Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 194, 22 May 1911 — Page 1

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FIRE CHIEF SAYS OIL WAS USED TO START BIG BLAZE He Thinks Some One Set Fire to One of the Buildings of the Nixon Paper Mill Early Sunday.

King, Queen and Prince Going to Festival of the Empire PROPERTY OVIIERS EXPECTED TO PAY BUT CITY IS MOT PEACE III MEXICO; TO OBSERVE PACT

LARGE GAAR PLANT SAVED FROM BLAZE

Which Was a Dangerous One and Blazed Fiercely Nixon Plant Is Regarded as a "Jonah" One. Mystery surrounds the fire which destroyed three buildings and threatened two more, at the Nixon paper mill, early Sunday morning, which by Fire Chief Ed Miller Is believed to be of Incendiary origin. Just previous to the discovery of the fire. Night Watchman Lovln. of Oaar, Scott ft Co.. heard lusty shouts but he could not learn where the noise came from. Fifteen minutes later f.ames burst from the roof of the low brick paper factory building which was burned to the ground, while the four other buildings at the mill, adjacent to the one undoubtedly fired, were In partial flames. , In an Investigation Monday morning, Chief Miller, discovered that the oil bouse, located somewhat apart from the other buildings, had been broken Into, and some coal oil remevod. Mil ler says that considering the rapidity with which the flames spread oil must have been placed on at least the brick structure parka Flew Broadcast. The barn and office building burst Into flames about the same time, this being another evldency of Incendiary origin. The three story brick buildlag, located on Bridge avenue, and the present mill building on the river bank, probably were set on fire by sparks from the other burning building, which during the early part of the fire waa showered promiscuously on to the surrounding buildings, and onto the paint shop of the Gaar, Scott A 'Co. plant, which was for a time threatened. In today's Investigation Miller fixes the loss at $1,000. while Frank Nixon estimates the loss at nearer $6,000. Most' of the machinery had been pur chased by a junk dealer, and had been rmovd from the buildings. , It la claimed there had been some trouble between Nixon and the proper ty owners surrounding the mm regarding the use of the buildings for sleeping quarters for Italian railroad work era, about aeventy-flve of whom Inhabited the three-story building. In handling the fire the fire department again demonstrated It's efficiency. Certainly there is a hoodoo hanging over the Nixon Paper mill For many years there were floods annually, and many of the contents of the mill were always washed Into the stream, and the machinery damaged. Between floods the buildings at the mill suffered several serious fires, one year there being three bad biases. A WIRELESS. SCARE False Report of Collision at Sea Received. (American News Service) New York. May 22. Out of the haze of the fog that overhung the entrance to New York harbor today there came a flash by wireless that the liner Cedrlc of the White Star line had been la collision with the Atlas liner Allegheny off Fire Island. The wireless operator at Fire Island Immediately tried to get In connection with the Cedrlc but was unable to reach for some time. Finally he ascertained that there had been no collision, but that a collision had been narrowly averted In the fog when the Allegheny crossed the bows of the Cedrlc early In the morning. The Cedrlc was brought almost to a complete stop, this averting another ooean disaster. THE WEATHER tTATt Showers tonight and Tuesday; net much change In temperature. LOCAL Thunder showers tonight and Tuesday. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Highest temperature Sunday, $8 degrees at 2 p. m. Lowest temperature, Monday, 68 degrees at 4 a. m. Temperature at 11:30 a. m. Monday. 70 degrees, falling from 85 degrees at 10:45. : Barometer is slowly rising. Rainfall within the last 48 hours, .31 tach.

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King George. Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary riding in their royal carriage to the opening of the Festival of the Empire at Crystal Palace, London. Boy scouts and actors arid actresses in Elizabethan costume are in the foreground. This picture was taken as the procession passed through South wark.

