Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 50, 8 January 1913 — Page 1

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AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 50. RICHMOND, IXD., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1913. BIG TARIFF Eiht Survivors f the Julia Luckenbach Wreck SHIPPERS OF CITY HAVE A LIGHT PLANT A LOCAL WAS INJURED IN BY. WRECK' SURPRISE BY LARGE " IS DECIDED ON 0.

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House Leader Gives Encouragement to the Witnesses Pleading for Protection Before Committee.

TO BASE REVISION UPON COMPETITION Leslie Shaw Appears Before Banking Committee and Opposes the Aldrich Currency System. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The house Ways and means committee today listened to manufacturers of earthenwareB and glassware. The plan of the committee igto take the tariff off the cheaper kind of glassware and to put heavier duties on the imported French and German cutglass. Manufacturers of bottles and tableware told the committee that it was absolutely necessary that they be afforded a reasonable degree of protection on account of the cheap labor employed in glass factories mbroad. While W. E. Wells of East Liver- i jsool, Ohio, was testifying before the committee advocating the retention of the present protective duties on pottery ware, Chairman Underwood gave i strong intimation that he would favor the present duties on that ware. ;The duty is sixty per cent and the intimation came as a surprise to the business men present. "The competitive principles will govern our revis'ion of the tariff, said Mr. Underwood, "and I think it has been proven to the 'satisfaction of the committee that this "business is being conducted along highly competitive lines and seems to be entitled to the rate which is asked here." SHAW IS WITNESS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Leslie M. ;Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, was a witness before the Glass sub-committee of the banking and currency committee, which is engaged fin framing a new currency law. Mr. Shaw told the-committee that the currency of the United States is now sufficient to meet all demands of normal times but what the country needs is a supplimentary currency, to be used only in cases of emergency. This currency, he said, must be issued under the same general plan as the issue of regular currency. Mr. Shaw said that the chief difficulty in using emergency currency would be rules for its contraction and redemption when the use for such currency had passed. "There is no provision now which compels the redemption and retirement of currency when not needed," said Mr. Shaw. "What most of the big banks want is the Aldrich plan which fastens Wall street control on the country for the next fifty years. By objection to the National Reserve association are many. I do not.believe .It will accomplish what its friends claim for it, and that it will result in dangerous inflation of currency is probable." SHE ASKS A DIVORCE Mrs. Wm. Harris Says Husband Was Cruel. A suit for divorce was filed this morning in the Wayne circuit court by Florence Harris against William Harris on the grounds of alleged infidelity and cruel and inhuman treatment. ' Mrs. Harris alleges that her hrshand lias threatened to whip their children causing her to suffer mental anguish. Harris has been intimate with other .women according to the complaint, Besides seeking a legal separation from h?r husband, the plaintiff asks the custody of their children and $20 per month alimony. THE WEATHER TATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight and colder; Thursday fair. Women Buyers

Woman is the purchasing head of the home. She not only buys most of the things used in the home, but most of the things used by the man of each family as well. She purchases the food, clothing, furnishings, and utilities; buys the children's outfits and several times as much for her own use as is needed by the average man. It Is natural, therefore, that she should read advertisements more than men, because advertising keeps her posted on the newest and best merchandise, the best stores at which to trade, and the best values obtainable. She buys things to better advantage than a man makes the money go farther by reading advertisements. Read the advertisements in THE PALLADIUM closely and constantly every day for the sake of ECONOMY.

