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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-31

Ijsbon.--Two bombs of great power zKere exploded in Lisbon tonight. They
 :rused much damage and two persons were wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-31

Natchez. Miss.-A letter from Jones' lille La. tonight says that the 1s months old son of MT. and Mrs. Louis White. at the Padora plantation, fell rom bed last night and was drowned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-31

Greensboro. N. C-Fire practically
 destroyed the immense manufacturing plant of the Interstate Go operage com
 ,any at Belhaven. Beaufort county, N.
 ., early today The loss Is estimated It $1O0,000; no insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-31

Washington, May s0.-In response to request from Peru that the United States send a we'll qualified official to lake charge of the sanitary improve nent work at Iquitos. for which s1,- )00 000 has been appropriated. the pub ic health and marine hospital service nas selected Dr. George Converse. who 1as been engaged in public health work m San Francisco trHRf'-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
WORKING ON A BILL
For Formation of Firemen's S
Association.

City Attorney Gardner is at work on
a bill for an ordinance making it legal
for the city firemen to form an asso-
citation, and to provide for the city
paying into the treasury, a sum of
money to add to the fund. Practically
all the firemen on the roster at the
present time are in favor of the estab-
lishment of the pension fund, and
have signifed their willingness to as
sist in the forming of the association.
The law prescribes that in event an
association of this nature is desired, a
sum of money equivalent to from one
to one and one half per cent of the
yearly salaries of the firemen shall be
paid to the city treasurer, to be kept
in a special fund. The city is then re-
quired to pay, in the third and fourth
class cities. a sum from one twentieth
to not over four-tenths of a mill on
each dollar of taxable property. This
money is to be paid out of the general
fund
The city officials have encouraged
the formation of a pension system.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
MARTIN |, CROCKER
DIES At AGE OF SO
He Was One of Richmond'S S
Pioneer Furniture
Dealers.

Martin L. Crocker. one of Rich.
mond's pioneer merchants, aged SO
died early this morning at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Ora Fisher, 21s
North Eighteenth street. Mr.. Crocker
was one of the oldest residents OF
Richmond, having spent most of his
life here. He retired from business
a number of years ago. He had been
engaged in the furniture business. He
is a brother of the late Charles Crock
er. millionaire of the Pacific coast
He is survived by one son, Charles
Crocker, and three daughters, Mrs
Ora Fisher, Mrs. Theodore McClelland
and Mrs. Samuel NanZant-
The funeral will take place Saturday
at 2:30 o'clock at the home. The bur.
ial will be at Earlham. Friends may
call any time this evening or tomor
row.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
DECLARE SOLDIERS
ENGAGED IN ORGY
Military Experts Bringing
Charges Against Men at
Camp Douglass.
(National News Association


CHICAGO, July 26.-Military ex-
perts who went to Camp Douglass,
Wisconsin, to observe the maneuvers
there for which Congress appropriated
more than a million dollars, returned
to Chicago today and brought charges
that the soldiers have engaged in a
drunken orgy until they are unfit to
carry on the war game. Women who
were in Douglass, arriving in Chicago
made similar charge today and fur.
ther asserted that the soldiers have in.
suited women promiscuously and
that an unaccompanied women on the
streets of the little Wisconsin town
was not safe at night
The United States Army headquar-
ters here kept wires to the military
camp today in an effort to substanti.
ate these reports and it was intimated
at the army headquarters that thor.
ough probe of conditions would be
made
One story was told here Of a young
girl in hysterical condition who was
found in the railway station at Doug
lass and told women who found her
there that she had started to the sta.
ton to take a train and that soldiers
had attacked her while the officers
made no attempt to protect her.
Other reports stated that the sol.
diers took possession of the streets
and saloons and hurled insults at
women. Fights and brawls started and
soldiers lay in drunken stupor on
the sidewalks or reeled and fell into
the gutter, it is said
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
BROWN LECTURES
TO LIBRARY SCHOOL
State Librarian Gives Valua-
BILE Instruction to Earl
ham Library School.

