Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 160, 10 May 1912 — Page 1

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OL. XXXVII. NO. 160.

DR. WILLIAMS IS TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS JHead of Pulitzer School of Journalism to Address Ind. Collegiate Press Associa- - tion Delegates. STATE CONVENTION HELD IN RICHMOND Eight Indiana Colleges Are Represented Excellent Program Arranged by Local Committee. Delegates to the annual convention of the Indiana Collegiate Press association, will open tomorrow morning at Earlham college, arrived in this city today. Several social events have been , planned for the entertainment of the delegates and visitors this evening, principal among which will be the Day Dodgers' play and a reception in the student's parlor immediately following the play at least three delegates "will be sent from each college represented in the association. Tomorrow mdrning the convention proper will open with the fall of the -gavel weilded by Homer Furnas, president of the local Press clnb, and also bead of the state association. Several changes in the state constitution will be made, it is believed. Two applications for membership will also be voted on by the convention. Franklin and Moore's Hill have placed their ap plication for admission in the associa tion in the band3 of the proper officers of the association. At present there are eight colleges in the organization. They are: Earlham, Indiana, Butler, Purdue, De Pauw, Wabash, Rose Poly-! technic and Hanover. The annual election of officers will also be held tomorrow morning. In the afternoon the delegates jvri be the" guests of Earlham college at the Indiana-Earlham track meet on Reid field. " ' " 1 v '.' Saturday evening the delegates and members of the Earlham Press club will attend the banquet at the Westcott hotel at which Dr. Talbott Williams, head of the Pulitzer School of Journalism, formerly associate editor of the Philadelphia Press, and Thomas R. Shlpp of Indianapolis, candidate for Congressman from the Seventh , district, 'formerly connected with the Indianapolis News, will deliver addresses. Both speakers are well known men and are among the best versed In newspaper work in the country. ' The committee of the Earlham Press club. In charge of the arrangements 'for the convention is composed of President Homer Furnas, Forest Reid, corresponding secretary of the state association and Philip Furnas, secreItarv of the local club. u

& BEEF IS GOING UP

Price Is Now the Highest in Forty Years. The prices of meats still continue to Boar. The latest quotations from the wholesale dealers show that beef dressed and sold by the entire beef, Ss now thirteen cents per pound. This makes it necessary for the retail dealers to get from fourteen to twenty-two cents per pound for cuts, the retail men losing on some parts but getting higher prices on fancy cuts. This is the highest price beef has reached in forty years. War priees were about twenty-five cents per pound. Cattle now are bringing from eeven to seven and one-ha?f cents per pound on toot, with prospects of going higher. Retailmen say that the "dime's worth" slice of beef is now a thing of the past and that people who come for this quantity of meat are now either served at a loss to the retailer or given such a small piece that it is hardly worth while to wrap up the purchase. The butchers say they cannot see any relief in sight, and suppose meat will go to the extreme limit of price, and that the custom in the old countries of buying meat once a week will soon be a popular practice here. BECK THINKS GRAY WILL BE ELECTED In the opinion of Charles B. Beck, county and district Democratic chairman, Finly H. Gray, will undoubtedly succeed himself in the House of Representatives. Mr. . Beck declares that every Democrat, whether Taggart or antl-Taggart and a large number of Republicans will support Congressman Gray at the November "election, and that he will be sent back to Washington by the people of the Sixth Indiana district by a big majority. "There Is no Republican in the district who can beat Gray In November." caid Mr. Beck. "He is the first man rho has gone to Washington from this district who has done everything he promised to do. While he is a true Democrat he also represents the whole people.

