Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 184, 11 June 1913 — Page 1

ABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM Vol. xxxvra. no. 184 RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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Senator Grorri of North Dakota Resents Comment on Lobby Quiz Which Appears in Fargo Paper. A SUGAR LOBBYIST IS WITNESS TODAY Harold Meade Tells of Efforts, of Hawaian Planters to Defeat Placing Sugar Upon Free List. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, June 11. A. Warren Moore, publisher, and A. M. Baker, editor of the Courier-News of Fargo, N. D., were summoned today by wire to appear before the senate lobbying investigation committee on the request of Senator Gronna. This newspaper published Senator Kenyon's statement about a lobby in Washington and then made the following comment which Senator Gronna has construed to refer to himself: "It is not the theater ticket or lobbyster a la Newburgh which gets his goat. It is the coin of the realm and nothing else. He has probably heard about it although he has testified that he knew nothing of any existing lobby." This comment was resented by Gronna and he went on the witness stand at his own request and demanded an investigation. A Big Fund Raised. Harold D. Meade of Honolulu related in detail before the lobby investigators how sugar planters in Hawaii financed the campaign for the immigration of cheap labor by taxing themselves two per cent of their incomes. He denied that sugar could be produced in Hawaii for two cents. The work of a statistical bureau maintained by the planters to collect figures to offset opposition arguments costs about $15,000 a year, said Mr. Meade, whose salary is $1,000 a month. He has had entire charge of the Washington campaign against free sugar. He said that $7,500 had been spent in newspaper advertising. "Perhaps you conclude you had better concentrate your efforts in Washington?" suggested Senator Walsh in comment on Meade's statement that "boilerplate" publicity in the country newspapers had been discontinued in May. Mr. Meade made a detailed statement of his own expenses in Washington since April 17, which amounted to $5,400. All of the expenses of the domestic sugar producers campaign against free sugar have been paid by the Hawaiian planters, Mr. Meade admitted. AN ABBESTJS MADE Bloodhounds Furnish Clew in Murdti. ase. (National News Association) . GALESBURG, 111., June 11. Bloodbounds put on the scent at the home of Prof. Charles Lindost early today refused to leave the house. Acting on the actions of the dogs the sheriff arrested Earnest Lindost, a brother of the dead musician. Earnest claims he was sleeping in an adjoining room when a young daughter of the murdered musician screamed for help in the night the father was shot dead, and Earnest said he rushed to her assistance. TWO CHURCHES AT ALLIANCE, P., BURN (National News Association ALLIANCE, O., June 11. Two churches, a mill and two other buildings were destroyed, a hotel and many other structures damaged and four persons badly injured by an explosion of fireworks stored in the basement of the mill at Deerfield, ten miles north of here early today. There were five tons of the pyrotechnics which let go with terrific force. Chewing of fuses by mice is blamed for the accident. WHAT A LITTLE "AD" DID FOR HIM FOR SALE Cherries by the tree cheap. Phone 5101 A. J. P. Lancaster farm. 6-7t This little "ad" was ordered "taken out" today after it had appeared on the "want ad" page three of the seven days it was paid for. J. Trouse, who had the little money-maker inserted in the Palladium, telephoned in from his farm this morning, "Don't run that ad of mine another day. I have sold all my cherries and I am afraid if it appears another day somebody will try to get my farm away from me."

We Are Unprepared For War9 Declares Captain Wise

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WASHINGTON, June 11 In an article in the current issue of the Infantry, Journal, Captain Hugh W. Wise, Third United States Infantry, points out that the United States, a short time ago the second, is now the third naval power. He then calls attention to the amazing growths now being experienced by the navies of England, Germany and Japan. Above is shown the new Japanese super-dreadnaught, Kongo, with eight 13.5 inch guns and a speed of twenty-seven knots an hour. This floating fortress would be able to catch or run away from any battle ship in the United States navy. The Japanese government has three similar vessels now under construction, and f-ecently appropriated funds for the building of three more of these powerful ships. Below is a scale illustrating the decline of the United States navy among the world powers.

