Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 338, 12 October 1911 — Page 1

t: E MG PALI ' -I " ;.i AND SUK-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 338. RICIPIOND, IXD., THURSDAY EVEXIXG. OCTOBER 12, 1911.

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MANIFESTING MUCH CARE III SELECTION OF MTIAMARA JURY iast, Present and in Some Cases the Future of Probable Talesmen are Inquired Into by 20 Examiners.

Evidence Collected Against The M'Namaras CUMMINS PREDICTS PROGRESSIVE WILL DEFEAT PRES. TAFT TRANSPORTS WITH ITALIAN ARMY AND MUNITIONS ARRIVE CHINESE BAflDITS IN IMPOSING ARMY CAPTURE HAN-YANG 4

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jWien Eligibility of Juror Is Challenged Because of Preiudice. Court Passes Upon Qualification. (National News Association) LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Oct. 12. Probably twenty lawyers and detectives for the state will pass upon each Juror's qualifications before they are finally accepted as eligible in the trial of J. B. McNamara. The same care and system will be observed by the defense. Attorney Clarence Darrow, Le Compte Davis and Joseph Scott will be the first to pass upon those who are apparently acceptable. J. J. McNamara will be consulted and the advice of the defendant may be asked. As a last search Into the character and life of the jurors a detective agency which operates under the direction of John Harrington will be asked to make detailed inquiry. Whenever a juror is finally accepted his life history and the biography of many of his relatives will be known to the state and to the defense. Judge Bordwell will be the only judge of the cause for ordinary challenging. Should the defense consider that the membership of a certain talesman In a commercial organization sufficient ground for challenge the court will pass upon this reason. Should he hold that such was not sufficient for such dismissal the only way the defense could eliminate the prospective juror would be by exercising . m peremptory challenge. " ' What ' Law Permit.

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af Nelson, which was started TuesMaf ;jy th defense will be continued FrV"- It iMrODabfe Mr. Nelson will ' be kll7d Jfcrcall. AttorneyHLvfCornpte Davis, examining jurors, headed straight for this . point in tho examination of Z. T. Nel- ' eon, the first venireman examined. "Are any of your sons in any contracting business?" he asked. "No," answered Mr. Nelson. "Are any of your sons in any way Connected with organized labor?" "Not that I know of "Do you belong to any labor union Or any branch of organized labor?" "No." "I presume you are aware of tho bitter warfare going on between organized labor and capital?" "Yes." "Are your sympathies with organized labor or not?" O. Ray Horton, counsel for the prosecution, objected to the question and , Mr. Davis launched into a defense of Ilia question to the court, declaring that the case was "one that involved organized labor." Mr. Davis Speaks. , "I have no doubt," said Mr. Davis, "that the prosecution will bring in as m motive the attitude of organized labor. The contention will be that organized labor caused the explosion to get even. 1 think it would be proper to ask if a man had any bias or prejudice to organized .labor." Mr. Davis withdrew his question finally and asked of Mr. Nelson: "Have you the opinion that labor Unions as they exist are proper, or that they are inimical and a menace?" To this the prosecution objected because counsel is asking the opinion

of the witness on evidence that may rise during the trial." "He may answer." said Judge Bordwell, and Nelson said he was, "not prejudiced." ' Further questions were met by the assertion from Attorney V. J. Ford of the prosecution that "this is not a union labor trial." Times' Policy Referred To. "Do you take the Los Angeles Times?" and "Do you read the weekly page devoted to animadversions on labor?" were other questions put. Nelson was still being questioned when court adjourned. PROBATE NEWS ' An order of sale of real estate was granted the Dickinson Trust company, administrator of the estate of Myrtle D. Siegrlst vs. John W. Siegrist. et al. F. M. Ebert has been granted letters of administration in the estate of Frank K. Ebert Judge Fox has granted Walter S. Commons tetter of administration in the estate' of Lawrence D. Commons. : LawsoQ L. Hunt has been appointed guardian of the heirs of Uarriett Oreeniee yore.

