Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 91, 25 February 1913 — Page 1

MIC. FA AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 81. KICH3IOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1913. 3 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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UTILITY BILL ACCEPTED BY UPPER HOUSE

Measure Which Governor Ralston Sponsored Passed the Senate By a Unanimous Vote. CAREFULLY FRAMED IN PARTY CAUCUS Some of : the Provisions the Governor Wanted Were Turned Down Long Fight Now Ended. (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. With but one new amendment act on the administration on public utilities bill passed the senate today by a practically unanimous vote. Forty-eight senators, all that were present, voted lor It. Senator Kistler and Senator Sexton were absent on account of sickaess. The new amendment adds a clause to section eighteen and provides that the executive officer or a majority of the board of directors of any public utility corporation must be a bona fide resident of Indiana. The long promised agreement on the Shi vely-Spencer .public . service commission bill was reached by the Senate eaucus last night. The bill as turned out of caucuB had a. new section providing against .the 'invalidation of the act by reason of. the voiding, of any part of ; it, and the so-called "steam railways" amendment is eliminated. In spite of all Governor Ralston has eaid as to the need of an open flght over the utilities bill, the caucus was held behind closed doors. Not only did the caucus bind, the forty Democratic senators to vote unchangingly, for the. bill as amended in caucus, '.but there was an agreement under -which -the-bill was to be passed In the Upper House just as it emerged Jast night from midnight caucus. ; Though the '" Democratic senators who have been fighting the public utilities bill and who have been trying to weaken the measure persisted in a display of scorn- for the Governor's eppeal for an open playing of the big utilities game, it was a mighty tame rbunch of braves that finally got down jto business 'in the caucus. Some Points Opposed. Incidentally the Senate caucus bound Jits njembers to vote Irrevocably for 'some things Governor Ralston and some of . his friends did not want. While supporting many of the Ralston amendments to the utilities bill, the caucus did not accept all of them. For example, the caucus voted to give the public service commission discretion as to the matter of permitting the issue of refunding bonds to retire discounts incurred or pair after Feb. 1, 1913. It has been argued by the friends of the bill that the commission should have no such discretionary power and the Governor yesterday suggested a clause against the issuance 'of refunding bonds at a discount. In a prolonged conference in Governor Ralston's office yesterday a number of new agreements as to amendments to the utilities bill were made and- most of these were adopted at the caucus last night. While it was stated following the Senate caucus that the Governor's conference had agreed to adopt the "consent of the commission" amendment to the refunding bond clause of Sec. 89, it Is hinted that the Governor's conference agreement was thrown away by the caucus and that the former program of the Senate conference was carried out in place of the Governor's program. Thrash Out Questions. In the morning conference Senators Stotsenburg, Curtis and Shively, with Governor Ralston and ohn A. Lapp, legislative reference librarian, thrashed out the issues involved in the conflicting amendments proposed, and arrived at an understanding, according to later statements. Again in the late afternoon Governor Ralston talked to (Continued on Page Ten.)

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Preparations were completed today for the suffrage pageant which is to review the suffrage parade from 'the steps and terrace of the Treasury Building here on March 3. Over a hundred classically dressed women have been assigned to different poses and positions on the broad terrace of this buftding. Each has been giving a pose and has been advised to don garments representing some elemental subject. , , . x , . . . . Faith, Hope, Justice, Charity, Columbia, Government LiDerty, and other subjects have been chosen for animated illustrations. The list of women taking part in the pageant include some of the most famous names on the American stage Among the better known are the following: Mary Shaw, the Shakespearian actress; Fola La Follette. the actress daughter of U. S. Senator La Follette; Mme. Lillian Nordicathe prima donna; and Flora Wilson, daughter of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The parade is scheduled to start from the peace monument which stands at the foot of the capitol terrace at the lower end of Pennsylvania avenue. Simultaneously within its formation the first figures will appear on the terrace of the Treasury Building. From time to time the poses will be changed until the final formation is reached for the review of the parade. . . Both the parade and the pageant, it was stated at suffrage headquarters here today, would excel any organization representation yet held in Washington. In point of numbers of the suffrage parade is expected to rival the inaugural procession on the following day.