TWO DONATIONS OF $1,(1111 A DAY Cause Earlham Debt Erasers to Smile Broadly Progress of Campaign. EARLHAM DEBT FUND. Previously acknowledged ... 115,221 New Pledges 2,735 Today'a Totals $18,258 Since Saturday afternoon, $2,735 In pledges has poured into campaign headquarters to be applied to the fund now being raised throughout the state to free Earlham from debt on June 21. Two Indianapolis men are responsible for the larger part of this increase, each of them contributing $1,000. Two $1,000 subscriptions In one day is an accomplishment of the sort that makes smiles at campaign headquarters. When the pledge cards arrived here was almost a disposition to give a cheer. Pledges have been coming In rgularly, and substantial ones, too, but the two $1,000 pledges topped off the day and led Chairman Pearson to set a higher mark for. his teams of canvassers. "There are . other 'thousand dollar men.," he 'said, "and I am sure we will hear from them before the campaign closes. But. none of use is apt to march to the front with $1,000 with out a pretty strong Invitation. There-1 fore I want no one to be able to say! that the Invitation was not extended. It is up to the district teams to see that everyone has an opportunity to give freely and often. It desired. And, I know the teams will do this." Some time ago an Earlham graduate who Is now in business in Indianapolis, made an agreement to contribute to the fund now being raised an amount equal to that of any other subscription obtained In - - Indianapolis. This man said he would give as much aa any other Indianapolis man. It was with this in mind that Timothy Nicholson and E. Gurney Hill went to Indianapolis to assist the local canvassers. They were looking for "a thousand dollar man" and they found him. In this case one card calling for $1,000 was a guarantee of another $1,-J uuu pieage. Ana. navmg ODiamea me first $1,000 the Earlham 'graduate promptly made his word good. He, also, signed a pledge card for $1,000. Both of them are now on file with Chairman Pearson at campaign headquarters. The campaign began again this morning in ten districts with every prospect of a big week. If everything goes well the canvass will be concluded In this territory by Saturday,-when the final ten districts will receive at tention. - Wayne county . (outside of Richmond) is being canvassed this Week, the work having begun this morning. Each Quaker community has been prepared for the coming of the canvassers and It is probable that these men will use Richmond as a base, going forth every morning into one or more communities. The campaign will not be confined to members of the Friends church, for the campaign leaders feel that the people of Wayne county will support Earlham in this movement. 145 DESCENDANTS (American News Service) Warsaw, May 22. M. Pinchus Gonsarovsky, a prominent Jewish citizen of Warsaw, has died at the reputed age of 120 years. He had 145 children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren,

SOLDIER DEAD TO RECEIVETRIBUTE Plans for the Observance of Memorial Day Here Are Now Complete. Plans for Memorial Day exercises in this city, May - 30, are rapidly being perfected by the local camp of Sons of Veterans which has the celebration in charge each year. The exercises will be the same as have marked the celebration of the day in the past, but it is the aim of the various committees of the local camp to surpass, if possible past efforts in splendor and magnitude. The feature event of the celebration will be the meeting held in the Coliseum In the afternoon, although the parade which will precede it promises to be a close rival. The program has not' been completed for the Coliseum meeting, but a general outline, however, has been outlined. -' Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the Richmond Commercial club and one of the most prominent Sons of Veterans In the local camp, will" deliver the Memorial address. Other speeches will be delivered, by prominent citizens and music will be furnished by the Richmond City band. The musical program will also include several .vocal

numbers. To the Unknown Dead. Following out' the custom of past years a column will be erected in the center of the Coliseum floor as a monument to the unknown soldier dead, and the paying of tribute to these heroes will be included in the program. It Is expected the parade this year will be larger ard more pretentious than those which have preceded it. The procession will comprise members of the Sol Meredith, Post G. A. R., the Sons of Veterans. Women Relief corps, and Ladies Auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans. They will probably form at Fourth and Main streets and proceed east on Main to about Twelfth street, thence north to A street, and west on A to the Coliseum. The parade-will be headed by the Richmond City band. Flowers for the decoration of the soldiers graves will be furnished by the school children. Committees from the Sons of Veterans will visit the schools in the morning, collect the flowers and carry them to the cemetery. As soon as they have been arranged on the graves a salute will be fired by a squad of Sons of , Veterans. AOTOS HIT WRECK One Man in Chicago Killed, Seven Badly Hurt. (American News Service) Chicago, May 22. Michael Halpert, a New York merchant, was killed and seven, other' men were seriously injured early today when two passenger automobiles and an auto truck crashed together at yashington boulevard and Kedzte avenue. Traveling at a terrific speed the touring car containing Halpert and six companion "joy riders' collided with the truck at the intersection, wrecking both machines and rendering all unconscious. A second touring machine evidently racing with Halpert's car ployed through the wreckage without overturning while its occupants crouched low and escaped injury. .jOther deaths may. follow

