Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 259, 8 September 1913 — Page 1

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OF .J LrlllU LUiniL Several Richmond t Persons Interested in Proceedings at Sacramento. CASE IS NOW PENDING Half-brother of Late Millionaire Hotel Owner, Threatened Contest. (Palladium Special) SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Sept. 8. There is pending before the Supreme Court of this State an appeal from the decision of the Superior Court in throwing out a contest of the will of the late William Land, millionaire hotel owner of this city, which is blocking the final distribution of the estate in accordance with the termw of the will which bequeaths a total of $60,000 to people of Richmond, Indiana. Under the terms of the will of the pioneer hotel man of this city, hia nephew, Frank Land, of Richmond, Indiana, is named one of the executors of the will, and is bequeathed $15,000. Frank Land is the son of the late Horatio N. Land, brother of the late William Land. To each of Horatio Land's children Frank, Harry, Charles and Alma, is left $15,000. To Le Roy Land, of Richmond, brother of deceased, is bequeathed $10,000, and to each of his children Mildred, Mabel, Margery, Le Roy and Wilfred $10,000 is left. Half Brother Threatened Contest. The first hitch to the distribution of the vast estate of the late William Land, who left, in addition to caring for all of his relatives, $250,000 to be used for park purposes m this city, and $200,000 to the indigent poor of Sacramento, came a threatened contest by Francis Edward Land, of Chicago, a half-brother. Under a compromise agreement with the City of Sacramento, which in order to hasten the distribution of the estate agreed to compromise, Francis Edward Land was to receive $20,000 to withdraw hia contest. However, there was a proviso clause In the compromise, tt the effect t. hatp Jn ; event anotner contest . was iH V th, compromise agreement wou'l td, which later made the r- -- operative. t t ' FrMtjTMkFitea Contest. t Alexander; ?Wi Morrison, a well known hotel man of this city, r.nd for many years a business associate of William Land, filed a contest to the will claiming that William Land was acting under undue influence vdien he signed the purported will and that the purported will was not the last will and testament, but that, a prior will had been drawn. Morrison wa3 leflf $5,000 under the will admitted to probate, and claimed that under the alleged prior will he was left $50,000. When the contest was heard 1n the Superior Court It was thrown out of court on the ground that Morrison had no interest in the estate of the late William Land other than the $5,000 bequeathed him in the will admitted to probate. An appeal was taken and the case is now pending in the Supreme Court. The City of Sacramento recently Detitioned for a partial distribution of the estate, but it was denied, pending the decision of the Supreme Court. E TAX rSenate Defeats Dillingham's Amendment to Apportion Proceeds to States. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 By a vote of fourteen to fifty-four, the Senate today defeated Senator Dillingham's amendment to apportion among the several states for road building purposes during the next two years the j proceeds of the Income tax provided 'the state appropriate equal amounts. Senator Smoot made a plea for the reduction on the duties on gems and i pearls of from twenty to forty per leant. He astonished the Senate by displaying in his open palm eight i pearls which were invoiced at over j$78,00O. The duty on them under the ( proposed bill would be over $17,000. i Senators from all parts of the chamjber hurried over to his desk to view 'the pearls. He contended that a twen'ty per cent duty would place a pretxnium on smuggling. I !OND COUPLE 1 .TLY MARRIED n ; : "V CuPfehCSttffed Earl H. Bescher, of Dayton, son of City Clerk Baits Bescher, and Miss Nina Schull of the American Seeding Machine company and on 'August 16th, the two eloped to Newiport, Ky., where they were married. Their marriage was not made public rtintil Saturday when Mr. and Mrs. Bescher visited the former's father, (Clerk Bescher. The young couple will probably make their home in Dayton later where Mr. Bescher is employed at the Delco works. Both are well ptnown here.

