Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 226, 31 July 1913 — Page 1

ADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 226 RICHMOND, IND, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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COUNTY TAX RATE TO BE INCREASED BY STATE ACTION

Whether Additional Increase For County Expenses Needed Unknown. ESTIMATES BY BOARD Will Be Made Next Month ', and Presented to Council in September. "The county tax budget for 1914 will be raised. It is inevitable," declared County Auditor Bowman today. "The state fund has already been increased IV cents per $100 valuation, but whether the tax for the county funds proper will be raised or not, I can- ' not Bay." .Auditor Bowman explained that he could make no definite statement on : the matter because the plans of the ! county commissioners, who meet a week prior to the county council have iiot been outlined. i " Dates For Meeting. The county council will convene for , its annual session at the court house . cn the first Tuesday in September : and after a conference, in the course of which the members will inquire into the financial condition of the county, the pearly budget will be prepared. The commissioners, who hold their meeting the week before,; may formulate recommendations which will increase the expenses of the county for the ensuing year, thereby necessitating a boost in the tax rate if the plans are acceptable to the council. James Howarth,- township trustee, lias already made his estimates under which the tax rate will be decreased two cents for next year. The Richmond school fund will possibly be the same as last year. i The county budget for 1913 totalled 5.6 cents as rate of taxation and this . was divided as follows: For general fund,? $-30; bond sinking fund, $.06; Jfree turnpike fund, $.05; and state fund, -31.85 cents. This year the state levy will amount ,lto 39.10 cents on' the hundred dol- ' rs. SAILS TOOMERICA iW. H. Duning Expected in Richmond August 8. William H. Duning, whQ has been In Germany attending the Kaiser's twen-.ty-lfth. Jubilee, sailed for the United St tes yesterday, according to word received by his son. He expects to arrive in Richmond, August 8 or 9. From 1880 to '1883, before the prescn ruler, came into power, Mr. Duning served In the company of which the kaiser was captain. When the kaiser observed the twenty-fifth anniversary of his reign, he summoned all the members of his company to be present. Mr. Duning and Paul Werfrer, of Cleveland, O., were the only men living in this country who belonged to the company. Both left for Germany, May 26. The ceremonies attending the jubilee lasted for three days, June 14, 15 and 16. AUG. WEEGHMAN HURT In Auto Accident At Chicago Recently. , Word has been received by. Richmond relatives of the Weeghman family, who recently moved to Chicago, that August Weeghman was painfully injured in an automobile accident. His (laughters, Mrs. Walter Craighead and Miss Coral Weeghman, were in the car with him, but escaped without any Injuries. It is understood that Mr. Weeghman drove his machine into a etreet car and was hurt about the chest when thrown against the steering wheel. It is not believed his injuries were serious. Slight damage was done to the machine. DAVENPORT CHILD GREATLY IMPROVED ' Mary Davenport, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Davenport, who was knocked down by a p. R. & I. engine at six o'clock Monday evening, is much Improved and the attending physician states that Bhe will recover if no further complications result. The child was severely bruised, burned, and cut and is suffering great pain. CONTAGION SCARCE County Health Officer King reports that there are only two cases of contagious disease in the county outside of Richmond. The seventeen-year-old son of Samuel C. Alexander, of .New Garden. townehip, has diphtheria, and the son of Newton Helms is recovering from scarlet fever. The Helms boy will be released from auaxiine in a few

