Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 257, 5 September 1913 — Page 1
W PAJL3LABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM . VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 257 RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 5, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS Plan to Foist Voting Machines on County is Blocked
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ARREST JEROME ON A GAMING CHARGE; IN CELLJHAW HAD The Former District Attorney Was Playing Penny Ante and Lost Fifty Cents.
MADE JEROME LAUGH Conviction on This Charge in Canada Carries a Year's Imprisonment. (National News Association) COATICOOK, Quebec, Sept. 5. Former District Attorney Jerome, of New York, who came here to take part In the deportation of Harry K. Thaw, was arrested today on a charge of gambling at the time Jerome was waiting outside the immigration office for the order of Thaw's ejection. The warrant for Jerome's arrest was based on an incident which happened yesterday. While Jerome and his detectives were seated in a touring car awaiting the result of the Thaw hearing, they whiled away the tedious time with a game of penny ante poker, in which Jerome is Bald to have lost nearly fifty cents. Wilfred Aldritch, a local business man, swore to the affidavit that Jerome had gambled. The warrant was handed to Jerome by a constable just after Jerome had finished breakfast. "What is this?" said Jerome, taking the paper and reading it, and then laughed. "All right, officer, lead on," he said. Will Keep Thaw Watched. In the meantime he conferred with his associates and made arrangements for Thaw to be closely watched.
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From the office or the justice of ! millionaire slayer of Stanford White, peace, Jerome was taken to the same j who succeeded in escaping from Matjail in which Thaw was confined two j teawan asylum, was made at Sherweeks ago. Within a few minutes brooke, Canada, where he Is being demor,than 1,000 people, surrounded the tained, as he was leaving the courtjail. "Three cheers for Harry Thaw," j hoilJ- after hIs lawyera tod folled thV they yelled. "Now we will deport Je- Attempts of the attorneys for New to' . . (York State to make his deportation The maximum penalty on conviction, DOS8ibie , of gambling here is one year impris-1 ' '
onment without the option of a i ne. A j lawyer rushed to Thaw with the news, j The fugitive laughed heartily and ! said, "The learned counsel for the j Chicken Trust surely is in bad. I al-1 ways said that man would come to no gooa ena. Counsel for Jerome demanded that bail be given and that the former district attorney be arraigned at once. Admit Jerome to Bail. Jerome was admitted to bail at noon after spending several hours in the cooler. The scene about the jail was unparalelled in the history of the town. Thaw was the first witness before the board of inquiry today. His attorneys objected to an examination of j his sanity by Canadian alienists unless auenisis in inaw s employ were permitted to be present. This plea was denied and a recess was taken while- a messenger was sent to summon Deputy Attorney General Ken(Continued on Page Six) MOTHER SAVES BABY Rnf Mnv I y)S0 TTor Own T.ifol mmw Mj --V -m.-. IT 11 .aMAV as the Result. (National News Association) GREENSBURG, Ind., Sept. 5. Mrs William Rhodell of St. Taul, Ind.,! shielded her 3-year-old baby death here today, but probably from j will forfeit her own life as a result of an! automobile accident near here. An in-1 terurban car struck an automobile in J wnicn iney were riomg. Tlie machine was knocked ten feet. Mrs. j Rhodell made a hollow for her baby Jl nfl tftnlr tri 1 m nnrt nnnn her ntrn
back. She was internally injured, garding licenses, although tHey are ! next board meetin- the first WednesMr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas of Shel- lax in other things. The li- i da-v of October.
nyvme, were also passengers m tne , automobile and were injured. ' MANIAC MURDERS 10 And Twelve Other People Were Wounded. (National News Association) MULHAUSEX, Germany, Sept. 5. Ten persons were shot to death and twelve others were mortally wounded today by a maniac school teacher named Wagner. Wagner rushed through the streets with a pistol in each hand, firing into the buildings and at every person he saw. He was overtaken by a mob and fatally
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jured. When the police went to Wagner's home in the suburb of Dergerloch they found the bodies of Wagner's wife and four children. The maniac had cut them to pieces with a
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This photograph of Harry Thaw, the PROSECUTOR ASKS FOR INFORMATION Wants to Know When Automobile License Plates Will Be Sent Out. Prosecuting Attorney Reller has written to the secretary of state at Indianapolis to ascertain how soon all automobiles and motorcycle license plates, for which applications have been made, will be distributed V hen the applications have been filled by the state department, owners who have failed to secure the new license plates will be prosecuted . Since yesterday the police have issued warnings to twenty five or thirty owners who were operating automo- j biles without 1913 license plates on j them. Several have come to police t headquarters with the plea that their applications have received no notice j from the state. The fact that applications were not promptly filed was due to the fact that the secretary of state underestimated the number of machines in Indiana and, consequently, did not order enough plates. New supplies have now been received and in a few days all tht nnnUpntinna -urill ham hnon an. gwere(j anj license plates sent to the applicants. Iu other cities on the state, there have been arrests made, and in Ander son, it is reported, the prosecuting attorney tnere nas notined persons of !
