Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 221, 25 July 1913 — Page 1

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OFFICIALS REACH NO DECISION UPON TRAFFIC QUESTION V Indianapolis "Move-on" Ordinance May Be Adopted in This City.

JEFFRIES AT SESSION President of Traction Company to Take Up Free Ride Matter. Much discussion and argument were ! features of the meeting held in the j ; board of works room at the city hall j Thursday night by a committee of .council, City Attorney Bond and rep resentative merchants for the purpose J of deciding upon some way to elimi- j nate congestion of traffic at the corner j of Eighth and Main streets. Though j many suggestions were made, none i seem practicable. j President Jeffries, of the T. II., I. & E. Traction company, and Superintendent A. Gordon, of the street railway, were present. They had been called because it was believed the schedule of interurban cars and city cars was partly responsible for the congestion. To Change Schedule. President Jeffries said the schedule of the interurbans would be changed so that the cars leaving on the even j hour would be held at the station until the Eighth street car had passed. No other change, he said, would be necessary, because the public would demand the cars and greater congestion would be caused if the schedule were altered. A change of from 15 to 7 minute service was suggested, but dropped when the president reasoned that the operating maintenance .ex penses of the city cars had been several thousand dollars more than the gross earnings and a change would mean a greater loss to the company. Police Chief Gormon talked for some time and advocated that in view of the fact that Traffic Officer Staubach turned the switch often for motormen, another man should be employed and paid by the interurban company. This man's duty would be to throw the .switch and, taking the regular reports from the employes on the cars, drop !them into the box. Too much expense. President Jeffries said, would be attached to this plan. Wanta More Power. Chief Gormon insisted that the congestion of traffic at the corner of Eighth and Main, could not be relieved unless more powe was given the officer on duty there. Under present conditions, he said, help was given Patrolman Staubach on Saturday night, when the traffic was the worse. "Pleasture riders," he said, "is a great cause of the congestion." George H. Knollenberg was present and suggested that the city buy and install cluster lights on Eighth street and other side streets, expressing his belief that the people would then walk on other thoroughfares besides Main street. , The suggestion was not given much consideration in view of the expense. A move-on ordinance was thought practicable and the difference between Indianapolis and Richmond traffic ordinances was 6hown. The move-on ordinance prohibits a vehicle or automobile from standing for an unlimited time in front of a store or place of business. The length of time that should be permitted was the obstacle which prevented this method of eliminating the congestion from getting Immediate approval. Only Reasonable Plan. flowever, this seems the most reasonable suggestion which had been adyanced during the evening. Prior to tb suggestion of a move-on ordinance, proposals were made that an ordln 5 be prepared which prohibited drivers from allowing their rigs and machines to stand at any place within fifty feet, of the corner. City Attorney Bond asked the men present to Buggest a reasonable time to permit a man to leave his horse, vehicle or autcVstanding in front of one of the storesear Eighth and Main streets In the "move-on" ordinance. No one answered his question. As none of the" suggestions with the (exception of the "move-on" ordinance, which had been made during the evening, had seemed to strike a vital spot in the quesUon of how to relieve the congestion of that corner, Attorney (ConUnued on Last Page) TWO PERSONS NOW CLAIM MONEY LEFT A complaint for an interpleader was filed in tho circuit court yesterday afmnnn in which the First National

I ' tank, of Richmond, asks the court to J make disposition of money deposited at that tosmution and claimed by 1 Lore than one party. Thesumof60o

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MISS GLADYS HINCKLEY. WASHINGTON, July 25. The haughty matrons of Washington society are, figuratively speaking, shaking in their shoes while awaiting the first copies of the book "My Experiences in Washington Society," by Miss Gladys Hinckley, the young society girl who was called by the Russian Ambassador, "the most beautiful girl in America." Miss Hinckly has on more than one occasion displayed a wit and sense of humor that invariably brought a hearty laugh from her hearers, with the exception of course, of the one at whom her shaft was aimed. It is the fear that Miss Hinckley has made some of them the butt for a few joking' paragraphs "hi her book that has several of the dignified society matrons on the verge of nervous prostration.

