Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 54, 8 January 1912 — Page 1

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t: AND SUN-TELEGRAM rOL. XXXVII. NO. 54. RICHMOND, IXD., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1912. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS.

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NUKES OF CITY GREATLY IMPROVED CONTROLLER SHOWS

fcity at Opening of Year Has More Money, No Loans and All Debts for the Past Year Were Paid. MUCH IMPROVEMENT IN LOCAL DAIRIES Inspector Flook Makes Reoort Highly Pleasing to the Board Reports on Crematory and Parks. 'With more money in the city's cofIfers than at this time last year; more 'public improvements having been 'made In 1911 than in 1910; all debts .contracted during the paBt year paid. and no money borrowed. Mayor Zimmerman believes that he has made a good record. The city controller's annual report presented at the regular meeting of the mayor's cabinet fthls morning was a very satisfactory 'one. There was $37,453.87 in the city treasury January 1, 1911, und $42.4G8.96, January 2. 1912. The total receipts during the past year were $178,919.90, making a total or $210,373.82. The disbursements for the year amounted to $173,914.86. : Controller's Report. ! The financial report for the fiscal lyear just ended Is as follows: Receipts. Balance on hand January 1, 1911 $ 37,453.87 ITaxes 152.583.60 I8rta and allPVB 808.07 iLiquor licenses 13,309.00 (Other licenses 837.25 (City court fees 1,598.00 Markets 969.25 1'arkB 1,138.60 Building and moving permits 84.25 lluterest 918.70 ijenefits and damages 2,067.90 Fire department 169.75 Vehicle licenses 4,395.58 Miscellaneous 40.00 Total $216,373.82 Disbursement. Salary, city officers and exi peuses .......,.......$ 20,30Ur58 Public buildings 3,986.45 Fire department 25,719.21 Street department 64,849.25 Knginecring department .. 384.33 . Parks 8.400.84 '.Crematory 6.750.71 Markets 226.55 Board of health 4.486.09 Police department 19,086.65 City court 201.63 3aw Department 99.50 Water Rent 115,463.32 Interest, commission, etc.. 2,509.25 Damages and benefits .... 330.00 Miscellaneous 1,294.50 Total $173,914.86 1 Balance on band January 2, 1912, $42,458.96. . Balance in sinking fund, $9,499.45; Controller McMahan having redeemed $8,000 of city bonds; balance in special fund. $3,256.46; street Improvement fund, $6,105.13; Chautauqua fund. $2,685.51; balance in municipal light plant fund. $9,391.73. Flook Makes Report. Marked Improvements have been made in dairy farms during the past year, according to the annual report of Charles Flook. dairy inspector. New ,and sanitary milk houses and barns "have been constructed on a number of dairy farms. The report says that nineteen dairies furnishing milk in Richmond are in fair condition, producing 1,150 gallons of milk per day, making an annual output of 419.650 . gallons of milk. The report of Edward llollarn, superintendent of the city parks Bhowed that numerous improvements have been made at the various parks during the year. The net expenses of the park department amounted to $7,922.24. The "coo" at Glen Miller park con tains the following animals: 1 bear, C elk, 2 doer, 4 coyotes. 2 red foxes, 1 raccoon. 3 eagles. 1 mongolian pheasant. 2 pig-tailed monkeys, 3 ring-tailed monkeys. 3 angorta goats, 8 white ducks. 25 pigeons. 10 cavles. 2 gray squirrels. 2 fox squirrels. 3 white rats, and 1 Mexican monkey. Supt. llollarn suggested a few improvements for this year, among which Is the re-roofing of the one of the three park greenhouses, re-roofing of the two barns and minor improvements to the houses In the park. The report of the crematory for the month of December was submitted by Supt. Whltacre, showing that 5S7 yards of wet garbage. 141 yards of dry garbage and 83 animals had been consumed during the past month. Other city officials, who have sub- : mltted the yearly reports for their respective departments previously . reported that everything was in good condition. SCHOOLS CLOSED District schools of Wayne county la several Instances were closed all day Monday on account of the cold. As there was no fire In the schools on Sunday and the temperature was below aero all day, the buildings became tegular refrigerators. It was impossible to get them even comfortable In time for school Monday.

