Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 262, 11 September 1913 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAIXAMIIM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIIL NO. 262 RICHMOND, IND THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 11, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS MAYOR GAYNOR DIES OH ATLANTIC LINER HEAR IRISH COAST New York Executive Dies in Mid-Ocean THAW BEGINS FIGHT AGAINST RETURN TO MATTEAWAN PRISON IDENTIFIES ON SLAIN WATER WORKS ASKS PAY FOR HYDRANTS L INTO WRECK CAUSE ON AT COLUMBUS. 0, WOMAN'S SHOULDER City Attorney Believes Company Lists Plugs not in Agreement. (Heart Failure and Worry the Cause of Death of New -York Executive. Attorneys Seek His Release Pending Extradition Proceedings. Mrs. Hawkins Believes Marks Similar to Those on Mrs. Altman. Probe Will be SearchingCall Members of Crew and Section Men. BOARD OF WORKS ACTS Wi

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SIEKS HEALTH ABROAD Candidate for Re-election on Independent Ticket After Tammany Break.

(National News Association) NEW YORK, Sept. 11. The following radiogram was received today at Crookhaven from the steamship Baltic: "To Robert Adamson, Secretary to Mayor Gaynor: "Father died Wednesday at 1 o'clock. Death due to heart failure. Notify mother. "R. W. GAYNOR." R. W. Gaynor is Rufus Gaynor, son of Mayor Gaynor, who accompanied his father abroad. Mayor Gaynor and ihis son sailed for Liverpool from this city on board the White Star liner, Baltic, September 4. Departed Siok. At that time Mayor Gaynor was so weak that he could hardly walk up Ithe gang plank of the steamship. Once on board he sank down upon a couch and could not speak. He attributed his trouble to a recurrence of a throat ailment Induced by the bullet of an assassin at Hoboken three years ago. Mayor Gaynor planned to sail for ,home immediately upon his arrival at , Liverpool, thinking that the voyage would restore him sufficiently to take part in the faJJ campaign. Mayor Gaynor, who immediately rprior.to his departure, was nominated for re-election upon an independent Iticket, had planned to make a strenuous campaign this fall. Affects Election. His death will have considerable effect upon the political situation in this city. At the White Star office It was said that the Baltic should be between 300 and 400 miles off the coast of Ireland today. Crookhaven Is on the coast of Ireland. There is an Important wireless station there.' From Crookhaven the ideath message was relayed to New l York. The duties of mayor of New York ;wlll be administered from now on unjtil a new mayor is elected by President Kline, of the board of aldermen. tKline is a Republican. Message Delayed. News of the sudden death of Mayor ;Gaynor created a wave of sorrow at jthe city hall. The flag was immedijately placed at half mast. The mes'sage telling of Mayor Gaynor's death Iwas received at the city hall at 4 a. m., 'but lay unopened on Secretary Adam!eon's desk until he arrived six hours jlater. Mrs. William J. Gaynor has been spending the summer at the Gaynor jestate at St. James, L. I. She was overcome with grief. The Gaynor family sent word to RufuB Gaynor to have the body transferred at Liverpool and Immediately rbrought back for burial. Intimate friends of Mayor Gaynor elieve that his death was hastened !4y throat trouble and grippe. Srenuous Career. Mayor Gaynor has been in a quarrel "with the newspapers, beset by political 'enemies arf?-engrossed in big munici'pal problems. He had just got through with a solution of the subway problem involving the expenditure of $160,000,000. Among other perplexing problems on which Mayor Gaynor won out after (Continued on Page Ten.) DEMOCRATS ELECT DELEGATESMNDAY Nominating Convention is Scheduled for Thursday, September 18. Democrats will hold meetings in each of the eight wards of the city .Monday evening to elect delegates to the nominating convention scheduled for Thursday evening of next week. .The city committee will meet Friday evening and designate the places to hold the different meetings. City Chairman Caldwell stated this iafternoon that few candidates had announced themselves for city offices, jbut several are seeking the offices and iwlll allow their names to be brought before the convention. WEATHER FORECAST IBTATE AND LOCAL Thunder how- " ' 0r thl afternoon or tonight; fair and cooler In north and central portlona Friday. v TEMPERATURE Joon 85 Yesterday, laxlmum 83 linlmum 47

