Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 254, 2 September 1913 — Page 1
MOM) PAiLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM fVOL.XXXVni. NO. 254 RICHMOND, IND, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 2, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS Report Insufficient As Basis For Rate President Huerla of Mexico and His Advisers At Least 18 People Meet Death in Wreck
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SNew Phase on the Report Entered by the Richmond Light, Heat and Power Company With the State Board of Public Utilities Developed Today-Taxes Hhe Compaiy Pays Too Small in Comparison to the Actual Value It Claims for Its Properties Here.
JGAS AND ELECTRIC BRANCHES ARE NOT DIVORCED IN DATA 'Until a Report Is Submitted Stating Definitely the Amount Invested in the Electrical Business It Will Be Impossible for the Commission to Determine the Lowest Rate the Company Should Be Permitted to Charge Company Escapes Its Fair Taxes. That the report filed by the Light, Heat and Power company Is insufficient for dealing with the question of what rates it should charge for electricity, is a new phase of the situation that developed today. It is also claimed that the company is paying taxes on a ridiculously small assessment in comparison to the actual value It claims for all its property in this state. In the report filed at Indianapolis with the public service commission, the value of the property devoted to the electrical end of the business is not separated from the Investment in the gas manufacturing and distributing plant. Does Not Differentiate. The report, furthermore, does not differentiate between the gross or net .earnings of the two departments. Until a report is filed stating definitely the amount invested in the electrical department of the Light, Heat and Power company, it will be impossible for the commission to determine the lowest rate the company should be allowed to charge. That the company has been escaping the payment of a fair amount in taxes on its property is the conclusion drawn from its own report of its actual value. In the report filed with the public service commission the company claims the actual value of its property in Richmond "for rate making purposes" is $1,110,813.43. The total assessment against the company in 1912 for taxation purposes was $90,360. In other words the concern is paying taxes on less than one-tenth the value of the property. WAITING JU JUROR Before Continuing the Caminetti Case. (Natlonat 3ewj Association) SAN FRANCISPetSept. 2. Word was awaited frofijletiitor William H. Adams today before plans were made for continuing the trial of F. Drew Caminetti, accused of being a white slaver. If the juror who was hurt in an automobile accident is declared by physicians to be unable to take his place with the other eleven men today, Federal Judge Van Fleet said the trial would be delayed a few days before he would order the impaneling of a new jury. It was reported today that the government had obtained new evidence to bring against Caminetti and Maury I. Diggs who was convicted of the same charge. Special Prosecutor Roche has been In Sacramento since the end of last Friday's court session, investigating the records of the probation office there. Marsha Warrington, it was expected, will complete her testimony soon after the trial is resumed. She will be followed on the stand by Eola Norris, Camlnetti's companion on the elopement to Reno, Nev., last March. CANNIBALS KILLED HIM AND ATE BODY (National News Association) PAPTJA, New Guinea, Sept. 2. Natives who arrived here today from the interior brought word of the murder of John Henry Warner, a GermanAmerican mineralogist who was searching an unexplored section of the Island for radium. Warner was killed by cannibals and his body eaten. GOING TO ARIZONA (National News Association) WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. Vice President and Mrs. Marshall will make a tour of the southwest by mo tor upon adjournment of this extr. session If it ever adjourns. The? plan an extensive stay in Arizona an will spend some time on the ranch c: iritna mere u mey ma&e ine irip-