HER LAST THREAT WAS MRRIED OUT Mrs. Hunt, Suicide, Had Been Despondent Over Fear of Her Health. Deputy Coroner Morrow today continued his investigation of the suicide of Mrs. Homer Hunt. She killed herself at her home a few miles northeast of Chester early yesterday morning by shooting herself twice through the head. Prosecutor Reller intended making an investigation of the case this afternoon. Deputy Coroner Morrow states that the testimony he took yesterday clear-1 ly indicated Mrs. Hunt met her death by suicide. ' ; Was in Good Spirits. Today it was learned that Mrs. Hunt spent most of Wednesday at the home j of Morrison Pvlf and fnmilv whero she I assisted in cooking for the harvest hands. It was stated that she was in unusually high spirits and went about j her work in a most cneenui manner, in ine evenine ner nustianci mined her at the Pyle home and both families had a very enjoyable time. "Mr. Hunt and his wife appeared to have a fine time and acted es happy as children" stated one of the Pyle family today. It was learned that the following morning Mr. and Mrs. Hunt awoke early and she complained of a severe pain in her chest. It is said she remarked to her husband "I've a notion to end it all" which remark he laughed off. A few minutes later, it is stated, Mrs. Hunt went downstairs and the report of two revolver shots soon followed. Had Threatened Before. Twice before, it has been learned. Mrs. Hunt had threatened to kill her-: self during moments of despondency resulting from illness. These threats ' on her part, however, were never taken seriously by her husband or her parents. "Mrs. Hunt thought that she had tuuberculosis," it was stated at the Pyle home, "and this fact appeared to worry her exceedingly." Mr. Hunt is indignant over some reports that were circulated in Richmond following the death of his wife, and came to this city today to investigate the origin of them. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair. Warmer tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness and warmer. Shower In afternoon or night. TEMPERATURE Noon Yesterday. Maximum 79

12. YOUTH SHOT WHILE PLAYING "INDIAN Malcolm Saine, 11, Injures John Lynn, 11, With Father's Gun. When John Lynn, 11, son of Charles W. Lynn, 424 South Fourteenth street, slapped Malcolm Saine, a colored boy of the same age and son of C. Elleworth Saine, Thirteenth and South I, yesterday afternoon, the latter exclaimed, "I'll go home and get something that will fix you." In a few minutes he returned with a single barrel shotgun which he fired at the Lynn boy, the fine bird shot piercing his left side, his shoulder, neck and lodging in ujs ace He was taken to the hospital, where an examination showed that although a great number of the shot had taken effect, none of the wounds were dangerous, although the ball that passed through the boy's neck grazed an arlerJ- . Charles Lynn, the boy's father, has j "i?;

" "e and lsw'orth Sa'ne "jno one believed that there would be

j try to settle it without going into the r - " " "" courts. Fought in a Tree. Young Lynn and Malcolm Saine were playing "Indian" at the sand banks, south of the end of Fourteenth street, with a number of otuti .iii;dren about their age, when the shooting occurred. Ropes and pieces of old guns were used to make the game more realistic. The Lynn and the , Saine bovs were in a tree when thev ! got to scuffling over a rope which the j Lynn boy had. Malcolm took it awav I from him, and unraveled it. John then i

slapped the colored boy. company distribute it. I nis would , Mexico, tells of the battles between Climbing down from the tree Mai- save tearing up the streets and at the j federals and rebels. One battle, accolm made the threat. The other chil-; sa time protect the city in case the ! cording to the letter, took place near

dren say that they paid little attention ! thinking that he was going for his old- j thinking that he was going for his old- j er brother "to clean up on the crowd," as they expressed it. t Undisturbed they continued their ! game. The Same boy hurried across ine neia to nis nome at the corner of Thirteenth and South I, about three blocks away, secured his father's gun, uu iciuiucu iu i. ue sauu obuks. rte crouched along the ground in true In- i dian fashion, until within thirty feet of the children, when lying flat he fired I at the Lynn boy's head, the charge! hitting him a glancing lick. j John, his face covered with blood, ' walked to his home, followed bt iiunu ui uiuaums, ujius tuuuren. t"1!,"uuu oame iuiu air. Ljnn mar he did not know whether the gun was loaded or not, but that the boy knew ; where he kept the gun and his ammu- i nition. He says that he did not question Malcolm when notified of the shooting, but whipped him and sent him to bed for the rest of the day. I he baine boy s mother has been ' dead for several months. The affair - - - occurred about 4 o'clock,

QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED HERE AT HEARING AUGUST 4

Light, Heat and Power Company Will Present Objections. TURN SEARCHLIGHT On Local Company to Determine Actual Value of the Plant. When the public service commission meets to hear the evidence in the gas question in Richmond, it will be confronted with some difficult questions. On August 4, Chairman Duncan of the commission will come to Richmond to conduct the hearing, at which time the representatives of the city will endeavor to show why it will be a benefit to the community for the Allegheny Gas company to be permitted to bring natural gas to Richmond. On the j other hand, the Richmond Light. Heat j and Power company representatives will endeavor to show that it will be a great injustice to the stock and bondholders of their company for the corn-

mission to grant a franchise to a com-;'" lt mlt.re.i our unsmuiuuu .... .-- 'r- Owings took a part in the organ- know that the experience of this competing company, and at the same time ... , , . . . w nno uisi me ieu.- o. uu j i.... i i ization of the international branch pany. which has resulted lareelv from

charge a price for gas which will not net a fair return on its investment. Some Vital Questions. There are many questions which the commission must lane into consiaera -

tion. j would arrive in Richmond today, but First What position will the city be , he failed to put in an appearance, and in if the natural gas should fail? it is possible now that he will not inSecond What effect the granting of Ispect the Gaar-Scott branch until the the franchise to p. competing company , first of next week. will have on the local company? j Third Is the local company charg-1 STATEMENT BY FUNK. ing too much for its product? Fourth Is the local company carry-! Rumely Company Executive is Optiing a large investment account on its j mistic for Future. books and trying to earn a profit on that amount? j LAPORTE, Ind., July 25 The opAll of these questions enter into the ; tfmlsrn of Clarence Funk, president of granting of the franchise as the new j . . ... . , ... ..

law places the commission in the position of a judge on all matters between the citizens and the public utility corporation. The commission Is given the right either to raise or lower rates. If the commission considers that the rates charged by a company are below what it actually costs to produce that commodity, then It may readjust the rates. To Determine Value. The Light, Heat and Power company will have a searchlight turned on its past conduct, and at the same time the commission will determine what the actual value of the present plant is in order to use this as a basis of determining what would be a fair rate for artificial gas. It is said that the local i Company1 from the former owners at a price that was far above the actual value of the property. To this amount the company has added the cost of installing modern improvement. About four years ago the company purchased the property or tne Kicnmona .Natural uas company at an exhorbitant price in order to keep anotner company from Duying tne plant ana coming nere as a couiiieuiur. All of this has piled up an enormous investment account which the com - pany is now carrying as the value of the plant, and on which it hopes to make a profit. It is admitted by the representatives of the local company that even if the company installed a cheaper process of making gas it could not afford to sell the gas at much less than SO cents per 1,000 cubic feet on account yf the lorire H i c t ri hn t ir r r 1 c f M the tlme'the IJgnti Heat and Power company came into Richmond a Dblic service commission in In jdiana which would have the right to investigate the organization and business of the corporation and fix a value cn the plant. Times have changed and now the Light. Heat and Power company is placed in the position of paying up for its past conduct. There is also a possibility of the commission compelling the local comrany to make a contract with the AI- i leghenv Gas company to buy the ; natural gas and then let the local . natural gas failed, Tne local company has made Tne local company has made arrangements to put up a nard tignt be- j fore the commission to protect the) company from an alleged injustice j which it claims would be neaped upon i" in case ine iranccise is granted io , jthe other company. j j j W J J. 1 t!j UlHvllo 1 1U A'DtT' UTirPT t r"t?"VTXI j AKL H.UJlivl A AbA 13 i (National News. Association) ! r -t " T:f , - Mexican government wno are in Lon-; ;don seeking financial aid for the

