Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 84, 17 February 1914 — Page 1

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THIRD EFFORT TO "END ALLENDS IN DEATH OF R.STRATTON

Former Manager of Hotel Cigar and News Stand Drinks Ounce of Carbolic Acid Late Monday Night. WAS APPARENTLY IN A HAPPY MOOD Officer Frustrated One Attempt and Wife, at Another Time, Knocked Bottle from His Lips. "I'll promise never to try to take toy life again," said Roy O. Stratton, former manager of the cigar and news stand at the Westcott hotel, six months ago, after Officer Staubach had taken a bottle of carbolic acid away from him in the rear of a saloon on North Eighth street and he had been taken before Chief Gormon. For many weeks Stratton kept his word to the police officer, but last night about 10 o'clock when Mrs. Stratton entered her husband's bedroom at their home, 2312 North F street, she found him dying, the atmosphere heavy with the fumes of carbolic acid and his face badly burned. On a stand at the side of his bed stood an empty bottle which had contained the poison. Stratton died a few minutes after his wife reached his side. The Stratton suicide was the second in Richmond since Saturday night, when Miss Clova Brown drank carbolic acid. It is said that Stratton had twice attempted to kill himself by taking acid. One time his wife snatched a bottle from his hand as he placed it to his lips. Had Family Troubles. "Six months ago a telephone call came into police headquarters that Stratton had purchased a bottle of carbolic acid at a drug store and had later announced lie intended to commit suicide," said Officer George Staubach today. "I located him in a place on North Eighth street. He had not been drinking but he appeared to be very despondent. I took him to the rear of the place and said to him, 'Roy, you will have to stand for a search.' I found the bottle of acid in his pocket and took him before the chief. Roy told the chief that he had had family troubles and was tired of living. After he promised not to kill himself we let him go." Stratton for some time was employed as managerpf the Westcott hotel cigar stand and drank heavily while employed there. When the lease on the standwas transferred T:6 the hotel iiJaMwagmenX Stratton obtained em- " ployment at a local factory and quit drinking. Of late, though, friends said today, he had been drinking Bgain. Appeared to be Happy. Last evening Stratton called at the Westcott hotel and remarked to some friends: "1 have been on a drunk since Saturday and I guess I'll go home and sleep it off." Before going to bed, Mrs. Stratton said her husband appeared to be in a happy mood and she had no idea he contemplated suicide. Stratton was a resident of Richmond for a number of years and was very well known. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war, having served as a member of company F, 161st Indiana infantry, the company recruited in Richmond and vicinity. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. On a stand in Stratton's bed room his wife found the following note: 'Grace The time has come when we must part forever. Be good to our boy when he comes home. Give my clothes to my poor brother. Good bye dear. God bless you. I hops you will forgive me for being so mean to you and hope you will be happy. Tell Ed I said goodbye to him (my best friend.) I love you and our boy. Tho time will come when you will wish you had your papa back again. I cannot live without your love. Good-bye inv own darling wife. Your husband, Boy." FUNERAL OF PERRY RUSSELLIS HELD Body Is Taken to Centerville For Funeral Services and Burial. CENTERVILLE, Ind., Feb. 17. The funeral of Perry Russell, 60, who died Sunday at Knightstown. was held this morning at the Friends church at 10:30 o'clock. Burial was in the Centerville cemetery. The late Mr. Russell is survived by the widow threw sons and one daughter. He was born and raised near Centerville and formerly was station agent here. He went to New Madison pome time ago and from there to Knightstown. He suffered an attack of appendicitis a few weeks ago. He was well known. FIRST ICE IS CUT CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Feb. 17. Jjee Pitman has a large force of men at work, cutting and storing ice, which for the first time this winter has been fd a RAxUfactory thickness.

Queen City Wrecked; Passengers Saved From Boat Steamer Loaded with 200 Mardi Gras Tourists from Indiana and Ohio Cities Strikes Pier and Sinks in Eight Feet of Water Near Louisville, Ky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 17. Lost In the swift current of the Ohio river, the steamer Queen City, one of the largest boats on inland waterways In j America sank in eight feet of water early today. Every one of the two hundred passengers bound from Pittsburg and Ohio River towns to New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras celebration was taken off by life savers from the government station, which is about one hundred yards from the point where the steamer went down. . The Ohio river was full of floating ice and the work of the life savers was hazardous. Many of the women passengers were in a complete state of collapse when lifted from the lifeboats and taken to hotels. Smashes Into Pier. The Queen City was trying to make a landing here when she was caught CEMETERY SHROUDS OF Father Finds Body of Daughter Behind Tool ChestFormer Suitor Held. AURORA, 111., Feb. 17. The body of Tracey Hollander, a pretty twenty-year-old girl, bearing marks of brutal beating, was found squeezed in behind a tool chest in a cemetery five blocks from her home today. The murderous assault occurred about one block from where the girl lived. Her father, Joseph Hollander, in his search for her when she did not return home during the night, followed the bloody footprints to the place where his daughter's body was found. Anthony Pegroes, a former suitor of