The Library school at Earlham was
favored Thursday with two interesting
lectures by Mr.. Demarchus c. Brown,
state librarian, of Indianapolis. Mr..
Brown in his morning lecture describ-
ed in detail the work that the State
library is doing for the public at large,
the schools and the public Libraries of
the state, explaining that the State
library loans books to individuals and
libraries, that it is ready to make bib
biographical researches without charge
and to supply through its reference de-
partment, and also through it's spe-
cial legislative reference department
information concerning matters of his
tory and current problems in social
reforms, legislation and other matters
of interest
When the new education building,
planned as a centennial memorial of
the founding of the state, is an actual
fact, the State library will be enabled
to do even more than at present along
these and other lines. Not the least
interesting of it's activities is the send
ing to blind persons in the state books
in raised letters and in point charac-
ters for their reading This is an en-
tirely free service as the post office
carries these books free of charge.
Mr.. Browns afternoon lecture on the
librarians reading was as applicable
to the average man and woman. Mr..
Browns first advice was to read GER
tain great literary works often, sug-
gesting a play of Shakespeare, Q poem
by Tennyson, LowelTs Commemora-
ton Ode, Crawford or the Book of Job,
and others.
Mr.. Brown said in part:
"A librarian especially must not on
ly love books but love to guide others
profit. Every book read gives one
greater power over the reading of
others. Many books and magazines
must be skinned and cannot be read
thoroughly for lack of time, but few
should be read thoroughly. Read his
tory and biography, which is history
alive. 1t is a duty to keep informed
on the great social issues of the day
by reading such books as those by
Jane Addams and Charles R. Hender-
son of Chicago. One of the features
of the literary output of the present
day os the quality of the drama being
produced. The greatest and best of
these should be read carefully and
read often. This will give one a cri-
terion for judging others. The great
ideal for the librarian is to read so
that the community shall become also
readers of great books"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
TO BE NO CHANGE
IN PERSONAL TAX

Word was received this morning
from the State board of tax examiners
that there would be no change in the
personal tax of this county and that
he could proceed with the tax dupli-
Gates without further delay.
This news was received as glad
tidings" as it was thought that the
personal tax in all the counties of the
state would be increased. notwith-
standing the fact that Wayne county
stood with the counties which has had
an increase in the taxes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
Progressives and Democrats
Have Forced the La Fol-
lette Bill Over the Regular
Republicans.
PLACES PRESIDENT
IN A BAD CORNER
Taft Had Planned to Make
Feature in Tariff Issue
of the Defeated Penrose
Bill.
National News Association)

(National News Association)
WASHINGTON, July 26.-Progres-
sives and Democrats were jubilant to-
ate last night when they forced the
passage of the Lafollette wool bill by
a vote of At to 20 over the Republican
regulars and thereby backed President
Taft into another disagreeable tariff
corner. A series of conferences will
now follow and the result will be a
final agreement on some form of com
through and then will go to President
Taft, who they predict. undoubtedly
will feel compelled to veto it,
The victory of the allies last night
came after Senator Penrose had mol
lifted the Democrats and secured the
substitution of his own bill, which he
rushed out of the committee room for
the purpose, by vote of "a to 30. The
Penrose measure, although not known
to all his colleagues until it appeared
before them last night. is said to have
been approved by President Taft and
the substitution of the Lafollette
measure for it leaves the regular Re
publicans in a state of the greatest
confusion.
The President had planned to sign
the Penrose bill as soon as it was put
up to him and then have it made a
leading feature in the tariff issue in
the presidential campaign. The La Fol
lette speech, however, had completely
blasted this hope and destroyed all
chances of the president appearing
before the people this fall with his
party lined up solidly behind him on
a positive tariff measure as he had
hoped from the passage of the Pen
rose bill.
AS matters now stand, the long, tire
some work of last summer will be re
peated.
Ragged Several Hours.
The tariff battle had been raging
several hours before the Penrose
measure made it's appearance last
night. The first real test of strength
came in committee of the whole when
Penrose moved to substitute his meas
ure for the other bill. Every Demo
crat voted against it and every Repub
lican but Clapp (Minn.), who said he
didn't know what it was all about, vot
ed for it. Penrose won by two votes
Then an amendment offered by Sena
tor Cummins providing for the exist
ing tariff board and which the senator
said was identical with the provision
passed in the last session, was tackled
onto the Penrose measure. Another
long drawn out battle in which all
sorts of amendments were offered and
acted upon, and various acrimonious
remarks exchanged followed before
La Toilette sprung his bomb and was
enabled by Democratic support to ex
plode 1t with crushing effect.
The La Toilette bill proposes rate
for raw wool of 40 per cent ad valor.
EN-, a reduction from 44.71 per cent
on unwashed and from 1894 per cent
on washed woods in the existing tariff
On manufactured woods the bill makes
uniform rate of sixty per cent. The
existing rate is from so to 156 and av.
erages 96.74 per cent.
In an analysis of his measure. Mr.
La Toilette estimated that it would
bring in a total revenue on wool oof
S19, ,605, 900.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
KNOPF DIES AFTER
A SHORT ILLNESS

