Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 219, 19 July 1912 — Page 1

FA .AJDIIJM A. AND SUN-TELEGRAM .Vol. xxxvii. no. 219. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 19, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

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TURKS DRIVE OFF ITALIAN FLEET TODAY

.Attack on the Dardenelles Is Repulsed, Two Ships Be- ' ing Sunk and Six Damaged by the Forts. Ifight was cause 1 of wheat flurry fClosing of the Dardenelles j, Throws Chicago Pit Into i Excitement, Prices Going Up, Then Down. (National News Association) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jly. 19 A fleet iof eight Italian warships which tried ito storm the Turkish fort at the entrance of the Dardenelles and open 4the way for an attack upon the Littorjal of the Sea of Marmora and perhaps (this city itself, was driven off early (today, following the destruction of jtwo ships and a heavy loss of human jlife, according to an official announceiment made hy the war office. This statement said that none of the ships escaped serious damage and two iwent down under the fire of the forts at Kumkaleh, Sogandliere and Bechttepe at the southern end of the Dardenelles. ' The official statement follows: "At 1:30 this morning eight Italian torpedo boats attacked the entrance of the Dardenelles. Our forts opened fire and sank two of the Italian boats. .The other six, though badly damaged, managed to escape." The eight Italian torpedo boats attacked the fortress under the shelter of darkness shortly before midnight and kept up a'bombardment for several hours, according to a dispatch received from the commandant. This communication stated the Turks were not taken by surprise as Italian warships had been reported in the vicinity. The Turkish gunners responded Instantly to- the fire of the. warships and proposed to explode mines should the warships get into the Straits. The Turks soon got the range of the (attacking force. - The commander's account said that two of the torpedo boats were torn below the water line and sank under the fire of the fort. The others were seriously crippled by the Turkish fire. Immediately after news of the engagement, orders were issued to close the Dardenelles again to all traffic. This order was carried out. AFFECTS CHICAGO MARKET CHICAGO, July 19. A spectacular Advance and fall in the price of wheat caused wild excitement at the board of trade today. The prices advanced fully two cents, hovered about the high mark for awhile, and then fell back to the former level. The spectacular fluctuation was caused by the closing of the Dardenelles as a result of Italian reverses in the Turkish war, according to prominent brokers. During khe flurry December wheat sold up to $8 cents, September to 96. The break which followed was due to a bear movement on the part of brokers who believed the powers would intervene in the Dardenelles rouble. T FOR TEACHERS There Are Twelve Vacancies in County Schools. . There are vacancies in the county fcchools for twelve instructors, and as (yet there are no eligible applicants. County Superintendent Williams beUoves that unless this number qualiffy in the examination which is to be Iheld Saturday, July 27th, the trustees !wlll have to go to other counties for (Instructors. This is the first time in irnany years that the schools have been (lacking for teachers. The cause for so few being qualified, it is said, is because of the examinations, which have "been very difficult in the effort to .raise the standard of teachers. The icounty schools open September 2nd. ' In the last examination a question jtbat many missed and that several made no attempt to answer was in Arithmetic. The question was. "If a groicer uses a pound weight and it is one iounce short, what percent does he gain? What per cent does the customer loser The answer is the grocer feains 6 2-3 per cent, while the customer jjoses 6U percent. '. Announcements have been received khat the 'Rush County Chautauqua will be held August 4-11. Charles Williams,county superintendent of fcchools. will attend several sessions )of the Institute, which is held in connection with the Chautauqua. JVlr. Businessman Merchants, profesional men. clerks, accountants," chauffeurs, stenographers, department managers, business specialists can obtain new opportunities, greater efficiency by the daily study of THE WANT ADS.

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LONDON, July 19. The usual order of international matrimonial affairs is reversed. "Jack" Henderson, the young American, actor, who is scoring a big success in an American musical, .comedy, here, has become engaged to BaroneBS Germaine Roucard,: the. pretty young member of an old Breton family, who not only possesses a title but will soon come into possession of a vast unhampered estate and a comfortable fortune, which she will undoubtedly share with her lover from across the seas.

