Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 283, 19 August 1911 — Page 1

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Forger-bigamist Arrives at Lexington and Immediately Enters Denial to Charges of Bigamy. BAYS NEVER WEDDED MRS. BERTHA KOHLER State's Ceremony Was Performed by a Magistrate, but Was Not Legal Because He Is a Catholic. (Palladium Special) LEXINGTON, Ky.. Aug. 1S. "I did not rob nor drug Miss Young In a Cincinnati hotel and I did not m.irry Mrs. Kohler in Parti, 111., two weeris before I married Mies Young in Lexington, last May," said ret or Paul Apkins, charged with bigamy in marrying Miss Elisabeth Young of this city, and who la also charged with having drugged and robbed Miss Young In a Cincinnati hotel the night after they were married. Apkins arrived in Lexington from Richmond. Indiana, at 11:40 o'clock last night In the custody of Detective Henry Baker. Apkins was locked up at police headquarters on Bit arrival here and in the presence of several newspaper men, police officers and others he stoutly denied that he robbed Miss Young in Cincinnati and then deserted her, and said that Mrs. Kohler was married to a man in Columbus, Indiana, when he married her. Wedding Not Legal. At the time he took Mrs. Kohler to Paris, 111., where, he said, he secured a marriage 'license, but as the ceremony was performed by a magistrate and not by a priest of a Catholic church, of which he said he is a member, it was not a legal marriage. Apkins was registered at police headquarters as 31 years old, and gave his home aa Chicago. However, he said he was born and reared in Germany and bad been in America eight and a half years but had never taken "out naturalization papers. When he was taken -.off the Louisville and Nashville train at the Union station by Detective Baker he looked around to see If there was a crowd awaiting his arrival. Apkins became . frightened after reading in a Richmond paper that Miss Young had died Thursday and that violence might be done to him by a mob on his arrival here, as It is believed that Apkins' treatment of Miss Young in the Cincinnati hotel caused her death. When he saw only two newspaper men he calmed down and walked to police headquarters. Feeling Is strong against Apkins, but there is not the slightest danger of mob violence. Under Kentucky laws Apkins cannot be charged with murder or even manslaughter, according to attorneys, as it could not be proved that Miss Toung died as the result of hts alleged ill treatment of her. MRS. APKINS TALKS. When seen at her home, 113 South Second street, this morning Mrs. Bertha Kohler-Apklas, declared that her marriage with Peter Paul Apkins, who Is held at Lexington on the charge of bigamy, was legal and that Apkins' statement that she was also married to a man In Columbus, Indiana, was a falsehood. She concurred with Apkins statement that they were married by a Justice, but that the marriage was legal m every respect. They were married by Daniel V. Dayton, a county justice, at Paris, 111., May 24, and the ceremony was witnessed by one Daniel Hallovnn. Mrs. Kohler -has the certificate, which she says, she will turn over to the authorities, If necessary. She said that Apkins was her second husband and that she knew no one at Columbus, Indiana. Her first husband bearing the name of Kohler, is divorced from her and is married again, living at Middletown. O. it is the belief of Mrs. Apkins No. 1, that had it not been for her assistance, Police Chief Oormon would not have secured Apkins. Supt. Gormon, when he learned that Apkins had forged checks and had married Mrs. Kohler, Tlslted her after her return to this city and informed her of Apkins' character. Supt. Gormon stated that he would get Apkins whether Mrs. Kohler assisted him or not, but she declared that if Apkins was guilty she would assist the police. , Accordingly every letter written to Mrs. Kohler-Apkins by her husband was given to Gormon. In this way they were able to bring about his ar- . rest. BENNETT GORDON LEAVES HOSPITAL - J. Bennett Gordon, chief editorial writer of the Indianapolis Sun, has left the Retd Memorial hospital, after having been . confined there for eight weeks, receiving treatment for an in jury to his left knee joint He is now able to gel about on crutches, but it will be at least a month bejore he will be able to resume his dutlts on

