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t: CHMOKD ABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 227 RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS PUCE MULL Of A GRIDDLE BEFORE THE SENATE TODAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL ABSENCE RECORDS WERE ALL BROKEN Ruins of Binghamion, N. Y. Factory Where Over 50 Girls Lost Their Lives A HOOKEY PLAYING CONGRESSMAN WILL DELIVER LECTURES

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N. A. M. Counsel Is Permitted wo Hours to Examthe Witness.

ADMITS A FALSEHOOD Confesses He Had No "Inside Information" Concerning Congress. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. When the . . . . . . nenate lobby committee met today, Senator Nelson moved that counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers be given two hours for oral examination of Col. M. M. Mulhall. James Emery, counsel for the N. A. M. stated that the examination could be concluded in two hours by free questioning. "There ought to be some reciprocity about this," said Senator Nelson. With a broil in sight Senator Cummins demanded an executive session saying, "what we say here is always misunderstood." Emery's suggestion moved Mulhall to another excited demand for counsel for himself. The committee went into executive session at 10:50 o'clock. Makes a Confession. Col. M. M. Mulhall while under vig orous cross-examination before tne i senate lobby committee was forced to confess that some of the statements ! he made In his letters asserting his ability to get inside information about legislative matters her and his ability to manipulate committees were the near products of his imagination. In one of his letters M-ilhall said he had given James E. Emery, counsel for the N. A. M., information about the makeup of the committees of the House in the. sixty-second congress. Mulhall today was asked from whom

he got his Inside information.1 "Oh, building. The total value of the buildthat was Just a diplomatic letter as I ! ings is $56,000. have said before," replied Mulhall. The total revenue for tuition re"Or in other words a piece of imag- calved from the state for transfers Ination," said Senator Nelson. and miscellaneous receipts was $20,"Well a letter of imagination if you 074.31. There was $6,788.85 on hand

want to put it that way," replied Mulhall. Many times the witness said "I am not clear on that subject," and many other times he demanded that his previous testimony on the subject be read to him. The committee gave counsel for the N. A. M. two hours in which to cross examine Mulhall. IN -HUERTAMATTER? Early Retirement of Ambassador Wilson Is Now yfced For. (National New Association) WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. That ambassador Wilson's testimony before the Senate comm'ttee on foreign relations in which he emphasizes the fact that recognition of General Huerta must be the basis of all plans for a peaceful settlement of the Mexican question necessitates a prompt and decisive shaping of policy by President Wilson, is considered certain in official circles today. President Wilson is believed to be immovable in his policy of non-recog-Hition and the early retirement of Ambassador Wilson is looked for. It is believed that the White House V A n rln ,.rt Knnn Vw, I can be brought about as a solution of i

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the trouble. It is recognized in "Tash- i to consider attractions for the Festiington that developments of the pastlal. A number of amusement compan-

weeks have done little to clarify the Situation. A SERIOUS CHARGE CHICAGO, Aug. 1. David- G. Max well, a millionaire box manufecturer, was released under $1.000 bond pend- j ing the investigation of his conduct with two little girls, aged 13 anjd 7. 'i ne cnuaren. ivaue NooaaKiewtcKe , nnd her little sister. Mary, were atay J

from home all night. Maxwell as j garding the amount of space to be alJdentifled by them as the man ho , lnwrt arh Thihitr.r h tho orp,n

gave them money, took them ridin his automobile and spent the

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with them in an abandoned basement j manufacturers of the city will enter , of Mrs- Ana Millikan, widow of the Two other little girls identified Max-jtneir products. and that the "Made m ' founder of Millikan university, was well as the man they saw with the two j Richmond" tent will be the feature of made Public today. It gives the entire sisters in his automobile. Maxwell de-: tne Festival. A meeting of the com-! amily state of $1,000,000 to charitanied that he had ever seen the two j mittee Will be held the first of next and educational institutions. The

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children before. CASTRO'S LANDING I CONFIRMED TODAY : ..rr : ) ,.u,.,c.Mgu.u,n) j WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. State d,epartment advices received at noon today confirmed the reported landing in i Venezuela of General Castro and -sfa-, ted that tne conditions or armed reyjoJutlon exists in several places. i i

Report Shows One-Third of Attendance Absent Every School Day.

