Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 3, 13 November 1912 — Page 1
ABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 3. RICII3IOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 13, 1912. SINGLE COrY 2 CENTS.
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TAKEN TODAY BY SERVIANS Austria Aroused Over Defiance of Her Orders and the Jingoes Have Declared It an Act of War. RUSSIA MOBILIZES HER ENTIRE ARMY European Outlook Is Far from Satisfactory and the Prospect for a General War Is Good. (National News Association) BELGRADE, Servla, Nov. 13. A Servian army today occupied Durazzo, the chief Albanian port on the Adriatic Sea, according to private advices received here. Although the Servian government refused to confirm this report the news was generally accepted as true and caused great rejoicing among the Belgrade populace. 1 Austria has protested against Servia securing any Adriatic ports, but the Servian government is showing by its determined attitude that it intends to carry out its program. Belief is growing here that Austria's aggressive diplomatic protests against seizure of Adriatic territory by Servia was chiefly for effect and that Austria will be persuaded by the powers to accept the verdict of a council of the powers as to Servia's territorial expansion after the campaign ends. Another Servian army is moving toward Durazzo and a coalition Montenegrin column is moving southward upon Durazoo from Alessio although its progress has been retarded by deep enow which has fallen throughout Northern Albania. RUSSIA MOBILIZING. BERLIN, Nov. 13. Complete mobilization of the Russian military forces In Europe has been ordered according to advices from St. Petersburg. That Russia has been secretly preparing for any eventuality growing out of the Balkan war has been known for hat the empire would be placed upon a war footing. Russian ships are being sent to the Black sea and soldiers are being concentrated near the Bulgarian border. From the preparations being , made Russia is not to be caught napping as she was when Austria annexed the J Turkish provinc.es and Bosnia over Russian protests. AUSTRIA IS AROUSED. VIENNA, Nov. 13. When news was received here today that a Servian army had occupied Durazzo on the Adriatic Sea, a new and dangerously discordant note was struck in the dip lomatic controversies growing out of the Balkan war. While advices today were not official they caused a profound stir in Austrian diplomatic circles and the jingo element immediately proclaimed that occupation of the port would be a casus belli unless Servia withdrew her soldiers or admitted that Durazzo had been occupied only for strategic purposes. Austria is reported to be mobilizing both her army and naval forces and a naval demonstration in the Adriatic Is possible. LEFT FOR EUROPE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 13. The Turkish government was informed today that the European powers had instructed the Balkan states through their envoys of Turkey's application for mediation preparatory to an armistice and peace negotiations. Mussad Bey, minister of posts and telegraph, has left for Europe on a mission believed to deal with the proposed cessation of hostilities. $300 WASJECOREO Election Officials Forced to Pay Delinquent Taxes. Probably between $300 and $400 has been secured on delinquent taxes by the county, through the services on election day of a number of delinquent .tax payers who were on the election boards. Last Saturday when the bulk of the checks issued by the county auditor to members of the election boards were presented to the county treasurer, twenty-six were placed on delinquent taxes, and the holders were given receipts for the amount of the checks. That the county treasurer shall apply all checks presented to him on the county by delinquent tax payers upon unpaid tax. is the reading of a state law. Albeit the majority of the members on the registration boards and election boards were paid up in tax, a number were not, and consequently left the treasurer's office peeved when they were informd that they had delinquent tax accounts against their names and that the amount of money due them for their services to the county would be applied to the back
Will Destroy Mosque to Save
The beautiful "Mosque of St. Sophia," the finest Mohammedan temple of prayer in all Turkey, which was a great Christian cathedral 452 years ago, up to the time that the Turks wrested that territory from their present conquerors, the Bulgarians. Mohammedan fanatics In the Turkish capital, fearing the capture of Constantinople by the Bulgarians are urging that the great edifice be destroyed rather than allow it to be retaken by the ' Christian infidels."