Women Who Own

rl A K Jzy 1 AaCMAMA a V r 4 7 Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, above, and Countess Szechenyi (Gladys Vanderbilt) at right. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, July 31. The collection of royal decorations by American women of rank has become a fad among the Yankee women of wealth i and social power who spend the great er part of the year on the other side of the Atlantic. In fact there are few American women of prominence m Europe who cannot boast the ownership of Bome sort of order or decoration. In Spain and Italy and several of the smaller countries these orders are easily obtained. England, too, is quite liberal in this respect, but to win a decoration in Austria or Germany is something really worth boasting about. Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, wife of the former United States ambassador to Germany, has been decorated with the world famous order of Louise by Kaiser Wilhelm, a distinction EAGLES TO BUILD THEIR OWN HOOSE All Bids Rejected Because Lowest Submitted by Outof- Town Mam Members of the Richmond aerie of Eagles, at a meeting last night, decided to reject all ten bids submitted by contractors for the construction of the Eagles' club house on South Seventh street. The cause for this action was that an out-of-town bidder, Contractor Fry, now building a large business block on Ft. Wayne avenue, had submitted the lowest bid, 519,928, which was $297 less than the lowest bid submitted by a local contractor, that of V. C. Juerhng. It was the sentiment of the aerie members that it would not be advisable to call for other bids, and after considerable discussion it was decided to construct the club house under the management of the aerie's building committee. Otto Louch will be the superintendent of construction and he has guaranteed to construct the building for a sum not in excess of the lowest bid received. The new building is to be completed by January 1, and will be one of the handsomest Eagles' homes in state. the ! BOYS BEAT BRONCHO ARE GIVEN LECTURE Arthur Weatherby and Edgar Pelton, both approximately twenty-one years old, were arraigned in police court charged with cruelty to animals, and after a lecture by the Mayor were given their freedom. The boys were arrested on South -ifth street where they were brutally- beating a kicking broncho. A complaint was made against the treatment of the horse by Elmer Elstro and wife, but they refused to press the charges against the young men after they had been taken in custody by the police. The horse was recently purchased by the boys from Alfred. Underbill.

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that has seldom been granted any person other than a German or the wife of a German. Countess Ladislaus Szechenyi, formerly Gladys VanderTRACKS LUNATIC BY T Sheriff Wren, of Crawfordsville Here After Capturing Man. Sheriff James F. Wren, of Crawfordsville, Ind., stopped in Richmond yesterday en route to the Dayton (Ohio) Hospital for the Insane, taking with him an escaped inmate, whom he had captured in the southern part of Montgomery county after a difficult search. According to the story he . told Sheriff Bayer and Turnkey Rice Miller, he was notified by telephone of the man's escape. In company with the chief of police of Crawford8ville he drove to the part of the county where the man was supposed to be in hiding. The sheriff and police chief were joined there by farmers and the posse began a search for the insane man. His trail was soon found, because of the fact that he was barefooted. Over dusty roads the imprint of the man's feet was plainly discernible, but at times he crawled through undergrowth and crossed fields. Though his trail was lost several times it was Quickly picked up again, and after more than an hour's search the pursuers overtook the man. He was placed under arrest, and soon afterward in custody of the sheriff started to Dayton. He told the sheriff that he was on his way to Chicago, where he has relatives. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Thunderstorms , tonight or Friday; cooler tonight north and central portion; slightly cooler Friday. TEMPERATURE Noon 93 Yesterday. Maximum ... 96 Minimum

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SLEEPS ON BED ON FRONT LAWN

On South Seventh street last night several fair residents became alarmed when they saw what they took for a large white cow, carelessly reclining on a neighboring lawn. Some of the fVightened ones even asseted that they heard the "cow" moo, and. they were on the verge of nervous prostration until some of the more heroic of the neighborhood investigated and found that the "cow" was not a "cow," but a man who had moved bis bed out on the lawn in his search for relief from the heat. Whether the supposed "moos" were snores or the evening prayers of the slumberer has not been decided. bilt, of New York, possesses one of the most highly prized decorations, that of the Austrian Order of Elizabeth. AWARD CONTRACT TO OPERATEJBIG BOAT Face of Spillway At Morton Lake Is Now About Completed. The directors of the Morton Lake and Park company closed a contract this morning under which Henry Rodgers will , build and operate a large motor boat' on the lake. The boat which Rodgers proposes to build will be 65 feet long by 14 feet wide. The

frame of the launch is about complete, that in discriminating against the farbeing constructed in the park by j mer in levying tariff duties the DeraoRodgers, who is an experienced boat-jcrats are adopting a policy not pur-man-I sued by any other nation capable of A number of persons have expressed i producing enough food for its own their intention of keeping private mo- j people. He gave a detailed statement tor boats on the lake. The directors j of the duUes under the present law on are planning to erect a boat house, and j agricultural products under the Wilson keep row boats and canoes for hire. law and under the proposed tariff bill. The face of the spillway to the dam j showing that lower rates had been is about finished. As soon as this is , placed in the present bill than in any

