Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 154, 3 May 1912 — Page 1

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AND SUN-TELEGRAM JVOL. XXXVII. NO. 154. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, 31 AY 3, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

TAFT RAPPED BY ROOSEVELT IN MARYLAND

QEjc-president Says President Taft Does Not Trust the People of America to Rule Themselves. MARYLAND MACHINE IS ALSO ATTACKED The Colonel Appeals to Colored Men to Aid Him to Stamp Out the Sale of Votes in South. (National News Association) BALTIMORE, May 3 .Col. Theodore Roosevelt made a whirlwind tour of Maryland today in an effort to carry, the state in the presidential preference primary to be held on Monday. The Colonel arrived at Salisbury early this morning and started in, after a few hours rest, on a program of eleven speeches and a number of platform talks. At 9:30 this forenoon the president addressed an enthusiastic gathering at Salisbury. He then left for Havre de Grace, where he was scheduled to speak this afternoon. He will arrive In Baltimore at 5 p. m. The most Important speech and the one on which the Colonel's supporters In this state are counting on most, will .be delivered at the Lyric theater tonight, where he will follow, former Attorney General Bonaparte and Col. E. C. Farrington. An enormdus demand for . tickets, to the meeting indicates the theater will be packed. Tomorrow . the Colonl will make a swing through 'western Maryland. H Denounces Bribery. iu Mum oaniuui; eiwecu nuvw . Velt attacked , President Taft. and denounced bribery of voters at primaries. "Our ; opponents, and I am sorry to say Mr. Taft has said it, do not trust the people to rule themselves," said the ex-president. "Mr. Taft has also told us that he distrusts the impulsive judgment of the American people. Now I heartily disagree with Mr. Taft, I trust the people to govern themselves. I think they know how to doit." Taft machine, led by William B. Jackson, the national committeeman, saying that it did not properly represent the" sentiment of the people. "They say we are attacking the state organization," the Colonel said. "Well we are doing that only so Par as it .fails to represent the wishes of the people. I don't expect the boss to be with me because, the movement is not healthy for him. ' "Now as to big business. We don't antagonize the man who is square. We expect him to be with us. But the MAAlrA1 ViiialviAaa -m r w aria ah'I want with us, and he Is not. He knows well We don't want him." Col. Roosevelt then made a strong declaration for clean politics. "The man who sells his vote," he cried, "is a traitor. He is a traitor to himself and the cause he represents. He is not fit to have a voice in government. I want the .people to help in the cause of decent government. I want yon to help me until we weed out corruption In politics. I ask that every colored , man in the South sees that none of his race sells his vote. If the colored people want to do as I wish, I hope they will organize and see that there isn't any corruption in the South. This albo applies to the white man, for some white men will try to debauch the colored men in this fight." News Nuggets (National News Association) ERIE, Pa., May 3. After working In mines and' machine shops for two years and successfully passing herself off as a man all that time, Mrs. Alexandra Seliski, revealed her sex by the simple process of fainting. : . NEW YORK, May 3. With a house full of wedding guests who were waiting to serenade them as they started on their honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wimpson,- of Scaradate. slid down a rope from an attic window and got safely away. FREMONT, Neb., May 3. After less than twenty four hours of married life Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schwanke, the bridegroom 70 and the bride 18, have separated. Both say there can be no reconciliation. ITHACA, N. Y- May S. Dr. Jacob Schurman of Cornell in a statistical report states that non-fraternity students have a higher rating as students than the fraternity men. '

