Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 130, 18 April 1916 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1916 News of are RAKE ..CHABBEI BI1IES GUARDIANS' BOARD PLAGES CHILDREN IN FORTY HOMES Heads of Red Gross -Meet at Flower Show DR. DENNIS ABVOCA FROM HAVEN TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL

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WESTERLY; R." I., April 18. The j bodies of four victims, charred almost beyond recognition, were raked early i today from the smouldering ruins of the local express into which plowed the Giitedge Flyer, splitting open the rear car of the local and trapping the thirty or more passengers in that car last night. Tbe search was continued as rapidly as the cooling of the ruins would permit, in the fear that more bodies were hidden in the blackened wreck. Indentify Some Bodies. Five are known to be dead. Although positive identification was not possible it was believed that the four bodies were, those of Miss. Janet Clark, of Westerly; Albert Boardman. of Bradford, England; and Mr. and Mrs. Lowe of Tower street, Westerly. Of the thirty-two persons injured, whose names were in the possession of railroad officials, one, Mrs. Olive Martell of South Bridge, Mass., was so badly injured that Bhe died after her removal from the wreck to the hospital in New London. General Manager C. L. Bardo. of the New Haven, who arrived on the firBt relief train sent to the scene of the wreck, declared today: "It would be unfair to the public and all concerned to make any definite statement as to the cause of the accident. That can only be determined by a rigid investigation. This is now under way. Five Known Dead. "As far aB we can learn, th-e are Ave dead. There are about thirty injured, some of them seriously, others f-llehtly." The dead and nearly all the injured were passengers in the rear car of the

local express train, which consisted of wooden cars. Into this car, for c distance of twelve feet, the huge locomotive of the Giitedge Flyer plowed before it came to a stop. Charles Mansfield, engineer of the Giitedge Flyer, when he had brought his train to a stop, backed it out of the wreckage, so little injured was the big engine by its contact with the wooden car of the local. This engineer, who is claimed to have disregarded a block signal set ACTION DELAYED ON BOND ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL Council deferred action on the light plant refunding bond issue until the next meeting fcv two weeks. The question was brought up, however, and discussed by members and representatives of the Commercial club. No opposition was expressed to the revised plan as proposed by Alfred Bavis and indication pointed last evening to its adoption. The plan proposed by the board of works is for the retirement of the SI 33.000 of the city plant construction bonds, now held by the Second National bank, two years prior to the maturity, which would be March, 1927. by increasing the plant's sinking fund from $12,000 to $17,000 a year and to provide at the same time a twenty-five Ter cent reduction in electric light and i;owcr iate3. It was brought "ut in the rej'ort of the board of works that such a rlsn would save the tax payors of the city 527,141.71 and at the ?aine time allow a reduction in the rates. CSeorge Seidel, chairman of the public service corporations committee of iht Commercial club, informed the board of vorks and the city council that the Commercl club committee was not opnosed to the new plan of redeeming the bonds. He said that it was onoosed to the original- method. He said that the committee was opposed to any plan whereby the reduction in tbc lifjht and power rates would 'te prevented. Alonzo Gardner, former city attorney, said that he was strongly in favor of the proposed plan. Pettis A. Reid. who expressed himself at a meeting of the Commercial f lub last week as opposed to the plan, said that he is not opposed to the present arrangement. His opposition was solely to the original plan which would retire the bonds in five or six years, making it impossible to reduce the rates as was promised when the merger of the two plants was made. Mayor Robbins ald tha the board of works anticipating objections to the plan and that the proposed plan is not ironclad. He said he was not in favor of rushing the matter .ntil the eouncilmen understood the situation exactly. , PAINTER ENDS LIFE WHEN SKILL FAILS CHICAGO, April IS. Because his hand had lost its cunning, Signor A. F. U. Cavallaro. aged painter of kings, killed himself by inhaling gas in his wretched lodgings. His body was discovered early today. He died in abject poverty, , Cavallaro in the early 'Ws painted a portrait of the king of Italy. The picture was unveiled before the combined courts of London and Rome, at London, and a public reception tendered Signor Cavallaro. He was known to three continents. NOTE SEVERE QUAKE WASHINGTON, April 18 A very sever earthquake, lasting for fifty minutes, was recorded on the heismograph at Georgetown university just after midnight. It is "estimate 1 that the dis- ! tnrhancA took nlace about 4.200 milen I from Washington. ,

