Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 162, 21 June 1915 — Page 1
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MISSION WORK IN THIS COUNTY AIM 0FG. 0. P. State Committee Plans "Love Feast" to Line Up Former Members of Party Early in Fall.
DATE IS UNCERTAIN Bowman Hopes for Merger Price. Says Progressive Ranks Will Remain Intact Against Inroads. Every effort to reorganize completely the Republican party in the Sixth Indiana congressional district Is to be put forth this year, and the. Republican state committee has decided to begin this work in' Wayne county, where, Republican leaders admit, the most active and persistent missionary work must be done- if the largest county in the district is to be won away from the Progressives, who have dominated its politics since 1912. In a statement issued by the Republican state committee. Saturday, the announcement was made that a Sixth district "love feast" would be held in Richmond some time next September. It was also announced that the committee hoped to secure Bainbridge Colby of New Jersey, former Progressive leader in that state, but now affiliated with the Republican party, as the principal speaker at this meeting. Insists on Rally. "I do not know the exact date the district rally will be held," Republican County Chairman L. S. Bowman said today. "Certain people have been insisting for some time that such a meeting be held in Richmond, but I have been exerting all my influence to delay the event, for I could see no necessity for any political activity during an off year in politics. It has been decided, however, to hold the rally in this city some time in September." Asked what he considered the prospects were for a merger of the Progressive and Republican parties in Wayne county, Mr. Bowman replied that absolutely nothing had been done up to the present ' time toward "effecting a re-organization of the Re publican party in w ay ne- ccmnty. - "Leaders of both parties have expressed the hope to me, however," Mr. Bowman continued, "that a merger of the two parties would be effected along lines which would be completely satisfactory to both organizations." Price Against Merger. Progressive County Chairman Clifford Price said today that the Wayne county Progressive organization had given absolutely no consideration of v any plan for. its dissolution and a resulting merger with the Republican party. "Progressive sentiment in Wayne county is a strong as ever," Mr. Price said, "and we see no reason why we should not continue to maintain our organization. If any merger with the Republican party is to be considered, a year hence will be plenty of time to do so. With the present activity of James E. Watson, and other equally reactionary politicians in the conduct of the affairs of the Republican party, we Progressives fail to see how we could secure the advancement of the principles for which we stand by effecting a merger with the Republican party." DESCRIBES FAIR W. H. Bartel. who has just returned from a trip to the west coast, will talk on the Panama eposition at the Coeur de Lion lodge of Knights of Pythias tomorrow night.
Premier and His King
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In the recent election in Greece, Ex-premier Venizelos, who had left the cabinet because of a break with the king over war matters was heartily supported by the people and his entire party elected. King Constantine has shown some sympathy for the German cause while the Premier was on the side of the Allies. It is probable that in case Greece now enters the war it will be on the ude of the Triple Entente.
ART ACADEMY GIVES GOATES SCHOLARSHIP
Randolph L. Coates, formerly of this city, has been given a scholarship at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Before going to Cincinnati to continue his studies Mr. Coates studied at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis. Paintings by the former Richmond artist have been seen at various exhibitions In the art gallery here. Mr. Coates expects to spend the summer in this part of Indiana painting from nature. In the course of his five months spent in Cincinnati, Coates has completed forty charcoal studies, fifteen figure paintings from life, a series of twenty-five large anatomical charts, between 500 and 600 pencil sketches from life, and thirty or more landscapes. At present he is specializing In constructive and artistic anatomy. He loves best, however, to paint from nature, and is planning to spend the summer painting in eastern Indiana, and, after studying next winter in Cincinnati, will go for two years to New York. THREE ESCAPE AT COUNTY JAIL IN LAST WEEKS Three jail deliveries have taken place in the last three weeks, it was learned today. One of them was an important case, that of Robert Schools, who was sentenced for six months and fined 100 and costs for shooting up a Fort Wayne avenue pool room and" injuring his brother-in-law. The others were Charles Hiatt of Boston, Mass., and Beyon Decker. Turnkey Morgan made a trusty of Schools, and one day last week sent him to a South Fifth street bakery. Late that night he received a telephone call from a physician who that Schools had been detained, but was then on his way to the jail. Mrs. I Schools waited at the jail two days for her husband, but she and the jail authorities have seen nothing of him since. , One day last week Charles Hiatt, sentenced for intoxication, bolted around the end of the police wagon and hid in a shed. The mother of Perry Blackburn was visiting her son at the time, and saw the performance. Later, after the jail had been ran sacked for Hiatt, he slipped from the shed. By a coincidence, he went to the home of Mrs. Blackburn in Port land for a meal.,, She remembered hiavlng"s'eenhim escape.""" He told her the Jail authorities thought he had hidden himself in the jail, and he could hear the search from the shed where he was lying. He was on his way from San Francisco to Boston. Beyon Decker, a well-known police character, was serving time for intoxication. He was taken by Turnkey Morgan to the court house yard where a squad of prisoners were cutting grass. He was given permission to go to his home a half square away. There he found some whisky and forgot his duties with the lawn mower. He borrowed two dollars and went to Eaton. He returned later in the day, and at night Turnkey Morgan found him asleep and intoxicated in the court house yard. FLY AFFECTS WHEAT Fifty per cent of the wheat crop has been killed in Wayne county during the last two weeks in the opinion of close observers, dealers and farmers. The unsuitable weather and the flies and other peculiar and unusual causes are responsible for its poor condition. Wheat will probably sell at eighty cents at threshing time. Corn ana oats too have suffered in the last week or so and indications point directly to an unusual loss being suffered in these crops this year. Constantino
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These photographs show a group of Annapolis cadets doing a "snake dance" on the lawn before one of the buildings, and President Wilson conferring diplomas at commencement exercises. The inserts are Rear Admiral W. F. Fullam (below), present superintendent of the academy, and Captain Ridley McLean (above), advocate general of the navy, who directed the investigation into charges that certain Annapolis students used stolen copie3 of examination papers to pass their recent annual tests.
