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MONB PA ADIUM 4 AND SON-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 209 RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY EVENING JULY 11, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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REGARDED A UNIQUE MEASURE

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SENATE BILL MUCH IE DRASTIC ONE THAN HOUSE BILL Amended Measure Will Average About 14 Per Cent Under the Bill Framed in the House. COTTON SCHEDULE IS NOT AFFECTED Claim Made By Democratic Senators That They Have Not Impaired the Revenue Features. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, July 11 The Underwood-Simmons tariff bill introduced in the Benate today is unique in the history of American tariff making, in that a senate committee will recom- ; mend even more drastic reductions j than the original bill contained when f adopted by the house of representaj tives. j The senate amended measure will average about 14 per cent under the ! duties prescribed in the Underwood . bill. The still further lowering of duj ties affects every schedule passed by the house with the exception of the ' cotton schedule, which was revised in such a manner that the duties to be exacted from the importation of cotton and cotton manufactures remain I practically the same as those speci- . fled in the bill when it was started on its way to the senate from the house Democratic caucus. Revenue Not Affected. Democratic senators, however, claim . that they have not impaired the revenue producing qualities of the bill ! through reductions favoring the con- ' sumer. According to their figures this ' has been obviated by an increase in the internal revenue law on brandies used In fortifying wines from 3 cents per gallon to $1.10 per gallon; through a tax ou so-called spurious wines, fortified with chemicals, and through the imposition of a tax of one-tenth of one cent a pound on cotton futures sold In trade and undelivered. A tax of one-tenth of one cent per pound also was placed on bananas, solely for revenue producing purposes. Estimates of the revenue to be derived from these sources Is about $8,000,000 in excess of the $267,000,000 revenue predicted from the Underwood bill. The Income Tax. Revenue estimates on corporation tax and the income tax amendment TWhlcNwas re-drafted by senate place thef revejiue from those sections of the 'u on about an equal footing with the bouse estimates. The act figures are as follows: Corporation tax, house estimate, $30,000,000; senate estimate, $37,000,000; income tax, house estimate $70,000,000; senate estimate. mate $100,000,000; senate estimate, $106, 625,000. An amendment has been made to the income tax as introduced on the floor of the senate by the finance committee, which places the date upon which this tax shall become operative at March 1, 1913, instead of January 1, 1913. This will cut the 1913 revenue from the income tax to about $58,000,000, and slightly decrease the estimated revenue for the current year and that calculated for the original house bill. This in part is counterbalanced by the extension of time . granted the wool and sugar schedules, during which the Payne-Aldrich rates ehall remain operative. Was the Only Change. The extension of time for the PayneAldrich bill was the only change made In these schedules. In the sugar schedule the old tariff rates are to be .continued until March 1, 1914, and in the wool schedule raw wool is to become free on December 1, 1913, and the Underwood-Simmons rates on wool manufactures are to become operative on January 1, 1914. The sugar schedule retains May 1, 1916, as the date upon which sugar Shall be admitted free of duty. In the free list the principal additions were raw furs, works of art, gunpowder. Angora goat hair and alpaca, cattle, sheep and other domestic live animals, wheat, steel ingots, iphotographic and moving picture films, ferromangese, flax, machinery used in making books for the blind, cement, text books used in schools, Jufe" bagging, lizarine, castiron pipe, and -agxl-. cultural implements. The Chemical ' Schedule. The chemical schedule ,w.as cut from CIO to 6 per cent. The earthenware find glassware schedule suffered a like reduction. In the metal schedule a xiumber of important changes were made beside the free listing of iron end steel products. These include a -decrease from 12 per cent to 10 per cent In beams, from 15 to 12 per cent In steel plate and Iron forgings. and from 10 to '6 per cent in steel castings. Automobiles were re-classiiled, those Valued up to $1,000 being made dutiable at 15 per cent; those from $1,000 "to $1,500 at 30 per cent, and automo(Continued on Page Six)

