Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 191, 19 May 1911 — Page 1

B FA r?r -rig OFFICE 1121 AN1 SUN-TETiElGRAM : SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. VCL. JX2I3SVI. NO. 10t. RICII3IOXD, IXD., FRIDAi B EXIXG, MAY 19, 1911. SEEK IEiOVAL OF Wife of the U. S. Coronation Ambassador JUDGE WAUGH WAS SHOW HOW FLYII1G III THE BEST BUT UOTIURIUiD ELECT T. 17, MED S, OF V, POESIDEdT TODAY AT WEETUIG LEE STATUE F TODAY CHOSEN AS G. A, R. EXECUTIVE THE II, S, CAPITOL

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.Pointed Out That When This Hall. 7ts Created, General Lee V7as Bearing Arms .Against Republic. . Indiana department Grand Army of the Republic, it in earnest In Ita part of the campaign to hare tbe federal authorities - at Washington . remove from the Hall of Fame the- statue of i Robert E. Lee. This moraine shortly fctfbre adjournment, the encampment tjr unanimous vote adopted a resolu tion setting forth very clearly and decisively the stand of the Indiana members of the Grand Army of the Republic. The resolution was drafted. It Is aid. by .William A. ketcham of Indianapolis, i In full it follows: "When the thirty-eighth congress passed and Abraham Lincoln approved the law setting aside the old hall of congress as a statuary ball to be adorned by the statues of those designated by the levers! states as 'worthy' of this national commemoration, the nation was In the throes of the great war for Its existence and preservation. There had never been before, nor has there since been a time when the word 'national' had a more precise and accurate meaning that it had. then. Tbe most vivid imagination could not have attributed to It a meaning that would embrace and Include a confederacy, a confederate president or a confederate general Was Fighting U. 8. . At that Very time Robert E. Lee, who had won renown In the service of his country was In arms against it; was In aapreni command of - the con? federate army, battling with all his strength and power to destroy that nation and upon its ruin establish another whose corner stone was slavery, His every effort was to pull down the edifice that the fathers had established and maintained through so much tribulation. Had It been supposed to bo within the bounds of possibility, that under the broad terms of the invitation extended to the states, one or more of them would avail, themselves of the opportunity to place in the' national Hall of Fame, clothed in confederate uniform, the chief commander of those armies, we. are con strained to feel that the tongues of congressmen , would have been para lysed before the7 could have answered 'aye, on a roll call on the passage of he bin. and that It would have dropped from the fingers of the 'kindly, earnest, brave, foreseeing man' who, under God. presided over tbe destinies of the nation and led it through the red sea of war Into the harbor of peace, before he should give It the sanction of his name. "Wherever the statue of Robert E. Leo may be rightfuly or in good taste placed or maintained. In statuary hall which Is devoted to patriots who have deserved well of their country, it not one of them, and we earnestly protest against the sacrilege of Its longer continuance there. The Grand Army of the Republic, speaking In the name and for bur comrades living, and In the name of and for our comrades who died that 'government of tbe people, by the people and for the people ahonld not perish from the earth,' earnestly request the proper authorities to cause Its removal. It' has no place beside the statues of Washington, and the true patriots of the nation whose fame was earned by service for and not against their country. Repeal if Necessary. "It to accomplish this it be necessary to repeal the law of 4. let it be repealed. If it be, necessary to return to the several states all the statue that have been , contributed, let them be returned. But keep the hall free of any uniforms except thoae that have been worn by soldiers of the nation and of any figures except of those . who accomplished great deeds for and not against their country." The o (Seers of Indiana department will send a copy of the above resolution to John E. Oilman, commander-in-chief. The delegates from Indiana department to the national convention at Rochester next fall were Instructed to "stand pat" for similar action by the national organisation. , , THE WEATHER 6TATI Generally fair except show- , era this evening; cooler Saturday. LOCAL -Fair, probably showers this . 1 evening; cooler Saturday. . " . Ill I Ml II MICH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Highest temperature Thursday; -92 degree at 4 p. m. Lowest temperature Friday. CS degrees at 4 p. m. Temperature at 11:30 Friday. 90 de rm tad rising. Barometer has fall ca caly .CI inch. In the last 24 hours. C twkat cooler by Saturday or SunCZ7, trt e reia la fciicated.

