Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 303, 29 October 1913 — Page 1

RICHMOND PALADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 29, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS vol. XXXVIII. no. 303 ''The Truth Always Comes to Light" FELIX DIAZ LOSES PRESTIGE BY FLIGHT ENGLISH SUFFRAGET DEFENDS CLAIMS OF WOMEN TO BALLOT Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst Gives Interview to Palladium Reporter. ANSWERS NICHOLSON LETTER Progressive Candidate Promises Enforcement of Liquor Laws. TO U. S. Friends Believe General Could Have Overthrown Pres. Huerta Regime. OUTLINES HIS POLICY

ROBBINS

GUNBOAT

UPHOLDS MILITANCY

Expects to Be Imprisoned Upon Return to British Soil. BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT. DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 29.-- "The statement that I have advised the women of the country to use militant methods in fighting their battles for suffrage is incorrect," said Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the famous English suffraget leader to a Palladium representative who called upon her at the Algonquin hotel yesterday evening. "I never have attempted to dictate the methods that shall be used in waging the battle for suffrage in this country. That is a matter for the American women to decide. I am willing to rely upon their judgment as to the best methods to be pursued here. "The women of England have no alternative save violence. They have been unsuccessful in the use of every other weapon. I counsel violence in the fight for the vote as long as this violence is directed against property. I hold our rights to the ballot superior to property rights, but not superior to human life. English suffragets never have been rightfully accused of the destruction of life. Either the government must give us our right to vote or it must kill us. Our Ancestors Guilty. "Am I guilty of moral turpitude? If breaking windows is a sign of moral turpitude, I am guilty, but so also are your ancestors, young man, who threw tea overboard into Boston harbor." Do you expect to be cast into prison upon your return to your original battlefield?" asked the reporter. "Yes, just as soon as I land on English soil I presume they will seize me and cast me into Holloway prison. I ' have already been there five times this year and presume there will be further punishment for me to suffer before we thall have won the great fight in which Ave have engaged." "Well, I have been a suffragist all my life, substantially. This was brought about by reading, thus forming some comprehension of the disadvantages to which women were subjectedAs to becoming a militant "suffraget, this was impelled largely by the fact that my daughter's repeated declaration that she did not want to wait her life out before being given the right of suffrage. There is no special incident, however, that caused me to take up the work in which I am now engaged." Pleads For Rights. "Why should English women vote?" she was asked. "Because English women pay taxes and obey the laws. They ought to vote, and so ought all women, because they are human beings." "We are not anarchists," continued Mrs. Pankhurst. "We want to end the present anarchy and wish to come inside the constitution. Human life is sacred and I have always, while supporting militancy, stopped at the threshold of human life. In this we differ from other revolutionaries. "Either the government must give women life or it must kill the women." Adverting to another question propounded to her, Mrs. Pankhurst said with respect to sexual hygiene: "I consider suffrage and sexual hygiene closely allied. I believe further that every woman who contemplates marriage should know what men are and do. Marriage is not only the most intimate relationship but the most vital to the race. Defends Babies. "After all, I believe men would not be such monsters to impose suffering on unborn babes if this knowledge were properly diffused." Before an audience that packed and jammed Memorial hall in the evening Mrs. Pankhurst told an interesting story of the fight that the women of England have made for the ballot. Buoyant in spirit over the cordial reception tendered her in Oho, Mrs. Pankhurst was in better spirits than she had been at any time since leaving her home, according to her secretary. "I am especially impressed with the courage displayed by the American euffragets," she said, "and the excellent progress they have made. They are no longer made the brunt of the joke of the country. They are now taken seriously and their arguments, instead of being answered by ridicule end sarcasm, now result in legislation along the line of progress." HUNTS IN AUTOS. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Oct. 29.--Gov. Major, members of his staff and other friends will go on a possum hunt with 250 motor cars. Old-timers hint that the possum does not frequent macadam roads. WEATHER FORECAST STATE-- Unsettled tonight and Thursday, probably rain turning to snow. Colder tonight. TEMPERATURE. Noon.................... 45 YESTERDAY Maximum............... 53 Minimum.................... 40 W. E. Moor's Forcast. Probably snow flurries tonight or Thursday and considerably colder. The "low" was central last night over Misouri, and is moving east. It is being followed by a "high" of great energy. It was two below zero just across the Canadian borderline. As the high and low advance they are expected to bring snow- flurries and considerably colder weather tonight or Thursday.