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STATE AND LOCAL Unsettled tonight; fair Tuesday. TEMPERATURE Noon 79 Yeaertay. Maximum 89 Minimum 4 ALL CITY SCHOOLS OPEN WITH LARGER NUMBER OP PUPILS Superintendent Giles Expects Enrollment to Exceed 4,100. EXCELLENT CONDITION j Physical Director Nohr Out lines Plans for Winters' Work. "Ouch, oh mother not so hard." This was a part of the preliminary exercises accompanying the opening of the city's schools this morning. In many homes, mothers broke in their new face towels attempting to rub the summer's coat of dirt off the children's faces. The little faces shone when mother had completed her part of the exercises, and trotted the youngsters off to school in their new clothes, and the shoes and stockings that had not been worn since last spring. Corps of 112 Teachers. Under the supervision of J. T. Giles, recently appointed city superintendent and a corps of 112 teachers, this will be one of the best years in the history of the Richmond schools, according to members of the board of education. Although it wa3 impossible late this afternoon to get exact figures on the enrollment, Superintendent Giles stated that he expected the enrollment to exceed that of last year, which was 4,057. One hundred and ten entered the first year of high school today, an increase of twenty-five over the corresponding time last year. This number will be increased by students who were unable to enroll today, ?ays Principal Pickell. No Radical Changes. Superintendent Giles and Principal Pickell, both stated that the Richmond schools were in excellent condition, and they had not planned any radical changes in the curriculum. Both proposed to keep things running smoothly, and make changes later where they thought necessary. The most important change which has been made is the placing -of the physical training in all the schools under the direction of Robert Nohr. Professor Nohr has outlined a definite plan of physical training beginning In the grades and extending through high (Continued on Page Three) JEROME READY FOR GAMBUNG CHARGE Returns to Coaticook, Accompanied by Attorney Jacobs, of Montreal. (National News Association) Coaticook, Sept 8. Ready to face trial this afternoon on the charge of gambling, former District Attorney Jerome, of New York, arrived here on the noon train. He was accompanied by Attorney Jacobs of Montreal. Jerome's counsel was confident that their client would be acquitted. Lawyers for the prosecution maintain they have strong evidence and will push the case to the limit. Up to noon today no instructions have been received by officers in charge of Thaw to have him removed to Montreal. Should the court of appeals sustain Thaw's claim that the j findings of the board of inquiry are j illegal, a new hearing will follow. I One thing seems certain, and that is that Thaw will be in Canada several J months before final judgment is j passed.

Italian Resents Insult To American Woman

"Come on, you pretty little blonde. We're going to take you home" two intoxicated men addressed Mrs. Marine Henley on North E street. Saturday night, as she fled into a store for protection from the mashers. "Why you calla da lady blonde?" asked Frank LaPena, an employe of the C. & O. railroad, to whom MrsHenley told the story of the assault, as Ernest Todd and Eugene Ashcraft came along. Ashcraft replied by knocking down the Italian, and Todd took his turn when LaPena arose. Thirteen times the daughty protector of the woman was floored before Patrolman Longman stopped the one-sided bout LaPena was strong in resenting an

MURDERER BEGINS BATTLEjOR LIFE Although Confession Has Been Made Schools Enters Plea of Not Guilty.

SECURE JURY QUICKLY State's Attorney Reller Will Not Insist Upon the Death Penalty. George Schools, colored, confessed murderer of Lydia Schools, his wife, today began the battle for his legal freedom in the Wayne circuit court before a jury, Judge Fox presiding. Despite the acknowledgement of the crime made to Chief of Police Gormon, schools pleaded not guilty when arraigned today. The jury was sworn thirty-five minutes after the trial opened. This was considered record time by the attorneys attending. Prosecutor Reller did not insist on the death penalty. Almost every juror said he had read the account of the killing in the PaV ladium. John Harrington, Jr., was the only juror excused on the ground of having formed an opinion. Personnel of Jury. The jury consists of W. S. Eliason, Frank Allison, Oliver Spencer, Edward Dunham, John Deets, George H. Eggemeyer, Herman Osterman, W. H. Walls, Jesse Hall, James R. Bookout, Andrew J. McKinney and Frank P. Lancaster. Dr. R.. J. Pierce, coroner, was the first witness called to the stand by the state. He testified as to the wound inflicted upon Lydia Schools, and regarding testimony submitted in his verdict on the case. Patrolman Henry Vogelsong verified the signatures signed to the confession made to Chief Gormon and himself by the defendant and to the testimony contained in the confession. Other witnesses for the state are Mary Hayes and Helen Ross, who live at the Hayes home. (Continued on Page Three) jaWTmulating the ju policy Missionary Say This Country Sets Example in Control of Canal. Duplicity characteristic of Japanese statecraft is attributed to emulation on the part of the yellow men of the policy pursued by the United States in maintaining primary control of the Canal zone, by the Rev. Gurney Binford, a missionary of the Friend's church, who has been in charge of a mission at Mito in the province of Ibaraki Japan. The Rev. Mr. Binford stated that the means used by this government to evade the terms of its treaty with Great Britian, in reference to control -of the canal zone have given the Jap anese the example they are now following in their diplomatic relations with the rest of the world. Many of the traits of the Japanese which make them undesirable citizens of this country, according to the Rev. Binford, are habits formed through a residence in the United States. In California the presence of the Japanese is objected to because they pander to their lust for money. "In Japan, little importance is attached to mere worldly wealth, and the men who give all their attention to the accumulation of money are held in very low esteem," the Rev. Binford declares. The Japs in California are simply following the American spirit in making money as fast as they can." The Rev. and Mrs. Binford have been engaged in mission work in Japan for the past 14 years. Prior to his marriage the Rev. Binford spent six years in the Japanese field. They will return to Japan next month following a nine months visit with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schneider, Mrs. Binford's parents, 314 South Fifteenth street. insult to an American woman, but weak in the manly art of self-defense. Before the Italian's attempt at rescue, Mrs. Henley had been offended by two intoxicated men and had taken refuge In a store. Leaving it. she was followed by Todd and Ashcraft, whom she believed, were the men who originally had accosted her. La Pena was appealed to for protection. The Italian's demand for an explanation proved his downfall. When Patrolman Longman had untangled the story, the two Americans were satisfied, but La Pena persisted in entering a complaint of assault and battery against Todd and Ashcraft. In police court they were fined $5 and costs each and sentenced to ten days in the county jail.