done the lake will be allowed to fill Diumj, nunc iuc ca.uu.i.uitrut.s i e ue-. ing placed. Richard Sedgwick, who is supervising the work at the park, has the number boards about ready, to number the lots, which will be placed on sale when the dam is declared completed and the river is turned into the lake. WILL INVESTIGATE The Wayne county grand jury will probably investigate the selling of liquor to the boys who became intoxicated in the river bottoms Saturday which resulted in the arrest of William Sherrow who was too drunk to elude the police when the keg party was raided. Sherrow is fifteen years of age and will be arraigned In the juvenile court. If proper evidence can be procured indictments will be returned against the saloon keepers who sold the boys liquor. BURIAL HERE The body of Margaret Fltzmawice, formerly a resident of this city, who died at her. home in Dayton. Monday afternoon, was brought to this city today for burial in SL Mary's cemetery- -

EW TARIFF BILL WAS ASSAILED BY

GRQNNA IN SENATE Says That It Shows Discrimination Against American Farmers. HIT BY THE FREE LIST Says He Does Not Believe in! Legislation By Means of Caucus. (National N'owk Association) WASHINGTON. July 31 A vigor our protest against the treatment ai ; lotted to the farmers of the nation in j the Democratic tariff bill was deliver- i ed in the senate today by Senator j Gronna of North Dakota, lie declared! that the farmers had been discrimln-l ..a.ab lv.v a!1 linaa V. a n n (V that I airs Biuuft tx kt at uro, r n w mug iuuv in the agricultural schedule, accord-: lr to th r-nort of the finnno com- ! mlttee. the average of duty is 15.21 nr ant v.-hilo t Vi avarava e9 (ha An. 1 V V III, ..... t . . V U I V. .1,1. V. V I tire bill is 26.67 per cent. Senator - Gronna afso pointed out that a large - number of important products of the ; farm, have been placed on the free list. Senator Gronna's Speech. Senator Gronna said in part: "The tariff bill now under consider-! ation has been framed by members ; of a party which has proclaimed its . belief that protection is unjustifiable. ! At the same time the spokesmen of ; that party have not followed their line of reasoning to its logical conclusion j and called for free trade, but have 1 Insisted that they have favored a tariff for revenue. .Whether they are able to see a difference between a tariff when it is levied by a party believing in protection and that same tariff when levied by a party which denies a belief in that tolicy, or whether the denial that they favor free trade has been made because they feared the political consequences, I shall not undertake to say. Merely calling a tariff a revenue tariff does not change its nature. It is protective to the same extent whether found In an avowed protecUve tariff nature or In one alleged to be for revenue only. Called Competitive. "It has been stated that this tariff bill is a competitive tariff bill, that these rates are competitive instead of protective. I have not noticed, however, that any one has undertaken to explain just what a competitive tariff rate is. Most of the rates in the present lay should be called competitive as our imports show, for If they were prohibitive, there would be no imports. "I don't believe in legislating by means of caucus. No one has the right to surrender his views either to a secret caucus or to any individual, however prominent, as has been done in the case of this bill. "I don't see how, the fact that a party caucus has passed on that measure can relieve a member of this body from his responsibility, and I do not believe that the people of this country will consider that it is. Injustice to Farmers. "There is one feature of this bill that is immediately noticeable, and that is its discrimination against the farmers. Why it should be necessary to cut the duties which may benefit him lower than those that benefit the manufacturer has not been made plain by those responsible for this bill; why it should be necessary to remove the duties on his products, while retaining duties on manufactures has not been explained." Senator Gronna declared the Democratic argument that the removal of duties on farm products is going to give the consumer cheaper food, was )a mistake in a laree me.miv Hp a previous law. He said that while agricunurai implements to a laree extent had been placed on the free list,

