Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 166, 21 May 1913 — Page 1

PALLADIUM me AND SUN-TELEGRAM ; Vol. xxxviii. no. 166. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS SENATE WILL MAKE CHANGE IN THE BILL United States Troops Departing For Duty in Hawaii J. I. GILES TO BE SUPT. OF SCHOOLS TO GEI FUNDS

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the Names of Members of Finance Committee For the 1913 Fall Festival Is Announced Today.

WILL MAKE ATTEMPT TO RAISE BIG SUM Estimated That About $7,000 Will Be Necessary Headquarters of Committee At Commercial Club. All arrangements for the campaign to raise money with which to hold a Fall Festival in this city next October have been completed. Friday morning 150 business and professional men will solicit contributions to the festival fund and it is expected that by noon of that day enough money will have been contributed to defray the expenses of the biggest festival ever held in Richmond. It is estimated that $7,000 will be needed. The finance committee assures Rich mond business men that there will be no deficit created by the 1913 event The executive committee will make no Iplans for the festival until-the reiports of all sub-committees of the finance committee have been made. The committees are asked to report by noon Friday. Headquarters of the committee will be in the Commercial Club rooms, a-d Demas S. Coe will be in charge. Chas. Sliferiand John Zwissler have been appointed on the lunch committee. ; Members of the committee, as an nounced today, are as follows: j Members of Committee. " Frank Howells, Howard Brooks, G O. Ballinger, L. E. Rlchey,. It. B. Nich olson, Burton Carr, B. B. Myrick, H. w. Deuker, J. M. Judson, Ira C. Wood L. S. Bowman, Will Robbins, F. L. Torrence, Dr. Frank Harold, A. G. Myers, Rudolph Erk, William H. Bartel, Ed Roser, Dr. C. S. Bond, John E. Peltz, 'A. W. Gregg, Clem Thistlethwalte, L. A. Knopf, Russell E. McWhlnney, Anton Stolle, Ed Fulle, Earl Thomas, Robert Phillips, Frank Taylor, Frank I. Reed, E. B. Knollenberg, David Tee ' pie, Carl Berheide, George Brehm, Ed A. Feltman, Lewis Pilgrim, O. G. Whejlan, F. I. Braffett, Ben Price, J. M ,Seaney, O. C. Krone, John C. Bayer, George Fox, Jesse A. Bailey, George R. Gause, R. H. Husson, Harry Patti, ;Baltz Bescher, Walter Luring, E. G. iMcMahan, Charles H. Moore, C. H. 'Igelman, Adam H. Feltman, Will Fer guson, J. A- Conkey, F. J. Bartel, R. B, 'Jones, H. C. Downing, Dr. W. A. Park, jEdward Marlatt, Frank Roberts, Harry iDoan, Will W. Reller, Will Morgan, (William Kingman, R. L. Study, W. A. iBond, R. L. More, Frank Altenschulte, iL. E. Iliff, Cliff Price, R. G. Leeds, iDudley Elmer, O. F, Ward, Harmon Pardeick, John Hasecoster, J. F. Ho'rnaday, W., E. Jameson, Edward D. Neff, Hans N. Koll, Edward Temme, C. C. Beall, Charles Roser, George H. Dilks, Ben C. Bartel. A. L. Jenkins, Fred R, Charles, M. J. Quigley, Alvin Kemper, 'Mark Penneil, Horace Iredell, Charles IKreimeier, C. O. Williams, Dr. C. S. Bond, Dr. George B. Hunt. W. C. ; Seeker, A. D. Gayle. William M. Bailey. B. C. Robbins. Dr. E. E. Townsend, John C. Shoemaker, George L. Klein, "(Henry P. Miller. Paul Benfeldt, C. S. Heet, Charles Potter, Lee Ryan. Roy Dennis, Howard Hunt, Charles Hodge, jEdward Hawekotte, C. A. Harrison, ;Webb Pyle, James Quigley, Sanford Henning, Albert Anderson, Robert Beeson, Barney Linderman, Fred G. White, Otto Heins, Charles W. Jordan and E. H. Harris. THE LILIES OF THE FIELD i Children have often been likened tq flowers. There Is something beautiful about childhood as such; something wonderful about the plainest flower. But unlike the flower, the children's clothing does, not grow with them. At this change of season every mother is anxiously going over her children's wardrobe. Hats, coats dresses, underwear, stockings, and shoes, any or all may be needed. The wise woman "takes stock? early in the season and keeps her eye out for opportupnities to fill up the deficiencies. The wisest woman makes her task easy by following the adertlsements of THE PALLABIUM. She will find in them countless suggestions' to aid' her decisions, and corresponding opportunities to exercise her choice. Circulation More Than 7,800

Raw Materials Will Be Placed On Free- List in All Cases Where Manufactured Goods So Placed.

