Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 178, 9 July 1915 — Page 1

SPRINTING BOY LEADS JUSTICE EXCITING HUNT Mob Takes Up Chase of Wayne Stinson, Who Makes Break From Frank Strayer's Court.

HELPED TO ESCAPE Cries of "Stop Him" Preface Staging of Movie Thriller Up Main and Sixth "Streets. When a crowd of over one hundred persons In full cry, headed and directed by Constable Ben Crump of Justice Frank Strayer's court, rounded the corner of North Sixth and Main streets and . proceeded northward, full speed ahead, in the wake of a hard sprinting, long-legged youth, there were quite a few people in the vicinity who believed a moving picture stunt was being pulled off. They were mistaken, however. It was the most thrilling part of Wayne Stinson's desperate effort to escape prosecution on a statutory charge preferred against him by Thresa Hilling. 16, daughter of Elmer E. Hilling, 317 North Fifth street. Stinson, who is 19, is the son of George Stinson, owner of the "Lookout" farm, southeast of this city. Young Stinson was recently released from juvenile court on promise of good behavior after he had been arrested on a charge of being one of a gang of boys who had broken into a school house. Strayer Leads Chase. Justice Strayer, who took part in the pursuit of Stinson yesterday afternoon, which ended in the youth's capture by Herschel Little after he had darted into a blind alley, said today that the attempted getaway of Stinson was the most exciting incident which has ever occurred in his court. He also stated that the boy's, pareia aided and abetted in his effort to escape. Crump, who has been a constable for over twenty years, - was as much mortified as he was excited over the affair, because he believed that bis record of, never having a -prisoner get away from him was going to be broken. .. . - After arraignment yesterday afternoon, and a plea of not guilty had been entered, young Stinson ' took a seat near the door, next to his mother. The elder Stinson had just concluded saying that he would not stand for Ms son marrying the Hilling girl,, which brought a threat from Strayer of punishment for contempt,' when Prosecutor Reller was called to the ante-room, Strayer to his private office and Crump to the telephone. Boy Takes Leave. This presented a golden opportunity for an attempt to escape and young Stinson promptly took advantage of It. Crump says that when the father gave a signal Wayne suddenly darted out of the door to the hallway and then fled down the stairway to Main street. He also says that Mrs. Stinson attempted to thwart pursuit by blocking the doorway. The prospective bride, in tears, yelled "Oh, stop him; he will hop a freight and go to Cincinnati." This galvanized the court attaches Into action and in a few Seconds pursuers in full cry were hot on the heels of the fugitive. "Stop him, stop him," cried the pursuers in chorus, and in a remarkably short Space of time their ranks had been increased by over a hundred men and boys. Herschel Little, however, was the real Nemesis of the unwilling bridegroom-elect. Foot by foot Little lessened the distance between himself and the fugitive, leaving the other shouting pursuers far behind. The chase ended when Little cornered his Biiarry in a blind alley. With handcuffs on Crump led Stinlon back to court. Justice Strayer rixed his bond at $500 and remanded him to the county jail. The incident Will probably be concluded with a wedding ceremony today or tomorrow. PROBES LUMBER TRADE. WASHINGTON. July 9 The IntefItate Commerce Commission today ordered an investigation covering the entire country of rates on lumber and lumber products by rail and water. The Inquiry will cover all phases of he lumber traffic, including rate", practices, rules and classifications. A lato for jthe first hearing has not been let. Weather Forecast U. 8. Report Partly cloudy tonight. Saturday probably showers. Temperature. Koon 76 Yesterday. Maximum 72 Minimum '53 For Richmond Increasing cloudiness tonight and Saturday. Showers katurday or Saturday night. General Conditions The severe Itorm of Wednesday Is passing out to sea. It caused wind ot- a velocity it sixty miles an hour at Cincinnati, knottier storm is moving southeast torn the northern ' plain states and till cause rain before thirty-six hours kve passed. ' W. E. Moore. Weather Forecaster.

