Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 334, 8 October 1911 — Page 1

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RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 334. RICHMOND, IXD., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1911. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS.

PROGRESSIVE MOVE ( STATE DEPENDS 0(1 AJJEVERIOGE Likewise the Fate of the Former Senator Will Depend Upon His Position on the Same Question.

SCHOOLCHILDREN WILL BE ADVISED AS TO FIRE EVILS PENAL FARMS WILL Scenes and Principals of the M'Namara Trial GREAT TRIAL IS TO START BE A SOBJECT FOR CHARITY CONCLAVE

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PROGRESSIVES ARE TO HOLD A POWWOW

Meeting Place Will Be Chicago, Oct. 16 Will Wat-son-Kealing Gang Plunder the State. BY CARL MOTE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 7 The fate of progressive Ideas in thin state In the next campaign, depend to a great extent upon the attitude of former Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Likewise the fate of Beveridge will depend upon what position he takes towards the progressive movement. If the former senator returns to Indiana and refuses to take his former place at the head of the progressive movement, he has no chance of resuscitating his political fortunes. At least that is the opinion of his former comrades-in-arms. It Is not conceded that Beveridge's position will determine the ultimate fate of the progressive movement because the movement is held to be an uncontrollable influence in party politics, which Booner or later, is certain to gain complete ascendency over Stanpattism, however vile. Upon Deveridge will depend, to a great extent, how far the sentiment against the Taft administration will reach. The standpatters say the progressive movement in this state is dead that you couldn't revive it with a pitchfork. The progressives are not organized and the movement so far is confined to individual protests against the shortcoming of the Taft administration. The standpatters say it doesn't matter what Beveridgo does but there are few who believe what they say when they give vent to such expressions. lt 45f04tor Bevsridge occupied the J place, while In congress, now held by La Follette. He voted against everything reactionary and gave to the progressive movement his long experience and his peculiar ability. If he would waver now, if he should, like so many of the Btandpatters, retire to the exclusion of a law office or farm, the people of Indiana who followed him in years past would have just cause for believing that he was not sincere then and not worthy of confidence now. His friends do not believe a defeat at the pells or a summer in Europe have changed the course of his reasoning. He is expected to take his place at the head of the movementn rapidly taking form all over the country, to wrest the control of the Republican party from the "power of pillage." Beveridge is a young man comparatively and should be fitted now to make the most vigorous fight of his life. He is expected to reach Indiana about the middle of the present month. His first word to the waiting hosts is awaited with keen interest. Just now, political thinkers who don't derive their ideas from discredited oracles are wondering to what extent Indiana will be represented at the anti-Taft meeting in Chicago, October 16. Independent newspapers are receiving a deluge of press matter from the headquarters of the National Progressivo league in Washington and several invitations have been sent to well known citizens of this state. So far aa known, the members of the state committee have not been invited asd little Is known about the meeting by local politicians. Chairman Lee already has said that he is for Taft. He made the statement desupite the fact he had commented previously upon some of Taft "unfortunate" political blunders. Apparently, the progressives temporarily have abandoned Indiana to the plunder of the reactionaries to the gang led by Jim Hemenway, Jim Watson, Joe Kealing and Taylor Purbin. And yet, Indiana was considered a typical progressive state in the last campaign. Senator Beveridge was the candidate of the Republican party for re-election. His state convention speech is remembered uot only in this state but throughout the country. Standpatters, including Ed Kitzpatrick, Jim Watson, Tom Adams and Jim Piety still wax warm under the collar and show their teeth when the state convention is recalled. (Fitzpatriek, candidate for his third term, declared and still declares the state ticket was being subordinated to the senatorial contest. The whirlwind campaign, the enormous crowds, the growing enthusiasm, all are recalled as evidences of Beveridge's popularity and the popularity of progressive ideas. The fear of Beveridge's election and the triumph of progressive ideas was so great that standpatters, meek and trembling before the masses, but defiant In secret, conspired with the enemy to encompass the success of Democratic propoganda. The whole city administration of Indianapolis, )ed by Jos Kealing and Mayor Shank, want over to the Democrats, bag and baggage. Back stairways and fire es- ' t iteatlnued, 9S Fag. Eighty

"Fire Prevention Day" Will Be Observed in All the Public Schools of This City on Monday.