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ORTIE M'MAHIGAL AT II Brought in Secretly Sunday Night, the Officials Announced Today. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 8. Ortie Mc Manlgal, self confessed dynamiter, was today comfortably quartered on the second floor of the federal building in a cell room especially prepared for his accommodation. McManigal arrived Sunday night on the Big Four train No. 18, in company of five detectives. He left the train unobserved and was taken to the Claypool hotel, where the party remained until midnight when the transfer was made to the federal building. McManigal, forty pounds heavier than when arrested last spring, and dressed in an Oxford-gray overcoat and wearing a derby hat had every appearance of a prosperous business man. Only a few persons actually knew he was in town until the authoritative announce ment was made today. About twenty witnesses will be examined by the grand jury before McManigal's story

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will be utilized as a coach for the investigation. Indications point to twenty indictments, including labor leaders ina dozen cities throughout the country. REMONSTRANCE HAD BUT SMALL EFFECT Remonstrators again appeared before the board of public works this morning in regard to the proposed paving of West Main street, from the bridge to West Fifth street. Another remonstrance signed by fifty-three property owners was presented to the board but it had little effect as the board decided to present the case to council at its next meeting with a recommendation that the improvement be forced through. Between ten and fifteen persons who signed the petition for the paving of the street also signed the remonstrance. Property owners who signed the remonstrance bad about two-thirds majority over those who signed the peUtion. The board confirmed the resolution calling for the improvement of Southwest Fourth street from the National road to Southwest E; approved the plat of F. T. Dunham and wife; ordered the assessment roll prepared on the Washington avenue railroad crossing and adopted resolutions providing for minor icinrnTsmr-- '

RECORD MADE FOR APPEALS FOR AID People Who Never Before Charity Call on the Trustee. The record of appeals for assistance was hrnltAn tnHav a thi stffir.o rf Triio. ,tee Ha worth in the court house. The poor families which have long been on the list of the trustees were not the only callers. Heads of families who rarely ever, if at all, are forced to ask public aid, found themselves unable to longer cope with conditions and were given assistance. Though the

number of men out of work In Rich-! Among citizens examined who were mond is not large, there are some who excused for conscientious scruples have been unable to make both ends ! against inflicting the death penalty f . , . . . . were Clinton Berts eh, of East Germanmeet and the cold weather has finally ' I town ; Charles Nef f , East German- ! a V. II 1 i i rr- I

u..u mtrui lo i-au ou cuaruy. irus - tee Haworth whose policy has been to carefully investigate every case that comes to his attention before administering aid, said today that hehad been forced to decline but two appeals and in all others had provided as generously as possible, fuel and provisions j both being sent to the homes of many been coal and wood, and much has been provided during the last twenty four hours. COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING TONIGHT Report of the nominating committees on their selections for directors will be the chief business to come before the members of the Richmond Commercial Club at their regular

monthly meeting this evening in the,but waa not intoxlcated Saturday. Lu-

Masonic Temple. The committees will name candidates to hold the executive positions in the organization during the next fiscal year, and will report recommendations for a method of eonducting the election in February. Benjamin W. Kelly, head of the Richmond high school physical department, will be the leading speaker of the evening. Mr. Kelly will talk on meteorology, and will discuss the importance and signifies nee for the average business man of being able to tell in advance what the weather is to be. Isaac E. Neff, principal of the high school, will tell the club the purpose and prospects for the public night fechool which has ' Its second session vhls evening,

