Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 210, 12 July 1913 — Page 1

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MAY MAKE CHARGES AGAINSTlSPECTOR C f IAS. FLOOK MONDAY Clem Thistlethwaite Says He Has Been Informed of Misconduct. RESULT OF ARRESTS Of Ice Cream Factory Manager and Drug Clerk This Morning. Sensational charges may be made In police court Monday morning against Charles E. Flook, city dairy Inspector, when the case of the state versus Dayton Fertlg, manager of the Richmond Ice Cream company Fourth and North D streets, and Charles Easley, a drug clerk in charge of Clem Thistlethwaite's drug store at Sixth and Main streets, are called. Fertlg and Easley are charged with having sold adulterated ice cream. Clem Thistlethwaite this afternoon declared he had been informed that Inspector Flook, who brought about the filing of the charges, is in the employ of another ice cream factory in this city, "When this case is called Monday morning in city court I will be there with an ; attorney atid will fight the case to the limit," declared Mr. Thistlethwaite. "I am not going to lay down on this matter. I am informed that Inspector Flook is in the employ of another ice cream factory in this city and I believe I will bring this whole matter to light Monday." i Mr. Thistlethwaite says that the only reason he can attribute to Flook'a attitude Is that the Thistlethwaite stores have been selling ice cream at a price below that of other places. It was intimated that the inspector had been urged to file charges against Thistlethwaite's clerk and the manager of the plant of which the Thistlethwaite stores purchase their cream. The arrests are the results of chemical analysis of ice cream purchased from the two men several weeks ago by City Inspector Charles E. Flook, who sent fourteen samples of ice cream from different stores In this city to the state chemists for testing. The witnesses are State Health Officer; J. E, Hurty and. D.eputy State Chemist Will Shlmer who tested the samples. Fertig, who makes ice cream has. been before the police and health authorities before altnough no charges were filed against him &l that time. A half pint purchased by Flook from Fertig for 10 cents contained 6.8 per cent butter fat while the minimum required by the State Board of Health is 8 per cent. The ice cream which Easley of the Thistlethwaite store sold Flook was made by Fertig and contained only 5.6 per cent. The twc!!vgs are the only cases of adulterated ice cream sold in the city, it is believed. Other ice cream tested averaged 10 to 12 per cent butter fat. The offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $30. Had Cream Analyzed. "I have had the ice cream which I sell analyzed several times and I have .always found that it contained , from eight to twelve per cent butter fat," said Mr. Thistlethwaite. "The Richmond Ice Cream company is under contract with me to furnish ice cream containing at least eight per cent butterfat and the Anderson firm, of which the local company buys its raw materials, is under contract to furnish the Richmond company with material which will produce at least eight per cent butter fat." SULLIVAN A TARGET fj iA Pennsylvania Conductor Shot At While Riding on Train. i Conductor Patrick Sullivan of the (Pennsylvania railroad company is suffering from a scratch across the back of .his neck as the result of being the target for an unknown marksman as he sat on Train No. S last night. Sullivan was dead-heading into Fort Wayne and about a thousand feet from ,the G. R. & I. junction near St. Mary's xlver, someone evidently standing near the train shot through the window. The bullet lodged in the wood two inches behind Sullivan's head and he 'was sprinkled with broken glass. Passengers distinctly heard the shot but the train was not stopped. Feeling intense pain, Sullivan thought he had been shot but upon examination Jt was found he had beeji cut severely with the glass. The shooting was reported to Captain Stoll, Pennsylvania .police head and a switch engine cartrying officers made a record-breaking jrun to the Junction but though they pearched until morning no trace of the assailant was found. APPOINTED CLERK. Roy E. Reynolds has been appointed to. regular clerk in the postoff ice, beginning July 1. Reynolds has been m4t" ..kuihstilu.t ior the last year.