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si LADIES OF S. OF V. : ELECTED OFFICERS T Blanche Dean of Shelbyville Was Chosen President , of Organization. The Ladies Auxiliary, Indiana divis ion. Sons of Veterans, on Friday con cluded the annual encampment here with the election of the "following officers: President. Miss Blanche Dean.' Shel byville; vice president. Cora Harlan. Richmond; council, Mrs. Cora McDaniel. Valparaiso, Mrs. Bessie Bowser. Indianapolis,' Mrs. Cora Morgan, Richmond; treasurer, Nellie McKinney, Shelbyville; chaplain, Mrs. Sprencll, Valparaiso; patriotic instructor, Addle Wallace, Indianapolis; Inspector, Mrs. Barber, Richmond; in stituting and installing officer. Mae Wood, Valparaiso; delegates to na tional ,. encampment. Mrs. Sprencll, Valparaiso, and Mrs. Geller; alternates Mae Clark and Carrie Harris. Press correspondent, Bessie , Bowser. Ind ianapolis; chief of staff. Adella Phenis. . - . . - ... Resolutions were adopted similar in text to those passed by the Indiana di vision. Sons of Veterans, in which the kindness of the local patriotic organi sations and the citizens in general in the entertainment of the visiting dele gations was expressed in glowing terms, and in relation to the different business, matters before the organization. The Incoming officers were installed and the meeting declared adjourned to meet in " South Bend In 1912. - On Thursday evening at the I. O. O. P. hall the . Ladies' Auxiliary held a special session of a social nature. Three new members were taken into the order, the work being exemplified by the degree team of the local camp auxiliary. Following this session the delegates and local members of ! the order adjourned to the banquet 'room where they were joined by the Sons of Veterans in making the twentyfifth annual encampment one of the most pleasant socially as well as in a business way. NAT. ROAD BANNER A PARADE FEATURE The "National Road Ocean to Ocean Banner," which was displayed during the G. A. R. parade caused considerable comment here. The banner is being displayed by persons Interested in the extension ot the national ' road from ocean to ocean. Ella H. Kelley of Indianapolis, descendant of Col. Thomas Gravdls of Revolutionary fame, is the prime mover, in the great project.

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ano Is 1 r ESCORT TO ATTEHD MADEROill WEST All Means to Prevent Assassination andRebelling of His Troops Taken. (American News Service) Juarez, May 19. Telegraphic warnings of an assassination plot were received by two members of Gen. Madero's provisional cabinet today, declaring the plot was to wreck Madero's train. Three .Mexican senators and , two Mexican ' congressmen are involved. , v'W . When Francisco L Madero goes ' to Mexico City within the next 48 hours to help in the National-reorganization of the republic's government ' ha will be accompanied by an escort sufficiently large . enough to .protect him from ( ' assassination. He ' has been warned that insurrectos, 'disappointed because he did not clean the country of all traces of the Diaz government before attempting .any .peace., terms, are likely to attempt bis capture. , He is not going to take any chances. Even the possibility that after his departure his ; own military , leaders might start a revolt and proclaim him a traitor to the cause of Mexico's liberation will be guarded against Dr. Gomez, provisional minister of foreign affairs, is actively directing the distribution of tbe rebel forces in such a way that concerted action' against Madero .will be difficult , . -- . General Orozco's army win be sent to Chihuahua while the rest of the forces will be sent to garrisons in Coahuila. ', ;T '.;.. - v'Both Orozco and Col. ' Blanco have pledged their allegiance anew, to Madero and accepted the peace, arrangements. General Villa, the bandit war rior, has announced his resignation and his determination to become an American citizen. v TRACTION PROJECT DISCUSSED TODAY W. H. Fledderjohn of Decatur, a traction magnate and heavily interested in the Ft. Wayne and Decatur traction company, which will extend its line to Portland this, summer. Is much interested in the proposed line between Portland end Brookville, which will pass through this city. He was here Friday In conference with local business men who are promoting the project- Mr. Fledderjohn believes tbe proposed line would pay, financially and has announced be will enter into the project with any number 'of capitalists to finance the Una. ,

