Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 224, 29 July 1913 — Page 1

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AMERICANS FACING GREAT DANGERS IN MEX1C0CITY NOW Uprising Feared if the Huerta Government Is Not Recognized.

WILSON'S ULTIMATUM Demanding Arrest of Men Who Shot Charles Dixon Is Presented. (?Tational News Association) MEXICO CITY, July 29. Americana and other foreigners are in grave danger If the United States fails to recognize the Huerta administration. The situation is regarded here as very grave. While government officials decline to discuss the impending crisis, Minister of Education Senor Urrupla, who is generally regarded as the mouthpiece of the Huerta government, has been predicting that President Wilson will recognize the administration by tomorrow. HUERTA PROMISES ACTION. . MEXICO CITY. July 29 Spurred by President Wilson's demand for the release of Charles Dixon, United States immigration agent, who was shot and taken prisoner at Juarez, President Huerta today ordered an investigation of the case. President Wilson's preemptory demand was presented today to the Huerta government by acting United States Ambassador O'Shaughnessey, demanding the immediate court martial and punishment of the federal officers who shot Dixon, and the immediate release of McDonnell and Bissell, United States citizens, who were captured and condemned to death by Pasqual Orozco. Huerta promised to secure the release of the two prisoners and the punishment of those who shot Dixon. Dixon is recovering in an El Paso hospital. After O'Shaughnessey had left the president, Huerta called in his foreign minister and ordered him to comply with the demands of President Wilson. BIG BATTLE STARTS. EAGLE PASS. TEXAS, July 29. Heavy fighting was still in progress today about Saltillo. capital of Coahuila. The revolutionists were reported to be gaining ground in their siege against the city. Reports received at Constitutionalists headquarters in Piedras Negras, said the besieging party had lost few men. GUNBOAT BLOWN UP. NOG ALES, Ariz., July 29. Mexican federal gunboats being used in the shelling of Guawmas, withdrew from their positions in the harbor today, following the sinking of the gunboat Tampico. Aviator Masson tried three times to drop bombs from his aeroplane before he struck the gunboat and sent to the bottom of the harbor. A SPECIAL SESSION i -,. Of Council Saturday to Elect Member. A special session of council will be held Saturday evening to elect a successor to fill the place left vacant by the death of Harry Kauffraan. The matter could not be brought up at the next council session as it requires a special session which is to be held not less than two days ner more than fifteen days after the death of any member. There will be several candidates in the field who are seeking the nomination. Among the most prominent persons suggested for the office are Frank Jones. Watson P. O'Xeil and Harvey Brown. Chris Hasemeier declined the nomination. EAGLES WILL OPEN HOME BIDS TONIGHT Bids on the contract for the building of the new Eagles' home will be opened at a meeting to be held in the lodge rooms tonight. The contract will not be let, however, until tomorrow night. The new home will be located on South Seventh street. ODD PERAMBULATOR ORDERED FOR THE FARWIG TRIPLETS A baby carriage which will hold all three of the famous Farwig triplets is the creation which William Farwig, father of the popular children, proposes to have. It will be the first one of its kind ever seen in this city and no doubt will attract considerable attention. There has never ibeen a perambulator for three child'ren kept in stock by any of the local merchants. The children are still at the Reid ' Memorial hospital where they are the particular pets of the hospital attendants. Very few visitors have been lallowed to see the children though fthey attracted considerable attention j-when baptised at one of the local (churches on Sunday of last week.

An American Threatened For Killing

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Mrs. F. C. Herr. of Newark. Ohio, his wife and his two

dren are at El Paso, Texas, anxiously awaiting word from across the border as to the fate of her husband. Herr, who is construction manager of the Mexican Central railway, was attacked by a band of Mexican outlaws, and in defending his life and his property, he killed two of them. He was immediately arrested by a detachment of rebels, and his wife is in deadly fear that he will be tried and executed on a trumped-up charge of murder.

