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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
A HUNDRED AND FORTY-F|VE
VICTIMS CLAIMED BY BLAZE

Many of them were employees or ex-
employees of the Triangle Waist COM
pany. Mr.. Whitman asked that no
by any other department until he
could present cases TO the grand jury.
Two Doors Locked.
The examination at the building at
Washington Place and Greene street
where the fire occurred, has shown
SO far that panic alone was not re-
sponsible for the frightful loss of life.
The fact that the two iron doors in
the rear of the Waist company's plant
on the Sth and 9th floors were locked.
not only prevented exit, but made it
impossible to get at the Are hose in
the hallway. The police reported find
ing so dead bodies piled up against
these doors. Chief Croker of the fire
department characterized the locked
doors as the most shocking sight OF
inconceivable torture ever brought to
his notice.
| The official statement of Fire Com
missioner Waldo which will be used
! by the district attorney, is an arraign-
ment Of those whom Waldo holds re-
| sponsible for the horror.
| Mr.. Waldo found that the single
fire escape leading from the top floors
of the building into an air shaft was
| useless. The stairways were steep
and narrow and it could accommodate
small fraction of the 100 employees
in the upper floors of the building.
The investigation of the fire COM
missioner also showed that the FIRE
| hose in the corridor outside the lock-
ed doors had not been touched.
Witnesses Summoned.
Fifty witnesses were summoned to
the Office of the Are marshal. John
Beers, at 9 o'clock this morning. The
subpoenaes were issued indiscrimin-
ately to employees of the Triangle
Waist company, employees of other
concerns in the same building, fire.
men, policemen and spectators.
Isaac Harris of Harris & Blanck.
owners of the waist factory, emphat-
ically denied that the doors were ever
locked.
The doors opened inward but they
were never locked, he said. Even il
the shutters on the 7th floor had not
been open, passage on the escape was
rendered impossible by the intense
heat causing others of the iron shut.
ters to buckle outward, in the same
manner as occurred at the great lro-
lquois theater fire in Chicago, block.
ing the passageway.
There were only two sstairways in
the building, but Joseph ]. Asch, the
owner. declared that he had never
i been ordered by the authorities to put
in a third stairway. All the authori.
ties who have hand in the investiga-
ton agree that the laws governing
fire protection in Office buildings and
factories are defective and that an,
other tragedy of the same kind may
occur at any time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
NEEDS
GOOD CONSCIENCE
Declares Rev. E. G. Howard
in Address Sunday at the
Y. M. c. A. Building.

In a very interesting address deliv-
cred at the mems meeting held at the
Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday afternoon, the
Rev. f. G. Howard, pastor of the
First English Lutheran church of this
city, declared that the greatest need
of Richmond was trained conscienccs
for all its people. Men who are in
terested in different kinds of work
the Rev. Howard said, will say that
the greatest need of the city is inn
provement and increased efficiency
along lines affecting their work, but
in his opinion it is a trained con-
science in every individual which will
reduce wrong doing TO a minimum
and raise the moral standard of the
community.
AS an illustration of the difference
of opinion as to Richmond's greatest
need, the minister said the CONNER
cial men of the city believe traction
facilities for the convenience of sub
urban residents are of paramount i'm
portance, while men interested in ed
ucational matters are equally positive
in their opinion that better education
al advantages are the greatest need.
despite the fact that the educational
status of the city is now above the
average. Ministers. also. he said are
not unbiased in their opinion and are
ever ready to declare the increased
efficiency in religious organizations is
what Richmond needs most
A trained conscience, however.
which will not permit any one to
commit questionable act on the
grounds that it is all right for this
thing or that, the speaker said. was
his version of the greatest need.
There is too much of a tendency for
mems conscience to yield to various
things not altogether right. he said.
and a training of conscience to pre-
vent this could not be but of great
benefit to the community.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
ARE TALKING OF
MAYORS CABINET
Would Be Success if Night
Sessions Were Held
Regular Office Hours.

