Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 171, 29 May 1914 — Page 1

E EICHMOOT) PALI UM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 171 RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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POWER RATE CUT PROMISE

E TO CITY OFFICERS Deny Knowledge of Alleged Promise of Kleinknecht to Reduce Price to Big Users of Power. Superintendent Denies Offer to Lontz for New Price if Big Concerns Take Service of City Plant. The demand made yesterday by the large manufacturing interests of the city for a further reduction of power rates, and the charge that they had been promised such a reduction by Superintendent Clarence Kleinknecht of the Municipal plant, came as a surprise to Mayor Robbins, City Attorney Bond and members of the board of public works, and to the large number Df small power consumers. These business men, retailers, jobbers and small manufacturers, and the City officials had attended the meeting held in the Commercial club rooms with the expectation that the question to be discussed was the proposed reduction of the minimum power rate of the joint schedule, from "5 cents per horse power per month, to 25 cents, and the reduction of the monthly double throw charge of $2.50 per month by one-third or one-half. Small Users Satisfied. The small power users as a whole are quite well satisfied with the recently established power rates, which are rivaled only by the Anderson rates. In which city the municipal enjoyas a monopoly. To the surprise of every one, representatives of three of the largest factories in the city, J. M. Lontz, Charles McOutre and Pettis A. Rid 4wl an, assault on the new power rate schedule, asserted they had been promised a reduction and threatened that unless one was provided they would install their own electrical plants. City officials made no comment today on the charges made by Mr. Lontz that he contracted with the municipal plant and-was instrumental in having the Dille, McGuiro Lawnmower company and the Elliott, Reid (Continued on Page Three.) S. S. GERMANIA REPORTS FIRE Fabre Liner Afire at Sea, But Expected to Make Port With 200 Aboard. BY LEASED WIRE (BULLETIN.) The general agents of the Fabre line were notified this afternoon that the Fteamer Germauia had arrived safely at Horta. Azores, today with the fire in her hold extinguished. NEW YORK, May 20. The liner Germania of the Fabre line reported by wireless to the office of its owner today that it is afire at sea. The fire is in the hold. The steamer which has more than two hundred passengers aboard, is headed for Azores. Officials of the Fabre line stated today that they believed the Oermania will make the Azores safey though the forward hold is stored with lubricating cotton and general merchandise. Among the passeneers on board are J. W. White of the American consular Fervlce, Mrs. T. .M. Riekie and Miss A. J. Thompson of Washington, and Miss Anna Lamson and Marion Boalt of Mansfield, O. BOYS SHOOT COLT Youngsters Kill Well-Bred Animal on Farm. Richmond boys scouring the woods with a revolver yesterday afternoon shot and killed a valuable colt belonging to Perry Trom on the Moffit farm west of the city. Mr. Trom heard the shot and found the young colt with its leg badly torn and the bones entirely splintered by the ball. The colt lived only a short time. The Identity of the boys has not been learned, but an investigation is being made. The colt was a high bred one which was being given constant attention by Its owner and which promised to develop into a fine horse. WEATHER FORECAST FOR INOIANA Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; probably thunder showers; cooler. TEMPERATURE pjoon 88 Yesterday Maximum 92

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REES MARLATT ANSWERS GALL OF DEATH ANGEL Old Civil War Veterans and Highly Honored Mason Will Be Buried Sunday Afternoon.

