Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 102, 10 March 1913 — Page 6
TIIE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUX-TEI EGRAM, 3IOXD AY, MARCH 10, 1913.
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SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY
LOCALS CHALLENGE HAGERSTOWN TEAM Senior Richmond Y. M. C. A. Basketball Five Want a Game Here. The senior Y. M. C. A. basketball team of Richmond callenges the Hagerstown basketball team to a game to be played on the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. The challenge has been made but up to the present has not been accepted by the Jefferson township five. "We were given rough treatment at Hagerstown Friday evening when we were defeated by the score of 54 to 25," said a member of the Richmond team today. "Wrestling and football tactics were used by the Hagerstown boys. Our men literally refused to play and stood by and allowed them to pile up the big score. We want a game here so that we will have a chance to play basketball and nothing else against them." BOXING BOUTS FOR THE WEEK March 10 Jimmy Walsh vs. Joe Ooldberg, ten rounds, at Rochester, N. Y. March 10 Jack McCarron vs. Tommy Connors, eight rounds, at Scranton, Pa. March 10 Jack McCarron vs. Tommy Connors, six rounds, at Schanton, Pa. March 10 Freddie Welsh vs. Snapper O'Neill, twenty rounds, at London, England. March 10 Wildcat Ferus vs. Spike Kelly, ten rounds, at Kansas City, Mo. March 10 Joe Mandot vs. Leach Cross, ten rounds, at New Orleans, La. March 10 Charley White vs. Pal Moore, ten rounds, at Kenosha, Wis. March 10 Tom McMahon vs. Dick Gilbert, ten rounds, at Newcastle, Pa. March 10 Johnny Lore vs. Mickey Kodgers, six rounds, at Pittsburgh, Pa. March 11 Young Brown vs. Jimmy Duffy, ten rounds, at Richester, N. Y. March 11 lohnny Dundee vs. Gene Delmont, eight rounds, at Memphis, Tenn. March 11 Benny ""-Govern, vs. Danny Dunn, eight ro- ' , at St. Louis, Mo. March 12 Young Ahern vs. George Alger, fifteen rounds at Providence, R. I. March 12 .Tack Dillon vs. Knockout Brennan, ten rounds, at Indianapolis, Ind. March 13 Eddie Murphy vs. Phil Brook, twelve rounds, at Youngstown, O. ' March 11. Bobby Pittsley vs. Bix Mackay, ten rounds, at Watertown, N. Y. March 14 Bombardier Wells vs. Gunboat Smith, ten rounds, at New York City. March 15 Bud Anderson vs. Knockout. Brown, twenty rounds, at Vernon, i Cal. March 15 Cleve Hawkins vs. Jeff Clark, fifteen rounds, at Joplin, Mo. I MOTORCYCLE NOTES I . A motorcycle has been adopted for the delivery of parcel post packages in Aurora 111. The building inspector of Pueblo, Col., isv to have a motorcycle for use in his work. A climb to the top of Mount Hamilton was enjoyed by the members of the San Jose (Cal.) oMtorcycle Club recautly. The riders reported the roads in excellent condition. BUTLER WON DEBATE The Earlham team was defeated by Butler college Saturday night, at Indianapolis. The judges stood two to one in favor of the Christian. The Karlham team consisted of H. Paul Hall, captain, Charles Semler and Howard Elliott. Elliott is a Richmond man. MAY BUILD FACTORY Mr. and Mrs. Atwood L. Jenkins have just returned from Washington where Mr. Jenkins attended the meeting of the director of the Phantascope Manufacturing company. The company was recently formed for the manufacture of a moving picture machine to be used in the home, school, church, etc., and it is the intention of the company to manufacture the machines under contract, in Richmond if possible, until an adequate ( factory can be organized and equipped here. FINE ARTHUR BELL ON LIQUOR CHARGE Arthur Bell, colored, pleaded guilty to seiling or giving liquor to minors when arraigned before Judge Fox Saturday, and was fined $20 and costs. Bell was indicted by the grand jury three true bills being returned against him. It was following his arrest that an investigation of bootlegging was made in Wayne county and resulted in the indicting of Charles Howren of fiublin, and Clyde Lundy of CenterTille. Bell has ben a resident of Dublin. He admitted that he gave whiskey to Paul McKee and another boy named Walters, both of whom are but twelve years of age.