CITY officials generally concedc that
the mayors cabinet is failure, as
held by the present administration.
But there are few city officials who
are asking themselves. why let it
continue to be a failure?" Mayor Zim-
norman has stated that he doesn't
think much OF II mayors cabinet"
Good can come of Il mayors cabinet,
IL is said. Several sessions of the
cabinet have been held during the last
few months. when the majority of the
heads of departments reported every
thing in good condition. Nothing do
ing" then the meeting adjourned.
Hold the cabinet meetings a Ger.
tain evening each week in the counci:
chamber" says one of the officials.
who has been studying the situation.
Let every one of the department
heads he present and give decent re-
port Invite the business organiza-
tions in to give their views on city af-
fairs"
This is. he claims. the logical way to
have a cabinet meeting that will do
some good. At the present time. it is
admitted, some Of the department
heads don't have time to get to the
meetings. Especially is this true of
the crematory and municipal light su-
perintendents. and dairy inspector.
who are very busy men. At night,
however, 1t is claimed. all these diff
culties would be overcome.
Whether or not the mayor will be
asked to change the time for his cabi-
net meetings cannot be ascertained at
present although il is believed re-
quest for night sessions will be made
Another Objectionable condition at
the city hall. according to some of the
officials. is the fact that the mayor
and president of the board of works
have no regular office hours. and often
when wanted by persons on city busi-
ness cannot be found. In Richmond
the prevailing custom among mayors
has been to be in office only when the
board of works meets, or "A short time
after police court. The president OF
the board is in the office about the
same length of time. according to one
official, and there are at least fifteen
calls for him during the day. when he
is absent.
II is said that complaint has come
in from one or two sources about this
matter. 1t has been suggested that
the mayor have regular office hours,
also the president Of the board should
stay in their offices to hear complaints
and suggestions of citizens. There has
even been talk of an ordinance which
would make it compulsory for. at least
the president of the board to spend
certain hours in office.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
BLACK HAND CRIMES
PUZZLE THE POLICE
(American News Service)

Chicago. March 27.--Two new Black
Hand murders which bring the tota
for fourteen months to thirty-seven
puzzles Chicago police today and al
though a score or more detectives
have been assigned to the cases, Off
GERS freely admitted that they had nc
hope of finding the slayers.
One of the victims was the baby
daughter of Girco Balzano. who died as
result of injuries received in a bomE
explosion which wrecked her fathers
home. The other was Dominic Cici
who was Drained with an iron rod in
sight of several of his friends. The
slayer escaped.
Cici had received score of threat
ening letters as a result of feud with
a Sicilian saloonkeeper. who was sale
to be a member Of the Chicago Malta
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
EXAMINATIONS NOW
QUITE DIFFICULT

Because teachers examinations are
now so much more difficult than they
were a year or two ago, few teach
ers of the county are taking them just
for experimental purposes and to test
their ability in passing the examina-
ton Since the examinations have
been made harder purposely, only
teachers requiring licenses in order
to continue teaching, have been tax.
ing the examinations. On Saturday,
in the Office of County Superintendent
c. o. Williams, there were ffty-three
applicants for licenses, while the nor
NAL number heretofore has been up
wards of a hundred. Those taking ex.
aminations Saturday were trying for
either county, state or high school IL
CepSeS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
Rebel Sympathizers Caught
Taking Arms Over River,
Open Fire on Soldiers to
Their Regret.
HUNDRED GUNS AND
AMMUNITION TAKEN
El Paso Receives Report that
Revolution Is Spreading
and Rebels Are Meeting
Successes.
(American News Service1

El Paso, Tex, March PA detach-
ment of United States soldiers and in
surrecto sympathizers fought a run
ming battle fifty miles west of Del Rio
Texas, late last afternoon, according
10 adyices received here today. The
civilians were attempting to smuggle
arms across the border when they
We're spied by the United States
troops. When commanded to surrender
they refused to do so and began firing
on the soldiers. The volley was re
turned and two of the insurrectos
friends were killed. The rest fled
abandoning the mutions of war.
Three thousand rounds of ammuni
tion and 100 rifles were captured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
INTEND TO PROSECUTE.

