Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 118, 22 March 1912 — Page 1

BP .ABIUM A. AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVTI. i NO. 118. RICHMOND, IXDM I RIDA7 EVENING, MARCH 22, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS..

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0 After Having Done Many Thousands of Dollars of Damage at Pittsburg, River Is Going Down. MISSISSIPPI NOW VERY THREATENING Advent of Warm Weather Will Cause Serious Floods in the Mississippi Valley The Outlook. (National News Association) PITTSBURG. Mairh 22. After having caused losses aimounting to many hundreds of thousamds of dollars the !crest of the great flood unexpectedly .arrived this morning, when the stage !at the Junction of the three rivers 'reached 28.1 feet. It remained at this .stage for several hours when the waiters began to fall, and soon had recedled one-tenth of a. foot. All day the rivers will fall slowfly and by tonight the fall will be more rapid, so that all dan ger locally from high waters now is passed, according to the local United States weather bureau. The rise of the T.ater was checked by the arrival of the cold wave during the night. RIVCR AT WHEELING. WHEELING. W. Va., March 22. At noon today the river reached a stage of 35 feet, ten inches and Is rising six Inches an hour. Part of the business district Is flooded and all facto ries along the river front have shut down. Street car traffic is practically tied up. OUTLOOK 18 SERIOUS. CHICAGO. March 22 Serious floods throughout the Mississippi Valley are threatened today. Tributaries to the Mississippi are bijgh and, the big river Itself will reach flood stage soon if the snow and Jce melts suddenly. Many smaller rivers are already out of .-thatlr hanloi and . hav riiinAil honvv property damage. Twenty four hours of warm weather which Is' predicted today will cause unusual floods, according to various reports from river towns. Wilmington, rjls., on the Kankakee .is already under water. A mile-long ice gorge below the town has clogged the stream and It has overflowed. The Desplaines river is bank full. Various points In Missouri report bridges washed out. Railroads throughout the Mississippi vaJley are preparing for a light with the floods. Special guards for bridges and threatened embankments are already patrol! ng the lines. AVIATOR IS BETTER (National Nctwa Association) NEW YORK, Mtarch 22. Frank Cof--fyn, the aviator, whose skull was fractured in an auto accident In Central Park, Was slightly' improved today and rfpent a fairly comfortable night. News Nuggets (Natlorial News Association) CLEVELAND. March 22. Skirts with cute little flounces on them must adorn all the men bathers who use the city lake beaches for bathing purposes next summer, according to an order just Issued from the park department. The one piece suit has been "banned. PHILADELPHIA. March 22 I'll raise two bucks," were the words which an exchange heard over a telephone line Tunning into the living apartments of the Y. M. C. A. building here. An investigation revealed float a lively poker game wes being conducted nightly by a number of the most exemplary members. CINCINNATI, March 22. John Breen, of 9349 Barr street, has made a bet with Benjamin Renz. a saloonkeeper, that he has the strongest stomach in the world. The rules call for Breen to eat twelve bananas and drink six glasses of beer every night for thirty nights and at the end of the contest eat sixty hard boiled eggs. Breen baa started the diet and is still living. BOSTON. March 22 The Wlldey savings bank has adopted the BertlUion system to identify depositors. Finger prints are taken in ink. NEW YORK. March 22. "How 1 wish I had a queque." exclaimed Dr. Anna Shaw, the famous suffraget advocate, upon learning that the women of China probably will get the ballot. SALEM, Mass.. March 22. Because ha was whipped in a boxing contest at Harvard by Roosevelt' when they were both students. City Solicitor Cooledge announced today that he will not support the Colonel for a third term, although he is a

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In the upper photograph Father John P. Chadwick, who was chaplain of the Maine at the time of her destruction, is Bhown in the left of the picture officiating at the last ceremonies that were held over the dead heroes in Cuban waters. The picture was taken on board the North Carolina, just before the Cruiser started its funeral voyage to Washington, where the martyrs were given a final resting place in Arlington Cemetery. The lower photograph illustrates the manner in which the wrecked Maine dove to the bottom, bow first.