f Huerta administration .today stated i nuisi.eu i'uuticls liitr isu-; roads between the City of Mexico and the border and Laredo would be re- j opened withi na few days. The agents : stated that the government is mak- i ; ing rapid progress in ridding the line i ' of communication of rebels and that j ;the situation is daily improving. The! rebels are losing ground and soon will j be put to utter rout, according to the Jasenta. - -

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2K";S HOLTON RESIGNS

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Richmond Man Succeeded by Dr. Rumely Who Resigns As Vice President. FEW OTHER CHANGES New Vice President M. R. D. Owings President Funk Not Here Today. Charles P. Holton. formerly of this city, has resigned as secretary of the Rumely company. He has been succeeded by Dr. E. A. Rumely, who resigned as vice president when Mr. Holton severed his connection with the big corporation. Another resignation presented at the directors' meeting yesterday was that of Herman Gifford of Chicago, as a member of the board Cf directors. M. R. I). Owings. who was elected vice president and director of the Rumely company, was for eight years head or the advertising and publicity department of the International Harvester company. ; What nJinn. win rift Mr niHnoo u iiiLvo h, Af .k0 credit and" enlist inn darinint nf the Rumely company. , bouses, establishing the credit bureau. (iruiuiuiuB me ouue eiHim ui me j various plants and assisting in organ - , izaiion worn ai ine ueaa omce. ; It was thought possible that Presi- ; dent r unK or the Kumely company

AFTER A SPREE MOTHER DEMANDS HER CHILDREN

However, Guardian Is Appointed Today and Mrs. Dayton-Maupin Gives Up $125 of $300 Due Children. George L. Thornburg was this morning appointed guardian of Dorothy, Kyi Hard and Daisy Dayton, the three children of the late William Henry n t j p1ar navnn.laimln The nnnnintment was marie bv .Tndee Fox. at the reqllest of Prosecutor Reller. Mrs Maupin was given $300 by Mrs. j Alice Snvdri her sister, the money j to be used 8olely for the benefit of ;the three children. Of this sum Mrs. I Maupin turned over to Thornburg $125 ! j after he had visited the home this j morning. rg Maupin, who has been intoxicated for several davs. said she had nnt been treated fairlv bv the author - j It,eB ,n taldng her children from her. ! . she assertB that she loves her chlldren and do everything in hen nower to provide for them as a mother I should. She told Thornburg she had been ill or she would have made application for the return of her children

LOCAL MEN HEAR FROM A FOREMAN OF THEIR MINE

Letter Received By Daniel Walters Tells of Fighting Between Mexican Federals and Rebels. In a letter received by Daniel Wal- ' ters, of this city, formerly owner of the Richmond Steam laundry. James L McKay, foreman of a mine in which Mr. Walters and A. C. Lindermuth, of this city, are interested, at Zacaticas, the mine, a few feet from his house. ! The letter follows: Zacatica3, Mexico. June 14, 1913. Dr Mr Walters We are still alive and went and i am writing this at the min4,. Custer and I stav here in the daytime and Mrs, McKay has been out here since the Tth of June. We walk-j ed to town. They were through fight- J ing ana my wnat aesirucuon oi property ; buildings were blown up and stores looted and dead everywhere, both horses and men. The fight starttbe 5th of June at 5 o'clock in itne My hat a racket- The i nrst Bhots were fired from our mill within four hundred yards of the house j

