Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 119, 23 March 1912 — Page 1

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VOL. XXXVII. NO. 119. RICHMOND, IXD.t SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1913. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

JARS RETURN FROM A DASH

TO THE POLE tLleut. Shiraz's Expedition Reports Valuable Discoveries, but Did Not Reach the' South Pole. (JAPANESE DID NOT SEE SCOTT'S PARTY (Nipponese Were as Cordially Greeted at Wellington, N. Z., as Amundsen Was at Hobart, Tasmania. (National Nawa Association) ' WELLINGTON. X. Z., March 23. The Japanese antarctic expedition, under Lieut Shlraz arrived here today 'from the south and was accorded a fcrreoting scarcely leas cordial than that ireceivcd by Capt. Amundsen. The big Japanese flag decorated 'many buildings and the ship Kainen Waru, upon which the party was traveling was the object of much attention as she lay In the harbor. Tba arrival of the Japanese party (has caused grave fears to be felt for 'the safety of the British antarctic exJpedition under Captain Scott as lieuItennnt Shlraz reported that his men had neither seen any of the English i party nor found any trace of them. It is now regarded in some quarters as more than a possibility that 'the English party may have perished within the antarctic circle as they are 'long overdue in getting back to civilisation. . All the members of Lieut. Shiraz's i party are in good health. They aninounced that they had made valuable explorations along the coast of King JSi ward VIII Land. ' - The ' Japanese expedition sailed tlrotn Sydney last September. PEARS NOT GROUNDED. ' LONDON. March 23. Pears that 'Capt. Scott's. British Antarctic explorer, who held the honor of- attaining ''farthest South" before Amundsen reached the pole. Publication here today of statements from Lieut. Sblraz's Japanese expedition that nothing had been seen or heard of Scott's party, following bo closely upon a like declaration from Capt. Amundsen's men had caused much alarm to be felt. "The absence or news of Capt. Scott la not strange," said Shockleton. MAa the British party was composed mainly of scientists, the chances are that they remained south longer than necessary to the scientific work. Besides they bad to stoop to pick up another party at Cape Adair which .would cause further delay. I do not i think that any anxiety need be felt." SCIENTIST CHURCH WILL 0P SUNDAY iTwo Services Will Be Held Tomorrow and Public Invited to Attend. Services at 11 o'clock Sunday morning will mark the opening of the new Christian Science Temple. 1310 North 'A street, to the public. H. It. Marlatt will be the first reader and Mrs. W. A. Middleton will be the second reader. The public Is Invited to attend the services both In the morning and In the evening, at 7:45. The temple, which was completed this afternoon with the exception of 'the stucco exterior finish, cost about .16.000. Including the lot. The church Is a one story structure, tile roofed, and with stucco and roughened brick finish. The Interior is divided into two rooms and a hall. The church room proper, which will accommodate 208 people, is furnished Imply. The high ceilings and walls re tinted green, the wall facing the worshipers being decorated with mottos In gold tints. The seats and wood work are all' mahogany finish. The altar occupied by the readers Is of finished oak and is on slightly raised platform. The aisles are covered with heavy Brussles carpet, the remainder of the floor being finished In the natural color. The room is well lighted with large windows on three ides. The reading room to the rear of the devotional room Is furnished with mision style furniture and tables. Book racks are plentiful. The walls are Adorned with pictures of the leaders of the church and of scriptural scenes. This room is open to the public at all times. Is well heated, comfortably fur. xtlshed and filled with literature on the teachings of the church. ; The church will not be dedicated formally until all debt on the church is cleared, this being a universal custom pt this sect

