Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 151, 6 May 1913 — Page 1

RICHMOND PA ABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 151 RICHMOND, INR, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS Bryan Speaking Before the California Legislature TAKE UP PLAN TO DEMOCRATS ARE TO BLOOD FLOWS s CONSTRUCT HOMES SHOW STOUT FRONT IN A BATTLE Commercial Club Indorses An Almost Solid Partv Vote ON HIS STAND AT E Suggestion of Builders Association. Will be Cast for the Underwood Measure.

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Councilmen Say That People Are.Demanding that Something be Done Towards Allaying Dust.

ONE ASKS WHY WORD HAS NOT BEEN KEPT Bill for an Ordinance to Prohibit Loitering of Minors in Pool and Card Rooms Was Defeated. Members of council last night, censured Mayor Zimmerman for stopping ny movements on the part of the city towards oiling the streets under public contract. Several councilmen declared that the people of the city are demanding that the streets be oiled according to the law, under public contract. Arguments advocating a resolution by the board of works to order bids for oiling certain streets of the city through public contract, were Advanced by the councilmen. - "I believe that the citizens are demanding that the board of works act In this matter according to the power It has under the new law," said Councilman Weishaupt. "There is a demand that the dust be allayed in this way or in some way so that it does not continue to be inconvenient and dangerous to the public health." - Mayor Zimmerman stated that the board of works will do nothing in the matter and that the city would not have enough money to pay for the street intersections If such action were ordered. He also argued that, in the six or eight weeks which would elapse before any oiling could bejlone (under public contract the dusty season t)f the year would have been half over. ; Menace to Health. . "What are six or eight weeks?" askd Councilman- Weiflhaupt'30jStwttt bring the oiling to the time when the dust Is beginning to be most annoying and dangerous. I do not believe that the city would have to pay the intersections any way." Councilman Engelbert asked Mayor Zimmerman if he had made the statement that North and South A streets and other streets of the city would be oiled at once under public contract. 'jThe mayor did not deny the fact and ngelbert censured him for not carrying out his promise "Why don't you carry out your promises when the citizens are demanding that something be done?" he asked. "You have made the stUementj that the board of works would advertise for bids for the oiling lof certain streets and now you have backed down on your statements." -Mayor Zimmerman stated to the councilmen that two coats of oil would be necessary to satisfactorily allay the dust. The councilmen, however, refused to accept this statement from the mayor, giving specific cases to refute his argument. Then the mayor refused to hear the matter discussed further. Ordinance Bill Defeated. 1 A bill for an ordinance on third reading, providing penalties for minors loitering in cigar stores, saloons, pool and , card rooms was defeated unanimously, the one councilman who voted for the ordinance asking permission to change his vote. The question as to what privileges and rights the young men of the city should have "w&b discussed, every member of council stating that he was in favor of restricting young boys from loafing in pool rooms and saloons but not minors (Continued on Last Page) The Methodical Housewife. One woman said to another the other day. "Florence, how do you manage? You have prettier things in your house, better food on your table and wear better clothes than I, and yet I don't believe you spend nearly as much money as I do." "I'll tell you how I do it I spend just twenty minutes a day reading the newspapers. By looking through the advertisements each day I see just where and how I can get the smartest things and the best values for my money. "By looking at the ads. I learn just who is selling what I need at the best price and then I go right after it. No matter what I want, food, clothing, or entertainment, I find out where I can get it most quickly and conveniently. Twenty minutes a day saves me hundreds of dollars a year. - - V,... The advertisements in THE PALLADIUM are signboards to many women By the regular perusal of these ads the cost of living is reduced in many a home. Circulation Over 7,700.

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Mr. Bryan addressing the California legislature from the speaker's rostrum. At the right next to Bryan are Governor Johnson, Lieutenant Governor Wallace, and Speaker Young.

