Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 22, 5 December 1912 — Page 1

Shop Early! It Will Save Time, Trouble and Worry for Yourself and the Clerks. RIC PA Only 1C More- Shep ping Day Tltl Xmn. Dont Walt Until the Last Minute. AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 22. RICHMOND, IND THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 5, 1912. SINGLE COPT 2 CENTS. A BIG F SUFFRAGETTES AND STUDENTS IN RIOT Battle Royal Fought in University Hall at Glasgow, Scotland. STARR URGES REDUCTION UF C. & 0. TAXES Victims of the Cholera in the Balkan War! M. DYE WAS RAISED FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM l

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Thirteen Hundred Tickets Were Sold forthe Charity Ball and theColiseum Was Filled.

SCENE PRESENTED A BRILLIANT ONE trancing Floor of the Big Building Was Crowded, and the Galleries Filled with Spectators. ' $695 REALIZED. The Associated Charities will receive the sum of $695 from the managers of the Charity ball, this being the amount less the slight expenses which were about $15.40. . Only about $50 of this sum represents money taken in from other than the sale of tickets, $50 accruing from the refreshments. There ere about 1,300 tickets-sold. This sale far exceedstany hitherto for a benefit charity and the managers congratulate themselves upon the success of the affair and the interest of the public which it represents. : . , Brilliant success attended the charity ball given in the Coliseum last evening for the benefit of the Assojciated Charities. , This is the first affair of the sort tthat baa been given in this city since that under the auspices of the Flower Mission some years ago, and the fact that all classes united in this meritorious effort to collect funds for Richmond's leading charitable organization argued an excellent feeling In the community for the organization and en Interest and desire , to help in its work. - . ' Over eight hundred tickets had been (disposed of before the opening of the .ball and over three hundred were sold At the box office last evening. This Is jtmusual in events of ,. tbia ... character since very few tickets -are disposed of at the door on such occasions and ishows the interest manifested, throughout the city, t i That the citizens were glad to assist rcne managers was snown oy tne donation of everything from the place in which the dance was held to the material for the lunch which- was served throughout the evening. List of Ponators. The Coliseum was given rent free fby its directors; the city furnished the flights; the Richmond City Band the music; Fred H. Lemon and Company and George R. Gause, the floral deco rations; the Bee Hive, the Phoenix, jHazeltine, Sudhoff, Huason and Coop!er, the coffee; the John W.' Grubbs company, the sugar; the Gaar Farm Dairy, Batchelor, Price and the Raper (dairy, cream; Nicholson's, Nusbaum's, and Miss Taylor, of the George H. Knollenberg Company, paper napkins; the Nicholson Printing Company and the J. M. Coe Printing Company, the tickets; the moving picture theaters and the papers, advertising and pub' licity; and a large number of well fknown women, the sandwiches, which ;were 1,500 in number, i The balconies and galleries were (filled with spectators throughout the (evening and the dancing continued jfrom half past eight until midnight, no jformal program being presented, but alternating waltzes and two-steps play ed by the band, which was stationed at the west end of the floor on a platform screened by a bank of palms. Had Grand March. At half past eight the grand march, In which a majority of the dancers jlater Joined, was led by Mr. S. E. Swayne, president of the Commercial vclub and chairman of the finance board of the Associated Charities, with Mrs. Paul Comstock, at the head of the ball's management, followed by many of the town's leading citizens. Including Mr. and Mrs. William Dudley Foulke, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Shiveley, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shiveley, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Craighead, Mr. and Mrs. Fred (Continued on Page Six)

