Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 160, 14 May 1913 — Page 1

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Fire Control Secret, Only One Possessed By U. S. Navy, Disappeared From Navy Department. FOREIGN-NATIONS WANTED IT BADLY Secretary Daniels Makes RepbVt to President Believe Department Employe Took the Plans. (National New Association) WASHINGTON, May 14. That the circumstances surrounding the disapI pearance from the navy department of a duplicate set of plans for the batjtleship Pennsylvania strongly indicate 'that the theft was committed by some person in the employ of the department was the admission today of Secretary of the Navy Daniels. This set of plans disappeared between Saturday, March 21, and the following Monday. It was taken in the same fashion as was the original theft the evening of March 4, and no clue has been obtained as to how it was abstracted. All passes to the drafting room of the bureau of engineering' for. after-hour visits have been recalled, except to those of the chief of the bureau and the experts in charge of the work. Inquiry already has shown that there were no visitors to the bureau of steam engineering ex,cept employes on either the Saturday lor Monday In question. The missing plans, it was authoritatively learned today at the navy department, concerned the Are control of the dreadnaught, the one secret of United States warships which foreign nations stand ready to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to obtain. This developed today following a long conference between Secretary of the Navy Daniels and President Wilson. With the exception of fire con- ' trol every detail of construction of American battle ships already is now known to foreign governments. If the plans should fall into the hands of Japanese officials, naval officials here say that they would be of immense value to the Tokio government, which is now facing the problem of the install" Mon of a new fire control system in us navy. Under the law offenders in times of peace could be sentenced to prison for a term of five to twenty-five years for the theft of army and navy secrets. The only motive that can be ascribed for the theft is the desire on the part of foreign powers to get possession of ' plans for the new turret and fire control system which are to be part of the equipment of the Pennsylvania. RIFLED MAIL SACKS Were Found Near Hammond, Indiana This Mornings (National News Association) HAMMOND, Ind., May 14. Sacks of mall for Indianapolis and Southern Indiana points containing drafts and checks for several thousand dollars, recently stolen from the Monon depot platform at Lowell, Ind., were found on the right of way south of here this morning. Bloodhounds will be used In an endeavor to track the thieves. 100 CENTS' WORTH FOR A DOLLAR. Being better dressed or more appropriately clothed, having more attractive furniture in your house, living in a better apartment, or owning a better automobile than your neighbor, doesn't necessarily mean that you have more money to spend than he has. It might, and probably doe3, mean that you are more alive to the possibilities and opportunities that surround you The same qualities of mind and intellect which make one merchant a shrewder purchaser than another make you a better manager of your annual expenditure. The merchant or the purchasing agent of any big organization knows all there is to know about the things he buys. His dollar is 100 per cent, efficient. If some large organizations conducted their purchasing departments ' as loosely and thoughtlessly as some families they would be bankrupt before very long. And yet there Is really no good reason why every 'individual should liot get 100 cents worth, for ever ydollar he spends for himself and his family. . PALLADIUM advertisements point the way. Circulation Over 7,700.

