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Evening journal., 1912-04-05
POINTERS Fer MsT0RIST,
PREVENTION OF SHEDDING

Shdding is so frequently a cause Of
automobile accidents both slight and
serious that every motorist must de-
eide on some form of protection
against it. IL Ia however difficult TO
select from the many devices offered
the one which will be most effective
and economical
Anti-Skid devices may be divided
into two main classes. the detachable
and the non-detachable Steel chains,
leather straps and removable steel
studded leather treads are perhaps
the best known Of the first class All
these are widely used but tire manu-
features are agreed that all detach-
able anti-skid devices are expensive in
the end because of the wear and tear
which they put on tires and machin-
cry.
II chains be fastened tightly to the
wheels so that they have no freedom
to slip back and forth, il will be
quickly noticed that the cross pieces
are biting away the tread beneath
them and when removed will show the
tire marked with deeply gouged cross
lines Experience has proved that the
best way to use chains is to attach
them as loosely as possible.
Attachments such as removable
studded leather treads, while not like
ly TO cut or gouge the rubber are
generally so cumbersome that they
destroy resiliency. In other words the
tire, instead OF absorbing obstruc-
tions, rebounds from them and thus
transmits the shock to the chassis. de-
feating the very purpose for which
pneumatic tires were designed.
These conditions show the neces-
sity for a satisfactory anti-skid Many
of these depend on some form or rub
Der elevation to check the skidding OF
the car. The experience of many mo-
torists is that such rubber non-skids
If used with care are satisfactory
while they last but that in some cases
the studs or other elevations wear
away rather quickly. One set OF fig
ures recently compiled showed that
after travelling one thousand miles the
average non-shds tire was worn
perfectly smooth. Since most non-skid
are considerably more expensive than
those with plain treads, manufacture
ers everywhere are trying to make the
anti-sNd feature more durable.
Finally there is the original type Of
anti-skid invented by Michelin in
which the rubber tread is reinforced
by a tread Of steel-studded leather. In
the Michelin Anti-Skid the leather
tread is an integral part Of the tire
and thus does not affect its resiliency
while he steel studs naturally wear
longer than rubber and grip better on
wet or icy roads.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
DANCE AS READING
ROOM BENEFIT

An event that viii equal the AS
sembly dances in social importance
will be the dance given in the New
Century Club on April. s, for the
benefit of the West End Reading
Room. After the inactivity of the
Lenten season. society people arc
looking forward with pleasure to this
Easter dance. There will be many
out Of town guests. and the invitation
list is large. There are one hundred
patronesses. Members of the com
mittee in charge are Mrs. John p.
Nields, chairman; Mrs. Russell Gil
pin. Mrs. Macmillan Hopes. Mrs.
George p. Bissell, and Miss Edith S.
Danforth.
Mrs. John B. Bird and Miss Kather-
inc Wilson will entertain al two large
dinners preceding the dance.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
HIGHLAND STARS GET GAME.

Highland Stars and Wawasett
Juniors will play at Scott's Quarry
tomorrow AS the teams are EVENLY
matched, a fast game is expected.
The lineup:
Highland-Conly, c.; Long. p;
Gregg, S.; Fairbanks. h.; Long, %. /;
Fisher. 3D.; Logan, IT,; Fisher, OF.
Wawassett-Black. c.; G. Black, .. I;
Horn. ss.; Mcdowell. 1b.; Myers, I'd. I;
Burrows, 3b Woods, IT,: Elliott. Of.
MANAGER Long OF the Highland
would Ike % hear from any 13 OF IA
year-old boy team in the city. Send
commu ,icauuns 10 No. 1929 West
Eighteenth street
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
RICHARDSON PARK
REPUBS ORGANIZE

The Richardson Park Republican
Club was formed last night. The fol-
lowing were nominated for the Off
cos: John w Townsend. president;
David Jones. vice-president; Delaware
Wright, treasurer; Charles Kelly, sec
retary The next meeting will be
Thursday evening, April II at the
club house at Linthicum's on Belmont
avenue, at 8 o'clock. Every Republican
voter Of Richardson Park and vicinity
is requested to be present. as import
ant business is to be considered.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
JUNIORS WIN THIS.

