Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 233, 30 June 1911 — Page 1
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ACTION BE TAKEN Think the 83 Indicted Members of the Wire Trust, Part of Steel Trust, Should Be Sent to Jail. f MO BENCH WARRANTS v WILL BE DEMANDED Attorneys for Indicted Magnates Promise to Have Them in Court when Their Trials Arc Begun. (Xatlonul New Association) New York, June 30. Jail sentences Vill be demanded by the government from nil of the 83 members of the Wire Trust" Indicted for violation of the criminal elmse of the Sherman nti-trust act. I'nited States Attorney Henry A. Wise declared today that he would make a strong efrort to have dractlc punishment Inflicted where culpability was shown. However, he Bald that he would ask for bench warrants for the accused as counsel for these men had guaranteed to have them in court when their presence is required. The indictment of the "Wire Trust" tnen la the first gun ; In the governmen's campaign against the "billion dollar" United States Steel Corporation, that not only dominates the steel trade In this country, according to government allegations, but returns such powerful control over steamship lines, railroads, or companies and other 'corporations that its powers arc practically unlimited. Men of national prominence in the Held of Ann nee are included in list of thone Indicted yesterday but it is rejwted that others, even hitter known, vtll be brought Into the case before the government's Inquiry Is completed. Among those indicted In connection vlth the fight on the American steel find Wire company are Frank J. Gould. Housert L. Batterloo, a son-in-law of J. 1 Morgan, and others. Gould and Edwin Jackson, Jr., corporation law. yer, who is named In all indictments 'are both in Europe at this time. Investigation into the affairs of the steel trust and its subsidiaries will be continued in other cities. Although Wise "would not say at what points the department of Justice would continue Its kdclving it was reported the inquisition "would probably extend to 1'ittsburg pad Chicago. lORDER TROOPS HOME I. bur Regiments Arc to Leave San Antonio. (National News AasoHntlon) Washington, June SO. Major General Wood announced today that four (regiments at San Antonio will be imfmedlttely ordered to their home stations. The remainder of the maneuver division will be withdrawn as rapidly as possible. . ONE CONCERN SENDS 45 SACKS OF MAIL : Over G3.000 circulars nnd personal letters have been ent out by the .American Seeding Machine Co.. to 4V 000 representative farmers in the t'nl-! ;ted States who are prospective buyers of grain drills nnd other Implements (manufactured by the lloosler lrill company. The consign ment of mailting matter, which was taken to the post office yesterday. In 47 mail sacks ! the largest ever sent out by the company. The publicity department of the big company lias been working on 'the advertising matter for over six weeks. Several times a ear a flood of circular letters Is mailed out by the company. DYNAMITE CAPS ARE PLACED UNDER BAN "Dynamite" cans were put under the ban by the police department this morning when Su(erintendent Gorraon Issued an order to arrest anyone found placing these explosives under street car tracks. Several women, it Is said, have been injured by flying gravel. caused by the explosion of tho potash t cap. Superintendent A. Gordon, of the traction company, says that the dynamite caps may blow a flange off a wheel, or crack the wheel in such a way that a serious wreck may be caused. fjA VE the Palladium go with you on your vacation. Ten cents per week. Telephone your order before starting. Phone 2566.