Unknown Autoists Ran Over Youth and Then Drove Away

J. Paul Heironimus, son of Prof. N. C. Heironimus, principal of Garfield school, sustained a fractured thigh last evening at 6 o'clock when he was struck by an automobile driven by unknown parties. The accident occurred on the National road, west of the city. After the accident the car was driven away rapidly. . The boy was playing ball with several companions in the yard at the nome of Prof. Elbert Russell, 610 Notional avenue, when one of the boys threw the ball over young Heironimus' head. He chased the ball into the street, but did not see the car until it was within a few feet of him. The occupants of the car shouted to the boy, and the driver turned the wheel in an effort to save the lad, but he was struck by the protruding forward springs and knocked in front of the machine, which then ran over him and dragged his a distance of thirty-six feet. No horn was blown, and the authorities believe there was none attached to the machine. After the accident the victim was carried to his home, 35 National avenue. He was unconscious, and his parents believed he was dead. Dr. Charles Bond was summoned and re stored the boy to consciousness and dressed his injuries, which, beside a broken bone consist of a badly bruised face and forehead, nose cut and numerous cuts about the body. This NO GUARANTEE FOR DEPOSITSJIS MADE This Feature Ignored in Currency Bill Rep. Glass Is Drafting Now. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 14. It was learned today that the currency bill drawn by Representative Glass of Virginia which has been submitted to the President for the latter's approval, contains no plan to guarantee Nation al bank deposits. The president is to have an interview with Glass in which he will inform Glass as to his wishes. When that is done the members of the house who will be selected for appointment to the banking and currency committee will be informed of the president's desire and will prepare to report a measure in conformance with his suggestions. The president has been In consultation with Secretary Treasurer McAdoo The result of these conferences has not been disclosed. The president is said to indorse the general proposition urged by Glass of Regional reserve banks to perform the functions of clearinghouses in restrict ed sections of the country. He is also said to be in favor of giving local bank ers a voice in the control of each of these bodies by having local represen tations on the boards of control. The president, is said, however, to be in doubt, as to how far the central board of control suggested by Glass should have supervisory powers over the lo cal boards of control. The Glass bill as at present framed, is declared to give the local boards of control only clearinghoase powers and the regional re serve banks are insofar as their rela tions with other banks in their districts call for such activities. The following six members of the house are certain to be included in the Democratic personnel of the committee: Glass, of Virginia,, chairman; Byrne, of South Carolina; Korbly of Indiana; Brown, of West Virginia; Bulkeley, of Ohio; and Neely of Kansas. There is no certainty of any of the Republican membership. The Progressive party will have one member on the commission. CHIEF OF POLICE WANTS TREAD MILL Gormon Would Force Prisoners At County Jail to Work. An old fashioned tread mill is wanted by Chief of Police Gormon. The police chief wants to place a tread mill at the county jail, attach hand cuffs and fasten habitual drunks to it in such a manner that they will have to spend the days in walking. According to Mayor Zimmerman and Supt. Gormon a plan by which the men were allowed less sociability in the jail and given some work to do would greatly lessen the cases of public intoxication. The day patrolmen were ordered to look for one of the tread mills. It is thought that there are few of these left although at one time they were used almost exclusively in sawing wood. Mr. Gormon will communicate with, persons in Dublin where he believes that he can find one of the machines. Mr. Gormon plans to place the mill in the jail and have it arranged in such a manner that several men can be placed on it at once. They would be handcuffed so that they could only be released by the turnkey at meal times and during the night. .

morning the lad breathed with difficulty, but. his condition is not considered serious unless internal complications develop. Larkin Railsback, living west of the city on the National road, was on his way to Richmond when picked up by the two young men who occupied the machine which is believed to have struck Heironimous. They had been going extremely fast and they told Railsback that they had come from Indianapolis In less than two hours. The machine was a Glide, dark painted and apparently new. After striking the boy the machine never stopped until it turned north on South West Fifth street, where Railsback alighted. Railsback told Chief of Police Gormon the direction taken by the car, which was east through this city. Chief Gormon notified all patrolmen of the accident, and had all garages searched. The marshals of the towns east and weBt of the city were notified, though no trace of the machine could be found. It is believed that the car was purchased from a Glide agenency either at Indianapolis or Columbus. According to the latest report, young Heironimus was resting easily, and his condition improving as rapidly as could be expected. He will not be able to attend school any more this term.

