Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 235, 2 July 1911 — Page 1

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BRIDE-TO-BE WAS HURT SATURDAY 111 All AUTO ACCIDENT

Miss Lorena McClane, Going With Her Fiance, Sumner i Davis, to New Castle, Was . Thrown from Car. EXPECTED TO MARRY ON SATURDAY NIGHT Miss McClane Had to Get a ; License in Henry County, : and Started with Davis in . a Testing Car. ' While hastening In an auto test car ' to New Castle where they expected to get a marriage license, having planned to be married this evening at Cambridge City, Sumner Davis of this city, and Miss Lorena McClane of Henry county, near Dublin, had an automobile accident which necessitated I postponement of the wedding. Miss McClane, who is well known in .'the county, having for several years ' taught In the district schools, was ; thrown from the machine and sustained painful, though not serious scalp wounds, which required several stit- ; ches to close. She was brought to the city and last evening was resting . easily. The two were en route to New Castle and had selected the shortest route which took them through Greens 'fork. About a mile and a half west of that place they suddenly struck a very i bad section of road, a rut causing the car to settle and unbalance it so quickly that Miss McClane was thrown out. Mr. Davis was able to hold his eat and quickly got the car on the i road again, without much damage to It. y Found Unconscious. When he reached his fiancee, she was In a semi-conscious condition. She was carried to a farm house and a physician summoned, lie stitched up the two large scalp wounds and relieved her suffering as much as possible. She was then brought to Richmond. As Miss McClane's residence is in Henry county it was necessary that the license be secured in that county. The wedding, which was to have been a quiet one, was to have been held ' last evening, although they had first Mr. Davis, who Is well known and an f automobile instructor for the Westjott Motor car company, was in a L ........ I.A Kn.1r , . tkla i city ana iaxe a nnisnea car to uincininatl and then come back, here and go )with Miss McClane to Cambridge City for wedding ceremony. Friends of the two deeply regret the (accident. Miss McClane's escape from 'more serious injury is regarded as remarkable, inasmuch as she was hurlted several feet and alighted violently ihead foremost. CONGRESS TOLD OF GREATJJD GRAFT Rep. Slsson Says There Is Conspiracy Against the U. S. in Washington. (National New Association) Washington, uly 1. Rep. Sisson, of Mississippi, introduced a resolution in the house today to, investigate the reports that prominent men hava bevn buying land between the Capitcl and the Union Station, which the government planned to purchase, expecting to later chargo the government an exorbitant price tor it. Neither in h's resolution nor in the statement whlca he made concerning the matter does Mr. Slason make public the names of the public officials iesumed to bo involved In the land candal. Rep. Slsson sayc there aro various ugly rumors afloat and that the matter should be cleared up before the government expends any part cf the appropriation for the land. MINERS SAVED (Nation! News Aoclatlon) ' Salt Lake, Utah, July 1. Rescuers working in relays today succeeded in rescuing Albert Durrant and Timothy Smith, miners, who were imprisoned 200 feet down in the whirlwind mine at American Fork. Utah, Thursday by a cave in. The two victims were still conscious. fj AVE the Palladium go with you on your vacation. Ten cents per week. Telephone your order bctore starting. Phone 2566.

