Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 184, 12 May 1911 — Page 1

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nsnCMRIOMIED 5 t: RICHMOIB FAIXABIWM CITCIAL tZPAHTilEirr Fz:nz 1121 BUSUIESS, OFFICE PEOIIE 25G6 AND STJN-TETGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 184. RICIOIOXD, IND.t FRIDAY. EVEXINC. 31 AY 12, 1910. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. PER CAPITA FIRE LOSS III CITY IS LOWEST 111 STATE MEXICAN REBELS EARLHAM MAY DAY FROLIC WAS SEEII Bf LARGE CROWD Dance of Maypole Witnessed at Earlham EARLHAM COLLEGEREADY TO SEIZE CITY OF MEXICO HAS HOW STARTED : TOLIFTBIG DEBT SWS t-i ' -' $J2 sc-

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With $170,450 of Property Endangered in 1910, Actual Loss Was $4,088, or 18 Cents per Resident. ' LOWER INSURANCE RATES DEMANDED

State Inspector Here to Advise Officials and MerchantsFire Code to Be Considered by Council. The fire loss per capita In Richmond for 1910 wai IS cenU. lower by 27 cents per capita than that of Marlon, the nearest rival. The heaviest loss per capita was at Evansvllle, $5.14. Other per capita losses In the state were Anderson, $1.55; Ft. Wayne,, $.62; Hammond, $.99; Lafayette, .74; Munclo. $1.72; New Albany, $ .61; South Bend, $1.29; Terre Haute, $1.19; and Indianapolis, $1.18. These and other figures pertaining to fire losses are contained In the annual report of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, received on Friday morning, by Ed Miller, chief of the fire department. Richmond's total fire loss for the year was $4,088, one of the lowest losses In many years. The number of alarms was unusually large on the other hand. According to the insur ance report there was $170,430 worth of property endangered In the various fires of 1910. ' On the damaged property there was $62,710 Insurance. ' On the - strength of the low fire loss In Richmond, coupled with the large number of alarms, proving thereby the efficiency of the department, the board of works Is already Investigating the possibilities of lowering of the Insurance rate . for the city. It now sianas as niga as ine me in other similar populated towns, and the board thinks that it Is too high. The building code ordinance, which will require a better system of building, will also have to do with the lowering of the .Insurance, rates. It will be con sldered by council at a special session Inspector to Recommend. The board of works has written to the state Insurance Inspector to come to Richmond, for the purpose of ex amining . the public buildings. The duty of this official Is to recommend changes and repairs that can be made In the buildings so that the Insurance rate will be lowered. Some time ago the board considered the proposition of Attwood Jenkins, a local Insurance agent, who offered to contract with the city to manage Us Insurance for five years. His compensation was to be half the saving In premiums to the city, which might be Incurred by his recommending changes at the public buildings, to lower the Insurance rates. The proposition' was refused finally. Probably the official who takes the duty of building Inspector, It the Com mercla! club's measure Is put through by council, will be the fire chief, the board considering that he is the pro per official. Inasmuch as he already acts in this capacity to a certain de gree, and also serves as a smoke inspector. This last officer, It might be aid. has no duties and will not have until the smoke nuisance Is enforced. The building Inspector will be directed to become familiar with the Insurance rates and rules. It Is said, so that he may be able to recommend Improvements to the various buildings of the city that the insurance rates inay be lowered. Underwriter's Report. The Underwriter's insurance report bowed that there were 30 fires In the United States during 1910. the damage of which was more than $300,(000. The million-dollar conflagrations follow: Peet Brothers Manufacturing Co.. Kansas City, $1,500,000; forest and lumber mills, at Marinette. Wis.. $1,200,000; Wallace Idaho, half the town. $1,000,000; Keppendesk & O'Nell Shoe factory. Cincinnati, 9t.750.000; Morris & Co., meat packers, Chicago, $1,000,000. The fire loss for the 30 big blazes was $22,582,000. The total fire loss from 1866 to 1910 Is estimated at $1.003,816.135. This tremendous loss is more remarkable when it is considered that the fire departments of the United States are the most efficient Sa the world. THE WEATHER TATI Fair tonight and Saturday. LOCAL Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Highest temperature Thursday, SO degrees at noon. Lowest temperature Friday, 59 degrees at 5 a, m. . Temperature at 11:30 Friday. 75 degrees and rising. Italnfall within the last 24 hours, .04 Inch. Barometer has been rising since Thursday noon. Contin11 iir and warm weather. t

Fifteen Hundred Armed Men Are Now Within the Capital City Awaiting the Signal of Revolt.

