Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 64, 24 January 1913 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND PAIXAIDIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOXj. XXXniL NO. 64. RICHMOND, INI)., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1913. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS WIFE MAY CONVERT HER NOTED HUSBAND OFAn Indian and His Bride ONCE AGAIN LIQUOR HAVE GOOD FRIEND OF BUSINESS PLAN CHILLED ARRESTED FOR STEALING GAS L UP

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tYoung Turks Who Have Taken Reins of Government Have Recalled Peace Envoys in England.

NEW CABINET NOW BEING ORGANIZED 'Demands Made by the Powers on the Old Ottoman Government Will Be Refused, It Is Said. (National News Association) .LONDON, Jan. 24. Tho Turkish peace envoys were recalled by their government late this afternoon. This was believed to forecast a renewal of hostilities in the Balkans. NAME NEW CABINET. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 24. The young Turks have taken up the task of formulating a reply to the powers note. A negative reply is expected. Aifat Bey has been appointed minister of finance and Mukhtar Bey has been temporarily namvd foreign minister. The grand vizier will act as minister of war and the portfolo of minister of marine has been given to Tchur Uksula Mahmud. The first official action taken by the Jiew Young Turk cabinet, was to recall and courtmartial the Turkish ambassadors to Vienna and St. Petersburg. The diplomats were accused of showing weakness and not maintaining a strong diplomatic policy In behalf of their home government. A NIGHT OF TERROR. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 24. Following a night of terror, during which thirty persons were wounded in rioting and in fighting with the military police, Mahmoud Shevkat Pacha, who has been acclaimed Grand Viser by the young Turk committee of Union and Progress, issued a proclamation addressed to the people of the empire today in which he demands that "the political differences be forgotten until the national honor of Turkey can be saved from further dishonor at the hands of a foreign foe." This strongly indicates that the militarists among the Young Turks who have secured the reins of government as a result of the sudden and unexpected overthrow of the Kiamil Pacha ministry would revoke the action of the Grand Council which had voted for peace and order, a renewal of active hostilities against the Balkan allies. To Recall Parliament. Envoy Bey, who will likely succeed Nazim Pacha, former war minister, as commander-in-chief of the army and Talaat Bey conferred with members of the committee of Union and Progress and took steps for the calling of the old parliament on the ground that it had been illegally dissolved. Envoy Bey. was accompanied by a strong bodyguard for threats had been made against him by friends of the former war minister who was shot to death last night. Nazim Pacha had a large political following among the conservative element of the Young Turks and they are threatening revolt against the radical cabinet proclaimed by the committee of Union and Progress. More than ifty arrests of rioters and political adherents of Kiamil Pacha, who resigned as grand visor, were made by soldier policemen in the pay of the committee of Union and Progress. Many of the prisoners were removed to the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus and their fate is unknown. Talaat Bey, one of the leaders of the radical Young Turks, who had given orders that no blood be shed in the demonstration against the old cabinet and the grand council deplored the assassination of Nazim Pacha, who was popularly known as the greatest strategist in the Turkish army and declared that the officer who shot him would Te duly punished.