against his train and to hare pasted a flagman sent back from the local express, was placed under arrest by Chief of Police Brown of Bradford, pending an investigation. Engineer Mansfield made this statement today: Says Signal Not Set. "If the distant signal had been set at caution I would have had plenty of time to stop. The light was green. My fireman saw it, too. The signal was set against u 8 at the home post. It only gave me fifteen hundred feet to stop in, and we were going at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour. The engine is No. 1,338. and is the same one Engineer Doherty had charge of in the Stamford disaster. It's too bad. It was a bad accident." "Are you burned?" he was asked. "No. I'm all right; I can drive the engine." H. F. McManus, towerman in the signal tower at Bradford, who is but 22 years old, said: "The distant signal was set at caution against the flyer."

ALLIES LAND FORGE ON SOIL OF GREECE LONDON, April 18. An exchange telegraph dispatch states that Italian troops as well as British, French and Servian are now on Greek soil, having crossed into Epirus from Albamia, where they occupied Chimarra Heights. PREPARE ESTIMATES ON STREET LIGHTING Estimates on the cost of the ornamental lights for Main street from Fourth to Twelfth street, on Eighth from North A to South A and the first square on North Seventh, will be ready for action by the board of works Thursday morning. The petitions were presented Monday morning by a committee from the Commercial club which succeeded in securing more than three-fourths the property owners as signers. ELECT HAAS AGAIN AT HIGHER SALARY The board of directors of the Commercial club at a special meeting this noon, voted unanimously to retain E. M. Haas as secretary of the club for the ensuing year, His salary was raised from $1,500 to $1,S00. At the recent re-organization meeting of the club Mr. Haas resigned as secretary and a sDecial committee was appointed to find a successor. The committee held a meetins last evening and unanimously voted to recommend to the board the re-appointment of Mr. Haas. All but two members of the ! board of directors were present, S. E. Swayne and J. A. Carr, they being out of the city. ADAMS FIRM SHOWS PROFIT OF MILLIONS INDIANAPOLIS, April 18 Robert Taft, son of ex-president Taft, appear ed before the state board of tax com missioners today to represent the Ad ams Express company and during the hearing of his testimony gave figures to show that a reign of prosperity is being experienced by" large corpora tions. From a loss of a million dollars in 1914 the company earned $2,500,000 last year he said. WALKING IN SLEEP FALLS THREE FLOORS LAFAYETTE. Ind., April 18 While in a somnambulistic state Wallace N Barnard, 68. formerly a professor in the old Battlecreek college, jumped from the third floor of a flat building here today. His hip and pelvic bones were shattered. Both ankles were broken. He can live but a few hours. After being carried to his room he asked, "How did I fall and where did I fall from." REFUSES PRESIDENCY. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., April 18. Dr. U. G. Loazenby, superintendent of the Crawfordsville district of the M. E. church stated today that he will not accept the presidency of Moores Hill college. He said he appreciated the honor but did not think he should change his life work from the ministry. MARRY DESPITE WAR. COLUMBUS, Ind., April 18-There is no war in America. John T. Ward, a German and Mrs. Emily M. Foulkes, an Englishwoman, both recent arrivals in this country, were married today. FINALLY PLEADS GUILTY. ROCKVILLE, Ind.. April 18. After waiting two years for trial Demetro John, a Brazilian gypsy, pleaded guilty to killing his wife and her parents. TAKE TRENTMAN AWAY. FOr.T WAYNE, Ind., ApriJ 18. Relatives and friends of Anthony B. Trentman paroled by Governor Ralston, Saturday," from a life term for killing a waiter in the Anthony hotel here," are today planning to take him tovCoIorado for his health. ' Trentman Is now at a 1 sanitariuni in Battle Creek.