SYNOPSIS OF REPORT
The following is a synopsis of the report filed with the public service commission by the Light, Heat and Power company: Capitalization, common stock, $300,000; preferred stock, $85,000; 5 per cent bonds, $200,000; 6 per cent notes, $500,000. Actual value, $1,110,813.43 . Assessed for taxation, 1912, real estate, $39,490; personal, $50,870. Gross revenue, 1912, $170,955.24; operating expense, $102,858.17; net income, $68,197.07. Depreciation fund, gas department, 8 per cent; electrical department, 10 per cent. SCHOOLS TO ENTER NOHUILTY PLEA Prospects of a Life Sentence Make Him Change Determination. After learning that he would-be sentenced to the state prison for life if he entered a plea of guilty to murder in the first degree, George Schools confessed murderer of his wife, Lydia Schools, today said he would stand trial and the Jury was called for Monday to hear the case. It is probable that the case will be disposed of within two days. Robert Schools, brother of the defendant, is standing the expense of attorneys' fees. Dayton detectives have scoured that city in an effort to locate Hanson Hunter, whom Schools alleges broke up his home and is responsi ble for his rash act. No trace of Hun-. ter could be found after he left this city. Schools still maintains that he intended to use the razor he carried on his wife's alleged sweetheart, rather than on his wife. The attorneys for the defense contend that there is a good chance to secure a verdict more favorable to the prisoner than he could hope for if he entered a plea of guilty. It is contended that the act was not premeditated or done- with malice, but rather that It was done tln the heat of passion, prompted by a just cause fof Jealousy. HEAR DETAILS OF DOMESTIC BATTLE Jury Trial for Harvey Piatt Who Made Attack on His Mother-in-Law. The selection of a jury to try Harvey Piatt on a charge of assault and battery on his mother-in-law, Mrs. Charlotte Mitchell, of North West Third street, was taken up this afternoon and a few witnesses heard. This morning Piatt was fined ?1 and costs for the alleged assault on his wife, Mrs. Pearl Piatt, who has been separated from Piatt for two years. Attorney A. C. Lindemuth was chosen special judge to hear the case this morning. The Platt-Mitchell affair created a sensation Saturday, August 29, when a fight took place at Sixth and Main streets between Mrs. Charlotte Mitchell, who was armed with two knives, and Harvey Piatt, her son-in-law. Opposing Piatt were also Mrs. Mitchell's two sons and her husband, while his only assistant was his thirteen-year-old son, Orville. The jury in the second case is ex pected to return a verdict late to-1 nirh ntn woi-o hrnimht hv I Piatt's mother-in-law, Mrs. Mitchell. All the parties In the case are well known, the family affairs of the Mitch ells and the two Platts having been j aired both in the local police court and at Indianapolis where Piatt attacked Eugene Vincent for seducing his wife. The split has taken on the aspect of a family feud and has been, kept open with the same spirit. PROVES HIS FEAT (Xational News Association) VERSAILLES, France, Sept. 2. To prove that his thrilling loop-the-loop maneuver at Jucisy was simply the result of proper control and stability, ; French Aviator Tegoud repeated the performance today at the Buc aerodrome near here. Negatives were:j taken for moving picture exhibition! purposes. THE WEATHER
jmatic Tool company, and D. M. WellSTATE AND LOCAL Fair weather j Ing, of the" Richmond Dry Cleaning except showers extreme north jcompanv.
portion tonight or Wednesday. Cooler north portion Wednesday. TEMPERATURE Noon 93 i Yeierrty. Maximum 96 iliaimum . . i
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The taost recent likoiess of Provisional President of Mexico Huerta. taken at the celebration of the anniversary of the death of Benito Juarez. Those in the photograph are, from left to right: General Blanquet. Minister of War; Minister of the Interior Urrutia and President Huerta.