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RICHMOND

Cleaning up day in Richmond was observed" in an ' "appropriate": manner today. " . ""',- ' On every street throughout the city, men, women and children could be seen 7 mowing: lawns, carrying ra&ket after basket of old papers,; rubbish and ashes from their homes and yrfrds and dumping them in proper receptacles, the refuse being hauled away by the city's wagons. It is believed the yards in this city were never cleaner than today, and the results obtained have pleased members of the Aftermath society and other organizations to whom the credit is due for the making of plans and preparations for the observance of this day. Above all the noise of traffic on the streets could be heard the buiz of the lawn mower as it was pushed back PRESSMAN STRIKE GROWING SERIOUS - ' Newsboys and Wagon! Drivers Join Pressmen in Chicago This Forenoon. (National News Association) CHICAGO, May 3. The downtown streets of Chicago today, were littered with morning newspapers taken away from non-union newsboys by sympathizers of the strike that has affected the newspaper workers. The wagon drivers and newsboys have joined the webb pressmen in their strike against the newspapers belonging to the Publishers Association. None of the morning newspapers could be obtained early in the day at the downtown news stands, although every paper was able to print and editions were published during the night. A noisy crowd gathered around the offices of the various morning newspaper plants and jeered when the nonunion pressmen who are manning the presses left the buildings accompanied by policemen who were on hand to see that no disorders , occurred. A group of non-union pressmen taken to a downtown restaurant were forced to go away without the midnight lunch. The waitresses, members of a union, refused to serve them. The strike of the wagon drivers proved a serious handicap in distributing the papers and in many sections of the city they were not obtainable. ; No disorder accompanied the strike except the struggle between the newsboys 'who desired - to handle papers and the sympathisers of the strikers. The sympathizers seized hundreds of newspapers that had been J given to the newsboys and before the offices of the morning papers there was a litter of torn papers in the streets. Policemen guarded the wagons that delivered the papers in the suburbs. Two officers rode on each wagon.

Cleaning Day"

HER ward and farwaftiacros:tha private lawns - or ' residents.-A- number-of -the Aftermath society declared today' that never before had the lawns been given such a thorough cutting and cleaning. The society could not have fixed a better day for this work as the weather man permitted the sun to shine brilliantly during the entire day: Extra wagons were secured by the street department of the city and these with the sixteen wagons -which are kept constantly busy, were used in hauling nothing but trash and rubbish from the alleys and streets in the section of the city north of Main street. This work will be - completed tomorrow and the wagons .will then be sent immediately south of Main street. Everything in connection with cleaning up day worked automatically. The CHIEF DESIRES A II To Suppress Mashers and Apprehend the Busy Store Thieves. A woman cop, for the sole purpose of 'apprehending mashers, is an addition to the local police force 'which Chief Gormon thinks is badly needed. He says a . woman officer could' do much more effective work in suppressing these pests than a male officer. The 'masher, .who stands in the store entrances, and flirts, with the women; could be easily picked up by the flirt cop, enticed to the auguest presence of some masculine ? offlcer "and then placed under arrest. The woman -cop would also be an invaluable asset to the police department when unusual occasions call out large crowds and the "dips" and "comoons" " get busy; and for use in ' "department stores where sleight-of-hand performers operate to the - detriment "of the' cash balance of the store owners. V GIRL IS CHARGED WITH DELINQUENCY . Minnie Troxel, aged 15,. one of the two girls .'captured .Wednesday , afternoon along the - creek south of 'the city in company with two young men, an of whom were drinking beer, "given them by a drunken man who they saw standing on a corner," will, be bound over to the juvenile court. She is charged with delinquency. She lives with her widowed mother at the corner of 1 Ft.' Wayne avenue and North Fifth street; Ruth Hilling, the other girl, was discharged with a severe lecture. She is 17 years old and not within the Jurisdiction of the juvenile court. One of the men who was with the girls when they were arrested is still sought by the police.

