Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 242, 15 August 1912 — Page 1

BIG MONB PALLABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 242. RICHMOND, IND.f THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13. 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

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GRIM REAPER

Y OF PIONEERS iDuring the Year Ending August 1, 1912, Two Hundred and One Old Settlers Called by Death. SEVEN OF VICTIMS .WERE OVER NINETY Death Roll Will Be Read at the Old Settlers Picnic at the Centerville Park Next Saturday. During the year ending August 1, 1912, the Grim Reaper claimed a heavy toll of prisoners of Wayne county, 201 dying during that period, ail of whom were over 70 years of age. Seven people died who were over ninety yea'S of age, as follows: Elizabeth Brown, November, 1911, aged 97; George Smith, November, 1911, aged 91; Sarah A. Tallant, December, 1911, aged J4; Annie Conley, January, 1912, aged 91; Samuel Malone, February, 1912, aged 98; Mary J. Felty, May, 1912, aged 90, and Susan Leeson, July 1912, aged 91. The death roll of pioneers for the year ending August 1, 1912, will be ; read Saturday at the Old Settlers' Picnic, which will be held at the park iin Centerville. An excellent program has been arranged for this annual event and it is , expected it will be attended by a large crowd. The pioneer death roll is as follows; AUGUST, 1911. Age. Date. .'Kezlah White 85 11 I Anna Eliza Wasson 76 16 'Benjamin F. Evans 74 26 ; Henry H. Posther 72 5 iJohn R. Mauk 79 29 Charles E. Jenkinson 81 26 Mary E. Torbeck 85 24 Mary Francis Smelser 82 7 Mary C. Doddridge 78 5 Elizabeth Ann Champe 77 25 Caleb W. King 71 9 William Davlsr . 84 1 21 James V. Carter 80 30 September, 1911. Age. Date. Catherine Mary Gildenhaar 75 1 Hiram Huff ....79 3 Robert Cornthwait 80 4 Lydia Dingley 83 5 Aleda Stidham 83 5 Abraham Harris 83 6 A. B. Clarck 89 6 William Chapin 75 9 James Coldwell 72 12 Hanna Sitlok 71 13 Loretta Woltz 70 15 Eli Jay 85 14 Benj. Sanders 71 7 Alfred Perkins Jones 84 27 October, 1911. Age. Date. Frank K. Ebert 84 1 Mary S. Bowers 85 2 Hannah Rhamy 70 6 Jane E. Gray 81 6 Caroline D. Lichtenfels ... 85 7 King David Hadden 75 8 America Crouch 78 9 Wilson T. Marquis 86 9 Judeth A. Schultz 85 10 John Swan Grove .71 13 Luke D. Roark 72 15 Mary L. Lynch 75 18 Alfred S. Runnels 75 18 .Irene Frazer 80 21 jBridgett Corniff 70 24 James Goodwin 82 24 Isaac Jenkinson S6 25 John Kennedy 84 26 Anne Hoey 83 26 Lyda Ann Thomas 78 28 Mary J. Fagan 81 30 November, 1911. Age. Date. Margaret Collins 80 1

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Sarah Marie Dalbey 75 7 Fairfield Snyder 71 10 Catherine Wehrley 73 10 Cerena Adams 84 10 Rebecca Holland 87 15 Frederick Wm. Grottendich 80 15 Margaret A. Toschlag 86 16 Elizabeth Ann Maiples ... 71 16 Jane M. Reed 71 22 'Lena Knoll 74 22 Nora Dwyre '74 24 William Gibson 77 24 Elizabeth Brown 97 28 Miles Moore 86 28 Oliver Ferguson "1 29 Oeorge H. Smith 91 29 December, 1911. Age. Date. Anna D. Cala 72 1 Catharino Wallace 87 6 Martha P. Bond ...83 9 Lucinda Pritchard S3 14 Asenatha C. Parsons 81 17 Stuthanna Hunt 84 19 Esther Gentry 73 20 Sarah A. Tallant 94 20 Lucinda L. Ferard 72 24 Vllliam Jefferson Medearis 89 26 Xyda J. Bennett 70 27 Libbie Trevan . 72 31 Minerva Hodgln . . . . 76 31 Una Mary Meyer 74 31 January, 1912. Age. Date. 5Iohn W. Bozworth 78 4 3Iarriett Griffin 78 5 ?Jabea H. Elliott 73 6 , Barbara Werve 72 6 ' Until "Elliott 78 7 Jaks Schall so 13 .. (Continued on Page Eight)

To Open Catholic Convention

PAPAL DELEGATE BONZANO. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 15. Monsignor Giovanni Bozano, Papal Delegate to the United States, will officially open the eleventh annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies, here, on Sunday, when he will officiate as celebrant of the pontifical high mass. The Pope's envoy will leave Washington for the Convention City on Friday.