Charles Knopf one of the best
known German residents of the city
died last night at his home on Asylum
avenue, at the age of Sc years, after a
short illness. For several years he has
conducted a floral business west of
the city. He is survived by one broth.
er. Louis Knopf, and two sisters. Mrs,
Henry CRUDE and Mrs. Ed Crowell.
The funeral will take place Sunday
afternoon at $50 o'clock from the
home. Burial will be at Earlham.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
WILSON WILL ATTEND
Marshalls Notification Next
Month.
(National News Association

tNational News Association
SEA GIRT, n. j.. July 26.-Governor
Wilson will go to Indianapolis about
the third week in August to attend the
notification of Governor Thomas R.
Marshall. as candidate for vice pres
ident. The exact date has not been
fixed, but it will be in a week or ten
days later than the notification of
Governor Wilson. Alton B. Parker,
temporary chairman Of the Baltimore
convention, is the chairman of the
vice-presidential notification commit.
tee, and is now arranging the details
of the ceremony with Col. William F.
McCombs. the campaign chairman.
Ollie James, of Kentucky, chairman
of the committee to notify the candi.
date for president, sent word TODAY
that he would come here early next
week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
WAS LADEN WITH coin
George May When Arrested,
Had Large Sum.

George May, heavy laden with liquor
and with a sum of 1892. .O3 in his pock-
cts, was found last evening near the
court house yard by Oficer Yingling.
and placed in the city Jail. He plead
guilty to the charge of drunk this
morning and paid a fine of s11.
May lives near Des Moines, Iowa,
and says he sold some land there sine
time ago, of which the money he now
has is a small amount. He says he in
tends going to Lewisville, Ind, and re-
turn to the west.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
Mhis Is a Paramount Ques-
ton Before Members of the
City Government at the
Present Time.
CITY HAS LARGE
! SUMS TO EXPEND
Numerous Improvements Are
Proposed for Next Year.
Budget Meeting Is to Be
Held in September.
Will the 1918 tax rate be raised?

Will the 1913 tax rate be raised?
This question is paramount to those
connected with the local city govern
tment.
The city faces a payment Of about
$4,000 from the general fund to the
street. improvement fund, for the back
debt found in the untangling of these
two funds by the expert accountants.
The mayor has stated that this sum
must be paid If nothing else is done.
The city has other debts and the
streets must be cared for. The
amount appropriated and spent this
year was approximately $4,000.
TCouncilmen still ask for improvements
of streets in their wards. A substan-
tial sum must be set aside for the
icity's share of street improvements,
for large number of improvements
which could not be made this year be-
cause of the sudden finding of the bot
tom Of the treasury of the city, must
be made next year.
/ p
buying an automatic street flusher.
This will cost about $1,100. The mon
ey was once appropriated for this,
but was spent In another way.
The various expenses of the city de-
Fpaetments cannot be cut down. A GER
tain sum must be raised to carry on
the city government.
Proposed improvements.
ThS cfty win have large sum to
spend on making North Tenth street
next year. This will come under the
three mile gravel road law, but as
Ia large share of the street is in the
city, and is to be bricked by the city
with cement sidewalks, curbs and
cutters probably added, the cost to the
city will be large. In the construction
of the proposed concrete bridge over
the river at North Tenth street, the
city will be compelled to pay it's por-
ition.
Changes are planned in the city
building. The enlargement of the
fremenss sleeping quarters is propos-
led for next year. 1t is proposed to
build section over the Jail.
The Main street bridge is in need
lof repair. This may have to be done
next year.
The concensus of opinion of city Of
ficials is that the city should pay to
the City Light plant at least the cost
of current used by the city in the
lighting of streets, public parks and
buildings. In the event that it is de-
cided to do this. an appropriation of
about $4,000 would be required.
Last fall more money than was
raised. was desired, but council refus-
ed to raise the tax rate. At the budg-
ct meeting in September, council pro-
badly will have to consent to the raise
in taxes. or to abandon most improve
ments planned for next year.
In 1914, the city will pass from a
fourth class to a third class city, and
the salaries of city officers will be
raised by law. This will make it nec-
essary for the city to spend several
Thousand dollars more in this manner
The present tax rate is s11O. The
limit is $1.25.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
CONDITION OF cox
is IMPROVED TO-DAY