STEALS NEW SUIT TO VISIT MOTHER Gwendolyn Morris Admits Theft in Police Court After Flight From Cambridge City Hotel. Gwendolyn Morris, a pretty 19-year-old girl, pleaded guilty in city court this morning to a charge of having stolen clothing of the value of $20 from Georgia White. Both girls were employed as domestics at the Central hotel in Cambridge City. The Morris girl, who went by the name of Flor ence McMullen while at Cambridge City, spent the night in the Wh'ite girl's room, awoke early this morning, helped herself to most of her companion's clothing and then took the first interurban car out of Cambridge City to Richmond.' When the car arrived here she was taken into .custody by Patrolman Westenberg. Mayor Robbins, after hearing the details, took the case under advisement. Gwendolyn lived in Cincinnati with her mother and step father, she informed Prosecutor Reller, but she could not get along with her stepfather, so she went to Indianapolis two weeks ago to live with an aunt. Through an employment agency she secured a position at Cambridge City. She went there four days ago and met Georgia White, who had also secured a position at the Central hotel through an employment agency at Indianapolis. She said she did not have nice clothes of her own and took the White girl's to make a presentable appearance. She said she had intended to go to Cincinnati to see her mother who, she said, is confined in a hospital. When arrested she was wearing Georgia White's new blue suit, which the White girl compelled her to remove at police headquarters. Georgia put on her own suit after taking off the dress Gwendolyn left her, a shabby gown which the Morris girl was wearing when arraigned In court. Georgia sat by the side of Gwendolyn and sought to comfort her, but Gwendolyn sobbed hysterically all the time she was in court. LUTHERAN CHURCHES GIVE TO ORPHANAGES Children's Day services were held at i the St. Paul's Lutheran and First English Lutheran church Sunday morning j and were both attended by large con-' composed the programs which were arranged by the primary" departments assisted by the Junior departments. The morning offering at both churches were given to the fund of the Oestilen Orphans Home in. Springfield, Ohio, an orphanage supporting and maintained ly the Lutheran churches of the five districts in which Richmond is a member. The total amount of the offering is not known. In the Sunday school of St. Paul's Lutheran church, $40 was received.
U. S. Naval
GERMANS CLAIM LEMBERG'S FALL EXPECTED SOON PARIS, June 21. Hard. fighting has again ' developed in the Woevre district. Despite the heaviest - possible counter attacks by the Germans, the French were able to keep the two trenches which they captured at Calone on the heights of the Meuse yesterday. All the trenches taken by the French in Lorraine were filled with dead bodies evidence of the fierceness of the fighting. RUSSIANS RETREAT. VIENNA, June 21. The Russians are retreating all along the line in Galicia, it is officially announced. The Teutonic allies have won another important victory over the Russians west of Lemberg and it is believed that the capture of the city by the Austrians and Germans is now a matter of only a few days. .. The climax of the great Austro-Ger-man campaign against the Russians in Galicla has been reached with the opening of a bombardment against the forts defending Lemberg. The armies of the Teutonic allies are driving against Lemberg from three sides the north, west and south. REPULSE ITALIANS. VIENNA, June 21. Repulse of Italian attacks by the Austrians all along the line in the southern theatre of war was officially announced today. The official statement says that the Italians have bombarded the Austrian positions without success and that the operations are costing the invaders heavily in human life. STORES OFFER MORE BARGAINS SUBURBAN DAY The second Suburban Day Wednesday will attract more people from rural districts to Richmond stores than the first, merchants believe. By this time the meaning of Suburban Day and stories of. the exceptional bargains offered shoppers last week have become well circulated throughout the county and surrounding towns. Merchants are already announcing the special prices which will induce persons to visit Richmond. Country people and residents of neighboring towns look upon the new plan with favor as they now know that they can always be sure of finding - bargains awaiting them if they come to the city on Wednesday of each week. Thus they can shop more consistently vithout just dropping into "the stores at any time without knowledge of what particular goods is bc'ns featured for sale. The new order of things virtually means greatly improved business conditions, merchants believe, as it will mean two big shopping days in each week, Wednesday and Saturday, instead of one as formerly. Suburban day is a shopping day set aside each week on which. merchants offer special bargains in all lines to the rural shoppers. ......