ILLNESS WAS CAUSE Financial Affairs of Wayne Township Schools Reported Favorably. The startling fact that of the 646 ! upus attending tne scnoois 01 v ayne i lownsnip, tne average numoer or aany i abf)entees wag 2Q4 is contained in the : annual report of Township Trustee James Howarth. The average daily attendance was 442, according to the records of the trustee for the past year. The reason for this unusual condition is believed by the trustee to be due to the large number of cases of contagion and illness. Were Forty Graduates. There were forty graduates from the schools, of which number eighteen were boys The pupils attending the schools were distributed unevenly and ; in th.e eighth grades there were 55 stuuems enronea, in tne seventn graaes only 38, while in the first grades 128 were enrolled. Of the 646 students enrolled fourteen are colored. The records show that the colored children's attendance was somewhat better than that of the average white children. The total amount paid the teachers during the past year was $10,499.84, of which sum $8,579.34 was paid to women teachers. The sum of $11.50 per "aj vo.o jjam 111c umic leacuei ituu j $54.12 was paid the women. The aver age pay for teachers was $3.45 per day. The library records show that 1,560

new books were added to the library Paul pearse of Jersey City, N. J., ac-' timate friend of Multimillionaire Dandunng the past year. The total num- ceDtine the position of nhvsical di-! iel G. Reid. has returned from a triD

ber now is 46,192. The sum of $416.64 was paid teach- . ers attending township institutes dur-1 tit t were seven Institutes. j " v. houses In the township and one frame July 31 1912GILES IN But Has No Announcement to Make Now. Prof. J. T. Giles, the new superintendent of, the Richmond public ' schools, arrived in Richmond shortly after 1 o'clock today, having made the trip from Marion in his automobile, in company with his wife and two sons. When asked as to what his plans for the coming year's work were, he replied that he had made no plans as yet and would devote the first few days to "getting a place to sleep." The appointment of teachers has not been settled yet, but will be announced some time in the near future. COMMITTEE WILL MEETONFESTIVAL Manufacturers Slow in Replying to Letters on "Made in Richmond" Exhibit. The amusement and privilege com-! TTMttOPa Clt thfl V TPStlVIll Will TT APt ! in the Commercial club rooms tonight ies have written and sent representa tives for the purpose of securing the privilege of showing here. What companies to bring here will be decided at the meeting. Atwood L. Jenkins, who is organiz-'to ing the "Made in Richmond" exhibit, ;

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that althourh the reiHpa to thelnt f ,i,Mn to

letters whicn tne committee sent out i requesting the manufacturers to take Dart in the exhibit, are slow m comins in that tne producers are interested, xra ,. roi,-0ri r,1Qr, ;oie ment of the tent. He feels sure that practically all the week. VERDICT IS FILED IN SUICIDE CASE "Death was self-inflicted with sui-! cidal intent." This statement of Denuty Coroner Morrow was the only re-, port made by that official in his in- ' vestigation of the death of Mrs. Emma i Hunt, who shot herself at her home, I two miles north of Chester, July 24.

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C. A. committee on physical directors, J Jacob Abel, 406 North Twenty-sec-todav received a teleeram from P. ! nnd street, a Civil war veteran and in-