ECONOMY BOY MAY ; DIE FRORfV ATTACK Daylard Saunders, 11, Hit in Head with Stone by Willie Smith, 12, Negro. (Palladium Special) Economy, Ind., May 22. Being

barred from a ball game by several white boys, on account of his color, so angered Willie Smith, colored, aged 12, son of Mary Williams, that this morning about 10:30 o'clock he struck Daylard Saunders, aged 11. and son of Mrs. Fannie Saunders, over the head with a rock, probably fatally injuring him. The negro boy escaped to the woods and up till about 1 o'clock,' had not been discovered. The Saunders boy was rushed to his home and physicians were called They pronounced his condition very grave. The injury is on the left front side of his head and it is believed the skull has been fractured, in which case little hope for his recovery is entertain ed. Sheriff Albert Steen, Prosecuting Attorney Ladd, and Patrolman Henry Vogelsong left Richmond about noon for Economy in an automobile. They will place the colored youth under arrest, if apprehended. Several parties here are searching for him. but since he was(seen near Grant Mendenhall's place, soon after the assault, no trace of him has been found. Supported His Mother. ' The Saunders boy is aiding in the support of his widowed mother, and has. been living with-W. H. Haynes, near Modoc. -He had been at his home here for several days undergoing medical treatment, having complained of severe pains in his head, the exact na ture of his affliction not being known. The injury he received this morning makes his condition the more serious. ' Perhaps more on account of his offlciousness rather than of his color had made the negro boy extremely disliked by the small white boys of the town and he -was avoided whenever possible. When the smaller boys proposed a baseball game this morning, he started to follow them to the diamond, but was told he was not wanted. The Smith boy picked a quarrel with young Saunders and threw a stone at him, striking him on the left side of his head, laying open the scalp to the skull and making a fearful looking injury- While the other boys picked up young Saunders, the Smith boy escaped. Although it is ' said that no complaints against Smith were ever made to the county authorities, several residents here are said to have been on the verge of doing so. He has been in several small escapades and it has been his wont to stone the white boys with whom he frequently became involved in disputes. ; i . Smith's mother is the wife of Jacon Williams, now employed at New Castle. ' HAAS THANKED FOR THE BENNETT PHOTO Word was received today by Postmaster, E. M. Haas, from Governor J. H. Hawley, of Idaho, thanking him for his efforts in securing a photograph of Thomas Bennett, who was territorial governor of Idaho, from which a portrait can be made to harg in the state house. The Idaho legislator recently passed a bill appropriating money to secure portraits of .all past governors of the, state , -