Believes Saloon Keepers Will Co-Operate in Enforcement of Statutes.

Will J. Robbins, Progressive nominee for mayor, today replied to the letter which he received from S. Ed gar Nicholson, general secretary of the National Anti-Saloon League, editor of the American Friend, and now a resident of this city. Mr. Nicholson expressed a desire to know the attitude of the mayoralty candidate on the question of law enforcement in Richmond, and he addressed a letter to each of them. Last evening he made this letter public in both local newspapers. Reply Robbins Made. Mr. Robbins reply follows: Mr. S. E. Nicholson, City. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of inquiry regarding my position in the enforcement of laws regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors, gambling and social evils. As you say in your letter that you are a new comer and unacquainted with my views on these subjects I gladly take this opportunity to briefly state them. In regard to the liquor traffic, I believe that saloon keepers should not keep open outside of legal hours, nor on Sundays and legal holidays. I believe that the sale of liquor to minors and known drunkards should be prohibited. Intoxication in public places is disgusting and offensive and the laws in this regard should be enforced. If elected mayor I anticipate no trouble in enforcing the liquor laws. I believe the decent and sensible saloon keeper predominates in the saloon business in Richmond and I am hopeful that the saloon men themselves will co-operate with the authorities in seeing that the law is enforced. No Believer In Blue Laws. In regard to gambling I am opposed to commercialized gambling, and I have a similar attitude toward commercialized vice. I am not a believer in "blue laws," however, and I do not believe full grown men who have labored hard and honestly at their daily toil should be denied the pleasure of a game of, cards or like amusements at night with their fellows, if they so desire. I shall try to be broad minded in all my official connection with liquor, gambling and moral laws, keeping in mind that Richmond is a city of homes where men want to rear their families in a decent, respectable and law abiding manner, and still keeping in mind that we as citizens of Richmond do not want to become narrow minded and fanatical. Firmly believing that my policy will make for a clean, progressive and law abiding city, I am, Very truly yours, WILL J. ROBBINS. RICHMOND MEN TO ATTEND CELEBRATION President Kelly, of Earlham and S. Edgar Nicholson, editor of the American Friend, will leave Saturday for Ludlow Falls, Ohio, where they will attend the two days celebration of the centennial of the Friends' church at that place. Mr. Nicholson will speak Saturday evening, and President Kelly will preach at the Sunday morning services.

Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst Leaving Train at Dayton After Her Lecture

By Staff Photographer. On her arrival in this country on the French steamship Provence, on October 18, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant suffragist, was ordered to Ellis Island. When her case was considered she was declared an undesirable by the immigration authorities, but she was allowed to enter the United States on her own recognizance after a conference between President Wilson and Secretary of Labor Wilson on October 20. At the special invitation of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, she addressed the first "Votes for Women" meeting at Madison Square Garden, Tuesday night, October 21. The great auditorium, seating 12,000 people, was

only one-fourth filled, and all appeared ing rather than hearing. She is now

and spoke at Dayton last night.