ARE MARK NG

TIME UNTIL AUGUST 1ST There has been no decision reached by the Progressive organization in Wayne county as to whether a Progressive county ticket will be placed in the field this fall, and no decision will be reached until after the Progressive state convention at Indianapolis, August 1. Reports have been current that the Progressives in Wayne county will demand that the Republican nominees for the various county offices place themseives on record definitely as to whether they will remain on the Republican ticket or affiliate themselves with the Progressives and make the race for their respective offices on the ticket of that party. However, no such demand has been made by the Progressives, who are marking time until after August 1, when the plans of organization of the Progressive party in Indiana will have been crystalized. A prominent Republican leader in Richmond made the statement yesterday that the Wayne county G. O. P. would be found prepared to meet the emergency in the event any or all of the Republican nominees on the county ticket cast their lots with the Progressives. He intimated that a slate of substitute nominees had already been drawn up to fill what vacancies there might be on the county ticket. 'It's up to the candidates," he said. "If they want to remain Republicans they can remain on the ticket, but they cannot be both Republican and Progressive." There appears to be " authentic grounds for the story going the rounds in Richmond that the favorite in the Republican congressional nomination derby, to be run off at Connersville August 11, is Charles Campbell, of Shelbyville. Mr. Campbell was state Roosevelt chairman in the pre-conven-tiou campaign and led the sixth district Roosevelt forces at the district couveutlon at Connersville last spring aud successful in electing two Roosevelt delegates to the national convention. Since the national convention Mr. Campbell has not declared himself. One of the men who is supporting the boom to nominate Mr. Campbell for congressman on the Republican ticket frankly admits he does not know whether Mr. Campbell would accept such a nomination.

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A IS IN (National News Association) f NEW YORK, July 19.-Louis Libbey and Louis Shapiro, owners of the automobile in which the assassins of Gambler Rosenthal escaped, were taken to the district attorney's office this afternoon. It was reported they Had made a full confession and that the arrest of a prominent- police official would soon be made.COMPLETE EXPOSURE. , NEW YORK, July 19. A complete exposure of police graft .was promised by county officials today as a result of the assassination of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler who betrayed the "system" used by the police in levying tribute on gamblers. This promise was accompanied by the announcement that Detective William J. Burns, who trapped the McNamara brothers, had " been ' engaged' to work with district attorney Whitman and had already taken up the task. The district attorney, who from the moment that Rosenthal was murdered has asserted that the police permitted the crime, today said the trail was leading just where he first thought it would go. In the light of new facta gained in a secret conference with a gambler at his own home, the district attorney is sure that the responsibility for killing the important witness to police graft rests with the police themselves. "Each bit of evidence," said Mr. Whitman, "as it is joined to the others, points more and more clearly in one-definite direction. The trail leads where I thought it would." A COAL MOVEMENT (National News Association) PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Jnly 19. Eleven tow boats are tied up in the fifth and sixth pools, scheduled to clear this morning with approximately 2,975.000 bushels of coal for the south. River men are exultant over the somewhat novel experience of shipping coal on a good stage in July. A stage of about 9i feet is expected at the Point Bridge by -noon today. Heavy rains over the watersheds of the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas rivers and some "over the Monongahela will gire a cood aaig?l stage.

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MINING CAMP AND VILLAGE CARRIED OFF

Cloudburst Last Night in Ne vada Mountains Sweeps Away Seven Throughs and Mazuma Camp. BELIEVED THIRTY PEOPLE ARE DEAD Twelve Bodies Have Been Recovered So Far Today Flood Roared Down Without Any Warning. (National News Association) RENO, Nev., July 19. The mining camp of Mazuma was wiped out and the village of Seven Throughs, one mile further up the side of the mountain, was heavily damaged by a cloudburst that sent a wall of water into the canyon. Twelve bodies have been recovered by rescuers who toiled as best they could in the darkness and who were still at work in the wreck age today. It is believed that between twenty and thirty persons were killed. The water washed away the princi-

pal buildings in Seven Throughs. It I session the baby now is, went to Cinplowed a furrow through the town and I cinnati this morning where he will