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NEW YORK. March 23. The recent spectacular suicide of Mrs. Edwin Carson, the wealthy San Franicsco widow, because of her fear of criminal prosecution by the government for smuggling $20,000 worth of jeweiry into this port, recalls the cases of a number of other women prosecuted by the government for smuggling. Mrs. Roberta Corwin Hill, who smuggled an $8,000 sable coat- and some jewelry was the first woman who ever suffered imprisonment at the hands ot the government for smuggling. She was fined $2,000 and sent to the New York Tombs for two days. One of the most famous cases was that of Mrs. Helen Dwelle Jenkins, for whom valuable 1ewlrv urns amiircr1s Into Ki -j ."oesv " ihu; IM country by Nathan Allan, of Wiscon sin, the founder of the Leather Trust. nnd'Johri ft. Colli ns, of Tennessee? Trae of the biggest coal merchants In the South. BQth men escaped jail sentences, but were heavily fined. From left to right: Mrs. Roberta Corwin Hill, Mrs. Helen Dwelle Jenkins and Mrs. Ada Adrlance. GAS FUMES KILLED SIX AT Seven Other Inmates of Norwalk, O., Poor Farm Are Critically 111. (National News Association) NORWALK, Ohio, March 23. Six patients were found dead and seven others in a critical condition in the Huron county infirmary today as tne result of poisoning from escaping gas. Physicians are working over the unconscious survivors but it is believed several of them will die. 'The dead and dying were discovered by an attendant going on day duty when he opened the doors of the ward in which the victims slept. The alarm was instantly given and the victims carried out of the ward. Immediate examinations showed that six had been asphyxated aa they slept. Natural gas stoves in the apartment had gone out during the night and later the floV of gas had been resumed. The dead were all men. They are Frank Y eagle, Gideon Romlg, William Starboard, James Connors, and two others, both of the same name. William Lutz. There were fifty inmates in the main building but fumes did not spread that far An investigation by county authorities has been ordered to ascertain if criminal negligence existed. MUST PAYJOG TAX Or Reckon With the Law, Assessor Potter Says. "Persons owning dogs are attempting to evade the paying of dog tax." said Township Assessor Charles -Potter this morning," but it will be of no avail because the assessors in this township are going to list every dog which has an owner and in case the dog tax is not paid the owner will be obliged to reckon with the law. Township Assessor Potter declares that dog owners give the excuse for trying to evade paying dog tax that they are afraid that their canines will be killed . by patrolmen in enforcing the dog-muzzling order of the health board and therefore do not want to pay tax on their dogs until the hydrophobia scare is over. Today $S5 was turned over to the township assessors and last Saturday $80 was paid to him by the .deputy assessors tor dog tax.

INFIRMARY

No Mercy for Women Smugglers

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The following is a summary of the situation in the Sixth district today. Roosevelt delegates elected, 29; Taft delegates elected, 20. Today 39 delegates will be elected in several of the counties and 18 delegates from Henry county are contested by both the Roosevelt and Taft forces. Edwin M. Lee, chairman of the state Roosevelt committee, says it is more than probable Henry county's eighteen Roosevelt delegates will be seated 5 too ncgxpet'tg' the majtn ltjr mr del egates to be elected today will be Roosevelt men. This would give the Roosevelt faction the necessary 54 votes to elect two delegates to the national convention. (Palladium Special) INDIANAPOLIS, March 23. With the Roosevelt ticket leading by a substantial majority outside of Marion county the returns received by the rival Roosevelt and Taft headquarters in Indianapolis as late as Saturday noon do not indicate conclusively the final strength of the two factions in the state convention to be held in Indianapolis next Tuesday. Hardly one-third of the counties of the state have elected delegates. The remaining two-thirds will elect them this afternoon and tonight. The election of twenty-eight out of thirty delegates in the third district In Crawford, Floyd, Perry and Scott counties insures the district for Roosevelt according to a statement of .Edwin. M. Lee this morning. : ' "f Mr. Lee sent the following telegram to fifty-five Roosevelt county chairmen Saturday. . "Outside of Marion county all delegates reported this morning give Roosevelt 272 votes in the state convention, Taft 168. Marion county again carried by fraud and contested. Urge the boys to go down the line hard today. We will "certainly control the state convention. Newspaper reports probably purposely colored." ' The election of almost a solid Taft delegation from the city of South Bend the vote not having been included in the totals given above was received at the Roosevelt headquarters as a complete repudiation of the stories circulated from a local press bureau that George W. Perkins and the steel trust are behind the candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt. . The "powerful influence of the Olivers and Studebakers of South Bend, part and parcel of the harvester trust, and adjunct of the United States Steel corporation was the controlling factor in the South Bend election. By holding out the promise of a delegate-at-large to the Studebaker-Oliver combine James E. Goodrich was able to clean the city for Taft. From Information received by State Chairman Lee of the' Roosevelt headquarters Deleware county elected a majority of its delegates to both district and state convention for Roosevelt. Shelby county according to Charles II. Campbell, Roosevelt national committeeman for Indiana, elected six delegates in the city of ShelbyviUe to both district and state conventions instructed to vote for Roosevelt. According to Campbell the Roosevelt slate was defeated by the Taft slate but the delegates then were instructed to vote for Roosevelt candidates for delegate to the national convention on a second vote. CASE IS DISMISSED The suit appealed from of Albert W. Gregg versus the National Products company, complaint on account, which was taken from the Justice of peace court to the .Wayne circuit court, was dismissed by Judge Fox this morning.

