Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 119, 30 March 1914 — Page 1

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GRAY'S REPLY

L ATTACK HIS POLITICAL ADVERSARIES Congressman At District Convention Promises to Defend His Legislative Career Before Delegates. NEW YORK TELEGRAPH ASSAILS PEACE PLAN Editorially Asserts Gray's Fight Will Be Battle of Words Pokes Fun At the Hoosier State. Representative Gray arrived in Richmond from Washington yesterday and after a short visit with friends here, left for his home in Connersville. Tomorrow he will be nominated for a third term at the Democratic district convention, to be held at Cambridge City. Mr. Gray will attend the convention and will deliver an address defending his congressional record and replying to his critics, who have been busy the last few months, referring to him as a "grandstand player," a bolter of party caucuses, a lukewarm supporter of President Wilson and other things of similarly unkind nature. The congressman is expected to flay his critics alive and "point to his record with pride." Democratic leaders from all over the district will attend the convention. Points in His Defense. "Mr. Gray will show he has always been in complete harmony with the Wilson policies; he will show he has been loyal to his party and he will devote considerable attention to that petition of the Richmond Trades council for his support of a 'two-battleships-a-year' program, which he had been pposing, and he will show that President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor is not in sympathy with 6uch a program," said Charles Beck, postmaster-elect of Richmond and one of Mr. Gray's closest friends and most trusted political lieutenants. A prominent Richmond Democrat vas today in receipt of an editorial appearing in the New York Morning Telegraph which refers to Mr. Gray's address in the house last week praising Secretary Bryan's peace policy. The Telegraph mockingly accuses all lloosiers of being cowards. It reads as follows: "The only war that Representative Cray of Indiana will fight in will be a battle of words. He and his beloved Bryan are wonders when it comes to stringing words together and assailing ideas which cannot fight back. In another effort to show off. Gray addressed the House, Wednesday and paid that he would, under certain conditions, vote for war with Mexico. "Let those who favor it," he said, "fight in the front ranks, and when they are killed, then have their sons take their places. After the Mexicans slaughter them, newspaper men must be used to fill up the breach." Assails Gray. "Gray is a fitting representative of the Hoosier State, which, as has been pointed out before, was settled by men who were scared, who were afraid to go further west. Many years ago it was discovered that Illinois, with the lake on the north and the Mississippi on the west, was a remarkably fertile section, with a good climate, coal in pJac-es, timber along the streams, an ideal place for farmers. Then thousands of men in the Kastern States and la Kentucky and Virginia loaded wagons, gathered their families together and marched for the Prairie State. "When they reached Indiana they heard stories of terrible Indian trocitirs; it was said the red men would kill all settlers who came to that blessed land on the left bank of the Mississippi. The brave men loaded their muskets, laid in good store of powder and lead and gallantly marched into Illinois and possessed the land. The ones who were afraid unloaded their wagons and settled down in Indiana and have shaken from fever and ngue ever since. Mr. Gray was born iii Fayette County, Ind.. in 1864. His ancestors, perhaps, settled in Indiana about the time the great Indian chief, Black Hawk, was fighting his battles with the white settlers." SEEKS POSTAL TRADE Uncle Sam Sends Solicitors to Merchants. Several new orders have been issued effecting the Richmond postoffice. Two of them are entirely new in postoffice work. One is the use of solicitors for parcel post business. Postmaster Haas was authorized to send some employe of the office to business houses, manufacturers and others to explain the advantages of the parcel post for shipping. It is believed that this will materially increase the business, and Mr. Haas will take steps to send out the solicitor. Today several booklets were sent from the postoffice department with Instructions to clerks to study certain phases of the postal laws and prepare for an examination later. Clerks have never had easy access to vital postal laws before and have peyer been required to learn them.

