Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 319, 23 September 1911 — Page 1

"i.' WSV.:.. .V.TH AND SUN-TETJEGR A M. V VOL. XXXVI. NO. 319. BICmiOXD, HOW SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER , 33. 1911. I CXNGUB COPY 9 CENTS LIS BELIEVED THAT WARD ABANDONS HIS AEROPLANE FLIGHT CHIEF MILLER HOT ENTHUSED BY FIRE TRUCKS DISPLAYED COUNTY BOARD MAY FINALLY ACCEPT A COMPROMISE OFFER Find Sport Killing Rattlesnakes MEETING HOUSE IS CHARLES ALLEN IS FOUL PLAY VICTIM TO BE REMODELED, ADD HOT REBUILT)

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f Kenosha, Wis., Millionaire, 1 It Was Reported Today, Was Thrown Out of a Chicago Hotel Window. .. :

CORONER DECLINES GIVE EXPLANATION After an Investigation He 1 Turns All the Facts in the Case Over to Police Case Deep Mystery. (National News Association) CHICAGO, Sept. 23. Evidence that 'Charles W. Allen, brother of the Kenosha millionaire who is .under indictment charged with smuggling in the famous Helen Jenkins case, was hurled to death from the window of his room in the Falmer house. This was I unearthed by Coroner Hoffman today. The coroner will not make public the (facts which be has given to the police, tit Is now believed that Allen was murdered. ; It Is known however, that Mr. Allen I had been 111 for more than a week, although not conlned to his bed. Three I hours before his death he told his private secretary, in the course of a long-distance telephone conversation to (Kenosha, that he was "feeling weak," fagain and Intended to go to his room. '(He promised be would take a 1 o'clock (train for Kenosha in order that he Wight play goft in the afternoon. Appointment Is Made. ; ' Here Is where the Jlrst unexplained (Circumstance is found. Instead of pre- : ', paring to go to the Kenosha train, Mr. Allen made an appointment to meet an : ' 'old friend, Dewitt C. Cregier, at 4 ,t 'ok: lock , in the afternoon. When Mr. ""Ctegier made Inquiries as to why "the appointment had not been kept he learned of the tragic death of his ' friend. Mr. Allen, shortly after the telephone conversation, went to the room at the Palmer House that had been held In reserve for him since April 1. jAt 3 o'clock a bellboy was summoned jto the room on the fifth floor with a tpltcher of ice water. . According to a statement made by jthe boy later, he found Mr. Allen lean'lng back In a chair which was placed against the window sill. The attitude was one that might have been taken 'had the man been Beeking air from fine court overlooking the window. Plunges Through Roof. '. This was the last time Mr. Allen was Wen until after the fall. Fifteen minutes later there was a crash and splintering of wood as the man's body plunged through an eighteen-inch roof ovr the main floor dining-room of the hotel. - He fell In a sitting position and was doubled up In the hole made in the roof. Death was instant. His neck was broken and arms and legs were broken In several places. Joseph Hyde, the bellboy, who had delivered the Ice water to the room a 'few minutes before, hurried back into the room and found a telegram lying lion the floor, where It had been dropiped by Mr. Allen. The message read: "Charles W. Allen, Kenosha, or Palaver House, Chicago: Under no circumstances buy auto for Turner ranch 'keno. Frank." , The word "keno" preceding the signature. Is believed to have been a code rword. Nobody .who read the. message was able to offer an explanation for Its (use. The message was dated at Drumpnond, Mont. ' I Smuggling Is Charged. The Allen family came into the lime (Sight two months ago, when Nathan Alien was charged with playing a prominent part in the smuggling of 4300,000 worth of Jewels into the Unit- . led States. ; It was charged that a $10,000 pearl necklace was a gift to Helen Dwelle Uenklns. He was indicted by the federal grand Jury in New York, with John R. Collins, because of their supposed failure to declare the Jewels. Some time later Mrs. Charles W. Allen and Mrs. Dewitt C. Cregier were detained In New York when custpms officials charged that they had neglected to declare certain garments purchased abroad. The charges later were withdrawn.

