Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 220, 20 July 1912 — Page 1

UM A AND SUN-TELEGRAM Oi. XXXVII. NO. 230. RICmiOXD, IND.t SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 20, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. LIVING COST SUBJECT FOR Principals in New York's New Murder Mystery PROGRESSIVE TO STARTLE THE NATION THE COLONEL NOW DRAFTED

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Tariff not alone to blame for it fcolonel Says That If All Tariff Was Removed, Reduc tion in Cost Would Be Onlym 10 Per Cent. (National News Association) t OYSTER BAY, July 20. Col. Roose velt began work today upon the speech rwhich be will deliver August 5 before the Progressive national convention in Chicago. In this he will set forth his views on the campaign issues, one of Jthe chief features being the high cost jof living problem. "The Democratic platform puts the cause for the high cost of living, upon Ithe tariff," said Roosevelt today. "I j doubt if the tariff is as much responsi ble as the Democrats think. If all the tariff was removed I am inclined to bejlieve the cost of living would not be (lowered 10 per cent. It is something J that has to be worked out. The trusts 'undoubtedly enter into the cost of liv'ing problem. "The aim of the Progressives will I be to find some solution of this question, which is a vital one to every man in the country." Controller Prendergast of New York, j is scheduled to make the speech at the third party convention to put Col. Roosevelt in nomination for the presi dency. Judge Ben Lindsay, of Denver, Col., a Democrat, will second the nomination. Lindsay is also spoken of as a possibility for the Colonel's running mate. Roosevelt has a deep admiration ;f or Lindsay and his selection as sec onder of the nomination has hia ap proval. The Colonerw!striiteBWtpe-le of having Lindsay tor the vice preslc "Val nominee, j" ' VV :i Herbert Knox Smith, who resigned his place as commissioner of corporations under President Taft. called today to talk to the Colonel about corporation control. Smith will take the stump for the Colonel this fall. Delegations from Vermont and Connecticut arrived at Oyster Bay at noon today to confer with the Colonel over conditions in New England. HALF MILLION FIRE Much Damage Was Done at Vancouver, B. C. (National News Association) ... VANCOUVER, B. C, July 20. A pre that did : damage amounting to $600,000 before it was conquered, fbroke out "here early today. The Royal George hotel and the Angelus apartxnent house, one of the lergest in the fcity, were totally destroyed, many of (their guestB having narrow escapes. Several thrilling rescues were eected jby firemen. The big carbarns of the British electric company also were burned to the ground. i The fire started from crossed wires In a shed belonging to the electric railway company. Fanned by a high wind the flames Spread rapidly and for a time it was feared that a large section of the city fwfls doomed. The city's entire fighting Jforce, supplemented by hundreds of icitizens as. volunteers, finally succeeded, however,, in confining it to the Hotel apartment house and railway property. HANNAH MUST NOT PROPOSE ANY .MORE (National News Association) CHICAGO, July 20. Hannah Siol, 31 5?ears old, is under bond to keep the peace for the next six months meaning that she must not propose to Herman Berg any more. In six months leap year will have run Its course, and Ithe court believes Herman will then be safe. Hannah, according to Berg's story, fcad not only followed him around demanding his hand in marriage, but she choked a woman he was escorting. He Jhad her arrested. i "It's embarrassing. he told the rourt. "Ever had a beau, asked Judge IBoyer of the woman, j "No," she replied. . "Then why this sudden outburst?" "Because, Judge, there's spirits knocking at my heart all the time. They tell me. that Herman needs me and so I go to him." IMrs. Housewife Your servant, your cook, your seamstress, all read the Want Ad columns. If you advertised 'for household help in the Wants you

