Oil SEN. LORIMER MARY JANE WYLE BITTER CONTEST IS BEGUN TODAY IN LEGISLATURE A MAN SUSPECTED Of BRUTAL CRIME TO WARD OF COUNTY OVER 100 YEARS REGULATE GAS CO, AGAINST HIS WIFE

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At the Council Session Last Night, Subject of Making Official Tests of Gas and Meters Was Up.

MAYOR MAKES VERY DIRECT STATEMENT Says Employes of the Company Admitted to Him that Air Was Used with the Gas In Its Making. . The quality of gas furnished the Richmond public by the Light, Heat and Power company and the meters used In measurement will soon become subjected to official tests, if the attitudemanifested by the council and Mayor Zimmerman at the council meeting last evening continues. Interrupting Councilman II. H. Englobcrt. In a discussion of tho gas situation. Mayor Zimmerman made the statement that In. response to an Inquiry he had been told by attaches of tho company that air Is being pumped Into the gas and that a mistake in pumping too much was responsible for tho trouble In the service some time A resolution presented by Councilman Bnglcbert calling upon City Attorney Gardner to draw up an ordinance under the agreements of the franchise under which the company Is operating, providing for a test as to the quality of gns tho company Is furnishing anil tho testing of the meters to determine their accuracy, and Imposing penalties In caso of discrepancy, was passed unanimously. The resolution also provided that the ordinance be prepared In time for presentation at tho next council meeting In order to allow Immediate action. And Wind Is Free. - "I understand they have been pumping air ..Into the gas and giving the people wind and if that 4s so," declared Councilman Englebert, "we ought to go after them." Mayor Zimmerman voiced bit hearty approval of this sentiment, and council as a body seemed to be entirely behind the project. Thrro Is every Indication that council. In pursuance of tne Ideas expressed last evening, will pass the ordinance to be prepared by the city attorney, at the next meeting, and the people of Richmond will be given the opportunity of knowing how much and what kind of gas they are paying for. City Attorney Gardner will draw up tbo ordinance after the Indianapolis measuro which Imposes tho same restrictions on the gas companies of that olty. As the franchise of the Light. Heat and Power company specifics fifteen candle power gas as the quality to be furnished, but does not define what hall constitute that quality, the testing ordinance will no doubt set forth the Ingredients of fifteen candle power eas so that a standard may be estaMlthed upon which to base tho terf of quality.' The omission of any specifications In the local franchise was pointed out by the city attorney In explaining the Indianapolis measure which provides for tests to determine whether the quality (eighteen candfo power Is supplied there) Is up to the standard specifically prescribed in the ordinance. Von Peln Raises Point. Councilman Von Peln asked If the franchise of the company was open allowing them to charge any price for the gas. He was told that It was. and he then declared that If the testing ordinance was enacted, compelling the company to furnish better gas. the price may be raised higher and tho city would be no better off than before. Mayor Zimmerman suggested that Jn case the quality was round deficient or the tnctera Inaccurate a penalty might be Imposed requiring the company to furnish such a quality of gas at a stipulated price. Tho legality of aueh action will be Investigated. The question was brought to a focus by Councilman Englebert. lie stated there had been much complaint made about tho gas recently, and that a great many persons had told him that their gas bills during tho last month were almost double of what they had usually been. understand", said Mr. Englebert. ' that they have been pumping air Into the gas (here the mayor Interrupted to declare thct In response (Continued on Page Eight) Pnlkiiun's Total Daily Averse Circnlstion (Exeept Saturday) Including -Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Feb. 18. 19U. 5f75 City Circulation snowing et paid, newt stands and regular complimentary list does not Include sample copies.

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AMERICAN LEGATION PORT AU PRINCE. (American News Service)Washington, Feb. 21. Secretary of State Knox today told the" Haytien government not to inflict such severe punishment on revolutionists as to increase the present reign of terror. This action followed a report from Minister Furness detailing the execution of rebel leaders and followers. The American consulate is harboring many alarmed citizens.

POWERS ARE APPEALED TO. Port-au-Prince, Hayti, Feb. 21. -Foreign powers have been asked to intercede in Hayti and stop the slaughter of suspected revolutionists by President Slmon'g government. E. P. Murray, the British consul-general has asked England to intercede while residents who are here looking after American interests have asked Secretary Knox to protest.

