Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 104, 12 March 1913 — Page 7

THE RICH3IOXI PALLADIUM AXD SCX-TELEG11AM, WEDNESDAY.MAllCU 12, 1913.

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ADVISED TO HAND IN HIS

RESIGNATION

County Commissioners Have Told Neuton Brumfield, Supt. of Poor Farm, That This Is Best Policy.

Neuton Brumfield has been advised by the county commissioners to reBign from the position as superintendent of the Wayne County Infirmary. Brumfieid's work as superintendent of the infirmary has been unsatisfactory, it is said, in that he has failed to make the farm consisting of 310 acres of land self sustaining and the expenditures have far exceeded the receipts of the farm. There are at present forty-four inmates of the infirmary, many of whom complain that they are not receiving enough to eat and are refused good clothes. Invoice Made. The commissioners this afternoon made an Invoice of the farm as is customary at this season of the year. A complete statistical report is being made of the expenditures of the farm and a comparison of the work of Brumfield will be made with that of other county superintendents about the state. Brumfield has not stated that he would act upon the advice of the officials though it is probable that he will. He has not been asked to resign though the recommendation on the part of the commissioners was made following their session this morning after a thorough review of the work of the farm. ' The appointment of the infirmary superintendent is made every two .years on the second Monday in the month of June. Brumfleld's term does not expire until next September although it has been suggested that another person would be appointed in his stead should he be maintained until his term expires. The salary of the position is $800 for the, superintendent and $200 for his wife. According to one of the commissioners a person who has had a more extensive experience as a farm Br should be secured. The grand jury reports together with the reports of the county board of sharities have stated that the farm aiight be more economically managed, which was the result of the investigation on the part of the officials. Several changes which were recommended by the last report of the charity society will be carried out according to the commissioners. Specifications will be drawn up and the stove which was advocated will probably be purchased. ,

FIRST TO

MAKE APPLICATION

In a letter this morning to the Palladium B'B. Johnson, private secretary to Governor Ralston stated that In all probability Richmond would be the first or one of the first to receive the attention of the new Public Service Commission. He said that Richmond was the first city to make application for relief under the new law and he thought on that account the Richmond water works question would be first. The new commission organizes on May 1st and it will probably be sometime after . that before the question will be taken up.

Ill THE WRONG BED

John Griffin, after coming to his boarding house, 122 Main street, last night in an intoxicated condition, and retiring in the owner's bed for the night, attempted to slash Mr. and Mrs. Ott Thomas when they asked him to go to hla own room to sleep. Thomas had Griffin arrested for public intoxication and a charge of drawing a deadly weapon was also placed against him. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in police court this morning and his trial was set for tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock., Thomas alleges that Griffin often came to the house drunk. When. Thomas' attempted to remove him to his room after he had retired in the bed usually occupied by Thomas, Griffin seized a razor and advanced against Thomas. Thomas knocked the razor from his hand and it was caught by Mrs. Thomas who immediately hid it and called the police. He was arrested by Patrolmen Yingling and Little, who had to resort to force to quiet the man.

HERE'S JE LftTEST Turtles Sent Through Parcel Post Today.

The parcel poBt authorities were again surprised today by the fact that turtles were sent through the local postomce. Postmaster Haas stated this morning that real surprises are looked for every day but to be obliged to handle turtles was beyond the least expectation. The turtles were shipped frcm the marsh lands of Illinois

ANOTHER "TORCH" MADIC! FESSION Tells the Authorities Today How Arson Trust Burned Cleveland Store.

(National News Association) CHICAGO, March 12. The story of the burning of a Cleveland department store on which $200,000 insurance was collected was the most startling feature in the confession today of John Daines, member of the "arson trust" arrested in New York and brought to Chicago. The confession was made to Assistant State's Attorney Johnson. The names of a number of men higher up in the arson ring were given in the confession but have not yet been made public. According to the story told by Daines, Chicago men of affairs were involved in the Cleveland fire and furnished capital involved in the enterprise. David Korshacks, another member of the arson band was mentioned by Daines as the man who actually set fire to the Cleveland builds ing. Daines asserted that through the fires with which he had been connected approximately $500,000 had been collected in insurance. In all, he said, he had caused about twenty-five fires but took no actual part in the Cleveland fire. He said however, that he had recommended Korshacks and that the latter was sent to Cleveland and did the job. Daines declared that he was first enlisted in the work of setting fires for the purpose of collecting insurance, by a fire insurance adjustor who had adjusted a claim for a small loss by fire at his home, and after getting into the business the others would not let him quit.

City Statistics

Marriage Licenses. Quincy Earl Meservy, 21, machinist, city, and Edith King Hamilton, 20, housekeeper city. Deaths and Funerals. WILLIAMS Hannah J. V. Williams, widow of Frank W. Williams, died Tuesday morning at her home, 215 North Sixth street at the age of 76 years. She is survived by two daughters, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Jennie Williams. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the home. Burial in Earlham cemetery. Rev. Thomas J. Graham of the First Presbyterian church will have charge of the services. Friends may call any time. SCHRAGE Wilhelminia Schrage, aged 80 years, died Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at her home, 412 South Fourth street. She is survived by a son William Schrage of Chicago, one daughter, Mrs. Harmon Schrage. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Rev. Conrad Huber of the St. Paul's Lutheran church will have charge. Friends may call any time Thursday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Schrage was one of the oldest German residents of this city. Kindly omit flowers. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery, t EAGLE The funeral of William Eagle will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Doan and Klute parlors. Rev. A. J. Feeger will-be in charge. Friends may call any time. Burial in the Lutheran cemetery. WEBB Sarah J. Webb, died Monday evening at Warren, Ind. The body was taken to Cambridge City yesterday for burial. Funeral services were held in an undertaking chapel at that place.