ANTI-WEED BILL IS TO BE DRAFTED Health Officer Davis and City Attorney Bond Discuss Matter. An anti-weed ordinance will be drafted and presented to the council for the approval of that organization at a meeting in the near future. City Health Officer Davis and .Attorney Bond had a consultation yesterday morning as to whether it would be legal to draft an ordinance compelling lot owners to cut down the weeds in their vacant lots. Mr. Bond said this could easily be done. The weeds are insanitary and a public nuisance. In many of the lots the weeds are so high that they obstruct the view of nearby residents to the street. Marry complaints have been made against weeds in various lots in the city. Complaints have been made against the condition of a lot on the National road. The lot is located on the north side of the street between Fourth and Fifth. The field is covered with milk weeds, which send off obnoxious seed. MORE SUFFRAGETTES GIVEN SENTENCES (National News Association) LONDON", July 29. Char,! th making a demonstration ipjj Sof the Holloway jail, where Syiv ia Pankhurst, daughter of the militant leader, was taken yesterday, two women suffragettes were today sentenced to two months' imprisonment, and a man sympathizer to four months in jail. The demonstrators marched from the east end to the jail followed by a riotous crowd. Violent speches were made, blank shots fired from pistols and windows smashed. The mounted police had a hard time in dispersing the gathering. CHINAMAN AND HIS WHITE WIFE BURNED (National News Association) NEW YORK, July 29. A Chinaman and his white wife were burned to death and fifteen persons were more or less seriously injured in a fire that gutted a four-story building and for a time threatened to destroy the whole of Chinatown. The fire started from the overflowing of a pot of grease on a kitchen stove and the flames communicated to some fireworks stored near by. A series of explosions followed. Firemen after a hard fight pre1 vented the flames from spreading. Many thrilling fire escape rescues were made by police and firemen.

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UNDERWOOD LOSES HIS TEMPER WHEN HE SEES MULHALL

Drops Bland Smile and With Flashing Eyes Denounces Lobbyist. ATTACK UNEXPECTED (National News Association) WASHINGTON, July 29. Representative Underwood, Democratic leader of the house, appeared before the lobby investigating committee today and charged that Colonel M. M. Mulhall, the lobbyist, was a blackmailer. The appearance of Underwood was not on the program. His usual bland smile was missing. Instead, his eyes flashed and he was visibly angry. Underwood was not sworn, having become involved in an argument with Senator Reed before Senator Overman of the committee had an opportunity to place him under oath. Then He Saw Mulhall. "Is this Mulhall?" inquired Underwood, pointing his finger at the lobbyist, who was sitting in the witness chair in an apparently disinterested attitude. "In the public interest," declared Underwood, "I think men who take liberties with the names of public men should be confronted and made to prove their charges," roared Underwood. "I regard this man as a blackmailer. He has even blackmailed the men who employed him." Underwood denied that Mulhall had ever talked with him about legislation before congress, arid said he had never before seen him. RECORD RUN BY GERMAN STEAMER (National News Association) NEW YORK, July " 29 The steamer Kron Printesse Cecilia, which arrived today from Bremen and other ports, made a record run of five days, fourteen hours and twenty-four minutes over the long course. The vessel maintained an average speed of 23.40 knts. The best day's run was 603 miles. This is the fastest time and best average speed made by any westbound German steamer over this route. Clear weather prevailed throughout the voyage.