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the slain girl, was arrested a fewca,s use(J extinguish the blaze. It hours after the body was discovered. He made repeated denials of any is almost impossible to place an estiknowledge of the crime, but was lock-; mate on the amount of the loss as ed pending a full investigation of the . practically every record and way bill

At the entrance of the cemetery a cleaver was lying on the ground. It was smeared with blood. Near by was found a man's watch and his daughter's purse. A few minutes later he I found his daughter's body behind a tool chest. Her head was crushed. WHEELER TO SPEAK ON LOCAL OPTION

j Hose company No. 1 was the: first !.to.,ieach the huTning car and other OMo Man HeadJOgnnttllcomPanIes arrived shortly after.

.Prohibition Workers At Taoernacle Tonight. Wayne B. Wheeler, of Columbus, O., will speak at the tabernacle tonight. Mr. Wheeler, as sunerintendent of the , . .... ... , .I unio aivision oi tne league nas rougni for prohibition in that state. As head

of the legal department ot tne Anti- j Shriber, express messenger, was unaSaloon league he has defended prohi- j ble to cope with the situation. Shriber bition laws in all courts of the United ; fought the flames as best he could, gtates j frantically attempting to stamp out

A large crowd is expected to hear Wheeler, and arrangements are being made among business and business and factory men to attend the meeting in delegations. The committee in charge of the meeting has arranged for special music. The Honeywell chorus, men's double quartet and solos will be on the program. BENEFIT PERFORMANCE Stock Companies to Give "Prrwotfwle in 3nsiAtiua i-roceeas 10 oooeues. With a large seat sale recorded and manv boxes disposed of, the benefit performance of "The Gamblers" tonight at the Gennett theatre for the visiting nurse project and the W. R. C. promises to be one of the most pleasant affairs given this season to aid charitable projects. The Francis Sayles players are offering their services free and it is expected that a substantial sum will be added to the treasury of the Domestic Science club, which brought the visiting nurse to this city and to the fund of the W. R. C. which has been active in alleviating the sutrenng or the poor and sick here. T WEATHER FORECAST f FOR INDIANA Snow tonight with rising temperature; Wednesday fair, and colder. TEMPERATURE. Noon 39 Yesterday. Maximum 16 Minimum 4 WE. E. MOORE'S FORECAST FOR RICHMOND. Unsettled tonight. Probably snow. Wednesday partly cloudy. High south west to west winds. SUMMARY. Today's change to warer weather is due to a Canadian storm now passing over the lakes. A pacific coast storm is due the last part of the week and is expected to bring a general thaw, with probably rain.

in the current and swept toward the falls. Striking a pier of the Kentucky chute, part of the government work to control the falls, she sank in eight feet of water. The two hundred passengers, aroused from slumber after an evening of dancing and merrymaking that had marked the trip, rushed to the decks of the boat. Cantain Teener told them to nut on

life preservers. There was an instant p; panic. Many of the women tried to jump overboard. A few moments later the crews of the Louisville life saving station, whose lookout., had seen the boat's peril, swung into the river, and came alongside the Queen, prepared to take off her passengers. The two big skiffs of the life savers were quickly filled with frightened women and children. Fortunately it was a short distance to the shore. EXPRESS CAR BURNS CAUSING LARGE LOSS Fire Caused by Explosion of Lighted Kerosene Lamp As Train No. 12 Crosses Whitewater Bridge. Explosion of a kerosene lamp in an express car on No. 12 as the train was crossing the Whitewater bridge early this morning started a fire which resulted in a loss estimated by express company employes at between $5,000 and $10,000. The entire interior of the car was gutted and the express was either burned or ruined by water and chemiwas destroyed. It will take some ! time to trace down every package and indinst the losses Films Explode. Firemen of the city companies encountered difficulty in fighting the flames as the car contained a number of moving picture films which exploded from time to time, hampering the work of the hose company men. Chief Ed Miller was knocked against the side of the car by one explosion, but with other firemen .in the car, pluckily continued the work of stamping out the flames. I blaze, fanned by the wind, gained jheadway, it was seen that waiter had I to be used. It required more than (one - half hour to put out the fire. j Shriber Fights Blaze, ' As the train was crossing the White- ' water Dringe a ngntea lamp nanging