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King Peter, of Servla, whose last chance to break the ostracism of European courts because of the foul murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga, has gone with the refusal of Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, to grant him a proposed audience. King Fetor's tenure on the throne of Servia has been one of lonely solitude, unbroken by friendly overtures from the surrounding European courts. Time and again this monarch, whose hands are believed by many to be stained with the blood of his benefactors has signified his intention to travel abroad to take part in the court functions of his neighbors. All overtures on his part have, however, been repulsed by those to whom
tiiey have been made, and he sits In in ine diooci or a muracrea King and CIGARETS CAUSED MENTALBREAKDOWN Harold Thomas Tells Officials He Began to Smoke When 6 Years Old. Admitting to tho Wayne county authorities that he consumed on an average two hundred and fifty cigarets a week, or approximately thirteen thousand a year, they declared they can well understand the ritiful mental condition of Harold Thomas, the sis teen year old youth who is confined at the county pall, awaiting admittance to Eastern Indiana hospital. The boy was declared of unsound mind by a lunacy commission after his arrest for shooting at Miss Beriha Cooper with whom he was infatuated. He later escaped and attempted to commit suicide. Frosecuting attorney C. L. Ladd. one of the officials to whom Thomas made the admission, said that the boy declared he became addicted to the habit when six years old .nnd it had grown steadily mon him until he became a slave to the habit. The boy's mental breakdown, which resulted in his attempt to take the life of the girl and later his own lif?. Is attributed solely to his excessive ns? of cigarets. The boy's mother, who is matron at the Home for Friendless and from whom he escaped on the night of June 16. when he attempted to commit suicide, telephoned this office on Thursday morning and denied that she had attempted to smuggle cigarets to him while he was at the hospital or that any such attempt had been made whatsoever. WATERWAY BILL IS STABBED IN BACK (Nationat Nftrs Association) Springfield. III., June SO. Gov. Deneen's waterway bill wrich was to have been the opening wedge in the great "I-akes to the Gulf" project, has been killed by the state house of representatives. The last possible chance to pass the measure so it would become effective tomorrow instead of a year from that date, passed with the failure of the house waterway committee to call a meeting to discuss the bill. GREENSFORK WILL HAVE CELEBRATION A fireworks display and baseball and tennis games will be held on the Fourth of July at Greensfork. There will be a band concert at ?:30 o'clock In the morning, fter which the games. Including baseball, tennis and racing will take place. In the evening, W. I Ha:rd will have charse of a fire works display.
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lonely majesty upon a throne steened 1 queen. A P CAVES IN SIX WORKMEN DIE Two of the Injured in a Buffalo Catastrophe Today Cannot Recover. (National News Association) Buffalo, N. Y., June 30. At least six men were killed and twenty-five were injured when the roof of the new water works pumping station at the foot of Forter avenus collapsed this forenoon. Two of the injured cannot survive. Forty men were working in the pit, thirty feet below the first floor of the station, when the two side walls with a roof two hundred feet long collapsed, burying them under tons of brick and iron. PATIENT SUFFERER DIED LAST NIGHT (Palladium Special) Hagerstown. Ind., June 30. Mrs. Agnes Elliott, aged 72 years, widow of the late Doctor Elliott, passed away Thursday night at eleven o'clock at her home on South Perry street. Death was the result of several years' suffering from a water tumor. The patient wa? operated on yesterday and was relieved of 75 cuarts of water. Post mortem was held after her death and a large tumor removed. The deceased was an ideal Christian woman and bore her suffering with the greatest patience. She was a member of the Presbyterian church since :-.er girlhood. The children surviving are Miss Georgia Elliott, of Hagerstown, Mrs. George Best, of Delphi. Indiana, and Mr. Byram Elliott, of Pittsburg, Pa. The funeral arrangements have not been made. YOUNG SLEEPER IS NOW SLOWLY DYING (National News Association) Vandalia. 111.. June 30. Miss Hazel Schmidt, who has slept almost continuously for more than two months, is dying today, according to physicians. Her vitality is waning because of lack of nourishment. In the time she has been asleep she had been awakened only three times. On each occasion she remained awake for only a few minutes. BILL GOT CLUBBED When Patrolman Wierhake arrested William Pain, a negro, last night, he was forced to subdr him wit a club, and to drag him from Fourth and Main to the city jail. Tie man is now in jail. He was not seriously injured. I 4Tiie man was drunk. : 1 . "