DIAZ DECLINES TO SURRENDER OFFICE Stubborness of. the Aged Ex ecutive Causes Discord in His Cabinet Preparations for a Siege. (American News Service) Mexico City, May 12. Fifteen hundred members of the revolutionary party have been secretly armed and are awaiting an order to rise and seize the , government buildings. The cabinet has been disrupted by President Diaz's refusal to . resign followIng the fall of Juarez and affairs In the capital are ' rapidly approaching the crisis that is expected to result in bloody fighting in the streets. The revolutionists are hourly becoming bolder since the capture f Juarez. Their most daring exploit took place late yesterday when they seized three motor cars on the avenue Juarez, filled them with rifles and ammunition and compelled the owners to take the munitions of war to Puebla, where they were badly needed by the rebel forces. Pressure on Diaz. For 24 hours continued pressure had been' brought to bear on Diaz by members of his cabinet to abandon his office and his refusal is said to have so angered Senor de LaBarra, minister of foreign relations, that he resigned. He was later induced to withdraw his resignation and the cabinet meeting was called. The result of this was not revealed but rumors were circulated that Diaz had shown .signs of yielding. Despite this residents of the capital are preparing for a siege. . Though part of the revolution legion have been assigned to guard the foreign section, the houses are being barricaded and windows boarded up. The. government was cognizant of the element of danger connected with the demonstration of students and workmen called for today but in the early hours made no extended military movement, apparently believing . that this might incite the rebels. Nevertheless armed guards had been stationed inside all the banks, and motor cars that could be used to transort arms were ordered off the streets. The city of Mazatlan Is still in the hands of the federal troops, but the insurrectos are investing it closely and fighting has been continuous, Ine rebels have cut off the water supply from the hills and Impure water from the town is being drunk by inhabitants. An epidemic of disease is threatened as a result and every departing steamer is carrying, away as many refugees as it can hold. The city is completely surrounded except on the water side. MURDER OR ASSAULT THE POLICE ASKED Tentman Alleged to Have Struck Showman with a Tent Pole. Whether to slate Lewis Shaw for murder, or plain assault and battery, was a question which put the police In a quandary for some time on Thursday night. Shaw, arrested In the east yards of the Pennsylvania railroad by Patrolmen Fee and Bundy late on Thursday night, is alleged to have crept up behind Emmitte Alscranco, a tentman with the Young Buffalo cir cus, and struck him a terrific blow on the back of the head. Alscranco sank to the ground after the attack, which occurred near Thirteenth street and the Pennsylvania railroad yards, while the circus was being loaded onto the train. Apparently lifeless end besmeared with blood from an ugly wound on his scalp, he was removed to the Reid Memorial hospital in he city ambulance. His assailant escaped for the time. The man. who is said to be from Louisville, Ky., did not recover consciousness for some time. He has remained in a semi-stupor, since the attack, but whether it is from the blow or from liquor, cannot be determined. Alscranco is said not to be In serious condition. It was first thought the skull has been crushed,- but later examination proved it only to be a severe scalp wound. . What caused the trouble witnesses of the affair could, or would not say. The man himself has not been questioned, being in too serious a condition. Shaw is confined at the city prison, and no charge will be filed pending the result of bis brutal attack.

Favored by Ideal Weather, the Large Campus of the Quaker School Was Taxed to Its Capacity.

