Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 125, 5 April 1913 — Page 1

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New and Perplexing Problems Will be Put to Supreme Court When it Convenes Monday Morning.

MADE NO DECISIONS ON RAILROAD RATES "Question of Enforcement of Interstate Commerce Law Against Express Companies to Come up Monday. National News Association) WASHINGTON, April 5. Several ! Dew and perplexing problems, in ad- j dition to the score or more now under ' consideration, will be put up to the j Supreme Court on Monday, when it j convenes to resume the hearing of j cases after the Easter recess. The j court has not yet delivered Its opin- j ions in the railroad rate cases and the j more important judicial questions that ; have been argued before it during the j present term still remain undecided, j But the congestion seems to be in- j creasing rather than diminishing in : spite of the labors of the justices. The question of the enforcement of the Interstate Commerce law against Express companies, a particularly .complicated condemnation proceeding affecting the project for the building , ; of another lock at Sault Ste. Marie, 'the constitutionality of the "grandfather clause" of the Oklahoma constitution and several other important matters will be presented to the court 'beginning April 7. Immune to Suit, f The status of these express companies which are joint stock associa'tions under the Interstate commerce law is to be determined in the case of the government against the Adams (Impress company. For a long time the Adams Expres company has been practically Immune to suit because it is a joint stock association instead of a corporation. The commerce law requires that "common carriers" shall comply with its provisions, and," on the ground that Adams Express company is a common carrier in the same sense that railroads are, the government instituted proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern district of Ohio, where the company was indicted for charging rates for the shipment of packages from Indianapolis to Franklin, Pennsylvania. There were eleven counts in the indictment, the company having charged, it is alleged, in each case, more than the established rate. On 'motion of the Express company the - indictment was quashed, the court taking the view that as a joint stock association it could not be convicted. The entire problem of the value of & water power site complicated by the conflict between the public and private interstate in navigable waters is involved in three condemnation suits brought by the government against the Chandler-Dunbar Water Power company, the St. Mary's Power C, and Clarence M. Brown as receiver of the Michigan Lake Superior Power Co. to acquire title to lands adjoining the Soo locks for the erection of a fourth lock to relieve the congestion in lake traffic at that point. The . Chandler-Dunbar Co., which holds the title acquired by William Chandler in . 1880, to the greater part of the land involved. The government asks that court fix the value of the land most of , which is prospective, at $45,462, claiming that as a water power slto it was of no value because of the government control over the water of St. Mary's rapids necessary for the . operation of the locks in the promotion of navigation. The United States District Court awarded the company $652,312. " From this decision both , sides apealed to the Supreme Court. The other two companies were awarded a much smaller amount and they also apealed. Sale of Patented Remedies. The question of the legality of the Bale of patented remedies under license at rates less than those fixed by the owner of the patent was certified to the Supreme Court for decision, by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in the case of the Bauer Chemical Company against James OJDonnell, a Washington druggist. O'Donnell sold Sanatogen at less than $1.00 per botle, the price fixed by the sale license, and the chemical company brought suit. The District court itself was unable to reach a decision in the case and voluntarily presented it to the Supreme Court. The question of the validity of the "grandfather clause" of the Oklahoma constitution was also certified to the Supreme Court for decision by the Circuit Court of Appeals of the 8th Circuit at St. Louis in the case of Frank Guinn and J, J. Beal of Oklahoma who were convicted of conspiring to injure, oppress and intimidate negro citizens qualified to vote in the Congressional election of 1910j and sentenced to one year in Leavenworth penitentiary. They are members of an election board which sought to enforce the "grandfather clause" of the state constitution which provides in effect that the educational test for (Continued on Page Four)