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ture of Mme. Kokovtzoff, eiiother This photograph was. takea; while by a fragment of a German 4hell. CONTROL CLUB'S REQUEST OF COUNCILMEN Committee Wants Jitney Autos Operated Under City Ordinance on Regular Schedules and Streets. City council will be asked to pass ordinances regulating jitney , buses in Richmond and ; charging - a . small license fee for the privilege; of using the city . streets. . This . was decided last night" by the Commercial club committee on electric railways which also took up the proposition of establishing a central hack depot : for . incoming automobile truck lines connecting Richmond with neighboring towns. The committee will -ask' 'council; to pass an ordinance forcing jitneys to run on schedules and thus add to their convenience. " The jitney bus owners will be requested , to use .other streets, than those '- on which street car lines are operated, in order to add to the accommodation of the public. Secretary Haas was authorized to make an investigation of the cost of maintaining a - hack" depot, He will ascertain the sentiment of hack owners and then take steps to secure a room for them. In order to make them liable for" injuries to passengers, all public carriers will be asked to secure liability bond. The committee will ask that council make this provision in an ordinance regulating jitney buses DOG HANGS HIMSELF DANGLING FROM ROPE On the eve of his execution for having severely bitten pretty . Uttle Erma Phelts. who lives on North Twenty-first street, a black and white terriar committed suicide by hanging in a barn at the rear of the home of his mater, E. Henniger, North. Elghr teenth street.' The dog's body .was found this morning when an officer arrived on the scene to shoot him. Wednesday the terriar, which had been quite vicious for some time attacked the little; Phelts girl and then ra naway. " Yesterday he returned home and his master tied him with a rope in the loft of the barn. This morning -the dog's -body was ' found swinging by the rope outside the loft window, which had been" opened after the dog had been placed in the loft.

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she. wasfin hir ipwiv hospital, J' COLONIES PRETORIA, South 'Africa, July 9 The British campaign for the conquestj of German southwest Africa has ended in complete .victory'. . All the forces defending the kaiser's colony have surrendered to , General Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa, and commander of its military forces. Hostilities have ceased after operations lasting nine months. ' Official announcement to this effect was made here today and caused widespreadrejoicing. The . citizen army which was enrolled to invade the Ger KITCHENER FOR BIG ARMY LONDON, July 9. "The reasons which made me . predict a long war still hold good, and the time has come when I wish to make larger dema is upon the resources of British manhood." y - This striking -declaration was made here today by War Secretary Lord Kitchener in an appeal to the patriotism of the nation. Lord Kitchener, at Guild hall created tremendous public interest in his speech, and the building was overcrowded. Lord Kitchener did not minimize the seriousness of the situation which England faces. He laid strong emphasis on the need of more men, and then still more men, but he declared that the general situation in the theatres of war was , far better for the allies than it was ten months ago. :, "The recent fall of, the retreating "figures .was due only ;t6, temporary circumstances," explained the secretary. "The time has come when something more is required in order to insure an adequate, supply of men. - When registration is completed for men between 19 and 40, those not required for ;work in munition factories .would be approached with a view to ; enlistment. Unmarried - men will .be preferred." Lord Kitchener indicated by : this that the government is ready to resort to actual conscription. ; ,.

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recovering from a wound caused TO ENGLAND man territory will return to the union as soon as possible.' By the surrender of the German forces the Kaiser has lost one .of .his greatest .colonial possessions. Ger man Southwest Africa; " which ' will probably be made a part of the. union of South Africa, has an area of about 422,450 square miles, with .a coast line of 900 miles on the Atlantic ocean ex tending from. the Orange to the Cunene river. Its population is. estimated at more than 225,000. The captured territory" contains the port of Angra Pequena, the first colonial possession obtained by the Germans in Africa. SON KILLS FATHER IN HARVEST FIELDS RUSHVILLE, Ind , r July 9. Oscar Marshall. 60. weH-todo fnrmw . woe of here, is dead today as the result of a bullet from a rifle in -possession of nis 12-year-old. son, William. The farmer, returnine from a- wheat field with his son, had just shot at an apple on a tree and handed- the rifle to the lad to carry. The latter threw it over his -shoulder when -it was.- arci. dentally discharged,, the bullet penetrating Marshall's right arm and body ana lodging in ms neart. . . . AMALFI TAKES 117 ITALIANS TO SEA DEATH ROME, July 9. One hundred . and seventeen : Italian sailors perished when the cruiser Amalfi was sunk by an Austrian submarine; in the Adri atic, according to . an attache of ' the ministry of marine. He stated that 567 men were rescued by vessels that hurried to the point where the Amalfi sank. f. : r: ; . ... . ... . , ITALIANS REPULSED. VIENNA, July 9. Infantry attacks, following terrific bombardments,: have been launched by the Italians all along the front in " Gorizia, but these were repulsed by the Austrians, it was officially announced today. At Redipulia 250 Italian corpses were counted in front of the Austrian trenches.