EXTENDED EXPRESS DELIVERY SECURED, CLUB IS INFORMED West Richmond and North Richmond Will Benefit From This Action. C. C. DIRECTORS MET Following recent action of the Com' mercial club, when George Seidel was : appointed to confer with the express ; companies, packages are now being delivered in that part of the city of I Richmond west of the River and north : of the Pennsylvania tracks. For some time the companies had refused to make deliveries in those districts, but would leave the packages at stores and other points this side of the river. Mr. Seidel, representing the rnmrnorHI r-l,, tnlr the matter i-rt! with the companies and secured the j granting of the extended delivery. W. H. Quigg, chairman of the com-j mittee on public health, made a detailed report of the committee's work during the last few weeks. For some time the committee has been considering the establishment of a tuberculosis hospital in the county. It has gathered data from similar institutions operating at Dayton, Evansville and Raybrook. Tuberculosis Hospital. This material which has been gathered has been distributed to persons interested. It was the sentiment of the club that a hospital would be a much needed improvement in the county, but the directors were unwilling to go ahead with the work until a meeting had been held, which the citizens would be asked to attend to give their ideas, so a public meeting was cauea ior iuonuay mgui in me Commercial club rooms to discuss all phases of the subject. The erection of the institution would ' mean an initial outlay of between (fifteen and twenty thousand dollars, i with an annual appropriation for its; maintenance ! An act passed by the last legisla-j ture provides that the county council of each county, or the councils of several counties, may make appropriations for tuberculosis hospitals, if a need exists. Favor Voting Machines. The directors approved and affirmed the action taken by the board in j 1909. when they went on record as j t v. . : " mittee has been investigating the voting machines used in other counties ! since March Members of the Commercial club appeared before the County Council this morning and presented the results of their observaFour new members were voted in jlast night. They are Joseph T. Giles, superintendent of the schools; F. C. Pickell, principal of the high school; J. H. Smith, of the National AutoThe board authorized President Swayne to appoint delegates to the convention of the Federation of Indiana Commercial clubs to be held in ! Indianapolis October 2 and 3. As this is the time of the Fall Festival it will be hard to find men who will serve, so the appointments have not
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Inmates Of The Jail Will Work For County This Action Ordered by the Commissioners Today When the County Attorney Ruled That the State Laws Permitted County to Make Such Use of Prisoners.
The county attorney today cited a statute from the acts of 1908 whereby the commissioners can compel the inmates of the county jail serving sentences for violations of state laws or city ordinances to work on the roads of the county. Commissioner Beeson brought the matter up at the commissioners meeting this morning and after the fact had been definitely ascertained that the Prisoners could be remanded to labr n the roads.the P,an was to. All the commissioners were highly in favor of the pian. The men at the jail have been encouraged in idleness i long enougn, according to one oi me officials. There are now eighteen inmates of the jail, sixteen of which number have been sentenced to the jail for viola- ! tions of the state laws. Two others awaiting mai. iuue ui me yi.auni ers who have not been sentenced but j are merely held there pending their trial can he sentenced to labor until convicted, j Labor Is Very Scarce, Labor in this community has been so scarce that contractors have had to SHOW ECONOMY IN DEFICIENCY BILL One-Third Less Than Asked for Provided in the House Measure. (Xational News Association) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. The general deficiency appropriation bill carrying one-third of the amount asked for Dy the government department
ronnrted to he house todav bvi0? United States District Attorney
.... w"'1 AUC "llk includes the one hundred thousand dollars asked for by Secretary Bryan to aid destitute Americans to leave Mex- i ico.
rrovision is aiso maae ior me aoo- j commodity clause of the Sherman an- j where they have been used for recomlition of the Commerce court sixty ! ti-trust law. " mendations.
days after the passage of the bill. The interstate commerce commission is allotted three hundred thousand dollars to start a physical valuation of railroads and an appropriation of thirty thousand dollars is included' for the civil service commission for competitive examinations for fourth j class postmasters. ; The amount allotted for the continu-' ation of work on public buildings is less than one-half of the amount requested. THREE KILLED IN REVOLVER BATTLE (National News Association) LOUISVILLE, Sept. 2. Three men! were killed and one fatally wounded j in a revolver fight at Saylersville, Maguum ai.wiuiug iu a i fji l received here today. Nero Howard and i
his brother and a son of Russell Cor-! tioners are Benjamin Oler, James M. i detailed report to the President and nett were killed outright and Cornett j Oler and Mary B. VeaL The court Is j Secretary Bryan Immediately on arrivbimself -waa fatally wounded, jreiuested to appoint David Jordan. I al at Washington,
request the county officials to grant
them an extension of time in the con struction of roads for which they had been awarded oontracts. Even children under fifteen years have been worked out on the roads, according to the County Surveyor Peacock. . . If Superintendent Brumfleld needs help at the county poor farm west of Centerville jail prisoners will be workj e(j there. j The prisonerg are to be under tne jurisdiction of the sheriff or one of his I deputies or trusties. The following statute was cited to the commissioners on this proposition. "All able-bodied male prisoners sentenced to any jail or work house for punishment or for non payment of fines or costs whether judgment embraces also imprisonment or is for fines and costs only, may be put to hard labor upon thoroughfares, roads or highways therein or upon any public work which under such rules and regulations as the commissioners shall prescribe, and the sheriff of custodian of such prisoners shall obey all orders of commissioners courts. SUIT AGAINST THE HARDC0AL TRUST Several Companies and Individuals Named In Government's Action. (National News Association) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2. A civil suit having for its object, the dissolution of the so-called hard coal trust was filed in federal court here today j swartlev. aeainst the PhiladelDhia and .. . . Reading railroad company and other I railroads, and George r . Baer and nine others.