DIFFICULT TO GET JURY FOR JDHNSDH Only Three Men Have Been Accepted in the Case Against the Pugilist. (National News Association) CHICAGO, May 6 The taking of testimony in the trial of Jack Johnson, thn npcrn mieriliRt. nrminpri nf violntin?

the federal white slave law may not!of them had accidentally upset, five begin for several days because of dif- i little children were seriously burned, ficulty in procuring a jury acceptable at least one fatally, and another may

to government attorneys and Johnson's counsel. Mrs. Lucile Cameron Johnson, the pugilist's latest white wife, has been requested to remain away from the court room because Johnson's attor-; neys fear that her presence might j create prejudice in the minds of pros-j pecuve jurors, rnree or tne twelve men passed by the government have been accepted by Johnson's counsel up to noon today. All of the prospective jurors ; have been questioned as to their views regarding prize fighters and negroes and whether they were" prejudice ""again8tJohnson " because he won the championship by defeating Jeffries, but their attitude regarding intermarriage among negroes and whites was not inquired into today. VERDICT OF MURDER. (National News Association) TIFFIN, O, May 6 After being out one hour the jury in the Edward Dennenwitbs case today returned a verdict of guilty of murder with a recommendation of mercy. Dennenwiths was charged with killing his wife on February 2. The principal witness against him was their three-year-old child. The defense claimed the shooting was accidental. GET OIKOSTLY BUN Two Drummers Charged with Assault on High Seas. (National News Association) DETROIT, May 6. Charged with assault on the high seas, which carries a penalty of 16 years' imprisonment in the federal penitentiary, Robert Allen and George A. Schurtz, diamond salesman, of New York, were taken off the steamer Western States today and are held in police headquarters for the federal authorities. A wireless call for the police sent in from the boat while far out in the lake brought the detectives, to the dock. Allen carried two leather wallets containing $5,000 worth of diamonds and Schurtz had a fortune in jewels in his trunk on the boat. The men had battled nearly all night long with officers of the steamer after indulging . heavily , in liquor, breaking" glassware in the bar and starting fights with passengers. CASE OPENS TODAY Many Cambridge City People -Testify. The case of. Elizabeth Pusinelli e gainst the estate of John Barrett, .was started- in-the circuit court this afternoon after an unsuccessful attempt on the part of the attorneys to compromise the" case. " " ' i " ' f All parties interested are residents of Cambridge City and, the community and as many as forty witnesses were in the court room to testify in the case from Cambridge City. The claim is for alleged services rendered the decedent from 1906-until his death. No money was ever given the plaintiff for her services and a claim of $2,320 is made. SUBMIT BIDS ON ( SCHOOL BUILDING The bids for the new school building were submitted at 12 o'clock today to the committee of the board of education and Consulting Architect Kaufman. They were not opened until 3 o'clock this afternoon and up to a late hour this afternoon no decision had been made on the bids.

UPSET TAR KETTLEs 5 CHILDREN BURNED One Muncie Child Fatally Hurt and Another One of Victims May Die.

(National Now a Association) MUNCIE, May 6. When caught beneath a kettle -of boiling tar, which one die. - Geneva Venable, aged 6, was enveloped in the boiling fluid, and when the mother plunged her in a tub ; of cold water she was encased in a harp jacket' of tar. She will die. The chnds brother, Herman, aged 9, was burned about the arms and legs, but will recover. Burt McCarty, aged 8, was so badly burned about the legs and other parts of the body that his condition is critical. Cyrus Cuate, aged 4, and his sister Mary, aged 7, were severely burned .about the hands and legs, butrar. Workmen near tory had been making repairs on the building and were boiling tar in a large kettle, when the McCarty boy climbed up the side of the kettle and overturned It. CONVENTION OPENS AT CHICAGO TODAY Question Discussed as to How to Prevent Accidents in Factories. (National News Association) CHICAGO, May 6. The annual con vention of the International Associa tion of Factory Inspectors convened here today at the Hotel Sherman, where many rooms have been trans formed into model factories by the installation of modern machinery with every possible safeguard to life, used in various lines of manufacture. In other rooms are displayed machinery used in the same lines of manufacture, but without the safety precautions. These exhibits are U6ed to illustrate the most prominent question under discussion during the three days' session, namely: "How can accidents to operaUves be prevented?", A. Wischam, of the Illinois department of factory inspection, has charge of the arrangements for the convention, including the exhibits in the Hotel Sherman. NEWS NUGGETS ; (National, News Association) KANSAS CITY When a man,77, writes . love letters, the fact does not constitute evidence of insanity, said Judge Ellison in the court of appeals here, t This ruling was laid down in the case of a son who sought to break his father's will. . DENVER, Colo. The state supreme court held that a person may not be convicted of murder by admission made while talking In his sleep. ' Jose Martinez, convicted of murder and tentenced to life imprisonment will be tried again. At the first trial a witness testified that Martinez in his - sleep muttered "I killed her." . CHICAGO 'Tve 4been soaked by milliners ever since my honeymoon and now I'll get even," said Judge Uhler, when he fined Wm. Ravid, a milliner, $15 for violating the ten hour labor law. YORK. Pa. The real reason for Bryan's grape-juice dinner. It is said, appears in the record of the First Presbyterian church. On March 1, 1903. Bryan, who was visiting in New York, signed the pledge. In the book in which the local teetotalers are registered his name appears as No. 1824.

