Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 165, 16 May 1912 — Page 1

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AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 165. RICH3IOXD, IXD., THURSDAY EVENING. 31 AY 16, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

TUFT TO PAY THIS CITY A SHORT VISIT

President Will Arrive Here Monday Morning at 10:20 from Eaton, O., Enroute to Greenville, O. !A FORMAL WELCOME QUITE IMPROBABLE Republican Central Committee Has Precedent Not to Show Partiality to Any One Candidate. "William Howard Taft, president of the United States, will be in Richmond a few minutes Monday morning and it is probable there will be a large crowd present at the Pennsylvania station to greet him. It is not known whether he will make an address, but St is possible he will deliver a few remarks regarding his candidacy for reXtomlnation. However, the president is an very bad voice, owing to the strenu(ouslty of his Ohio campaign and it tmay be that he will decide not to 'waste any of his thunder on an Indiana audience, the voters of which etate have already selected their delegates to the Republican national contention. President Taft will arrive on his special train at Eaton, O., Monday morning at 9:30 and will speak there for a half hour, leaving for Richmond at 9:50 and arriving here at 100. From here the presidential special will go direct to Greenville, O., where the president is scheduled to deliver an address. ' , Committee's Position. It was learned today that the Wayne ounty Repubican central committee will not consider any plan to extend a formal welcome to the chief executive, even though he is the titular head of his party. .The president in the opinion of the committee members, will not visit , Richmond so much in the capacity of chief executive as a candidate for reSomination for the office he now holds, and the committee believes it should show no partiality to any candidate for nomination for president. "The point was brought up once before and the precedent of showing no partiality to any presidential candidate established," said one committee member today. "The precedent I refer to was made last winter when an effort was made to hold a La Follette meeting under the auspices of the committee. The committee refused to consider this plan because Senator La FolJette was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president." Eaton citizens are making elaborate preparations to welcome President Taft to that city. At Hamilton former governor A. L. Harris, a Democrat, and Mayor G. N. Kelly will board the presidential special and escort the President to Eaton, where he will be greeted by a brass band and, undoubt-1 edly, a crowd of several thousand people. The president will speak at Eaton from the rear platform of his private car. ' MAY BE ADICTATOR Threat Is Made by President Madera Today. (National News Association) EL PASO, Tex., May 16 Francisco 1 Madera, president of Mexico, will declare himself dictator if the present revolution Is not crushed before the last Sunday in June. This is the statement in a dispatch received here at Jioon today from Mexico City. The president has decided on this atep, it is asserted. In order to insure holding the congressional elections. The forces .of Generals Orozco and Merta are advancing against each other and the general engagement is expected in the near future. THE MAGDALENA BAY DEAL TO BE PROBED (National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 16. The senate today adopted a resolution presented by Senator Hitchcock asking the secretary of state to send to the senate copies of letters from attorneys or others of the American syndicate Interested in Magdalena Bay and also copies of replies sent by the department officials to these letters. THE WEATHER fSTTATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight and Friday, HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Cloudy, probably showers tonight; fair and cooler Friday. Maximum temperature, 6S at 2 p. m., Wednesday. Minimum temperature, 51 at iE a. m. Thursday. Temperature at .11:30, 61. Barometer, 29.6. Rainfall , since yesterday, .04 inch. Direction .and velocity of wind, south west, one imile -an hour.

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William J. Burns and his most powerful ally in chasing down criminals the dictagraph. In the photograph he is shown hiding the device under a calendar on the wall of a room in which his game is expected to talk freely to some friend. From the transmitter, (under the calendar) a wire is strung to another room in the house, where an expert stenographer with receivers over her ears can jot down every word of the conversation going on in the room with the calendar. Evidence secured by Detective Burns with the aid of the dictagraph is said to have caused the McNamara Brothers to plead guilty to the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times and several other dynamite plots. And it is believed that similar evidence will be introduced by the prosecution at the coming trial of Clarence Darrow, the noted labor attorney, who is charged with being connected with the attempts to bribe members of the McNamara jury.