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MR. AND MRS. CHURCHILL. LONDON, Jan. 24. It is an open secret that Mrs. Winston Churchill, wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty, is endeavoring by the gentle art of persuasion to induce her husband to desert the ranks of Liberalism and again take up the cause of the Unionists, who are said to be anxious to have Churchill remain at the head of the Admiralty when the Unionists go into power. SEVERAL LOCAL MEN SIGNINGPETITIONS Ask that Bill Concerning Exemptions and Executions Be Passed. About 100 petitions are being circulated in Wayne county by advocates of a bill pending before the state legislature, concerning exemptions and executions. The bill carries a provision that merchants may garnishee wages of a debtor, it is said that laboring men, as well as merchants have signed the petitions, which will be sent to this county's representatives in the General Assembly, with the request they support the bill. The bill is now in the hands of the committee on rights and privileges and will come up before the legislature Monday morning for its first reading. The bill is designed to bring about a Just law protecting business men against the unscrupulous debtor. The bill provides that where an execution is issued upon a judgment, the execution shall become a lien and a continuing levy upon the wages, earnings, debts, salary, incomes from trust funds or profits due or to become due to said judgment debtor to the amount specified therein, which shall not exceed ten per cent and said levy shall be a continuing levy until said execution and the expenses thereof are fully satisfied and paid. CINCY UNPOPULAR WITH FIVE YOUTHS That Cincinnati is not popular with fourteen-year-old boys is the opinion of the police here. Early this morning two runaway boys, who gave their residence as Cincinnati were arrested at the Pennsylvania depot and taken to the police headquarters They were identified as Joe Stickler and Paul Whiteman. Besides a grip containing the boy's clothing, they had in their possession two gold watches and $15. 13. They were sent home this morning. Five runaway boys from Cincinnati have been arrested during the past week by the local police.

Senator Stotsenberg Intro duces a Bill Today Provid

ing State Institution for Inebriates. RUSH AND SHELBY GRANTED DIVORCE Each to Have Own Circuit Court Now. State Senate Puts in Busy Day, Acting on Many Bills. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24 Senator Stotsenberg today introduced a bill for the establishment of an inebriate hospital to be supported by setting aside $25 from each liquor license fee paid in the state. A provision of the measure empowers the governor to appoint a commission of five men to determine where and how the hospital shall be established. The bill was referred to the committee on public health and a favorable report is soon expected. By suspending the rules the house of representatives today passed Senator Yarling's bill dividing Shelby and Rush counties into separate judicial districts and abolishing the MarionShelby superior court. The bill will go to the governor as soon as it is engrossed and becomes a law when he attaches his signature. He must then appoint a judge for the Rush county circuit. A Legal Bill Passed. The only other bill passed by the house today was one Introduced by Rep. Storen for the purpose of removing hindrances that often block the administration of justice" in ' criminal cases under the present laws. It permita indictments to be amended and j gives the state the right to take de positions in criminal cases. It also provides that if a witness has died or cannot be located In the interim be-, tween a first and second trial the stenographer's notes of the evidence he gave in the first trial can be introduced as evidence in the second trial. Two house measures were put out of their misery today by the adoption of committee reports recommending their indefinite postponement. One was the Ault bill requiring dental inspection of dependant children, and the other the Van Horn bill allowing county councilmen extra pay for attending special sessions. The senate mill began its real grinding today and before the session closed at 12:20 p. m. eighteen new bills had been Introduced, seven old bills passed, twenty-one reported out of committee and eleven advanced to second reading. Aside from the regular grind the session proved interesting in a few of the fights 'for the passage of senate bill No. 68, which removes the legal disabilities of married women and defines the property rights of their husbands. Mistake in the Count The bill as introduced by Senator Stotsenberg provides that married women shall have a clear and unimpeded right of contract and may dispose of their own properties as they see fit without the consent of their husbands. The ballot as first announced showed 26 votes . for the measure and it was declared passed. Later the clerk declared a mistake had been made and only 25 votes had been cast for the bill. This caused it to fail of passage but leaves it open to another vote. The Zearing bill lengthening the term of Judge Rochford of Marion county, passed without discussion as did Sullivan's forestry bill. Van Auken's bill providing for the increased pay of jurymen to $2.50 per day was passed and Gavitt's bill making Gary a second class city likewise received favorable action. Van Uken's bill providing that divorce cases be not tried until sixty days after the filing of suit was passed without dissent. A bill providing against the drinking of intoxicants on railroad or traction cars passed by a vote of 39 to 2. ASK SUPPORT FOR MRS. KATE SCOTT A letter indorsing Mrs. Kate Scott for department president of the Women's Relief Corps has been sent to all corps of the state. Mrs. Scott has been indorsed by the Sol Meredith Post. G. A. R. for the office. She. was indorsed by the Sixth District convention, held recently at NewcasUe. Support was pledged by those present to her candidacy. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Generally fair tonight and . Saturday; slightly warmer In north and central portion Saturday. "

Men Supporting New Municipal Government System Against Des Moines Plan Get Hearing.