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It is Expected C. S. Funk Will be Appointed to That Position Today. (Natlonal News Association) CHICAGO, May 6. Formal announcement is expected today by Salomon & Co., Nw York bankers, of rehabilitation of the tangled financial affairs of theM Rumely company, of Laport, Ihd., and of the acceptance of the presidency of the new company by Clarence S. Funk,' now general manager of the International Harvester company., Affairs of the big agricultural Implement manufacturing company have been much before public attention during the past two months, the fluctuation of its stock being the chief matter of . conversation In financial . circles. Fortunes were won and lost in the rapid shifting of stock quotations. Mr. Funk has been known to have had under consideration for sometime a --proposal thsbetjc&eebarge the plant and lift iito its feet. He. made certain demands in the way of control of the manufacturing policy and the manner in ; which the assets of the company would be subject to marketing of stock before he would accept the position of chief rehabilitator. His salary, it Is said, will be $50,000 a year. The present financial status of the $30,000,000 company, which formerly employed 3,000 men, and was the principal manufacturing concern in Laporte, is based on the following issues: Common stock authorized, $20,000,000; common stock issued. $10,908,000; preferred stock authorized and issued, $10,000,000; two-year convertible notes of 6 per cent now outstanding, $1,000,000. JOHNSTON IS URGED TO BE A Council to Take up Matter of Filling Vacancy Next Month. At a meeting of city council next month the matter of filling the vacancy on the city board of education, which will be caused by the expiration of the term of Dr. M. F. Johnston, president, will be taken up. Council last evening instructed City Attorney Bond to look up the law as to when and how the vacancy should be filled. Friends of Dr. Johnston are urging him to be a candidate for a place on the board again but up to the present he has made no statement regarding the matter. " During the last two months. Dr. Johnston has made several trips to various parts of the state in the attempt to learn of qualifications of persons who have made applications for the position of city .superintendent of public ' instruction ' In Richmond. Information which he has gathered will be submitted to the board before the matter. of electing a new superintendent to "take the place vacated by T. Abbott Mott is taken up. In speaking of Dr. Johnston's work on the school board today, Miss Sarah Hill, secretary of the board said

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There is every reason why he should be continued on the board of education by the Richmond city council. His long experience on the board is invaluable, especially at this time when a new superintendent of the schools is to be selected. He has served as president and secretary of the board at different times, and Is well qualified for the duties imposed upon members of the body.- , Charles W. Jordan, treasurer of the school board, declared today that the work of Dr. Johnston, as president of the board. Is highly commendable. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight and Wednesday; cooler tonight.