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MEETING THURSDAY OF CITUOMMITTEE Progressives to Decide on Method of Securing Tickets. It is expected that next week there will be several formal announcements of candidacies for the Progressive nominations for mayor, city clerk and councilmen. So far, E. G. McMahan, candidate for mayor, and Baltz Bescher, for clerk, are the only entries In the Progressive race. Next Thursday evening the full city committee of the Progressive . organization will hold a meeting for the purpose of deciding whether the party's municipal ticket shall be chosen at a primary election or at a convention, and it appears to be a foregone conclusion that the committee will vote for the primary plan, judging from sentiments expressed by various members of the committee who have been busy several days sounding public opinion. "One of the practices the Progressive party has taken a decided stand against is the objectionable convention system," stated one member of the committee today, "and I believe it would be a great mistake if the Progressives of Richmond discarded the primary plan for the convention method of nominating a municipal ticket." By mistake it was published a few days ago that Harry Wessel was a member of the Progressive executive committee. It should have been Harry Winkle. CALL FOR HELP IS SENT FROM PIQUA Editor Thompson of Piqua Call, Sends Appeal to This City. George A. Thompson, managing editor of the Piqua Daily Call has written a letter here, describing the situation in that city. Editor Thompson, in the letter, urged Richmond to assist Piqua in providing foodstuffs and clothing for homeless people. The letter In part reads: "Relief has been organized and many are being cared for by other towns. We will need more for some weeks. Ask Richmond people to do what they can towards assisting in relief of Piqua persons."

Engine Jumps Switch and Plows Through a Station (National News Association) NORTH BALTIMORE, O., April 5. Two are dead, nine scalded or injured, two of them probably fatally, as a result of the wreck of eastbound passenger train No. 6, on the B. & O., at Hoytsville, at midnight. The train, traveling at the rate of 50 miles an hour, ran into an open switch and the engine, torn loose from the remainder of the train plowed through the station, demolishing the structure and then turned turtle." Six coaches were derailed. The dead are : Fireman Jackson, Garrett, Ind., and Grant Mason of Hoytsville, Ohio. The scalded are: Burt Kopt, engineer, Garrett, Ind.; Claude Page, C. C. Miller, M. M. Miller, of Hoytsville. Five passengers whose names were not learned were seriously but not fatally injured and were taken to a hospital at Garrett. The wreck is blamed on the crew of a freight train which preceded the passenger train and which went into the siding, leaving the switch open. Engineer Koft declares there were no warning switch lights burning. Grant Mason, one of those killed, was in the Hoytsville station The injured, with the exception of Engineer Kopt, also were in the wrecked station,

ASK DIRECT LINE F Commercial Club Committee Takes Matter up With Supt. Jefferis. NOT ENOUGH CURRENT However, the Officials Are to Confer With O. & E. Company. Supt. Jefferis of the T. H. I. & E. (traction company was in this city to- ' day to confer with the Commercial j club railroad committee relative to J having direct connections between mcumona ana rsew rans estaDiisnea. After taking up the proposition with the local officials of the company and investigating the proposed change, Mr. Jefferis informed the Commercial ; club that it would be Impossible to furnish sufficient current to pull the cars iup the New Paris hill between that j place and Westville. The officials promised to take the matter up with ! the Ohio Electric company and if sufficient current can be secured from ! that company the desired change will be made. Secretary Jordan of the Commercial club talked with President Robert I. Todd yesterday afternoon over the long distance telephone and asked Mr. Todd to have a line between the two places in operation. Heretofore it has i been necessary to change cars at i Westville which has often inconven ienced passengers because of the delay and poor connections made between the two cars. There are at present no traction cars in or out of the city though the company expected to have the lines in operation today or Monday. The lines east are in better condition than j those west where the greater part of jthe damage was done. I The proposition of establishing a (street car line to the Reid Memorial ! hospital and In the southeastern part of the city was not taken up today. The matter is being considered by the officials of the company who are most ! favorable toward the proposed south ern route. The northern route will not be considered until the North 1 Tenth street improvement has been j completed.