in the middle of the exDress car. fell.!10 ine anais tiat ror tne purpose ot

thft pvnnsinn ' ' ; spread quickly and ignited. Taylor! , to other packages and boxes ln the ; closely packed compartment. Jerking off his coat he beat at the fire, but men seeing tnat he could do nothing to check its spread, opened the door and called to brakemen. The train was stopped at the Eighth street crossing and enginemen called to other employes in the station yards. Ed Rice, a Pennsylvania employe in running to turn in an alarm of fire, slipped and severely sprained ligai ments in his leg. j There was no live stock in the car, j except a number of chickens. These were roasted alive. The car contained everything from valuable jewelry to ; wearing apparel and rubber mallets. . A large deer,g head probably wag the j least damaged by the conflagration. ; Train No. 12 runs from Chicago to ' Cincinnati and arrives here at 6:35 I o'clock. FACTORIES TAKE ON INCREASED FORCES Tn n j, o.Arc Prartai-o managers i repare j C T e a S e Forces to I nRapidly Within Next Few Months. Prospects for work for many men in Richmond factories within the next month are said by factory managers to be excellent although no big factories are contemplating - increasing their working forces within the next two weeks. The foundries at the M. Rumley company are working full capacity. Will Campbell, works manager, announced that as soon as enough castings are turned out more men will be taken on. E. B. Clements of the Wayne Works said his plant is running a big force now and will not take on extra men within the next two weeks. The i American Seeding Machine company is employing a normal force numbering about 1,200. The Reliance Foundry is running a larger force of men than it did a short time ago, although no employes were laid off at any time because of slack work since the business was organ ized, one of theowners said.

CLEANUP CRUSADE OPEIIS BY CLOSING OF ILLEGAL HOUSE Man and Wif irr Get Heavy Fines When They Plead Guilty to Charge of Operating House of 111 Fame.

CHIEF SAYS MORE ARRESTS TO COME Young.Girl, Who Figures in j -Unsavory Case, Supports Contention of Man Against Accusation of Wife. A family "row" between Mr. and Mrs. Clement L. Landis, 23 North Ninth . street, provided the police today with evidence to make the first arrest in the crusade, just inaugurated, against resorts in this city. Accusations tossed to and fro by Landis and his wife in airing their domestic troubles before Proescutor Reller and j Chief Goodwin caused the officials to tile affidavits against the Landises charging them with operating a house of Ill-fame. When arraigned before Mayor Robbins both entered pleas of guiltyj and each drew a fine of $25 fTin SiSSZl "There are quite a few immoral places in Richmond, but they are not operated openly, so it is extremely difficult to secure incriminating evidence against the people who conduct them," said Chief Goodwin, after the i Landises had paid their fines, totaling $70, "but we are going after every one of these places and close them . up as fast as possible." ! The police have been informed that ! the Landis home has been frequented by a number of people, some being i well-known residents of the city. It ! is said quite a few young girls have ! visited the place, but no positive evi- , dence to this effect has been obtained. Said Her Husband Took Money. Yesterday Mrs. Landis appeared at police headquarters and complained that her husband had taken some of j her 'money. This morning the husband ! and wife were brought before Chief i Goodwin and Prosecutor Reller. Apparently Mrs. Landis was jealous, for the burden of her complaint was that he had sought to induce a girl, who gave her age as nineteen, but who looked to be about sixteen, to frequent the place and make "dates" with men j friends. Landis denied this, as did the girl against whom Mrs. Landis j had made charges. He said he was i not a procurer, and thit his wife was j alone responsible for using their home for immoral purposes. Both admitted, ! however, that their flj t was used frei quently by men and women for im moral purposes, and tliat for a number of months five bedrooms, had been rented... for sueh purposes. r Landis admitted taking his wife's money, but said he returned it to her last night, which statement Mrs. Landis substantiated. She was in tears when she paid over the fines assessed against herself and husband. Young Girl in Case. The young girl "who figured unsavory case supported Landis' contention in her statement to the prosecutor and chief. Sir said she came using a telephone, and left as soon as she had quit talking over the phone. Mrs. Landis vehemently denied this, charging that the girl, at Landis' suggestion used the phone for the purpose o making an engagement for a man to" meet her at the resort, but had been unable to locate him. I mad r concerning X prated 1 v Mr and Mrs Landis " said Chief Goodwin, "and last week I notified them they would have to cease using their home for immoral purposes, and they promised to do so, but they did not keep their promise. Mrs. Landis told me today that she had operated a house of ill-fame ever ! since the death of her first husband, j Before she and Landis opened their I establishment on North Ninth street, j the woman operated a similar resort on North Seventh street." CO-ED REPRESENTS EARLHAM COLLEGE When the college orators of the state meet at Tomlinson hall, Indian-; apolis, February 27, to compete for premier honors, Earlham college will be represented by Miss Alma G. Madden. The co-ed won over a number of men in final preliminaries and she is expected to bring the oratorical hon or to the colJeje,