PAGEANT A FEATURE WELL WORTH SEEING Festive Days of Merry Old England Recalled Weeks of Preparation Culminate in Success. Attended by a crowd estimated at from 1.500 to 2,000 staged more elaborately than ever before, and bringing with It the announcement of a big state-wide campaign to lift the college's $50,000 debt, the 1911 celebration of May Day at Earlham college today takes its place as one of the most pleasant and important events In the history of the institution. , The rain, of last night, with the attending possibility of showers today, seemingly had not effect upon the attendance. Old students and friends of the college began to flock to the campus in the morning. Trains brought crowds of visitors from a distance, to be joined by the people of Richmond and Wayne county in making this, the tenth may Day celebration, the biggest and beet of all. With the assurance of fair weather, which came with the morning the final arrangements for the celebration were made at the college. The campus and buildings were decorated in American flags and the college colors, and every detail preparatory to the afternoon program was given careful attention. The closing of the schools this afternoon, the proclamation of Mayor Zimmerman and the request of the Commercial club that business men close their establishments added materially to the holiday atmosphere and when the time came for. the beginning of the program the college campus was crowded with eager spectators. '' From the sounding of the trumpet, announcing the coming of the pageant, until the quack doctors and beggars and fortune tellers set up their cry of their wares in the festival scent which closed the afternoon program, the celebration was pronounced a worthy culmination of the many weeks of practice and preparation. The pageant itself was a feature worth traveling miles to witness. It was participated in by more than three hundred young folks, all in costume. As the procession passed from behind Earlham hall. It proceeded by an in direct route about the campus until the several characters had been in spected, and then the entire group found rendezvous in Earlham circle, where the forest portion of the program was presented. Heading the pageant were twelve girls arrayed as heralds, marching in twos with stately tread as in keeping With their official roles. Next behind the heralds trooped Robin Hood s band, known to fame. The Central Figure. The central figure of the day's celebration found proper escort in the heralds and Robin Hood's men, for be hind them came the "Lady of - the May" with her twelve attendants and the children . of the May romping about the wagon bearing the May poles. . Miss Catherine Hartman, of Remington, was Queen "of the May and she was attended by little Margaret Carver as crown bearer. The queen was also, attended by her twelve maids. Rnby Zion, Florence Jay, Mary E. Smith, Virginia Travis. Marguerite Doane, Rachel Calvert. Gertrude Bartel. Amy Post, Edith Wildman, Ethel Pub'.ow, Margaret Sedgwick, Isabel Thomas. The milkmsio-: bearing their pails, and leading tneir cow came next In the procession and attracted immediate attention because of the. reality of their characters through the presence in the line of the cow. The animal behaved as should a well trained cow in the presence of so charming a group of milk-aids as surrounded her. The program did not present the name of the cow but her pretty attendants were Margaret Henley, Gertrude Hawley. Miss Butler. Mary Wilson, Olive Wildman, Margaret Hardin, - Nellie Cassatt, Mary Redmond, Frances Burke, Fredika Maeseka, Mildred Howes, Julia Lj brook, Gladys Parks, and Edna Kellum. A Decided Contrast. The chimney sweeps who meandered along next in line, were in striking contrast to the dainty milk-maids. The ' fiddlers and the Jacks-in-the-Green accompanied the sweeps and in turn were followed by a band of rustics and the lords and ladies who were later a part of the play "Pyramus and Thlsbe." The Mirrls men, the quack doctors and Friar Tuck, represented by Griffin Moffett, together with, the jesters and the "hobby horses' formed another Interesting group in the line. But the most striking feature of the pageant came when the shepherdess(Continued on Page Two)

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G. A. R. Is of Exceptional Merit and Will Be Placed on Sale Saturday 10 Cents. The official program and souvenir booklet of the thirty-second annual encampment of the G. A. R. came off the presses on Friday morning and is j beautifully compiled. It contains the j names of the persons composing the various committees in charge of the encampment with pictures of the chairman of each committee, a history of Wayne county during the civil war period, an account of Indiana's Illustrious war Governor, Oliver P. Morton, with cuts showing his birthplace a few miles, west., of Richmond. Also a cut of his residence in CentervllTeT which is still standing, and in which he was living when elected lieutenant governor; how the fugitive slaves were helped In Wayne county by. Levi Coffin and wife, and much other valuable interesting literature concerning this county's early, hi story. The book was compiled and arranged by. Demas S. Coe, secretary of the executive committee, through whose efforts the souvenir was made possible. Mr. Coe deserves much credit for the splendid manner in which the book is gotten up. The work involved

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stands of the city and will sell for ten cents. The receipts will be added to the funds to be used to defray the encampment expenses. - The 1911 Encampment. It seems peculiary fitting that the 1911 encampment of the Indiana departmentGrand Army of the Republic, which falls on the semi-centennial anniversary of the beginning of the civil war, should be held In Wayne county, the birthplace of Morton. No story of the part that Indiana played in the great conflict can be accurately told unless there be woven therein the story of the great achievements of Indiana's war governor. Richmond esteems It a great honor to entertain the Indiana department. Grand Army ' of the Republic, and its various auxiliary bodies, and in paying homage to these guests it also is paying tribute to the memory of the most illustrious of Wayne county's sons, Oliver Perry Morton. . The executive committee of the encampment, composed . of representatives from Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R., W P. Benton Camp, Sons of eterans. the Richmond Commercial Club and the 'Young Men's Business Club desires to give full credit for the success that may be attained in entertaining the patriotic organizations of the state to the various working committees who performed their labors faitnf ully and well ; to the business men, manufacturers and factory employes, who so generously contributed of their means to finance the project; to the newspapers of Richmond for .their, hearty support; to the ladies of the three local auxiliary organizations, the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ladies of the Grand "Army, and the Ladies Aux iliary of the Sons of Veterans for their continuous assistance to the commit tee, and to the citizens of Richmond in general for the response that has been given to every need. NAME DELEGATES TO REBEKAH ASSEMBLY Mrs. Lizie Ireton and George Chrisman will be chosen as delegates at the meeting of the Rebekah lodge Saturday evening, to represent the local lodge at 'the twenty-seventh annual session of the Rebekah assembly of Indiana to be held at the. I.. O.O. F. grand lodge hall at "Indianapolis, beginning Monday, May 15. -Mrs. C A. Baker and Mrs. Millard Warfel will be selected as alternates. Mrs. Frank Spekenhier will be a candidate for grand treasurer.