Tortures "Suffered in Cause

The atiove photograph, the first of.its kind received in America, illustrates how the London Suffragettes, imprisoned .in Holloway Hall after their window smashing crusade, were fed by the prison physicians when it was discovered. that the prisoners had secretly organized a TiungeF strike and were not "'taking nourishment of any kind. In the photograph the suffragette Is being fed through the nostrils. -

HE SAYS RICHESON IS NOT SANE Dr. Isador Coriat, Eminent Alienist, So Reports to , the Governor. (National News Association) BOSTON, May 10. Clarence V. T. Richeson is not a sane man. He is not mentally responsible. This is the statement made public by Dr. Isador Coriat, an eminent alienist. Dr. Coriat made a secret examination of Richeson, who is condemned to die in the week of May 21, for the murder of Avis Linnell, spending two hours with the man last Tuesday. He handed his report to the governor and it will be one of the ' exhibits to be sent to the executive council when Richeson's ; plea for commutation is referred to them. That the plea will be referred to the council, there was little doubt today. Governor Foss has left it be known that if he is convinced Richeson Is not sane he will take such action and the reports of Dr. Edward B. Lane, Dr. Coriaat and Dr. L. Vernon Briggs are believed to leave no doubt at this point. It is known on the best authority that Dr. Briggs will report the prisoner not sane. Dr. Isidor H. Coriat, who has re ported Richeson not sane, is head of the neurological department of the city hospital. He did not make a physical examination of the condemned man. He simply encouraged Richeson to talk of his early life and asked questions comparing the answers with the true facts of the former clergyman's hlstorS? supplied the alienist by the attorneys for the defense. Richeson did not always tell the truth. Some times he. tried to evade pertinent questions regarding unpleasant incidents of his career. All these things- Richeson's .falsehoods or veracity, his willingness or refusal to reveal certain phases of his history, his early environment and experiences were considered by Dr. Coriat in arriving at his positive decision that Richeson is not sane today, nor was he fully responsible for his act when he handed Avis Linnell the drug that killed her. WEST MAIN STREET IS TO BE BRICKED We6t Main street is to be bricked. That is settled definitely, for the last chance for remonstrators to appear before the board of works was Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and not a remonstrator appeared. This means that West Main street from the river to West Eighth street will be paved this summer. Bids for the improvement have been advertised for and will be opened and the contract awarded next Thursday.

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CITY ACCEPTS THE AUTOJIRE TRUCK Big Machine Successfully Meets All Severe Tests Required of It. - The board of works in a called session late yesterday afternoon accepted the new Robinson automobile chemical, hose and ladder, truck for the fire department. This action followed a series of severe teats of the machine demanded by the board, and which the driver of the machine easily accomplished. The contract was signed, and as soon as the bill for the machine arrives, it will be paid. The test of the big chemical tank has been delayed because of the lack of a guage which was to have been sent with , the machine but failed to. arrive. The law prescribes that bills shall not be paid ultil five days after their presentation, and the board believed the test'of the tank can made before the time for payment of the machine is set. The question of a driver is still perplexing the board. The mechanician driver sent by the Robinson company to this city with the machine to test tt f w,- - -K, l" instruct the new men in its operation All the firemen will be required , to learn to operate the truck but a class of three special drivers will ie instructed in its use before the others are taught. MURDERJUMSTERY No Clue to Woman Victim or Her Slayer. (National News Association) LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 4 10. After a night spent in investigation the mysterious murder of an " unidentified woman, supposed to be from Chicago, whose body was found in . a vacant house, the police today were unable to identify either the murderer or his victim. The marderer had tried to burn the body. . The motive which prompted ' the crime is a mystery to the police. Even the manner in which the woman's life was taken has not been established. The dead woman was about 30 years old. A handkerchief found in her pocket bore the initial "K." Other marks on her clothing indicated she was from Chicago. According to coroner's physician, George W. Campbell, the woman would shortly have become a mother. Equaling the mystery, and the complications surrounding the " identity is that of the murderer. He left a handkerchief which may lead to Ms apprehension. '