GOVERNOR CANNOT A TTEND PICNIC OF OLD SETTLERS

Effort Now Being Made to Secure Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis, As the Principal Speaker. Joseph Commons, of Centervllle, president of the Old Settlers' Picnic association, stated today that Governor Ralston had declined the invitation to epeak at the picnic, which will be held at Centerville, August 16. Previous engagements compelled the governor to decline the invitation. Mr. Commons stated that former Congressman Henry U. . Johnson, of t Richmond, had also declined, an invi-: tation to deliver the address and an effort was now being made to have Ad-j

SDR. JAMES WELLER

WILL LEAVE THIS CITY FOR FLORIDA. Dr. James H. Weller. who has held the position of township physician for tout four j tarf, has sent in his reslgation, to become effective August 1. j with regrets anJ expressions of the pleasant reiationsnip wnicn naa ext isted. Dr. Weller has purchased forty acres of land near Orlando, Florida, and with his family will tnoT to that place on August 10. He will raise oranges and garden truck. Dr. George Hunt will be anointed to fill the vacancy caused by Dr. Weller's resignation. FOR DEDICATION Bishop Chartrand to Partici pate in Parochial School Ceremonies. On Sunday, August 17, the final I dedicatory services for the new St. An- ... . , ... . . it ?rew ar?ca,.irchI SfiJ' -held at Bishop tuur " bishop of Indianapolis, and who will . ... . ... rforra ditory services, will m ,at hf Pn.ylTanla station at two c ockKln J and . cored, to the church by the various societies of the church. At four stl.rV I n a k f a n -kk rt ft flla1 V AK. j pers will be conducted by the bishop, ! after which he will preach the dedicatory sermon. Then the clergy and i the congregation will go to the school i huildine where the nrescribed ritual of the church for such occasions -will be read. The bishop will be assisted in these services by several visiting clergymen, among them Father George Mayerhofer of Hamilton. Ohio, and Father Francis Gerdes of Mlddletown, Ohio. Program for Wednesday. On Monday evening the formal presentation of the building to the parish by the building committee will take place, John G. Schwegman, the secretary, making the speech. There will also be addresses delivered by Rev. Flavlon Larbes of Cincinnati and Rev. John Rager, of Napoleon, Ind.. both of whom were former students at St. Andrews. Musical numbers will be furnished by Runge's orchestra and after the program a social will be held on the lawn, at which refreshments will be served. PLEASEDJITH SHOWS Festival Committee to Report in a Few Days. Ben Price, Fred Bartel, and Secretary Jordan, of the Commercial club. witnessed the performances of the ; Hart Brothers National Shows at Greenfield yesterday afternoon. They were much pleased with a number of the features connected with the shows, and will recommend that some of them be brought to the Festival. They will report the results of their trip to the Festival committee on amusements and concessions within the next two days at a special meeting. NO ACTION TAKEN IN CHOOSING SITE Applications for the location of the Btate penal farm are berng received fro mall parts of the state, states Dr. S. E. Smith, chairman of the commis - sioa for the selection of the site. No action will be taken for some time, as it will be necessary to investigate nearly all the proposed sites before a selection can be made. The next meeting of the commission will be in this city, at a time which remains to be determined. MENZIES BOOSTED AS P. I. GOVERNOR (National News Association) WASHINGTON. July 31. The name of George V. Menzies of ML Vernon, Ind., was placed before the president today as a candidate for the governor generalship of the Philippines by the j members of the Indiana delegation. I including senator lYtrn aou Representative Cullop. dlson C. Harris, of Indianapolis, as the principal speaker. Mr. Harris Is a native of Wayne county and at one time was United States minister to Austria-Hungary. He is a gifted orator and one of the most prominent attorneys in the state. To Outline Program. In the event Mr. Harris cannot attend the picnic, Mr. Commons stated that an effort would be made to have some prominent Richmond man deliver the principal address. Saturday night officers of the association will hold a meeting at Centerville and outline the program for the day. E. Y. Teas, a venerable resident of Centerville, now past ninety years of age, is planning to spend the entire day at the picnic and he will probably be the. oldest pioneer in attendance. . ,

