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AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 241. RICII3IOXD, LD., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14. 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

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IS WITH A VETO President Says the Measure Was Framed Without Consulting the Reports of the Tariff Board. SAYS ITS EFFECTS v WOULD BE CRITICAL President Is Greatly Put Out Over Passage of the Wool Bill Over His Veto in the House. BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 The house this afternoon passed the steel bill over the president's veto by a vote of 173 to S3. (National News Association) WASHINGTON1, Aug. 14. Undeterred by the Democratic-Progressive-Republican coalition in the house, which passed the wool bill over his veto yesterday. President Taft sent a message to congress today in which he vetoed the steel bill, passed by the house and senate and sent to him for his signature. The president's grounds for his veto are that the bill was framed "without consulting the reports of the tariff board, and provided only for revenues and not for the protection of American industries." Earlier in the day there had been rumors that the president was so vexed over the failure of the standpat Republicans to attend yesterday's session and support his stand on the wool bill that he would allow the steel bill to become a law, and only the president's message later in the day ended these rumors. In the lengthy message which accompanied the steel bill back to congress the president enumerated his objections under three principal heads. Has Three Objections. First, he took exception to the act of congress In overlooking the publication of the tariff board and chided the 'house for paying no attention to the findings of that body. Second, he objected to the schedules because they provide a tariff for revenue only and not for protection. Third, he objected because of the bill's tremendous immediate effect on working men and their families and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of goods without first providing for an ample and disinterested inquiry Into the conditions of the whole industry. In summing up the president said in part: "Prom the outset of my administration I have advised a revision of the tariff based on a non partisan study of the facts. I have provided the means for securing such information in the appointment of a tariff board. Their thorough work, already completed on several schedules, has justified my confidence in this method. The principle is indorsed by chambers of commerce and boards of trade in almost every city of importance in the country. "The proposed bill has not been framed on the basis of any such study of the industry. Avowedly its rates are Ixed with no consideration of anything but revenue. The principle of protection is disregarded entirely and therefore it is not too much to say that the effect of these sweeping changes on the welfares of those engaged in the various industries has been disregarded." BIG SYM0DMEET1NG Lutheran Delegates from All Over U. S. Attend. (National News Association) SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. 14. Delegates fro mevery Lutheran synod of the United States are atending the synodical conference which assembled here today for a week's session. All branches of denominational work will be discussed by the conference and on Sunday nexta special meeting will be held in the Auditorium for the consideration of negro missionary work. GRASSHOPPERS ARE INVADING KANSAS (National News Association) LARNED, Kas.. Aug. 14. According to Francis B. Milliken, state entomologist, Kansas is suffering this year from the worst invasion of grasshop pers she has experienced since the cel ebrated invasion of 1S74. The f Milli ken report states that the dry weather which the state has experienced dur ing the past few years has brought about conditions favorable to the pres ent invasion. Along river valleys the farmers are able to keep the grasshoppers killed off by free and frequent use of Paris green and arsenic compounds, but the state entomologist has had little suc cess combatting the insects on the dry uplands. The center of attack seems Jo be the western part of'the state.

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This picture was taken aa Col. RooscTelt their return (ram tb prof reaaiTe canyon BIG STORM SWEPT ACROSSJTHE STATE Two People Were Killed, Sev eral Hurt, and Considerable Damage Done. (Natloril News Association) GREENSBURG, Ind., Aug. 14. Frank Newsom, 25 years old, telephone lineman, was killed by lightning here yesterday. A windstorm swept the city. Three thousand persons . were imprisoned for hours under a tent on the Chautauqua grounds and panic followed. Miss Helen Arberry was struck by a tent pole and seriously injured. Many received minor bruises. Colonel William J. Bryan delivered a lecture at the opera house last night instead of at the Chautauqua grounds. ROOFS BLOWN OFF. AURORA, Ind., Aug. 14. A windstorm late yesterday blew several roofs from houses and tore down the electric wires in a dozen places, putting the city in darkness last night. The heavy rains have caused thousands of dollars loss to the farmers. BARN IS DESTROYED. BROOKVILLE, Ind., Aug. 14 A barn, containing four horses, six head of cattle, 1,000 bushels of wheat, hay and corn, belonging to George Brady, living eight miles east of here, was struck by lightning yesterday and burned. The loss is estimated at $3,000. CROPS ARE DESTROYED. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 14. Telephone and telegraph communication in Howard county was demoralized last night on account of a heavy wind and rain storm. The corn and oats crops are reported ruined, and on one farm 15 large apple trees were blown down. WOMAN KILLED. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. . 14. Mrs. Moore, the young wife of Harry Moore, a wealthy farmer, living near Galveston, Ind., and the mother of two small children was instantly killed by lightning while taking a washing from a metal clothesline. JUMPED FROM SHIP; ARE TO BE TRIED (National News Association) TOULON, France, Aug. 14. Five sailors who jumped overboard from the French cruiser Verite when a boiler tube bursted yesterday, causing a panic among the crew, will be courtmartialed for breach of discipline, it was announced today. The five sailors who were rescued after leaping into j llic .u.mu UiCJ lUUUlll I