ATTACK WAS MADE

Oil THE PRESIDENT Senator Nelson Assails Taft for Policy on the Reciprocity Treaty. (American News Service) Washington, : May 22. Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota' vigorously attacked the position of President Taft in refusing to permit any amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill at a hearing of the senate finance committee today. He .declared that the president was endeavoring to defeat the amendments which he. Nelson, had offered to the measure, and charged him with "evading the constitution," "trifling with the senate," and "with beating around the bush" in his attempt to thwart every effort to defeat the treaty. He also asserted that the president was not treating the senate fairly. He attempted to show that there was a precedent for amending treaties and, emphasized the fact that the constitution recognizes' the senate as a part of the treaty-making power. Nelson's proposed amendment would reduce the duty on agricultural products of Canada substantially ' one-half from what they are under the Payne law. ' MAY LOSE HIS JOB Talk of Lumber Menk Deposing President Hines. - - - ,- (American News Service) Chicago, May 22. Edward Hines, millionaire and head of .the National Lumber Manufacturers' association, is to be dropped from the presidency of that organization at the-annual meeting Wednesday as a result of. the exposures connecting him with the $100,000 corruption fund which was used to purchase the seat in the United States senate -of William' Lorimer. E. G. Griggs, of-Tacoma, will, succeed him. according to ' the plans of the delegates. Members of the association, it is said , insisted on his retirement as a result of the bribery charges against him. The accusations, it is said, have put the lumber companies in a bad light, with the people and to continue Hines in power would virtually mean an indorsement of him. This the association is not prepared to give. Hines was named by several persons before the state "senate investigating committee as the man who collected the big corruption fund. FARMER SHOT WIFE In Lawyer's Office at Greenfield, Ind., Today. - (American News Service) Greenfield, Ind., May 22. John Hoiliday of Brown township, shot his wife probably fatally this forenoon in a lawyer's office, where she bad gone to institute divorce proceedings. Two shots were fired, one through the neck and. the other through the right arm. before the sheriff, attracted from the adjoining office, could overpower Holliday, who was Jailed. . Mrs. Holliday is the daughter of Charles Walker, a prominent farmer. Her recovery is doubtful.

Woman, Assessed for Im

provement, Pleads She Has No Money, but Board Says That Is No Excuse. IT'S A GOOD EXCUSE FOR CITY, HOWEVER As Board Turns Down West First St. Improvement Because the City Could Not Meet Its Share. When the primary hearing on the improvement of South H street, from Ninth to Twelfth was called at the board of works meeting this morning, Mrs. Katherine Eloff, of South Ninth street, who will be heavily assessed on the improvement, asked the board to defer it for one year. She said Bhe was assessed Beveral hundred dollars last year, and $125 this season on var ious improvements, and that she could not afford to meet her assessment on the South H street improvement. A petition for the improvement was filed by the resident property owners Mrs. Eloff was told the board could not hold up the improvement for a year, even if she did not have the money. "We have to make the im provement, declared tne mayor, "as it Is petitioned for. On all lmprovemenas some one comes up with the plea that they haven't the money. If we stopped for that there would never be any improvements." Wants to Save Little. "I am getting old." pleaded Mrs. Eloff with the board. "We have to pre pare for a rainy day, and not spend all pur money for improvements that really dont' do us any good." "Yes. the street is bad," she contin ued, "but so are lots of others. Ninth hasn't been "made for 15 years. Why don't you make that street?" . "How will you be fixed next year? asked the board. "God only knows," cried the woman fervertly. "Down on the Liberty, pike in the graveyard I hope.. -Mayor Zimmerman can't assess me for improvements after I'm under the ground, I guess. If I'd had my choice I'd have been dead 25 years ago." Mrs. Eloff was assured by Mayor Zimmerman that she was "good for 100 years longer, at least." It Makes a Difference. The next business of the board was a demand and a petition that West First street be made from the National road to Kinsey street. T. C. Hubbard, representing the West Side Improvement association, was before the board in this matter. The mayor declared to Mr. Hubbard that the ' improvement could not be made this year albeit a petition with practically all the property owners' names attached, has been brought in. "The city hasn't the money to meet its share of the expense," said Mayor Zimmerman. "The West First street improvement was not included In the 1911 budget, and therefore we are not going to make it this year. It would be foolish to borrow money for this improvement. 1 "The city," explained the mayor, "owns 160 feet of land on the east side of the street, and it would cost us considerable money : to ' place sidewalks, curb and gutter in front of our lots, as is demanded by the petitioners." Mrs. Eloff was not present to hear this statement. Hubbard asked the board why some minor improvements could not be abondoned and the money used for the West Fifth street improvement, but the mayor said that all the available money had been used up. - County Superintendent Williams, a property holder interested in. the making of the street, asked the board why not use the money intended for West Main street, from Fifth street west, as this improvement was this morning indefinitely postponed. His question was not answered by the board. It Is understood that this improvement will be taken up next year. The indefinite postponement of the making of West Main street is expected to create bad feeling. The property owners asked for a gravel street, and the board said they should have macadam roadway or nothing. It proved to be nothing. HE DEMANDED $5,000 BUT RECEIVED $100 Small damages were awarded by Judge Fox to Louis Jelsavsky, a minor who, when fourteen years of age was , injured at the Richmond, Ind., Manu-j factcring company's . plant. The' amount be was awarded was $100. He' asked for $5,000, but the court's de- j cision was commensurate with the evidence in the case, it being shown ' that the lad had been negligent in ' operating the punching machine and ! getting his hand caught between the i punch, injuring him so badly that some of the fingers had to be amputated.' The lad is now living with his par- j ents at uayton, uuo. The trial re- i I