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JUDGE OVERRULES DEMURRER ENTERED By Trustees in the Burbank Will Case Will Now Go to Its Trial. Demurrer by trustees of Center township to the complaint of Mrs. Nora B. Kibbey of Phoenix, Arizona, and Alvin Ford Miller, of Chicago, against John A'. Spekenhier, executor 4 , the Jast. wLthJ John A. Burbank, and the trustees, to set aside section eight of the will which created a memorial in memory to his mother, the late Mary E. Burbank, was overruled by Judge Fox of the circuit court on Saturday. Although several material allegations of the complainants were finally settled by the ruling on the demurrer of the defendant trustees, the litigation will not be dropped until final determination of the merits in . the case in regular trial In the Wayne circuit court, which likely will be held late in the fall. Exceptions to the ruling on the demurrer were taken by counsel for the defendant trustees and their answer will be filed within a short time. The petitioners in the case are the sole surviving relatives of the decedent, who was one of Richmond's most prominent citizens and who was governor of the territory of North Dakota before tho territory became a state. A few months before Gov. Burbank's death in 1905, he drew up his will in which he specified that his palatial home at 1120 East Main street should be sold when It reached the value of 25,000 or more, and the money used In purchase of business property in Centerville which should be converted into a memorial to his mother. Upon creation of the memorial, a part of it was to be used for business purposes and the remainder for social, recreative and educational purposes. The heirs declare that the property will never be worth the sum specified in the will and on this ground and also that the method of disposition contra vened the statute forbidding perpetui ties. The title in the property is vested in the heirs, but their title was made pre carious by reason of the fact the continguency was imposed in the will that the executor was to dispose of the property when it reached a certain specified value. The court says that

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CONGRESS EXPECTS TO ADJOURN 23RD Failure to Override Vetoes Puts Crimp on Tariff Revision. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 Adjournment of the extra session will come next week, probably Wednesday, ac cording to the leaders of the bouse, the situation. The failure of the house: late yesterday to override .the President's veto on the free list and the wool bills' has put a crimp in the plans for further tariff revision, although the house probably will accept the cotton bill with the senate amendments before it adjourns. The ways and means committee met this morning for a final conference on the cotton bill, to which the senate had added the iron, steel and chemical schedules. The Democratic members of the committee met last night and the Democratic members of the ways and means committee today compared the iron and steel and chemical schedules, tacked onto the cotton bill by the senate, and ascer tained the rates were similar to the house bill revising these schedules. The committee decided in order to hasten adjournment that it would accept the senate bill and pass it Monday. According to the prearranged program, the house today took up a number of minor bills, which have been on the calendar for a long time. Representative Underwood stated in the house this afternoon that adjournment is not possible until Tuesday or Wednesday. He expects to call up the cotton bill Monday and pass it, and as soon as it can be engrossed it will be sent to the President. , . y Representative Wann, of Illinois, wanted to know if there was going to be an effort made to override the President's veto on the cotton bill. Mr. Underwood said that be could make no promises until he saw the veto. , Representative Mann attempted to get.througb a resolution this afternoon that the house adjourn at 1 o'clock tonight. It was defeated by a vote of 106 to 166. Goodbyes were begun at the White House today. A large number of representatives and senators called at the executive offices to shake hands and congress meets again next December. AUTHOR'S HUSBAND -HAS RETURNED HOME (National News Association) . CHICAGO. Aug. 19. James ,F. Mo Cullough, whose wife was known to thousands under, the name of Myrtle Reed, and who ended her life during his absence, blaming him for her act, returned to Chicago today. He did not visit his apartment for several hours after his return to the city. The first knowledge he had of the tragic death i of his talented wife was When he call ed his home on the telephone and inquired for his wife. He was told she was dead. He .then asked 'that the hour of services be changed from noon when they were to be held, until later in the afternoon. The body, of Mrs. McCullough was taken quietly -to Graceland cemetery, w here it was to ' be cremated. Services are to be held in the chapel there. Hiram B. Reed, father of the dead woman, today declared that neither he nor his wife bore any feeling against their son-in-law.