MRS. PANKHURST IS , IH VERY BAD NOW Serious Charges to Be Made Against Her By English Government. (National News Association) LONDON, Feb. 25. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, a leader of the militant suffragets and head of the Woman's social and political union, who was arrested yesterday charged with inciting women to blow up the home of David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer of the British government, was not ready to proceed and Mrs. Pankhurst was remanded until tomorrow, after bail being set at $3,500. The militant leader has hired counsel and is ' determined to contest her case. She will contend that he was misquoted in her speech when she is said to have accepted full responsibility for the destruction of Mr. Lloyd-George's home by a bomb explosion. Mrs. PankhurBt arrived at Epsom Court in a police auto. A large crowd of men and women and boys were awaiting her arrival and she was cheered by some and hissed by others. BIG PENSION BILL WAS PASSED TODAY (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The senate today passed the general pension appropriation bill, the -largest supply measure ever passed by congress. It carries $180,000,000 and the bill was disposed of in twenty minutes. The only item which provoked discussion was one of $8,000 for the payment of special clerks brought to Washington in connection with the abandonment of the pension agencies throughout the country. TO ATTEND BANQUET Col. W. J. Robie, of North Thirteenth, street, .went .. to , Indianapolis this afternoon where he will attend an elaborate banquet to be given in that city this evening. I

All INVESTIGATION ,111 WRECK STARTED Two Theories Advanced Victims of Accident Recovering. Alexander Gordon, superintendent of the Jocal branch of theTerre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern traction company has not completed the investiga- j tion of the accident at Easthaven avenue junction on the evening of February 20, when the rear trucks of the interurban jumped the track and struck a city car which was standing on the switch. Two theories are advanced as to the cause of the wreck. Some who have i calA thaf tbov voro vitnAastfa tn t1u 1 accident assert that the conductor threw the switch before the rear trucks of the interurban had passed over the switch. Others declare that the interurban split the;switch. Aside from a few bruises and scratches none -of the persons who were in the cars at the time the accident occurred are suffering from the results, except W. H. Allsobrook of Easthaven avenue. Allsobrook was on the platfrom of the city car and when it was struck by the interurban he was knocked down and squeezed by the wreckage of the vestibule of the car. His injuries are not as serious as first supposed. His hip is sprained, two of his ribs loosened, his left lung congested and otherwise bruised. He was taken to the Reid Memorial hospital last night where he spent a sleepless night. According to the attending physician he will be able to be out within two weeks, unless internal injuries develop. Mrs. Jennie Maria tt, who recently went to California for a visit of a few months,- was notified of the condition of her brother and will return at once. SCOTT RESIGNS AS COLLEGE PROFESSOR Harlham Instructor May Enter the Foreign Y. M. C. A. Field. (prof. Roderick Scott, assistant professor of English at Earlham college, has handed his resignation to President "Kelly. It is to become effective at the end of the college year. Professor Scott has been recenUy appointed field secretary of the Student Volunteer movement and will continue in that position for some months after his resignation. He then expects to go to the foreign ' field as a .professor in some university or possibly under the Y. M. C. A. . THE WEATHER STATE AND 'LOCAL Increasing cloudiness followed by rain or ; snow in early morning. Wednes day i nor casing -tmpratura