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TO HEAR REPORTS OF THEDELEGATES Richmond Sunday School Association Has Meeting Tuesday. For the purpose of hearing reports from delegates who attended the State Sunday School association convention held at Evansville recently and to discuss plans for next year, the Richmond Sunday school association will 9 S S : - -f . is. -,'-',' r "5 ,i--Mtp u ',t : vfihold a meeting Tuesday evening at the First Christian church. South Tenth and A streets, at 7:30 o'clock. The call for the meeting has been issued by Judge Bogs, city superintendent of Sunday schools, who requests that each school superintendent, one of his workers and each pastor be present at the meeting. A PATROL AUTO AND INCREASE Id FORCE FAVORED BY ILIFF Other Members of Police Board Against Immediate Purchase of Auto. MAY HAVE MORE MEN A s police patrol auto and additions to the police force are favored by Ed. Iliff, chairman of the board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners. Although all members of the board are in favor of the improvement, James Fry and Erastus Stover the other members are against any immediate action because of the city's financial shortage. While the police board, which is a state board and not accountable to the city, can order anything necessary for the police department and charge the cost to the city, Mr. Fry and Mr. Stover are against the immediate purchase of an automobile to take the place of the patrol and ambulance. Both men claim that the city is under great expense and thatpther departments should not be cut off in order to make the police department up-to-date. Increase Efficiency. Mr. Iliff believes that the efficiency of the department would be increased and money would be saved by selling the patrol wagon and horse and the city ambulance. The horse is used for both these vehicles and is not used for more than one hour a day. Automobiles in use by the police departments of other cities substitutes for both ambulance and patrol. The patrol here is not used more than three times a day and the ambulance has not averaged one run a week so far this year. According to Mr. Iliff, the use of such a machine in connection with the police department would not be limited as a patrol wagon. It could be used in getting the time of speeders who have caused a general complaint for the citizens, especially those of West Richmond. Use One Vehicle. For ambulance purposes police automobiles are fitted with stretchers. When not in use these are under, the seats along the side of the machine, but can quickly be unrolled and with the aid of two men, injured, or sick persons may be carried into the machine and the stretchers fastened on hooks on the sides of the seats. While the differences between the members of the police board are entirely impersonal, there is a marked difference between the ideas of Mr. Iliff and those of Mr. Stover and Mr. Fry. The same ideas are shared by all the men, but on the execution of them, none agree. Wants Increase. Mr. Iliff stated today that he favors an increase in the police force and pointed out the number of men to which the local department is entitled according to the 1913 acts of the legislature. There are 16 men on the police force as patrolmen, two sergeants and a chief. Richmond, by reason of its population is entitled to 25 patrolmen, five sergeants or captains and the chief. Wnile an addition of the 12 men to which the department is entitled is not favored, Mr. Iliff believes that a reserve force of two night men equipped with motorcycles to answer emergency calls should be added at once. He stat(Continued on Last Page)

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I WOULD BURN TITLED AMERICAN'S HOME . T ja Hi & I A LADY HENRY. LONDON, July 12. Despite the fact that Lady Henry is herself a suffra gette, members of the more dangerous element of London's militant suffra gists have warned Sir Charles Henry that unless he cancels his engagement at Reading where he is scheduled to make a speech against the "cause," in the near future, an attempt will be made to burn down the Henry's beautl ful home, Parkwood, at Henley-on-the-Thames. The Henry estate is one of the show places along the historic riv er and Lady Henry, who was Miss Ju lia Lewisohn of New York, has order ed that a double guard be placed on the estate to keep off any unwelcome .trespassers. COMMISSION WILL COVER ALL PHASES List of Twenty-Two Questions Must Be Answered By Corporations. TWO REPORTS FILED That the Public Service Commission of Indiana is planning to cover every j phase of the business of the public utll- ! ity is indicated by the list of pertinent questions which have been sent to the corporations coming under the new law. The Richmond City Water Works, the Light, Heat and Power Company and the Municipal Electric Light plant ! all come under the new law and the same list of questions has been submitted to each company. The city light plant and the WTater Works company have already filed i their reports, but the Light Heat and r Power company will not file its report until some time next week. There are 22 main questions which the commission requires each corporation to answer, all of which will make up the basis on which the commission will work. The commission also will require the corporations to adopt a uniform system of bookkeeping so that all reports to the commission will be uniform. List