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3tate' evidence against the McNamara brothers on trial for the alleged dynamiting of the Los Aneeles building in which twenty persons lost their lives. This evidence was gathered bv the William J Burns ves. The p.cture in the t.pp.r left hand corner shows a kit of tools found in the nosJS t "T, "

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V ; .1 t J flJCA:sn,Sai 81 their arrest. A battery tester, used to make sure that the current of the bomb, was strong enough, is shown on the left. In the upper right hard corner Se Tri nomb wh ch was found among the bridge girders in the railroad yards at East Peoria. A small Ty battery was fastened to a piece of board about the width of a barrel stav. in front cf the battery was a alarm clock with a thuniD key on the back to wind the alarm. A telephone wire led o a ten-quart can of nltrtiycln To the end of the wire and buried in the glycerine wrs a fulminating cap. Another wire completed the circuit ' In the lower left hand cornner is the suit case which "Jim" McXamara checked at Detroit just before he was ar rested in the center ; a bunch of hoys in the possession cf one of the prisoners. In the lower'rEht H e piano box found In the Indianapolis barn in which forty pounds of dynamite and a small tin of Hyverine were found, but which will not hf iisrd n ovirin... ,,t .h. i ..j,.. J'J,nll were

permit any evidence collected there IS WHENJENTENCEO Reaffirms Statement of Innocence To Be Taken to Jeffersonville. n,ari uudois, convicted ty tne jury It i the Wayne circuit court Tuesday & Company store at Milton December ."O O"" l . 4,. JUlim 10 of last year was sentenced to the Jeffersonville reformatory on Thursday morning by Judge Fox to serve a Xern of from , ten to twenty years. In Dassinz sentence Judee Pox aulU-A thft the eenierrre?wfs ratbersevere and that he would ha j'e desired giving Dubois a lighter sentence. Asked by. the court if he wished to say anything why sentence should not be passed Dubois made the, following statement: ' "' . "I am not guilty of the crinia with which I was chargVdr-l suppose. th Jury acted Jn the way It boUsvedrjvas rfght,' but the jury was wong in its decision." ' ' t"$Jfc;l The stolid indlirefenceTnWintlined' by Dubois throughout fj& trial and up to the time whe tje verdict of the jury was head changed to nervousness on Thursday. Sheriff Steen said that he did not know just when Dubois will be taken., to Jeffersonville. A postal card was received by the sheriff from O. Scales, agent from the Michigan City Mate prison saying that he had returned Gunsaulia, Dubois' former companion to the prison and that he was in good spirits and gave Scales no trouble. The conviction of Dubois and Gunsaulia will mean the terminatino, it is believed, of the depredations which have been perpetrated upon residents of Milton. Since the conviction of Gunsaulia and the arrest of Dubois there has ben little or no trouble encountered by authorities in this way near Milton. STRANGER KNOCKED DOWN BY STRfcET CAR As he was walking across North E street on Wednesday night, Fred Amos, aged fifty years, of Brighton. Ind., was struck by a city street car No. 313. and knocked down to the street, being rendered unconscious. The city ambulance was called and Amos was taken to the Reid Memorial hospital where his injuries were attended to. He was released on Thursday morning. Amos was accompanied by his daughter, who is a deaf and dumb mute. She noticed the approach of the street car but was unable to warn her father, although she jerked at his coat sleeve. Mr. Amos and his daughter were intending to go to Indianapolis and had walked from the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad depot to Ninth and E streets and when they attempted to

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AVIATOR FATALLY HURT IN DESCENT (National News Association) RHEIMS, France. Oct. 12. Aviator Level was fatally injured today when his machine struck telegraph wires as he was making a descent. CONSTRUCTION OF R. & E. I. IS DISCUSSED The board of directors of the Richmond and Eastern Indiana Traction company met late this afternoon at the Commercial club. The directors conferred with an engineering expert and discussed some plans regarding the construction of the prpposed road.

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POSITION OF CITY FORESTER ACCEPTED Prof. J. F. Thompson Informed Works Board of His Acquiescence to Plan. John P. Thomnson. head of th hrt- , any department of the local high ! . , , ..... j 8C?00'' nas acmea t0 accePl tne pointmeni to tne ornce or city forester, offered him by the . board cf public works. A letter to this effect was read at the meeting of the board .on TbursdsynMWalngandtfa jbowrd'v-Aeet wi'tfiMrThomnsnn anti ' amine th I work' which will come under the city forester's duties. In part Mr. Thompson's letter follows: "I am willing to accept the position of city forester without cimpensation if ths tiotie) of th irt8ijtl0ir win not Interfere with my business. The trees in our city need attention, but of course I cannot allow Vv other work to be interfered with. am always willin3 to render any public services if it is in my power to do so." Routine matters were discussed by the board. It was decided to purchase twenty-five fire helmets and nineteen rubber coata for the firemen. The new selmets will be made of aluminum and will afford more protection to firemen in fighting a big fire than the rubber helmets. The final assessment roll on the sanitary sewer between South Ninth and Tenth streets, running from I to J streets, was adopted. The primary assessment roll on the improvement of the alley north of South A street, from Twentieth to Twenty-first street, by cementing, was adopted. The pri mary assessment roll on the South Thirteenth street improvement, by the construction of cementing sidewalks, curbing and gutters was also adopted. SUGGEST WILEY AS A CABINET OFFICER Will Head Department of Public Health, if Congress Creates Office. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. There is a well defined movement in Washington to remove Dr. Wiley from the chemist bureau and from all indications it will succeed. Should Dr. Wiley resign, however, it will only be to become interested in the President's official family. The American Medical association together with other powerful interests is busily working for the establishment of a department of public health. Already Dr. Wiley has been chosen the next session of congress a bill establishing such an office. MAYOR HARRISON OPENS CbNFERENCE (National News Association) CHICAGO, Oct. 12. The sixth annual session of the Lakes to the Gulf Waterways association was opened here today with an address of welcome by Mayor Carter Harrison. Over a thousand delegates are in attendance. ANOTHER DIVORCE Suit for divorce 'fas been filed in the Wayne circuit court by Charles H. Bradford against Emma. Bradford,