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boys. Mrs. Herr and her chil PERTIG WAS FOUND GUILTHESTERDAY Sold Ice Cream Which Did Not Have Enough Butter Fat in It. The case of Dayton Fertig, charged with selling ice cream which did not have the required amount of butter fat, went to the jury yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, and after a session lasting until 5:50 o'clock a verdict of guilty was returned against the defendant. The case was bitterly contested, and the counsel for the defense, Shiveley Shiveley, battled over every point brought out by the state. Ice cream is not a food was the declaration of Ray K. Shiveley. "Who ever heard of people going into a drug store to procure ice cream to sustain themselves?" Mr. Shiveley said that the law was a ridiculous one, compelling ice cream manufacturers to make ice cream containing eight per cent butter fat. Ice cream, they argued, was purchased as a refreshment rather than for the nutriment it contained. The defense also argued that the ice cream which was taken from Fertig's establishment was placed in a cooler at Bender's ice cream plant. Charges by Defense. It was intimated that it would have been an easy matter to substitute the ice cream which was taken from Fertig with ice cream not as pure. It was charged that Dairy Inspector Flook acted improperly, and he was subject to criticism for the ma nner in which he was alleged to have acted in his official capacity. Flook stated to the court that he had placed the ice cream in the cooler at Bender's establishment because he did not want to go to the extra expense of procuring ice. The prosecutor pointed out that the law in Indiana was not a ridiculous one, for in other states the required per cent of butter fat is greater than it is in this state. The federal statute requires that the percent of butter fat shall be twelve. Charles Easley will be tried on the same charge Thursday. He procured ice cream from Fertig and it was found to contain the same per cent of butter fat as that examined. It is probable that a plea of guilty will be entered as a result of the outcome of the Fertig trial. TO HOLD MEETING TO MAKE FRO GRAM A meeting of the committee in charge of the program- for the dedicatory exercises of the new St. Andrew's school. South Fifth and C streets, will be held tomorrow evening. The Right Rev. Chartrand, bishop of Indianapolis, will be present at the dedication. ,

WILD WEST FILMS BLAMED FOR SHOOTING OF A BOY

Young Saine and Lynn Inspired to Play Indians By Western Pictures At Local "Movie" Houses. As a result of the shooting of John Lynn, the 11-year-old eon of Charles W. Lynn. 424 South Fourteenth street, by Malcolm Saine. 11, colored, son of C. Ellsworth Saine, of South Thirteenth and 1 streets, steps will be taken to have the city council censor the Sims shown in this city at moving picture theatres. An investigation of the facts of the case has revealed that the boys were inspired to play Indian and cowboy after continually visiting picture show houses where "wild west" scenes were portrayed. The boys have been playing "wild west" in the south part of tne city, taking knives from their mothers' kitchens and revolvers and guns from their fathers' rooms without the knowledge of their parents. Made it Realistic. Last Thursday afternoon young Lynn and several companions were playing Indian in a sand bank below south Fourteenth street. One of the boys had taken his mother's clothef line with which one of the young cowboys was lasooing the other members of the party. Lynn and Saine quarreled over the rope, the colored youth succeeding

FINDING OF OLER'S BODY PROVED DIFFICULT TASK

Large Number of Men Dragged Lake From Saturday Evening Until Late Monday Afternoon. ' vr,c 5rx The body of Arthur Oler, who was drowned in a lake at Urbana, Ohio Saturday afternoon, was recovered Monday evening and arrived in Richmond about 4:30 o'clock this morning over the Pennsylvania railroad. It was accompanied by Madison Oler, father of Arthur Oler, George Bussen and Charles King, who had assisted in the effort to find the body. The father was notified of the tragedy late Saturday night and went to Urbana early Sunday morning. He went to the lake and met James Bosler, foreman of the Urbana Tool and Die shops, where Oler had been employed six weeks. Bosler and many other employes were dragging the lake to recover the body, but all efforts they had made up to that time proved unavailing. Tried to Get Diver. A personal canvass of Oler's fellow workmen netted a subscription fund of $25 to defray the expenses of a diver, but the diver at Celina, Ohio, said he had no diving suit and feared to go under the clear, cold water of the lake without one. With grappling hooks and boats, the men of the shops worked all day Sunday trying to locate the body. They worked in a space on the lake eighteen feet in diameter, including the spot where Oler was seen to go down, but ended Sunday evening with no successful resulits. Monday morning, the foreman announced that the shops would be closed for the day and asked all employes to assist in the work of attempting to recover the body of Oler. Forty of the sixty employes went to the lake, which covers about four acres. Last Effort a Success. Upon Madison Oler's suggestion, a new type of grappling hook was made, larger than the one which the men had been using. This, attached to a thirtyfive foot rope, the end of which the men on the bank held, was carried in a boat to the middle of the lake.

