Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 168, 20 May 1912 — Page 1

HONB P AJLE ADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 168. RICHMOND, INDM MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

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F JOHN FORBES WHO WIS THROWN FROM RIG VERY SEI Fire Chief Miller's Injuries Not Serious, but Fireman Brusher Received Critical Hurts. RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGE SOME MAKE Witnesses Say Truck Was Running 35 to 40 Miles an Hour, but Firemen State Rate Was 20 Miles. Reckless driving of the new auto fire truck, the curiosity of a street crowd, the unfortunate appearance of a rig Just as the truck made the turn at Eighth and North B street, and the wet surface of E street, which caused the truck to skid, are the reasons assigned today for the tragedy Saturday which caused the death of Isaac Parry and the injuring of John Forbes, driver of the rig which was demolished, Fireman John Brusher and Fire Chief Ed Miller. Forbes suffered critical injuries and is not expected to live. Brusher had his groin badly injured and Fire Chief Miller had his left shoulder badly mangled ani a rib broken. Answering a call to North Thirteenth and H streets, at 3:20 Saturday afternoon, the new truck came down Ft. Wayne avenue at a speed of shout thirty-live miles an hour. To turn oast on E street, a sharp cut across the southeast corner of the street was necessary, At this point a. crowd of perhaps thirty people gathered and rushed into the street in front of the oncoming truck. They refused to give ground when ' the. gong rang out a warning. On the other slde of tbe street John Forbes was driving In a buggy. Tried to Avoid Rig. August Fiedler, the driver, tried to turn in between the crowd and the rig at a speed estimated at twenty miles by members of the crew but said by other witnesses to have been about thirty-five miles an hour. North E street was covered with mud, caused by the street being sprinkled a short time before. The rear trucks of the machine skidded, hitting Forbes' buggy, throwing Forbes out and wrecking the vehicle. The shock caused the big machine to swing half way around facing south on E street. The machine slid east in this manner for a. short distance until a dry spot in the street gave the big wheels a grip and with a spurt it started for the sidewalk in front of the Shannon saloon. The machine climbed on to the sidewalk and hit the building a glancing blow. Isaac Parry, stepped from the doorway of the saloon just as the machine hit the edge of the sidewalk. A bartender at the saloon had his arm on Parry's shoulder when the machine swept up., Parry was struck by the front fendtfr and knocked down, and the unfortunate man was then dragged to the front of the Grubbs wholesale grocery store. His head was crushed, scattering his brains overrfhe sidewalk. ' The rear step was broken when it struck the side of the building and H. Helmich, fireman, was knocked to the sidewalk, receiving slight bruises on his legs. Homer Hammond of the board of works was standing on the north side of the step. He was caught In the wreckage of the step and held fast, unable to extricate himself until after the . machine hit the brick wall at' the Pennsylvania sation bringing the truck to a stop. Before hitting the wall the machine tore down a telephone pole at Ninth and E streets. Pols Hits Brusher. I' The pole with its burden of high power wires and a big transformer, came down across the truck. John Brusher, standing on the chemical hose basket putting on his rubber coat, received the full force of the pole when it fell. Fire Chief Miller and driver Fielder were each bruised by the pole, which fell between them After the car stopped, Fiedler climbed out and started the engine again, and with a burst of speed soon : reached the scene of the fire, a small roof blare. The machine, after the fire was put out, returned to the scene of the tragedr- At the fire. Chief Miller became deatMy ill, and was taken home in an automobile. Carl Wadman of the crew alone escaped inlury. He Ftood at the left of Fire Chief Miller on tbe left front step. His escape from death Vas miraculous. Not until the truck returned to the scene of the wreck did Fiedler and other members of the truck crew learn of the destruction and death meted out by the machine. John Brusher, fireman, was sitting on the curb in agony. Parry, a lifeless, headless mass, was laying on the sidewalk, and Forbes was groaning on the sidewalk. After (Continued on Page Eight)