IS TO START OH EAGLEJjOME NOW Contract for Construction of Basement Let Last Evening. The contract for the construction of the basement for the new home of the Wayne Aerie of Eagles No. 666, to be erected at 22 South Seventh street, was awarded to the Miller-Kemper Company by the Building Committee last night. Contracts for the rest of the work will be let later. The plans call for a two-story building with basement under the entire structure, in which will be a kitchen and bowling alleys. On the first floor will be a large dance hall. The lodge room will be on the second floor. The Miller-Kemper Company will begin excavating for the basement at once. WATSON WILL SPEAK Former Congressman to Talk at Cincinnati. (National Nenrs Association) CINCINNATI, O., June 11. Former Congressman James E. Watson, of Indiana, w ill deliver an address on "The j Relation of Business to Government" at the convention of grain dealers in this city next week. On account of j the interest in the subject and the I position of Mr. Watson in public life. a special invitation will be extended the bankers of the city to attend the session. ACCEPTED POSITION Fleming Now Heads Agricul tural Corporation. (National News Association) CINCINNATI. O.. June 11. Stephen F. Fleming, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., has accepted the position of President of the International Agricultural Corpora tion. He takes the place of Waldmar jSchmidtmann who was not willing to ' remain as President except temporarj ily. Schmidtmann will continue as a (Director and will be closely identified jwitn the companys business.

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U, I G. COMPANY TO ASK FOR A RULING

Its Attorneys Meet With Commission in Regard to Proposed Franchise. BOND IS AT MEETING Much Speculation as to What the Commission Will Demand. The Union Natural Gas Corporation through its Indiana attorneys will ask the Public Utility Commission today for a ruling on the procedure in applying for a franchise to supply Richmond with natural gas. City Attorney William A. Bond received a long distance telephone message last evening from K. C. Krick, representing the Union Natural Gas Corporation and its subsidiary company, the Central Indiana Gas Company, asking the city attorney to go to Indianapolis today and be present at the meeting of the company's attorneys with the commission. Mr. Krick said that the attorneys for the company could not agree on the exact procedure to be followed under the new public utility law and, therefore, they had decided to ask the commission for a ruling on the case. First Under New Law. The Richmond franchise is the first application to come within the new law and there is no way of knowing just what procedure the commission will demand of corporations. City Attorney Bond left this morning for Indianapolis where he will meet the attorneys for the company and present the matter to the commission late this afternoon. The representatives of the company are anxious to get a ruling on the case today so that a draft of the franchise may be presented to the Board of Public Works at its regular meeting Thursday morning. Indianapolis Case. The hearing before the Public Utility Commission on the merger of the two Indianapolis gas companies closed yesterday and the chairman of the Commission ruled that the value of a public utility could not be based entirely on the cost of reproducing a plant new today. This ruling is of particular interest to the people of Richmond as the Maury report on the valuation of the .(Continued on Page Seven)

TAFT COMPROMISE

HPTLY By Grand Jury in Report on Oleomargarine Case Made to Judge Landis. (National News Association) CHICAGO, June 11. The compromise of the alleged oleomargine frauds the last act of the Taft administration, was bitterly denounced in a report of a grand jury which was written into the records of Federal Judge Landis' court today. The grand jury exonerated the manufacturers of oleomargarine of the charge of criminal conspiracy to defraud the government, and placed all the blame in the cases upon the internal revenue and treasury departments of the last administration. The grand jury reported to Judge Landis that after an exhaustive study of the oleo question it had found that artificially colored cottonseed had been used in coloring oleomargarine, making it subject to a tax of 10c a pound; that the alleged frauds amounted to $2,000,000 instead of $1,200,000, the amount on which the compromise was based; and that the manufacturers were not parties to a scheme to defraud, but that R. E. Cabell, former commissioner of internal revenue, did not attempt to get at the fates in the cases. CHIEF EXPERT UPON NEGROES (National News Association) WASHINGTON. June 11. Chief Henry Curran. of Nashville, Tenn., one of the interesting characters among the several hundred delegates attending the convention of police chiefs here, claims to be able to tell where a negro is from by the color, kinkiness and length of his hair. At the Raleigh hotel the news of the chief's power leaked out among the colored waiters. One, for curiosity, asked the veteran: "Mister, can you tell where I'm from?" Take off your hat," commanded Chief Curran. The waiter did so.. "Why I would say that you were from Pensacola, Fla.." said the chief. And the chief was right. The chief figured it out this way: The negroes from Pensacola and that particular section of Florida have a peculiar reddish hair.