New York, March 27.-District At
torney Whitman announced today
that he would demand from the grand
ter and criminal negligence as a re-
suit OF the holocaust in the Triangle
Waist company factory fire Saturday y
afternoon. Evidence has been pre-
sented to Mr. Whitman that several
doors were locked, thus preventing
many of the victims from escaping.
Negligence is charged to the bureau
of buildings and Rudolph r. Miller,
superintendent. will be called upon
to explain the lack of protection for
the workers.
Today the horror of the fire grew
each succeeding hour. One hundred
and forty-five bodies had been re-
covered up to Z o'clock this morning
and the search was still going On
ceaselessly. OF those recovered nine.
ty had been identified. Probably two
score will never be identified, the
bodies being charred and battered
beyond recognition.
Mostly Young Girls.
OF the ninety bodies identified only
sixteen were men The victims
whose bodies had been claimed by
their families, were mostly young
girls, one of them being only 13 years
old. Another was a girl of Is years
Six were 16 years old, twenty-five
were II, thirteen were Is. twelve were
19, and the remainder 20 or over.
While thousands We're trsmping the
lanes of death in the morgue at the
western foot of 26th street in an at
tempt to identify the remaining dead
three other investigations in addition
to that of District Attorney Whitman
were under way. They are being pro
secuted by the fire department, the
police department and the coroner's
Office.
Governor Dix at Albany has the hol
ocaust under advisement today and il
expected to order a state investigation
with view of securing the enact
ment of new laws for the protection
of factory workers.
Despite a rain storm thousands hae
gathered outside the morgue wher
| the doors We're opened at s o'clock
Many We're women carrying babies il
their arms and sobbing in hysterica
| grief. Police reserves and detach
ments of mounted police were neces
sary to handle the crowd
Prepare the Bodies.
| Through the night many doctors
worked over the corpses washing ant
! clothing them and turning them owe
| to embalmers, who placed them il
glass covered collins for the inspec
| ton of the identifiers.
| Scores of guards were statione,
through the morgue to prevent an out
break.
| While the death march proceede,
through the morgue pail of gloon
hung over the east side where nearl.
all the victims lived Scores of then
We're the only support of their famil
| les.
! District Attorney Whitman declare,
that his evidence would be presente'
TO the April grand jury. Many wit
nesses We're summoned to the Grim
| inal courts building early today an,
questioned by deputy district alto;
neys ManIey. Bostwick and Rubin.
Sworn statement was taken from each
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
MUSICAL CLUBS IN
BIENNIAL MEETING
american News Service)

delegates arrived in Philadelphia today
tn attend the seventh biennial conven-
tion and festival of the National Fed
eration OF Musical clubs. A notable
feature OF the four days session will
be the concerts at which prize compo-
sitions in the recent competition un-
der the auspices of the federation will
he rendered. Another interesting fea-
ture will he symposium on public
school music.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
City Attorney Finds the City
Must Advertise for Bids
for Franchises, Necessitat-
ing a Change.
CITY MAY BENEFIT
FROM THIS ACTION
Eastern Syndicate Will Prob
ably Offer Competition,
Which Should Mean Re-
duction in Rates.
MAYOR IN ANGRY MOOD
Says that Secrecy Shown on
Water Works Company's
Proposition Is Not a Play
for Hammond.