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REMONSTRANCE MADE WARD DRYJ-EW DAYS Temperance People Working Hard at Decatur Filed Contest. (National News Association) DECATUR, Ind., April 5. Temperance workers today filed a remonstrance with sufficient names to make the Second Ward of Decatur dry. This puts out of business all the liquor dispensiaries in the city excepting two wholesale houses, as all saloons are located in the . Second ward. The licenses for "the saloons expire Saturday evening and the county commissioners will not meet until next week, so the city will be dry at least for a few days. The temperance workers have already fled a contest of the i local option election, held a few weeks ; ago, when the city went "wet" by a I majority of 32. Efforts are now being jmade to "dry" the Third ward by reI monstrance. The Second and Third the city. TO CONSIDER PETITION. HUNTINGTON, Ind., April 5. The petition of 722 citizens for a local option election in Huntington will be considered next Tuesday by the county commissioners, at which time it is expected a date for an election will be set. REMONSTRANCE FILED. MARION, Ind., April 5. Gas City "drys" today filed a remonstrance with the county auditor against granting liquor licenses in the First Ward of that ity, in which there are five applicants for saloon licenses and one for wholesaler license. ASK OPTION ELECTION. WIN AM AC, Ind., April 5. The "wets" have filed a petition for an option election in Monroe township. In which this city is located. The "drys" have also taken action by filing a remonstrance. They declare that even if an election should be ordered they will be able to defeat the liquor interests at the polls. MAY REMAIN DRY. WARSAW, Ind., April 5. Turkey Creek township, which voted ' wet" by 7 votes on Tuesday, may remain dry In spite of the election. Temperance 'forces succeeded in obtaining a reI monstrance without the knowledge of the "wets" and this was filed tonight and will be acted upon by the commis sioners Monday. ILY SENT TOCOLORADO Expenses of Destitute Family Defrayed by Local Relief Committee. William Brookner. his wife and four children, refugees from the Hamilton flood were sent as far as Chicago today at the expense of this township. From Chicago the unfortunate family will be sent to Colorado where Mrs. Bookner's relatives reside. The relatives will care for the family until Mr. Brockner can obtain employment. When they arrived in Richmond yesterday the family was destitute and without funds. The children are sll girls, the youngest being seven months old and the oldest fourteen years. All the property was lost In the flood. The expense of sending them from Chicago to Colorado will be defrayed by the Relief Committee of the Richmond Commercial dab.

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Danger is Over at Evansville While the Situation at Cairo Was Greatly Improved Today.

MISSISSIPPI HAS STARTED RAMPAGE And Government Officials Are Busily Engaged Reinforcing the Levees to Defeat Torrents. National News Association) EVANSVILLE, April 6. Although the Ohio river flood has reached its crest in this vicinity great distress continues to prevail. The river today stood at 48.4 feet, the highest stage on record. It will probably begin to recede slowly by Sunday night. Near ly twenty miles of street in this city are now under water but Main street and other important business streets are above the high water mark Many factories were forced to close and the high school in Seventh street has been abandoned. In Oakdale, the eastern suburb, the streets are under five to twenty reet or water and the families are living in their second stories where provisions are taken to them in boats. MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 5. A stage of 42.4 feet was recorded by theMlssissippl river at Memphis today. The water is rising more than a foot every twelve hours. With the whole river from Helena to Cairo chocked by water preparations went forward to protect weak points in the Arkansas and Mississippi levees. Major Woodruff has purchased a million empty millsacks for topping the levees. Three hundred acres of earth were used in checking a break in the Beulah levee. Tons of rocks thrown against plies driven into the ground have served to check the waters flowing through the gaps and experts cay they will hold back the high water. - - SITUATION AT CAIRO. CAIRO, I1L, April 5. The flood situation was greaUy relieved today although a stage of 54.5 feet was maintained by the Ohio river and frequent leaks in the levee kept the militiamen and citizens busy during the day. It was believed by the officials that the crest of the flood has arrived and the greatest danger passed. The bulkheads on the top of the concrete walls are holding. VIOLENCE CRUSADE SPREADS FAST NOW Torch is Being Used and Threats Are Made to Kidnap Royal Children. (National News Association) LONDON. April 5. Extending the crusade .of violence into a naUonal movement the militant suffragettes today carried widespread terror into all quarters of England by their lawless depredations. They carried the torch into Scotland, burning down the grandstand at the Ayr race course with a loss of $15,000. At Kelso two women were detected trying to set Are to the grandstand of the Kelso race course and were arrested. All the great manor houses are being strictly guarded by day and night by policemen. Windsor castle and the royal lodges are closed and guarded by patrolmen and firemen. In Mommouthshile whole districts were isolated by militants cutting tele graph and telephone wires. At New-castle-On-Tyne women destroyed valuable flowerbeds at Armstrong park, smearing the lawns with inscriptions of "votes for women." Railroads are being guarded by soldiers and all members of the cabinet and the royal family are under constant guard by policemen and detectives. The women have threatened to kndnap children of the royal family and of the cabinet and hold them for ransoms and demand the franchise as the price of that ransom. ONE AUTO BANDIT COMMITS SUICIDE (National News Association) PARIS, April 5. After making an unsuccessful effort to escape from the Seine river, M. La comb, anarchist member of the notorious auto bandit gang, committed suicide by jumping from the prison roof when he saw that he was to be captured. By great pains and labor La comb had managed to saw through the bars of the cell and made his way to the roof. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight Frost tonight. and Sunday. Rising temperature,

