Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 86, 19 February 1913 — Page 1
ABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM . VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 86. RICHMOND, INDM WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1913. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS
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21CILLED AND SEVERAL BADLY HURT IN INTERURB AN ACCIDENT
HEAR TRUCKS OF A PASSENGER JUMPED, STRIKIHFREIGHT Horrible Accident Occurred At East City Limits of ; West Alexandria About 8 t O'clock This morning. NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN INJURED 'An Aged Man and Conductor of Freight Car, Standing At Rear of Car Met a Terrible Death. The Dead. Albert Loy, aged 77, retired, West Alexandria. Right side crushed, neck broken, left leg broken, head crushed and torn. Lived thirty minutes but did not regain consciousness after being etrucki Killed almost in front of his home. His wife witnessed the accident. Freight Conductor Guy Fuller, aged 32, of West Alexandria. Hight side crushed to pulp, concussion of brain. 'Lived almost ian hour. Did not regain consciousness. The Injured. Freight Conductor Will Wilcox, aged 35, of West Third and Clement streets, Dayton. Head cut and bruises, gashes in right leg to the bone, left hand broken. Will recover. -Passenger Conductor. Kearney. Coleman, of West Alexandria, eged 28. Both legs badly crushed, amputation of right leg above the knee necessary. Suffered compound fractures and loss of blood. Most seriously injured. May. die. Charles Van Dess, of 435 West Avenue, Dayton, O., right shoul der badly bruised and sprained. John Gable, of New. Lebanon, three ribs broken. School children living east of , .this city, shaken and bruised in the wreck: Zana Wambold, Vergil Kem, Ruth Lehman, Alba Izor, Leroy Prugh, John Anderson, Vergil Smith, Plooma Urich, Mabel Cook, Ralph Zehring, Earl Stockslager, Robert Snyder. Most of the other passengers were bruised, but refused to give their names. They were not Beriously hurt. BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT WESTi ALEXANDRIA, O., Feb. 19 Two men were killed, two were seriously injured, one so badly that he may not live, and twenty others were slightly injured at the power house switch in the east end of this city this morning at 8 o'clock when the rear trucks of a west-bound passenger interurban Jumped the switch frogs and side-swiped a freight car, on the switch, catching the victims between the ends of the two juggernauts, causing a wreck unparalleled in the history of the Ohio Electric system. Freight Motorman Fuller was killed and Passenger Conductor Coleman perhaps fatally injured; Albert Loy, a citizen, was killed, and Will Wilcox, also of this city was baQly injured. (Continued on Last Page) The Child
"Children!" exclaims the storekeeper; "yes, we welcome the children, for they are the buyers of the future." There are in all stores certain seasons of the year which are specially devoted to children and their interests. In some stores regular children's days are celebrated, the store is given over to their entertainment and a sale particularly of their .things. , Other merchants make Saturday children's day, and special prices are given on many of the things they need. Some merchants even provide special play rooms for the children where they can have the time of their lives, while the grownups shop. : Watch the advertisements in THE PALLADIUM closely and constantly every day. Then you will find the best news about children's wearables. All the merchants who advertise in THE PALLADIUM are eager to have your children start shopping at their stores. Palladium circulation February 18, 1913,
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INFANT, BORN DEAD, THROWN IN CISTERN Likely That No Charges Will Be Placed Against Mother.
INVESTIGATION MADE Addie Bridgett Confessed to Mother Father Is Not Known. It Is probable that no charges will be filed against Addie Bridgett, of Cambridge City, who gave birth to a still born child Sunday morning at four o'clock and later dropped the body of the child in a cistern near the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Bridgett. The girl is but eighteen years of age and has been employed as a" domestic on a farm south of Cambridge City. She refused to divulge the name of the father. She returned home to her parents Saturday night and told them nothing of her condition. Her mother was aroused by the dog barking furiously early Sunday morning and after questioning her daughter, discovered that she had dropped the child in the cistern. The child was dead when it was thrown into the cistern, according to the deputy coroner who made a thorough examination of the body. 'Prosecuting Attorney Reller investigated the facts of the case last night and reported that there probably would be no prosecution. The Bridgetts live along the upper canal Mrs. Bridgett questioned her daughter closely, but it was some time before the girl admitted the act and led her mother to the cistern where the child had been placed.