WHAT MATCHES WILL DO WILL BE SHOWN A Pamphlet Devoted to Prevention of Fires to Be Distributed to Pupils in the Upper Grades. "Fire prevention day" will be observed in the Richmond public schools tomorrow, according to the decision reached yesterday by Superintendent T. A. Mott. The lower grades will be addressed by teachers on the subject, and the little ones will be warned against the careless use of matches and other causes of unnecessary blazes. The upper grade students will receive a little pamphlet prepared by the state board of public instruction, which gives some valuable information regarding fires. This pamphlet will be discussed in all the schools and several appropriate talks will be given. , The pamphlet contains some interesting facts which are of interest to everyone. The contents of it follow: Its Use and Abuse. There is probably no other one thing so useful to man as fire. It enables him to live comfortably in parts of the' country which are not always sufficiently heated by the sun; it provides a means whereby he may have more wholesome food and a greater variety; it enables him to make many articles that add to his comfort and pleasure. If it were not for fire iron would be of little use to us; we must depend upon fire to remove the silver and gold from the other materials with which it is mixed. While fire is so useful, it is also very destructive when not properly controlled. A few facts will help us to understand how destructive fire is: 1. Fire losses in the United States and Canada in 1910 were $234,406,500. 2. The losses and cost of fire prevention in the United States each year amount to more than the total production of gold, silver, copper and petroleum. 3. Our loss by fire is over $500 per minute. 4. About one-third of all the fires are caused by the careless use of matches. 5. The United States uses more matches than all the rest of the civilized world combined. 6. Fifteen hundred people are killed and five thousand are injured annually as a result of fire. 7. The total cost of education in the United States is $401,397,777. The losses and cost of fire prevention exceed this by $50,000,000. 8. Nearly ten thousand matches are scratched every second of the day in this country every orie a possible fire. Sources of Fires. The most common sources of fire are: 1 Careless use of matches. 2 Gasoline. Some of the other sources of fires are: 1 Open grates. 2 Use of oil in starting fires. 3 Defective flues. 4 Filling lamps near a fire. 8 Careless burning of trash in dry weather. Prevention of Fires. As the careless use of matches is one of the most common sources of fires, everyone should make up his mind that he will not be included in the careless list. Common "parlor" matches are always source of danger; the will start a fire under so many conditions: a. When rubbed they will throw sparks that will ignite dry material. b. They will ignite when stepped upon or when under pressure. , c. Mice and rats may light them by chewing at the heads. Under these conditions it would seem best to use some match that does not produce a fire in any of the above ways. The so-called "safety" match eliminates many of these objections, as the materials used in making these matches are arranged in such a way that one of the essential elements is placed on the box. In order to produce fire the match must be rubbed on the box. If these matches should be dropped or carried away by mice they are perfectly harmless. The danger is not all in the kind of match that is used. We must always i keep in mind that we are handling fire; and fire is very destructive to property and endangers life. Any burned match is a possible source of danger. When you have used a match, remember that the stick may contain enough fire to ignite dry material or be hot enough to cause the explosion of oil, gasoline or gas. Never throw a burned match away carelessly, if there is no metal receptacle into which yon can place it, keep it in your possession until you are ab.(.Continued on Page TenjL

Secretary Jordan of the Commercial Club Will Advocate Such a System at State Meeting, Oct. 31.

