Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 111, 20 March 1913 — Page 1

RICHMONB PA UM AND SUN-TELEGRAM rOL. XXXVIII. "SO. 111. RICHMOND, IXD., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 191.5. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS A. WALLACE MAy DIE; WAS SHOT Ifi LEG WILSON GETS Well, She Got Her P n Money TO BE CALLED BY THE BOARD PROBABLY BE Blood Poisoning Set Surgeon Removes Piece of Fabric. in a A KILLED HIM

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Johnston and Jordan, At Meeting With School Principals State Opposition to Teachers' Pension Law.

rTEACHERS SAY THEY WILL HOLD SESSION Ramsey Avers Pedagogues Can Force Law Into Application Here Mott Gives Support to Law. The proposition of having the teachers pension law applied to this city is doomed as far as the Richmond board of education is concerned and unless the members of the board make a decided change in their attitude toward the law there is small chance of it being put in operation in this city. The sentiment expressed at the joint 'meeting of the principals of the ten public schools of the city and the board yesterday afternoon at Starr school, proved that the board was unanimously opposed to it while the principals with the exception of Prof. N. C. Heironimus of Garfield were favorable toward it. The board declares lhat the law will never be applied to this city in its present form. Reporters "Slighted." An attempt to force representatives of the press from the meeting was made by one of the principals. However, the members of the board of education declared that they had invited reporters to the meeting and that they were privileged to remain. Following the meeting Miss Sophia Marchant, principal of the Starr school eaid: "Mr. Gardner, members of the school board and principals. We will now have light refreshments." Then addressing reporters said, "I am sorry but we did not prepare for you." When asked by one of the principals what he would advise the teachers to do Charles Jordan, treasurer of the board, said: "At the meeting of the teachers Saturday morning at which time the law will be discussed, one of the teachers should make a motion , t ha vtn.sp far, as Urn. law is Tinjustt-tg the'taTfTffltyefs and some oi 'the teacfi ers that it be set aside until amended by the next legislature." One of the principals quoted Miss Belle O'Hara, president of the Federation of Teachers of the Indianapolis schools as saying the law was superior to the Indianapolis law. The school board and business men of this city -asked the legislature to amend the latter law so as to apply to Richmond. Should be Successful. Prof. D. D. Ramsey of the Whitewater school told the principals that if the meeting was successful Saturday and the teachers supported the law it would be a success. Prof. Ramsey was the lobbyist from this county, who was partially responsible for the passage of the law. No Need To Fear. Mr. Jordan assured the principals they need have no fear of losing their positions because they were fighting for the enforcement of the law. The board believes the teachers should demand its enforcement if they be(Continued on Page Two.) JOIN THE PALLADIUM'S THRIFT LEAGUE TODAY BY JOHN P. FALLON. It costs you nothing to join. There are no dues to pay. Everybody is eligible. If you will abide by the rules and follow instructions you can save enough money between now and August 1st to take a Hue vacation. The Palladium Thrift League was inaugurated about tour months ago, when we started to direct, concentrate and intensify the interest of our readers in advertising. Our purpose was to show the importance of reading the advertisements every day. the superiority of advertised goods and the economy of purchasing everything for person or home from the merchants who advertise in THE PALLADIUM. It you haven't already joined THE PALLADIUM Thrift League you should do so today. There are no application or membership blanks to fill out. Simply elect yourself a member. The only rules to live up to are these 1st, read these little talks every night, and 2d, read the advertisements in THE PALLADIUM closely and constantly. In this way you will be able to purchase everything you buy most economically and what you save through economical purchasing will pay for a fine vacation this summer. Palladium circulation for March 19, was 7,588

Well Known Shopman Expects to Be An Independent Or Seek Nomination of Progressive Prty.