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WOMEN ARE REPULSED

But Not Until Thoy Had Wrecked the Interior of the Building. (National News Association) GLASGOW, Dec. 5. A riot was precipitated by a suffragette attack upon a meeting of 5,000 students of the University of Glasgow, which was being addressed by Augueta Birrill, secreary for Ireland, here today. The rioting which was the most violent the suffragettes have ever figured in in Scotland, and many of the women were burled bodily from the hall. As soon as Secretary Birrill began speaking women began shouting "votes for women" and the speaker could not be i heard. Angered by the outbreak the students threatened the women, who j answered them with taunts. Then the ) students seized the women and car ried them shrieking to the exits. One of the women gained the platform and tried to attack Secretary Birrill, who is an old man, but she was dragged to the door. Other women tore up benches and hurled chairs through the air, keeping up their shouts, "votes for women." By the time the police arrived the interior of the hall was a wreck. A number of women were arrested. EARLHAM CO-EDS AT THE " II See the Welfare Reels, but Can't Stay for the Wild West and Love Scenes. "The military precision of the Prussian army has nothing on the line discipline at Earlham," remarked an Earlham co-ed the other day as she and some sixty other Quaker lassies trooped out of a local moving picture show. They had been escorted to the amusement place by Mrs. James M. Judson to see the reels showing the work 1 the Child Welfare league In Chicago. "Movies" are on the taboo list of Earlham college. The co-eds had been given permission to see the reels because of the educational value they possess. But the lassies believed they would -also see the other "movies," including wild west and love scenes. They were doomed to disappointment. So nicely had the chaperone timed their arrival that they were hardly seated before the Welfare league reels were shown. When the last scene was over and the co-eds were preparing for the greater things that were to come, their chaperone told them it was time to go back to their studies. The commentaries of- the co-eds since have been collected by the literati of the college and will be quoted as excellent' types of polite irony and sarcasm. UIDUS MAKES GOOD 14-Year-Old Boy Organizes a Delivery Company. The Hurry-Up Delivery company instituted its messenger boy service today. The company is owned, controlled and operated by Uidus JKortright. aged 14, its purpose is to carry mes sages, bundles, letters and other articles to any part of the city for ten cents. The motto of the concern is "Don't make yourself a pack horse, let me do it." Uidus is a young hustler who, makes his headquarters at 911 Maia street, his phone number is 2563. Uidus says he is the youngest head of a company in Richmond and is ready to show his business ability iand hurry-up promise to any one Aho needs a messenger boy. He canvassed the business houses of -Vne city today acquainting their owners with his enterprise. As soon as h&makes enough money to pay the feyg, Uidus will join the Commercial tlub. T Christmas spirit more pronounced.

MOVIES

Appears Here for the C. & O.

Railroad and Wants Its Taxables in Boston Township Reduced. AUTHORITIES DO NOT CONCUR IN IT State Tax Commissioners Were Here to Hear the View of Frank Porterfield, Township Trustee. Henry C. Starr, of Chicago, strolled into the county assessor's office this morning. The former so-called political czar of Richmond was here on business for his company, or corporation, namely, the C. & O. of Indiana, with which he now holds the title of general counsel. At the meeting were also County Assessor Mathews, Daniel Link and E. H. Wolcott, state tax commissioners, Frank Porterfield, trustee of Boston township; Wayne township Assessor Potter, and County Auditor Bowman. The purpose of the meeting was to definitely fix the taxable valuation of the C. & O. railroad's property in Boston township. The meeting was called at 11 o'clock but adjourned at 12:15 until the afternoon. This afternoon the argument, led by Mr. Porterfield on the one side, contending that the railroad yards constructed in the early spring should be taxed this year, and Mr. Starr on the other, saying that the recently constructed property should not be assessed until next year, was continued. Mr. Porterfield's contention is that the company should be taxed for from $8,000 to $12,000 more than it is. Mr. Porterfield declares that the property should be taxed because the tracks for the yards had been laid and connected in the early part of March and that the material was on the ground on the first of March. " "I believe that when a farmer builds a barn and has -the materia -lying on the ground on the first of March that he should be assessed, according to the state law," said Mr. Porterfield, "and I believe that a railroad should not be exempt from taxation under the same conditions. I don't believe io imposing on the railroad, but it's no more than fair that it should be forced to pay the. same as an individual." Wants to Be Shown. Mr. Porterfield declared that the assessment in Boston township for this year was identically the same as that for last year. He said that he could not understand how this could be when the company .had. made a, number of improvements. Mr. Starr asserted that according t information given him by the railroad officials prior to his coming to Richmond today, that but 1,400 feet of track had been laid before the first of March. He also stated that sixty tons of steel rails had been placed on the ground but that .the rails had not been laid. The sidetracks or yard tracks are assessed at $2,000 per mile and the main tracks at $7,000; per mile. In addition to the Six sidings laid in the Boston yards a large number of other improvements had been made, Mr. Porterfield contending that these improvements had. not been assessed. Other improvements, such as water piping and a water tank are considered as personal, property and according to the state-tax commissioners this matter Js' placed in the hands of the local assessor. Mr. Porterfield. in explaining where he had received his information as to ,the amount spent on these improvements said that he was informed by the contractors. Some section men know more about a railroad and the cost of this and that than the president of the road," Mr. Starr-retorted. Just what the tax commissioner will do in this matter is not known. Mr. Link stated that he would confer with L. B. Jackson, chief of maintenance of way of the C. & O. in regard to the cost of the construction. COLORADO VISITED BY BIG SNOWSTORM (National News Association) DENVER, Dec. 5. Traffic was crippled today by a snow storm that swept down from Canada and Idaho. Three inches of snow are on the ground, causing delayed trains on the various roads entering Denver. The blizzard belt, however, is reported to be narrow. EAGLES ELECTED NEW OFFICERS Wayne aerie of Eagles elected officers at its regular meeting last night and considered the applications of seventy-five applicants. The following officers were elected: President, William Dietz; vice-president, James Burns; recording secretary, August Johanning; financial secretary. William Geier; chaplain, Charles Potter; trustee, Charles Aschenfeldex