SENATE PASSES A BIG PENSION BILL Abolishes Agencies as Demanded by the House in the $150,000,000 Act. (National News AssoctaMon) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 15 The senate yesterday yielded to the demands of the house for the abolition of the pensions agencies throughout the United States and passed the $150,000,000 pension appropriation bill with a provision for the abolishment of the agencies Jan. 31, 1913The action of the senate prevented what is claimed would have been the greatest financial crisis in the history of the pension bureau. The San Francisco agency had a balance of 7 cents and Detroit only 4 cents. This condltion was due to the delay of congress. , .... .j'

ion y . ed to prepare, an ordinance forcing mo-1 w-as elected township chairman. Levy The extension of the old appropria-! torcycles to carry headlights at night, j Warren, committeeman from the first tion bill for a fifteen day period so j pm posters and distributors who precinct, George Rothermel, committhat nnp-twentv-fourth of last vear's ! have failed to provide themselves with Iceman from the second precinct, and

appropriation might be used to pay less than half of the $15,000,000 due on August 4th, left 200,000 pensioners unpaid at Indianapolis, Knoxville, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, and Topeka. Acting Pension Agent Fountain at New York had reported that condi-; tions there were serious, as many army and naval pensioners are destitute. The funds available today were only $7.79 at Philadelphia; $97 at Louisville, where $300,000 is due; $S7 at New York City; not a cent at Concord, N. H.; at Indianapolis only enough to last one day; Columbus $121 and Boston, $145. Regular Army in Same Trouble. The veterans were not alone in their dilemma. Practically all the regulars at army posts in the United States have received no pay since June 1. This extraordinary situation was caused by the deiay in passing the general deficiency bill. The regular army appropriation had been exhausted in May. and the war department was depending on the deficiency bill for more money. Officers have received most of their pay because they are obliged to support themselves. The war department fell, the enlisted men. would . suffer least because the government provides everything for them, quarters, clothing, food and medical attendance. BOOKS OF HOWARTH REPORTED CORRECT The State board of accounts has concluded its Investigation of the books of Trustee James Howarth of Wayne township and have found them to be in the condition required by the state laws. The board also states in the conclusion of its report that the books are neatly and well kept and

that the balances and records are tojtorney the letter of the law must be

CITY WORK BEING DELAYED BY BOARD Until Next Year Because of the Scarcity of Funds in Treasury.

The board of works confirmed the primary assessment roll providing for the opening of South Seventh street at the meeting this morning. Several street improvements which cannot be made this year because of lack of money and the late season will be held over for next year. A suitable hedge to be placed on each side of the Glen arch was discussed. "Do all you can . to give the city uniform water prices. You save the poor citizens," writes H. R. Wilson to the mayor. The letter was read to ; tne board. City Attorney Gardner was instruct license as required by a city ordinance, will be required to do so hereafter. The license fee is $25 for both posters and distributors, and $15 for each. Several street improvements, including cement sidewalks on both sides of Ft. Wayne avenue from Main to North D street were ordered. They will all De laid next year. r Several primary assessment rolls for street improvements were approved. City Attorney Gardner was Instructed to write the officials of the T. H., I. 8c E. Traction company asking them to come to Richmond and confer with the board of works regarding the tracks in the Glen park. Mayor Zimmerman states if something is not done soon, the tracks will be taken up by himself and all the citizens he can muster. He has given orders that any one trying to make any changes or repairs at the switch through the Glen be arrested. Park SupL Hollarn is keeping close watch on the tracks for any attempt of this nature. A LARGE BOND FOR SCHOOL TREASURER "What will be the bond of the next treasurer of the Richmond Public schools?" is the question which is being argued by the school authorities of the city. State Attorney General Honan says that the bond for the successor of Mr. Nusbaum must be $000,000, under the laws of Indiana, as it is provided thatthe bond must be double the amount of funds handled by the school treasurer. The amount handled by Mr. Nusbaum this year was $250,000, so that the bond would reach the half million dollar mark. County Superintendent Williams was in conference with Attorney General Honan yesterday in regard to the matter. According to the State's at-