A STIR IN COURT CAUSEDJ STARR Eyes Pop Forth When He Produces a Big Bundle of Railway Passes. -Pulling Jrom hlspocejtjl.unjclL5f railroad passes, good in almost any part of the United States, which must have numbered in the hundreds, II. C. Starr, vice president and general counsel of the C. & O. railway of Indiana, caused a commotion in the circuit court room on Tuesday morning when he exhibited the useful little pastboards. Eyes of attorneys, court jurors and attaches almost popped from their heads. Mr. Starr was the concluding witness for the railroad which remonstrated against the opening of South N street. He was examined for a short time on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday went on the stand for cross examination. He was asked to tell of tho relations between the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad and the I Chesapeake & Ohio railway of Indiana, which are closely allied. Mr. Starr produced the pack of ) passes from his pocket and rummaged over them until ho found those good on the Chesapeake & Ohio, and those issued by the Chesapeake & Ohio railway of Indiana, reading off the names Of the. two roads from the passes. The purpose In securing testimony on the names of the two roads was to prevent the possibility of pleadings being made with the wrong names inserted. . . The end of the case so far as the circuit court is concerned is now in sight. - Following Mr. Starr to the stand was .'Howard Smith, secretary and treasurer of the National Automatic Tool .works and yardmaster Clevenger in tho South Richmond 'yards. They were ordered to the stand by the petitioners for the opening to refute testimony which has been given previously. in. the .trial. .It w as generally believed that the evidence in rebuttal would be finished by the middle of the afternoon and that arguments would either begin immediately afterwards or on Wednesday morning. . No arrangements have been made for arguments. It Is regarded- a3 probable thut each side will be given either six or eight hours, tho time to be divided among the attorneys as they may determine among themselves. ENGLISH PREMIER HAS A VETO BILL (American News Service) London, Feb. 21. Premier Asquith Introduced his "veto bill" In the house of commons today. It provides when a bill Is rejected by the upper house in three successive sessions it shall become a law with royal assent. This virtually changes the long standing constitution. TEN WORKMEN WERE HURT BY EXPLOSION (American News Service) St. Louis, Feb. 21. Ten workmen were more or less seriously hurt and fifty thousand dollars damage resulted from an explosion at the Laclede gas reservoir this morning. . The cause f unknown.

WEST RICHMOND TO HAVE IIEWJACTORY

Contracting and Building Work Concern Incorporated by Local Men. One of the largest general contract ing and building work' firms in the state will be established in Richmond within a few days with the incorpor ation of the Miller, Kemper Company which has secured a site at the cor ner of North West Second street and the railroad and will commence the erection of a one story reinforced concrete building and . two lumber sheds this week. . The incorporators of the company will be Oren A. Miller, one of the prominent contractors of the city, now employing between 50 and 60 mens Edwin G. Kemper, who has been connected with the Elliott and Held Fence company for a number of years and Charles Shumaker, who has been with the Louck & Hill company for many years. The company is to be capitalized at $25,000. There is some outside capital interested in the company. These capitalists have been watching the progress of the city for some time and have been. waiting for an opportunity to organize . such a company. They made their proposition to the local men unsolicited. The purpose of the company is to engage in all kinds of contracting and building work, both of a business and residential nature. With a factory of its own It will' not 'be hampered by being- dependent on material or machine work.from outside sources, and will also be able to do job. work for other contractors. ' .No assistance was asked from any commercial organizations of the city either for securing the . site or for the erection of the building. - The concrete building will be 50 by 100 feet and the two lumber sheds will be 50 by" 200 feet. " The company expects to employ about 100 men. It is hoped to actively engage in business the first of March. For many years Mr. Miller has been one of the most prominent contractors in the city. J He built the new office building and factory of the Starr Piano company. and a number of other large buildings in Richmond. Mr. Shumaker will be in charge of the mechanical department of the factory. MILTON WOMAN IS CALLED SUDDENLY (Palladium Special) "Milton, Ind., Feb. 21. Soon after retiring on Monday evening at the home of her sister, Mrs. H. H. Heist of this place, Mrs. Mary St. Clair, aged 66. died suddenly at 11:20 o'clock from hemorrhage of the brain. She had been in good health up and until the time of retiring to her room. Her sister was attracted to the room by Mrs. St Clair's calls, but before a physician could be summoned she was dead. She had returned to Milton on Sunday from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. L. M. Gentle of Richmond. - One other daughter, Mrs. J. A. Brown of Milton, also survives. The funeral arrangements have not been announced, but burial will be in the cemetery near this place. - .-

Says Senate Is Greatest Parliamentary Body in the World and Members Must Be Untainted.