of Questions. The list of questions is as follows: Corporate name? List of officers and Directors? . Place of sending mail? Total indebtedness? If bonded indebtedness, amount issued and amount now outstanding? Rate of interest on indebtedness, when bonds come due? Actual value of plant? If no actual estimated value? Is going value included in valuation, if so, what amount? What is the assessed valuation of plant? What kind of service rendered. Are there any by-products? Gross revenue in 1912? Operating expenses in 1912? Is there a depreciation fund? If so what per cent and how arrived at? Net income for last year? Salaries of officers? Date of franchise and time to run? Does the-franchise fix rates? What was the total amount produced during 1912? Cost per unit? What amount paid in dividends? Were any dividends paid in stock? Was any stock issued to any officer for salary? ...... File Before July 30. Answers to the above questions must be filed with the commission not later than July 30 and all the answers are made under affidavits of the executive officers of the company. -

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WESTENBERG HAS STARTED ON 30TH YEAR IN POLICE WORK

Oldest Man in Point of Serv ice on Force, Says He Has Walked 4 Times Around Earth While on "Duty." Patrolman Henry Westenberg, who started his thirtieth year on the local police force July 1, believes that the lot of a policeman twenty years ago was much harder than it is today. Westenberg took up his pol'ce duties July 1, 1880, and has been serving as an arm of the law since that tinit with the exception of four years. Both in point of service and in age, he is the oldest man on the force. Westenberg holds a record for continuous service, having been olf duty only 7 weeks except during vacations. The seven weeks which he did not serve were spent in recuperating from a shot wound inflicted in his leg by Charles Baumer. Richmond Years Ago. For twenty-five years, Westenberg served in what was then known as "Goosetown," then the most lawless place in the city. He characterizer the life of a policeman during those years as "a hard lot," "a thankless job," and "a target for everyone." He says thit a policeman formerly was hated by everyone and was abused at every opportunity. "It was no uncommon thing," he said, "to be attacked by gangs which flooded the north end at that time. A worse set of thugs, thieves, gangsters, crooks and drunks could not have been found than those in "Goosetown when I went down there. "To add to my troubles, there were no street lamps, no street car, no patrol wagon. The nights in Goosetown NEW YORK REPORT TELLS OF CLOSING OF RUMELY PLANT Curtailment of Production Is the Policy of President Funk. TO OPEN JANUARY 1 (National News Association) .NEW YORK. July 12. According to a report made in this city the M. Rumely company of Indiana will close down practically all its tractor and threshing machine plants. This report, however, has not been verified. It is said only a small force of men will be retained at each plant for the purpose of assembling and shipping machinery. Curtailment of production is in line with the policy of the new management under President Clarence S. Funk. The season for the sale of farm machinery is over the company has enough finished product on hand to fill all orders on its books and it is not intended to resume manufacturing operations until Jan. 1. Meanwhile the company's business policies are -being revised regarding the lines of product that will be handled, selling terms, manufacture and distribution. In other words, it is intended that the company shall start anew with the beginning of next year and build up an organization that cannot help but make money. Requirements Are Financed. The Rumely company is financed so far as its requirements for this year are concerned, and efforts from this time on probably will center around preparations for financing next year's business. It is said to be the idea of the management to do this without borrowing additional funds. The company's difficulty was that of overexpansion and inability to handle an enormous floating indebtedness thus incurred. Orders were cut down, contracts canceled and business reduced to a volume that the management has now been able to swing. The credit that was extended to customers by the old management has been taken care of and ample time only is necessary now to realize on these obligations which are due the concern. Sir. Funk's policy, and that in which the directors and bankers concur with him is to cut off afl possible expense, dividends and expenditures of every kind and center all his efforts upon bringing in funds. It is said that more than a year or two, or probably three years, will be required to accomplish the end desired, but the men who are backing Mr. Funk believe In his ability to do these things. The (Continued on Last Page) BANK DEPOSITORS WILL GET SAVINGS (National News Association) CHICAGO, July 12. Directors of the defunct private banks operated by Edward H. Ericson & Co, today said they woAd insist that the bank raise money to pay all depositors, and they would take what was left. The bank filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, listing liabilities of $17,237.36, and assets of J20.7S9.99. Of the assets, $46.71 was cash. The failure of the bank was said to be due to the depreciation in real estate values in the neighborhood.

