Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 54, 13 January 1915 — Page 1

THE RICHMOOT) PAILADlUM

VOL. XL., NO. 54. Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated. 1907 RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1915. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

PRETTY COUSIN SPIES ON ACTS OF VAN OMAN Wife's Relative Makes Senous Charge Against Former Richmond Hotel Man and Woman in Chicago.

WATCHES FLIRTATIONS Evansville Girl Used Coal Chute as Hiding PlaceFake Telegram Admits Dei tective to Apartment. A flirtation with a Chicago woman has resulted in domestic complications and legal entanglements for "Col." Fred Van Orman, of Evansville. formerly manager of the Westcott ho tel. this city, and for a number of years one of Richmond's most promient citizens. Last Saturday night Richmond friends of Mr. Van Orman learned today, detectives raided his apartments, 436 Roslyn Place, Chicago, and arrested him and Mrs. Katheryn Martin, to whom, it is said, the colonel had been paying marked attention of late. The case has been set for trial in the morals court February 11. Van Orman Wealthy. Van Orman, who is proprietor of the St. George hotel, Evansville, and the Victoria, Chicago, makes his home in Evansville, but has been spending much of his time in Chicago. He is reputed to be wealthy. The colonel's nemesis in his little Chicago flirtation was Miss Lucy Johnston of Evansville, a cousin of his wife. Mrs. Van Orman summoned her to Chicago and assigned to her the task, it is said, of finding out why the colonel wasn't at home as much as she thought he should be. Miss Johnston accomplished her assignment to perfection. Miss Johnston states that she received information that Van Orman was going to a Roslyn Place apartment quite frequently, and for Beveral night she stationed herself in a convenient coal chute aud witnessed much of Van Orman's courtship of Mrs. Martin, she says. Saw Scandalous Flirtation. "Van Orman and this woman carried on something scandalous," Miss Johnston, atated, "so we decided to put a stop to it. I swore to a complaint charging them with a serious offense, and the warrant wa taken to the-de-r tective bureau. Then we arranged to deliver a fake telegram to Van Orman. When he opened the door to receive the telegram, a detective walked in and arrested him and Mrs. Martin." Van Orman has positively refused to discuss the case. Harold Van Orman, son of the wealthy hotel man, who lives in Evansville, is almost as well known in Richmond as his father. PROMS FORM LINES FOR BATTLE IN 1916 State Chairman Schmidt to Organize Wayne County Votes Against Drink. For the purpose of organizing Wayne county for the state-wide movement, to secure 200,000 voters billing to pledge themselves to support, in 1916, only such political parties which declare in state and national platforms for the complete destruction of the liquor traffic, J. Raymond Schmidt. Indianapolis, chairman of the state pr. ibition committee, arrived here today. Tomorrow a county prohibition meeting will be held at the court

house, the first session at 10 o'clock j made public until it had been subIn the morning and the second session mitted to council next Monday night.

it 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Schmidt will speak at the afternoon meeting. Prohibition, workers from ill over the county will attend. These voters, he says, are expected to be recruited the coming summer by a corps of one hundred college men who will volunteer to work for the ;ause at army wages, plus field expenses. Dy namite

But Fails to Go Off!

Meredith Lives 1 ,000

Former Fire Department Horse Runs Away With Wagon Loaded With Explosives.

Prepared by W. Of all trades a man follows there are few more hazardous than that of stump blower, yet Linus P. Meredith, former sheriff of W ayne county, who did that work years before he was elected sheriff and who now occassionally starts forth with a load of dynamite sufficient to wreck a township, blasting stumps for farmers who employ him, says he has never regarded his trade as an exceptionally dangerous one. When he was first married Mrs. Meredith prevailed upon him to quit handling dynamite so he decided to become a carpenter. His first job was repairing the roof of a barn at Williamsburg, but he fell off a ladder and tonitr bis arm. -t eecided right then that carnentea