SPEAKER CANNON IS RESTORED TO POWER Gag Rule Yesterday Made It ' Necessary to Take Drastic Action to Get Many Bills Through. (American News Fervlce Washington, Feb. 21. The feature of the senate session today was Sen ator Beveridge's speech demanding the exclusion of Senator Lorimer be cause of bribery and corrupt practic es, through which his election was secured. It was really the closing of the case against Lorimer. The Senator from Indiana is one of the senate's popular orators and he had a large and distinguished audience today. The galleries were crowded and hun dreds stood in line vainly seeking ad mission. Senators were in their seats and many members of the houes came over to listen. Beveridge was in good form and his voice was excellent. Ho spoke without notes. , Beveridge said the senate was the greatest parlimentary body in the world; defined its daily duties and its powers and from that proceeded to show the necessity of purity in the election of its members. "In the Lor.imer case," he said, 'It is the integ rity of the election and not of the member which is at issue. Lorimer himself is not on trial. It has been said that the senate is on trial. I do not believe that. Rather it is our In stitutions which are qn trial." CANNON CZA AGAIN. Power Temporarily Restored to Speaker ad- Result Of Gatf Rule Washington, Feb. 21. Speaker Cannon was again installed as practi cal dictator of the house today as a resuH of the gag rule of yesterday, Rapid work , was done by the repre sentatives. The naval appropriation bill was taken up immediately upon con vening and the speaker announced unanimous consents were in order and within an hour a number of small bills were reported and passed by that proceedure. Among them were bills for the protection of game in Alaska: to provide a suitable memorial to the American Indian, and to establish' a biological station on the gulf coast of Florida. The house ways and means commit tee today unanimously voted against the "Canadian Customs . Compact measure introduced by Gaines of West Virginia. The bill was intended to obstruct the working of the Canadian reciprocity agreement. BEALLVIEW IS TO GET IIEWJACTORY Standard Veneer and Door Company Is to Have a Model Building. With plans drawn and arrangements completed in a sense, it is probable that a pew factory will be located in the Beallview addition this spring which will be known as the Standard' Veneer and Door company. Negotiations have been conducted by the South Side Imprpvement association for some time. Tuesday President Adolph Blickwedel of the association declared the only matter which was delaying closing these negotiations was the question of the opening South. X. street ... . The company is a new concern and the identity of the organizers is being kept a secret just at present. However, they include three well known local residents and two men from Dayton, all of whom are familiar with the business. If organized the capital stock of the company will be a hundred ' thousand dollars. The product wIK be veneered woodwork. It ' is planned to erect a building furnishing floor space for the employment of seventy-five men. According to the plans exhibited by Mr. BlickwedeL the building will be 200 feet long and 58 : feet wide," two stories In height and constructed out of brick and stone. The location asked for is on the C. & O. railway of Indiana, between M and N streets. In addition to the ground the company will ask a bonus of 510,000 which probably will be voted by the association, as the concern apparently will be a very good one. ; THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair and continued cold tonight and Wednes-