Wilmington Juniors got another
game yesterday by defeating a team
from No. rs grammar school by a
score Of 21 TO 3. The feature was
the playing of Jeffers, Robinson. f.
ONeill and Mink p. O'Neill pitch
ed a good game. having eight strike
outs Simmons, Healy and Booker
featured for No 2S School. Score
No % 80 600 OIL 20 0-3 "A
vii. Jrs,. 3 1 1917 o x-21 II 3
Batteries: For No 2S, Simmons
and Booker; for Wilmington Juniors
p O'Neill and Pierson. Strikeouts-
by Simmons. 8; by p. O'Neill, s.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
nTAkERS CANCEL.

North East Third, Of Philadelphia.
cancelled their ball game with Will
mington Juniors for this Saturday,
and Eddie Abrahams, manager of the
Juniors, has secured a game with the
Melrose first team instead. The game
will be played at Ninth and Rodney
streets. Eddie will pick his team
from the following players: Jeffers,
Dunn. Swift, Donohue, Mink, Coale,
F. O'Niell p. ONiell, Robinson,
OKeefe and Daley. The battery for
Meirose will be Stafford and Sulli-
van. The game will begin at 2.30
sharp.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
SOME HOT ONES.

Some run to Healy.
Go get 'em Pat O'Neill; you'll be a
pitcher some. day.
Jeffers got his hitting eye back.
Again three hits.
Where was Donohue?
Mink was in form.
What do you think OF John Pier
son?
II was hard TO beat 2S
oh that Mason boy on firstl
Simmons was a little off. Come
again some other day.
Melrose Saturday; everybody out.
Donohue and Swift will be the bat
terry
That Robinson boy is there.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
I..A. IN LAsT SOCCOR GAME.

The Irish-AmeEican soccer team
will play the Bethlehem eleven at
Bethlehem on Saturday afternoon in
the last game Of the season for the
locals
Following is the lineup for Sat
urday:
Scaife, goal; Hewitt, right full
back, Simpson. left fullback. Muir
ray. right halfback; Martin. centre
halfback; HILBERT, left halfback:
Black, outside right; Bagley, inside
right; Mcintyre. captain centre for
ward; Thompson, inside left; Steven
son, outside left
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
AFTERNOON PARTY.

A pleasant afternoon party was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Miller, No. 1O2 North Lincoln
street on Thursday, in honor Of the
sixth birthday anniversary Of their
son Francis. Those present were:
Miss Beatrice McKaig. Misses Edythe
and Marion Croney, Miss Rose Flynn,
Miss Edna Webb, Miss Theobe Somers.
Miss Helen Minker, Miss Edna Mil
Ter. Miss Gladys Miller, John Flynn,
Roland McVey. Walter Webb, George
Somers and Francis Miller.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
CALL CHAMPIONS OUT.

Allen Moore's Highland team will be
out for practice at the Tower tomor-
row afternoon. Moore is anxious that
the champions get in shape early.
Evening journal., 1912-04-05
CALL FOR OLIYET.

All candidates for Olivet baseball
team are requested to be at Second
and Broome streets at ? o'clock to-
morrow afternoon OF at Ashley.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
ECONOMY MESSAGE
GOES TO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON May 6.-Conceding
the necessity for some drastic action
relative to provision for retention on
the rolls of the government the serv-
ices of those, who, after long and
faithful work, have passed the age
where they can perform a full days
work, President Taft today transmit
ted to congress the second installment
of his economy and efficiency messag-
es, suggesting some needed changes
in the government service.
Admitting that the summary dis
charge of old employees is neither hui
name nor polite the president dis.
cussed at length the plan suggested by
the Civil Service Commission, where
by government clerks would be 1e-
quired to contribute specified portions
OF their salaries to a fund drawing 4
per cent interest, which would be
placed to their credit in the treasury
Their proportion of this fund would be
turned over to them when they retire
at the age of seventy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
TAFT OPENED HIS
CAMPAIGN IN OHIO
Continues His Fighting Poll
cy Against Roosevelt
= Political Events.
(National News Association)

JACKSONVILLE, O., May. 6.-Presi
dent Taft made his first speech in his
Ohio trip here today and continued his
fighting policy of attacking Col Roose.
welt for his attitude toward the Har
vester and Steel trusts, and made a
staunch defense of his own admins
tration. President Taft's next stop was
at Athens, where he talked to big
crowd gathered at the depot to greet
him. >@~
His afternoon program included
stops at Chillicothe, Greenfield, Lees
burg, New Vienna and Manchester
He will spend the night at his broth
er's home in Cincinnati His efforts to
day were principally being made to
capture 4s Ohio delegates to the Chi
cago national convention, at the pri
maries to be held May 81.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
MISSING KEY CAUSE
FOR MUHL'S ARREST