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Provisional President of the

Republic Says that All of His Troops Will Lay Down Arms Now. ONE REBEL LEADER NOT KEEPING PEACE Gen. Fiegueroa in the South Is Marching on Mexico City With His Army Diaz Is Reported 111. (American News Service) . EI Paso, Tex., May 22. Following the signing of the peace pact last night Francisco I. Madero, Jr., - Provisional President of Mexico, declared that the agreement would be obeyed throughout .Mexico by all men in arms. "If it is not obeyed, then what?" "Until the officials charged wlih the enforcement of the law break faith with the people after the official news of the signing of the peace pact has , been spread throughout Mexico, no lover of Mexico will use his arms In warfare. , It will be the duty of the duly constituted officers of the law and government to put down any troubles that may arise in the republic.' Mr. Madero was : asked If he had heard that Figueroa was marching on to Mexico City with an army regardless of the armistice which has been in existence everal days and: signing of the peace pact last night and said he had not. Asked if he believed Figueroa would respect the peace agreement Madero said: "All Mexico must respect the agreement. We have . every assurance that the constitution of the country is to ' be restored and there should be no fighting until the. officials are given an opportunity to act. It is a duty of all citizens now ' to end the war and help to restore our, beloved country to peace and pros ' perity." - ;, MARCHES ON CAPITAL. Mexico City. May 22, With Cuernavaca only forty miles from the capital in possession of Gen. Ambrosio Figueroa and his army preparing there to march on Mexico City, the revolutionary situation today reached a stage that caused even members of President Diaz's cabinet to tear for their lives. ' Reports are being generally circulated here that Figueroa has vow-, ed to execute the leaders in the pre sent government If be takes the capi tal. President Diaz is so ill that he Is unable to see any one, according to members of his cabinet. -General Enrique Zapata, Flgucroa's chief ally refused to see peace envoys from the government when they reaped his camp yesterday and when they returned last night they were kicked out of his - headquarters. Zapata has 4,000. men and has repudiated Madero completely, declaring that even ahould Figueroa follow Hadero his own forces would maintain the revolution. General Bernardo Reyes is slowly becoming prominent. His statement that he will not become a candidate for the Presidency has won him many friends, even, though his statement is regarded by those most- closely in touch with the' situation as a diplomatic evasion .of his real aim to be the military dictator of Mexico. , The Madero followers fear him. ; i AN EXTRA SESSION -IN ARKANSAS BEGINS (American News Service) Little Rock, Ark., May 22 The members of - the Arkansas legislature assembled In special neasion today In pursuance of the call issued a week ago by Governor Donaghey. The gov ernor will ask the legislature to-mae an appropriation for completing the) new Capitol and also to provide for a general revision of the revenue system. '.; . . , " , ' OKLAHOMA BANKERS (American News Service) -Oklahoma City., Okla.. May 22. The Oklahoma Bankers association began its annual convention lo this city today with a good attendance. Features of the inition session this morning were the annual address of President J. B. Ferguson of Enid and an address by . George B. Harrison, Jr. president of the New England National bank of Kansas City. Pcikdia's Tcfc! Ddly Avcrcje Orcditlra (Except Saturday) . (nclirdlng Complimentary fJsta. for Week Ending May 20, 1911. $,9117 City Cirestetios showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not lucluda sample copies.