LITTLE OFFENDERS HAVE A SOFT TIME At a State Penal Farm They . Would Be Forced to Work and Help Support Family, Is His Contention. "Prevention of Insanity," will be the subject on which Dr. Samuel E. Smith, superintendent of the Eastern Indiana hospital for the insane, will talk before the State Board of Charities and Correction at Indianapolis Saturday evening, October 28. Dr. Smith is chairman of the executive committee of the board, and is well versed on this subject, and has discus sed it before at the nineteenth annual session of the Indiana Conference of Charities and Correction, held at Marion last year. The conference this year will be held October 28. Other local men who are on committees of the state board are Timothy Nicholson, W. D. Foulke and Walter S. Commons, and the Rev. Conrad Huber. Mr. Nicholson is a member of the committee on the offender, as is Mr. Commons, and the Rev. Mr. Huber and Mr. Foulke are members of the committee on social welfare. They will take part in the round table discussions. Meredith Nicholson, member of the board of trustees of the Eastern hospital for the insane, will participate in the discussion "The Insane." Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the Commercial club, will read a paper on the "Workhouses,." Tuesday, October 31. The discussion on this subject will be opened following the reading of the paper by . W. Albert O'Harra, sheriff of Delaware county. Advantages of System. The advantages of a penal farm over the workhouse will be discussed from every phase by Mr. Jordan. He believes if the petty offenders were sent to a farm, maintained under the supervision of the state, that better results would be obtained in more than one way. In explaining his theory Mr. Jordan says: "I was in a position for eight years to see the effects which the workhouse invariably has upon a man convicted for a petty offense. For example the man is arraigned on the charge of drunk and he is given a fine, the extent of which depends largely upon the mood in which the police judge is, and he goes to the county jail. There he plays cards and has a good time'in his idleness. Meanwhile his family is striving for a living and in their destitute circumstances they appeal to the township trustee. The county is obliged to keep the man and his family. By the method I advocate the man could be put to work on the farm and could work for his maintenance and a surplus could be sent to his family. My idea is for the state to pass a law for the establishment of penal institutions, and for counties to be divided into districts; counties of one certain district sending their prisoners to the farm of their district. Favors Longer Sentence. Another thing, a ten or eleven day sentence is nothing but a stigma on a man's character which reverts on his family. With the penal farm a police judge would, send the convicted man to the farm for a longer period, which will give him time to study out just what is right and what is wrong. If a man were sent to the farm for sixty days for not supporting his family he would find that it was not such a hard thing to work and support a family after all. "We brought this matter up at the recent session of the legislature but owing to the consideration of minor subjects we only succeeded in getting a commission appointed, but we hope to carry the matter through in 1913. "I suggest that the state purchase unimproved land and let these men improve it and after it is improved to farm it in garden produce. It is not right for the state to force convicted men to manufacture things as that is working against the laboring man. IN FIT OF INSANITY SHOT 2 NEIGHBORS (National News Associaticn) BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 7. Hearing someone walking in the hallway adjoining the bedrooms of his home at No. 21 Tremont avenue about 5 o'clock this morning, Melvin Hathaway, 64 years old, was shot and perhaps fatally injured by his brother-in-law, Geo. De Laverge, 26 years old. Curtis Hathaway, the elder Hathaway's son, awakened by the shots, rushed into the hall and he also was shot and seriously injured. Although suffering from their injuries both men grappled with De Lavergne and finally succeeded in holding him until an officer arrived. De Lavergne is believed to have become suddenly insane- .

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Not Much Information Ob tained First Week of Senate Investigation. (National Xews Association) MILWAUKEE, Oct. 7. With only six witnesses hep.rd of the 200 summoned the Stephenson senatorial in- . : . : . i . . . , . . .. 1 . 1 . t,

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erroon, the proceedings being suddenly halted by the death cf Federal Judge aid former U. &. Senator J. C Quarles, in whose court rocm the inquiry is being conducted. Only three members of the senate sub-committee have been in attendance cn the hearing. They are Heyburn of Idaho; Sutherland of Utah, and Pomerene of Ohio. Senators Bradley and Paynter are expected here later. The witnesses heard during the first week have been Senator Stephenson. E. A. Edmonds of Appleton. Wis., his campaign manager, J. C. Puelizher of Milwaukee, banker of the Stephenson campaign fund, Rodney Sackett, of Berlin, the campaign paymaster; J. A. Van Cleave and H. J. Brown, son-in-law of Senator Stephenson. Little definite Information has been secured as to where the $107,000 which Senator Stephenson admits was spent, was actually expended. Witnesses have dealt in glittering generalities, spoken of "organization," but have not told any of the details of the immense fund. Most of the memoranda and data they declare has been destroyed. Tho declaration of Chairman Heyburn that since Stephenson acts in the primary had preceded the election has been challenged, the senate may place upon him the burden to prove his innocence and to show that his expenditures were legitimate was the feature of the first week's proceedings. ACCEPT JIS ADVICE School Boys Agree with Williams on Fighting. When county superintendent of instruction C. 0. Williams made the statement the other dav that there . , . , ! was no harm done when hoys fight, he ; hardly anticipated the force of his statement. Since then he has received reports from several srrfin takes nlare thr off Anlimr nn. IU UC riJCVl 1 11 l L lit lit" Vfl 34. Kid , , , -o pils advance as their excuse, 'boys ! , should fight," and cite the tendent for authority. superm

