Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 27, 6 December 1911 — Page 1

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ANl SlJN-TlilLEGRAM. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 27. KICHMOXD, Ki'D., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECE3I11ER 6, 1911. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

WHITE PLAGUE WAR III RICHMOND WILL BE DESPERATE ONE

This Holiday Season Marks Beginning of Campaign to Raise Fund for Shacks for the Victims. BUY XMAS SEALS TO HELP A GOOD CAUSE 75 Per Cent of Proceeds from Sales of These Seals in the City for Local Use 31 Deaths up to Dec. 1. With the arrival and distribution of 25,000 Red Cross Christmas seals in this city, local interest in the campaign to rid Wayne county of the white plague is evident. It is anticipated that a large sum for the work in this county will be realized from sales ! of seals. j Merchants, Sunday school classes, and clubB have joined in the crusade, and stamps have been placed on sale all over the city. Persons interested in the fight against tuberculosis assert that now, when seventy-five per cent, of the receipts from the sale of the tamps in Richmond can be used directly for local purposes, is an excellent opportunity for the public to lend Its aid in the great work. Strenuous efforts will be employed to force the campaign into every section of the county, and sell at least 50,000 stamps. A mass meeting to interest the public in the anti-tubercular fight is included in tbe plans of the local society for the holiday campaign. E. Houtzan, the noted authority on tuberculosis, lias been invited to speak at this meeting, and tell Richmond people how they can reduce the annual number of deaths from the plague. Alarming Death Rate. -A a consequence of the campaign waged In past years, the annual local death rate from tuberculosis is being noticeably decreased, according to statistics furnished by the local health department. Last year, out of 333 deaths in the city, 32, or approximate ly one of every ten, were attributed di rectly to consumption. The present year will not witness ny change in the annual death toll of tuberculosis, for the health records already show thirty-one deaths caused by either directly or indirectly by the white plague, and the total by the first of January will probably exceed tho 1910 record. Tuberculosis is a preventable disease. By creating a fund from 75 per cent of the proceeds from the sales of Christmas seals, and by securing a few voluntary contributions, shacks could be established on the Reid Memorial grounds where all the patients in the county might be cared for, and many of them cured. The state hospital, which accommodates four Wayne county patients, is doing good work, but it is no congested and local authorities report that there are now at least three cases in this county which may prove fatal. These victims could have been saved if there had been a county establishment to care for them. Over ninety per cent of tuberculosis cases comes from association with persons already afflicted. Slides advertising the local campaign have been placed in Richmond picture theaters, and efforts are being concentrated now to sell 50,000 seals at one cent each, Dec. 6 Only 15 More Shopping Days Before Xmas. Shop Early and In the Morning. Palladium circulation for the week ending Dec 2, 7,305

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MURDER WEALTHY GOTHAM JEWELER