He is in the fifth grade of the Hibberd school. AGED MAN MURDERS WIFE ANDDAUGHTER Retired Farmer of Sparta, Wis., Wounds Son-in-Law Then Suicided. (National News Association) SPARTA, Wis., May 14. William Hogue, aged 70, a retired farmer, today beat his wife to death with a club, shot and fatally wounded his daughter, wounded her husband and then slashed his own throat with a razor and died. Hogue and his wife had been sepa rated for tfteen years, but were re united last Christmas at the home of their daughter, Mrs.. Guy Wilson. The tragedy today occurred at the home of ! the daughter. Shortly after the reconciliation Hogue and his wife again separated. Today the aged man went to the home of his daughter to endeavor to induce his wife to return to him again. There was a quarrel, and Hogue rushed from the house, seized a stick of stove wood, returned to the house and beat his wife until she fell dead. Then he turned on his daughter, who had fled to a front room of the house, drew a revolver and fired two shots at her, one penetrating her brain. Guy Wilson, her husband, attracted by the shots, ran to the house. Hogue fired as he entered, the bullet i penetrating Wilson's lung. Hogue then walked calmly to his boarding house, several blocks away, and standing in front of a mirror, cut his throat. THIRTY PER CENT, GO ON TO COLLEGE Mott Says 50 Per Cent of Earlham Students Come From Richmond. For the past two years about thirty per cent of the students who graduated from the Richmond high school go to college, this average being one of the largest for any high school in the United States, for the general average of all high school graduates in the country 'who attend college is only five per cent. The big majority of Richmond high school students who attend college prefer a classical course and twothirds, of the studen.ts who have left the local institution for college during the past two years have entered Earlham college, a local support of which few colleges in the state can boast. Superintendent T. A. Mott of the Richmond schools stated today that about fifty per cent, of the students at Earlham college come from Richmond and other parts of Wayne county. He also stated that in 1911, 23 of the 64 high school graduates went to college and in 1912 there were 26 of the 74 graduates who later attended some college. This year there will be 93 graduates and of that number 34 have announced that they will attend some college next fall. Mr. Mott would make no statement when asked if the plan to extend voca tional training in the Richmond high sch.ool. making it the dominant factor in high school educational work, would have a tendency to reduce the number of students Earlham and other colleges offering classical courses would receive from the local institution, which some teachers connected with the local schools are inclined to believe is one of the principal reasons for President Kelly's opposition to the appointment of H. C. Brown as superintendent, Mr. Brown being a strong advocate of the promotion of vocational training in the public schools.

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MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK "BOY TRAFFIC SQUAD" ON DUTY AT DANGEROUS CROSSING. The older boys of the public schools in . Greater New York have organized for the purpose of looking after the safety of the toddlers before and after school. The boys are divided Into squads and stationed at street crossings where traffic is particularly heavy to see that the younger pupils are given a chance to cross these streets in safety by the unthinking chauffeurs and draymen.

BREAD AND WATER FOR I PRISONERS Mayor Also Says That "Dog House" Will Be Used For " Greens fork Men. That the "dog house" af"thef county jail will be used for any Greensfork citizens who are arrested for public intoxicaUon, was the statement made by Mayor Zimmerman in police court this morning when he ordered Mont Bailey, Will Hayward and John Murry of Greensfork placed in solitary confinement on bread and water. Bailey was arrested for public intoxication but the charge was later changed to assault and battery. His wife alleges, that he struck her yesterday morning and she filed an affidavit to that effect to which Bailey pleaded guilty. He was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to ten days of solitary con finement in the "dog house." To the court he stated that his wife, Lottie, had thrown a stove hook and a fork at him and had hit him with a croquet ball. When she seized an iron fro mthe stove he slapped her several times and pushed her in an attempt to prevent her from throwing the iron at him, he said. Will Hayward, also of Greensfork, pleaded guilty to public intoxication As he has been Charged with this offense several times he was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to ten days solitary confinement on bread and water. John Murray was fined $1 and costs on the same charge. This is his first offense. Mayor Zimmerman stated that three prominent citizens of Greensfork had telephoned him and asked that the men be given 140 days in jail, in order to break them of the habit of becoming intoxicated in Richmond and re turning to their homes in Greensfork where they usually became unruly. EAT IN COURT ROOM Muncie Women Afraid to Miss Something. (National News Association) MUNCIE, May 14. Many women brought their . lunches to the court; room today and ate them during the recess which preceded the beginning of the defense of Miss Doris 'Under wood, the Hartford City school teach er, accused of shooting to kill Otis Fisher, the young drug clerk of this city, whom she accused of wronging her younger sister, Ada Underwood, aged 18 years. On cross-examination of Fisher, which concluded the prosecution's testimony, he denied he had given drugs to Ada. The defense attorneys said they might call Doris Underwood or her sister to the stand late this afternoon. SUIT ON NOTE Suit was filed against Wm. H. Harding by Chas Myers today as a result of the alleged failure of the defendant to par a promissory note executed to the plainUff on July 22. 1912 for 1220. A chattel mortgage was given the plaintiff by Harding on Household furniture in Cambridge City. The note was for one day. The total claim of the plaintiff is $290 which Includes attorney fees

