Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 247, 21 August 1912 — Page 6

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The. tSoyftCE. op oua. Poisoa) ivy scovrjeO Yr r. it wAaAjr Pwy AtL IT WAS AlfiEOAte. POP LAST OA! OF AUGUSTWILL BE BUSY ONE Progressive County, Joint Representative and District Conventions Are to Meet Here Then. (Continued from Page One.) part he played in the previous convention Mr. Bryson was elected a delegate from this dictrict to the recent Progressive national convention. Mr. Bryson Is a leading farmer of Fayette county and is regarded all the more favorably on that account, as tnere is considerable feeling in favor of having the Sixth district represented in congress by a man from that class. Again, as the Fayette county men pointed out, Mr. Bryson is from the same county that Finly Gray, the present congressman and a Democrat, hails from. They claim that Bryson would have no difficulty in carrying Fayette county by a comfortable majority on the Progressive ticket over Gray. Sporting Gossip BASEBALL NOTES. Birdie Cree is the only regular among the New York Highlanders that is hitting for .300 or better. Jean Dubuc is the leading pitcher of the Detroit Tigers, having won fifteen of his first twenty games. ' Twenty-eight players in the National League and twenty-two in the American League are batting in the .300 class. V A brother of Johnny Evers, of the Cubs, is to receive a try-out from Manager McGraw of the Giants next spring. A Boston fan rolled over and yelled: "If Boston is the hub of the universe. Speaker is the greatest 'spoke' In the wheel". Rerrell Pratt, the Southern League Tecruit, is playing a sensational .game both in the field and at bat for the St. Louis Browns. Manager Jimmy Callahan has added two promising youngsters, catcher Ray Schalk and pitcher Ralph Crabb, to his White Hose outfit. The Cleveland Naps have been coming along strong of late, and it's a pretty safe bet that the Davis outfit will finish in the first division. The Boston Braves had a chance to sign Eppa Rixey, but couldn't see him and the Quakers jumped in and signed the University of Virginia star. Bob Bescher, of the Cincinnati Reds, is the "Speed King" of the National League. Bob leads the organization both in run getting and base stealing. Joe Kelley's Toronto team has come to the front on the run and is giving Rochester and Baltimore a real battle for the International League pennant. The Pirates and the Cubs did great work during their Eastern trip, and If they can keep up the pace at home, the Giants will have to go some 'to hold their own. ; Boston and Washington ran neck and neck during their Western trip. The Red Sox won 10 games, lost 5 and tied 1, while the Senators copped 10 contests and lost 6. One noticeable feature of the American League race is the fact that very few fans throughout the country would begrudge the Senators a pennant. Washington never has had anything .that resembled a championship, and the majority of the fans are pulling for "Old Fox" Griffith's boys' to win. WITH THE BOXERS. Rawhide Kelly, manager of Frank 'Plcato, Is trying" to match Picato against Matty Baldwin. Tommy O'Toole's next bout will be clash with Tommy Dixon in Philadelphia, on September 20. The Garden A. Cv of New York .would like to stage a 10-round bout between Champion Kilbane and JohnHy Dundee. . Mike Gibbons' young brother, Tomy, who Is said to be a clever middleweight, is going to break Into the boxing game next month.

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MISS THISTLETHWA1TE HURT WHEN THE STAND COLLAPSED

She Was the Only Resident of This City Injured by Collapse of Stand at Marshall Notification Meeting Believed Some of Injured People Will Die.

, INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 21. All of the persons injured in the collapse of the grand stand at the Marshall notification meeting yesterday afternoon will recover, according to reports from the hospitals and other places where they were taken after the accident. The list of injured exceeded 100, of whom about 20 suffered severe injuries. The others sustained bruises, minor hurts and were badly shaken up. Seven are still in the various hospitals and many others will be confined to their homes for several weeks.

(A firewagon came speeding up VerMiss Maude Thistlethwaite, 311jmont street and the uniformed fireNorth Eleventh street, sister of Mark . men 8urged lnto tne mass among the Thistlethwaite, secretary to Governor j fauen boards. Marshall, probably was the only per-j Ab the 8tand gank u wag noticed son from Richmond on the grand j tnat no one who was on it 8n0uted or stand which collapsed Tuesday after- j scramed. With a regular, sinking noon during the Democratic notiflca- f moti0n, the big platform collapsed

tion exercises at Indianapolis. Although her ankle was wrenched j and she suffered many bruises in the accident. Miss Thistlethwaite returned to Richmond last evening with her father, J. P. Thistlethwaite, who also attended the exercises, but left his daughter a few minutes before the collapseof the stand to accompany his son, Mark Thistlethwaite, to the Indiana Democratic club. Hastening to the scene of the accident, father and brother found their sister very nervous and suffering severely from the injury to her ankle. Miss Thistlethwaite was sitting on the front row of the grand stand behind the speaker's platform at the tjme of the crash. Her seat was about five feet above the ground and towards the end of the row. When the platform began to fall, Miss Thistleth waite was held in her seat by her foot, which caught in the railing in front of the row of seats on which she was sitting. As she fell backward, she was caught by a man in the second row. The impetus of the backward movement, however, was so severe that it wrenched her ankle and she suffered a number of severe bruises on her body. At her home today Miss Thistlethwaite said that the crowd maintained excellent order and that there was no semblance of a panic. She was one of the first ones to leave the wrecked grand stand. It is believed that Miss Thistlethwaite was the only Wayne county person who was Injured in the collapse of the stand. MANY WERE HURT. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 21. In the list of injured in yesterday's collapse of the grand stand during the Marshall notification exercises were state officials and many private citizens. Approximately one-third of the injured were women. It is believed that a number will die from their injuries. The list of injured is estimated at 100. Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, chairman of the notification committee, had proceeded with his address for approximately ten minutes, when the great stand, 60 feet long and 30 feet wide, swayed twice and then sank to the pavement, carrying with it more than 450 persons. Judge Parker had reached a climax in his arraignment of the Republican and Progressive parties. Suddenly a pall of quiet fell across .the multitude

that had crowded about the corner of jof Mrs. Marshall, besides many other Vermont and Meridian streets to wit- prominent persons, did not even sway ness the notification of the Indiana i when the stand behind it crumpled up governor of his selection by the Demo- j as if an earthquake had opened a hole crats of the nation for vice president, j In the ground under It. There was a slow, grinding noise and ) Governor Marshall Immediately afthe speaker stopped, turning toward ter the work of extricating the injured the suddenly shifted interest center. ! from the debris of the broken timbers

In an instant the heavily loaded plat form had crumpled and passed from the sight of those in front. Crowd Is Hushed. There was an Intense silence as the mammoth stand swayed slightly to the east, then back to the west. Then a heavy timber snapped with a little explosion. Women put their handkerchiefs to their eyes to shut out the sight. Still no one in the great crowd about the collapsing grand stand mov-

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you uill 'PAur BUT Afe3 SUFFEftAT AS VOU CAAJ CAAJ DlASIMfSH My ARDOR. ,AD AOVE FEfi. TAT GAL I 1 VO S"'1 ed. As the center of the stand sank from the sight of those in front, men and women turned and fled toward Pennsylvania street. One little section of the stand in the northwest corner stood for a single second after the remainder of the platform had gone down. Then it colj lapsed. It was at least a quarter of a minJute before a sound broke across the I scores of men and women caught in jthe debris. Then women screamed I and men shouted. There was, howjever, a noticeable lack of the intense excitement among the onlookers that (Usually goes with such an accident. from the middle outward, and it was several seconds apparently, before the entire structure had reached the pavejment. Then confusion reigned for a time, but there still was a lack of loud noise or much disorder. From everywhere men rushed toward the wrecked platform. Many on the speakers' stand leaped down into the wreckage and began the fight to save those caught beneath the boards. The uninjured who had gone down in the crash disentangled themselves, and many of them turned immediately to the work of rescue. Still others fled from the scene as if death were pursuing them. Others in the outer crowd joined these and University Square soon was filled. A moving picture man, with his machine set at the edge of the speakers' stand, trained his lenses on the scene in the street until the ambulances had left none of the injured in the splintered mass on the pavement. Policemen formed a cordon about the wrecked platform and ropes were stretched before the injured all had been taken from the debris. Then the gongs of ambulances made a riot of noise In all the approaches to the place and as fast as the ambulances reached the scene they were loaded with the injured and started out across the city to the hospitals, hotels and private dwellings. The Indiana Democratic Club was converted into a temporary hospital, and practically every room was filled with the injured, stretched out across the rugs and the beds in the upper rooms. The plant of the Bobbs-Merrill Company, also, was opened to the injured, and many were cared for there. Meanwhile the speakers on the platform were attempting to keep down the excitement in the crowd. Judge Parker turned around from viewing the chaos directly at his feet and announced to the crowd that the word had gone out that no one was seriously injured. Speakers' Stand Safe. The sinking of the piatform, had it not been gradual as it was, would have meant the death of scores of those on it. The portion of the stand next the speakers' platform did not give way, the ends qf the board being wrenched, but still holding to the speakers' stand. The speakers' stand, bearing the members of the notification committee, the principals in the day's festivities and a party of friends had begun, said that he was certain there were no serious Injuries. "I went through . the collapse of a stand with 500 people on it myself," he said, "and there was no one hurt badly." Custom!5 Nam I Pok. Barber You are losing yottr hair very fast, ir. Are you doing anything to saxe it? Customer Yes; I'm settine a divorce. Boston Tranacript.

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CAMBRIDGE CITY. IND. CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Aug. 21. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hayes and their guests, Claud Parrish and hitj sister, Miss Levon Parrish, of Greenfield, and Miss Irene Toms, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lambertson, of Bentonville. Mrs. O. E. White went to Detroit Monday to visit her aunt, Mrs. D. A. Ireland and her cousin, Mrs. Claude Matthews. Mr. White will join her in that city later. Mrs. Ella Cammack and granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth Galliher, of Muncie, are visiting relatives in Cambridge City. Miss Edna Jacobs left Sunday for Mingo Junction, Penn., to visit her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. James Dale. Miss Mary Luddington, of Muncie, who is spending some time with relatives in Cambridge City, visited friends in Richmond the latter part of the past week. Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Strattan and son, Everett and Mr. and Mrs. Howard El liott and son, Robert, of New Castle, have returned after ten days in camp at Valley View, near Connersville. Mrs. Clara Williams has a large bed of portulaca of varied hue, which is out of the ordinary in the luxuriance of growth and coloring. The funeral of David Warner, of Springport, who died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Josephus Wallack, was held Saturday afternoon at Germantown, Rev. A. L. Sample, of Springport, having charge of the service. Mrs. Frank Huber and children returned today to their home in Tipton after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Stombaugh, of this city, and relatives at Milton. The annual picnic of the Home Makers' club was held, the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Whiteley. The tables presented a pretty sight spread under the row of trees which skirt the driveway. The day was one of general socialbility. Tennis and other recreation formed the entertainment. The picnic next year will be held at the same time and place. Mrs. M. B. McCaffrey entertained as guests at dinner, Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. White and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bryan. Mrs. R. D. Steele was among the guests at a party given by Mrs. George Reid, of Richmond, in honor of her guest, Mrs. Anna Hewitt, of Laporte. The social given at the home of Mrs. J. W. Marson by the members of her class in the Christian Sunday school, was both novel and entertaining. Upj on their arrival the guests were preI sented with a half-leaf, with the instruction, to find their partners among ! j the children, by matching of leaves, J after which followed a story hour, j Miss Eleanor Newman relating in ini teresting manner several stories ! among which was that of "The Fox," which the children illustrated in pantomime. Cream and cake were served during the social hour which followed. A sum exceeding twelve dollars was realized by the young people, and will be added to the treasury of the class. Mrs. John Beard has returned after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Laura Sommers, of Fort Wayne. She was accompanied home, by her son Robert, j who joined her in that city after a j visit of several weeks with his brothi er Clayton, of Chicago. Mrs. Sarah Chestnut and grandchil dren, of Richmond, and Miss Inez Funk, of Dublin, were the guests last Friday of Mr. and Mrs. George Stombaugh. s Mrs. E. E. Colson, of Bradentown, Florida, after a visit with friends in this city, is spending a few days with i relatives in Dublin, j Miss Ethel Zehring was hostess l?.st Friday afternoon for a company ; of fifty ladies, honoring her guest, Mrs. j Winfield, Zehring, of Meadville, Penn. 1 Needlework and conversation pleas antly whiled away the hours. Miss Zehring was assisted in the serving of her refreshments by her sisters, Mrs. Harry Zehring, of Connersville, and Mrs. C. M. Bailey, of this city. Master Horace Boyd, who accompanied Mrs. F. L. Marson and son, Ralph, from Chicago, last week, will go to his home in that city today. His grandmother, Mrs. George Robey will return with him for a visit of several weeks. The funeral of Mrs. A. W. Bradbury occurred Monday morning from the family residence. Rev. N. F. VfooV ford, of Richmond, a brother-in-law, having charge of the service. Mrs. Will Bradford and daughter, of Connersville, are the guest of William Ohmit and daughter. Miss Elizabeth. Among the relatives and friends called to this city by the death and funeral

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of Mrs. A. W. Bradbury, were Dr. and Mrs. Roy Pelton, of Armada, Mich., Rev. and Mrs. N. F. Woolford, W. H. Bradbury and son. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Bradbury, Mrs. E. B. Harned. Miss Sarah Harned, Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Warren McClure, of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bond. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Herlin WilBon, O. J. Hatfield, Loring Hatfield, of Greensfork, Mr. and Mrs. Will Cleveland, of Hagerstown, Mrs. John Lashley, Hon. Thomas Jessup, of Centerville, R. B. Bradbury and daughter, Nora, of Muncie, D. M. Bradbury, Miss Emma Bradbury, of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bradbury of New Castle, and the Misses' Agnes and Gertrude James. HAGERSTOWN, IND. HAGERSTOWN. Ind., Aug. 21. Miss Ada Rinehart is visiting at Rich mond, with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rine hart. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Knapp went to Grand Rapids, Mnch., last evening for a few days' stay. They will also visit friends in Alba and East Jordan, later going to Petoskey. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Quickie spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Clark of Centerville. Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Leonard entertained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. David Leonard and daughter of Milville and Mr. and Mrs. John Herr and family of New Lisbon. Jesse Replogle is confined at his I home on West Main street with a general breakdown of the nervous system. Miss Ruby Lichtenfelt of Indianapolis, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Walter Hayes. Miss Pauline Doughty is visiting j with her cousin, Marie Oler, near Economy. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wisehart entertained their children and families Sunday. Mrs. Frank Woodward and little daughter,. Miss Bernice Woodward, went to Muncie, Pa., Tuesday, where Mrs. Woodward will visit her parents. Not Extraordinary. On a Broadway surface car two well dressed women were highly amused at a woman with a baby. As the conductor came along the woman with the child said: "Hold the baby a minute; I want to tie my shoestring." He took the youngster and the woman tied the string. Then the conductor gave the baby back to her. As be passed the two well dressed women one of them said: "You have all sorts of queer passengers on your car, don't you 7" "Yes." he replied. "Imagine that woman asking yon to hold her baby! Wasn't that a crazy thing for her to dor "Oh. I don't know." replied the conductor quietly. "That's my baby. The woman's my wife." New York Telegraph. Philosophy of th Loafer. In the Blue Blanket, an Edinburgh civic paper, Dr. Mackenzie describes. smewbat unkindly, the Glasgow loafer under the title "Civic Ideals." "Why should I save?" asked the loafer. "I make enough to keep me going. I make enough to feed me, I have enough over to let me drink up to 10 o'clock. Why should I save? If 1 grow sick you must take me to the hospital. If I spend all my money and have nothing to eat you must take me to the poorhouse. If I get drunk on the streets you must take me to the police office and the prison. You've got to do it. What Is the good of saving?" Hoping For th Best. "I expect to be able in about five years to retire and live on the Interest of my investments." "That's fine. But I didn't know you were making investments. What are theyr "I haven't made any so far. but I have three very beautiful danghters growing up. Chicago Record-Herald. Disappointed, "Ton say he was disappointed In lover "He certainly was." "But I thought he married the girl he loved." "So he did. And then he found that two cannot live as cheaply as one." Houston PosL Easy Prom!. He (after being reJectedV-Goodby. but premise to be a sister to me. Sb i-I wrX I accepted your brother last night-Yariety Lif v -v There Is one body that knows than anybody, and that Is everybody j Talleyrand. .

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A CRIPPLED BABY SAVESJI FATHER Sight of Youngster Causes Mayor to Suspend F. Deweese's Sentence. A pretty little brown-eyed baby boy, eighteen months old, its little ankles crippled and useless, saved Fred Deweese, the father, from a long term in the county jail. Deweese had planned to take the child to Indianapolis today for the purpose of having a specialist attempt to straighten the useless limbs. Early this morning, while under the influence of liquor, be created a scene at his home. 25 North Sixth street causing his arrest on the charge of public intoxication. The mayor's heart was touched at the sight of the little boy, crowing and cooing in his mother's arms, while the father was on trial, and although he gave the man a sentence of 140 days, he suspended it on condition that Deweese will stop drinking and care for his wife and child. The man promised to obey the mayor's orders. Deweese was arrested at 3 o'clock this morning. He was caught by Of ficer Little, after chasing his wife j from the house following a scene which caused the neighbors to call the police. The wife showed little disposition to press the charge against her husband, but said he cursed her, and was drunk. He admitted drinking six glas8es of Deer Mayor Zimmerman gave the man a severe lecture after the evidence had been heard, saying he should enforce the extreme penalty, 140 days, but because of the child he would suspend sentence pending Deweese's good behavior. Deweese said he bad had one operation performed on his child's ankles, and that no good had resulted but -that he was going to try again. JOGGED HIS MEMORY. A Bit of Humor That Brought Phil May I to His Senses. The most refractory among dumb beasts may sometimes be won by persistent kindness. It Is also evident that the obstinate of the human species may be influenced by an assault of humor. i Phil May, the English artist "of most dear memory," had promised to do a colored design for the Christmas number of an illustrated weekly publication. The date fixed on for Its delivery passed by, and no design had been forthcoming. ' Letters and telegrams were irnsnswered, and when a messenger was sent to May's bouse it appeared that he had gone to Faris without leaving any address. -This, according to London M. A. r is what happened next: The publishers were at their wits' end, but one of them, paying a day's visit to Margate, was overjoyed to see May basking in the sunshine by the water. The publisher did not make himself known, but cannily ascertained where May was staying. Then he hired six sandwich men to parade up and down before the artist's window with boards bearing different legends. This was their enor: , "What about our Christmas cover?" "We are waiting for that cover." It was a delightful reminder, and in a few days the publishers received one of tbe most brilliant designs May had ever executed. WELL DRILLING Bertsch Bros, Centerville, Ind. ANOTHER NEW SONG Mrs. John McKhann is composer of a new song entitled, "I'm Waiting, My Sweetheart, for You." It is very pretty and is a good seller; is now on sale at Range's music store. 4 I $ Hadley's Grocery I X for Baked Ham (cooked X X done), and Fresh Potato X X Chips.

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CrJL. At its nearest point, the sun Is 91.250,000 miles from the earth. CITY ADVERTISEMENT. Department of Public Works. Office of th Board. Richmond, Ind., August 15th, 1112. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given by th Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that on the 15th day of August, 1912, they approved an assessment roll showing the prima fact assessments for the following described public improvement, as authorized by J the Improvement Resolution named: Improvement Resolution No. 3221912 For the improvement of South "C street, by constructing cement sidewalk 6' wide and cement curb and gutter on both sides of street; also grading and graveling the roadway, from South lf.th to South 16th street. Said improvement Is Intersected by. the following named streets and alleys: the east side of South 15th street and west side of South 16th street, and the alley between South 15th and South ICth street, running north and south from South C street. Persons Interested In or affected by said described public improvement are hereby notified that the Board of Public Works of said city has fixed Thursday, August 29th, 1912, 9 o'clock a. m.. as a date upon which remonstrances , i will be received or heard against the amount assessed against each piece of property described in said roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots or tracts of land have been or will be benefited in tie amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named on said roll. Said assessment roll showing said prima facie assessments, with tho names of owners and descriptions of property subject to be assessed, is on file and may be seen at the office of the Board of Public Works of said city. ' B. A. Kennepohl. . Fred R. Charles, W. W. Zimmerman. Board of Public Works. Aug 15-one wk CITY ADVERTISEMENT. Department of Public Work. Offic of the Board. Richmond. Ind., August 16th, 1912. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond. Indiana, that on the 15th day of August, 1912. they approved an assessment roll showing tbe prima facie assessments for the following described public improvement, as authorized by the Improvement Resolution named: Improvement Resolution No. 299, 1912. For the Improvement of South 16th street, by constructing , cement sidewalk 7 feet wide: Also curb and gutter as follows: Cement sidewalk on the west side of street from Mala to South "A" St.. and from South "C to "E" St., and on east side of street from Main to South "E" street. Also cement curb and gutter on both sides from South "B" to South "E" street. Improvement Resolution No. 11, 1912. For the construction of cement sidewalks on both sides of North 11th street from North C" to North "J" street. Improvement Resolution No. 325, 1912. For the construction of Cement curb and gutter on south aide of Main street from South 22nd to South 23rd street. Improvement Resolution No. 327, 1912. For the construction of Cement sidewalks on both sides of Ft. Wayne Ave., from Lot 12, L E. Jon Addition to the north line of North T street. Persons Interested In or affected by said described public Improvement are hereby notified that the Board o Public Works of said city has fixed Thursday. August 29th. 1912. t o'clock a. m.. as a date upon which remonstrances will be received, or heard, against the amount assessed against each piece of property described la said roll and will determine the question as to whether such lota or tracts of land have been or will be benefited in the amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named on said rolL Said assessment roll showing said, prima facie assessments, with the names of owners and descriptions of( property subject to be assessed is on file and may be seen at the office of the Board of Public Works of saidj city. - B. A. Kennepohl, . Fred R. Charles, 1 W. W. Zimmerman, -- Board of Public Works.' aug 15-lwk