ONLY ONE 16-INCH

GUN IN CANAL ZONE BRIG.-GEN. WILLIAM CROZIER. Although today there is only one 16-inch gun in the fortifications of the Panama canal, Brigadier General William Crozier, chief of ordnance, asserted before the house committee on appropriations, he asserted the defense of the great waterway adequate. He declared he did not consider it imperative to mount larger guns at the canal fortifications. HOSPITAL BOARD RE-ELECTS RUPE CHIEF EXECUTIVE Self-perpetuating Trustees Drop Buche,Churchell and Zimmerman From Physicians Advisory Board. REPORT GIVES DEFICIT With Funds Exhausted SecretaryIVIcTahan Says $600 in Bills Remains Unpaid for Last Year. The annual election of officers of Reid Memorial hospital was held last evening, and John L. Rupe, whose term as president of the board of trustees expired, was re-elected, the board of trustees being self-perpetuating. Two other trustees were re-elected, John H. Nicholson and Charles E. Marlatt, one of the city's representatives in that body. There were three changes in the physicians' advisory board, Drs. Morrow, Hunt and Peirce succeeding Drs. Buche, Zimmerman and Churchell Drs. Markley and Krueger were continued on the advisory board. Adam H. Bartel was re-elected vice 1 president of the board of trustees, E. ! G. McMahon, secretary; Edgar F. , Hiatt, treasurer. I The trustees who will serve on the ' hospital committee are -John L. Rupe, ; George Eggemeyer, John F. McCarthy , and John H. Nicholson. Finance Committe Adam H. Bartel, Matthew Von Pein, E. G. McMahan and E. F. Hiatt. Buildings and Grounds Charles E. Marlatt, George H. Eggemeyer and W. P. O'Neal. Secretary McMahan said today that the detailed financial report of the hispital for last year would not be He announced, however, that all the hospital funds were expended last year, and debts to the amount of $600 contracted, so the total 1914 deficit, Mr. McMahan says, amounts to approximately $1,500. Hospital trustees say that because of excessive expenditures last year Miss Marsh was asked to resign the superintendency of the institution. Hits Linus j Years in One Second. Ii R. Poundstone. IllliriitlllllHtllliUllHlHl ! ing was too risky and I went back to! j stump blasting, following that line of ! work without a mishap until I became I i sheriff," he laughingly explained. "But surely you must have had some very thrilling experiences while handling dynamite?" Dynamite Express. "Yes, I had a couple that made my hair stand on end," he finally confessed. "Once I was driving a horse, which had once been used by the St. Louis fire department, and the road was an exceptionally rough one. In the wagon was about 100 pounds of dynamite. All of a sudden a farmer rang a large bell to summon the hands to dinner and that blame horse (Continued on Page Four)