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rebels on the morning of the 6th, nearitoId th wat-hmftn w ha m'v

our houses. They walked right up the ! hill like men and how the rebels mow- j ed them down, twenty-fire made the charge and two came out alive. One of the two got under the boilers in the mill and stuck there all day. At night he got away, fourteen of the dead were back on the hill behind the house for three days, all the mines were rob

the Rumely company, is breathed in j his first communication to the o: anlcation, of which he is the tuad. ind

which is his first authorized statement since assuming the management o( the big industry. In part it is is follow: I am glad of this, my first cppcrtunity to convey to the orsan'jatiou of j M. Rumely company, iucludirs; its Ijcal dealers everywhere, my cordial greetings and good wishes. Situation Was Difficult. "The Rumelv organization has Juring the past few months beon contreated with a difficult and irjiiis t.i-' uation. and you have no douM I ten: anxious to know how matters und come. There have been rumors of all kinds, the inevitable newspaper xdsgeratious, and no doubt the traveling : representatives of our competitors

have in some case been eicwdiiuly j ..nr j F Svauuhut ami , owe ou(. industrious in spreadms stories to our r&mHiliUwatil to lhe MjiU, lxrd of detriment. ; medical registration and examination "You have already been informed of j to the fact that Governor Ralston has the re-organization and re fiuum iiu of j thoroughly examined into the cause the company, and you -re now fully of the opposition against u. found justified in saying and beliexu g tiiatjihem to be unfair and our records the company is on a sound ami consor- j clear and honest." said Dr. S. G. Smel-

vative basis. Remen.ler. no claim that the company is insolvent: the criiij cisms being aimed most largely at ! some of its methods, none of which, 1 however, would justify many ct he newspaper stories that have appeared I from time to time. I Not Unique Experience. the rapid expansion of its business. Is an experience which has come to 1 many cf the oldest and most success- : . . t 1. 1 . . ,, . i iu iui, n in uui ai uu a umb. Many manufacturers nave had uch an experience, and others will have it. Some good may come from ilmos; every difficulty, and it is the time of stress and uncertainty which tests the mettle of an organization. Men who cannot stand pressure and adversity are not entitled to succeed. The ex - perience this organization has t.ue- ! cessfully passed through will make better and stronger every man in it. (Continued on Page Three) before. Mrs. Maupin has neither been to see her two children at the Home for Friendless Women, nor Dorothy, at Reid Memorial hospital. None of the children has expressed any inclination to return to their former home. Mrs. Maupin said she would try to regain possession of her children. The condition of Dorothy Dayton is somewhat improved today, and the child will soon be able to leave the hospital. Mrs. Maupin talked this morning of going to Kentucky with her children and her husband, George Maupin, an herb doctor. She will not be permitted to see her children at the Home for the Friendless, the matron of the institution said. "After Spree." It was six months ago today that the Wayne county commissioners authorized a appropriation of $500 for the apprehension and arrest of Joe Snyder, alias Steward, whose alleged written confession that he murdered William Henry Dayton and buried him 1 in Quicklime, is now in the bands of the police, Residents of North I street, in the vicinity of the Dayton home, believe that Snyder did not write the "con- ! fession." No trace of Snyder has been found by local police authorities. bed. We lost abot 500 pesos. At first the rebels robbed us and when the federals came they cleaned the houses. stole our horses and put Cuter and j Mazo in jail. They were in about an , hour. The federals were all drunk, j even the officials. We got the horses back but they kept one saddle and Cus ter's pistol, they stole five pesos out of ; Custer's pocket, stole the blankets off J

o! w oeu auu iook io raincoats, ine j The rear whee, of a riR dlirn by rebels ate up all our food, and made j Char!ey lx)Dg and Ed Grimes was deus cook for them. Brought their moli8hed when ,t M etruck by a wounded to the house and made Cus-6treet oar th!, morninK on the Maln ter dress their wounds. They stuck a j Btreet h, directly ,n front of the gun to Custer's head and said. 'Get j court houge As the men were dr,T,n, busy and give us your pistol,' but they along the side of the track, unaware of did not get it. First the federals got ; the westbound street car. they sud-

178,000 pesos in cash and stole good !

horses and saddles and jewelry to the i car struck the vehicle before the moamount of "50 pesos. They have put j torman could apply the brakes. Neithabout three hundred thousand men j er of the occupants was injured. into the armr hrt T"h ov tut ratrh !