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Lord Douglas to Act With Wife in Vaudeville Sketch She Wrote

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LADY SHOLTO DOUGLAS. Lord Sholto Douglas, brother of the Marquis of Queensberry, is rehearsing in London daily with his wife, formerly an American vaudeville singer and dancer, in a sketch which the titled couple intend to present on the American vaudeville stage. The sketch was written by Lady Douglas, and impressed her lord and master so favorably that he volunteered to try to emulate the leading male character. Lady Douglas was highly pleased with the idea and is finding her husband a most apt pupil in learning the tricks of the stage. Lady Douglas won the heart of her husband, nineteen years ago, while she was playing at Bakersfield, Cal.

Let Newly weds Fight Their Own Battles, Says Judge Fox Parents Interference One Big Cause in Large Number of Divorce Suits Filed in Circuit Court, Holds Jurist Authority on Domestic Infelicity.

"Let the young married couples fight their own battles of life. The

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trills, llie twri unuiic euiiD luric will be in court. I find fewer divorce suits resulting from the influence and advice of attorneys who are unscrupulous in dealing with married men and women coming to them for advice, than judges in other counties of the state. Intemperance, lewd companions, and in many cases the interference in the home of young married couples by parents, are the primary causes which form the base for most

divorce suits filed in Wayne county." j ble, straighten out all the parties with With fifty years of experience in i advise to let the young ones steer their handling the problems which come up j ship themselves. Interference from between husbands and wives, and ; the parents on either side usually agwhich can not be settled in the home, i grevates a little spat between hns-

Judge Fox, circuit, country supreme, appellate and criminal judge for the past eighteen years, made the foreI coiner statements todav. "Few persons realize the influence that an unscrupulous attorney can have on a young husband or wife who is dissatisfied with his or her married ever. that the Wayne county bar is free from such attorneys, and it would be a hard matter to and a shyster who practices in this court. "When a man is a drunkard, a woman should be granted a divorce from him. If a man refuses to provide, the n lie 0 iw u 1U 1 1 i. j v . . V. v v. . u . ... him. If he deserts her, she should not be compelled to live as his wife. It is the same with the man as with the woman. Most of the suits filed by men are cases where the wives are untrue. "Another evil which enter into the divorce court is the youthful marriagenot that all youthful marriages are folly, but many are made too hastily and before either party has given any consideration of the contract they are making.

New York Landscape A rtist Brings Paintings to Richmond Exhibit

Gardner Symohs Praises Excellent Light of Local Art Gallery and Its - Appointments. Rarely does an eastern artist accompany his exhibit to Richmond although his pictures may be seen in the public art gallery year after year. Gardner Symons, one of the leading New York landscape painters, however, broke a precedent and is now ; in Richmond. j Hanging in the public art gallery ; are a number of paintings, some of which have received meritorius commendation in high art circles of east and west.'

"I have found in many case that the old 'mother-in-law joke' is not a joke. It may be that mothers-in-law are jealous, but I believe in most cases they

have at heart the best interests of their children and wish to guard them, when they meddle into the newly married couple's household and personal affairs. "But it doesn't work out the way it is intended, and too many times advice from parents brings the children scurrying to a lawyer and then into the courts. I try to get into the heart of such cases, and where it is possiband and wife into what they believe is grounds for a divorce suit. "It does not work out satisfactorily for young married people to live with their parent. Confidential advise from any one possibly prejudiced for one or the other of a couple is often disastrous if carried out. Live alone, if you have to live in one or two rooms to start. That's sound advice i to young married couples Judge Fox 'Is also an advocate of laws requiring a divorce suit to remain on file for; a-period Cf one or two years before it can be brought to trial. The more delay in bringing a suit into court to hear evidence, the more probability of the reconciliation of the -man and woman, he said. "Pride won't keep them apart for ever. ir tney should really be living togetner, tne Judge said. Judge Fox is recognized as an au - thority on the divorce question, and special articles he has written have been copied by the press- throughout the country. He wrote a series of special articles on the divorce for Chicago, and New York papers a few years ago.