The suit was brought in behalf of; been manipulated, and the eommis-' signal, a part of the antiquated systhe department of justice, under the i sioners were referred to other counties !tem used on this division. Engineer
The court is asked to order the defendant company from transporting coal for interstate or foreign trade. The companies have an aggregate capital stock of one hundred and seventeen million dollars and a total fun- . , ... . .v, . , . .. debt of over three hundred mil- , ' IS ASKED For Henry Oler, Who Is 91 Years Old. A complaint for a guardian was filed against Henry Oler, 91, alleging that! he is too old and infirm to properly manage his estate and business. Ac'cording to the complaint the defend ant is willing for such action to be taken the complaint having been read to him, it is alleged. The peti-
GUARDIAN
GALLINGER SPEAKS UPOMJHE TARIFF Apostle of High Protection Denounces UnderwoodSimmons Measure.
(Natlonal New Association) WASHINGTON'. Sept 2. Quoting Washington. Jefferson. Madison and Andrew Jackson to show that they favored the policy of a protective tariff for the benefit of American producers, Senator Gallinger. of New Hampshire, regular republican leader of the Senate, today assailed the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill which seeks to levy a tariff for revenue only. Thomas Jefferson, patron saint of the Democratic party, he said, signed three tariff acts increasing protection to American manufacturers. "Jefferson carried his devotion to American Industry so far" said Senator Gallinger, "that he expressed a wish the Atlantic Ocean might be a lake of fire to exclude absolutely foreign goods. It was that great Democrat. Andrew Jackson, who threatened to hang as high as Ilaman, the merchant in South Carolina who sought to nullify a United States tariff law on the newly asserted idea, that protection to American industry was unconstitutional." It a Southern Policy. Senator Gallinger declared that the agitation against the protective tariff system and In favor of a tariff for rev- J enue only was a heritage of the po- j litical contest between the North and ! South over slavery. "The main support of the tariff-for-revenue-only policy in America has come from the Southern States and from New York City and that neighborhood where the influence of importers representing European manufacturers is powerful," said Senator Gallinger. After showing that the country did not prosper during those years when a revenue tariff law was in effect, and that prosperity returned to the country after the readoptlon of a protective tariff policy just before the CivU War, Senator Gallinger quoted from the writings of President Wilson to show that he had trade for many years. favored free County Commissioners May Ask County Council for Appropriation. J. M. Davis, representing the Empire Voting Machine company, of ; Jamestown, N. Y., offered a proposition !tov, the county commissioners today which may result in an appropriation being made for the purchase of the machines by the county council. According to Mr. Davis' proposition, the machines will be installed in the county whenever the commissioners request, and if they prove satisfactory they are to be purchased. They may be returned without any expense to the county if not satisfactory.