Body Hacked with Axe and in Asnpan round in Empty Basement. (National News Association) NEW YORK, Dec. 6 I. S. Vogel, a wealthy jewelry dealer of 1369 Fifth avenue, was found dead today, his head crushed in and his face and shoulders hacked with either an axe or a heavy knife, in the basement of the loft building at 125-131 Canal street. The man was apparently waylaid by thieves who planned to rob him of the jewelry which he had purchased yesterday on a trip to Trenton. An effort was made to place the body in a furnace. When found the head of the man's body rested on the ashpan of the furnace where the man's slayers had apparently dropped it when alarmed by a watchman or a passing policeman. Two employes of the loft building are under arrest today. They are held on suspicion. The men arrested are Aeher Shepps, the engineer of the building who found the body and Joseph Roberts, a negro elevator man. In the possession of the negro the police found a diamond ring in a case and a stickpin. He explained that he picked them up in the basement when he reported for work toda RESUME FIGHT TO SEIOEL Milwaukee's Socialist Execu tive Illegally Dished Out Plums. (National News Association) MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 6 The Milwaukee Socialist administration is in a panic. Decisions of the supreme court, ousting numerous city employes, which were handed down at Madison, Wis., .yesterday, will be followed by numerous other startling developments. The fight to have Mayor Seidel, Socialist, impeached will be pressed with renewed vigor. Steps to accomplish this have already been taken. He will be charged with violating the civil service law in appointing C. A. Mullen, son of an Asphalt trust official, as a street official and various members of the socialist party, who held lucrative positions without complying with state laws providing for competitive examinations. Suits will be started against Mullen and the other officials ousted by the courts, for the return of salaries paid to them by the city during the past eighteen months. The city treasurer and city controller will be made parties to these suits, as it 1b believed that they are individually liable for salaries paid to the ousted employes and the money spent under their direction. Civic organizations will demand im mediate and thorough investigation of the city's finances. The cost of conducting the city has increased more than $1,000,00 under socialist rule. More than f3,000,000 worth of paving contracts and street improvements are affected by the decisions of the supreme court. The city may be subject ed to heavy damage suits and delay in the work. Efforts of the socialist administration to oust the chief of police and chief of the fire department, in order to appoint socialists, has also been balked. PERSIA MAY MAKE SHUSTER AN ISSUE Young American Treasurer General May Be Cause of War with Russia. (National News Association) TEHERAN, Persia, Dec. 6. Persia has decided to make W. Morgan Shuster, the young American treasurergeneral, an issue at war unless intervention prevents hostilities. Persia's counter ultimatum to Russia demanding that the main body of the Russian army of invasion should not proceed south of Kasbin, expired today. The alternative was offensive operations on Persia's part. Nearly 500 Russian cossacks, comprising the advance guard of the Russian army had already entered the city, and it was the presence of these troops which forced Persia to take decisive action. Persia has been quietly making defensive preparations and a considerable number of Persian cossacks have been moved northward from the southern provinces. Mr. Shuster, whose retention in the Persian government, has led to the present imbroglio, has given no indication of withdrawing and he was assured today that he has the support of all political factions. '

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KING GEORGE WITH HIS ROYAL SPOUSE WILL ENTER INDIA

Their Majesties to Be Greeted Thursday by Loyal Subjects in Their Great Asiatic Empire. GREAT CEREMONIES TO MARK CROWNING At the Dubar at Delhi, Dec. 12th, King and Queen to Be Invested as the Rulers of Indians. DUNBAR EVENTS. Dec. 7 State Entry. Reception of Chiefs in the afternoon. Dec. 8 Reception of Chiefs in the morning. King Edward Memorial Ceremony in the afternoon. Dec. 9 Reception of Chiefs in the morning. Polo semi-finals and football finals in the afternoon. Dec. 10 Divine service in the military camps. Dec. 11 Presentation of colours In the morning. Polo finals in the afternoon. Dec. 12 The Dunbar at midday. State dinner and reception in the evening. Dec. 13 Reception of Indiana offcers and volunteers in the morning. State garden party and people's fete in the afternoon. Dec. 14. Review of troops in the morning. Hockey finals in the afternoon. Investiture in the evening. Dec. 15 Police review in the morning. Military tournament and races in the afternoon. Boxing finals in the evening. Dec. 16 State departure. (National News Association) DELHI. India, Dec. 6. The elaborate ceremonies incident to the investitute of King George' and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India, will begin here tomorrow with the arrival of their Majesties, from Bombay. The royal couple will be met at the railroad station by Lord and Lady Hardinge, one hundred and fifty Indiana princes, and their gorgeous retinues, and a royal guard of soldiers. They will be escorted to a pavilion inside the fort, where they will be formally presented to the native princes. Following this procedure, their majesties will be taken to their quarters on the plain of Delhi. The route will be lined by thousands of school children, who will strew flowers in the King's path. The actual ceremonies will begin tomorrow with the state entry and reception of the Indian Chiefs and will continue to Dec. 16. In these ten days will be crowded an endless round of recep tions, reviews and ceremonies, on a ,

