Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 180, 3 June 1912 — Page 1

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nn 7J B PAIXAJDIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 180. RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 3, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

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TIGHT PLACE Senator Holds Balance of Power at State Convention and Fears to Take Sides . in the Fight. (NEITHER SIDE TO GRANT COMPROMISE burton Spent Today Holding Conferences Trying to Arrange a Compromise, but Meets Failure. (National News Association) Columbus, O., June 3. National politics today turned to the Ohio Republican convention which went into session here with a program entailing the selection of six delegates-at-large to, the Chicago convention, the election of party officials, the nomination of a complete state ticket and the drafting of a general platform of principles. As the delegates gathered for their preliminary district meetings prior to the opening of the convention this evening, interest centered upon a series of conferences between the Taft and Roosevelt supporters, and Senator Theodore Burton, who, representing the uninstructed delegates of Cuyahoga county, held the balance of power between the warring factions and who, admittedly, was in a position to throw the "big six" delegation either to the administration forcesor to the fighting colonel df Oyster Bay. Senator Burton closeted himself this morning first with C. D. Hilles, secretary of the president, and then with " Walter F. Brown, manager of . the Roosevelt campaign. While these conferences were held behind closed 'doors it was known from authoritive 'sources , that Mr Burton was trying to effect a compromise between the two factions which would equally divide the six , delegates-at-large ' between Taft and Roosevelt. Neither Mr. Hilles or Mr. Brown will accept a compromise and declared it was to be a war to the bitter end. Burton, desirous of avoiding a bitter factional feud, .in which he would become the object of attack by the triumph of one faction or the other,, was still endeavoring at noon to bring the Taft and Roosevelt forces together. - Both Claim Victory. Roosevelt men at noon were claiming 420 of the delegates while the Taft managers claimed 406 with 378 necessary to control. There was strong reason to believe however, that neither side was certain, and all eyes were turned to Burton. It was known that Senator Burton was fighting desperajftryfor the Taft faction, which hgfcas repeatedly commended In thaSighest terms of praise. The Rojpvelt strength at the Ohio primary and the aggressive attitude cf the colonel's supporters at the convention overawed the senator and he was not willing to lay his political future upon the alter of sacrifice for one faction or the other. It thus became " the fight of one man against two warring factions, each with the slogan of "no compromise," who were endeavoring to force him to decide in favor of one faction or the other with the United States senatorship as the etake. The delegates were divided today s to whethera state ticket should be named at this ticket or that action be .postponed , until after the national convention. The Roosevelt forces are "behind D. F. Anderson of Youngstown for governor, while the Taft men are .supporting the candidacy . of State Representative Lawrence Langdon, of Lebanon. QUARTERS OBTAINED For All State Sunday School Convention Delegates. I From present indications Richmond Js to maintain her reputation for hospitality during the State Sunday school convention in this city which 9s to be held tha latter part of this jnonth. .More than 1,000 delegates, coming fro mall sections of the state, are expected to attend the convention find the committee in charge of the big meeting here have succeeded In taking arrangements -whereby all ofi the delegates will be provided with weeping quarters in the various himes throughout the city. , Members of the entertainment committee are more than pleaded fcy the way the niembrs of the various congregations in the city have responded to their request to furnish quarters for the delegates The sessions of the convention are 'o ne aeia - ai in c-abi. aiaiu street Jrienda' church. Committee neetings be held at the First Methodist JCplscoav church and the ReM Memo"ial chur. Tbe convention is to be

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Leading financial experts In New York have been quietly and carefully estimating the full wealth of the Oil King, and have figured that John D. Rockefeller today is worth nine hundred million dollars.