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ADDISON C. HARRIS TO MAKE ADDRESS AT FOURTH JUBILEE Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis, a former Wayne county man, who was born near Greensfork, will be the speaker at the National Old Trails celebration at Centerville July 5, replacing Senator Kern, whose presence will be required in Virginia at the time of the meeting. The heads of the old trails organization are pleased with having secured Mr. Harris as a speaker. In his letter of acceptance to Secretary Haas of the Commercial club, Mr. Harris said he would make a short speech, to the point, and would emphasize whatever points were suggested to him by the local organizations. He has lived on the National road most of his life and. is a strong advocate of the plans of the National Old Trails association. Mr. Harris is now a member of the Indianapolis bar. Hard Luck Now
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In the spacious apartment in New York of Mrs. Frank M. Loper, seven-month-old Marjorie Adams, daughter of Capt. Percy E. Adams, of the Thirty-eighth Royal Engineers, crooned in delight. Little Marjorie is the "hard luck" baby, who came to New York from South America in March aboard the United Fruit steamship Tenadores, foster child of the boat's two hundred passengers and crew, among whom was Mrs. George R. Goethals, daughter-in-law of Col. Goethels. The child was born in Cerro de Pasco, Peru, the highest city In the world. Nine days later her mother died and Captain Adams started for England to join his regiment. With him were Marjorie, her. brother Cyril, three, and her sister Sylvia, sixteen months, in charge of an Indian nurse who dies on the voyage. "She is Miss Marjorie Adams Loper, now," said Mrs. Loper. "Poor Captain Adams was a clerk for Mr. Loper in Peru. When he went to the front we were more than pleased to take little Marjorie." Mr. Loper Is - a member of Adolph Lewisohn and Sons. He applied for papers- of adoption shortly. beforeCaptain Adams arrived In New York. . The - Captain's other children have been sent abroad to live with his sister-in-law. The Lopera are wealthy and Marjorie will enherit a large fortune some day. -
STRONG CANDIDATES MAY OPPOSE CARD Although Wlllard Z. Carr la the only remaining one of the candidates nominated at the last council meeting tor a place on the school board, Edward Ramler and Charles W. Jordan bavinwithdrawn from the contest, there la an excellent prospect bis candidacy will bave opposition at the council meeting this evening, when the election will be held. Two "dark horse" aspirants to the office were being. mentioned, today, with the prospect of one or both of their namea being offered in nomination preceding the balloting- One of these prospective candidates is Pettis A. Reid, president of the Elllott-Reid Fence company, and the other is Edgar Fisher, secretary of Earlham college. Both men are considered to be well qualified for the position, as is Mr. Carr, one of Richmond's most enterprising and public spirited citizens. Mr. Carr has put forth no effort in support of his candidacy and. like Mr. Carr, Mr. Reid and" Mr. Fisher are known to be only receptive candidates.
BOMBS SHATTER PLANT MAKING WAR SUPPLi.S DETROIT, Mich., June 21. Twentyseven sticks of dynamite attached to' a time fuse that had been set for 3:15 a. m., were found under the rear of the Windsor Armory across the river in Canada this morning. The discovery was made at 6:15, three hours after a violent explosion had shaken the manufacturing plant of Peabody Company, Ltd., in Walkerville, shattering every glass in the office and causing damage estimated at from $5,000 to $10,C00. The bomb under the Peabody plant went off at 3:07 a. m. The fuse cap attached to the bomb under the Windsor Armory had exploded blowing off the top of the grip in which it was concealed. The main charge, however, had failed to explode. To this fact several men stationed in the armory at night probably owe their lives. The obvious connection between the explosion in the Peabody plant and the attempt to wreck the armory immediately stimulated visions of a wholesale plot of destruction. Discovers Bomb. It was 3 : 15 a. m., when Private Panton on guard at the armory heard what he believed to be a pistol shot a short distance away. With other guards he made a hurried investigation but found nothing. Later he diecovered the grip fifty feet from where he had been standing when he heard the report. The bag had been concealed beneath the wall, muffling the sound. Horace B. Peabody, of Grosse Point, head of the-Peabody company, said no threats had been made to blow up his plant although the company had been devoting most of its time in the last few months to the manufacture of uniforms for toe British soldiers. Mr. Peabody expressed the belief that the bomb had been placed by "German sympathizers" from across the river. The Peabody Company had delivered an order of 115,000 British uniforms and was starting on a huge consignment of shirts for the British soldiers. The man arrested on suspicion was later released on proving himself ig norant of the explosion. Bsaoy an Heiress
FRANK ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE TO SERVE LIFE Governor Slayton Commutes Sentence and Convicted Man Spirited Away to Penitentiary Farm.
