Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 47, 4 January 1913 — Page 1

THE RICHMOKB PAIXADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 17. KICH3IOXD, IXD., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4. 1913. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS TWENTY-TWO ARE LOST IN SEA TRAGEDY ROCKEFELLER HAS CAPITJJLATED NOW His Personal Attorney Accepts Service and Cruel War Is Over. MARY ALLEN IS ARRESTED Leaders of Women's National Democratic League MANY OFFERS OF BAIL FOR T

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Steamer Julia Luckenbach Goes Down During Great Gale After Striking a British Vessel.

r.RPATr.AI F SWFPT . IHLr LnillVL WflJl Only Once in History Was the Velocity of the "Snorter" Surpassed in the Harbor of Gotham.

(National News Association) subpoena by the house, which has BALTIMORE, Jan. 4. The steam-; been In the hands of the house serBhip Julia Luckenbach bound for Port . geant-at-arms for some time. The paTampa from Baltimore has been sunk ,g returnabIe on January 13. Counln the Chesapeake Bay with the loss j Rockefeller stated that his of twentytwo lives, including Captain , S1 ror Mr' Kockerelier stated mat nis Gilbert and his wife. j health was in a precarious condition The Luckenbach was rendered help-; and he would not be able to appear on

less by a collision with the British J steamship Indrakula yesterday morn-; ing and foundered off Tangier gasbuoy about 7 o'clock, although, owing to the prostration of the wires by yesterday's ierce windstorm news of the disaster did not reach here until today. The Luckenbach was struck in the bow and soon filled with water. As she settled a number of members of the t v.cw w6&a, but all except eight of these became, numb with cold and fell into the water Among the eight who were rescued after they had clung to the rigging for , six hours was the second 1nohyv1 V rv c - 1 ir sir in a ! crrri r a i mate. Uhe Luckenbach figured in the news four years ago when she rescued the crew of the steamer Mary Judge, after the latter had been rendered helpiroo uj a D lwi t 1 1 111 iuts uuii kjl .'itAivu. ; it is oeuevea mat tue lounaenng was due directly to the gale which j

may have opened the seams of the ves- f he had a ted for sel, or battered in the decks following . Wg client Mr. Garver told sergeant-at-he : injuries the vessel received in the Arm8 Riddell tfaat M Rockefellr was -coliwion. r . . . 1tv. , .. .,

""l A SPANISH WRECK. CADIZ, Spain, Jan. 4. The British steamship Clan MacKenzie went ashore today near Cape Trafalgar. The message telling of the disaster said that a hole had been caved in the bow of the ship and that she was wa-; ter-logged. The crew and passengers, ; 200 in number, were on board when the message was sent irom tne scene. A BIG GALE. NEW YORK, Jan. 4. The 87-mile "wind storm which caused two deaths and considerable damage yesterday had subsided today and the score of ships that were held in outer harbor because of the terrific sea that was raging in the bay tied up at piers and unloaded thousands of passengers who had been held over night. The gale, surpassed in velocity by only one in the city's .history, caused, injury to more than . a dozen, persons as well asM causing the death of Mrs. Mary Kid die, who was blown under a Coney Is-) land train and Robert Walker who was

blown from a scaffold. Horses and j Charles and Mary Boughner. She was wagons were upset, many rigs demol- i born near Germantown, December 19, ished when horses ran away, frighten-' , ... .. ,, k t Vt 18ol, and resided practically all of her cd by the hats that were blown in ; front of them, and signs were torn ! life in tne same community. She was down from buildings. j married December 21, 1870, to Milton Ferry boat traffic between Manhat-'j. Bowmaster. Two children, Lenna, tan Island and New Jersey was almost the wife of C. S. Kitterman, and Alvin, entirely abandoned during the height; who died several years ago, were of the storm because the hurricane born of this union. . The daughter, lashed the North river into a seething Mrs. Kitterman, and three grandsons, maelstrom. Huge breakers swept over carl Bowmaster, Max and Ennis Kitthe bulkheads at Brighton Beach and ! terman, survive her. Coney Island, carrying many small j ' '.

boats and bathing houses to sea and j miRinor prroat nrnnrr; tn., lc I beach. PROMINENT DOCTOR IS DROWNED TODAY (National News Association) TOLEDO. O.. Jan. 4 Dr. Peter Donnelly, a physician of national prominence, and two unidentified passengers were drowned here early today when his machine ran through gviardchains on the dock at the foot of Madison avenue, and plunged into the Maumee .river. A diver found the car, but failed to locate any of the bodies. Dr. Donnelly had been suffering from a high fever and it is believed he ran his car Into the river while delirious.

