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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
|. NET ON FRIDAY
In Morrison Library and
Discusses Affairs of the
Organization.

The Richmond Women's Progressive
League held it's second meeting yes
terday afternoon at four o'clock in the
llecture-room Of the Morrisson-Reeves
library, with large attendance Of
both charter and new members.
The president, Mrs. William Dudley
Foulke, introducedthe subject of the
sale of membership certificates for the
National women's Progressive League
and it was decided to consummate this
at the next meeting.
There are, however. no dues attach
ed to membership in the local woman's
Progressive League, to which member
ship is absolutely free and with which
there is no financial obligation.
The next meeting to be held in the
lecture-room of the library on Wednes-
day evening, October and. at quarter
to eight o'clock, will have for its pro-
gram the discussion of one of the prin-
ciples of the Progressives. the mini
mum wage scale, which will be led by
member of the League and In which
all those present will participate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
ARRESTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
Claim Mrs. Hammer Shot
Husband and Got Rid of
Two Former Mates.
(National News Association)

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 2s-Mrs.
Mary NJ. Hammer was arrested today by
District Attorney Ackerson and will
be taken to North Tanawanda and ar
raigned before the court that issued
a warrant containing a charge against
her of assault in the first degree.
Mrs. Hammer stoutly denies the
charge that she shot her husband
white driving with him in an-aatomo-
bile. In some respects the case il be
ginning to resemble the sensational
incident uncovered following the dis
covery Of the first body on Belle Gum
ness farm in northern Indiana. It was
learned today that Mrs. Hammer, now
suspected by the police of having fired
the shot that nearly killed her hus-
band and slightly wounded herself
while returning to Niagara Falls in an
automobile. had been married twice
before her marriage to Hammer.
Nineteen years ago she became the
wife of man named Weber and sew.
eral years later, after Weber is said
to have suddenly dropped out of sight,
she is said to have married q man
named Green, who later also disap.
peared and has not been heard from
Some time ago Mrs. Hammer prevailed
on her husband to have his life insur.
ed for $4,000, the policy being in her
favor. District Attorney Askerson
who is investigating the case, de
clares that letters have been found in
a trunk at the Hammer home in which
Mrs. Hammer is alleged to have ex
pressed her undying love for another
man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Friends Believe that Mrs.
Miller Ended Her Life.

Mrs. Jennie Nicholson Miller, who
last made her home with daughter
at Indianapolis, and formerly lived
here and at Greensboro, was buried at
Greensboro yesterday
Mrs. Miller, who was believed to
have been slightly demented, wander
ed from the home of her daughter at
Indianapolis and in suicidal mood
threw herself in front of limited in
terurban at Plainfield. A previous at
tempt at self-destruction was thwart-
ed by the motorman Of a local car,
who stopped his car and urged her TO
ride to Plainfield.
letter on her person, bearing the
name Of Miss Snyder, Richmond. lead
the Plainfield authorities to believe
that Mrs. Miller had friends here. Her
identity was not established until al
most . week after the accident
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
BISHOP RECEIVES
THREAT OF DEATH
tNational News Association

National News Association)
SOUTH BEND, Sept. 2s.-Death to
Archbishop Alerding OF FIT. Wayne and
to eight other persons, was the threat
contained in a letter received by the
committee in charge Of ST. Bova's
church. whose pastor. Rev. Charles
Stuer. is in a nervous collapse as the
result of the other threats received by
the church members in the past TWEEN
ty months. The letter reads:
.The death list for this week is as
follows: Bishop of Fort Wayne, Ma
tilda Derue, Alfonso Derue, Alfanse
Decrocker, CAMEL Hanzeaul, CAMEL
Demuliaere, Mary Hanzeaul. CAMEL
Nieuland, John Bultinck-
Your years are counted and just a
few more and it will be done with yoI
all. We intend to get you unexpect-
edly. We win disappear in Julius
Benefits automobile. There are five
men picked out to do the numbering.
The letter is written in Flemish All
named In the missive except Archbish.
op Aierding are Belgian residents OF
Michawaka, . town near here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
MCCORMICK
VISITS RICHMOND

Howard Mccormick, of New York,
the well known illustrator formerly a
resident of this city, was in Richmond
yesterday and went on to New York
this afternoon.
Mr.. Mccormick was en- route home
from Arizona where he has been for
several monthg making studies of In
dian life for the mural decorations he
is to paint for the American Museum
of Natural History In New York This
artist has recently completed series
of the same class OK paintings for the
country home of George W. Perkins,
the steel magnate
Mccormick was once a cartoonist on
the Indianapolis News and more re
Gently has been an illustrator for the
leading publications of the country In.
Guiding Golfers. the American and
Century.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28