IXD., FRIDAY EVENING,

of Suffrage MOTHER'S DAY TO BE OBSERVED HERE Two Local. Churches Have Announced Programs for Event Sunday. By a special program' "Mother's Day"' will be fittingly observed at the First English Lutheran church Sun day morning at 9 o'clock. A committee composed of E. M. Haas, John F. Bartel, Mrs. Adam H.Bartel and Miss Imo Ikenberry has. arranged a program which is very apropos to the occasion. Charles W. Jordan will -pay tribute to the mothers, Mrs. F. W. Krueger will render several" vocal selections and Mrs. Wr. H. Sudhoff will also talk The following Invitations to mothers i has been issued: In behalf ' of" the tender love and spirit of devotion our people should impart to motherhood and the respect due to the best friend Goo? gave to man the Sunday School of the First English Lutheran church invites you cordially to be present next Sunday morning, May 12, at 9 o'clock, whewa special program will be given in keeping with "Mothers' Day." Special music, r J - -f"" i with SDecial teacher for special mothers' class. We want to do you special honor. ''" Mothers' Day will also be appropriately observed at "Reid Memorial church. The following statement has been issued by the board of elders of that church: It was a happy thought that came into, the heart of Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, Pa., when she proposed to the world a memorial day to our mothers. And the suggestion meets with a hearty "response from every true man and' woman in America. Quite fitting, too, that it should be on the Sabbath day, when al is quiet when our hearts and minds can be centered upon the object of our love. Let us, therefore, one and all, observe the day iext Sabbath. May 12, both at our nome 8 ana attending special services at our church at 10:30 a. m. in honor of our mothers,-whether they be one of us or whether they be beyond our voice and vision. The-surplus flowers will be placed upon the' graves of our mothers who have gone to their eternal home. Any who are unable to walk will be called for by carriages if their names be sent in to the pastor. CAR NOT PUT ON Street car service does not seem to improve fast. The fifteen minute service promised to the Fairriew line was to have been inaugurated May 1, then changed to circus day. Circus day is now a memory and the fifteen minute service is not yet establised. "The company hasn't any car to put on the Fairriew line," is the excuse offered.

MAY 10, 1912.

POLICE FIRE 4 ON STRIKERS Rioting Miners, Mostly For eigners, Storm a Colliery and Are Met With a Storm of Bullets. WOMAN WAS LEADER OF THE ATTACKERS Men Used Women and Child ren as Shields Several Rioters and" Policemen Reported Wounded. (National News Association) CLEARFIELD, Pa., May 10 The miners of District No. 2. United Mine Workers of America, have voted to accept the Cleveland, O., wage scale for bituminous miners, which means a wage advance of about 5 per cent. BATTLE AT SCR ANTON. SCRANTON, Pa., May 10. One man is known to have been shot, another man and one woman are reported to have been hit by flying bullets, and two city policemen were injured in a fierce riot between mine workers and sympathizers in an attack on Cuyahoga colliery of the Lackawana railroad at North Scranton today. A mob of seven hundred men and women stoned and fired upon the police. To save themselves from death the police fired into the crowd. Two men nnrt twr women U'prp rrstpr1 Twen ty additional policemen and a squad j of five state police were summoned to disperse the rioters. The battle raged for more than a half hour and at least one hundred shots were fired. A woman 'led in the attack upon the colliery and the men used the women and children for shields. They fought on the open and from behind coal cars until Michael Polka, who the police say was well np in front in the attacking force, fell with a bullet in his left lleg. Another;man shot in the, thigh and a woman fehot in the leg, wer seen to fall, according to people who witnessed the riot. Ambulances were rushed to the scene, but when they arrived the rioters had carried the wounded away. The colliery is now being guarded by heavily armed officers to prevent another outbreak. The riot was a culmination of a series of outbreaks which began last Tuesday. It was the worst of any, however, and fears are entertained that there will be more trouble tomorrow and Sunday. CAR ALARMS HORSE; HORSE NOT BLAMED Becoming frightened at a passing street car, a horse hitched to a delivery wagon owned by Omer Whelan, which was standing at the east end of the Doran bridge ran away this morning, dashing east on D street to Ft. Wayne avenue and running to Fourth and South D streets before it was stopped. The driver, James Tull, was thrown from the wagon shortly after the animal started on its wild chase. Tull was not injured. The horse also was uninjured. As the horse turned at South Fourth and D streets a wheel of the wagon struck a tree and stopped the animal. MEXICO CITY FELT TWO SLIGHT QUAKES (National News Association) MEXICO CITY. May 10. This city was shaken by a slight earthquake today following two distinct shocks yesterday. Forty-seven persons are known to have been killed in five towns and villages surrounding Colima mountain in the earthquake of Wednesday night. Three persons are dead in Guadalajara, where in the course of 24 hours 35 shocks, some of them Severe, have been experienced. The walls of the Cathedral there were split, and three public buildings were totally destroyed. PERRY WILL LEAVE RICHMOND Y. M. C. A. At the meeting of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian association this evening, James E. Perry, assistant general secretary of the local association will tender his resignation. Mr. Perry has decided to accept the position of general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Bowling Green, Ky and will leave for Bowling Green, June 1. Mr. Perry's resignation will become effective June 1. During the time in which be has been connected with the Richmond association Mr. Perry has made a number of friends who. although will regret his leaving will be glad to learn of his promotion. EARHART TO SPEAK Prof. William Earhart, Richmond's public school music instructor, has been invited to address the National Educational Society meeting at Chicago, July 8th. on the subject. "Hign School Music." Mr. Earhart has ac cepted the invitation.