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Herman Rosenthal, the gambler-informer, who was killed, at left. Louis Libby, who is held as one of the murderers, above; Police Lieutenant Becker, charged by Rosenthal with having been his partner in the ownership of a gaming house, at lower right. New York is thoroughly aroused by the latest and one of the boldest murders that has shocked the Eastern metropolis in years. Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, had promised District Attorney, Whitman,, that he would be at the latters office the next morning to tell what he knew regarding the underground channels through whieh certain police officials were paid large sums monthly for protecting favored gambling houses.-' Shortly after midnight he was summoned from the cafe of a prominent hotel and shot to death on the sidewalk,' the murderer or murderers escaping in a large touring car. There were five in the assailants', party. Detectives working on the case are of the opinion that Rosenthal's assassins were hired by some of the men he would have, implicated, in his information to District Attorney Whitman, and who were desperate in their fear of disgrace and possible imprisonment. The fact that several policemen were within a few hundred feet of the scene of the shooting at the time the murderous assault occurred has caused the District Attorney to charge that the police not only permitted the murder, but also allowed the assassins to escape. -- ' " - -

QUEER ADVENTURES ; OF JAPANESE JUNK After Being Blown All Over Pacific Its Crew Was Arrested in California. (National News Association) SAN DIEGO. Cal., July 20. Blown off the coast of Japan by a typhoon three months ago, caught in the grip of the Japanese current and trade winds and swept more than seven thousand miles across the Pacifc, the

junk Sumlyoshi Maru brought itsilt has now developed that the first

crew of five Japanese through winters cold, summer heat, sunshine and storm until its barnacled covered, waterlogged hull began sinking and its lateen sails flew in shreds on the south California coast near Encinitas, 35 miles north of San Diego, Thursday night. Today the Japanese are prisoners of the federal government. With all hope of proceeding further in their sinking ship gone, the fire sailors took to their one small boat and made their way to shore. There they fell into the hands of the immigration authorities. The ship-wrecked foreigners were; ; maaing tneir way toward Ecsondldo I! , " ! migration inspectors. They werei brought to San Diego, and placed in prison on the charge of being illegally in this country. A report of the capture was sent to Washington and penm?? I? dTpartnMmt ? commerce and labor, the Japanese will be held as prisoners. The junk was on a fishing cruise. bound from Yohoma to Hakodate.

wnen caugnt in ine typnoon and blown ""s ". . mwwb, - under the National Packing company to sea. When the wind abated the chemical wagon will be secured or 8yatem: Simiyoshi was one thousand miles whether a fund will be raised for the Baltimore Eutaw Beef company south of Yokoma. 1500 miles from its Purpose of putting in wells and then Lowell, Mass. Omaha Packing Co destination and in the grip of the buying an engine similar to the on phUadelphla-uakerCity Beef Co. Japanese current The junk was car- ln Richmond. Toledo Hammond company, ried east narly four thousand miles. . ".. " Jacksonville National Packing Co. It crossed the equator off the Central rrxro txrr i mnuD Macon, Ga.-National Packing Co. American coast, and. was then blown , XMt VV tlA 1 XX XV K , New Orleans National . Packing 1500 miles up the American coast by ; Co.. Ltd. . northerly winds. Capt. Yoehida sight- STATE Unsettled with showers to- Birmingham, Ala. National Packed Honolulu early in June, but was! night and Sunday;, warmer Sun-iing Co carried south of the Hawaiian group, j day in north and south portions, j Spokane, Wash. National Packing Several pounds of food were left when i - 'Co. the shipwreck men landed. Their wa- j LOCAL Showers tonight - and Sun- i The order becomes effective July

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THINK INCENDIARY CAUSEffTHE BLAZE Investigation of Greensfork Fire of Thursday to Be Made at Once.