DENOUNCED

Grand Vizier of Turkey and Aide Assassinated

Both Were Shot Down by Unknown Man While They Were Enroute to the Sublime Port Today. (National News Assoclat!on LONDON, June 11. Mahmud Shevket Pacha, grand vizier of Turkey, and his military aide, were assassinated today by two men in the streets of Constantinople. The news of the double assassination was first received in private telegrams and it was later officially confirmed. The grand vizier and his aido were riding in a motor car enroute to FEDERAL PROBE OF COALFIELDS OPEN West Virginia National Guard Officers Principal Witneses Today. INTEREST IS SHOWN Crowds Throng Room Where the Investigation is Made in Charleston. (National News Association) CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 11. State military orders are being read into the record of the senate investigation committee here this morning, which was inquiring into the methods pursued in the recent coal strike. When the meeting opened at 9 o'clock this morning it was planned to hear the testimony of several officers of the national guard who had been in command of troops during the time martial law was in force in the strike zone. Adjutant General C. B. Elliott, who was in command of the military district, and several othr officers have been summoned to testify. It was intended to have read Into the records the proclamation of martial law, and a description of the military activities. It was shown that the courts were open during the time the zone was under military law. Much interest is being exhibited In the meeting of the federal committee. Although the room in which the investigation is being held will permit the attendance of only two hundred persons, every available tnen of space is utilized by the spectators. The probe forms the principal item of gossip about the town and throughout the mining sections. The investigation has not proceeded far enough to give a line on what the probers hope to find. CLIMAX IN DISPUTE IN BALKANS COMING (National News Association) VIENNA, June 11. A climax in the dispute between Servia and Greece, on one side, and Bulgaria on the other is expected within 48 hours. A telegram from Sofia today stated jthat Czar Nicholas had given a con ditional offer to arbitrate the quarrel between Servia and Bulgaria, but the belief prevailed in the Bulgarian capital that the offer came too late. Russie is charged with secretly enJcouraging Servia which may account jfor the aggressiveness of the smaller (nation. Diplomats here, are pessimis tic. Dr. Danief's cabinet in Sofia is working for peace against great odds. PATERSOJJS, SHAKEN By a Bomb Outrage by Silk Strikers. (National News Association) PATERSON, N. J.. June 11. Striking silk mill workers were blamed by the police for an attempt made early today to blow up the home of Jacob Van Dien, who, with his three sons, has persistently refused to join the strike. A bomb was exploded in front of the house, partly wrecking the building, but no one was injured. Immediately afterward, sixteen strike pickets, seven of them girls, were arrested. The bomb was of crude design, consisting of a galvanized iron ppe. filled with explosives. The entire city was shaken. AKRON AUTO TRAGEDY (National News Association) AKRON. O.. June 11. Harold Holcomb and Howard Gill were dying today and three others are seriously injured as the result of an automobile accident early today. The machine in which the five men were riding crashed into the steel fender of a bridge ' over the river at high speed. All were i thrown out. Three were hurled into the i river but were rescued by Cleveland I motorists who were following.

the sublime porte when the murderers, who stood near the entrance of the building, fired upon them with deadly aim. using revolvers. Mahmud Shevket Pacha came into power in February and has been exercising the prerogatives of military dictator. He was one of the leaders of the Young Turk movement and a close advisor of Enver Hey. the commander-in-chief of the Turkish army. The grand vizier undoubtedly was slain in revenge for the murder of Nazim Pacha, war minister and commander-in-chief of the Ottoman army who was shot down by Enver Bey last winter.