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A SUMMARY OF SENATE MEASURE (National News Association) WASHINGTON, July 11 The Underwood-Simmons tariff bill as it will be reported to the senate by the senate finance committee differs from the original house measure in these important particulars: The income tax amendment exemption of $4,000 in the house measure is changed to $3,000, where it applied to single men and women, and kept $4,000 where it applies to persons having either a dependent husband or wife with a further exemption of $500 for minor children also dependent; this latter provision to be limited to $1,000. A retaliatory clause permitting the president to declare higher duties upon specified articles export' ed from countries discriminatiuv against the United States, is included The exclusion of foreign articles manufactured by child or convict labor is provided for. The revenue producing taxes are placed upon, bananas, brandies used in fortifying wines, and on gambling in cotton futures, and "spot" in the exchanges. The revenue so produced is expected to make for drastic reductions in the rest of the tariff schedules. WINCHESTER WOMAN SLAIN ON STREET William S. Circle Charged With Killing Mrs. Mae Brown. GRAND JURY CALLED John Davison, With Woman, Saved From Death By Gold Watch. - (Palladium Special) WINCHESTER, Ind., July 11. The Randolph county grand jury was called today to convene next Monday to investigate the killing of Mrs. Mae Brown, 31, who was shot on the street here shortly before midnight. Circle Is Reticent. William S. Circle, 45, section foreman for the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad is in jail charged with murder. John Davison, 26, who was with Mrs. Brown and attempted to shield her by getting in front of her, was saved from death from Circle's first shot by a gold watch in his shirt pocket. Two subsequent bullets pierced Mrs. Brown's body and she expired ten minutes later. All attempts to force Circle to talk in his cell in the Randolph county jail today were futile. He maintains a stolid silence. Mrs. Brown, who was the mother of two children, had complained to her husband, James Brown, who is employed nights, that Circle had been annoying her and had threatened to kill her, and Davison was escorting her home at her husband's request. Named in Complaint. Mrs. Brown was named in the recent divorce suit filed by Circle's wife and the case was to have been heard tomorrow. After his arrest at a local hotel, Circle asserted entire ignorance of the shooting. He had retired thirty minutes before officers arrived. P, OURKIN DIES AT AGE OFJINETY-TWO Was Employed on Railroad For Forty-two Years a Member of St. Mary's. Patrick Durkin. 92, one of the oldest and best-known residents of this city, died at his home, 80 Fort Wayne avenue, this morning. Mr. Durkin went to New York from Ireland in 1851, and then came to Richmond in 1853, where he lived continuously the rest of his life. He was an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad for fortyfour years, and was retired on a pension In 1898. He was also a member of St. Mary's church. y He is survived by two children, John J. Durkin and Miss Mary Rurkin, and one sister, Mrs. Bridget Gegan. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Andrew's Catholic church. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. Rev. Cronin will officiate. Friends may call at any time. LIFE WAS PENALTY (National News Association) FOLSOM, Cal July 11. JakeOppenheimer, the man tiger, was executed at Folsom prison today. He was pronounced dead twelve minutes after the trap was sprung. He maintained the game spirit which has characterized him since he began his career of crime.

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The internal 'ar between the victorious Balkan allies over the division of territory captured from the routed Turks is likely to prove to be an even more bloody conflict than was the war with the Mohammedans. The soldiers on all sides are exhibiting a real personal interest in the conflict as though each was fighting for his own piece of land. This fact is certain to make itself evident in tile stubborn fighting of the armies of the opposing forces.

BOY COASTED INTO MACHINE;

HIS HEAD BREAKS WINDSHIELD

George Benton, Messenger, Has a Pecujiar Accident While Riding on National Road. George Benton, Western Union Telegraph messenger boy, and son of William Benton, North J street, was seriously injured this morning when he was struck by an automobile driven by F. W. Shott, Columbus, Ohio, while young Benton was coasting down hill on a bicycle, on the National road. When the wheel met in collision with the automobile, the car's radiator was mashed, the running board damaged and the windshield of the machine broken by the boy's head going through it. He sustained a six inch gash on his