rector of the local association to sue - ceed Rov Horton. who' went to Indi-1 ananolis this mnminir Members of the committee -and Sec-1 retary Weed are well pleased with jtnem Dy international secretary w. H. Ball, who has been watching his work at the People's Palace In Jersey City, for some time. A) An txpenenced Man. Mr. Pearse has been physicial di-; rector at the People's Palace for eight years, but nas never been connected ; with association work before. The Palace is a large club, dedicated to the people of the city to promote i health and happiness. J While there gymnastic work for large classes of both men and women. Secretary Weed says that with the excellent foundation in physical training laid by Roy Horton, Pearse should be able to do a great work here. He will arrive September 1. WORK ON BUILDING IS STARTED TODAY Fry Brothers of Piqua, to Contract New HooverBond Store. Ground was broken at noon todav fojrthe new building of the Hoover-j Bond company, which is to be erected: at Tenth and Main streets.) The con-j tract was awarded yesterday after-! w. "T T7i v- , -! Fiqua, O., at a bid of $25,000. The Miller-Kemper company of this city j i :. -iv- i : J J : - - . I was second in the bidding for the i contract. The contract calls for the building to be completed by December 1. The structure will.be three stories in height. Pressed brick will be used in the construction. The entire buildi"1 by the Hoover-Bond company. SLAIN BY BURGLAR (National News Association) TOLEDO, O., Aug. 1. S. V. Wilder. 3, wealthy business man, was shot death in his home early today by a burglar, whom he discovered in the 'shot, his daughter mh itn thdining room just as Wilder fell to the flnnr rU-aH The robber escaped. GIVES TP CHARITY (National News Association) DECATUR, 111., Aug. 1. The will will provides that the Millikan man sion shall become a museum of art. DOCKET IS HEAVY Judge Fox announced that the dock et in the Wayne circuit court was one of the heaviest he has ever had nending. "There are enough civil cases to keep us busy for a year," said the judge, "besides two murder and several other criminal cases, and the grand Jury about to be called,"

JACOB ABEL DUMBFOUNDED OVER STYLES IN GOTHAM

Why Attack Slit Skirt While Coney Island Bathing Costumes Are I derated, LOCal Veteran Asks. ! to Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Pa.. Phila - delnhia and New York. This trin was ImaHo t th AYn nf Mr Reid. who! is now in Europe with his wife. The , friendship between Mr. Reid and Mr. began a number of years ago when the tinplate king was a young Wayne county country boy. While naintinir a harnon th Reid farm v,i ,Qr viHm,a ramttuft valine i Reid and e went to his rescue. Mr. Rel( never forgot this and Mr. Abel j for many years has been the recipient Cf many acts of kindness on the part of Mr. Reid. "I tell you," Mr. Abel stated today, "if they don't stop digging tunnels under New York and putting up those sixty story skyscrapers the whole blamed island is going to collapse some day. Honestly, I felt kind of nervous all the time I was in the city.

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Would Not Be Surprised if the Increase in Population Next Decade Would Be Fifty Per Cent. Secretary Jordan, of the Commercial club, says that few persons realize j how rapidly Richmond is growing, and , has grown during the last few years, j . .. , t ; v, i lue wuldUUU uas oceu i aps and bounds since 1890, especially j during the last three years, since 1910. ; T'V r. nrtmilnttnn rT IK K M in I KMII nan I ine population 01 xo.ovo iu isjv uau i increased to 18,226 in 1900, giving an increase of 9.7 per cent. During the nnv or. trcara tn IQIft tha rur runt next ten years, to 1910, the per cent of increase was 22.5, the population HATFIELD FAMILY RETURNS TO CITY Fred Hatfield, his wife and three infant children returned to Richmond today and if they are located Mrs-. Hatfield and the children will be sent to the Home for Friendless until Hatfield can provide a home for them. The family was in Richmond several days ago, coming here from Dayton. Trustee Howarth sent them to Peru where they said they would be furnished with a home. The trustee was notified that they were in Richmond to-1 day and the children were at the C. Howarth . notified & O. depot. Mr. the police, but up to a late hour they had not been located. The family Is in a destitute condition. TWENTY SUITS FOR DIVORCE WERE FILED Twenty of the thirty-six cases filed I to the office of the county clerk last!

month were for divorces. The number is increasing constantly and dra-fso

tic measures may be taken by Judge; tountv. The laws of Indiana are not what 1 they should be and divorces are too? easily obtained the judge believes. As many as 30 marriage licenses were recorded and 11? hunting licences issued,