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Shelbyville to Represent the Sixth District. The Sixth district will be represented In the basketball tournament for state championship to be held March 14 and 15 at Blomington under the auspices of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, by the Shelbyville high school team.. Richmond had the honor of representing the district in the tournament held last year in Indianapolis, but owing to the poor showing made by the team this year it was not deemed advisable to send a team from this city. The Shelbyville outfit is one of the fastest high school teams in the state and it is expected that they will showup well. They played two games with the local boys this season and won each game. The following is the list of entrants: Decatur, Thorntown, Evansville, South Bend, , Terre Haute, Manual Training and Shortridge at Indianapolis, Newcastle, Shelbyville, Carthage, Lebanon, Crawfordsv ille. Lafayette, Connersville, Seymour, Anderson and Rochester. SPORT NEWS (National News Association! MARLIN, Tex., March 10 Thomas Hanley, one of the promising recruit pitchers of the Giants squad, is dead here of appendicitis. For a week Hanley had been suffering with pains and when operated upon it was found he had appendicitis of long standing and gangrene had set in. Hanley was 24 years old and lived in Marietta, Ohio. He came from the Newark, Ohio, club. KENOSHA, Wis., March 10. Charley White and Pal Moore will mix for ten rounds at Kenosha tonight. They will weigh in at 6 o'clock. The articles call for 128 pounds. The men today were in excellent condition and each was confident of victory Among those who will be at the ring-! side tonight are Lieut. Gov. Barrett O'Hara of Illinois, and other interested in a boxing law in that state. CHICAGO, March 10. William Schoville, a Kansas City wrestling promoter and Emil Klank, manager of Frank Gotch, left yesterday for Humboldt, Iowa, the home of the champion where they will try to sign Gotch for a match with George Lurich, the German gappler who has been wrestling in Chicago during the winter. CALGARY, Alberta, March 10. Tommy Burns is going to try himself out in a real ring battle and if he finds that he can go through the work in something like his old form, he will make a new start for the heavyweight honors. He has matched himself with Arthur Pelky, the New York heavyweight, for a six-round contest here on March 17. Burns weighs 195 pounds now, bu thopes to work off ten pounds before entering the ring. There will be no decision save a newspaper verdict on the fight. Tommy has his cap set for Bombardier Wells. POPE NOW IMPROVED (National News Association) ROME, March 10. The condition of Pope Pius X who is suffering from a slight indisposition, showed much improvement today and it was said at teh Vatican by the papal physician, Dr. Marchiafava, that all danger of serious complications had been averted. The pontiff chafed at being compelled to remain in bed. The Pope is suffering from an attack of influenza which settled in his throat. However, the inflammation had somewhat abated today and the operation of swallowing was less painful than yesterday. Pope Pius has been depressed by the news of the extreme illness of Cardinal Respighi, vicar-general. HE HAD ADVENTURE . LIKE NOVEL HERO (Xational Xews Association) CHICAGO, March 10 Petef Hochgurtle, a watchman, lay bound and gagged for fifteen minutes while a fuse attached to a charge of nitroglycerine, heavy enough to blow him and the entire building in which he was imprisoned to atoms, sputtered and crackled. Within an inch of the explosive the fuse went out. Hochgurtle Is a watchman for the Bunge-Jones Coal company. He stepped out of the office into the darkness and three men seized him. They tied him, knocked the combination disk from the safe, set the charge and stepped outside, leaving the watchman to what appeared certain death. When they sought to re-enter the office they found the snaplock, which they had forgotten, barred them out. Hochgurtle tras found by another watchman. A campaign for new members is being conducted by the St. Joseph (Mo.) Motorcycle Club, and it is hoped to increase the membership to at least seventy-five. A printing company of Coffeyrille, Kas.. uses a motorcycle in rushing proofs to its patrons. Also, two Coffeyville newspapers have purchased motorcycles for use in their news and business departments.