UNDERH1LL GIVENA FINE BY JUDGE Struck Cripple Because Latter Picked Up Chips From Tree.

Alfred Underhill, 120 North Twentieth street was found guilty of assault and battery on George S. Hamilton in police court this morning and fined $5 and costs by Special Judge Luther Abbott. Hamilton is a cripple, his left arm being useless. He .cannot lift his right arm higher than his head. He alleged that Underhill assaulted him on February 25 by knocking him down and tying his right arm firmly around his neck. Underhill claims he was justified in making the assault as Hamilton was gathering chips which fell from trees which were being chopped down by Underhill's employes on property owned by the Pennsylvania railroad. Although the chips did not have an appreciable value to Underhill, the latter claimed that the ground was under his protection and that Hamilton was really stealing the chips. The cripple said he was taking the chips home for fuel. Underhill called Hamilton a wood theif several times and Hamilton resented this. Several days later Underhill, who is a large man, drove into a lane where the prosecuting witness was gathering chips and jumped out of the buggy carrying a club which he admits was four feet long and several inches thick. In self protection, Hamilton seized a stone with his right hand, causing Underhill to flee. "Misbeats" of Heart. The two met later and Underhill alleged that the cripple chased him, causing him to have misbeats of the heart. He challenged the court to lis

ten to the beating of his heart. It ; was at this meeting when Underhill ' was in a very weakened condition, he claims, that the assault on Hamilton j was made. Underhill stated that ; Hamilton had used both his arms, but ; a physician was called and demon- j strated to the court that this was ini- J possible. Underhill claims unfairness and prejudice on the part of the court and will appeal the case. He was a poor : witness, refusing to answer directly, j questions having bearing on the case. ! He admitted that despite of his huge I

body, he was rather timid. He has been fined for five previous offenses.

SAILORSJRE SAVED From Jaws of Death When a Ship Founders.

(National News Association) HAMBURG, March 12. Thirty-six sailors making up the crew of the British sailing vessel Glenavlon were snatched from the jaws of death in the deep when their ship foundered in a gale in the north sea today off Helogoland Island. The Glenavlon caught in the teeth

of a seventy-mile gp'e, was founder-1

ing when the crew was taken off by

sailors from another ship. The seamen on the Glenavlon had given up hope. And their ship sank less than an hour after they were taken off. Billows thai showered Icy spray and make the work of rescue difficult and dangerous. The Glenavlon, which was bound from Buenos Ayres to Hamburg, is a total loss. She was of 1.S80 tons. 289 feet long, 43 fet wide and hailed from Liverpool. She was built in Greenock, Scotland, in 1SSS and sailed as a tramp freighter. Her crew was landed at Cuxhaven.

EAGERLY PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGE Nolan Receives Shock When Prosecutor Finishes Affidavit.

James Nolan, who was arrested Ust night by Patrolman Sehlangen at j Third and North I streets for public intoxication, received a shock in police court this morning by his easer- j

ness to tell the court that he was Intoxicated last night as charged. As it customary. Prosecuting Attorney ReV ler called out the man's name Defers reading the affidavit against him. "Here is an affidavit charging yoo with said Reller when Nolan broke in and cried, -Guilty." "with killing a man" ent on Reller. When the last clause was read Nolan suffered such a shock that he had to be assisted to his seat. He was fined $1 and costs for public intoxication.

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ROY CAMPBELL WHS KICKED BY HORSE HighSchool Student Is Painfully Injured This Afternoon. Roy Campbell, 109 North Seventeenth street, a fourteen-year-old high school student, son of L. B. Campbell, manager of the Richmond Business College was kicked In the face this noon by a horse which he was leading to a watering fountain at Sixteenth and Main streets) His face was badly lacerated, seven stitches being required to close the wounds. Several teeth were broken and knocked out. The boy stated that he does not know how the accident happened, the horse being very gentle. Young Campbell was rendered unconscious for several minutes until bystanders gave assistance and removed him to his home. The attending physician stated that the wounds are not serious.

degrees.

The encampment branch of the Order of Odd Fellows will have a county meeting in Richmond on Saturday, March 29. There are six encampments in the county: Oriental of Richmond; Centerville, Dublin, Cambridge City, East Germantown

and Hagerstown. At the local gath- j ering work will be exemplified in the ! three degrees, the ceremonies to open j at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The encampment team from East German-; town will exemplify the first two de-1 grees and the team from Cambridge I City the last degree. A banquet will j conclude the evening's program. In ' addition to delegations from all the

county encampments, there also will be visitors from encampments at Liberty and Eaton.

BRING FAIR PRICES Best Horses Have Not Been Brought to Block.

(Palladium SpeclaO CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., March 12. Horses, whose value, ranged from

?230 to $(40 were sold yesterday

afternoon and this morning at the

twenty-sixth annual auction which is

now being held here under the aus

pices of John S. Lackey. Nineteen

horses were sold yesterday afternoon

and this morning, the total selling

price being $8,230. The sales this afternoon promise to amount to several thousand dollars. Present indications are that the sale will continue until Saturday night.

PRES. HECKERT SPOKE

Head of Wittenberg College Talked to Students.

The high school chapel was held

this afternoon at which time President

Heckert of Wittenberg College delivered an address. 3oth students and visitors were held attentive during the

entire address.

The orchestra which played several new selections added new interest to the entertainment.

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