POWDER SHIP

SET ON FIRE REACHES PORT Minnehaha Docks at Halifax After 570 Mile Run to Save $6,000,000 Cargo of Munitions. FLAMES ARE CHECKED Naval Authorities Take Full Charge of Craft and Begin Searching Probe of Origin of Blaze. HALIFAX. July 9. Creeping through a heavy fog that made navi gation difficult, the British liner Min nekaha came into port at 10:05 this afternoon. Her arrival here ended a run of 570 miles that began Wednesday when an explosion on board the ship started a fire and forced Captain Claret to turn toward Halifax . and abandon his voyage to England with 16,000,000 worth of munitions and sup plies. The early part of the 570 mile run was made' at full speed while the crew fought and gained control over the fire in the hold, but nearing the coast the liner ran into a severe storm that com pelled her to slow down. Naval patrol boats put to sea today to convoy to port the Minnehaha in which fire broke out after a myster ious explosion, believed to have been caused by a dynamite bomb in the ship by Frank Holt, the assailant of J. P. Morgan. Officials Take Charge. Naval authorities announced that they would take charge of the ship as soon as she reached the harbor and a guard of naval tugs would be placed around her. The naval authorities said that the most drastic investigation would be made and that no person would be allowed to board the ship unless bear ing a special pass from admiralty officain8. . It is regarded as practically certain that the vessel, which was heavily laden with munitions of war for the AlBee ri'hea h;ltt!'Ig btrorfc. on July 4, was set on fire by the explosion of a time-bomb, such ,as that which Holt, the mad bomb-maker, set off in the capitol at Washington. Wireless stations all along the coast flashed signals to the Minnehaha during the early morning for the Canadian admiralty officials had given orders to keep in wireless touch with the burning liner. Believes Fire Out. The following dispatch from Captain Claret of the Minnehaha, was received at the office of the Atlantic Transport company at 8:45 a. m.: "Thanks for your wireless. Fire apparently steamed out. Think it necessary to discharge some of the cargo at Halifax. Investigate upper Orlop." The reference to "upper Orlop" was taken by the line's officials to mean that. Captain Claret believed it necessary to ascertain the condition about the upper Orlop deck after removing part of the cargo. OFFER M'AFEE POSITION WITH MISSION BODY The fact that he was tendered the offer of a position as executive of the Laymen's Missionary Movement, with headquarters in Chicago, during the ensuing year's campaign, with the final wind-up in a mammoth meeting to be held in Washington, has led J. H. McAfee to make extraordinary efforts to have a large representation of laymen and ministers present at the luncheon at 6:30 o'clock this evening in the Y. M. C. A., when F. J. Michel, field secretary of the movement will be present. Mr. McAfee is considering the adviability and feasibility of accepting the place, which was opened to him some days ago. The duties would necessitate traveling in having charge of part of the campaign which is to be waged in eighty cities in the United States. Between forty and fifty laymen and ministers of Richmond churches will be in attendance at the luncheon to hear Secretary Michel outline the plans for the 1915 convention at the nation's capital and the meeting which will be held at Lake Geneva this year, hirty-eight men have already promised to be present. Mr. Michel will be in Richmond only two hours, because of urgent business elsewhere. BOY SCOUTS PASS THROUGH RICHMOND. Three boy scouts and their leader passed through Richmond at noon today on a bicycle trip from Columbus, O. The trip was 199 miles when the cyclists passed Eighth and Main streets. They started for Indianapolis at 1:30 o'clock with the expectation of reaching there tomorrow night. From Indianapolis they will go to Cincinnati, camping at points along the lower Whitewater river. . They left Columbus Mondav. ,

FUNERAL READY; CORPSE IS ALIVE

'When funeral arrangements were partially completed, a long distance telephone message arrived here last night saying Greene Parks, colored, was not the man killed by lightning at the- penal farm. A telegram had been received by former employers of Parks that he was identified at the penal farm as the dead prisoner. This telegram was turned over to Parks' brother who went to an undertaker with orders to return the body to Richmond. Last night the undertaker's suspicions were aroused by a dispatch from Indianapolis papers saying the prisoner killed had been there only two or three days and was not positively identified, although It was believed to be Parks. Parks has been on the farm thirty days and is well known to other Richmond prisoners. The telephone message said he was not Injured. BOARD GRANTS 5 YEAR PERMIT TO CHAUTAUQUA Association Will Accept Use of Glen Miller Park on New Contract Morton Park Not Considered. ACTION IS SURPRISE Alfred Bavis Says Plans Allows Perfection of Sanitary System and Improvement of Grounds. It developed today that the contract the city intends to submit to the Richmond Chautauque association gives that organization the privilege of using a section of Glen Miller park annually for a period of five years. It was at first understood that the contract was to be operative only for this year. The contract which City Attorney Bond has -drafted and which has: just been' approved y the board of public works hae not yet been approved by the Continued On Page Nine. COLLINS SENTENCES DEMOCRATIC EDITOR IN CONTEMPT CASE INDIANAPOLIS, July 9 George M. Ray, publisher of the Herald, a weekly Democratic paper, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $25 and costs for contempt of court by Judge Collins of the Marion county criminal court after one of the most scorching lectures ever heard in a court room. The contempt charge was based on an editorial published whjle tire grand jury was investigating alleged election frauds. The paragraph in the editorial which resulted in sentence read: "The Republicans are having a hard time getting the Marlon county grand jury to come through with a natch of indictments against about 150 Democrats for alleged violations of the election laws." Ray's explanation that the editorial was written hurriedly was declared to be no excuse at all. He was released on a writ of supercedeas indicating that he intends to take an appeal. DO MUNITION SHIPS BREAK NEUTRALITY? WASHINGTON, July 9. The department of justice today started an investigation to determine whether the ships Atlanta and Ventura are violating neutrality by carrying ammunition to Mexico. The Atlanta is held at Baltimore. . Munitions were discovered beneath her cargo of coal. The Ventura Is held at Miami, Fia. Both are suspected of being connected with the alleged Huerta conspiracy, and Assistant Attorney General Warren said that Felix Diaz's name was mentioned in connection with the entries of the two ships. He said that federal authorities are watching all ports from which any ships carrying munitions might clear. DEMANDS WARS' END CHICAGO, July 9. A demand for world peace was voiced today at the session of the Christian Endeavor convention. By a rising vote the delegates from sixty-seven nations adopted the following: "Be it resolved that the killing of brothers in the terrible European strife and the fearful waste of human lives on the bloody fields of battle-swept Europe be brought to an end by. the rulers and ministerial bodies of such countries. The resolution was introduced and passed at the height of a meeting discussing the war.