(Copyrighted by Iiternational News Service.) This photograph shows plague-stricken Turks being carried from San Stefmno t8-11 rough carts. ,

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INJURED

HIGH 0L GYM Conflicting Stories' Are Toldj About the Cause of the Serious Accident. While watching a basketball game yesterday afternoon in the high school gymnasium, Robert Broderick, the fourteen-year-old son of William Broderick, 312 Lincoln street, either Jell or was knocked from his position on the horizontal bars and sustained a badly bruised head and possibly a fractured 6kull. Broderick was watching the game with a crowd of other boys - and believes he was knocked off the bars. The boys who saw the accident say no one was near enough to push him off but that he fell during the excitement incident to the game. He was unconscious nearly all night and the extent of his injury has not been determined by the attending physician. He does not remember what happened at the time, but believes he was - pushed backwards and that the deed was done intentionally. rA PHYSICAL VALUE Of RAILROADS NOW By Government Advocated by the Rivers and Harbors Congress. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 The Adamson bill for the physical valuation of railroads passed the house today. The bill imposes a three years task on the Interstate Commerce Commission. It is estimated the valuation will cost $3,000,000. The bill was passed on a viva voce vote. An amendment to the bill which provided that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall certify to stock and bond issues of railroads was defeated, the. .argument being it was distinct from th- hill directing the commission merely to ascertain the worth of the property of all common carriers. When the trial of Judge Archbald of the Commercial Court was resumed in the senate today the managers on the part of the louse planned to recall E. J. Williams to the stand to recite further detail of the transactions between Judge Archbald and the officials of the coal company subsidiary to the coal carrying roads in Pennsylvania. Williams was scheduled to tell of oc casions vhen Judge Archbald openly threatened to "fix" railway attorneys, among them, C. P. Brownell of the Erie railroad for not aiding him in the culm pile deals. Manager Webb expected to conclude his examination of the witness for the prosecution and turn his over to Attorney Worthingfoa.of the defense for cross examination. NEWSPAPER MAN DIED AT EATON (Palladium Sptcial) EATON, O., Dec. 5. The body of William IS. Fornshell, 62, who died Tnesday in Columbus at the home of his son, Mervin E. Fornshell, the result of dropsy, was taken. to his old home at Camden, Wednesday for Interment. Mr. Fornshell was . one of the best known residents of Preble county, having always been active In the ranks of the Republican party. He was engaged in the newspaper field many years and ably edited and managed the old Camden Gazette. The publication was discontinued a few years ago when he was appointed postmaster at that place. He served two terms and was reappointed for a third, but was compelled to give up the position because of failing health. Besides the son at whose home he died he Is survived by. a wile.

BURGLARS TRY TO BREAK INTO SAFE Strong Box of Automatic Tool Company Smashed by Daring Thieves.