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few S3! E : .-art BILL PRESENTED TO E r Present County Auditor Was Obliged to Stand Loss By Bank Failure. A bill was presented in the senate of the state legislature yesterday by Senator Commons of Wayne county to reimourse county auditor uowman ior sums wnicn inai omuiai wau uuinyeued to pay as a result of the failure of the Commercial bank of Hagerstown in 1905. At the time of the failure of the bank Mr. Bowman was Trustee of Jefferson township and $3,900 of the funds under his supervision were In the bank. According to the law Mr. Bowman was responsible for the township funds and was compelled to stand the loss. Forty-eight per cent of the money was recovered through dividends and the approximate loss was $2,000. TO SELECT OFFICERS Of Guest House Auxiliary Society .Tonight. The meeting of the members of the Richmond Guest House auxiliary society will be held tonight in the rooms of the Commercial club and officers will be elected for the ensuing term. It Is the plan of the members of the society who are formulating the auxiliary to work' to secure a home for working glrla,r There are at present -seventy members of th society and it is urged by the committee working on the project that as many as possible attend the meeting tonight. Officers will be elected, and committees appointed. It is planned to " give a ' musical or entertainment la the. near future to raise funds for tqa guest house project. The plans forjt musical will be instituted Boon after the society is completely organized. l - - JOHNSON TOO ILL; TRIAL POSTPONED (National News Association) CHICAGO, Feb.. 25. Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist ill with pneumonia, was reported in a critical condition today, following a restless night. A report circulated early that the fighter was dead caused considerable excitement, but was found to be untrue. Johnson's trial in federal court on charges of white slavery, scheduled to begin today, waa postponed. JOHN BEAL SNEAD FOUND NOT GUILTY (National News Association) . VERNON, Tex.; Feb. 25. John Beal Snead, slayer of Al Boyce, was today found not guilty. The jury deliberated but fiftyfive minutes. Snead killed Boyce at Amerillo, Ter, last September, shooting him on the street - on what was said to have been their first meeting after Boyce had eloped with Hx. Snead, "

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WORK OF A FORMER WAYHEJOUBTY GIRL Neva Deardorff's Investigation Results in legislative Bill. ASKS 15 ON COUNCIL At Present There Are 131 Men in Philadelphia's Two Bodies. Miss Neva Deardorff, who was born at Hagerstown and who received her high school education in this city. Is largely responsible for the recent bill to limit councils to fifteen men, which has been introduced in the Pennsylvania state 'legislature, j The pending bill was drafted after Miss Deardorff had reported on her investigations of the workings of the Philadelphia city council. When the question of smaller councils was agitated. Miss Deardorff, who Is connected with the bureau of municipal research was asked by Dr. J. D. Burks to investigate conditions in Philadelphia councils and record the result of her observations. Her investigations showed that the work of the councils is practically done by twenty-one men who serve on its four chief committees. She also discovered that the reports of these twenty-one men are accepted, almost with out change, by the other one hundred and eleven who compose the select and the common councils. Not Needed. She concluded from this that not only were the one hundred and eleven members superfluous but that their wards were not being fairly represented. Therefore, in making her report, she recommended that one council composed of fifteen men supplant the bulky municipal-- organization; these men to represent the entire city instead of certain districts and to do the same work both, councils do now, making a less cumbersome government. "Research work has been a part of my daily life for many years," said Miss Deardorff. "I have been interested in the workings of government for years, and my work with the bureau of municipal research has been of this nature. I am not the originator of this idea of smaller councils; many persons had been advocating it for years. I simply concluded that Philadelphia councils were too large. Hagerstown Girl. Miss Deardorff's father was killed some years ago at Hagerstown. He was a railway mail clerk and fell from a moving train. (Miss Deardorff and her mother moved to Richmond and the girl was grad uated from the local high school. They then went to Ann Arbor, Mich., where Miss Deardorff became a student in the University of Michigan. Following that she took a post graduate course, in the University of Pennsylvania. She has been a close student of political economy and sociology. A PARTIAL REPORT MADE AT MEETING A partial report of the members of the advertising committee of the Commercial club was made last evening at the meeting of the committee in the rooms of the club. As a result of the canvass made last week by the committee it is expected that the 100 mark will nearly be reached. The members of the committee reported that they were very successful in their campaign though the aggregate obtained is not known, as yet. HARTMAN IS FIRED Bartender Sold Liquor to a Minor. Kelly Hartman, a local bartender against whom an indictment was returned by the January term of the grand jury for selling liquor to minors pleaded guilty this morning. Hartman said he did not know the person to whom he sold the liquor was under age. Judge Fox fined the defendant $20 and costs. Hartman paid the fine. DISASTER MET BY OTHER EXPLORERS (National Kwi Association) SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 25. Disaster has entered the Australian Antarctic expedition of Dr. Mawson. Prof. Davis of Sydney, who was with Sir Ernest Shackleton's South Pole expedition, received a wireless today from Adelee Island in the Antarctic ocean by way of MacQuelarie Island, saying that Lieutenant Nlnnis and Dr. Mertz, two members of the party had died. The message stated, however, that Dr. Mawson and the other members of