ATE PASTRY; THEN E Pies and Cakes in Culinary Exhibit Proved Big Temptation. PUNISHMENT IS LIGHT Principal Thompson, However, Lowers Grades on Interest. Fresh pies and cakes in the high school culinary exhibit proved a temp tation for twelve students who could no restrain their desire to se If the exhibit was as good as it looked. They ate all the food, but their consciences began t& torment them and they went to Principal Thompson and confessed the prank, saying that it was done thoughtlessly, and that they would do ail in their power to make it right. Miss Parsons, who has charge of the work in domestic science, had the exhibit prepared Thursday and placed in the display room. The next day she was unable to attend school, leaving the exhibit at the mercy of the hungry students. Friday being the day on which the students were scattering over the building for their examinations, more liberty than usual was allowed in the halls. While no one was watching, the pupils entered the exhibit room and made short work of the display. Had the guilty persons not confessed, Principal Thompson would have followed the feast with serious punishment. Since the students have expressed their regret over the affair, Mr. Thompson will punish only by lowering their grades in school citizenship. ITALIAN BOYS FORM 11 FIRE DEPARTMENT Set Fire to Straw Mattress But it Was Necessary to Call R. F. D. A number of small Italian boys who organized themselves into a fire de-; ' partment yesterday afternoon set fire Jto a straw mattress which was in a shed in the rear of the home of Mich-: S ael Robeno, 732 North Fourteenth street. The young fire fighters turned in a fire alarm from Box No. C8, and ; then hastened to put out the fire them- i selves. The thick smoke drove them away from the place, and they stood around the shed watching the blaze inside until hose companies arrived and dragged the burning mattress out-; side. None of those preEent at the . fire were able to speak English, and before Fire Chief Miller can obtain ! the necessary facts about the blaze he will have to secure an Italian in- j terpreter. There was no loss. LIQUIDATION CONTINUES ON 'CHANGE NEW YORK, June 11. After a quiet opening at which the prices for securities ruled a point or more above last night's closing, stocks turned weak again on the stock exchange unthe leadership of Canadian Pacific. Foreign Liquidation. Foreign selling, presumably for Berlin account, converged on this stock and it sold down from the opening price of 217 to 210V4- Predicted failure of the absorotion of the new Prussian government bonds that were placed on sale today, was the reason given for Berlin liquidation, as well as the disturbed European political outlook. Closing Weak. The volume of selling was less than yesterday. Up to two o'clock transactions aggregated 350,000 shares. The market closed weak and at the lowest for the day. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight and Thursday; rising temperature.

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CONFESSION

CHARGE DAVIS WITH MURDER

N 1ST DEGREE Camden Man Rearrested Upon the Unearthing of Body of B. F. Bourne in Garden Patch on Farm. AFFIDAVIT FILED IN MAYOR'S COURTi Coroner Makes Examination! of Body and Finds That' Skull Was Fractured-Bur-' ied Many Months. (Palladium Special) EATON. O.. June 11. An af-! fidavit charging Elwood Davis! with the murder of Benjamin! Frank Bourne, 48, whose badly decomposed body was unearthed : Tuesday afternoon in the jrarden ; patch on a farm owned by the dead man, was filed in the court of Mayor Kelly this morning by Sheriff Ed Werts. The affidavit charges first degree murder. Following the discovery" of the body. Sheriff Werts left the llourne farm and' took in charge Davis, who was plowing corn at the home of a brother,, three miles distant. When accosted he consented to go. but stated he would like to finish the plowing. He left the field, went to the barn add unhitched his tram and with Sheriff Werta went back to the Bourne home. Upon their arrival the body was uncovered as it lay on the porch and Davis was asked whether it was that of Bourne. He stooped to get a good look and replied that it was. saying that "his whiskers look natural.' When officials asked him to lead them to the grave he appeared to have no knowledge of its location. Prosecutor Gilmore talked with Davis and told him that he might as well tell who helped him do the crime. Davis replied, "Nobody." But when the prosecutor queried, "Oh, you did it yourself?" Davis declared he knew, nothing of the crime. Searched Many Hours. Headed by Prosecutor Gilmore, Sheriff Werts and Detective McBride, of Dayton, a party of about a dozen be- : gan search of the Bourne farm early j Tuesday morning. Besides peering into the wells and under all the small outbuildings, every nook and corner on the entire farm was examined. Nothing was found and to the officials it appeared as though the bunt would be unavailing. Garden Center of Suspicion. The hunt was continued, and the garden patch near the house was examined. Several places in the patch had previously attracted' suspicion. O. j S. McDonald, formerly a country school teacher, who resides near Camden, prodded the ground with a sharp stick and was attracted by its soft(Continued on Page Eight.) 'The Old Order Changeth,, This is an oft-quoted phrase, but nowhere is it more truly applicable than in regard to advertising. We need not be so very old to remember the day when we eyed all advertisements and advertisers with suspicion. Tb advertisements we regarded as traps to catch the unwary and the advertisers as "quacks" or fakers." Not so many years ago a woman picked up a newspaper and exclaimed: "Just listen to this: "Blank & Blank desire to call the attention of their patrons to their Fall importations of suits and wraps.' I never saw Blank & Blank advertise before. I wonder If they are going to get cheap!" A few weeks ago the same woman said to a friend: "I bad been hunting all over for that Oriental embroidery and had given up finding it when I just happened upon the very thing I wanted at Blank & Blank's. I told the man it was a pity they had not advertised it and saved me tramping all over the city." This Is a true story. The same woman, the same shop, nothing changed but the time and the point of view. Women today feel aggrieved if the dealers do not keep them informed of their stock through the medium of the good newspapers. Circulation More Than 7,900