Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 99, 6 March 1914 — Page 1

PAJJLABI AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 99 RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS GIST Tl UH(PW REBELS ORDER INVESTIGATION OF DEATH OF YOUNG BAUCH rui nl WW FORMER HEAD OF . HARDWARE STORE MORE THAN $8,900 MUST BE RAISED DURING LAST DAY Chicago Bank Demands Re-organization Of Jones Hardware Co., When $35,000 Overdraft is Discovered by Accountants

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$10,000 Stands Between Home For Girls Jn Weary Fight Guest House Workers Wage to Assume $10,000 Foulke Gift CRISIS IN CAMPAIGN REACHED

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Social Center Disappointed at Apathy of Persons Who Donate Liberally to Y. M. C. A. Assert Attitude of Men j Shows They Care More for Welfare of Boys than of Girls. '

Are the girls of Richmond worth less intrinsically than the boys? Is the welfare of the girl earning from $6 to $10 a week in the store and factory of less moment than that of the boy endowed by nature with better faculties to make the fight for existence? Members of the committee promoting the Guest House project, wearied by the flimsy excuses of those declin-'

Ing to assist, heartsick at the apathy $100 gifts have been recorded. The of others whose, response belittles j Adam H. Bartel company has made a their financial standing in the com-! donation of $400 and George H. Knolmunity, today assert that it seems : lenberg has given $200, according to that Richmond cares little for the j reports made today, girls who are fighting to make an Emphatic denial was made of the honest living. j rumor that several large gifts are beThe campaign for the $20,000 fund, j ing held back by the promoters and necessary to clinch the $10,000 Foulke : will be announced later. Mrs. Cornoffer, ends tomorrow. Today $10,000 ' stock said today that all gifts had was still needed to make possible the , been published, acceptance of the gift, and the estab-, Need Endowment, lishment of a home for working girls. , Rebuttal of the charge that the Crisis at Hand. I Guest House will be a constant source Leaders in the movement insist of future expense, such as the Y. M. that generous responses between j C. A. is described to be by Guest

now aaa me closing oi me campaign I tomorrow are the only chances they j

nave oz a success of the venture. of the property is on hand, and that ladies of the twelve teams were askMrs. Paul Comstock, one of the j the $20,000 is wanted as an endow-! ed by the captains to put forth extra

leaders, referring to the ungenerous j spirit of some, cited this incident: ! "Here's a man who has two daugh- j ters and one son. He gave $2,500 for the V. M. C. A., but declines to give j for a home for the girls. Does he be-1 lleve that the welfare of girls Is of less importance than that of the boys?" . Commenting on excuses offered, Mrs. Comstock said : "Whea t .eomea to the matter of advancing money for an amusement the money is forthcoming, but in thi3 instance, where the conservation of the lives of our working girls is at stake, the sentiment prevails, 'The girls will go bad any how, so let them go.' "The generous 6pirit that has marked other public undertakings in Rich-

United States to Ask Reparation For Benton

WASHINGTON, March 6 Gen. Vanustanic Carranza, president of the i Mexican constitutionalists must make : an investigation of the death of Wm. S. Benton satisfactory to the United States or reparation will be demanded by the United States in behalf of Great Britain. This fact was learned today on high authority. Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, who is now at Elpaso to conduct an investigation will notify Carranza that the United States will tolerate no whitewash of General Villa and his methods. This warning will, of course be "unofficial" in the ordinary meaning of that word, because President "Wilson has no intention of recoKniz4 n C till PrtnotlfllfmnoHar crrnrr rvi nr f I HIV V, WIWH lUllUlllUlfl CllHUCliL but it will have all the backing of the American government. Despite the fact that Carranza balked an investigation of Benton's death by the international commission made up of representatives of Great Britain ' and the United States news from El-j SAYLES WILL LEAVE Sayles Company Closes Forty Weeks' Residence. Francis E. Sayles, leading man of the Sayles company, which has played in this city for forty weeks, announced today that the company would close its engagement here in two weeks, and leave for Superior, Wisconsin. No reason is assigned for the closing of the booking. Mr. and Mrs. Sa3"les and Mr. and Mrs. Heilman will spend three weeks in New York City before they leave for Superior. The destination of the other actors of the company has not been announced. During their residence In this city, the members of the Sayles company have made many friends not only in a professional way, but also socially. The company has enjoyed a prosperous run, and patrons of the Gennett regret their departure. SLOT MACHINES ARE NOT ALLOWED NEW CASTLE. Ind., March C. The Courier has put the slot machine business on the bum. A syndicate thought it could slip into town on the quiet and do business, but when the newspaper heard of it there was very little quiet until every public official in the city had been questioned as to his attitude on the alleged gambling machines. The prosecutor said it wasn't tip to him, but Mayor Watkins said he would tend to it. The machines had o So.