"I DO NOT KNOW WHERE MY HUSBAND IS"-MRS. MOORE

No Trace of Missing Local Real Estate Man Obtained No Charges Are Preferred Yet. "I do not know where he is," was the statement made by Mrs. J. Ed. Moore today regarding her husband, who is alleged to have fraudulently obtained money and who was last seen on Monday at New Paris. Ohio. Beyond admitting that she did not know his whereabouts Mrs. Moore declined to discuss the matter or answer any5 questions bearing on the case. It has been learned that Moore disappeared owing other sums of money besides those which he is alleged to have secured through forged notes from Julius Melle, a local shoemaker. No charges, however, have been preferred gainst him, and whether there will be is a matter of doubt. Joseph 1 1 Iff Investigates. Joseph Iliff is investigating to ascertain the amount of money owed to him by the real estate agent, but was unable to estimate today the approximate sum. He is said it amounted to "considerable." Moore is alleged to have been indebted to John Lancaster, 1300 North A street, for money collected in rents from two houses. This sum is estimated at $35 and this morning Mr. Lancaster consulted his attorney with a view of deciding upon a definite course to be pursued by him. A D. Horn, living near Whitewater, claims, it is reported, that Moore owes him $10.75. Mr. MeUe, who was the alleged victim of the forged notes, re

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head and his right arm was broken. That the boy was not killed is remarkable. Mr. Shott in giving the partic

ulars of the accident to Dr. M. W. Yencer, who dressed the boy's wounds, said the lad was coasting down hill at a rate of about thirty miles an hour. The accident happened near the fair grounds and was caused by a moving load of hay preventing the messenger from seeing the approaching auto. Benton was - unconscious for thirty minutes and was conveyed to the doctor's office in Shott's machine. While his wounds are serious, Dr. Yencer says the boy will recover. Benton is now confined to his home. Shott is in the automobile business at Columbus and was returning to his home. asked if he intended to file suit for the recovery of the money but would not answer either way. Petition for Guardian. Charles Lindemuth, attorney for Mrs. Moore, has prepared a petition, asking for the appointment of a guardian for Mr. Moore, alleging that he is of unsound mind. Mr. Lindemuth said that he does not know when the petition will be filed with the court. No warrant has been filed with Prosecu- i tor Reller for Moore's arrest and the police have not been asked to find him. The general supposition for Mr. Moore's alleged actions is that his mind was deranged through worries over business troubles. He was a prominent real estate man in Richmond and his honesty had never been questioned before. Mr. Moore is the son of Professor Joseph Moore, who was formerly president of Earlham college. Whether Mrs. Moore will make a settlement of all the money claimed to have been illegally secured by her husband is not known. It was reported Thursday that she would. . CONVENTION PLACE TO BE DETERMINED (National News Association) LOS ANGELES, July 11. Whether the 1915 convention of the Christian ! Endeavorers will go to Canada or to some city ui the L'nited States will be decided by the executive committee today. Chicago, St. Louis, Toronto. Niagara Falls and Winnipeg have made bids fr the next meeting. Canadian Endeavorers were pulling together and is possible that Toronto wiU withdraw in favor of Winnipeg.