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West and Southwest Greatly Excited Over the Mexican Situation and the Sentiment in Those Sections of the Country For Intervention Is Growing Very Rapidly Reports Today Show '

TEXAS LEADS IN DEMAND TO STOP ANARCHY

In South Dakota a Plan Is on Foot to Raise a Regiment For the Campaign Situation in Mexico City Less Tense Today, the People Now Realizing That Peace Is Necessary For Independence.

(BULLETIN) (National News Association) AUSTIN. Tex., Feb. 25. T troop of U. S. cavalry today departed from Ft. Sam Houston for Brownsvlle. The troop was instructed to prevent any of the Texas national guardsmen from crossing the border into Mexico. 23RD REGIMENT OFF. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. The Twenty-third Infantry, Col. Glenn commanding, entrained at Ft. Benjamin Harrison today preparatory to departure for Texas City, Tex., as rapidly as the Big Four railroad can provide the necessary cars for transportation. Cars were on the siding at the fort before daylight and additional coaches arrived during the day. Two sections bearing the troops and equipment were scheduled to leave the fort at 1 o'clock this afternoon and to pass through the union station at Indianapolis a short time afterwards. Cars for handling the baggage of the regiment were available in Indianapolis but sleepers had to be rushed from Chicago for the use of the troops. The delay in providing equipment is due to the difficulty in assembling sleepers and cars for the horses, but the railroad officials assured the army officers that they would have the enUre regiment on its way to Texas before night. GEN. CARTER DEPART8. - CHICAGO," FbT25. On five special trains, 1,200 soldiers from Fort Sheridan will leave tonight for Galveston. Major-general William H. Carter, commander of the department, will entrain with the troops. The trains will be ready at the Illinois Central station at 8 o'clock. The men are anxious to begin the journey. "I have never seen my men in such a happy frame of mind as they are now," said Col. Getty, commander of the port at Ft. Sheridan. TEXAS A8K8 ACTION. . AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 25. Demand for intervention on the part of the United States In Mexico was voiced here when resolutions demanding intervention outright and others asking that the United States terminate the "disgraceful conditions now existing In Mexico" were introduced in the state senate. Neither has as yet been acted upon. Gov. Colquitt Is preparing a special message asking for an appropriation to cover any expense that may be Incurred in policing the Mexican border to protect Americans. OKLAHOMA IS READY. OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 25. A resolution stating that Oklahoma favors intervention In Mexico was to come before the Lower House of the Legislature today as a special order of business. The resolution was introduced yesterday but was put over until today. The resolution specifically denounces the killing of Madero and Suarez. CITIZENS PROTEST. VAN HORN, Tex., Feb. 25. Citizens of Van Horn town and county officials sent the following message to President Taft: "Deeply deploring the reign of anarchy and the horrible atrocities being committed in Mexico culminating in the assassination of President Madero, we as American citizens, protest most earnestly and vigorously against a continued policy of inactivity, and ask that you, as commander-in-chief of the army and political head of our country, take such" immediate steps as may be necessary to preserve American honor and maintain for us our exalted position among the galaxy of nations. We believe the world is looking to enlightened America for im mediate action." A WARLIKE BISHOP. PECOS, Tex., Feb. 25. Bishop O. P. Brown, head of Mormon colonists, driven out of Mexico, arrived here today and sent a telegram to Senator Reed Smoot 'asking that the United States protect lives In Mexico. The telegram: "In the name of humanity and to save the lives of the best people in Mexico who have been named to be murdered as was Madero and Suarez. I protest against such high-handed work and ask you to use your influence in congress to protect these people against Huerta, the murderer, continuing his work.. MAY RAISE REGIMENT. PECRRK. 8. D, Feb. 25. Re solutions praising President Taft for sending troops to the Mexican border were passed by both houses of the Legislature. movement ia on foot to-secure the