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his teachine force that his nositinn on . .. . .7. ." . the question is that while boys ought to be able to fieht that thev should'

not make it a daily practice, simply ;driven h' if the chudr;,. " " lys ine oipiomas for the sake of fighting The posi-ifiTT cMldra. arc snovn for those who succeeded in these extion he takes is that bovs should dos-! v , D wronS- aminations will also be presented to uon ne rases is tnai dovs snoum pos-, Mr Biery also condemned the pres- tne winnine scholars rhi tlm sess both the nerve and the ability tont snlem of studying literature un- L mmng p 1 , ""l' make defense, when defense is neces- dr wh3cn Dlan a book is anaiTzed and ' ."Z iJolm 8 cnndent T. . . . . uer WU3cn P'an a DOOK 15 anaiyzea ana that the Bible classes this year will sary. He has explained to the teach- torn to bits In thSa var h sairi1 th!,. t. j t ' t . a . . ;orn ; DUS- in rn,s ay ne 8a,a inej break all past records for both atteners that boys who showed a disposi- Dest literature is often made distaste- j j . " . ... uitrnure is, ouen maue mstasir-. dance and the quality of work accomk h u 2T I x a 8 ,h , Iiful t0 tbe TOUthB- "e 8aid PP13 PHshed. One hundred and twenty-five be bullied by other lads are the oues;shoul(1 enjoy th? natliral of a ' already fJ

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iness success when they become men. The superintendent has stated that it is a rather delicate situation for one to develop the belligerent nature of a boy.. The lad, the superintendent says, needs the advice of someone who can appreciate his position, and syn& pathize with him in his fights, but who will be able to so develop the child's idea of fairness that he will not be a nuisance by permitting-his belligerency to crop out just for the fun of it.

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At the top at the left is James B. McNamara and at the right, John J. McNamara, who were charged with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times Building last October when 21 men were killed. The main picture shows the county jail where tne Namaras are confined and in the rear trial will take place. Below on tne

left is a photograph of Judfce Walter ' Austrian . demonstration in Italian Bordwell who will preside at the trial. water8 unless there -was prompt exTo his right is a piSWPI'W' Ortie Mc- J pianation of the bombardment" of San Manigal, the man who was arrested j Giovanni De Medua. From the first, with the McNamara brothers as being ! A,,stria na bepn disDleased with

implicated in the dynamiting, and who, it is said has confessed everything and wMll be the principal witness against the McNamaras. BIERY SPEAKS OP BLACKBOARD OSES Tells Teachers that Employing Such Methods Aids the Students. The auditorium of the high school Saturday was the scene of :he regular ' monthly gathering of Hit members of the Wayne County teachers institute. C. J. Biery, Ohio state examiner of public schools, gave thi principal address at the afternoon sess'on, choosing for his subject, the possibilities of using the blackboard. The afternoon opened with separate ntec'.ia among the several departments, but the jofnt meeting commenced ;it quarter after two. The topic of ;Ir. Bi'rry's talk was "A Latent Power o? iho Teachers." His ideas were addressed primarily, of course, to the instructors in the

grades, but he stated that mgn school been prepared for the occasion, and children were just as much interested j severa, 6peeches wiI1 add to tne Uveli. in pictures as the little oae-i were. ; nesr of the Vening The chief use of the blackboard is to j P A z Kumler. a prominent attorhold an idea in the pupil's braui. To ney from Dayton, 0.. has promised to show this he cited the example that ; be the principal 6peaker of the day. mental arithmetic was commg ba( k : and is preparing an address of special

jimo ivvu. uiuiis ieaue..., Deiaine n tcompeis tne student to Keep tue con compels lue tiuutui iu net-y lue tuudUons of a problem in tmn(1 In the

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rectness ot tne work on t?e blackne auueu tnac teacuer:. neeu .-j , !" - "e airaiu 10 puv me wrong use oi words in fmm of th stents i j ------ ---- aS IS REFUSED BLACKHAND $4,000; THREW BOMB (Xattonal News Association) WASHINGTON, Pa., Oct. 7. The store and residence of Mrs. Joseph Barbella. a wealthy Italian, was wrecked by a blackhand bomb early today and the family had a narrow escape from death. The outrage followed refusal to pay the blackhand 14,000 blackmail. , .