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sault and Battery With Intent to Commit Voluntary Manslaughter. RESULT OF HITTING HILLING WITH IRON Injured Man Formerly Lived In Rushville and at One Time Was Charged With Murder, it is Said. The charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill against Joseph Wallace was changed to assault and battery with intent to commit volun tary manslaughter this morning and Wallace was taken In custody by Sheriff Bayer at the City building. - The defendant is accused of assaulting Jesse Hilling on the afternoon of March 28, in the barn of Forest Munger on North Fifth street, near D street. Hilling was assaulted and struck over the head with an iron bar by Wallace, who is said to have committed the crime without any provocation on the part of the man who was hit. Had it not been for the heavy felt hat worn by Hilling, he would have been murdered, as the blow was struck with a force sufficient to kill, according to the prosecutor. It was first decided to try Wallace In the police court on a charge of assault and battery but after an investigation by Prosecutor Reller the charge against Wallace was changed. Employed by Munger Hilling is employed by Forest Munger as a teamster. Wallace is also a teamster in the employ of Munger, and the men met at the barn at noon where Hilling proceeded to unharness his horses. Wallace struck him with an iron bar which he took from his own wagon, it is said. Hilling grappled with his assailant and In the course of the struggle which ensued the men rolled from the barn to the alley in the -rear of the barn.- Wallace had the advantage because Hilling was stunned by the blow. People passing stopped the fight at which time Hilling was on the ground with Wallace standing over him. Hilling told the authorities that Wallace had threatened to kill him. Hilling formerly lived in Rushville. He wss tried there on a charge of murder though the jury acquitted him after it had been proved that he had acted in self defense. How Quarrel Started. Hilling and Wallace had a quarrel while at work unloading merchandise from a box car. Wallace accused his opponent of not doing his share of the work and said he could not do a man's work. Hilling retorted that he could do his share. He intimated that Wallace had stolen property belonging to the International Harvester Company and taken It to his borne, it is said. Wallace will not be indicted by the grand jury as the crNne has been set forth in an affidavit filed by the prosecutor. His bond on the first charge was set at $500, which was furnished by Harry D. Crowe. Crowe refused to furnish the same bond on the second charge. Lawler Made Arrest. Patrolman Will Lawler was sent to the scene to arrest Wallace. When the officer approached Wallace seized the Iron bar and got on top of the dray and threatened him if he at tempted to make an arrest. Lawler finally Induced him to get down off the dray and then seized him before he could use the weapon. Chief of Police I. A. Gormon' commended Law ler for his action in arresting Wallace. Jerry M. Wallace, father of Joseph Wallace, staid his bond this afternoon. CLERk'o CENSORSHIP On News in His Office Fails Its Purpose. Efforts were made yesterday by the county clerk to suppress a marriage license, refusing to place the ganted application upon the proper file. The license was placed in a drawer, which was locked and the key carried by the clerk. Upon request of reporters that the license be shown them, he refused, declaring that be was at the head of the office. Asked if he were not a public servant and if records in his office were not open to public Inspection, he evaded the question, merely declaring that be would not make the licenses public. Newspaper men declare that a news censorship has been maintained by the present county clerk for some time upon legitimate news, and upon which the court has not prohibited publication. The matter yesterday was brought to a focus by the Palladium, which demanded that the license be 'placed on file. After much wrangling the clerk produced the key, unlocked the private drawer and placed the papers where they could be Inspected.