his intention of prosecuting them forjtober 25. The program has not been ' alleged motor vehcile law violations. arranged. and will not be until the !
T Vi r now lou-a aro vorv cfrin tron t ra. , cense plates must De sus-1 pended from the rear of the car j Scuted unless he places a rear light on v. . i - . . i 7 ?i : - i ! for a reasonable distance. A physician was notified by the lice last night that he will be prose - cuted unless he places a ruear light on his machine, in compliance with the 1S13 acts. He promised to do this and was not placed under arrest. WEED RESIGNATION COMES UP TONIGHT The directors of the Y. M. C. A. probably will take action on the resignation of General Secretary Herbert S. Wood at the regular monthly board meeting tonight. Though the directors refused this afternoon to discuss the board's action, it is believthat they will accept the resigna tion and appoint Ellis Learner, as sistant secretary, to take Mr. Weed s position. Reports of the work of the various departments during the month will also be given.
Teachers of County Given Instructions
Large Crowd of Educators From AH Over the Country Hear Advice as to the Conduct of Their Work at an Institute Held in This City at High School Building.
"The keynote of the school work but are planning for much more field during the coming year will be to j work and demonstrations, to supplekeep the boys and girls in school, andjment the text books. The study for to keep them doing honest, beneficial j the first month will consist of corn work," said County Superintendent j selection and1, scoring. This will re-
Williams, when outlining the work of j the year before the teachers of Wayne county at the Township Institute this afternoon. "Domestic science and agriculture will be taught in all the schools of the county, and the number of elective studies which each student may take will be increased. In teaching these new subjects the problem which faces the teacher js to adapt the subjects to the community in which they are taught. What Course Will Be. "Carrying this division further," he said, "we will teach manual training In the towns, and agriculture in the country, making a spppial effort to make the methods of teaching fit the needs of the community, whatever they may be. "For several years we have been conducting schools for boys, teaching agriculture from text books, and man ual training in the shop. The girls have been required to take work, which was of little benefit to them, and in which they were not interested. Courses are being arranged for the girls. Sewing is to be taught in every school in the county, and domestic science in nine corporations, five township and four town schools. Agriculture Course. "Conferring with County Agricultural Agent Cobb, I have been outlining the course in agriculture for the year. We have just begun the work, FRAMING CHARGES . AGAINST CHARLTON First Degree MurderjWill be Faced by Alleged American Wife Slayer. (National News Association) COMO, Italy, Sept. 5 Work of drawing up an indictment against Porter Charlton, the 24 year old American who confessed killing his forty year old wife, Mrs. Mary Scott-Castle-Charlton, was begun today by the king's percurators. It will charge murder in the first degree. All of the facta brought out in the preliminary examination which concluded yesterday will be turned orer to the prosecutor by" the examining magistrate, Signor Rognoni. r Charlton manages to keep cheerful most of the time although he hag fits of -degression. , which cause thcprisbri him for e&T he wU, at tak? ! his fe whHe in tne d hg of m ;After such a fit of despond has j passed Charlton will laugh about it and say it is caused by his "poetic j nature I E TO BE CELEBRATED 25th Anniversary of Margaret Smith Institute to be Observed October 25. The directors of the Margaret Smith Home for Aged Women are makinS plans to observe the twentyuunsrjr ui iae uome on uc - iuuuu m io "- s Mrs- Margaret Smith, who. when she 'died' Provided that her home and I l"n-rTMrtv t need ?r-r tha cctohlichmant ' and tne maintenance of a home for po-!aSed women, unable to work and with"t friends or relatives. A $25,000 endowment by the Late William B. Leeds, numerous subscriptions and gifts from the people of the city cover the greater part of the running expenses. Twelve aged women are now living at the home. The requirement for admission to the home is that the applicant pay an admission fee, after which all further expenses are met by the funds at the disposal of the home. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair and Saturday. tonight TEMPERATURE Noon SS J Maximum 85 1 Minimum 62