UTILITIES LAWS MONOPOLY MADE CLAIMS THIEME

Citizens League Organizer Gives Corporation Control as Reason for New State Constitution. RICHMOND ORGANIZES Committee Takes Charge of Local Delegation to State Meeting at Indianapolis Next Week. Asserting that the public utilities law of Indiana is the creation of the Wall street interests, and condemning the proposed twenty-two amendments to the constitution as being vicious, Theodore F. Thieme of Fort Wayne, a representative of the Citizens' League of Indiana, addressed citizens of Rich mond on the needs of a new constitu tion last night. Mr. Thieme said the Citizens' League was made up of men of all political faiths, and represented the best citi-1 zenship of the state, and that in connection with the fight for a new consti tution there were two things they would strive for above all others, Tiome rule for cities, and the initiative and referendum. Appoint Committee. L. S. Bowman and E. H. Harris were appointed a committee to see that several delegates from Richmond attend the convention of the league at Indianapolis January 21. It was suggested that the county commissioners, the city administration, the Commercial club and the Central Labor Council be asked to send delegates. An interesting comment on the necessity for better municipal government was made by Alfred Bavis, president of the board of public works. "There are too few citizens who are imbued with city pride to take part in the work. I wish more had heard this talk tonight. It can not be gainsaid by any one but that the state laws have become antiquated and have been framed to suit special interests." In part Mr. Thieme said: "Our democratic form of government has slipped away from us, and we want it restored to the people as a democracy," he said, commenting on the need of moves, for popular government. "If 'we do not own our own government, who does own it? We are sure of one thing, the people -do not.. They pay the taxes, create the wealth and furnish the votes, yet they do not own I their government. Then who does? ! Let me briefly tell you. 1 Flaws in Constitution. "Sixty-three years ago, in the year : 1S51, the people of Indiana adopted a new state constitution to replace the one adopted thirty-five years prior to that, in 1816. The old instrument had been outgrown, so they brought their fundamental laws, or the "rights of the people," up to date. We will assume that the men who composed that constitutional convention were honest and perhaps above the average in intelligence, and that they wrote the best constitution they knew how to write and could agree upon, according to conditions existing at that time. However, they could not look into the future, and so could not make provision for it. They thought so much of their work and believed In it so thoroughly that they protected it by making it practically unamendable. They provided that any proposed amendment must be passed by a majority vote in both houses of the legislature, at two successive sessions, and then (Continued on Page Seven.) CHILDREN'S MOTHER ASKS THEIR CUSTODY Mrs. Charles Wieland Explains Finding of Offspring Alone at Home. Mrs. Charles Wieland, who deserted her four children, Harry, S; Floy, 7; Jennie, 5 and Hazel, 3, a week ago yesterday, leaving them alone at the home on Harris street, where the police found them late the following night, hungry and almost naked, is in the city and she wants the custody of the little one. After leaving them she went to Dayton, where her father and husband have been for some time. The police have told the woman that the children are not under their jurisdiction now; that they are at the home of the friendless and under the protection of the board of children's guardians. What disposition will be nade of the children has not been announced by the board. Mrs. Wieland emphatically denies that she abandoned the four children. She says she left them under the care of a neighbor, but this neighbor says the woman only left a baby in arms with her, and did not inform her she was going to leave the city and not take the other children with her. Mrs. Wieland says her father is going to housekeeping in Dayton, and that she and her husband are goinr to live with him, so they want the youngsters now being cared for at the Friendless Home. I "Y" SPEAKER ILL John C. Haswell of Marion, and chairman of the state executive board of the Y. M. C. A. will be unable to attend the reception at the home of James A. Carr tonight on account of illness. His place on the program will probably be filled by another membc of the state committee.

BROTHER-IN-LAW OF CZAR IS KILLED

75? fc 7 r. GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER. An official statement reports that Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, a brother-in-law and cousin of the czar was killed in battle by the Turks at Miandoah, Persia. The grand duke visited America in the fall of 1913, and was a guest of Mrs. John Astor at Beechwood, Newport. It is Baid that his mission at that time was the placing of orders for war materials in this country. ITALIAN QUAKE BRINGS DEATH TO 30PERS0NS Plaster Knocked From Ceiling of Vatican and Statue of St. Paul Moved From Base. POPULACE IN PANIC Perete Reports 18 Dead and Big Damage to Houses and Property in Provinces of Country. BY LEASED WIRE. ROME, Jan. 13 From reports received this afternoon it is believed' that at least thirty persons lost their lives in the earthquake. Perete, in the compartment of Abruzzi, reports the loss of 18 lives, while many were hurt. The chamber of deputies building, St. Andrews, Fratte Church, the Farnesepalace, the royal tobacco works, and the railway station were damaged. The most severe earthquake felt in Rome rocked the city today. It lasted for several seconds and did extensive damage to buildings. The populace was thrown into a panic and thousands of people fled from the city. The last serious earthquake in Rome occurred about sixteen years ago. The first shock was at five minutes to eight. According to the Vatican observatory the shocks were different, the first lasting five seconds and the latter 30 seconds. Outside of this city, the earth movement was felt as far as Florence, Naples, and the Adriatic Sea. ! Pope Bnedict was saying mass when the earthquake occurred. The pontiff knelt and prayed during the shocks and then continued the mass. After the undulations had ceased. King Victor Emmanuel rode through the city to inspect the damage. Plaster was knocked from the ceilings of some of the Vatican buildings by the shock and minor damage was done to the interior of some of the chapels. The statue of St. Paul was moved by the quake. RECORDS SHOCK. LONDON, Jan. 13. An earthquake shock of considerable severity was recorded by the seismograph In West Bromich Observatory at 6:56 o'clock. It was estimated that the seat of the disturbance was 1100 miles away. The shock was fully as intense as that which destroyed Messina in 1908. The ointers of the seismograph oscillated eight inches. Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Fair and warmer tonight; Thursday fair. Temperature Noon 33 Yesterday Maximum 34 Minimum 30 Local Conditions Fair and partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. General Conditions Generally fair weather exists west of eighty-fifth meridian while heavy rains continue to fall over the eastern states due to a severe storm central, near Long Island Sound. A great area of low barometric pressure over the northwest is expected to cause the present thaw ing weather to continue over Thurs day. Spring like weather prevails over the middle west. There is no zero weather any place in the United States at present. W. E. Moore weather forecaster.

