Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 176, 4 May 1911 — Page 1

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Mrs. Kate Scott of This City, Seeking Honor at State Meeting Here, Has Opposition Locally.

SONS OF VETERANS WILL HAVE CONTEST Fight for Presidency of State Organization Will Be Hot One Decorations Arrive in City. Trouble seems to be brewing In the local post of the Women's Relief corps over the action of Mrs. Kate Scott In announcing herself as a candidate for the presidency of the Indiana department of the organization at the election to take place at the state convention which will be held In Richmond, May 17, 18 and 19 In conjunction with the state encampments of the O. A. It., 8oni of Veterans and other patriotic organizations. An attempt by a woman living In the city where the convention Is to be held to run for the highest office In the department, such as is said to be the Intention of Mrs. Scott, is something entirely without precedent in the history of the Indiana department of the W. It. C. Mrs. Scott Is reported as never having brought the matter of her candidacy before any meeting of the local post, or to have asked for Its Indorsement. It Is alleged that she has made public ber Intention of running for the office through the state department and without ever having consulted with local officers of the organization. he Has Opposition. A good portion of the membership of the Richmond post Is declared not to be In sympathy with Mrs. Scott's aspirations and It has been reported from several sources that her action will cause serious trouble in the local post There was great probability that Mrs. Scott's candidacy would come up for consideration at the meeting of the post this afternoon and a lively discussion was anticipated. Other members of the organisation who have announced themselves as candidates for the presidency are Mrs. Beulah Frasler of Warsaw, Mrs. Stella Huffman of Hartford City, and Mrs. Nora Hartley of Bedford. A close and exciting contest Is expected. At the last meeting of the General William P. Benson camp of Sons of Veterans of this city, William H. Hansche, one of the most prominent members of the camp, was selected for the office of senior vice commander, which It Is the custom of the order to confer upon some member designated by the camp In the city where the convention Is held as a matter of courtesy. Mr. Hansche has long been a member of the local camp and his selection comes in recognition of bis faithful and efficient services. The same office is conferred in a like manner by the O. A. R., and John P. Davenport was chosen some time ago by the Sol Meredith post as the recipient Jor the honor. To Be Hot Contest. The coming convention of the Sons of Veterans bids fair to produce one of the hardest fought contests for the office of president In the history of the organisation. Two candidates have now announced themselves and a third Is expected to do so within a short time. The two who have commenced an active canvuss are T. Warren Allen, a prominent railway mail clerk of Indianapolis, and Frank S. Helms, a real estates dealer of Elwood. W. F. Geller, of Fort Wayne, who was one of the strongest candidates opposed to Joseph Sego, present atate commander, at the last encampment. Is expected to enter the race shortly. Very little of a definite nature Minx in htt known MuiMrnlnr tha ract for the presidency of the Q. A. R. ttdge Hencb, of Fort Wayne, a candidate at the last convention, is expected to be the leading contestant. Bat one. woman so far has announced herself as desirous of being named president of the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Sobs of Veterans, according to advices received by local officers. She is Mies Blanche Dean, of 8helbyvllle. 8everal others are expected to announce themselves before much more time has lapsed. Th material for the decoration of Mala street and North E street consisting of red. white and blue bunting aad the national emblem arrived In this city today and plans for the decorating were at once started by Beck and Sons, to whom was given the contract The matter of providing for the decoration of halls in which the sessions of the various organizations will be held, win be taken up within a few days by the committee ft charge of that feature.

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Fleeing from the revolution Mexican farmer of the poorer class taking his family and portable belongings across the line into the United States. Many Mexicans in the zone of fighting packed up their things and fled the country in this manner.