r MAYOR THIEVES GET BOOTY VALUED AT $70,000 Money Shipped by Express Company Taken From Trunk. (National News Association) SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 11. A $70,000 theft from the Southern Express company became known today. Detective Harry Scott, of the Pinkerton agency, arrived here this morning and took up the case. He was aided by every available officer of the company. The money shipment was from the Chase National bank of New York to the Savannah Bank and Trust company, and included more than $20,000 j going to Valdosta and Brunswick, Ga., banks. The trunk in which the envelopes were placed was sealed at Jersey City j Tuesday and arrived yesterday after noon, i ne trunK seais were unDronen, as were the seals on the packages, but the money was missing. The company officials admit it is the most baffling robbery it' has had to deal with for several years. There is absolutely no trace except a dirty finger mark on one corner of the sealed package. PROTESTSJiOCENCE Edward McKay Gets Hearing Friday. Charged with deserting four children, Edward McKay will be placed on trial Friday in the Wayne circuit court for child desertion. The defendant was recently apprehended in j Muncie and brought here. The affij davit against him was signed by his wifp. The defendant, now languishing in the county jail, protests his innocence. He said he would protect his children and provide for them if given the opportunity. He said his wife drove him from the home. OBSERVE ALL SOULS' DAY NOVEMBER 1 The calendar of St. Andrew's Catholic church is clear until November 1, when All Souls' day will be observed. On that day the congregation of the church will gather at the cemetery in the afternoon and hold services for the departed members. After the observance of All Souls' day resumption of the winter activities is expected. The past year has been a busy one, and there has been something on the church calendar for almost every week.

Superintendent Hopes to Make Schools Pay

Within two years the schools of Wayne county, outside of Richmond, ; will be partially self-sustaining if agricultural yiias?s ui bviiuui ruin. uvelop as anticipated by County Superintendent Williams who believes that j the plan of United States Commissionj er of Education Claxton, can be work- ! ed out in Wayne county to make tfce j schools more nearly self sustaining The schools will be In session throughout the year, according to the plan. The schools outside of Richmond have been appraised at $350.000. Mr. Williams believes the schools should be operated on a better business basis. "No business man would permit a manufacturing concern valued at this sum lie idle," said he. Busy All the Year. The plan of the federal official Is to have crops raised on ground owned by the-county adjoining the schools, planted, cared for and harvested by the children of the schools and the instructor. This is the moat systematic

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GAYNOR. PROGRESSIVE POLL ENCOURAGES PARTY Chairman Brooks Says Zimmerman Has No Chance for Election. "The Progressive city committee has just completed a most satisfactory poll of all the wards," stated Chairman Howard Brooks today. "This poll conclusively shows that our ticket, with Will Robbins at the bead of it for mayor, will be elected by a large plurality. I feel perfectly justified in predicting, as the result of this poll, that Dr. Zimmerman, the Republican candidate for mayor, will not carry one ward and I doubt if he will carry more than two precincts." It leaked out today that there are a number of Republicans who cannot swallow Dr. Zimmerman's candidacy. They have consistently fought him in the past, and all appeals made to them to stand by their party in its hour of need, laying aside personal prejudices against Its candidates, have made no impression on t!em. It is also known that an attempt to defeat the nomination of Dr. Zimmerman at the Republican nominating convention had been framed, but the leaders of this movement when they saw the hall filled with Zimmerman supporters, decided to abandon such an effort. Republican leaders have been greatly worried the past few days by reports that several former staunch Zimmerman lieutenants have abandoned his cause. Most of them frankly admit this but have assigned no reason for their action, except the brief explanation that "Doc has had the job long enough." Progressive leaders say this is the opinion of a large number of men who have served in the ranks of the Zimmerman forces in the past. IMPORTANT NOTICE ON VOTING MACHINES Beginning today the Palladium will publish a series of articles on the Illinois investigation into the voting machine scandal in that state. Those who are interested in understanding the voting machine question from all angles will find these, articles very instructive, as well as of great assistance in understanding more cfearly what might be the situation in this county were our county officers to purchase voting machines. The first article begins today and is on PAGE FOUR. way of teaching agriculture in the schools, Mr. Williams believes, as it affords an opportunity to the students to study practically the crops. Instead of having the entire school in operation throughout the year, Mr. Williams believes the small children can attend all except a few cold months in the winter, and the older students attend throughout the year except in the early spring and fall when they are needed by their parents to work on the farms. With this system the ground on which crops are being raised In connection with the schools, can be cared for. A teacher's home adjoining the school is another feature of the plan. More efficient teachers can be obtained through this system, it is believed, as many teachers quit the profession because it affords employment for but eight months in the year. Agriculture will be taught in Wayne county schools this year and will be considered as important as any other subject. " "