MASHMEYER TRADE HANDS IN BALANCE

Inability to Locate Will Turner, Purchaser, Holds Up Transaction. The sale of the Mashmeyer store at Eighth and Main streets is still hanging in the balance because of the inability of local persons to locate Will Turner who left Kokomo yesterday for Chicago. A contract between Mrs. Mashmeyer's representatives and Mr. Turner expired this morning but this did not cause any doubt that the sale would not be made. The Odd Fellows Building associa tion agreed to make the lease trans ferable to Mr. Turner on the consider ation that he pay $25 a month more for the store than the present lease stipulates. As Mr. Turner could not be located, he did not learn of the condition on which he may receive the lease. His address in Chicago was secured late today and if he agrees, the sale will be settled finally tonight. ACCIDENT KILLS W. E. RUSSELi LABOR'S FRIEND Secretary of Westcott Mutual Aid Dies After Operation Necessitated by Blow to Abdomen. CARR LAUDS DECEASED Leader of Seeding Machine Company Recalls Sterling Character and Principles of Former Employe. William E. Russell, aged 61. living at 1518 North C street, one of the city's best known residents and known affectionately to every factory employe in the city, died at Reid hospital about 10 o'clock last night as a result of an injury received Saturday while operating a planing machine at the American Seeding Machine factory, where he had been employed for thirty-five years. This was the first accident Mr. Russell had ever had during the many years he plied his trade as a woodworker, and was the first fatal accident ever recorded at the American Seeding Machine factory. James A. Carr, president of the Seeding Machine company, was greatly affected by Mr. Russell's death. "A man of sterling character and the highest type of workman; an asset to the company," Mr. Carr said. "All of us are completely broken up over Mr. Russell's death." Board Kicks Backward. Saturday Mr. Russell placed a board with a big' knot at its end in a planer. When the knife struck this knot the j board was forced backward with great violence, striking Mr. Russell in the abdomen and severing an intestine, as was discovered later when he was operated on at the hospital. For a time it was believed he would recover, but his heart became affected yesterday and early last evening it was realized that his death was near. Shortly before he died the police lungmotor was sent for, but he had died before It arrived at the hospital. It was taken to the hospital in the fire chief's automobile. Until he was operated on by an Indianapolis specialist, brought here by the Seeding Machine company, it was not known that one of his intestines had been severed, for his symptoms did not indicate such an injury. Led Insurance Society Mr. Russell always took an active interest in civic, church and fraternal affairs. He had been nearly all his life one of the most active members of the First Methodist Episcopal church, he had gone through all the chairs of the Coeur de Lion lodge, Knights of Pythias, and had been1 secretary of that lodge for a number of years, and for a long time had been secretary of the Westcott Mutual Aid organization, which is operated in the interests of the employes of the American Seeding Machine company. About fifteen years ago he was a candidate for the Republican nomination as city clerk but was defeated at the primary election by a very close margin. This was the only time he ever aspired to public office. During the many years he was in the employ of the American Seeding Machine company he worked In the wood-working department. Fifteen years ago he gave up the foreman ship of that department, after serving as foreman for one year, saying that the responsibilities worried him and that he "preferred to be a private in the ranks." The company objected to having him relinquish the foremanship and reluctantly heeded Mr. Russell's insistant demands. Bavis Praises Russell. "William Russell was one of the best men I ever had the pleasure of knowing," said Alfred Bavis, president of the board of public works and formerly employed at the Seeding Machine factory. "He was a Christian man. had high ideals and, best of all, lived up to them. Richmond has lost a most valued citizen and the workingmen a loyal friend and associate." Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, two sons, George, now in California, Bertram of this city, and one daughter, Miss Nola, who is stenographer at the Central Charity Bureau office. Funeral arrangements will not be made until word is received from George Russell