1, Chief Officer Hunt, William Brunne, George Davis, S. Loeschnier, George Little, Peter Anderson, William Hoffman and George Doyle. NEW YORK, Jan.. 8. According to the story told by the eight surviving members of the crew of the wrecked steamer Julia Luckenbach, they would have perished with the Captain, his wife and 14 others had it not been for the pluck of-the crew of a. Danish tramp, that picked them up after they had been tossed about, lashed to the rigging, for six hours in a raging sea, after an English steamer had run them down and continued on its way. APPEAL jrOJCITIZENS To Aid Associated Charities in Work. "Notwithstanding the seemingly favorable condition of the weather thus far this winter the physicians declare that there is much more suffering from colds, grips, and pneumonia than last winter and we desire the assistance of the Richmond public in giving aid to such people as can not afford medical aid," stated a member of the Associated Charities at the meeting of the organization yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Elizabeth Candler, city mission ary reported that there is much need of assistance on account of sickness among poor families, where the father is disabled and the family in incurring additional expense. "These cases aTe looked into and cared for as far as possible,' the missionary reported. The report on the sewing class recently organized by the Associated Charities for the purpose of teaching poor girls and women how to make clothes, was made. The report stated that interest in the class was increasing daily. The class meets on Friday of each week. GEORGE M'CULLOUGH DIES OF APOPLEXY George C. "McCullough, aged. 59, died shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon at his home, 50 South Twelfth street. Death was due to apoplexy. He is survived by the widow, three sons and three daughters. Funeral announcement will be made later. Are Better Than Men

DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE START ROW Committee Appointments Are Threatening to Cause a Big Disturbance.

SUSPICION TAGGART Many Think the Foxy One Already Has Named the Assignments. (Xational News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 8. The question of who .will appoint the senate committee now threatens to cause a split in the senate as well as in the house. The ancient custom of permitting the retiring lieutenant governor to name the committees when the ma jority is of his political faith is not to the liking of Lieutenant Governor- j elect-O'Neal and he and his friends are said to have made a strong opposi-; tion. Lieutenant Governor Hall, however, does not seem inclined to surrender his prerogrative. According to Hall he and O'Neal will ept tno-thr tnniht nrtA discuss tho committee appointments. The discus-: sion over the privilege of naming the committees has reached the stage where many of the senators are seri-

UU,1J' UIOlUMiU6 luc "u"au,ul' "l, Hartzler, of the musician's union; changing the rules on committee ap- i Jesse Hall of tne printers. union; JaB. pointments and having the entire sen-lCovle, Df the moulder's union; Louis ate name them instead of the presiding j Studt and JOBeph Mulroney ot the cl

officer. A similar situation also exists in the house. The overwhelming suspicion mat laggart ana nis rnenas already have fixed the committee appointments appears to prevail. Senator Shively of Marton is on the ground and will be one of the leading insurgents during the session. He states that he has a recall, bill and will also get back of the proposed business form of government bill. Homer Cook of. Marion county- de - a u clared today that the combined strength of his opponents for the speakership will not be more than ten votes. Dissention in the ranks of the house democrats today resulted in the determination to introduce a resolution at the caucus tonight pledging a majority to change the rules so as to place the appointment, of committees in the hands of a committee consisting of the speaker and one representative from each of the thirteen congressional districts. The insurgents do not expect the resolution to prevail but declare they will fight it out on the floor of the house when the adoption of rules for the session comes up on Thursday. S TTT13Xrl7,t niFCJ iYitt J IJ MX, ULEj AT FOUNTAIN CITY FOUNTAIN CITY. Ind., Jan 8. Sam Turner, aged 55 years, died yesterday noon at his home south of this place after a two week's illness. Death i was due to pneumonia. Mr. Turner was j well known throughout the community. sHe was the Fountain City representa tive of the D. W. Harris Company of !