Foreman of Gaar-Scott Department for Twenty-seven Years-Widely Known in Masonic Circles. H. Rees Marlatt, aged 76 years, prominent citizen, one of the best known Masons in Indiana, and past commander of the Sol Meredith post, G. A. R., of Richmond, died at 10:00 o'clock last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cora Clark, Wayne Flats, Main street. He was the oldest past illustrious grand master of the grand Masonic council of Indiana. For three years Mr. Marlatt. carried a musket in defense of his country, j during the Ctvil War, and tomorrow, 1 Memorial Day, the veterans of Sol ! Meredith post will visit the bier of j their dead comrade to pay to him their final soldier's tribute. Over a week ago, just before he eni tered into a comatose condition, Mr. Marlatt turned to his brother Charles Marlatt of the board of public works, j his comrade during their army life, j and whispered, "Charlie, do you sup j pose we will march together again on Memorial Day?" Those were the last ! words he spoke. Brother Marches Alone. Tomorrow the line of blue-clad veti erans will slowly parade in gallant i review, but by the side of Charles MarI latt will march another comrade one ! more gap in the depleted ranks filled. Rees Marlatt was the victim of j paralysis, with which he was stricken ! last January. For two weeks his condition was critical and for one week i prior to his. death he was unconscious. I He had not taken nourishment of any j kind since last Sunday. Mr. Marlatt for twenty-seven years was foreman of the tin and sheetiron Ldepartmfnt of the Gaar-Scott factory. His lastlwork for the company, in january.ivas assisting in me cost system waprk. Ejorn in Brookville. Mr. Marlatt was born in Brookville, Ind., and in 1856 joined the Masons at i Fairfield, tfnd. In 1862 he and his brother Claries enlisted in G company 68th Indiana Infantry and was musi tered out ot service in June, 1865, with the rank of: corporal. He participated in many engagements and was once wounded in the leg and once taken prisoner. After the war he made Winchester, Ind., his home and served as illustrious master and high priest of the Winchester lodge of Masons. He became a Knight Templar at Muncie. Later, Mr. Marlatt moved to Richmond and was employed as a department foreman by the Gaar, Scott company. During his long residence in Richmond he was always active in Masonic work aiid was a past master of Richmond lodge, No. 196 and past eminent commander of Richmond Coinmandery, No. 8, Knights Templars. Masons Honor Work. The rank he obtained in this order, illustrious grand master of the grand council of Indiana, is an honor few Masons receive. Mr. Marlatt's body has been taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. E. Price, 206 North Sixteenth street. Grand Army veterans will visit the home tomorrow after the Memorial day services. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Services will be conducted under the auspices of the Knights Templars commandery. Burial will be at Earlham weruetery. Mr. Marlatt's wife died several years ago. He is survived by his two daughters, Mrs. Clark anu Mrs. Price, ajid by his son, Herbert H. R. Marlatt j of Des Moines; his brothers, Charles i E. Marlatt, Samuel Marlatt and W. P. j Marlatt of Winchester, and his sister, Mrs. Mary Rohr, Greenville, O. WASHINGTON SEES MEDIATION VICTORY Officials Believe A. B. C. Envoys Will Succeed in Settling Mexican Dispute. WASHINGTON, May 29. Even greater optimism than heretofore was expressed at the white house today that the Mexican mediation negotiations will be successful. The reason for this confidence rests in the dispatches that President Wilson has received from Niagara Falls, although it was definitely stated that the proceedings there are in a tentative stage and that nothing in the way of an agreement is expected before next week. The complications over the' alleged landing of arms and ammunition from German vessels, the Ypiranga and Bavaria, at Puerto Mexico are held In abeyance pending an investigation into the facts. To settle all doubt as to whether the munitions of war carried by the German steamers were landed at Puerto Mexico, the army and navy departments today sent instructions to Admiral Badger and. General Funston to make a definite report on the

ASSURES PULMOTOR TO PREVENT DEATH IN MORTON WATERS Jordan Declares City Will Obtain Life Saving Device by Popular Subscription if Budget Is Short.

"There will be a pulmotor in Richmond." Charles Jordan, secretary of the Commercial club, was interested in the device enough to make the statement. It is a question, however, of who should buy it. "I believe the city should purchase one and keep it at the city hall," Mr. Jordan said. They have the police automobile with which it could be rushed anywhere quickly, and the building is open day and night. It seems as though the hospital should have one, too. If the city can not buy one ffom its health department fund, perhaps we can get one by popular subscription." The pulmotor is a machine about two feet long and half a foot wide, consisting principally of two cylinders, pumps. If a man is fished out of the river apparently dead from drawning, and the pulmotor is used, the first stroke of the piston puts the suction pump (one of the two cylinders) in operation, and this,, draws from the man's lungs any water there, as well as the residue of vitalized air. The next movement of the pump sends a gust of fresh air into his lungs. Then this is taken out by suction and another quantity of fresh air is pumped in. The process is repeated until the man is revived or until the failure of resuscitation gives proof of death. With the pulmotor there may also be used an oxygen generator, so that it is possible for the physician to give either fresh air, oxyg-en, or a mixture of both. Since a child would not need as much air as an adult, the pulmotor is equipped with a series of notches marking various ages, and the amount of air pumped is made to fit the needs of each case. For a big man the full stroke of the piston is given. For an average man there Is a lever which cuts down the stroke, and for a child the stroke is still further shortened. . The claim 'f made that many live have already been saved by the use of the pulmotor, many hospitals, fire departments, as well as government departments having been equipped with the new device. VIBRATION Of CAR FORCES DE PALMA FROM ENTRY LIST Pilot of Fleet Mercedes Withdraws and Leaves for Europe on Eve of World's Speedway Classic. BY LEASED WIRE SPEEDWAY, INDIANAPOLIS, May 29. Ralph Pe Palma was obliged . to withdraw his Mercedes from the race thirf morning as the car vibrated so much, under speed that he was unable to keep the fuel taik on securely. He will leave today for Europe, and will not stay to see the race tomorrow. Pullen in a Mercer will have frst choice to qualify in De Palma's place, and in the event he fails to make good, Gilhooly in the Isotta will have the opportunity to qualify. FANS SWARM CITY. INDIANAPOLIS, May 23. Thousands of strangers poured into this city today in anticipation of tomorrow's 500-mile automobile race at the motor speedway. In the city all downtown streets were thronged early today, and every train brought more out-of-town race fans. By tomorrow it is estimated 100,000 visitors will be here. Every Ijotel has Reserved all its rooms for tonight and tomorrow night. Thousands of private home have been opaned to visitors. Pullman cars have been pafked in every railroad yard, and out-of-town folk who could not get into hotels have arranged berths for tonight. In the betting on the result of tomorrow's race, Goux and Boillot, the French drivers of the Peugeot cars are favorites. Joe Dawson, in a Marmon entry, owned by Charles Eberstoin, the Chicago criminal lawyer, is considered to have the best chance of all the American drivers. HUNDREDS PASS THROUGH CITY. Fagged out, begrimed, covered with dust until they are beyond recognition Indianapolis-bound automobile fiends passed through Richmond at he rate of one machine a minute all morning. In one count of two hours today, George Staubach, traffic patrolI man, counted 175 automobiles or three every two minutes. By tonight 1,000 machines carrying 3,000 tourists will have passed through the city and 200 or more will stay here by previous arrangement with probably twice that number stopping for the night. Garage owners believe the total number of machines leaving Richmond in th'e past week until tomorrow morning will be between 1,860 anl 2,000, carrying enough passengers to people a small town. In one group last night of five auto(Continued on Pa 3IxJ