THE PRICE OF MILK MAY SOAR UPWARD Dairymen Are Unable to Buy Cows. Feed Is Said to Be Very Scarce. Richmond is in danger of a milk famine according to dairymen. Milk has not been so scarce as it is now for many years, and Dairy Inspector Flook j reported that it was nearly impossible ! for the dairymen to purchase -milch cows. The price of cows has increased i In leaps and bounds In the Middle! West. According to Flook the scarcity of milk is due partially to the feed that the cows are now receiving. The dry fall has prevented cows from getting their customary feed by grazing, and owners are forced to feed them corn. ' The milk is unusually good as a result, : l x i l 1 1 uui me suppiy is smaii. As a result of the scarcity of milk me price oi Duuer win aiso spar, origin creamery butter is now selling for thirty-two cents per pound. It was estimated that there at at least $2,000,000 pounds less of butter in the ware houses than there was last year at this time, according to a prominent dealer, who said that the price of butter would be higher this winter than it has been for many years. Y ATTEND THE FREE 1HUCH00L Commercial Courses and Domestic Science Branches Are Popular. The free night school opened at the high school and proved to be a far greater success than the most optimistic members of the school board had expected. More than 400 men and women signified their intentions of attending the sessions and were assigned work in the various departments. H, The courses of bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting were the most popular. The book keeping department will be forced to enlarge its quarters as a result of the demand for the course. The students were first assembled in the chapel and told of the advantages offered them and what was expected of them in return. Secretary Charles Jordan, of the Commercial club and Superintendent T. A. Mott addressed the gathering. The students then went to the rooms and their work was outlined for them by the Instructors. Many students expressed their gratitude for the action of the school board in permitting night sessions, giving the working men and women a chance to increase their education. The classes in sewing and cooking were popular among the girls and wo-J men. The present quarters are Inadequate to take care of the students who have applied for the cooking course, and special arrangements will probably be made for the course to be given on other nights than Tuesday and Friday. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair and colder; Thursday fair.
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M'MAHAN ENTERS MAYORALTY RACE Will Be Candidate on Progressive Ticket. Zimmerman Also Candidate.
E. G. McMahan, city controller, has assured friends who have persistently urged him to make the race for may-: or that Jie will enter the list for the nomination next spring. He will make the race on the Progressive ticket. Acv kw o Pfl 11a A nim Mttnrrav t-sw1a ir meardine the matter Mr MpMnhnn said it was true that he had been asked to try for the nomination and that he was a receptive candidate. Mayor Zimmerman said yesterday that he will again try to be elected mayor of the city. He said: "I do not know whether I will ask for the nomination on the Republican or Progressive ticket. I may run on an Indenendent ticket " REV. CATHELL SOED Local Bank Alleges He Owes It a Note of $107. Demanding $150, Harry J. Hanes today filed suit on note in the Wayne circuit court against the Rev. J. Everest Cathell. The plaintiff in the action alleges that on "January 26, 1911 a promissory note, signed by the Rev. Mr. Cathell and Lee B. Nusbaum, was given the Union National bank. The note was for the amount of $107.80. The Union National bank, by George L. Cates indorsed the note by Hanes. Hanes alleges that payment has been demanded of Cathell but that the latter has refused. BUILD THEIR OWN WIRELESS STATION High School Boys Are Making Equipment for Station on Building. Interest in wireless telegraphy is the medium through which pupils of the j high school belonging to the Wireless club will be taught science by Prof. B. W. Kelly. The mechanism for the station, which is to be erected on the high school building, will be made by the members of the club. It is expected that the station will be strong enough to catch messages as far off as Chicago, and communication with the Manual Training high school of Indianapolis and' the Steele high school of Dayton is said to be a certainty. Plans for the aerial have been per fected and the equipment will soon be completed by the members of the club. A receiving outfit is the first piece of equipment which the club will make. Entrance to the club is contingent upon the possession of a station and the mastery of the code. There are twelve receiving stations owned by high school boys in Richmond. A study of instruments, their value, method of manufacture has been undertaken. A .library of catalogues of firms manufacturing the equipment and of books treating of the subject V V J - -