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REFUSED TO FIGHT AGAINST ULSTERITES

Brigadier General Cough, command er of the cavalry of the British armvH stationed in Ireland, who resigned his command rather than fight the Ulstermen in the home rule disturbances. General Gough withdrew his resignation only after Secretary of War Seeley handed him a written guarantee that he would not be ordered to lead his brigade against the Ulstermen. The storm of cditicism against Seeley for submitting to dictation from an army officer has caused him, Seeley, to announce his resignation from the cabinet. Premier Asquith has refused to accept his resignation. BATTLE OF TQRREQN IS STILL Unconfirmed Federal Report Says Zapata, Rebel Outlaw, Has Been Killed by Huerta's Soldiers. 5,000 MEN ARE DEAD Constitutionalists Deny the Rumor That General Villa Has Been Wounded Predict City's Fall Soon. BULLETIN. MEXICO CITY, March 30. AH hope that Torreon could withstand the assault of General Villa's army was abandoned by government officials today when they were notified that reenforcements under Generals Maass and De Moure had been unable to forge their way to the Federal stronghold. They were kept away from Torreon by rebels. General Refugio Valasco, commander of the Federal troops at Torreon, is reported killed in the fight early today. Emiliano Zapata, the rebel outlaw and loader of the revolutionists of southern Mexico, has been killed by Federal troops, according to an official announcement from the war department today. No details were given, and the announcement was accepted with reserves. Battle Still Raging. JUAREZ, Mex., March 30. The battle of Torreon is still raging but Constitutionalist officers declared today that they had no late news of the situation in the town, which is being bravely defended by General Refugio Velasco and his Federals. The military censorship was maintained, the interruption of newspaper dispatches giving rise to reports that General Villa had suffered a severe check in his attempt to capture the main plaza of Torreon. A brief dispatch was received by General Chao, governor of Chihuahua, shortly after midnight, and he transmitted it at once to General Carranza, the provisional president, but when asked if he had any important news, said : "We have nothing of important news. Fighting is still going on. We doubt the truth of reports that General Villa and General Benavides have been wounded, because if these reports were true, we would have received some official notification." There is no doubt that the battle in and around Torreon has been the bloodiest engagement of the revolution against President Huerta. It is believed that more than five thousand men have been killed or wounded in the conflict. Constitutionalist official'; minimize their losses as usual, but are unable to furnish any evidence that the rebels have suffered less seriously than the federals, whose losses are reported as over two thousand. ONE DEADJN FLOOD New York Rivers Overflow Banks. RINGIIAMPTON, N. T., March 30. With one death already recorded as a result of the flood along the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers, the situation took a turn for the worse today, as a result of a heavy rain over the entire water shed of the two streams, composing several thousand square miles. Both rivers are now up to the top of their banks. Grave fears are felt for the local water works and electric lighting plants. Both are below the present crest of the Susquehanna, though protected by a aea .wall,

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ASQUITH ASSUMES MINISTER OF WAR DUTIESJKABIHET Colonel Seely Refuses to W i t h d raw Resignation, While General Ewart and Marshal French Stand Pat.