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L CLOSE TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE PARKPROJECT Committee Begins Final Ef forts to Dispose of the Few! Remaining Shares of Stock! Now Remaining. EXPECT TO DISPOSE OF ALL BY SUNDAY Success of Committee's Efforts Assured and Plans for Organization Meeting Are Discussed. In whirlwind manner members of the Commercial Club Hawkins park committee are now disposing of the few remaining shares of stock in the project. The stock disposing campaign ends on the Fourth of July, but the committees in the field hope to close the work by Sunday. The last formal report of committees showed that there are 23 more shares at $50 apiece to be sold, but it was stated Informally today that ten of those shares have been disposed of so that only $750 is yet to be raised. The finish today and tomorrow will be in the whirlwind fashion, with Chairman Sharon Jones, H. R. Robinson, George Scidel, Dr. D. W. Stevenson, John Peltz and Dr. T. H. Davis, at the heads of the various squads. New that the park project is an assured fact, there is talk of the date for the first meeting of the association, the election of officers, and preparations for the work of building the park. Within 30 days a meeting of the stockholders will be held, and after the organization of the company, work will be started on the grounds. There is no doubt, according to Secretary C. W. Jordan, of the Commercial club, but that work on the park will be commenced within a period of 90 days. Formation of a Lake. ,There wi& be a dam built, neaxJSaacUu Seventeenth street, this being the western extremity of the grounds on which the association holds an option. This will connect with the newpark's pike, the purpose being to build a bridge in connection with the dam, opening up a new territory, for a cityaddition. After the creek has been dammed up a lake three-quarters of a mile long by one-quarter of a mile wide will have been formed, making the largest i body of water within a great distance of Richmond. The Wayne County Game and Fish Protective association will be requested to stock the new lake with fish. The large, beautiful grounds, 120 acres all toid, which surrounds the proposed lake, will be converted into probably the most popular summer re sort in Indiana. Lots will be sold, around the lake for cottages. A large chautauqua and public pavilion is to be constructed on a satisfactory site. Golf courses, fine tennis courts, baseball grounds, and out-door gymnasiums and play grounds will bring the park up to the highest standard. Summer Lodge Homes. Local clubs and lodges are expected to purchase lots and build summer homes. There is some talk of a canoe club, which undoubtedly would prove popular. For a cheap summer vacation the Hawkins park will be unsurpassed. One good result of the opening territory included in the Hawkins land, will be a street car line, which is assurred. CHINESE MINISTER ASKS AN INDEMNITY (National News Association) Mexico City. June 30. Notice was served on the Mexican government today that China will press claims for $16,500,000 indemnity for the Torreon Massacre of Chinese citizens. Chang Yin Tang, minister to the United States end Mexico, who arrived last night, today opened formal negotiations woth te government. He declares that he would remain in Mexico until assured of the success of his mission and that a Chinese cruiser was coming to remain in Mexican waters to support his claims. HARLAN FAMILY IS TO HOLD REUNION Members of the Harlan family, who live in this county have received word that the annual reunion will be held at Connersville on August IS and 17. Associate Justice Harlan of the supreme I court, who recently achieved great fame as a result of his dissenting opinions in the big trust decision, is a member of the family but it is improbable he will attend because of his age and the demand for his presence in Washington. It has been customary for him. however, to address a letter to be read in the presence of his relatives on the occasion of these family meetings. Last year the reunion was held here, there oeing members of the family present from all but four or five states in the country. Altogether about three hundred were present. .
