Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 240, 7 July 1911 — Page 1

t: EICHMONB PAIXABHJM BUSINESS OFFICE PflONE 2566 AND STJK-TEXEGRAL VOL. XXXVI. NO. 240. BICIOIOXD, IND.f FRIDAY EVENING, JUIA" 7, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS LOCAL MERCHANTS GUARD THEMSELVES Seeking Relief From Heat in Public Fountain SHORTAGE IN ICE IS HOT EXPECTED BY LOCAL COMPANY WILLIAMS MAKING A THREAT TO SUE THIS COUNTY NOW INDIANA DIPLOMAT A CENTRAL FIGURE IN A NEW SCANDAL J3 zym-v rt FROM "DEADBEATS II

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Organization, Perfected Last Evening, Will Prepare a Book Showing Credits of . All Local People.

FAKE ADVERTISING PUT INTO DISCARD No Longer Will Richmond " Merchants Invest Their 4 Money in Advertising that Nets Them Nothing. With the perfection of the organisation of the Merchants Section of the Commercial Club, which was accomplished at the Thursday evening meeting, the time for the professional "dead beats" of Richmond to either come across and pay their debts or in the future pay cash for their purchases has arrived. A committee to be appointed by President 11. C. Hasemeier will 'prepare a rate book and those affiliated In the club will base the credit which they will extend to any one person on his standing as indicated by this book. For several years the credit system which merchants have extended has been, based on a publication, prepared at Lima, Ohio, and while In many ways the book was satisfactory, the local merchants determined they would prepare their own. Persons who' are worthy and deserving of credit will be given credit in the ratio the merchants believe Is due them. The rate book will be prepared solely for the purpose of protecting the merchant, who has been made a victim of many "dead beats." It is probable the personnel of the committee will not be made public. No Fake Advertising. Merchants also are going to protect themselves by refusing to advertise in cook books. song books and other schemes which net them no results. Instead of spending their money for "scheme" advertising, the merchants will use It in the legitimate way, such as newspapers, periodicals and the like. Thousands of dollars have been taken from Richmond by promoters of advertising schemes. The president will appoint a sanctioning committee to which all advertisements, not altogether regular, must be submitted. The action of this committee will be . final and any scheme advertising which Is approved must be of such a character that the. merchant will feel certain he will obtain results from the money he spends. At the present time the organization consists of about fifty members all retailers. At least fifty more members are expected before the summer Is passed. The Merchants' section will meet quarterly In the Commercial club rooms, while the officers and directors will meet subject to the president's call. Those affiliated are also members of the Indiana Retail Merchants' association. The officers of the organization are President H. C. Hasemeier, Vice President, W. H. Romey, Secretary, Charles W. Jordan, Treasurer, Edgar F. Illatt. A NEGRO MURDERER WILL BE EXECUTED (National News Association) Charleston, S. C, July 7. The execution of Daniel Duncan, the negro convicted about a year ago of the murder of Max Lubelsky, takes place this afternoon In the courtyard of the city prison. The murder of Lubelsky, a King street tailor, occurred on June 21 of last year. He was found in hia shop senseless and lying in a pool of blood. The only clue left by the murderer, whose motive was robbery, was a bloody stick with which the crime had been committed. A few weeks later, the widow of the murdered man was attacked In her husband's piace of business In a manner similar to that which resulted In the death of Lubelsky. Duncan was seized outside the store and recognized by a neighbor as the man in whose hands he had Been ihe stick with which the tailor was killed shortly before the murder took place. The negro was tried and convicted of the crime. His case was carried to the State supreme court, which tribunal declined to interfere with the verdict. LITTLE IS A HUNTER Mort Little, the crack shot of the police force, armed with a repeating shotgun, shot three squirrels, north of the city this morning. Little is a gun and camera fiend. LI AVE the Palladium go with you on your vacation. Ten cents per week. Telephone your order before starting. Phone 2566.