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National Progressive League Is Formed. (Palladium Special) Washington, May 4. People of Indiana will be given an opportunity soon to show their interest in the National Progressive league. Officers of the central organization in Washington have been receiving so many inquiries from that state about the work of the league, its aims and purposes, and these so expressive of sympathy with the general object that it has been decided to begin the work of or ganising the state. It has been the policy ofthe national organUatlo not to obtrude Itself upon the state but to wait the development of a local sentiment That is why Indiana has not been invaded heretofore. One of the objects of the league is to substitute representative for delegated ' government. Indiana, if the letters that have come to the national headquarters are indicative of sentiment, is ripe for state-wide organization for the promotion of progressive policies. Plans are in progress now for a great gathering at Chicago soon to lay the ground work for an organization in Illinois. This plan will probably be duplicated in Indiana. The meeting will be called, it Is understood, at Indianapolis or Richmond or some other central city, by local people interested In the advancement of progressive policies. The meeting will be attended by speakers of national prominence, probably Including Senators LaFollette and Bourne. ANOTHER SUSPECT IN DYNAMITE CASE (American News Service) Grand Junction, Colo., May 4. A man who gave his name as Joseph Carter Is under arrest here as a suspect in the Times explosion in Los Angeles. He was captured while trying to rob the till of a grocery store. Carter had a bottle of nitroglycerine in his pocket and when stripped, two bullet wounds were found on his back. He also had a card issued by the Western Federation of Miners to Thomas Kelly, of El Centro, Cal. TUBERCULOSIS WAR The Business of Sitting Out. - By LOUIS HAMMAN, M. D. You must address yourself to the task of sitting outdoors day after day most faithfully. You must make it your constant occupation and stick to It as though you were paid money for it If you do not get the Idea of continuous rest firmly set In your mind you will not succeed. By rest I mean lying down In a bed or chair in the fresh air. You are not to spend any time In a closed room except when bathing or dressing or eating. Rest all the time. Take no exercise or work until your doctor tells you no walking, no standing, no rambling, no riding, no driving, no housework, no office work, no chores, no trips, no visits, no knocking about oo odd Jobs, no exertion of any. kind. Put yourself at rest In the open air after 'breakfast and stay there. Do not be forever Jumping up and doing little things about the house or. fetching and carrying. Every morning sit out; every afternoon sft out; every evening after supper sit out or lie in your outdoor bed.

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FINAL APPEAL FOR THE CLEAI1II1C DAY of Committee in Charge Makes Final Statement Today. One last word of appeal. . On Monday, April 24, we defined to the public the coupon plan, adopted for this year's Cleaning Crusade. We repeat a few points in order to be clearly understood by all interested. Since the above date the city papers have published the agreement for "premises in best possible order by May 5," allowing "ten days of grace" for the fulfillment of the pledge. The school children were Instructed on Friday the 28th to collect these coupons. Members of the Civic Committees Interested . them first in seeing the advantages of clean surroundings and then found them -willing --enthusiasts to win a prize for themselves and their ward. They were told of the generosity of two of our florists. Geo. Gause and Fred Lemon, who had kindly offered the committee one thousand plants as premiums. These are to be distributed according to merit, in nronortlon to th number of connona I each child collects. As to the expenditure of the $25 ap propriated by the-Commercial club to be used in the ward making the best showing In coupons, some wards have already decided - upon - what improvement they will suggest to the committees In charge. Some want rubbish receptacles, some want the prize to serve as an initial fund for oiling or sprinkling their streets, some want their trees doctored, some want a medal. Tomorrow is "Cleaning Day" (coupons must all be at the Commercial club rooms by 5 o'clock p. m.) The Civic committees make a final appeal Is your yard clean? Is your conscience clear? Residents of Richmond rally to the Mayor's call! The associations have all zealously urged co-operation, the children have clamored for coupons, the police have scrutenized with all compelling eyes. Like Atlanta, whose plane we imitate let us close the campaign with a veritable whirlwind one which will prove of direful disaster to dirt one which will drive away every vl stage of indifference to a cause which would bless every being in our beloved citybringing brigthness and beauty to every heart and home. In behalf of the Committee, Mrs. F. W. Stephens, Chairman. Spring Grove. DALLAS WELCOMES FESTIVE DRUMMERS f American Newt Service) Dallas. Texas, May 4. Gaily decorated with flags and bunting. Dallas today extended a hearty welcome-to the commercial travelers from all over the state who assembled here for the annual convention of the Texas division of the Travelers' Protective association. After a brief session- this morning for organisation an adjournment was taken to permit the delegates and their ladies to enjoy automobile rides about the city. Luncheon for the visitors was served at the Oriental hotel and at 2 o'clock the business sessions were resumed. The sessions will continue until the end of the week and will be interspersed with numerous features of entertainment J. T. SHEPHERD IS OBJECT OF SEARCH John T. Shepherd, . until recently at least of this city, is much desired in Jay county circuit court His wife, Mary B., is seeking a divorce. It is understood that Shepherd expected the ruit and determined to prevent his wife from obtaining the separation.