KAISER SENDS DOCUMENT TO U. S. DIPLOMATS Ambassador Gerard Codes Reply and Makes Arrangements to Cable Note to the United States.

WASHINGTON SILENT Wilson Refuses to Discuss Problem Until Full Text of Germany's Reply Has Been Studied. BERLIN, July 9- Germany's reply to the second American note protesting against German's method In carrying out the submarine warfare In the waters around the British Isles was sent to Washington today by James W. Gerard the American ambassador to Germany. The reply was delivered to Mr. Gerard by an attache of the foreign office last night.News that the German reply had been turned over to Mr. Gerard was given ou by an attache of the United States embassy who said that the work in codeing the document and translating it was begun immediately after it was received from the German foreign office. The note was started upon Its way to Washington just as soon as this work was finished. WASHINGTON SILENT. WASHINGTON. July 9. State department officials expected the formal reply of the German government to Wilson's last night to reach the department today. It is being cabled through Copenhagen. The feeling prevails today that the answer now coming would fail to meet the demands respecting the rights of neutrals contained in the first and second Lusitania notes of President Wilson. On the other hand it was declared to be altogether likely that the Germans would include a scheme for the protection of neutrals which would require an. indefinite exchange of notes. L1ARLEY DIES FROM FALL IN JUMP ON HILL Runaway of a horse hauling a partj of turtle hunters in a spring wagon last Saturday night, when it became frightened and darted down the steep Bachmeyer hill on the Liberty pike, south of this city, resulted In the death early this morning at Reld hospital of one of the party. Cyrenus Morley, aged 42, residing at 221 North Sixteenth street. Morley, who Is survived by his wife, and six children, sustained a fractured skull and fatal internal injuries. Oth er memDers or . tne party were rai Muhl, Pat Lavender. Ben Redding, haus, Frank "Snooks' Murray and James Gee. the last two colored. The police are informed that most of the men had been drinking heavily and had with them in the wagon a keg of beer and some whisky. When the horse bolted Morley was asleep In the bed of the vehicle. The yells of his companions aroused him and he jumped. It is believed one of his feet caught in the spokes of a back wheel, throwing him violently on the road. The other men, with the exception of Gee, at once followed Morley's example. Gee in Wagon. Gee grabbed the reins and held to them until the harness broke. Then he jumped, the horse kicking him twice before be was propelled into a' fence. One blow landed on his forehead, the other ripping a deep gash in his left leg. After Gee jumped the' wagon dashed into a bridge, breaking the vehicle into small bits. Reddinghaus is reported to be still confined to his bed with very painful injuries. Murray and Gee limped into police headquarters today and gave an account of the accident to Coroner. Morrow. Both men are badly cut and bruised. Lavender and Muhl are alsosaid to be very painfully bruised. ' Gee denied to Chief Goodwin the' statement made by a man who witi nessed the accident that when Morley jumped from the wagon no unusual effort was made to stop the horse, and that he yelled to them to come back, for their comnaninn as ha was dvinc ' Gee said it was impossible to stop the horse and that be was the first one to reach Morley. He had Morley re-, moved to Richmond in a vehicle which happened to be passing by. Gee said. WIFE OF ED MOORE SEEKS DIVORCE Mrs. Mary K. Moore, wife of J. Ed. Moore, defaulting real estate dealer., who disappeared from Richmond July 7. 1913, filed suit for divorce today in circuit court. The Bheriff is seek-, ing a warrant which was Issued for. Mr. Moore's, arrest two years ago, so that It will be possible to .make an. Immediate capture shoijdd clue be' given by Mrs. Moore ;w to Moore's present residence. . - Mrs. Moore's complaint charges nonsupport and abandonment. . She says she married Moore in 1903.