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RAILWAY OFFICERS VISITED THE CITY Four Prominent P. R. R. Officials Inspect New Double Tracking Work. A number of officials of the P., C, C. & St. L. Railroad company, were in this city Saturday afternoon. Nothing of any general interest in connection withe the Richmond division was discussed. Vice Presidents Joseph Woods, J. J. Turner and R. E. McCarthy, general superintendent of the Columbus division of the Pennsylvania road, accompanied by J. P. Hughgart, general manager of the G. R. & I arrived in this city Saturday after a trip over the G. R. & I Vice President Turner in company with officials of the Richmond division went to Knightstown to inspect the double tracking work between this city and Knightstown. Mr. Hughgart later returned to Grand Rapids. The two vice presidents of the Pennsylvania returned 10 Pittsburg early Sunday morning. Mr. Turner was formerly connected with the Richmond division, having been at the head of the local division of the road about forty years ago. While in the city he called on a number of friends, visiting John F. Miller, and others. COFFIN RECEIVER FOR LAYCOCK CO. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 20. Judge Carter in the Superior court this morning appointed Charles G. Coffin as receiver for the C. B. Laycock Manufacturing company. The assets are $1,066,600. The liabilities are $350,000. This action was taken with the consent of the company's officers ua the best way out of a temporary embarrassment. . - WILSON A GRAFTER? Representative Akin Wants Information. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 20. Represen taiive Akin of New York today introduced a resolution in the house demanding that Secretary Wilson furnish information regarding the employment of his son, Jasper Wilson, by a Colo rado irrigation company. Jasper Wilson for many years was private secretary to the secretary of agriculture. The resolution directs the secretary of agriculture to report to the house the name of the irrigation company in Colorado with which his son Jasper Wilson is now connected at an annual salary reported to be $10,000. Akin also demands all the correspondence re garding the appointment of young Wilson showing or tending to show that Jasper Wilson, George B. McCabe. so licitor and A. Zaponne, chief disburs ing Clerk, were in coluusion to bring about the appointment of Jasper Wilson to his present position, and whether the deparment of agriculture is extending special favors to this Colorado irrigation company. YOUNG FOREIGNER IS SLOWLY DYING M. Gallichio Still Held at the County Jail Waiting Action of U. S. Dept. The condition of Michele Gallichio, a young Italian who came to this country March 8 to make a fortune, and who is now confined to the county jail suffering from pemphigus vulgaris, a deadly skin disease, is apparently worse today. Sheriff Steen has received no notice from the immigration inspectors of the department of Commerce and Labor as to what disposition to make of the case. Thomas Thomas, the immigrant inspector who arrested the Italian at Dublin last week, stated at the time that in all probability arrangements would be made immediately to deport Gallichio. By this time Gallichio knows that the days remaining for him to live are few. The young foreigner's case is extremely pitiful. He was informed as soon as he was placed in the county institution of the seriousness of his disease and since that time he has slept little. He stated that he came to this country to earn enough money to pay for the passage of a number of his relatives and that shortly after his arrival here he developed the disease, which is not contagious but which in a brief time claims the life of its victim.

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Mme. Marcelle Netravll, of Nice, - France, photographed as she appeared in New York with her baby boys "Lolo" and "Lump" with whom their father had run away from Mme. Netravil and was coming to America on the Titanic. The father went down with the ship, but the boys were rescued and brought to New York by Miss Margaret Hays, a wealthy New Yorker, who would have adopted them. But their mother heard of the rescue of the boys and immediately sailed for New York to claim them.

COLONEL WINDING UP Throat Rested, He Speaks at Marietta, O., to Five Thousand People. (National News Association) . MARIETTA, 0. May 20: Wih his voice greatly improved Col. Roosevelt started out on the windup of his Ohio campaign with a speech here today. The ex-president was greatly benefited by his Sunday rest at the home of James A, Garfield, his former secretary of interior. A physician sprayed his throat at intervals during the day until the huskiness which gave the Colonel so much annoyance Saturday was almost entirely relieved. Col. Roosevelt spoke to 6,000 people in the public square here, urging the farmers to get out and vote for him tomorrow. FIND MURDERED MAN Body Was Floating in the San Pedro, Calf., Bay. (National News Association) . LOS ANGELKS, Cal., May 20. The body of a man with a piece of iron tied to his arm floated the surface in San Pedro harbor and was recovered by a fisherman. Today the police are seeking to solve the. second murder mystery of the last few weeks, while the first is still a puztsle. I4 That the man had been murdered is evident. The hands were . tied . together with a rope, attached to which was a heavy piece of iron. One arm was broken, the skull fractured, the police say, by blows from a club or iron bar and the limbs were bruised, indicating a terrific death struggle with his assailants. . . .The appearance of the , body would Indicate the man was 45 or 50 years ' old, although the police say the effects of the water might have given the appearance of age. The body is thought to hnve been in the water three weeks or a toe-nth. The only mark of' "identificaUon found on the body was a gold ring. On the inside of this ring, an inscription has almost been entirely worn-away, but the police were able to decipheinitials which they claim to be "E. R." A copy of a Christian Science paper of date April 1, was found in a coat pocket. - . The clothing was of broadcloth. -The proprietor of the American hotel at San Pedro declared last night that Bernard Rein, after declaring he was going to San Francisco, and after having displayed a big roll of money, disappeared from his hotel on May 1 and has not been seen since. I-em'sJ baggage is still at the hot eL . The proprietor declares Rein's description In many particulars fits that of the body found. Rein came to Los Angeles a few weeks ago from Detroit, Michigan., t6 accept employment with the Earl Automobile Works. No trace of Rein at his Los Angeles address could be found early today.