JEROME WANTS ACTION

Canadian Celerity to be Imitated if Former Prosecutor Prevails. MOVES IN THAW CASE June 25, 1906 Killed Stanford White. April 12, 1907 End first trial, disagreement. February 1, 1908 End second trial, acquitted; declared insane. February 1, 1908 Committed to Matteawan. February 11, 190S Appeal dismissed by court of appeals. March 5, 1913 Prisoner dropped fight for liberty. August 17, 1913 Escaped from Matteawan. August 19. 1913 Arrested at St. Hermenegilde de Garford, Canada. September 2, 1913 Lost fight against appearing before immigration authorities, Sherbrooke, Quebec. September 2, 1913 Taken by immigration authorities to Coaticook, Quebec. September 10, 1913 Hurried across Canadian border Into Vermont and freed. Flees into New Hampshire and is arrested at Colebrook. (National New Association) COLEBROOK. N. H., Sept. 11. Harry K. Thaw today began his fight on United States soil against extradition back to New York and consequent incarceration in the Matteawan asylum for the Criminal Insane, where he has been confined since he was acquitted of the murder of Stanford White. Thaw's New Hampshire lawyer today applied to Judge Chamberlain, superior court, to free Thaw on. a writ HARRY K. THAW. of habeas corpus. By mutual consent a hearing will be had late this afternoon on the question of granting the writ. With pompous alacrity, which had been somewhat subdued by the unexpected, strenuous and turbulent events of the last twenty-four hours, Thaw began his preparations for battle with the declaration that his lawyers would not let Wm. T. Jerome "railroad" him back to the asylum without a hard fight. Jerome Wants Speed. Mr. Jerome, former, district attorney of New York, who is here as a special j attorney-general of the state of New York, said that the extradition proceedings would be rushed with the utmost despatch. "We will try to imitate Canadian celerity," said Jerome. "We shall not allow quibbling to interfere with the transfer of Thaw back to the lunatic asylum where he belongs." In fact, Mr. Jerome indicated strongly that he had assurances from Gov. Samuel Felker of New Hampshire, and Attorney-general James H. Tuttle of this state, that there would be no delay in giving the fugitive a hearing in the extradition proceedings. Thaw is Peeved. When Thaw arose in the Monadnock house, where he spent the night under guards provided by Sheriff Drew and Chief of Police Kelly, he complained queriously because his breakfast was not ready. He Immediately demanded that Thomas F. Johnson, one of his local lawyers, be called up as he wanted to find out what progress had been made in the local ; habeas corpus proceedings under direction of Mr. Johnson. Attorney Johnson had made application to superior court Judge R, N. Chamberlain for a writ giving Thaw his liberty pending the outcome of the extradition proceedings. Thaw already has four lawyers retained and said that within twentyfour hours he hoped to' have a dozen of the ablest counsellors procurable on the scene fighting extradition. Among the lawyers retained by Thaw (Continued on Pag Twoj