COMPARES WILSON TO TAGGART AND MURPHY IN HOT REPLY TO PRESIDENT'S INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH

Senator Borah Describes Indiana Speech as "Most Significant Utterance of President Toward Congress Since Days of Andrew Johnson" "Language No Different From That of Tom Taggart to Eighty Followers Who Pleaded Guilty

to Violation of Federal Laws." ' "' '

EQUAL TO MURPHY'S ORDERS TO TAMMANY CROWD

Senator Williams, Chief Spokesman of Administration, Officially Launches Wilson Boom for 1916, in Senate Chamber Claims Democratic Executive Will Be Re-Nominated by Party and Be Re-Elected by People, "Not by Minority

But by a Majority."

BY LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Replying to President Wilson'sIndianapolis speech, Senator Borah of Idaho, in the senate today scored the chief executive for his remarks as to dissatisfied Dem-; ocratic senators, who would not "play on the team." "This is the most significant utterance of the attitude of a! president toward congress since the days of Andrew Johnson," said Borah. "The declaration by President Wilson that an unenviable en-i vironment would enshroud the future of 'any group of men who should dare to break the solidarity of the Democratic team for any purpose or for any reason,' deserves the serious attention of every member of this body. "He does not specify the breaking

OHIO'S PAINTERS SEND CANVASES TO ART EXHIBIT Association to Open Display of Cincinnati Men's Work Wayman Adams Exhibits Portraits. Paintings by Cincinnati artists will be exhibited at the high school art gallery for , three -weeks beginning Tuesday evening. In addition to the canvases by the Cincinnati painters. Mrs. Mary L. Alexander, also of Cincinnati, will display three pieces of sculpture. Wayman Adams, a young Indianapolis painter of great talent, will exhibit a collection of portraits, included in wuieu is a portrait or unaries sniveley. Mr. Adams was awarded the highest honor for portraiture at the exhibition of the National Academy in New York this fall. Art Instructor Exhibits, Frank Dubeneck. instructor of paint

ing at Cincinnati, will send to the Williams of Mississippi, on the fairlocal art association an unusually fine ! ness of the Republican senators who selection from his works, as will J. j have criticised the Mexican poUcy of H. Sharp, whose canvases depict west-! the administration. Senator Cummins era scenes, and E. C. Zolkert, whose! of Iowa, declared that President Wi!studies are of animal life. j son "Assumes that he ought to run Other Cincinnati artists who will be the United States." represented in the exhibition are: C. ! Cummins spoke in support of his S. Kaelin, H. H. Wessel, Paul Ecshen- resolution suggesting that the cusbach, James E. Hopkins. J. E. Kunz ' toms duties collected by the American

and L. H. Maekin. The Detroit color Drlnts will he r-

turned after final exhibition here Fri-jment w"bich would guarantee the payday evening and Sundav afternoon. ! ment of bonds issued by Huerta and All persons interested in art have i now he,d by Americans, bene invited to hear the talk before1 "l do not know" declared Senator the Art Studv club Wednesdav mnm.i Cummins, "what obligations these cus-

ing when Mrs. S. E. Perkins will dis - cuss the Barbazon school of painting. Her lecture will begin at 9:30 o'clock. SUES ON CONTRACT