The report of the state board of charities on state institutions, shows that the Wayne County Board of Children's Guardians made a gain of 500 per cent compared" with the previous reports in placing children, who were - wards of the county, in private homes. In 1915 40 children were taken out of the institutions .through the local agency, saving the county $5,800 in the upkeep. In 1914, homes for only eight children were found. The campaign . to find homes for these children was instigated by a special committee of the county commissioners working in conjunction with the social service bureau. .. The state report shows the follow

ing record of children from Wayne county placed., in private home3: 1911. none; 19121; 19132; 19148; 191540. REPORT NEGLECTS TO CONFIRM TALE OF VILLA'S DEATH EL PASO. ADril 18. K. T T?van nf the Cusihuiriach Mining company today received a private code message irom uusihulriach, the town to which ma s body has been renorted en route, but no mention was marl a nf thi bandit's death. This Indicated to the military authorities that nothing on the reported death of Villa is known there and strenethens the belief that the rumor is untrue. Efforts of telegraphers in Juarez to talk to operators at San Antonia, Mex., and Mederia. where the rumor origin ated, were prevented today by Mexi can authorities. RACINE MAN BUYS CHICAGO CITY CAR CHICAGO, April 18 - -They're not all dead yet. Silas Gilbauch, late of rural route No. 3, Racine, Wis., told the Melrose Park police today that he bought a street car from two affable gentlemen yesterday, but the man in the uniform who took the nickles refused to turn the car over to him at 6 o"clock. Silas said he paid $10 down on the original price of $75. Silas admitted that- a street car had never crossed his vision until yesterday. CITIZEN ON SUSSEX SAW NO TORPEDO Dtfj9JeD " HUXLEY Edward Huxley, president of the United States Rubber Export company of New York, who has just arrived on the St. Paul from England after having been rescued from the Sussex, says that he saw no torpedo before or after the explosion on the Sussex, Mr. Huxley said: "I was on deck, port side, aft, when the explosion occurred starboard forward. I saw no torpedo and talked with no passenger who had seen one. All the talk of a torpedo I heard anything of was the statement from a warrant officer on the Sussex to the effect that the captain had been saying to the commander of the rescue ship that he had seen the wake of a torpedo." Mr. Huxley declared that from the hour the vessel left the British shore, until the explosion occurred, no vessel was sighted." For nine hours after, wards no vessel was seen and the first to appear was the British rescuing destroyer. INDIANS OPEN YEAR INDIANAPOLIS, April 18. With a parade to start things off the Saints and Indians were jeady to open the 1916 American Association season here this afternoon. The pitching selections were Rogge for the Indians and Douglas for the Saints. - The weather was a bit cool but the fans were out in good numbers. GUESTS RAISE REWARD. CHICAGO, April 18. Guests at the now famous Mundelein banquet today started a campaign to raise $10,000 to be offered as a reward for the capture of Jean Crones, the arch-poisoner, who slipped a quantity of arsenic into the soup that was served.