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HOUSE TODAY

school , children did-- a -great- deal towards making, the dayi inore.-than. one Va name, only. :", ; . .' '' 4 To every student in the schools who worked three hours or more today in cleaning yards will be given some kind of a plant. The plants will be distributed at the high school building tomorrow. In all 2,100 plants have been donated for this purpose by the local florists. ' ."A better time in the year for cleaning up day could not have been chosen," said a person, who was prominent in the-movement.' 'This being the period for spring house cleaning the trash and rubbish stored away in attics and cellars was carried out and placed in the alleys for removal -to -the city's dumping grounds. We are greatly pleased over the results of the work." ENGLISH TITANIC f INQUIRY STARTED Attorney General Outlines the Case the Government Plans to Make. (National News Association) LONDON, May 3. The International Seamens' union today demanded representation at the government's inquiry into the Titanic disaster, which is being conducted by Lord Mersey and five wreck commissioners at the London Scottish drill hall. Upon making inquiries Lord Mersey ascertained 'that 128 members of the crew of the ill-fated White Star liner were union men and that 77 of these had been saved. He thereupon granted the union's request. As a result of the seamen's union gaining recognition the Imperial service guild, representing the ship officers, renewed its application to have representation. Lord Mersey gave no immediate answer but indicated he would allow that body to appear. Attorney General, Sir Rufus Isaacs outlined the government's case by saying that he would Introduce evidence to show that there was dangerous ice in the lane , which the Titanic was traversing and that he will bring before the court evidence to show that warnings of icebergs and ice "growlers' were given to the Titanic by the Baltic and California on the day of the disaster. He would also show the court, he said, that a southerly marine route was available for vessels at the time of year when ice floes and bergs made the northern channel dangerous. Many of the spectators' seats were vacant -when today's proceedings began, indicating that the public is not keenly interested for the time being at least in the investigation. THE WEATHER STATE Showers tonight and Saturn V' i y. . LOCAL Showers tonight and Satur

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A MISSOURI TOW!! .

IS AGAIHJFLOQDED People at Birds' Point Are Again Forced to Flee From Homes. (National News Association) CAIRO, '111., May 3. Bird's Point, Mo., is submerged by flood waters from the Mississippi today. For the second time in six weeks people have fled the village and farmers in the neighborhood have been forced to flee from their homes. When the former flood receded, although water still stood in the streets, many persons returned and began the work of repair ing the damage. The second inundation has driven these people away and done further heavy damage to the town. Farmers In the vicinity fear that all chance of getting in crops this season has been killed by the second flood. ABANDON THE FIGHT. NEW ORLEANS, La., May 3. Giving up their fight against the flood that is sweeping over the sugar plantation country through the levees at Torras, La., 100 men were rescued early today by a steamboat and taken to a place of safety. The men had been trying for 24 hours to close the breaks in the dikes that allowed the water to pour out over the lowlying parishes on the west bank of the river. More than 100,000 persons are homeless in the Torras region and are fleeing in panic to higher grounds. The flood is sweeping through a thickly settled part of the state, and still more persons will be driven from their homes by the oncoming' waters. Rescue and relief work is being pushed with all possible haste. The federal authorities have taken charge of the situation as far as possible and are distributing supplies. The residents of Torras were taken by surprise, believing that their levees would not break. A panic follow ed the flood. Most of the people man aged to escape in a passenger train that was standing at the station.' DENIAL GIVEN TO A TRACTION RUMOR L UT.. Company Does Not Intend toExitend Honeybee to Richmond. The report' that the Indiana Union traction ' company is to absorb the Honey Bee traction line, owned by New Castle capital, and that the line will then be extended to Middletown and to .Richmond, completing a wonderful network of electric . railway lines, is declared to be absolutely without foundation by officials of the I. U. T. company. . . . " ' ' " " Information on this matter is said to have been given out by officials of the T. H. I. & E. company at Indlanpolis. According to the story the latter company is to enter into an agreement with the I. U. T. company for it to use the.T. H. I. & E. depot at New Castle. The following statement of -a semiofficial nature comes from New Castle: , "The proposed extensions to M unci e, Anderson and Richmond Will be built eventually, according to reports received today, but it is likely that the Anderson line will be the first to be developed. There is an advantage of building this road first because the company owns the right-of-way, has built a grade to within ve miles of New Castle, and has the line in operation between Anderson and Middletown." LEADERS FEEL SAFE Confident of Support of the Union Miners. (National News Association) WILKESBARRE. Pa, May 3. That any referendum vote of the anthracite miners on the peace agreement which was rejected by their conference committee in New York will support , the action of the committee was the opinion expressed by leaders here today. As a result of the break-off in the New York negotiations, because , the operators insisted on the abolition of the sliding scale, the same leaders say they expect that there will ultimately be a strike in the anthracite fields which will affect 170,000 men. The anthracite leaders declare that the supposed ten per cent increases offered by the operators amounted to litUe more than 5 per cent with the sliding scale gone, and they demanded some form of union recognition. The possibility of a miners' convention, probably held in this city, to which the whole matter will be referred is now very strong although It was reported that President John P. White of the United Mine Workers and his fellow committeemen might make a final-attempt to have negotiations in New York reopened- ' CZARINA IS ILL . (National Km Association) ST. PETERSBURG. May 3. Tho condition of tho Czarina's health Is causing grave 'alarm.' She is suffering rrom acute melancholia and it was reported today that she had to be kept under constant surveillance, to prevent

