Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 220, 17 June 1911 — Page 1

mic: MEOOT) PAIXAB BUSINESS OFFICE PHONE 2566 AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 220. RICHMOND, IXD., SATURDAY EVENING, JUXE 17, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. AVER J. M'llAMARA COriSPIRATOR; W. J, ' BURNS KIDNAPPER Pleasure Yacht is Believed Lost COUNTY BOARD NOW IN FAVOR OF THE TRACTION MAGNATE SAILS FOR EUROPE AND THEN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE NSANE WARD PLAN

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Marion County Grand Jury Makes Complete Report on Circumstances Surrounding Arrest of Union Man.

EXONERATES STATE AND CITY OFFICERS Upheld Marshall for Honoring California Requisition for McNamara Surprises in Indictments Withheld. (National Newi Association) Indianapolis, Juno 17. Detective tow i m .1 1 a ' wiiuam J. uurns was inaicieu lor conpiracy and kidnapping and John J. McNamara, International secretary of the Structural Iron Workers was Indicted for dynamiting by the Marlo.i county Jury which rendered a cot- , plete report today. Six other Indictments were returned, but the names were held secret. An unconfirmed rumor says one Is against a "man of national . reputation closely associated with McNamara." Governor Marshall was upheld for honoring the California requisition for McNamara. Acts of other city officials, Involved In McNamara's hasty removal to California were not Investigated. The jurors claimed it was not their duty to Investigate these latter matters. Walter Drew, counsel for the Erectera' National association, Detective Badorff, Aslstant District Attorney Ford of Los Angeles, and automobile owner, Frank Fox of Indianapolis are not subjects of Indictment. AH were connected In some manner with the sensational arrest and wild automohll. fll.ht nut nt Via mtata ullh MNamara, but the jury's report says none of them did anything- In violation of the criminal statutes. One of the Jurors supplemented the report with a statement that he believed I. Jl.. . m 1.IJ I . should have been reported on the evidence produced. ; Nature of Indictment. The Indictment against McNamara charges him with conspiracy to dynamite the Industrial Works of the Peoria and Fekln Union railroad at Peoria. III. In glvlrtg out the names of Burns nd McNamara, Judge Markey declared that no harm could result, the forMAB hl. I.ttj. . 1 A AAA knn1 w.A 4 V. t inn vriui uiiiiri w i 'i " tsvriiu aim 111T7 latter In a California Jail. The names of the other six however will be carefully guarded until their arrests are made. Jury Full Report. , The complete report made by the grand Jury to tho court, which was made public by Judge Markey, is as follows: "We have examined all witnesses and have followed every thread of the evidence which it Is possible to obtain at this time. We And the governor of Indiana acted clearly within the law and -In the premises nf what lie should have done. Whether Judge Collins of the city court of Indianapolis acted beyond his jurisdiction Is not a question which we have any right to determine, and If he did mistake his authority he did not violate any of the criminal laws of the state of Indiana, unless some fraud was shown, which was not. "With reference to the police officers of the, city of Indianapolis we are. of the opinion that their duties and services ended when John J. McNamara was delivered to James Ilosstck. In regard to Walter Drew. J. A. O. Badorf. W. J. Ford and Frank F. Fox we find no evidence- to sustain a charge for violation of' any of the criminal laws of this state and we recommend that they be discharged from custody. Score Burns. "While dynamiting Is an atroclovs crime and apprehension of those who may be guilty of it is a public service kidnapping is also an indefensible crime although It be permitted for the purpose of taking a man to where justice may be meted out to him. The law should be enforced with dignity and decency and the taking of a man out of his office, hurrying him through certain formalities of the law, wMhout giving him time to consult with his friends or attorneys, and then putt 1 113 htm Into an automobile and. rushing him out of the state with the evident purpose of preventing him from having an opportunity of invoking all pro- , ft art Inn mhlrh tho law mav aflTr1 tittn Is unjust In a community which be- . lieves In the supremacy of the law. "We believe that the facts of the case should be tried out in open court before a petit Jury to determine whether the law has been violated. Ve accordingly herewith return eight Indictments In the dynamiting cases. "Respectfully submitted. Edward II. J)avls. foreman. "I concur in this report, but I feel there should have been more per. Goudy," a member of the grand jury appended to the report.