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PARENTS OBJECT TO MEDICAL EXAMINERS Supt. Williams Deems Compulsory Medical Inspection Inadvisable. Compulsory medical inspection of school children is not deemed advisable now by Charles O. Williams, county superintendent. While Superintendent Williams believes that the present system of inspecting the ears and eyes of the pupils in the county schools is a good thing and brings good results, he is opposed to compulsory inspection, which has been advocated by some educators and school health officers in the state. At the present it seems to me that it is an impossibility," said Supt. Williams referring to the proposed compulsory medical inspection. "There are cases where nothing could be accomplished. However, I believe that the time will come when some method may be worked out and placed In practical use according to which the inspection can be made compulsory. "Now take in the Wayne county schools. If every student was inspected by physicians, I believe it would be shown that five per cent have tuberculosis. Now how would we manage a condition like that. The parents of a child who had tuberculosis would not permit his child to be placed in an especial school building where all students, having this disease were taught. The parents would believe and never refuse to believe that tbVr child could be cured, and that by placing him with a number of oher tubercular pupils he found become worse. Parents Object. "A short time ago we introduced the testing of eyes and ears. by the teachers of the county schools. The test was easy to make, because blanks prepared by the state board were distributed to the teachers and the latter obliged to fill them out after making the test upon each pupil. But some parents objected to this. They declar ed that they would attend to their own children and some became a little peeved because of the test. So one can see what difficulties would arise if medical inspection were compulsory." The county superintendent stated that the school was oriel nail v meant for mental development but that each year new "stunts" are being added. "If some people had their way we would have a dentist and a physician in every school,' the superintendent asserted. DEDICATIOIIISDELAYED St. Andrew's School to Be Consecrated Next Spring. Owing to the many delays in the construction of St. Andrew's parochial school house, it was announced today by the Rev. Father Roell, pastor of the congregation, that the dedication of the structure would be postponed until early next spring. It was the original plan to consecrate the building to its use late this month. A number of entertainments planned for the latter month by the congregation will be carried ouL The work of completing the Interior of the school is being rapidly poshed.
A PAINSTAKING Grand Jury Is Probing the Alleged Illicit Sale of Liquor to Residents of Greensfork. GENERAL CLEAN-UP IS IN PROGRESS William Haworth, Fined $5 and Costs in Police Court, Was Before the Jury Yesterday. Alleged bootlegging in the little village of Greensfork is being inves tigated this afternoon by the October grand jury. Bootlegging, it is said, has been in evidence in Greensfork for some time and matters reached such a stage that it was deemed advisable to have the prosecutor bring the matter before the grand jury for official investigation. Greensfork is a "dry" village, but during the past few months several arrests have been made by the deputy sheriff of that place, as well as by the police of Richmond. According to reports it is not infrequent that persons can be seen staggering down the streets of Greensfork, under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Yesterday William Haworth was before the grand jury on this matter, it is said. This morning he was hailed into police court on the charge of public intoxication. Haworth declared to Mayor Zimmerman in polioe court, that there is no blind tigers in Greensfork. Haworth admitted to the mayor that he was "soused" but denied that he secured the liquor in a store at Greensfork. He said that his friends had treated him to whisky. Haworth was arrested last evening at Greensfork by Deputy Sheriff Hart. Haworth, it was said, was creating a disturbance. The mayor fined him $5 and costs. A General Cleanup. A large number of Greensfork people were before the grand jury this morning and this afternoon. When asked whether the alleged bootlegging was being probed, Prosecutor Allen declared that they were investigating everything in and .about the town. The recent Greensfork fire has been probed, although, nothing on any of these matters will be made public until the grand jury is ready to report to the circuit court judge. The first thing taken up by the October grand jury was the William Thompson murder case. Minor cases have also been investigated, it is understood. It is highly probable that the jury will conclude its work this afternoon. Prosecutor Allen stated that he believed all investigation would be finished today. County buildings will not be looked over at this time, the prosecutor said. This matter may be taken up some time later, he added. A HOBO COLLEGE FOR WEARY WILLIES (National News Association) ST. LOUIS.. Nov. 13. A Hobo college is the latest plan of James Eads Howe, millionaire benefactor of the tramp. Howe wants to establish - a school where the "unemployed" in St. Louis may spend their spare time during the winter. They will be