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ATWOOD ATE DINNER AT ERIEPA, TODAY Races Express Upon Entering City To Be in Buffalo Tonight. (National News Association ERIE, Aug- 19. Aviator Atwood spent the forenoon at Fairview, Penn sylvania, tuning up his engine and waiting for favorable conditions. Shortly ' before ' noon he made a .few

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cled the city for fifteen minutes, delighting fifteen thousand spectators. He alighted for dinner with the expectation of departing at three o'clock for Dunkirk or Buffalo. The aviator was in excellent spirits today because of the good time he has made so far and predicted that, barring heavy weather, he would make his destination at least a day ahead of schedule. The wing today from here to Buffalo is 96 miles and will probably take two hours. , Atwood's biplane ran perfectly when he tested it today and gave promise of shattering records as Atwood declared it would today. Instead of diminishing in interest, Atwood's spectacular flight is becoming a subject for more enthusiasm every place he lands. The flyer declared today that his receptions at towns along the line had added greatly to his feeling of con fidence that he will accomplish the greatest flight in the American aviation. "I fully expect to try for the bis Hearst prize for a trip from coast to coast," he said. "I believe it can be accomplished in a month, probably less." EIIDORSESPUBLICITY Campaign Bill, Limiting Expenditures, Signed. (National News Associations WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. President Taft signed the campaign publicity bill today. The bill provides for publicity both before and after election in regards to campaign funds. This refers to primary and special elections and nominating conventions. Candidates for U. S. senator are limited to expenditure of $10,000 and candidates to the house of representatives to $5,000. TOGO RECOVERS AND STARTS ON JOURNEY (National News Association) BOSTON, Aug. 19. Admiral. Togo resumed his strenuous social duties today. The guest of the nation awakened at the hotel Touraine, refreshed and wholly recovered from his recent indisposition. - After: formal calls the program consisted of an automobile ride about the city, visiting Harvard College, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and other famous institutions. The admiral will leave at 4:50 p. m. for Niagara Falls. ' -A FINISHES OILING STREETS OF CITY - J ;. -4 Contractor Davis has completed the work of oiling streets in this city and has shipped his sprinkling wagon to Marion and will begin immediately to oil streets in that city. His work here is said to be of a highly satisfactory nature.

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BUSY CONSIDERING PRESIDENT'S VETOS Indiana Politicians Speculating on the Probable Political Outcome of the Action Taft Took. PROGRESSIVES SAY MOVE WAS BLUNDER Sam Ralston Starts His Boom for Democratic Nomination for Governor Political Gossip by Mote. (BY CARL MOTE) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 19. Political leaders at the state capital have centered their attention this week upon the probable political outcome of the Presidential vetoes. The vetoes were not unexpected, but the veto j messages and the issues presented j gave tangible grounds for a free dis- j cussion. All Democrats and all independent voters, from tne standpoint of prin-

clple, believed the President should tures might pass on the recommendasign the. wool bill. There is a differ- tion.

ence of opinion on the, statehood bill. Following Mr. Freeman, E.s H. HarThat President Taft has weakened his ris petitioned as a taxpayer, and repcause materially is clearly evident, j resenting the Palladium that the apRepubllcans are raying that he will yet propriation for voting machines be