Harry MuhI was arrested at his
work at the piano factory this morn
ing and locked up on the charge of
refusing to surrender the key to the
apartments he had rented of Al. Gregg.
Hull moved elsewhere and did not
leave the keys where Gregg could Sc
cure them, Gregg AYERS. He was releas-
ed on bond for his appearance in po-
lice court tomorrow. Muhi says the
keys were left at a place nearby, ac-
cording to arrangement made by
Gregg and himself Stanley Liepert ap-
peared at police station this afternoon
and reported a vicious dog at 225
North Sixth street The police notified
the owner to keep the dog confined.
The dog twice tried to bite Lepert
John Gabrielle was arrested this
morning by Edward Hollarn at the cor
ner of North Tenth and G street for
public intoxication- The man put
ground glass into fountain, IL is al
legged by Hollarn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
DYKES MAY BREAK.

NEW ORLEANS, La, May GA
heavy rain which fell Sunday increas.
ed the danger of breaks in the Mississ-
ippi levees today. At Baton Rouge
where the situation is desperate, hun
dreds of additional workers were sent
to the levees to aid in holding them
against the rushing waters. 1t was
feared that the storm water when it
reaches the river would be more than
the weakened dikes could Withstand
and they would give way. At Melville
1t Is feared breaks may occur.
Flood water from the Torras break
has reached Morgansea. Women and
children were rushed to places of SAT
ETY.. The town is partly inundated and
the flood is expected to do heavy dam
age. 1t is not believed that the levees
there will go out.
Heavy loss of life is feared in the
Atchafalaya country as result of the
Torras break. Many people there have
refused to leave their homes. In some
places people tried to escape after the
water reached their doors. A number
of negroes have been drowned.
A fleet of rescue boats under orders
of the United States engineers were
started for this section today in an
effort to rescue those imperiled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
Examiner Brown Begins the
Hearing of Evidence in
Governments Action to
Dissolve the Trust.
D. G.. REID is ONE
OF THE DEFENDANTS
No Matter What Decision Is
Rendered, Case Will Go to
Supreme Court = Roose-
welt a Witness.
(National News Association)

NEW YORK, May 6.-The first gun
in the governments battle to dissolve
the United States Steel Corporation
was fired today when Examiner Henry
T. Brown, who was appointed by the
U. s. circuit court to hear the evidence
began the taking of testimony in the
custom house. When the hearing be-
gan ]. NJ. Dickinson and Henry Cotton
appeared as attorneys for the govern
ment, while R. T. Lindabury and s. c.
Boiling represented the trust.
In all probability Theodore Roose-
velt will be a witness when the alb
sorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company comes up in the proceedings
1t is expected the hearings here will
will be called than in either the Stand.
ard Oil or the American Tobacco com.
pany cases. The suit eventually will be
carried to the United States Supreme
CouI l., hO uldttcI WHICH way luc
court disposes of it. This suit is the
most sweeping antitrust action ever
brought by the government. 1t was
filed at Trenton on October 20. last
The government asks not only for the
dissolution of the United States Steel
corporation but of it's SO subsidiary
companies. as well. 1t is alleged thai
they all have combined to maintain OIL
attempt to maintain monopoly Of the
tsteel business,
Among the prominent defendants
who are named individually are J
Pierpont Morgan, John d. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie, Charles NJ. Schwab
George w. Perkins, E. H. Gary, Johr
D. Rockefeller. Jr., Henry C. Frick
Charles Steele, James Gaylay, William
H. Moore, J. H. Moore, e. c. Converse
Percivals Roberts, lr, Daniel G. Reid
Norman H. Reid, p A. B. Widener.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
2 COMMANDMENTS
HELD DURING WEEK