CORDIAL GREETING FOR THEBOOSTE'BS Towns in Northern Part of County Extend Richmond Men "Glad Hand." Every rabbit, every chicken and every chubby faced farmer's child on the route of the May Festival Booster's trip knows that the May Festival is to be held beginning May 23. The fifteen cars with the hundred men who left their business interests in Richmond yesterday to electioneer for Richmond, and the May Festival 'sped through' the northern end- of'the county on high gear only stopping to give parades in the towns. Aside from the minor casualties to tires and a small rear end collision that broke a lamp all to little bits, there were no accidents. In Greensfork the Palladium car gave out in its right rear foot. While the boosters were eating luncheon a novelty was pulled off by feeding the car on oats. This operation was performed by removing the inner tube and filling the casing full of oats. The people of Greensfork found this first aid to the injured one of the most interesting of the features. Nobody knows exactly what caused the mishap to this tire because at the crucial moment a relief car came along from town and took the Palladium advance crew to do its scout work along the line. There was terrific carnage among the chickens around Greensfork yesterday. The chicken families are decimated and all that are left are day old chicks. All joking aside the chicken dinners they have up at Greensfork are enough incentive to make the Richmond men frequent visitors. Then there was the group of young girls who met the Boosters in Hagerstown and threw butter scotch at them. Everybody along the route was out waiting for the Richmond delegation and seemed complimented at the visit. Whether a single man, woman or child from that territory comes to the May Festival it is certain that the prestige of Richmond was upheld. As the men at. the Hagerstown Light Inspection car works said: "We're too busy to come to the May Festival but we'll be there some day. Members of the Commercial club who went on the trip seemed to be unanimous in their approval of Boosters trips and said so. As no attempt was made to sell tickets in these towns no net results can be announced but the managers of the trip were particularly pleased. Charles W. Jordan of the Commercial club said: "The Richmond spirit of co-operation is growing all the time and it pays. There is not a man here who will not turn in and help on anything for Richmond and there are a hundred representative business men here." GRAHAM IS TO BE ONE OF SPEAKERS (Palladium Special) NEW PARIS, O.. May 16. The Rev. Thomas J. Graham, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Richmond, has been secured to deliver the principal address before the annual convention of the Sunday Schools of Jefferson township, next Sunday afternoon. Edward Hasemeier, head of the Wayne County Sunday School association, will also be present and will talk. The Rev. Hunter of Eaton, president of the Preble County Sunday School association will also be here to talk on the county convention which is to be held at Camden next Tuesday. The Rev. Hunter will urge every one who can possibly do so to attend the county convention,.

EIGHT NEWBISHOPS Are Recommended to the M. E. Conference.

(National News. Association) MINNEAPOLIS, May 16 Following the retirement yesterday of three bishops from active service in the church the episcopacy committee of the Methodist conference today recommended that eight new bishops be chosen. Balloting on the bishops will probably begin Friday with at least 100 names presented to the conference. It is proposed to create new episcopal residences at Helena, ' Mont., and Detroit, Mich. The report of the committee was accepted. CONTRACT TO DRURY For Erection of Arch Park Entrance. Over The contract for the building of the boulder arch at the Main street entrance to the Glen was let this morning to I. N. Drury for $800. His bid was $823 which being higher than the city engineer's estimate, was illegal, but upon Drury's accepting the contract at the engineer's estimate, the law gave the board of works authority to award the contract which was done. There were no other bidders. The work on building the arch will start about the last of the month. No recognition was taken of the Commercial Club's protest against the erection of the arch. YOUNG COMPTON IS GIVEN NEW CHANCE Harry Compton, of North Second and Main streets, who occasioned a small rjgt at the time of his arrest two weeks ago, for drunk when . he fought for a long time with two officers before being taken to the jail In the patrol wagon, was tried this morning on the charge of breaking up the furniture of the jail during his incarceration in that ba,stile. The mayor had received several letters from Comptoh, written while serving time in the county jail for drunk, stating he had a wife and two children to support. He promised the mayor that he would reform and let liquor alone if given another chance. The mayor this morning arraigned Compton and after giving him a severe lecture made him promise to refrain from drink, and then released him. The man was overjoyed, and promised to abstain from liquor and take care of his family. The wife with the small baby was in court. Compton, his face wreathed in smiles, took his child from his wife's arms, and led her from the building. He says he won't be back in police court again. THROWS SACK OVER VICTIM ROBS HIM Charley Miller, colored, was arrested last night at the Devinney dance hall on Ft. Wayne avenue by officer Menke and Chief of Police Gormon. He was charged with robbery. Last Saturday night, William Brooks, also colored, was in his cups, and Miller induced Brooks to accompany him from the dance hall west to an alley back of a saloon. There two other men assisted Miller in relieving Brooks of about $S. A burlap sack which the men threw over the head of their victim made the work easy. Miller has a bad reputation in police circles, and has been Implicated in several shady affairs. He- will . be tried soon. - i

NEW TENTH STREET BRIDGE SUGGESTED Road Viewers Favor Cement Structure and Grading of Hospital Hill.