An attempt was made last night ty rifle the safe of the American Auto matic Tool company, just south of the

city, between 7 and 8 o'clock. The'W W.. Zimmerman on Main between

crude method used has led the police to believe that amateurs attempted the job. , J, i An open office windoweund by tfte office force this mornin caused them to believe that burglas had been at work. The hinges the safe hart been partly removed and the combination tumbler on fe door had been struck with a hancaer, large dents in the door also sh'ed that an attempt had also been Jade to break It. The thieves drilled no holes in the safe for the purpos t placing nitroglycerine to crack tae strong box. Betweef 7 an( 8 o'clock last night. William Beckman, formerly night watchmn for the. company passed the office hcl noticed a window open and thougH he saw men in the office. He paid o attention to them, supposing they were some of the office force doinextra work. . He made no investigation and did not know an attempt had Jeen made to rob the safe until this morning. Very little money was in the safe, as the company Beldom keeps anything of value in it. Footprints on the outside of the windows are the only clew the police have to work on. These were found by Chief Gormon when he made an inspection of the safe this morning. Only a cheap cigar was taken by the thieves. The footprints are smaller than the average man's foot and the work may have been perpetrated by boys. The Job may have been done by the same persons who have committed several of the robberies about the city, according to the police. PATRONS ASK FOR LONGER VACATION Parents Will Petition School Board to Give Pupils Two Weeks at Xmas. Patrons of the schools are circulat ing a petition asking that the school board revoke the order giving the school children only a week for the Christmas holidays. The petitioners will ask that the pupils be given two weeks, Including New Year's day. Those interested in the question say that the Christmas holidays are the most enjoyable in the year and that children should be given at least two weeks to enjoy them. I ... When the first announcement of the short Christmas vacation was announced there was much complaint among the puipls, but they did not seek to remedy the situation with an appeal to the authorities. The parents hope that they can prevail on the board, to grant the extension. TURN DOWN PLAN Merchants Satisfied with the Police Protection. That the merchants of the city are not willing to pay - thirty cents per week for the maintenance of merchant police was announced at the meeting of the board of works today by President Kennepohl, Fred Moore, formerly a member of the fire department, endeavored to procure enough signers to a petition among the merchants, but failed to get more than three names and a promise from another merchant. Most of the merchants turned down the petition, saying they were satisfied with the present police protection.

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BOY'S i!l OOWii BV DR. ZWE Boi Blinded by Headlight d Traction Car, Steps -in Front of Auto. Harold Nttss, the seven-year-old son it Carl Nuss. 1519 North A street, was L truck by an automobile driven by Dr. Twelfth and Thirteenth streets last evening. The boy was crossing the street with his elder brother. He was blinded, ty the dazsllng headlight of an interuT ban car and Conld not see the approaching machine. Dr. Zimmerman did not see the boy until it was too late to avoid the accident. He was about to pass a wagon which hid his car from the view of the boy. Just before the machine struck the boy, the mayor called to the motonnan on the car to shut oft the lights whtch is a violation of the state and city laws. The boy was picked up and carried to his home. He was unconscious for some time after the accident. His condition Is improving rapidly, aoeording to the attending physician, . who be lieves, however that concussion of the brain may develop. Mayor Zimmerman stated that he was not running more than ten miles an hour and he was carrying a paper bucket of oysters in one hand and driving with the other. He is not held responsible for the accident. The traction company was notified that further violations of the law by letting, motormen use the big headlights in Richmond will result in prosecution. A BETTER CONTROL OF WATER RIGHTS A Bill to That Effect Was Passed by Lower House This Morning. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. A warning that the United States should exercise a more rigid control over Its water power rights was sounded by Secretary of War Stimson In his address before the rivers and harbors congress today. His speech was supplementary to the address yesterday by President Taft. Mr. Stimson said, "the people should receive where they spent money. There are In this oountry a number of dams built by engineers of the war department - which furnish water power. This is a source of revenue which has long been Ignored. The government should see hereafter. Instead of giving these valuable water power franchises a revenue shall be derived which will not require the people to bear the sole burden of rivers and harbors appropriations.". - Serious criticism was .made today by Rev. J. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania long a leader in the national rivers and harbors improvement crusade, of President Taft's plan to spend a huge sum for the protection of the lowlands of Louisiana against floods. He said, "this Is a matter that states immediately concerned should handle, and I am surprised and grieved that the first man of the land should advocate any such outrageous scheme. The money of the United States should be spent by congress for the Improvement of navigation facilities so as to benefit all the people. It is not fair to dump a lot of the public funds Into the Mississippi, where, no matter how much money - is spent : Providence seems to ordain that the rivers shall never be in a condition suitable to the engineers. I shall oppose the president's suggestion rigorously. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Rain tonight. Probably turning to snow Friday. .Colder. -" - "