K A scene in the poorer districts the conjested districts seeking relief A NEW STREET CAR LINE NOWJSSURED Company Promises to Run a Spur North of Railroad in Near Future. When the officials of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Easter Traction company subscribed to several shares of stock in the Hawkin's park project, which has been promoted under the auspices of the Commercial club, the members of the soliciting committee were assured by the traction officials that a street railway line would be built across the Pennsylvania railroad as soon as the business in that vicinity justified the extension. C. W. Jordan, secretary of the Commercial club, who has been very active in closing the option on the land, believes that the club would formulate its organization and plan the development at the Monday evening meeting of the directors. All indications now point to the conversion of the property into an amusement park in time for the opening next summer, in which event the club believes the traction company will be justified in making the extension and feels certain it will do so since it has had enough faith in the project to purchase a block of stock. Company plans for the extension, so far as is known here, have not been definitely made. It is generally believed, however, that the line wiil run as far west as the hospital. Street railway service to the hospital is urgently desired. A question which has arisen is a name for the new park and a name for the lake. Because of the activity of Dr: T. Henry Davis, city health officer, in the project, there have been several who have suggested the lake be known as "Davis Lake," and the park as "Riverside Park." The club is particularly anxious to have a good name for both the park and the lake and no doubt will formulate a plan whereby suggestions of titles for the park and lake will be received. The old grist mill at Twelfth and the river has come into possession of the club, as it was part of the Hawkins property. It is probable that the mill, which is a source of some little revenue, will be continued in operation. The operating expenses are very small inasmuch as the machinery is still run by water power. The demand for the product is sufficient to keep the mill running almost the entire year. ATLANTIC CITY A CONGESTED PLACE (National News Association) Atlantic City. N. J., July 7. During the many years that Atlantic City has held the premier place among the popular Eastern coast resorts it is doubtful if there ever was a time when it entertained such an enormous crowd as at the present time. The beaches and the board walks were literally black with people today and it will probably be necessary for the hotels to display "Standing Room Only" signs in their corridors during the remainder of the week. The unprecedented rush of visitors is due partly to the presence of President Taft and the great convention of Christian Endeavorers which he addressed today and partly to the early arrival of lundreds of delegates and visitors t thd convention of Elks which is to hOTjbrth here during the coming week. JustnjHat the local hotel men will do withtherjhristian Endeavorers, the Elks and rae ordinary visitors who remainver' Sunday they do not attempt to jray. FOUR LOCAL ELKS GO TO CONVENTION To attend the national convenUon of the Elks" lodge, held at Atlantic City. Clifford Price, Howard Kara p. Benjamin Price and John Bayer, of the local lodge, will leave Saturday. Fully 100,000 Elks are expected to be in AtlanUc City to attend the convention.

of New York during the heat wave. The photograph shows youngsters of from the intense heat in a public fountain.

A FRENCH OFFICER AIR M WINNER M. Conneau Arrives in Paris Today After Flying 1,000 Miles. (National News Association i Paris, July 7. The circuit of Europe air contest which was flown over a thousand mile course above four nations and the English channel, came to an end at Vincennes today with Lieut. Conneau, of the French army, who flies under the name of Andrew Beaumont, the winner. Conneau, who was also the winner of the Paris-Rome flight, will receive $50,000 as a result of his victory. Roland Barroa was second, Vidart third. Pierre Vedrine, the hero of the Paris-to-Madrid race, who led all through many stages of the contest, and who was expected to win it, came to grief near Amians, when his motor went wrong and he was compelled to descend. Kimmerling also suffered motor trouble and was compelled to alight at Cologne. Vidart was the first man to finish in the race, touchingearth at the Vincennes aerodrome at 8:30. Conneau was officially awarded the victory because he had made the greatest speed over the entire route." Roland Garros and Gilbert also finished earlier than the winner, 'the former reaching Vincennes at 8:15 and the latter at 8:24. Renaux, the only contestant to carry a passenger on the long flight, arrived at 10:25. The air-line distance between Calias where today's stage of the race started, and Paris, is 140 miles. HITCHCOCK TO . QUIT Squabble with Hilles One of the Causes. . (National News Association) Washington, July 7. Postmaster General Hitchcock will soon resign, according to authentic reports today. His squabble with Hilles, Taft's secretary, over Alabama patronage, following frequent assaults on his administration of the postoffice department, are given as causes for his determination. MANY NAVAL YARDS TO BE ELIMINATED (National News Association Washington, July .7. Preparatory to the plan to abolish all except three navy yards on the Atlantic coast, the navy department has called for detailed reports of the work now being done at the various yards. The Norfolk and Brooklyn yards are regraded as having the better chances for retention. There will be one other favored city if Secretary Mayer has his way in maintaining, but three years on either coast. The department has already begun to reduce forces at the Xew Orleans and Pensacola yards. DECREASE IS SHOWN BY ATLANTIC PORTS (National News Association) Washington, July 7. Atlantic coast ports seem to be losing in the share which they handle of foreign commerce of the United States. Figures of the bureau of statistics, show a decrease of $61,000,000 in imports into Atlantic commerce district, eleven months ending with May, 1911, when compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. The Gulf coast district shows an increase of 112,000,000, the Pacific coast districts an increase of $11,000,000 and the Northern border districts an increase of 8,000,000. MODIFIED NAME The Women's Christian Temperance Union has modified the name of the organization to "Francis E. Willard, Womea's Christian, Temperance Union.