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Pillowslip Monogram Resembles One on Mrs .Altman's Handkerchief. Mrs. George Hawkins, 34 North Sixth street, this afternoon partially identified a photograph of the mark on the shoulder of the woman found murdered in New York City as a reproduction of the mark she had once seen on the shoulder of Mrs. Samuel Altman, who left her husband here a few weeks ago. A photograph of the mark was shown Mrs. Hawkins by a Palladium reporter, and she at once declared it resembled very closely the abrasion she had noted on Mrs. Altman's shoulder. Identifies Monogram. To fix more surely the probability that the torso found in New York may be that of the missing Richmond woman, Mrs. Hawkins stated that there was a wonderful similarity between the monogram letter "A" found on the pillow case with which the trunk was wrapped and a lionogram she had once seen on a handkerchief belonging to Mrs. Altman which she was told was the gift pf Will Johnson, the woman's first husband. Mrs. Hawkins was deeply interested in the photographs shown her by a Palladium reporter. Asked if this would cause her to change her mind about Mrs. Altman being in California, Mrs. Hawkins weakly shook her head and answered, "I don't know." She admitted that it might have been possible that Mrs. Altman had deceived her concerning her ultimate destination, and instead of turning back west at Dayton had gone straight on to New York, where she might have thought that Altman would never be able to locate her. Not in Peoria. A special dispatch to the Palladium from Peoria, 111., states that painstaking efforts to find Mrs. Altman there had failed. At a late hour, Will Johnson, a switch tender there, said to be the divorced husband of Mrs. Altman. had not been located. Mrs. Hawkins said she believed Mrs. Altman is secluded in California, (Continued on Page Two) INSTRUCTOR RESIGNS AT HIBBERD SCHOOL Miss Elizabeth Sudhoff Goes to Rochester High School. L Anouncement has been made by the school board of the resignation of Miss Elizabeth Sudhoff, Fourth grade teacher at Hibberd school. Miss Sudhoff tendered her resignation to the board sevesal days ago. She has accepted the charge of the German department of the Rochester (Ind.) high school. Miss Sudhoff is a graduate of Earlham college. Her successor has not been named. THAWS FATE RESTS WITH N. H. GOVERNOR MANCHESTER, N. H.. Sept. Governor Felker, of New Hampshire, stated this afternoon that he could not say just what action he would take with regard to Harry Thaw. He said he would be governed by the opinion of the attorney general.

Want Interpretation New Road Tax Law

Difference of Opinion Between Wayne County Attorneys and State Officials May Cause Act to be Taken Into the Courts for Decision.

Differences of opinion between Wayne county attorneys and state officials may land the road tax law, enacted by the last legislature into the courts for interpretation regarding assessments recently made on the C. & O. railroad and the Pennsylvania lines in Wayne county. The law reads that no corporation shall work out more than $20 of its assessment in manual labor in each road district in the state. The legal advisors of the state say the law means that $20 In labor shall be worked out in each township. Local attorneys construe the law to refer to road districts. Favors Railroads. As there are several road districts through which railroads pass in practically every township where the rail

Orders Probe to Learn Exact Number in City Contract.

Investigation of the number of fire hydrants and the location and cost of each was ordered today by the board of works, as the result of discoveries whjch led to the belief that the city is being "held up" every year for a large amount of money. City Attorney Bond believes from the tone of a letter which H. A. Dill, superintendent of the Water Works company, sent to the board, that the city has permitted the Installation at an annual cost of $49 each of a number of Are hydrants which the contract betwen the company and the city does not call for. The case will require many weeks of investigation. On March 24, the city and the company entered into an agreement whereby the city would pay for one fire hydrant at $49 a year, if the Water Works company would lay a six inch main in Pearl street and open up the territory west of West Fifth. The new main has been completed and is 830 feet long, while the contract reads that the city is to take a hydrant for every 600 foot extension. The remaining 339 feet of main was laid voluntarily by the Water Works company to serve the rapidly growing sub-division. Will Cost City $245. In the notification of the completion of the main. Mr. Dill called the attention of the board to the fact that the company is ahead of the city 2.576 H feet of main. In other words, there uave been laid that many feet of mains in different parts of the city for which the city has not taken fire hydrants. This would make five fire hydrants which, according to the company, the city should have installed at an annual expense of $245 for the Ave. City Attorney Bond disputes the right of the company to the claim and says that the 2.500 feet of main which the company is "ahead of the city," consists of extra ends which the company extended for ita own profit. Mr. Bond says the city is not compelled to take hydrants under these conditions, nor to pay for hydrants formerly installed under similar conditions. Annual Cot- 1 7,000.The city now has 331 fire hydrants. The annual water bill for these is more than $17,000. Acording to a previous agreement, the city Is paying $55 each for the first 225 hydrants installed and $49 each for all hydrants after that. There are several "intermediate" hydrants for which the city pays nothing. Fire Chief Miller. City Controller McMahan and the city attorney were ordered by the board to conduct the investigation as rapidly as possible. (Continued on Page Two.) HURRY TARIFF BILL House Members .Rush Measure to Conference. (National News Association) WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. By a vote of 87 to 190 along party lines, the house today determined to send the tariff bill with the senate amendments direct to conference. Republican efforts to have amendments considered separately ,ln the house proper were defeated after a partisan debate, during which the minority assailed the gag rule brought in by the Democrats. The conferees will be Representatives Underwood, Kitchln. Rainey and Dixon, Democrats; Payne and Ordney, Republicans, and Murdock; Progressive, all members of the ways and means committee. roads have any property. It will be to the advantage of these corporations to take the view of the local attorneys. Formerly the railroads had the privilege of working out their entire road assessment, which approximately would be thirty cents per $100. The railroads formerly let contracts to contracting firms to do this work. All the work done in Wayne county by the C. & O. and the P. C. C. & St. L. railroads was done by the contracting firm of Ernest H. Tripp of Indianapolis. The problem probably will be settled by the courts, though Auditor Bowman said the matter probably would not be acted on here first. A gain of $33,530 in the assessment of the C. St O. railroad in Wayne