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CUPID IS HAVING AN UPHILL FIGHT Trying to Tie Heart Strings as Fast as Divorces Are Being Granted. Little Dan Cupid, in his work of tieing knots in heart strings, is having a difficult time in keeping pace with the divorce evil in Wayne county. No difference how fast he works the number of divorce petitions and hearings either excee(J or equal the number of applications for marriage. Today three marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk, while two divorces were granted and a rule to answer against the prosecutor recorded in another. Judge Fox is kept busy marrying happy, bashful and blushing couples and severing knots binding apparently ill-mated pairs. Ethel Mae Abbott was granted a divorce from Paul H. Abbott in the Wayne circuit court this morning. The grounds upon which the divorce was secured was abandonment. The defendant defaulted appearance, it being stated that he was in the far west probably in Reno. On the charge of adultery and abandonment, Sherman Traylor was given a decree from Fannie Traylor. The plaintiff alleged that his wife lived with him but three or four months, when he learned that she had intimate relations with other men. They quarreled. She left him and went to Kentucky, the plaintiff alleged. In the case of Nora M. Caldwell versus Ora F. Caldwell, suit for divorce, a rule to answer against the prosecuting attorney was taken. KNOCKEltOFF WHEEL BY AN AUTOMOBILE While riding a bicycle, south on Twelfth street yesterday morning, Samuel Berry, South Twelfth street, was run down by an automobile, driver unknown, at the Main street intersection and was knocked from his wheel and painfully injured. Berry suffered no broken bones, but was rendered unconscious. H was taken to his hime, where he is confined. His attending physician states that he is not seriously injured. PRESIDENT TO SERVE SIX YEARS, MAYBE (Jjftlonal News Association) WASHINGTON. May 20 The senate committee on judiciary today authorized a favorable report upon the resolution offered by Senator Works of California providing for an amendment- to the constitution fixing the term of office for the president for six years and making the incumbent ineligible for re-election. UNDERWOOD VICTOR IN NORTH CAROLINA fNattonal Nw Association) RALEIGH, N. C, May 20. Returns from Saturday's preferential primaries in thirty counties gives Underwood a good majority over Wilson. Politicians said today that North Carolina which was believed to be for Wilson would send an uninstructed delegation to the Baltimore convention.