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were black as nights can be and you couldn't see a light any place because almost every one wanted the police- j man to think they were not at home. Where buildings were built close to the sidewalks, making the shadows even blacker, I always had my "billie" ready for a gang of thugs or crooks. 1 could never tell when some dozen men were ready to jump on me. Fighting Was Necessary. "There was no getting away from those fights and if you couldn't fight your way out of a gang before they 'got you,' it was 'good night" because they never would let up until they finished their job. After a member of one of these gangs had been arrested or a raid had been made, all the policemen knew what to expect and were ready for it. You couldn't get help in rounding up a bunch because there were no telephones. If you couldn't 'whistle up' another policeman you just had to go to headquarters or do without help. Push Cart For Patrol. "When I arrested a man, I had to walk him to police headquarters if he was sober enough to walk. If he was too drunk, I dragged him to a place where 1 had a two-wheeled push-cart locked up and I'd dump him in there and push him to the jail. I think that sometimes I must have walked 30 miles in a night's time. Walked 116,116 Miles. "I figure that I have averaged, say eleven miles a day at the least. Working seven days a week, I walked at least 77 miles each week or 4,004 a year. In 29 years, I have walked more than 116,116 miles at the lowest figure. This is 44 times around the earth. When I have figured that I walked the fifth time round the earth in doing police duty, maybe I will quit, and again maybe I will not." GREEK A? FORCESJI UNITED Pursuing Retreating Bulgarians Who Are Massacring Hundreds. (National News Association) ATHENS. July 12. Greek and Servian forces in Central Macedonia have now joined, making a mighty army of 150,000. Two hundred Greeks, both women and men havo ben massacred near Serres by the retreating Bulgarians. The Bulgarians have fled from Serres in a panic at Ura approach of the Greek soldiers. " " - - The powers have advised Greece to make peace with Bulgaria. Mr. Coromitas, the Greek foreign minister, received a note from the European ! states, advising Greece to join with Servla in ceasing hostilities. France probably will become the "protector" of Greece, now that the Balkan league has been shattered by the war. MARCHING ON SOFIA. SOFIA, July 12. A Roumanian army is marching upon Sofia, and unless there is a peaceful settlement in the meantime, the Bulgarian capital will be occupied next -week. The residents of the city are panic stricken and in a hostile mood against the government for suppressing newspapers during the ighting between Bulgarians and Servians and Greens in Macedonia. It was not until today that the people learned that the Bulgarg have been crushed at every point. Czar May Leave City. An attempt was made to assassinate Dr. Daneff, former promoter, as he was on his way to confer with-Promoter Guechoff. Czar Ferdinand is reported to be preparing to evacuate the city. So far as Servia and Greece are concerned, the Balkan war Is believed to be over, but Roumanian troops con- ; tinue to pour into the Eastern part of Bulgaria. These troops are fresh and fully equipped for fighting, and are eager to clash with the Bulgarians. The shattered Bulgarian forces are no match for, the Roumanians. The Roumanians have occupied the Bulgarian towns of Turtukai, Dobridsh and Baltchik. There is no resistance to the advance of the Roumanian forces. AVIATOR INJURED (National News Association) ST. CHARLES, Ills., July 12. B. L. Walters, an amateur aviator, was in a hospital here today suffering serious bruises as the result of a 200-foot fall in a home-made biplane. He was attempting a flight from St. Charles to Elgin and had covered about six miles when the machine turned completely over and fell. Doctors said he would recover. H. REEVES DYING MARINETTE, Wis., July 12. Hiram Rmvpd nrpsidpnt of the Rnral Tlphone company, today was declared to be dying of ptomaine poisoning. Several weeks ago his neck was broken In a runaway accident. His life was sar - ed after an unusual operation. PhysiHans said todav there was no chance for his recovery. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Generally fair tonight and Sunday; cooler tonijjht. : . TEMPERATURENoon ...i.'... -78 Yesterday; -j Maximum .i'J 84 Minimum .. ...... ....-r......... 65

