Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 219, 23 July 1913 — Page 1

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Estimated hat Forty-eight Perished in Binghampton Fire. CAUSED BY CIGARETTE Girls and Women Fought in Vain to Get Out of the Doomed Factory. (National News Association) Bingham pton, N. T., July 23. Revised reports at noon today placed the number of dead and missing in the Are here yesterday afternoon at fifty-eight. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered, six of them being Identified. Thirty-seven persons are still missing. Searching parties today worked in the ruins of the building of the Binghampton Clothing company seeking bodies believed buried there. Streams cf water were played on the building all night to cool them enough to allow the rescue work to begin. Workmen at daylight began digging at the tons of charred timbers, brick and mortar In an effort to reach the bodies still known to be burled in the debris. Girls Panic Stricken. When the girls and women working In the factory realized that the building was burning, the main avenue of escape had been cut off. Instantly the other exits were choked with panic stricken girls, eager to rush from the building. s furled Beneath Debris. Only a few persons reached the street. Survivors tell of seeing thef fellow workers fall unconscious from fright before the smoke and flames swept over them. Many reached the windows, but the firemen and others bent on rescuing inmates were powerless to aid them, owing to the rapidity with which the flames licked up the Inflammable mill material. Eighteen minutes elapsed from the time . the fire broke out until the walls fell and the building was In ruins, j, -TT? -Cigarette .the, CauseiLj Red B.' Freman, president of the company, attributed the fire to the carelessness of an employe in throwing a cigarette butt under a stairway, near where was stored inflammable material. ' Smoking was prohibited in the building, but many employes were addicted to the habit, according to Freeman, and often went to the alley near the building to smoke. Start Investigation. Rigid Investigation of the fire will be made by Coroner Seymour and District Attorney Meagher. They will investigate the charges made that gasoline ' was stored in the building, dangerously near the stairway from the upper floors, and that the fireescapes were so exposed that many of the dead were burned while trying to escape. WERE MANIPULATED Contrivances Used in Illinois No Obstacle to Cheats. (National News Association) CHICAGO, July 23. Formal inquiry Into the 1,000,000 voting machine coni tract of 1911 between the Chicago t election commission and the Empire Voting Machine company has been started by the Butts legislative coramittee. Amos Miller, of Hillsboro, and Morris Emerson, of Lincoln, members of the state voting machine commission, were heard. Four interesting statements were made by the witnesses. , They were: i That the machine can be manipulated by dishonest election officials. That it is possible for the custodian !of the machines to adjust their .mechanism so that they will make a 'false return of the votes cast. : That seventeen Empire machines were given certificate or approval by the state commission while still inclosed in boxes and stored in a barn. ' That the members of the state voting machine commission signed an official report certifying the Empire machine could be operated at a primary in Illinois, although the machine was I not tested on that point, f . Former Governor Charles S. Deneen j conducted the direct examination of (the witnesses for the committee. THREE SUITS FILED IN JUSTICE COURT Three suits were filed this morning In the court of Justice of the Peace Morgan, one by Alfred Underbill against Lulu Stevens for non-payment of rent; a suit on account filed by John McDonald and William B. Watson against John and Elizabeth Engelbert; and the third an ejectment suit, filed by William Kissen against

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MRS. BLANCHE HEYE. NEW YORK, July 23. 'I think smoking is not an ungraceful hubit. It gives a certain air of ease and comfort to one." This is the opinion of Mrs. Blanche Heye, wife of George Gustave Heye, the millionaire broker, whom she is suing for' divorce. "I only began to smoke a year ago," she continued, "and I can frankly say that I don't care much about it, and I do not smoke in public. But it Is the social obligation of every hostess to put her guests at ease by taking a cigarette when they are served."