Miss Alice Hill, Mrs Myron Malsby.
and Miss Kathryn Rettig today placed
the pictures Other committees which
are assisting are appended:
Educational Committee.
Miss Alice G. Locke, chairman. Miss
Carrie c. Lesh, Miss Martha Whitacre,
Miss Emma Lesson, Miss Bertha kei
sey, Miss Hettie Elliott, Miss Eva
Jhonston. Miss Ivy Kraft, Mrs. Clara
Graves, Mrs. Agnes Stillinger, Miss
Kate Morgan, Miss Ada Woodward,
Miss Alice Unthank.
Music Committee.
Prof. Ralph Sloane, chairman, John
Thompson, Miss Marjorie Beck.
Decoration Committee.
Prof. John Thompson, chairman
Miss Alice G. Locke, Miss Ivy Kraft.
Refreshment Committee.
Miss Kiturah Parsons, chairman
Miss Emma Bond, Mr.. R. A. Wishand
Art Study Committee.
Mrs. James NJ. Judsen, Mrs. Bentor
Addington, Mrs. Demas Coe, Mrs. Pau
Comstock, Mrs. David Dennis, Mrs
Howard A. Dill, Mrs. John B. Dougan
Miss Rose Dougan, Mrs. VIM. Dudley
Foulke, Mrs. Henry Gennett, Mrs. Ed
gar Hiatt, Mrs. Allen D. Hole, Miss Sa
rah Hill, Mrs. Harry Holmes, Mrs. H
H. Huntington, Mrs. Geo. H. Knollen
berg, Mrs. Fred Lemon, Mrs. Lewis c
King, Mrs. VIM. O. Mendenhall, Mrs
Lee B. Nusbaum, Mrs. Ray Robinson
Miss Mary A. Stubs. Mrs. Jennie NJ
Yaryan, Mrs. j. E. Catheli, Mrs. VIM
F. Starr, Mrs. Charles MCGUIRE.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
Art Exhibit of American Painters
Will be Shown Here Next Week

Under the auspices of the Richmond
Art Association, the collection of the
Indiana circuit exhibition of paintings
of American artists will be on display
at the art association rooms in the
high school beginning next Tuesday. >
This collection is the most famous
ever shown in this city. It is expected
that the exhibit will swell the member
ship of the association to 500 active
members and 100 sustaining members
1t is the intention of sthe association
to bring other collections to this city
this year, among which are:
Observation-Disclosures artists exhibit
and craft work.
December-Exhibit of Abbey's "Ho.
ly Grail' series in color prints
January-Exhibit of water colors by
Philadelphia Water Color club
February-Paintings by Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Otis Adams, of BrookvilIe.
March--Not announced.
April and May-Exhibit of art and
manual training departments of the
public schools.
| This is the sixteenth annual exhibi
ton of American art here. The open
ing reception will be next Tuesday
evening for the members only. Tickets
will be on sale at the door and per
sons will be admitted to general mem
bership for so cents year. Refresh
ments will be served, and Under the
leadership of Prof. Sloane, the high
school orchestra will play several Sc
lections.
i The hanging committee composed oi
Mrs. Elmer Eggemeyer, J. e. Bundy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
ISAAC SHARP HERE
Will Lecture at the East Main
Street Church.

Isaac Sharp. prominent Friend OF
egate to the Five Years meeting, will
speak on the subject "A Half Century
of Quakerism in England" at the East
Main Street Friends church Sunday
evening at 1880 o'clock.
Mr.. Sharp attended the Indiana
Yearly meeting few weeks ago and
his remarks were received with much
interest He is the son of the late Isaac
Sharp. who in former years made Wis
its to this country and was well known
in Friends circles. The public is cor.
daily invited to attend the lecture
Sunday evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
BIG CAMPAIGN TO
BEGIN TUESDAY
Y. NJ C. A. Hopes to Swell
Membership to 1000 in
Two Days.