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For postmasters to act as recruiting sergeants in towns where no regular stations are maintained would be a means of increasing our army greatly by the addition of healthy young men, Recruiting Sergeant Bond said this morning. "At present recruiting is confined to large cities and the farmer boys do not know what recruiting means. Such stations would be especially productive during the winter and in nearly fall just after farm work Is over, because at present the farm hands furnish the most valuable source for recruiting during the winter." This plan was suggested a few days ago by Captain V. M. Elmore, of the Twenty-second United States infantry. The postmasters would receive a bonus for every man from their districts who successfully passed the examination for enlistment. Sergeant Bond said that this nvould promote interest in 'the postmasters to use their broad knowledge of the young men of the community. No man would be allowed to remain in the army longer than three years, under this system, save a few who especially distinguish themselves in their duties and who would stay as MURDER SUIT BEGINS SCOTTSBURG, Ind., April 18. The trial of Hardy Robinson, charged with the murder of Ancil PhiHips, a high school boy, was on in earnest here today. All of yesterday afternoon was taken up In the selection of a jury. The jurors are farmers. Jealousy over a girl was the cause of the tragedy. STRIKERS CAUSE RIOT HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N. Y., April 18. A riot occurred at the plant of the National Cable and Conduit company today when one thousand striking employes, attacked a group of workers, who had refused to go out. Many were hurt. MINE WRECKS WASP LONDON, April 18. A Central News dispatch from The Hague states that a Turkish submarine has been destroyed by a mine at Treblzond, in the Black sea, the entire crew perishing. Four new submarines are reported to hove been sent to Turkey from Germany. MISSING BODY FOUND. REDKEY, Ind., April 18. The body of Roy Brown, grocer, who has been missing since in January, was found today lying face downward in a woods two miles south of here. There were three bullet wounds in his back. CHICKENS LEARN TO HOP. PETERSBURG. Ind., April 18. Thomas Wiley, of Roby, was locked in Sparrows feeding with Mrs. Louis George's chickens taught them to hop. When the sparrows hopped the chickens imitated them until they became quite proficient. MINE SINKS VESSEL COPENHAGEN, April 18. The Norwegian ship Tusnastass has been sunk by a mine. The crewd was saved. 0 ORDERS MILITIA OUT. INDIANAPOLIS, April 18. Adjutant General Bride s of the Indiana National guard today ordered the mustering out of Corrany M. "Second Infantry at Jeffersonville and Company E, Second Infantry,- of ; Evansvllle. ; Th companies, did , not report for Federal Inspection.

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turned over to the American Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and the Italian Relief fund. Miss Mabel Boardman, the president of the American Red Cross, and Colonel Noel Marshall, president of the Canadian Red Cross, were interested visitors on the closing day. non-commissioned officers. The others would be honorably discharged at the end of three years or sooner if they desired. Thus every years the country would have a number of bright, capable men going out into civil life with a military training sufficient to enable them to serve the nation in times of peril, Sergeant Bond explained. PAINTERS TO CONVENE There will be a meeting of the Master Painters' and Decorators' local at the shop of Medearis & Handley, 37 North Eighth street, Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All members of the trade are urged to be present as important business will be considered. INSIST VILLA KILLED EL PASO, April 18. General Gavira, commander at Juarez, received a telephone message today from Governor Enriquez of Chihuahua, saying that there were confirmations there of the death of Villa. Governor Enriquez did not state the nature of the confirmation, but said Colonel Carlos Carranza, son of the first chief, had gone to San Francisco Deborja to locate the body. EXAMINE DEAD BOYS INDIANAPOLIS, April 18. An examination of the bodies of Herbert Myers, 4, and his brother, Roy Myers, 3, is being made today to find what kind of poison was responsible for the sudden death of the lads yesterday. Their mother says they had eaten nothing but some colored candy Easter eggs. They were given the candy fifteen minutes before their deaths, which were ten minutes apart. BUD ROBINSON LEAVES. Bud Robinson, who was here Saturday and Sunday conducting services at the Church of the Nazarene, preached at Connersville last night. Tonight he will preach in New Castle. He will conclude his tour of the state at Hammond, April 30. SLEEP WALKER DIES LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 18. Prof. Wallace W. Barnard, 68, formerly a member of the faculty of the old Battleground college, died this afternoon from the effects of injuries sustained this morning where he jumped from the third story of a flat building here. MAY SOLVE MYSTERY PROVIDENCE, R. I, April 18. The mystery of the disappearance of Dorothy Arnold, the New York heiress, may be solved in investigations started, by the police today following the confession of an inmate of a Rhode Island penal Institution. STEALS FOR INVENTION MARION, Ind., April 18. Frank Chamness was arrested, charged with stealing braces and bolts from a hardware stores. He said he wanted them to complete an Invention. BRITISH SHIP SUNK. LONDON, April 18. The British steauer Harrovian bound from New York to British ports has been sunk. The vessel was unarmed. It Is presumed to have been torpedoed by a German submarine. Seventy language are said to be spoken in the ancient itx of Tiflis, In Russia. -