BEESOII SATISFIED WITH UE WARD President of County Board Sees No Necessity of a Padded Cell. The new insane ward at the county jail, which was recently constructed at the approximate cost of $6,000, will be accepted by the board of county commissioners, although the ward has no padded cell and in addition to this it appears that there are other defects about the construction of the building which should be remedied before the structure is approved and accepted by the commissioners. Robert II. Beeson, president of the board of commissioners, contends that the ward seems to be up to specifications and ' declares that there Is no need for a padded cell. As the ward is now arranged there is nothing to prevent a lunatic from dashing his brains out against the brick walls. When this subject was placed before the commissioners at their meeting this morning Sheriff Steen declared that it would be necessary to place any violently insane person in the jail proper in order that he sould be watched and that attempts on his part to injure himself could be prevented by the turnkey and prisoners in the jail. The sheriff also said that water is standing in -the cellar in the insane ward. President Beeson said that this is probably due to the recent rains and that the water leaked into the cellar. The doors in the ward which, at first, were not solidly adjusted to the casings have been fixed, it is said. Persons who have examined the ward declare that there is little ventilation in it and that there is also little light. Whether a padded cell will be placed in the ward is .not known. WHEELING WOMEN HAD LIVELY RIOT r Trying to Get in Hall Where Billy Sunday Was to Speak to Them. WHEELING. W. Va.. Mch. 22. Hatpins were used freely and oolicemen and ushers who tried to check the rush of 15,000 women, who fought desper ately to gain entrance to the Bill Sunday tabernacle last night . when the evangelist preached a sermon for women only. The building accommodates 10.000. but despite twenty of Wheeling's trustiest policemen the women in their mad dash for entrance overran policemen and ushers alike, knocking some down and trampling them under foot. Scores of women fainted and were rescued from the mob with diffi culty. Officer Charles Miller In a struggle with the mob nearly lost a finger when a woman tried to bite him. The aisles were packed in violation of the state laws, but the combined efforts of the police and ushers could not clear them. Rev. Billy Sunday has been con ducting a revival here for the past four weeks.

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Means Committee Ignore the Payne Measure. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, March 22. Republican members of the ways and means committee presented to the committee today a bill revising the woolen schedule according to the minority's view point. As was expectr1 the Democrats rejected the Republican substitute bill and thereupon Rep. Payne introduced it in the house. The Democratic members of the committee wi report out the Underwood bill, which was introduced in the house yesterday. The Republican measure reclassified all of the grades in wool in accordance with the tariff board's recommendations, and, according to Rep. Payne,, reduces the rates in the existing law upon an average of thirty to forty per cent. The Republican bill proposes a rate on raw wool which is equivalent to 35 per cent ad valorem. The Democratic bill proposes a 20 percent ad valorem. All the Republican rates are made specifc. IS In Dispute Aired . in Police Court. This 'Morning. After two hours of ; examination and cross examination of witnesses in the case of Pearl Piatt ' versus Harvey Piatt, on the charge of ' assault and battery Mayor Zimmerman this morning, in police court, found, the defendant not guilty, because, as he stated, the witnesses had made too'many contradictions. One witness would swear to a particular version of the affair, and next would relate an entirely different story. , As brought out in the testimony of the witnesses, Piatt and his wife had separated 'last February. She had not lived with, him as a wffe -for some time previous. They had agreed on a division of the household, goods. Monday night she came to the house and they had an argument over the possession of the youngest child, aged four years. He pushed. his wife from the room, and she claimed 'he struck her. Wednesday noon by agreement, she came to get her share of the household goods. Piatt and his - family were eating dinner. Mrs. Piatt, it was stated, tried to push back her husband and enter the dining room. He shoved her onto the porch where she fell into the arms of a man she had secured to haul away her share of the goods. She went in the house again and a division of the household good was affected, however, not until a dispute arose over a piece of furniture. He said he pushed her away. She cried at the time, and said he had struck her with the article in dispute. V After leaving the house she filed the charge oj assault and battery.