President Says it Has Been! a Democratic Platform! Pledge For Twenty Years! and Must be Kept.

THREATENS A VETO IF PLEDGE BROKENl Wool Interests Are Ready to Make a Hard Fight and Arej Being Led by Senator Wfar-J ren, Wyoming. (Xstional News Association) WASHINGTON. April 5. President! Wilson will permit of no compromise! on the tariff on sugar. Either the rate of $1.20 per hundred and free sugar at tho end of three years will be adopt-! ed or sugar will be placed on the free list Immediately. The president made this clear to his visitors today, and lest there be a misunderstanding Secretary Tumulty further explained the president's position. President Wilson takes the stand that free sugar has been one of the leading pledges of the Democratic party for twenty years and he thinks it is time to redeem that pledge. For two weeks he has been bombarded by protests and arguments from Louisiana. Hawaii, the Philippines and other sections of the country which produce large quantities of sugar, but. he Intends to stand pat and force through congress by intimidation If necessary. The future of the Democratic party is in the hands of the majority, the president thinks, and he will see to It personally that this future be not endangered by a broken pledge at this time, therefore he will veto any tariff bill that does not fulfill! the party's promises and will continue to fight until he gets what he wants. WILSON DICTATING. WASHINGTON. April 5. The tariff controversy today continued to center around the sugar and woo! schedules and was growing warm. If these two features may be agreed upon there will be comparatively little trouble in reaching an understanding on the entire bilL ' The ways and means committee has fixed the Income tax on a basis graduated from one per cent on personal Incomes about 1 4.000 to four per cent, about $100,000, and corporation Incomes above $5,000 are taxed at one per cent. Distinct signs of resentment are appearing among Democratic senators because of the fact that the bill up-to-date has been virtually dictated from the white honse. Senator War-' ren of Wyoming, a republican- canvsssed his associates todsy In an attempt to get sufficient pledges to get free wool. W "arren. who Is a big sheep owner, insists that the sheep Industry of the west will be ruined If the tariff Is taken off wol.RESUME TRACTION SERVICE TUESDAY Bridges Are Being Repaired Between Here and Cambridge City. Service on the T. H- I. A E. traction company's lines will be resumed about Tuesday, according to official reports received today at the local office of the company. All the bridges have been temporarily repaired. Persons wishing to go to Cambridge City will be obliged to transfer at Hisers Station because of the unreconstructed bridge being build to replace the one washed away at that point. TEMPORARILY DISCHARGED. Engine Crews on the C s O. Net Working Now. Several engine crews have been laid off by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad company as a result of a decrease in the shipments affected by the havoc created by high waters. The supply of coal and coke used by the company is large as very little has been used for the last two weeks. The company is expecting to establish service both north and south in a week or ten days. RULES RAILROAD CANNOT WITHDRAW C?tional Nwi Association) NEW YORK, April 5. Judf Chambers, chairman of the arbitration board handling the lremen's demands against fifty-four eastern railroads, ruled today that the Toledo, St. Louis St Western road will not be permitted to withdraw from the conference and negotiate with their own men independently. They must abide by the decision of the board,