Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 93, 27 February 1914 — Page 1

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Heroic Campaign of Loyal Wife Held as Main Cause for Freedom of Accused New York Police Official.

Charles S. Becker, former lieutenant oi the New York police force, who asserts that he will be acquitted when he is tried for the second time for the murder of Herman Rosethal, the New York gambling house keeper. Becker declares that if he is freed he will not rest until he has procured evidence to place in jail Jack Rose, Harry Vallon and Sam Schepps, all gamblers, who, he declares, perjured them selves In causing him to be convicted and sentenced to death at his irst trial. Becker declares that he believes it was Vallon who fired the first shot into Rosenthal's body on the night of the murder. Becker gives credit for the granting of a new trial to the untiring work of his wife, who stood by him during his incarceration in Sing Sing where he was awaiting the -"eath chair. Becker awaits the future with calm assurance of his acquittal at the new trial. DRAFT CHARITY R G ftN IZ ATID Workers See Futility of Present Scheme and Prepare a Scientific Course of Poor Relief. JORDAN PRESENTS NECESSARY DATA Fred G. White, Mrs. Millard Warfel and Mrs. Benjamin j Rush Named to Outline Central Aid Plan. The charities of Richmond need to be brought under scientific management was the upshot of an hour's discussion by the representative charity workers of th city who met in the Commercial club headquarters yesterday afternoon. After a general discussion a motion was passed that Mayor Robbins, who presided as chairman, appoint a committee of three to Jr;ift a plan providing in detail ways and means for the organization of a cin ral charities organization to which :H the various charitable organizat5. would bo - vbsidiary. The mayor appointed Fred G. Whi-o, president of the county board of children's guardians, Mrs. Millard Warfel and Mrs. Benjamin Rush. The commit tec's plan will be submitted at a future meeting of representatives of the various charitable organizations. Outlines Plans. Mr. Jordan told the chuiity workers that eleven organizations are administering charity and that in spite of their best intentions efficiency could not be obtained. He called attention to five reports which he had received from organizations to which he had sent a questionaire and gave a description based on replies in the re-r'-i of ih" wpy various clubs and so- ' ' -!(5 are acirninistering relief. i can see the necessity for such a fptH-ration as is proposed,"' said H. I. Continued, oil Last Page),

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'f the night of the murder. Becker gives V3f JkiVr 'WXfrT' credit for the granting of a new trial - V 'MyVjf'i to the untiring work of his wife, who , y jr&MWi &$jffil&'$ "- stood by him during his incarcera- V. .v'iif-" iJjllllff' tion in Sing Sing where he was await- .i,'Slt'f''''' Ing the'-jdeath chair. Becker awaits ? , the future with calm assurance of his rMK-f t JyprT1 " cquittal at the new trlaL 1 "W f 4lr t g . jm

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poor children into a shoe-shop and bought them shoes. 1; "As ye have done it to the least of these, So ye have even done it unto me" ; I paraphrase, because my poetry Is weak beside these holy harmonies. No Christian, save in -honoring Christ's name, Nor asking, whether human or divine, Yet I am conscious, when I see a sign Like this, of a divinity the same ' " " In Christ and this true proselyte, whose hand Gives bread to feed the poor, and mocks the stone Which some professing Pharisees have thrown To choke the cries of hunger in the land. His the prophetic spirit of a morn That dawned in Israel before Christ was born. II. This bread upon the waters shall return As He returns, once called the Bread of Life, In acts like this, and shames the selfish strife We make to keep what we unfairly earn, For self-appointed saints have yet to learn In bitter years, that when the poor shall cry And find no Caesar who stands weeping by, Christ's gentle pardoning face grows strangely stern, And counts their riches stolen from his fees, Yet scatters largess on the Ijindly heart That will not stoop to the unchristian part Of all the Sunday saints and Pharisees. All are in Christ whose creed is daily shown In charity, whatever faith they own. Clyde Byron Peck.

Woman Hid Gold Coin and Bills in Various Places About House

Gold coin and greenbacks dated before the civil war were discovered hidden in a dozen places in the home of Mrs. Harriet Riley aged 80, a wealthy resident of East Germantown who died recently. Mrs. Lyons, an aunt, made the first discoveries and her search has yielded between $2,500 and $2,800. It is thought more money is hidden in the home. Mrs. Riley died a few weeks ago, leaving a small amount of real estate and mortgages valued at $3,700 with $6,400 in a building and loan association. The remainder of the money she kept to prevent taxation, it is claimed by East Germantown residents. The aged woman had hidden money, some of a recent date in the mattresses, in cupboards, under a window sill, under stairs, in crevices all over the house. The first discovery of money was made as the result of Mrs. Lyons' search. Mrs. Lyons believed the aged woman had hidden considerable money about the house and soon discovered a small bag of gold eagles hidden in a mattress. The story of the hidden money first 1 canoe to lt when East Germantoyn