ROBBINS HAS NOT MADE A STATEMENT Is Not Ready to Announce What His Intentions Are W. Parry May Run On a Democratic Ticket. Among those who have announced their candidacy for nomination for the office of mayor of Richmond are: PROGRESSIVE. E. G. McMahan, city controller. PROG. OR INDEPENDENT. Alfred Bavis, shopman. REP. OR INDEPENDENT. W. W. .Zimmerman, present incumbent. Among those whom, it is rumored, may become candidates for the office are: PROGRESSIVE. W. J. Robbins, deputy county treasurer. Cash Beall, secretary South Side Improvement association. r DEMOCRAT. Webster Parry, former city controller. Formal announcement that Alfred Bavis will be a candidate for mayor may be made by Mr. Bavis next Monday. Whether MY. Bavis would make the race on an independent ticket or seek the Progressive nomination is not known. "My primary consideration in running for mayor," stated Mr. Bavis today, "is the defeat of Mayor Zimmerman. I shall take up with the Progressive leaders of, the city, the possibilities of being introduced as a candidate for the nomination on the Progressive ticket. We are thoroughly 'Zimmermanized' in this city and if by running for the nomination on an Independent ticket I would be instrumental' in BrTngln'g"' ab6ut"The re-ele tio of Mayor Zimmerman by causing a split of the votes, I will not seek the office," Mr. Bavis stated today. "Whether I run on the Progressive ticket or not is subject to the acceptance of the Progressive leaders of the city. I will probably make a formal announcement of my candidacy Monday and I will fully outline my plat form and policies to the public .at that time. I will not run under 'false colors' but will mak.e clear to the people exactly what I will do if I am successful in gaining the office. I am willing to subject myself to the process of elimination by running on the Progressive ticket. "Should I gain the office, my entire time would be given to the administration of the city's affairs. I would establish an office in the City Buildinf, accessible to everyone. I would conduct the city on a business plan the same as any well organized factory is operated. I would establish an advisory committee of citizens from all walks of life who would meet with me at least once each week and share in deciding the important questions that arise in the administration. It is said that Will J. Robbins, chairman of the Wayne county Progressive central committee, will become a candidate for the mayoralty nomination at the primaries. Mr. Robbins today said that he was not ready to make any announcement on this matter. Some time ago, Mr. Robbins made had urged him to become a candithe following statement to friends who date for mayor: "I would not seek the office on the Progressive ticket if I believed that some one else would make a better race than myself." Among some Democrats there is talk of Webster Parry heading that party's ticket. TO SEND SYMPATHY Over the Death of King George of Greece. (National News Association) LONDON, March 20. Premier Asquith in the house of commons today moved that an address expressing the condolences of the British nation over the assassination of King George be drawn up and sent to the Greek government. Queen Mother Alexandra is bearing up bravely under the shock of her brother's death. A semi-official report current today said the admiralty would probably put a warship at the disposal of Queen Alexandra upon which to go to ' Athens to attend George's funeral if she decided to make the trip. THE WEATHER STATE AN DLOCAL Cloudy tonight and Friday. Snow in north portion tonight. Cold wave tonight. Colder In southeast portion.