WAS ENDORSED FOR STATE PRESIDENT Mrs. Kate Scott Likely Will Be Honored at State W. R. C. Encampment. To J. A. Spekenhier, Chairman: The undersigned will accommodate the following: . Gentlemen Ladies each night The price per person for room each night ' . Meals if furnished each. Name .... Address ''all at. once, to J. A. Spekenhier, Chairman, No. 220 South 12th St.) At a meeting of the local W. R. C, held on Thursday at the court house, Mrs. Kate, Scott, of this city, wad unanimously indorsed for the nomination of department president of the Indiana W. R. C. Mrs. Scott's name was presented by the Sixth District convention. " The other two candidates for the office are Mrs. Estelle Hoffman of Hartford City, and Mrs. Buelah. Frazler, of Warsaw. IndicaScott will receive very general support and her election Is looked upon as more than likely. - Elaborate preparations are being made by the parade committee to make the parade to be held on the second day of the G. A. R. convention, Thursday, May 18, a great success. A conservative estimate indicates that there will be between one thousand and fifteen hundred old soldiers to take part in the pageant. The line of march has not been determined upon, but final details will be made at the meeting oi the committee Monday night In Capt. Paul Comstock's office in the Comstock building. Plans for Parade The parade will form at Fourth and Main streets promptly at. 1:30 o'clock. A squad of police, will head the procession followed by a band. ' Next in line will come the .marshal and his aids followed by the post from . the Marlon Soldiers' Home. Thereafter the posts will follow in numerical order. The officers of the Women's Relief Corps, Ladies 'of the G. A. R. and Ladies Auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans will ride in carriages. An invitation has been extended to all the lodges of the city having . uniform marching bodies to take . part in the ' Parade. The committee desires that it " be notified as soon as possible as, up to the present time, but one response has been received. There is a movement on foot to organize a mounted body to take part in the parade also. At least six bands sent here from different cities over the state will provide music. Amublance service will be provided for, and physicians will be in attendance. In event it should prove to be an exceptionally hot day, the line of march in all probability will be cut short for. the benefit . of the old soldiers who will walk in the procession. . J. A. Spekenhier, chairman of the committee on hotel accommodations, requests that all who wish to entertain encampment 'visitors notify him at once. WILL ATTEND WHOLESALE GROCERS' MEET J. Y. Pound stone and W. F. Starr will go to Indianapolis, May 22. to attend the National WholesalfQjcfrs association convention which opns at the Capital on that date for a four days session. There are some important grocery matters to be decided at Jthis convention- "

