Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 235, 7 August 1912 — Page 1

EICIMOND PALLADIUMAND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 235. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. JESSUP USED AS THE GOAT BY DISTRICT MORRIS DEED A RESULT OF CdDL AT A CRISIS SAYS WILSON

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Elected to Resolutions Com- ' mittee on Anti-county Option Platform and Then Given Turn Down.

iDIST. FOR OPTION WHEN VOTE TAKEN Winfield T. Durbin Is Unanimously Nominated for Governor. Party Stands for County Unit Again. (Pallafllum Speolal) INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 7. Wilfred Jessup, for ten years attorney for the "drys" in Wayne county, went down in defeat yesterday at the Republican : state convention in a single-handed effort to defeat the county local option plank and to have the convention accept bis personals planks dealing with j important issues. There were two minority reports submitted by dissenting members of ;the resolutions committee. The first was signed by three committeemen. jThls report agreed with all the features of majority report except the section indorsing county local option. ilt was defeated by a vote of 1,004 to 429. The individual minority report of Wilfred Jessup, of the Sixth district, was then read. It indorsed the majority report "save and except in reference to those sections dsignated 'local option,' 'woman's suffrage and 'constitutional convention.' " In lieu of these sections he offered a plank for the calling of a constitutional convention which will provide for initiative and referendum, thus providing a means for settling the option, woman's suffrage and other questions. He also included, a plank covering opposition to child labor and indorsing legislation, fixing the minimum number of hours which; women shall for wages be permitted to engage in per day, the same sot exceeding ten working hours of each day. " His report was tabled by a viva voce vote and the majority report, Including the plank declaring for county local option, was adopted also by a viva voce vote. Durbin Is Nominated. Ex-Governor Winfleld T. Durbin of Anderson was nominated for governor unanimously after the flrBt ballot. Three other candidates, John C. Chaney of Sullivan, Samuel Lewis Shank of Indianapolis and Charles A. Carlisle, withdrew after the first ballot, and Mayor Shank made the motion to unanimously nominate Durbin, who had the support of, the machine. On the only ballot for governor Wayne county voted as follows: Durbin, 16, Chaney 5, Carlisle 5. The total vote of the sixth district for governor follows: Durbin 76, Shank 16, Chaney 10, Carlisle IS. Thomas T. Moore of Greencastle iwas nominated for lieutenant governor by acclamation. The great game of "double cross" of (Which Indiana Republican politicians are past masters was as popular yesterday as it has been for years. The (feature "double cross" pulled off by the sixth district delegates had Wilfred Jessup as its "goat." At the caucus of the district Monday night WilIfred Jessup after announcing his candidacy for member of the resolutions committee on an anti-county local option platform, was elected by a large majority over Editor Elliott of New ;Castle, an ardent county optionist and king of standpatters. On the following day when the convention voted whether the platform should contain a county unit plank or ,an anti-county unit plank, the sixth district left Mr. Jessup stranded high ,and dry, voting in favor of county lo;cal option 76 to 25. Even Mr. Jessup's own delegation from Wayne turned him down by a vote of 11 to 10, five not voting. PROGRESSIVES TO PUT OUT TICKETS (National News Association) CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Straight independent tickets will be placed in the field in Pennsylvania and Colorado by the national Progressive party. Col. Roosevelt made this announcement after a conference with delegates from both states. The fight in Pennsylvania .will be carried on through the "Washington party" and in Colorado through 'the National Progressive party. . The adoption of a different name in Pennsylvania was necessitated by the fact that opponents of Col. Roosevelt In that state stole a march on his supporters and pre-empted under the law the name National Progressive as well as similar titles. Wm. Flinn of Pittsburgh was at the head of a committee from the Penna delegation which conferred with Col. Roosevelt. ARRESTED HER , Belle White, colored, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Clarence Jlote for public intoxication at EconWWroutht hlB city.

'Jack" Rose Is Alleged to Have Implicated High Police Official in Rosenthal Murder Case.