them on the street, drunk or sober. and force them into the army. The town is-full of strange people, women and children. They confiscated all the !

automobiles in town, and 1,500 horses. Inventor, was In the city yesterday paid what they pleased for them, and conferring with members of the Comthe rebels took 800 horses from townjmercial Club relative to the estaband paid nothing. Hshment of a factory for the manu-

The federals took our saddle blankets i also. The rebels took all the monev I we had in the house. We had Mrs. 1 The I in the tunnel. They got none of the :

money. The rebels were quite decent.!1"!1, is considering the advisability The Bote company lost 29 horses. 17 , ' organising a company and locating boxes of dynamite, tons of corn and a Plant here. hay. The Gilbert company lost nearly 1 Believing that wire wheels for motor the same. Bote 5,000 pesos. Gilbert ! cars wiI1 be a necessity In a few years. 4,000 pesos, William Palmer 2,000 jMr- Lindsey chose Richmond as one . j of the best locations for the manofac- . i Continued on Page Three) jture and distribution of Ma product. J

jQR, SMELSER GETS

REAPPOINTMENT AS. A MEMBER OF BOARD Attempts of Society to Block Reappointment Is Unsuccessful. i UK. 5i'AUlrlUK5 1 ALoU js Kept on Board Bv Governor Statement From Local Physician. j ser when informed of his re-appoint j ment to the board. "The only reason that the State j Medical society fouieht my re-appoint-ment. was because 1 was fair enough j to demand a 'square a 'square deal for Dr. Snaiinhnrst fthn i an natniul)i nA not a doctor of ftiedicine as his predecessor was. After our appointment he was not permitted to handle subjects which had been assigned to his predecessor physiology, hyidene and etlogy. I sided with him in his proj tests against this discrimination. j Incompetency Charoed. I "One of the weapons used against me wi marge mat l was lncompe- ; tent. Richmond physicians to sunDort V this charge pointed to the fact that I was not a member of the Wayne County Medical society, which is trua, l simply because I am a contract lodge ; physician. j "I will call attention to the fact that, Jhen I was appointed to the board In j May, 1909. I turned In after each meetj ing a bill for $6 as provided by law. In January. 1910. I discovered that other members of the board had been handing in claims for $12 for each meeting. I made a protest over this and my protest was sustained." Dr. Smelser's re-appointment was as vigorously protested as his appointment in 1909. The attacks on the two physicians in the state journal of the Indiana State Medical association were i so bitter that had Governor Ralston ; not re-appointed them they would hare been hurt professionally. The state organization which led the fight against them was headed by Dr. W. N. Wiahard, chairman of the state council of the society. When remonstrances against the two physicians were heard, the defendants were permitted to b present and speak in defense. The attack was especially bitter against Dr. Smelser. In discussing Dr. Smelser's re-appointment Dr. E. B. Grosvenor said: How Opposition Started. "Here are the true facta of the J whole thing and If you want to print it an right. John-Butler, of near Liberty, had a boy who needed an operation and be was brought here. Dr. Smelser and a physician who la a member of the Wayne County Medical society, but whom I will not name, performed the operation. The society physician j 'fell down on the case, and because John Butler was a. nerftnnal friend of mine and because he made the request. Dr. Smelser brought the boy to me. Another operation was performed and it was successful. "The other physician became angry when he learned that Dr. Smelser had : brought the boy to me and declared : he would 'get even." His opposition was the first against Dr. Smelser's appointment and was responsible for the later fight waged against him and the charges made against him. "The Wayne County Medical society is a trust. The majority of the phy(Continued on Last Page) CAR STRIKES VEHICLE 'Rear Wheel of Rig Com pletely Demolished. denly turned to cross the track. The WOULD INSTALL A t. j FACTORY IN CITY Lindser. of IndianaDolis. an neels. Mr. Lindsey is making an effort to interest Richmond capital In the project. He brought with him a number of amri nr it,. --,ia -Kth noses to mnnfartnr7 A rommltter whlch Richard Sedgwick Is chair-