scale or unequalled magnificence. there was a good market for such maThese will be followed by a bunting ; chines they were offered to the trade

expedition which will be conducted by the native princes with the King as a guest. It is estimated that ten million dollars have been spent in decorations, the mobilization of troops and the preparation of the Royal encampment. To Reach a Climax. The great celebration will reach its height Dec. 12, when the King and Queen are formally invested with the titles of Emperor and Empress of India. This ceremony will be witnesses by two hundred and fifty thousand people, while over two hundred millions will hear the coronation proclamation that will re-echo in every province and village in India through the special representatives delegated to make the instrument known to the populace. The coronation will take place at midday in two great arenas in the center of the encampment. The King will adjust the crown himself, giving the impression to his Indian subjects that no living man is worthy of carrying out this act. After the ceremony he will be hailed by the guests as Delphi-Ke-Bashah, for the first time in Indian history. The royal couple will then receive the homage of the governors, chiefs and officials and retire to the Royal pavilion, where the proclamation of the King-Emperor will be read. Incident to the coronation o ftheir majesties will be the first public appearance of the Indian crown. It was decided to leave the royal crown of England in the Tower of London and a new crown was especially constructed for the Indian Durbar. This ornament has not been seen by any save those in the royal family and the workmen engaged in constructing it. Are Guarded Carefully. The famine and widespread discontent in India have necessitated a most rigid police system to guard against any possible harm to their majesties during their stay at Delhi. Five thousand police and secret service men have been detailed to special duty. Natives and all auspicious persons are being watched closely and the streets are crowded with the constabulary. Second only to the advent of their majesties and their coronation Dec. 12,

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E, RUMELY RELATES FACTS CONCERNING DEAL JOST CLOSED General Manager of Rumely Company Says Trade Conditions Demanded Union of Three Concerns.

PLANT HERE IS TO DOUBLE ITS OUTPUT Mr. Rumely Was in City for Purpose of Determining Needed Improvements Details of Merger. "The merger of the Gaar, Scott & company and the Advaucc I Dresner i compi'iy of Battle Crei:. with the M. j Rumely company of La Porte' is simply ! in accordance w ith the general move-! ment in the farm implement business j in this country the union of concerns j engaged in the same lin of business to reduce expenses, to produce a greater output and to place the business on a more efficient basis." This was the statement mads today by E. A. Rumely, secretary-treasurer and general manager of the M. Rume-1 ly company, who, with Leo Rumely j sales manager of the M. Rumely company, is in the city for the purpose of inspecting the Gaar, Scott and company plant and to determine what improvements are necessary. The Rumely company as a result of the merger Is now the third largest farm implement concern in the country. Its capital stock is $22,000,000. While the deal for the transfer of the Gaar, Scott & company plant and the Advance company plant to the M. Rumely company, has been consummated, the reorganization of the greater M. Rumely company will not be effected until the stockholders meeting, which will be held next February. Mr. Rumely stated that until that meeting is held no announcement will be made concerning any possible changes in the management of the Gaar, Scott & company plant. Mr. Rumely when told that there were numerous rumors to the effect that the local plant would be shut down, or adandoned, branded all of these reports as grapevines. Plant Not to Close. "Gaar, Scott & company plant is too valuable to be closed. It is one of the oldest companies of its kind in the United States and its machinery is known to farmers throughout the country. There is a possiblity the plant will be enlarged and the working force Increased. Where the company did ten .dollars worth of business this year I want it to do fifteen dollars worth next year," he said. To substantiate this statement Mr. Rumely showed a copy of a telegram sent out today to agents of the company notifying them of the merger and instructing them to "push" Gaar, Scott & company machinery. A little over three years ago, according to Mr. Rumely, his company began experimenting with gas traction engines When the concern believed and they met with instantaneous popularity. Last year over thirteen hundred of these gas engines were sold and and to supply the demand the other machinery made by the company was neglected. With the demand for these gas engines came the demand for two or three hundred separators. ' which could not be furnished Mr. Rumely said that his company then realized that it either must great ly expand its plant or merge with some other concerns. The latter plan was regarded the most feaible. Causes for Merger. - "There were several reasons why this plan was decided as the best," he said. "In the first place the M. Rumely company, the Gaar, Scott & Company and the Advance company, each had between one hundred and two hundred salesmen. They were actively engaged for about two months each year, then the remainder of the time they had little or nothing to do. By merging each plant could specialize on certain machinery and there would be something to offer the trade every season of the year, and the salesmen could be kept actively employed throughout the year. "By the merger the Rumely plant can specialize on its gas engines, we will put out 3400 next year; Gaar, Scott & Co., can specialize on sawmills, steam traction engines and threshers and the Advance company can specialize on corn huskers, separators, etc. Of course all the plants would continue to manufacture their other lines of machines as before." Mr. Rumely is an exponent of the so-called "efficiency" system in factory operation. "I do not believe many manufacturers appreciate the saving of time. If certain work which generally takes six days to accomplish can be done in three days, take the short cut, even though more workmen are required. You can make up the additional expense by an increase in the volume of business," he said. Mr . Rumely also advocates siring the workmen every advantage good places to work in. good light, etc. and recognition and reward for efficiency. "Yoa may say for me that I regard Richmond as an excellent menufactur-