Harley Cox. who was injured Thurs
day evening by a falling telephone
pole, is reported as being much i'm
proved at his home, 314 South Elev-
enth street, today. His wounds. al
though serious are not believed to be
necessarily fatal
Mr. Cox was struck by a falling
telephone pole. and two deep gashes
cut in his skull, fracturing the skull,
but fortunately not causing a de-
Preston
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
COUNTY OFFICIALS
TO HOLD MEETING

The County Council will hold very
important meeting at the court house
tomorrow in conjunction with the
county commissioners. Appropriation
will be made for the building of a new
bridge in Dalton township which re
Gently broke down.: making the road
impossible.
Mr. and Mrs. John c. Keever were
driving across the bridge at the time
it fell, but they suffered no injuries
besides the nervous shock. Both were
thrown into the water.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
ANNUAL REUNION
TO BE HELD HERE

William Mathews, a member of the
124th Indiana Volunteers is making
preliminary arrangements for the an.
nual reunion which will be held in
Richmond September 19 and 90. 1t is
hoped to make this one of the biggest
events of the year, as the large major.
ity of the old veterans report that
they will be here. On the second day,
arrangements have been completed by
the Woman's Relief Corps to enter
tain the members of the regiment at
dinner in the G. A. R. rooms at the
court house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
CHAINS ON TRUCK

Heavy chains have been placed on
the tires of the FIRE auto truck to pre-
vent a repetition of the North E street
accident when the machine skdded
and killed man a short time ago.
The streets of the city are in bad con-
dition in places where oil has been
placed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
THUMB MASHED IN
A PRINTING PRESS

Clarence Veregge. an employe OF
the Nicholson Printing Company was
painfully injured Wednesday after
noon when the thumb of his right
hand was caught in one of the cogs of
the big press. The end of the thumb
was mashed and the bone split.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
PROGRESSIVE
MASS CONVENTION

The Wayne County Progressive
Mass Convention will be neId at
the Pythian Temple tomorrow af-
ternoon at O'Clock to name the
delegates to the State Convention.
All progressives are invited to at
tend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
FISHERMEN RETURN

Judge Henry c. Fox and John Mark
ley who have been spending the past
several days at James Lake on a fish
ing trip have returned
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
How to Sell,
How to Rent,
How to Buy

The Want Ads tell you how,
when and where to sell. rent
and buy. You
Furnish the Facts
The Want Ads Will
Do the Rest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
News Nuggets
(Naticnal News Association)

(Naticnal News Association)
NEW YORK, July 26.-The 33rd
street station of the Hudson River
tubes is filed with Jersey mosquqi-
toes who made the trip through the
tunnel
NEW YORK, July 26.-Sleepy
Bill. a water moccasin at the Aqua
rum has broken his ten months
fast by devouring twice his own
length in killiefsh.
TOULON, France, July 26.-The
French battleship Mirabeau mar
rowly escaped destruction in the
recent naval maneuvers when her
magazine was set afire by short cir
cuited wires, it became known to-
day. The captains promptness in
having the magazines flooded alone
averted the destruction of the ship.
FLORENCE, Italy, July 26.-The
villa of Enrico Caruso was ran
sacked by thieves early today and
many of the tenor's most precious
art works were stolen. This is the
third time the villa has been bro
ken into.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 2s-Miss
Marion Crocker has established
a new equestrian record for women
by riding on horseback 102 miles
in IA hours. She rode one horse "a
miles and another 46 miles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
THE WEATHER

STATE-Fair tonight and slightly
warmer in central portion.
locAL-Fair tonight and Sunday;
siiaptly, ,eooIera
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
Story of Woman.