AVIATION OFFERS T SATISFACTORY But Wright Flyer May be Secured Industrial Exhibit Plans. General Chairman Will H. Romey, of the Fall Festival committee, stated this morning that the committee was in no hurry to close contracts for an aviation flight, and that action would not be taken for a few days, as none of the aviators' propositions was entirely satisfactory. At present the proposition of the Wright people is most acceptable, since they agree to furnish an aviator of international fame, Oscar A. Krinkley, who has an altitude record of 11,770 feet. Flights for two days of the festival will probably be given instead of on all three. Secretary Jordan, of the Commercial club, said that Brinley, or a representative of the WTright company, would be in the city some time the last of the week, at which time the contract might be closed. Industrial Exhibit Plans. In connection with the industrialexhibit of the festival letters are now being sent to the manufacturers of the city asking their co-operation in making the "Made in Richmond" exhibit a feature. The letter which was prepared by Atwood L. Jenkins reads: "There are people in Richmond who have lived here all their lives, and who are not acquainted with the acquisitions that have been made to the industries of this city; there will also be thousands of strangers visit our city during the Fall Festival who may be interested in your products, and we trust you will participate in this exhibit, thereby advertising your industry and -i-dentally the city." Continuing, the letter outlines the plans for a large tent to house the exhibit., an industrial parade, free power and tent space for all exhibitors. Further plans can not be made, Mr. Jenkins says, until the manufacturers have indicated their attitude toward the proposal, and for that reason he is requesting them to communicate with him at once. Mrs. Frank Land, of the domestic science committee, reports that because of the amount of money placed at their disposal by the appropriations committee, some of the domestic science exhibits will have to be eliminated. She says, however, that only the least attractive will be eliminated and that the money -will be used to make the other awards larger than in the past. ARRIVE IN PANAMA Letters received by local friends of Prof, and Mrs. David W. Dennis announce their safe arrival in Panama. Dr. and Mrs. Dennis, who sailed from New York, July 12 on the steamship Pastores, arrived at Colon, July 18, after a pleasant voyage.

Cigarettes," She Says

DOES WOMAN KNOW E OF MURDER? Probable That Another Investigation Will be Instituted. Does Mrs. Henry Dayton-Maupin know more about the murder of her husband, whose body was found covered with lime in the cellar of the Dayton home, 1106 North I street, some months ago, than she has told the police? This question is being asked by a number of persons residing in Riverdale. Light brought upon the conditions in the Maupin home and the treatment accorded the three small Dayton children has caused an agitation to uncover, if possible, the true facts relating to the murder of Dayton. Nothing new has been developed by the police in the attempt to apprehend Joseph Snyfler, alleged murderer of Dayton. Some authorities believe that the alleged written confession of Snyder's purported to have been found by Mrs. Dayton-Maupin some months after the murder, was not written by Snyder. It is possible that further investigation will be instituted by the authorities. Her Arrest a Prospect. As a result of an investigation today an affidavit may be filed against the widow of the murdered man, who has re-married. It is understood that, according to the provisions of the insurance policy carried by Dayton, each of the three Dayton children was to receive $100. This money, it is said, was given to the mother to be held in trust for the children and, it is said, she has spent most of the $300 which rightfully belonged to the children. The condition of Dorothy Dayton, the three-year-old child who was removed to the Reid Memorial hospital yesterday morning because her drunken mother was not providing proper care for her, is slightly improved today. The other. two children are still at the Home for Friendless Women, being cared for by the matron and Mrs. Elizabeth Candler, city missionary. Dr. Maupin is Miasm". It was learned today that another sensational development , has been made in the case. Dr. George Maupin, who recently married Mrs. Dayton, cannot be located and it is believed that be has left the city. ' ' Maupin told William Lawler, a day patrolman in Riverdale on Monday, that his wife had threatened his life! An attempt to find Maupin in the city today was unsuccessful. PICNIC AT PARK The St. Paul's Lutheran church will hold its annual picnic at Glen park tomorrow afternoon and evening. No definite program has been arranged. Baseball and other sports will be enjoyed.