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and Mrs. Booaerelt were aboo to enter t tion at Chicago. It la the latest picture a ITALIANS BOARD ROUMANIAN SHIP And Take from Her Turkish Officers. Bold Act in English Waters. (National News Association) . ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug. 14. International complications involving Italy and Great Britain are threatened as the result of the hold-up of a Rou-.' manian steamer from Constantinople in Egyptian waters today and the capture of a number of Turkish officers who were on board. At the time the mail steamer was only a few miles off this port and protests have been made by the Turkish authorities that the action of the Italians was in direct violation of Egyptian neutrality. They threaten to bring the matter formally to the attention of the powers. At the time the Roumanian vessel was flying the flag of a merchantman and a mail ship. There was no Brit-IUa.i-ui-. ,u luc v.ullJr "' time, although there is usually one or more ' English battleships cruising , in Egyptian waters near this port. otnus luai me snip uitu nasi holding her up, was a man-of-war the mailer did not hesitate when ci'dered to heave to. She was immediately boarded by officers who left the Italian warship in a small boat. The Turkish officers were placed under arrest and taken on board the warship as "contrabands." It is believed that Italian spies in Constantinople secretly sent the information to the Italian government when the mail ship sailed with the Turkish officers on board. OFFER PRAYERS FOR RECOVERY OF BOOTH (National News Association) LONDON, Aug. 14. Prayers for the recovery of General William Booth founder and head of the Salvation Army, who is seriously ill here were spoken in thousands of Salvation Army t arracks throughout the world today. From numberless street corners, where open-air meetings of -the Salvationists are held daily and nightly, petitions were directed in the course of the services for a prolongation of the useful life of the aged evangelist. Gen. Booth's condition according to a morning bulletin, showed little, if any improvement. He was unable to sleep list night from insomnia which added to his nervous condition.7' STUDY THE WANT AD PROBLEM Many Want Ads mean more opportunity to do better business in all lines. They offer the benefit of; dallr-liKt nt bnibiMS. p.haneM.

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ONE MILLIONAIRE ON GOTHAM FORCE Banks Reveal Startling Fortunes of Some New York Police Officials. (National News Association) NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Bankers, following the directions of the New York clearing house committee, will turn over to District Attorney Whit man all the suspected graft accounts on their books, so that the increasing fortunes of police officials may be investigated by the grand jury. In the unearthing of the hidden stores of wealth, it was asserted today, that four police inspectors already have been found to possess deposits of staggering proportions. One inspector is said to have accumulated a million dollars. The announcement of the unprecedented action of the clearing house followed testimony showing that Lieutenant Becker on a salary of $2,500 a year had 8Ued over $5g 000 lQ Qur banfcs ,n ,e8g thaQ njne months not tak, j account stocks, bonds and securities known to be in safety deposit boxes. Pressure brought by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,caused the decision of the clearing house to aid the district attorney. EviQence now before the grand jury shows that every form of gaming and vice paid a prescribed toll, and that these tariffs varied according to the location in the city. First class up town gaming houses paid $1,000. A middle class gambling house paid $500. East Side gambling houses paid from $100 to $400, while high class pool rooms paid $600. Poker dice games paid $300. Uptown disorderly houees paid $600 and East Side resorts paid $100. These were the monthly tariffs paid to the police. MEXICAN RAILROAD TRAINS TAKEN OFF (National News Association) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 14. Trains on the Mexican National railroad in the state of Morelos w ill be abandoned, ac cording to a decision reached in a conference between Vice-president Carlos R. Hudson -of the railroad, and President Madero of the Mexican republic. The decision follows the massacre of eighty-five persons on a train south of Cuautla, Sunday. Regular service will not be attempted as long as the ZapaUsts continue their operations in the Morelos section. An occasional train carrying a guard of not less than 200 federals will be sent out occasionally If conditions warrant. Survivors of the train massacre today say that two young women captured by the rebels but saved from death were taken away by the Zapa i tists. -

A STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN BY THE COLONEL

He Will Make Three Long Swings Around the Circle and Will Be Occupied for Eight Weeks. FIRST TRIP WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH! RoOSevelt Plans tO Visit the I Central Trans-Mississippi I rr States and the Northwest art His Pirst Tnnr OH niS rirbl lOUr. : I (National News Association) I CHICAGO, Aug. 14. Two months ! of strenuosity will mark the campaign of Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency. Three long swings around the circle will be made and practically every state in the union will be reached. The first trip, scheduled to be the hardest of all, will begin in September. The actual dates have not yet been arranged but details are being worked out and will probably soon be announced, according to a statement at state Progressive headquarters today. The plan now generally approved in a general way, the Colonel will don his roughrider and mount his trusty private car about September 1, and will go from New York direct to St. Louis. From there he will go to St. Paul, circling through Iowa and Wisconsin on the way. From St. Paul he will go west over the Northern route, making many speeches enroute and landing in Portland about the middle of the month. Will Turn Southward. Then he will turn southward for a trip through Oregon and California, leaving Los Angeles for the East and making a few speeches in Arizona and New Mexico. The route will Bhift to the north and the Colonel will invade Colorado for a few days speechmaking, then swing east through Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri and land in Memphis, where a monster meeting is planned. From Memphis the ex-! president will backtrack Into Arkansas and then start eastward'again, the route lying through Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. After finally reaching New York the Colonel wili take a fe wdays rest. Then the second trip will start. It will be confined entirely to the Southern states. The route has not yet been mapped out very carefully, but the Colonel will visit West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. He probably will also make Rome speeches in Mississippi. The third swing will follow the second and will have the middle west as its objective. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin, will be visited on this trip. For the campaign managers deem it advisable as the election approaches, changes in the second tour to give more time in the South may be made. REPUBLICAN PLANS. CHICAGO. Aug. 14. Charles Hilles, chairman of the Republican national committee with Secretary J. B. Reynolds arrived in Chicago today to make preliminary plans for the coming campaign. The two men went at once to the national committee headquarters in the Auditorium hotel, where they held conferences with party leaders. Directors of the speakers and publicity bureau will be selected tomorrow. According to Chairman Hilles the Republicans will concentrate their fire on the Democrats, paying little or no attention to the Progressive party. "Wilson is the man we have to beat," said Mr. Hilles. The chairman incidentally rechristened the Progressives as the "Third Term party." Hilles was the guest of national committeeman Roy O. West. Mr. Hilles was told that friends of Governor Deneea were indignant at Colonel Roosevelt for suggesting a third ticket in Illinois. "I shall not attempt to explain what Roosevelt's idea is in pushing a third local ticket." said Mr. Hilles. "In fact I do not attempt to explain any of his actions." WEDDING WILL END STEAMER ROMANCE (National News Association) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Aug. 14. If Lieut. F. J. Williams had not received a severe scalp wound while traveling to this port on the United States army transport Thomas, he would not have been made the hero of the voyage, and local army circles would not be expecting the announcement of hia engagement to one of the prettiest girls on the ship. The young woman is Miss Flora Bewick, of Atlanta, Ga daughter of Mrs. E. T. Donnelly, wife of Capt. Donnelly. While promenading the deck Miss Bewick was pitched forward by the tossing of the ship and Lieut. Williams, seeing her danger, jumped head foremost in front of her. He broke her fall, tut was himself seriously injured. - -

T LOST Last Seen Talking to Friend in a Cemetery. (National Xfwj Association) CHICAGO, Aug. 14. Police today began a soarch for Rev. Richard Williams, 7G. a civil war veteran who mysteriously disappeared Monday when with his wife and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Helen Williams, he visited Grace cem- ! etery to place flowers on the grave of his son. As they entered the cemetery. Dr. W illiams saw a man wearing a G. A. R. button. He stopped to talk with him. A few momenta later the stranger got a motorcycle and rode away. Mrs. Williams and her daughter-in-law who had gone into the cemetery noticed that Dr. Williams was not with had disappeared. Roads leading to ,he ceTZ "r T rch!dnd ers which the minister had carried with him were found but no other trace htm cou,d be discovered. Dr winlam8 is a retlred Presbyterian minister living in Ann Arbor. Mich. He came to Chicago, Sunday witn his wjfe to visil his daughter-in-law REBELS TO ATTACK AMERICANCAVALRY Small Detachment of U. S. Troops Sends Appeal for Big Reinforcement. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. News that annihilation is threatening a detach ment of the Third Cavalry of Major Wright on the Mexican border reached the war department today. Brig. Gen. Steever wired the secretary of war that Major Wright reported 1,100 rebels gathered at Galamos, directly across the border from his present post and that the revolutionists were rapidly being reinforced and that they were preparing to attack his com mand. Major Wright appealed for aid but General Steever replied that none of his troops could be spared. Major General Woods wired General Steever to send help to Major Wright immediately and call on Washington for more troops if they were needed. Major Wright's force consists only of a troop and a half of cavalry, with comparatively little ammunition and no field artillery. They would be able to withstand the attack of the vastly superior Mexican force for only a short time. U. S. CONSUL KILLED. WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. William McMaster, American vice and deputy consul at Carthagena, Columbia, hes been assassinated according to news that reached the state department today. McMaster was shot in the back while hunting, apparently by one of his guides. Other attempts to murder him recently have been foiled, several of the conspirators having been jailed for participating in the plots. The vice consul was a wealthy ranch owner and had had trouble with his employes. SETTLEMENTS ARE PAIDTOJICTIMS Of Car Wreck in Most Instances, but Some Suits Are Threatened. Two victims of the recent street car wreck are not recovering fast Mrs. Jacob Meyers, Richmond avenue, is still unable to leave her bed, and physicians fear that an operation may yet be necessary to treat a large abcess on the left hip which combined with a slightly sprained back, necessitates Mrs. Meyers being confined to her bed. Miss Bes6ie Paddack. thought to be slightly injured at the time of the wreck, is barely able to be about the house. Both hips were badly bruised, and she is compelled to remain in bed the greater part of the time. John Alexander is 6lowly recovering at the hospital. His recovery in the face of his condiUon and advanced age is a surprise even to the attending physicians. Most of the victims have accepted settlement with the car company for damages sustained In the wreck, but several suits are threatened. One local company official who accompanied the claim agent In his attempts to settle with injured passengers, said. "Richmond is not treating the car company right, and If I had my way, I'd jerk up every line and move the tracks away. THE WEATHER STATE Thursday fair and cooler. LOCAL Fair and cooler tonight; Thursdajcjair. .