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mond seems to be dead. We are met with excuses that are so lame that it is pathetic to hear them. If persons are opposed to the Guest House project, let them be honest and come out flatfooted with a negative statement that the home is not needed. That would be infinitely more honest than to advance a flimsy excuse." The greater part of the gifts to the project ranse from $1 to S25. A few Mouse promoters, is seen in the state ment that the money for the purchase ment fund so that the institution will j be on a sound financial basis and will not be obliged to call periodically for funds to cover the running expenses, "We have until January 1 to raise th $20,000," remarked one of the workers, "but we realize that the money should be collected before. Do the men of this city really care more for the boys than they do for the girls. It is a sad commentary on the impulse of some men when one pond ers that they refuse to give for a

borne that will help-the girls. WhfThe Coterie club had a Y. W. C. A.

should they discriminate against the I girls? Are they not entitled to just as much protection as the boys? Whence this sudden apathy and unconcern toward a movement that would make for the betterment of conditions of the working girls?" paso that Carranza is to make his headquarters at Juarez is regarded as a hopeful sign by President Wilson and the state department. Carranza is relied upon to curb the barbarous methods of Gen. Villa. If he fails to do so, there is likely to be a drastic change in the "watchful waiting policy" of President Wilson. The killing of another foreigner under conditions such as marked the "execution" of Benton may be the signal for the advance of American troops into Mexico to apprehend the guilty parties. 4 Efforts of Gen. Felix Diaz to secure the support of this country in his campaign to become president of Mexico will prove unavailing. The administration does not believe Diaz is "the man of the hour" and he is regarded as the accomplice of Huerta in the assassination of Madero, despite his recent statements that he knew nothing of the plans to kill the deposed executive. SELLS SHORT ICE Agent of Union Ice Company Is Fined. The second arrest made by George McKinley, inspector of weights and measures, resulted in a conviction when Carl F. Steinhelber, agent for the Union Ice company, pleaded guilty to the charge and paid a fine of $10 and costs in police court this morning. ! The affidavit was filed by Adolph Tll.nl... 11 1 1 1 . ,1 . f". i . ... 1 1 Dui-invcun who anegea mat oteinueiber sold him 100 pounds of ice, but when the cake was weighed it contained but 80 pounds. A number of merchants have been j warned by the inspector that there must be a stop to the selling of under weights. If no action i taken by the merchant after the notification then the inspector means to bring about the arrest of the violators. Inspector McKinley said today that the arrest of Steinhelber served to arouse the wrath of Otto Rettig, of the firm of the Rettig & Johnson Ice com' pany. Rettig, McKinley said, berated hi mfor making any arrest, accused him of knowing nothing about weights and said that some day he would regret giving so much publicity to himself because the time would come when the news papers would turn on him. McKinley said he told Rettig that he courted full publicity of all his official act, because publicity was a great aid to him in preventing weights and measure frauds.

Many Large Contributions are Reported by Captains of Guest House Teams at Today's Meeting.