afforded a chance to study the arts and sciences. "There is a workingman's college in England that has been successful," said Howe. "My idea Is to establish one here that will be similar. Some of the unemployed who come here are devotees of literature, others of art. They should be given a chance. RILLS OWMDAUGHTER Wanted to Punish the Unfaithfulness of His Wife. (National News Association) CHICAGO. Nov. 13. Police today are seeking Charles Rose, 57, who smothered his two-year-old daughter Beatrice, and left a note saying he murdered the child to revenge himself on her mother who was, he said, unfaithful to him. The little girl was discovered by her mother. She was found lying in the ' bed, pillows covering her face. The mother said she was afraid of her husband who had threatened to kill her and that she remained away from home all night. She discovered the body late yesterday. Rose had disappeared. He is said to have been insanely Jealous of his wife. OPPOSES APPEAL OF THE PUGILIST (National News Assoclatloa) WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. Solicitor General Bullitt of the department of justice filed a brief in supreme court today opposing the appeal m - Jack Johnson for bis release on bail pending trial on charges of white slave traffic in Chicago
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1RVINGTQN, IND., WAS SCENE OF TERRIBLE WRECK IB KILLED
FIVE MEN KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION (National News Association) GARY, ind.. Nov. 13. Five men wt-re killed today when dynamite dstroyed the cartridge packing building of the Aetna powder plant near Miller's Station. Ind. The dead are Superintendent William Halpin. Blankville. Ind.. Oscar Carlson. Miller's Sta tion, and three other helpers. GEN. DIAZ ESCAPED FRQMJIS PRISON Said to Be in Hiding in New Orleans with Sympathizers of Mexican Junta. ' (National News Association) SAN ANTONIO. Nov. 13. Andres Garza Galan. a leader of the Mexican revolutionary junta here today conirmed the report that Gen Felix Diaz, nephew of the former president, has escaped from the military prison at Vera Cruz. whePt he was held prisoner pending his execution at the order of a courtmartial. According to Gatan, Diaz has made his way across the American border. Just where the general is, Gatan would not say, but it was intimated by other members of the Junta here that Diaz is now hiding in New Orleans. The information concerning the escape was contained in a letter sent through Becret channels. Diaz escaped from the prison last Friday. He made his way northward in a launch and finally, through the aid of friends, reached Brownsville, Texas. SHOT ONMPULLMAH And Daughter of Dead Woman Is Held. (National News Association) PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 13. Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers of New York was shot and fatally wounded by her daughter, Gladys Meyers, In a sleeping car on the Pennsylvania railroad train from New York as it passed Croyden early today. Mrs. Meyers died in a hospital at Trenton two hours after the shooting and her daughter and M. R. Cuthbert of Lync burg. Va., are held by the authorities pending an Investigation. Miss Meyers declares . that she shot her mother after mistaking her for a car robber and the authorities are inclined , to believe this. Cuthbert said that he did not know the mother and daughter and only volunteered his services after the shooting. LIQUOR CASE IS STILL 111 COURTS Fraunberg's Application for License Venued to Franklin Circuit Court. A wet and dry fight which promises to be the longest one of its kind ever held in Wayne county, is the contest which Roy Fraunberg, proprietor of the Central hotel at Cambridge City ! is making for a saloon lincense against j the anti-saloon element of Jackson township. The case, which filled court record in this county for several months, has been taken to the Franklin circuit court. It was originally venued from the Wayne to the Fayette circuit court. The case is to be heard in the Brookville circuit court during this term and it is highly probable that it will be called soon. Jackson township, in which Cambridge City is located voted "dry" last fall, by what was regarded a safe majority. Fraunberg made application for a liquor license, but his application was rejected by the board of county commissioners. The case was then appealed to the circuit court and t the decision of the commissioner's court was sustained. ' A change of venue to Fayette county was taken. The case came op in that county in an adjourned session, but the attorneys for the drys entered an objection to its being heard in Fayette county, and Judge Gray transferred it to the Franklin circuit court at Brookville. James R. Horton is the name under which the suit is brought. The allegation contained in the complaint is that there were a number of illegal names on the list which gave the drys a majority. When the case was heard in the Wayne circuit court the drys were able to prove the legality of the signatures on the remonstrance. DEFAULT ENTERED Default was entered In the case of John li. Rupe versus Levi M. Jones, petition to quiet Utle to real estate, by Judge Fox In the Wayne circuit court this morning.