Greensfork. The funeral will be held a plumbers union nere. Other proFriday from the home, " - j posed unions 5re also talked, pj, -

ADVOCATE

AT LABORJOUNCIL Number of Talks Given at Meeting Held Tuesday Evening. OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN Convention Given Here for Federation of Labor Referred To. Delegates to the Richmond Centra! Labor council met at the council's headquarters, South Sixth street last evening and elected officers for the ensuing six months. Henry Schroeder was elected president, Rudolph Weisbrod, vice president; Elmer S. Laymon, recording secretary; Louis Studt, financial secretary; James Coyle, ser-geant-at-arms; and Frank Hartzler, J, C. Saurer and James Coyle, trustees Practically every organized union in' the city was represented at the council's meeting and efforts will be made to organize other unions and get them , ... ., me meeting, in connection witn wnich a banquet was held, short talks were made by delegates from the various locals. Every speaker advocated harmony not on in e locals but b tween the divers unions. Several Talks. Among those who spoke were Frank gar makers' union; Elmer Laynion, of ; the painters' union; Edward Stein, of j the enet metal workers . j Union, Henry u,, -ik0, iri uic Bulge llttllUa union; John Geier, of the barbers' union; and George Russell, of the theatrical union. ' The success of the State Federation of Labor convention held in this city last September, was referred to in the talfra Wu Mall ctnto.; tv. '. ,.k.:-w;: u,7l 7, ! takln everything into consideration. the Richmond union men had given the best convention to the Federation of labor. Joseph ; Mulroney declared that un- ; ion men did not demand union labeled j goods. "I can remember w hen there were sixty-five or seventy union cigar j makers In this city. Now there are but thirteen or fourteen. The reason : is because union men do not demand the union made cigar. You can get it if you demand it." Too Much Jealousy. In speaking of the moulders' union, Delegate Coyle declared that there is too much jealousy among union men. 'It's no use " to growl because someone else has a better job than you and it's no use to antagonize the non-union ! "Jau- uou-uuion man mat 1 we have a good thing . in the union. (Educate him and. he will come with U8-Ex-President Stein declared that in his opinion the ideal labor leader in this country is John Mitchell. "He has made the president of the United States recognize union labor and he didn't have to use dynamite, either." An attempt will be made to organize

Are Up in Arms, Especially j the Inhhers. Over the Lo-l

cal Freight Service of the C. & O. Railway COMMERCIAL CLUB LEADS THE FIGHT Retailers Are Protesting Over the Miserable Passenger Service the Same Road Is Giving. Distrusted with the local freight service given by the C. and O railroad, j the shippers of Richmond have organ- ; ized to bring the strongest pressure to bear on that road to compel improved conditions. The shippers will conduct their campaign through the Commercial club and when a representative of the C and O meets with the i members of the railroad commission ! of the club in a few days he will be told that unless better local freight service is provided without further dej lay the company will not only lose the local freight business of Richmond shippers, but the long haul business as well. A demand is also to be made on the C. and O. railroad for better accommodation passenger service. Since last November the Commerc-

srardinc the noor nassenKer and freieht ,hat tbere a8 a balance ,n the llRUl ! scious state with a fractured skull garding the poor passenger ana ireignt p,ant fund of $46 144 13 and that byjand gerOU8 bruises service of the C. and O. into Kicn- j tn?re ghouM be about $70,000 in Flnier Learv a hat merchant of Lafrmmittened me'e" Sth ft J C "id tb h this amount and 7 !h the p,ant iU re:iand was badly crushed. His recovery.

will be shown him, with a firm request that they be given careful and satisfactory consideration. Hardship on Jobbers. Richmond jobbers, who provide the bulk of the local freight business of the C. and O., say that the company in its efforts to build up its "long haul" business has practically Ignored its "short haul" business out of this city, to points north and south within a radius of 100 miles. This, the jobbers say, has worked a great hardship on them. Some of the largest "long haul" shippers the C. and O. line have in Indiana are the Richmond manufacturers, and this latter class of shippers are prepared to support the Jobbers in

tneir enorts to improve me iocai!nw smok. tf.v will he included in'

locai t freight service of the road by refusing

the C. and O. their business. Ship- i needed wag not decided upon, it is pers in Peru, Marion and Muncie, are i probable that a radical stack. 150 feet also to join with local shippers in aln height and 10 feet in diameter will concerted demand on the company for be constructed. New boilers will be in-