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L, H, P, MAY CHANGE METHOD OF MAKING LOCAL GAS SUPPLY

State Engineer Gorman Suggests That Company Can Still Complete. COULD USE COAL GAS Topic Will Be Discussed at the Public Meeting to Be Held Here. As told in a dispatch from Indianapolis yesterday, the public utility commission will hold a public hearing here on August 4, to consider evidence before acting on the natural gas franchise granted by the city council to the Allegheny Gas company. Chairman Duncan will conduct tie hearing and then the evidence submitted will be referred to the commission for decision. Chairman Duncan refused to discuss the matter further than to say that all parties interested would be granted the right to appear on the date of the hearing. Just what action the commission will take is a matter of speculation, as there will be a hard fight made on. the part of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company to keep the other company from coming in. Basis of Its Protest. The local company is making its protest en the ground that it is a large taxpayer and has an established business in Richmond and to bring in a competing company would handicap the Jocal company and might be the means of forcing it to withdraw entirely from the field. In this event the company points out the city would be in a bad way should the natural gas fail. At the present time gas Is manufactured in Richmond from crude oil, a process that is more expensive than gas made from coal, which process is now being used in some cities. To change the present system to the coal gas process would be very expensive and, according to a representative of the local company, the gas could not be sold much under 80 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. There is a plant near Hamilton that supplies coal gas to Ohio cities at 30 cents and even lower. Engineer Gorman's Views. Chief of Engineers Gorman of the Public Utilities Commission stated yesterday that a thorough investigation would be made into the affairs of the Light, Heat and Power company and the cost of the different processes of making gas. He said that it was very likely that the Light, Heat and Power company could establish the coal process which would allow it to make gas at a much lower rate, as the revenue received from the coke, which is a by-product, would pay for the cost of manufacturing the gas. The cost to the consumer for this gas would be the distribution cost plus a reasonable profit. He said that no supply of natural gas was unlimited and that it might last three, five or eight years or even longer. The life of the gas would be determined by the number of consumers drawing from the territory. "The, Public Utility Commission takes the place of competition. It prevents a concern from underselling a certain rate. It would seem to a person who is not familiar with the details of the case that the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company would be forced out of business with the advent of the natural gas but there is a way for that company to compete with the Allegheny Gas company if the latter is given its franchise," Mr. Gorman said. What Wharton Says. J. B. Wharton, manager of the local company stated today that he did not know what action his company would take in case the commission granted the franchise to the other company, but there was a possibility of a change being made in the process of the manufacture of gas in Richmond, and that a rate reduction would be made considerably under the present rate for artificial gas. Mr. Wharton said "the heat units of the coal gas are about the same as the crude oil gas and the former can be manufactured at a much less cost." BUDGET WILL SUFFER The city budget will suffer as the j result of the repeal of the ordinance to license all vehicles which was passed over the mayor's veto Monday evening at the regular session of council. The sum to be lost by the city is not less than $1,800, according to the recnrifo rt tka siti t .a! 1 XA 1 than $2,500 is also lost to the city because of the action of the state legislature in repealing the city automobile license tax. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Local showers tonight or Thursday; slightly cooler tonigh in north portion. TEMPERATURE Noon 84 Yesterday. Maximum 84 Minimum - 53

LEADERS A CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT IN CONFERENCE OVER MEXICAN SITUATION

Question of Raising Ban on Shipping War Munitions Raised Madera Situation is Improved. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. D. C. July 23 President Wiison today summoned Representative Flood, chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs, and Senator Bacon, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, to the White House to confer on conditions in Mexico. The delicacy of the present situation enforced a policy of secrecy at the White House, but it was asserted that the purpose of today's conference was to discuss the advisability of removing the ban from shipment of arms and ammunition to the constitutionalists in northern Mexico. General Carranva and other revolutionists have been pleading for weeks for the removal of this prohibition, claiming that they are entitled to the same privileges accorded to the "Maderists" by President Taft. Waiting on Wilson. It is doubtful if any decisive move will be made until after the arrival of Ambassador Wilson, but it is practically certain that this government will favor the removal of the prohibition relative to the shipment of arms to the rebels and then will await developments in the hope of the establishment of a staple government in Mexico. Dispatch of a gunboat to Mexican waters in addition to the four battle

OWEN TERRY, PRISONER, IS TOLD OF DEATH OF BABY

Young Man, Alleged Accessory in a Murder, Breaks Down and Asks to Attend the Funeral. Hamilton, Ohio. "Dsar Owen Our baby Ada died tonight. Come at once. "ELLA." , The above telegram was sent last night to Owen Terry, 26, incarcerated in the Wayne'county jail, charged with being an accessory in the murder of Marshal Richardson, of Cottage Grove, Ind., last March. Terry is the father of three children and the child which died is the youngest of the three, being only eight months old. The child had not seen her father since he was arrested last March. May Not Attend Funeral. The authorities stated that they did not believe Terry would be permitted to attend the funeral of his child because of the risk in taking him out of the state. Sheriff Bayer stated that if a habeas corpus writ was issued In Ohio, Terry could not be taken back here for trial without considerable trouble on the part of the officials. Terry cried like a baby when he read the telegram. He stared blankly at the message when he first opened it and his lip quivered. He begged the