You Live Better Than a King

Macaulay once said that men or women of average means in these modern days live better than kings of old. Many of the things that are necessities today were luxuries two hundred years ago. Many of the things you wear, eat, drink, and have in your home were then unknown. New things are offered you almost every day by inventive genius, luxuries of yesterday come within the reach of us all, and the good things of life become more numerous. All . these things must be brought to your attention, and advertising is the means of getUng your attention and interest. Get the most out of life. Supply your wants to the fullest Read the advertisements in THE PALLADIUM closely and constantly every day and keep posted on the new things just out. the better things -to buy, and the opportunities to economize. Then you will surely live better than a king of old.

OIL MAGNATE IS ILL

And May Not Be Able to Report in Washington the Day He Is Summoned. iisauonai news Assuciauuru WASHIW.TflM Tan 1 William Rockefeller has capitulated the U. S. government. Chairman Pujo of the money trust Investigating committee made the following statement today: "Mr. Rockefeller through Mr. Garver, his attorney, accepted by authority of Mr. Rockefeller service of the tnat date Tnis win De disposed of as tne facts may warrant. Mr. Rockefeller accepted the service unconditionally." "ARMY" IS WITHDRAWN. NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Process servers, private detectives, scouts and deputy sergeants-at-arms of the house of representatives who have been guarding the Fifth avenue residence Rockefeer in order to Wm witfl ft 8UDpoena ordering n.m to Wasnington to testify Dfore the p committee wer called off to. . John A. Garver, personal counsel for Mr. Rockefeller, accepted service for Mr. Rockefeller and guaranteed that the oil magnate would be in Washington when wanted. However, Garver refused to say where Mr. Rockefeller had been in hiding during the past ' eir Tn n n t li a tinned gTlllfngof "-the-"wttness,i'kand 'might prove injurious to him. HOLD FUNERAL SUNDAY Body of Mrs Bowmaster to Be Buried Tomorrow. (Palladium Special) CAMBRIDGE CITY, Jan. 4. The funeral of Mrs. Emma Bowmaster, widow of the late Milton J. Bowmaster, and mother-in-law of C. S. Kitterman, president X)f the First National Bank, who died late Thursday afternoon, following a stroke of apoplexy, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lutheran church at Germantown, of which she was a life-long member. Mrs. Bowmaster was the daughter of a TTfrnI "TJTT V CHHW JWJ HJiUVJ XlL.j BHUU SEASON IS OPENED (National News Association) MONTREAL, Jan. 4. The annual exhibition of the Automobile club of Canada, which marks the opening of the automobile show season on the American continent, is now on in this city, and for a week the automobile will rule, before it drops back to its normal place among the pleasure and commercial vehicles. The show which had its formal opening today is the best of its kind ever held in Montreal. The display embraces one hundred and fifty cars and models, together with an elaborate assortment of automobile accessories.

Foster Grandmother of Child Wife Fled There to Escape Arrest for Contributing to Child's Delinquency.