In an amendment to an act concern
ing municipal corporations. is the fol.
lowing clause: And provided further
that the department of public works
at least twelve months before the ex-
piration of any such contrac, or con.
tracts contracts for furnishing gas.
arc. or may hereafter be in force.
shall by publication once each week
paper of general circulation In such
city. give notice that 1t will receive
bids for such supplies.
When this clause was found by City
Attorney A. NJ. Gardner, yesterday.
In investigating the water works pro-
position. an entirely new light was
thrown on the situation. What has
been done UP to this time by the
board Of works was ordered thrown
out when the board met this morning
The company then withdrew It's pro.
posal.
viii Receive Bids.
City Engineer Charles was ordered
10 draw up plans and specifications
for u water works plant In Richmond
defining the standard of water
amount of pipe lines and other points
This will be filed In the engineers Of
nee rs soon rs completed. Then. nc.
cording To the salute. the contract to
furnish water TO Richmond will be bid
for. by at least two companies. IL is
thought.
nounccment of the board that II
would receive competitive bids. the
Richmond water works company with.
drcw Its proposal and will probably
submit new one, calling for lower
rates on water supplied both to the
city and individual consumers
r.. NJ. Campiield. representing an
eastern syndicate. notified the board
Of works that his company would sub
init bid for the contract. with the
intention. IL receiving Il. To construct
~ water works plant here.
Board Was Premature.
"The board was premature in its
action on the water works case" de
clarcd the city attorney. when he read
the law referred TO above.
NO" cried Mayor Zimmerman
eve won't put II that way. for the
board was all right. We were going
along the lines we should. The board
hadn't done anything yet. nor were
We going TO just yet"
But Attorney Gardner stuck to his
opinion. He declared afterwards to n
reporter that there is no reason why
the board should not give out now
the water perks company's proposal
and the boards counter proposition.
1T looks TO me like there's moth
ing To IL but fight between the news
papers and the board" Gardner OBJ
served. There's a good deal of tom
foolery on both sides. The board is
contrary. The mayor has declared
you won't get anything until he gets
ready. and I suspect he's right. As
far rs | am personally concerned
though, YOU could have all of it,"
After the board had finished will
the Water Works question. and anotn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
locAl-cloudy: much colder tonight;
Tuesday fair.
HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY.
HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY.

Maximum. 55' at 400 o'clock 4. NJ.
tiday: temperature dropped degrees
in Is minutes accompanied by a thun.
dcrstorm and hail. continued to fall
steadily to 30 degrees at 1880 and is
still falling. barometer fell steadily
since Friday noon but has been rising
since 600 A. NJ. Conditions ideal for
cold wave. High pressure indicates
fair weather. but colder; low pressure
indicates warm weather. but rain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
ROME EXPOSITION
WAS INAUGURATED
(American News Service)

Rome. March 27.-The International
exposition. for which preparations
have been making for many months
was formally inaugurated today by
King Victor Emanuel The event was
accompanied by brilliant ceremonies
in which representatives of many na-
tions took part. The exposition is
one of the leading features of the ma
tional celebration in honor of the fif-
tieth anniversary of the foundation of
the kingdom of Italy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
ATLANTA VISITED
BYLABOR CHIEFS
(American News Service)

Atlanta, Ga. March 81 President
Gompers. Secretary Morrison and 9TH
er prominent officials OF the American
Federation of Labor came TO Atlanta
today to attend an anniversary cele-
bration Of the Atlanta Federation of
Trades and also to discuss arrange
ments for the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor.
which is to be held here next Novem-
Der.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
REPORT is FILED
ON WILEY ESTATE

The estate of the late Cornelius r.
Wiley, a prominent resident and for
mer county official. who died sudden
Iy March 90, was fled for probate in
the Wayne probate court Monday.
Charles T. Wiley, the elder son. Is
named administrator of the esate. and
has filed bond in the sum of $4,000.
double the amount of the estate. The
widow and four children will share
in the estate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
TOM JOHNSON NOW
SINKING RAPIDLY
(Am!erican News SeryiCep

Cleveland. March 2I.-Tom l.. John
son. former mayor of Cleveland, is be
Iieved by his physicians TO he gradual
ly growing worse. He passed a rest
visitors today. Attendants at his bed
side were not hopeful of rally and it
was rumored the former mayor was
dying.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27
THE WEATHER

eTATE-Fsir In the South: snow In
the north portion tonight. Tues
day fair.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-27

Continued on Page EightD
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-14
Commencement.