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CHICAGO PACKERS ON TRIAL, FACING CRIMINAL CHARGE Pleas of Not Guilty to Violation of Anti-trust Law Entered by Ten Millionaires Through Counsel.

8 PACKERS ALMOST DEFAULTED TRIAL Late in Arriving to Court, Attorney Appears in Their Absence Court Room Was Crowded. (National News Association) CHICAGO, Dec. 6 Ten Chicago millionaire packers appeared in the U. S. district court to stand trial before Judge Carpenter on indictments returned against them by a federal grand jury, and charging them with criminal violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. Pleas of not guilty on behalf of the indicted men were entered at 10 o'clock. The long delayed trial of the packers was then on. It had come only after an eight year fight on the part of the U. S. Government. When Judge Carpenter ascended the bench and court was convened only two of the defendants were in the court room. They were Edward Morris and L. H. Heyman, the later a director of Morris & Company. The others were late in arriving, and this might have led to unpleasant results to them. On each side there was an imposing array of counsel. U. S. Attorney Wilkerson said at once only one plea had been entered in this case. It is that of Louis Swift. "I desire that each defendant plead personally," said Mr. Wilkerson. John S. Miller, chief counsel for the packers stepped forward and said, "I desire to enter pleas of not guilty for each of the indicted men. They are all in the building and will be in court presently. "The pleas were accepted by the court. The scene in the court room was destined to become historic. There was a large crowd present, anxious to see the millionaire defendants, and to hear the beginning of the bitterly fought case. A SLANDER SUIT ON Musician Sued for $8,000 Damages by Artist. (Natlonal News Association) BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 6 Much interest is manifested in the suit brought by Mrs. Virginia Janis, of Cos Cob, Conn., against Arthur N. Devore, a well known musician at present living in Brooklyn, which came up for trial in the superior court here today. Mrs. Janis alleges that on July 3, 1910, Mr. Devore slandered her to his sister, Mss Elsa Madge Devore. She asks $8,000 damages. Mr. Devore denies the charge and asserts that the suit is the result of some real estate transaction in which he and Mrs. Janis were recently Involved and which resulted in foreclosure on the home which they jointly occupied at Riverside. His sister lives with Mrs. Janis at present and is an artist and a violinist. Mrs. Janis was the wife of Dr. Sangree of New York, whom she divorced because of his attentions to a younger woman, whom he later married. She then resumed her maiden name. She is an artist, having painted floral pieces which elicited praise from Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and others. Mr. Devore is an organist, and once led the orchestra at the Ocean Grove camp meetings. For a long time he and his sister lived with Mrs. Janis at Riv erside. Last summer he was married to a well known musician. Then came a dissension with Mrs. Janis and since that time he and his wife have made their home in Brooklyn. THRONE IS TOTTERING Prince Chun, the Emperor's Father, Abdicates. (National News Association) PEKIX, Dec. 6. Prince Chun, father of the child emperor, abdicated today. Shih Hau, a Manchu prince, and Hau Shih, vice president of the privy council, jointly assumed the guardianship of the throne. 3 TRAINS COLLIDE; FIVE MEN KILLED (National News Association) PITTSBURG, Dec 6. Engineer Daily was killed, fireman Myers fatally injured, and several others badly hurt and twenty-five valuable horses perished in a wreck of two freights and one express train on the Pennsylvania railroad near Manor, Pennsylvania this morning. Four unidentified men. probably hoboes, also vera killed.