INDEPENDENCE FOR FILIPINO NOT YET A PRUDENT ACTION

Lawrence Smelser, a Richmond Young Man, Who Has Taught on the Islands, Presents His Opinion. FILIPINOS NOT DEMANDING FREEDOM Politicians Are the Ones Behind the Movement, and Many Prominent Americans Fooled by Them. The author of this article is a graduate of Richmond High School and of Earlham College, and was for some time a teacher In the Philippine Islands, consequently he is well versed on the subject with which he deals. Editor's Note. To describe the Philippines in a short letter like this is like crowding the contents of an entire library, into a paragraph. Therefore I can only "hit the high places as it were, and let details remain in the same obscurity in which they have always remained to the great mass of Americans. Very few people know the Philippines. There are many even in the Islands who know so little about what takes place outside. the small circle around them, that it is small wonder that a supposedly intelligent congressman presents a bill to grant the Islands their independence in 1920, on the ground that the Filipino people will be qualified by that time to enter the ranks of the nations and govern themselves as such. la a Great Mistake. Greater mistake was never made. Now if all the United States wants is an excuse to let go of the Philippines gracefully; If we have no interest in the future of that people; if we don't care whether they can keep the status of a nation for more than a generation or not; if we merely want out, and J give their eagerness and their "special preparedness" for independence as a plausible reason, then I withdraw my objections, and say that it is well. But I have my doubts as to the game being as deep as that. Those arguments of his Bound sincere, if pain fully in error, and I merely feel- sorry for him. I have however seen famous statesmen, and people not so famous, who have at great expense toured the Islands, visited ' for fully a month, touched at even half a dozen of the chief ports of the archipelago, attended as high as two dozen receptions, bailes and dinners, junketed about in a palatial coast guard, and listened to the oily eloquence of a score of prominent and successful Filipinos, who assured them that the Filipinos were ready for independence and it was true, because they said it was true and read of how they came home and painted in glowing colors the progress of the Filipinos, etc., etc. Bryan did that some years ago; Fairbanks did it less than two years ago; and only Inst August I had the pleasure of seeing Secretary Dickinson do the same, to the tune of the popping of corks and , the strains of "Aguinaldo's March." Yes, and now the Filipinos in Cuba insult the American flag and the American nation, but so accompanied by the fervent clasping of hands, and so indirectly, that Dickinson tipped his. hat as he rode in his carriage and congratulated the citizens of Cuba on their loyalty. He was fooled nicely, and so were the others. In fact, nowhere can be found as consummate a liar as the Filipino and especially the political liar. Where the Trouble Is. Now here was the trouble. The Philippines are not a small group of islands with large cities. They stretch over a thousand miles, with eleven of its islands each larger than several of our states, and two of them, Luzon and Mindano, enormous. There are a few visitable cities Manila. Cebu. Sloilo, Zamboango, Dumaguete, etc., but out of nine millions of inhabitants you will find seven or eight millions living away from the cities. The visitor meets the educated Filipinos (the most highly educated of whom couldn't take a diploma in Richmond High School, though ns clever and unscrupulous politicians they are unsurpassed), ses the special improvements construrted by Americans and goes away with the erroneous impression that the Filipinos have learned to do these things, and that the laziest man on earth is going to keep on doins them as soon as the Americans gets out of the way. I have lived over two years away from the cities, out among the Filipinos, wuere I saw. a white man once a month and a white woman once a year. I have worked, eaten, talked with them, stayed in their homes (will I ever get clean again!) guided and advised them, kicked them, and done nearly everything one can do to become intimately acquainted with their condition and the inner workings of their minds. I have traveled all over (Continued on Page Eight)

IS MUCH ALARMED BY A OUAJUATUROAY Buildings All Over the City Swayed and Some Were Slightly Damaged, Causing Panic Among People. OTHER CALIFORNIA TOWNS FELT SHOCK In Carson City, Nevada, the Shock Was Severe and Created a Panic in the Federal Court Room. (National News Association) San Francisco, July 1. Two heavy earthquake shocks only a few seconds apart, occurred here at two o'clock today. Five or six undulations were felt clearly in each shock from north east to south-west. Buildings all over the city swayed, but so far as learned no serious damage was done. The first tremor was accompanied by a deep reverberation which usually marks disturbances of a widespread character. Operators in the exchange left their boards and ran from the building. In some instances plaster was 'shaken from ceilings. Throughout the city people rushed from their homes. Market street was filled with frightened employes from big buildings and Third and Fourth streets were covered with fragments of cement shaken from tall structures. Merrymakers Alarmed. Thousands from the theaters and down town cafes were In a panic, filling the streets. The coping of the Hall of Justice which survived the earthquake of 1906 was slightly cracked today and the wainscoting was also cracked. The durations of the shocks was ten seconds. In the Merchants' bank building heavy stones in the cornice were moved slightly out of alignment. Slight cracks were made in the Pacific building and the Commercial building. Earthquake shocks were also feltrafe Stockton, Berckeleyv San Jose, Oakland, Fresno and Sacramento. AT CARSON CITY. Carson City. Nev., July 1. A severe earthquake shock was felt here today. The federal court was in session when it was experienced and the chandeliers in the court room rocked. The judge, jury and attorneys rushed from the building in fright. Great alarm was felt all over the city, but no serious damage was reported. HE SHOOTS HIMSELF Tragic Death of A. W. Coffin of Indianapolis. (National News Association) Indianapolis, July. 1. Albert W. Coffin, of the Coffin-Fletcher company, prominent socially and commercially, committed suicide by shooting himself in his right temple at his home on North Delaware street late this afternoon. He was sixty-one and suffered from nervousness for two years. He leaves a widow and a son. BOTH CHALLENGER AND CHAMPION FIGHT (National News Association) San Francisco. July 1. With the fight which will decide the lightweight championship of the world but three days away, Owen Moran, the little English challenger, and Adolph Wolgast, the title holder put in their last hard licks of training today. Tomorrow and Monday they will do light work. Tom Jones, manager of Wolgast, admitted today that the champion looks for the hardest battle of his ca reer when he sacks up against the English boy in the twenty round contest on Tuesday. Betting continues light, although the promoters look for a lot of money on Monday and Tuesday. Both fighters are in the best of shape. After the fight Moran is going to England and Wolgast, after a short stap in Los Angeles, is going to his Michigan home for a long rest. BEVERLY GREETEP PRESIDENT TAFT Beverly, Mass., July 1. All Beverly turned out to greet President Taft and his family when they arrived here today ; for the summer stay at "Paramatta" the Taft summer home. He was given an enthusiastic greeting and the President appeared glad to get back, though he will stap here only a short time, before starting for Indiana. This afternoon the President will visit the links either at Miopia club or the Essex course. On Sunday he leaves for Marion, Ind., - and will go thence to Indianapolis as the guest of former Vice President Fairbanks over the Fourth of July.