"JACK" ROSE. (National News Association) NEW YORK, Aug. 7. With Detective William J. Burns and his corps of sleuths working to substantiate the charges in the 10,000 word alleged expose of Lieut. Charles A. Becker's complicity in the murder of Herman Rosenthal and general graft alliance with the underworld, preparations were made today to arraign the accused lieutenant for the third time on the charge of procuring the murder of the gambler. Former Assistant District Attorney John F. Mclntyre, perhaps the most experienced criminal lawyer in New York, today entered into the case as counsel for Becker and after an early conference with the latter in the Tombs started, his machinery in motion in an endeavor to riddle Rose's charger. r'-v----:-Police officials and gamblers were startled today by a report that Detective William J. Burns had been investigating graft conditions in New York for three months. It was stated that Burns opened a gambling house here with the intention of trapping a high politician who was suspected of sharing in the tribute levied upon the underworld. Burns who arrived in this city yesterday from Baltimore denied the story as also did District Attorney Whitman. Mr. Whitman said Burns had been working in the Rosenthal case under his guidance and that he had full knowledge of Burns' movements. "These positively did not include the operation of a gambling house," the district attorney declared. Rose handed his confession to Mr. Whitman last night just as the latter was leaving the West Side court prison where Rose is confined. It is written in ink and covers 38 pages of foolscap paper. Parts of it are at variance with the earlier statements made by the gambler but Rose declares that the statements made earlier by him were inaccurate. Rose tells in detail of the method he alleges Becker adopted in getting evidence against gambling houses, the keepers of which had refused to pay protection money to his agents. He tells how these recalcitrants were brought to terms speedily and of the amount of money he collected monthly. More important than anything else he furnished to District Attorney Whitman the names and addresses of twelve gambling house proprietors from whom he alleges he collected sums ranging from $500 to $2,000 a month, all of which he says he turned over to Becker. These exchanges of money, Rose alleges, were made in his home at West 110th street in the presence of his wife and frequently in the presence of servants. The names of several of the servants are included in Rose's statement. But Rose's statement is not confined exclusively to his relations with Becker as the latter's alleged collector. The final six pages of the confession are devoted to a detailed account of his movements on the night that Herman Rosenthal was shot to death in front of the Metropole hotel. He tells how he was in constant communication with Becker while at Harry Pollock's house. Most of these communications he says, were over the telephone. Others were through Sam Scepp8. WAS NEARLY SUNK (National News Association) BERLIN, Aug. 7. According to a report received here today the German liner Kron Prinx while passing Dover, Eng., got within range of the cannon of the shore batteries during target practice and had a narrow escape from being sunk. The projectiles passed perilously near to the Kron Prinx before she could draw out of the line of fir.

Desperately in Love with His Wife and Became Crazed with Jealousy When She Left Him.

MRS. MORRIS GIVES ACCOUNT OF CRIME Husband Began Shooting When She Refused to Return to Him. Wounded Woman Is Recovering. Police investigation of the double shooting yesterday afternoon in which Mrs. Edna Morris was seriously wounded by her husband, who in turn shot and killed himself, has disclosed a tale of jealousy on the part of the husband, and of slavish devotion on the part of the wife, which would be hard to equal. Morris was not tired of his wife. On the contrary he had called at her boarding house on South A street several times since their separation, two weeks ago, with the express Intention of trying to get her to live with him again. She refused, and the tragedy resulted. Woman Is Improved. Mrs. Morris is slightly Improved at the hospital today, and was able to give her story to her attending physician. The bullet ploughed its way through her left jaw, fracturing the bone, then taking a downward course Into the neck where it remains, despite efforts to remove it by probing. Her face Is badly powder burned. Mrs, Morris' Story. "Charlie came to the house while I was sitting on the front porch and asked to speak with me upstairs. I agreed and we went to my room, where he sat on the bed and I sat in a chair; He asked me about some money he said I had stolen, and I denied having had it. He then asked me to forget bygones and to forgive him, and to come back and live with him. I refused and told him I had made arrangements to go back to my parents at Muncie. He grew angry, and started to quarrel. I got up from my chair and said I was going to leave, and that I would not quarrel with him. "He arose, and called me a vile name, saying that I would not leave. He had locked the door. He drew a revc er when he arose from the bed, and pointing it at my head, said, "I'm going to kill you and then kill myself.'" Then there was a flash, and I guess I swooned. Some time afterwards, I don't know how long, I heard another shot. I suppose that was what awoke me from my faint. I saw him lying on the floor, blood spurting from his head, and I stumbled to the door, got out, and then I guess the shock made me lose my senses." Morris came here with his wife about six weeks ago. He secured employment at the Ridgeway restaurant at night and was known as an efficient workman. He worked there until about July 25, when he obtained employment at the Belmont restaurant. Mrs. Morris started work at the Ridgeway restaurant about the middle of July, and worked there until last Sunday. Before Mrs. Morris obtained work at the restaurant in the daytime, she was in the habit of staying at the restaurant with Morris all night, helping him, and, when tired, sleeping beneath the counter. When she obtained work in the daytime, he wished her to continue sleeping beneath the counter at nights while he worked in order that he could watch her. She complied until she was unable to stand the strain any longer. Insane From Jealousy. That Morris contemplated his deed is firmly believed by the police. The night before the tragedy, he called at his wife's rooms, and asked her to live with him again. She refused, and he left in a rage. It is believed he drank heavily Tuesday morning and brooded over his troubles, until his jealous rage had reached the point where it entirely influenced him. Mrs. Morris' father, Mr. Moles of 1818 East Main street, Muncie, was in the city today, making arrangements for taking his daughter back to his home as soon as she can be moved from the hospital. Investigation showed that since Morris' separation from his wife, he has been living at 45 North Fifth street. A minute investigation of his effects. 6hows that he left no note or hint of his suicidal and murderous intentions. His body will be shipped to Gas City, his home, for burial. A Want Ad Keeps Things Moving IN THE OFFICE, IN THE HOME, IN THE FACTORY, IX THE STORE, Use the Wants and You Will Not Stand still