CONCEALED HERSELF HERE FOR TWO DAYS Case Will Be Brought Before Judge Fox within a Week or So. Girl Will Be Charged with Delinquency. Mrs. Mary Allen, wife of Joseph Allen, was arrested this noon at Rising Sun, Indiana, where she had fled to escape prosecution for alleged implication in the delinquency of Georgianna Doyle-Hensley, the twelve-year-old wife of Benjamin Hensley. After being interviewed by newspaper men, Mrs. Allen became aware of the seriousness of charges which might be brought against her and on January 1 left her home and concealed herself at the residence of Mrs. Ashford Clark, a sister of Benjamiw Hensley, living on North I street. Mrs. Clark told Patrolman Lawler that Mrs. Allen had informed her that she was afraid she would get into trouble for allowing her foster-grandchild to marry Hensley because of her youth, and that she was going to Southern Indiana as soon as possible. Gave Information. Hensley's girl-wife told Prosecutor Reller that her foster grandmother often visited a man by the name of John Dower at Rising Sun, Indiana. Reller telegraphed Sheriff Oliver Mitchell to hold Mrs. Allen if she was in that place. Word was received this noon that she was there and would be held pending the arrival of the local authorities. Sheriff Bayer will go there today to bring Mxp. Allen to this city. Other Charges. During the court session this morning Prosecuting Attorney Reller and Judge Fox declared that they would make an investigation and determine whether other charges could be placed against Hensley. The case will be heard as early in the January session of court as possible according to Judge Fox, although it will probably not be called next week because of the grand jury session. Georgianna Doyle-Hensley will be brought before Judge Fox in the juvenile court charged with being a delinquent child. Hensley may be charg ed with criminal assault. Mr. and Mrs. Allen will be tried on the charge of contributing to the delinquency of the child and possibly for perjury for swearing that the child was sixteen years of age in the court of Justice of Peace Morgan. Denies Charge. Mr. Allen claims he did not swear to the fact that the child was sixteen years of age and avers that the signature at the bottom of the affidavit is not his own, but that it was forgery. He blames the justice of peace. Mr. Morgan said he did not see Allen sign the affidavit as his back was turned though he did see Mrs. Mary Allen sign the legal papers. Benjamin Hensley is still confined at the county jail because of his inability to furnish the $300 bond. Mrs. Allen will be compelled to furnish a similar bond. FOLEY IS A GOOD MOTE, POLICE SAY Outside of Court He Can Talk; When Inside, Is Obliged to Write. Two vagrants, who gave their names as James Moran and Thomas Foley, were arrested early this morning on South Sixth street, charged with begging. Foley pretends to be a deaf and dumb mute and could cot be made to talk in police court this morning although he conversed freely with Patrol Driver Nocton before court. Moran was in an intoxicated condition at the 'time of his arrest and his case was quickly heard. He was fined $1 and costs for drunkenness. Several witnesses were called against Foley, who did not answer to his name when his case was called by Prosecuting Attorney Reller. One witness stated that Foley had come to the former's residence yesterday and asked for a pair of trousers. Foley maintained a stolid silence while the testimony was being given. The witness said that the man had reappeared this morning, apparently totally deaf and dumb and bad given him a card asking for alms. Nocton. patrol driver, stated this morning that the man had slept in the basement of the City building last night and had talked to him. The man will be held until he will consent to talk. A fine of $5 and costs was imposed upon hlm , -

POWERS PREVENTED PARLEY COLLAPSE Persuade Allies to Give the Turks Until Monday to Answer the Demands. FEW TURKS WANT WAR High Officers Make a Demand on the Porte Adrianople Desperate. (National News Association) LONDON, Jan. 4 Action by the powers today prevented the collapse of the Turko-Balkan peace negotiations and Turkey was given until Monday to return her repIyto the ultimatum presented by the allies yesterday. The Turks, after a conference among themselves, sent a report to the meeting of the ambassadors in the foreign office and later it was announced that the allies had given the Turks 48 hours to get final instructions from Constantinople. A Constantinople dispatch said that there was a persistent feeling that the triple entente comprising England, Russia and France would intervene if the Turks gave an evasive answer to the ultimatum. Turks Desire War. From Berlin came the report that Envoy Bey, former Turkish ambassador to Germany, and one of the Turkish generals on the Chatalja lines, together with twentyfive other officers had signed a demand for a resumption' of hostilities and had handed it to the porte. There were three cardinal points in the final terms of the allies. These include the renunciation of all Turkish rights in Crete, the surrender of all the Turkish Isles in the-Aegan Sea to Greece and the cession of Adrianople to Bulgaria. According to the exchange telegraph war would not be resumed before next Wednesday even if the Turks bring about such an eventuality. From the same source it was learned that Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign minister, -would be interpellated in commons as to what course England has taken during the negotiations and how far the triple entente would go in upholding the. allies in the event of intervention. ADRIANOPLE TO FALL. SOFIA, Jan. 4. Adrianople cannot hold out much longer against the inroads of famine. The two escaped Bulgarian prisoners from the Adrianople garrison reported today to the Bulgarian military authorities that the famished populace is imploring the Turkish commander to surrender. Many are dying of starvation. LARGE SH1P ASHORE But Amerika Is Reported in No Danger. (National News Association) NEW YORK, Jan. 4. The Hamburgh-American lmer Amerika. outward bound with 1,000 passengers aboard, went aground off Tompkinsville, Staten Island, today, one hour after leaving her pier in Hoboken. Captain Knuth, in command of the vessel, notified the officials of the company that the vessel was In no danger and that he expected to float her at the next high tide. The Amerika, which is the biggest ship of the Hamburg-American fleet, has a number of prominent foreigners aboard. WELLS KILLS FOX (Palladium Special) SHELBYVTLLE, Ind., Jan. 4. David Wells killed a red fox near here yes terday after shooting at it five times with a shotgun and tracking it for five Jmilee ihrough the deep, snov,