A new cement bridge for North Tenth street over the Whitewater river, the grading of the hospital hill from a point about three quarters of a mile north of the bridge to the bridge, is proposed in the report of the viewers on the North Tenth street improvement, which was made this morning to the board of works. The report will be submitted to the county commissioners soon. The city council has approved of the improvement of North Tenth street from Spring street in Spring Grove to North H street under the three mile gravel road law. The counj cil assented on condition that the street within the corporation limits be bricked. This is acceptable to the viewers. . In autos and buggies, the viewers and board of works with interested citizens made a personal inspection of the site of the proposed bridge this morning. The present bridge is not strong-enough to hold a brick floor and the brick street would run from North H street to a point about 100 yards north of the bridge, so the viewers agreed that a new bridge is needed. The present structure could be moved elsewhere. f A cement span bridge, it was agreed, would be very appropriate, and would give the best satisfaction. Such a structure would cost about $16,000, to be borne by the county and township The city would have to floor it. ) The hill north of the bridge, which is steep and very uneven is to be graded. Estimates will be prepared soon, but it is thought that about four feet will be taken from the top of the hill, and the low land on each side of the bridge filled in from two or three feet, making a gradual incline instead of the steep hill nowlthere. The lots at the, top of the hill which are now below the road will be drained by the road if tt is cut down as planned. TURNER'SIEW DEAL Buys Block on Main Between 7th and 8th Streets. Will H. Turner, of Kokomo, formerly of Richmond, who a few days ago sold the Central hotel building on Main street near Ninth to the Kresge Company, which will operate a five and ten cent store, has shown his faith in Richmond real estate by another Investment along Main street, this time purchasing from John B. Dougan the Vaughan block between Seventh and Eighth streets. While the consideration is not made public it is said the price was approximately $41,000. GOVERNMENT LOST A POINT IN SUIT (National News Association) NEW YORK. Mar 16. The govern ment lost a point through one of Its own witnesses today when John A. Topping, chairman of the Republic Steel and Iron company, one of the biggest of the independents, took the stand In the hearing of the government's dissolution suit against the United States Steel corporation and swore that his company was in active competition with the company under fixa. ' -

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FIND ECHOES SEA TRAGEDY White Star Liner Oceanic Picks Up Life Raft of Titanic on which Were Three Men's Bodies. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE ONCE ABOARD A Woman and Fourth Man Had Evidently Been Buried at Sea by Companions Raft Brought In. (National News Association) NEW YORK, May 16. The White Star liner Oceanic, which arrived here today, brought out of the deep a tragic sequel of the foundering of the Titanic. Two hundred miles away from the point where the Titanic had gone down the Oceanic came upon a collapsible life raft containing the bodies of three men who had died of exposure and starvation. These three victims were buried at sea. Another man and woman had probably put off from the Titanic on the same raft, judging from arUcles found upon the craft. One of the victims was partially identified as Johnson Beatty of Chicago. Two others were members of the crew. It was decided a woman had taken refuge on the rift because two women's rings were found. A fur overcoat with the name Williams on it, was also found upon the raft. The woman to whom the rings belonged and the man named Williams had either fallen into the water from the raft or else were buried at sea by their companions, as there were only three corpses on the raft when it was found. Little bits of chewed cork in the bottom of the raft showed how in the extremity of their sufferings the refugees had tried to swallow anything that came to hand. The raft was sighted last Monday. It was found impossible to bring the bodies to port so they were buried with appropriate services. The raft was taken on the Oceanic. The inscription on the rings was "B'rom Edward to Gerda." PROBE CONTINUES. LONDON, May 16 Another pathetic chapter was today added to the story of human sacrifice in the Titanic disaster when an employe on the lost White Star liner swore at the government's inquiry that he had seen one lifeboat lowered containing only five passengers. These lifeboats, according to previous evidence, could accommodate from 50 to 70 persons in a calm sea such as prevailed off the Newfoundland banks when the ill-fated steamer plunged to the bed of the Atlantic. A bathroom attendant on the Titanic, named Rule testified he had seen the practically empty lifeboat lowered away. He said he did not know who had given the order to lower the boat but thought it was an officer. On cross examination Rule pleaded at times he could not remember, saying the disaster had affected his memory. This brought him a sharp rebuke from Lord Mersey, the presiding judge, who said: "I can understand how the disaster could effect your memory but cannot understand how you could remember things which did not happen. This was an allusion to vague and contradictory testimony which Rule had given on direct examination. Answering questions by Thos. ScanIon, attorney for the National Sailors' and Firemen's union. Rule said he had seen Bruce Ismay, managing director of the International Mercantile marine, owners of the White Star line, on the boat deck helping fill lifeboat Number 3 on the starboard side. He bad not seen Ismay leave the ship. Rule followed Wireless Operator Durant of the Canadian steamer Mount Temple on the stand. Que. tioned by Attorney Edwards representing the Dock Worker's union, Durant testiifed that he did not pick up any wireless messages on April 15, to the effect that the Titanic was to proceed to Halifax and that all her passengers had been rescued. MSS ANNA BAILEY DIES AT MIDNIGHT Word has just been received here of the death of Miss Anna Bailey, a former resident of this city, at Wflkesborough, N. C Miss Bailey died at midnight. The body will arrive in this city, Sunday. She is the daughter of Mrs. Melvina C. Bailey, who was with her at the Ume of her death. A brother, Jesse Bailey, formerly chief cf Police, of this city, also survives. . Miss Bailey had many friends here. She was graduated from Earlham College In the class" ol 1 90S. For a time she taught school at Saratoga. Indiana, She went to Wilkesbo rough last fall for her health. The body win be buried In the New Garden cemetery, near Fountain City, Indiana. Other funeral arrangements have " nut been made.

