Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 270, 6 August 1911 — Page 1

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TIDE MC. MOMD PTJ.AJDIUM AND SUN-TELEGfeAM. V VOL XXXVI. ISO. 270. RICHMOND, IND SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1911. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. A FEIICE BUILDING PILGRIMAGE TO BE INAUGURATED S00I1 Colonel John J. As tor, Children, Fiancee and His Home EFFECT PUBLIC -A

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Tentative Itinerary of President Taft's Trip Beginning September 16, Has Been Made Public.

ilS TO MAKE FIRST STOP AT KNOXVILLE President Will Then Double Back to Rochester, N. Y., . to Attend the Reunion of , the War Veterans. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. President Taft today tentatively arranged his itinerary for the September trip. The greater part of thla will be spent la the west where he hopes to build up the Republican fences. Two plans have been considered. One of them contemplates a trip of a month, carrying the President as far west as Hutchinson, Kas. The other -plan will call for a six weeks tour and will take the President to the Pacific coast , The President will leave Beverly, Mass., September 16 and will return on October 16, if be adopts the months Itinerary. , From Beverly the President , will first go to Knoxvllle, Tenn., to open the Appalachian exposition. From there he will travel to Chattanooga and Nashville. Will Double Back. ' Leaving Tennessee the President will double back to Rochester, New York, where he wll arrive on Sept. 23, to attend the reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic. Starting from Rochester the western' trip will really begin. The President will go to Detroit and Kalamafoo, and will reach Chicago September 25. He will go direct to Hutchinson, Kas., from Chicago arriving there September-26. ; ' i - r t .-'' JKaasAS City will be reached on the "eastern awing from .Hutchinson . and 8t. Joseph ancTSt. Louis will receive Calls. '" ;--;V. . From Missouri the President will go to Nebraska, stopping at Lincoln and Omaha, and from there will go to Iowa where he will visit Des Moines. South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin will also be included in this swing from Mlssuori, northward. The cities to be visited in those states have not been definitely decided upon. Should the President find it possible to go to the 'Pacific coast he will travel to Colorado, visiting Denver and Colorado Springs, thence to Utah, where he will stop at Ogden and Salt Lake City. From Utah he will vear ' northward visiting Oregon and Washington. STRUCK All ICEBURG Steamer Columbia Was Very Badly Damaged. (National News Association) 'NEW YORK, Aug. 5. The long arm of the wireless flashed Its sparks over the Atlantic today in an attempt to get into communication with the Anchor line steamship Columbia, with SCO passengers on board, which Is limping toward port with her bow stove In, following a collision with an iceberg. According to reports received by the Anchor line the Columbia suffered no damage below, her water line and all her passengers are safe. Captain Mitchell of the ship dispatched that he would make port tomorrow night. The accident occurred in a fog, 150 tniles north of Cspe Race, Newfoundland, and the fact that the collision was not mere serious was due to the fact that the vessel was steaming slowly. The Columbia Is bound for Glasgow. There are SO first cabin passengers; 330 second cabin and 150 steerage passengers on board. . MINE OWNER DIES (National News ABortatlon) CANANEA. Mex Aug. 5. Col. W. 8. Greene, millionaire American mine owner and ranchman died here today of acute pneumonia. Physicians and nurses had arrived from El Faso and Kaco a few hours before death, but their services were without 'avail. Col. Greene's family was. at his bedside. POSSE HUNTS FOR BRUTAL HERCULES ' (National News Association) LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Aug. 5. Six ty members of the Arkansas - stateguard under Captain Sam Crawford are scouring the woods and bayous around the town of Beebe for Tom Choate who killed City Marshal A. D. Mercing of Beebe by beating his head in with revolver while Mercing was sitting at dinner in a " restaurant. Choate is a veritable Herculr.

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, The famous Astor home, "Beechwood," at Bar Harbor, and the eighteen-year-old girl who Is to become mistress of it Miss Madeline Talmage Force, also the two children of Mr. Astor. On the left, Miss Muriel Astor; on the right, Vincent Astor. The son of Colonel Astor is a year older than the young woman who Is to become his step-mother.