AN APOLOGY GIVEN FOR NAVAL ACTION

Italy Tells Austria She Sorry for Activity on the Seas. Is (National News Association) ROME, Oct. 7. Italy apologized to Austria today for the naval activity It

Mc-!has been displaying on the coast of European Turkey since the war with

Turkey broke out. The apology folca nn throat from Vienna of Italy's disposition to carry its cam paign from Africa to Europe. The San Giovanni De Medua affair wa3 the last straw. Italy is probably not much afraid of the Austrian navy but it was realized that the threatened naval demonstration might be accompanied by an invasion by land from the north. Italy is not prepared to face such a development. It was accordingly prompt with ?ts explanation that the Italian commander, who bombarded San Giovanni De Medua had grossly exceeded his instructions would be severely reprimanded and that King Victor had decided to withdraw all ships from the waters of European Turkey as an assurance that the incidence would not be repeated. WILL HOLDJBAHOUET Bible Classes of the Y. M. C. A to Feast. The arrangements for the opening banquet which is to commence the year's work in the Bible classes at the Y. M. C. A. next Wednesday, have now been completed and Boys' Secretary H. A. Pettijohn says that the affair is going to be the best in the history of the association. An elaborate menu has ; interest to lads. Most of the other talka will ho short anrl nrnhohlv ! 2'. Zl J5?b? r-ill be presented to the team that , . . . .... wmti thp Kinw r i n kg rn;imnmnchin n hasbothal) Inst war aH nnnon. awarded to the claggeB that had the beBt attendance, best average attendance, greatest number of diploma awarnri in h 9min,m. t ! I . 1j,I1UB, ttuu lue i,,gnt.b, average graae classes, and this number will doubtlessly be increased before the work begins. ONE DEAD; TWO HURT IN GAS EXPLOSION (National News Association) NEW YORK, Oct. 7. One man was killed and two others fatally injured in an explosion in the generating plant of the Astoria, L. I. heat and light company at Casino Beach, L. L, today.

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McNamara Brothers Will Be Formally Brought into Court at Los Angeles to Answer Grave Charges. WHOLE COUNTRY TO FOLLOW EVERY MOVE Almost a Million Has Been Spent by the Prosecution McManigal Is Prepared to Face Accused. (National News Association) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 7.On Wednesday morning, October 11, in a large airy room on the fifth floor of the new Hall of Records Building the curtain will be drawn for the irst act of another great drama which has been written in the struggle between labor and capital, when John J. Mo Xamara. secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, and his brother James Bryce McNamara are placed on trial before Judge Walter Brodwell on charges of wholesale murder by dynamiting, in connection with the destruction of the Los Angeles "Times' building at First Street and Brodway on the morning of October 1, 1910, in which disaster twenty men lost their lives. District Attorney John D. Fredericks stated yesterday that be Is prepared to present this case to a Jury and that the web of evidence against the two men is concluded. The attorneys for the defense say that they are also ready to proceed and that thejr will ask for neither relay nor contina ance. Over Million Spent. For almost six months the district attorney, assisted by agents of th William J. Burns Detctiv. Agencjr, has been preparing or this trtaL A most a million dollmrs has beL.spenfi by the prosecntlon s'nd four hundred witnesses have been summoned to appear against the two McNamara brothers. Ortie B. McManigal, structural iron worker, former Spanish American war reteran, and Informer, has been in daily consultation with the district attorney for the last month, McManigal is a . self-confessed dynamiter and it is upon his testimony that a great portion of the state's case has been built. Three months ago it was believed that he would not be called as a witness in the case. Recently, however, it was decided by District Attorney Fredericks and Assistant District Attorney Ford that McManigal would be called. This decision, it was stated, was reached only after every bit of information furnished by McManigal had been given complete coroboration. Yesterday McManigal, who is held In jail here under grand indictment for dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron Works in this city, said he was prepared to testify and that he would convince the jury be was a truthful Harry Orchard. Scope of the -Probe. The scope of the investigation, which has followed the arrest of John J. McNamara in Indianapolis, was revealed yesterday when It was announced by District Attorney Fredericks that the McNamara brothers are wanted for dynamiting in fifteen various states. This number includes Only those states, it was announced, where sufficient evidence to warrant a prosecution bad been secured. The total number of alleged dynamite explosions attributed to them and to McManigal is 100. No authoritative estimate has been given yet as to the number of months it will take for the jury to hear the i prosecution and the defense. The work of selecting the jury has been estimated at two months and upon, that basis it is believed by some that it will take at least six months to bear the first case. Attorneys for the de(Continued on Page Seven) The circulation of a newspaper is what the advertiser buys. The newspaper that covers the Held is the one that is most valuable. The circulation of the Palladium is 7,522 The total number of papers printed h . 7,5

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