PASSENGER TRAIN STRIKES FREIGHT? SWITCH WAS OPEIK
Death List May Grow, While at Least Twenty-seven Were Injured by the C, H. & D. Tragedy. SPECTACLE WAS A MOST GHASTLY ONE! Brakeman Admits Leaving Switch Open but Says He Was Whistled Back to Train. Debris Burns. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 13. At least 18 persons were killed and S? injured when Cincinnati, Hamilton Jb Dayton passenger train, trying to make up an hour's lost time crashed into a freight, which had taken the siding at lrvtngton. a suburb east of this city, before daylight this morning. The dead are: C. R. Grundhoefer, Cincinnati. ? Albert Allen and wife, ticketed from: Cincinnati to Los Angeles. William Sharkey, Indianapolis, engineer. Irvln Wiggans Indianapolis, conduct tor. Chris Imholt and wife, ticketed Cincinnati to Los Angeles. Horace White, Indianapolis, brakeman. Joseph Palmer, Etawah, Ttnn. John Chaney, Breathitt, Ky. Clifton Chaney, his wife, two small children and a baby, Jackson, Ky. Ben Boyle, ticketed to Chicago. An unidentified boy, aged 15, clothes bearing Louisville, Ky., mark. An unidentified man. Two Liberty Men Hurt. Among the badly Injured were W. A. Filer. Liberty, Ind A. C. Filer, Liberty, Ind.. Hugh Kemp, Berlin, Ky, Mall Clerk Burton Jones. Dayton, Ky. The blame for the wreck appears to rest on Brakeman Gross of Indianapolis, who acknowledged that be did not close the switch, but claims that be was whistled in by bis engineer and supposed the switch had been closed. Gross, who is badly injured, declares that the switch light was not lighted. Traveling at a speed of 45 miles an hour the engine of the passenger train plowed into the engine of the freight with a terrific crash, the passenger coaches behind telescoping themselves into a great heap. The boiler of the engine exploded and the wreckage caught fire. ' The flames, ' however, were extinguished before they reached the Injured vicUms beneath the wreckage.' One Body Was Upright. Holes were cut in the tops of the cars by firemen with their axes before the bodies of the dead and the injured people could be reached. Conductor Wiggans was found standing upright dead, his nose glasses in position and not. even broken. Charles Seeds of Louisville was thrown . through the window of a coach by the impact and landed safe and sound on a brush heap. The passenger train was from Cincinnati and was due in Indianapolis at 2:40 a. m. At noon the rescuers were still fighting frantically to remove from the debris any unaccounted for passengers and members of the train crew. The sound of a terrific explosion after the crash followed with a flash of light that startled the sleepers In the houses nearby and brought them wide awake from their beds, told the neighborhood that an awful wreck bad occurred. One of the first acts of the firemen was to cut a hole In the top of the car and pass water to the injured passengers, who were crying pitifully for aid. Woman Tells of Wreck. Mrs. Joseph Setter, who was sleeping at her home, 5847 Rawles avenue, within a few rods of the wreck, describes it as follows: "A deep, terrible rumble, which shook our bouse and rattled the windows, was the first thing we heard. I was awake at the time and bad beard the freight train switching behind our bouse some time before. I wss sleeping in a back room, where I could look out upon the tracks. A big flash of light seemed to make everything outside as bright as day and I could see a black mass over on the railroad. "Rushing out. we could see railroad men running back and forth with their lanterns and then we ran over to the wreck. I can hardly describe the scene to you. It makes me want to cry"The express car and the two passenger cars were a mass of wreckage. The people Inside the passenger cars who were still alive were calling frantically for water. It made oar hearts bleed to. hear them, but we could do nothing for them until the hole was cut in the. top of the first passenger Continued oa Paca Six)
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