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MANUEL L. QUEZON ASKS FREEDOM OF PHILIPPINE ISLES

Colony's Delegate to Congress Has Canvassed Members and Finds Majority Favor Such Action. HE HAS TWO PLANS HE IS TO PRESENT Some Members of Congress Fear Independence of the Islands Would Be Menace to This Country. (By Jonathan Winfield.) Washington, D. C, July 1. Manuel L. Quezon, one of the resident commissioners of the Philippines Islands, who exercises in the House of Representatives the rights that are vested in territorial delegates, is persistent in his demands that congress free the Filipino people. A person canvass of the members of the house and senators has con vinced him that the majority favor Philippine Independence. Few, how ever, have given the slightest thought as to how this end is to be accom plished. The sentiment of the House and Senate, as Commissioner Quezon finds it, is "that the Islands will be a menance to this nation in the event of war, and are today a gigantic and un warranted expense." He has, therefore, after careful study, and knowing that congress moves slowly, mapped out two legislative programs. His programs would both give what the Filipino people unanimously demand Independence. He Has Two Plans. Discussing his plans for this legislation he said today that there are two ways of putting an end to the sovereignty of the United States over the Philippine Islands. "One is to give the Philippines Independence as soon as a stable government has been organized," he explained. "This, cafl 1) aceompjUshed by ent acting legislation which shall provide that within two years from the pas- J sage of the act, the Filipino people j shall elect delegates to a convention ! which shall draft a constitution for a Philippine Republic, and after the constitution for the new republic has been adopted by the Filipino people, they shall elect their officials. When these officials have been elected and duly qualified, the sovereignty of the United States over the Islands, shall be given into the hands of the Filipinos, and the independence of the new government recognized." "This is the Way which will best suit the Filipino people," Commissioner Quezon explained. ,"The other war" he added, "is the gradual transfer of the government to the Filipino. To carry this out, legislation will have to be enacted that will provide that it is the purpose of the United States to' give the Filipinos their independence within eight years. A lesser period would be more acceptable to the Filipino people. After the passage of the act, the Filipino people shall elect the upper house of the Philippine legislature. They may elect and control the lower house, and their conduct in their half of the law making under the American administration has been most creditable. With the upper house they will have immediately the whole legislative machinery in their hands. After Passage of Act. "Two years after the passage of the act, during which the Filipinos have been running the legislative machinery, there shall be held a convention to frame a constitution for the Republic, and after its adoption by the people, the powers of all the American secretaries, now in charge of the different departments of the Island's government shall cease, and they shall be succeeded by Filipinos, duly elected by the people. Two years later the Filipinos shall have the right to elect the chief executive of the republic. For the next two years there shall remain in the Islands an American known as "Commissioner of the United States to the Philippine Republic," who shall be an advisor to the president. At the end of this period full and absolute authority, over the Philippines shall be given to the Filipino people by the United States. "Both of these plans include the neutralization of the Philippine Republic by an international agreement entered in by the United States, on behalf of the republic, with the powers. When the Filipinos are given their Independence they would like to have a country exempt from the strifes of nations and neutral territory for all the world, as Switzerland is neutral in Europe. "One of these plans is the only solution of the Philippine problems that will do justice to the Filipino people and honor to the United States. The world knows that the Filipinos helped the American troops defeat the Spaniards in the Philippines.1 because they were led to believe, and did believe, i that the United States would not hold

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EIGHT MILLIONS TO TO BE SPENT FOR