Lots of New York people think the island will go under some day." Discourses on Fashions. .TJrw ahnnt tha clit uL-lrtc an1 thfi

tango gowns the New York papers are making such a fuss about?' Mr. Abel was asKea. "Oh, I saw a few, but Just why New Yorkers should get shocked over a little thing like that is more than I can figure out," he replied. "Those slit skirts and tango dresses , are tne heighth of modesty compared i with some of the costumes, or. I should say, lack of costumes, you see at Coney Island. Why, say, the sights on the bathing beach at Coney is a scandal. The bathing suits the women wear there could be wrapped up in a postage stamp. Funny you don't hear the New York naDers raise anv kick ! m-r rnr.pv Taianrt stvifln. hnt hnw thev do fuss about the slit skirts!" "Did you enjoy your visit to Gettys-; burg?" Mr. Abel was asked. "You bet your bottom dollar, I did. I was only there one day but I saw as much as other Vayne county people who were there three days. Say those nf. I31"6 ' althoh I didn't think so fifty years ago. The hatchet is buried now. so far as I am concerned, and it will never be dug up aga n - " having grown to 22,324. Indications are that in the present decade the growth will be almost at the rate of 50 per cent. Many Houses Built. Since 1910, Mr. Jordan states that between 250 and 300 houses have been built each year. Estimates of the population based fh r,,,. r hcoa th postoffice, places the figure at about 25,600 at the present time, which is an increase of over 3,200 during the . ... last three years. The ncrease for this period alone being almost equal to that of the previous ten years. 4,089. .-vir. juruan ueueves inai nuuniuum growth is due largely to the fact that IT- I rwri a T ioroa thnr H thmnnri fl ' the citizens have been engaged in syslinmuttf mnctinv rsmniilima wtilrh tematic boosting campaigns have brought results. APPLICATIONS NOT ACCEPTED BY COURT The application for administrator of tne estate of Patrick ODay on the! part pf the children of the decedent that the Dickinson Trust company be appointed and the application of Mrs. Nora OTtey, wife of the late Patrick; OTay were not accepted by Judge. Fox this morning. Both parties are remonstrating against the other's appointment Before his death O'Day executed a

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!I SJJS'i on his personal property. The widow is said to be indebted to the estate. The value of the entire estate is approximately 5,000. SON KILLS MOTHER (National News Association . nusBinu, r-a Aug. x.r rom in juries which, it is alleged, were infiicted by her son. John Meyers, aged Mr8 Mary Meyers. 74. of McKees-

wsa JohniSTAJE AND LOCAL-Falr toniflht.

i Meyers, it is alleged, went home on Tuesday ereiuag, ana uem&naea money from his mother. She refused and it la said he beat and choked her. James Meyers, a brother of John, who found his mother unconscious, had John arrested. -

SCHOOLS MAKES A CONFESSION TODAY It Contradicts Ante-Mortem Statement of the Murdered Woman.

George Schools, colored, confessed wife murderer, was not told of the death of his wife, Lydia Schools, until yesterday, and almost collapsed when he realized the seriousness of the , crime with which he was charged. He , quivered like a leaf and gasped for breath. He said he thought he was merely being held Tor cutting his wire j and did not know she was so seriously injured. j He made full confession of his crime, though his confession is full of 1 discrepancies and cannot be substan1 tiated- The statements made by his j wife to Prosecutor Reller just before i she died, contradict Schools statement. Schools has retained Attorneys C. R. T? ih A rrt ain nnH ftVnnlr Strftvaf tn rijw fem, him A , made tQ he e of murder Jn fhe fir8t wWch thft w,u ' probably return after August 15. The : defense wm at t tQ ghow tQat Mr( Scnools. death wa8 not responsiDle dl. recUy tQ wQund her fcut from a second hemorrhage caused by careless dressing of the wound. It is contended by the defense that the woman would have survived in spite of her loss of blood the evening she was cut had she been properly treated the following morning. Another defense may be the unwritten law. Confession by Schools. The following is Schools' confession to the police, made yesterday afternoon. "I was born August 24, 1883. I came to Richmond thirteen years ago from Kentucky. I married Lydia Edwards in 1908. Left Richmond over two months ago and have .returned three times since to see my wife. I , never quarreled with her. Tuesday . I V. . T I- J c uiui i mw uer turning uuwu oouiu Fourtheenth street from the south with a man. I did not recognize him. I uc uieui uciuie eue ntui uui ana The night before . she went out and tved r,m 2 nviook in th momw j j a8ked her where she had Deen and j Bne gaid lt was none of my bu8ine8S rnrmxl mn ho ram a i,n nn h ! TilErS? Si man around the re ,nto th . . . . u my naca gate, i men went to tne uuuwj ana goi my razor, t irsi my wife came out of the closet and I made her go to the house. I don't know where the man went. I followed her to the house and asked her why she bad a man in the back yard. She cursed me and I had my razor in my band and slashed at her throat. "The first thought 1 had of killing ber was Tuesday night, when I cut her throat and left." GOOD JOLY REPORT Was Made By the Health Office. City tbe for July, which follow,: Births, males 23. females 19. total 40 Deaths, males 15. females 9. total 24. Excess of births over deaths 23. Dis- , eases, typhoid fever 1, scarlet fever 1 12, measles 1. The number of conitagious diseases has decreased from 48 several months ago, to a total of 14 now, and during July there have been more births than deaths. THE WEATHER Somewhat cooler south portion. Saturday fair.