OTHER ACTION TAKEN

Directors Pleased Over Appointment of Reid on State Board. The Richmond Home Builders association presented a plan to the directors of the Richmond Commercial club whereby an organization may be formed in this city for the purpose of building homes for persons who will be allowed to make monthly payments on houses. The association owns tracts of land in this city. The directors were favorably impressed with the plan which will afford a means for the working men of the city to own their own homes. The Miller-Kemper company of this city is backing the project and it will probably be taken up by the club. The plan vi as referred to the "Home" com mittee of the club. A similar proposition has been sug gested by a real estate company which proposes to . build homes in BeaUview and vicinity. The numerous factories which have been constructed in BeaUview will open a field for an organiza tion of this kind. The Richmond Home Telephone company and the Western Union Tele graph company of this city notified the club members that there would be no charges for the long distance tele phone calls or telegrams sent during the floods by the Relief Committee. It is estimated that the expenditures would be not less than $100 for, messages sent by the committee In charge of the relief work from this city. The sum of $40 was appropriated for a new silk flag which is to be presented to the school, the children of which did the most work during "Cleaning" day. The directors , of the club will indorse 4 the action on the part of the local Post of T. P. A. in securing the 1914 convention of. that organization. The 1913 convention will be held in Ft. Wayne this week. Delegates from this city will ask that it be held here. The directors Indorsed the action of Gov. Ralston in appointing P. A. Reid of -this-city- ae- a" member, of 4he board of education. The committee having charge of the proposition of extending the city lines north -to the hospital and through the southern part of the city will go to Indianapolis to take up the matter with the officials of the T. H., I. & E. traction company. The company will also be asked to construct the proposed lines through the Hawkins lake addition. It is planned that the company construct the lines . this season. The lines will only be on the south side of the lake. EXPRESSMEN STRIKE (National News Association) BUFFALO. May 1. Three hundred drivers of express wagons went on a strike today. The companies affected are the Wells Fargo, United States, American, National and Adams. Sixty men employed by the United States Express company were discharged yesterday when they appeared for work wearing union buttons. The men claimed they organized for protective purposes. The transportation of food stuffs, particularly Oread, is badly handicapped. PRESIDENT SAMUEL REA TOJNII CITY Party of Pennsylvania Officials Inspecting All Lines West. Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania railroad lines, and many vice presidents of the lines east and west of Pittsburg, will arrive In this city this evening at 6:30 o'clock on a special train. The party of railroad officials will be met by J. C. McCullougb, superintendent of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania and a number of other officials here. According to Superintendent McCullougb. the officials wUl remain in Richmond until 7:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. . The trip which is being made for the purpose of Inspecting the roads to ascertain the amount of damage done during the flood, started at Philadelphia and will end at St. Louis. Accordparty will leave tomorrow morning for Indianapolis. Mr. McCullougb. stated that the reason for the party making this city its stopping place is the fact that they desire to make the entire trip during the day and as they wUl reach, here at 6:30, they will remain here until morning. - President Rea is one of the few officers who are In charge of all the lines of the railroad. The Pennsylvania railroad proper, according to Mr. McCollough, is east of Pittsburg and with the exception of Mr. Rea, the officers of the lines ars elected to the portion either east or west of Pittsburg. The Pennsylvania railroad Includes many large systems, Richmond being in the Southwest system of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh.