BURBANK ESTATE UP FORJROBATE Estimated Personal Property of Well Known Woman Valued at $3,500. The estate of the late Sarah Parry Burbank, widow of former governor John A. Burbank of the Dakota territory, has been filed In the Wayne probate court. The estimated value of the personal property of the decedent is $3,500, George. R. Thorpe, qualifying as executor by tiling $7,500 bond. The sisters ind brothers of the decedent are the principal beneficiaries. With the exception of $250 which is willed to Nora B. Kibbey and Alvin Ford Miller, the . decedent 'provides that here sisters" and brothers' are receive the money which she inherit ed from' her deceased brother and father. Alvin Ford Miller is given $500 which Mrs. Burbank held on re quest of his mother. Her sister, Sus an Parry is bequeathed $500 as appreciation for the care and devotion which she bestowed to their parents during their last illness, a diamondring 'and pearl pin, while the other articles of jewelry, much prized by the decedent are given as follows: Diamond pin and heavy gold pin to her sister Mary Thorpe; garnet pin, and small gold ring to her sister, Elizabeth Richardson; and a blue pin to Annie Kibbey Jeucker. Lola and Ada Parry, daughters of Samuel Parry, a brother, are each given $100. In case the home farm possessed by the decedent and her two sisters is sold within five years, Mrs. Burbank willed that her sisters, Susan Parry and Mary Thorpe and George Thorpe shall each receive $1,000. After these provisions for distribution of the estate are complied with, the executor Is directed to apportion equally the residue and shares given to ber brothers Robert H. and Samuel, and sisters, Susan Parry, , Mary Thorpe and Elizabeth Richardson, and to the children of Joseph Parry, a deceased brother. The share received by Samuel Parry is to be held in trust SANTA ROSA HOLDS : ITS ROSE CARNIVAL American News Service) . .. ' . Santa Rosa, Cal., May 4. Santa Rosa's annual rose carnival was ushered in today under most favorable conditions. Hundreds of visitors are here to take part in the festivities and the entire city has been converted into a huge and fragrant bower of buds and blossoms of every hue and color, foliage and ferns of countless kinds, and shrubbery and vines of all varieties. The floral parade, the great feature of the tournament is to take place. Saturday morning and it promises to be the most notable pageant of its kind ever given in California. An added attraction win be a program of automobile races to be held Saturday and Sunday. THE WEATHER 8TATE Fair , tonight and Friday; light frost in the North and central portion tonight. LOCAL Fair and colder tonight and 'Friday; light frost tonight. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Highest temperature Wednesday. 52 degrees at 1 p. m. Lowest temperature Thursday, 33 degrees at 6 a. m. Temperature at 11:30 a. m today, 55 degrees: and rising. Barometer is high and stationary. Weather warmer and increasing cloudiness. High barometric pressure indicates fair weather, but cooler. Low barometric press are indicates warm weather, but rain.

Proposed Main Street Improvement, Supt. McDonald Says, Would Decrease Efficiency in Hauling.

Mcdonald appears BEFORE THE BOARD He Argues That the Practical Thing to Do Is to Lower the Street Officials Are Impressed. Little satisfaction was given the board of works this morning by Superintendent Scott McDonald of the C. & O., when he appeared before the city officials regarding the proposed raising of the C. & O. overhead bridge at Main and North First streets. The board wants the bridge raised 18 inches to allow the large interurbans of the Terre Haute and Eastern line to pass under, and to improve the condition of the street. The street is said to be dark and dangerous under the bridge. McDonald says that the company is trying to eliminate all severe grades along the line. If the bridge at Main street is raised, it will mean that a grade of 68 feet to the hundred miles must be made, decreasing the efficiency of the hauling power of the road. He says that the grade would have to be started at the North Second street crossing, making a two-foot raise in a distance of 200 yards. It Would Be Cheaper. "Would it not be cheaper," - asked McDonald, "to dig out the street 18 inches, than to raise our bridge?" With the present grades of the line McDonald says that only 800-ton trains can be hauled at places, where as if the 'proper grades are maintained the hauling capacity would be, 2,000 tons. At places he declares the com pany is spending $100,000 to decrease the grade only 1 per cent. According to his statement it Is not the expense