SHOOTING ACCIDENTAL

This Is the Fourth Shooting Affair in Which He Has Figured. Walter Wallaoe, seventeen-year-old son of Marion Wallace, 620 South Fifth street, was accidentally shot by Joseph Fitzharris and may die as a result of the wound, blood poisoning having set in. Young Wallace in company with Fitzharris and several other companions was in a woods west of the city Sunday afternoon. The boys had revolvers and guns with them and were shooting at targets. Fitzharris was whirling his revolver around on his finger not realizing the danger to which he was placing his comrades. The revolver was discharged and the bullet struck Wallace in the knee. The bullet took a downward course, tearing a hole three inches deep in Wallace's leg and lodged in the head of the femur bone below the patella. Wallace was taken to his home by the boys and a physician immediately summoned. The physician probed for the bullet, but was unable to locate it. It is still in the boy's leg. He was taken to the Reid Memorial hospital where he will be forced to remain for some time. He had a high temperature yesterday and it was feared that the wound would be fatal. The poisoning was not the result of infection frcai Uie bulltt but from pr.rt of the oys trcu-ers forced into the leg by the bullet. Wallace's condition was somewhat improved today. A surgeon was able to get the piece of fabric which caused the poisoning. The revolver was of a twenty-two calibre. This makes the fourth shooting affair young Wallace has figured in during the last three years. On July 4, 1911, he was playing with a gas pipe cannon which exploded blowing off two fingers on his right hand. Three days before the accident while shooting at a target in his back yard his pet dog was accidentally shot. Three years ago he shot himself in the left foot. Wallace has been employed as oper ator of the i' picture machine atthfr 'TJOrretite theater7""Jfis father is em ployed at Robinson and Company. INCREASE CAPACITY t Water Works Will Open New Springs Soon. Howard Dill, superintendent of the Richmond City Water Works stated today that arrangements are almost completed for the connection of the Kromer springs with the water works pumping station east of the city. It is expected that with these springs opened, the capacity of the pumping station will be increased 1,000,000 gallons per day. The springs are located a mile east of the pumping station between the Cincinnati and Dayton branches of the Pennsylvania railroad. ASKS APPOINTMENT OF President Swayne and Secretary Jordan Confer With the Governor. President S. E. Swayne and Secretary Charles Jordan of the Commercial Club went to Indianapolis today relative to having a Richmond man placed on the Penal Farm commission to be appointed by Governor Ralston. George Seidel, chairman of the committee from the club, which worked for the passage and helped frame the original bill is the most probable candidate and it is the wish of the officials that he be appointed by the governor. The farm will be located near Indianapolis, it is believed. It was proposed that it be placed near Richmond, but in-so-far as it might tend to bring a crowd of men to this city who would make undesirable citizens after they were released from the institution, it was not deemed advisable. The location of the farm will be chosen by the state board of charities, which will act in conjunction with the commission appointed by the governor. COLUMBUS VESSELS WILL ENTER CANAL (National News Association) CHICAGO, March 20. Permission has been given Harvard University students to sail the fac similes of the Columbus vessels Si ana Maria, Nina and Pinta down the Mississippi, through the Panama canal and up the coast to San Francisco. They are to be exhibited at the Panama exposition. The vessels will be manned by Harvard and University of Chicago students. A bond of $10,000 for their sale return was required.

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Assistant Secretary of State, Who Retained Office At Bryan's Request, Resigns in Huff.

SAYS CHINA LOAN POLICY POOR ONE Knox's Assistant Is Also Hurt Because He Was Not Consulted Before Change in Policy Was Made. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, March 20. Assistant secretary of State, Huntington Wilson, resigned today and his resignation was immediately accepted by President Wilson. The Chinese loan policy as outlined by President Wilson in his recent statement is given as the reason for the resignation. (Mr. Wilson also objected to the action of the president in giving his statement on the Chinese question to the newspapers without taking the acting secretary into his confidence. Secretary Wilson's letter to the president read in part: "When I consented at the request of Mr. Bryan and in deference to what I understood to V. be your wishes to continue in office for a few weeks longer I believe I was justified in assuming that there would be no radical departure from the practice of this and other countries whereby the experiences of government officials is made use of in the study of great questions of foreign policy. Was Not Consulted. "I had no reason to suppose that the officials on duty in the department of state would learn first from the newspapers of a declaration of policy which I think showed on its face the inadequacy of the consideration given to the facts and the theories involved in the failure merely to aDnrehend the motives leadist-SUKl the pnrpd W6 f I the policy superceded. "I had no reason to suppose that the fate of the negotiations which so long have had the studious attention of the foreign officers of six powers would be abruptly determined with such quite unnecessary haste and in so unusual a manner. These methods against which I respectfully protest I feel vitiate my understanding with Mr. Bryan and completely relieve me of any further obligations in the premises. "I have always thought that in the work of advancing the national interests and promoting the welfare of other nations the financial force of the United States sould be marshaled in some manner to present a safely united front abroad where it would be like the apex of a triangle but would have at its space broad equality of opportunity both for citizens desiring to invest and for the bankers desiring to engage in these difficult and relatively risky ventures. It seems, however, that the conclusions are expressed on other grounds." The president immediately replied, "Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and to say that I accept j lt r u .,.. It is the purpose of the administra.oo jmuj t tion, it was admitted at the white . ' , . . . ku ., rv . tt . , . appointment of a suitable man to represent the United States at Pekin would pave the way for such action. IY FILES SUIT Against Hoffmans, of Cen - terville For $3,600. The Peoples Loan and Trust company of Winchester, Ind., Sled suit against Mary J. and YVm. M. Hoffman of Ctnterville to foreclose mortgages on the real estate belonging to the defendants as a result of their alleged failure to pay promissory notes executed to the company. The sum due the company is $3,600, the complaint says. CONDITION OF POPE IS STILL SERIOUS (National News Association) ROME, March 20. Although Pope Pius X has left his bed and insisted upon administering papal affairs of the church it was learned today that his condition was still giving considerable anxiety to the Vatican physicians, Drs. Amici and Marchiafava. The newspaper Corriere Delia Sera stated today that the Pope bad celebrated mass yesterday against the orders of his medical advisers and that this .taken together with other duties he insisted upon performing, greaXly weakened him. - His Holiness has been advised to go to the Venetian mountains for a change o fair and scene. He will not listen to such a proposition. -'" ,