FREDERICK'S BODY TAKEN TO DENMARK Royal Yacht Sails for Copenhagen to Boom of German Guns Today.

(National News Association) TRAVEMUNDE, Germany. May 16. German guns thundered a requiem salute as the Danish royal yacht Dannebrcg sailed from here this afternoon for Copenhagen bearing the body of the late King Frederick of Denmark The Dannebrog had arrived here from the Danish capital last night and lay in the harbor with half masted flags when the funeral train arrived from Hamburg. German cruisers and torpedo boats fired a special salute as the Dannebrog weighed anchor and sailed away. SCENE A THAMBURG. HAMBURG. Ger., May 16. Accompanied by Dowager Queen Louise and three of her children, the body of King Frederick VIII. of Denmark, who dropped dead in the street here Tuesday night, was shipped for Lubec on a special funeral train today. The bereaved queen was prostrated with grief and is under the care of two physicians. The royal suite was in mourning and showed evidences of deepest grief. The three royal children who accompanied the queen were Prince Gustav and Princesses Dagmar and Thyra. They were inconsolable over the death of their father and insisted that the private coach in which the coffin was carried, should be strewn with white roses. From Lubec, the body was carried to Travemunde, which is 9 miles north of that city on Neustadt bay. There it was taken on board the Danish ship Dannebrog which conveyed by a Danish warship, will carry the remains of the late monarch to Copenhagen. The coffin containing the royal body was carried from the Hamburger-hof hotel to the railway station early in the day as the train was scheduled to leave at 9 o'clock. The hotel was draped in black and at a very early hour a crowd of curious had gathered to see the cortege leave for the. railway station. The members of the royal family and the spite were conveyed in closed carriages. . Dowager Queen Louise was dressed entirely in black and held a handkerchief to her face. The undertakers who embalmed the body declared " that - the face of th dead monarch was as reposed as though he were in sleep. His death was evidently accompanied by no pain. . Telegrams of condolence from all parts of the world poured In here today. Those that came after the departure of the Danish royal party were forwarded to Copenhagen. The queen mother and her children will accompany the remains to Copenhagen on the Dannebrog. The ship is expected to reach the Danish capital on Friday evening. SENATE TO ACT ON UNDERWOOD BILLS (National News Association) WASHINGTON. May 16. The senate finance committee today agreed to take a vote on the Underwood free sugar bill and the excise bill, which when passed by the house, was intended to raise the revenue lost by reason of the abolition of the sugar tax. The committee also agreed to vote next Tuesday on the Underwood wool bill. The committee also discussed informally the matter of concluding business and reaching an adjournment. EXPERT HERE TIMING NEW FIRE FIGHTER A representative from the Robinson automobile factory arrived in this city this morning to make some changes in the new auto fire truck. The starter of the engine is not giving satisfaction. The representative promised to make the machine behave, and is working on the engine now to time It and regulate it to the board's satisfaction. A SON ARRIVES AT WILEY HOME TODAY (National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 16. A son was born this morning to Dr. Harvey W. and Mrs. Wiley. AH former official trials and tribulations of the former chief of the bureau of chemistry were forgotten and there was great joy in the Wiley household. Dr. Wiley, who is 67 years old, was married to Miss Anna S. Kelton a year ago. CHURCH ELECTIONS Certificates of the election' of wardens and vestrymen of the St. Paul's Episcopal church was filed today In the office of the county recorder. The election was held May 6. John L. Rupe was elected senior warden and W. F. Starr was chosen junior warden. The vestrymen are S. S. Stratum, jr.. Milton B. Craighead. Everett R. Lemon, H. R. Robinson. Paul Comstock, S. E. Swayne and Warren W. Gilford. Francis H. Edmunds was elected secretary. The report of the election 'of trustees of the Economy Methodist church held May- 6, was also filed today with County Recorder Robbins. Those elected trustees at the first quarterly conference were W. G. Manning. Vernon Marshall. Gus WeyL Cicero Oler and William Williamson,