COLONEL IS GIVEN

ROUSING GREETING Crowds Cheer the Ex-president the Few Minutes He Was in Boston. (National News Association) BOSTON, March 23. Three thousand wildly enthusmstic admirers met Col. Roosevelt when he arrived at the south station at 8:30 o'clock this morning, 90 minutes late from New York because of an accident to the locomotive at Saybrook, Conn., a little after midnight. "I am always pleased to be in Boston. Always pleased," the colonel kept repeating in response to the deafening cheers ot his admirers. Beyond this brief remark he did go, being hurried through the dense crowd to catch his train for Portland, Me., out of the north station at S : 55. Roosevelt was met at the Back Bay station by Charles F. Baxter, ex-mayor of Medford, who boarded the train at that point, Matthew Hail, president of the Roosevelt club, Med ill McCormick and a large party of personal friends were also waiting at the station to greet him. Ten patrolmen kept the crowd in order and it required their combined efforts to force a way for him through the crowded depot. Roosevelt's Boston arrangements had included a breakfast and a brief reception with a few rapid-fire speeches, but ninety minutes delay at Saybrook made this impossible. Col. Roosevelt was hurriedly driven to the North station where a crowd of 2,000 people cheered him. He hurried aboard his special car where he had planned to hold a reception, but this was cut short by the departure of the train at 8:55 o'clock. The delegation of New Hampshire Republicans will board the train at Dover and have a few minutes with the ex-prcsident during the stop here. COAL TRUST WILL NOW BE ATTACKED ... A Government Is Busy Now Preparing to Prosecute Alleged Combination. (XationaFNews Association) CHICAGO, March 23. Some details of the government's proposed crusade against the ao called coal trust which became public today show that the suits now being prepared by the de partment of justice will be filed in a number of federal districts at the same time. One of the cases will be filed in Chicago and this city will, according to reliable information be the center of the prosecution's activity. The cases will be filed under the Sherman law and the defendants will include railroad mine-owners and dock owners, according to information reaching here. The cases will be directed against both anthracite and bituminous miners and dealers and will affect persons and corporations doing business in the following states: Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Ken tucky, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas) Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming. It is learned that the secret representatives of the department of justice have been investigating conditions for months and that they have turned into the offices at Washington and in Chicago a startling mass of evidence as to the methods of coal men and the reason for the constantly ascending price of fueL According to their report,: it is said, the trust controls practically ail the anthracite business, and a very large proportion of the bituminous.

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B. C. Robbins. who was injured in the traction wreck at Fortville last evening when passenger car No. 267 crashed into car No. 279 about 8 o'clock, is a brother of John P. Robbins, the well known attorney of this city. J. F. Robbins went to Indianapolis this morning to see his brother. The injured man was taken to the St. Vincent's hospital at Indianapolis with a number of other victims of the head-on collision. It is said that Mr Robbin s injuries will prove fatal. Mr. Robbins is fifty years of age. He is district manager for the Proctor, Gamble company. Mr. Robbins lives in Detroit but frequently visits Richmond on business and is well known. (National News Association) FORTVILLE. Ind., March 23. Motonnan Bert Minzer was burned to death, B. C. Jtobbins, 50. Detroit, dis trict manager for Proctor, Gamble company, probably fatally injured, and eighteen other passengers less seriously injured as the result of the headon collision and subsequent destruction of two Interurban cars west of here last night, which the coroner is investigating today. The cars, running about 20 miles an - hour, crashed into each other on a straight track. A short circuit from the heavy current of the trolley set tire to the wreckage. The flames caught the attention of an engineer driving a freight on the Big Four railway which is parallel with the trolley line. He brought the train to a stop and the first aid was rendered by the freight crew. List of Injured. The most seriously injured, among them, B. C. Robbins, of Detroit, hip broken. M. L. Leisure, Indianapolis, side badly cut. Robert Shelbure, Worthington, Ind., head and shoulders crushed. Fred E. Babcock, St. Louis, jaw broken, were taken to Indianapolis in the cabooBe of the freight train. Miss Winifred Kelly, a trained nure, whose home was near the scene of the" accident gave the first aid to the injured. She treated those most severely injured until other aid arrived. Fortville physicians were on the scene a little later and they with Miss Kelly, accompanied the injured to Indianapolis. A relief car was sent from Anderson and those of the passengers not too severely Injured were taken on to their destinations. Officials of the company today are unable to account for the accident, straight track. The westbound car was running 20 minutes late and the meeting place of the cars had been changed from the regular siding on thi account. It is presumed that a misunderstanding of orders must have caused the accident. EDWARDS IS KEPT A CLOStPRISOIIER Officials Fear Allen Gang May Attempt to Rescue the Captive. - (National NeTrs Association) HILLSVILLE, Va., March 23. Guarded by detectives and deputy sheriffs with Winchesters, Sidna Edwards one of the leaders of the Allen gang captured yesterday in the 'Blue Ridge mountains was still detained in the Carroll county jail today, although it was understood he would be taken to Roanoke, Va., .and lodged in jail with Floyd Allen, Victor Allen and Byrd Marion tomorrow. Extraordinary precautions are being taken to prevent a surprise attack by Edward's followers, who may try to liberate him before he can be removed wrom Carroll county. Search for the remainder of the gang that shot up the court house here nine days ago, killing three members of the court, was given fresh impetus today by the capture of Edwards. The authorities tried to make the prisoner reveal the hiding place of his companions but he refused to answer any questions. WILL ALLOW FREE DEBATE ON MEASURE (National News Association) WASHINGTON, March 23. Chairman Oscar Underwood of the House Ways and Means committee and Representative Hill of Connecticut nave reached an agreement to allow full debate on the substitute wool measure drawn up by the minority members of the committee. TRUSTEES ELECTED Report of the election of trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal church was filed today, in the office of the county recorder,' Will J. Robbins. The election was held March 19. Trustees elected were J.I Craig, If. Hie key, H! S. Stillinger, C. Addleman and . R. Thompson.