Two township commencements will
be held this week. The Harrison town
ship commencement will be held at
Jacksonburg. Friday night. and the
Boston township graduation exercises
will be held at Boston, Saturday even
ing.
Nine students viii graduate from
the Harrison township schools. They
are Herman Clark. Ralph Flock. Crys-
tai Scott, Sophronia wickersham, Luz
Gle Wilson. Esther Boroughs. Margar-
ct Breen, Callie Ellison and Horace
v. Martin Joseph NJ Biose. of Cen
teryille, will deliver the class address
Six students viii be awarded dfplo-
mas at the Boston exercises Lucille
Helms, Eva Sleeth, Susanna Kftchell.
William 3. Ryan. Edward Goble. and
Walter Renner viii graduate. The
Rev. ]. w. Zerbe OF Williamsburg win
deliver the class address.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
Point Toupee Parish, Louis
lana, Under Water, and the
Death List, 1t Is Believed
Is About Fifty.
PEOPLE ARE SWEPT
FROM HOUSE-TOPS
ALI Communication with the
Inundated District Has
Been Cut Off.-Thousands
Are Homeless.
(National News Association

NEW ORLEANS, May 6.-Reports
from Point Toupee Parish state that
at least thirty perished and the death
list may grow to fifty as result of the
breaking of Mississippi river levee
there. Survivors report recovering
twelve bodies All communication
with the inundated district has been
cut off. At least 1000 people are in
danger and remain to be rescued from
the flood west of Mattsworth and
Bachelor Some of them are on elevat-
ed ground. Others are floating on
boats and RATS All are menaced by
hunger and exposure. 1t is impossible
to estimate the number Of dead and
the full death roll may never be known
Refugees arriving here say they saw
entire families swept from house-tops
into the water. Leaders in the rescue
work reported sending motorboats to
points where families have taken ref
uge only to find they were too late. In
every case the flood had added to it's
toll of human life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
WRECK KILLS
SEVEN PEOPLE

L NEW ORLEANS, May 6-Seven per.
sons were killed when the first sec
ton of the Confederate Veterans spe.
tcial train, leaving New Orleans at
$3.50 this morning loaded with veter.
ans enroute to the reunion at Macon,
Ga, was wrecked at $3.50 O'Clock, one
mile southeast of Abuchie, Miss. The
engine was derailed, carrying with it
five coaches. The wreck occurred on a
trestle. At least three passengers and
four of the crew are known to have
been killed and twenty others injured
Engineer Wood and Fireman Jones
and man supposed to be George
Reid, road foreman, were among
those killed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
A STRONG DEFENSE
IN BODK|NS TRIAL
Woman and Her Daughter
Placed on Stand and Are
Good Witnesses.

Nothing of any unusual interest de-
veloped in the trial of Mrs. Reba Bod
kins, charged with receiving stolen
goods, which was continued today in
the Wayne circuit court. The prosecu.
tion has rested it's case and the de,
fense today is presenting its case. 1t
is likely that all the evidence will not
have been submitted until some time
tomorrow morning.
Helen Davis, the the thirteen-year
old daughter of the defendant, was
placed on the stand. She corroborated
the story of her mother, in saying that
she knew nothing of the aoicles
which Herbert Eschenfelder confess.
ed to stealing and alleged that he
placed in the Bodkins home with the
consent of the defendant. The little
girl, believing in the innocence of her
mother quickly answered all questions
put to her.
Mrs. Bodkins alleged that Eschen.
fielder, who lived at her home had
choked and maltreated her several
times. and when she threatened to
call the police he declared he would
kill her. At times during the cross
examination carried on by Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Shiveley, the de
fendant became sarcastic and answer
ed his questions with considerable &C
rimony.
Attorney Henry U. Johnson, coun
sci for the defense, in cross examina
ton this morning. forced some of the
states witnesses to contradict them
selves, by his rapid-fire questions Ap
parently, he gained points for his eli
ent -.
Howard Meyer, 16, who accompan
led Herbert Eschenfelder who is now
incarcerated in the county Jail. on sew
eral of the latter's thieving expedi
tions was placed on the stand by the
state. Young Meyer testified that he
often went with Eschenfelder, to the
Pennsylvania yards and assisted the
latter in taking articles from box cars
and then taking them to the home OF
Mrs Bodkins.
Russell Hawekotte, another youth
who assisted Eschenfelder. was called
back to the stand. The attorney for
the defense asked Hawekotte if he did
not have conversation with Helen
Davis, daughter of the woman being
tried. in which the girl asked Hawekot-
te why he told such stories about her
mother. Hawekotte denied having
such conversation with the girl.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
AUTO FIRE TRUCK
WAS GIVEN TRIAL