jher attempt from suicide.

METHODIST CHURCH RAISES ' ITS BAN UPON AMUSEMENTS

LOCAL METHODIST MINISTER'S VIEW The Rev. A. Cates of the Grace M. E. church, asked for an expression of his views on removing the church ban from dancing, card playing, gambling and attending heaters, a step advocated by the bishops of the Methodist Episcopalian church in session at Minneapolis, said: "I don't think the conference would make such a sweeping step. The people would misunderstand and infer that the church approved of dancing, card playing, etc. I think if any changes are made, the clause referring .to card playing, dancing, attending theaters, races, and other worldly amusements, will be removed from the section making it prohibitory fcr members of the M. E. church to indulge in such amusements, and will be placed in the advisory section. In the latter section are incorporated all things the church does 1 not absolutely prohibit, but advises against." WHOLESALE BURIAL' OF TITAIIIC'S DEAD Another Stage in. Closing Chapters of Tragedy Oc- . . curs in Halifax. , (National Nwi Association) -HALIFAX. N. S., May 3. Wholesale burial today of the Titanic dead marked another stage in the closing chapter of .the world's greatest sea disaster. Sixty bodies were made ready for interment in . Halifax cemeteries esrly today and shortly after 9 o'clock the first funeral services were held in St. Marys cathedral where a funeral mass was celebrated by Rev. Dr. Foley. ' Today's burials- were forced by the condition of the i bodies. Many were embalmed , hurriedly on . the - MackayBennett and these have been so affected -.by. the warm' weather of. the last "two days that Dr. Finnythe Medical examiner, ordered their interment. c Several Of the bodies' over' which services were held today were identified but not claimed while others were prepared for Interment in Halifax b7 order of the White Star officials. Photographs of all with a complete state ment of . the effects . found . on. then; have been prepared and will be placed on file in ' the , White Star t offices at New 'York A" separate grave was prepared for. each body and . where the names were known the grave was so marked. In cases of the unidentified the graves were marked by. the numbers given the', bodies ss they were taken from the sea. AWARD BIG DAMAGES T.H., I. & E. Must Pay$3,(XX) - for Sanker's Death. - Damages to the amount of $3,000 were awarded the plaintiff in the case of Jane Sanker versus the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern traction company, "heard in the Henry circuit. Judge Daniel W. Comstock, formerly a judge of tho appellate court, presided as special Judge. The case attracted attention of a number of residents of this city as Frank S. Sanker, who was killed, and Samuel Murphy." who was badly injured In a crossing accident, out of which the case grew, were both well known in and around this city. Tho accident occurred at Straughn's station-about twenty two miles west of Richmond on the J National 'road. Sanker and Murphy were driving an automobile and were struck by a T. H. I. & E. car. The plaintiff in tho damage suit alleged that the interurban was running behind schedule and. was exceeding the speed limit in order to make up lost time. TEWIPERAIICEJ7AR Oil Between th,e.Wets and Drys - ' of Jackson Township. One of the . hottest ' remonstrance fights ever waged in Jackson township, in which Cambridge City is located, is being carried on now. Both sides are preparing to present their views to tho board of county commissioners when tho time comes. Yesterday, sixty-five more voters of the county appeared at the office of tho county auditor and - secured remonstrancewithdrawal - cards. " Thhl now makes a total of ICS withdrawal cards issued. It appears that the wet in tho township are asking persons to secure withdrawal cards While the drys are-soliciting the voters to sign remonstrances. ' ' ' The wets are led by Roy H. Fraunberg, whose application for a liquet license ts still pending in the Wayne circuit court. It is necessary for tbe drys to secure S41 signatures to their remonstrance.