Rosie" Harris says that "Dago
Frank could not have taken part in
the murder of Rosenthal She says
that when she was locked up she sent
word to Pat Able" who got "Dago
Frank" to find somebody to bail her
out and she met "Dago Frank" on the
street before 4 O'Clock when he had
found a bondsman- We will investi-
gate this story but it is impossible to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26

Continued on Page srx)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-26
Police Nets Drawn Tighter
and Escape of the Guilty
Ones Appears to Be Out of
Question Now.
SUSPECTS LOCATED
IN HARLEM TO-DAY
kid, the Blood and Two
of His Pals Are Known TO
Be Hiding Somewhere in
That Part of City.
BULLETIN.

NEW YORK. July ga Gordon Of
police was thrown around half a mile
of territory in Harlem this afternoon
when the police received a report that
Harry Horowitz. alias kid. the
Blood" Lefty Louis and Whitley"
Lewis, all wanted as accessories TO
the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
were hiding in a fat in that section.
Several squads of police then began
combing the neighborhood.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-12-17
Quinn Tnnnr
UukLU IUTTLES
FROM THIRD STORY
TO THE STREET

Left asleep in third story front
room by her mother. at their home.
No. 4t2 Pine street, Dorothy Taylor.
aged 5 years. awakened and went TO
the window overlooking the street.
In some manner not known, but Il is
presumed she leaned out and lost her
balance, the child fell to the cement
sidewalk Her screams as she tum-
bled from the window we're heard by
the mother and the latter hurried to
the front of the house to find her lit
tie daughter PROSTATE and huddled
in a heap on the hard pavement
With a cry Mrs Taylor picked Up
the child and ran to the Office of DR..
NJ Ostro at Sixth and Pine streets.
He examined the little ones body
and while he found no broken bones
he fears that the child is suffering
with conclusion of the brain, the
outcome Of which is problematical
The child is in a semi-conscious con
dition and it will be some time be-
fore the physician can say whether
she will recover.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-12-17
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IHKLL HLLU run
CHICKEN THEFTS
AS XMAS NEARS

DOG days" in City Court gave way
TO poultry day" this morning when
between the cackle OF live hens ly-
ing beside several dead ones. Judge
Churchman heard the testimony OF
several poultry fanciers and dealers
who had lost fowls Albert Gains
colored, was the first defendant charg-
ed with stealing chickens. Rosa Sell
niger, of No. 2l9 Orange street. saying
she had seen Albert take two fowls
from a coop In front of her fathers
store last night and run This was
corrohrated by her brother Jacob who
recovered one OF the fowls Albert
had dropped Judge Churchman held
Albert under $500 bail for Court
Thomas Travis. cOlered, employed
by John l.. Lambson, a farmer near
Rose Hill, was held under a like sum
on a similar charge. l.ampson stated
that last night he missed four
chickens from their roost He notified
the pol ce and officer Mammelle ar
rested Travis with the fowls wrapped
i'm an Overcoat
Edward Hitchngs, colored, was
htlu uiuti fVVV udli OH Two Guar htH
OF chicken lifting. Mrs Anna Korn-
gold Of No SOC Washington street
informed the Court that last night she
heard a noise in her yard and as she
opened the rear door Edward ran
away with her chicken William
Banks, identified Edward as the man
from whom he had bought Mrs
Korngold chicken.
Emanuel Kramer also identified Ed
ward as the man who stole a chicken
from his coop three weeks ago last
night At that time the fowl was
dropped by Edward who escaped M
the railroad tracks