CITY AND COUNTY TO GET PLANS TO BETTER HIGHWAYS

Council May Appoint Delegates Tonight to Good Roads Congress. COMPLAIN ABOUT LAW Commissioners Desire Information About Modern Road Building. City council tonight probably will decide to appoint three delegates to the Good Roads Congress, which will be held at Detroit the last week in September. Delegates representing Wayne county also will be appointed by the county commissioners, it is believed. The amended three-mile gravel roaJ law becomes effective the first of n?xt year, permitting the permanent improvement of highways, and the new county highway commissioners' act also becomes operative at that time, consequently a new era of road building and road maintenance dawns in Wayne county in 1914. The city is as much interested in these changes in the road laws of the state as is the county at large, for the principal reason that it can make use of the three-mile gravel road law for permanent improvement of streets. Therefore, the board of works is interested in obtaining the best advice obtainable on good, economical street building. The information desired, the board members believe, can be secured from the experts who will attend the Detroit meeting. With this end in view they practically have decided to send a commission to the Roads Congress. County Wants Information. The county is even more interested in obtaining information on modern road building and maintenance than the city, because the new laws which become operative the first of Jamiary practically revolutionize the road system in this and other counties of the state which have more than 200 miles of free county gravel roads. For the past three years there has been general complaint aiinst the three-mile gravel road law as it now stands, for it provides a costly system of gravel and macadam road building with no satisfactory provisions for the maintenance of such roads. This system has greatly increased, the road taxes and has provided highways which remain in good condition not more than four years, as a general rule. Next year it will be possible to permanently improve hignways under the three-mile gravel road law. That is, it will be possible to pave thfrn, with brick, cement, etc., from curb to curb or in strips, leaving the rest of the road unimproved. Experts have shown that the initial cost of such road building is but little more than the macadamizing of a highway, such as the National road west of the city to the township line, while their upkeep is so insignificant that, taken as a whole, they are much less expensive than roads not permanently improved. To Appoint Superintendent. One of the first acts required of the board of county commissioners next year, to comply with a new law, is to appoint a superintendent of all free county roads. This official, who will receive $4 per day and will be employed practically all the time, will have entire charge of the maintenance of county roads. A special fund is also created to be used by him in keeping up the highways under his supervision. The county's share of the state tax on motor vehicles goes into this fund and there is also a spej cial levy for it. Bridges and culverts on "such roads are also under the supervision of this superintendent This new law assures the proper (Continued on Last Page) REVOLUTION STARTS IN SAN DOMINGO (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Sept- 8. Great danger to American lives and property in Puerta Plata was reported to the State Department today by Vice Counsel Estueva who said that the town is being shelled by Dominicans. The United States Cruiser Des Moines was due at Puerta Plata today to protect foreign interests during the-revolution which Began last Tuesday. OLD SHOE STRINGS LEFT TO RELATIVE (National News Association) MILWAUKEE, Sept. 8. By a document eight and one-half feet long. Miss Mathilda Tommet leaves to relatives a pair of old shoe strings, "my best bedspread." chickens, chicken feed, vegetables, fruit, pickles and a pail of lard. Realty, amounting to $2,500, was also distributed.

$3,320.20 Saving? No! Added Cost, $1,408.14 Operating Expenses of Votir g Machines Not Only Item in Statement County Taxpayers Must Pay Depreciation and Interest Charges Annually From Tax Levy.