relief from existing conditions. Retailers Make Protest. Secretary Charles Jordan of the Commercial Club says Richmond retailers are ju6t as indignant over the poor accommodation passenger service of the C. & O. as the wholesalers are over the company's miserable local freight service. "There are just two C. & O. passenger accommodation trains running into Richmond each day," said Mr. Jordan. "The train from the south arrives here at 7:20 in the evening. The train from the north arrives at 8:56 in the morning. It is possible for people living in towns along the C. & Q north of Richmond to spend a-day shopping in Richmond, but any persons in the towns along the road south of Richmond must spend one day and two nights here if they want to shop in local stores. Naturally not many do their nhnnnfnr hpr If a man from College Corner comes here to transact busl-

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"'.train south -the following morning

leaves before he has had time to do his errands, so he must spend all that day and night here and get out at 8:56 the following morning." COMPLAIN OH RAISE Renters Threaten to Have Their Phones Removed. (Palladium Special) CENTERVILLE. Ind., Jan. 8. The directors of the Centerville Co-operative Telephone company will meet again next Saturday to discuss the recent raise of telephone rates. Following the raise of rates there was a general complaint made by renters of telephones. A meeting was held last Saturday but nothing definite was decided. HERE'S THE LATEST Raleigh Doner was arrested . yesterday afternoon for stealing a fivecent package of smoking tobacco from Edward Shepard. a blind man who has a small store on North Eighth street. Doner pleaded guilty to the charge in police court this morning and was fined $5 and cost3 and sentenced to one day In jaiL

At Special Meeting Today, j Board of Works Plans to

Double the Capacity of the Municipal Plant. APPROXIMATE COST PLACED AT $65,000 Among Things Needed Are Addition to Buildings, New Engine, Generator, Stacks, Pumps and Boilers. Improvements, the cost of which may aggregate J65.000 or $70,000 will be made to the Municipal Electric Light and Power plant within the near i This was decided at a special meeting of the board of public works held at the City Hall this morning. It is the plan of the superintendent of the plant and the city offlclalsto double th parity of the plant. A large addition will be built to the present buildings, a new engine and boiler install

ed, it is planned. j trailing salesman of Rochester. X. Y. Officials are unable at the present j Walter Brown Hurt, to estimate the cost of the proposed j "Walter Brown of Richmond. Ind..' improvements. Nimrod Johnson, super- j ijneman for tbe American Telephone intendent of the plant, however, he-j company, who had bis head and lip lieves the improvements will eost!cu wag taken to Indianapolis. He is $05,000. This is a rough estimate, he , not .rionsIy injured. One of the In-said-jured passengers, w ho has not been Amount On Hand. i identified, was still unconscious at Supt. Johnson, appeared before thejnoon today but Is i.ot thought to be board and gave a general talk on the j seriously hurt. Ruben Akesson of Conrequirements of the plant. He stated ; nersville also continued In an uncon-

ceive, extensive improvements could ! be made. He further stated that he did not wish to start, on any. of the work until the funds to pay for it are in the treasury. Most of the time of the board was taken up with the discussion of the j nature of the Improvements. A turbin was found to be lower in cost than an engine and generator but the amount of fuel and steam required make its operation more expensive than that of an engine. Mr. Johnson stated that this made a large difference In the annual coal bill as about $50 worth of fuel was used each day at the plant. Equipment Needed. The board decided that a 500 horse power engine and a 1,000 kilowatt gen!eratQr would be the most practical. A the improvements. Although the kind stalled and two pumps and one condenser will be purchased. City Engineer Charles and Supt. Johnson will draw up plans and specifications for the building, excavations, stack and foundations for the engines as soon as possible. At an early meeting of the board, the appropriation will be given and bids for the work will be asked. SOCIETY WILL MEET Horticulturists to Confer on Saturday. The Horticultural Society will hold its first meeting of the year at the ! court house Saturday at 2 o'clock. Jetse Stevens, of Centerville. the new- ! lv elected President, will deliver fain In. j coming year will be ouUined and ar- ! rangements will be made by the rcmen or the society for the annual dinner to b given at the court house, February Sth.