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in the fields." Supt. Williams was followed by Trustee William Porterfield, who spoke on the "Results Hoped for This Year," and Cteorge Bishop, the attendance officer, who explained the "New Compulsory Education Law." Mr. Bishop said under the new law, students who did not attend school between the ages of fourteen and six teen years, had to have a signed per mit from him. Children who have quit school in the past who are under sixteen, must either re-enter school now or get a permit from Mr. Bishop to go to work. About 150 teachers attended the sessions of the'lnstitute this morning, which opened with roll call at 9:30 o'clock. In response to the roll each teacher replied with a brief statement in answer to the question, "How can the teacher; manifest special interest in problems affecting the immediate school community?" The morning sessions were devoted to a study of "Modern Social Problems" and "The Teaching of Domestic Science and. Agriculture In Your School." The teachers were divided into sections, according to townships, with a special instructor for each section. "Every Day Problems in Teaching" was the subject of the afternoon section meetings, which preceded the talk by' Supt. Williams. DIVORCE ACTIONS STILL LEAD LIST Ot thiSiyikFiled jn the Countrionrt 'Tbis "rear " 99 Were for Divorce. Of the 295 complaints filed at the office of the county clerk to date, ninety-nine have been for divorces. The number of divorce suits filed this year probably will surpass that of any other year, in this county. The reason for the Increase in the number of divorces annot be accounted for, byf the county officials. Judge Fox. believes au eugenic law, compelling all JlFpttcants lor a marriage license. 4o present to the county clerk ayatement Irom a reputable poxsiIan declaring that they are physloafly and mentally prepared for wedlock should be passed by the state legislature. Such a law is being effectually carried out in Pennsylvania. The law specifies that no applicant for a marriage license may obtain the same if they have any transmitable disease. What The Charoei Are. Most of the allegations in divorce complaints filed here are for cruel and" inhuman treatment. Habitual drunkenness and infidelity is .often alleged. Desertion is another ground on which divorces are frequently granted here. Most of the 99 divorce suits filed are still pending. Judge Fox said the law recently enacted which prohibits the granting of a divorce until after sixty days following the term in'twhich it is filed, will dp very little good in remedying conditions here. Persons who want a decree will not let a consideration of sixty days alter their determination, the Judge believes. During the present year there have been seventeen damage suits filed, the S total demands of the suits totaling tt,78 - c Qnits atrereeatine S7 500 have' been filed against the T. H I & E. Traction Co. and $13,000 in demands hahve been made against the P. C. C. & St. L. railroad. Most of the damage suits are either for deaths or pergonai injuries sustained by the plainyff8 through alleged negligence on the rt f tn e defendants niTPrp fill lpnRJ(rO ,nUlr Mil llil IIIVlrN liniLU Ull IIIUUIIII.U FIXEDJUAOCUS Democrats Agree on this Feature After Having a Lengthy Debate. (Xational News Association) WASHINGTON', Sept. 5 After a long debate in caucus the Democrats agreed to the following rates for the income tax: Incomes of from $2,000 to 120.000, one per cent; from $20,000 to $50,000, two per cent; from $50,000 to ?T5,000 three per cent; from $75,000 to $100,00 four per cent; from $100,000 to $250,000. five per cent; from 1250,000 to $500,000, six per cent.
ALL INHABITANTS OF OCRACOKE SAFE IS INFORMATION TODAY First Reports of Storm Along the Carolina Coast Were Exaggerated.