JURY PUTS VAL UE OF $200 ON DIGIT

Mrs. King Given Damages from Physician Jury Was Out 17 Hours. As a balm for her stiff and crooked finger as a result of which she avers she is handicapped in her household duties and is sick at heart because of the blemish, Mrs. Leota King was given 200 damages from Dr. Frank Harold, who treated the double fracture, by the petit jury of the Wayne circuit court. The erdict, as stated by the members of the jury was a compromise, and agreed upon at the end of the seventeenth hour of deliberation. From about 3:30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon until about 8:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning the jury stood divided, seven to five, in favor of the plaintiff. Worn out by the long vigil the five who stood for the defendant were offered the proposition of a compromise by the other seven. Among this number were a few who stood for heavy damages, one juror maintaining that $1,500 was not too much for the digit. At first the five jurors, who agreed that the physician was blameless "bucked" on the proposal, but when $200 was agreed upon as the price' of the alleged negligent and unskillful treatment of the fracture, they relented. A new trial will be asked by Dr. Harold. In event this is not granted the case will be appealed it is understood. Dr. Harold, supported by a number of other physicians, who testified, maintains that he exercised due caution and prudence in the treatment of the digit. Mrs. King was injured in March, 1909, when the horse driven by her became frightened at a train and threw her from her buggy. She received $300, it is understood, at that time from the railroad company for her injuries, including the broken linger. Physicians in the city believe that Dr. Harold treated the finger with all due caution and that he should be blameless. They believe that he should not have been held for damages because of the treatment. IN DENTAL CHAIR HAD FATAL ATTACK Mrs. Martha Druley Dies from Heart Disease in Office of Dr. Price Mrs. Martha Druley, aged about 70 years, living one mile north of Boston, died in the office of Dr. A. B. Price, dentist, in the Colonial building about 10:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning. According to the investigation made by Coroner Pierce, as far as it has advanced, death was due to heart trouble. Mrs. Druley had gone to Dr. Pierce's offices, suffering from toothache but the dentist says that he had given her no gasses of any kind, to relieve her. Mrs. Druley was accompanied to this city by her son Jesse. Tuesday she spent a restless night, being troubled with toothache. It is said for the past few weeks she has had more or less of this trouble and has had extreme difficulty in breathing. For this reason the coroner believes death was caused by acute heart trouble. When asked by her son, as he was about to leave the dentist's office, how she felt, she replied that she was all right. Hardly had he left the building when he was called back, the dentist saying that Mrs. Druley was very sick. She was placed upon a couch and within a few moment, before a physician could arrive, she was dead. The body was removed to the Wilson, Pohlmeyer and Dowling undertaking parlors and will be taken to the Druley home near Boston for funeral services and burial. FORTY-TWO BURIED URDERVREIM Building Under Construction at Indianapolis Collapsed Many Are Dead. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 6. Forty-two workmen were buried under a mass of debris which was precipitated into a basement by the collapse of a threestory concrete building at South and Delaware streets and which are under construction for the headquarters for offices of the Indianapolis Prestolite company, manufacturers of automobile headlights, at one o'clock this afternoon. Nine were badly injured, but were quickly extracted from the wreckage. Many are believed to be dead beneath the mass of masonry. At 2 o'clock three dead bodies had been recovered and twelve men are still missing. Many of the injured will die. An overloaded roof or the premature removal of the supports on the first floor Is given as tbe probable cause. The workmen were carpenters, plumbers and other tradesmen.