ASSESSING T0i
Wayne County Officials Told By State. County Assessor Mathews and Township Assessor Potter went to New Castle yesterday to attend the meeting of the assessors of the sixth district. They were addressed by the members of the state board of tax commissioners. The assessors will be compelled to raise the etx valuation of personal property in order that it may more nearly compare with that of the real estate taxes. In Wayne county from raise the tax valuation of personal tax property has been assessed. The board of state tax commissioners declared that if the tax valuation was not raised in Wayne county, a large amount would be asked of the assessors. There is at present 118,000,000 worth of taxable property in Richmond and $34,000,000 in Wayne county. The state board did not not believe this was a fair estimate of the property and asked the assessors to raise the taxes to seventy five per cent of the real valuation. Township assessor Potter has secured the following deputies to assist him in his work in Wayne. Will Ratliff, Benj. B. Duke, Levi M. Jones, David S. Reed, George M. Minor, George Maisch, Allen W. Grave, Frank Goodrich, Lester Hunt, Joseph E. Reed, Abraham S. Jefferis, Daniel C. Hill, Lafayette Larsh, John M. Worl, John Deitz, Charles H. Minor, Henry J. Hiatt, Ellen M. Swain, Addie M. Parson, Leonora Harris. BOOM FOR LUTHER (National Xews Association) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Friends of Luther Burbank, the horticulturist, have begun a movement looking to his appointment as secretary of agriculture. The famous experimentor in plants has signified his willingness to accept the position. and the Store
FESTIVAL FOR THIS YEAR IS PRESENT PLAN
Proposition For Event in the Fall Was Made By Advertising Committee of Commercial Club Yesterday. ENTHUSIASM RIFE OVER THE MATTER According to Plan There Will Be No Deficit Many Interesting and Novel Features Are? Suggested. What is planned to be the largest and most successful Fall Festival in every phase will be given in this city next fall under the auspices of the Richmond Commercial club if the plans of the advertising committee are indorsed by the members of the entire organization. The proposition was brought up at the meeting of the committee yesterday afternoon by Chairman W. H. Romey. The proposition as outlined will be brought before the members of the Commercial club for the indorsement and support of the entire organization. The festival next fall will be conducted in such a manner that there will be no chance of losing money. The plan of the committee which instituted the proposed festival is to expend only what money as will be received for the promoting of the festival. The money for promoting the festival will probably be raised by popular subscription. The G. A. R. encampment which was held here in 1911 was a success in every particular and the festival this year will be conducted on a similar basis. In the holding of the encampment the expenses were kept far below the amount donated and approxi mately $700 was raised. This sum is now deposited... at one of the local bants" and the Intereeton the money devoted each year for decorations for the soldiers graves on Memorial day. To Enlist Merchants. A campaign will be started as soon as the Commercial club, as a body, haB indorsed the proposition, to enroll , merchants of every class In the interest of the festival. Secretary Jordan of the Commercial club believes there are enough boost ers in the city to promote the enterprise successfully. "Richmond really ! has comparatively few merchants and j business men who will not support ; things of this kind" said Mr. Jordan. "We know there will be some, however, who will not favor the matter." The plans of the committee are to hold the entire festival" within the city limits. Though the failure of the last fall festival held in this city was due to inclement weather in part, another feature which was considered inadvisable was the Hippodrome shows given southeast of the city. Proposed Features. One of the features of the proposed festival will be aeroplane day. One day of the festival will be devoted to an entertainment showing various kinds of aerial navigation conveyances, it is proposed. Though nothing definite has been decided this probably will be one of the biggest features of the festival. "Home Coming" day will be another big event. It is planned that on this day as many persons as possible return to Richmond and a general reunion will be held. Indus trial day will be devoted to the exhibition of products of the local manufacturing concerns. A parade will be held in which an exhibit of every factory of this community will be represented. Cups and prizes will be warded the winners who have the best exhibitions. A UTILITIES MEASURE Says, However, That He Does Not Want Place on Commission. "I am not a candidate for a position on the public . utilities . commission," said J. B. Wharton, manager of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company, when asked whether the report, to the effect that he desired a place on the commission was correct. Mr. Wharton declared that he did not desire to be on the commission and that he did not know how the report was started. Mr. Wharton was in Indianapolis Monday and talked with Senator Shlvely, in regard to the public utilities bill. "I am In favor of a public utilities bfll and the appointment of a commission;' he said. "A good utilities law will be a help to everyone: Not only will it be a good thing for the people, but for the corporations, as weU."