A FEW LIVES ARE LOST Damage to Property in Some Sections Heavy Very Heavy Rainfall. (National News Association) WILMINGTON", N. C, Sept. 5. All are safe on the island of Ocracoke, Pimlico Sound, according to a wireless report sent from Cape Hatteras to the government at Washington and picked up here today. The wfreless station at Cape Hatteras reported to Washington that it had been in communication with the Ocracoke life station and the life savers declared the reported loss of life was unfounded. They had assisted a number of disabled seamen caught in small boats when the storm hit the island, but beyond this and small property damage there was no cause for alarm. Damage Is Not Great. , Telegrams received from Newburn stated that the damage to towns along the coast side of the Sound was not as great as first reported. Telegraphic communication has been restored with all important coast towns except Beaufort and Moorehead City, to the south of Newberg and Washington near the mouth of the Pimlico River. Three persons were reported dead at Washington. Two railroad bridges, one a mile long, on the Norfolk Southern Line were swept away. Docks, warehouses, residences and public buildings were destroyed and water, waist deep, flowed through the streets. The streets of Newbern were covered to a depth of several feet and a nun. ber of small vessels were sunk, bridges destroyed and lumber mills badly damaged. At Louisburg near the head of the Tar river the rainfall amounted to four and forty-one hundredths inches and near Raleigh the fall was 3.50 i inches. Reports from all sections in the east tell of great damage done by the storm. DIAZ IS CONFIDENT Of Being Elected President of Mexico. (National News Association) BERLIN, Sept. 5. "I am sure to be the next president of Mexico." This statement was made today by Pelix Diaz, nephew of ex-President Porirlo Diaz, of Mexico, who is enroute to Japan on a special diplomatic mission. l will have the, support of all the followers of General Porflrio Diaz," the envoy continued. " ColonelDiaz isgolng to Biarritz, where he will confer with Porflrio Diaz. This conference will probably result in the ex-president cabling or ders to all his former lieutenants urg ing them to work for the election of Felix. Colonel Diaz will also go to Paris to confer with Fftncisco de la Barra, Mexican minister to France, who was j sent out of the Mexican republican by President Huerta because of his popularity. ENVOY FROM HUERTA. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Official Washington has not yet been in- , , - ". V , r7 . , f -1 HrxTdtar to sending this country ostensibly for the purpose (of bringing a confidential message to i President Wilson. It is believed that Zamacona is coming to negotiate loans for Huerta with the co-operation of the U. S. government, but officials here decline to be quoted on that subject. President Wilson is aiming to bring pressure on Huerta to make a statement which will eliminate him definitely and finally from the presi dency at the October election in i Mexico. BALLES GER IS TO TEACH PRINTING The school board authorized Superintendent Giles, yesterday afternoon to employ George Ballinger as instructor of printing at the high school, and voted to install a complete plant as soon as possible. Superintendent Giles stated this afternoon that bids would be asked immediately, and the contract let. He hopes to have the plant in operation before the end of the first semester of the school year. The remainder of the meeting was taken up with routine business. The board ordered a number of bills paid.
Ordinance Ruled Out By Bowman For Lack Of Required Majority
Necessary Three-fourths Vote in tne County Council, at a Regular Annual Meeting on a Special Appropriation Measure, as Required by State Law, was Not Cast for Voting Machine Purchase Ordinance, County Auditor Finds After an Investigation.
ATTORNEY GENERAL HONAN MAKES THIS RULING ON THE REQUEST OF AUDITOR
NICHOLSON SILENT "1 do not know what action the voting machine company will take; I am not in close euough touch with the office to make any statement. Those matters are left to the State Agent. Mr. Davis, who is not in the city." said John Nicholson, local representative of the Empire Voting Machine company when informed that the appropriation made by the county council was illegal.