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WILLIAM SPEAR KUHN. William S. Kuhn with his brother, J. S. Kuhn, have been accused of gross mismanagement in conducting the business of the FirstrSecond National bank at Pittsburg, which recently failed at a loss of more than $5,000,000. The crash caused a small sized panic in Pittsburgh and many savings institutions were shoved very close to the wall by the long runs of nervous depositor!. SENATE AIIO HOUSE IN SKIRMISH OVER M. MULHALL TODAY Senate Wins, However, and He Begins Important Testimony. MANY LETTERS READ (National News Association) WASHINGTON. July 12. The opening skirmish for physical possession of Col. Martin Mulhall was won by the senate lobby investigating committee today. Chairman Garrett of the House Lobby committee had subpoenaed the witness for examination for nine o'clock, but the senate ordered Mulhall to appear at the Senate office building at that hour and he did so. Chairman Garrett declared that It was the intention of bis committee merely to use Mulhall when the seaate committee could spare him I am sorry," said Mr. Garrett, "that some newspaper accounts seem to Indicate that there is a controversy on between the two committees for the possession of Mulhall. Our statement last night indicated what our plans were. We did not intend to interfere with the senate. Senator Overman said we were making ourselves look ridiculous. I suppose that is what the senators call senatorial courtesy.' Association Has Counts'. James Emery and Robert M. Carter, couhcil for the National Association of Manufacturers, were present to hear Mulhall's testimony. Emery asked the privilege of examining the witness, the interrogation to be subject to the committee's approval. Chairman Overman said the committee would decide later. Mulhall testified that Marshall Cushlng, secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers In 1904, sent him a check for $200 to aid Mulhall in his race for congress in the fourth Maryland district. Mulhall had become a candidate at the solicitation of Cushing, but was defeated. All checks sent by Cushing to Mulhall were made payable to "bearer" and Mulhall was instructed to Indorse none of them. Used a Labor Union. In September, 1904, an agreement was reached whereby Mulhall received $140 a week from the National Association of Manufacturers, $40 of which was for expenses. All the testimony elicited was found in letters read Into the record, which Mulhall explained (Continued on Page Six) JACK JOHNSON IN ENGLISH CAPITAL (National News Association LONDON, July 12. Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist who fled from Chicago after being convicted of white leT. arrived here today from Paris, Johnson wants to arrange a short bout ith one good Enlisn heavyweight ' Preferably Bombardier Wells. Any j match "that Johnson makes, however. probably will have to be fought on the continent . for the English authorities will not allow him to box in this country. After bis arrival today Johnson visited the newspaper offices In Fleet street and 'denied stories about him wblen'had been cabled from the United States. I "I Just want to be left alone, said Johnson.' "I am tired of being arrested and tried on spiteful charges. I'm a peaceable man and law abiding but some people are not satisfied unless they are making trouble for me."