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The missing 40-foot sloop Vayn of the Bayonne, N. J., Yacht Club and some of thoso on board who are believed to have been lost. Above Is Mrs. Lemuel Smith. S. Below, from left to right, Lemuel Smith, Sr., Lemuel Smith, Jr., and George Schutz. On June 10, the sloop was taken out for an afternoon cruise with five persons aboard and, since that time, nothing has been seen or heard of It. It is feared that, as a result of the storm which raged shortly after they started, that all have been lost.

TRAIN, VASHELD UP By Two Boys and Not a Shot Was Fired. (National Xewa Association) Portland, Ore., June 17. Two posses today are scouring the country between Drain and Yoncalla, searching for two youths who at midnight burst into the mail car of the Shasta limited on the Southern Taciflc railway, held up the clerks at the point of revolvers, looted mall sacks and escaped by stopping the train at Yoncalla. Although the two robbers brandished three revolvers, not a shot was fired. The mall clerks were helpless as one robber kept them covered while the other tore open the mall sacks and rifled their contents. It is not known how much booty the desperadoes got. As the train neared Yoncalla, one of tbem pulled the emergency signal and the train' stopped. They leaped out of the mail car and disappeared down a village street. The mail car was the only one disturbed. The conductor is certain the men boarded the train In Portland and believes they crawled across the roofs of coaches to reach the mail car. TO BID ON LOCAL POSTAL POSITION Because of some slight irregularity in the order providing for a mail messenger between the postoffice and the depots, the government officials at Washington have Instructed Postmaster E. M. Haas to again advertise for a mall messenger. The position will be given to the lowest bidder who desires to take a twenty-four hour job and deliver mall to twenty-four outgoing trains and receive mail from twenty-six Incoming trains. Those de-1 siring to bid for the position must have their sealed proposals filed with the local authorities before 2 o'clock, June 27. The messenger must furnish his own wagon and horses and ordin arily It has been the custom for the i messenger to have an assistant to han-1 die either the day or night stunt. rj AVE the Palladium go' Im with you on your vacation. Ten cents per week. Telephone your order before starting. Phone 2566.

u V ;' LOOK FOR FIREBUGS Believed to Have Started St. Louis Blaze. (National Xews Association) St. Louis, June 17. Following a spectacular fire which raged all night and consumed the mill, warehouse and yards of the William O. Frye Lumber Manufacturing company, the police today started a search for labor firebugs who, they say, were responsible for the blaze and the one Thursday night and Friday morning which destroyed $1,000,000 worth of property. In the Frye lire the loss was $300,000. The fires were in the same s?ctlon of the city and it was with difficulty that they were extinguished. Evidence that they were started by incendiaries is In the hands of the police and arrests are expected today. Lumber concerns all over the city have demanded police protection for their plants. The mills have been having trouble with the Carpenters union, which has been on strike since March 1. BRITISH SOLDIERS GUESTS OF BOSTON (National News Association) Boston, Mass., June 17. The steady tread of British troops was heard in the vicinity of Bunker Hill today as on that memorable day 136 years ago. when the first important conflict of the American revolution took place. Today, however, the Americans were not fort lied on the crest of the hill ready to "fire when you see the whites of their eyes." The Americans were on hand this time in vastly superior numbers, and they gave the British soldiers a warm reception, for the latter were the St. John Fusileers of St. John N. B., who had come down on a fraternal visit to help in the celebration of Massachusetts Fourth of July. The celebration centered in Charleston, where the British troops marched in. parade with the Massachusetts militia and sailors and marines from the American warships at the navy yard. TO MAKE REPORTS Reports of the delegates of the Sunday schools of the city who attended the state convention at Ft. Wayne will be heard at the special meeting of the Richmond Sunday school association on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock at the St Paul's Lutheran church. It Is desired that a fall attendance he pre-

Judge Fox Assured of the Commissioners' Support and the County Council Will Now Be Called.