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EXAMINE INTO SHOE GRAFT CHARGE ..." - ' ' ' - y-" Pass Resolutions Asking the Secretary of War' for V Detailed Reports. : (American News Service) Washington, May -19. The house today ' by unanimous vote passed two resolutions directing the secretary of war to report whether any one1 firm has a monopoly on the shoe contracts for the army.' The first resolution was introduced . by Representative Gardner, of Massachusetts, directing the. secretary to report what proportion of the army shoe contracts were awarded to Herman and Co., of Boston in the years of 1909 to 1911. with names of the other bidders who may not have been awarded contracts. The resolution asks If : the contracts in each Instance were given to the lowest bidder and whether the war department made a test between Shrewsbury leather and Calumet leather. The second resolution was introduced by Representative Diffenderfer, of Pennsylvania, and requires the secretary of war to send to the- house tae names of all firmsa'nd individuals obtaining new contxacts for the last ten years and the, amount of such contracts and whether the army maintains a blacklist and refuses to permit certain contractors , to bid. The resolution followed charges of this nature made on the floor several weeks ago by both the army and the navy. Secretary Meyer already has been directed to make a report , After the passage of these resolutions, the debate on the Arizona and Kew Mexico statehood resolution waa resumed. Tbe probabilities - are the House, will vote on this resolution before adjournment tonight 1 COMMISSION RULES ON RAILWAY FARES C American News Service Washington, - May 19. Interstate commerce commission today- ruled that railroads operating In the Central Passenger 'association which includes Indiana are permitted to exact higher passenger fares fo interstate than .for " intrastate business where tw cents a mile is in effect. DECORATION DAY " Celebration of Decoration Day will be made at Boston, InL. on , June 4. Tbe principal address will be delivered by Judge Henry C Fox of the Wayne circuit court The decorating of the soldiers' graves at the ceme tery with flowers will be one ot the i.n, lai icMKTca.. , , i

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Accepting His. Of f ice Paid Compliment t to Predecessor, A. P. Asbury. JOHN F. DAVENPORT IS VICE COMMANDER Next Meeting Place Will Be at South Bend Women's Relief Corps Holds: Its Election Today. . On the first ballot Judge -Daniel Waugh of Tipton, was today elected commander of Indiana department Grand Army of tbe Republic, and John F. Davenport of Richmond, was elected senior vice commander by the unanimous vote of the encampment. Other officers elected were as follows: Junior . vice commander. Col. C. C. Schreeder, of Evans ville.Chaplain, David Handley, of Frank fort' Medical director, Dr. D. D. Rose, of Valparaiso. Council of administration, F. J. Van Vorhis, of Indianapolis; Orlando A. Somers, of Kokomo; H. B. McMaken, of Ft. Wayne, and J. D. Alexander, of Bedford. Reappointa Col. Fesler. " Col; J. R. Fesler was reappointed assistant adjutant general of the Indl ana department this announcement being made by Commander Waugh immediately after his - selection. The new -department commander is one' of the most widely known members of the Grand Army In Indiana and it had been believed for several ' days ' that Mb hi 1 MnaiaewsswHsawsVwSHhe organ ization in the Hoosier state , was cer tain. He made a. short but eloquent speech in accepting . the . honor .con ferred and he said among other things that he hoped to be able to administer the affairs of the' department as sue ceBSfully as had A. P. Asbury, the retiring commander. South Bend will next year entertain the Grand Army, the encampment voting to go there at , the session this morning. There was no opposition to South Bend's claim for the honor. The encampment reaffirmed Its declaration of a year ago in favor of a dollar-a-day pension.' , ; W. R. C. Election. The business session of the Woman's Relief Corps: this morning was the continuation of an adjourned meeting from yesterday afternoon; , to finish the election of the remainder of the staff of officers. : For president, Beulah Frazer. of