LONDON ASTONISHED OVER SUDDEN MOVE Dramatic Resignation of Premier Causes Sensation Churchill May Succeed to Post Over George. HERBERT TEMPLE LONDON. LONDON, March 30. Premier Asquith today took over the duties of minister of war in his cabinet, and resigned from parliament to stand for re-election. This is in accordance with the law that requires a member of parliament assuming a new office to go before his constituents for approval. The dramatic culmination of the army and navy c-fsis was announced by a member of the house of commons today after he had stated that his efforts to induce Colonel J. E. B. Seeley, minister of war, to withdraw his resignation had failed. He also announced that General Ewart and Field Marshal French had refused to consider their resignations. The premier eulogized both French and Ewart, and said that he deeply deplored the decision of Colonel Seeley. King George Approves. "I therefore feel it my duty to assume the secretaryship of state for war," the premier announced. He added that his action had been approved by King George, and that he had taken this important step in deference to public interest, but that he would be close at hand at the second reading of the home rule bill. This measure come up tomorrow. Though Premier Asquith resigned his place in parliament by assuming the position of war minister, he- still retains his post as head of the goernment. It is not necessary for the premier to be a member of the house of commons. He will still direct the program of his ministerial collegues, though another minister will have to serve as cabinet spokesman until Asquith is reelected. It is probable that Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of admiralty, will have that post, thought the radicals are anxious to have Ltoyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, chose. The excitement over the dramatic resignation of the premier was not confine to parliament. It caused a tremendous sensation throughout the city, where such a startling development had not been forecasted even by the wildest rumors. Vigorous steps were taken by the Liberal ministry today to end the suspense over the army crisis. A long session of the cabinet was held at which the army and Ulster situations were discussed at length. The chief efforts of the members of the cabinet were directed today toward quieting public clamor before tomorrow, when the home rule bill will be up for second reading in the house of commons. The parliamentary week beginning today is one of the most important in the political history of the United Kingdom. Leaders of the opposition party prepared to open another bitter attack upon the government in a final effort to force out the cabinet and kill the home rule bill. The Liberals will die hard. If the tories are victorious in their effort to bring about a general election, the Liberals will make their fight on the slogan: "The people vs. the army." They will charge that the Unionists and army officers plotted to bring about the downfall of the government. I PETITIONS FILED BY UTILIH PLANTS City Light Plant and Competitor Ask Discount for Federal Building. INDIANAPOLIS, March 30. Two more petitions were filed with the public service commission today by the city light plant, of Richmond and the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company. One is a joint petition. It sets out a recent order of the commission approving schedules for decreased rates, subject to a discount if bills are paid before the tenth of the month following that in which the current is used and asks that the same discounts be allowed for current used at the federal and county buildings. These bills, it was shown, are only paid at the end of three month periods. The second petition, filed by the Municipal plant, asked permission to make arrangements with large consumers of current for both lighting and power purposes, whereby the total amount of current may be grouped into one bill and discounted at the rate provided for large amounts, regardless of the number of meters used. DEGREES CONFERRED A class of twelve took the Patriarchal and Golden Rule degrees at the encampment meeting of Odd Fellows at Hagerstown Saturday night. Only one was from Richmond. The Richmond delegation of the Oriental encampment numbered about thirty-1 -a Ontp nno mnro nf t V r rnnnll ' meetings is to held this year. It will be in Richmond April 18. The encampment is making arrangements for the entertainment oi about 300, ,,

Listen! BOV LIKES BRASS SHYLOCK NO JEW BALD HEAD SAVES

THWARTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO hang himself by the limb of a tree breaking, Wm. Smalley of Elizabeth, N. J., gave as his reason for wanting to die that he was unable to buy false teeth. "IF WOMEN KEEP UP THE PRESent style of headgear, tight fitting hats and headbands, there will be an epidemic of baldness among them," Dr. J. W. Schultz of Wichita told an audience of club women." ADDRESSING THE CHICAGO SUNday evening club, Rabbi Steven S. Wise of New York declared that Shylock in Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," was not a type of a jew. LAWRENCE COONEY, A PATROLman of Chicago, recently reduced from the rank of detective will ask to be restored to citizens' clothes work because his three-year-old son is afraid of his brass buttons and will not hug him. THE BALD HEAD OF CHRISTIAN Christensen of Denver, saved his life. He was knocked down in the street with his head toward the east. Fire Chief Healy, speeding to a fire, saw the reflection of his auto's lights on Christensen's bald spot and turned aside enough to avoid running over him. FACTORY MEETS APPROBATION United States Public Health Service Inspector Declares Conditions Deserve Highest Commendation. DR. WHITE SURPRISED Contrast Between Other Factories So Marked That the Expert Is Greatly Amazed At Working Conditions. Richmond has the ideal factory for working women. That was the statement made by Dr. M. J. White, of the United States public health service, after he had completed a thorough investigation of the plant of the Richmond Underwear company, North Tenth street, today. Dr. White was agreeably surprised to find such excellent sanitary conditions at the local factory because the factories in other cities of the state where women are employed are, as a general rule, so poorly constructed and equipped as seriously to menace the health of their employes. "I did not know there was such a factory in Indiana," was the astonished comment of Dr. White after he had completed his investigation. Surprised at Conditions. Dr. White has been assigned by the United States government to investigate conditions in Indiana factories employing women, at the request of the Indiana Commission on Working Women, created under an act of the last legislature. His report will bo submitted at the next meeting of the legislature. Dr. White was assigned to visit one factory employing women in all the principal cities of the state. As the factories he has so far inspected have been uniformly bad from a health standpoint, he was under the impression that all the factories on his list were the "horrible examples" of the state. He was immensely surprised to discover that the Richmond Underwear company's plant was one of the at '-"'iry and best equipped in the country. '1 have absolutely no criticism to make of this Richmond factory," said Dr. Wlite. "Unlike other factories I have visited it is admirably ventilated and thoroughly lighted. Every care is taken to safeguard the health of the employes, and the management is deserving of the utmost praise. Every factory in Indiana should show the same interest in behalf of their working women." ACCEPTS NEW POST Bert McDivitt Goes to Indianapolis Concern. Announcement was made today that Bert McDivitt, formerly with the Jones Hardware company of this city, has accepted a position with the Van Camp Hardware , company of Indianapolis. His new position is similar to the one he held with the local concern. Mr. McDivitt assumed his new post today. PATRONS TO HEAR CHILDREN RECITE Many patrons of the Garfield school will take advantage of the night set apart for the annual night school program, to hear their children recite. The date set for this year falls on April 17, the hours for school work being from 7 until 9. A period of ten minutes will follow each recitation period. The purpose of the annual night school session is to give parents an opportunity to see what their children are doing in the various classes and how. they do it.