EXECUTIVE WORRIED Appeals to People of Georgia to Hold Judgment in Abeyance Until Time Tells Truth. ATLANTA. Ga.. June 21. "It was a plain case of duty as I saw it," said Governor John M. Slaton this morning discussing his action in commute ing Ieo M. Frank's sentence from death to life Imprisonment. "If I had failed to commute Frank's 'sentence. I would have been guilty of murder, as I see it. Governor Slaton was sitting propped up in bed, his eyes dull and swollen from loss of sleep. "Of course, I care for the public's approbation." he continued, "but should I have failed to commute Frank I would have been guilty, as I see it. of murder. I could not have that man's blood on my hands under the circumstances. I can plow and hoe and live in obscurity, if necessary, but I could not afford not to commute him. It was a plain case of duty, as I saw it. and I believe the people will realize that this was my only course." Appears Relieved. Governor Slaton appeared as If a great load had been lifted from bis mind and conscience. The entire Frank case, he declared, hung on whether or not Mary Phagen was killed in the middle room, and whether Frank had helped carry the body to the basement. "I am confident that time will juetlfy the wisdom of my course," he said. "Solicitor Dorsey has studied this case constantly, but I believe he does not know the evidence any better than I do. I almost know it by heart, and there is plenty of doubt of Frank's guilt. The scoundrel Conley admits enough in his tale to cause misgiving over the whole narrative. "AH I wish now," said the governor, "is that the people of Georgia withhold judgment until they have given calm and careful consideration of my statement on this state." Frank In Ignorance. First official confirmation of the commutation of the sentence was given this morning when the governor gave out a length statement in which ne outlined the reasons which led him to spare the life of the man convicted of the slaying of Mary Phagen. who was to have been hanged tomorrow. Frank himself did not know be was to live until just a few minutes before he was taken from the Tower. Shortly after 10 o'clock last night Sheriff Mangum entered the cell and told him to prepare to leave the Tow er in which he has been confined for more than two years. The words of the sheriff were received in the same manner that Frank has received the news of each movement in bis fight against the gallows. The utmost secrecy was preserved at the jail throughout the day. Even before Frank was notified of the governor's action. Sheriff Mamnim had issued an order closing the jail to every one. Even telephonic communication was stopped. While reporters, had been watching the Tower all day at the front of the prison, the little party went out of the back door and entered a waiting auto. They were whirled to the terminal station. Threaten Governor. A crowd gathered this morning between 8 and 9 o'clock in Mariette street, some of who mindulged In some threats against the governor. Five arrests were made and the crowd dispersed. Many of them were from Cobb county, just north of the city, where the murdered girl lived before she went to work in the pencil factory. At 9:30 o'clock the chief of police ordered 'all "near-beer" saloons and Hiocker clubs" closed, and called out the reserve police. No crowds were allowed to gather on the streets. FRANK GRATEFUL. MILLEEDGE. Ga., June 21. Upon being asked whether he had anything to say. Frank said in clear and composed language: "I am grateful beyond words to the governor for the way he has disposed of the case. Somehow I just felt confident that I would not hang. Of course I am unsettled, as your see. from the tremendous experience through which I have gone. I am not composed enough at this time to give you an intelligent and connected conversation. Just say that I feel more than I can express in words, and am happy that my life is saved. Time will prove, as I have often told you, the fact of my absolute innocence of the crime with which I am charged." With a firm look directly in the faces of bis interviewers, he paused briefly and said, "I am Innocent." Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Showers this afternoon and probably tonight. Tuesday fair and warmer. ' Temperature. . Noon 1 Yesterday. Maximum 75 Minimum 63 For Richmond Partly cloudy. Warmer tonight and Tuesday. Probably showers this afternoon or tonight. General Conditions The low barometric pressure west of the Mississippi river will cause considerably wanner weather by Tuesday.