DEFECTS IN PLAN PICKED BY SOLONS T. F. Thieme of Ft. Wayne Tells House Committee that the System Is Used Outside of America. (Palladium Special) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24. Advocates of the business system of city government were given rather an unsympathetic hearing by the House committee on cities and towns Thursday afternoon. No action was taken on the Koening bill permitting cities to adopt the new system and the committee will consider it further at a subsequent meeting. Representatives Weisman, Thornton and Van Home picked the most flaws in the plan as outlined by Theodore F. Thieme of Ft. Wayne, who ia its leading advocate; E. G. Hoffman, of Ft. Wayne, who drew the bill, and W. K. Stewart, of Indianapolis. They seemed to doubt whether it would have the effect of removing municipal affairs from politics and feared the people would not have sufficient control over public officials. Mr. Thieme told the committee that practically all the cities of the world outside of the United States have the business system and the last of them abandoned the partisan plan fully fifty years ago. How the Plan Works. As explained by Mr. Thieme the bill provides for the election of a board of seventeen councillors and no other officials. The board of councillors choose a mayor and four other heads Df departments in addition to all the other principal employes of the city. The salaries of all officials are fixed by the board and they would retain their positions as long as the council sees fit. In addition to sin pervising the different departments of municipal affairs the mayor and four heads of departments would enact office ordinances and perform other duties now done by the city. It was originally expected to elect all the seventeen councillors at large, but the promoters of the plan now desire an amendment providing for the election of two members from each ward and the remainder at large. Candidates for councillor would get on the ballot by petition and would not receive their nomination from any political party. They would receive $5 for each meeting they attend. Could Employ Experts. "Under the plan it would be Im possible for the city to obtain the serv-1 ices of trained men to conduct its busi ness and keep them as long as they desired to stay and give satisfaction" said Mr. Thieme. "We would no longer turn our city affairs over to a new set of inexperienced men every four years any more than a business corporation would attempt to do busi ness in tnat way. Mr. Hoffman said the keynote of the bill is that the appointed official is usually better than the elected official. He gave it as his opinion as a practical politician that this plan would come as near as any system that could be devised to eliminating boss rule, and partisan politics from municipal affairs. He explained the provision for recalling members of the board of councillors by holding an election on petition of twenty per cent of the voters, who shall attach their signatures In the office of the city clerk. He reminded the committee that the passage of the law-would not obligate any city to adopt the new system and called attention to the fact that Indiana is one of the few states without laws giving cities home rule or the right to adopt some form of municipal government. TAKEN TO COLUMBUS Hart, Caught Here, Returned to Penitentiary. Frank Hart, alias Frank Murray, was taken to the Ohio State penitentiary this morning by Robert I. Miles, superintendent of the Bureau of Identification at Columbus, Ohio. Hart Is believed to be the Frank. Murray who is wanted at Columbus for violating a probation and was arrested Tuesday by Patrolman Vogelsong. Miles stated this morning that he had never seen the man as he had not served time at the Ohio penitentiary. Bertillion measurements will be taken at Columbus to determine positively his identification. He was sentenced for five year in 1911 for pocket picking at Cincinnati and released on probaUoaJmrnedlatelYj,

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CHIEF RED EAGLE AND MINNIE SKY. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Among the thousands of persona who will jam the streets of Washington on March 4 next, to witness the inaugural ceremonies making Woodrow Wilson the twenty-eighth President of the United States, there will be at least two persons who can claim the distinction of being real Americans. They are Red Eagle, chief of a tribe of Sioux Indians confined on a reservation in South Dakota, and his bride, Minnie Sky, herself the daughter of a chief. The pair are now enjoying a honeymoon tour through the Southern and Eastern states. They mill appear on the street of Washington in their full regalia of their tribe and arrangements will be made for them to be presented to Presfdentelect Wilson and his family.