(Palladium Special) GREENSFORK, IndvJuly 20. Many residents of Greensfork are of the opinion that an incendiary set Ire to one of the buildings which caused the destruction . of a whole business block by fire early Thursday morning. discoverers of the fire found St burning in the rear of the-building occupied by the Wills Drug Store. The citizens of Greensfork state they can find no possible motive for the destruction of the seven buildings. No owner carried enough insurance to furnish a possible motive and it seems that there was no hard feeling against the business men affected, who lost quite heavily. A thorough investigation will be commenced in a few days and every effort will be made to disi cover if some one really did apply the torcn to the buildings and who the B , guuiy Pa"y ls " sucn ia t6 ca8e As a result of the fire, which is the third which has occurred in the past two weeks a ma88 meeting of the residents of the town will be held Monevening m the town hall, for the Purpose of discussing and adopting means for adequate fire protection. At day;, warmer, tonight,-

DISSOLUTION OF

COMPANYJTARTED Three Big Meat Packers Are Dividing Up the Subsidiary Concerns. (National News Association) CHICAGO, July 20 That actual steps in the dissolution of the Na-' tional Packing company have begun, I became known today. The 360 com-! panies held by the National are being assigned to the three principal owners of the National, the Armour, Morris and Swift interests. Mailing of a printed notice to the department managers of the Armour company notifying them that; 46 of the National subsidiaries had been assigned to the Armour interests, have become public. The companies' held by the National are valued approximately at $50,000,000. The National itself is the company, the government has frequently alleged, through, which the beef trust has been operated. The dissolution of this company is a step, it is under stood, taken to prevent the filing of a dissolution suit and another long bat-1 tie in the federal courts. The dissolu tion was decided on after the recent . trial of the" heads of the bef trust for

alleged violation of the Sherman law. I U""!U " " , Vl . ' v ' The beef barons were then noUfledjroaie by August Belmont or Thomas

that the attorney-general was preparins a dissolution suit. Thev arreed to voiantary dissolution. The notice sent to the Armour managers follows: Armour and Company apportionment National Packing company hougeg ,Q dWsi(m now under th d(,nartIt. tnunvin. hougea will OTer and operated j

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Question of a "Full" or a "Stub" Ticket Will Be Fought Out on the Floor of Convention.

TAFT CANNOT FIND A TREASURER NOW Men Approached Say They "Haven't the Time." Ritter Tells of Funds for Bryan in 1908. (National News Association) JACKSON. Mich., June 20. With the party split the Michigan state convention of the new Progressive party opened here shortly before noon today. Having failed in caucus to settle their differences the "full" and "stub" ticket factions decided to settle their dispute on the floor of the convention. One thousand delegates are in attendance. The "stub" ticket branch is under the leadership of Frank K. White and the "full" ticket faction is headed by T. M. Joslin. The question in dispute is whether Ithe Progressive party shall put a full ticket in the field. The "stub" ticket men say they would be satisfied if the convention named presidential elec tors and indorsed Governor Osborn. Senator Dixon arrived at 10 o'clock this morning and held a conference with the leaders of the Michigan wing of the Progressive movement. When the convention, which is to decide the party crisis so far as Michigan is con cerned, assembled at noon it looked as though the advocates, of a "full" third party' ticket would win. A movement was on foot to force Governor Osborn to run for governor on the Progressive ticket. TAFT UP AGAINST IT. NEW YORK, July 20. The Taft campaign managers are up against a hard stumbling block in the selection of a campaign treasurer. The position baa 4een -tendered to several men so far, all of whom have declined on the ground that they could not spare the time that the arduous duties would exact. "This matter of time seems to be the chief trouble" said Secretary Charles Reynolds of the Republican national committee at headquarters today. "All of the men we had settled upon insisted that their private affairs would not permit them to spare the time the treasurershlp would need. The appointment of the advisory committee are still under advisement as are also the appointments to the executive committee. We want a few thoroughly competent men on both of the committees to whom the management of practically the entire campaign can be intrusted. The sub committee will come together again Monday and In all likelihood several men eligible to the treasurship will be Bounded out between now and then." RITTER AS WITNESS. WASHINGTON. July 20. By contributing $10,000 himself and permitting his three sons to contribute $9.000 each, Herman Rltter, treasurer of the Democratic national committee In 1908 evaded the Bryan dictum against contributions of more than $10,000. Ritter today before the senate sub campalgn committee investigating expenses produced detailed records of the 1908 campaign, not only for New York state but for the entire United States, showing that the Democratic war chest that year contained $620,644.77. The record includes a list of 25.000 names, representing more than 100,000 contributors as club contributions were noted. The Ritter contribution of $37,000 was the biggest family contribution on the list and Tammany Hall's $10,000 was second in size. There were several large contributions made up of many small ones and put in under one name, for Instance one contribution of $37,000 received from the state of Louisiana represented five and ten cent donations. Aside from the above the largest in dividual contributor was William ! Sheehan. who gave $3,000. Mr. Ritter J l I l .1 M il t . Kyan ana statea mat ne was sure that nobody made subscriptions in behalf of any big interest. WYOMING NOW THE TERROR OF OCEAN ROCKLAND, Me., July 20. The new battleship Wyoming, proclaimed queen of the seas as the result of her rec - i ,n t UlU wa kj skiusj) awa iiiniiv. wns up 22.04S knots on her standardization trial, left here today for a series of trial runs down the coast. She will complete probably about Tuesday and put in at Philadelphia. Her first trial on the coast ' run will be to maintain a speed of 20.5 knots for- four hours, 'The Wyoming's speed of 22.045 knots! i is declared br naval exoerts who were sboard to be the ' fastest time ever made by any battleship in the world carrying 12-inch guns. The Arkansas during trials a month ago placed the record at 21.133 knot