TEN OF THE CITY'S FOURTEEN; DIST. DELEGATES ARE FOR T. R.

PRIMARY RESULTS FIRST WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. John Russell (Taft) 94 E. E. Warfel (Roosevelt) 42 STATE CONVENTION. Dr. G. G. Ferling (Taft) 76 Alphonse Weishaupt (Roosevelt ) ... 55 SECOND WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. Jesse Evans" (Taft) 44 Wm. R. Bloom (Roosevelt) 25 STATE CONVENTION. Charles Woodhurst (Roosevelt) ... .44 Lew lliff (Taft) 20 THIRD WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. John E. Peltz (Taft) .44 W. F. Starr (Taft) ....44 Edgar Norris (Roosevelt) 22 Patrick McKinley (Roosevelt) 22 STATE CONVENTION. Byram Robbins (Taft) 35 John Y. Poundstone (Taft) 35 Dr. C. S. Bond (Roosevelt) .22 R. R. Van Zant (Roosevelt) .21 FOURTH WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. Carl Bernhardt (Roosevelt) 65 C. B. Hunt (Roosevelt) ...67 Frank Fry (Taft) 24 Albert Oler (Taft) .24 STATE CONVENTION. Dr. R. A. Chattln (Roosevelt) 60 Joseph Edwards (Roosevelt) 62 Walter Johnson (Taft) 29 Homer Hammond (Taft) 29 FIFTH WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. John Woodhurst (Roosevelt) Acclamation. Filmore Riggs (Roosevelt) Acclamation. Robert Benton (Roosevelt) - Acclamation. 1 STATE CONVENTION. C. E. Newman (Roosevelt) 124 George Parry (Roosevelt) .124 Frank Howells (Roosevelt) 124 Ray Shtreley (Taft) ...... 31 D. C. Genn (Taft) ............... 31 Col. W. J. Roble (Taft) 31 SIXTH WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. W. A. Bond (Roosevelt) .......... .91 R. L. Moore (Roosevelt) ......... ,91 Harry Wessel (Taft) t33 R. L. Study (Taft) :.,33 STATE CONVENTION. Alonzo Marshall (Roosevelt) ..... .89 Lafe Larsh (Roosevelt) . ..89 Frank M. Jones (Taft) ..35 A. C. Lindemuth (Taft) .. ....35 SEVENTH WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. - Roy Fry (Roosevelt) ...67 Ben Duke (Roosevelt) ......53 J. J. Hayward (Roosevelt) 31 (No Taft delegates nominated. Three Roosevelt delegates nominated, two to elect). STATE CONVENTION. Frank Roberts (Roosevelt) Acclamation. John Smelser (Roosevelt) Acclamation. EIGHTH WARD DISTRICT CONVENTION. Ben Mattis (Roosevelt) Andrew Stamer (Taft) STATE CONVENTION. Roy Reynolds (Roosevelt)' ...... Harry Williams (Taft) .19 .16 .17 ..16 TWO MEN FINED John Paris and Andrew Hendricks, both arrested on the charge of public intoxication, were fined f 1 and costs each this morning in police court, and it being their first offenses, were released on suspended sentence. Paris has a wife and three children at Greencastle, and asked permission to work for one day here so that be might make enough money to return to his home. The request was granted. Kendricks when asked if he was guilty said "I guess I am or I would not be here." LO. O. F. BANQUET Tne Richmond lodge of Odd Fellows will have a meeting at the hall Monday night at which first degree work will be held. A banquet will be served the assembled members and guests after the work of the evening.; A large clasof candidates will be taken into the fold. . PROGRAM MEETING. WAS HELD FRIDAY The program committee v of the Chautauqua association- held a meeting at the Commercial Club rooms last evening; although no decision were reached as to the designing of contracts for musical features- for this year's assembly. A number of matters were discussed in this connection and it was decided to investigate further before action, was taken in siguing agreements.