Strange Case of Woman at

County Infirmary, Estimated Age 115 Years, Still in Good Health. HER MIND A BLANK BUT A GOOD-RUNNER Woman and" Her Brother Found in Woods Near Hagerstown When the County Was Only Wilderness. In the person of Mary Jatie Wyle, estimated age 115 years, Wayne coun ty probably has the oldest pauper in the United States. This woman, still in excellent health, but with her mind an absolute blank, unable to speak a word, has been a ward of the county since she was about twelve years old. In other words the "star boarder" at the county infirmary has been a county charge since before the organi zation of the county as it now is. When nine years old Mary Jane and her brother were found wandering about the woods near a settlement, now Hagerstown. , Taken in by the early settlers, she and her brother were reared by them for a few years. After her brother's death Mary Jane was the first inmate to be admitted to the first county infirmary, which was located at Hagerstown. ' Since 1804 she has been a charitable patient. It is believed the woman was feeble minded from birth. v Her Mind a Blank. Today Mary Jane's mind is a blank. The" only things she takes any interest in are two small bones, black with age, which are, so far as the authorities knowaaold as she Is, This wo-, man with the head of a man, has never uttered a word, or in fact a sound, other than a low guttural noise, much like the. low growl of a dog. When visited Mary Jane, who is kept in a room with Josephine Allen, a woman of weak mind, was seated at her table with her. elbows resting on it and from one hand to the other Bhe continuously shifted and transferred the two bones, stopping intermittently to .. cross them and go through some other peculiar motions. Until disturbed she paid no heed to her visitors, but then grasped the playthings in her hands tightly, and sinking her hands in the folds of her dress put them between her knees and pressed them as close together as pos sible. She was dressed in a black calico Mother Hubbard. The attendant said she needed no assistance except in dressing, eating without help, and attending to her other small wnts as they may arise. ' Was Found in 1804. So far as the records show, the woman has been an inmate of the infirmary since its organization.' She first was at the Hagerstown institution, but was removed from there to Centerville in 1844 when the change in the location of the county asylum was made. Each succeeding superintendent and matron of the place has handed to their successors all that is known about the strange woman. The story that she and her brother were found in 1804 and taken care of by settlers has been accepted by all without question. Two reasons are assigned, and both accepted as plausible for explaining her appearance at the settlement. One is that Indians captured her and the boy in a raid on a pioneer's settlement, and that they, probably becoming frightened over the weak mentality of the girl, either deserted them near the settlement, or the boy and girl were permitted to wander away from the Indian camp. The other, is that pioneers, probably of the roughest character, tired of attempting to support the children, deserted them, and that starvation and exposure affected their minds. The boy, so the story goes, died when young. The woman, however, has always been exceptionally healthy. So far as known she has never been ill a day in the past hundred and six years. She now is strong in body and walks about, when forced to go out for an airing, without the assistance of anyone. When out. she has to be .watched continuously in order that she will not attempt to run away as she did a few years ago, when she was over a hundred years old. Then she proved fleeter than the guards and was not captured until she was near Hagerstown. for which place, for, some unaccountable reason, possibly intuition, she' made as fast as she could travel. v Mary Jane's head, which is , kept closely cropped, resembles that of a man more than that of a woman. Her face is not wrinkled as might be existed of one of her age. Her hair, what little she is allowed to have, is only slightly sprinkled with gray.

House Committee Reports . Out Proctor ' Regulation Bill So Amended Its Father Was Shocked.

HE SAYS BREWERIES ALTER THE MEASURE Republican Minority Is Also Split Up Over the Bill and a Lovely Mixup Is Now in Sight. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Feb. 21. What prom ises to be the bitterest fight of, the session and which may clog ali bus iness in the house started Tuesday when the house committee upon public morals brought in a majority re port signed by all the Democratic members greatly amending Proctor's regulative and restrictive bill. The revision is downward in all cases and Is said to be perfectly satisfactory to the brewery ; interests of the state. Representatives Seidcnstlcker and Wise will lead the fight in behalf of the report, while ; Representatives Merriman and McGinis, Democrats from dry territory will lead a fight to have the amendments made by the housec ommittee eliminated, and the bill restored to the form in which it left the senate. , The Republicans are divided and will probably add to the gaiety of the affair by standing on the outside and throwing rocks at every proposition In the hopes ofc getting the Democrats even worse divided than they are now although that seems im probable. So bitter is the fight in its initial stages that Senators Proc tor and ; Fleming spent a great porl tion -of .the -day Tuesday on the bouse side getting their forces lined up for the fight and Proctor announced that if the house cut the ; license fee and lowered the limitation mark there would be no regulative and. restrictive liquor legislation this session as he would either withdraw the bill from consideration or kill it when it. comes back to the senate for approval of the house amendments. Proctor as serts the brewery interests are playing a two-faced game and that he will not be a party to it nor suffer his measure to be a plaything in their hands. Shows Hand of the Breweries. He claims the amendments Written into his bill by the house committee were written by the brewery Interests. The house committee is equally positive that Proctor is laboring under great mental excitement. It says the house is anxious to pass some kind of a regulatory measure but not one as severe as Proctor's, and in order to get any bill passed there had to be some "tapering off of the Proctor bill. The measure governing the sale of liquor was reported out of the house committee upon public morals Tuesday, in such an altered shape that its author scarcely recognized it, although he put nearly all the day in the house trying to find some marks of identification. The limitation of saloons had been changed to one for each 500 population instead of one thousand. The license fee had been lowered and Instead of $750 and $500, as provided in the bill as it left the senate. There is a provision made in the bouse amendments for a graduated license fee. Cities of the first and second class to pay $500; cities of the third, fourth and fifth classes to pay $400; towns to pay $350; saloons in townships to pay $250. To School Fund. Another provision written in - the bill is that the license fee must go into the county school funds, which gives the dry townships the benefit of the licenses collected. Another provision makes it necessary for the applicant for a license to prove that he is either the absolute and sole owner of the building in which he is to operate the saloon or the sole lessee of the property. " No man can get a license who i s not naturali zed unless he shall have resided in the county ten years. The applicant for a license must prove he has not been convicted twice daring the four years Immediately preceding his application of any violation of , the liquor law. This is made for the benefit of the. dry territory where saloons may not have existed for two years. That the fight in the house over this bill will be even more severe than it was in the senate there is not the least doubt and there is grave doubt of its ever getting through the house in any satisfactory form. The rumor that the Republican minority will propose and vote solidly for a $1,000 license fee is not true as there are some Republicans who are as much against a high license as the Democrats. Neither party is a unit on the fcilL The Democrats refused .(Continued on Page Six.).