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COATING FOR BLONDE BOSS Majority of Senate Lorimer Investigating Committee Reports the Illinois Solon Is Guiltless. JOB NOT PURCHASED . MAJORITY DECIDES Minority of Members of the Committee Are to Submit a Report to the Senate in Near Future. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. May 20. Senator William P. Dillingham, as chairman of the senate committee which conducted the second investigation into the charges of corruption in connection with the election of Senator William Lorimer of Illinois, today filed in the senate a report of that committee. The verdict of the committee is in favor of Senator Lorimer and holds that his election was not procured by Illegal and improper means. This report is concurred in by five of the eighth members of the investigating committee, Senator Dillingham. Senator Gamble and Senator Jones. Republicans, and Senator Fletcher and Senator Johnston of Alabama, Democrats. The minority members of the committee, Senator Kenyon, Republican, and Senator Kern and Senator Lee, Democrats, will submit the minority views and a resolution declaring that Senator Lorimer was not legally elected, that his election was procured by fraud and corruption and that he is not entitled to his seat. Res Adjudicata Plea. The committee upholds the plea of res adjudicata, which is in effect that the case, having once been decided by the Senate, cannot again be brought into issue upon the same evidence. In this connection it is strongly pointed out that the claim of newly discovered evidence was not substantiated. In brief the basis of this newly discovered evidence was the allegation of Clarence W. Funk, general manager of the International Harvester company, that Edward Hines, friend and backer of Senator Lorimer, had told him that $100,000 had been expended in "putting Lorimer over," and had told him that he (Hines) had personally contributed $10,000 toward such fund. The report sustains the plea of res adjudicata, but in the event that the senate should decline to accept it, the .committee submits its conclusion up on the evidence and finds in favor of Lorimer. The report says in this regard: "It is charged that Lorimer was elected corruptly. This is the issue. Is this charge true or is it false? If true he should be denied a Beat in this body; if not true we should so declare. We have heard the evidence under oath; we have seen the witnesses as they testified; they have been fully cross examined; their evidence has been carefully weighed; every suggestion of possible proof has been followed; and nothing has been left undone to ascertain the truth of the charges against Mr. Lorimer. No Fraud Evidence. "There is absolutely no evidence in all the testimony submitted Intimating, suggesting or charging that William Lorimer was personally guilty of any such corrupt pracices or that he authorized to employ corrupt practices in his election. "We are convinced that no vote was secured for him by bribery; that whatever money White, Beckemeyer, Link, Holstla or any other persons received was not paid to him or them by anyone on Mr. Lorimer's behalf or in consideration of or to secure such vote or votes for him; that neither Edward Hines, nor anyone else raised or contributed to a fund to be used to secure his election; that his election was the logical result of existing political conditions in the state of Illinois and was free from any corrupt practices and therefore we must find, and we do find, that William Lorimer's election was not brought about or influenced by corrupt methods and practices. FLOOD STILL RAGES New Break in Levee at Melville, La., Serious. (National News Aseoctatlon) NEW ORLEANS, May . 20. There was a change for the worse in the Louisiana flood situation today when aiew break in the levee at Melville, allowing millions of gallons of water to pour into that already inundated towns. .Hundreds of persons who hid remained In the town in defiance of warnings to flee took flight after the break. A fleet of rescue boats was rushed to Melville to take away the refugees. The latest break Is the third in the levee near Melville. It is 800 feet wide and the full force of the river is plunging through the hole into the plantations surrounding the town. Eight thousand people in the town and surrounding country were placed in peril by the fresh disaster to the dyke.

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AT JOYRIDERS PLOKGE III CALUMET RIVER Six Persons Were in the Car, and Owner Believed to Be W. O. Cannon. (National News Association) CHICAGO. May 20. The automobile that plunged into the Calumet river today was broken to pieces and part of it dragged out of the river today. It bore the number "Illinois No." 5." This auto belonged to W. O. Cannon of Danville. It is not known whether any members of the Cannon family were In the party. CHICAGO. May 20. Six persons. three men and three women, passeng ers in a big black touring car that tore along at a rate of 30 miles an hour were carried to death in the Calumet river at 92nd street early today when the driver failed to heed danger signals and warning cries from police at the bridge, and plunged through an open draw. Although the screams of the autoists were heard by the crew of two fireboats, the lilinos and Yoesemite, standing close by and boats were put out at once only one body, that of a woman, was recovered. Later police boats were summoned and grappling for the other bodies began. It is the belief they arc pinned beneath the heavy car. That the six persons who list their lives may be Indianians who were on their way home after an evening in Chicago, is the belief of the police. Laughed At Police. The car was running Boutn at the time the accident occurred. It was coming at a speed of at least thirty miles an hour, the police say, when they first sighted it. The party in the car were laughing and singing. The draw was open when the car came In sight and a big red danger signal blazed directly in its path. The driver paid no heed and did not check the speed with which he approached the bridge. Seeing this the police tried to save the automobile party. They rushed towards the car shouting at the top of their voices. The driv-er paid no heed, although the occupants laughed and shouted and the police believe the autoists thought they were in danger of arrest and were jeering at the police who were trying to stop them. The police believe the chauffeur put on more speed in order to escape and drove straight at the bridge without looking to see whether the draw was open. A police at the bridge entrance instantly stretched a heavy chain across tbe pathway of the car in a last effort to stop the machine. The car struck it, snapped it as though it had been thread and then plunged over the brink into the river. When the machine leaped out over the river, its occupants for the first time seemed to realize their danger. Their laughter changed to screams. The police and members of the fire tug crews think that the young woman whose body was recovered, jumped from her place as the car plunged downward. She struggled in the water for a few moments but could make no fight against the current and went down-before the boats hastily launched could reach her. No mark on her clothing gave ny hint as to her identity. She was richly dressed and appeared to be about 25 years old. William Ropham, fireman on board one of the fire tugs, was an eye witness to the affair. He corroborated the police's statement that there were six persons in the car. COUNTY COUNCIL MET Saturday and Appropriated Over $22,000. Appropriations to the amount of 122,501.59 were made by the county council at its meeting late Saturday afternoon. In addition to appropriations for the expenses of various county offices and the cost of the construc tion of bridges in different sections of the county, the council appropriated 13,000 for the construction of a reservoir to be built at the county infirmary. , The following Is a list of the appropriations made: Clerk's office expenses $400; County Superintendent's office expense $100; Board of Health office expense $25; L. P. Meredith, attending board of review, $260; Albert B. Steen. attending board of review, $120; court house repairs. $500; reservoir at infirmary, $3,000; viewing highways (damages) $250; epilepsy cases, $100 ; Congressional school fund $641.59; Mettert Bridge (Jefferson township), $785; Thorn burg bridge, (Jefferson township), $2,600; Salisbury road bridge. $450; Swayne bridge (Perry township). $4,200; Oliver Scantland bridge, $900; General bridge repairs. $1,640; special judge. $200; Wasson Ford bridge, $2400; county surveyor's office expense. $25; Bailey bridge (New. Garden township), $150; 'Court house roof repairs $500; Wolke bridge, $400; and piling for Davis bridge $260. The council will hold its second meeting next Saturday afternoon. It is called for 1:30 o'clock.