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4, . '- Jf BACKBONE OF WAVE NOW Reports from Chicago, New York and Boston Show Better Conditions. (National News Association) Chicago, July 7. A cool wave swept over Chicago today from the lake and suffering men and women for the first time in almost a week were able to ' sleep without suffocation of oppressive neat. One fly in the ointment, howj ever, was the prediction from the j weather bureau that the mercury J would rise again after today and that ! it would be just as hot, if not hotter j than during the record-breaking days. ! Sixty-four persons died in Chicago in the last 24 hours, as a result of the heat. Despite cool weather yesterday the affects of previous prostrations killed them. IN NEW YORK CITY. New York, July ,7. Although the fresbr-breezert swepf ng--on - Ne w VFork from the northeast, attained a velocity of 20 miles an hour and gave a brief respite from the terrible heat that has grilled the " city since Saturday, the death roll was increased hourly.' Up to 8 a. m. eight additional deaths had been reported, bringing the total up to 149, the heaviest toll of human lives ever taken by the weather in New York. The storm which the weather man had promised to relieve the sufferings had been sidetracked, although sections of the country on all sides of New York had felt its cooling effect. At 8 o'clock the mercury in the weather bureau stood at 81 degrees, three higher than at the same hour yesterday. Though the humidity had dropped 12 degrees to 69, scores of prostrations were reported and the ambulances were kept busy in all sections of the city. IS A LITTLE COOLER. Boston, July 7. The. sixth day of the New England hot spell found the temperature slightly lower than on Thursday, due to a heavy -thunder storm, but before S a. m., three more deaths had been reported in Boston. The list of fatalities for the-last '24 hours in the Metropolitan district to tals 30, with 97 prostrations. New England had 83 deaths and hundreds stricken in the same period. The humidity at 10 o'clock last night was S9, a rise of 26 points in 24 hours. Today the atmosphere was surcharged with moisture but the heat was not so intense. Officials today believe the apex of the hot wave has been passed. The ice and milk shortage is now the most serious problem of the sweltering New England cities and towlns. SETTLEMENT MADE IN A FAMOUS CASE (National News Association) Chicago, July 7. Mra. Mary J. Hoxie, who contracted to pay $53,000 for an "edition de luxe" of Dickens works, will not have to pay outstanding notes Of $35,000 which she gave in payment of the books. A settlement in the famous case, in wnich Mrs. Hoxie charged fraud between her and the three note-holders, the University Press, the First National Bank and the Boston Binding Company. The books, 130 in number, were to jhave been hand illumined by an Italian artist and were to have been got ten up in an extra luxurious manner. When delivered Mrs. Hoxie says, they did not meet specifications. AUTO VICTIM NOW VERY HAPPY BRIDE Sumner Davis and Miss Lorena McClane, who had a thrilling accident last Saturday while enroute to NewCastle to obtain a marriage license, have been married by the Rev. Schidler of Cambridge City. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are residing at 312 North Twentieth street for the present. The injuries which Mrs. Davis received in the accident have proven not serious and she is rapidly improving.

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Supply Is Holding Out Well, Despite the Heavy Demand and More Ice Will Be Brought Into City.

INCREASE IN RATE TO BIG CONSUMERS Price to Groceries, Saloons, Etc., Wll Go Up 2Y2 to 3 Cents per 100 Pounds Famine at Dayton. Within two weeks, if the hot weather continues there will be slight shortage of ice in Richmond, which will ' cause the price to advance from 2 to

3 cents per 100 pounds on the cheap- j county superintendent, the county et grades, which are furnished the council at its Friday session again large consumers, such as groceries and j turned down such an appropriation saloons. The natural supply, from 1,- e -t , . ,r.. . . . o nnn . . ! , , ',; and Superintendent Williams has trunt00 to 2,000 tons, now stored in local 1 ice houses will be exhausted within a ! ed the matter over to Attorney Wilfortnight, it is said by officials of the fred Jessup, who, unless an agree-

i local ice company. It will then be

necessary to import ice. The Rettig ! elther sue the county or lnstitute and Johnson company has a contract- , with an ice manufacturing firm in An-1 mandamus Proceedings against Counderson, and will have contracts signed ! t Auditor Demas S. Coe to compel within a day or two with other com-. the payment. par.ies. The Anderson company is at- On Thursday when the appropria-

tempting to evade the contract, as there are higher prices now prevailin at Anderson. Homes Not Affected. The increase in price will not apply to home consumers. The shinned ice

will be for the heavy consumers, who;p,oyment of a deputy. The legal side will have to stand for the price boost of the mar ws made clear by the because of the shinriin? exnense. The!attornev representing Williams, who