BANDITS ATTEMPT HOLD UP AN INDIANA TRAIN TODAY

J. F. Roy, a Trainman, Was Killed After a BattleThree Arrests Have Been Made So Far. i ri(National Nt-ws Association) HAMMOND, Ind., July 29 Bandits attempted to hold up a fast Chicago bound Lake Shore train near Pine Station, Indiana, early today. J. F. Roy, trainman, of Elkhart, Indiana, was killed. Three men were arrested by railroad detectives in East Chicago as suspects. Several shots were fired when three tramps beating their way to Chicago encountered the robbers on the front platform of the baggage car. Brakeman Roy's body was picked up after the train was stopped. No loot was obtained by the bandits who jumped off the train as it was approaching Pine Station. The three prisoners at East Chicago are George Gray, alias Harry Carlock of New York, who has worked as a teamster, bookkeeper and stenographer; George Murray, alias Gould, of New York, and Joseph Goldstone, of Chicago. Hoboes Prevented Loot. According to the statements of rait road detectives the robbers who boarded the train west of Laporte were masked and each carried a revolver. The detectives said that the encoun

In securing it, but he was slapped by his white companion. The boy then threatened Lynu and went to his home. There he tecurd his father's twelvegauge sho. sun, and filling it with a shell went to find Lynn. The games of "Indian" had not stopped because of the throats of Saine, and he was soon forgotten. Saine enticed Lynn from the other members of the crowd and fired he gun at his head. Had the charge hit the boy full in he head, he probably would hae been killed. Many of the shots were taken from his face and houldrs Saturday, but his condition has improved so much that he was able to have Ueid Memorial hospital yesterday afternoon. Wants Films Censored. Attorney Hichardsou has bven retained by the father of Malcolm Saine to defend the boy against the charges filed in the juvenile court. Richard son stated that he would appeal o some of the city councilmen to have

the films restricted to prevent similar crimes in the future. Mr. Richardson said that the incident probably never would have occurred had not the boys Leen prompted to follow the examples of the cowboys and bandits portrayed by the tilms. Mrs. Candler city probation officer who will file an affidavit against young Saine will be appealed to to use her influence to have the western films censored. Saine is now confined at the Home for the Friendless pending he filing of charges against him. The second time it was dropped in. Oler's body came to the surface like a cork, but only the head and shoulders showing. The body was brought to the shore soon afterward. The body was found 15 feet from where Oler had gone down. The features were distorted and disfigured by the length of time the body had been in the water. The body was recovered about 5 o'clock Monday evening. Oler was drowned at 6 o'clock Saturday evening. The exact cause of the drowning will never be known, but it is believed either the cold water of the lake produced cramps or he was attacked by heart trouble. Oler had been invited on a fishing trip with a farmer and his two brothers. Their names were not learned. The four men went to the lake and saw the boat anchored In the middle of the water. Oler volunteered to swim out and bring it back to shore. He divested himself of his clothing and waded into the lake. He sank nearly to his hips in the mud, and then turning around, joked with his companions. He knew they could not swim and with a laugh remarked, "Gee, I'd be in an awful fix if I got cramps out there and you couldn't help me, wouldn't I?" Joked With Companions. He took a long, wooden rail with him to help his progress through the deep mud and, with his companions watching him, finally came to within two lengths of the boat, where the water was eighteen feet deep. He was seen to throw the rail to one side, turn partially around and take two strokes and then go under. He made no outcry when he came to the surface the first time, but he could be seen floundering in the water. He went down again to disappear until found Monday evening. When the three farmers realized what had happened they quickly obtained assistance and the attempt to find his body was begun. Oler's body was at the Wilson, Pohlmeyer & Downing undertaking establishment this forenoon. Friends were not permitted to view the remains because of the condition of the body. The funeral was held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the establishment, with burial in Earlham cemetery. ter with the hoboes likely saved the contents of the express company's safe and the valuables of the passengers. Two of the bandits compelled brakeman Roy to put up his hands and stand on the front platform with them up. It was said that one of the shots fired at the tramps by one of the bandits struck" him and his body fell beneath the train and was mangled. Roy's father is a Lake Shore passenger conductor. STEAMER AGROUND . IN A HEAVY FOG National Xwi Association) NEW YORK, July 23. The steamer j Chalmette from southern ports, which ' went aground near Barnegat during ' a heavy fog yesterday, was floated this j morning with the aid of a wrecking steamer. The vessel is apparently undamaged. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. TEMPERATURE Noon 90

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NUMBER SPEAKERS DISCUSS LIBRARY WORUTMEETIflGl Carl Bernhardt Advises a' Closer Co-operation WJk Newspapers.