In a statement to the Palladium. Thursday. Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the Commercial Club, said it is unfair for opponents of votins machines to assert that the item of depreciation should be charged to the cost of voting with the machines. "They are to be paid out of the money that they actually save us," he said. "It is certainly fair to suppose that they will be the means of saving us enough money during their life to pay for their actual purchase. Then when they are worn out we can buy other machines on the same terms. All that can fairly be charged against the machines is interest on the money invested." The Palladium will grant that if there is any saving through the use of voting machines, the amount so saved can be applied to taking care of the annual depreciation on the machines. That there will be no such saving, but, on the contrary, an actual increase in the cost of elections and registrations is the contention of the Palladium. It took this stand in its Saturday issue and backed it up with figures. Jordan Uses Erroneous Basis. Of course, Mr. Jordan undoubtedly bases his statement upon the saving shown in the figures submitted by County Auditor Bowman in estimating the cost of the 1914 election and registration, with and without voting machines. As the Palladium showed Saturday, however, Mr. Bowman's fibres, due to his having been given wrong instructions to start with, were inaccurate in their conclusions. They gave the estimated cost of the election and registration as 42 per cent of the cost under the Australian ballot system. The basic inaccuracy in this manner of figuring lies in the fact that the cost should have been figured on what the actual operating expense of the machines themselves amounts to. The auditor estimated the cost with machines would be $2,447.10, a saving of $3,320.20 above the cost by the Australian system. The Palladium estimated the cost with machines would be $7,175.44. or $4,728.34 more than the cost estimated by the auditor, and $1,408.14 more than the cost would be with the Australian system! Considers Operating Cost Only. Mr. Bowman, of course, really only gave the OPERATING COST of the machines and the registration, and he arrived at that in the wrong manner, inasmuch as he tried to figure the cost of the machines as 42ti per cent of the cost of the Australian system, because twenty-eight machine precincts would be 42 per cent of 66 Australian ballot precincts. The Palladium not only gave an accurate OPERATING COST based on what the machines have cost in Marion county, but it also took into account two equally important items, namely, DEPRECIATION and INTEREST. All machinery eventually will wear out. Hence, there must be a fund, raised by' yearly contributions during the life of the machinery, that will pay for replacing the old machinery when it is junked In favor of new. This fund is called the depreciation fund. The yearly contribution is called the annual depreciation charge. Interest always is charged on the Investment in machinery of every description. Such interest is as immutable, as unescapable, as death itself. When the county invests in votingmachi;.- it takes from you in the shape of taxes money that you could otherwise loan out at interest. Unless it would fool itself and you, the county must therefore charge itself with the loss of interest on the money invested in the voting machines. Comparison of Two Estimates. Therefore, to repeat the two comparisons of estimated costs, the Palladium's and Mr. Bowman's: Palladium's estimate Operating Cost 28 mchn. pets. Marion county basis $2,156.00 Two registration days Mr. Bowman's figures 1,029.44 Depreciation $21,000 investment. 20 years life of mohn., 5 per annum, 2 year period 2,100.00 Interest $21,000 investment. 4 yearly, 2 year period 1,890.00 Total Biennial Cost ;. $7,175.44 Mr. Bowman'6 Estimate Operating Cost 2,447.10 Depreciation ? Interest 7 Total Biennial Cost $2,447.10 Difference v $i.728.34 Expected Saving Disappears. The $3,320.20 saving upon which .Mr. Jordan has been relying to pay depreciation, and $1,408.14 in addition, in other words, is swallowed entirely in order to make up that descreancy of $4,728.34! If Mr. Jordan is satisfied with these results, the Palladium respectfully invites him to join it in again requesting the board of county commissioners NOT to ask the county council for another appropriation with which to purchase voting machines until a thorough and comprehensive investigation can be made into their merits and drawbacks, in comparison with the present Australian ballot system.

LIMB BREAKS AND YOUTHJSJNJORED Asher Winder Knocked Unconscious and Right ' Arm Broken. (Palladium Special) CAMBRIDGE CITY, Sept. 8. As Asher Winder, 17, son of Thomas Winder, was attempting to shake a squirrel from a tree Sunday morning in a woods north of town, the limb broke and he was thrown to the ground. He was knocked unconscious, the radius of his right arm broken, and his body badly bruised and scratched. A number of his companions who were with him at the time of the accident, brought him to his home. MILTON FOLK SEE GREEN WORM OF STRANGE SPECIES MILTON, Ind., Sept. 8. Milton folks are seeing things. A short time ago Clayton Kimmel saw a zoological specimen which he and his friends were unable to name. It was a green worm seven inches long, armed with ten horns and equipped with sixteen feet. Kimmel insists that he actually saw the worm, and has proof that there is such an animal since Charles Shank, who lives in the same neighborhood, has found another of the same species. This worm is about one-third as long as the other, but has the same color ing, ten herns, and sixteen feet. The longest of the horns are about an inch in length. They are yellow tipped with black. As no one can be found, who ever saw worms like them before, Mr. Shank and Mr. Kimmel will send them to the zoological department at Earl ham College and Indiana University.