ROUMANIAN TROOPS CROSS THE DANUBE DISPATCHES STATE

Occupation of Much Bulgarian Territory Is Anticipated Now. S E R V IANS REJOICING! Say Harsh Terms Will Dictated to BulgarsGreeks Advance. Be (National News Association) PARIS, July 11. A force of 50,000 Roumanian troops has crossed the Danube river and Invaded Bulgaria, it was stated in a dispatch received by the Matin from Bucharest today. King Charles has promulgated a proclamation of war against the Bulgarians, but it has not yet been approved by the Roumanian congress which will assemble next Wednesday. The occupation of a considerable portion of Bulgarian territory by the Roumanians is imminent. GREEKS SWEEP FORWARD. ATHENS. July 11. All of southern Macedonia is now in the hands of the Greeks. The important city of Demir Hissar was occupied today. The Greek army is sweeping all before it on its eastern march and there is a possibility that it may penetrate as far as Adrianople. At Demir Hissar the Bulgarians abandoned a great quantity of war stores, including artillery, small arms, provisions, tents, blankets and khaki uniforms. BULGARIANS IN RETREAT. BELGRADE. July 11. The two southern wings of the Bulgarian army in Northern Macedonia have been crushed by the Servians with tremendous loss of life. The Bulgarians are in retreat twenty miles south of Egri Palanka, where a stand was made. Twenty-four powerful Krupp guns, which the Bulgarians had captured from the Turks were abandoned in the flight of the Bulgars. There was wild rejoicing here today when it was learned that Roumania had declared war pn Bulgaria. The government assured the people that Bulgaria is already at the mercy of servia and Greece and that severe terms will be dictated to Czar Ferdinand by King Peter and King Constantine. EUROPE IS ANXIOUS. LONDON, July 11. Intense anxiety has been caused in diplomatic circles of the European capitals by the action of Roumania in declaring war on Bulgaria. The dispute between the two countries dates back to the end of the war between Turkey and the "allies" when Bulgaria refused to give up territory demanded by Roumania as a price of the latter'3 neutrality. Roumania is believed to have nearly half a million men under arms although all of these have not been concentrated. The powers will take concerted action, it is believed, to put an end to Bulgarian-Roumanian hostilities before they become general. Czar Ferdinand is anxious for peace for the campaign against Servia and Greece has been disastrous to the Bulgarian nation. Thousands of troops were killed, the country lost national prestige and the Balkan league was broken up. Belief existed in diplomatic quarters that Bulgaria will not offer any armed resistance against Roumania unless it becomes absolutely necessary. PRESIDENT WILSON HAD A CLOSE CALL (National News Association) CORNISH, N. H., July 11. President Wilson had a narrow escape from serious accident on the return trip from Hanover today when his automobile skidded on the newly oiled road and came close to crashing into a rail fence. Robinson, the chauffeur, threw on the emergency brake and stopped the heavy machine just in time to prevent injury to the car or to the president who was occupying the front seat. The president's automobile attempted to turn aside to allow a heavy dray to pass. The skid chains failed to catch and the car swung around until it came within a foot of the fence. The president managed to retain his seat while Robinson righted the machine. FELL UNCONSCIOUS AFTER HIS FLIGHT (National News Association) MACATAWA BAY, Mich., July 11. Exhausted by the strain of a wild early morning ride and batUe against the wind and waves Roy Francis, the SanFrancisco aviator, collapsed on the beach here today. He arrived here, the second scheduled stop, in the 900 mile Chicago to Detroit airboat race, after a pre daylight flight from Michigan City. He had planned his early morning trip in order to overtake Beckwith Haven, who was leading in the race. Havens sprung a litUe surprise by leaving here before six o'clock this morning.

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ran? ALEXANDER D. COBB. That there is very little waste land in this county and that the farmers here are most efficient, are the statements of Alexander D. Cobb, recently appointed agricultural expert for Wayne county. Agent Cobb made his first trip through the county yesterday and made the acquaintance of a number of farmers. Mr. Cobb is a graduate of Purdue University! He was appointed by the Wayne county commissioners upon the recommendations of Prof. G. I. Christie, superintendent of the Purdue agricultural department and T. A. Coleman, head of all state agricultural agents. Mr. Cobb is an expert in animal husbandry and soil improvement. He will receive a salary of $2,000 per year in addition to the appropriation of $500 for expenses. His offices will be located in the court house. WILLIAMS DESIRES TO HAVE SCHOOLS OPENED ALL YEAR County Superintendent Says . Time Will Come For This Change. "The time will come when the schools of Indiana will be in session twelve . months in the year." This statement was made by County Superintendent C. O. Williams in discussing the system of operating schools from a business standpoint. Especially does Mr. Williams believe this plan will be effectually carried out in consolidated township schools and in small corporations. "In Williamsburg the township school cost $30,000," said Mr. Williams. What business man would consider it a good investment to operate a $30,000 corporation less than half of tb year. The Williamsburg school is in session 150 days while the average person works 300 days in the year. Outlines His Plans. "I realize that the students should not be compelled to attend school throughout the year. My plan would bto have the children in the primary grades attend from April to the first of December. The senior grades could be in session from fall to spring as they are at this time. The younger children then could attend school during the months when it would not be hard to reach their destinations It is not an easy matter often times for small children to walk or drive from two or three miles to get to school and during the coldest months they could be at home while under the present system they must attend school. The system can in this way also be arranged io that the older boys and girls can be home at the seasons of the year when most needed" said Mr. Williams. One of the advantages . of this system would be that four teachers could do the work of seven and would be employed throughout the year. The