AN APPROPRIATION IS NOW PREDICTED Judge Fox, Aroused by Conditions, Has Been Working Diligently for Long Time for the Reform. Pencil plans for an insane ward to be added to the county jail have been approved by the Wayne county board of commissioners and these plans with the approval of the board, will be presented to the county council at a called meeting to be held in the near future with a view to securing an appropriation for the building of the ward. Judge Henry C. Fox of the circuit court who has been making an earnest effort for some time to secure suitable quarters for the care of the insane in this county, declared this morning after the commissioners told him they approved of the plans, that he believed an appropriation would be made by the council. Aroused by the conditions surrounding the insane at the county jail Judge Fox recently appeared before the county council ond secured it- permission to have pencil plans made by an architect for an insane ward. The judge was given to understand at that time that if the cost was not found excessive the necessary sum would be appropriated by the council. The estimated cost of the ward accompanying the pencil plans is $6,000. To Be Well Equipped. The plans provide for a ward well equipped and' with modern facilities for the care of the insane. A small number of persons of unsound mind may be accommodated. Judge Fox ' will appear before the council at the called meeting and present the matter to the members. It is the opinion that the council will act favorably upon his advice to build the ward. The council during the early part of the year, when about ready to appropriate a sum for such a ward, refused to act when Timothy Nicholson and Amos Butler, secretary of the state board of charities, appeared before it and declared that the county jail was no place to have such a ward and that it should be erected at the county infirmary. A consideration of their contention showed that it was absolutely impractical inasmuch as no insane person could be sent to the county infirmary unless be was a pauper. The action of Judge Fox in asking the commissioners for their approval of the plans this morning and making arrangements for a called meeting of the county council was probably due to his attention being called earlier in the day to the escape of Harold Thomas, a youth who was yesterday adjudged insane at a sanity inquest, from the Home for the Friendless and his attempt later to commit suicide. A MAGAZINE AGENT STARTED STAMPEDE Armed with a target pistol. Nat Law, a magazine agent, full of liquor, cried he'd "be if any Richmond cop" got him. He issued this edict last night at the Armor hotel. The man had chased several boarders out of the hotel, saying that he "would plug them" just as he used "to plug pennies at 299 yards." Patrolmen Wierhake, Menke and Longman finally disarmed Law before he had "plugged any pennies," or boarders. He got $5 and 5 days this morning in police court for drawing deadly weapons. STEPHENSON GIVEN STINGING REBUKE (National News Association) Madison, Wis., June 17. United States Senator Stephenson, wbose election is tainted with a charge of bribery, will not be allowed to contribute toward the establishment of the state park in Door county. The state senate In a resolution voted to return to him tte $25,000 be contributed to the park on condition that it be named the Stephenson state park. ; We don't want his money. was the only explanation made by senators who voted for the measure. CASE DELAYED (National News Association) Baker City. Ore., June 17. Hearing of testimony In counter-action for divorce filed by Sidney C. Love, before a referee here, was temporarily halted today by the illness of Mrs. Frances Buraes, mother of Mrs. Lore. The hearings will not be resumed until she can be present in court.