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MRS. PHILIP VAN VALKENBURG. NEW YORK, March 20. Mrs. Philip Van Valkenburg, known as the "$10,000,000 Widow," by virtue of the fortune left her by her first husband, William H. Chapman, has agreed to a cash settlement in her suit to recover

$100,000 from her present husband, Philip Van Valkenburg. which whe claims

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money on the following necessaries: Three trips to Europe, $32,000; Apartments at the St. Regis Hotel, $25 a day, $12,000; motors, chauffeur, etc., $10,000; clothing, $10,000; entertaining and restaurant bills, $10,000.

700 GIRLS STRIKE IN POTTERY FIELD Industry Has Been Paralyzed Higher Wages Demanded By Women. (National News Association) EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, March 20. Seven hundred striking girls in this and nearby river towns have paralyzed the pottery industry of Ohio and West Virginia, and today a majority of the thirty factories in this vicinity are closed. Four thousand men and J women are out of work. The few fac'tories still operating will be obliged , ' . serts 100 wrapping sirls will join the . , j . . .. independent union.. Aages of $1.50 a . ... . , . . , day will be demanded for them. They have been receiving $1.25. If thel ; strike continues it will cripple the , . , , , . . , r"r "- " ai nom out are aaugaiere oi poiiery workers and their strike has stopped their fathers' wages as well as their i own and complications seem sure if the tie-up is of long duration. Mr3. Bixby tore down a sign in front of socialist headquarters which read "strike headquarters." She asserted i1 - w- workers placed the -sign effort of the I. V. W. to take charge 0f L ii fit! auu zaiu eiitr huuiu ij :wiy the strike. GAS KILLED FAMILY Five Were Found Dead Their Beds Today. in (National News Association) CHICAGO, March 20. Five persons, Ingobar Corselson, his wife and three children, were found dead in. their home in Lawndale avenue today. They were asphyxiated by gas from a broken hose connected with a. heater. The family had been dead for a day and a half; according to the belief of neighbors when they broke into the house today after no sign of life had been seen about the place. All the victims were found in their beds." The children consisted -of two adult sons and a seventeen year old daughter. FIRE BOSS DIES .(Nat local Sews Association) SHELBURX, Ind., March 20. Fire Boss George H. Sargent. 54 years old, who was burned in tb Steel Tipple mine by a gas explosion March 5, died this afternoon from his Injuries . '

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Mrs. Van Valkenburg said she spent WIRELESS CLUB TO RECEIOESSAGES Members of High School Organization Have Apparatus Arranged. The wireless telegraph club composed of twenty students of the high school . will have their apparatus arranged Saturday and will receive their first messages from various parts of the country. Mesages have already been received from- cities on the Great Lakes. It is planned by Prof. B. F. Kelly to instruct the members of the club as to. the sending of messages as well as receiving. The international code will be used, j Manual Training high school of Indianapolis will cooperate with the local school and messages will be sent to and from Indianapolis and Richmond. At present the. local students have only a sending apparatus which will send messages for three or four miles. HOUSE IS BURNED BY SUFFRAGETTES (National News Association) LONDON. March 20. Suffragettes carried the torch into Surrey today, i burning Trevethan mansion, the home of the widow of Sir' George White at Englefield -Green, Surreyshlre. The building was completely destroyed, the loss being over $25,000. The building, was unoccupied at the time, and the women had gained entrance with skeleton keys. A key to the crime was contained in chalk scrawled sentences of "Votes for women." and "We will burn till we get the vote." ' Scattered .among "the ruins of the house were a number of pamphlets on suffrage. One big placard bore In huge letters this inscription: "Stop torturing . our comrades In prison." The club house and other buildings on the Worlesbury golf links were destroyed by fire last night. The loss was $3,000. Cards bearing the words "Votes for women" were fonnd near the ruins. . SEE WAR PHANTOM (National News Association) PARIS. March 20. Europe's war phantom will not down. The Lyons correspondent of the Libre Parole, telegraphed today that he had learned on the best of authority that the Germans in the foreign colony there have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness for a mobilization order.