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Furnished by Correll and Thompson. L O. O. F. Bldg. Phone 1446. NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS Open Close Am. Can 31 314 Ami. Copper 68 68 i Am. Smelters 68 67 U. S. Steel 59 U 59 Atchison 100 1007s St Paul 107T4 107 Gt. No. Pfd 126 125's Lehigh Valley 153 163 X. Y. Cen 105 104 No. Pac 115 115 Penn 119V4 119 Reading 153 153 So. Pac 99 99 Union Pac 148 147 CHICAGO GRAIN WHEAT.
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May . July . Sept. May . CORN. I July , Sept. May , July , Sept. OATS. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, March 10 Hogs, receipts 70,000, market 15c lower, top price $8.80, bulk of sales $8.50 to $8.70. Cattle, receipts 26,000, market 10 to 20c lower, beeves $7.30 to $9.20, calves $8.50 to $11.00. Sheep, receipts 26,000, natives and westerns $5.55 to $7.10, lambs $6.40 to $8.70. Hogs Receipts 70,000; light $8.50 to $8.80; mixed, $8.35 to $8.75; heavy $8.20 to $8.65; rough $8.20 to $8.35. Cattle Receipts 27,000, 10c lower. Sheep Receipts 28,000, 10c lower. PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK PITTSBURG, March 10 Cattle, supply 18,000, market higher, choice beeves $8.60 to $8.90, tidy butchers $6.00 to $8.30, veal calves $8.50 to $11.50. Sheep and lambs, supply 5,000, market steady, prime sheep $7.25, lambs $9.25. Hogs, receipts 6,000, mar ket lower, prime heavies $9.10, pigs $9.4U to $a.4i CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK CINCINNATI, March 10. Cattle, receipts 1,900, market active, choice steers $8.65, calves $5.50 to $11.00. Hogs, receipts 4,100, market slow, top prices $9.00. Sheep, receipts 330, prime $5.50, lambs $9.25. INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK INDIANAPOLIS, March 10 Receipts 2,000, market 15c lower, tops $8.90, bulk of sales $8.75 to $8.90. Cattle, receipts 600, choice steers $8.25 to $8.60, other grades $5.00 to $7.60. Sheep and lambs, receipts 50, market steady, j prime sheep $6.00, Iambs $8.75. INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN INDIANAPOLIS. March 10. Wheat, cash No. 2 red $1.05c; Corn, cash No. 3 white 61c; Oats, cash no. 2 white 35 Uc TOLEDO GRAIN TOLEDO, March 10. Cash Grain; Wheat $1.05; Corn, 512 ; Oats, 35c. Cloverseed, cash $11.25. Clover hay dropped from $14 to $12 in thelocal Wayne market today. PRODUCE. (Corrected daily by Ed. Cooper, phone 2577.) Old Hens, per lb 15c Old Roosters, per lb 8c Young Chickens, per lb. ...ISc to 29c Eggs, per dozen 18c Country Butter, per lb 28c GRAIN MARKET. (Corrected daily by Richmond Roller Mills, phone 2019.) Wheat, per bu $1.05 Oats, per bu 30c Corn, per bu 55o Rye, per bu 50c Bran, per ton $24.00 Middlings, per ton $26.00 WAGON MARKET. (Corrected daily by Omer Whelan, phone 1679.) Corn, per bu 55c Oats, per bu. 28c Timothy hay, per ton $14.00 Clover hay $12.00 Rye straw $6.00 Oats or wheat straw $5.00 VEREGGE VERDICT RETURNED TODAY After deliberating from 3:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon until 6:30 o'clock Sunday morning the jury in the case of the contest of the probating of the will of Eliza Veregge reached a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The verdict was returned today. The plaintiff in the suit was John Veregge, son of Mrs.1 Eliza Veregge and the defendant the Dickinson Trust company though the other heirs of the decedent were also dissatisfied with the provisions of the wilL It was the decision of the jury Mrs. Veregge was of unsound mind at the time the will was made and undue influence was use d to have her make the will as she did. She was 81 years of age at the time the will was made and died the following year, her death occurring last August.