MANY ATTEND MEETINGS Of THIRD PARTY

Committeeman Chosen byProgressives in Two Wards and Three Townships Wednesday Evening. OTHERS ARE TO BE HELD DURING WEEK Washington Twp. Favors a Full County Ticket, No Action Being Taken by Voters at Other Meetings. Two ward meetings and three township meetings were held by the Progressives last night and were largely attended. The meetings were held for the purpose of electing precinct members of the Wayne County Progressive Central Committee. Tonight Progressives in Center and Jackson townships will hold their meetings. The other ward and township meetings will be held Friday and Saturday and Tuesday all the committee members will meet in Richmond and elect officers and transact other important business. At the Seventh ward meeting last evening at the No. 5 Hose house there were sixty-five voters present. Harry Goodwin was elected committeeman from the 31st precinct, J. O. Edgerton, committeeman from the 32nd precinct, and E. G. McMahan committeeman from the 33rd precinct. The county ticket question was discussed and sentiment was about evenly divided whether a Progressive ticket should be nominated or the Republican county ticket indorsed. It was decided to take no action on the question, leaving It to the county committee to dispose of. Mr. Goodwin was chosen ward chairman. In the Eighth ward there wai a fat sized crowd in attendance. John Schneider was elected committeeman for the 34th precinct, and J. Ed Banks committeeman from the 35th precinct. John Burdsall was chairman of the meeting and C. F. Towle secretary. Form Roosevelt Club. Owing to a misunderstanding in the call for meetings only the Progressives of the Bethel precinct in Franklin township met last night, there being twenty present. Progressives "in the Whitewater precinct did not understand they were expected to attend the Bethel meeting, so a Whitewater precinct meeting will be held later on. R. A. Anderson was chosen as committeeman from the Bethel precinct. The meeting at Bethel was a most enthusiastic one and after it adjourned a Roosevelt Club was organized with twenty members. Today a number of other voters in the township enrolled in the organization. A large crowd attended the Washington township Progressive meeting at Milton last night. Dr. C. A. Roark Scafe Reed, committeeman from the third precinct. A resolution was unanimously adopted declaring for a complete Progressive county ticket. The Clay township Progressive meeting at Greensfork last night was also well attended. W. L. Hatfigld was elected committeeman from the south precinct and Merritt Nicholson from the north precinct. INDICTMENTS ARE REFDSEDjy JURY Jurors in Rosenthal Case Say the Evidence Too Weak for Action. (National News Association) NEW YORK. Aug. 15. Because members of the grand jury investigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal believed the evidence presented to them by District Attorney Whitman was too weak upon which to base true bills they decided this afternoon that no indictments should be returned at the present time. This decision caused a sensation because it had been generally understood that a blanket indictment, naming seven persons would be returned. The grand jury wants to hear evidence from Sam Schepps. the alleged murder paymaster, before it takes final action. THE WEATHER STATE Fair toniflht and Friday; cooler in the south. ; f LOCAL Unsettled weather tonight