WHITE AFRAID HE WOULDJf KILLED After Lorimer Exposure and Wrote "Farewell" Letter, Which Was Stolen. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Terrified by letters' which he said he received following his,, exposure, of. Lorimer' s election, Charles A. White 'again a witness- today before to 1 Lorimer ' Investigating committee," told ; how," facing death he .rote a "farewell letter" to his parents. That letter, said White, was stolen out of his grip in Chicago. ' He Bald he wrote in the letter that all of his statements were absolutely truths. Judge Hanecy, coun sel for Lorimer, asked the witness' if he tried to make his, parents believe that all of his statements, some . of which he has testified were liese, were true. White said he wanted his parents to understand that his charges of corruption were true. : White said a" copy of a letter he wrote to Senator Frazler following the exposure was also stolen from his effects. In response to questions from Senator Jones, White said that was the only copy of a letter he ever retained that he could recall. Testimony of White that Sidney and Otis Yarborough were In his room at Springfield the night of May 24, 1909, was gone over by counsel for Lorimer. White repeated the two Yarboroughs were with him in Springfield on the night of May 24, 1909. Attorney Hanecy then offered in evidence an Illinois- central railroad pass, of the same number as the receipt signed "Chas. A. White" and used from Chicago to Springfield on May 25. 1909. - "That is not my signature," said White, referring to the Chas" A. White on the coupon pass.' Judge Hanecy asked White, if he did not know that In the Browne trials the signature of "Chas. A. White" was identified as the handwriting of Sidney Yarborough. Witness said he did not hear, tes timony to that effect. The Lorimer defense tried to show that Sidney Yarborough used White's pass to get to Springfield from . Chicago the day after White said Yarborough was with him in Springfield. RAILROAD COMPANY IS SUED BY STATE LLOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 6. Averring that the Southern Pacific railroad had made false reports to the state auditor, revenue agent Hunteman filed suit today in the circuit court here against that road for $125,000, claimed to be due on franchise taxes for 1910 and 1911. The petition alleges that the com pany falsified its sworn report to the auditor as to its gross and net earnings for the years mentioned, giving the gross income as $45,000,000 when the books show $145,000,000, and the net earnings at 36.000,000 when the books show $?7,000,000. The Southern Pacific is incorporated in Kentucky. Similar charges were made against the Louisville & Nashville railroad recenly In a suit for $500,000 taxes. LI A VE the Palladium go i with you on your vacation. Ten cents per week. Telephone your order betore starting." Phone 2566. v-

& AUTO GETS STUCK! TRACTIOfTHITS IT Car Badly Wrecked, but the Driver, Chas. Baker, of Canal Dover, Jumps. With his American touring car mired in the. mud about three and a half miles west of the city, Charles Baker, president of the Exchange bank, at Canal Dover," Ohio saved himself 'from serious Injury" and possibly ,' death about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he jumped, just before an east bound Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern traction car sideswiped the machine, badly , damaging it. Mr. Baker was enroute east from Indianapolis. At the west end of the National, road in Wayne township, contractor . Cronin has begun to spread crushed stone in preparation of Macadamizing the highway. Baker, like most autoists, ' took the "side closest to the car tracks, as he did not care to . cut up his. tires on the sharp rocks. On reaching the township road running north and south, he started to turn north to enter Richmond by that route. Here his machine stuck In the mud , A few minutes later from the west appeared the interurban which reaches here at 5:30 o'clock, it signaled, and the motorman could not have helped seeing the distress which Baker was in according to Baker's statements afterwards. In any event the interurban did not stop and sideswiped the car, breaking the frame, wheels, steering apparatus and damag ing other parts of the machinery, but not irreparably wrecking the auto. , Mr. Baker was picked up by a local automobilist and brought to Richmond where he hunted up an attorney and is determined to have redress from the company. Mr. Baker saved his skin by jumping as soon as he saw the interurban was not going to stop. What damage was done to the interurban was slight. COMPLETING WORK ON THE CROSSING The South N street crossing over the C. & O. railroad will be completed next week. The crossing was the bone of contention in a remarkable legal battle in the Wayne circuit court in which attorneys fees alone amounted to no less than $1500. By losing, its case, the railroad company abandoned Richmond as a place for its yards and shops. " HENDRICKS DEAD (National News Association) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 5. C.,0.' Hendricks, a New York broker who was injured by a maddened horse in front of the Grandstand last Monday during the carnival parade, after the animal " had thrown his rider, Lieut. M. H. Ragle, of the. Colored National guards, 'died at Clockner sanitarium- Seven other people were injured in the same accident. NOTICES ARE SENT TO FORMER CAMPERS The Chautauqua management Is sending notices to the campers of last years gathering notifying them that tenting space reservations will be opened next, Monday.' On the following Monday the plat will be thrown open to the general public The programs will be ready for distribution " about the first of next week.