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TOLL REPEAL BILL WILL HOT DISRUPT DEMOCRATIC PARTY President Wilson Declares Debate Has Degenerated Into Attempt to Discredit His New Administration.

FIRMLY HOLDS BILL IS SURE TO PASS Declares Knowland's Charge of a Deal With Great Britain Is the Crowning Insult of Debate. WASHINTON, March 30. President Wilson is certain that the repeal tolls debate will not split the Democratic party, and that his fight for repeal will not be defeated. He stated today that his chief regret in connection with the debate was that what promised to be a dignified contest had degenerated in an attempt to discredit the administration. He characterized Representative Knowland's speech in which it was charged that the president had made a deal with the British government as the crowning insult of a number of insults in the debate. All of the acrimony shown against the administration only makes more certain the result, the president declared to his callers. Takes New Stand. The president today also took new ground in advocating a policy which his opponents say is in violation of the Baltimore platform. The president points out that the Baltimore platform contained two planks, one of them reiterating the long standing principle of the Democratic party against ship subsidies or subsidies of any sort, and the other affirming the tolls exemption policy. The president declared there was no question in his mind that free tolls is a subsidy of the clearest type, and that therefore, it violates not only a plank in the Baltimere platform, which takes precedence over the other, but a well established Democratic policy. Describes Situation. In answer to a question as to whether he would say anything In regard to the statement that he had made some deal with William Pyrell, secretary to Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister, the president said: "Of course that answers itself. It is ju6t the crowning insult of a number of insults which have been introduced into this debate. This whole thing reminds me of a story I used to be fond of telling of a very effective debater who sent a challenge down into a country very hostile to him. The people down there did not like the job very much but they put up the man they liked best and who was generally chosen on such occasions, a great big husky fellow whom they called Tom. The challenger was given the first hour of the two hours allotted to the debate, and he had not got more (Continued on Page Three.) CHURCH PRESENTS PORSE TO PASTOR The Rev. T. J. Graham Holds Final Service At First Presbyterian. The final services under Rev. Thomas J. Graham, who resigned the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church to accept a call to Fargo, N. D., were held yesterday at the church. The new pipe organ which was completed only last week, was officially dedicated at the afternoon vesper services. Rev. Graham's subject in his last sermon was, "I will deal well with thee." His address was short because of other exercises which were ; held in his honor. A purse of $100 in gold was given ihim by the congregation through H. jA. Dill and Dr. Charles S. Bond. Dr. Bond made the presentation while Mr. Dill spoke of the work accomplished by the pastor. The catechism class presented him with a fountain pen. The Rev. Mr. Graham has received many other tokens of the appreciation of the members of the church for his work. The address of dedication at the vespers services in the afternoon, was made by Dr. Rondthaler, who is spending a few days in Richmond with Dr. Benham. After a few words fitting to the occasion, Mrs. Fred Miller, the organist, played the first solo. WEATHER FORECAST i FOR INDIANA Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably local rain. Colder tonight and In extreme south portion Tuesday. TEMPERATURE. Noon 56 Yesterday. Maximum 67 Minimum 46 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. FOR RICHMOND. Partly cloudy. Somewhat unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday. SUMMARY. The storm of the past twenty-four hours is moving toward the middle ! A fonfi ctoiac rt rt hor c t firm Yi u c 4l tJUIKiv ntBlvii. .-Iliviut. I uut" appeared in the west which should bring wet weather by the middle of the week. This second storm will probably be followed by much colder weather.