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KNIGHTS TEMPLARS HOLDING CONCLAVE Nearly One Thousand Delegates From Over State Throng Crawfordsville. ''v-'r-. " 11 r) 1. - ' (National News Association) ' - CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., May 14. Knights Templars numbering nearly one thousand and representing fiftysix commanderies in Indiana thronged this city today in attendance upon the annual conclave in session at the Masonic temple. They are accompanied in most instances by their wives and many brought their families. Lafayette commandery with the Purdue University band, was generously represented, while commanderies of Logan sport, Anderson, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Frankfort, Greencastle, South Bend, Richmond and other cities have large representations. "The forenoon was given over to welcoming the incoming delegates, which were escorted to the temple by reception committees and bands. The spectacular feature of the conclave, the gorgeous parade of Sir Knights wearing their full uniforms consisting of plumed hats, belts and swords was scheduled for this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock to pass in review before the officers of the Grand .Commandery. Immediately following was an exhibition drill by the famous Raper Commandery of Indianapolis, whose drill team has won many competitive prizes in national conclaves. Following the drill the Grand Commandery was to convene in annual session in the asylum of the Crawfordsville commandery. Masonic ' Temple, where an address of welcome by Past Eminent Commander Emerson E; Ballard of Crawfordsville, and the response on behalf .of the visiting Sir Knights by Right Eminent Commander, Chas. M. Zion of Lebanon, marked the opening exercises. - - Late this afternoon an automobile trip to "Water Babble" formerly the country home of Gen Lew! Wallace, but now the quarters of the Crawfordsville Country Club, was planned for the Sir Knights and their ladies. This evening at 8:30 a reception and grand ball to the right eminent commander, the grand commandery of- ; ficers and the visiting Knights, their i wives and daughters will be held at i the Masonic Temple. Thursday will be given oyer to the j business meeting . of . the grand conI clave. While the Sir. Knights are in session their women relatives Will be' entertained with an automobile sight seeing trip about the city. This is the second time the annual conclave has been held outside of Indianapolis, the only other place. being thus honored being -Winona Lake where the conclave was held several years ago. . ' .1 JENNIE GIBSON ASKS GUARDIAN DISMISSED Jennie Gibson today filed suit for the dismissal of W. K. Bradbury, who was appointed guardian of her estate on March 26, by Judge Fox. Mrs. Gibson was at that time said to be incapable of managing her estate. According to the complaint recorded at this time she is capable of managing her estate and business affairs without a guardian.

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PROSPECT BRIGHT FOR 2 EXTE Supt. Warner of T. H., I. & E. Confers With Board's President. According to B. A. Kennepohl. pres ident of the board of works, street car extension to Beallvlew are probable in the near future. P. C. Warner, local superintendent of ' the IndianapolisRichmond division of the T. H. I and E. Traction company' was in the city yesterday afternoon and informed Mr. Kennepohl that the officials at Indianapolis are considering the matter and believe that additional lines through South Richmond would be paying propositions. Robert Todd and J. K. Jeffries of the traction company will be in the city this week to look over the ground. As the material is available to the company, there will be little expense attached to making the extension to Beallview it is said. The company will remove the tracks from Glen Miller park and from North Eighth street where heavier tracks will be used. MILITANTS START WRECKING ' TRAINS . . . . j t w Attempt Made By Women Today to Blow Up Train Near City ofLondon. (National News . Association) LONDON. May 14 Train wrecking is the latest form of violence attempted by the militant suffragettes. An attempt .was made today by women to blow up a train on the London and Southwestern railway, but the plot fail-1 ed owing to the vigilance of the guards. . . . , : Three bombs, consisting of canisters filled wi(h various kinds of powerful explosives were found in a crowd" carriage of a passenger train. If they had .not. been found and an explosion had occurred scores of lives would have been lost. t The bombs were found shortly after the train left Kingston on the Thames and the-police argue that the women left the car there after concealing the bombs. After being turned over to the Kingston police the infernal machines were sent to Scotland yard for Inspection. Each bomb had a fuse attached. : Arsonettes are still busy in South England. Militant women burned The Highlands, a mansion at Sandgate causing damage estimated at $3,000 Sandgate is two miles from Folkstone, overlooking the English Channel. Puncturing of motor car tires is another freak of the militants. Frequented highways are being strewn with pieces of leather filled with Email, sharp nails. "Votes for women Is stamped upon the leather. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Showers to- . night and Thursday. Slightly cooler tonight in south portion.