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PALLADIUM OFFERS PRIZE TO READERS
The Palladium wishes to announce that it will offer a ten dollar cash prize for the best article on "How to Spend a Week's Vaca tion on $25." For those who wish to take part in the contest there are only- a few requirements. The article must not be over 250 words; write it plainly (typewritten if possible) and on one side of a sheet only. Mail it to the "Vacation Editor," Palladium, Richmond, Ind. The author of the best article submitted will be given the prize on Tuesday, July eleventh. Contest closes July t. IS GIVEN FREEDOM AT ELEVENTH HOUR Negro Charged with Burglary Dismissed in a Very Dramatic Manner. Because of a misunderstanding the state dropped its burglary charge against William Knox, a Cambridge City negro, at the eleventh hour before the trial, Friday morning, in the Wayne circuit court. Just four little words "1 didn't say that" were responsible for the !Ction of the state and they were hailed with joy by Knox and his aged mother, who it is said mortgaged her property in order that her son might have good legal counsel. About half an hour prior to the time for the court to call the case to trial, state's attorney, C. L. Ladd, and R. K. Shiveley confered with Charles Merrick, the prosecuting witness, who has operated a soft drink dispensery, since his saloon was driven out of business by the blanket remonstrance in Jackson township. The attorneys were discussing the case against Knox with Merrick when they asked where it was the latter saw Knox on June 16. Merrick replied that it was in the alley in the rear of his place. "I didn't say that Knox was in the yard back of my store."Then the state's case crumbled. The prosecutor had relied on Marshal Drischell's statement that Merrick had. seen the nejro in the yard in the rear of Merrick's place of business. Merrick was the prosecuting witness. The other important witnesses for the state were xVrshal Drischell and William Kaiser. However unsupported by Merrick the evidence of these two i witnesses would not have been of much value. Consequently the state moved to dismiss the affidavit, explaining that some one had misinform ed them, and that it would be doing Knox an injustice to press the charge with no more evidence than they had. Knox was arrested on June 16, charg ed with stealing $38 from Merrick's place of business. He was first arranged in the Justice of the Peace court at Cambridge City and bound over to the circuit court. He had been in jail until Friday morning. Knox has been in the penitentiary before. Henry U. Johnson had been retained as his counsel. Following the dismissal of the case Knox walked to where his mother and another relative were sitting in the circuit court and the meeting between mother and son was very touching. COLONIAL TROOPS DECORATED TODAY (National News Association) London, June 30. Indian and Colonial troops, which came to England to take part in the coronation ceremonies were decorated by King George at Buckingham Palace today. The King placed the coronation medals upon the uniforms of the soldiers. One of the prettiest and most unique ceremonies of the coronation was the entertainment of 100,000 children at Crystal P.fcaee by the King and Queen. Their Majesties drove to the Palace in the afternoon. FRANK H. HENWOOD WILL MAKE APPEAL (National News Association) Denver June 30. Frank H. Henwood, who was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing George Copeland with a stray bullet at the time he killed S. Louis von Phul of St. Louis in the Brown Palace hotel here, today announced that his attorneys would appeal the case to the supreme court unless a new trial was granted him. He still is to be tried on the charge of murdering von PhuL ZIONISTS MEETING AT TANNERSVILLE, N. Y. (National Nws Association) Tannersville. X. Y.. June 30. Zionists from all parts of the country have assembled here for the fourteenth annual convention of the Federation of American Zionists, the sessions of which will continue several days. The convention will select delegates to represent the American organization at the International Zionist congress, w hich will meet at Basle, Switzerland, next month. -
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Joseph F. Smith, venerable president of the Mormon church, who is one of the principal witnesses at the hearing of the Hardwick sugar investigating committee in Washington. Prophet Smith told of the dealings tne Mormon church had with the sugar trust. LONDON POLICEMEN ASSAOLUTRIKERS Scores Injured in Seamen's Riots and Anarchists Play Leading Part. (National News Association) Hull, Eng., June 30. Five hundred "bobbies" today marched into Hull and fought hand to hand battles with the rioting marine strikers. Threats of leadres to redouble the violence of last night when more than a score of injured had resulted in an appeal for aid which brought the extra police here posthaste. They arrived just in time. The situation here is the most serious that has yet developed In the shipping strike. Anarchists taking advantage of the turbulence to proclaim their doctrines, led in the lighting. Although the extra police finally succeeded in dispersing the main bodies of strikers and establishing order it was not until a series of. clashes had taken place. Word was telegraphed to York where cavalry has been held in readiness for several hours, that the services of the soldiers might be needed at any minute during the day. THROW DOWN GAGE. Liverpool, Eng., June 30. The White Star Line threw down the gage of open defiance to the shipping strikers today by declaring a lockout of all employees save officers and engineers. This was the most drastic move made by an affected steamphip company. The company immediately took steps to engage strikebreakers. GERMAN GUNS BOOM FRIENDLY FAREWELL (National News Association) Kiel. Ger., June 30. With German guns booming a friendly farewell behind them, the battleships of the second division of the Atlantic fleet sailed from Kiel today. Emperor William put to see on the Meteor this morning. He was saluted by the American ships and as the squadron got under, way the German warships in the harbor fired a 33-gun salute. The American ships are bound for Provihcetown, Mass., where they are due to arrive on July 14. i A GREAT ARMY OF WOLGAST BACKERS (National News Association) San Francisco, June 30. Wolgast admirers and backers are many here and commissions continue to come in daily. So strong has been the flow of Wolgast coin, the public being in ignorance of the sore hands that the odds have gone to 10 to 6, with a strong possibility of Ad becoming a 2 to 1 favorite before the week has closed. Sentiment seems to carry many of the fans, for while the champion is in grand condition physically and as confident as any fighter ever was, his hands are sore. For three days he has not used the gloves, doing nothing in the boxing line save shadow work.