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ISA OF DISEASES Typhoid-pneumonia Follows Attack of Severe Cold and the Prosecutor Died Tuesday Night. LADD WAS SERVING HIS SECOND TERM Was a Well Known Member of Wayne County Bar and Former Teacher. Governor to Fill Vacancy. Charles Norris I-add. aged 45 year, one of the best known members of the Wayne County Bar association, and prosecuting attorney, died last night at his home on Charles avenue, from typhoid pneumonia, caused by a general breakdown. The news of the death of Mr. Ladd came unexpectedly to his many friends in Wayne county, as he has only been confined to his home since last Friday. Mr. Ladd was a descendent of the earliest settlers in Wayne county. He was hern February 2, 1868. the son of Josephus and Eliza A. Ladd. near Williamsburg, Indiana. His grandfather was Joseph Ladd, of North Carolina, of English ancestry, and a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Mr. Ladd was educated in the common schools of Green township, then attended De Pauw university for two years and later was a student at the Indiana State Normal school at Terre Haute, for two years. Mr. Ladd was an instructor in different parts of Wayne county for 15 years, and for a time played professional baseball as a pitcher. While teaching he studied law with Will Bond for four years, -and v.cs then admitted to the Wayne County Bar. Elected Prosecutor. In the fall of 1908 he was elected to the office of county prosecutor, being inducted into that office January 1, 1909. . . , Last Tuesday Mr. Ladd was attacked by a severe cold and later other complications set In. Notwithstanding his illness he fulfilled the duties of his office until last Wednesday. Friday his condition was criUcal and Saturday he became delirious. Iate Monday evening he was attacked with typhoid pneumonia, which caused his death. In April 8. 1909, be was married to Rosa Bell Shank, of Center township, who survives him. He is also survived by two brothers, living in Centerville and Williamsburg. . He is a member of the Masonic Ldge at Williamsburg and a member of the Richmond lodge of the Royal Order of Moose. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from the home. Rev. A. Cates of Grace M. E. church will have charge. Burial at Centerville cemetery. Friends may sail any time. Governor to Appoint. The power to appoint a prosecutor to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Ladd's death is vested in the governor. But one avowed candidate for this position has so far announced himjself, Will W. Reller. Republican canididate for the office, who bad been ask Governor Marshall to appoint him to serve out the remainder of Ladd's term. Joshua Allen of Hagerstown. Democratic candidate for prosecutor at the last election, may ask for the appointment. It is possible Governor Marshall will appoint a Democrat. Attorney Ray K. Shiveley, who was appointed by Mr. Ladd to the position of deputy prosecutor, will at once assume the duUes of prosecutor. He expects to be retained in office unUl the Ladd term expires. January I. Members of the Wayne County Bar association are requested to meet at the court room Thursday to take action on the death of Mr. Ladd. WALKIIIGja COAST Are Members of Columbus Family. Ariive Here. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ebert and two sons. Ward, aged 15. and Louis, aged 9, arrived in the city this morning from Columbus, O., on their way overland to Pasadena. Cal. They are making the trip on foot, carrying all baggage and cooking utensils in a small express wagon. The party left Columbus last Tuesday and expect to reach their Journey's end in November. All expenses are defrayed by selling a salve which they make. Mr. Ebert has a brother In California and they are making the trip overland to join him. Mr. Ebert has poor health, and the trip is being made afoot for his benefit- The party left over the National road for Indianapolis and will then go to SL Louis and then to Denver. .

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