A Pushmobile Free to Every Boy or Girl ; ; See Page 2 .' Be a "Speedking" Owner '

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. A new photograph of Jimmy Ward, the coast-to-coast aviator. The picture shows the youngster tinkering with his engine at Corning, N. Y., preparing for resumption of his flight. Yesterday Ward abandoned his flight. TAFT HAVING BUSY. TIME AT ST. LOUIS Lays Corner Stone, Sees Football and Baseball Games and Speaks. t (National News Association) ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23. President Taft came here today to plunge with vigotfMitto the campaign oF defense he putlined at Peoria, where he told an audience of political leaders that he proposed fighting along' a course i midway between the progressive and conservative movements. The president will deliver his de fense of his tariff board Idea tonight in a speech at the Coliseum. In it he will revert again to the tariff vetoes, explaining them as he did in Grand Rapids. His tariff board speech will cover the work of that body and it is expected that the president will give an idea as to the character of tariff reform bills he expects to be recommended.' , Mr. Taft will spend 15 hours in St. Louis during which he will make three speeches. It is expected that he will touch upon politics in each one. Mr. Taft arrived in St. Louis on his special car at 7:58 o'clock in the height of the rush hour at the Union station. Thousands of hurrying men and women saw him and cheered the Presidential party to the echo. A committee of city and state officials met Mr. Taft at the station and escorted him to the Mercantile club, where he breakfasted. . After breakfast, the President left the Mercantile club in an automobile for a trip through Forest Park and Clayton, and shortly before noon he was driven to St. Louis university campus. After a brief stay there, he was driven to the Hotel Jefferson and from there to the Masonic club, where he spoke for five minuter A luncheon was served at one o'clock at the City club, following which the President was due to lay the cornerstone at the new Y. W. C. A. building. SUSPECTED TRAMP WAS FINED TODAY The man who was reported to have been prowling around in the yards of residents on North Ninth street, late !ast night is thought by the police to be none other than a tramp, Dan McManus, who applied at the police station early this morning for permission to sleep in the Jail during the remainder of the "darkness.' McManus was granted permission, but was searched afterward and a razor was found on his person. He was charged with carrying concealed weapons and in police court this morning was fined $5 and COSt8.

Head of Local Fire Department Returns from Milwaukee and Says New Ma? chines Not Perfected.

OLD FIRE ENGINES TO BE USED AGAIN Constant Extension of Mains in Cities Lessens Fire Pressure, Making Necessary Fire Engines. - "Richmond, and every city for that matter will eventually have to return to the old fire engines," said Fire Chief Ed Miller, this morning, after his return from Milwaukee where he has been attending the annual convention of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. Chief Miller stated that this matter was discussed at length at the convention. He based his opinion on the fact that the constant extension of fire mains reduces the fire pressure and that engines will therefore be necessary. Almost every city in this country employed the fire engines years ago when the water supply was inadequate, but with the construction of reservoirs the engines were replaced in most cities with chemical wagons and hose wagons and ladder trucks. The old fire engine used In this city is now at the No. 3 hose company on Ncrtheast A street. In speaking of the automobile fire engines, where water is pumped by the machine engine, Chief Miller said they were ,very unsatisfactory. He said, however, that the fire engines mounted on auto trucks but depending on separate engines to pump water were' more feasable.. He said that after his visit to Milwaukee he had decided to purchase alchemical .'.wagon, for the No. r3 company this 'year; as he believed that the present wagon could not be used much longer. Thirty-eight Varieties of automobile fire wagons were shown, while but one kind of horse-drawn apparatus was on display The automobiles were operated, while on exhibition at a rate of 60 miles an hour. ; . A great deal of argument resulted over the matter of the adoption of the standard thread for fire hose. This had been adopted at a previous convention, but it seems as though all cities are not complying with the ruling. The advantage of the standard thread is that in case of a large conflagration in one city and help is asked from another city, that the hose could be attached to the fire plugs with ease. Richmond department has the standard thread. ' There were more than 900 delegates to the convention, which opened Tuesday morning and' closed Friday afternoon. Fire Chief Lowry, of Youngstown, Ohio, was chosen president of the association and Fire Chief James McFall, of Roanoak, Va., was elected secretary. The 1912 convention will bo held at Denver, Colorado. A DISPUTE ARISES M'HAMARA CASE Regarding Right of Grand ; Jurors to Ask Questions of Witnesses. (National News Association) LOS ANGELES, Cal. , Sept. 23. When Attorney John R. Herrington of Chicago, was arraigned before Judge Bordwell for contempt charges for refusing to answer questions before the grand Jury relative to an alleged offer of a bride by him to D. H. Ingersoll of San Francisco in consideration of the latter securing the adherence of his wife to the side of the McNamara defense, an important legal discussion arose which compelled Judge Boardwell to put the hearing over until Mon day., . Attorney Clarence S. Darrow, for the defense, contended that to permit the grand jury to ask such questions of attorneys for the defense, , means that the prosecution may K secure the evidence gathered by the defense. As sistant District Attorney Ford conten ded the grand Jury may question any witness despite his position as to his knowledge of the alleged commission of crime. -. In Herrington's answer to the char ges, a general denial is made that' he offered Ingersoll any money. The de fense filed affidavits sworn to by Her rington, Fremont Older, a San Francis co newspaper man. and Attorney Darrow and Lecompte ' Davis, telling of a meeting betwoen Ingersoll and Darrow in San Francisco and stating that Herrington was not in attendance. These affidavits were objected to by the prosecution which precipitated the argument raising the limitation of the grand jury's power, . .