then descended in full force on the mining camp. The flood occurred last night. The miners at Mezuma were in their frail cabins, which were carried away. Many of the bodies were found after daylight this morning, two or three miles below the former site of the camp. The hotel at Mazuma was overturned by the flood and was broken Into bits of wreckage, much of which was carried away. The greatest loss of life occurred there. John Trenchant, a business man of Mazuma, and Mrs. Trenchant are among the flood victims. They were found locked in each others arms two miles below the camp. The bodies of the three children of Ms. Thomas Kehoe were found three miles below their bpme. The mother is missing, and it is believed her. body will be found still further down the canyon. Little definite newg could be obtained at Lovelock. Reports there said it was impossible to reach the stricken cities only by a wide detour and that particularly every telegraph and telephone wire had been carried down. WOMAN JUCCUSED Of Shooting a Man at Erie . Man Is Dying. (National News Association) ERIE, Pa., July 19. Benjamin Bellande, aged 28 and single, is dying at Hamot hospital with five bullet holes In his body and Mrs. Lucretia Corgiala aged 37, mother of three small children, is locked up at police headquarters, charged with the shooting. The police say the woman rushed into the street carrying her six months old baby in her arms, just before 7 o'clock bis morning and shot Bellande while he was on his way to work. She claims Bellande has been bothering her. Ij was a frequent caller at the Corgiala home. FRENCK NAVY HAS ANOTHER TRAGEDY (National News Association) TOULON, Prance, July 19. Reports of a French naval accident in Corsican waters, was confirmed today although up until noon the extent of the disaster was not known to the public. It has been reported earlier that the torpedo boat Cavalier had been out in two and sunk with heavy loss of life possibly forty men during manouvres. Throughout the early hours today French naval stations along the Southern coast flashed wjreless queries over the Mediterranean around Corsica in an effort to get all the facts. The destroyer Hache which has been maneuvering near Hyeres, twelve miles east of Toulon, was commanded to cease wireless communication in order not to interrupt urgent messages being transmitted by the cruiser Voltaire to the naval station here. The French torpedo boat Cavalier is a warship of 462 tons displacement. 1 She was built in 1910 at Norman die and ' was geared for a speed of 31 knots an hour. She carried three 18inch torpedo tubes and six 9-pounders. HENEY IS ENROUTE TO PACIFIC COAST (National Nw Association) CHICAGO, July 19. Francis J. Heny. "fighting prosecutor" ot San Franj ciseo, who was one of the floor leaders for the Roosevelt faction in the ! Republican convention here in June asterts that practically the same delegates who were here at the convention s will attend the new progressive convention. Heney made this statement i during a brief stop in Chicago on his way from New York to the Padlc jcoasi. . i jl

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IS OFHALDE Police Chief Gormon Identifies Cincinnati Woman as Wife of a New Paris, Ohio, Physician. SHE ADMITS FACT TO LOCAL OFFICER Mayor Zimmerman Is in Cincinnati Making Arrangements for Disposition of the Little One. The Mrs. Alice Martin, who came to Richmond early Monday morning and left her daughter's five-weeks-old baby boy on the front porch of the residence of Mayor Zimmerman, and who was later arrested in Cincinnati, was identified yesterday by Chief of Police Gormon who went to that city, as the wife of Dr. Haldeman, who lives near New Paris, and who for some time operated the Cedar Springs summer resort. Mayor Zimmerman, after conferring with Mrs. John Stratton, in whose posmake final arrangements for the disposition of the babe. Before leaving the mayor stated that he would attempt to have Mtb. Haldeman, alias Mrs. Martin, and her daughter, Eva, to sign papers relinquishing all rights to the baby. Mrs. Stratton desires to keep the infant despite the fact that it is said to have a negro father. What Chief Gormon Says. "When I entered her cell at the Place of Detention at Cincinnati, Mrs. Haldeman recognized me immediately," said Chief Gormon today. "At first I was puzzled to recollect her name, although I knew at first glance that I had seen the woman before. I was positive that she had given a ficticious name to the Cincinnati authorities. She called me by name and asked right away if I did not remember her. I told her I certainly did." H'MrTtJormoir-Btated that Mrs. Haldeman told him the story of how she had attempted to hide her daughter's shame, by going to Cincinnati as soon as she learned of Eva's condition, and then of returning to Richmond on an early morning train, last Monday, placing the babe on the steps of the mayor's home and returning to Cincinnati. "She had known Dr. Zimmerman when she lived at New Paris," continued Chief Gormon, "and she knew that he was a kind-hearted, friendly man and ever ready to lend a helping hand and she told me that she felt sure that if she put the baby on his doorstep he would find a home for it and see that it was well cared for." With the discovery of the woman's name marital troubles of the Haldeman household are recalled. Last September, Mrs. Haldeman filed an affidavit against her husband, who in addition to his practice of medicine, spent his spare moments in inventive work. Mrs. Handeman charged her husband with having made threats to end her existence on divers j occasions. She alleged that Haldeman had attempted to take her life but that his plans were foiled. Charged Her With Arson. Following this sensational proceeding in the preble county courts the Haldeman residence, near Cedar Springs, known as the bouse of the "many gables" either caught afire or was set aire. The fire was extinguished before it did much damage. Dr. Haldeman charged his wife with having set fire to the residence and went before the Preble county grand Jury, at its session last October, charging his wife with incendiarism. A true bill was returned against her on this charge. Upon hearing of the incident, Mrs. Haldeman with her daughter and a negro man servant by the name of Robert Bass, left the place, going to Kentucky and afterward going to Cincinnati. While in Kentucky the mother learned of her daughter's condition and was informed who had seduced the girl. It is said that for some years prior to the occurrence last September, Mrs. Haldeman and her husband quarreled incessantly and that she with her daughter and Bass lived in a log hut in the woods of the Haldeman estate, known as "The Cliffs." Dr. Haldeman, it is said, at one time filed an affidavit against Bass, who. it was alleged, was living with a negress, upon the Haldeman estate, in a state of adultery- The negress and Bass disappeared shortly afterward but Bass returned. History of the Woman. Mrs. Haldeman is the second wife, it is said, of Dr. Haldeman. She was employed as a caretaker for Mrs. Haldeman No. 1. about twenty years ago. It is said that Dr. Haldeman had intimate relations with his present wife, while still living with Mrs. Haldeman No. 1. His present wife had him arrested shortly after the birth of her daughter. Some time afterward Dr. Haldeman secured a divorce and was married to the woman now in Cincinnati. ' ' , ' Another child, a son, was born to (Continued cn Page Two)