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The machines cost 750 each, and It 7 luc ir ner.x would take twenty-eight machines for all Just getting up for the day. an election in Wayne county. The! The t1 of the dead were torn commissioners believe the cost of an j nd mangled in the wreckage or hurled election by means of the machines j into the air- mn of tbem would be greatly lowered. The num- a near bJr me,on Patchber of precincts could be reduced from Tbe ,nJured were mattered in the sixty-four to twenty-eight by means w"age and strewn along the track, of the machines, they say. ID ,ittle wa8 Juried Into the The Empire company is a large cor-! air and n,a bodv later found on toP of poration. having a capitalization of the engine, which caused the wreck. $ 1,500.000. There were 600,000 votes Even the tlwPh wires were littercast in Indiana at the last state elec-;1 wita clothing and the furaishtion, of which number 200,000 weretlnSs of tne cancast through voting machines. j Identification Is Slow. It is believed by the commissioners Identification will be very slow owthat the machines will so greatly re-1 ing to the fact that clothing and beduce the cost of elections that in the i longings were separated from the
i course of a few years they will have j pajd for tne original cost. According I to Mr. Davis, the machines have never BAYARD HALE GOES TO CAPITAL TODAY! He Admits That Envoy Lind's Mission in Mexico Was a Failure. (Xational News Association) KEY WEST. Fla Sept. 2. Dr. Wllliam Bayard Hale passed through here last night enroute for Washing ton. Dr. Hale stated that Special Envoy Lind's mission in Mexico was unsuccessful and that Mr. Llnd will leave Vera Crux for the United States in a few days. Dr. Hale will make a
New York, New Haven and Hartford 'Railroad Adds Another Terrible Tragedy to Its Long List of W'recks When a Section of One Passenger Train Plows Its Way Through Two Sleepers of Another Section Third Sleeper Was Partly Telescoped by the Teriffic
Impact. TWO SCORE INJURED; SCENE PRESENTED A VERY HORRIBLE ONE One Dead Child Found on the Top of Wrecked Engine and Dead and Injured Were Scattered About for Some Distance Many Bodies Were Denuded and Identification in Consequence Will Be Difficult Eighty People Killed on Railroad Since June, 1911. A total of eighty persons have been killed, and four hundred injured in wrecks on the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad from June 8, 1911, until September 2, 1913, inclusive, according to statistics. (National News Association) NEW HAVEN, Sept. 2. The New Haven railroad added one more to its frightful series of fatal wrecks on the sand plains a mile north of New Haven station today, when the first section of the White Mountain express, southbound, crashed into ! the rear end of the second section of the Bar Harbor express, standing on the track, cutting; a swath through two Pullman, sleepers from Portland, Maine, and partly telescoping a third sleeper, killing at least fifteen passengers outright and injuring two score others. Three of the injured died a few hours later at hospitals, making the total known dead eighteen. The identified dead up to noo nare: R. A. Hotchkiss, son of Learnard Hotchkiss, a New Haven broker. N. H. Martin, Bryn Mawr, Pa. K. T. Iami, a Japanese, address unknown. Harold Avery, New York city. Robert Yahn, Philadelphia. Albert Green, New York city. William Autschul, Norfolk. Va. Frank B. Butler, vice president of the Scranton Bolt and Nut company. Scran ton. Pa. Worst in Road's History. The wreck was one of the worst In the history of the road in point of horror. Two heavy Pullman sleepers were ripped wide open. The passen- ! 1 bodies. The Bar Harbor express running ; u n hnnp l9t YiaH ctnnrwMl at m HnA Miller who was on the White Mountain express, says that he saw no flagman and beard no torpedo and in the dense fog could see nothing until he suddenly discovered the signal light against him and applied the emergency brake, but too late to avoid the collision. The engine, one of the new taper, heated Moguls went through the Pullmans with little or no damage to Its own parts. Both trains were loaded with passengers returning from the Maine and White Mountain resorts for the summer. Signals Were Condemned. Signals had been condemned following a wreck on the line of the road between this city and Hartford, Jy the Connecticut state utilities commission. It was recently announced following the series of wrecks on the road that the signal system would be changed. Today Is the tlrst day of the administration of President Howard N. Elliott of the New Haven road, succeeding President Charles S. Mellen, Continued on Last Pas) ,