DECISION REACHED BY SUB COMMITTEE One of Inequalities Remedied Will Be Placing Both Wheat and Flour on the Bill's Free List. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 21. Raw materials will be placed. on the free list in all instances in which the house determined to place manufactured products on the free list of the Underwood tariff bill. A radical program of this nature has been decided upon by the sub committee of the senate finance committee and will be brought before the full committee for consideration. This change which permeates all sections of the bill is understood to have begun with wheat. The house placed flour on the free list but made wheat dutiable. Western millers brought strong pressure to have wheat placed on the free list in order to meet the native competition. As soon as this change was agreed to, further pre'ssure was brought to apply the principle to the entire bill with the result that serro manganese also will be placed on the free list. This represents a victory for the independent steel manufacturers. Barley, rye and other agricultural products are affected. Cattle also will go on the free list. These changes before becoming effective must be submitted to the full committee and afterwards to the senate. The .tariff sub committee of the senate began work again today In" earnest. The finance committee t 111 report favorably the Penrose resolution as amended, which provides for the publication of a list of those who have sought tariff changes and the complete array of briefs filed. The resolution also calls for facts regarding the identity of tariff experts employed by the Democrats. It is charged that men employed by protected interests were used as experts in framing former tariff bills. TO HAVE CLASS OF FIFTY CANDIDATES Probably the largest class of candidates which the local order of ' the Knights of Columbus have ever initiated at one time,will be the class to be taken in on Sunday, June 8. It is stated that at least fifty candidates will be initiated at that time. A banquet will be served in the evening. Many prominent officers in the state organization will be here. The program for the affair has not been completed, as yet. OUR NEIGHBORS; THEIR PROGRESS With the idea of showing the rest of the state what Wayne county is doing and what a good, prosperous county it is, the Palladium today begins a series of articles on the various towns within its borders. The first article concerns Richmond's largest neighbor, Cambridge City. What rapid strides that town has been making will , prove interesting reading. Tomorrow there will be another interesting article on Greensfork, and this will be followed by articles on Dublin, Milton, East Germantown, Centerville, Boston, Hagerstown, Fountain City and Williamsburg. Articles on other neighboring towns, not in Wayne county including Straughn's Station, New Paris and Eldorado, will also appear, showing the progress made by those communities in recent years. If any civic organizations or individuals living in the towns which are to be de scribed desire extra copies of the Palladium in which these articles - appear, they should send in orders at once to the circulation department. These articles will be valuable for advertising purposes or to send to friends and relatives

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men came from Fort Slocum on Staten Island, from which point recruits at Coast, Panama-Canal and Hawaiian defences. ;