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" The Public Be Stuns. "

Next to the plain citizens of this nation the railroads are the greatest consumers of soft coal. Soft coal is supposed to be as yet unmonopoliied. Hard coal anthracite is absolutely monopolized by the great hard coal roads of the east, who recently agreed to an advance in wages for their miners. The grand total of this advance amounted to $6,000,tX. Th price of hard coal was then arbitrarily raised twenty-five cents a ton. This will bring in the tidy sum of $24,000,000 annually of which, after deducting the $6,000,000 that goes to labor for a raise. $18,000,000 is clear prolt added to the already exhorbitant earnings of the coal barons. The soft coal of the nation is in the hands of a multitude of larger and smaller producers or operators. They are competing among themselves. On the face of this no reasonable man would dare hint at a monopoly in that field. Investigation, however, has proved the existence of as heartless a monopoly of the soft coal resources of the nation as that in anthracite. And the railroads are the controlling factors in the one as in the other. ' The soft coal operators depend upon contiguous railroads for cars and transportation. Without these their coal would be of no more value to them than a mountain of gold as deep under the waters of the Atlantic as now lies the Titanic, would be to the citizens of Richmond. The soft coal operators are at the mercy of the railroads for transportation and. what is equally important, the cost of that transportation. Here is what the railroads, with their control of transportation and ot markets by preferential rates, make the soft coal operators do. Coal costs at the mouth of the mine approximately $1 per ton. The coal mine operator must receive that amount plus a fair profit plus the cost of transportation to the market if he is to remain in business. The railroads, using their club, make the operators sell them that coal for their use at 89 cents per ton at the mouth of the mine, or 11 cents below the cost of mine pro- ' duction. On every ton of coal the railroads buy of them the mine operators lose money. On their total output, however, the operators cover the cost of production and transportation as well as make their profit. The largest consumer of soft coal is the general public you. Every ton of coal you buy costs you the amount the operator expended in bringing that ton to the mouth of the mine plus his profit, transportation and handling expense, plus the 11 cents lost in selling coal to the railroads at 89 cents a ton and plus the operator's profit on that ton sold to the railroad. Do you wonder your cost of living seems to be perching on top of a skyscraper and ready to take flight in an aeroplane? You are paying a double profit on every ton of coal you buy because the railroads have the power to force the operators to sell at a price fixed by the railroads. In Richmond you a domestic consumer of water pay 25 cents for a thousand gallons of water purchased of the Water Works Company. The Pennsylvania railroad, if it is in the 75,000 gallon class, pays but 6 cents per thousand gallons. You pay over 400 more than this railroad for the same quality of water. Every large consumer of water in this city who Is paying but 6 cents per thousand gallons is buying that water at a rate far below the cost of production. The cost of production is figured on the total amount of money expended in the course of a year for all the water sold during that time. That amount is covered by the sums received from (Continued On Page Four.)