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EXPRESS WAR IS BEGUN BY

GOVERNMENT

Indictments Against United States Company and Its New York General Agent, Are Returned. TAKING OF REBATES IS CHARGE ENTERED Examiner Is Appointed Today to Conduct the Hearings in Case Filed Against Sugar Trust. (National News Association) NEW YORK. May 10. Joseph S. Bigger, general agent in New York and the United States Express company were indicted today for accepting rebates. This is the first step in the government's suits against the express companies. Bigger appeared before Judge Meyer in the United States district court and pleaded not guilty. Bail was fixed at $5,000. The indictment, which charges violation of the Interstate commerce law, grew out of an investigation by U. S. District Attorney Wise, and his assistants, which lasted for more than a month. There are three counts in the indictments. The first charges that Bigger and the express company acrbat8 on carload of maroni, sent id December, 1910, from New York to Cleveland on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and its bran ches. The acceptance of rebates on a car load of iron castings on December 7. 1910, between the same points, ia al leged in the second count. The third count that rebates on oil were accepted on December 14, 1910. Although the rebates amounted to only about $10.000 the suit is regarded as one of great importance by the government. . SUGAR TRUST SUIT. NEY YORK, May 10. Judges Lacombes, Edwards and Noyes of the United States circuit court today appointed Wilson B. Brioe, lawyer. 100 Brodway, as special examiner to conduct the hearings In the government's suit to dissolve the sugar trust, other wise known as the American Sugar Refining company. The hearing will be begun on Monday in Special Examiner Brice's office. The beginning of the dissolution suit was moved by United States Attorney Wise, who conducted the criminal prosecution of the trust. Procedure had been delayed until the criminal action came to an end, as it did with a disagreement of the jury on March 31. GOVERNMENT SCORES. NEW YORK. May 10. The government turned its attention to showing how the formation of the U. S. Steel Corporation had advanced prices when the hearing in the federal dissolution suit against that corporation was reIsumed in the customs house today. with Henry T. Brown, the special ex aminer on duty after the absence of a day in Philadelphia on legal business. A. I. Findley. editor of the "Iron Age" was the first witness today. He qualified as an expert on steel prices. Replying to questions from ex-judge J. M. Dickinson the witness testified that as soon as the wire pool was formed in 1893 prices went up. Much of bis evidence was highly technical. Thomas Taylor, assistant sales agent for the American Steel and Wire com pany followed Findley on the stand. The bulk of his testimony amounted to a flat declaration that in his opinion the organization of the American Steel and Wire company had not smothered competition. The government scored again, bow ever, when Frank Newberry, head of the insulated wire department of the John Roebling Sons company, took the stand. Mr. Newberry frankly admitted his company was a member of the wire rope pool, and said he had attend ed the monthly meetings of the mem' bers of the pool as representative of his company. Newberry proved a good witness for the government, revealing the inner workings of the pooL DEFAULT ENTERED AGAINST WINJUM Default and decree of foreclosure was entered by Judge Fox this morn ing in the Wayne circuit court in the case of John E. Hanson versus At lee R. T. Winjum, an action to foreclose chattle mortgage. Winjum was formerly assistant physical director of the Y. M. C A. here, who resigned and left the city shortly before the salt was instituted In the circuit court. According to the complaint Winjum purchased household goods of the plaintiff while the former was residing in Calhoun county, Miclu and executed notes and chattel mortgage In as security. When he left Richmond he also left a large part of his household goods stored here. . The suit was brought to foreclose the chattel mortgage on the goods. '