Dr. D. W, Dennis advocated the building of a $40,000 tuberculosis hospital for Wayne county at the meeting of the TwelveSix club this noon. This money would under the state law by appropriated by the county commissioners. Figuring on the same basis as the state hospital does. Dr. Dennis says that at least two people could ba cured every four years of tuberculosis if the hospital were established. Tuberculosis Is not a hereditary' disease and can be cured if taken in time and treated" in the right way. It has been absolutely proved that tuberculosis is caused by germs. . The main things that figure in the cure, according to the speaker, are fresh -air, good plain food and plenty of exercise. These can best be admin-

FORMER CORN KING DIES WITH LITTLE CHICAGO. April 18 George H. Phillips, "the little man with the big ideas," is dead today, and there is genuine sorrow about the Chicago board of trade where he made and lost millions. He was immensely popular and much respected. Phillips became famous in 1900 by running two corners of corn and cleaning up millions. He finally lost the greater part of his fortune and died in only comfortable circumstances. Phillips, a green country boy, astonished the grain world In 1900 by cornering 3,000.000 bushels of corn and selling out at a profit of $200,000. The following May he cornered 14,500,000 bushels and cleaned up an even million. PIRATE ADMITS ACT WILMINGTON, Del., April 18. Twitching his fingers nervously Clarence R. Hudson, alias Earnest Schiller, the German pirate who seized the British freighter Matoppo, off Sandy Hook last month entered a plea of guilty to piracy when arranged before the court here today. Schiller was brought into court between two Italians charged with minor offenses. RELATIVES IN SCRAP INDIANAPOLIS, April 18. Herman Hemping, 67, treated his brother-in-law George Statler, 72, to whisky. The whisky had a peculiar effect on Statler for he cracked Hemping over the head with a chair. Hemping pursued Statler with a hatchet, but fell behind in the chase and was taken in by the police.

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proposed hospital would be established near Richmond. The assistance of the Twelve-Six club was requested by Dr. Dennis in an effort that will be made to have such a hospital established. PERU COMPANY READY TO MOVE The United Refrigerator companies of Peru, which purchased several of the Gaar-ScoU buildings from the Com mercial club, will begin moving their factory to this city as soon as the deeds are transferred, according to information from Peru. According to the written agreement with the Commer cial club, the factory will be in full op eration here by September 1. Extensive improvements are being planned by the company which will require several weeks to complete. Concrete floors will be. placed in sev eral of the buildings and the railroad track win be lowered to enable better freight loading facilities. The large building on F street will be used for the warehouse, according to the present plans of the company. DOLPH REPORTS IN HUNTINGTON Fred A. Dolph. promoter of the traction line north, is in Huntington today for the purpose of making a report on the receivership of the C. B. &. C. railroad, which is a part of the proposed traction system in northeastern Indiana and northern Ohio, according to infprmation received by E. M. Haas, secretary of the Commercial club today. Definite word is expected from Mr. Dolph this afternoon relative to the conference which is to be held with the local traction committee to arrange final plans in circulating the petitions calling for an election on thp rrnnnsff1 SlOO flflO Kiihsirl City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. JENKINS Funeral of Mrs. Mar? Ann Jenkins will be held from ths home, 223 Collpge avenue, Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Friends may call at any time. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery.

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