AN AflTI-TREATING MEnsueyy davis Former Local Educator Introduces Bill in Washington Legislature. HE IS PROGRESSIVE Davis Sponsors Bill Changing Method of Drafting Governor's Message. (Palladium Special) OLYMPIA, Jan. 24. Senator W. S. Davis, who is a member of the faculty of Puget Sound university and former ly a teacher In the Richmond, Ind., high school, has introduced a bill which would enact Tacoma's famous anti-treating ordinance into state law. making it a misdemeanor to buy any person a drink. The bill was drafted by Former Mayor Fawcett, responsible for the ordinance. "It worked fine in Tacoma as long as it was enforced," said Senator Davis. "It is not enforced now, but should be made a matter of state law." If a resolution introduced by Senator j Davis is adopted by vhe senate the governor's message in the future will mean something more to the legislature than a mere address. Senator Davis asks for appointment of a committee on "Governor's Message" to prepare for the message and submit for consideration In proper form any-important recommendations by the retiring or incoming governor. Similar measures already presented by other members of the senate will have precedent. Two of the measures demanded by the progressive party platform,' the mother's pension and the blue sky laws have been introduced in the house by Rowland of Pierce and Corkery of Spokane jointly. The mother's pension act provides for the payment of $10-per month for the first child and $5 monthly for any others under 15 years of age. Mothers draw the pension only when their husbands are dead, confined in a state institution or totally disabled. Abandoned wives with children are pensioned. The administration of the act is placed in hands of the juvenile courts. The courts are to investigate all cases. The pension is to be paid by warrant drawn up by the auditor. . ATI women applying for pension must have been residents of the state at least two years prior to date of claim. The blue sky law gives the public service committee authority to investigate all companies selling stock or bonds in the state. Irrigation companies selling land are also nnder the act. The bill provides rules to investigate and revoke the corporation license of any corporation violating the act, and no company can secure a license onless approved. The fees for making the investigation will be paid by the companies at the rat of So a day.

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TOWN Hi MOURNING OVER THEJRAGEOY Big Business Block In McKinney, Tex., Collapsed, Killing 8 People. FIFTEEN WERE HURT Stories of Remarkable Escapes Were Told Today Public Schools Close, (National News Association) , McKINNEY, Tex., Jan. 24. Public schools in McKinney were closed today and the town given over to mourning as a result of the collapse and burning of the Mississippi Dry Goods company that resulted in the death of eight persons yesterday and the serious injury of fifteen others. Six undertakers from Dallas arrived today and the work of preparing the dead for burial began. Physicians from Dallas also arrived to assist in caring for the injured. As soon as they are able to. be moved the injured will be taken to a Dallas hospital. Doctors and medical supplies have been sent from Piano, Greenville and Paris. One of the remarkable escapes from the wrecked building, reported today is that of Mrs. John Klstler and ber young daughter. Klstler was standing across the street when the building fell. He rushed to the scene and began digging frantically at the wreckage. Almost the first person he saw in the ruins was his daughter. He got her safely out and a few minutes later pulled out his wife. Neither was badly hart. Miss Laura Searcy was among the last, to be taken from the wreckage. She was not badly injured. RE6CUERS WERE HURT. McKINNEY, Tex, Jan. 24. With eight bodies removed, search of the rains of the building of the Mississippi Drygoods Company that collapsed and burned late yesterday, was begun today at dawn. At midnight the rescue party was called from the ruins. It was then believed that no other bodies were buried in the smouldering ruins. This morning, however. It was determined to make a further search of the wreckage. Fifteen persons were injured in the collapse of the building itself or in fighting the lire afterward. Men who first made their way from the rains asserted that a large number of persons had been killed and for a time it was estimated that the death list would reach a total of 25. Later, however, it was believed certain that not more than eight had perished. Many of those caught in the wreckage were slowly crushed or roasted to death. Efforts mere made to rescue '. I them alive, but they, proved futile,

Charge Wm. Stiner, Albert Metzger, Henry Koorsen and Henry Cassel with Defrauding L., H. & P. Co.