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ANOTHER CONTRACT AWARDED ON PLANT Heine Company Bid Is Accepted Work to Begin Soon.
At the meeting of the board of works this morning, the contract for the chimney which will be built at the new city light plant addition was awarded to the Heine Chimney company of Chicago, the amount of the bid presented by that company being $4,635. The chimney will be 175 feet in heighth and 10 feet in minimum diameter. The stack will be one of the largest in the city. Bids for the excavations and foundations for the light plan will be advertised for immediately. The bid for all the work will be given one contractor but those bidding will be asked to keep the different parts of the bid separate, the total of all the parts being considered. It is probable that work will begin on the light plant within a few weeks. Harry Starr, general counsel for the C. and O. railroad company and officials of the company have written B. A. Kennepohl, president of the board stating that they are willing to come to Richmond as soon as a date can bet set and meet with the Starr Piano officials and the members of (he board to settle the question as to whether it will be necessary to build an extension to the light plant switch from the Starr Piano company's switch. The j board and the piano compny officials have conferred on he matter several ! iimes dm nave Deen uname 10 reacn an agreement. The bond furnishod the city by the Hooven Owens Rentschler company of Hamilton which will install new engines in the light riant was not accepted upon recommendation of City Attorney Bond. He will communicate with the company and have the bonds changed before it Is accepted by the city. The amount of the bond was $16,000 but conditions named in the bond give the city power to draw only ten per cent of this amount. The company was awarded the contract for the installation of two engines at the light plant last week. W. T. Blackburn, a brick paving promoter, who superintended the construction of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, spoke before the board on the various kinds of brick which are on display at City Engineer Charles' office for tho paving of Eighth street. He stated that wire cut brick would make the smoothest paving for the street and recommended that the selection of the brands of wire cut brick be selected. He is said to be one of the best experts in the country. The residents of Eighth street have until 1 0 o'clock tomorrow morning to petetion for the kind of brick wanted. It is said that a petition is being circuAN ENGINE DERAILED Spread Rail Causes C. & O. Accident. (Palladium Special) WEBSTER, Ind., March 10. A spread rail on a siding near here derailed the front engine of a double headed freight train on the C. and O. railroad Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock Traffic was suspended until yesterday morning when the engine was removed. No damage was done with the exception of about ten feet of track which was badly twisted. The freight train had taken the siding to allow the fast northbound passenger train to pass. No one was injured. Lawrence G. Wolf of Zenda, Kas., has started on a motorcycle tour of the Western states. The cycle car which is so popular in England, averages only from 25 to 35 miles per gallon of gasoline, while the American motorcycle averages more than three times that distance. After
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lated among the resident property owners of the street, each rerson placing their preference of brick opposite their name. Riverside Park. Street Commissioner Genu and Superintendent of Parks Hollarn were ordered by the board to begin the work of getting into shape the Riverside Park in West Richmond. The men will haul dirt to the park as soon as the ground is firm enough for wagon hauling. The contract for the castings for the city was let to the Reliance Foundry, the bid presented by Ed Hunt of the Reliance Foundry company being the lowest presented. Postmaster E. M. Haas appeared befor the board and asked that recon
sideration be given the bid presented by the city for the contract to remove j the ashes from the postofflce as he believes the prices charged here are too high. The original bid was $1.50 ner cubic vJ:rd and this was lowered 1 ! to $1.2i per cubic yard, the same price . j which was charged last year. In a 1 letter from- the postofflce department at Washington, it was stated that the department believes the hauling should be done for fifty cents per cubic yard. The board confirmed the opening of the alley between Tenth and Eleventh streets from South I street to South J street. William Eikenberry. who was the only petitioner for the alley was ordered to pay for the removal of a barn which stands in the center of the alley. The barn belongs to W. E. Kettleforder. who objected strenuously to the opening of the alley. Benefits and damages will be fixed equally. The petition for a sewer in Pearl street from Fifth street to Seventh street and in the alleys between Sixth d Sevonth streets and between ! Fiftn an(j sixth streets from Pearl street to peacock road was referred to