THOMAS WIGGANS IS DEAD, BUT WLANE MUCH BETTER

Carelessness byWiggansMay Have Caused the Accident McLane Tells of his Sensations. Without regaining consciousness after his forty foot fall from the top of the scaffold at the W. H. Bartel block on Mala street, Tuesday morning, Thomas Wiggans died at 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Reid Memorial hospital, where he had been taken in the ambulance. The direct cause of death was concussion of the brain. Other injuries he sustained were a fracture of the left 6ide and a broken ankle, also numerous bruises. Wiggans' body was first removed to the Jordan, McManus & Hunt undertaking establishment, and today was taken to his residence at S29 North Twelfth street. Funeral arrangements will be completed later. Coroner to Investigate. Coroner R. J. Pierce will conduct an inquest as soon as possible, he stated today. No investigation of the causes which led to the accident has been started as yet, but the coroner intends WANT PLANS OF NEW LAKE FOR MAGAZINE Recently Richmond was visited by a representative of the "Engineering Record, a periodical published in New York, and which is one of the leading scientific and enginering papers c the world. While here, this representative was taken out to the site of the Morton lake dam, and was very much interested in the progress of the work. Today a letter was received from the New York publishing office requesting that the plans and rough drawings of the new lake be sent to them that they may use them in the Engineering Record.

ships already there, the presence of Secretary of War Garrison and General Leonard Wood on the Texas border and the summoning of Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson to Washington are taken to indicate in official circles here that the Mexican situation will no longer be allowed by Presideut Wilson to drift. Reports from Chihuahua and Coahu la indicate that the centralization of the federalist forces in those provinces and the probable opening of railroad communication from the capital to the border within a week. General Zapata, the constitutionalist leader in the south, is now operating in Zacatecas and Morelos.

TO PROTECT AMERICANS. WASHINGTON. D. C. July 23 General Villa, of the Mexican revolutionary forces, made a striking move today by offering to protect the lives and property of Americans at Madera, according to state department dispatches today. The trouble at that point was caused by a band of American cowboys attempting to take the law in their own hands when their cattle were seized by bandits. In the fight which ensued two Mexicans were killed, two wounded and others taken prisoners. There are no federal forces near Madera. The battle ship Louisiana has left Tuxpam for Vera Cruz and the gunboat Buffalo has arrived at TopolobamiK). near Guaymas. The navy department has telegraphed to Rear Admiral Cowles at Guaymas to take all possible steps to protect Thomas Hine, an American railroad man. captured by the Federalists and held for ransom. sheriff to make arrangements to take him to the funeral of his baby, saying he would make no attempt to escape. He said the child had been ill ever since he has been in Jail because of his inability to properly provide for the family. Mrs. Ella Terry, his wife, has been working hard to provide for the family. Her menial tasks have not enabled her to secure such treatment for the sick child as It should have had and its death Is the result. Think Terry Innocent. Terry did not kill Richardson. though it was from him thai his father. Will Terry, procured the gun with which he shot his victim. According to some witnesses of the crime young Terry was "In no way to blame for the murder. He was in the act of leaving the scene of the quarrel between his father and Richardson when his father took the pistol from him and shot bis adversary. It was against the advice of the county attorney of Union county, where the crime was committed, that the case was venued to Wayne county. "The lack of evidence against Terry will warrant his acquittal," said Walter Bossert, legal representative of Union county. However. Prosecutor Edwards, of Union county, decided to prosecute Terry, believing he can secure a conviction. Judge Fox will be asked to grant the young man temporary release in order that he can attend his child's funeral. Terry is apparently heart broken at the death of his child. His wife and family have been unable to visit him here because of lack of means. ascertaining reasons at the earliest opportunity. That the accident occurred as a result of carelessness is thought probable by persons who will submit testimony to the coroner. The "lookouts" which held the stage on which the men were standing, did not break until after they hit the ground, according to some witnesses. Wiggans was advised to place 200 pounds of bricks on the lookouts to hold them in their proper position. This he failed to do, it is said, and no weight was added to the lookouts to keep them from tumbling from the roof when Wiggans stepped on the stage. The lookouts were borrowed i from painter, J. M. Ranks, by Con tractor Haner, for whom Wiggans was working. Haner knew Wiggans was a veteran painter and did not think it necessary to warn him against what he supposed he knew to be dangerous. Smith Remonstrated. Monday Wiggans was working on the same apparatus with William Smith. Smith remonstrated against his partner placing the stage so far from the building as he proposed to do and would not work on the stage .with Wiggans until he had placed it nearer (Continued on Page Three) ISSUE NEW ORDERS TO PATROL DRIVER New orders have been issued from police headquarters as to the removal of patients to Reid Memorial hospital as the result of the fatality yesterday which resulted ip the death of Thomas Wiggans. According to Patrol Driver Harry Otte his orders have been not to remove any patient to the hospital until authorized to do so by a physician. This morning Otte was told to take all emergency cases to the hospital without delay. Wiggans was not taken to the hospital for ten minutes after the arrival of the ambulance.