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TO UPS" TO JUSTICE Conspirators with McNamara May Escape Punishment Prosecution Is Lacking Tangible Material. INFORMATION IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL John J. Had Command of the Union's Funds, Executive Board Intrusting H i m with All Expenditures. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 6 "Unless John J. McNamara makes a complete confession there can bo no wholesale convictions of 'higher-ups' because at the present time neither the state nor the Federal authorities have any direct evidence against them, Burns and others to the contrary notwithstanding." The above statement was made la confidence today hy a well known man, closely allied with tho prosecution and investigation now in progress in more than an ordinary capacity. He added: "I do not say direct evidence may not be obtained in the federal investigation, but I know positively there is no evidence at hand upon which indictments would promise convictions. Every body Is expect ing the executive board of the Ironworkers' Union to be indicted, but I tell you there is no tangible evidence upon which to base such indictments now. President Ryan signed the check books in blank, placing at the McNamara's command any amount of money he, needed." Correspondence Veiled. . Another ' Indianapolis man connected with the Atate government, who saw much of tiVi mysterious records confiscated when .McNamara was arrested declared that "McNamara's correspondence was cleverly Yelled, so as to protect the writer and recipient, but the whole series together justified the hanging of the McNamara's and others. One reply from a man In a, large ., eastern . eityfrojn. ; whom the union demanded an accounting for $500, consisted of a newspaper clipping telling of a mysterious explosion which blew up a big factory building, with the following notes scrawled on the margin: "Ain't this enough? Money was used fighting scab labor." The gentleman first quoted declar ed with McNamara's detailed confession prominent labor men could be convicted in Cleveland. Detroit. Indianapolis, St. Louts, Chicago, Buffalo. Boston, Philadelphia, Louisville, Omaha. Kansas City and Peoria. GRAND JURY MEETS. McNamara's Summoned Before Federal Body. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. Behind closed doors in the county jail today the McNamara brothers, sentenced to serve weary years in San Quentln prison, waited to appear before the Federal grand Jury here to tell of the gigantic dynamite plot which the government has decided to Investigate. If -plans now decided on are carried oat, the brothers will not be taken before the federal inquisitorial body until tomorrow. They will then be taken by a special train to San Francisco, and from there rushed to San Quentln. Just when they will be transferred has not been determined. It Is expected that Sheriff W. A. Hammill will keep the time secret if he can. The train will probably leave Los Angeles at night The schedule of the special will be kept secret and the time of the prisoners arrival in San Francisco will not be given out. In the meantime Oscar Lawler worked out the details of the probe that has been planned. It Is now definitely known that Los Angeles and not Indianapolis will be tbe center of tbe investigation, at least for tbe present and that startling developments here may be expected within tbe next few weeks. California End First. The first testimony, it is understood; will involve California developments of tbe plot which it is asserted baa been disclosed to District Attorney John D. Fredericks here and through him to tbe federal authorities. Certain phases of the transcriptatlon of dynamite in California and. of letters (Continued on Page Six) THE WEATHER STATE Generally fair tonight and Thursday. LOCAI Fair tonight Thursday. and wanner HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday. Highest temperature in last 24 hours, 50 at noon Wednesday. Lowest temperature In last 4 hours. 27 at 6 a. nu Wednesday. Tempera ture at 12:30 p. m. today. bO. : Barometer, high and falling, , Direction and velocity of wind, southwest, 7 aaUea per hour. Note There is possibility of rata . within two day bnt Indications ara

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