the engineer for the estimate of thetion. President Wilson let it be known ,at tfa h(jme j f. nridge avcnue Suncost. Unless the city does not have that he intends to make good use of Jav evcni at - oelofk of heart Jis-
to pay for any of tne improvement the water will be dropped until next year. PRISON ROMANCE IS ENDED BY MARRIAGE MOUNDSV1LLE, W. Va., March 10. .lames Pearson, paroled yesterday after serving twelve years of. a life sentence for the murder of a boy, married Miss Lulu Timberlake here today. Their courtship was carried on through a prison window, the Timberlake home being nearby. CLEMENTS FERGUSON DIED THIS MORNING V Clements W. Ferguson, one of the oldest and best known citizens of this city, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at the residence of his son, T. J. Ferguson, 103 South Sixteenth street. Mr. Ferguson was born at New Paris, Ohio. Sept. 10, 1834. He started, as a boy, to clerk in his father's store at Hillsboro, now Whitewater, to which place they moved from New Paris. Later he was associated with the firm of Ferguson and Yoe, a firm handling paints and drugs. He itext took a position in the private banking firm of Lewis Burk. This bank later was organized into the First National bank where Mr. Ferguson accepted a position as teller. He remained at this position for several years. He severed his business relations with the bank in 1897 at which time he was vice-president. Since that time he has not been actively engaged in business but has been associated with the firm of the Ferguson Investment Company operated by his sons. As a public spirited citizen he has always been affiliated with all the worthy enterprises taken up by the city. He was prominent as a church worker and served as a trustee on the cemetery board for a number of years. He was closely allied with the work of the St. Stephens and Reid Memorial hospitals, being a director in the lat ter at the time of his death. He is survived by three children, Mrs. Wm. H. Robeson, T. J. Ferguson, and W. C. Ferguson, of this city. The funeral will be conducted from the residence of T. J. Ferguson, Wednesday afternoon at 2 oclock. Friends may call any time after 2 o'clock, Monday. ATT
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FORjjPRINGSTEEH Nominated As Postmaster of the Indiana Capital By President Today. Xational Nw Association ' WASHINGTON. March 10 Robert E. Springsteen was today appointed postmaster of Indianapolis. President Wilson sent to the senate the nominations of Alexander Dockery of Missouri, to be third assistant postmaster general and James E. Blakes-j Iee OI ienns nam tu ...u master general. nanimuu um..u be United States judge of the distnet of Porto Rico Secretarv of War Garrison announc ed today that for the present he will retain the entire personnel of the war department, including General R. S. Oliver, assistant secretary. Mr. Garrij son said that changes might be made later when he gets better acquainted with the office. A change in the white house schedule was made today when President Wilson announced that except on cabinet days he will make no engagements before 11 o'clock. On cabinet days he will receive visitors from 10 to 11 and during the afternoon. The president wants the hour from 10 to 11 for signing of correspondence and other routine matters. At least one of the precedents of the white house, that which says that the president of the United States shall be J an ardent baseball enthusiast, will be upheld during the present administrnme gout season pass io me tiunivu : league baseDau grounas. wnicn ib an nually presented tto the president. Secretary Tumulty also announced that he himself was a great baseball fan. BUYERS READY FOR LACKEYJORSE SALE More Than 300 Animals Will Be Placed on Block This Week. (Palladium Special) CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.. March 10. More than 300 horses, the total value of which is estimated from $100,000 to $170,000. are now sheltered in the Lackey Sale stables, in anticipation of the Twenty-sixth annual horse sale which opens here tomorrow morning and which will continue Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Between thirty and fifty horse buyers from all sections of this country and some from foreign countries have already arrived to be present at the opening of the sale Tomorrow morning at least seventy-five more buyers are expected. Local hotels will be crowded to the utmost to care for the visitors, as a large number of farmers and others always flock into the town during the sale. GRAY WILLNOT TALK Congressman Unable to Appear Before Club. Finly Gray, congressman from the civth Hietv-4t u'ill nnt sriAak at the Commercial club tonight as was ex pected. Mr. Gray returned from Washington yesterday and notified the club I that he would be unable to accept the club's invitation to speak tonight. He signified his desire to appear before the local organization and will probably be heard here later this month according to Sec. Jordan. Mr. Gray was to speak on the proposed National Highway which will extend from the Atlantic toithe Pacific coast.