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V J Rich Man' residents telephoned to the county auauor ana miormea mm or aiscovery, claiming that it was the intention of the heirs to hide the money from tax assessors. The informer refused to i give her name and little credence was at first given her story. However, it was learned authenti - cftflv latpr that the mnnov found and the search is being continu ed by the heirs of Mrs. Riley. Her husband, William Rily has been dead for thirty years and left a large amount of money and real estate. That Mrs. Riley has steadily been adding to the hidden money is shown by the fact that part of that which has been found is of recent date, while some of it is more than fifty years old. CHAPEL NOT HELD Chapel at the Garfield school was no', held this, morning on account of the inability of C. W. Jordan, the i speaker of the morning, to reach the school. .

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Piano Company May Build Five or Six Story Building to Be Used for Sales Room and Offices. REQUESTS REMOVAL OF OVERHEAD WIRES Treasurer Says He Will Fight Effort to Raise Main Street More Than Five Feet. Clarence Gennett, treasurer of the Starr Piano company, appeared before the board of public works coday and notified the city officials that the city was behind in its annual $25 dam rental, said if any effort was made to raise Main street from Fourth to the bridge, more than five hundred feet, the city would have a fight on its hands, and requested that some action be taken for the removal of a jungle of overhead wires in the first alley north of Main "street, between Seventh and Eighth, as the Starr Piano company was contemplating the erectipn of a five or six-story business block on Eighth street at the corner of the alley. Concerning the wires. Building Inspector Hodgin informed Mr. Gennett that he had issued an order to all wire companies to properly readjust their wires before August 1, but that the alley north of Main between Seventh and Eighth street presented a difficult problem, because after they were readjusted there would still be an immense network of them. Some plan for placing the wires under ground may be considered in the near future. Discuss Proposed Building. Some time ago the Starr Piano company purchased the North Eighth street property now used for a livery barn, but today was the first time that the company has made - any definite statement as to what kind of a building would be erected on the site. Mr. Gennett wag notjreparodoftpyoii when the building woiildbe erected," but Intimated the wire situation would have to be remedied before construction began. -The local sales rooms of the company will be located in the building, probably in the basement, and the other stories rented for business rooms and offices. Referring to the much discussed Main street hill question. Mr. Gennett entered most strenuous objection to the plan proposed by the West Richmond Improvement association to raise the grade of that section of the street to conform with the grade east of Fourth street. Such action, he said, would result in completely shutting off the Starr Piano company's only available entry and exit for hauling purposes. "Our company must be given due consideration on any Improvement made to the Main street hill, because we are vitally interested." said Mr. Gennett. "If any attempt is ever made to raise the street more than five feet the city is going to have a fight on Its hands, for we will make a contest (Continued on Page Ten.) PLANTS MAY MAKE JOINT RATE PETITION City and L., H. & P. Contemplate Asking Readjustment of Rates of Commission. City Attorney Bond said today there was a possibility of the city entering into an agreement with the Light. Heat and Power company to submit a joint petition for readjustment of rates of both the municipal plant and the electrical plant of the corporation. He said the ctty did not have to serve thirty days' notice on its competitor of its intention to petition to the state commission for rate reduction, as was asserted by Wilfred Jessup, attorney for the Light, Heat and Power company, and that the city's petition now before the commission was perfectly regular. Sec No Objection. Howpver. Mr. Bond sees no obieci tion for the city joining with the L., H. and P. company in a petition for rate readjustment, and the company's suggestion to that effect is satisfactory i to him As I understand it. the commission 1 will draft electric lighting and power ! rate schedules which it deems fair and eauitable for a city the size of i Richmond," said Mr. Bond. ' In other j words it will formulate ideal schedules applicable to all plants doing i business in this city. "In formulating such schedules plant valuation will, of course, be taken into consideration, and duplication will be eliminated. To determine plant valuations the commission will have its experts make the appraisements." FALLS ON THE ICE; SLIGHTLY INJURED While rounding the corner of a stable in the rear of his home, Edward It. Berheide 244 South Fifth street, slipped on the ice and fell, sustaining minor injuries. Although no bones