I total output of artificial ice, which is

furnished to private consumers, is evaae employing a deputy county sufrom 40 to 50 tons per day, and the j Perintendent, since the law provides daily consumption in the city during! such an officer, than the county could the hot weather has been over 65 tons dispense with its other county offi

per day. With the ice machines running at full capacity there is greater danger of a breakdown, and the company is conserving the machines as much as possible, In case of a break of the machines a serious ice famine woujd, result. , ' '.,J-. With" men and horses" exhausted from the heavy work of the last week, the slight cool wave of today was hailed with delight by the company. With a little rest from the day and night work, and barring accidents to machinery, Richmond will not be seriously affected. There is little natural ice in the state. In Muncie consumers are receiving less than half their 'orders; Marion, Indianapolis and New I Castle are suffering. At Dayton, O., ! there is a serious ice famine. MOTION TO QUASH THE INDICTMENTS (National News Association) Los Angeles, Cal., July 7. Motions to quash the indictments against James McNamara, who, with his brother, John J. McNamara, is charged with being the active head of the conspiracy responsible for the wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building, will be heard next ' week. The motions weje filed yesterday. The challenge of John J. McNamara, to took issue with the state on a mat1 ter of jurisdiction in his case, caused j a surprise. The challenge also will be decided next week. NOT ENOUGH CARE FOR TWO CHILDREN Alleging that Glen and Jesse Coon, two small children, are not given the j proper attention by their mother, Mrs. Therese Stamm, and . are provided ;iieither with a permanent home nor sufficient clothes, and food, Mrs. Elizabeth Candler, probation officer' on Friday filed affidavit in the juvenile court asking that the Board of Children's Guardians be appointed to assume charge of the two. CHASED BY TITLE; STILL HOLDS HEART (National News Association) Chicago, July 7. Mrs. Suzanne Ella Wood Dean, widow of John E. Dean and worth nearly a quarter-million dollars, is in Chicago once more. She fled :to her home here from Europe, where she declares she was pursued night and day by impecunious noblemen. Mrs. Dean still retains her heart and fortune, she says, but she admitted that she expects to spend the winter in Russia, where the count Arthur the Russian army, lives. She "flirted with the count." ITALIAN WORKMAN DIES FROM HURTS After lying at the Reid Memorial hospital since Tuesday, in a state of ; semi-consciousness, Arcangelo Indicianl, 20 years old, an Italian railroad worker, injured at Knighfstown, died this morning. The parents, two brothjers and two sisters survive. One 'brother lives in Columbus, O., while the others reside in Italy. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon at St. Mary's church. Burial was in St. ilary's cemetenr.

County Council's Refusal to Appropriate $360 for Deputy School Superintendent Held Illegal.

NEW STATE STATUTE PROVIDES A DEPUTY And Attorney Jessup, for the County Superintendent, Argues that This Law Can Not Be Overlooked. Though without the least possible chance of evading an appropriation of . . $36 for a years salary for a ment is reached out of court, will tion was first considered the county council refused the appropriation by a unanimous vote. On Friday, county superintendent Williams and former superintendent, Charles W. Jordan, I explained the necessity for the em ! declared the county could no more cials. Tie Vote Was Cast. When the question was put to a vote again Friday. Harvey Cook, Louis Hampton and John Judkins voted "no," and the "yeas" were H. H. Rob inson, Ellas Hoovert and. Frank WorL AI"lt" was a lle"vbte" tneordfnance failed of passage. Those who voed for the appropriation did so because they said they understood the necessity of a deputy being employed and explained their opposition Thursday by 'stating that at that time they did not thoroughly understand the matter. Councilmen who voted in the negative took the stand that the office is expensive, and, if necessary, the deputy should be paid for out of the county superintendent's salary. Mr. Judkins declared that if the council passed that act, it would be something else next year and so on until the county would approach the bankruptcy stage. He said he thought it was time to call a halt on the expenditure of the public's money. The law which provides for the employment of a deputy county superintendent was passed by the recent legislature. Its essential points are that a deputy may be employed a hundred and twenty days a year at $3 a day. It specified that the county commissioners should determine on the necessity of such a deputy. This the Wayne county board did some time ago and fixed the salary. In order that the auditor could pay the money he had to have the money appropriated by the council first. CROPS OF COUNTY FAREJUITE WELL Wheat Is Normal, Corn Not So Good, but Oats Are Almost Total Failure. Larger and better quality yield in the country this year is reported by those who have threshed already. Wheat testing out sixty pounds and better to the bushel is not unusual and a yield of from twenty to thirty bushels hag been general in many parts of the county. Of course there are many farmers who had rather poor results but the majority did better than customary judging from the reports re ceived by local millmen. Corn has been damaged by the ex tremeiy not weatner ana tnere are many fields which are spotted and the corn of most unequal growth, some stalks being almost ready to tassle and others not more than a foot to eighteen inches high. The smaller stalks have been literally burnt up and very few will make any corn at alL Farmers are afraid that corn, despite its splendid start this spring, will not make much more than a half crop. Oats likewise has been done poorly. The potato crop generally will be a failure. For some reason the stalks grew well enough but the plants did not bloom. Consequently no tubers were formed and so little faith is put on this crop. All kinds of hay, Including timothy, clover and alfalfa, have done welL All crops were much be&e-