TAFT'S BLUFF CALLED SAYS THE COLONEL

Tells the Crowd at Bradford Junction that President Tried to Get Him in BadS on Reciprocity. ONCE FOR MEASURE; THEN REJECTED. When He Saw It Was Not a? Benefit to Consumers. J President Taft Takes Brief! Rest at Cleveland. (National News Association) BRADFORD JUNCTION. Ohio. May 16. "I called his bluff exclaimed Col. Roosevelt today In a speech denouncing President Taft for his reciprocity attitude. The ex-president talk ed to 1.50Q people from the rear plat form of his car. He said. "I supported the president's reciprocity policy at first only because I thought it would -Immensely benefit the consumer. When I learned later that it worked to the advantage of the beef trust and the millers' trust because It let in raw material free and kept up the duty on the finished product I had to put myself against It. Then I found the nres. Ident was deliberately using my for mer support of the measure to Influence the people against me. "Well I just called his bluff, if I may be permitted to use such a term." The crowd, the majority of whom were farmers, cheered lustily. Roosevelt urged that they get out next Tuesday and vote against Mr. Taft. "I know its hard for you to alve no the plow now." said the Colonel, "but ir you don't get in this tight professional . politicians will take advantage or you. This Is your government and you have got to take some trouble about It. The boss only gets his chance because the people don't come out. We want the farmer to hit the boss hard." Reverting to reciprocity tbe Colonel said. "Mr. Taft's plan would not give you a square deal." . TAFT IS EXHAUSTED. CLEVELAND, - O.. May 16. Worn out by three days of arduous work In his Ohio campaign President Taft rested here today. The president abandoned the field to Col. Roosevelt temporarily and during the morning stayed in his private car. which was run out to Gordon park shortly after be reached the city early today. The president's voice is very husky and Major Rhoades, his aide, is trying to get bim Into shape for the great mass meeting tonight. Senator Burton conferred with the president some time late In the morning and the president consented to appear at two noon meetings that had been arranged without his knowledge. The president later left his car and went to a hotel, where It was made known that a report circulated from Washington that the president would quit the race If he lost Ohio was unfounded. TRIAL BEGUII TODAY J. Brumfield Sues P. Franzman for $2,500. The case of James W. Brumfield versus Philip Franzman. an action for money which the plaintiff alleges Is due him from the defendant, opened this morning In the Wayne circuit court. A jury composed of Oscar Por- -terfleld. Thomas J. Addleman. William C. Turner, John Jordan. Eugene Price. II. R. Robinson and John W. Sparks, will decide the case. Brumfield Is asking for $200. Brumfield claims that be operated , the Milton mill property located at Milton, Ind., for some time and made a number of repairs on the property, which belonged to Franzman; that be entered into an oral agreement with Franzman, that if be disposed of the property, that he (Brumfield) was to receive everything above the price asked for the mill, which was $2,700. The plaintiff alleges that through his efforts Franzman was able to trade the mill property for 280 acres of Texas land. The land, be said, was valued at $7,000. Franzman paid $1,000. in addition to the mill property, for the land. He was also allowed $200 for traveling expenses. Tbe mill property being valued at $2,700. Brumfield alleges that $2,300 was due him from the defendant, which with Interest for two years he says amounts to $2,500 for which amount he is sueing. RECEIVES TELEGRAM " ANNOUNCING DEATH Mr. Frank Stephens of South Sixteenth street, received a telegram this morning of the death of his sister, Mrs. Alice Hod gin-Stephens at Pasadena, California. Mrs. Stephens died this morning at four o'clock after a lingering Illness. She was a sister of the late Professor Hod gin. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Stephens has many friends la this city and Ra&bTille, Ind.

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