Mrs. Jennie Eaton Arrested Today, Charged With Having Killed Admiral Eaton

With Poison. ALL NEW ENGLAND AROUSED BY CASEt Mrs. Eaton Accepted Her Arrest Without Displaying! the Slightest Symptoms oft Emotion. National News Asorlt!on) BINGHAM. Mim, March 20. Rear' Admiral Joseph G. Eaton. U. S. N retired, who died under mysterious circumsances.at Aasinlppl. Mass.. on March 8, was murdered and his widow. Mrs. Jennie May Harrison Eaton, to-! day was arrested as his slayer. District Attorney Parker, who, has ; had charge of the investigation o&thei mystery, made the defnite declaration that Rear Admiral Eaton had bn poisoned to death. Search now is being made to find where the fatal drug was purchased. I After her arrest at her home Mrs., Katon continued to maintain the com-, posure which has marked her de-. meanor since the violent death of heri husband. She asked for time to make, her toilet before being taken to the police court, and when the permission was franted she spent some time arranging her hair and gown. Mrs. Eaton's arrest came as the climax of a sensational and mysterious tragedy which has stirred New England greatly. The remarkable absence of emotion at the time of her arrest completed the evidences of an abnormal nature which Mrs. Eaton has shown since her husband met his death. Her Peculiar Actions. First she professed deep grief, then she grew calm and angerly denied that any suspicion could rest upon her and finally she seemed to lose all interest in the case and went about her affairs absolutely unperturbed. 'Distrjefc Attorney, Parker gave out A tA . . Admiral Eaton did not die a natural death and that this fact was 'ommunlcted to him on March 10 by Prof. Whitney of Harvard. , Peculiar features of the case prevented the communication of this fact to the public, Mr. Parker's statement declares. Before Mrs. Eaton was taken before Judge Pratt she telephoned to counsel, Francis J. Geegan, who hurried to court in an automobile. The community In which the Eaton family lived was thrown Into great excitement by the arrest of Mrs. Eaton. What was the motive. If It were proved by a court of law that Mrs., Eaton really is guilty of her husband's death? This was the question which stood out In the amazing tragedy. That Eaton and his wife quarrelled was no secret, but that either felt enmity, against the other of such bitterness as to cause murder was not suspected. Attorney Geegan waived the reading, of the warrant and entered a plea of not guilty for his client. - Mrs. Eatonwas held without bail for further examination, and was committed to the Plymouth Jail. Only once did feeling break through the composure of the accused woman. While waiting to be arraigned she began sobbing and held1 her handkerchief to her eyes, but she soon regained control and when she faced the judge sho looked straight into his eyes. ran QUITS PARTY I Resigns As Secretary of City G. O. P. Committee. The local Progressive party received another recruit today in the person of A. F. Ireton, secretary of the Republican city committee, who gave out today a copy of the letter of resignation he has sent to the committee. It follows: "I desire at this time to resign as a member of and secretary of the Republican city committee, the same to take effect at once. In explanation of the action I am taking I will say that I have changed my political ideaa and cannot consistently retain the position I now hold. Hereafter 1 will affiliate with the Progressive party. I thank the committee and my Republican friends for the courtesy and honor shown me." MISUSE OF MAILS THE CHARGE MADE (National News Association) ST. LOUIS, Mo. March 20. Former Congressman Harry Coudrey is on trial in federal court here for alleged misuse of the mails. It is charged that he used the mails to defraud in connection with the affairs of the Continental Life Insurance Company and the Continental Fire Insurance company. Taking ot testimony began today. '