Political Catechism Anent the Election Question-- How many terms has Dr. Zimmerman served as mayor? Answer-- He is now completing his fourth term in that office. Once he was defeated by Dr. Schillinger, so this is his sixth race for the mayoralty. He also serveda term as coroner. Question-- Didn't he say, four years ago, when he was a candidate for mayor, that if he was elected he would never ask the honor of the citizens of Richmond again? Answer--Yes, he did, but his political memory is short. Question-- Has he devoted his entire time to his duties as mayor? Answer-- No, he has not. The past four years he has averaged less than an hour a day at the city hall. He has no private office nor a desk at the city hall. Nine-tenth of his time is devoted to his medical practice. Question Can a mayor of a city of 25,000 population properly perform his official duties when he devotes so little time to them? Answer No more than the superintendent of any Richmond factory could properly perform his duties by devoting only one-tenth of a working day to his work. By his lax attention to the duties of the office to which he has been exalted so many times by the citizens of Richmond he has not been able to personally direct the administration of city affairs, thus throwing all the work on the shoulders of his department chiefs. This has resulted in a lack of harmony and co-operation among the various departments and has prevented the establishment of the city government on an efficiency basis. Question-- What does our city government need? Answer-- Will Robbins, the Progressive candidate for mayor, has answered this question. in his published platform. In the first place, he says, the city needs an executive who willdevote all his time and attention to his duties at the eity hall. Then, he says, there should and can be adopted a plan for conducting city affairs on an efficiency basis at less expense than has been the rule under present and past Zimmerman administrations. He points to the need of re-organizing several departments so that the citizens can derive from them the greatest benefits at the least cost. Better protection of public health, better system for the collection and disposal of garbage and trash, better streets and a much more careful and economic system for administering public funds. Question-- Would this increase the tax rate? Answer-- Certainly not. Inefficiency increases tax rates, efficiency reduces them. Robbins says one of his chief aims would be to lower the tax rate. Those who have given the question more than usual study agree with him that this object can be accomplished by managing city affairs in a business like manner. Question-- Why have the men who have been directing the Zimmerman campaign answered the charges of inefficiency in the mayor's administration of city affairs with personalities? Answer-- It is their desire to divert the attention of the voters from the main issues of the campaign. They realize that the only hope for the re-election of their candidate is in rallying support to him by side-tracking public opinion with political tricks. Question-- Is there any basis for the principal counter charge of the Zimmerman organization that Robbins, if elected mayor, would be the creature of some political boss. Answer-- Such a charge is unworthy of consideration and is known to be absolutely false even by the men who make it. Robbins' only "boss" would be the citizens of Richmond. In a signed statement, published last week, Mr. Robbins said: "I will not be subservient to the wishes of any individual in regard to ray appointments or in regard to the shaping of the policies of my administration."

to be there for the purpose of seenow making a tour of the United States

LOVED ONE SELLS

HUBBY S

FURNITURE

Wife of Albert Penn Leaves City While Latter Is Incarcerated. "As much as I loved her I did not think she would do it," said Albert Penn, a sixty-year old colored man, at the county jail, when told that his wife had sold all the furniture from their home at corner of Eighteenth and North J streets, and had left the j city. "Where will I go when I get out of here?" he questioned staring blankly through the bars at the young man who brought the information to him. Friends do not know where Mrs. Penn went after selling the household goods. Penn. who will be released Friday, is serving a fine of $1 and costs, imposed by Judge Abbott in police court October UO.'-when the old man was charged with slapping his crippled wife. 'TIS CRUEL WORLD Ball, With Broken Ribs, Ordered From Home. Charging cruel and inhuman treatment which caused him "anxiety, agony, mental suffering and great humiliation," William C. Ball filed a complaint for divorce in circuit court today against Ella May Ball. Ball says his wife "nagged and quarrelled" at him while he was confined at home with three broken ribs and an injured leg and that before he was able to work again, she ordered him from his home, telling him that she neither loved, respected nor had any affection for him. He was injured while working at the Gaar Scott plant in 1912The couple were married in 1903 and lived together until November 1912,

Robbins Holds Lead

In Straw Balloting

Two additional polls have been taken in the Palladium's municipal election straw balloting. One taken last night at the Meyer Cigar Store, Main street, showed Robbins an overwhelming favorite, the Progressive candidate receiving eleven of the seventeen ballots taken there. Today a ballot taken at the Wayne Works showed Farwig. the Democratic candidate, the favorite with Robbins' a close- second.- Zimmerman, the Republican candidate, still holds fourth place in the contest. The vote: Farwig. Zim. Sehi. Robbins. Announced Yesterday 202 141 143 264 Wayne Works 51 25 35 40 Meyer Cigar Store 0 4 1 11 Totals 253 170 179 315

Diaz and Wife on U. S. Gunboat

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General Felix Diaz, who started the revolution that lead to the deposing of the late Francesca Madero and the subsequent appointment of Victoriano Huerta to the post of provisional president of Mexico, has taken a radical step in the controversy between himself and Huerta. Diaz has resigned as brigadier general of the Mexican army, a post to which he had been appointed by Huerta. It is now believed that Diaz is plotting to dethrone Huerta as he did Madero. Diaz yesterday fled for safety to a United States gunboat.