Prosecutor Investigates the

Charge that Wf E. Perry Denuded Wife and Allowed Dog to Attack Her. ACCUSED NOW HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE It Is Probable that a More Serious Charge Will Be Placed Against Him in the Circuit Court. . 'Held on a charge of assault and bat tery on his wife. W. K. Perry, a laborer, is accused bytthe woman's father, Charles Rlecker, 1023 North Eleventh street, of having stripped her threadbare and then set a hound upon her. Perry was arraigned in police court today, but more serious charges . will probably be filed against the man In circuit court. , x . , In a sworn statement to Prosecutor Charles E. Ladd, the woman verified -the statement of her father, made this . ' morning. In addition she told Ladd a story of ; beating,11' cruelty and ' abuse, : the like of which hasjprobabiy never -before come to the attention of the Wayne county authorities. . . - Although not insane, . Perry is - said uy uie woman s retauves to oe ainiost a maniac when angry. I. Both man and wife are, under thirty years old. They have been married several years and have one child, a girl. Perry's maltreatment of his wife, is alleged by Rlccker to have begun soon after their marriage. Story of the Assault. Last Saturday night, when Mrs. Per : ry came home from doing the Sunday -buying, Perry waa waiting for nr, According to the statement, made to" Prosecutor Ladd. - He demanded; to know, what she had purchased and finding that she had spent thirty cents for an article of wearing apparel for the child he became enraged, it is stated. "Take off every stitch of your clothes,", be commanded her, applying ; some cqffs and blows to make his demand more emphatic, Prosecutor Ladd says. ?V":';. - Terrified the woman removed her 5 clothing, and then according to Attorney Ladd, the woman told him her husband then permitted a dog to attack her. She said she was injured only slightly by the animal. When Perry's anger was appeased he left the house, on North Seventeenth street. The , woman then Hed to her father's home, where she has been since the latest attack. V Prosecutor Ladd questioned the wo man closely for several hours yester day afternoon and drew from her tales of numerous cruelties that were heinous and revolting in character. Stories told by the woman and her father, show that on one occasion last summer, Perry came home in a rage and, grabbing a heavy piece of crockery had hurled it at his wife, striking her on the side.' A permanent Injury which physicians have been unable to ' cure, was inflicted. It is stated. mi o. ini; luiu uic yi WCGUiVl IUMS ' she had been, stripped of her cloth ing at other times and while node had been beaten by the man with boards; his fists and other weapons. The lit tie girl bad been present on several of these occasions she told the prosecutor. . s , The prosecutor has not determined what charge will be field against Per ry in circuit court, but he believes in case the woman's story can be drawn from her on the witness stand, lie would be able to send Perry to the . penitentiary for a long term. . , When arraigned on tue affidavit made by his father-in-law, Perry entered a pica of not guilty, and asked for time to secure an attorney.'." Theassault and battery case is set for Friwill continue . bis investigations, and it is possible that ! he , will . never be tried on this charse. The Perry home is p. litle two-room cd shanty near the river on North , Seventeenth street, one of the most desolate .sections of the county. It is surrounded r by a 1 few scrub wiliu.tB.iui.ut; uuiui vi in mutt in ; the winter, and hard dry ground, without a sign of grass or flowers. In the summer., WILL INVESTIGATE LOCAL PHYSICIAN (Palladium Special) ' . Indianapolis, ' Feb. 21. Governor Marshall has set March 15 as tne date for the hearing of charges filed against Dr. S. G Smelser of Richmond whom the school of regular physicians of the state is trying to, have ousted from the state board ' of medical examination and : registration. . The charges filed set out that the physician is incompetent to sit as a member of the board.

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