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to E 419TH ANNIVERSARY Discovery Day Exercises at High School Saloons and Banks Closed. ' Discovery day," the four hundred and nineteenth anniversary of the disf.nonmr IL. . , ' ZIT Amencan con"iio;uer t;oiumous, was celebrated in almost every section of the citv on Thursday. Owing to the j actions of , the last legislature, the day I ha8 Jejai Jnolfaajr 1 ij" thia state, and government officials. ! DanJters and saloonists observed the occasion y closing their places of Dt!siness. The schools also recognized the day with appropriate exercises and ! various clubs and social organizations tnG,d "PeciaJ estivfttes in honor of' the I31 800 v,frr of Am-ica!, In the high-eWftiHJtr JPt 9t. Neff eave an interesting lecture'bn the trials Columbus had been forced to encounter and of the martyrdom which he suffered. The speaker told how Columbus had faced a situation in which all the world thought him a dreamer, and how he had finally worked up the support of the Spanish queen. Even after he had been for some time on his trip, he almost failed because of the mutiny of his sailors. Prof. Neff said that the discovery of this continent was a great disappointment to Columbus, for he was seeking only a course to the East Indies, and up to his death the fanfbus Italian never realized that his feat was possibly the greatest event in all history. Howard Messick, a student in the high school, read Miller's poem entitled "Sail On," a bit of verse de scriptive of the journey of Columbus. Tne niSh school orchestra had a special program for the occasion, among which were a number of patriotic airs. In the grade schools, short exercises in honor of the day were held. The teachers told the scholars about the life of Columbus and of the work he had accomplished for posterity. OVERWORK IS CAUSE FOR MAN'S CONDITION To overwork, it is said, is due the condition in which C. J. Pope, the traveling salesman was found while wandering in the east yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad company on Wednesday afternoon. It was Srst thought that the man was insane, but after a short time he talked rational and it was learned that he was covering the territory formerly covered by two men and that worry had brought on his illness. He also said that he was ill before leaving his home in Detroit. He was removed from the city jail in the evening to the hospital in the city ambulance and it is stated Thursday that he is recovering. When arrested he attempted to resist the officers. The police department has informed his wife of his condition. MAYOR'S BUZZ WAGON CAUGHT ON FIRE The automobile owned by Mayor Zimmerman caught fire on Wednesday evening in a strange manner and the fire department was called to extinguish the blaze. The fire had been put out, however, before the chemictl wagon of Company No. 2 arrived. WALSH'S NAME NOT ON PAROLE LIST (National News Association) LEAVENWORTH, . Kas., Oct. 12. John R. Walsh's name does not appear on the first list of paroles granted by the Federal Board. Eleven men have been, ordered, released it is amid. ,

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Iowa Senator, Though Unwilling to Name Probable Insurgent Nominee, Said He Would Support Him.