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TAKEN BY SLEUTHS Edwards, an . Alien Henchman, Caught Sleeping in Hiding Place. (National News Association) MT. AIRY, Va., March 22. The man hunt conducted by officers of two ! Btates for the Allen gang, which eight tdays ago shot up the Carroll county court house, killing Judge Massey, Prosecutor Foster and Sheriff Webb, bore fruit early today when Sidna Edwards, one of the ringleaders of the band, was captured in the mountains. Edwards wa9 arrested by detectives of the Baldwin agency and was hustled to Hillsville, where he is accused of having aided in the shooting. Creeping through the mountain fastnesses under cover of darkness the detectives surprised Edwards in his hiding place shorty after midnight (and he was taken without resistence. The capture was made twelve miles northwest of this place near a village at he foot of the mountains, after a day's search by 100 detectives, officers and citizens. Sidna Edwards is the youngest of the Edwards boys, who are nephews of Sidna Allen, who has thus far evaded capture. As a result of his arrest his captors will receive a reward of $300. Though the detectives have seized control of telephone wires and will give no 'information as to their plans news reached here that the rest of the garg had been located near the spot where young EdwTdswas captured, and that the posse was making preparations to take the rest of the gang at once. PROPOSE-SURRENDER. RICHMONR, "March 22. A well authenticated report was- received here this ..afternoon from Roanoke that a courier friend of the Allen, gang had come into' town and made a proposition to -the Baldwin detective agency which is concluding a" search for the gang agreeing , toanrrender the outlaws under .certain-'conditions. The reported conditions are that the men will come in and lay down their arms if the state will not insist on their trial at Hillsville. and that they shall be allowed to enter pleas of -second degree murder, thereby ending the case. REJECT WAGE SCALE The Operators Score Men for Threats to Quit. N"ational News Association) CLEVELAND, O.. March 22 Bituminous coal operators, representing Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, today submitted a new wage scale to the eight miners who are members of the sub scale committee, but the proposed schedule was immediately rejected by the men. The committee adjourned at noon after a stormy meeting behind closed doors. The operators scored the men for their threats to quit work. April 1 instead of remaining in the mines until a new two year working agreement can be formed, -

TWO BIG C0I1CERIIS TO COMBINE SALES FORCES VERY SOON

Selling Agreement Entered Into by American Seeding Machine Company and the J. I. Case Company. REPORT OF MERGER IS NOT CONFIRMED High Official of Seeding Machine Company at Spring, field, O., Absolutely Denies Any Sale. (Palladium Special.) SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 22. An official connected with the executive offices of the American Seeding Machine company stated here today that the rumor emanating from Richmond regarding the sale of the American Seeding Machine Co. to the J. I. Case company of Racine, Wisconsin, is not true. He admitted, however, that an agreement bad been entered into between the two companies whereby the 10,000 agents and travelers of the J. I. Case company would handle the output of the American Seeding Machine company and the American Seeding Machine company agents and travelers would handle the other corporation's output. The official of the company stated that it was merely an agreement to exchange selling forces in the sale of products. He said the " new agreement would necessitate the enlargement of the Hoosier Drill company at Richmond, Indiana, and the Buckeye plant at Springfield. Officials of the American Seeding Machine company have been at Racine in conference with the officials of the J. I. Case company and the new plans are about complete. The final papers are now being signed up and will take effect within a few days. It was stated at the executive offices of the Seeding Machine company today that the extensive co-operating selling arrangement .would allow both concerns to cover more territory without additienal expense. INDUSTRIAL BILL GIVEN A HEARING Prominent Speakers Urge Passage of Hughes-Borah Measure Today. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, March 22. The Hughes-Borah bill creating a federal bureau for industrial relations today received the support of industrial leaders, social workers and captains of industry when it was made a subject of a hearing before the house labor committee. John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine workers; Jane Adams of Hull House," Chicago; John T. White, president of the mine workers; Louis Brandies, Paul 17. Kellogg and John Hays Hammond are on the list of witnesses. The bill has received the support of many members of congress, including Rep. Bowman of Pennsylvania, who is a coal operator; Rep. Wilson of Pennsylvania, chairman of the house labor committee; Rep. Lewis, a member of tives Farr and Lee of Pennsylvania.DUG THROUGH WALL TO DYNAMITE SAFE Robbers Made Big Haul at Berea, O.Also Rob Post Office. (National News Association) BEREA, Ohio. March 22. Robbers who blew the safe of the bank of Berea, early today are believed to have made their getaway with at least $20,000. The robbers dug through a brick wall to get tha money. The residents oi" the town were not aware of the robbery until this morning and no ck-w has been found. Some reports placed the amount obtained by the veggs at high as $30,000. The same gang robbed the post office at Hudson, twenty miles south of here, early today, dynamiting the safe and escaping with from $5,000 to $10,0t) in postal savings bank deposits, other small cash and stamps'. Posses are searching for the thieves. GUESTS THROWN IN PANIC BY A FIRE (National JTews Association) CHICAGO March 22. More than a hundred guests were thrown into a panto and many were rescued by firemen as they tied from the Hotel Wabash early today. Guests from three other, hotels in the neighborhood also fled from a fire that threatened the place, but which, caused little damage.