1 With the latest statement of Miller Mr. Symons was well pleased with ; comes the intimation that a Richmond the art gallery in this city and accord-' man has been the distributor of the ing to his own words. "It is the best dru for loiK time but as to the .hof i , . - identification of the alleged distributor that I have ever, seen for towns ' , the pollce are Dafned Dut it ,s thought this size , and even larger. The light-, the confession of Miller would clear ing facilities are almost perfect and the mystery. - in some instances are better than the ; ' Fifth Avenue galleries in New York.") nivrmc miTPCP "Whether the -lighting system was VAiN lHiLo LUUIOri made perfect by accident or well! ' planned, I can say that it is excep-' Lack of support, on the part of Suntionally good. It gives the correct day schools, is the reason assigned for impression of the picture without the the cancellation of the Federated Suntiny shadows from the lumps of paint day School lecture coarse. which often deadens the' color of the - Five numbers have already been givpainting." i en and it is possible that the address T. J. Steele, of Indianapolis, one of of Dr. Byron Kins;, will be given somethe Indiana pioneers in art also has a time ln April. . large number of paintings on display , According to the report of the treasat the gallery. " With these two gen-lured, the receipts are shown- to be loses contributing to the exhibit it !s j $338.05, while the expenses so far have expected to be one of the best at-i been $424.56. a deficit of almost a bantended, dred dollars. : . . '

ADVANCES CAR ORDINANCE TO THIRD READING AFTER DEBATE

City Council Admits Neces-' sity of Motor Patrol, But Shies At Expenditure of $1,000 Entailed. RUSSELL ADVISES WIDE COMPETITION Three Richmond . Companies Agree to Ninety-Day Payment Plan to Facilitate Purchase of Car. Like a bull pap in pursuit of its tail, council last night dizzily citased about the police automobile question for oTer an hour, iret rejecting the special committee's report recommending an appropriation of $1,000 for the car. then accepting it. and finally advancing to third reading an ordinance appropriating $1,000 for that purpose. By that time council was exhausted and time was called, the mill to be resumed at the first meeting in March. The committee's report, presented by Councilman Williams, was rejected, in the flrtt plaoe. because it was too indefinite and too general in details, but the arguments which followed, in which William Erersman. president of the police board, and City Controller McMahan took part, brought forth the desired information, so the report was recalled and accepted. Councilmen Russell and O'Neal were the only members who showed real opposition to the proposed appropriation. Prof. Russell admitted the police department needed a machine, but he was dubious whether the city could afford to purchase it. Desires Competition. Mr. O'Neal first advocated the purchase of a large combination auto patrol and ambulance, but said he realized the city could not afford to purchase such equipment. Then the Sixth ward councilman said the four dealers in the market to sell the city a car had bid as close to the maximum amount specified in the advertisement for bids as they had dared, and he suggested that the city could go into the auto market of the larger neighboring cities and purchase a good second-hand machine for much less than the bids received, which ranged from $900 to $1,000. The bid(Continued on Page Three) MILLER MAY TELL ABOUTJPHJM DENS Fiend Now Confined in Jail Is Promised Immunity if He Makes Confession. Following a talk between Poliew Chief Goodwin and Charles Miller, colored, an opium fiend who is serving a sentence at the county Jail, the chief announced that the colored man was willing to tell of the exact location of four other opium dens and implicating a Richmond man as the distributor of the drug. This confession will be made on the conditions that Prosecutor Reller and Police Chief Goodwin assure him that Governor Ralston will revoke the fine and jail sentence. Miller also informed the chief that he would get Julia Keating, a colored woman, also an opium Mend, who is now confined at the Home for the Friendless to verify his statements. With this information the police and federal authorities would be in position to make a thorough investigation of the alleged traffic between i Dayton. Richmond and Indianapolis. few davs ajto Chief Goodwin noH 1 tieA District Attornev Fred C. Dailr of the sudden turn in affairs but ha received no communication from the legal department. Br the confession to the police they will be able to break up the traffic from the east and weft and at the same time obliterate the four dens here." When the raid was first conducted which brought the trio of colored people into the police dragnet more than a month ago it was believed the entire supply was smuggled from Dayton, O.. by Miller, who it is said made weekly I trips to the Ohio city.

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