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FALL FESTIVAL Commercial Club Men May Take Up Plan of Holding Two Concerts During Winter for Organization. BAND NOW WITHOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT Proposed Fund Could Be Utilized in Purchasing Mu sic and Equipment and in Paying Nominal Wages. What disposition to make of the splendid municipal band, which was one of the most attractive features of the last fall festival, is now before the music committee of the Commercial club. $ Through the efforts of its organizer and director, Lee B. Nusbaum, the band, which numbers fifty members has been kept together throughout the winter and has been holding regular rehearsals. However, the band is without any financial support and if it is not to be disbanded some provision for its support must be promptly made. The municipal band is composed exclusively of Richmond musicians and its work during the fall festival gave it state-wide reputation. Musical journals also heralded the fact that Richmond had the unique reputation of maintaining both a municipal band and a municipal symphony orchestra. Band Needs Support. The symphony orchestra has 'been fairly well provided for through the medium of the annual May Festival, but if Richmond is not to have Its municipal band disbanded its maintenance must be provided for. The Commercial club music committee now has under consideration a plan for holding two concerts this winter, the program to be furnished by the band, and the revenue derived from these concerts placed in a fund to be used exclusively, lor the crack musk-a organisation.. --TM hfnndi . it . h ben .mnaxmatmd. could nnt'nAlTliii utilized" for tMirehaal Ing of music and equipment but to pay nominal wages to the bandsmen for weekly concerts at Glen Miller park during the summer. Each year this fund could be replenished by two or more special concerts. The committee was dubious at first whether sufficient money could be raised at concerts to be held between now and spring because of concerts to be given by other musical organizations, but it is now thought enough public interest could be aroused to secure liberal patronage of such concerts. SUCCUMBS AT HOME Attorney Was One of Oldest Members of the! the Wayne County Bar Asso ciation. A CIVIL WAR VETERAN Received Early Education in , X . . T Richmond SchOOlS, Later Attending Indiana and Michigan Universities. Jonathan V. Newman, one of the oldest attorneys connected with the Wayne county bar, died at 8 o'clock I this morning after eight weeks illness j at his home, 315 Richmond avenue. For the last two weeks, he had been in an almost comatose condition. . He was in his seventy-fourth year. i Mr. Newman was born in Richmond May 3, 1830 and spent most of his life here. He was educated in Richmond public schools and at Greenmount acdemy. He received his legal education at Indiana University and the University of Michigan and held degrees in the college of liberal Arts and the law school of the later institution.

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He served three years in the civil ' against her. war, first as a private in the sixty- Isaac Houck, his widow sets forth ninth Indiana regiment and later as j in her crosscomplaint, owned a farm first lieutenant in the 147th Indiana j near Centerville. valued at $20,000, regiment. and that his relatives secured this in He first practiced law in Browns-! a fraudulent manner. She claims that ville, Neb., in 1869 where he remain-' Abraham owned a mine in Mexico and ed for six years. He was married to ; that her late husband was influenced Jennie Grimes in Richmond in 18C8. . to go to that place without funds in Mrs. Newman died three years later i order that their plans might materin Brownsville. A daughter, Clara G. : ialize. He became ill in Mexico and Newman, survived. j was without funds and when ho reThe late Mr. Newman returned to 1 turned they made life so miserable

this city from the west in 18 5 and Bince that time has been practicing law here. For years he has had an office with B. F. Harris on Main street He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and served in an official capacity until recently. Mr. Newman married a second time in August,. 1884 to Alice Doris in Richmond.His second wife and her two children Victor and Ray I. Newman survive. Funeral arrangements have not been

Mexican President Seeks Peace Plan In Memorandum Forwarded to Wilson Protesting Sale of Arms to Rebels

BLQOMINGTQN GIVES DRY MARGIN OF 183 University City Stays in Dry Column Eight Students Are Arrested. BLOOMIN'GTON, Ind., Feb. 27. Bloomington gave a "dry" majority of 183 in the local option election held yesterday, and the result is hailed as a great victory by the antisaloon forces of the city, as there was a "wet" majority of fifteen three years ago. Bloomington has been "dry" two years by remonstrance. In their haste to get the polls open on time the election officers in Precinct No. 5 permitted eighty sample ballots to be voted early yesterday morning before discovering their error. These ballots were properly signed by -the election officers before 6 o'clock, and it was because of the darkness and rush that the mistake was made. Aside from the arrest of eight Indiana university students, who were charged by the "wets" with having voted illegally, the election passed off quietly. The students did not have to go to jail as their- bonds were quickly furnished by members of the "dry" committee.The bond in each-case was fixed at $160 for their appearance in court. It is estimated that one hundred students cast votes in the election, although many of them did so after they . had been challenged. The arrest of the first ones caused many students to remain away from the polls. GRCEn'sBURQ GOES "DRY" ..GREENSBURG. Ind., Feb. 27. The "drys" carried the election here yesterday by a majority of 61. the total vote being 766 "dry" and 705 wet. The campaign was hard fought and until the polls closed even the "drys" were In doubt as to the result. RELATIVES TO OBTAIN ESTATE, Salvina E. Johnson Alleges Husband's Relatives Circu1 a t e Damaging Reports About Her Character. CENTERVI LLE MEN NAMED DEFENDANTS Sensational evidence is expected to ! mark tbe suit of Salvina E. Johnson against Adelaide Houck, residents of Center township, to partition real estate. This case was filed in th Wayne circuit court but will be heard in tie Henry circuit court on a chaiifiu of venue. Mr6. Houck, widow of Isaac Houck, a Center township farmer who committed suicide last May, ha filed a cross complaint, containing one sensational allegation after another. In this crosscom plaint Mrs. Houck ' avers ,he Plalntiff. Mrs. Johnson, her j son, Harry Johnson and her brother. I Abraham Houck. a twin brother of Isaac Houck. conspired to alienate her husband's affections and to defraud her of her rightful share of her husband's property, because she was hi second wife. Conspire for Divorce. Mrs. Houck also charges in her crosscomplaint that her late husband was an habitual drunkard and was completely under the influence of his relatives. She further asserts that Mrs. Johnson, her son and her brother conspired to Houck to bring action for divorce against her by circulating reports reflecting upon her character. Mrs. Houck charges that her hus- ! band's relatives who figure in the i suit circulated a report that Houck ; married her while ehe was an inmate j of a resort. As a part of the alleged i conspiracy against her, Mrs. Hov.ek ! asserts, her husband s relatives employed police and detectives to watch her wherever she went, and that they employed disreputable men to testify for him. she asserts, that he committed suicide May 2. On May o, Mrs. Houck claims, the defendants to the cross-complaint went to the Centerville bank where they secured some papers and deeds and then went to the recorder of Wayne county before an administrator had been appointed and had the deeds recorded. She asks that the tiI tie to all of the property be quieted and that all of the transactions be declared invalid and void. She also asks for J500 damages.