New Proposal to End Traction Squabble Presented to the Commissioners by Commercial Club.

COMPANY, AS USUAL GETS BEST OF IT County to Purchase Ground for the Company for Fills and Cuts,!, and Company Relocates Tracks. Another compromise agreement has been suggested by . the Commercial club to the Wayne County Board of Commissioners, urging that the board accept it and thus end the existing conflict between the board members, as representatives of Wayne township tax payers, and the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction comcany, relative to the location of the company's tracks on the National road, from the city corporation line to the Wayne-Center township line. The proposition has been taken un der consideration by the commission ers. Commissioner Beeson stated that it probably would be accepted, if, on investigation, it was .found that the county's interests were protected. The proposal in some respects is similar to previous propositions maae to the commissioners, but in some features it Is regarded as a little bit more tightly drawn to safeguard the interests of the company. ' Terms of Proposal. Substantially it is proposed by the Commercial club, according to its committee, including Postmaster E. M. Haas, President S. E. Swayne and Secretary, Charles Jordan,,.lthat.r be company be allowed to relocate its tracks on the highway, the north rail to be forty feet from the curb line on the north side of the improvement; that the county commissioners either purchase or otherwise secure space on the south side of the highway which will be sufficient for the company to construct necessary fills or cuts, and then build, retaining walls and wing walls, for which the company will contribute not to exceed f 750 for the work done; that the cost of the fills and the improvement of the. highway between the tracks of the company be borne by. the corporation. It is not provided that the traction company improve the roadway between its tracks with macadam, which will be used on the remaining forty feet of the improvement. In fact if mud would suit the purpose of the company, it could be used according to an admission of counsel for the county by the terms of the proposed agreement. The committee suggested that the agreement be signed by the commissioners, and promised that if it was it would take the responsibility upon itself to see that the traction company officials duly signed it. The attorneys for the county counseled delay until certain details could be more fully investigated. If the 'agreement is signed the commissioners agree to drop their litigation, recently appealed to the Indiana supremeJlbourt. i Donated to , Company. By the proposed agreement the work already done on the' six feet to the south side of the highway by Contractor Cronin, estimated by Engineer Fred Charles to ' be" of the value of $900, will be taken advantage of by the company, without any expense to iC There are three bridges, including the one over Clear Creek, another over Wyatt's Creek and a third near Harmon Woltke's farm, west of the city. Fills of some proportions will have to be made at these points. The club proposed that strips of ground, from a few Inches to ten feet wide, and several hundred feet long, be purchased, or secured from the property owners which is to be used, after the county constructs retaining walls and wings to the bridges, for the purpose of the company making its necessary fills. The land needed ' at Clear Creek will be donated by the cemetery association. The land which can be secured from Andrew Mormon, at Wyatt's creek, can be bought at a very nominal figure, which the committee said it would not be made public until the negotiations were completed, and land can be secured from Woltke for $100. Samuel W." Gaar, cashier of the Second National Bank, owns. ground to the east of Woltke's (Continued on Page Six.) THE WE ATI STATE -Fair tonight and slightly v warmer Jn the east. LOCAL Fair tonight. Sunday 'increasing cloudiness . Moderate