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The Progressives and the County Ticket By ?. G. Leeds The Progressive state chairman, Edwin M. Lee, has notified all Progressive county chairmen of Indiana that it is the unanimous desire of the members of the state central committee that complete Progressive tickets be nominated in all the counties of the state. There is good reason for this. Under our present form of party government the county is essentially the foundation. The county organizations are all-powerful in their multitude compared to the lone state organization. Therefore, it is essential that every step be taken to strengthen the Progressive county organizations. And one important way to do this is to nominate a Progressive county ticket. When the voters go to the polls in November and register their votes for Roosevelt and Johnson, Beveridge and Landis and the rest of the state ticket they might just as well have the privilege of voting for known and loyal Progressives to fill their county offices. Progressives should realize one thing they have said good-bye to the Republican party. Not the Republican party of Lincoln and Grant and McKinley and Roosevelt, but the Republican party of Taft and Barnes and Watson and Keeling and Fairbanks. They have been driven from the party of the fathers by a gang of political thieves and highbinders, who have laid down the law at Chicago, at Indianapolis, at the district meetings that the select few and not the people shall control the party of Lincoln. Now a political party can not survive when a great majority of its rank and file leave it. 1856 saw the death of the Whig party and the birth of the Republican party. 1912 will see the birtn of the Progressive party born of millions of votes and the death of the Republican party bleeding to death from the loss of millions of votes through the cruel wounds inflicted by Taft. Barnes, Watson. Kealing. Fairbanks political camorrists. What Booth was to the Republican party's first great leader these men have been to the party itself. Until the convention in June many of us thought the party could be purified of its vicious and corrupt element. For years we have fought from within the party to that end. Jim Watson, long a potent figure in the party in this district, our misrepresentative for years in congress, went down to defeat under the stress of this movement within the party, after the same force had served notice on him that he had had his last fair weather Bailing in the sixth district. Taft himself was bitterly turned down by the people in all the great presidential primary states before the convention. But that June convention showed us that to fight longer from within the party was absurd and ridiculous. The reason can be briefly reviewed. The cases of all contested delegates first had to come before the national committee. As they settled these contests the delegates whose credentials they recognized. took their place on the temporary roll. Invariably this committee decided against Progressive not Roosevelt delegates because it realized that to seat the contested but none the less honestly elected Progressive delegates would give the Progressives a majority in the convention and insure the election of a new national committee that would be governed by a Progressive majority. This would have ended for all time the evil domination of the powers that prey over the Republican party. You know that the national committee did not pursue its crooked policy through a sense of loyalty towards Taft and a fervent desire to see him renominated. Taft is not the kind of man to command such loyalty. Not content with its victory up to the point brought out above, the national committee, in the intoxication of power and to shoo away the Progressive bugaboo from those states that had achieved political freedom under direct primaries, secured from its corrupt convention a party rule that excluded forever any chance of the Progressives succeeding in their fight to purify from within the party. That rule was that any na-

.1 ytional committeeman from any state vr states where national committeemen

refused to support the head of the Republican ticket could be removed by his fellow committeemen and his place filled by them. So if this happened to a direct primary state national committeeman and he or a man holding "like views regarding the head of the ticket Taft for instance were returned by the people he could be removed and the place permanently held for a standpatter." Roosevelt has characterized this as the vicious circle. It is for it removes forever from the people of the Republican party control of their organization and perpetually places it in the hands of such political crooks as Watson and Barnes and Kealing. You know that is the reason we left the Republican party. It was a matter of principle. As Governor Johnson put it, "We will not try the case to recover stolen property before the thief that took it." Nor should we in any way support the minor organizations, the county organizations, that give life blood to that nefarious and vicious circle organization at the top. The Wayne County Republican organization, from which Will Robbins resigned last Saturday as chairman, as well as a large number of precinct committeemen, because of the rotten method of control now in force in the party, will handle the campaign for the candidates at present constituting the Republican county ticket. This organization will likewise do its utmost for Durbin, the gang's candidate for governor, and Taft, the gang's candidate for president. It is true a delicate situation exists in Wayne county in that the Republican county ticket was nominated last spring before the crooked convention at Chicago was held. So far as 1 know practically every candidate on that ticket is a progressive Republican and at heart a Progressive. This is so because a majority of Wayne county voters are Progressives, and. as Progressive Republicans helped nominate Progressives to that ticket. Some people say that in view of this condition we ought not have a Progressive county ticket in W ayne, but, as Progressives who participated in the primaries last spring, we should support the Republican county ticket. If the Progressives should support the Republican county ticket, what assurance have they that the standpat Republicans, of whom there are a few left in the county, will support a ticket that confessedly is filled with Progressives, with men who are absolutely against Taft and the gang of political brigands that have robbed the Republican party of its honor and standing among men? Would it not be better if the Progressive party in Wayne county were to place a county ticket in the field and make the fight a clear cut one all the way from president down to the county for our great principles? We might just as well have our own county ticket in 1912 instead of waiting until 1914, for two years hence the Progressives of Wayne county will have their county ticket out regardless of what course is taken this year. If the Progressives should decide to fill a county ticket this year, obviously the only fair and honorable thing to do will be to offer each candidate on the present Republican county ticket the same place on the Progressive ticket. This is so because we as Progressive Republicans participated in the Republican primaries last spring and we ought in honor to give every Progressive Republican on the present county ticket the opportunity to make his choice between remaining in his present place or taking a similar one on the Progressive county tickeL You will understand, however, all this is simply my own personal opinion as to what is best in Wayne county. There is no threat of dictation in this. I feel that each county except those in which no Republican county ticket has yet been chosen should be left to decide the question of its county ticket itself. There are just two places on our county ticket that regardless of all other considerations should have straight out Progressives for the office. Those are the respective candidates for representative and joint representative to the general assembly, the legislative tickeL By righu the legislative candidates should not be considered as county candidate. Essentially they are not. They are candidates for state office, for the general assembly is our state legislature and in no wise is a member of that body to be considered a county officer. No more than out representatives in congress could be considered state officers. It should be one of the first duties of an Indiana general assembly in which a majority of the members are of the Progressive faith, to provide that hereafter the legie?ative ticket shall be separate from the county ticket. It should go