NO PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO WANTED

Carranza Files Letter With Mediators Opposing Setting Up of Provisional Rule in Republic. Rebels Willing to Jo?3rlediation Conference if United States Extends Invitation to Them. BY LAWRENCE TOD, Special Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., May 29. General Carranza will refuse to agree to the formation of any provisional government in Mexico, except such as his own forces may create after he has taken the capital. He is willing, however, to join in the mediation conference for a settlement of issues between the Mexican people and the United States, if he is invited tm do so. This was the message brought to the Latin-American mediators today by Juan Urquidi, an agent of 'the constitutionalist government. Urqpili is a brother of the late president Madero's minister of communications. He was sent here to act for the Constitutionalists. Urquidi bore a formal letter from General Carranza setting forth the Constitutionalist chief views on the international aspects of the situation. This letter made it clear that General Carranza will positively decline to admit the discussion of the land question or (Continued on Page Ten.)

WHEN FIRST REPORTS ARRIVE

BY LEASED WIRE LONDON, May 29. Rumors that the Empress of Ireland had met with disaster were current here for several hours before definite news arrived to allay grave fears. Men and women stormed the office of the Canadian Pacific Railway, seeking information as to the number lost and saved and news as to whether their relatives and friends among the passengers had been rescued. The officials of the line with tears in their eyes, had to respond that they were unable to give any definite information. Agitation was intense on the London Stock Exchange because of the fear that many Canadian magnates had perished in the accident. At marine agencies it was stated that the loss of the ship itself would probably be covered by insurance. The first report of an accident to the liner said that the vessel had collided with an iceberg. The next report had the Empress of Ireland in collision with the liner Hanorier. This report stated that both ships had sunk. Correct News Late. ' " It was not until four hours after the first' Report of the disaster was received that it was definitely learned

Elaborate Historical Pageant Replaces Festival

The movement for holding an elaborate historical pageant, illustrative of the history of Richmond and Wayne county, to be the most elaboiate spectacle of its kind ever attempted in Indiana, was launched yesterday afternoon when the executive committee of the Richmond Art association voted to attempt such a project. The school board has also assured the Art association committee that it will lend its support to this movement, because of its educational features, and will enlist the support of school children who are to play an active part !n the pageant. The Commercial club, the Central Labor Union, the Federation of Women's clubB, the county authorities and other civic bodies are also to be asked to lend their support. Detailed plans for the pageant have not been prepared, but the tentative plans call for it to be staged on Roosevelt field, Glen Miller park, which forms a natural amphitheatre. The cost of producing the spectacle will be heavy several thousand dollars but as an admission is. to be charged and It is to take the place of the annual May Music festival, it ig believed it can be financed without much difficulty. This spectacle, the first of its kind ever attempted in Indiana, will attract thousand of people to the city, which fact will make a strong appeal for the support of local business Interests. Several Richmond people are to write the liberetto for the pageant. The spectacle will, in chronological order set fort hthe historical incidents in the founding and growth of Richmond and Wayne county. Fajsoub man an dvomea.wttt Bred In

mips oLras?b Will Appalling Loss if Life '