have time to make good on tariff re- j

vision; that the next congress, at his'cd the fact that it was the opinion of

suggestion and tn accordance with the . recommendations of the tariff board. will pass a tariff bill carrying a general horizontal reduction in duties. Call It Bad Move. Many progressive Republicans who have watched the drift of sentiment fear that the President has passed up the only chance he will have. They are inclined to believe that the next regular session will adjourn without doing anything more than the present special session. The tariff board, it is pointed out, actuated by politics may not recommend a downward revision in accordance with the expressin accord with the compromise bills wihch the President has vetoed and which are still pending In congress, it is considered doubtful whether the President can get any support from congress. The standpatters will oppose the President by stealth and openly if they must. The Insurgents, it is believed, will hesitate to join in the passage of a bill which does not !the Democrats will oppose the Presi - dent in view of their record during the special session and tne position of the party as expressed in their platforms. President Taft's veto message, it is said, shows a decided leaning towards the interests of the manufacturers as against the consumer. Democrats and Independent Republicans are saying that despite the President's disposition to await the rumors of the tariff board, the public has suffered sufficiently under the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, and was therefore entitled to the benefit of any doubt connected with the schedules of the Lafollette wool bill. Whether the betrayal of the Insurgent-Democratic combination by the reactionary Democrats In the senate on the cotton bill will have "any political significance can not be foretold at this time, according to those in this city, who have followed the congressional debates. Senators Kern and Shively are being praised for standing with the Insurgents on this measure. Ralston Starts Boom. One of the important political events of the week was the official announce- ! roent of the candidacy of Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. The an-1 nouncement was made by J. Oscar j Henderson, former auditor of state, in his newspaper, the Kokomo Dis patch. While it was well known that Mr. Ralston was a candidate, the official announcement is viewed in the light of a buffer to the O'Brien sentiment in Indianapolis and other places. The announcement was as follows: "The Dispatch authoriatlvely announces the candidacy of the Hon. Samuel Moffett Ralston of Lebanon for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination by the forthcoming party state convention. Behind this movement stands the Democracy of the Ninth Congressional District in solid phalanx hopeful, aggressive, determined, militant, , and from every section of Indiana come assurances of support that presage his triumprant nomination. "Sam Ralston has long been a statewide and potent force in party politics. He is admittedly in the first division of Democratic leaders in Indiana and as a stumper and thinker has probably no superior and few equals. "The campaign of 1912 will be hard fought, and arduous not only In the Hoosier state but all over the nation. We shall require our heaviest ordnance and our most valiant fighters. It will be emphatically a speaking campaign a campaign of argument and appeal to the judgment, of the (Continued on Pace Eight)

MADE PROTEST Otl VOTING MACHINES TO COUNTY BOARD

E. H. Harris Appears Before Commissioners and Petitioned Omission of Appropriation in Budget. SHOULD INVESTIGATE BEFORE ANY ACTION Item Representative Advises an Appropriation Now and Investigation by the Board to Follow It. Attorney P. J, Freeman, and J. M. Davis, representing the Standard Vot ing Machine company, of Jamestown, N. Y., this morning at the meeting of the board of county commissioners again presented the proposition of the county commissioners recommending an appropriation of $21,000 for the purchase of twenty-eight machines. He urged this be done at once in order that the county council, which organ!zation meets in September to consid er the 1912 budget of county expendiomitted from the 1912 budget. He cit some of the leading attorneys of In diana that the registration law would be declared unconstitutional or that the law would be repealed by the next legislature, and as the voting machine companies were basing their claim of saving to the county on this law, the commissioners should wait until it was decided what is tc happen to this act, He also cited the fact that" in many places over the state voting machines had proven unsatisfactory and unreliable and that they could be tampered with, v . - - ; He said that as the machines could not be used for a year and a half there was no need to hurry the matter through at this time and 'urged that the commissioners make at thorough investigation of the voting machines before recommording the appropria tion. - v .' Mr. Warfel of the Item "took the op posite stand to Mr. Harris and said that he thought the appropriation should be made and then the board could make its investigation. The commissioners took no definite ! action at their meeting this morning. 1 Personally two of the commissioners ia.re m Ivor ol m'tu lDe ppnpn ,ou uul commissioner Farlow dis- ( seni' declaring .that the county should investigate before taking any action whatsoever. ' ' a. The point in objection to voting machines is that they are not infallible as some representatives would lead one to bel'eve. In several counties this has proven to be the fact. Another point is that voting machine houses are urging county commissioners here and in other counties in the state to make a purchase because, it Is claimed, that since the passage of the regis1 tration law- only by tne UBe of votIn machines can election expenses be reduced to the lowest possible minimum. TWO DIVORCE CASES Were Heard in the Circuit Court Today. On virtually the same evidence that was introduced once before in the circuit court, in which drunkenness and failure to provide proper support was alleged, Louie Embry was granted a divorce from Orlando Embry in the Wayne circuit court cn Saturday. On the first occasion the divorce was denied for want of sufficient evidence, but a new trial was granted and on Saturday the complainant's evidence was verified by several other wit nesses and as no defense was offered, the decree was issued and custody of children given the mother. At St. PauL Ind., where they were married. Mrs. Embry testified that her husband was an tngineer and that he would come home intoxicated and that he carried whiskey with him when on the engine. She said that after moving here, they moved , several , times and that her husband was in the habit of being intoxicated two to three times a week. August Tinnappel, according to Ber tha Lee Tinnappel, who was granted a divorce on Saturday, was In the habit of picking up his traps and leaving for several weeks at a time, until July 7, 1907, be went on a journey of Indefinite length as he has not yet returned. The complainant understands he is now in Salt Lake City. Upon the occasion of one of his returns after absenting himself for several weeks he was . arrested for wife desertion, but the case never came to trial. Failure to provide in addition to abandonment was alleged. : They were married on June 15, 1906, at Liberty. Custody of a child was given the complainant.