Democratic Nominee Outlines His Policies in Accepting the Nomination for the Presidency.

MADE PROMISE OF TARIFF REVISION No Mention Made of Naval Program or Initiative and Referendum. Wants New Currency Statutes. (National Newi Association) SEAGIRT, N. J., Aug. 7. Governor Wilson was jubilant over the weather which today graced the preparations for the official notification of the state executive that he had been nominated by the Democrats for president. The sun was bright and hot but a breeze tempered it. It was all that was needed to make the notification ceremonies perfect In every detail. The principal notificaUon speech was made by Senator James of Kentucky and aroused great enthusiasm. The speech of acceptance by Governor Wilson was listened to with close attention and frequently applauded. Early in the day visitors began pouring into Seagirt for the ceremony and before noon the crowd had become a crushing throng. Adjutant General Sadler and his state soldiers got busy early and roped off a great space on the grounds in the front of the "Little White House," within which the crowd stood. Outside the ropes and far outside the grounds was an immense space filled with autos. The railroad companies, trolley lines and other means of transportation provided ample accommodations. It was estimated that between 3,000 and 4,000 automobiles brought visitors from Philadelphia, New York and other nearby dtleaK,.., . . . . .,, .1. t v .... Declaring the country has reached a critical point in its political and moral development, Governor Woodrow Wilson In accepting the Democratic nomination for president, outlined the policies he would pursue In correcting existing evils if he is chosen as the nation's chief executive at the fall elections. An immediate downward revision of the tariff, amendments to the Sherman anti-trust law and more adequate legislation, both civil and criminal looking to the control of monopolies; legislation to prevent the interlocking of direct rates of big corporations that tends to place the finances of the country under the control of a few men; legislation that will safeguard the lives and improve the physical and moral conditions of the working people of the Philippines; the adaption of our banking and currency laws to the varied uses to which our people must put them; conservation of our national resources; development of our merchant marine and our waterways; presidential primaries and the direct election of United States senators, were some of the important recommendations which the Governor advocated. Ignores Two Issues. No reference was made to the battleship program, nor the initiative and ! referendum. Governor Wilson holds the present high tariff responsible for the high cost of living and the rapid growth of monopolies, and denounced the PayneAldrlch tariff act "as the most conspicuous example ever afforded the country of the special favors and monopolistic advantages which the leaders of the Republican party have so often shown themselves willing to extend to those to whom they looked for campaign contributions." He declared himself' in favor of an immediate revision and said "it should be downward, unhesitatingly and steadily downward." In order not to disturb the business interests of the country however, he advised proceeding with caution and prudence "like men who know what they are about and not like those in love with a theory." Raps at the Trusts. He declared that the trusts, instead of belonging to a period of infant industries, were the product of a very sophisticated age when men knew what they wanted and knew how to get it by the favor of the government. "It is another chapter." he said, "in the natural history of power and governing classes. The next chapter will set us free again. It will be a chapter of readjustment, not of pain and rough disturbance." The present anti-trust law, he said, had apparently proved ineffectual, and while he did not hold anyone responsible, he declared that it will be necessary to supplement the present law with such laws both civil and criminal, to disclose them and follow them to a final verdict and judgment. A problem, however, that he considers greater than the trusts is what he termed the "vast confederacies' of banks, railways, express companies, insurance , companies, manufacturing corporations, mining corporations, power and development companies,