Warsaw received the required major- vicinity of Dell Rapids. S. D sixteen ity vote on the first ballot taken this ' mi,e8 noTth ot thla cltr- la,t niRht Mforenoon. The Woman's Relief Corps Jrin8 thr persons and destroying at controls over four hundred votes inl,east a dozen buildings, most of them thin convention, a tod malorttv of houses. In Dell Rapids nearly

which were given to Mrs. Frazer. Estella Huffman, of Hartford City, received the second highest vote for this office, with Kate - Scott of Richmond, third. " The following officers were elected at the Thursday afternoon session: Mrs. Hartley, of Bedford, senior vice president; Mrs. George of Co lumbus, junior vice president; Mrs. McComb, of Warsaw; treasurer; Miss Mary Thomas, of Franklin, chaplain. Kate Scott of Richmond, was later elected to the executive board of the Corps. : ' Tbe minor elective offices and those which the president appoints were tilled by noon today, and before the meeting adjourned the regular joint installation service was held, at which the officers for the coming year were in stalled according to the usual ritual. PICKPOCKETS WERE BUSY LAST NIGHT Pickpockets were active at the interurban station last night - In the rrowd that left the city on interurban cars. Only one case, however, was reported to tbe police. No arrests have been made during the encampment except for drunk and for suspicious characters. The entire number arrested has been 16. The police are pleased with the general conduct of the visitors and. public generally during the encampment - MURDERESS IS PRIVATE HOUSEKEEPER CAraertcan News Service) Windsor, Vt, May 19. Mrs. Florence M. Dodge of Guild Hall, sentenced to front four to six years in the state prison for tilling William Heath, has been installed .as a housekeeper at the prison and baa commenced the service of her term.- - " Mrs. Dodge .win not be obliged to wear prison garb, the women being allowed wrappers of some good serf Ice able material, and on Sundays may attire themselves In shirtwaist and skirt j providing they are able and wiSiss to

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Fights Sunstrokes. RAIN IS EXPECTED IN STATE TONIGHT Snows on Utah- Mountains Melted by Rains, Flood Starts, Then Temperature Drops The Prospects. (American News Service) Indianapolis, May 19.- While the central west and eastern portions of the United States are enjoying the hottest temperatures of v the season, reports came to the weather bureau today that snow had ; fallen ' in Yel lowstone Park and that Nevada and Wyoming were suffering from unseasonably cold weather. Salt Lake City reparted heavy all-night rains which melted the snow on the mountains and caused serious floods in many sections of the state followed by a twenty degree drop in the temperature with in one hour. Thunder showers were promised for Indiana tonight and Sat urday followed by much cooler. CHICAGO SWELTERING. . Chicago, May 19. There was no let up in the heat wave which has caused Chicago to swelter for three days and which already ha caused the death of sixteen persons, 'i ne mercury yester day afternoon went to 92 degrees and today it again touched that mark. ' .The weather man holds out no im mediate hope of relief from the hot pell. Beaches are ; crowded .. as they are in midsummer and' several trage dies already have occurred. . -, The heat wave Is general throughout the middle west and in every city Of any; size.. : prostrations : have been numerous. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Southern Michigan and Ohio probably are suffering' the most. Messages from cities in those states say that the mercury has climbed up to 90 or more and that the heat is humid and debili tating.'. ' ' i In St. Louis .the thermometer registered 90 degrees and in Kansas City 88 degrees. In Nebraska, Omaha has a ' temperature of 90 degrees, 4 with North Platte registering 94 degrees. - The weather forecast for the central states holds out some hope for rain, which has. been threatening' for several days. Showers are predicted for tonight and tomorrow in all of the states. A DI8ASTROU3 STORM. Sioux Falls, S. D.. May 19. A disastrous storm visited the country in the the entire population sought refuge in cellars. , . PUSH BRIBE CHARGE 111. Senate Declares Lorimer Corruption ist. (American Newsservice) : Springfield, 111.. May 19. The charge Of bribery in the election of William Lorimer to the ; U. S. senate will be pushed by the state senate to tbe limit following the adoption of a resolution in that body,' which declares that the seat was obtained by bribery and corruption. ' 7 The resolution passed by a vote of 39 to 10 and the recommendation was made to the U. 8. senate to push tie investigation with all haste. Evidence which was gathered by tbe state senate investigating committee recently, which connects Edward Hincs the lumber millionaire, and Edward Tilden, head ; of the beef trust with the raising and distribution of an alleged $ 100,000 corruption , fund, which was. used to buy votes in tbe legisla ture, will be presented to the senate. Principally the state senate demand that the U. S. senate clear ahe gKl name of the state by ousting lArimer. Added to this, the resolution embodied a rebuke to Judge Adelor Petit of Chicago, who relieved Tilden and two of his associates from -testifying or pro- j ducing documentary . evidence tie-! manded by the committee on a writ of i habeas corpus. , It was declared here today that the Helm committee would use every means in its power to punish Tilden for contempt in refusing v appear before it - It Is probable he will be forced' to show his books In the investigation of the part played in the bribery by state senators " Brodertek and Pembertoa, who are alleged to have been the gobetweeBa.. , . 1