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GREETS TAFT

A ATTACKED COLONEL EOF A BRIEF ADDRESS Chief Executive Cordially' Received and His Three Hundred Auditors Were Good Listeners. SORRY RICHMOND IS A ROOSEVELT TOWN Mr. Taft Wore His Proverb", ial Smile and Was Extremely Sarcastic in Speaking of His Opponent. Coming Into Indiana only as a convenient means of making the Journey from Eaton. O., to Greenville, President Taft this morning was greeted at the Pennsylvania station by a crowd . of three hundred persons who were apparently much gratified at not only catching a good glimpse of the executive, but also of listening to a seven minute speech. President Taft spoke at I o'clock this morning at Eaton and his special reached Richmond a little before 11 o'clock, and was transferred to the Columbus division and sent on to Greenville. s The crowd that had assembled here was necessarily small for there had been no definite information beforehand as to the exact time of the arrival of the train and the impression prevailed that there would be no time here for an exchange of greetings. The president's car was kept In the east yards while the other coaches of his train were first run into the sta-1 tlon. but after a wait of five minutes the executive's car was backed down into the sheds and the President himself, with golfing cap on his head and drawn well down over his eyes, was on the platform. The crowd drew up about the platform in respectful attention and with only a hand-clapping demonstration as the car stopped. His Proverbial Smile. Pr.oMotit Tift with ttla nrnvorhial smole doffed his cap and showed his willingness to talk to Ricbmondites even though, as he himself said, they had not given him their approval when it came to selecting delegates to the national convention. The president also took occasion to thank Indiana while on Indiana soil for its part played In the struggle for Republican delegates to the NaUonal conven tlon and he said that if Ohio tomorrow should do as well as Indiana already has done. It would be pleasant indeed. . The president found a good opening to land an "upper cut" on William Dudley Foulke. referring to him as "fanatical and wild." but he pursued this topic no further, and devoted the entire remainder. of his speech to an effort to show that Colonel Roosevelt s nomination and election would be a dangerous proceeding. As the train pulled out Charles Stivers, editor of the Liberty Herald and former proprietor of the defunct Richmond Times, shouted to the President that Indiana was for him. The President said: "Ladies and Gentlemen of Richmond and Indiana: I consider It extremely fortunate to meet and greet you today and thank you for your cordial reception, i -I am not hunting in Indiana preserves today. "I am not going to deliver a political address, but I will say that if Ohio, my home state, does as well by me as Indiana has done I will not have one word of complaint, I think, possibly, that I might improve on the rota in Richmond and Wayne county, perhaps. If you would try It over again. Yon might do better. Dislikes His Task. "I am sorry to be obliged to come out as president of the United States and engage in. personalities with an ex-president. I refused to be drawn Into a personal , encounter with Mr. Roosevelt at first, and for a month and a half I prayed that I might be spared the necessity of so doing. T am opposed to the character of the campaign which Theodore Roosevelt as carrying on and rather than help that cause by keeping silent came out to enter the campaign against him. I am opposed to Tehodore Roosevelt upon three grounds. First, because of (Continued on Pago fight) THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair and continued warm. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Showers tonight and Tuesday. Maximum temperature, 80 at noon, Monday. Minimum temperature, 62 at 5 a. nx. Monday. ; Temperature at 11:30, 80. Barometer, 30.L Direction and velocity of wind. Souh-west. 5 miles per hour.

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