The new auto fire truck arrived
Saturday and Sunday and was removed
from the car and taken to the No.
engine house to be kept until ar
rangements can be made to place 1t
at the No. department In the city
building The horse truck there will
be transferred to one of the other fire
departments when the big auto chem
ical and hose wagon is placed at the
city building. A skilled mechanician
arrived Sunday with the truck and
placed it in condition for active serv.
ice 1t was taken out for trial trip
this morning ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
Send Edict TO General Con-
ference Asking for Repre-
sentation and That Women
Be Ministers.
SOLID BACKING is
GIVEN THE DEMAND
Clash Between Church Pro-
gressives and Conserva-
tives on. Important Oues-
tions Is Expected.
tNationai News Association,

National News Association)
MINNEAPOLIS. May s.-women %
the Methodist church have demanded
that the bans against them be remov-
ed.
They want women ministers and %
women delegates to the general con.
ference. and viii fight for the revoca-
ton of the church rule. which forbids
the ordination OF women as ministers
The demand for women delegates viii
have the backing of the various wo-
men organizations of the church, and
is expected to win.
Permission for the removal of the
church rules against women was ask.
ed in a memorial presented by the
New England conference. 1t declares
women should have an equal footing
with men in the affairs of the church.
Some of the women supporting the
memorial say that IL the bars are lift.
ed within eight years women will de
mand woman bishop. The question
OF woman suffrage in church affairs
will be fought out on the floor OF the
conference
Conference 10 Split.
insurgency has broken out among
the delegates to the general confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church now In session here. The con-
ference is divided between progress
ives and conservatives and clash be-
tween them on most of the important
matters to come up for discussion IL
anticipated by those who have watch
ed the church sessions in the past. The
address of the bishops. which, accord
ing to conservatives. is a progressive
document. dealing with questions In
church affairs that have been trouble
some in the past. is regarded by the
progressives as conservative almost To
the point of being reactionary. with
this wide difference of opinion already
developed 1t is expected that q class
will come when the matter Of church
discipline is up for a vote and when
other matters are brought before the
body.
Among the questions expected to
elicit warm discussion Ia the matter of
church publication. There are now q
dozen papers sanctioned by the church.
A plan to consolidate some and elimi-
nate others. to reduce the number of
publications TO four with q uniform
subscription price OF s1.50. has been
offered In resolution now before the
conference. II is being bitterly fought
in some quarters and il is believed
that when 1t comes up for vote the
real lineup of the progressive and con.
servative element will be shown.
Another question on which the line
up is expected to show is the Question
of the retiring of bishops. II has been
recommended that the age of retiring
be reduced over that at present fix-
ed and the bishops OF rs years Of age
be compelled to quit active work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
AN AMERICAN FLED
FROM LONDON TRIAL.
(National News Association,

LONDON, May 6.-When the libel
case against Charles NJ. Unversaegt,
an American mining man, was called
in Old Bailey court today, the de
fendant failed to put in an appearance
and his bail was forfeited. A bench
warrant was issued for Unversaegt's s
arrest. The American had been indict-
ed on a charge Of libeling Miss Lille
Smith, his former stenographer, by
sending her scandalous postcards. The
action was brought by the girls par
ents. Unversaegt's home is said to be
in New York where he is connected
with the Standard Finance company.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
STRIKE A HARDSHIP
ON RICH AMERICANS
tNational News Association,

LONDON, May 6.-The strike of the
London tailors spread rapidly and a,
noon it was estimated that 1000 men
and women were out The leaders de
clared they would make the strike one
of national Scope, tying up business in
every city in the United Kingdom il
they could
Fashionable West-End firms are Grip
pied to the extent that they had to can
eel thousands of dollars worth of ord
ers today. Rich American tourists
who are here for spring and summer
clothing viii probably have to make
their purchases either in New York
or somewhere on the continent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
Looks LIKE CLARK.

WALLA WALLA, Wash, May g.
Champ Clark was expected to be the
winner today when the Democratic
state convention met here. Although
many of the delegates are uninstructed
Clark had a majority of those who
We're pledged, and it was expected the
uninstructed delegates would support
him
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-06
SHRINERS INVADE
FAIR LOS ANGELES
tNationaI News Association,

LOS ANGELES. Cal, May 6.-The
last of the delegations of Shriners
rolling across the continent in special
trains have arrived for the imperial
council. to be held here this week.
Preliminary work of the conclave will
be undertaken by some of the officers
today. but the greater part of the day
will be given over to sight seeing. A
trip to Catalina Islands was the spe-
cial excursion planned for today.