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Storm Centers in Mexico
FRANCISCO AND OPENS BIDS PLANT ENGINES Several Companies Are After Contract, Two Impressing Board Greatly. Six companies today presented bid! for the contract to furnish engines for the light plant. The companies were the Nordburg Manufacturing company of Milwaukee, Providence Engineering company, of Providence, Rhode Island, Allis Chalmers company of Milwaukee, the Vilters Manufacturing company of Milwaukee, the Rice and Sargent company and the Hooven, Owens, Rentschler company, of Hamilton, Ohio. The lowest bidder washe Nordburg compahy,wIiose"rbld was $2,000 less than its competitors. The Rice and Sargent and the Hamilton Corliss engines made the best impression on the. members of the board, although the only objection to the Xordburg engines was the lack of weight. This was satisfactorily explained later by the representative of the Xordburg company. The board allowed the representative of each company twenty minutes in which to explain parts of the pro posals which the board did not understand. Some bids included the cost of shipping, installing and making tests. The comparative weight, design, construction and other points were taken into consideration by Engineer Howard Gluys and the members of the board. R. C. Stueveof the Allis-Chalmers company declared that the fact the Allis Chalmers comany was in the hands of a receiver should not influence the board in awarding the contract. Stueve desired to divide the bid which he presented to meet the bids on various equipment as presented by other companies. This was not favored by the board. The bid of the Allis Chalmers company included engines, generators and exciters, which were all bid on separately by other companies. The board .would notallpw. him to divide the bid because he could then beat the prices of the competing companies because of his knowledge of the amount of the other bids. ., - AMSDEH SUFFERS'A PARALYTIC STROKE if. Well Known Horse Trainer Is Critically 111 At Eaton. George Amsden, aged 50, one of the best known of ' local horse trainers. suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday at Eaton while sitting in a blacksmith shop. Amsden is confined to his bed in rooms at an Eaton hotel. The stroke affected his entire right side. ' He ia unable to talk. Amsden went from this city to Eaton three or four yean ago. He has had a string of horses In training for an eastern horse dealer. Some time ago Amsden suffered a slight paralytic stroke. He formerly lived on the road leading to the New Paris pike, east of the city. He has trained a number of fast horses. TO BECOME A NUN. (National News Association) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Eugenia Schmidt. - daughter of former Mayor Eugene Schmidt today entered a convent, where she ' will become a nun. , Miss Schmidt has won recognition 48 ft CQmpoBex-j -
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GU STAVE MADERO
LLOYD-GEORGE HAS E English Chancellor Was Not in His Residence When j Explosion Occurred. (National News Association) LONDON. Feb. 19 Waltonon Hill, the magnificent new residence of David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer of the British government, was blown up with dynamite early today in an evident attempt to assassinate Mr. Lloyd-George. Two hatpins were found by the police among the ruins and this clue taken together with the fact . that nearby residents saw several women near WaltpnonHill in an automobile shortly after f ouFoclock led to' the theory that the outrage had been committed by suffragets. Mr. Lloyd-George was not1 In the house at the time, being in the south of France for his health. He had slipped away from England very quietly and few knew that he was not In this country. So badly was the structure shattered that it will have to be rebuilt A heavily charged dynamite bomb had been placed In the servants' quarters. This part of the house was shattered and the walls were cracked by the terrific force of the explosion. The floor of Mr. Lloyd-George's sleeping quarters was shattered and one of the walls of the room crashed Inward. Fortunately no one was sleeping In the house at the time as the decorat ors had not quite finished their la bors. The finishing touches to the Interior of the residence were to be put on today and" tomorrow and the household -effects of the Lloyd-George family were to have been moved In the latter part of this week. Mr. Llody-George was to have occupied the new home upon his return from the continent. A second unexpioded bomb was found among the ruins. This has been sent to Scotland Yard. An attempt also had been made to set the building on fire as large quantities of paper, soaked in oil, were found in the debris. Some of them were burning when discovered. Lp to noon no arrests had been made, although the police believed that they were on the track of the would-be assassins. There Is evi dence that the dynamiters fled to the coast with the evident . intention of fleeing to France. SOUTHPAWS ONLY IN THIS NEW SOCIETY (National . News Association) CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Lefthanded people of Chicago from bankers to southpaw pitchers were today invited to attend a Sunday evening service in their honor at the Woodlawn Park Methodist church. Rev. William A. Frye, the pastor, has arranged, the ser vices. ' In his announcement the pastor points out the great fraternity of leftI handed persons. He asks them all to join the Knights and Ladies of Euhld of which -he. is the originator and founder. Members must use the left hand in the ordinary business of life although special dispensations for persons who nse both hands equally may be taken out by members. MORGAN NOT ILL (National News Association) LONDOX," Feb. 19. In response to a query from the London bureau of the National Newa Association, CapC Dow, commander of the Cunard steamer Caronla sent the following cablegram today from Port Said: . "J. Pierpont Morgan not cn board Caronia. Last I heard of that gentleman he was in perfect health." Mr. Morgan had been reported ill on the Carcmla, and bound fo5.Xaple
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FRANCISCO MADERQ IS HELD CLOSE PRISONER IN PALACE