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TO LET EVENTS SHAPE COURSE Benton's Body Located in Chihuahua Cemetery, But Villa Refuses Permission For Removal From City. CABINET NEGLECTS MEXICAN SITUATION Jingo Talk Does Not Shake Wilson's Faith in Adviser's Policy of "Watchful -WaitMEXICO CITY. Feb. 27. The cooperation of the United States" in reftorlng peace in Mexico was asked today by President Hnena in a memorandum forward M by Senor Rojas. minister of foreign relations. The character of the memorandum caused much comment and gave rise to the question: "Does Huerta want United States to intervene?" President Huerta makes official denial of reports that he had refused to grant permission to foreign governests to send marines here to guard eir interests and citizens. The mi 'i imuQtiiI iiimi -by4 -asking. United States to consider the serious ness of the question cf giving the constitutionalists the rigrht to purchase arms in the United States thus giving weapoKK to "those who respect neither life, honor nor property." Benton's Body Located. Renton's body has been located in th largest cemetery in Chihuahua. Consul I-etcher reported from Chihuahua tniay that whi'e no definite tinn has been set fr ihe exhumation of the brdy. it probably will take place in a few days. Vilia persists in his refusal to permit the body to be removed from Chihuahua. Letcher adds. The rebel genera! demand? that Kenton's body be returned to ih" cemetery immediately after the -xa:.iinalion. otherwise he will not permit the examination. Secretary P.ryan announced that United States eovernnvrnt had not censed ii: efforts io obtain possession of the "body. WILSON REMAINS PASSIVE , President Maintains Policy cf "Watch, j fu! Wa ting" on Situation. ! WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Jingo talk will not move President Wilson i from hU poli-y of "watchful waiting." in Mexican affairs. This expression i nun.-" i'Ml',y from one close to the nat- : i :a" executive. T" was also said that ; t'ie Mexican situation did not occupy ; Than an or.i'nary share of the jprfi'iari for today's cabinet meeting.- ! A'1'i..'iii.h c.-iri' itsms of this governj met is "r.;"t .'"' is daily becoming ; incr- sliarp. President Wilson and ' i Secretary of State Pryan are delermired o follow the same course in the future they have followed in th past. Although the government has net yet re"irned an official answer to the request of Governor Colquit of Texa. that he l.e allowed to send Texas rangers owr tbe border to catch and punish lawlessness, it is a foregone conclusion that the demand will be rejected. STUDENTS AT WORK ON SCHOOL ANNUAL Work on the annual of the high school Is progressing satisfactorily and hopes are expressed that the issu will be ready for the press In a short time. Group pictures of the classes are being takeu now. I WEATHER FORECAST j FOR INDIANA Unsettled tonight and Saturday. Probably sncw in the north portion. Rain in south portion. Warmer tonight. j TEMPERATURE. ! Noon 36 ! Yesterday. ! Maximum 33 1 Minimum 5 degree below zero W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST FOR RICHMOND. I Unsettled. Snow or rain tonight and ! Saturday. . Summary. " Western storm . was central last night over Oklahoma moving east, which will cause unsettled weather. for the next thirty-six hours. Mobile. Alabama, had a snow storm and New Orleans, a ' sleet storm during the past forty-eight hours. Temperature i bei lour Ireezint" Jn Florida, . - - - ' j

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