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INFORMATION ON WARD MEETINGS. The following is a list of candidates to the Republican district and state conventiens who are pledged to Roosevelt, and who will be voted ou at the ward meeting tonight : District State First Ward E. F. Warfel Al Weishaupt Second Ward Wni. R. Bloom ...Chas Woodhurst Third WardEdgar Norris R. R. Van Sant Patrick McKinley . . Dr. S. C. Bond Fourth Ward C. B. Hunt Dr. R. A. Chattln Carl Bernhardt . . . Joseph Edwards Fifth Ward John Woodhurst . . C. E. Newman Filrnore Riggs George Parry Robert Benton .... Frank Howells Sixth Ward Win. A. Bond .... Alooao Marshall R. 1,. More lafe Larsh Seventh Ward Roy Fry Frank Roberts Ben Duke John Smelser Eighth WardBen Mattis Roy Reynolds VOTING PLACES. The following is a list of the meeting places: First ward, court house; Second ward, city building; Third ward, Arlington hotel; Fourth ward, Pythian temple; Fifth ward, East End hose house; Sixth ward, shop at Main and Thirteenth street; Seventh ward, West side house house; Eighth ward, West Side Republican club. WIFE VERY ROUGH, HE SEEKS DIVORCE f Jerry Berkheimer Alleges , That Mrs. B. Used Him for Punching Bag. Worse than "hen-pecked" was Jerry Berkheimer, who filed suit for divorce from Martha Berkheimer. in the WaynB circuit, court this morning. Not only did Berkheimer's "better half" curse him, order him to leave the house, threaten to have him arrested when there was no grounds for an arrest, but she also threatened to kill him by stabbing him with a pair of scissors, the complaint alleges. On more than one occasion Berkheimer's wife would grab him by the hair and strike him with her fists he says. The plaintiff avers that she struck him a violent blow ill his side and inflicted a serious injury upon him. The complaint declares that the defendant is a large strong woman and is able to do bodily injury to him. The complaint also Bays that the defendant called the plaintiff vile names, that she refused to go to church, would not allow her child to attend Sunday school, and encouraged the child to be ! impudent toward the plaintiff. The child also spit in the plaintiff's face and cursed him, he charges. The plaintiff says that fnally life with the defendant became unbearable and they separated, Septmber 18, 1909. They were married November 5, 1908. ' WORKS ONSPEECHES Col. Roosevelt Is Very Busy at Sagamore Hill. (National News Association) OYSTER BAY, L. I.. March 22. Speech-building took up Col. Roosevelt's time today and he prepared the address he will deliver at PorUand, Me., tomorrow night. It will deal with presidential preferential primaries and the right of the people to rule. "We are making a fight for decent politcs and it is a fight to the finish," said the ex-President at Sagamore Hill. "We are going ahead of the time of the convention." The colonel will leave Oyster Bay at 9:55 tonight and depart from New York at 1 o'clck Saturday morning. ELEVEN WERE HURT When a Traction Or Jumps Into Canal Bed. (Natto"l News Association) PERU, Ind., March 22. Eleven persons were injured when a car on the Ft. Wayne line of the Northern Indiana traction company was derailed while, traveling about 30 miles an hour, three-miles 'west of this city. The car struck an obstruction on the track and plunged into the Wabash and Erie canal-bed .but did. aot-overturn Thirty-five passengers were.- on the ear. The injured were brought to this city for medical attention.- - - - -