G. ft, a OPENS ITS 1913 ENCAMPMENT Richmond Conspicuous Because of Three .Candidates For Office. WAR STORIES RELATED Pa rade Thursday Will Be An Interesting and Inspiring Sight. (National News Association) -INDIANAPOLIS, May 21 With the preliminary meetings this afternoon, the annual session of the Indiana Department, Grand Army of the Republic, was opened and will continue until i Friday. In conjunction with the G. A. R. deliberations, the several bodies subordinate to It Indiana Division, Sons of Veterans, the Women's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will also be in session. Thousands of visiting war veterans reached Indianapolis today and about headquarters where registration took place, there were many of the leaders in the politics of the organization. The indications at noon today were that the number of visitors would be greater than at any encampment m the last Ive years, and the parade tomorrow will be an interesting and inspiring sight. Every year the announcement comes thaWthis. may be the last time the veterans .will .copsent to indulge .in a parade," but this year the boys of '61 will be found in -the, line in step with the drum beats at their head. , Richmond is more conspicuous than any other city' in the state this year by reason of the fact that it has three candidates . for. highest honors in the Grand Army and two of the subordinate branchesrJudge Daniel . .W. Cxmstock for department commander of the G. A..R.; William Hansche for division commander of the Sons of Veterans and Mrs.-Kate Scott for department president of the Women's Relief Corps, it will not be surprising -if all of these aspirants for honors are elected, and it can be counted, as practically certain that Mr. Hansche will be named by the Sons of Veterans. This is due to the fact that up to noon today he had a clear field; nounced. ' . ' . . Judge Comstoek-and Mrs, ScoU-botK. have opposition though how formidable the candidates against them will prove is not in evidence today. '', . ; Lawrence Handley, of Richmond, has been appointed by Coloner - W. - Pr - Gel - ler, division commander of . the Sons of Veteratos.'on the following committees:' Constitution and laws, speakers' bureau, Soldiers and Sailors' jOrphans Home, and welcome greetings. A.' W. Martin," of . Richmond, was" appointed on the committee on officers reports. SEVEN ARE KILLED IN RAIL ACCIDENT National News Association) HIXTOX. W. Va., May 21. Five men, a woman and a little 'girl jiera killed last night on the Sewell railroad, which connects Sewell with Landisburg, forty miles west of Hinten. A- lumber engine and train of three freight cars and caboose used for passengers left Sewell for Landisburg eight miles distant and when four miles from Water Spout the train wa3 ' stopped by a small slide ahead. Later! another slide came down carrying all)

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WITTE MUST SERVE 640 DAYS III MAIL Plead Guilty to Charge of Assault and Battery Upon '' Little Girl. T MEDICAL EXAMINATION O f Qi rjf's , Corj itionMdeWitte Admitted He Mistreated Girl Walter Vvltte, 28, who was arrested yesterday morning at Boston on the charge of criminal assault on his stepdaughter, Dorothy Carter, 11, pleaded guilty to assault and battery, the only charge warranted by the medical examination of the girl, and was fined $500 and costs and sentenced to the county jail for six months. The fine and sentence is the heaviest imposed in police court. Witte, confessed that he had mistreated the child to some extent, but that he was not guilty of more than assault and battery. He made no attempt since his arrest to deny any charges against him, stating to the police any circumstances about which they asked. As be entered his plea of guilty he said only a few words. He looked at no one in the court room, and kept his face averted and looked at the floor. He answered questions but his replies were hardly audible and he appeared to be on the verge of a breakdown. A medical examination of Dorothy Carter yesterday afternoon revealed LthatWitte had not injured her phyically; but that her nerves were in a bad .condition from Witte's mistreatment 'of, her. The little girl's statement of a promise forced from her some time ago by Witte prevented the authorities from placing a more serious charge against him. ; , ,5531 .s.f.LmProPr advances toward,, his stepdaughter for a" period of a'yar and a half. The first time ahythijigof the kind happened, the girl., was,bul.. little more than nine years 1 old, She stated to the authorities, that, these advances were made infrequently. at that time. Within the lastwb .weeks Witte has assaulted her so many times that she was too nervous to" sitT through her school sessions. "-For almost a week the, girl stated,, Wftt.e has taken" advantage of her, mother's absence every time she stepped from ; the house and left the two "alone. . , '' Are, With Relatives. Mrs Witte and her - daughter, Dorothy Carter, left their home at South siitll -ind 8trts ye8terday) and are staying, with relatives. ?Both are in' a very nervous condition; and it is believed that Mrs. Witte will be under the careof "a physician for some time as, the. result of the. shock of hearing of tne inhuman treatment her daughter had suffered at the hands of Witte. :. v . , Witte was taken to the county jail this morning shortly - after the sentence was pronounced. He had nothing to say to any one, and r-ppeared to be suffering from daep shame and remorse. Unless his fine is paid he will be confined in the county iail 640 days. Fine Fa Heaviest. The fine and sentence combined are the heaviest ever Imposed in the city court. James Clark was given like fine and jail sentance for attempting to shoot his wife, but was pardoned by Governor Ralston several months ago. chief of Police Gormon stated that he will attempt to block any efforts that forj