That he is convinced that the appropriation voted by the county council for the purchase of voting machines is illegal, and that he will not record it as passed, is the statement of County Auditor Bowman. This statement was made by Mr. Bowman this morning In conversation between the county auditor and the editor of this paper. The latter informed Mr. Howman that, acting under the advice of his attorney, Byram C. Robbins, he was preparing a statement for each of the county commissioners, the county treasurer and the county auditor, setting forth that the appropriation for voting machines was illegally passed, and requesting them to take no action under it Bowman Consults Attorney General Honan. Mr. Bowman then stated that he had already taken up the question of the sufficiency of the vote by which the appropriation parsed the county council with the attorney general of Indiana. The attorney general held that the statutes had not been complied with and that the appropriation was illegal. Mr. Bowman further said that the opinion of the attorney general was conclusive with him, and that under it he would record the ordinance as not carrying. The illegality of the voting machine appropriation Ilea in lta having been passed by less than a three-fourths vote of the entire membership of the county council. The state law provides that where a special appropriation is to be made by the county council at a regular annual meeting, it must be passed by the votes of three-fourths of the entire member-' -ship Of the council. On the two Uaya.when. the . votes were taken on the passage of the voting machine appropriation there were bnt six of the seven councilmen present. Jesse Druly. the absent councilman, is spending a vacation in Michigan. Of the six members present Junius Knipe refused to vote either for or against the appropriation, as he said he had made no investigation of voting machines and did not personally know whether or not they were desirable. Votes of Only Five Members Left. This left the votes of but five members. Messrs. Hoover, Hampton. Robinson, Worl and Cook, for the measure. And five votes is but 71 per cent of the total membership of seven. If the county commissioners are still determined to force the voting machine question they must now ask the county council to make another appropriation for the purchase. This would probably be acted upon by the council at a special session as a special appropriation. Under the state law In this case it will require a two-ihirds vote of the entire membership of the council to pass the appropriation legally. This means at least five members of the council must vote for the appropriation for I, to pass. ' Bowman Issues Statement on Case. County Auditor Bowman this afternoon issued the following statement relative to his disposal of the ordinance appropriating $21,000 for the purchase of voting machines for Wayne county: Respecting the matter of the appropriation of the county council of this county in the sum of twenty-one thousand ($21,000) dollars for voting machines, the undersigned advises that Mr. Jesse T. Druy. a member of the county council, was not present at the meeting due to his absence from the state. There are seven members of the council, and this body acts as a unit. The appropriation was not Itemized In the advertised notice for the reason that same had not been determined upon by the board of commissioners previous to the insertion of notice. Upon the board of commissioners authorizing the application for appropriation to be made, the same being subsequent to the advertised notice and also being for presentation at the regular annual meeting of the county council, such appropriation is controlled by the provision of statute which reads as follows: "By a three-fourths vote of the council, and not otherwise, an appropriation may be made for an item not contained in any estimate, or for a greater amount than that named in any Item of an estimate." Six members of council being present the record of the auditor shows five voting in favor thereof, and one not voting either In favor or in opposition thereto, simply being present. The county auditor therefore records such ordinance as lost and not carrying, and the same can now only become effective by a vote of at least two-thirds at special session, rather than at the three-fourths vote of the regular session. ' LEWIS S. BOWMAN, County Auditor.
Statement to Auditor. The communication which Mr. Leeds sent to the county commissioners, the county treasurer and the county auditor today, was as follows: "To the Board of Commissioners of the County of Wayne, State of Indiana: "As a citizen and taxpayer of Wayne County, I respectfully call your attention to the following facts: "1st. The amount of the alleged appropriation, to-wit: $21,000 passed by the County Council on the 2nd and 3rd days of September, 113. for the purchase of voting machines was not listed among the items of estimates submitted by the Board of Commissioners, as required by Law; "2nd. The alleged appropriation was not passed by a three-fourths vot of the County Council as the Law requires in the instance of an appropriation not regularly listed in the estimates. "I am advised that the appropriation Is therefore illegally made and that any contract made pursuant thereto will be void; and further that all County
Officers, and members of the Board of Commissioners who Issue warrants for, or pay, any amounts thereunder will be liable on their official bonds, or may be enjoined from so doing. "I earnestly request, therefore, that you take no action pursuant to said illegal appropriation or based thereon, as I intend to resort to all legal remedies to which I may be entitled in the premises. "Dated this 5th day of September. 1913. "R. G. LEEDS." Explains Action. In explanation of this action on his part Mr. Leeds said: "Naturally It was a Godsend to find that the whole voting machine proposition could be thrown out because of the illegality in connection with the passage of the appropriation. This gives us time before any further action can be taken to thoroughly acquaint the people of Wayne county with all the ins and outs of voting machines. Then if the people do not want the machines they will be able to bring the force of public opinion, in lieu of the initiative or referendum, to (Continued on Pace Twoj
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Perry Freeman, local attorney for the Kmpire company, refused to discuss the action taken In declaring the appropriation illegal, and refused to make any rtatenients as to the probable course the company would take. "1 refuse to make any statements, whatever," aaid Attorney Freeman in answer to all questions touching the purchase of the machines.