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Thomas Fortune Ryan, the New York traction magnate, who has sailed for Europe in search of health. The photograph was taken as he was about to sail. He is in the hopes that a three months' rest and absence from his countless business interests will effect the cure that he has been una ble to secure at home. SEEDING MACHINE SALESMAN COMING Travelers for Local Concern Will Be in Richmond All of Next Week. The annual gathering of all the trav eling men of the American Seeding Machine company of this city will be held here next week. They will be gin to arrive in the city Sunday and early Monday, coming from all parts of the middle west and east. A program of events for the entire week has been mapped out and includes many pleasing features. On Monday a reception will be held, and on Tuesday morning an inspection of the factory made by the travelers. In the afternoon a lecture will be given n manufacturing of machines, etc. Wednesday will be field day on the experimental farm nortn of the city. A picnic dinner will be served at noon followed by a theater party at the Murray in the evening. Thursday will also be field day. Picnic lunch will be spread at the experimental farm at noon, and in the evening a dinner will be served at Cedar Springs. This event will be attended by members of the executive board of the American Seeding Machine company and officials of the Springfield plant. The trip to Cedar Springs will be made in a special car. Friday and Saturday will be given ovej to routine work. Among the traveling men to attend will be G. M. Anderson of Winchester, ill.; W. . T. Connelly, Chattanooga, Tenn.; M. G. Fitzgerald, Albany, N. Y.; C. C. Geib, Millersburg, O.; J. T. Harris. Franklin. Ky.; Edgar Hubbard. Saginaw, Mich.; E. B. John, Xeoia, O.; B. W. Lee, Trenton, N. J.; B. C. Leggett. Grand Rapids, Mich.; J. T. McDermott, Stockjort, O.; C. A. Marsh, Watertown, N. Y.; F. E. Metzger,' Williamsport, Pa.; S. K. Miller, Jackson, Mich.; T. W. Noble, Lynchburg, Vs.; G. L. Perkins, Bellevue, Pa.; H. Potee, Jr., Logansport, Ind.; H. W. Rawdon, Fredonia, N. Y.; G. J). Rogers, Louisville, Ky.; M. J. Subolt, Louisville, Ky.; S. E. Shearer, Sidney, O.; H. T. Spencer, Butler, Pa.; M. A. Stedman, Greensboro, N. C; L. L. Sterling, Mishoppen, Pa.; E. L. Sturrier, Baltimore, Md.; H. B. Thompson, Indianapolis; J. W. Thompson, Baltimore, Md.; E. W. Truax and S. E. Truax, Columbus. O.; U., D... Vincent, Baltimore. Md.; and W. E. Wilson and C. H. Zirckel, Richmond. THE WEATHER STATE Thundershower tonight and Sunday. LOCAL Unsettled tonight and Sunday. Probably showers. Net much change in temperature. ,

RICHMOND LOYALLY AIDS ITS COLLEGE

This City Alone Raises to Date $7,000 to Lift the Earlham Debt. BULLETIN. To the Public: During the last twenty-four hours unexpected subscriptions bare flooded into our headquarters. Richmond is i:ow within les3 than $300 of the $10,000 asked for, Our friends are still subscribing and we hope to go several thousand dollars beyond the marU. Richmond and Wayne County are determined to give us good measure, pressed down and running over. Robert L. Kelly. EARLHAM DEBT FUND. (Richmond) Previously Acknowledged ....$6,423 Today's Pledges 1,490 Today's Total $ 7,913 (State) Previously Acknowledged $39,022 Grand Total $46,935 Richmond came loyally to the support of Earlham's debt fund today and subscribed $1,940, increasing the previous Richmond total from $6,423 to $7,913. Thus, with Richmond's total practically $8,000, but little more than $2,000 remains to be subscribed. In the six days that the campaign has been conducted here, pledges have rolled in at the average rate of more than $1,000 each day. There have been days when the amount received fell way below this average, but other days have pulled it up again. ' . The first day of the campaign was a big one, and then there was somewhat of a slump. The special meeting called at headquarters yesterday by President Kelly got the workers all in line again and today's subscriptions show the results of their efforts. There has been a feeling at headquarters that the people of Richmond stood ready to help Earlham in this campaign, and that the only difficulty was in seeing each man or woman who might be willing to give. Llk? Sales Campaign It was compared to any other sales campaign, in which a good sales man ager does not expect dispose of his goods unless he gets to the people and presents his case. "The same is true here," said President Kelly."A man who makes a subscription to this fund purchases a share in the college. ' "To be sure, he gets no tangible return for his investment, but he is given full measure of .good will and appreciation by the institution.. , A man who gives in a cause like this ' has from that time forth an interest in the object of his contribution that he never had before. If it is a college, as in this case, his interest in it certainly will be worth while to him." Every man on the . Eariham campaign committee and all of the Richmond business and professional men who have been bssisting, gave very ounce of their energy to the canrass yesterday afternoon and today and are ready to keep it up untU $10,000 has been pledged. With the encouragement of today's pledges it Is believed they will be able to close the campaign in Richmond by Monday night. Monday and Tuesday of next week are the last days of the long campaign that began May 12 throughout the state. The campaign has been waged by many loyal friends of Earlham, and , many more have given, it the financial support without which it could not have advanced so far - toward success. A little more than $39,000 has - been pledged outside Wayne connty, .and the response to a series of personal letters recently issued is expected to pull the state's fund up to $40,000. This was guaranteed by President Kelly if $10,000 was raised here. FUTURE OF PERSIA UP FOR DISCUSSION (National Xews Association) Washington, June 17. The second day of the annual conference of the Persian-American Educational association began this morning with an interesting session at the public library. Among the speakers and their topics were the following: "The Future of the Orient and the Responsibility of America," Prof. Arnauld Belmont, Washington. D. C; "Reciprocity," Howard McNutt, New. York; . "Persia's International Relations," Prof. Herman Schoenfeld, George Washington university; "Persia and the Constitution." Henry C Finkelstein, attache of the Persian legation, and "American Breakers Ahead of ' Persia," Dr. Edward Getclnger, Washington, D. C 1