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p CAMPBELIMARKET GOOD OIIE Plenty of Produce and Shop- ' pers on Hand. Notwithstanding the heavy rains and the threatening skys the public market on South A street was .open ed auspiciously yesterday afternoon. The truck gardeners had more produce for sale and the crowd of shoppers was larger than at any time this season, in many instances the . budplr failed Prices were generally- steady t previous quotations, but in some products a considerable variation was shown. The most noticible examples were the apples and potatoes, which was due to a large extent to the great difference in the kinds offered. Peaches were in heavy demand but as yet the Michigan supply has not begun to arrive.' Only a small quantity was on sale and only a fourth of the demand was met. New kinds of produce was seen on the market, Saturday. Lima beans sold for 25c a quart and only a small quantity was on sale.' Small pickles were selling for 25c a hundred. Sweet potatoes were selling for 40c a peck. There were plenty of young chick ens on the market to meet' the demand. Young fries are selling from 40c to 75c. The prices generally remained the same as last week. The quotations are: Green beans $1.50 per . bushel J tomatoes, 10c a quart; sweet corn, 20c dozen; potatoes 50c a peck; butter 25c a pound; cabbage 5c a head; apple's 25c a peck and 75c a bushel; carrots two bunches for 5c; radishes, two. bunches for 5c; mangoes 10c dozen; muskmelons 10c apiece; watermelons, 25 to 75c; pears 50c peck; lettuce, 15c pound; beets, three bunches for 10c. ENGLAND CONFIDENT Franco-German ; Agreement Is Satisfactory. (National News Association) :.- London, Aug. 5 While England has not yet been apprised of the 'terms' of compromise reached by Germany and France, there is a general feeling of relief and exultation here. . In official circles it is regarded as practically certain that France has ceded no territory that will permit Germany to establish a station where it can menace English trade. The attitude of the London press is more pacific, the liberal organs contenting themselves with congratulattlng the government on its firm stand. TOWNSHIP LEVY IS TO BE INCREASED Indebtedness of Wayne township combined with additional expenditures made necessary by the new state laws, made necessary an Increase of 28 cents in the tax levy in -Wayne township. The township 1912. tax. rate' win be $1.25. A five cent levy for help and salary and office expenses- was made necessary by the new laws, while the special -school levy was increased to fifty cents, a 25 cent increase, because of the erection of a new school building and the fact there will be eight months instead of seven months school hereafter. : -A reduction ; of 2 cents was made in the special poor fund levy.

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LOOKED DEATH III FACE BUT ESCAPE Miss Phoebe Gift and Miss Mary Taube Had Close Call for Their Lives. Blinded by the fierce rain and hall storm which broke , over this city shortly before noon yesterday, MIbs Phoebe ; Gift,, $10 , South Fifth street, narrowly escaped . a dreadful death while walking on the "Chesapeake" and Ohio railroad tracks at noon Saturday Miss Gift in company- . with Miss Mary Taube, who resides on the Liberty pike were going to their homes for lunch and had s started to walk on the tracks when the 1 storm broke, When between South B and C streets the two young women, who are em ployed at the Starr Piano offices in the capacity of stenographers, heard a train whistle and quickly looking ahead they saw the C. & O. flyer swiftly approaching. Miss Taube jumped to the side of the em bankment but Miss Gift was, on the side west of the tracks and in her frantic attempt to cross the tracks, to a point of safety, before the flyer bore down on her, slipped on the wet ties and' she fell.' ....... By this time the flyer was within a few feet of where Miss Gift had fal len. With marvelous self control and by quick thinking Miss Gift attempted to arise but upon finding, that she could not do so she rolled to the . side of the track and lay there until the train had passed. Miss Gift suffered no serious injur ies from her thrilling experience other than a nervous shock. She says that her escape from death was nothing short of a miracle. An umbrella which she was carrying and to which she clung to during the ordeal extended over one of the rails and was cut into small pieces. It is said that the engineer of .the fiver-which is due in this city at .12 o'clock, always blowe,;hl8tle .as he nears the curve button account. of the gale neither of the young women heard the whistle. The train was run" ning behind schedule and was traveling faster at that point than usuajly. Miss Gift is the daughter of John M. Gift, the florist. ; - HAVE COMPLETED A STATE SOIL SURVEY Prof. John F. Thompson, Prof.: A. D. Hole, Mark Baldwin, WiUard Roberts, Ed Leonard and Prof J B. W. Kelley have just returned from the state- geogblogical survey ,of Shelby 'and Hancock counties. They have covered between five and rsix hundred .miles. They had their own tents and camped out during the entire trip. Samples of the various, kinds of soil were taken and their report will be lied with the State Geologist in a few weeks. In his yearly report recommendations . will be made as tohow the soil can be made more productive. ONE HUNDRED HURT IN GOTHAM RIOTS NEW YORK. Aug. 5. One hundred persons were hurt, several of them seriously, and one fatally,' In riotipg in which women and girls led, in Brooklyn, today, following a strike of 500 motormen and conductors on the Brooklyn and Coney Island street railway today. Charles Wood, a strike breaker, had his skull fractured and "', win die. Many arrests '.were made, among them Joseph Ryan, president of the street car men's local and Mrs. Anna Heckler, who led a mob, '