TAFT SENTIMENT IN EAST WILL CHANGE At Present West Is Progressive, South and East for Taft. Senator Says- Progressives Gain Strength. (National News Association) CHICAGO. Oct. 12. United States Senator A. B. Cummins, of Iowa, today declared a progressive Republican will probably defeat President Taft for the Republican nomination in 1912. He was not willing to name the man who would lead the progressives. He declared he would fight personally for the nomination of a progressive and asserted that many progresives were flocking to the Lafollette standard. Asked if he believed President Taft would be defeated if nominated, he replied: "I wouldn't say that at all, nor would I predict he won't be nominated by the Republicans. I will say, however, the progressive movement is growing daily, and while it now is not centered behind any one man for President there is every reason to believe the progressives will unite upon some candidate." In summing up the political situation with respect to President Taft's chances for renomination, he placed the western state delegations in the progressive column, the southern states for Mr. Taft, with the east now for the President, but likely to be divided later if that section of the country concludes the President cannot be re-elected. The Iowa senator would not discuss his own candidacy, which is being urged by his t rieni but enjf the suggestion That towa pn)greslves were likely to urge his nomination. JACOB ABLE FOUND HIS LOST COMRADE After Years of Search, Field and Hospital Mate Is Located. The happy ending of a forty-nine years search for a lost companion in the civil war has just been disclosed. Jacob Able, for years a resident of this city, on his return from a trip to Detroit, Mich., reports that while in that city he met the man who had fought beside him in the civil war and had been with him in the hospital at Washington. The newly found comrade Is Superintendent of Police John Downey of Detroit. Mr. Able has spent a good part of the time since the war Inquiring for Downey. The fololwing clipping from the Detroit "News-Tribune" gives an account of their meeting: Jacob Able, 76 years old, of Richmond, Ind., who has been visiting his son, Edward Able, at 111 Townsend street, has just discovered an old comrade of the civil war for whom he has been looking for years in Superintendent of Police Downey. Their meeting after 49 years' separation was brought about in a peculiar manner. After the war they never heard of each other unttl at a soldiers reunion in Toledo. Mr. Able inquired of a woman from Michigan if she ever knew a man named John Downey. She replied that the superintendent of police in Detroit bore that name and Mr. Able decided to look the police official up when he visited Detroit and see if by any chance he might be the comrade of war times. Recognition was immediate and mutual. "We laid side by side in the army hospital In Washington back in '62," said Mr. Able, reminiscently, "John Downey had a wound In the head and I had a flesh wound in the leg. I took a great liking to him and our friendship seemed to be mutual. "After leaving the hospital we went our different ways. He was with a Michigan regiment and I was in the Pennsylvania cavalry. Since meeting Supt. Downey I have found out that we fought together in the battle of Antietam, but we didn't meet there. After the war I used to inquire of everyone I met who claimed Michigan as his home if he knew John Downey. Finally my inquiries resulted in meeting the superintendent" The two men had a long visit together yesterday and Monday Comrade Downey will entertain Comrade Able at dinner. THE WEATHER -' "SSSS STATE Fair tonight and warmer, Friday.

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Stationing of Land Forces and Planning Against Attack by Turkish Troops Took Up the Day.

INVADERS GUARDING AGAINST DISEASE Barracks Inadequate and Houses So Filthy They Must Be Disinfected Before Occupation by Army. TRIPOLI, via Rome, Oct. 12. A fleet of transports carrying Italian troops and artillery arrived in the harbor today and was greeted with salutes from the Italian war ships in the harbor. The landing of soldiers. artillery, ammunition,, provisions and hospital equipment is going forward. War ships in the harbor were deco rated for the occasion and Italian flags fluttered from any buildings in the cities as the Italian soldiers marched through the streets. The housing of the invading force is now a serious problem, as the old Turkish barracks are entirely inadequate. Parts of them are so filthy that Governor D'Olmo refuses to allow the Italian troops to occupy them until they are disinfected. Hundreds of natives gathered upon the water front to look upon the imposing spectacle in the harbor. No Attack Planned. A great city of tents is springing up on the southern outskirts of the city. General Caneva probably will have his headquarters in the governor's palace. Intrenchments are being thrown up, although the fear from an attack by the Turks and Bedouins is gradually lessening. Arab scouts report that the Turkish troops are making no movement to attack. The main Italian army, will operate from this city, but heavy forces ase aso being landed at other strategic tat akmg the co&stt Commandant Cagni, who has charge of the outposts, has scouting parties reconnoitertng among ' the foothills south of the city. Their reports are reassuring. Two members of the Italian chamber of deputies who offered their services as soon as war broke out, arrived ton the hispital ships. They are Slgi nors Sonnino and Guicciardini. Among the officers accompanying the army are several connected with the Italian royal hotise. HOLY LAND CONQUEST. Rumored Jerusalem Will Become Papal State. BERLIN. Oct. 12. Jerusalem -and the Holy Land are to be wrested from Moslem sovereignty and presented to the Pope as a papal state. This startling announcement comes direct from the Vatican from a source credited here to be authoritative and reliable. The proposed peace terms between Italy and Turkey, according to this information, include the following: The Holy Land will be presented to the Pope, thus restoring to him temporal power. This will bring about, a reconciliation between the Vatican and the Quirinal, bringing to an end the selfimposed retirement of the Holy Father since the Papal states In Italy were seized by the Italian government. For the first time since the days of the crusade the cross will replace the crescent in the land most sacred to those professing the Christian religion. The armistice between Italy and Turkey, for which German diplomacy has been striving for some time, it is believed here has practically been concluded, although not yet announced as "official." DID NOT HEED THE ADVICE OF LADD Attracted by loud snores, while walking on South Fourth street about 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Charles Ladd prosecuting attorney glanced across the street and perceived a man soundly sleeping, while leaning against a building. He crossed to the other side of the street and believing the man intoxicated he awakened him and told him he had better "beat It" for home. However, he refused and shortly afterward was arrested by Patrolman Wenger. In police court on Thursday morning he was fined $1 and costs. NO DEFINITE PLAN DETERMINED UPON A joint meeting of the board of directors of the T. M. C. A. and the association committee, to manage a campaign to raise funds, was held on Wednesday evening at the postoffice. E. M. Haas, chairman of the committee thought the $25,000 necessary to secure the gift of D. G. Reid coold be obtained. The plans of the committee met with the approval of the directors, bat owing to the magnitude of the question under consideration, they decided to defer any definite action until