particularly from direct primary do as the neonle bid them do who

TAX IN

INCREASE

THE CTIY IS PROBABLE Mayor Favors Shoving the Rate to Legal Limit, $1.25, hut Fears Council Will Balk on Plan. CITY EMBARRASSED BY ITS CONDITION And Only a Tax Increase Will Relieve the Financial Pressure. Old Debts Are Due in 1913. Mayor Zimmerman favors raising the tax rate to the legal limit. 11.25 per hundred dollars on taxable property. The budget meeting Is to be held next month, but several preliminary meetings are to be held, at which the council and the board with the mayor will discuss the work to be done next year, and the amount of money which will be required. "While it would be hard on some people to have the tax rate raised so high, it would save money in the long run." taid the mayor. He cited, in proof of his assertion, several cases to show how much more expensive It is to make macadam and gravel streets, and care for them, than It is to make modern paved streets, the expense of upkeep being so much smaller. Mayor Zimmerman stated that he did not believe the tax rate would be raised to $1.25. which is the legal limit, because, he says, many councilmen will be opposed to it, but. nevertheless, he adheres to his stand taken a year ago when he advocated shovIng up the rate to the limit. Street improvements will not be pushed the remainder of the year. No cement work will be undertaken by the city. All improvements which -com up now will be acted, upon by the board and then held over until next year. "The light plant will be repaid next year" 6tated Mayor Zimmerman at a recent meeting of the board of works, referring to the debt the city owes the light plant for street lighting since 1910, amounting to about $38,000. This amount cannot be paid in a lump sum. however, city officials state, as about $24,000 which the general fund owes the special street improvement fund for bonds, must soon be paid. It is regarded as quite probable that the tax rates will be increased for next year, even if it is not raised to the legal limit, because the city Is In a very embarrassing financial condition and could not meet Its debts and current expenses if the same amount was appropriated by council for next year as was appropriated for this year. BRUTAL JIJEII FINED Long Jail Terms for Abusing a Horse to Death. Two men who whipped, beat and drove crippled horse until it dropped dead on Sheridan street last night, were given an extreme sentence in police court this morning by Mayor Zimmerman. The men were Charles Reddinghaus and Henderson Bell. Each was given $100 and costa, and 30 days in jail for their cruelty. Prosecutor Will Reller made a statement, saying the men drove the horse, attached to a light wagon. Into Fairview, where they tried to sell it to H. Hager. Hager saw the horse was ill,, and refused to buy it. At this time the animal was covered with sweat from excessive driving. The men started back to town, cursing and beating the animal and it dropped dead south of the viaduct. Officer Rottenhaus arrested the men. Mayor Zimmerman stated that in an aggravated case of cruelty, as this one seemed to be, he believed the heaviest sentence possible was too light. WOUNDED WOMAN IS TAKEN TO MUNCIE

Mrs. Edna Morris, accompanied by her father. Mr. Moles, of Muncie. left today for her home in Muncie. Mrs. Morris was murderously assaulted some time ago by her husband, Chas. Morris, who subsequently killed himself. The woman was shot through the left side of ber face, the bullet striking the wisdom tooth, splitting the jaw bone, and penetrating the left shoulder where it now reposes. The wound is slightly bandaged, and Mrs. Morris states she feels very little pain, and no ill effects except for a slight numbness In the chin and left jaw; " V She will make her future home with

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