The High school will graduate about
fifty students this year, The COM
mittee in charge recommends an in
novatlon in the usual commencement
program.
Steps have been taken to secure a
speaker for commencement instead OF
compelling the entire class TO deliver
Orations. DR.. Hartman has written
Senator A. j. Beveridge of Indiana
and DR.. G.. II, Gunsaulas, president
of the Armour institute and one OF
the foremost ministers of the country,
attempting to secure one OF them for
the occasion. The class day exercises
will be held throughout the last term.
The class is planning an entertainment
for the last week of school but the
nature of the entertainment has not
been decided. Commencement will
take place June and will be held In
the Methodist church.
The board employed ]. w. Wertz
TO on the vacancy of the position OF
janltor at the David street building.
caused by the death Of william Rath-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-14
.DREDGE STARTS WORKING
WITH A DOUBLE SHIFT
Workmen Expect to Pro
gress 200 Feet per Day.
Force of Ten Men Required 20 Keep
I The Big Machine In Operation.

The Timothy Fooey Dredging COM
pany which has the contract for the
dredge work on the Little Scioto
River Monday began operating the
big dredge. night and day. Two shifts
Of men, six in daytime and four at
night were put to work and from now
on the dirt and mud will move live
ly 1t Is the expectation Of the COM
pany to make about 200 feet progress
each day
The county commissioners have or
dered the surveyor TO make estimates
on the cost of moving all bridges
across the highways over the river
also the cost of those which Will
have to be replaced by new bridges
because Of the additional span, caus-
ed by widening the river 1t is prob
able the orders for these bridges will
be placed early so that traffic across
the river will not be delayed when
the dredging has been completed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-14
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is due solely to Or, Kings New Dis.
covery, which completely cured me,
Now | weigh 1877 pounds and have
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-14
BOARD Elects Vice President.


The deadlock that has been exist
ing since the first of the year was
bent last night but not completely
broken. Member Pennel was elected
to the important office of vice presi-
dent on the second ballot He recelv-
ed the necessary four votes, Dicker-
son and Cutlery receiving one apiece.
Seven ballots were cast for the
clerkship but no one was elected. An
outsider has entered into the contest.
Leroy zachman received two votes
during the balloting.
INDECENT Children.
The question of INDECENT children
was discussed. 1t seems that the
number helped by the board is in
creasing Member Hill cited an ex-
ample.
A twelve-year-old colored girl ap.
piled to him for assistance, stating
that her family was I'm destitute cir
and that she was In need
of wearing apparel. The girls teacher
her report after having
made a thorough investigation. Sat-
isfied that the dress was needed, Mr.
nearby dry goods store and allowed
her to make the selection, while he
chose the price. The garment Sc.
lectcd was so loud IL could be heard
for great distance. and its newness
was quite apparent. The girl at
tended church Sunday morning arr
rayed in her finery and Mr. Hill states
that the next Monday morning he
found seven or eight pickaninnies sit
ting on his office steps, awaiting his
arrival.
The meeting adjourned to convene
next Friday night, when the plans Of
the architects will be on exhibition
and the architect for the new building
viii be selected.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-14
The Sun.

Two capacity houses witnessed the
urst performance for the first half
of the week at the Sun last night of
Jne Of the best vaudeville perform
ances given at this popular little play
house this season and Manager Lee
is proud of the show. Every act on
the bill is "A headline feature. Della
Stacey & Company rendered some
very fine selections, their voices har-
moni2e and the male member is the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-14
TAX SALE WAS
HELD TODAY
Dciinquents Come in at the last
Moment.

The annual tax sale was held by
the county treasurer this morning
There were thirty-hve tax titles
bought by different individuals and
no-bids were received on twelve
pieces, the title to which revert 20
the state.
The advertised list for the sale in
clude large number of properties
hpt- great majority of these were
cleai.1 up before the time for the
sale.