RUBS TWO MATCHES! GIRL MEETS DEATH Miss Glenna Potterf, Near Eaton, Cremated at Home Sunday Afternoon. (Palladium Special) Eaton, Ohio, June 3. Miss Glenna Potterf, aged twenty-two, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potterf living four miles southwest of this place, was burned to death yesterday afternoon at her home. Miss Potterf and her sister "were alone in their home. While sittjng in the dining room, conversing after' the noon-day meal, Miss Potterf was holding two matches in her hands and thoughtlessly rubbed the heads of the matches together, the friction causing them to ignite. One of the matches dropped upon the girl's lap and ignited). The flimsy outer garment was soon blazing and the girl's body was envel-1 oped in flames. Crazed from fright, the girl stood motionless while the fierce blazes scorched her body. In an attempt to extinguish theblaze the girl's sister was fearfully burned, although it is believed that she is not seriously hurt. Miss Glenna Potterf died within a short time. There was a current report in the neighborhood in which the Potterfs live that the girl had committed suicide. However, Dr. J. C. Rider, who was called to the home soon after the accident by the distracted sister, stated that he found no evidences which would substantiate in any manner the report. He declared that such a report was without foundation, although it was known that the unfortunate girl had been in ill health for some time. The victim of the accident was well known among the younger people of this vicinity. Her father is a wealthy farmer. SCORES THE PAPERS Rev Parker Thinks They Are Too Sensational. In a sermon last evening at the Fi-8t M. E. church, the Rev. B. Earle Pjrker, pastor, urged the members of this congregation and others to devote more of their time to the reading of ?ood literature. Although he declared that he read the papers daily said that the news paper is indespensible, and that Henry George and other great literary writers have arisen from the journalistic profession the Rev. Parker scored the columns of the daily press -which are devoted to murders, suicides and j divorces. The career of Henry George from J the period he was a reporter on the San Francisco papers up to the time when he wrote on the single tax question was traced by the Rev. Parker in his sermon. He said that Mr. George had done a great deal for the poorer classes of the country by the promul gation of his theories on the single tax question. The Rev. Parker also spoke of George's "Progress and Pov erty." The Rev. Parker declared that more can be gained through the reading of good literature, than through any other course. THE WEATHER STATE Generally fair tonight and slightly warmer, v LOCAL Fair and slightly warmer tonijhtJTueadajr fair and oopi,

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EVERYTHING READY FOR THE CEREMONY Of Laying the Corner Stone of the New St. Andrew's School Building. The corner stone of the new school building which is being erected by the St. Andrews Catholic church will be laid on Wednesday, June 5. This date has been selected because it is the day .set apart for the honoring of St. Boniface, the apostle of Germany. The German citizens - of the - larger cities . have united to celebrate this day. " The corner stone ceremonies Wednesday will begin at 8 o'clock with a Levitical high mass. This mass will be celebrated by Rev. Father Roell, assisted by the Rev. Fathers E. J. Bauer, J. Hammil of Terre Haute, W. Duffey of Indianapolis, and J. C. Rager of Napoleon, Indiana. The principal address at the mass will be delivered by Father Rager, who was graduated from the school. The bishop could not be here on account of other business, so Father Roell was delegated to perform the ceremony. He will also give the address at the school. The music 'will be furnished by the choir and the children under the direction of Prof. J. M. Richter. (in the corner stone will be placed copies of the Palladium, the Columbian Record, the Indiana Catholic, and the Glaubensbotte, together with the names of the contributors and documents setting forth the time of erection and the history of the congregation. ) After the laying of the corner stone the crowd will repair to Beallvlew park, where a "Volksfest" will be held for the remainder of the day. Meals will be served and various other amusements have been secured to make the day enjoyable. The school building will contain two dining rooms, two play rooms, a kitchen, rest room, a library, eight class rooms, a music room, a chemistry and physics laboratory, some committee rooms, and an auditorium that will seat eight hundred and fifty.) The building will be of gray Impervious brick. The building will be practically fireproof! Over the main entrance will be the inscription "Knowledge, Religion and Virtue." In the main gable will be a statue of a Guardian Angel. An art glass window, a gift of the St. John Berch man's Boys' society, will be placed in the auditorium. The work on the building is progressing rapidly and plans are being made to dedicate it on September 1. On this occasion the Right Rev. Bishop Chartrand will have charge of the ceremonies. (The old building-will be remodeled and used as club rooms for the various societies. The Y. M. I. will have ithe upper floor for their club rooms. The lower .floor will be used as meeting rooms for the various societies, the men and the women having separate apartments. BANKER COULTER'S WIFE IS UNHAPPY (National News Association) Indianapolis, June 3. Alimony of $35,000 is demanded by Mrs. Pearl A. Coulter, wife of John F. Coulter, who until last December was president of the state exchange , bank, in a wuft for divorce filed today. She also asks $1.00d a year for the support of their daughter, aged fourteen. Also she demands the custody. Mrs. Coulter says in her petition that her banker-husband choked her and struck her. She describes his treatment as "most cruel and inhuman.- Threats to kill ber marie her married life a constant terra?, alleges, iltt. Cyufr .