GOVT, BUIL Quarters for State, Commerce and Labor and Justice Departments to Be Wonderful Structures. PROPOSED PLANS FOR BUILDINGS NOW OUT Considered Greatest Building Project in the Country and One of the Greatest in -Entire World. (National News Association) Washington, July 1. The officially approved plans for the new government buildings advocated by the present administration were made public today. They provide for the erection of buildings for the Department of State, Commerce and Labor and Justice on a site that lies between Four teenth and Fifteenth streets and extends from Pennsylvania avenue, south to the wall which runs from the capitol to the Washington monument Architecturally the new buildings will suplement the building design now prevalent in Washington. The cost will be $8,000,000. Though the actual amount of money to be spent in the erection of these new buildings is Insignificant in comparison to the vast sums annually spent for federal and state office buildings throughout the United States, great interest is attached to the project, for it is considered by experts the greatest building project in the country and one of the greatest in the world, because it looks toward the erection of a group rather than a single unit with harmony in the aggregate as its ultimate result. Competitive Contest. In seeking plans for the buildings the government inaugurated a ' competitive contest, sending invitations to some sixty of the leading architects of America asking them to submit designs. These plans were then placed before the board at examining, ,architects who selected three of the most suitable and artistic awarding to Donn Barber, the Department of Justice; to New York and awyer the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor, and to Arnold W. Brunner the Department of State. These three architects were then called together by the Secretary of Treasury and given instructions to develop their individual designs with the heads of the buildings for which they arc intended, having constantly in view at the same time the reconciliation of the designs to each other and the harmony of the group as a whole. In exterior design the three buildings are similar in character, each employing columns three stories in height set upon a windowed wall, and architectural "basement." This wall is one story high in the case of the end buildings and two stories high in the central one, these correcting the dip of the ground and raising the three colonnades to the same level. Designs Are Simple. While ornamental in appearance, the buildings are of the utmost simplicity and no fancied needs of "architectural expressions" have been allowed to interfere with the practical requirements of lighting and arrangement. From Pennsylvania avenue on the north the principal feature of the front will be the entrance portice of the Department of Justice; from the AJcmument grounds or the Mall, that of the State Department. The building of Commerce and La bor, forming the connecting link, is a

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simple rectangle, its lines being un-)age speed of about 55 miles an hour. I broken by any dominating feature. Its'! kept at an altitude of about 1,500 feet main entrance is on Fifteenth street. ! to keep out of the pockets. As I near-

but its entrances for the employees are from the sidewalk of Fourteenth street on a level with the car lines. It will probably be two years before the new buildings will be complted. GAY DECEIVER IS NOW BUSTED FLAT (National News Association) Indianapolis, July 1. Wm. Stearne, a L;rte merchant, Saturday filed in S-o' dl court here a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. He gives his liabilities as $3,346.68 and his assets as $565. All but $200 worth of his liabilities is money due on a judgment to Miss Maybell Seymour for breach of - promise. The judgment : was for $6,500 and costs. , Stearne represents that he paid $3,826.50 of the amount and still owes $3,07L65. AVIATOR FRISBIE TO MAKE ATTEMPT (National News Association) Detroit, Mich., July L A flight from Rochester, X. Y.," to Detroit Is planned for next week by Captain John Frisbie who is taking part in the aviation meet here. J1 Jff! j cu uuv wucu. 11"; .cu a u-lucicuw engine now and more experience and is sure he can win the $15,000 offered by James H. Moore of Rochester and Detroit,