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appointment of Adit-General EncletbT as a South Dakota colonel, to raise a regiment in case an exigency should, arise. SPARKS OF PATRIOTISM. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 25. The first glimmering of patriotism untainted by, private ambitions made Itself apparent today amid the chaos of the tottering Mexican government. Both the federal forces and those opposed to the provisional government apparently realise that the life and In dependence of the republic depends upon the speedy restoration of peace and both sides mere working to restore tranquility. One thing is being impressed upon the minds of all by the military precautions of the United States and the warnings of the American state department, namely that intervention will be forthcoming if the Mexicans do not mend their own political fortunes. Capitalists and men of affairs realise that the face of the republic hangs by a hair and that the next few weeks will decide the future of Mexico. The chances appear to be in favor of the government, but any day may bring forth tragic developments. One pathetic feature of the overthrow of the Madero government is the plight of the families of Ftancisco I. Madero and Jose Saurex, who were slain. Senora Madero has been left In dire poverty by her husband's death and the flight of his near relatives. The private residence of Madero, together whh ail its contents .were de. stroyed by fire and his private accounts In banks were seised by the government. Senora Madero lias been forced to borrow money to supply herself and daughter with the necessities of life. Senora Suagex was compelled to sell her furniture to get money t ship her husband's body to Yucatan. Francisco Madero. Sr.. father of the dead president, is very 111 and the shock of the execution of his two sons will probably prove fatal. MARTIAL LAW PREVAILS. MEXICO CITY. Feb. 25 Although the United States Is rushing thousands of troops to the Mexican border for precautionary measures and for possible ultimate intervention, the external situation in this city showed marked Improvement. Martial law still prevails and so long as It exists the government. It Is believed, will be able to maintain outward order. There was a sensational report cur rent early today which still lacks confirmation or official denial, that a number of alleged anti-government conspirators, among them former officials in the government of Francisco I. Madero. had been executed In the court yard of the National Palace daring the night. A number of shots were) heard and lights could be seen blazing in the presidential suite until 4 a. m. So complete is the grip of Provisional President Huerta and his provisional commander in chief. Felix Diaz, upon affairs in the capital that most of the residents are living in a pathetic state of fear. Fleeing From City. Throughout the night many influential Maderists fled from the city. Their fears that their property will be confiscated by the government probably will be realized. ' U. S. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson who has been acting in the role of advisor to the new government has placed a note in the bands of provisional president Huerta. in which the state department In diplomatic language protests against any wholesale slaughter of political enemies to the government. At the same time Mr. Wilson explained that he did not wish to be regarded as interfering in the i flairs of Mexico. The position of President Taft-was made clear and it was explained that' Mr. Taft regards the Mexican situation as one that must work out Its own solution. So far as foreigners are concerned their safety Is a matter of great concern with the new government. Gen. Diaz has threatened immediate death to any Mexican who attacks any foreign resident Investigate Killing. Investigation was resumed today of the killing of ex-President Madero and former Vice-president Jose Pino Suarez on Saturday night. DepositIons were taken from several who had seen the shooting. Senor Gonzales Suarez of the district court, who is conducting the inquiry made the following statement: Three of tbe rurales who were guarding Madero and Suarez were killed. I have In my possession fire certificates of autopsies performed upon the bodies and so (Continued on Page TwoJ