Previous. Mrs. Dalbey .... $ 645.25 Mrs. Bond 436.00 Miss Yeo 1,581.00 Mrs. Holton 942.50 Mrs. Hibberd .. 667.00 Mrs. Mayhew .. 290.00 Mrs. Roser 82.00 Miss Swertzer . . . 884.50 Mrs. Benfeldt ... 264.25 Mrs. Keisker ... 584.00 Mrs. Comstock . . 861.50 Mrs. Hornaday . . 335.00 Special 110.00 Today $ 743.00 215.00 130.00 127.00 105.00 211.00 102.00 29.00 35.00 886.00 86.00 410.00 Total pledged Monday $3,258.50 Tuesday 2,185.00 Wednesday 2,483.75 Thursday 3,099.00 Total $11,026.25 Amount to be raised .... 8,973.75 Tomorrow will be the last day of the guest house campaign to raise the $20,000 stipulated by Mary T. R. Foulke with her $10,000 conditional gift and with the total of $3,099 reported from yesterday afternoon's work, there is still $8,973.75 to be secured. . Miss Margaret Starr, president of the Guest House association stated at the 1 o'clock meeting in the Commercial club rooms, that a number of big Dledees must be made to raise the required amount tomorrow and the effort. In order that the work will not be cut in on by the usual 1 o'clock meeting, the meeting will not be held until 3:30 o'clock when the final reports of the campaign will be made. $500 Gift. Mrs. Paul Comstock reported $886 today $500 of which is a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Comstock. In the special fund, the Starr Piano company is credited with a pledge of $375 and the Elks club with $50. tuna ror several years ana mis, amounting to $50 was turned over to the special committee. The George H. Knollenberg company pledged $200. At tomorrow's meeting $325 will be added to the total from the Adam H. Bartel company which is already credited with a $75 donation. DEMAND RELEASE OF "MOTHER" JONES TRINIDAD, Col., March 6. A writ of habaes corpus for the release of "Mother" Jones was denied here today by Judge McHendrie. The aged woman is held by the military authorities of the state in San Rafael hospital. She was arrested for violating the order of Gorvernor Ammon that she stay out of the coal strike district. Attorneys for the United Mine Workers of America declared that they would appeal the case to Supreme court of the United States. PRESIDENT TO HAVE HIS EYES EXAMINED WASHINGTON, March 6. President Wilson will go to Philadelphia at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to consult Dr. D. Schweitz. His eyes have given him some trouble in the last few weeks and he has decided to have them examined. He will return tomorrow night. NEW HEAD OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB George E. Seidel, newly elected president of the Richmond Commercial club is president and treasurer of the Seidel Buggy company and president of the Pilot Motor Car company. Mr. Seidel succeeds S. E. Swayne, head of the Robinson company, as president of the commercial organization. Mr. Swayne was head of the club for a number of' years. Mr. Seidel will carry out policies inaugurated by Mr. Swayne and will see that Richmond will retain the name of the "best city in the Mlddls West."

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Carranza Sends Secretary Bryan Note Telling of Official Steps to Probe Death of German.