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A MECCA FOR Headquarters of Contending Factions Were Opened There Today and the Cruel War Is Raging. PLAN TO DISMANTLE THE STEAM ROLLER Roosevelt Forces Will Attempt to Throw a Monkey Wrench Into It. A Big Fight Wednesday. (National News Association) CHICAGO, June 3. Ready for the struggle for the nomination of a candidate for president on the Republican ticket politicians gathered here today. Forces representing President Taft and Col. Roosevelt, who will guide the fight for the two factions in the contest to be waged over delegates, are on the ground. Headquarters of both factions are open, and fighting touches have been put on the plans for the struggle, opening Thursday before the national committee. Congressman William B. McKinley of Illinois, the Taft campaign manager and Senator Joseph M. Dixon, the Roosevelt manager, arrived-in Chicago today. Both came on the same train. Ormsby McHarg, pilot of the steam roller for Taft four years ago, is on the ground ready to make the same fight, this time on the Roosevelt side. Former Senator Charles Dick of Ohio, who will help McKinley in the struggle for delegates, also arrived today. The fight, as begun by the Colonel's forces has many new angles. Members of the National committee are hurrying to Chicago and will all be here Wednesday when the first unprecedented move, that of trying to unseat five of their number to place five-. Roosevelt men In: their :, places, gets under way .., - ..t. . - TO "JIM" THE ROLLER. CHICAGO, June 3.-An effort to put Into execution Col. Roosevelt's plan to throw a monkey wrench into the workings of President Taft's steam-roller was made known today. Roosevelt desires to break the hold of the president on the national committee. Taft forces claim a majority of five of the men who have the say in seating contested delegates. The colonel has newly elected members who would, if they were seated, give him the upper hand. The first of these, R. B. Howell of Nebraska, armed with a gold sealed certificate of election from the secretary of state of Nebraska, is on his way and has started the contest. Howell has demanded the seat of Victor Rosewater acting chairman of the committee. To Take Precedence. The fight to get control of the national committee will take precedence over all the fights. It will start as soon as the committee gathers for its first meeting and preliminary skirmishing is already under way. Howell, the first of the contestants on the ground, asserts that he is and has been the national committeeman from Nebraska and that Rosewater is only a hold-over. Howell says he became committeeman on May 17, the day that he qualified under the Nebraska law. Heretofore the national committeemen have held ofHce until after the national convention. Chairman Harry S. New of the subcommittee on arrangements, says that the rule will be applied this year. Howell asserts that the committee has already adopted a rule to recognize the statutes of the various states as authoritative and that under these statutes he is entitled to his seat. "There is no question but that I am under the laws of the state, the only man entitled to act as a national committeeman from Nebraska, he said. "I am not making an application for permission to sit at this time for personal reasons. As I am the first and only committeeman from Nebraska recognized by the laws of the state, and elected by a majority of the voters of the Republican party I believe that, I would not be doing my full duty unless I filed my credentials at this time." ASKS TO PROSECUTE ' AS A POOR PERSON Alleging that he accused her of being intomate with other men, called her vile names, locked her out of tbe house ' on more than ode occasion, threatened her with violence and Inflicted violence upon her, Ethel A. Cooper today filed suit for divorce In the Wayne circuit court against Chaa. L. Cooper. The complainant states that they were married September 29. 1910 and separated In January. 1912. With the complaint the plaintiff filed an affidavit and motion to be permitted to prosecute the case as a poor person, stating' that she had no means and no way to secure money with which to prowcute the action. The defend nt. be a Ilea, is in

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TWO HOUSES ARE GUTTED By A BLAZE