ejU FjateingMain street bridge that & fbothers the road officials, but it is the

decreased efficiency of the road. In crossing other lines McDonald says the company Is required to con form to the grades of the lines which it crosses. . He observed that as the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and East era Traction company built after the old C. R. & .M. was constructed, that company should conform to the old C. R. & M. grade. In many places the .grade is fixed by contract with the abutting property owners. "We have no permanent , plans at the present time," said McDonald. "Double tracking, new steel - spans, concrete retaining; walls and grade changes are being considered. Of course I can't, tell now, but to me there doesn't seem to be any practical right-of-way in" the city, but the one over which the line is now built. Raising the grade at Main street looks to me much more impractical than for the city to lower the grade of Main street. Mayor' Zimmerman explained that the city officials are being flooded with complaints from West Richmond citi zens, principally, demanding that the street be repaired under the bridge. He holds that it is dangerous at pres ent. It is also said to be unsightly Mayor Zimmerman, however,, said he would favor an unsightly street, rath er than to work such a hardship to the railroad as increasing the grade 18 inches would undoubtedly be. - No action was taken on the matter by the board, but City Engineer Charles, with Mr. McDonald and mem" bers of .the C. & O. engineering corps will look over the situation. ttegaramg tne improvements on South A street, where the board has asKea tne company to build a new trestle on account of an improvement of. the street, McDonald said that the company would probably build a con crete retaining wall and do away with the trestle. This will not be done for a year or two. For the temporary im provement there will be some repairs made in the wooden structure that now stands. The board has also demanded that the company, build a new span at the Light. Plant road crossing. - This road has been ordered to be extended to the , river. McDonald said in the big improvement of the road, a steel span will be placed at this point, but tern porarily it would not be practical to put in steel. FORMER RICHMOND BOY WILL MARRY Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Fairbanks, of Spencerport, announce the engage ment of their daughter, , Dorothy, to

Clifford C. Bradbury J. of Rochester. New York. The marriage will take place in September.; Mr. Bradbury is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Bradbury of Richmond. Indiana. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Mr., Bradbury is a graduate of the local high school and also graduated from1 Purdue-University, Lafayette, Indiana. He- has , many warm friends here who will be glad to extend congratulation bjmI "wish him happiness. rf -:- " '

Huntington Wilson, Assist

ant Secretary of State, Sounds Keynote of Taft's Foreign Policy. . WANTS DIPLOMATIC SERVICE BETTERED Wilson Points to Fact that Administration Has Prevented Two Wars and a Civil Revolution. ' (American News Service) Baltimore, Md., May 4. Speaking for the administration, Huntington Wilson, assistant secretary of state, today sounded the keynote of President Taft's foreign policy with the as surance that "Dollar Diplomacy" will hereafter be used in seeking supre macy for the United States in its struggle with the other world powers. In an address before the Third National Peace congress he showed that the policy of this nation will be to avoid martial conflict by iddissolubly uniting the commercial bands that link us with other countries. . Besides discussing the new diplomacy in its relation to the President's well known desire for international peace, the secretary made an appeal for speedy action on the Lowden bill for the improvement of the foreign service, now before the senate. In a criticism of the press of the United States, he included a tentative scheme for utilizing the Carnegie Peace Fund to establish or subsidize conservative papers to counteract the sensational press "of the Far East and . Latin countries." Dollars For Bullets. The "Dollar Diplomacy" of the present administration, according to the Assistant Secretary of State, means "the substitution of dollars, for ..bul lets" literally by, the investment of American capital' in foreign countries with which there may at some future time be strained relations. He cited as instances of the efficacy of this government policy the tripartite mediation of the Argentine Republic, Brazil, and the United StateB, which resulted in the suspension of war between Ecuador and Peru; the interference of this government in the Haiti-Dominican Republic melee; and many other cases where American capital indirectly brought about the cessation of war and helped to smootn over diplomatic difficulties. Regarding the Lowden bill,' a measure which has been for some time before the United States senate and which provides many radical changes in the diplomatic service, Mr. Wilson, of the government as the guardian of the nation's peace through a benevolent and candid diplomacy, came strongly to the front with a plea that the service on whose shoulders rests, or may rest at any moment, the peace of the nation "should be amateurish and untrained." Fears Yellow Press. , He deplored the tendency of the press toward sensationalism and sees liir the readiness with which certain newspapers print inflamatory and misleading .stories regarding the diplomatic actions of the United States a danger to international peace by the formation of a national "character whose" excitability would greatly hamper . diplomatic , arbitration. . ' This steady growth of an excitable national character, under the , tutelage of the sensational press, which, to use Mr. Wilson's words, "horribly hampers the true details and policies of the government" , might, he suggests, be ; encountered by the establishment of four or five newspapers in the United States and Latin America, "with a nonpartisan and patriotic guidance of policy by, trustees who should de dissociated with the government and independently representative of patriotic American citizenship." After paying a compliment to the Taft administration by stating that he "was proud to be associated with an administration which had already actually prevented three wars; namely between Ecuador and Peru; Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and a civil strife in Honduras, .Mr. Milson said: "Among other practical modes - ot pursuing the ideal of world's peace is the true meaning of what has been called 'Dollar Diplomacy.', Here, for tunately, the Idealist interest In for(Continued on Page Ten.) Pdtedica's Tctal Ocily Averse Orcdctba . (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists. Cor .Week Ending April 29, 1911, -' 5fanG showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list .does not tncluds sample copies. :.r, 3G3