Y:J board a special train for San Francisco the rate of 600 per month are being sent FREDERICK AHAUS COMMITS SUICIDE Ends Life By Turning on Two Jets in the Gas Range At Home. HE WAS DESPONDENT Over 111 Health and. It Is Believed He Was Mentally vDeranged. Frederick Ahaus, 52, of 738 SouthSeventh street committed suicide yesterday afternoon by turning on two of the jets in his gas range after he had locked himself in the kitchen of his home. His body was found by his daughter, Hilda Ahaus, and Irene Shafer at ten minutes after five. Ahaus has lived in this city all but ten years of his life and is well known here. He was employed at the Westcott Motor Car company up to the time of his death. . No reason' is known for his act of self destruction though he may have been mentally deranged. According to Coroner Pierce he had been drinking up to the time he committed suicide and may have been under the influence of liquor at the time. He was alone in the house when he took his own life. He left no note which has come to the knowledge of the authorities, according to the coroner. It is believed despondency because of ill health, affected his mind. ' He is .survived by two sons, Lewis, 25, William,. 18, two daughters. Hilda 16, Minnie '2Z, a ' brother, Harmon Ahaus, three sisters Josephine, Ahaus, Rosie1 Zeyen, Anna Ahaus . and . Eliza-; beth'Fl6her and 'his wife, Christina Ahaus. ' The funeral arrangements will be announced later.. ' - ' " 4 Coroner R. J. 'Peirce has field verdicts in cases of -death of twenty-seven persons where official investigations were deemed necessary. . There .have been seven suicides, one unsuccessful attempt at self-destruction and two verdicts of murder filed this year. ! Martin Haberkern committed suicide by drowning; William Seefloth by swallowing hydro-cyanic acide; . Mrs. Catherine Butler by drowning; John Barker by jumping in front of a train; Isaac Houck by shooting; Mrs. Alice Smith by taking carbolic acid and Fred Ahaus by asphyxiation. Mrs. Phoebe Gift attempted suicide. TO MEET. THURSDAY - J - Progressive Club" 'Members and City Committee. Thursday night there will be a meeting of the members of the Progressive club and the Progressive city committee at the club rooms in the First National bank building. To the former meeting all Progressives in the county are invited. There will be a discussion of the constitution and by laws of the organization. The city committee holds its meeting for the purpose of appointing election officers for the primary which will be held June 9. THE WEATHER STATE AND - LOC AL-Showers tonight, slightly cooler; Thursday cooler and generally fair. ..u

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on their way to Honolulu. The out to strengthen the Pacific DYNAMITE STICKS WERE NOT 'WES II Expert Testifies in Case Against Wealthy New England Manufacturer. BREEN IS A WITNESS Lawrence Undertaker Testifies For State in the Conspiracy Trial. (National News Association) BOSTON, May 21. At the trial of W. M. Wood,' president of the American Woolen company and others, charged with planting dynamite during the textile strike In Lawrence. W. H. Whitney, an expert on explosives, testified that he had tested the dynamite found planted and found that it was the real thing, containing 75 per cent gelatine. There was enough explosives in the package taken to Lawrence by Breen and Collins to kill many people and destroy much property, he testified. The only reason that a terrible tragedy did not occur when Collins dropped the forty yound package in the Lawrence depot was because the dynamite was frozen solid, he said. John J. Breen, the Lawrence undertaker, testified that Frederick Atteaux another of the defendants asked him if he could obtain more dynamite. Breen formerly was a member of the Lawrence school board and several months ago was fined $500 for unlawfully concealing dynamite. - Breen further testified that a few days before the dynamite was found Atteaux called him on the telephone. Breen was" in Lawrence and "Atteaux in ,Bqston. Breen eaid . that Atteaix told him that he understood that he (Breen) was Interested in the strike. Breen - said he assented. Breen also testified that Atteaux invited him to come to. Boston for a conference. He came and went to . Atteaux's office where they discussed strike conditions. !".'".:."-- MILLER SUBMITS REPORTS ON FIRES . Chief Ed Miller, :of the . Richmond Fire, Departments nas. submitted eight leports to the state fire marshal on fires which, have -occurred-in this city since May 1. The reporta are being made according to the recently enacted fire laws. ' It " is expected that the state officials will- make' examinations of all fires-believed to be bf.incehdiary origin. ' The' local department has been notified to instantly report to the state department facts' pertaining to fires where the origin is unknown. STRIKE IN SPAIN . National Newa' Association! CORUNNA. Spain, May 1. A general strike to go into effect tomorrow was called here today by the affiliated trades-unions. All workmen have promised to obey the order to walk out and the A.'horities fear that the city ; will be co? ?tely tied up. PORTE IS NOTIFIED (National Newa Association) CONSTANTINOPLE. May 21. The Porte, was today notified by the German embassy to be prepared to recoginize officially the angle-Persian con vention relative to England's control r.f QftHtltAra Pavel. "ftlA rilnvtr.tlrn iwill be. ratified by various powers of j the new east. -.- - . l