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two or three months through the sum - mer is one of ' the reasons efficient teachers are compelled to look else - where for vocations, according to Supt Williams. Eventually teachers will be paid by the year rather than the month according to the official. In the summer months every school in the townships and rural districts can be turned into an agricultural center according to Mr. William's plan,) This system is being worked out fn some sections of the country. To be Discussed Soon. The plan wUl be discussed at a future meeting of the county board of education. Should it be considered proper in the minds of the board it will be put into effect in certain townships as an experiment and gradually worked out in the entire county. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Showers night or Saturday. toTEMPERATURE Noon S0 Yesterday. Maximum ?sf Minimum v......JLii...... 581

ENGLISH ROYALTY 4 WAS ATTACKED BY A LIVERPOOL MOB

Suffragettes Break Through Guards and a Lively Fight Followed. HATPINS AS WEAPONS Crowd Takes Sides in Rio( But King and Queen Escape Injuries. CXttional News Association) LONIK1N. Eng.. July 11. An evident attempt at assassination occurred in the house of commons today when a man in the strangers' gallery drew a revolver and fired -ortly after the session opened. A policeman grabbed the man and wrenched the pistol fvm his hand before he could fire again. One sensational report -was that the man was a fanatic on woman suffrage and had attempted to assassinate Premier Asquith because of his opposition to woman suffrage. Another report was that he had been hired by the militant suffragets to make a demonstration wiUiout Injuring any one. Spectators in the gallery wer thrown into panic and a mad scramble for exits ensued. Many were knocked down and trampled. On the floor of the house the excitement was so great that business was suspended. (National New Association) LIVERPOOL. Eng.. July 11. Many -persons were injured today in street fighting between men and women, which followed an attempt by militant suffragets to attack the carriage in which King George and Queen Mary were driving through the city. The attack followed a wild scene la Lord street when Miss Jolly, secretary of the Liverpool branch of the Woman's Social and Political Union mad a raid smashing hundreds of dollar worth of plate glass windows. Extraordinary police precaution! have been taken to guard their majesties. Soldiers co-operated with police and detectives in protecting the Queen and. King from the crowd. Miss Jolly Gets Mad. Just before the royal party turned into Lord street. Miss Jolly dashed into the crowd of spectators and bran dishing a poker scattered them right and left. Screaming denunciations of the government she sent her weapon i through the plate glass windows. Several policemen overpowered her al though she struggled with maniacial fury and she was locked up. Half an hour later the attack upon the royal carriage occurred. Breaking through the police lines several women ran into the street They hurled a quantity of suffrage literature into the carriage and one of them seized the door and tried to wrench it open. Another ran toward the horses heads to step them. Officers grappled with the women and in an instant others were seiiedj by policemen. In the meanUme supporters of the militants swarmed to the aid of their sisters and a fight began. Fists, clubs and hatpins were tW chief weapons. Many were knocked, down and trampled. Numerous arrests were made. RICHMOND LAWYER GETSJIGH OFFICE! John L. Rupe Chosen President of Indiana Bar Association. John L. Rupe of this city was elect ed president of the Indiana Bar Association at the Country club of Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. Mr. Run was formerly vice-president of the association. ' A spirited debate took place near 1 Moore advocated that the Judges b j appointed for life as Is the custom la ' England, insteady of the American custorn of electing them by ballot. Tha subject was brought about by Mr. Moore and Merle N. A. Walker, of Indianapolis, who gave talks on Th Election of Judges." Many attorneys dissented against Mr. Moore's plan. After the discussion had taken up considerable time Addison C. Harris, formerly of Richmond, made a motion that the matter be referred to the committee on jurisprudence to be reported to the next meeting. The association meeting closed last night with a banquet at the Columbia club at which the retiring president Frank E. Gavin, presided. SIX HUNDRED YEAR RECORD IS BROKEN (National Newt Association) ROME. Italy, July 111 Italy today experienced the coldest mid-July day in six hundred years. A cold wave followed a great storm and several earth shocks. The temperature fell 1 below sixty degrees here today. Such weather has cot been experienced since the summer of 1313.

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