HOT INJURIOUS TO BUT TO BODY Declares Dr.. Davis in Speaking of Effect on Endurance Contestants. "How do you think an endurance test on a piano, or on roller skates, affects a man either mentally or physically; say for instance, if he is in action for 36 hours?" Dr. T. H. Davis, city health officer, was asked. He re plied: "No, not mentally; physically., He's affected mentally or he'd never try a strain like that It reminds me," con tinued the genial doctor, "of a man driving as near the edge of a preci pice as be can without falling over.' Dr. Davis said that the permanent result depended on the physical con dition, of the contestant and on the training he , had undergone, previous to the trial. Sherman White, a local piano player, began an attempt to ' break the world's endurance piano record at 7 o'clock on Friday morning i'n the Coliseum. He will try to play until 9 o'clock Saturday evening. He has trained some time for the test, playing from 5 to 10 hours each day. Thistlethwalte's Views. Coach Glen Thistlethwaite, of Earlham college, one of the most successful athletic directors in the state, said that he could see no real value in this kind of endurance test, as it applied to sport. He spoke both of roller skating and piano playing. He Bays the nerve strain in such a test is tremendous. The chief value of sport, according to the Quaker director, is the competition which cannot be had in races against time. The nervous tension of a competitive race is somewhat counteracted by the excitement, which the contest creates. There is none of . this "competitive excitement" in an endurance test against time. ' Regarding skating tests in the Coliseum; Thistlethwaite said that the cir cle, or course was too small, and this for one thing increased the physical danger. ' Sherman White, Fred Miller and Harrison Fry, the latter the world's endurance champion roller skater, declare there is no ill effect of the endurance tests when the contestants have property trained. They admit there is some temporary fatigue following the trial, but it is only temporary. ' WILL WflROH G, 0. P Illinois Progressives Form an Organization. (American News Service) . Springfield, I1L, May 12. Insurgents In the Illinois legislature today completed the organization of a "progressive" campaign which has as its avowed Intention the cleaning up of the G. O. P. in Illinois. Twenty-eight members of the as sembly so far are on the roster and it is believed several others will join the movement -The program is to nominate a full progressive ticket for 1912 and freeze the "old guard" out " entirely. Poli ticians today -declared that the move ment practically would put an end to the power of the "old guard" in the next assembly, because It would be controlled by progressives and Demo crats. Admittedly the program is directly traceable to the bribery scandals in cident to Lorimer's election and to the legislative "jackpot" which was re pealed in the last legislature, -

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Today,.Signal for a Wonderful Campaign by. Faithful Workers. V. 'r ARE TO USE AUTOS, IN MAKING CANVASS Canvassers Intend to Lift Entire Indebtedness, f $52, 000, and Campaign Starts With Big Pledge. . We appeal to all friends of a good cause to come to our aid In this campaign. We are relying on the members of our church to contribute generously, but we hoie that friends of Earlham College, and men and women interested in the success and well-being of educational enterprise, will give their financial as well as moral assistance. The cause is a worthy one. Earlham has contracted a debt of $30,000 and the debt must be paid. The college has property to show for. practically every dollar of the debt, and the institution should have the burden of this debt removed. We - are starting with . approximately $10,000. It should pot be difficult work to raise the remaining $40,000. But we must raise the entire amount to succeed at all. Each pledge Is conditional and it is $50,000 or nothing. We are going to work, , and we are going to work hard. . . The campaign is now on and It will be brought to a glorious conclusion on Commencement Day. We are ready for YOUR subscription NOW. Morton C. Pearson, chairman of Campaign Committee for Debt-Free Earlham; - ; Backed by the determination and ..' .! energy of more than two" hundred .acti" Ive supporters of Earlham, a statewide campaign for the purpose of rals- v Ing $50,000 to pay Earlham's total Indebtedness, became effective today ; with ' the announcement of the ' campaign by President Kelly during the ' celebration of May Day. " -' .. ? . The campaign 1b unusual In two respects. ; It starts with ' practically $10,000 pledged, and it is to be an automobile campaign. ' Working In teams, the men of the1 ' organization will be driven in big machines' all through Indiana, Western Ohio' and Eastern Illinois.' ' ; While the members of the Friends , church in the Indiana and Western Yearly' Meetings will be expected to come to the front for Earlham,' the ef- -fort will not end there. ' Every' friend of Earlham and; the cause of education so far as .they can be reached will be urged to support this move- - raent to free Earlham from debt by - Commencement Day. : i Sources of Debt. 'Briefly, the Earlham. debt comes from several sources,... and totals approximately $50,000. . The major ,por- r tinn of th IndehtpdnAiu f tit in thn erection of the new heating and lighting plant . an absolute necessity. There is a small obligation In connection with the new library and Bundy : Hall, and an administration debt. The payment of these .debts . would leave the college unhampered in its work and absolutely self-sustaining. The campaign . begins . today, although it is probable that the teams will not get into : the field before Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. And from now on until Commence- ' ment Day June 21 there will be no rest for the men who have shouldered the responsibility of directing and executing the plana of campaign. 'All pledges to be received will be taken upon the condition that the entire $50,000 be raised. If the total on JUUC 41 IAIW OUU1 V VI JV,VW, ' UVUV vl the subscriptions will be binding, c It is all or none with the men who are behind the effort. Those who make pledges will be given three years in which to complete their payments. A thorough organization has been perfected and a well-defined plan of campaign has been ouUined. At the head of the enUre movement is the campaign ( committee, composed . of eight men and led by Morton C. Pear- " (Continued on Page Two) Pdlci!ns Tcte! OdTy Avercze Orec&ba CExcept Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, (or Week Ending May , mi, . . showing; net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not lncludj sample' 'copies: