Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 294, 15 October 1912 — Page 1

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OFFICIAL BULLETIN. . CHICAGO, Mercy Hospital, Oct. 15, (10 a. m.) "Deep bullet wound in chest wall of Col. Roosevelt, without striking any vital organ in transit. The wound has not been probed. "Point of entrance one inch to right and one below level of right nipple. Iiullet ranged upward and inward for a distance of four to five inches, deeply in chest wall. No evidence of bullet puncturing lungs. Pulse 90, temperature 99.2, respiration twenty. "No operation to remove bullet at present time. "Condition is hopeful, but wound, ia o important as to demand absolute rest for a number of days. "Dr. Murphy, "Dr. Bezan, "Dr. Terrell, "Dr. Sayle." CHICAGO, Oct. 15. Col. Theodore 'Roosevelt, victim of an attempted assassination last night rested comfortably at the Mercy hospital today while physicians developed X-ray plates that ; would show definitely the location of ithe bullet, fired into his right breast. !The colonel was pronounced strong iafter the examination was ' completed 'and was in a good humor. ' He ate abreakfafet of eggs, tea and toast anLread.aJlopk while the dpc-t tpr consulted, over the necessity of an 'immediate operation. ' .j i "I fe,rbully," said the colonel, smillngtwhen asked about his condition. iHe. looked exceedingly pale and greatlly fatigued but displayed phenomenal nerve. ' ' ! ! The colonel's speaking trip will come to an end abruptly. It was announced jhis physicians had decided it would jbe unwise for him to continue the tour and the colonel consented to return to foyster Bay aa soon as possible. The 'colonel, however, declared that he roust speak at the great Madison 'Square meeting in New York, October ;2C,. . Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her ;daughter, Ethel, left for Chicago on a 'fast train today. They expect to be ftt the colonel's bedside tomorrow morning. ' Mrs. Alice Longworth is also on her mray to Chicago. i SHOT ROOSEVELT MAN. CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 15. Charles iBrOwn, an ardent Roosevelt admirer, was" severely wounded in the hip by m blillet while he was reading a newspaper extra on the sidewalk today. An unidentified man shouted "Long live tDebs," and fired two shots, one takling effect. SUMMON BEVERIDGE. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 15. Former (Senator A. J. Beveridge was summoned to Chicago by wire today to hold a conference with Progressive party 'leaders there. Mr. Beveridge will leave on the afternoon train. It is (expected that Mr. Beveridge will be requested to carry out the remainder of Col. Roosevelt's campaign itinerary. COLONEL IS BETTER. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. "The colonel's Sonditlon is such that I believe he will e able to resume his tour in a week or ten days," said Philip Roosevelt, founin of the colonel, after a visit to the hospital today. INDIGNATION MEETING. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 15. An (indignation meeting has been called Jby prominent Progressive leaders to Jprotest against the attitude of "unscrupulous newspapers and politijejans'' ; toward Theodore Roosevelt. FThe meeting will be held at the Majestic theater this evenklng at 8 o'clock. Prominent men from all parts of the tetate have promised to attend. The prall for the meeting is signed by Theodore Hughes, William Dudley Foulke, jG. Galvin, and R. M. Smock. Attacks the Yellows. "The Lord is with us," declared W. iA. Bastian, Marion county chairman 'of the Progressive party today. "The Lord is with us both in saving the ife of Roosevelt and in bringing about a climax that will show the people of this country the result of intemperate Bwl hypocritical attacks. It will aid thousands of voters in determining jwhat their future actions will be and I fern certain that it places the election pf Roosevelt beyound a doubt, f There is no doubt in my mind but hat the various lies of the purchased firess of the country are largely responsible for the attempt on Roosevelt's life. ; "Immediately following the death ot president McKiniey the Indianapolir

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News insinuated that the yellow jour nals of New York were responsible for the crime. What yellow journals can be charged with this crime?" NO BAND GREETS HIM. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. From a desert ed railway station Colonel Theodore Roosevelt re-entered Chicago today, There was no band and no cheering A little cavalcade of sober-faced police headed the procession. The Colonel with a doctor on either side lay in an ambulance. Behind half a dozen automobiles moved slowly to Mercy hospital. Suffering from a pistol wound received last night in Milwaukee, Col. Roosevelt's condition was serious enough to cause grave concern to the eminent surgeons who had gathered to receive him, the Colonel "was taken from his car shortly after 6 o'clock. Fifteen minutes later he was lying in the ambulance and the police had moved to the head of the line and the somber little procession was under way. . The Colonel's special train arrived in Chicago shortly after 3 o'clock this morning. His car was switched to the deserted passenger station of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad at State street just north of the river. There It remained until the colonel had been removed. Precautions Taken. -...,r,-. Every precaution was taken; to avoid a crowd. Few persons knew where the colonel's car stood. Even the hospital to which the colonel was to go was kept a secret until the start j was made. It was reported that he would go to the Presbyterian hospital. Just before the start Dr. J. B. Murphy, one of the surgeons called to assist in caring for the former president announced that it had beeii decided to take him to Mercy hospital at 25th street and Prairie avenue. Col. Roosevelt, game today as he was last night after the attempted assassination walked unassisted from j the car to the ambulance. He sank j down weakly once he was inside. l weive minutes later wnen ne reacnea the hospital even his gameness was not equal to the task of walking the few steps from the ambulance entrance to the hospital door. A man on either side supported him. His face was white from loss of blood and drawn with the pain of his injury. The phyisians who were with him expressed their concern. Dr. Murphy was the one who expressed it most openly. "Bloody poison is the thing we most fear," he said. "We will take every possible precaution- to prevent that." In the automobile that accompanied the former president from the station to the hospital were the surgeons, some close friends of the colonel summoned when the shooting occurred and newspaper reporters. Along the streets as the ambulance wheeled slowly across the State street bridge a few persons realized that it carried the former president. Some of the men stood with uncovered heads as the colonel passed. He Felt The Pain. The colonel rested easy after the train reached Chicago and his car was brought to a final standstill. He was uneasy during the trip and seemed to feel considerable pain. The physicians in charge decided not to disturb him after his arrival in Chicago until daylight. He was roused by Dr. Murphy half an hour before the start for the hospital. A superficial examination of the wound was made. Then Dr. Murphy advised that Roosevelt be removed at once and the other physicians concurred. The colonel himself acquiesced readily. He smiled as the preparations for the trip were made. When all was ready he stepped from the car waiving aside the physicians and attendants who would have helped him. "Shot again," he remarked, as newspaper photographers fired a volley of flashlights at him. He smiled as the pictures were BASEBALL REPORT The account of today's baseball game between the New, York and Boston teams will be found on Page Two.

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Theodore Roosevelt, an attempt on whose life last night by a would-be assassin has aroused the sympathy and indignation of the American people, who regard him as the foremost citizen of the republic.

made. At the hospital his whole appearance changed. Rougr Rider Fagged. The rough rider fagged down between the two men who assisted him and they practically supported his weight as he took the few steps into the hospital. The smile had left his face. It seemed drawn with pain and the fight he made to hide his real mental suffering was disclosed in deep lines that marked his forehead and the corners of his mouth. The change was startling to his physicians. There was a hurried consultation the physicians being undecided whether the operation that had been partly agreed on should be attempted while he was in such a weakened condition. Just inside the hospital door the colonel sank into a wheeled chair. A few moments later he was wheeled away to a private room. "NICK" CARTER HEFE Manager for Vaughan Glaser in "Grain of Dust." "Nick" Carter, a former Palladium scribe, and present manager of Vaughan Glaser, who appears at the Gennett this evening in "The Grain of Lust," the dramatized version of the late David Graham Phillips' novel which had such a successful serial run in The Saturday Evening Post, came to Richmond this morning from Muncie by automobile. "As I wrote you the other day," -said Carter, "we have driven over five thousand miles this season in the car. As far away as Toronto. It is a new way for dramatic stars to travel as Mr. Glaser and I have gone from one place to another so far on this tour in this manner. "The other day as Mr. Glaser was not with nie, I put all the girls of the company in the machine and brought them down to Muncie. "We are having a very successful tour in 'The Grain of Dust.' Such critics as Archie Bell, of Cleveland, who gave the show a black eye last Spring when Hackett appeared in it there, says that Glaser is much better in the title role than Hackett." Since leaving the newspaper field Mr. Carter has been connected with various theatrical ventures, but has been with Mr. Glaser for two seasons. KNIGHTS CELEBRATED J. Kenney Yesterday dressed K. of C. AdAsserting that the principal reason that actuated Columbus to attempt the voyage which ultimately resulted in the discovery of America, was the crusader's spirit, Joseph W. Kenney, of Indianapolis, formerly a resident of this city, addressed the local Knights of Columbus and their families and friends at the K. cf C. hall last evening. Mr. Kenney took for his subject, ' The Chivalry of the Twentieth Century." Mr. Kenney stated that Columbus' idea was to discover the West Indies and to get possession of the wealth of those islands, his voyage ultimately resulting in the discovery of the American continent. Following Mr. Kenney's address Bcu Maag sang a solo and the evening's program, which was arranMl in i celebration of Discovery day, was conjcludwi with selections by an orchestra.

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COLON! IS PLANNED FOR THE INSANE A - Five Hundred Acres to Be Purchased for . Insane Patients to Cultivate and Care For. FARM COLONIES ARE INNOVATION Dr. Smith Says the Farm Will Relieve the Congestion at the Local Hospital at Once. The plan of Dr. S. B. Smith, medical superintendent of the Eastern hospital for the insane, for the colonization on farms of insane patients, was first proposed eight or ten years ago. Today the plan becomes ready for complete realization by the announcement that Governor Marshall has approved the plans of the commission appointed to investigate the colon Lzat ion scheme, and with this approval fthere becomes available immediately the sum of ?C AA- L 1 . m . . - . L "tu i" yurcnase oi me larnu fThe precise location of the-tract of !

between 500 and 600 acres which will ! Rlchmond Commercial club, asking be purchased at once cannot, for ob-ithat a new commercial treaty be negovious reasons be announced at thl;tlated between the Un1ted States and time but the farm will be in Wayne i Russla and that tne Btate le&islature county and will be some distance from enact a law making possible a penal the Eastern insane hospital, probably farm on which 8Dort term prleZeT five miles or more, o locate it nearer ; may work and not in comptItlon to the hospital proper would destroy wltn ,abor TZtZ .I fetufes that Dr- The abrogation of the treaty with Hehit Sin?8 n ,reBa,ri a" Ru88ia erd commercial relaUons highly Important. The transfer of he betweell ,t and tbe Unlted gtatea and pital patients to a farm wholly apart ! promlnent manufacturers of this city w .TTE S ondcted from the;rsceived communications from their hospital itself is looked on as a means i .t. th.. ,

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In a general way the plan as approv- j men urged it to see that a new treaty ed by Governor Marshall calls for the was drafted. purchase immediately of a tract of j Among others who urged the United the acreage stated above. Farm build-; states to abrogate the treaty was the ings of simple, though practical de-! Hicksite branch of Friends, who were sign and arrangement, are to be erect-! actuated by humanitarian motives, ed and colonies of from ten to twenty-! The treatment of American Jews by five men patients from Easthaven are ! the Russian government was the basis to be transferred there. Here, under 0f tho action of the Friends, most favorable conditions, with pleas- The penal farm project had Its lnant work and with healthful environ- J oeption here, and was recently endorsment, these colonies of the insane will ! by the Indiana State Federation of lead the simple life in all that the j Labor in session here, term impliesyThe land will be adapt- The Indiana Federated Commercial ed to general farming and the cole- '..clubs also passed a resolution favoring nized inmates, under competent guld- ;a nW form of city government. Wilance are expected to develop this farm : uam Dudley Foulke, of this city, is a plant and harvest its products and not ; member of the committee which inonly make the institution self-sustain-; vestigated tbe subject, ing, but provide a surplus of products . .Charles W. Jordan, secretary of

wnicn win go to tastern insane nospital.y First Attempt Here. The farm plan for the treatment of the insane has not been tried in IndiTHE WEATHER j STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight ana weanetaay. Not mucn cnange In temperature.

ana or in the Middle WeBt. yet many institutions for the treatment of tnis class of unfortunates have in connection therewith farms of limited area. It has been demonstrated that those patients who are physically able to do work on these farm tracts show rapid improvement and It has long been a demonstrated fact that the employment of the insane must be provided if there is to be improvement In their condition. Ultimately th farm plot contemplates the colonization of the women as well as the men, but in its earlier stages of development the Wayne county farm will be peopled entirely by men. Will Relieve Congestion. Dr. Smith said today that with the farm once established the pressure on the hospital proper would be relieved to a great degree and many of the unfortunates now in jails and poor farms awaiting admission could be accommodated. Wayne county will come Into much prominence as a result of the establishment of the first institution of the kind that has been attempted In the Middle West and probably the first on a large scale that has been founded in the United States outside of Massachusetts where the first experiments along this line are made. PROJECTS FAVORED HEREJ1 PASSED Federated Commercial Clubs Pass Resolutions Asked tor by Local Club. The Indiana Federated Commercial ih r,H rw.. f cripple ttJ Amerlcan trade ln that country. At tbe annual banquet of the Richmond Commercial club, prominent the local club, was elected vice president of the state federation. DAY DODGERS ELECT The Richmond students at Earlham college today elected the following ofificers: President, Howard Elliott; j vice president, Harrison Scott; secrelary, E.ienora snuie, ana treasurer. ilalcolm Campbell. " ' ,

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CXaUon News Association.) DETAILS OF SHOOTING. MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, October 15. The shooting ef Colonel" Roossveit occurred just as he stepped out of ths Gllpatrick hotel last svsning for ths Auditorium where hs was to deliver an address. As hs reached ths sidewalk, walking through lans in ths big crowd en ths outslds of ths hotel, and was about to step Into an automobile, a man suddenly stepped from the crowd and without word of warning fired directly at the Colonel, who recoiled a little but did not fall. Before the man, who It was learned later was John Schrank, 370 East Tenth street. New York City, could pull the trigger of his revolver second time Albert H. Martin, one of Col. Roosevelfs secretaries, lesped from the auto and hurled himself on the would-be assassin, bearing him to ts ground. Ths bullet struck ths manuscript of ths Colonel's address, checking ths force of ths ball and it did not penetrate deeply into the flesh. The crowd was stunned for a brief space of time by the suddensss of Schrank's attack, but when thsy realized what had taken place savage cries of "lynch him" went up. As ths wounded ex-presidsnt argued with the crowd not to do violence to the man who had attempted to kill him Schwenck was hustled from harm's wsy into the hotel and held there closely guarded until he was taken In charge by several pelloe officers and hurried to a police station. INSST8 ON SPEAKING. After the attack. Col. Roossvslt stated that he did not believe he had been seriously woundsd and, dssplts ths plsadings of physicians that he go to a hospital where his wound could be sxamlnsd and treated, the Colonel flatly refused to heed their advice and stepped Into his mschlne end ordered thst he be taken to the Auditorium. "I'll make this speech or die, one or the other," said Mr. Roosevelt with characteristic vigor, and he was whisked away. In the meantime the great crowd gathered at ths ''Auditorium wss In Ignorance of the attempted assaasinatlon of the ex-president and waa sxpsctantly awaiting his arrival. Just before the Colonel reached the big building, Henry 8. Cochems, a prominent Wisconsin Progressive, mounted ths platform and Informed the crowd that Mr. Roosevelt had been shot and slightly wounded.

6CHWENCK UNDOUBTEDLY CRAZY. When Schwenck was searchsd at police headquarters the following notes were found on his person: September IS, 1912. "In a dream I aaw President McKlnlsy, fit up in a monk's attire, In whom I rscognixsd Theodore Roossvslt.' Also: "September 12, 1912, 1:30 a. m. "While writing a poem eome one tapped me on the ehoulder and said: 'Let not a murderer take the presidential chair. Avsnge my death!' "I could plainly aee Mr. McKlnley'e feature. "Before the Almighty God, I swear ths above writing Is nothing but the truth." Another note reads: "So long as Japan could rise to the greatest power of ths world, deep ite her surviving a tradition mors thsn 2,000 years old. aa General Nogl ao nobly demonstrated, it Is the duty of the United State to uphold the third term tradition. Let every third termer be regarded mm a traitor to the American cause. Lst It be the right and duty of every citizen to forcibly remove a third termer. Never let a third term party emblem appear on the ballot. "I am willing to die for my country. God has called me to be his instrument, so help me God. Signed, "INNOCENT GUILTY."

CROWD IS FRENZIED. , The crowd was thrown almost Into a panic by the announcement of the shooting but Colonel Roosevelt calmed the people by rising and Assuring them that he was not - badly hurt. Then he began bis address. Several times he seemed to be growing weak, and members of his party rose to help him. He motioned them to sit down. "Let me alone. I'm all right!" he said. Mr. Cochems had stepped up to the Chairman of the assemblage, and Interrupted him to whisper the news. "My God!" Exclaimed Chairman. "My God!" exclaimed the startled man, and he sank back into a chair. The audience looked on in blank amazement Cochens stepped to the fore of the stage, and in quavering voice announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have sad news for you. Colonel Roosevelt has been shot." A murmur ran through the audience. "Some crank shot at him as he was on his way here. Cochems went on. "The Colonel is outside here and will soon address you, because he insists on it. I ask you to be as quijt as you can, as he is la great pain." Cochem's voice failed as he uttered this. He staggered back against a table. He was completely unnerved. Cochems regained his composure as be was being led from the platform, and going to the footlights called out: "If there are any physicians in the audience I wish they would hurry back of the scenes. They are needed." Instantly Dr. H. G. Sayle and Dr. Frederick A. Stratton of Milwaukee, hurried back. They found Dr. Terrell sitting, on a chair trying to get the

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Colonel to give up the speech and go to a hospital. "Must Deliver Speech." "My dear doctor that is impossible," declared the Colonel firmly. "I must deliver my speech." Drs. Stratton and Say! nodded to the former President and asked If he felt any pain. Mr. Roosevelt, sitting up straight, in a chair, the most placid man in the crowd, replied with a wave of his hand: "No, am not hurt a bit: I don't think the bullet hit me. If youH wait until I've finished my speech I'll let you see for yourselves." As he finished Mr. Roosevelt got up from the chair and insisted upon being shown the way to the stage. Dr. Terrell implored him not to go. Colonel Lyon tried to stop him, but Roosevelt gently pushed the Texan aside, saying: "Sow, Cecil, you're disturbing the campaign." Seeing It was useless to interfere, the Colonel's bodyguard escorted him to the platform. As he walked firmly to the stage as though nothing ln the world was the matter, the gigantic crowd burst into the wildest cheer heard in his campaign trip. ; Mr. Roosevelt, who had clung to his hat through all the excitement, passed it over to his cousin. Philip Roosevelt, and faced the yelling throng. Waves Hand at Crowd. He waved bis band at the crowd, paced a few steps along the platform, waved at the galleries and acted exactly as hj did at the Coliseum at (Continued on Paga Seven)