LAST PAY DAY OF TEXTILE STRIKERS For Many Weeks Occurred Today. Dead Line Was Drawn in Paying Off. (National News Association) NEW BEDFORD, Mass.. July 19. Today is payday at the mills and the greater part of the 14,000 textile strikers Mill receive by night the last money they will get perhaps in many months. In anticipation of trouble Chief of Police Mason drew a dead line 100 yards from the mills and ordered his men to keep the strikers beyond this at all costs. The strikers were kept on the move from early dawn. Nowhere were they allowed to congregate. The weavers drawers-in and clothroom employes will not receive their pay until Saturday. The Industrial Workers of the World faces today a fight for its very existence in New Bedford. The American Federation of Labor will use every means to combat the influence of the I. W. W. while the manufacturers are considering a plan to refuse to employ any operators known as I. W. W. members. RELLER WAS JUDGE , Holds Down City Bench for the Mayor Today. In the absence of Mayor Zjjnmerman. Will W. Reller, Republican candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney for the seventeenth judicial circuit, acted as police judge this morning. Four cases were up before Special Judge Reller. Admitting that he was but eighteen years of age. John Whalen, 300 North Fifth street, was fined $1 and costs on the charge of public intoxication. Whalen was arraigned in police court yesterday morning and pleaded guilty but bis case was postponed pending an investigation, in the attempt to ascertain the name of the saloonist from whom Whalen procured the liquor. Nothing was said about this matter in court this morning. Jim Cordld, arrested on the charge of defrauding a restaurant keeper out of a board bill stated that he was "guilty and then not guilty." Cordid said that he did not intend to defraud the restaurant, as his employer. June W. Gayle. had told him that he (Gayle) would pay the bill. After the special judge had talked to Cordid's employer, the defendant was released. The case of the state versus Clarence Voss. charged with neglecting to keep his dog muzzled was postponed at the request of the prosecuting attorney, who stated that some of the witnesses were not present. The case will be heard tomorrow morning. THE WEATHER SATE Fair tonight. Warmer in central portion Saturday. LOCAL Fair and warmer tonight and ! Saturday.

MANY DEFECTS III HEW IIISAHE WARD Not a Proper Place to Confine Unfortunates, Is the Charge Being Made. The insane ward in the County jail is in such a condition that it is not a safe place to keep the Inmates. The new addition in many ways lacks the necessary equipment to make it a first class Insane ward. The huge doors in the "violent" department of the new ward are warped to such an extent that it is ah utter impossibility to lock them. The automatic water system Is out of condition. When it does work it makes as much noise as Niagara Falls and can be heard In all parts of the the commissioners permit this state of affairs to exist is a wonder to all those who visit the jail. The Insane ward is not the only part of the jail which arouses the unfavorable comment of visitors. The lack of modern improvements and necessities is especially noticeable. At the present time William Fruhour, of Economy. Is confined in the insane ward and because of the conditions which exist It is impossible to take care of his in the proper manner. Sheriff Stein has had young Marion Clapp confined in this section, so that he would not be under the influence of other men who are being held for various offenses.

HOLDS UP BIG DEAL Does the Death of One of the Titanic Victims. (National Nws Association) PITTSBURGH. July 19. When Charles M. Hayes, president of the Grand Trunk railroad, perished in the Titanic disaster, he took Into the sea with him signed contracts closing a deal for 30.000 acres of coal in Belmont county, Ohio. The deal involved the payment of $10,000,000 to a syndicate of Pittsburgh men who hold options on the property. The deal was arranged with Hays by J. R. Paul, former vice president of the Pittsburgh Coal company. Hays went to London and laid the proposition before the board of directors of the Grand Trunk. The directors authorized Hays to close the deal and the necessary papers were signed. These were in Hays pocket when the Titanic went down, , When you take your vacation let the Palladium follow you. Telephone yoor vacation address to No. 256$. .