zone thousand members sure by
next Wednesday evening" is the slog-
an which is urging on the captains and
teams engaging in the membership at
the Y. NJ. G. A.
In an enthusiastic meeting held last
evening the captains and members of
the teams discussed the campaign and
outlined plans Of procedure. 1t is be-
lieved that the twenty-five per cent
reduction on annual dues offered next
Tuesday and Wednesday will induce
hundreds to join the local association
and will lead many old members to
take out cards for another year. The
reduction in rates obtains in all de-
partments of the Y. M. C. A.
with the plant, all the advantages of
the association house will be opened
to men beginning with this evening
and continuing until next Wednesday.
The reading and lounging rooms,
gymnasium equipment. bowling alley.
and shower baths will be at the free
use of any man or boy who wishes to
use them.
During the two days Of the cam.
paign, the Ladies' Auxiliary will serve
q lunch at noon to the captains and
members of the teams. Results Of the
campaign will be announced and bull
letines.
To interest the school boys in the in
stitution, two boy teams OF ten mem.
bers each have been formed. Their
captains will be announced soon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
DYNAMITE DEFENSE
SPURNS PROPOSAL
Of Unknown Man to Turn
Over Evidence Collected
by the Government.
(National News Associatfon)

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2s.-That
proposition was made to the defense
to obtain and deliver evidence which
is stored in the federal building for
use in the dynamite conspiracy cases
was revealed for the frst time today
by w. M. Harding, the leading lawyer
for the defense. Harding declared that
shortly after the indictments were re-
turned by the federal grand jury
against 81 labor leaders last spring
stranger visited his ofiice and made
'the alleged sensational proposition
& Harding declares he ordered the
man out of his Office with these words,
z"Get out of here and stay out. We
don't do that kind of business here.
You can't work any Burns detective
game on me-" Harding says he noti-
fed District Attorney Miller of the in
cident Immediately after it occurred
and warned him that the defense
would not be responsible for anything
that might happen to the evidence.
Inasmuch as the evidence is con-
stantly guarded by three shifts of
watchmen Mr.. Harding was satisfied
that the offer was merely an attempt
to embarrass the attorney for the de-
fense.
Several of the defendants arrived in
Indianapolis from other cities today
and many others are reported to be
lenroute. Everything is apparently In
readiness for rapid progress of the
cases.
| District Attorney Miller stated this
afternoon that he had never before
heard OF the alleged proposition of a
stranger to secure evidence from the
federal building for the defense at
tornys in the dynamite conspiracy
case Mr. Miller said that he had no
recollection of that subject having
been mentioned to him by Attorney
Harding.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
HOLD RALLY DAY
First Presbyterian Church
Celebrates Tomorrow.

The purpose of the rally day to be
observed at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday is explained in the an.
nouncement as "a special day which
calls every member and family to an
enrolment in the school for Bible
study, to regularity in the pew al
worship and to a place in the church's
life and work"
The vesper hour is resume and will
be held at 4:45 o'clock Sunday after.
noon. The other services tomorrow are
at the appointed hour. The call to the
members is signed by the session and
the pastor, the Rev Mr. Graham.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
Crowd Jams the Hotel ard
Threatens to Push through
the Doors into the Dill
ing Room.
ASKS DEMOCRATS
TO JOIN HIS FARN
Advises South that Best Loy-
atty to Union Is to Woik
for the Success Of the Pro
gressives.
tNational News As.oriation,

thatlOna1 NEWS ASaOClatf0Q34
MONTGOMERY, Ala Sept 2s.
Great crowds greeted THEODORE Roose-
velt when he arrived today. They
cheered the Colonel when he arrive ed
at his hotel and crowded into the b %.
'telry while he was at bseakfast. :,e
jam was SO great out6det that they
threatened to push through the glass
doors into the dining rom. The Colo
mel was greatly pleased 1t the enthusi-
iasm shown.
In a drizzling rain Roosevelt spoke
ito throng of 5000, relswing his ap-
I peal to the Democrats d the South to
join the Progressive party.
The huge crowd filhd the entire
street for half block b every direc-
tion In front of the hstel, from the
! balcony Of which the Colonel spoke.
The Colonel spoke Of his intense
pleasure of coming to TIE first capital
to the Confederacy. H adverted to
the support of the Progressive cause
tby q number of Confederate soldi@s.
/ The men of the Norti and OF NE
South can join our part! because ills
founded on principles which all can
support" declared the ex'presideat.
l"You here in the South can be m0re
loyal to the memories IL your grand
fathers II you bravely Jet yourseNes
] to face the problem ofIthe future as
they did rather than to look back m
! to the past and adhere 10 the old ira
ditions."
4 Takes Up Tafiff.
The, Colonel took up the tariff as
N66 did in his New Ofeans sDeEh,
saying that II the Demofats follow4ut.
their purposed platform the South nill
suffer from paralysis fits cotton nd
sugar industries. To Establish nee
trade, the Colonel said, would be run
ious. al
Referring to the Platform prom9es
OF the,two parties the 6lonel poinfed
out that they were uncertain. They
sound we'll enough" !" he Aid. until you
find the weasel-phrase that comessaft-
or the stout-hearted phrase and sucks
the meat out of it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
WILL NAME MEN
To Appraise the Value of the
Purchasing Option.