PRESIDENT AND VILLA IN ACCORD Benton's Body Not to Be Exhumed Because of Delays That Have Occurred in Diplomatic Negotiations. WASHINGTON, March 6. Formal notification that the mysterious disappearance of Gustave Bauch, a GermanAmerican citizen in Mexico will be officially investigated by the Constitutionalist government was given the state department today by General Carranza, the Constitutionalist provisional president of Mexico. The note, signed by Senor Sabela, acting foreign minister in the Constitutionalist cabinet was received by Secretary Bryan, is in an exceedingly friendly tone, but it does not intimate that the Constitutionalists consider themselves recognized as belligerents by the United States Government. This note, which also refers to the Benton investigation, not only served to indicate the firm friendly intention of the Constitutionalists, but it showed that Gen. Francisco Villa and Gen. Carranza are acting in strict accord. It is expected that the Constitutionalist authorities will make known their finding before any further instructions are given to the joint American British commission appointed to investigate the Benton case. It is believed that Benton's body will not be exhumed because of the delay entailed by diplomatic representation between the Constitutionalist government and the state department. PRICE PLACED ON HEAD OF GEN, VILLA Huerta Signs Warrant Permitting Shooting Down of Rebel Leader. MEXICO CITY. March 6. A government, warrant charging Gen. Francisco Villa with murder and Gen. Carranza with being an accessory was drawn up by the ministery of justice today and immediately signed by President Huerta The warrant holds both the Constitutionalist leaders responsible for the death of William S. Benton, the wealthy English ranch owner. The signing of the warrant puts both men in the position of being fugitives from justice and either can be shot down by government soldiers or any government officers upon refusal to surrender. "Both Carranza and Villa are in the bandit class now," said President Hiferta after he had the warrants issued. "The Mexican government intends to protect foreigners. Benton's execution was coW blooded murder and his slayers are going to be punished." FOOTBALL REPLACES SHOT TORN L Physician Saves Man's Life Through Expedient Hitherto Tried by Doctors. LEOMINSTER, Mass., March 6. A surgical operation unparalleled in medical circles was performed today by Dr. Frederick C. Schultz who placed a stelllized bladder from a football in the lung of Jos. Gordon, stopping a hemorrhage and saving the man's life. Gordon was hunting when his shotgun was accidentally discharged. A charge of buckshot tore through the right side. Dr. Schultz found a hemorrhage of the right lung. After all other known remedies had failed he successfully tried the experiment with the football. WEATHER FORECAST f e . For Indiana Local snow tonight. Saturday clearing. TEMPERATURE. Noon 42 Yesterday. Maximum 40 Minimum 23 W, E. MOORE'S FORECAST FOR RICHMOND. Continued cloudy this afternoon and tonight. Rain or snow Saturday; partly cloudy and colder Saturday. SUMMARY: A storm over the middle west has moved eastward, and is expected t cause snow or showers tonight. The high barometer pressure is ' moving behind the storm, and should cause colder weather within the next thirtysix hours. There is no prospects of any very cold weather at present.

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SHARON E. JONES. ATTEMPT TO LEARN VOTERS' SENTIMENT BY VISITING HOMES Persons Representing Drys Urge Signers of Petition to Stand by Their Opinion Previously Expressed. METHODIST BISHOP SPEAKER TONIGHT Executive Committee to. Arrange for Public Meetings From Now on Until Date of Option Election. In the attempt to ascertain sentiments of voters in the city on the liquor issue, persons representing the dry element are visiting every home. Many persons who signed the petition for a local option election will be seen during the next two weeks and urged to stand by their opinion when the petition was signed. Dry meetings will be held practically every other night from now on until the local option election on March twenty-four. This evening Bishop W. F. Anderson, of Cincinnati, O., will deliver an address at the Tabernacle mass meeting. Bishop Anderson will also talk at the First M. E. church Brotherhood banquet at 6:30 o'clock this evening. President R. L. Kelly of Earlham college will preside at this evening's meeting, taking the place of S. Edgar Nicholson. President Kelly will introduce the speaker. Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, Oliver Stewart, known throughout Indiana as an advocate of ' reform, will speak at the North A Street Hicksite Friends church. Mr. Stewart will talk on the subject "Temperance." He is not connected with the Anti-Saloon league. At one time Mr. Stewart was a member of the Illinois legislature and later was a member of congress. A mass meeting will be held Sunday afternoon at the Tabernacle. It is not known who will deliver the principal address at that meeting. The executive committee is now busy making bookings with dry orators from different sections of the country- The Rev. Tillman Hobson of California, considered one of the leading prohibition speakers of the country, probably will come here. At the present he is conducting a series of meetings in Ohio. Election inspectors for the local option election will be appointed tomorrow by the county commissioners who called the election for March 24 at their meeting last Monday. The election will be conducted in the usual manner for city elections and the expense will be charged to the city. The cost of the election has been estimated at $1,300. A few minor business matters will be considered by the commissioners and probably the poor farm Inventory taken Wednesday; will be gone over. A telephone has been ordered for Highway Commissioner Jones and ia being installed in his office. MARY KNOWS HOW Trousered Woman Uses Private Senate Elevator. WASHINGTON, March 6. Dr. Mary Walker, trousered and frock-coated, stepped into a senate elevator, marked "Private" and ordered the conductor to hoist away to the gallery. The appointee explained that the car was for the use of members only. "Young tha," said 'the little woman, "I am shout -as near a TJntted States senator as you want to see. 1 almost beat O'Gorraan. I want to go up." Up she went, ; without explaining the 1 New York member was put In Jeopardy. r