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Women prominent in the affairs of the Woman's National Democratic League, which convenes in Washington, January 7, 1913. On the left is Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of Vice-president-elect Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana, and honorary vice-president of the league. In the center at the top is Mrs. Perry Belmont, mentioned as a presidential possibility. On the right is Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of President-elect Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, and honorary President of the League. At the bottom is Mrs. W. A. Cullop, wife of the Congressman from Indiana, who is also in the running for the presidency of the league to supercede Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby, the present President.

GARMENT

WORKERS

STRIOCREASES By Monday It Is Expected that Fully 125,000 Operatives Will Be Out. (National News Association) NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Nearly twenty thousand striking garment workers attended a mass meeting this afternoon in Rutgena square, when speeches of defiance to their employers were made. Rose Pastor Stokes, wife of the millionaire socialist, was one of tne speaKera. Anotner mass meeting will be held in Cooper Union tonight for the purpose of taking steps to call out the fifty thousand white, goods workers in this city. Ten thousand women are expected to take part in a parade to . be given by the strikers next week. , . , Leaders of the strike today predicted that their' ranks would be Increased by at least 5,000 more by Monday, which will increase the number of operatives out of work to nearly 125,000. The men directing the stripe busied themselves today urging the strikers to refrain from continuing the violence which broke out twice yesterday, and which forced riot calls of police, " who used clubs and revolvers to subdue the frenzied strikers.' TO HAVE 1,500 BIRDS On Exhibit at the January Poultry Show. ( The annual . poultry show of the Richmond Poultry association will be held at the Coliseum, January 15, 16, 17, and 18. Several very valuable birds will be shown at the exhibit. among them being two chickens valued at $1,000 each. The owner of one of these chickens is D. L. Mather, of Snrine Grove, while the other is own - ed by D. K. Williams of Bluffton. Ind. The total number of birds that will be exhibited will reach 1,509 according to one of the officers of the association. About 100 varieties will be Included. . Awards will be given in the form of cash, cups, ribbons and special prizes. Prominent members of the association say that the exhibition - will be the largest that has ever been given in this city. ULRICH MISSING (Palladium Special) NEWCASTLE, Ind, Jan. 4. Jonathan Ulrich, a coal dealer at Kennard, is missing from his home. He left last Tuesday, saying that he was coming to this city. Ulrich is 33 years old and has a wife and four children. He ! came to Kennard from SharpesvUle, jlnd, -' " "

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FIGHT IS BREWING AMONGJl WOMEN Meeting of Woman's National Democratic League to Be a Stormy One. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The rumored fight over the Presidency of the Woman's National Democratic league, which will elect new officers at its first annual convention convening ; here on january -jt crystalized today when it became known that a movement was on foot to ask Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby of New York and president of the league, to withdraw her name from the ballots. President Crosby, charge the leaders of the insurgent movement, has been derelicit in her duties during her term of office, devoting the major portion of her attention to the affairs of the Naw York State branch of the league and slighting the national organization. Another objection for a second term for Mrs. Crosby is the fact that she is a free trader and in favor of a single tax. Both of these principles are strong Democratic convictions of the old school, but not in line with the, policies of the incoming administration. It was said here today, that Mrs. Crosby was certain of an overwhelming defeat if she attempted to make a fight for re-election. Among those who have been prominently mentioned as presidential possibilities are Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs. Eugene F. Kinkead, wife of the Representative from New Jersey; Mrs. Champ Clark. Mrs. Oscar Underwood, and Mrs. William A. Cullop. wife of the Congressman from Indiana. Among other prominent Democratic women scheduled to take part in the convention are Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, Mrs. Stephen B. Apres, wife nf tha Pnn ffrM q ty q n fmm 7 nnr rwr j HeQry L Edmund8, of St. j and Mr8 Adeiai E. Stevenson, wife oX 1 the last Democratic vice president of ! the United States. Both Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, honorary president and vice president of the league, have declined invitations to be present, holding that their appearance before the inauguration ceremonies on March 4 would not be in keeping with presidential etiquette. The chief business of the league will be transacted on January 8th, the anniversary of the birth of Andrew Jackson. On that day the election of officers will take place as well as a number of social functions. Prominent among these entertainments is a reception to the members of the league, to be tendered by Mrs. Perry BelmonL THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL- Snow tonight and Sunday; probably colder Sunday.