SEA DISASTERS IN FIFTY YEARS 1867 50 ships, hurricane, lost 1,000 1873 Atlantic, foundered ... 585 1875 Schiller, collision 312 187S Alice, collision 700 1883 Cimbrias, collision ... 389 1890 Shanghi, burned 300 1891 Utorsia, collision 563 1892 Nanchow, foundered .. 509 1892 Utopia, collision 563 1893 Victoria, collision .... 360 1895 Elbe, collision 380 1898 Burgoyne, collision ... 535 1904 Norge, foundered 750 1904 General Slocum, fire.. 959 1905 Mikasa, explosion .... 599 19C5 Hilda, sunk 123 1906 Valencia, foundered .. 119 1906 Sirio, foundered 225 1906 Cruiser Aquidaban, sunk 212 1907 Larchmont, lost 185 1907 Hong Kong, rock 130 1904 Berlin, wrecked 125 1907 Lakota, on reef .... Unknown 1907 Berlin, run on pier.... 150 1908 Ying King, foundered. 300 1908 Taish, sunk 150 1911 Kroombuna, wrecked.. 150 1912 Titanic, iceberg 1,335 1913 Volturno, burned 134 that It had been caused by a collision between the liner and the collier Storstad. By noon the street In front of the Canadian Pacific office was Jammed with white faced, weeping' crowds. Scenes following the Titanic! tragedy wre re-enacted. The crowd!, became so large finally that street traffic was suspended in the vicinity. ( John I3urns, president of tfie board of trade, arrived at the office this afternoon and asked for the latest news. The whole city seemed1 horrorstricken by the first reports:, which was detailed in extra editions of the newspapers. The management of the Globe theatre made anxious inquiries for Lawrence Irving ahd his company. It had been reported that the actor was on board the Empress of Ireland, though he had previously planned to sail on the Teutonic. LIVERPOOL HORROR STRICKEN, LIVERPOOL, May 29. Pathetic scenes were enacted at the office of the Canadian Pacific Railway in this city today. Crowds of weeping men and women begged for news of the officers and crew of the Empress of Ireland, the majority of whom were gathered here. 1 the county will be represented. John Smith and his little band of pioneers, correctly costumed, will open the pageant, and every other incident of not will be featured. As Wayne county is rich in its history, the spectacle will be of compelling interest. Early struggles of the pioneers with the Indians will be shown. Henry Clay's historic visit to Richmond when he marie a speech which cost him the presidency, will be featured, also incidents connected with the famous "underground railway" of the ante-bellum days, are to be depicted. The stirring days at the outbreaK of the Civil war are to be shown, through which scenes the stately, courageous figure rf O'ivor P "'-'ri iile. war governor of Indiana, will stalk. PICKS SCHOOL SITE A site for the loontlon of the new I Boston township high school was se- ! lected at Boston today by County Suj perintendent Williams and County I Health Officer Krueger. The new ! school will be rushed to completion by November 1. It will be a model of sanitary appliances and modern building facilities. The new school will accommodate eighty pupils, more than twice as many as it will have at the start. It will be located on a well drained two acre patch of ground wb.ich will cost $1,200. In order to get the best plans for the school. County Superintendent Williams spent several days in other counties investigating the newest plan of schools.

OFFICIALS JMIT WRECK President of C. P. R. Deplores Death of More Than 800 Passengers Unaccounted For in Meager Reports