Sixteen Years Old Harold Thomas, Crazed with Love for Girl, in Hospital in Serious Condition.

HE TRIED TO KILL THE GIRL HE LOVED After His Attack on Her He Was Arrested Thursday, Adjudged Insane, Sent to Home of Friendless. HIS MOTHER "JAILER' When Mrs. Thomas, Matron of Home, Went to Her Son's Quarters Last Night, Boy Made His Getaway. Back of an attempted suicide of Harold Thomas, 16, Friday evening, after he escaped from the Home for the Friendless, of which institution bis mother is matron, is the pitiful romance of a youth, demented from love for a girl five years his senior. Although a bullet Is lodged just over his heart j'oung Thomas is still alive today. When Thomas was employed at the Richmond Underwear factory, several weeks ago, he was assigned to a work bench near which worked Miss Bertha Cooper, a pretty dark haired girl of about twenty-one years. With her the boy conversed from time to time. Scarcely two days had passed before he was madly Infatuated with her. His Odd Behavior. So marked were the attentions of Young Thomas, to Miss Cooper, a young woman of estimable character, that he was transferred to a different part of the shop, first to the packing department, then to the shipping department. His work in these departments was listless; seemingly he had no interest in life. He wanted to be placed near the girl again. Finally one morning, as It developed later, he walked up ; to Miss Cooper and handed her a twAnty-two cal( bre revolver. T intended to kill you," he said. "There's the gun. I ll not do It." The girl, noticing the intense de meanor of the youth, was alarmed, but she kept the Incident to herself for a time. Later the boy quit work at the factory because other employes criticized his attentions to the girl, who did not encourage him the least. It was not long after this incident that Miss Cooper, with another girl companion, was walking on South . Eighth street, about nine o'clock la the evening. They had just passed an electric light, when there came, a flash and a report, quickly followed by another. Two bullets whlszed over the heads of the girls and cut through the foliage of the trees above. Tb a girls were terrified and ran. They saw no one. J . . He Left the City. , Thomas left the city about this time, but the mystery of the shots was not unraveiea until miss uooper receivea a letter from the lad, written In Piqua, Ohio. The letter told of Thomas's attempting to murder the girl by shooting her through the heart. He said in the letter he could not keep from doing it. After the letter had been shown to Chief of Police I. A. Gormon, search was started for Thomas. He was arrested here Tuesday night, soon after he returned to the city. He admitted everything, as tbefeirl had told. He gave no reason excepting that he loved her. Thomas claimed the girl had a strange, unresistable influence over him. He talked of little excepting her while quartered at the city Jan. ' -'V.:..'-'"-: Yesterday afternoon he was taken to the Home for the Friendless and an insanity inquest held. Thomas was ' declared insane, and bis Immediate transfer to Easthaven advised. Thomas was quiet ' and said little after the Inquest. But last evening (Continued on Page Six) "ROBIN HOOD" AT GENNETT THEATER Earlham students will give the opera "Robin Hood" at the Gennett theater this evening. It was to have been produced on the open air stage on the. college campus, but owing to the fact that the ground was so damp and there was a prospect for rain tonight, it was decided to offer the opera at the Gennett. Besides the principals there is a chorus of eighty in the cast. Every member of the cast has been rehearsing for weeks and several of the principals are prominent Richmond and out of town singers. Costumes were secured from the Chicago .Opera House.