YOUTHFUL WINNER OF PONY AND CART

22P 4 " - pi CATHERINE ALTHAUS. CATHERINE ALTHAUS WINS PONYJCONTEST Receives 3,302,940 Votes in Struggle, Filling Bank Vault With Ballots. More than 12,514,003 votes were cast in the pony contest which ended Saturday night, the outfit being won by five-year-old Catherine Althaus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Althaus, Fairview. It required a total of 52 hours to count votes turned In during the last week of the contest. The judges were Albert Feeger, of the First National bank; Al A. Kemper, Clarence Bollmeyer, Karl Allison and Ira Murray, of the Palladium advertising staff. The Winner, Catherine Althaus, received a total of 3,302.940 votes, Roland Wrede 2,781,035, Earnest Bryant 1.776,490, and Russell Taylor 1,546,475. There was a total of 140 contestants, the contest having lasted twelve weeks. The votes more than filled the basement vault of the First National bank. Merchants In the contest declared It to be successful in every way. The pony will be named "Winnie" by the girl. It is three years old and well broke, a thoroughbred Shetland, and eligible to register. The pony company's sales manager says that the animal easily can be taught tricks. EATON MAN DENIES NEWSPAPER REPORT McClennan's Name Mentioned in Story of Suicide of Local Woman. Reports from Boston, Mass., saying that Mrs. Sarah E. Fishel. of Richmond, Ind., had shot herself to escape trial on a statutory charge involving George B. McClellan, of Eaton. O., could not be confirmed, and no trace of a Mrs. Fishel could be found. McClellan denies any connection with the affair. He was in Eaton at the time of the reported suicide. According to the Boston story, Mrs. Fishel recently filed suit against Mrs. Sarah Norton, of Worcester, Mass.. demanding $25,000 for the alleged alienation of the affpetions of her husband, Charles A. Fishel. Mrs. Fishel's body was found later, dead from a gunshot wound through the heart, the report says. It is believed Mrs. Fishel lived in Richmond before her marriage, and probably Is known by her maiden name. Mrs. Sarah E. Fisher, who owns a small grocery at 738 Sheridan street, and whose husband, William Fisher, is a shoemaker at the same place, says she has received letters addressed to Mrs. Sarah Fishel, and has always placed them in the mail boxes without opening. The following statement is credited to William R. Scharton, attorney for Mrs. Fishel: "She told me yesterday afternoon that she was a good woman who had been caught in a compromising situation where she could not clear her name in a court trial, and that the world would think her guilty, when in reality she had gone to the room of McClellan in good faith. "It seems that she was brought up in Richmond. Ind., and knew McClellan, who often came there from Eaton, over the line, for many years. She married and came east, and since her separation from her husband, Charles A. Fishel, had occasionally met McClellan, who came east last December." ARRANGE PROGRAM IN PASTOR'S HONOR An elaborate program has been arranged for the jubilee which will be held in the Bethel A. M. E. church tonight for Rev. Frank M. Ovelton in honor of the fortieth anniversary of his ordination as a pastor. Walter Dennis who is chairman of the jubilee committee of the church announced today that it will be one of the biggest gatherings arranged for colored church members for some time. The committee has arranged to present the Rev. Mr. 'Ovelton with a token but issued a request that those attending the jubilee services do not bring presents. A number of speakers have been arranged for and there will be a special song service by a chorus recently or ganlzed.