BURNED IN HOUSE ho,ders sha11 m into the possession of this money collected by the army." To carry out the provisions of a rr-KTTo rr w w--tt contract which was destroyed when CONLS WILL RECOVER the house where it was kept burned ; - down, William A. Smith and his wife The condition of George Cones conentered suits in circuit court against .tinues to improve at the Reid Memo-

Azel Lamb and his wife. In one thev demand $6o0 damages for the loss they say was sustained by the contract being broken and in the other Mrs. Smith demands $270 for work she did for Mrs. Lamb.

JUDKINS VOTES AGAINST APPROPRIATION BILL AMENDED BY INDIANA SENATE

House Passes Measure Giving Many Persons as It Wants flict New Registration Bill BY LEASED WIRE. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 13. The In diana house by a vote of 52 to 47 to-! day adopted the senate amendment to the appropriation bill after Representative Eshbach, Republican floor leader, made a strong plea for its defeat. He asserts the amendments only purpose was "to vindicate the records of Democratic politicians who have been objects of criticism and prosecution." On the adoption of the amendment Representative Judkins, Progressive, voted with the Republicans. Representative Myers, Republican, of Huntington, voted for the amendment, and Bos, Coons, Cunningham, Davis of Montgomery, Hulse, Justus and Reeves, Democrats, voted against it. Fourteen minor measures were introduced in the house this morning. The expected bill on the subject of registration was introduced in the senate today by Senator Hemphill. The measure makes it unnecessary for a voter to register but once as

of the solidarity of the team for any evil purpose, or for any bad reason, or for any reason or purpose. The language which fell from the Hps of the president is no different from that of Tom Taggart to his followers, eighty of whom pleaded guilty yesterday at Indianapolis to violation of the election laws. , "It is no different from that of Charles F. Murphy to his followers in Tammany Hall, when they are sent out to carry an election. "In view of the authority exercised by the captain of a team in college, his absolute control and his ability to fine and suspend, the figure of speech is not a happy one. There are others here who, because of their political affiliations, Te better able than I to carry out the figure In all of its implications."

LAUNCHES BOOM. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The Wilson presidential boom for 1916 was officially launched In the senate today when Senator Williams of Mississippi, one of the chief spokesmen for the administration in congress, declared that "Woodrow Wilson is going to be re-nominated by the Democratic: party and be re-elc ?d by the people for the term succeeding the present i on i Senator Williams added: "He is going to be elected not by a j minoritv, but by a majority of the American people, Attacks Wilson. Responding to an attack by Senator army at Vera Cruz were being held Jor payment to some Mexican governjioms auVes were PleaSea to secure. I do not know who owns them, nor do I know what influence their owners have in the affairs of Mexico. "I deny that the president has the right to determine what obligation rial Hospital, and every indication seems to point to a rapid recovery from his injuries which were at first thought to be fatal. He was knocked unconscious in a coasting accident on the Backmcyer hill. Legislature Right to Employ as and Repeals All Laws in Con Introduced in Senate. long as he continues to live In the same precinct. The senate session was short this morning and after a few bills had been introduced that body adjourned until tomorrow after noon. Senator Stephen B. Fleming of Fort Wayne presented a bill today Increasing the salaries of sheriffs in counties of 90.000 to 150.000 population from $6,200 a year to $8,200 a year. Allen county which Senator Fleming represents is in the class mentioned in the measure. Another bill by Senator Fleming' Introduced today proposes to increase the pay which sheriffs receive for feeding prisoners from 40 to 60 cents a day. The effect of this would be to materially increase the pay of the sheriff in every county in the state. Senator Thornton introduced a measure which. If passed, would repeal the part of the corrupt practices law of Indiana which makes editors of newspapers liable under the act.