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ponent Withdrew, to Run Again Next Year. SOUTH BEND LANDS THE NEXT MEETING Boom for Newton J. McGuire; for National Commsndsr-in-Chtef Was Launched Today Resolutions. With the adoption of twelve reaohR tlons and the election . ot . officers the twenty-fifth , annual encampment ot . the Indiana division, Sona of Veterans. U. S. A., which waa held in the circuit , court room' at the court house on , Thursday and Friday came to an end about Friday noon to meet again In . 1912 at South Bend. ; The oQcers . elected include T. W. Allen. Indianapolls, over W. F. Geller. Ft. Wayne, aa, : Indiana commander; W. H. Hansche, Richmond, senior vice commander; O. Connor, Geneva, junior vice command- , er ; Legrand. : Hammond, Frank Wat son. Goldsmith, and W. F. Geller. Ft Wayne, as members of the division - council; L. F. Tilley. Terre Haute. Frank Shellhouae, Indianapolis, and W. F. Geller, Ft. Wayne, aa delegates to the national encampment Sons of Veterans, at Rochester, N.Y., to be held thla summer. The newly elected com mander, T. W. Allen, appointed the following officers: C. M. Filler, Hebron - - chaplain; Thomas W. Records, com mander of the Liberty, Ind., camp, patriotic Instructor; ' L. T. Lilly, Terre . Haute, diviaion counselor, and reap-. pointed the following members of the speakers' bureau: H. J. McQulre, In-, dianapolis; Col. W. H. Armstrong. tn diana polls; George W. Kreitanstein, Terre Haute; L. . A. . Haafiley, ' Rlch mond, and Legrand T. Meyers, Haon mond. t TThere was but one contest and that for the division eommanderahip. ' Mr. " Allen, of Indianapolis, was the only -avowed candidate for the post hut the Port Wayne delegation without the consent of Mr. Geller forced his name before the convention and the ballot. waB close but in favor of the Indianapolls man. Mr. (Seller then announced himself as a candidate for the honor at the South Bend meeting next year. Officers, both those elected and the appointees of Commander Allen were installed by the installing officer, T, W. Blair. , . : J The business .session on , Friday morning waa largely taken up in discussion of resolutions offered, y -. Most 1 important . to Indiana people and the Sons of Veterans particularly was a strong resolution urging that a reform be , instituted and ' made statewide, which will : prevent the folding of sporting and amusement event and other enterprises for commercial gain . on Memorial Day each year. Ministers . of the state are urged to support the movement . both ; in their ministerial .- association meetings and from the pul- , pit and are especially requested to call attention to this in their sermons on Sunday, May 28. . State Superintendent Greathouse, , in another resolution equally impor- . tant to the people of the state, la requested to prepare a manual of patrictic instruction which shall be taught in the Indiana public schools and recommended to be adopted as a part of the , curriculum of the parochial schools of the state. By the plan suggested, this will take the place ot the present hapbazzard method of patriotic Instruction In the schools. Other resolutions included the expression of appreciation for the entertainment afforded the Sons ot Veterans and the indorsement of Newton J. McGulre of Indianapolis, as Indiana division's candidate for the position of commander-: in-chief, to be elected at the National Sons of Veterans' encampment to be hcl at Rochester, N . X . . CAVALRY OFFICER TO ENTER CONTEST (American News Service) ; New York, May 18. rThe cavalry officers who will represent the U. S. army In the International horse allow at London next month arrived here today from Washington and will sail tomorrow ' on v the' steamship" Minnetonka. In the party which will leave tomorrow are six officers, eight enlisted men who will act as groom and 12 horses that have been specially trained at Ft Myer, Va. ' . " (Except ftatiirday) . including Complimentary Mat for Week Ending May 13, 1911, C.02O v tnowing net paid, news atanfia mxS regular complimentary :-Uat- ttsz3 not iactaia sx;i ccra. , i

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