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LA PEIiliA MURDER TRIAL JSJIOW Oil Italian Charged with Killing Cousin Many Jurors Oppose Execution. Impaneling a jury to sit in the case of Michael La Penna, an Italian, charged with first degree murder of his cousin, Antonia La Penna, at the Elliott Reid fence factory, West Richmond, November 7, occupied the entire morning and a greater part of the afternoon sessions of the Wayne circuit court, Monday. Conscientious scruples against inflicting the death penalty on the part of several of the regular petit jurors and many of the special venire of forty, made the filling of the jury box very difficult, sartWKkach prospective juror was challenged on this point and admitted he would inflict the death penalty under any circumstances, Judge Fox excused him from service In the trial of the case which began late Monday afternoon, the state alleged that La. Penna, who already has been indicted for first degree murder by the grand jury, killed his cousin in the spirit of malice and without provocation. Although 'the defense has not been revealed, it has been understood from the first that it would be on the ground of self defense. This is the first murder case in the county since 1905 when the defendant has entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. The court was late in starting the case owing to trains and interurbans being delayed, preventing the regular jurors and those summoned on the special venire arriving in time for the regular hour of opening of court. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney R. K. Shiveley made a brief statement of the case and began the examination or jurors. jtoWu; John w Taylor, Perry town ship; Albert R. Swain, of New Garden township; Lawrence Fleisch, of Boston township; John Mercer, of Fountain City; and R. O. Bailey, of New Garden township. George H. Eggemeyer, formerly first vice president of the Second National bank, avoided jury service because he has formed an opinion as a result of conversation with witnesses to the crime. APHASIArDfeFENSE A FORGER ENTERS Claiming that he had an attack of aphasia and remembered nothing about the act, Frank Le Grand, who was arrested Saturday afternoon for attempting to pass a fraudulent check upon Samuel Lubensky, a shoe dealer on Ft. Wayne avenue, defended himself in police court this morning. Le Grand said that he had been drinking bensky testified that Le Grand was not drunk and seemed to possess his mental faculties when he attempted to force Lubensky to accept the check in payment for a pair of shoes. Le Grand was fined $100 and costs, the minimum fine for the charge. The check was made out by Le Grand, payable to himself and endorsed by him to Lubensky. The amount of the instrument was $5. When Le Grand gave the check to Lubensky, the latter asked the former to wait until he ascertained if the check was good. Le Grand insisted that it was good but Lubensky sent the check to the Second National bank, upon which institution the check was made and he found it to be worthless. Patrolman La wler was called and iaxrcstd L Grand

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E With all atmospheric registrations since 1894 broken Sunday morning, when thermometers registered fifteen and twenty degrees below zero, and another cold wave in prospect within the next twentyfour hours, Richmond and community shivers and wonders when relief will come. Accompanying the savage cold came misery and suffering to rich as well as poor, but more particularly to the poor and unemployed. But for the fact that the charitable organizations of the city have lent every effort to relieve the conditions among the poor, it is generally presumed that such a day as Sunday could not have passed without several fatalities as a result of exposure. Since Thursday the charitable organizations have been devoting all their energies to supplying food, fuel j and clothing to unfortunates. More than a hundred and fifty families have been given coal in five hundred pound lots by the township trustee, and the Associated Charities. In even greater ratio the demand for food prevailed. When Sunday, which probably will go down as the coldest day in a hundred years history of the country, arrived, the conditions among the needy had been much relieved, though there were several appeals attended to on that day. All day Sunday, the mercuries is exposed instruments were settled below the zero mark. Despite the cold there were no serious cases of exposure reported to the officials. Business has been affected, by the severe cold and railroad and interurban schedules have been jolted galleywest. One P. R. R. freight train went dead west of Jackson's Hill and try as they might the engineer and fireman could not get up enough steam to pull the ordinary load. They could do no more than keep the boilers from freezing. Some of the trains from the west and north were from three to six hours late. The interurbans in some instances were taken off because of Inability to maintain schedule time. Considerable wire trouble was reported. Sunday was ushered in with the thermometer two above at midnight. It quickly fell and at 7:30 o'clock, which seems to have been the coldest period during the day, the official instrument at the high school registered 16 degrees below, while at the pumping station, the mercury registered 15 degrees below. There ware other thermometers which registered as low as twenty and one dairyman maintains it was twenty-three below at his home. At 2:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon it was one degree below zero at the pumping station. The temperature modified somewhat Monday and at 7 o'clock was 15 degrees above. But the weather con ditions are such the instruments indi cate another cold spell will visit this community within a comparatively few hours. In 1894 it is reported the thermometer got as low as 24 degrees below. However, there is no record which equals that of Sunday when the temperature never was warmer than one below zero. NO PLUM FOR TOMMY Norman Mack Gets Job Tag gart Sought. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Thomas Taggart will not be chairman of the sub committee on arrangements of the Democratic national committee. Norman E. Mack, national chairman. will be authorized as usual, by the res olution, to appoint the sub committee, and following precedent will be ex officio chairman, if he desires it, and it is understood he does. Taggart's friends declare that he never desired the place. He is busy with certain extensions on his French Lick hotel, which will keep him busy this summer. He is also trying to raise a little popular interest in the Harmon presidential boom, which is uphill work. John E. Lamb of Terre Haute and Thomas Taggart of French Lick are the only prominent Indiana Democrats outside the congressional delegation who are in attendance at the national committee meeting Lamb and Taggart are not occupying the same quarters, however. CARS IN BLOCKADE; TROLLEY WIRE BROKE Six interurban cars were "tied op" in the snow 6torm this forenoon at Cambridge City as a result of the breaking down of the overhead system. Nearly six hundred feet of trolley wire was out of commission and the entire service of the Terre Haute. Indisurapolis tc Western was demoralized for a period of three hours. The schedule was "shot to pieces," as one of the employes declared, but before noon cars were running with regulaxJiti if not on schedule.