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Mrs'. . Clara Ditnlars .(above), the Ditmars children, Gladys and' Beat rice (below) and one of the many rattlesnakes captured by Mrs. 'Ditmars and her little daughters. It has been added to ; the collection at the Bronx Zoo. After breaking her own record for catching deadly rattlesnakes, Mrs. Clara Ditmars, wife of Curator Raymond L. Ditmars, of the - New York Zoological Park, theBronx, has returned from Forestine, Sullivan county, where the whole Ditmars family enjoyed their three weeks vacation running reptilian prizes to earth and shipping them to the Zoo for exhibition purposes. ''' s, , ' l' V '"Mrs. .'Ditmars. is, perhaps the only woman in the world with the courage to attack a live' rattler in its native haunts. - She performs the dangerous task with neatness and. dispatch and claims that rattlesnake hunting is the only real sport for a real sportswoman. . ( '

Pushmobile Organization Will Be Formed Here by Palladium

: The Palladium Is going to give every boy a chance to get a pushmobile either a "Speedking" or a "Hornet" and every boy who has a pushmobile will have more fun than a cage full of monkeys. J - - y To be more definite, the Palladium wants to organize a local branch of the International Pushmobile Association. And the Palladium wants the local organization to be larger than any organization in cities the size of Richmond, in the United States. 1 Any boy can get either a "Speedking or a "Hornet," Elsewhere . in this issue you will find a coupon. All you have to do is to clip this coupon and bring it in to the Pushmobile Manager at the Palladium 6ffice, and he will give you printed instructions just how you can get one of these pushmobiles, just by doing a little work and without paying one cent. That's a pretty fair .proposition, isn't it It gives every boy, rich or poor, a chance to get one of these speeders. At Indianapolis the International Pushmobile Association has just been organized, and already , branches of this organization are being organized in towns all over this state. - Pushmobile racing events are held every day in the Capital City and. the boys there are having a barrel of fun. John Bockwalter of-Indianapolis has been COURT MARTIAL FOR AN EATON SOLDIER (Palladium Special.) EATON, 0 Sept. 23. Charged with failing to report for camp duty, Edgar Bowers, a member w of Company F, Third Regiment, O..N. G was arrested here Friday afternoon and is now confined in the county jail awaiting company court martiaL Bowers lives near New Hope,' but for some time has been employed aa a conductor on a city car in Richmond. He lately desired to enlist in he regular army, but was refused because ne had no discharge from Company F. 'When he came to Eaton Friday to secure the required document he was apprehended. Bowers is the third member of the company . who oas , been . arrested - on

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elected president of the I. P. A., and he says every boy in Indiana should have one. He just about lives in his. As soon as the. local Pushmobile organization is formed and officers elected, racing events will be planned and It is probable the best- racing teams in this city will be matched against the racing stars of Indianapolis. If you never saw a pushmobile, look at the" cut of one, shown in this issue. Here is an accurate description of the machine: , - , - Length of body, 60 inches.' Wheel base, 50 inches. Ten-Inch steel wheels with half-inch rubber tires. Thread of wheels, 24 inches.' ; Best material that can be bought and. used throughout. Body made of second-growth ash, giving at once "spring" and strength- It Is a real vehicle not a toy " and will hold a grown man's weight. The big -racing hood is sheet Iron has slanting racing - seat giving driver real racinc position. Has real automobile steering wheel of wood and white metal. One BIG FEATURE of the "Speed King" is the knuckle steering , gear. 1 Other pushmobiles have swinging axle with wheels stationary on the axle. "Speedking's" front wheels turn in response to the wheel just as do those of a real' automobile, the axle being stationary. Eliminates danger of upsetting on curves. BABY EXHIBITION BY SUFFRAGETTES (National News Association) ' NEW YORK, Sept- 23. To , refute the arguments of the antis tbat the suffragists do not give to the commonwealth the due number of babies, and do not care as much as they should for the food and housing of the grown members of society, the Woman Suffrage party of this city has Installed a baby show and a pure food booth at the Domestic Science and Pnre Food exhibition, which opened in Madison Square Garden this afternoon and will continue until October 4. The proceeds derived from the suffrage exhibit will go toward a 100.uou fund that being raised for polit

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nans or rew to nave tne'. Old Structure Make Wayj for a New Church.