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D, G. REID PLACED

"RICHEST" LIST Former Richmond Man Is Worth $50,000,000, an Authority Writes. The many local friends of Daniel G. Reid of New York, formerly of Richmond, will be pleased to learn that while he is not included in the list of the nine richest men in the United States he comes very close to being a member of that influential organization and that there is no danger of him ever becoming a pauper. Adams, one of the most prominent financial writers in Wall Street, places Mr. Reid in a list of financiers whose fortunes range from $50,000,000 to $150,000,000. Adams in his article on great American fortunes writes: "Private fortunes in America show amazing growth. Some of them have been notably increased by the great rise that has taken place in Standard Oil and American Tobacco subsidiaries' securities since those trusts were dismembered by the courts. I heard a man possessed of many state secrets figure at $3,000,000,000 as the combined fortunes of nine American multi-millionaires who are known the world over. "Think of it! Three billions of dollars divided more or less fairly among only nine persons! "My informant took pencil and paper and estimated conservatively, he asserted, the great fortunes as follows : John D. Rockefeller ...$1,000,000,000 Andrew Carnegie 500.000.000 J. P. Morgan 300,000,000 William Rockefeller ... 250.000,000 George F. Baker 250,000,000 James B. Duke 200.000,000 James Stillraan ....., 200,000,000 Henry C. Frlck 150.000,000 W. K. Vanderbilt 150.000.000 The income of $3,000,000,000 at 5 per cent is $150,000,000 a year. Its recipients do not spend it all. "What Is the surplus income of the multi-millionaires of New York? Only nine are named here. No mention is made of the Phippses, the Moores, the Reids. the Goulds, the Archbolds and others whose fortunes range from $50,000,000 to $150,000,000. The grand aggregate of course must be enormous, and the percentage of it which goes into securities for investment helps to account for the absorption and concentration of dividend-paying stocks." STANLEY FAILS TO El Street Car Victim Dies from the Loss of Blood and the Severe Shock. Homer Stanley, age 26, an employe of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company, who was fatally Injured when he fell from a repair car on the line near Earlham yesterday morning, died last night from the loss of blood and nervous shock of the accident Stanley was riding a repair car yesterday morning when the car jumped the tracks, throwing him beneath a city car His right leg was severed, his left leg mangled and he sustained numerous bruises and cuts about the body. He was removed to the Reid Memorial hospital where he was given prompt medical attention, but the loss of blood and the nervous shock so weakened him, that he did not have strength to survive the injuries. He is survived by his wife, one child his father and mother and a sister and brother. THREE BUILDINGS BURN IN CHICAGO (National News Association) CHICAGO. Aug. 7. Fire wrecked three five-story brick buildings in the business district at Nos. 219, 231 and 223 and 231 South State street early today, causing damage of more than $200,000. Guests in the Palmer House, the Great Northern and other hotels close by fled from their rooms in their night clothes. When assured that there was no danger of the fire spreading the guests returned to their hotels. The lives of several firemen were endangered when two of the walls fell in- They had been ordered away from the burning structures Just a few minutes before the walls caved In. For a time It looked as though the whole block of buildings would prove prey to the flames, bat a 4-11 alarm was sent in and the additional fire apparatus prevented a more destructive blaze. The buildings were mostly occupied by clothing companies.

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Delay Was Occasioned Today in Reporting the Platform Owing to Some Minor Changes in a Few of Its Provisions by Roosevelt Negro Question Solved to Satisfaction of the Negroes and Party Leaders.