Homes of Bert Cook and L. M. Jones, Just Outside City Limits, Destroyed Sunday Afternoon. CITY FIREMAN HAD A DIFFICULT TASK Had to Stretch Hose Long Distance and Tear Down Two Fences to Get Streams on the Houses. A fire starting on the roof of the Bert Cook home, one-quarter of a mile northwest of the city yesterday noon, caused a loss of about $2,500 to that residence, burning it to the ground. The flames also communicated to the L. M. Jones home, east of the Cook home, and burned it nearly to the ground, causing a loss of about $2,000. Mr. Cook carried $1,800 insurance and Jones $2,600. The alarm was turned in at 11:30 by a neighbor who saw flames coming from around a chimney on the roof of the Cook home. Mr. and Mrs. Cook and daughter were at church at that time. The No. 1, 2 and 5 fire departments responded, but could not get their hose laid to the fire in time to save the buildings. It was necessary to connect the hose with a hydrant 1,500 feet away and then call for additional pressure before the stream could be thrown in the buildings. By this time the Jones home was afire; the stiff west wind aiding the flames. Both homes were large frame buildings. A number of young men living in Fairview, who were playing ball nearby responded to the alarm and with the help of the firemen saved practically all the furnishings of the Jones home, but very few could be taken from the Cook home because of the intense heat: 7, " The firemen were handicapped in their work by the start the Are had secured, the lack of sufficient pressure on the water line, and the stiff wind. They had to cut down two fences before they could get the line of hose stretched to .the scene of the fire. When it was seen that the Cook home could not be saved, the firemen threw streams on the Jones "home and three other homes nearby. The Jones home caught fire, however, and was gutted by the flames, the shell of the framework being all that remains. The loss of .household furnishings, which were burned will amount to several hundred dollars, in each home. Several of the firemen and volunteer firemen were -slightly burned from attempts to enter the buildings at the time of the fire. A LOCALMOIIUMEIIT Of Burnham's Work Is the Local P. R. R. Station. Daniel Hudson Burnham, the noted architect, who died suddenly last Sat urday, at Heidelberg, Germany, drew tne pians ior tne passenger station or the Pennsylvania railroad company In this city. The local passenger station is conceded to be one of the best designed and constructed buildings In the city and a much better structure in every way than a number of the stations of the company on the lines west of Pittsburg. Mr. Burnham was fairly well known in this city, having visited Richmond a number of times in the preparation of his plans for the depot and during the course of its construction. Mr. Burnham 'was making an automobile tour of France, Germany and Italy. Mrs. Burnham and a son and a daughter accompanied him to Europe. He had an international reputation and had designed buildings in many of the largest cities of this country. He drew the plans for the World's Fair at Chicago, in 1S93. He has drawn plans for the beautificatlon of a number of cities. Among the buildings planned by Mr. Burnham were the Flatiron building. New York; the Union Station, Washington: the Mills building. San Francisco; the Land TiUe building. Philadelphia; the Marshall Field building. Chicago, and many more in other cities. Mr. Burnham was chairman of the national commission for beautifying Washington, and a member of the beautification boards of Cleveland, Pittsburg and San Francisco, A CARRIER IMPORTED Charles R. Stoddard of Sommerset, Pa., arrived In this city today and will work as city mall carrier. No. 8, starting tomorrow. He was formerly a clerk at the Sommerset office, but traded places with Joe Trieber of this I city, m ho goe tn Sommenet as mail !rlrk. Tri-Vxr Jrt last Thursday for hi newjwsJtionj.

WATER CONTRACT-PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO BOARD TODAY

Proposal, as Prepared 6y City Attorney A. M. Gardner, Assisted by Attorneys Henry U. Johnson and Wilfred Jessup, Embodies Features the City Will Insist on Being Included in Contract.

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Proposal Provides City with Authority to Purchase the Plant, an Additional Main into the City, Maximum Rate, No Meter Rental and Improved Firet Precautions. Result of Months of Work.

After several months of work on the city's water works contract pro. posal. City Attorney Gardner and special attorneys Wilfred Jessup and Henry U. Johnson have completed 'it and it was submitted to the board of public works this morning, but owing to the absence of City Engineer Fred Charles, consideration of the proposal, which Incorporates all the features the city will demand In the new contract, was postponed until tomorrow afternoon. The principal features of the contract proposal is a section providing a plan for the purchase of the water works by the city, a section requiring two water mains from the pumping station to the city, a section requiring free use of meters by consumers, etc. The question of water rates is not referred to other than the establishing of a maximum rate, which is not fixed, and which will be written into the contract by the successful bidder. In the event the contract proposal is satisfactory to the board bids- will be promptly advertised for, and it is stated the Richmond City Waterworks company and E. M. Campfield will submit bids. Tbe following is an outline of the contract proposal. Only a summary of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4. 5. 6. 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13, 14. 15, 16. 17 and 19 are given. Sections 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, are given in their entirety: Proposal 8ummary. Section ' 1. Grants company the right to the use of street for mains, etc., Tor a tenn of'yearg to be determined." . - Section 2. Specifies that pipes, mains, etc., shall be laid at a depth of five feet. Section 3. City reserves the right to remove anything connected with the company's system in the way of public Improvements at the company's expense. Section 4. Company required to repair all streets, alleys, etc., where mains, etc., are laid, -at its own expense. Section 5. Sewers, drains, conduits or other public works may not be disturbed by the company withoue consent of city, persons or corporations affected. , . Section 6. City shall be held harmless of liability for any work done by the company in the streets, etc. , Section 7. Company shall give 24 hours notice to the city engineer of any excavations, etc., and In cases of emergency shall give immediate notice to the police department. Section 8. No excavations, etc., shall be made by the company at one time to exceed two squares, unless consent of city is given. Section 9. Upon application of a certain number of property owners or house occupants, the number not speclfled, for each 100 feet, extension of mains or pipes shall be made for that j djgtance Section 10. Any and all . citizens living along a water main has the right to Up it Section 11. The company shall supply pure, wholesome water with a pressure of 70 pounds per square inch at Eighth and Main streets. Section 12. All mains shall be of standard quality and subject to hydraulic pressure of 300 pounds per square inch. Section 13. Under this section a maximum rate is provided, and the bidder shalt insert proposal of rate both on a meter basis and on a flat rate basis. It further provides that meter shall be furnished consumers without charge and that no meter rental shall be charged. The city reserve the right to Inspect all meter. Section 14. Whenever the company except through unavoidable accident, shall fail to supply water for a perlol of two days, . the company shall forfeit Its contract. Section 15. The water furnished shall meet the health requirement of the state board of health. " w Ing of a reservoir of the capacity of the present reservoir. A fire gong Is to be established at the pumping station and additional pressure shall be furnished on demand of the fire chief up to 110 pounds per square Inch to any fire hydrant. Section 17. Provide for standard stream from fire hydrants and provide for test under tbe direction of the fire chief. Section IS. Said company shall construct and maintain a water work plant equal to that now maintained by the Richmond City Water Work, or become -the owner of the plant of the Richmond City Water Works, and In addition thereto, shall rontruct and maintain exTnatnn and beteriiPtl to said plant- as e forth fjad