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PACKERS VIOLATED THE COURT RULING J. PLATT ALLEGES

Star Witness for the Government Says Secret Meetings Were Held After Injunction Issued. EFFORT TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE OF PLATT Was Bitterly Contested by the Government Judge Makes a Ruling Favorable to Prosecution. (National Xews Association) CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Following an in junction by which Judge Grosscup In the United States circuit court restrained the millionaire packers from continuing the operations of the alleg ed beef trust, in 1902, the packers con tinued to hold secret meetings, accord ing to Jerome Piatt, former conflden tial manager for Armour & company, and star witness for the government in the trial of the ten Chicago million aire packers, charged with criminal violation of the Sherman law. Piatt's testimony was the most sen sational that has been offered against the packers. It came after a bitter i fight by the government to prevent the exclusion of Piatt's testimony, by which he connected the old beef pool, which the packers admit existed, with the national Packing company, which the government insists, is only a continuation in corporation form of the earlier trust. Judge Carpenter first ruled to exclude from the evidence Piatt's testimony by which he identifed the bandwriting of G. Ogden Armour on documents admitting the elimination- of competition among the packers. These documents, the government insisted, showed the existence of a beef trust up to within a few months ago. Later Judge Carpenter announced that he would withdraw this ruling and hold it in abeyance, pending the comple tion of Piatt's testimony. Piatt immediately launched into his story of the beef trust as be saw it from the in side. . IIEW FRANCHISE IS TU BE 0ISCU3SED L. H. & P. Company and City Officials Will Hold a Meeting Tuesday. A new franchise for the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company will be discussed at the special session of the board of public works tomorrow morning, when John Beasley, of Terre Haute, attorney for the gas and electricity corporation, will present Its side of the question. It is understood that the Light, Heat and Power com pany is anxious to secure a contract for gas and electricity now, although its present contract does not expire until April 20, 1915. The meeting tomorrow will not be private, according to the city attorney, A. M. Gardner. Some time ago Mayor Zimmerman made the statement that he would exert his influence and authority toward giving the corporation a franchise for furnishing gas only so the city plant would have a monopoly on electrical business. When questioned about the matter today the mayor said that he would make no public statement 'until the meeting of the board tomorrow. Attorney Beasley was in this city a few days ago talking with Mayor Zimmerman and John Robbins, local attorney for the company. He baa also held a conference with members of the city legal department In regard to the granting of a franchise. When the matter was brought be fore council some time ago nothing was done because some aldermen be lieved the water works question should be disposed of first. Other city officials are reticent in talking about the demands which the city will make before granting a new franchise, saying that they first wish to bear what the corporation wants. CITY ENCOURAGES SKATING AT PARK That ice skating is becoming more popular in Richmond each year is evidenced by the fact that more than 300 lovers of this sport enjoyed skating on the Glen Miller lake yesterday afternoon, while in former years not hall! as many took advantage of the privilege. Last evening 150 persons skated on the lake. The ponds north of the park have been converted into ice skating rinks and quite a number of skaters used them yesterday. A request was made of the "board of works this morning by Supt. Hollarn, of the city parks, to be permitted to turn on the are lights around the Glen Miller lake on nights when skaters use the pond. Mayor Zimmerman said that his request would be granted, and lie gave orders to the" superintendent of the light plant to place five arc lights around the banks of the lake and to have them lit each evening until 11 o'clock,