FAVOR SMOKING ROOM Mrs. M. F. Johnston Speaks on Relation of Art to the Libraries. Talks upon the socialization of th libraries in the state were given at today's session of the summer school for librarians now bing held at Earlham college. Among the speakers were Mrs. M. F. Johnstou. president of th Richmond Art association. Edward II. Harris, manager of the Palladium. Carl Bernhardt, of the Bobbs-Merrill company, of Indianapolis, and formerly of this city. Miss Ada M. McOormick. of Fort Wayne. John A. I -a pp. of Indianapolis, William M. Hepburn, librarian of Purdue university, and U. J. Bailey, of Gary. Mrs. Johnston, who is also chairman of the art department of the General Federation of Women's clubs, spoke on "Art Exhibits" as a means of the socialization of the library. To illustrate Ideals. "There are many beautiful Ideals that cannot be expressed in words and books but must be set forth in th language of form and color, illustrating poetry, music and painting." said Mrs. Johnston. The speaker told about exhibits for libraries and practical suggestions for displaying them artistically. She also told of many exhibits in libraries that had aroused great community interest and increased th social values of the library among th people. In speaking of what a medium sized library can do in the municipal reference work. Miss Ada M. McConnick declared that such departments should be welcomed by students of municipal affairs. Taking Richmond as an example, John A. Lapp in his talk upon "collecting material and help from the outside." declared that this city should profit by all the experience of other, cities In the country with municipal government and begin where the others leave off. j What Library Needs. ! Carl Bernhardt, of the Bobbs-Merrill company, of Indianapolis, spoke oa "The Relation of the Public Library to the Municipality." He showed how the library could be of great value to the city through the co-operation of the newspapers. He cited Instances where the library had furnished data to newspapers and city officials by which important changes had been brought about in city government. Ha advocated more democracy in the administration of the public libraries and said that he thought libraries would bo, better patronized if a smoking roonv was provided for men who desired tospend their evenings as they would ati their homes or at the clubs, pointing', out that the library should be mado more attractive than the saloon In order to attract men. Mr. Bernhardt closed his remarks by saying that if the librarians would take the time to co-operate with tho newspapers in preparation of articles and advertisements which would boost the library, it could be made a practt cal benefit to the municipality. Tho newspapers, he said, are the greatest means of distribution-of ideas. A bool may be read by four or five people in the course of a year, but a newspaper reaches everybody in the community and by advertising the library through the newspapers the library can bo made most useful to the community. Would Aid Efficiency. EL II. Harris, or the Palladium, led the discussion on the subject by pointing out how a library could be used to advantage in the government of a city if the information on file at the library would be used by city officials. Hs said that he did not think the library was appreciated in most communities, but that this could be remedied by a systematic campaign of publicity through the newspapers. He said that the library should be made the most valuable institution to a city by showing the people that through its assistance it is possible to obtain information which would tend to increase tho efficiency of every department of life. MARVIN IS CHOSEN TO SUCCEED MOORE (National News Association) WASHINGTON. July 2. Professor Charles F. Marvin, of Ohio, chief of tho instrument division of the weather bureau, today was selected by Preei dent Wilson to be chief of the weather bureau succeeding Prof. Willis L. Moore recently dismissed. ProfMarvin has been connected with tho instrument division for twenty-flv years. WAS NO DISORDER ( National News Association) NEW YORK. July 29. No disordet has visited Lima. Peru, according to a message received today at the New York office of the Central and South American Telegraph company. It was stated that the wires were working all right to Lima, but that there was some interruption south of thero. . - -