VOTE -ON THURSDAY

Progressives Are Divided on The Tariff Wool Fight Has Begun Now. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. May 6. An almost Eolid Democratic vote will be cast for the Underwood tariff bill which will come up before the house for final action, probably Thursday. Several Ohio Democrats who are opposed to the free wool provision will vote against it. including Rep. Ash brook. There will probably be no other Democratic votes in opposition. The Pro gressives will divide. Rep. Murdock, the Progressive leader, will vote against the bill while some of his followers will vote for it. Others will not vote at all. Rep. Kent of Ohio, an independent, will vote for the bill. A final show down on th4 question of whether raw wool should remain on the free list came today and it was apparent that there was much opposition to the Un derwood provision, but only a few Democrats are expected to vote agalast it. The income tax will not.be disposed of until late tomorrow. Opponents of the income tax principle were about equally divided among the Democratic and Republican sides, although none of the former will oppose the bilL DISCUSSMAYCONCERT Program Completed For Ev ent This Month. A committee meeting of the Rich mond Musical . association was held yesterday afternoon at the Commer cial club rooms and the plans for the concert to be given May 22 to 23 were discussed. ' : The program for the -events has been completed Rehearsals are being b!t-Jjader the. direction of Prof, Sloan who has charge of the high school cborous and the high school orchestra.. The work of the chorus is especially good and an excellent pro gram will be. offered. The Richmond Symphony orchestra under the. direction of Prof. Lebo of Hamilton will be the stellar attraction. . A concert by the orchestra will be given the last evening of the festival. TALK OF A SCANDAL Involving Members of Vice Commission to be Aired. (National News Association) SPRINGFIELD, 111, May 6. At the request' of Lieutenant Governor O'Hara the state senate voted to summons before It at once R. M. Sullivan, chief sheriff of Sagamon county, who has Intimated that he has in his possession affidavits involving members of the vice commission In a Chicago scandal. Summons was ordered to be served at once, and Sullivan was asked to appear before the senate and produce the affidavits. Sullivan said he was ready to appear. THEFT OF $14,300 IN BILLS REPORTED (National New Association) SAN FRANCISCO, May '6. The theft of $14,300 In bills shipped from the treasury department in Washington to the Central National bank here was discovered today. The bills had been taken from the package In which they, were shipped and pages clipped from a magazine had been substituted. MOTHERS' DAY PROCLA3LATION In many parts of the United States, it has become a custom to observe the second Sunday in May as Mothers' Day. Therefore, in pursuance to this custom, and as Mayor of the city of Richmond, Indiana, I hereby . recommend that by general consent, Sunday, May 11, 1913, be set apart as Mothers' Day, and that on that day every man and every boy in the city of Richmond and every visitor within our gates wear a flower in honor of his mother. And I suggest that the day be made a special occasion for sending flowers to the invalids in homes, to the sick in hospitals and to the orphans in public Institutions. It is eminently fitting that in this, as in other worthy movements, Richmond take the lead. Let us hope' that the observance of Mothers' Day In this beautiful city will be so, successful and Inspiring that other cities win. in future years, follow the example. . -Witness my hand as mayor of the city of Riahmond. Indiana, this 6tb iay rf May. 1313. - W. W. ZIMMERMAN. . . - - . Mayor.

Police Fire on Striking Ital

ian Mill Workers After a Desperate Fight in Front of a Church. FIREMEN ARE USED TO ASSIST POLICE Martial Law Has Been De clared and This Afternoon! the Foreigners Were Awed' by Troops Presence. (National News Association) SYRACUSE, N. Y May 6. Blood flowed in the streets about the Catholic cathedral when fifty policemen battled with 500' frenzied Italian strikers. Twenty-five men were wounded and two of them will die. The city is now under martial law. All forenoon the police fought back the. crazed strikers and seven or more officers were knocked down with bricks and stones be fore the police fired into the mob and wounded at least twenty. Firemen with streams of wa ter finally dispersed the strikers. Every Italian saloon in Syracuse has been ordered closed and . Sheriff Mathews has jnade requisition for more ammunition. Police are guarding buildings while sullen strikers are gathered in various places, awed by the troops, deputies and police. The strikers are 'all mill -employes. , ISM OF KING ENDEDrLIFE TODAY Aleko Shinas, an Anarchist, Jumps From Window of Police, Building. (National News Association) LONDON, May 6. A news agency dispatch received here today from Athens stated Aleko Shinas. the anarchist who assassinated King George of Greece In Salonika on March 18, Jumped from a window In the police building and killed himself. A FEW REMEDIES ' FOR DUST EVIL. The board of public work has refused to sprinkle the streets of Richmond with oil or water and pay the cost out of the general fund of the city, therefore the only hope of eliminating the dust nuisance Is for the residents or property owners in each city street to petition separately for this work to get the board to reconsider its action. If the work is done by private contract, a petition may be secured from Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the Commercial Club. This action will insure immediate results. To secure the oiling of a street under the street improvement law, citizens can apply to the city engineer for a petition. If the signatures of a majority of resident property owners on any strets are obtained to such a petition, the petition can then be submitted to the board of public works for the routine procedure. Another method citizens might pursue to have streets oiled or sprinkled by the city, the expense to be paid out of the general fund, is to clip the following coupon, sign it and address the same to the board of public works. The city has the legal right to improve the streets under this method: To the Mayor and Board of Public Works: Realizing that a great deal of damage is being done to property and the general health of the community ' affected by ' allowing the dust nuisance to continue. L the undersigned citizen of Richmond respectfully petition the board of public works to sprinkle the principal streets, with oil or water, and pay for the same out of the general fund of the city. I believe this action would be for the best interests of all citizens. Very respectfuUy, Address (Fin out and mail to Baits Bescher, City Clerk.)