Result of State's Evidence of Two Men in Rosenthal Murder Means Great Police Scandal.

ACTUAL MURDERERS TO BE TAKEN SOON Prediction Made That the Great Sensation Will Be Revealed in New York Within 24 Hours. (National News Association) NEW YORK. July 20. A complete confession has been made by one of the men suspected of assassinating Gambler Rosenthal. The District At torney's office today predicted that all the occupants of the "murder automo bile," Including the men who did the actual killing, will be arrested within 24 hours. Attorney Aaron Levy, repre senting Libbey and Shapiro, owners of the automobile, confirmed the above statement adding that both of his clients had turned state's evidence and that the . biggest police scandal ever in the world's history would be revealed within 24 hours. U. S. TO BE INVOLVED. NEW YORK. July 20. The federal government may be drawn Into the lnvestlgaUon of the assassination of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler who was sbfct to death In front of the Ho tel Metropole Tuesday morning as result of death threats sent to district attorney Charles S. Whitman and assemblyman Aaron J. Levy, counsel for two of the prisoners. Six letters, con taining threats of death have been received by Mr. Whitman through the mails. - Most of them were addressed to the Whitman home at 37 Madison avenue although some of them were sent to the district attorneys office. While some of the communications were signed the names attached to themarer thought trtW"Wtftlous. The balance were unsigned. They warned the official that he must relax his zeal in the Rosenthal case or suffer the penalty. Mr. Whitman was not alarmed by the threats but he departed from his usual habits of throwing such letters away. The present letters were saved and may be used at a future date. Whitman Threatened. Three of the letters promise the district attorney that "he will meet the same fate as Rosenthal" if he persists in his energetic course of action. The death threats sent to Fr. Levy, who is counsel for Louis Libby and William Shapiro, owners of the automobile which the Rosenthal assassins used, evidently resulted from disclocures of the two men relatives to the persons in the motor car on the night of the murder. In addition to the menacing letters to Mr. Levy there was one of warning. "I am a friend," said the writer of this communication, "and I warn you that you had better go armed." Since William J. Burns, the famous private detective, has been called into the case. Burns methods are ex pected. Libby, Shapiro and Jack Rose, the third prisoner charged with homi cide are being allowed to converse toj aether in a corridor of the Tombs and mir lawyers ua waiireu lurm tu be careful as their conversations may be taken by a dictagraph. The dictagraph is a favorite working device of Mr. Bums and he has used it to advantage in all his big cases. Whether a dictagraph has been planted in the cells used by the prisoners r in the corridor of the jail, the Burns n are not exclusively relying upon this method. At least four Burns men are actively working on the outside for District Attorney Whitman. E DENIES STORY Says Two Italian Ships Were Not Sunk, Friday. (National News Association) ROME, July 20. Flat contradiction of the Turkish report that two Italian torpedo boats had been sunk ' while trying to run the Dardanelles was made here today in a.. message from Admiral Viale of the Italian fleet In the Aegean Sea. A wireless message , irvax newspaper Messagero states that all ;the Italian warships in the Aegean fleet are sale. CORRECT, JOHN! (Nations! News Association) CHICAGO. July 20. The name of , Theodore Roosevelt won naturalizai tion papers for John Roach. He was being examined by Judge Brentano. ! "In the. event of the death of the ! I president of the United States, who I j would take his place? asked the' j judge. ' j "Roosevelt was the answer. The papers were granted.