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WIFE OF MISSING REAL ESTATE TO IGNORE CLAIMS Receiver Will Be Asked For the Estate of J. E. Moore, It Is Stated. SUITS ARE ENTERED Two Claims Against Mooro Filed in the Circuit Court By Beckman. That the total amount of money which is said to be owed by J. Ed Moore, missing local real estate agent, to Richmond business nit-n and concerns, will run Into the thousands of dollars was the estimate made by attorneys and other persons interested in the case todav. Attornev Undo. muth. counsel for Mrs. Moore, scouts the idea and said it was more likelv that as facts develop in the matter, it will be ascertained that onlv a few hundred dollars at the most have been obtained by Mr. Moore. The attorney has not filed the petition asking for the appointment of a guardian for Mr. Moore, based on the Delief that Moore is of unsound miud, but he says that It is probable a re ceiver will be appointed to take charge of Moore s estate to make settlement to the creditors. Mrs. Moore will not repay any losses of alleged creditors from her owa income or property, but will do all that she can to satisfy them from the estate of her husband. This statement was emphatically made by Mrs, Moore's counsel who had heard of Mr. Melli's suggestion that she would re pay him his losses. No Official Action. The case has not been brought offl daily to the attention of Prosecutor Keller and no warrant has been issued for Moore's arrest. Thq police are not investigating the case and are not hunting for the real estate man. Initial action In the circuit court against Moore was brought today br John A. Beckman, a harnessmaker. 236 South Eighth street, who has filed two suits for foreclosure of mortgage through his attorney. Frederick White. The total amount Involved Is $735. Beckman alleges in the first suit that Moore executed and delivered a mortgage on Lot 64 In Highland addition in return for a promissory note bear ing six per cent Interest' He says that $375. principal and Interest. Is overdue and he wants the real estate sold and judgment made after the delinquent taxes are paid. i James Morrow. Benjamin G. Price Charles E. Potter and County Auditor Bowman are named as joint defendants with Mr. Moore In the second suit. In this case Mr. Beckman alleges that $335 Is due him on a mortgage on fifty acres of land. Del in-1 quent taxes on the property amount to $20.79. The men named as defendants besides Mr. Moore, hold subsequent mortgages on the farm, Mr. Beckman says, and for that reason are made parties to the suit A Suit for Rents.' A. D. Horn of Whitewater has also filed suit In Justice Morgan's court. aW leglng that Moore owes him $10.75 for. rents collected on property. The suit was filed Wednesday. Other persons u.Ytsvm 4 (a a.M J 1 . m mm I are consulting with their attorneys toi ascertain what course should be pur-4 sued by them to recover the various sums of money owed them. It has developed that Moore Is alJ legea to nave sold to several men, first mortgages on different proper ties that be owned. One attorney rep resenting several clients who declare memseives creditors of Moore, ex plained today that the real estate man nht&lncuf In tila r.r.lnl. W 1 $2,600 and $2,700 through selling several first mortgages on one farm, the' value of which is estimated at far less than $2,000 by the attorney. Attorney Lindemuth asserts that he has only been able to find two claims for more than $100 against Moore, xcept the Melli claim. Julias Melll I shoemaker, who became an alleged! victim of Moore through forged notes, is said to be the heaviest loser. Mr. I Lindemuth says that -he does not blieve Melli's loss will exceed six bun-1 dred dollars. Joseph Iliff claims that rents are due him. and it Is estimated that the total amount of them is approximately $500. John Lancaster says he ta another creditor. Attorneys decline tO Buk nuhlil- f tu T, rr,A A Kn. lness men who also claim that Moor ' owes them money. Stores Household Goods. Mrs. Moore has stored her household goods and has taken op ber resi- j dence with J. Will Cunningham and) (Continued on Last Page) MANY PERSONS HURT IN BELFAST RIOTS (National News Association) BELFAST, Ireland, July 12 Many persons were hurt here today In rioting which broke out during the Orange festival celebration. Thousands of Nationalists and Unionists took part and for a time the fighting was so serious that it seemed that the troops ; would be necessary to quell it- Revolvers were drawn and stones and clubs were freely used. Mounted po- -licemen charged the mobs wielding -their clubs vigorously, a number of i arrests were made. .

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