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J Jones Begins Making Overdrafts Five Years Ago Hypothecates $27,000 Worth of Stock Having a Par Value of $55,000 for Personal Use. Directors Ask Chicago Bank, for Time Extension on Notes.

Promising that when he returned he would bring with him funds sufficient to meet his indebtedness to the Jones Hardware company and to purchase controlling interest so that he could re-establish himself in the business which he had been identified with since its organization in 1903. Sharon B. Jones, until two weeks ago treasurer and general manager of the company, left yesterday for Pittshurg. In the meantime directors of the company have requested a Chicago bank, from which loans were secured to operate the business, for an extension of time on notes, which will be granted, and have completed a perusal of a report of accountants of the Price, Waterhouse company of Chicago, which audited the books of the Jones company and discovered that overdrafts totaling $35,000 were on record. Since the filing of the auditors' report, March 4, directors of the company have also discovered notes given by another officer of the company, with the approval of Mr. Jones, totaling $9,000. These uotes were issued by the subordinate officer as a payment on overdrafts charged to his account, were indorsed by the Jones Hardware company and cashed at banks in Richmond, Centerville and Cambridge City. At the present time the directors decline to state who this officer is and whether he is to be retained. Prominent Worker. Sharon E. Jones is one of the best known residents of Richmond and until the last few monthg took active interest in civic, public and church af fairs. He played a prominent part in tag -uifriUfinBlPrf-Wtm rUW'mt'nfrTf M. C. A., was at one time its president, and several years ago served as president of the local board of metropolitan police commissioners. In that capacity he directed a crusade against saloons which operated on Sunday and was instrumental in accomplishing other reforms. Mr. Jones was at one time president of the National Hardware Dealers' association and was also president of the state Y. M. C. A. organisation. A director said today that Mr. Jones had overdrawn his account $27,000, another officer had overdrawn his $14,000 and the remainder, approximately $3,000 had been overdrawn by a third officer. This third overdraft charge Is being p roperly cared for. Hypothlcates Stock. It is known that the majority of the $27,000 stock held by Mr. Jones, which had a par value of $55,000, having been paid for on a basis of two for one, has been hypothieated by him for personal loans and what the company's equity on this stock will be Is not known, possible little or nothing. It was admitted by one of the directors of the . Jones Hardware company today that the concern had been paying no dividends since Its organization as a result ot bad management. The books of the company NEGROES III REVOLT THREATEN BRAZIL Foreign Office Revolution of Little Importance, and Dispatches Soldiers. RIO DE JANEIRO. March 6 A warship bearing reinforcements of troops was today ordered up the coast to Ceara, which city is menaced by the negro uprising in Northern Brazil. Although a state of siege has been proclaimed here and In the cities of nefrnnnl'H and X'ptehrrw tha crnvAm. I ment announced through the foreign office that it does not consider the revolution of a serious character and that the disorders will soon be quelled. Soldiers are making hundreds of arrests of negroes and anti-government whites who are alleged to be Involved. Most of the prisoners will be sent to the government construction camps on the new Brazilian railway line which Is being built along the upper Amazon and Amida rivers. The situation has become further complicated by a division of sentiment In the military club, an organization of army officers. Some officers side with the revolutionists. The government has promised to protect all foreign lives and interests. 400 REBELS KILLED MEXICO CITY. March 6. Four hnndred rebels were killed in the defeat of General Ortega's rebel army in a battle with Federals between Conejos and Escalon, according to despatches reeclved here today. The rebel forces of numbered more than 3,000, have been moving toward Torreon without interruption until Gen. Peita with a federal army of 700 engaged them,