Capital Surrounded by Reb

el Troops and Berlin and Madrid Demanding Protection of Subjects. PRESIDENT TAFT IS FACING A PROBLEM He Is Hard Pressed by Germany, England and France Who Have Millions Invested in Mexico Now. (Amerlcan News Service) Washington, May 4. Intervention by the United States in Mexico is near er today than it lias ever been before. If affairs in the distracted Mexlcsn republic become more chaotic than they are today the army at San An tonio will be unexpectedly Huns across the border and an invasion, it is stat ed on high authority, is likely ,to occur in the immediate future. That is privately admitted in official circles: The president while anxious to avoid a step of such far reaching consequence is rapidly being forced Into a position where the will have to give the necessary orders. Intervention Is conceded to mean real war as the insurrectos and federals will make common cause against the invaders. President Taft is being hard pressed by telegrams from Germany, Great Britain and France, who have millions invested in Mexico. Ho is also receiving insistent demands from Americans, thousands of whom - are .- abandoningproperty and leaving Mexico, in fear of their lives. Wall street with countless millions in investments being destroyed or in Jeopardy is also, exerting tremendous pressure i on the White House. ;The concensus of opinion in Washington is the Mexican situation resembles a powder magazine. Only a spark needed to touch it ofr. It. la doubted whether Madero . can influ. ence the other leaders; even -If the present peace negotiations, now reported progressing smoothlv. result In satisfactory; settlement. InsurractA activities continue everywhere except in tne . zone or the armistice, even Mexico City being in jeopardy. '. DIAZ. UP AGAINST IT. City of Mexico, May 4. With per- " emptory demands ' from Berlin and Madrid for immediate protection to German and Spanish citizens, threatened by rebels and bandits, with col-' umns of insurredtos aggregating five thousand well equipped -troops 'reported marching on the capital and the' central government, belief here today in all circles is that Diaz and his ministers must make early choice between asaing f resiaent Tart to send troops into Mexico, or turn over the government, to the rebels - Detachments of practically 3,000 of the rebel army were almost at the city's gates today, being encamped at Tres Marias; only 20 miles from the capital. ::--:) To-add to the dangers of the situation an army of Guatemalan soldiers is massed upon the 'southern boundary, ostensibly to' preserve neutrality; laws. Conflicts are feared, however,' due to 111 feeling between the two nationalities at. some sections of the ' southern boundary, . . ; ." Anarcny is spresdina. Private advices received from Wash-, ington from Americans and Mexicans' today indicated that unless the spread '. ment, America will be compelled at once to intervene in the interests off the Monroe doctrine. And if this is not done, it is stated, Germany, and possl-. bly Spain and England, will eventually land forces to protect lives and inter-" esta of their subjects in Mexico. So acute has' the situation become that foreigners here are planning a." legion for defense. Tomorrow Is tho anniversary of the battle of Puebla' and a traditional holiday throughout. Mexico. ; It is feared that it may prove the signal for a general advance of me insurrecto army on tne capital. , AH' land; communication between Mexico City and the United States border .was cut off today. However,, cable service byway of ; Vera Cruz;' till enables private messages ana r news dispatches to be sent out of the capital. Messengers brought word that 350 revolutionists are camped at Ajusco, which is only 12 miles from Mexico . City. Another report is that : the insurrectos are at Xochlmilco. J Cuernavaca is still in a state of selge with provisions dwindling and' famine threatening the residents. Powerful searchlights have been put into commission. These are stationed on towers and eminences on the out8 Kins oi uie cuy 10 sweep we sp- -preaches at night and give notice of -a rebel advance under cover of dark-' ness. ;" "' jf ". " ..'. The garrison of the city has been re duced farther by the detachment of; small 'forces to strengthen the. out- , posts. ' The artillery is planted upon; every strategic eminence.