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the Health Authorities, as Streets and Sewers Is .'.of Typhoid and STORM DAMAGE LIST Deluge in Centerville Was as

Experienced in Richmond, and People of the Town . Heavy Losers Horse Electrocuted by .Fallen Wire Ice Cakg Formed by Hail.

With the opportunity afforded, fol lowing the terrific storm of yesterday noon, for a closer inspection as to the damage done, reports Indicate that yesterday's, estimate of the total loss was a most conservative one and counting the damage done to crops and property within an area of eight miles west of the city, it will aggre gate in the neighborhood of 175,000. Even more serious consequences may result than the property loss alone. Health officials are fearful that unless utmost precautions are taken, there will be a general epidemic of disease, particularly of typhoid fever. Sanitary officer Henry Sherb and dairy inspector Flook will combine their efforts to day in locating the worst places which were flooded and make close inspection. Everyone whose basement was flooded is advised to use a generous supply of air 6laked lime, s Damage at Centerville. At Centerville and for several miles around the severity of the storm : is reported to have been even wore than here, if such a' thing is possible. .Nearly every .merchant in the 'town has a property loss which combined with' the damage dona to corn and other grow ing crop .. will probably, aggregate a I $10,000 loss in that community.:' With the possible " exception of an area about 12 miles Iri circumference, including Richmond and Centerville. the rain of yesterday was a most ordlnaryone. In Wayne and Preble county, Ohio, Cambridge City, Eaton, Hagerstown, Fountain City and. Boston report that the rains there were inconsequental, even as a benefit to ' the ' corn. Lightning though it' played frequently during the storm, did little damage in the storm stricken district in the county. None of the people damaged yesterday will be able to recover insurance. Policies with a clause providing damages wherein goods were damaged by water also contained the proviso that restitution shall be made by the companies only when the water damage is done in case of fire. It is more than probable that business houses will now take out flood insurance as a precaution against total losses in the future in similar cases. Health Warning Given. Apprehension of the health authorities was aroused when it was reported to them that the greater number of cellars flooded was due to water in the sewers backing up. The enormous pressure In the sewers was responsible for this. Garbage and sewage was forced ahead of the water and left deposited in sinks, bath tubs and cellars after the water was drained away. . . It is because of the germ breeding propensities of this sewage that the health officials are. apprehensive. It will be. a hard matter, particularly in uncemented cellars to remove this refuse entirely. In order to destroy any germs, some disinfectant, used in generous quantities, . is . advised, and immediately Air slacked lime is recommended. An epidemic is not expected immediately and it may not come all at once, but the health officials will attribute any unusual number of contagious diseases during the late summer and fall to this cause. Offal which was washed from the streets and was drained into .basements in the business districts is regarded as an excellent disease breeder. Bartei's Heavy Losers. ' The Adam H. Bartel and company, wholesalers, who ' experienced the heaviest loss yesterday, will not be able to more than approximate . its 'damage until a week or ten days. There was about $40,000 worth of goods stored in the - basement. At least $10,000 to $15,000 damage was done, as estimated by Fred Battel last evening. He did not know whether even $15,000 would cover it. The goods which were stored, consisted of ginghams, muslins, flannels, underwear, linoleums .and. ll such, goods." Much of this was crated, and that which was ; not damaged by the water soakinr In was injured by being stained from the - boxes.. .Everything which was touched by the water will have to be opened, dried out and then inspected to determine its value, if any. . The I. -R.-Howard company, wholesale grocers on North E street, had a very large loss. It is estimated all the way from $800 to $1,500. The most of the damage was done to sugar. Water drained from the sidewalk directly onto the first floor and in order to protect some of the higher priced goods