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HIS ACCOUNTS MAY BE CAUSE FOR LEAVING B. F. Wehrly's Affairs with Richmond Candy Company Being Investigated, but No Report Made. j NO TRACE HAS BEEN FOUND OF LOST MAN Marcus Hasty States Wehrly Was Discharged from the Hasty Candy Co. Because of a Shortage. That Benjamin F. Wehrly. the missing traveling salesman for the Richmond Candy comnany is neither a suicide ncr the victim of some mental depression, explanations offered fcr his absence, but that he was short in his accounts was the report current today Wehrly disappeared from Muncie a week ago last Tuesday. Wehrly was discharged from the employment of the Hasty Bros., Candy company in the latter part of September 1007. because he was short several hundred dollars. C. C. Cain, sacretary and treasurer of the Richmond Candy company, was questioned in regard to Wehrly's financial relations with that company. To all questions he replied he had nothing to say. He declared he did not now wish to commit himself, as he might later have to make a retraction. After he has ascertained the entire truth, following a complete and searching investigation of Wehrly's business relatins with the company's patrons, he said then only would he be !n position to talk. Was He in City? A close friend of the missing man, says he is certain he saw Wehrly riding east on Main street In 4 closed cab. late one evening this week. The family , say they- have heard nothing from him since his disappearance and are still at a complete loss to explain . the mystery. They have been inclined to adhere to the suicide theory. In September, 1907, Wehrly was discharged from the employ of the Hasty Bros. Capdy Company because he was short in bis collections according to tho statement made by Marcus Hasty of that company today. Mr, Hasty says he believes Wehrly was 6hort about $600, but that the greater amount was made good by his brother-in-law. Dr. Hawley, he believes, it was, of New Paris, Ohio. He said that speaking without referring to his books, he believes that all but approximately a hundred dollars was made good. The company did not prosecute, Mr, Hasty said, because of sympathy for Wehrly's family. Because of the reticence of Secy. Cain of the Richmond Candy company, who would neither affirm, or deny the authenticity of questions asked, there is no positive information that Wehrley was short to any great extent while employed with the Richmond Candy company. Traveling men for other wholesale concerns who make the same territory as Wehrley did have been given to understand he was short. Raymond Wehrley, the son, stated at noon that he had never heard of these allegations. He said he had not heard from his father since the day he disappeared. The authorities claim that no information has been placed In their hands concerning any alleged financial trouble on Wehi ley's part. They have made no great effort to assist in locating the missing man. In fact those conducting the search withheld asking the police to assist as they thought it might cause alarm to Wehrley if he learned the police were looking for hirn. FIX OFFICIALS BAIL Wire Products Trust Officers to Be Prosecuted. (National New Association) New York, June 30. District Attorney Wise today issued notifications to the indicted officers and directors of the wire products trust to appear la the criminal branch of the United States circuit court not later than July 10th to plead to the true bills found against them by the federal jury, charging conspiracy to restrain tradeBail of $5,000 each will be demanded. WRECKED IN FOG (National News Association) . Calair. France. June 30. Six men were drowned today when the fishing vessel Jeanne D'Are was wrecked off the French coast in a heavy fog. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair and warm, er tonight. Saturday fair and continued warm. . -