CLAPPING OF HANDS GREETED DECISION! This Unique Outburst of Eii thusiasm Was Promptly Suppressed by the Clerk-i $6,000 Appropriated. ' "Before you put the question to" at vote, I guess I'd better haul downj my flag and surrender". was the state ment that E. Q. Hill made just before. the Indiana Yearly Meeting this morn-! ing unanimously voted to go ahead with the plans suggested by the committee to remodel the present bulldingi occupied by the East Main Street1 Friends' church. This subject furnish ed the leading topic for discussion att the session this morning, and several' strong arguments were iubmitted by the adherers to both sides before the opposition finally conceded the; vie tory just before Clerk Nicholson call ed for the vote. . Timothy Nicholson opened the disv cussion by reminding the Meeting that1 in a question : where ; there was so ; ' much difference of opinion, a thorough ' discussion was necessary. ;: Prof. E. P. Trueblood read again the report of the trustees of the IndlaiuV Yearly Meeting, In which they advo' cated remodeling the building. Both Sides Are Heard. . The clerk then explained that, a the plan of the trustees required that Whitewater Monthly Meeting pay halt of the cost of making the alterations, : this burden would fall on the East Main Street congregation rather than on the monthly meeting. One ot the members of the board of trustees proposed that, after John H.Johnsoit had once Intore outlined the -contemplate! changes, eight minutes be allowed for someone to speak In favor of adopting the; trustees' report; ten' minutes to some; one opposed to it, and then two minute to the first speaker for re buttal.- The committee approved this with; the additional restriction that anyone else desiring to talk would be allowed only -three minutes. Truman Kenworthy, in opening the discussion for affirmative, said that his task was an easy one, as the pre sent ; edifice had , been unsatisfactory for a number of years. He asserted it had been unsatisfactory for three purposes, i. e.. for local meetings, for the Indiana Yearly Meeting, and for the five year meeting. Prof.. Kenworthy' stated that the special committee appointed two years ago to consider changes in the building, ; had made a careful study of the situation, and had consulted several prominent' architects from Chicago, Pittsburg and Richmond, and,. that in presenting this report; which , was approved by . the trustees, they felt they had found a plan which would satisfy all parties concerned. The speaker asserted that the East Main Street church congregation .was well satisfied with the plan, and that he was confident the yearly meeting would be. He then added that, as Richmond was -the home of the five year meeting, it would be a fine thing If plans, were, so arranged that a permanent home for this large gathering could; be established which would be a credit to the city. He said that business men did not want the edif.ee torn down, as it was a famous land-mark, and they believed it was valued by the whole ' community." As to the financial side of the proposition. Prof. Kenworthy stated that to build a new church, as was advocated by the opposition, would cost about $60,000 and would destroy the i-'fi 32,000 invested In the present building, .while the alterations now suggested would entail an expense of only 15c per member of the meeting, and would preserve the edifice in good condition for sn entire generation. " . ' - Advocates New Church. In reply. Mr. Hill said that the idea of remodeling the structure had already been tried and proved a failure, and that in the present case the plan would probably prove neither satisfactory or creditable. (" He thought the great need of the meeting was an entirely new home. He also doubted whether "the estimate of the architects could be relied . upon, as in so many cases these ' estimates run ' several thousand dollars below the actual cost- f He finished by reminding the local Friends that they, would have to stand half the expense. Prof. Kenworthy's only rebuttal was the statement that the commltee had made a liberal margin by fixing the cost at $6,000 as one architect said that only $2,500 was needed. ,: . ' : President Kelly, of . Earlham . . Col-' lege, although opposed to the idea yesterday on the ground that not enough time had elapsed, for proper consideration of the matter, urged the meeting to accept the plan. The president said that both. the yearly; and local' meetings were getting a building" that was almost as good as new by adopting the

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