Chicago Parties Alone Make Offers of Nearly $1,000,000 to Attorneys of the Convicted Men.

PRISONERS ARE IN ' HAPPY MOOD TODAY But Under a Special Order from Wickersham, No Visitors Can Be Received by the Dynamite Gang. National News Association) CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Offers for bail for the men convicted in Indianapolis on a dynamite conspiracy charge hav been pouring into the offices of their Chicago attorneys today, according to a statement issued by Attorney E. N. Zoline. who presented the motion torn a writ of supersedeas before the U. S. circuit court of appeals yesterday. Zoline conferred with Attorney P. IL O Ionald in the Iatter's office today. It was stated that the offers already made would total almost a million dollars and that others are expected. The offers received are all from Chicago people. It is thought that other offers will be made by men in other parts of the country. "It is not likely that we in Chicago are going to secure bail for all of the men," said Mr. O Donald. "According to the ruling of Judge Baker, property in various cities can be scheduled and we deem It advisable that each city attend to its own men." PRISONERS ARE HAPPY. LEAVENWORTH. Kai. Jan. 4. By special orders from ' Attorney General Wickersham no Isltors are allowed to see the men convicted of the dynamite conspiracy? This is the first time in the history of the prison,' except when quarantine regulations have been inforced, that visitors have been denied the right to see prisoners. Warden McClaughey refused to permit newspaper men to talk with the dynamiters regarding the decision of the Chicago court admitting them to bail. The warden explained the attorney general's special order was his reason for refusing such Interviews. He said that the men were much pleased with the news and that there were many smiles when Hockln. the only man not admitted to ball, was the only one who inquired where the bonds would be approved. Hockln himself smiled at the laugh which went up at his expense. The prisoners, the warden said today, went around their work more cheerfully than they have done tine confined here. All of the men have now been assigned to their tasks. Richard Hoolihan. of Chicago, was assigned to the kitchen. E. E. Phillips was put to peeling potatoes. William Bamhardt was sent to the blacksmith's shop as a helper." AH the others were assigned to the steel cell construction work In the east wing of the prison. IS 110JEARS OLDj A Plainfield Woman Talks About War of 1812. (National News Association) PLANFIELD. Ind.. Jan. 4. Plainfield has among its residents a woman who has passed -the century mark In years. She is' Mrs. Tamir Eatman, colored. Born in Canada she was taught to read in childhood, and distinctly remembers that during the war of 1812 she used to read aloud to members of her family published accounts of that war. Her father died at the age of 103, and 6he then went to Boston with her husband who was a preacher. She has lived in Plainfeld five years, is spry and takes daily walks about the streets. She says she is 110 years old. SUIT FOR DAMAGES NOW BEING TRIED (Palladium Special) SHELBY VILLE, InL. Jan. 4. Trial of the case in which Solomon Binzer of Indianapolis is suing George W. Kerr, of the same city for damages cf $5,000 for malicious prosecution was continued today before Judge Blair and a jury. The trouble that led to the suit began when Binzer and his son sold a grocery stock to Kerr. They made affidavit that all of the fixtures and all of the goods in the store were owned by them. Kerr had them arrested when he discovered that some of the fixtures did not belong to the Binzers. but the latter were acquitted following trial on the charge. The elder Binzer brought the damage suit which came here on change of venuft