ARRANGE PROGRAM

ALBERT M. ROBERTS ENTERS MAYORALTY RACE "FREE LANCE"

o. ii i "rVmnrrit Prn SayS He IS 3 UCmOCrat-PrO-gressive and Me btands For the People. TO WED IF ELECTED Favors Three Cent Car Fare and Swimming in Lake At Glen Miller. Is running for mayor of the city of Richmond a habit of an Infectious disease? In view of the fact that one certain physician Intends to make his sixth race for the office, ft might be termed a habit. Others call it a disease, for today another man announced his candidacy for the title of "His Honor.-' ' The downtrodden people, the masses and oppressed laborerr found another staunch champ, the privileged few have founds emy In Albert Monson Robert; declares that he Is able to "bw all In the municipal election the Ing falL : ' Roberts, so he says, is a Pros' Democrat. In other words, I free-for-all. He's for ths peoji the break of dawn antil duskv Ins the people hi his middle fir if he Is elected president of elty cil, member of the board of wor' police judge, Roberta nays ' hell 'em that the mayor of the city aac be the servant and not the boss. . Democratic in Tastes. ' 1 Silver and fine linens do not grit his board.- Far be It from such, f . A. M on son Roberts eats his noon-d " lunch on a little box in the rear of w shoe repairing store on South Eighth . street. He says when he is elected mayor he will continue, to eat his lunch in his office in the city building for he intends putting all his time and energy to the task of making himself a good, upright, honest city executive. Outlining the planks of his platform, Mr. Roberts declared that he Is for three-cent car fare, municipal ownership of public service corporations, including the Richmond City Watet Works, gas companies and- electric lighting companies; , lower taxation, equal suffrage, and public bathing in the Glen Miller lake. . Has Saved Two Lives. Speaking of swimming, Roberts declares tbat when he was a boy of eighteen summers he saved two lives and didnt get a Carnegie hero medal, either. "It was this way," he aald, by way of explanation. "You see'.J used to live near Chester and Bill Roberta, of Richmond, with a number of we boys were In swimming north of Cheater. Bill couldn't swim but he dove off the board. He went down but came up again. Then he went down the second time and didn't come up. I dove down and grabbed him by the hair and '' pushed him to the surface of the water , and finally got him out. Roberta Is la Chicago now. I also resetted Joe Boyd, erstwhile Richmond boy, now operating a zinc mine near Joplin. Mo. "Getting back to my platform. 111 r peat that I'm an Insurgent You can tell that by my planks. . Who. ever " thought of three-cent car fare besides Tom 'Johnson, of Cleveland? He put her through and so can I. Why whea I'm not progressive, I feel miserable. Is Not a Socialist. -You ask If I'm a 8odallst? ' No, and emphatically no. I answer. But I tell you we got to put labor and caplttal upon an ,f tnere.i u difference give labor the advantage. This world was made for the people and not the people for the world. The money now in the hands of the few was put there at the expense of the many. "If I get that office I expect I wont make as much as if I kept on In my . real estate business. , But I'm willing -to make the sacrifice, I tell you. Yea. sir, make it and not say a word." Will Even Marry. Roberts, who Is fifty-nine years of , age, was asked if he were married. He answered In the negative, saying that t if the people of Richmond conferred the great honor upon him of electing . him mayor he would venture upon the seas of matrimony. "What's your opinion of the silhouette gown, the slashed skirt and socalled immoral bathing costumes?" . Roberts was asked. Tills is a free country," waa the , reply. SWIMMING POOL IS OPEN THIS WEEK The Y. M. C. A. swimming pool will be open to any man or boy in the city t during the remainder of this ' week free of charge, the men being permit- " ted to swim at any time and the boys -at r five or seven o'clock in the evening. YOUNG BOY INJURED Stanley Young flesh, 10. the son of Frank E. Youngfiesh. 131 South Fifteenth street, was painfully injured this morning while wading in a stream. He cut his left foot on a piece of glass, severing a small artery and making a, gash a half Inch deep and about three inches long, making it necessary for five stitches to 1 be taken. The boy is recovering nicely and the injury will not prove serious, although, he bled, rather profusely. .- - -

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