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House Committee on State Department Affairs Probes Into Payment of $368,000 to John W. Foster.

CHINESE INDEMNITY FUND ONE "TAPPED" Payment of Members of Arbitration Commissions to Be Investigated, Despite Protests of Knox. (National Mcwi Association) Washington, July 7. Investigation of a $368,000 payment to John W. Plater, former secretary of state, and Robert Lansing, attorney for the claimants, out of the Chinese "Boxer" indemnity fund, on a claim more than fifty years old, was begun today by; the house committee on expenditures in the state department Sensational revelations are expected before the hearing concludes. The committee is proceeding on the theory that the' claim should not have been paid out of' the "Boxer" fund at all. - Thomas Morrison, disbursing officer of the state department, has already presented the committee with the foster vouchers. Pour of them called for 570,000 each, and one for $88,237. They were signed by John W. Foster and Robert Lansing, attorneys for James Rufus Amidon and Georgianna Amidon. The claim which was sev eral times turned down by the Chinese government and state department was originally known as "General Ward Claim," and grew out of the services of that soldier of fortune to the Chinese government. The committee has ordered Morrison to bring all vouchers covering payments to those employed on arbitration commissions under the department, despite a notice from Secretary of State Knox, that Touchers concerning diplomatic services could not be made public as they were paid from the "secret" fund of the department. 'P""'"'" i'tf """"" hi in .i mi :'. -v.: :Vy. GREENSFORK GANG MAKING THREATS (Palladium Special) . Greensfork, Ind., July 7. Because of the threat of the crowd of rowdies who nightly have been disturbing the peace here that they would "get" the man who took the job of town marshal, Mrs. Charles Heath would not permit her husband to take the position which was offered him. He was regarded as the best man in the town to rout the toughs. Rice Miller has accepted the position and was today sworn in by Sheriff Steen. The residents of this place are determined to have order and the members of the Law and Order Society, which was formed on .Wednesday night, have pledged the marshal' he ' will receive their support in all 'of his undertakings at breaking up the gang ' SUMMER SCHOOL TO 4 BE OPENED MONDAY The summer school for the benefit of public school children who desire to make up back grades or advance a grade will open at the Toung Men's Christian association building on Monday with an enrollment of over 50. It will be much larger than last year from all Indications. Prof. P. D. Ramsey will be in charge, assisted by Miss Magdalena Scbultz, who will teach German. Those who have delayed enrolling are requested to do so at once. f ,: ' NAME JUDGES FOR OPTION ELECTION Judges for the different voting precincts in Wayne township outside of the city of Richmond, in which district next Friday an option election will be held, have been named." The judges include Walter S. Rat 11 ft. No. 1; George Grimes, No. 2; Will Jeffries, No. 3; Joseph Dixon, No. 4; and Ed. Doran No. 5. The sheriffs and other members of the election boards have not been appointed. WILL INVESTIGATE STATE EXPRESS CO'S (National News Association) ; Indianapolis.' July 7. The Indiana Railroad commission announced today its Investigation of the express companies operating in Indiana will begin on August fifth, by which the commission hopes to ascertain the truth regarding the alleged excessive and unjust rates in violation of the state laws. The recent legislature conferred additional powers on the commission which will aid in the investigation. THE WEATHER STATE Fair tonight and Saturday with moderate temperature. LOCAL Fair and continued warm tonlnht and 8aturdajr. "t V : . '