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FATE TRICK PLAYS Great Crowd Disappointed Saturday Night by Late Train Preventing La Follette Speaking Here. SENATOR PROMISES RETURN DATE HERE He Was as Keenly Disappointed in Not Speaking Here as the Crowd and Progressive League. ' - Fickle fate conspired with the railroad company Saturday night and, played a scurvy trick on oyer 1,200 peoplewho had gathered at the coliseum to hear an address on progressive principles by Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin, who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Senator La Follette's r train, which was due here at 7:40 p. m. never arrived until 11:15, and It was too late then for the senator to make his address, as only a handful of people remained at the coliseum. The senator was also quite ill. having been suffering from the effects of ptomaine poisoning, and he retired to his berth about a half hour before the train arrived in this city. Despite the fact there were a couple of hundred people at the station to see him, and possibly hear him deliver a abort address, it was thought best by those in his party not to arouse him. The senator was aa keenly disappointed over his inability to deliver his scheduled address tn this city as were the members of the Hoosler state Progressive league, who had worked so hard to make the meeting a " success, and the big crowd which had gathered to hear him. The senator in a

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written statement has promised to re- , turn to Richmond whenever a meeting . can be arranged for him, as he deeply appreciates the Interest the people of Richmond and vicinity have displayed -in his candidacy. A statement isswed by the Hoosler State Progressive lea- -gue, foUowsr-,,.-y Sttraaat,by t, tains"To the people of Richmond and vl- ' clnity: No one feels the disappointment of the non-appearance of 8enator La Follette at the Coliseum last Saturday night, more keenly than the officers

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Progressive League. The committee in charge of the meeting feels that, the public should be apprised of all the facts leading , up to the cancellation of Senator la Follette's Richmond date. Senator La Follette stated to the committee last Saturday night that: Richmond was the first definite speaking engagement scheduled for his western trip, but that owing to the peculiar routing necessary to cover the territory he contemplated, Richmond had to be made either the first or last engagement on the trip. It was thought that by making Richmond the last stopping place a better date could be given, therefore the schedule was so arranged. Up to the time of 8enator La Follette's arrival at Terre Haute bis schedule had been carried out to the letter, except a few minor changes necessary on account of temporary Illness. At Terre Haute it was learned that the train that was to -

bring him to Richmond would be about one hour late out of that city. The sen ator then aaked that his Terre Haute engagement be cancelled and he be allowed to continue on to Richmond by special train for the purpose of ailing that engagement, but upon Investigation it was found that if the special train was secured it would probably be delayed an equal length of time, on account of weather conditions,' and could not reach Richmond before train number 30, upon which he contemplated coming. Up to the time his train reached Indianapolis It was thought "' that its present schedule could be held and that he would reach Richmond not later than 9:30 which would allow bin several hours here, but after the train left Indianapolis and was out of reach of telegraphic communication a series . of mishaps occurred to the engine that further delayed its schedule until it was over three hours late. The Senator then in consultation with the Richmond committee expressed a willingness to still fill his Richmond engage- -ment even at that late hour. If the - committee deemed it best The commit (Continued on Page Two) ' THE WEATHER STATE ANO LOCAL Snow tonight and Tuesday. UNSETTLED WEATHER Not much change in temperature.

HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. . Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Fair and much colder tonight and Tuesday. Highest temperature ha last 24 hours, 23 at noon today. Lowest temperature in last 24 ' hours, I. , Temperature at 12:30 p. m. today, 22. . Barometer, low and falling 29.6. Pre- ' cipltation in last 124" hours. Direction ; and velocity of wind, southwest, two

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