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A THIRD OF THE VOTE IS REGISTERED' Democratic and Republican County Chairmen Say that the Result of Registration Is Pleasing. NO PETITIONS FOR SECOND DAY WORK Naturalization Questions, as Was Expected, Caused the Most Trouble Few Reports Filed Yet. Although the number of voters who registered yesterday on the first day of registration, was small, yet the leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in Wayne county are satisfied over the results. Will J. Robbins, county chairman of the Republican party and Charles B. Beck, county chairman of the Democratic party, in statements made today declare that when the small efforts pot forth by both parties to get the voters to register is taken into consideration, the results are fa vorable. As far. as is known all of the sixty one registration polls in the 'county closed yesterday, as there was no petitions presented to the boards to keep open today. There is no way to ascer tain today the exact number of voters who registered in the county but lead ers of both leading political parties state that about one-third of the voters registered yesterday. Those who did not take advantage of the first oppor tunity will be afforded two other op portunities for registering, in September and October. There Was No Trouble. The first day of registration passed without any trouble In the Wayne county precincts, as far as could be learned. There was some misunder standing in regard to certain features of the new law, but these were soon straightened out by the inspectors and clerks of the rprlatrattnn hmrii As expected the naturalization one. lion causea me mosi trouDie and this question arose In several of the city precincts, although the registration offloers in the county precincts were not troubled. Reports show an equal distribution of voters of the leading parties in the first day of registration. The registration was comparatively heavy in the early morning hours and at the noon hour. From 1 o'clock on the registration was light. Robbins is Satisfied. "I am well satisfied from the Re publican standpoint with the results of the registration yesterday." said Republican County Chairman Robbins. There was very little Interest mani fested, as there was no special effort put forth by us to urge the voters to register on the first day fixed for registration. It was our Idea not to urge the voters to register Immediate ly but wait until the state and national conventions had been held, and all of these matters settled. At the next date for registration we will urge all of the Republican voters to register. - I do not believe that the . entire number of voters polled will register. but most of them will do so. I presume that between 90 and 95 per cent of the voters will see that they do not lose their vote next November." Democratic Chairman Beck stated that he had made no especial effort to urge the Democratic voters to register yesterday. Statement of Back. "The reason I put forth no special effort to get the voters to register yesterday was to see the amount of life still left in the Democratic and Republican parties," said Mr. Beck. 1 believe It is time for the voters to awaken to their own Interests and that each voter should use bis own judgment on this matter. While the regisltratlon was light, it was as large as I expected." Mr. Beck declared that while some voters are condemning the registration law. that It Is a very good act and is just the kind of a law that has been needed in this state. Mr. Beck stated that at the September date fofegtst ration an unusual effort will be made to get all Democrats to register. The inspectors in the following precincts today turned In the results ot the registration in their respective precincts to the county auditor: Precinct No. 6. Jackson township. 100; No. 1. Jackson township, 3; No. 3. Center township, 82; No. 33. Richmond. 97; No. . Richmond. 69; No. 3. Washington township. 54; No. 20, Richmond. 75; No. 17. Richmond. 43; No. 14. Richmond. S; No. 2. Green township. 47; No. 13. Richmond. 47; No. 35. Richmond. 79; No. 18. Richmond, 69; No. 1. Jackson township. 36; No. 1. Wayne township. 9S. The inspectors have two days from the time the registering places closed to bring In their reports. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Showers w niflht and Saturday. Net much change In temperature.