ANXIETY HOW FELT

FOR RICHMOND "BOY AT Town Threatened by Rebels for Harboring American Cowboy's. SITUATION IS ACUTE Grubbs Last Heard From af El Paso, but Probably at Madera Now. Senator Walter Commons stated today that one of his sons. Charles, was not in Los Angeles, as be had been led to believe, but was still in Madera, where the lives of the American residents are threatened. He" was so Informed today. Dr. Commons, the senator's other son, is in Los Angeles as reported. Richmond relatives of Warren Grubbs were trying today to ascertain bis whereabouts. For over a year he had been at Madera. Mexico, employed as a general store keeper for the Madera Lumber company. Conditions there became so grave that Grubbs Anally went to EI Paso. Texas. About three weeks ago he wrot from that city to a relative who is a member of The Palladium staff, stating that be probably would not return to Madera. However, it la possible that he did return there, for In a press dispatch today concerning the acute situation now existing In Madera, Grubbs was mentioned as one of the Americans at that place. This may be Inaccurate, however, for the list also included the names of Dr. Ernest Commons and Charles Commons, both Richmond men, who are known to have left the trouble zone and gone to Los Angeles. H. I. Miller, an uncle of Grubbs. and vice president of the Pierson syndicate which controls the Madera mills, is the son of Col. John Miller of this city. Mr. Mil ler is not In Mexico. . "- 'K ANXIETY NOW FILT (National Kewi Association) EL PASO, Texas. July 23. Intense anxiety Is felt here for Americans across-the Rio-Grande.-. ... "' Threats to kill all the citizens of the United States In the Madera set. tlement, burn the big Madera lumber mills which supply the El Paso Mill-' ing Company with lumber and razV every American house In the camp were made to the Pierson company: as the result of the harboring of Am-j erican cowmen after they had killed two of the bandits of EI Mocho Mr-f time's brigand band. 1 Telegraph Wires Down. 1 Telegraph wires are down and the, officials of the Madera company and! friends of the Americans in Madera. fare afraid the bandits Dave already; carried out their threats. ' j PVL tL t - . . ' ine onganaa are preventing an 3 one from leaving the camp. Among the Americans who are Madera are: II. C. Henry, Newark.; Ohio, manager of the Madera mills; J. F. Clark, of El Paso, superintendent nf th F!l Piin TMiHalrtm nf l)u Mexico Northwestern Railroad: W. J.j rarragut. or Aiaoami, a nepnew or, Admiral Farragut. manager of the Commissary Department at Madera;' V. W. Grubbs, Richmond. Ind, who Is a nephew of Vice President H. I. Miller, of the Pierson interests; R. B. Rawlings. of El Paso, agent for the Northwestern at Madera, together; with his wife and children; C. C. Corn-, mons, of Richmond. Ind, and a broth-j er of Dr. Commons, the company phy-i slcian; Charles A. Pringle, of San, Francisco, mining engineer; George j Gardner, of the Foreign club; Guy E.j Vaughn, fuel agent for the Madera, company, and Mrs. Vaughn; Le San-, ders, a meat dealer at Madera; Roy Hoard, plant auditor at Madera; Fred j Schmidt, agent for the Dolores Mining company; H. J. Gallagher, of Mex- 1 ico City, chief clerk to the superln-' tendent at Madera; T. R. Hager, chief dispatcher; Dr. Rogers, in charge of the hospital, and Mrs. C. J. Lawrence, ; (Continned on Page Three) FITZGIBBONS GETS RIDE IN MACHINE William Fitzgibbons was the most fashionable, plain, every day drunk who ever had the dlstincUon of being driven to the city jail in an automobile to be locked up for public Intoxication. Fitzgibbons was found sleeping in the gutter at the corner of North Eighth and E streets. Patrolman Lawler arrested him and because of his condition summoned the patrol wagon. The horse was being shod at a blacksmith shop and Fire Chief Ed Miller was called upon to convey the "sot in his machine to the jaiL Miller responded and "Filt" was loaded in the machine. The ride sobered him and before he arrived at the city building he was thoroughly enjoying the spin. He was fined $1 and costs In police court this morning. He thanked .the fire chief for his ride. Chief Gormon said the machine would not be used in the future, as it might tend to corrupt the morals of persona who wanted a "joy rida." . - . -.

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