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the Refuse from the an Excellent Breeder Other Diseases. IS STILL INCREASING Bad if Not Worse Than in the rear of the store, holes chopped in the floor, thus giving an outlet into the basement. The Richmond brokerage company " and the Great Central Tea store, both store on Ft Wayne Avenue, will have quit heavy losses. Some Other Losses. Jones Hardware company . officials still estimate the loss incurred to goods stored in the basement, consist ing of all kinds of hardware, at about $2000. Factories with basements wera flooded. Officials of the Hutton Coffin Factory. Hooster "brill Company, Wayne Works, Gaar Scott and company could not estimate their damag but it was reported as heavy at each plant. The Home Telephone company officials say their damage will be nothing less than $1000. George Mashmeyer and a number of merchants alone Main street were damaged no less than $200 each. Every building, whether residence ' or business block in which water stood, will be damaged to some extent. Contractors doing work for the city, and the city itself, are heavy losers. Many washouts were reported on different streets. 8ewers were stopped up and will have to be opened. The city light plant lost considerable by wires betn blown down and cosss4 4 . . fr-j-" Meredith wwrs4eesi : LdnuB juereaiin. nomer oi roe contract for the Improvement" of North B street, was a loser by yesterday storm to the extent of between $200 and $300. A large quantity of cement in sacks,. piled up at the edge of too street was water-soaked and rendered useless. Large quantities of sand that bad just been screened and was in readiness for use was washed away and according to Contractor Meredith the water flowed so swiftly through the excavated portion of the street that picks and shovels . floated like chips. ' - ' Reid Memorial Church. Damage done to the basement of Reid Memorial church was not a heavy as reported yesterday. The carpet-in the Sunday school room was soaked in part but was not seriously damaged. T. At Centerville, Dunbar, Bros., own ers of a lumber yard had to watch a thousand dollars worth of all kinds of lumber wash down Paddy's Run, ordinarily a stream with about two barrels capacity an hour, but yesterday a raging torrent measuring a square or so in width in some places. They, do not know how much lumber will ultimately be recovered and thus reduce their loss. The bridge over Paddy' Run on Cross street, was damaged, and made unsafe, though not impassable. It has since been strengthened. Between Richmond and Jackson's park corn is laid flat and it Is doubtful If many of these - fields, which gave) great promise, will now make a half crop. Some fields and gardens in the lowlands went along with the raginx water. A Horse is Killed. ' Eggemeyer and company were heavy losers at both the East and West Main street stores. stock of the prob able value of $1000 being damaged. Yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock this firm again incurred another heavy loss by the electrocution of a horse, a direct result of the storm. Paul Ead ler, a driver, was delivering an order at Richard Sedgwick's home on West Fifth street: A telephone wire was laying across the driveway and the horse stepped on it, its muscles twitched and the animal fell over dead. Eadler was uninjured but he lost little time in getting away from the dangerous territory. The horse was pf the probable value of $250 to $300. The tele phone wire bad become crossed with a live wire, but of what 'plant is not known.... V-, Coincident with the death of this' horse, another Eggemeyer wagon,, driven by. Walter Jones, became mired In a ditch just opposite the Earlham college entrance. .The horse was removed without injury, though be had sunken up to his stomach. He had to be dag ouL.. " The residence of Clarence Jessup on South Fifteenth and B streets was damaged by lightning, though fire did not break out. The sasb to one of the attic windows was torn out. A peculiar thing exhibited as a momento of the storm was a fifty pound cake of ice, made up entirely of hail stones, varying In size and shape, from small round stones to some as large as a quarter. The hail fell into a crevice between a house and 8teg man's grocery, where the cake formed. -