24. BISHOPS TODAY 'i ADVISE ACTION TO! LAYMEN OF CHURCH:

American People, the Pre' lates Say, Are Too Far Ao ' vanccd to Be Restricted in." Amusements. .' ! WOULD EVEN RAISE BAN UPON GAMBLING' Cannot Draw Distinction Be--tween Turf and Walf; Street Taft AdministrjK tion Given Rap. (National Xwa Association) MINNEAPOLIS. May 3. The board ! of bishops of the Methodist, Episcopal ? church today reported to the general conference of the church here in favor of lifting the church, ban on dancing' card playing, gambling and attendance at horse races, theaters and circuses. -In making this radical recommendstion the twenty-four active ' bishops; who formulated the report, declared; that the American people are too faiP advanced to be longer restricted hjr church rules as to what their amusC' meats shall be. It Is suggested that . each individual member of tho church' ' follow tho dictates of his "own coxs.1 . science. The bishops declared that the -church' reiterated its . opposition to theater going and gambling, but the ecclesiastical rule, enforced since 1874. could not fix tho point between the turf and'the stock market. ' I This report, which was supplement-'-. ed to the one read yesterday by Bishop. Earl Cranston of Washlhgton. in part sald;'-' . " "?v7 - . - v Up to the Individual. - "We would Joyfully acclaim the day when every Christian would obstaio from the amusements which have been -prohibited, but. we cannot repress our conviction that John Wesley dealt more wisely with the danger.'. - -."As a church we cannot approve ot dancing and - theater-going. They arequestionable amusements. To us. as tj several of our sister churches, thex who justify these amusements as con. sistent with tho spiritual life seem to manifest .a deplorable lack of spirltuaj . conception.", ? "The Bishops, therefore, recommend a return to. the consistent -treatment of this subject by Wesley, and tho. more earnestly because, we are dealing" with American people and the intelligence of the twentieth century. 1" "In our absolute helplessness' before this question we must continue to ai-a low the world to suspect that tbe tar-", ger the stake and the more reckless of public west and gain, tho less viefc. i one" the crime, provided the winner pays tithes to religion or benevolence? "Again wo stand ' unitedly ' against ' gambling and we recognise 'clearly It is the same sin In Wall street that ' it is in the lowest resort, but we have never ventured legislatively to fix tier' point where tbe race track gambler. ' passing from the turf to tbe stock market, becomes a respectable business man, eligible to church membership and the chairmanship of tho board ot -trustees. z Canaure Secretary Wilson. , A resolution condemning Secretary of Agriculture James 8. Wilson sad virtually threatening to vote against the Taft administration was adopted by a vote of 644 to 241 after a sharp fght on the floor of tbe convention. An effort was made to have it referred to a special committee and there was g spirited debate before it passed. Tbe resolution Twss the outgrowth of the 1 Brewers Congress, of which Wilson was made honorary chairman. The resolution wss introduced by the Rev. J. W. Anderson of MissonrL It read: "Whereas in the preparation of the program for tbe International Brewers', congress held in Chicago, In. October. 1911, those la ehsrge made James Wilson, secretary of agriculture., tho honorary, chairman of sal? -congress, and. Whereas, the president of the United States, the secretary of agriculture and tbe secretary of state, bis authorized representative, were petitioned by the millions of Christian popte of the nation, individually and through tbeir respective representatives to . desist from all national Indorsement of said Brewers' Congress, and that the secretary of agriculture decline said position as honorary chairman because of the indorsement such position would give to tho business represented, and tho evident purpose In view by said meeting, namely , to lacreaso and extend the sales of beer and thus encourage and Increase drunkenness, and. "Whereas, tho said United States aathortties utterly disregarded tho osprcssrrt wishes and prayer of Christian . manhood and womanhood of the as-, tion with tbe exception that tho ssersc -tary of agriculture sent out In reply

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