BOARD ON TUESDAY

recommended in report of Dabney H. Maury, consulting engineer, in his report to the Board of Public Works of said city as appears on pages eight to sixteen of said report under the heading "Recommendations for Betterments" which part of said report ta hereby referred to and made a part hereof. ' That said additional twenty-inch main from the pumping station to the city, and the sixteen Inch main from the pumping station to the city, and the sixteen tnch main from 23rd street to South 8eventh and "B" streets, a recommended in said report, shall be constructed within one year from the date this contract is rati led by the Common Council of said city of Richmond, and all other betterments and extensions so recommended shall be made substantially as so recommended within years from' the date this contract Is so ratlled. ' Section 19. The said company shall erect, maintain and keep In repair aa electric telegraphic or telephonic line of communication between their pump house and a central station In the city of Richmond, to be hereafter designated by the Common Council Section 20. Said company shall maintain upon Its lines of piping, three hundredand twenty-two lire hydrants located substantially as lire hydrants are now located upon the line of the Richmond City Water Works,, or at such other points as shall be designated by said city; provided; J that. In case of the change of tbe location of any of said hydrants after sane have been' Installed' the expense of such chang snail be paid by the city. Whenever said city shall deem It necessary for better fire protection in said city to establish additional fire hydrants on the then existing lines of said company, the said company shall set the same at the point designated by said city, and shall charge said city only the cost of the hydrants, anfi cost of labor and materials furnished, and shall ever after supply said additional hydrants .with water for fire protection free of costs to said city. Said company shall furnish to the city free of cost, all water necessary for the cleaning of the streets; supply all carts owned by the city for sprinkling the avenues of the parks, and for sprinkling of the . street under process of improvement by tbe city; supply all water required for sprinkling flowers in the parks; 'supply hose houses all the water necessary for their legitimate use, and all water necessary for the flushing of gutter, and sewer of the city; supply Are fountains, one to be placed In Tenth street park, one in Glen Miliar park, one in South Seventh street park, one in West Side Park, and one In Starr park; .the one in Glen Miller park netto use more' than 680 gallons per hour, and the one in the other park named not to use over 3510 gallon each, per hour. The above fountains not to run more than six hour per day, and only during the months of May, June, July, August and September of each year, excepting that on legal holidays, and special occasion said fountains may be run such additional number of hour as the mayor of said city' shall designate; and one small fountain at No. 3 hose house; also supply all drinking place for man and beast erected by the city; providing the number does not at any time exceed one drinking fountain for each one thou-' and inhabitants of the city; and all drinking places hereafter erected shall have a storage capacity of sixty, gallons; supply water for the city buildings, for dty hospitals. Including any hospital for tbe maintenance of which the city contributes annually a sum in excess of thousand dollars, and which fcovpital is located along the line of said company,' for tbe cleaning of the market houses, for the use of the public school buildings, and to manufacturers for fire protection only, free . of cost; provided, that an water furnished for the use of the public school. Insofar a ft shall exceed gallons per pear. for Tery chII enroIled OB record. of said public schools, shall be paid for by the school city of Richmond at a Vat not exceeding cents per thousand gallons. The work of flashing the gutters and sewers shall be tinder the direction of the street commissioner, and shall not take place more than once each week; provided, however, that If. In the opinion of the Board or Health, or beaJta officers, or othr officers of said dty exercising similar powers and duties. It shall be deemed, during say season or period, necessary to lnlh and clean the gutters and sewers of said city oftener than once la each week. tbe same may be done, without additional , ContUxned pM Fax fiU- ,

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