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ITALIAN LIFTED A . MAD DOGJY EARS Said He Was Not Afraid of Being Bitten Chief Issues Order.
Another mad dog scare was started yesterda when three does, believed to have been infected with rabies were kil!ed in West Richmond, lu order to avert another hydrophobia scare, t o;ef or I'once liormon toaay , , , .. . t, f d on (he 6twt, wi,no.Jt license will be shot. Complaints from persons who assert thsU the- canines are destroying their lawns have been numerous during the last few days. Mike Pop, 316 Southwest Second street, shot his dog yesterday afternoon. The dog was infected with rabies, it is said. In telling of the shooting of the dog Pop said: "I took or.e shot at him. " He fell over and kick and I then picked him up by ears and shot again. Pop was asked if he were not afraid to pick the animal up by the ears while it was still alive but he disdainfully rerlied in the negative" City Statistics Births Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W. Atkinson. 723 North Tenth street, boy, fourth child. Deaths and Funerals. C FY FR Mrs. Clarinda C.ever. dil ease. age. She was seventy-four year of She is sunlved by the husband. David Geyer. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Indianapolis. M CNGAVIN Thomas Mungavln. aged 73 years, died Saturday evening at 7:45 o'clock at his home, 1 mile north of New Paris, Ohio. He is survived by his wife Mary, four sons. , John, William. Thomas and James Mungavin o this city, two daughters. Miss Mamie Mungavin and Mrs. Charles Roach. Tho funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 9:00 o'clock from the St. John's Catholic church at New Paris. Ohio. Burial In the St. John's cemetery. Rev. Father Highland, of Eaton. Ohio, will be in charge. Friends may rail any time. HUNT Rudicil Hunt, aged 69 years, died this morning at :3t o'clock at his home, 1 mile west of the city after a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife. Mahals, three daughters. Miss Ena Hunt. Mrs. John Elliott, Mrs. Nimrod Johnson, and son Mr. George Hunt of Indianapolis. The deceased was fr many years a car penter and contractor. For the last 30 years he has made a specialty of fruit growing on his farm. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Burial in Earlham cemetery. WALL1NGFORD Mrs. Harriet Wallingford. colored, aged 71 years died Saturday night at her home, 17 South Sixth street. Death was due lo apoplexy. She is survived by two sons. The remains will be shipped to Richmond. Kentucky, for burial. The funeral will be held Wednesday. Building Permits. F. W. Hadley, 1010-1912 North K street, double frame dwelling, $2,000. Christ Menze, 622 South Eleventh street, frame dwelling. $2,000. Number of permits, two. Total cost 3 of buildings. H.S00. LIVES OF NUMBER WERE IMPERILED (National News Asaociation) CHICAGO. March 10. Fire attended - ! T heavy explosion of gas early tojday imperiled the lives of a score of persons, many of them women and children, in a two-story building In West North street. Firemen from nearly every northwest side station were summoned. The fire is believed to have been caused by crossed electric wires. Traffic on North avenue was delayed more than an hour and a crowd of several hundred people were attracted to the scene.
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