(BY LEASED WIRE.) MONTREAL, Que., May 29 After revising Its passenger list today the Canadian-Pacific Railway company states officially that there were 1,367 on board Wie Empress of Ireland, which was rammed by the collier Storstad in the St. Lawrence river at 2:30 o'clock this morning, and sank in the stream. With only 337 known to have been rescued, twenty-two of whom died later, the list of missing at noon was fixed at 1,052. The liner was valued at $2,000,000, and her cargo at $250,000. Efforts to get a complete story of the disaster were baffled by weather conditions that interferred with the wireless dispatches. G. W. Henderson, a Montreal banker, who was rescued when the EmpresB of Ireland sank, wired: "Three hundred and thirty-seven saved; thirty-two drowned while attempting to swim ashore; twelve women rescued; 990 passengers And 432 crew aboard." , v FJ.nds Seventeen Bodies. '. Carller In the day Henderson had sent a dispatch saying 800 had been rescued. When his second message was received hope that the number of survivors might be increased was practically abandoned. A wireless from Rimouski says the Lady Evelyn reported this afternoon that Bhe had picked up seventeen bodies at the 6pot where the collision took place. Reports from Quebec states that Pilot Santerre of the Steamer Alsatian who arrived there- at noon, said Uie weather was clear at 10 o'clock last night when his steamer and the Empress passed in midstream. The Empress was in charge of Pilot Adelard Hernier, who went ashore at Father Pofcit about an hour before the collision occurred. It was announced at the office of the PRESIDENT OF C, P, HEAVY LOSS BY LEASED WIRE1 MONTREAL, Que., May 29 Sir Thomas Shaugnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following statement this afternoon regarding the loss of the Empress of Ireland : "The catastrophe, causing a great loss, is the most serious in the history of the St. Lawrence route. Owing to the distance of nearest telegraph or telephone stations from the scene of the wreck here is an unavoidable delay in securing official details, but we expect a report from Captain Kendall in the course of the afternoon. "From the facts as we have them, it is apparent that about 2 o'clock this j morning the Empress of Ireland, when I stopped in a dense fog, was rammed on the portside by the Norwegian collier Storstad. in such a manner as to tear the shift from the middle to the screw, thus making the water tight bulkheads with which she was provided useless.

165 MEMBERS OF SALVATION ARMY ON ILL-FATED EMPRESS OF IRELAND

BY LEASED WIRE I MONTREAL. Que., May 29 When the liner Empress of Ireland steamed I away from here yesterday she carried j 165 member of the Salvation Army J from th United States and Canada ; bound for the world convention in j London. To the accompaniment of ! the army band they were singing "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." i This prelude to the accident in the St. Lawrence made the disaster a near parallel to the sinking of the Titanic, whose passengers sang "Nearer My God to Thee." as the White Star liner went down. Among the members of the Salva tion Army on the Empress of Ireland were: David Rees, Territorial commander of the Salvation Array in Canada. Col. Sidney Maidment and Mrs. Maidment. Brigadier W. S. Potter, leader of the brass band ol sixty pieces, all on whom were on board. The latter ln-

Canadian-Pacific Railway company that the surviving passengers of the Empress of Ireland would be transferred to one of the Allan lines and taken to their original destination.

EUREKA GOES TO RESCUE Government Boats answers "S O S" Calls of Empress. QUEBEC, May 29. One thousand lives, it is feared, were lost when the Canadian-Pacific liner Empress of Ireland was rammed and sunk in the St. Lawrenuce river early today by the collier Storstad during a thick fog. Three hundred and fifty persons were saved, mostly women and children. The following description of the disaster was received here from the wireless operator where the survivors dere landed: "Empress of Ireland was rammed Xlbja . AorningrAbout 1:45 o'clock by Storstad, twenty miles from Father Point. The Empress of Ireland sank in about ten minutes. "The S . O. S. signals sent out by the sinking ship were received at Father Point and the government steamer Eureka went at once to the assistance of the sinking vessel. The Lady Evelyn left immediately afterward for the scene of the collision. "The Empress of Ireland was rammed in the side and listed so badly that all her lifeboats could not be gob into action. Captain Kendall of the Empress was saved, being picked up from a piece cf wreckage to which ho was clinging. "Both wireless operators, the assistant purser, the chief engineer and the chief steward were all saved. The chief officer and the purser are reported missing." R. DEPLORES OF LIFE IN ACCIDENT "The vessel settled down in fourteen minutes. The accident occurred at a time when the passengers were in bed. and the interval before the steamship went down was not sufficient to enable the officers to rouse the passengers and get them into the boats, of whrcb. there were sufficient to accommodate a very much larger number of people than those on board, including th passengers and crew. "That sue an accident should be possible in the St. Lawrence to a vessel of the class of the Empress of Ireland, and with every possible precaution taken by the owners to assure safety for the passengers and the vessel, is deplorable. The hardest feature of the disaster is. of course, the great loss of life and the heartfelt sympathy of everybody connected with the company goes out to the relatives and friends of those who met death in the Ill-fated steamship." eluded Kenneth Mclntyre. of New York. Col. Timothy Gaskin, field secretary. Major Wilfred Crelghton, in charge of the property department in the dominion. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Rees and Mrs. Rees. APPEALS TO JURY A jury will hear the case of Cummins against the state of Indiana Monday in circuit court, on an appeal from a Cambridge City justice of peace court. Cummins, who lives in Connersvllle, was convicted some time ago for assault and battery on Frank Ohmit, a grocer, whom he claims was the real agressor. He will attempt to have his own punishment removed and have Ohmit prosecuted. The fight occurred in Ob mit s grocery several months ao. -