LIGHTS IN SHEDS Extra electric lights are being Installed at different parts of the Pennsylvania terminal and train sheds. The lights are of the 220 volt arc type. The electrical equipment at the station is also being overhauled by the road's electrician s -

AN UNUSUAL CHILD DURHAM. Eng.. Oct. 29. A five-year-old boy who copies, writes and draws everything the wrong way around, has been discovered here. His case is similar to that of the Amen - can boy in West Va, reported recen.U .j

U. S. SENDS WAR BOATS

Blanquet-Huerta Ticket Re- . ceives Largest Vote At Sunday's Election. VERA CRUZ. Oct. 29 Senoras varisto and Daniel Madero. wives of the two Madero brothers arrested by General Huerta's orders at Monterey on a charge of treason, appealed today to the United States for assistance in behalf of the accused man. Their plea was made personally to United States Consul Canada and Special envoy John Lir.d. They were told that the American government already had made representations to the Mexican capital to secure a fair trial for both men. The women were hysterical when they arrived here from Tampico on a gunboat at their husbands who are to be tried at Mexico City. They wept as they told Mr. IJnd of their fears that both men would b eassassinated as was their brother. ex-President Madero. With Felix Diaz now on board the United States battleship Louisiana, to which he was transferred from the gunboat Wheeling, he has lost all the prestige he gained in the overthrow of Madero. "Even friends of Diaz declare he lost by "cowardice" his opportunity for becoming a national hero. They assert that by going to Mexico City, he could have brought to his banner thousands of Mexicans who even vet are thrilled by the name of Porfirio Diaz, his uncle, uncle. The Mexican government will take no steps to secure the return of Diaz. He himself has done what the Huerta emissaries sent to Havana to keep him out of the country failed to do. SENDS SEVEN BATTLESHIPS. United States Rushes Another Division to Mexican Waters. WASHINGTON. Oct. 29. Within a week the United States will have seven first class battleships in Mexican waters and will be prepared for any crisis. The third division of the Atlantic fleet, comprising the Rhode Is-' land. Virginia. New Jersey and Nebraska sailed from Hampton Roads under "rush , opders" for Vera Crux today. - - -1 v- r Though they sailed ostensibly to relieve the Louisiana. Michigan and New Hampshire of the second division, which have been in the Gulf of Mexico for the past four months, it was admitted at the navy department that the four battleships which sailed today may be used to augment the force at present in Mexican waters and that the United States may keep all seven warships in the gulf indefinitely pending further developments. The cruiser Maryland ordered Matatlan to protect the French settlement at San Ignacio, reached ber destination today. HUERTA'S PARTY VICTORIOUS. President's Ticket Received Largest Vote At Sunday's Election. MEXICO CITY. Oct. 29. American Charge O'Shaunessy today demanded from foreign minister Mohone an explanation of the arrest of Leopold Blum, an American citizen, at Vera Cruz. When Blum arrived here he was thrown into a dirty cell but when the American official began inquiries he was given cleaner quarters. Apparently the only charge against Blum is that he is a friend of Felix Diaz. There is now no doubt that the Huer-ta-Blanquet ticket received the largest vote throughout the republic in Sunday's election. GERMANY SUPPORTS AMERICA. Kaiser and France Will Back United States. BERLIN. Oct. 29. Germany will back up the United States in any policy toward Mexico which may be announced by Washington. This mas learned today from a source close to the foreign office, and at. the same time it was learned that Germany had received assurances from Paris that the French government bad taken a similar attitude, toward the Mexican situation. RAILROAD TO PAY $22,000 111 TAXES Pennsylvania's Property in Wayne County Increases in Value. Approximately 22,00 dollars will be paid into the treasurer's office this week by the Pennsylvania railroad company. This represents the amount of taxes which the company must pay Wayne county as the second Installment. The amount of property on which the railroad company pays taxes is approximately $2,000,000. The taxes of the company over the ' state will amount to more than $1,000.looo. The company axes the value of jits property, and the report which is ;then given to Auditor Bowman It checked over twice to insure accuracy. The check which Treasurer Chamnees will receive from the railroad company will be the largest the cornjoany ever paid In this county, the property of the company having stead- ( ily. increased in value.