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HOURS AFTER TAKING ACID Mrs. William Smith, Aged 33, Drank Poison Yesterday Afternoon and Died Late This Morning. THIRD MEMBER OF FAMILY TO SUICIDE A Brother and Sister Hanged Themselves and An Aunt Made An Attempt to End Her Life. After drinking almost an ounce ot' carbolic acid yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock. Mrs. William Smith. S3. 112 North Eighteenth street, daughter of M. J. Nordyke. a prominent decorator, lived IS hours, dying at 11:10 o'clock this morning. Ill health is attributed as the cause of the act. She is the third member of the Immediate family to commit suicide. Four children survive. The youngest is but three weeks old. Mrs. Smith was found lying uncon scious across a bed on the first floor of the bouse at 5:30 last night by her brother, David Nordyke, a painter, who had just returned from work. Bellev ing that she had fainted, he summon. ed a physician. Neighbors arriving; on the scene a few minutes later dis-1 covered the glass and empty bottle In which; the carbolic acid had been pur chased. It was not until burns were' seen around her mouth that It was as-' certained that she had taken the! deadly poison.. 1 .Twenty minutes after she had drank j the acid, a physician arrived. Not hope for the woman's life was given1 at that time. She was unconscious' from the time she drank the poison. til the last minute before she died. ! . She Left No Nets. ' She left no note and she had. not given relatives a reason to believe that she intended to end her Ufa. She had been in ill health for some Ume. ; Two other members of the Immediate family committed 'suicide. A; fourth member of the family attempt-J ed suicide. j Two years ago Frank Nordyke. a, brother, hanged himself In the shed in: the rear of 112 North Eighteenth street. Standing on a pile of boxes, he tied a rope around his neck and kicked the boxes from under him. His neck was broken.. His body was not found until several hours later. A sister of the woman, Mrs. Edith Garrison, of New Paris, committed suicide by hanging. No cause was given for the act. '. - An aunt, sister of Mrs. Smith's moth-, er, Mrs. Nordyke, jumped from the Doran bridge twenty years ago In an unsuccessful attempt to suicide. The bridge was more than 100 feet high at the point where she attempted to end her life. She climbed to the railing and Jumped into the river. Before aid could be given, her, she, waded from the river to the shore where she col. lapsed. Chief of Police Gormon helped to get the woman up the high bank. utner memners oi ue umuj nave I Wn unfonuMte. a .uter of Mrs. Smith now being confined In a hospital for ' the insane. Mrs. Nordyke. mother of Mrs. William Smith fell1 dead while cooking a meal several' years ago. Mrs. Smith Is survived by the hus-j band, William Smith, four children.! Catherine. 12; Russell. 11; Henry. 3; a three weeks old baby, a sister, her father, M. T. Nordyke and a brother.; David J. Nordyke, all residing at 112 1 North Eighteenth street. - The funeral' arrangements have not been made. POLICE GUARD Oil CINCIiATI CARS Mayor Hunt Follows First Three Moved to See What Result Will Be. (National News Association) CINCINNATI. May 14 Surrounded by police, on foot and mounted, three cars started from the Avondale barns for the down town districts this forenoon. In addition police were stationed along the route. None rode on the cars but Mayor Hunt himself trailed the cars In his automobile. It was the first effort to operate car since the men and the company failed to agree on arbitration. The police bad orders to act vigorously in case of trouble. DOG TAXES UNPAID Taxes on 150 dogs have not been laid up to this Ume. There are approximately 1,200 dogs In Wayne township as near as can be ascertain ed by the township assessor

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