TEMPERATURE Noon S2 Yesterday. Maximum 97 Minimum 61

Rep. Simeon Fess, Ohio, Following Example Set By

Secretary Bryan. TO BE AT CHAUTAUQUA Other Members of Congress Wanted to Secure Speaking Dates Here. Following In the footsteps of Sew tary of State Bryan, several members of congress have forsaken their congressional duties and have escapd to the rhautauqua platform. Among them Simeon D. Fess. congressman from the Sixth Ohio district, now serving his first term In the national house, lie has been secured by County Superintendent Williams for the teachers Institute, held during the Chautauqua. Representative Fess will appear hem August 28 and 29 In two lectures on "Public Men" and "Congress in Action." Representative Fess has been lecturing before the American people for a number of years, being popular on the lecture platform. He Is president of Antloch college, was Tice president of the Ohio Constitutional convention, and Is the author of a number of books. This will not be his first appearance before a Richmond audience, Fess Not Only One. According to literature received by Secretary Jordan, of the Commercial club, and the members of the Chautauqua program committee. Represents tive Fess is not the only congressman who is picking up a little spending money by lecturing this summer. During the year. Secretary Jordan says that many announcements have been received from congressmen who are seeking lecture dates. They say they never heard any complaint until the secretary of state closed up his office to fill Chautauqua appointments. . Several times congressmen have aptpeared on the local platform while congress was in special session. Secretary Jordan states. POTTER BROjJGHTHERE Is Suffering From Ptomaine Poisoning. Elmer Potter, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Charles Potter. 110 South Third street, is confind to his home here with serious illness. His condition is regarded as critical. Mr. Potter, who j Is manager of Story ft Clark's piano store in Terre Haute, went to a picnic last Sunday, and in the evening became ill. A physician who was called. pronounced his Illness as ptomaine poisoning. His condiUon rapidly became worse, and Mrs. Potter went to Terre Haute, returning with Mr. Potter this morning. A closer examination will be made later. If Mr. Potter's condition ' becomes any worse and it seems advis- : able, he will be removed, to Reid Memortal hoBpiUL A WOMAN SUICIDES 'National News Association) CLEVELAND. Aug. 1. Mrs. Nellie Mae Newman, 29, wife of Edward E. Newman, assistant iMTMirr nf thm , . . S f.I'A ' j ""T" JlJmt -rm lh , oiaij c cilia Bireei lOUaT. . lae SuOL was heard by Newman in an adjoinine room. vhn h hurri lnt th. room where he had left his wife, he found her stretched out on the floor with a revolver clutched In her hand. j Acute melancholia is the cause assigned. AN AGED WOMAN " LEFT HER HOtE Mrs. Alma Bennett. 86. of 239 South West Third street, was located this morning after a night of fruitless search on the part of the police and her friends. The aged woman has been living at the home of her son, Alpheus Bennett, in West Richmond. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Bennett left the bouse and was seen walking south on North Fourth street at 5 o'clock by several persons. This was the last trace that could be found of her until the police were notified that she was at a grocery on School street. The aged woman had stayed at the home of Charles Krng, half mile west of Richmond, where she asked for shelter from the storm, shortly before eight o'clock. She said she had . become lost. Mr. Krug brought her to the city this morning and noti led the police. Searching parties searched the Richmond, where it .was feared she might have met with accident or might has met with accident or foul play. It was stated by the police that she is temporarily deranged.

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