Monday morning Judge Fox. OF the
Wayne circuit court will appoint ap-
praisers. to appraise the value OF the
option to purchase the Richmond City
Water Works by the city Of Richmond
The city's proposal. contains clause
which states that to the eject that a.
er five years the city has the right
purchase or to sell its option to r.
chase the water works plant Acc
ing to law appraisers must be
pointed to determine the value Of
option Some time ago the city paa
resolution asking the court TO
point the appraiser
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
ARRESTED AGAIN

Edward Shea, well known police
character. was arrested this morning
for public intoxieation- He was just
released from the county JAIL Septem-
Der 2i. where he had served ten DAYS
for a similar charge When found by
the police he was lying in an ash box
behind local hotel
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
ATTORNEY REFUTES
WHAT CLIENT SAID
In Effort to Reduce Alimony
and the Court Has a
Great Laugh.

Never before in the history or the
Wayne circuit court, it is believed, has
the grinding of the divorce mill been
so persistent as it has been the past
few weeks. A number of divorce petit
tions have been filed and large num-
Der Of other divorce cases, pending
for some time, have been heard by
Judge Fox.
This morning two divorce deorees
were granted. The first case heard
was that of Elizabeth A. Benninger,
versus William Benninger and the sec
ond that of Charles Johnson against
MoIlie Johnson In the first petition
the charge was drunkenness and
cruel and inhuman treatment and in
the second the allegation upon which
the decree was granted was drunken
ness.
A pitiful tale was unfolded by Mrs.
Benninger. She declared that her
husband had treated her in a most in
human manner, saying that he was q
habitual drunkard and would often re-
turn to their home, in Milton, in an in
toxicated condition. She declared he
would then abuse her, knocking her to
the floor and mistreating her in other
ways. She finally left him, going to
the home of her father, who is aged
and infirm. She took her young boy.
who is about six years old. with her.
She has suffered, she declared, from
rheumatism, and was obliged to wash
and iron to support herself and child.
At one time she was SO ill that 1t was
necessary for her to go to the county
infirmary.
Divorce Was Granted.
The Judge granted the divorce and
also granted the plaintiff the custody
of the boy The court also ordered the
defendant to pay So month to the
township trustee of Washington town
ship which the trustee would turn
over to Mrs. Benninger for the support
of the boy. Benninger stated that he
made about 81 per day.
''If the court please, that's too
much money for the defendant to pay,
because he's under a handicap" re
monstrated Attorney Medsker. Of Cam
bridge City, representing the defend
ant
How 500" asked the Judge. "He just
said he made 81 per day"
That's an absolute untruth, even
if he did say So" returned Medsker
He got no further, for the court room
was in an uproar of laughter at the
remark of the attorney about his
client.
Finds His Wife Drunk.
That every day when he returns to
his home on North Twelfth street. he
would find his wife in drunken
stupor, was the testimony of Charles
Johnson. Johnson said that his wife
was arrested on one occasion for pub.
lie intoxication.
You never really saw your wife in.
toxicated, did you," Prosecutor Allen
asked.
Didn't II" the witness exclaimed
she would stagger from one side OF
the house to the other. She'd tell me
she would quit and it wouldn't be It'll
tomorrow night till she's be soused
again."
The decree was granted.
In the divorce case Of Pearl Nichol
son versus George Nicholson, the de
fendant defaulted appearance, and 8
rule to answer against the prosecutor
was taken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
OSBORNE HAS GONE
OVER TO COLONM
(National News Association)

INdtIOnaI NeWS AsSocaaIkuHJF
LANSING, Mich, Sept 2S.-In 9 ~
ter to c. C. DeCamp, chairman Of the
national state Progressive committee,
Governor Osborne today flays the re-
cent Republican convention In ~
Itroit, which failed to indorse his ~
lministration and makes the annolnce-
ment that he will come out for Rooee-
welt and Johnson and Whitney WIT
kins. Progressive candidate for gov
ernor of Michigan.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
JENSEN'S TOUR
OF THE COUNT