AGED WOMEN

KILLED BY OLD FISHERWOMAH is mm VICTIM Fatal Stroke Comes to Elizabeth Gee While Fishing in the River. Suffering an attack of heart disease, no doubt brought on by the excessive heat, Elizabeth Gee, a colored woman whose age is estimated anywhere from eighty five to a hundred years, yesterday afternoon fell from a stone abutment at the end of North Sixteenth street into the east fork of the Whitewater river and though rescued almost immediately did not regain con sciousness. She died, within five minutes after being taken from the water and was taken to her residence, 806 North Fifteenth street. The woman, as has been her daily custom for several weeks, was fishing in the river at the point where the North Sixthteenth street main has its outlet into the river. To the best information which Coroner R. J. Pierce could secure, she had a fainting spell and fell into the water, which at this point is very deep. Wilbur Sell and i Sam Quitmoore, who were nearby at tho f i m a c a w hitf fall an1 nichail n I her assistance, quickly hauling her from the river and urging the well defined means of resuscitation, but without avail. She gasped once or twice and then died. Coroner Pierce learned that this spring and summer the woman has frequently fallen while digging bait, and in his opinion heart trouble and not drowning was the immediate cause of her death. She was a sufferer from rheumatism and it was with great difficulty she wandered to and from her home. On her fish string were about twelve small catfish, perch and other varieties which were so small as to be classed as minnows. These, however, would have furnished her evening: and : Sunday morning ?meal. The funeral arrangements have not been made. ATWOOD TELLS OF HIS W FLIGHT Crossing Over the Singer Building Was Only Danger He Encountered. (National News Association) New York, July 1. Harry Atwood, the young aviator, who thrilled New York today by his flight over the city, told a romantic story of his trip this afternoon. Atwood did not suffer in any way from the perilous journey. He was not even nervous. His story follows: BY HARRY M. ATWOOD. .When I left New London at 7:05 o'clock, I intended to cross the sound immediately, bat I was unable to get a fast boat to follow me. The morning was ideal for a flight and I was determined to make an ascent. The trip was without incident until I reached New Haven where I struck a series of air holes. I had to travel inland and ascend higher in order to avoid this danger. The wind was blowing rather brisk;y but I managed to maintain an aver ed New York I fojind that I had only two gallons or gasoline leit. 1 saw some tanks near Queensboro bridge, and thinking that I would obtain a fresh supply of fuel, I landed, touch ing earth at 9:31 o'clock. After pur chasing four gallons I reascended at 10:09. It was not until then that I decided to fly over Manhattan. I rose to an altitude of 1,500 feet and whirl ed down the East river, veering off to ward the towr of the Singer building. A terrific upward current from the tower caused ' my machine to careen and nearly capsise. I just righted the pianes in the nick of time. "The space over the Singer tower was the greatest danger point I had encountered. I rose higher and started for the battery. As I sat over the water I saw the fine parade ground at the Government reservation on Governor's Island and decided to land there. It was certainly an ideal place. Any aviator who could . not make a landing there ought to quit, The trip was without accident and I am feeling fine. I enjoyed it immensely." IS ORDERED HOME (National News Association) Washington, July 1.- The thirteenth infantry were ordered today to leave San Antonio for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, This is the first regiment of the maneuver division to get its marching orders. " .

STRUCK DOWN

ft CITY CAR Victim of the Accident, which" Occurred Late Yesterday Afternoon, Was Afrs. Maryx McLaughlin, Cityl SON OF THE WOMAN GREW VERY VIOLENT John McLaughlinj Conductor on Traction Car, Tries to Assault City Car Motorman, Stewart Taylor.. In her haste to cross the street at West First and Main, in advance of a swiftly approaching extra city Etreet car, in charge of Motorman Stewart Taylor, .402 South West Third street, and Conductor Joseph Maddox, South Eighth, street, Mrs. Mary McLaughlin, aged 76, a well known resident, who lived with her son, John McLaughlin and wife, 33S Pearl street. West Richmond, received injuries which resulted in almost immediate death, when knocked down and dragged by the car. The accident occurred yesterday after. noon about 4 o'clock. When her son, who is a conductor OH' the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and ! Eastern Traction line, and who was' just leaving the city enroute to India-: napolis, reached the scene of the accident and found that the victim was' his mother, he became frantic. It was necessary for those who were quickly brought to the scene by the accident to use physical force to restrain him from doing harm to Taylor. ' Last evening, while still suffering greatly from the shock, he had regained his composure. Was Going to Church. Mrs. McLaughlin, who was & Terr active and devout Catholic, was er.route from her home to attend one of the late afternoon services. She had, called at a neighbor's home and later stopped at a grocery at First and West Main streets. On the approach of the extra city car, she told Thomas Hayward "here comes my car," and started across the street. Either not noticing the speed of the car or becoming confused, she stopped in its path. She was dragged several feet ' before the motorman brought the car to a standstill. On examination. Coroner R. J. Pierce found that the vertebrae, near the neck was dislocated and responsible for almost instant death. She also had numerous bruises about the head and body, but none of which would have been fatal. The bones in both, legs - were - broken just above the knees. There was no evidence that. she had been run over. STRAIIGEJA11 FOUND Wandering About Aimlessly, in Michigan. ? (National News Association) Adrian, Mich., July 1.- A message , received here today says a man was found wandering near Tecumseh and - who has been" declared Insane, likely - is guy H. Clark, an embezzling cashier of Earlville, N. Y. Nothing definite has developed, however, to identify ' him as the - missing New Yorker. He ; is middle-aged, has light complexion, blue eyes, is five feet, eight inches talland weighs about two hundred pounds. After the stranger had been bought' to jail here he gave the name of Wil-' Hams, but the police later found the name "George Hayes, Marion, Ohio."; on his clothing. They have wired to Marion for IdentificaUon. ; ' ASKS FOR PROBE Washington, July 1 Rep. Baker, of California, introduced today in the house, a resolution for, an investigation of the administration of public land laws. The proposed investigation is to be conducted by the public lands committee. " 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 tlon on $23." 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 6. ..., av . .

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