SWEEPING VICTORY W0I1 LAST EVEI1G BY ROOSEVELT MEW Personal Feud in First and:

Second Wards Resulted in' the Loss of Two Roosevelt Delegates. FIFTH WARD FIGHT WAS GENN DEFEATi Mayor Zimmerman's Follows ers Trimmed in the Fourth Township Meetings Are Being Held Today. As the result of the Republican' ward meetings held in this city laa night, Richmond will send eleven Roosevelt and three Taft delegates to the state convention, which elects four delegatee-at-large to tne national convention, and will send ten Roosevelt and four Taft delegates to the district convention at Corinersville. next Thursday, which elects two delegates to the national convention. This afternoon township meetings are being held throughout the county, outside ot Richmond, and twelve delegates to both the state and district conventions will be1 elected.,, It is expected that at least nine of the delegates to" each convention, who are to he elected today, .will be Roosevelt men,1 J this event Wayne county wth send nineteen Roosevelt and seven Taft delegates to the . district - convention, and twenty Roosevelt and six,' Taft delegates to the state convention. - The result of the Roosevelt victory in the city last evening was no surprise, to the leaders , of the Wayne ' County Roosevelt league. Tba seSU mont fnp tlu IViImm1 In 11 tahflMMllf "era- : well known, and it was also knowm that the Roosevelt element. In the ranks of the local .Republican party, would turn put in large numbers to carry the city for 'the Ex-President, The attendance ft the ward meetings, was probably the largest in the history of the city. Hot Personal Fight. It is probable if personalities had : not entered into the fights in the first; and second wards two more Roosevelt delegates would have been sent to the district convention - and one more Roosevelt delegate -to the state convenago between L. P. Meredith, district chairman, and E. f. - warfel, secretary of the County Roosevelt organisation, , Meredith declared war on Warfel, who was a candidate for delegate from the . nrst wara tome uistnct convention, and the latter was snowed under by the votes of the district chairman's supporters, w who packed the court room at the court house. Councilman Weishaupt, Roosevelt candidate for delegate to the state convention, also -went down in defeat the direct result of the Meredith-Warfel feud. In the second ward, W, R. Bloom, an' Item employe, also was a victim of the ; Meredith-Warfel feud. He wsf defeated as a Roosevelt candidate for delegate to the district convention. Chaa.: Woodhurst, Roosevelt candidate for, delegate to the state convention from; the same ward, was elected by a big In th Fifth Ward. , In the Fifth ward where "Doc" Genu? resides and where he was expected by4 the Taft machine to "bring home the. bacon," the Roosevelt forces" won overwhelmingly, casting 124 votes against 31 for Mayor Zimmerman's street commissioner. Al ' Ford was elected chairman of j the meeting and Demas S. Coe, secre-j tary, this being the Roosevelt orgaut-,,' zation's "slate" for the meeting's of ft-; Hn (ka ja11 tnf tha nnmlnatlnn ' of delegates to the state convention, the Roosevelt forces nominated Charles Newman, George Parry and Frank Howells. The Taft force nomi nated Ray Sbiveley, but got no further as nominations were declared closed. Shively seeing a hopeless outlook withdrew and the Roosevelt ticket to the state convention went , , through without opposition. The - alternate delegates to the. state convention, all (Continued on Page Eight) THE WEATIltZX STATE Rain or snow In north per; - lions saturaay ntgnx er swnswjr. LOCAL Fair "d warmer. HICff tCHOOL OBSERVATORY. . FORECAST FOR IS2MMOMOAN0 VICIRITY increasing. - ctoudlnsss - today; rain, or snow Sunday. - v - Maximum , temperature - in - mat "24 hours. 34 at noon Saturday: Mlnlmmnt temperature in last 24 hours, 19 at '

6a. m. Saturday; temperature at 12:30 p. m. today, 34i Barometer 36.1; direction and velocity of wind f miles per hour. . iw, f ,