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REACHED IN THE STRIKE bloodshed and Death Began to Figure Today in the Great Industrial War Raging Over Britain. : T TROOPS FIRE INTO RIOTERS IN WALES Starvation Confronts People of Liverpool and Provision Shops Are Being Broken Into. TODAY'S STATISTICS ON BRITISH STRIKE Total number men out .....300,000 Total number of toilers In other lines made idle by strike .....500,000 Soldiers stationed in London ... . 27.000 Miles of railroad tied up.... 120,000 (National News Association) LONDON, Aug. 19. Bloodshed and death began, to play their part in earnest in the United Kingdom's indus trial war today. At Llannelly. Wales, the troops fired a volley into the midst of a riotous mob killing two outright and wounding several. Less serious conflicts were reported from several places, v General conditions - along Great Britain's railroads were but lit tle improved today, although there was a spasmodic Irregular movement of trains reported on some divisions. At Liverpool, particularly hunger Is driving thousands to desperation. r With streets filled with soldiers and the water front lined with marines, the looting of provision shops ; was somewhat checked today,1 but the situation was by no ineans under control ' and threatened .hourly . to;:'" become wore. .-The, food supply is the'most serious ' menace: -PX threa hour peace , conference here this forenoon between union leaders, the board' of trade and government representatives failed of results up to the noon adjournment. All partipants were pledged to secrecy at to the nature of the peace propositions under consideration, but, it was admitted little progress had been made. It Is the general opinion the railway company will be forced to grant the unions recognition In order to clear the way for arbitration. Lon don newspapers uUlized aeroplanes to day to deliver papers to points forty miles distant after failure to make deliveries otherwise. !' -i Battle - In - London. Strikers gave the soldiers their first battle in London early today. Bands of strike pickets attempt to Intimate non-strikers and compel them to cease work. Strikers boarded trains and attempted to drag off the tralnment by force. " Sharp clashes resulted, but the mobs gave way , before the soldiers, having no relish for the keen sabres and the menacing carbines. - The station porters are out. Strik ers besieged some of the depots and rather than risk Injury at the hands of the idle men, passengers remained all night in the ' stations. At the King's Cross station a file of soldiers was posted about the building. - The manager of the Midland rail way said his line bad booked tickets for six train between London and Edinburgh during the day. Every" influence possible waa brought to bear today to terminate the strike. The following special prayer for industrial peace was prepared by the archbishop of Canterbury for services today and tomorrow: Oh, God, Who art the Father of all, and Who alone makes the men to be of one mind in a house, we beseech Thee at this time of strife and unrest to grant to us by; the Insph-aUon of Thy Holy Spirit a fuller realization of , our ' brotherhood of man with man in Thee.: "Allay all anger and bitterness and deepen in us a sense of truth and equity in all our dealings with one another, for the sake of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen." , LIVERPOOL SUFFERS. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 19. Death hovered over the homes of strikers today. With the free milk supply shut off. hundreds of babies in poor: families were dying from Starvation. . In the poorer quarters ; women fought like wild beasts for crusts of brea while the strikers sought to destroy the stores of provisions which the marine and railroad companies were trying in vain to distribute. . ' " Rich and poor are suffering- alike. Strikers are most seriously menaced, however for they are penniless. ; Prohibitive ; prices are Imposed on the slender provisions ; supply remaining. Hundreds of . women, have been arrested for inciting destruction of property. This city la cut off from the rest of England so far as rail and marine connection is concerned. Business at the markets and on the exchanges is at a standstilL ; ' '