NEXT MOVE IN THAW CASE ON DECISION Wealthy Prisoner to Be Permitted to Remain in Coaticook.

(National News Association) OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 8. Superintendent Scott, of the Canadian immigration department, announced today that Harry Thaw will be permitted to remain in Coaticook until the time draws near for his hearing in Montreal. "The Coaticook detention quarters are much more comfortable than those in Montreal," said Mr. Scott. The next move in the Thaw crse will be the court's decision on the writ issued last Friday. Shortly after noon today Superintendent Scott ordered Blake Robertson, his assistant, to hurry to Coaticook. ANNOUNCEMENT The management announces that It has obtained Luther M. Feeger, attached to the Chicago office of The Associated Press, as news editor of the paper. Mr. Feeger edited the West wire and the Illinois and Iowa circuits of The Associated Press out of Chicago, and also reported the last session of the Indiana legislature for that organization. He formerly was connected with the Palladium, as copy -reader. His work in all departments of newspaper enterprise qualifies him to supervise city county, state and national news for the Palladium in a modern manner. The Editor.

BOSINESS MEN OF RICHMOND OPPOSE VOTING MACHINES Prominent Citizens Say They Do Not Place Confidence in Devices.

UPHOLD PALL'S STAND Carr Says Auditor Should Take Item of Depreciation in Estimate. James Carr, president of the American Seeding Machine company said this morning that in determining the cost of the operation of machines In this county, the county auditor should have obtained his costs for the twenty, eight voting places by a comparison of the operating cost of machines in other places, instead of determining it by taking a certain percentage of the costs at present with sixty-six voting places under the Australian system, and announcing this as the saving that would be effected for the county. Mr. Carr said the county auditor should have also taken into consideration the items of interest and depreciation in estimating the cost of operating the machines. He also gave it as his opinion that the wiser and more business like method for the county commissioners to pursue at this time would be for them to make an Investigation of the machines first, and then if the results warranted, ask the county council to authorize an appropriation for their purchase. Mr. Carr continued that such an investigation would include bringing representatives of competing voting machine companies to Richmond to explain the merits of their machines and at the same time aliow the weaknesses of the machines of their competitors, so that the county commissioners could obtain the fullest possible Information on the subject, "My knowledge of voting machines is not very wide," said Mr. Carr. "I am opposed to their introduction In Wayne county elections because I do not think that we want them. It may be that I am prejudiced for I have been reading the Chicago Tribune which has been having a lot to say recently about-the voting machine scandal in that city." Cates Opposes Move. "There is absolutely no excuse for installing voting machines in Wayne county," said George Cates. president of the Union National bank. "They are not reliable in the first place. As we now have elections under the Australian ballot the voters of Wo mo county are guaranteed a safe and honest count. Less than one per crwt lose their votes through mistakes witn this ballot, which is no larger than the number that would probably vote contrary to their intentions on a machine. "I am convinced that the machines would be antiquated, necessitating the purchase of new ones by tne tiio tnat the county would finish paying off their cost. If the machines wer absolutely accurate I would not favjr installing them and giving up our present method of voting, which is altogether satisfactory. The Australian ballot is as nearly a perfect system as will ever be obtained. Favors Machines. "I am told that there is no depreciation In voting machines.' said Sharon E. Jones, of the Jones Hardware company. "They are just like an old typewriter that I have in my office that has been used for a long period of (Continued on Page Three.) ASK INFORMATION ON CEMENT ALLEYS Richmond has not ceased to be known as the pioneer city in the construction of cement alleys and streets. This morning a query was received by City Engineer Fred Charles from the Canada Cement company, limited. Montreal. Quebec, asking for information concerning the cost, du'abiiity and present conditions of cement alleys and streets built here in 1896. Queries are received by Mr. Charles every few months in regard to the cy ment street and alley paring here. IGNORANT OF LAW; GREEK IS RELEASED Ignorance of the city ordinance saved NIc Lewis, a Greek, from a fine when he was arraigned in police court today. Lewis, who operates a randy wagon for James Thomas, drove through a funeral cortege yesterday. Upon arraignment this morning Lewis declared that he had been In this country but a short time, and was not acquainted with the laws. He was released. STATE FAIR OPENS (National News Association) IXDIAXAPOLIS, Sept. 8. Despite heavy- showers it was estimated that folly eight thousand people were present when the State Fair was formally thrown open at eight o'clock this forenoon. t Sultry and partly cloudy conditions continued until nooau

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