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show that Mr. Jones began his series of overdrafts about five years ago. About a year ago the board ot directors ordered an audit of the books to determine the causes behind the poor showing the company had been making. Until recently this audit vai postponed by Mr. Jones for on reason or another. No announcement was made today as to the company's indebtedness to ) the Chicago bank, but It la understood that institution demanded a complete ; reorganisation of the company's af- . fairs, which is now in progress, and ; Mr. JoneB' absolute divorce from any j part in the management of the con- . cern. About two weeks ago he vai : requested to resign as treasurer and : general manager of the concern and. i he compiled with the request, but : was retained as a director. It Is prob- ; able be will now be asked to resign ; his directorship. ! Manager Not Named. ! C. "W. Elmer waa elected to the of- ! fice of treasurer of the company but no general manager has yet been ap- ; pointed. ; Mr. Jones has promised to reimi burse the company for his overdraft shortage and the directors are awaitIng the result of hi3 eastern trip before determining any further action. ; Before leaving he said he "would return within a week. In contrast with the opinion exJ presd by one of the company's dij rectors that all of Mr. Jones' stock i was up as collateral for loans and j that the equity the company could ! collect would be small, one of the at torneys for the firm said Mr. Jones' stock was sufficient to meet all his personal obUgaUpanAJOadete Business Extensiv. e The Jones Hardware company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the United States, has since its organization enjoyed a large business and under satisfactory management, its directors declare, would have been and will be a very profitable enterprise. That the company can be extricated from its financial difficulties and be placed on a high business plans, Is not doubted by any local business man, and this confidence Is apparently shared by the Chicago banking Interests wblch have advanced loans to the company from time to time. Coincident T-ith Mr. Jones retirement from the active management of the company wa the announce' ment a few days later that Miss Karoline Karl, cashier, had also resigned. Miss Karl, however, had no overdrafts charged pgainst her account. Miss Karl is one of Richmonds best known musicians, the, possessor of a remarkable contralto voice and at one time was a chorister at the Reid Memorial church, of; which Mr. Jones was an active lay officer. Members of Mr. Jones family Taa4 no statement to make regarding thej publicity given his overdraft shortage! to the hardware company. REPORTS FAVORABLY MLS REPEAL BILL Interstate Commerce Com-? mittee Advance Bill by a Vote of 14 to 3. WASHINGTON, March 6. By vote of 14 to 3. the home house interstate commerce committee today decided to report favorably the bill repealing the clause of the Panama Canal act which grants free tolls to American cost coastwise shipping. Four members of the committee were absent and sought to have their votes recorded, but permission to do this was refused. Had it been granted, the vote would have been 17 to 4. The votes in favor of the repeal were Representative Adamson, of Georgia, Sims of Tennessee, Covington of Maryland, Talcott, of New York. Stevens of Nebraska, Stevens, of New Hampshire, Barkley, of Kentucky, Bayburn of Texas, Montague, of Virginia and Decker of Missouri, Democrats and Stevens of Minnesota, Esch of Wisconsin, Hamilton of Michigan and .Willis of Ohio, Republicans. Those voting against the repeal were Doremua of Michigan, Democrat. O'Shaugnessy, of Rhode Island, Democrat and Knowland of California, Republican. Chairman Adamson was jubilant at the result of the morning's work, lie promised to write a report on the LIU today and to have it before the house before adjournment. . FORGETS JEWELERY CHICAGO. Mar 6. Louis R. Grossman. who. recently pleaded bankruptcy, was arrested after he reported to the police he was robbed ot $35.00 In Jewelery. because he forgot to schedr nj the jewelery tn his list of asstta.