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INJURED RECOVERING

However, Fireman Tharp la Still in Critical Condition, Attendants Say. Official inquiry into the cause ot the wreck of the St. Louis Flyer, Tuesday morning at Wiley's Station is being conducted from the main offices of the Columbus-Indianapolis division at Columbus. Ohio. No further local developments connected with the investigation are expected. As the accident did not occur on the division under the charge of the local offices of the Pennsylvania system. Superintendent McCullough and other Richmond railway men will have) nothing more to do with the affair. As soon as the injured have been removed from Reid Memorial hospital, local railroad officials will wash their hands of the entire matter. No report has been received here of the progress of the work in clearing away the wreckage. To Summon Employes; The inquiry now being conducted at Columbus will be most searching. The employes of the train, the section men in charge of that portion of the track and all others who may have knowledge of the causes of the accident trill be summoned to Superintendent Ohllger's office to be examined. The condition of Fireman Tharp who suffered the most severe Injuries In the wreck Is still very critical, and the ultimate outcome of bis Injuries cannot be foretold by Dr. Charles Marvel, the company physician. Tharp passed a quiet night and is resting easily tbts morning, but the nature of his Injuries are such that he cannot be pronounced out of danger for some time. May Graft Skin. His body is covered with burns. The probable recourse of grafting skin upon his burns has not been considered as it Is necessary that he recover folly from the shock before such an operation can be undertaken. Some Leave Hospital. A number of those injured are preparing to leave the hospital and It ts thought that the last of the wreck victims with the exception of Fireman Tharp will be removed within a week. The condition of Mrs. Jerome Casey of St. Louis, was so much Improved this morning that her son. Joseph, who was with her in the wreck, left her bedside to proceed to the family home. He will re tarn as soon as her condition warrants removal to her home. Mary Lee, the colored maid who sustained cuts on the arm and a lacerated tongue left this morning for ber home In Jersey City. D. A. DeWltt and George B. Wright the other passengers still remaining at the hospital are also much Improved and are expected to recover rapidly It was believed, at first, that Wright was fatally Injured. "No estimate can be made of the amount of money that the wreck will cost the company In damages." said C. L. Green, chief clerk in the office ot Superintendent McCullough. this morning. "Fifty thousand dollars, would I should judge, be a very conservative estimate of the total amount asked in damage suits that probably will be filed." AUTO BANDITS GET L 'I' Rob Young Bank Messenger on Busy Chicago Street (National News Association) CHICAGO. Ill, Sept. 11. Four automobile bandits pounced upon Warrington McAvoy, 18. messenger for the Garfield Park state savings bank daring the busy part of the day on one of the busiest corners on the west side, seized a satchel containing nearly $15,000 In currency and checks and escaped. The robbery was swiftly executed without the display of a single weapon. A posse of uniformed policemen was sent out after the robbers and a general alarm with meager and conflicting descriptions was sent over the city. The street was filled with busy traffic scores witnessed the robbery and a crowd of more than 100 persons saw the robbers speed away In their automobile. A blow In the face broke the young bank messenger's nose and the satchel was taken from his hands as he fell to the sidewalk. He shouted for help and ran Into the Garfield bank. The automobile dodged the street car for which the bank messenger was waiting, and disappeared. The messenger was on his way to the Continental and Commercial National bank with the Garfield bank's deposit consisting ot $10,000 In indorsed ctY- oout 5,000 In cash.

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