Gierluf Jensen, progressive n0
inee for congress, will spend
coming week in Wayne coun
speaking twenty-threeI times. =
will make the trip over the counk
in an automobile and 4 quartet ~
accompany him to sing campaie
songs.
The itinerary as outlined is
follows:
Monday III
Noon-12th and North E stres
zoe p. m.-Whitewater.
$3.50 p. m. Bethel. IA
1:30 p. m.-Fountain City.
-Tuesday
Noon-Starr Piano Factory.
400 p. m.-Boston. 81
s::S p, m. Arlington. 81
1850 p. m.-Centerville.
-Wednesday- g
Noon Rumeiy Co, tGaar-So
factory s
e.00p. m.-Greensfork. s.
$50 p. Webster. Is
7:30 p. notwithstanding.
| -Thursday-
Noon-l5th and North F strl
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
A Wayne County Farmers
Home Destroyed While He
Helplessly Sees Death of,
His Aged Mate.
TRIED FOLLOW HIM:
HER HEART FAILEDl
Stricken by Disease, Mrs. Luz
cas- Pitched Forward into
the Burning Mass.-Lived
Near Greensboro.
BY STAFF coRREsponognr.

GREENSBORO, Ind. Sept 2s-Fate
singles out men to endure intense and
heroic suffering. Early this morning
1t forced Seth Lucas, a farmer living
three miles northeast of here to stand
by helplessly while his wife was suf-
fering death in the burning dwelling.
set afre by an exploding lamp.
Her charred body, with face disfig-
ured by flames and smoke. her lower
limbs burned to an unrecognisable
crisp. was found by neighbors in the
embers and wreckage OF the house.
hours after the IRE had started. The
agony Of the le.sg vigil had prostrated
the aged man and brought him on the
verge of mental instability
Unfaitering and unhesitatingly Mrs.
Lucas had accompanied her husband
through many years of married life.
but she was unable to follow him to
safety today. At Q o'clock this morn
ing Lucas was aroused by IRE and
smoke in their bed room He called
his wife and they groped theirsway to
the north door. Flames and smoke
forced them to seek the southern exit.
When Lucas reached the yard he miss
ed his wife.
Flames Baik aesoue.
Either overcome by the fumes oe
smoke or By an attack of heart trou-
BILE, Mrs. Lucas fell befure she gained
the exit. In his excitement hef Auar
baad had-sAot eeen her fan. =
Lucas rushed back into the burning
dwelling to rescue his wife. but was
driven back by q sheet Of flame and
clouds of smoke. He tried another
door. only to be foiled blythe flames
which now had spread over the whole
house.
He shouted for help in his despair
but the nearest neighbor lives q quar-
ter of a mile away and Lucas was fore
ed to endure alone the fortune OF
knowing that within lay the body OF
his beloved companion.
When neighbors arrived on the
scene they found the old man wringinE
his hands. tears streaming from his
eyes, and pacing around the burning
dwelling in frantic despair He was
removed from the scene
Last night at 10 O'Clock, Lucas Hight
ed the lamp to hand his wife . potion
of medicine. He did not blow out the
lamp. At 2 o'clock this morning the
lamp exploded, scattering the burning
liquid over the walls and carpets of
the bed room. The detonation did not
arouse Lucas, but the cracking of
burning wood and heavy clouds of
smoke finally brought the sleepers out
NJ fhofr a1r.ru horc ~ -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
SUIT TO COLLECT

Suit on promissory note was 1led IN
the Wayne circuit court this afternoon
by SiIas W Clark versus Elmer HttIo
and John Little The demand II ~
The note is alleged to have been
eu September 5. 1911 and due 7
1872
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28

visiting at the home Of B. =. Harris.
in Richmond. brother of the victim
Funeral arrangements have not been
announced.
Mr. Lucas is farmer. A few years
ago he moved to Richmond, living on
School street, but he returned to the
farm near here about year ago.
DR. R. ID. Morrow conducted an ex-
animation today and will report death
due to accidental moderation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
THE WEATHER

sTATE-unssttIed; probably rain in
north portion tonight and Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28

LoCAI--unssttIsd tonight and Sas-
day; eoeIsr sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28

or their siumDerG.
They rushed for'
were driven bao
door. On the W
noticed by her y
Mrs. Lucas vs.
.s-A - -.