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Empire Facing Greatest Crisis in History Since Boxer Uprising Proclaim Fall of Manchu Dynasty, . ,

REFUGEES RELATE HARROWING TALES Imperial Army Being Rushed to Province of Hu-Peh Americans Protected by Revolutionary Leaders. BULLETIN. PEKIN, China, Oct. 12. Six thousand Imperial soldiers of Han Kow today mutinied and joined the revolutionary army. Fighting about Han Kow between government troops and rebels continued. Latest reports say two hundred government reporters have been killed in that district alone. 1 (National News Association) PEKIN, October 12. American consul Johnson at Hankow, reporta h is advised all the Americana and other foreigners in the province of Hupeh,' are safe under the protection of rev--olutionary leaders. The uprising la spreading rapidly and China faces the ' most serious crisis since the . boxer outbreak. ' SITUATION 18 GRAVE. PEKIN. Oct. 12 Civil war is racing today in the province of Hupeh. An army of rebels and mutineers from the Imperial forces have infested the city of -Han-Yang and is sweepins; on ward over the borders of the province. Han-Yang is one of the moat important industrial cities of the empire, having large iron and steel Industries and a population of more than 100,000. The arsenal there has been seised and part of the- city burned. r Paaditaare continually Joining the r revolution) lea and are being armed rA aoderm fire anna taken from' the garrison of the looted towns, - ; Fighting is in progress about Wuchang, the city captured yesterday by the rebels,-although all the foreigners, including ..twenty-five American missionaries are believed to be safe under the-promised protection of the revolutionary leaders. To Depose Dynasty. The empire faces the gravest crisia since the boxer uprising. The rebel leaders are posting proclamations throughout the zone of rebellion, declaring that the Manchu dynasty will be deposed and "that Chinese rights will be destroyed." The uprising is sweeping across the frontiers of Kiang Si and Nganhwel provinces. The general staff of the imperial army is being rushed to Hankow.' Today dispathes from Hankow state that thousands of refugees are swarming into that city. They relate narrowing tales of bloodshed. From their reports thousands have been slain in the fighting and pillaging. The rebels are reported to be shooting down all who oppose their campaign of pillage. Government officials are " fleeing from Hu-Peh province. N". T. Johnson, American consul at Hankow reports that his latest intelligence advises him that all Americans are safe and that the revolutionary leaders are trying to keep their followers from attacking or insulting foreigners. Three more Chinese gunboats are enroute for Hankow. They will constitute a fleet of eight war craft. Part of the vessels will cruise up the Yang-Tse-Klang river as far as the confluence of the Hang-Kiang river, where the captured city of Han-Yang la situated. F National Issues Will Threshed Out. Be (National News Association) COLUMBUS, Oct. 12. The Thirtyfirst annual convention of the Farmers' National congress opened here today with an address of welcome by Governor Harmon and other state and city officials. Conservation of natural resources, reciprocity and other national issues will be threshed out in a thorough manner. Some lively sessions are expected. The congress' will be addressed during the week by Gifford Pinchot and other well known celebrities. BAPTIST FAVOR PROHIBITION IN STATE (Palladium Special) BLUFFTON. Jnd.,Oct. 12. Indiana' Baptist ministers at today's session of the annual conference, advocated the re-enactment of the county option law and state wid prohibition. President E. A. Hanley of FnuikHxr College, said that the college was aemg an annual deficit & mer liiti& . campaign to raise a half million ""- dowmenc He criticised modern col lege Ufe as drifting away-rsflg-

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