ROOSEVELT TO Will MUST CAPTURE THE WAYNE DELEGATION

This County Will Dictate! Whether District's Nation-! al Delegates Are for Taftl or Roosevelt. TAFT FORCES HERE HAVE BEEN ACTIVEl Cannot Be Defeated Unless Roosevelt Supporters Turn Out to Ward and Township ! Meetings. Upon the action taken tonight at tha" Republican ward meetings in this city' and Saturday at the township meetings throughout the county depends whether the sixth district's two delegates to the Republican national convention at Chicago. In June, will be' for Roosevelt or Taft. It is admitted at both the Taft and Roosevelt headquarters at Indianapolis that Wayne county is the key to the situation In the sixth district. Taft' headquarters and Jim Watson, the Taft leader in this district, concede the sixth to Roosevelt providing Wayne county sends a Roosevelt delegation to the district convention at Connersville next Thursday. In the other counties in the district Roosevelt and Taft strength is about evenly divided, with Taft probably a shade the stronger. Consequently the balance of power 'rests with Wayne county. As Wayne goes, so goes the district, which is an old story. Taft Men Very Busy. During the past week the Taft workers in this county have been making desperate efforts to stay the Roosevelt tide and on the eve of tha ward meetings they are making open boasts that ithojJuis jiot been in vain! On the other band officers or the wn(C5S County Roosevelt organisation have not been idle and today they claim that over twenty of the twenty-six delegates from this county to the Con.nersville convention will be pledged to Kooseveu. i ney ,paee tneir assertions on the fact that seventy-five per cent of the Republican voters' in Wayne county favor Roosevelt for the Republican presidential nomination, and that t'ae voters realize the necessity of attending their ward meetings tonight and township meeting! Saturday. :.'-L'-. The only hope of the Old Guard warcl workers in this city to secure Taft delegates rests in the belief that many Republican voters will, as in the past, neglect their duties as citizens and. party members and not at-r tend the meetings, then, the day following, indignantly inquire why "the machine" was allowed to "slip one over." Up to tha Vetera. - If the average citizen neglects to attend his ward meeting tonight the machine ward healer with his "gang" can be depended on not to be so negligent. In the wards where the light will be close the result of the gumshoe back room conference campaign .conducted by the local Taft organization for the past week will be in evidence tonight, but this element can be out numbered five to one if all the Roosevelt men in each ward turn out to their ward meetings. f - One of the most active and Influential Taft leaders in the city last night conceded eighteen of the twenty-six county delegates to the district meeting to Roosevelt, but, he gleefully added, "Wayne must send at least twenty Roosevelt delegates to Connersville If the two district delegates to the national convention are Roosevelt men." WILL REMODEL TELEGRAPH OFFICE Preparations are being made for a complete remodeling of the Western Union offices. New furniture, switchboard, and instruments and desks will be installed. The local office will be repainted and decorated ' Inside and a large electric sign hung in front.' ' Contractors have been asked - to draw trp plans and specifications for the purpose of submittingbids for the work, and the remodeling will probably be complete within a month or six weeks, according to a statement of Manager Freeman this morning. THE WEATHER 8TATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight Saturday fair and warmer. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and vicinity Fair tonight, warmer Saturday, v Maximum temperature in last 24 hours, 29 at noon Friday. Minimum temperature in last 24 hours. 19 at ft a. m. Friday. " Temperature at 12;3t ' p.' m. today. Barometer, 30.4.' . - - Direction and velocity ow wind E. 2 miles per hour. , , ,