Here are Some Interesting Facts Which Will Please Weather Fans

The precipitation for the first seven days of the present month was 2.75 lnche?. which is greater than the rainfall of any month since last August. Also the output of wet weather for the new year to date has been the first j to benefit the water supply of Wayne county since last August, so all the harsh things said about the downpours of the past few days were really not merited. The precipitation for the last four months of 1912 follows :- September, 2.18 inches; October, 2.23 inches; November, 0.61 inches, December, 1.43 inches. Waiter Vossler, U. S. weauher observer In this locality. In an interesting i annual report on weather conditions (for the past year shows that the damp send off the present year got should not be objected to for the total precipitation in Wayne county for 1912 was only 32.2 inches, which was a deficiency of 7.29 inches. There were only three months last year, March, April and 'August,' when the rainfall aver jaged up. to normal. J The total inowfail for pie .past year,

Walter Brown, a Telegraph Lineman. Stationed Here,

Was Injured Seriously About the Head. PASSENGER KILLED THREE ARE DYING! Investigation of Wreck Is Be-i gun Today, but It Is Be-1 lieved to Have Been Unavoidable One. (National ir Avnociation) LAFAYETTE. Ind. Jan. 8 Of lh 21 persons in hospitals suffering from riniuriea sustained in the Bin Four WIwk near ner. yesterday afternoon all but three were doing as well as could be expected today and probably will recover. Those in a critical condition are: Reuben Akerson, Connersvill. Victor Nicholson. Dwight, III. Elmer Leary. Lafayette. Ind. The death list remains at one. positively identified as Irwin Zunner. a is doubtful. Coroner Mannell today bel ban an investigation to fix the responj sibility if any. The fact that the wreck was caused by a broken tire Indicates that the disaster was purely accidental. It will be several days before the wreckage is entirely cleared away , but it is not thought any. more. Lodles will be found. . Walter Brown, injured in the wreck at Lafayette. Ind., yesterday was sta--tioned in Richmond the first of this month by the American Telephone & Telegraph company as station lineman. He boarded on South Sixth street. The first of the week he was ordered to Chicago temporarily to assist in repairing damage done to wires of the com pany in the recent sleet storm in that ' t. r-v.. iJ aim naa . v iv us avr v the train that was wrecked. The IndP anapolis office of the. company inform ed the Palladium this afternoon that Brown's Injuries are more serious than stated in the press dispatches. Brow a came here from Terre Haute. A CHARrYCOHCERT For Tuberculosis Hospital, Sunday Afternoon. The concert to be given on Sunday afternoon at the . Murray theater at . three o'clock for the benefit of the Tuberculosis Hospital fund, under the auspices of Misi Esther G. "White, promises to be a largely attended affair. ' The boxes have almost all been dis-' posed of and the seat sale for the refct ' of the house, for which tbere Is a uniform price without extra charge for reserves, begins tomorrow morning at nine o'clock at the Starr Piano Company. The program will be presented by Madame Lawrence, harpist, and former soloist on this instrument with the Thomas orchestra, and J. Louis Shenk, the well known concert baritone. Mr. Vossler records, was 21.80 laches. The coldest day last year was January 13, when the mercury dropped to 25 degrees below xero. The warmest day of 1912 was July 15, when the mercury showed 94 degrees In the shade. A table of the maximum and minimum temperatures of the month In 1912 follows: Max. Min. January 42 25 below February 51 11 below March 73 1 April 82 20 May S 3S June i 3 July S4 53 August 90 42 September 93 21 October K 27 November 71 15 December 0 7 The cold wave which has just arrived in this locality recalls the fact that a similar cold ware arrived here - ; about the same time last year and before it had departed the biggest ice. i crop & 7.ears Lad ben harvested.