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FIVE "HIES" BADLY INJURED

A STREETFRACAS Albert Arday Comes to City for Rest Cure and Now "Rests" Uncomfortably Near Death At Hospital. FOUR COUNTRYMEN LANGUISH IN JAHJ Spectacle of Arday's Bleeding Body and His Moans Believed to Be Indirect Cause of Patient's Death. Albert Arday, an Hungarian, cams to Richmond from Dayton to visit his sister, Mrs. Louis Sandor. for a few days and enjoy a good "rest." Today he is resting comfortably in a ward at Reid Memorial hospital with a dangerous knife wound in thm stomach. Four of his fellow country-' J men, Louis Sandor, Mike Kraaech, iouis i-Tance and George Sues, are inmates of the county Jail, all suffering from knife wounds, chewed ingers and split heads, caused by blows from a beer bottle and a brass' "black-jack." The fracas took place Saturday., night on North F street between' Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. It was the most sanguinary affair wit-' nessed in the north end in many: months. The five Hungarians were arrested by a police squad hurried to the scene of battle in the police auto-. mobile. All of the men except Arday were arraigned before Mayor Robbins this morning on a charge of rioting, pled guilty and were each fined $10 and costs and sentenced to thirty davs in Jail. Another Patient Dies. The spectacle of the bleeding Arday when he was carried into a ward at the hospital and his agonized moans are believed to have been the direct cause of the death of George W. Roberts, colored, a ward patient who had been recently operated on and was supposed to be on the road to recovery. After the Hungarian was brought into the ward. Roberts suffered a relapse and died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning. He is a barber. Arday's condition was considerably improved today but he was still in a serious condition. "I have seen fights In my life but that Hungarian row Saturday night had 'em all beat." was the statement made by "Doc" Fuson, one time political caar of the north end, to prosecutor Reller today. "I have heard itj said that one American could whip four Hunkies. Don't believe it. Tbey; have got it twisted. Take it from me one Hunky can whip four Americans., and I'll bet the Emperor of Austria has some army." From what the police have beea able to ascertain the riot was the result of a feud between Dayton and: Richmond Hungarians. It seems that Mike Kranech on a recent visit to Dayton was put to flight by several! of his fellow countrymen residing there. When Albert Arday arrived in Rich-, mond Saturday to take the rest cure' he was invited out to see the town.) He was accompanied by his brother-' in-law, Sandor, proprietor of a pool ! room. All five men visited the Schellj saloon, remaining there only a short time. On leaving, Louis France, a; bridegroom of three weeks, was hit i over the head with a brass slung shot' and the battle was on. Survival of Fittest. It developed into a survival of the fittest. Arday went down with a knife gash across his stomach. Sandor was knifed in the back and arm. Kranech was hit in the head with a beer bottle and George Such got a couple of fingers between the teeth of one com-, batant. When the police arrived on the scene the street looked like a' shambles. The battle was witnessed by quite a large crowd and created considerable excitement. Mrs. Sandor. mother of a three months old baby, appealed to the police for assistance while her husband is serving his jail sentence and was turned over to Mrs. Candler, city missionary. She and the baby will probably be kept at the Home for the Friendless. E BY ESCAPING GAS Mrs. Clara E. Thomas, a dressmaker, was found overcome and alm tosdead from gas fumes at her home over the Bayer restaurant. 622 Main street, last evening. When friends called rhe was found prostrate and they hurriedly summoned a physician. He worked with the woman an hour before she was restored to consciousness. A leak in a pipe filled the room with gas and the leak was not discovered until this morning. Mre. Thomas' condition today is satisfactory and she will be entirely recovered in a few daws. Saturday afternoon Everett Thomas. Hunt street, accidentally drank acid ho n-9 mlnr In rleaninr bricks. Ha J bad a jug of acid and a Jug of water. By mistake he drank out or the acia jug. a small quantity of the poist entering his stomach. He mas rennrted to be very ill today, suffering .raai r" "h hemorrhages, ,4 . -

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