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ious Planks Are Read by Committee and They Will Be Indorsed. MODERN IDEAS ARE IN THE STRUCTURE Include Initiative Referend-" um and Recall, UtilitiesCommission and Workmen's Compensation. BY R. G. LEEDS. At the meeting of the sub-committee of the provisional state central com mittee at Indianapolis, Friday, reports of district organisers were read that showed the organization of the Pro gressive party to be well advanced In Indiana. One district reported as harIng every county organized and ln the other twelve districts only an average of two or three counties remained to complete their organizations. Full de tails of the progress secured so far will probably be made public the first of the week. The committee also Informally discussed the great political, economic and moral issues that the Progressive party will present to the people of Indiana for their consideration during the coming campaign. Wise laws already adopted in other states of the Union, that have not been cursed recently with corrupt and nullifying par ty organisaUons, were believed to point the way to what the people of Indiana, who are of the same blood and have the same problems and Ideals as their brother citizens of Oregon. Washington and California, want for their own state. A rough draft of planks that In all. probability will be suggested to the resolutions committee at the Prograsslve party state convention and the -adoption of which will be strongly urg ed. Is as follows: . Initiative, referendum and recall for all state anaTfcdttnty officiate' as wen v as an amendment to the present cities and towns act providing for the extension of these principles to that Instrument. The reform of Judicial proceed are. A measure making it opUonal with the clUeens of any city, town or village whether they adopt the Commission form of government with the Initiative, referendum and recall for their municipal government. A public utilities commission having control over the capltallzaUon and ratea of public service corporations. Equal suffrage. A minimum wage law for all women workers. . Further legislation for workmen's compensation. Strengthening the child labor laws. Direct primaries for organization and nominations of all political parties. Direct election of United States senators by the Oregon plan pledging candidates on the legislative ticket to vote for the man the people have chosen at the primaries until the federal constitution amended to provide for this reform desired by th people. A law to abolish discriminatory prices as they affect Indiana, by means of which trusts operating over the entire nation will destroy small competitor by temporarily ! duclng prices in one district stateand leave it in supreme control with its power to charge enormous prices. The temperance question will be settled by the people, who. under the initiative and referendum, will have the power to vote as they feel as citizens and not as members of any party. A revision of the tax laws to stop the present unjust discrimination that exists between various forms of property at the expense of those least able to bear the burden. The income tax. A corrupt practices act covering all primaries and elections. A simple and "effective as well as economical registration law. The further stopping of railroad rebates by regulating the so-called industrial railroads of great manufacturing concerns and others. The regulation by the state of all stock selling propositions in order to prevent further fleecing of the people by promoters of fraudulent stock Issue, and the issuing of "watered" stock. A revision of weights and measures legislation in order to eliminate ways, recently brought to the attention of the public, especially in the larger cities, of means of defrauding the people. A law to promote the efficient and economical betterment of the roads (Continued on Page Six) When you take your vacation let, the Palladium follow you. . Telephone your vacation address to No. 25S&