PLEA OF GUILTY IS ENTERED BY CASSEU Others Not Arraigned, as Yet. Arrest Centervillei Druggist on Indictment Charging Bootlegging. Following an Investigation of the officials of the Light. Heat and Power company, four persons of this city were indicted by the grand jury charg ed with stealing gas. Henry Cassel. 72S North Twelfth street entered a, plea of guilty when arraigned in circuit court this morning and was fined $5 and costs. Others indicted by the grand Jury are Albert Metzger, 100 South Seventh street. Henry Koorsen. 223 South Fifth street, and William Stiner. of 706 North Twelfth street. When arraigned Cassel told the court he did not Intend to steal the gas but had 'remonstrated to the company that his meter was not recording properly and had removed it and had used the gas without having it record. He said he did this because his meter was recording gas which he did not use. When asked who piped the gas In Buch a way as to escape the meter record, Mrs. Cassel was oon-commitaL She said her husband was not the man who piped it but that it was done by a friend a month ago. May Prosecute Others. Supt. Wharton of the Light. Heat fc Power company said he was anxious to hare a penalty Imposed on future offenders which would be an example for persons who might be tempted to violate the law. "It is just like taking money from our pockets when persons steal gas. We do not want to prosecute anyone unless we feel that It would be absolutely necessary but we will force the law on all future offenders. It is as distasteful to as as-it is to them. Thefts hare' been made not only In gas but also , electricity. The persons who have stolen electricity bare not been apprehended bnt we intend to maintain a strict watch and will try to apprehend some of the guilty parties when they least expect it. The thieving has been going on for some time and there are more persons stealing than have been caught. If they will stop the thefts they will not be prosecuted. It is not known whether Stiner Koorsen and Metzger will enter pleas of guilty, or noL Inspect All Meters. A thorough investigation of all meters will be made and persons who are defrauding the company will be prosecuted. It Is not a hard matter to pipe the gas around the meter though It 1 believed that some persons are making a practice contracting with other families to pipe their gas. An investigation of the meter by persons employed by the company la some cases thow that slugs hare been placed against the dials in electric cur--rent meters to prevent them from recording properly. The dials will be re-j tarded by the slugs and only about one third of the electricity consumed will be recorded It Is said. Nicks have alsoj been Hied out of the dials which will; prevent them from recording part oC the electricity consumed. Lundy Arrested. Clyde Lundy, a Centerrille. Ind. druggist, was arrested yesterday after-4 noon by Deputy Sheriff Mote chargedl with illegitimate sale of liquor. Four indictments were returned by the grand jury against Lundy, for this of fense. In the rear of Lundy's store. Itj Is alleged there is a place wbe'e liquor could be banded out without the seller being seen. It is said that a flourishing business was done. Bootlegging has been going on at Centerville for some time. Lundy was the only person in-' dieted from that place. His bond was. fixed at $106 on each indictment. PROF. THOMPSON TO ACT ASPRIHCIPAL Will Take Charge of High School Until Successor Is Appointed. At the meeting of the board of education last night the resignation of Principal I. E. Neff. of the Richmond high school was accepted, to take effect February 7. Prof. John F. Thompson, science instructor of the school will act as principal until Mr. Nefrs successor Is appointed. Prof Thompson has acted as assistant principal at the school and is informed as to the duties of the office. It Is not thought that a successor to Mr. Neff will be appointed until after the close of this school year. An assistant will be appointed to take part of the work of the botany depart-. menrthough Mr. Thompson will deivote part of his time to hl present , duties, " " "' '