Board of Education Decides On Marion Man For Vacancy Caused By Resigna

tion of T. A. Mott. MANY HAD APPLfED FOR THE POSITION Understood That Prof. Giles Is Keenly Interested in Vocational -raiiiing Salary to Be $2,900. At a meeting of the members of fn Richmond board of education late Yes terday afternoon Prof. Joseph T. Giles, superintendent of the Marion, lnd, public schools, was appointed superintendent of the Richmond schools, for" which position he was an applicant. Prof. Giles salary will be $2,900 a year, a slight increase ov,er the salary h has been receiving at Marlon and an increase of $400 over the salary paid to . Superintendent T. A. Mott. .who resigned last February and later accepted the superintendency of the Seymour, lnd.. schools, Prof. Giles will move to this city the latter part of the summer to become acquainted with his new duties . prior to the opening of the fall term. The next Important matter th school board will. take up is the appointment of a principal for the high school. Prof. John Thompson was appointed acting principal last February. No action has been taken on this appointment up to the present time as the board desired to consult with the new superintendent first.". la Highly Recommended. -- Prof. Giles comes excellently recommended and is one of the leading educators of the state. His work as superintendent of the Marion ' schools has been highly ' praised and the local school board believes it has made no mistake in Jits selection..' " Prof. Giles was born In Monroe county. Indiana, in 1871. and attended the common schools in that county. In IS 90 he graduated from the preparatory department of Indiana university and then entered the latter instiutlon. graduating In 1881 with a degree of A. B. In 1902 he received the degree of A. M. from the same Institution. Prof. Giles taught school at Bloomington In 1893 and 1894 and then ac cepted the principalship of the Alexandria high school. From 1902 to 1908 he was principal of the Marion high school and then becajne superintendent of the . Marion schools. While he has been actively engaged as an educator he has taken 1 post graduate work at Lelaod Stanford university and Columbia university. At the present time Prof. Giles is a member of the Indiana State Reading Circle board and was permanent secretary or the State High School Athletic association from 1903 to 1912. la 1909 he was president of the Northern Indiana teachers association, and last year was chairman of the executive board of the same organization. Was Lively Contest. - . There has been" a lUely contest for the position to which Prof. Giles has been appointed, featured by, a sharp protest registered against one of th applicants. Prof. H. C. Brown of Lebanon, entered by President Robert L. Kelly. Mr. Brown, the Eariham executive alleged, was too keen an advocate of vocational training bnt the counter charge was made by friends of Brown, who has juft been appointed to the state board of education that this opposition was inspired by the fact that with two state board members, Mr. Brown and Mr. Reid, residing in this city,' President. Kelly. mould be seriously handicapped --in any effort he might make for, reappointment to the same board . when his term expired next year. It is understood that Prof. Giles la keenly interested in vocational training and is thoroughly competent to Introduce this course, in the local schools. HIS DEATHCERTAIH Banker Who Accidentally Took Poison Very Low. (National News Association) MACON. Ga, May 21. Hope has been abandoned for the- recovery of B. Saunders Walker, the banker, who swallowed bichloride of mercury in a mistake for a headache pilL Physicians in attendance today stated that (the patient's symptoms are such that they have no hope for his recovery. While all the poison has been eliminated from his system, his kidneys and other organs are so affected that they cannot perform their normal functions, and oraemic poisoning has developed. At noon today Mr. Walker was in a stupor, and it was believed that his death was but a matter of hours. Mr. Walker took the dose several days ago. and when informed by his physicians that he had no chance of recovery, calmly submitted to his fate land. held a public reception for bis friends to bid them lareweu.

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