HE III MEXICO HOT YET SIGHTED State Department Fears Rival Rebel Generals Will Not Be Pacified. U. S. TO BE READY Preparations For Intervention Will Be Continuel For the Time Being. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. While the state department today received dispatches from Ambassador Wilson confirma tory of the overthrow of the Madero regime in Mexico, and containing expressions of hope that comparative peace will follow the inauguration of a new president, neither the navy nor the war department countermanded their previous orders preparing for intervention south of the border. The state department believes hat the enforced resignation of President Madero makes the sit uation considerably more difficult and that the administration of General Huerta will be brief. Additional obstacles in the path of peace south of the Rio Grande are the pretensions of Oenerals Orotco. Salazar, Zapata and the other revolutionary leaders to the reins of govern ment. They do not regard Hnerta either as a strong man or as a capable ruler. : It is feared that until another Porfio Dlas la seated In the cas tle there will be no peace in Mexico j and that all foreigners will be subject- j ed to all manner of attack ana insult by revolutionists throughout the re-pubUC-3.4.r; --Mr For this reason the United States will not give its battleships addition al orders f of at least two weeks, while the entire North Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo. Cuba, will be kept there ready for intervention until the latter part of March unless President Wilson sees fit to change the Taft policy. TROUBLE IS BEGUN. LARADO, Tex Feb. 19. A clash between the supporters of the new Huerta-Diaz government in Mexico City and followers of General Orozco at Neuvo Larado, Mexico, is threaten ing. Orozco refuses to recognize the new government and declare they will bear arms against it. A heavy force is moving upon Neuvo Lardo to establish the rule of the new government. PLANS (IQW READY FOR SCHOOL BOARD New Building for West Side May Be- Erected on Cottage Plan. (Plans for the new school building to be erected at the corner of Southwest Second and C street will be submitted to the members of the school hoard within a few days. It is proposed by the members of the board to erect a building known as the cottage plan of building. There is to be one main building which will consist of an auditorium, a gymnasium, and four school rooms. AdjoinInr fills tiftra will Vi. r- 1 pnttftrM which will consist of one or two rooms.! The advantage of this' system was I explained to County Supt. Williams who investigated the proposition in Piqua. Ohio, where-? a school of this kind is maintainedAA great feature of the system Is that none of the rooms will be close enough to hinder the other grades in their lines of work. The plans are considered to be the best adapted to regulate sanitary and heating conditions. N It is probable that the system will be adopted by the board according to one of the school authorities. If the plan la successful in this instance it will be tried out in all future buildings constructed in this city for school purposes. MYLIUS GETS IN fN'&tlonal Nw Association) NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Edward F. Mylius, the English writer who was barred from the United States by the department of commerce and labor on the charge that he had served . 10 months in Jail for publishing a libelous story of an alleged marriage of King George, was ordered admitted to this country by federal judge Noyes today. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Colder Thursday and in northwest portion to-
PLANNED TO EXILE FORMER EXECUTIVE1, HOERTA IS LEADER
It Is Reported That Gustavo1 Madero, the Power Behind the Throne, Is to Be Executed Soon. PEACE PROSPECTS NOT VERY BRIGHT! Fears Expressed That Zapataj and Orozco Will Not Bel Satisfied Madero H a.s? Been Wounded. RISE AND FALL OF FRANCISCO MADERO June 3. 1910 Madero imprisoned by President Diaz on a charge of sedition. October 8, 1910 Madero escaped from prison and fled to Saa Antonio, Tex. November 9, 1910 Madero began recruiting a revolutionary army. February, 1911 Madero'a troops defeated the federals near Sasa Grande. May, 1911 Madero captured Juarez. Diaz resigned as president and Madero became provisional president. October, 1911 Madero elected president. March, 1912 Pasqual Orozco. Jr. began revolution against Madero. February 12. 1913 Felix Diaz and Bernardo Reyes led rebel army against national palace, where Madero and his loyal troops intrenched themselves. February 18, 1913 Madero resigned and was arrested. BULLETIN MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 Gustavo Madero; brother of the deposed president, was executed today. . - BULLETIN MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19. With Madero, his cabinet and close political advisors transferred from the National Palace and made prisoners in the arsenals, General Felix Diaz, in command of the combined' federal and rebel armies, General Huerta acting as president ad inter-, um of the temporary govern ment, comparative peace reigned today. Huerta visited the American embassy and exchanged mutual congratulations with Ambassador Wilson on the future pros-, pects. , ( Madero's resignation was formally accepted by the Mexican congress, and it is expected that General Diaz will be elected pro-' visional president. It is understood that plans . are on foot to keep Madero confined under physicians' orders on the belief that he is insane, and subsequently to banish him from the republic (National News Association) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 Francisco Madero, the deposed president of Mexico, who is a prisoner in the National palace, is to be exiled from Mexico by( Gen. Victoriano Huerta, the new, military dictator, and all his property in this city confiscated by the new government. -Thi is the present plan of General Huerta and General Blanquet who has been made commander-in-chief of the Mexican army. Although this city today enjoyed its first day of peace in nearly two weeks, there are disquieting fears that jealousies would spring up among the var-i ious rebel leaders and that fighting will -be kept up outside of this city and perhaps in it. Gen.; Huerta has telegraphed to all the state governors and to the,commanders of the various mili(Con tinned on Page. Two)
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