RULES ADOPTED LEAVE THE GOVERNING OF CONVENTION III HANDS OF PEOPLE

(National News Association) CHICAGO. Aug. 7. Col. Roosevelt this afternoon was unanimously nominated by the -Progressive convention for president of the United States. The scene that ensued was remarkable. During the recess the delegates anxious to get away from Chicago early this evening worked among those who opposed upsetting the rule and making the nomination before the adoption of the platform. They finally won out and when the convention was called to order at 1:30 o'clock the roll call of states for nominations was begun. Alabama gave way to New York. There was a short pause and William A- Prendergast, who was slated to make the nominating speech was immediately Bent for. In the meantime the delecateiujairly wore themselves out with indiscriminate yelling and singing, and the brass quartet also was brought into play. It led while the crowd sang "Columbia. At 1:50 o'clock Mr. Prendergast launched into his speech, which he had originally planned to deliver at the Republican national convention. The first indirect mention of Roosevelt's name brought a round of cheers and Bull Moose calls. From then on every phrase referring to the Colonel was a signal for a new outburst. Col. Roosevelt was held up as a "national asset" In the nominating speech made by William A. Pendergrast, controller of the city of New York before the national Progressive convention this afternoon. He said in part: "This great gathering owes its being to a mighty protest by the American people against those who have poisoned the wells of democracy. It represents the martial spirit of mankind which from time immemorial has charged that upon those who would place obstacles in the way of the march of human progress. We recognize the social and industrial issues of the times. We present remedies for them, but while virtuous the cause and vital ! the principles and strong the force be hind them human experience teaches us that their conquering will be slow and difficult unless their legions are led by one whose spirit is their spirit and whose qualities of leadership are equal to the task of moulding public opinion and establishing a new epoch in American history. "Such leadership embraces the genius cZ a Washington, the statesmanship of a Jefferson, the democracy of a Lincoln. It is personified In him whose name it mill be my privilege to present as the candidate of this party for the office of the president of the U. S. of America. My candidate is more than a citizen; he is a national asset. In this momentous period of political doubt, when the naUon has to decide whether It will, or how it will, grapple with the great economic problems of the times there is no man in America's life who presents such credentials for the task as he. "This candidate has success written on every page of his official career. "He has fought the most vicious ! forces in American life and has conll1 idency at a time when his re-election i could have been a certainty In the I hope that other hands would proseIcute successfully the task be did not :have time to finish. That task has been treated with intermittent loyalty and has largely been left undone. We ask that the task again be Intrusted to him whose loyalty to principles has I never faltered and whose breadth of experience qualifies him over all men "He is the natural leader of the Progressive movement today, not only because he possesses the quality of leadership that Is essential, but bcanse he is one of the original progressives of this nation. Without denying to others IJusltly and honorably theirs for their urrira fn lha nmiTMiiT PUM there i.vy. w . " V D" ' w

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is no other man who in public office or out of it. has by his devotion to its interests made so complete and generous a contribution to the cup of his achievements. "It is inevitable that a man who has aroused the bitterest hatreds of the mighty of finance should have raised up a body of enemies who have followed him through their divers and Insidious agencies and sought and still seek to destroy him. He is the only man In American public life today of whom they have any genuine fear. To such a leader the hearts of millions of American people are turning in this national crisis. As the crusaders of old pledged themselves to God and the country so do we consecrate our lives to the service of that enduring democracy ordained by the Divine Power for the happiness of all his people, and as a leader In this crusade I present to you America's greatest statesman and lion-hearted citizen, Theodore Roosevelt. ... Seconding speeches were made by Henry J. Allen of Kansas, Horatio C. King. Ben B. LIndsey of Colorado, and Miss Jane Addams of Chicago. DELAY ON PLATFORM. CHICAGO. Aug. 7. The working plans of the national Progressive convention were given an unexpected upset today when an eleventh hour hitch occurred over the platform. It had l been completed and turned over to Col. Roosevelt for his approval, but the Colonel suggested the further revision of certain sections In order to make It more satisfactory. The resolutions committee then asked the convention officer for more time and notified them that It probably would require until 2:30 o'clock to complete the report- At 11:30 o'clock Chairman Beveridge called the convention to order to go ahead with what might be accomplished. Although th attendance was somewhat curtailed because of a drizzling rain throughout the forenoon, the spirit of enthusiasm appeared to be as strong as ever. Just before the chairman stepped to the front of the platform a trombone quartette played "Onward Christian Soldiers' and the delegates sang it with a spirit. Rabbi Levi pronounced the Invocation. After the prayer the trombones were brought Into requisition again and struck up "The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The audience was invited to Join and the big steel girder overhead reverberated with the Immense volume of sound. Rules Report Heard. After the singing ceased the report of the committee on permanent organization was heard. . This report was omitted yesterday on account of the great confusion and It recommended that the temporary officers be made permanent It was unanimously adopted. Medill McConnick was greeted with cheers and the call of the moose as bo stepped to the platform to deliver the report of the committee on rules. The first rule was greeted with cheers. It was as follows: "This party shall hereafter be known as the Progressive party." The next rule was an i novation. Tt provided for the representation in conventions based on the vote for the party at the proceeding election. The ifiaaia waa iim HcUvn tm a m-wmT-w 1fl AAA tar the progressive candidate having the highest number of votes. The pronouncement on primaries directed that delegates to the national convention should be chosen by primary In states having such a law, no matter whether the law was mandatory or optional. The rules outlined at length the order of business for the (Continued on Pag eight THE WEATHER STATE Unsettled Wednesday, probably showers tonight; Thursday, not much change in temperature.' LOCAL Shower tonight and Thurs day; not much change In atur.

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