RUli

Commits Suicide by Shoofc

ing Himself Through Headj with a Revolver in a Down-1 town Hotel. MOTIVE FOR DEED IS NOT KNOWN! Lies in His Blood All Day Until His Body Is FounrJ by a Porter Who Discovered the Deed. Lying on his bed In a room In the) Grand hotel some time yesterday, Ivami M. Dye, aged 19, placed a revolver tohis head and committed suicide by shooting himself. The body wasfound at 7:30 o'clock last evening. The motive is believed to have been 11I! health. The suicide has many peculiar facta connected with it. That no one heard the report of the revolver tends toshow that young Dye, whose parents' reside at Urbana, Ohio, and who ha been employed at the Starr Piano factory, took especial precautions to muf fle the sound of the report. It is believed that this is one reason why he committed the deed while lying on the bed. The soft mattress assisted In muffling the report. The mattress was burned with powder. It is also believed that Dye shot himself at a time when no one was in that part of the hotel where his room Is located and at a Ume when there was considerable noise made by passingstreet cars and street traffic Coroner Pierce is unable to state just when the suicide occurred. . He eays that it must have been done at least five, hours prior to the finding of the body, which when found was rigid, stiff and cold. Police Chief Gormon believes that the deed was committed, either early in the morning or on the night before. Father Claims Body. No note was left by the youth as to his motive in ending his life. However he had informed other roomers at. the hotel that he had not been in good health for some time. In his letters to his father, an insurance agent, who came to Richmond this morning he spoke of his ill health, but did not mention or hint that he would take his life. According to those who were acquainted with Dye, he avoided the companionship of others. He was not seen about at night, staying close to his room. When others attempted to strike up a conversation he wouldl answer in monosyllables and as soon, as the opportunity presented itself he would leave them. Dye had been in this city for about eight months. He had been employed in the local piano factory as a stringer. In case Coroner Pierce's theory that Dye shot himself between X and t o'clock in the afternoon Is correct. Dye must have remained in. his room during the entire day. The chambermaid attempted to open tha door to his room yesterday morning but the key had been left in the keyhole from the inside of the room. The girl believed the occupant of the room to be sleeping and left. ' Found By Porter. As is the custom of the hotel. Her bert Moore, a porter, inspected each room after 6 .o'clock. - He arrived at Dye's room about 7:30 o'clock. He attempted to open the door but found it locked. Peering over the transom he noticed that the light was turned oa in the room. He saw Dye's body stretched across the bed. Moore immediately noUfied the office ahd the coroner was called. The bed was covered with a pool of blood. Dye had on work clothes although his shoes were not on. The hullet, from a - 32 calibre revolver, entered about one-half inch in front of the right ear. The room which was occupied by Dye was on the fourth floor and was the second room from the. front on the west of the building. Dye's father, Isaac M. Dye. arrived here this morning from Urbana. with Thomas Dye, an uncle of the boy. The father stated that he had never heard his son hint at taking his own life. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. William Smoker, west of Abinglon. The burial will be in the Abington cemetery. Friends may call this evening at the undertaking parlors of Wilson, Pohlmeyer and Downing to view the body. C.&O.WILLADD TWO NEWT TRAINS George W. Stevens, president of the C. & O. railroad has informed Secretary Jordan of the Commercial Club, that the road would increase its schedule by adding a new northbound and a southbound train. The northbound train will arrive here in the morning and the southbound train win leave in the afternoon. The new schedule will give patrons of the local business houses opportunity to shop here during the day and assure them transportation facilities

JJta the evening.