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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
CORONER HAS NOT
FIXED THE BLAME
Will Examine More Witness
es as to the Death of
Pearl D. Shifts.

Blame for the c. & o. accident Mon.
day, in which Pearl D. Shifts was kill.
ed and Walter Witte injured has not
been placed as yet by Coroner r. d.
pierce. The investigation of the acci.
dent has not been completed, the coro,
ner having several witnesses yet to ex-
anime
The witnesses whom the coroner
has not examined up to the present
are residents near the scene of the
fatal accident. Yesterday the mem
bers of the bridge crew and the engine.
men were examined by the coroner.
Practically the only discrepancy in the
testimony of the two crews was that
the former alleged that the engineer
did not blow his whistle and the lat
ter that he did. l.. NJ. r. Trimble was
the engineer
Frank Fox, connected with the legal
department of the road states that
Shifts must have been hurled in front
of the hand car upon which the bridge
craw was riding when the engine
struck it, as the hand car was not
damaged with the exception of the
breaking of a cross piece. The hand
car was not thrown from the tracks
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
PROGRESSIVE CLUB
WILL Be FORMED
Purpose Is Broad Enough to
Enlist Members of All
Political Parties.

The outlines Of a Progressive club,
broad enough to take in members of
all political parties, were discussed
yesterday at an informal meeting of
Progressive thinking voters of the city
and county. A permanent organiza-
ton will be formed on December at
1:30 o'clock in the court room.
Plans for this meeting will be for
mulated by program committee con-
sisting of Demas Coe, Cash Beall and
Clifford Price. An invitation is ex-
tended to the public to attend the
meeting.
1t is held that, many persons in
Richmond and Wayne county are
agreed in advocating and fighting for
Progressive measures in city, county
and state affairs. Hence, it is prob
able that a legislative committee to
urge the passage of the public utility
commission and other forms of govern
mental reform, a city committee and
a county committee, will be appointed.
The club will devote its energies to
the advocacy and attainment of meas
ures that will make for improved gov
ernment in Richmond and Wayne
county. The scope of the purpose is
held to be broad enough to enlist the
cooperation of persons who voted
other national tickets other than the
Progressive, yet are heartily in favor
of measures that will bring govern
mental control more directly in the
hands of the people at large.
1t was the unanimous opinion of the
voters attending the meeting yester-
day that the time is ripe for the forma-
ton of a club along the lines present
ed. A representative showing of per-
sons conversant with sentiment in
Wayne county attended the meeting
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
Salary for Ex-Presidents De-
velops into Live Issue
and the Democrats Are
Badly Split.
JAMES is LEADING
PARTY OPPOSITION
Willing to Give Former Ex-
ecutives Right of Floor in
Congress, but Balks on
Any Pensions.
(National News Association

(Nat1onal News ASSoctation)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-What pro-
vision shall be made for the countrys
former presidents has become such
live issue in congress that already the
Democrats threaten to split on the
question. Rep. Burleson of Texas,
member of the committee on appropri-
ations, is making hard fight to have
his committee incorporate in the leg
islative, executive and judiciary appro-
priations bill a provision for an annual
salary of s17,500 to former presidents
as representatives-at-la but this
plan has received a blow in the camp
of his own friends.
Senator-elect Ollie James of Ken
lucky declares he is opposed to any
such legislation. "The presidents of the
United States now get a pretty steep
salary" said the Kentuckian, land he
goes out of office with greater prestige
and better equipped to earn salary
as a democratic citizen of the republic
than when he entered the white house.
He is relatively better paid than a
United States Senator. You might as
well pension a United States senator
or representative when he is defeated
after twenty years of service in con-
gress. would be willing to let them
have the privilege of the floor as a
courtesy to the Office they have held,
but I would not put them on the pay
roll. Nor would ] give them voice in
the proceedings in congress for life
mo pension was voted for Jefferson or
jackson, and we should not at this
day depart from the spirit of citizen
ship and public service upon which
democracy is founded"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
CHILDREN DONATE
SUPPLIES FOR POOR
Charity Organizations Will
Distribute Foodstuffs
Among the Poor.

Donations of foods.uffs We're brought
to the schools of the city today by pu-
pills and were given to the Associated
Charities and the Penny club for dis
tribution among the poor
The affair is an annual one, and for
many years il has been customary for
pupils on the day before Thanksgiving
to remember persons who are in dest:.
tute circumstances
Reports from the various school
buildings late this afternoon indicated
that large contributions had been re
ceived. Strange as IL may seem, few of
the high school pupils participated in
the spirit of the occasion.
The food supplies are held by the
charity organizations and distributed
during the winter months.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
He Will Not Be a Candidate
for Presidency in 1916,
but Will Help Rebuild the
Organization.
PARTY CONFERENCE
is BEING PLANNED
President During Session of
Congress Will Bombard 1t
Weekly with Some Execu-
tive Message.
(NationaI News Association


WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-President
Taft has intimated to his friends here
that in the reorganization work of the
Republican party he should not be re-
ferred to as possible candidate of the
party in 1916.
According to his close friends the
president intends to do all in his pow
er to help rejuvenate the old party,
and probably will make many political
speeches before and after he enters
private life.
The president does not wish to do
this work as a prospective standard
bearer These facts have developed in
connection with the discussion of a
proposed gathering of Republican lead
ers either at New York or Washing
ton to formulate plans for bringing the
Republican factions together. Nearly
a dozen Republican national commit
teemen have called at the white house
for conferences either with the presi-
dent or with his secretary, Charles
Hilles
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
MONEY PROBE WILL
OPEN NEXT MONTH
(National News Association)

(National News Association
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-Members
of the firm of J. P. Morgan and Off
cials of the United States Steel COM
pany will be among the first witnesses
called by the money trust investiga-
tors at the beginning of their probe
on December 9Th. This statement
was made by a member of the COM
mittee.
Fear that witnesses subpoenaed will
endeavor to avoid the committee is
the reason why no preliminary notice
of those to be called has been issued.
1t was stated that the Pujos commit
tee have encountered difficulty in To-
eating men after they let it be known
publicly that the men were under su-
pena. .t.is
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
FORMER RICHMOND
RESIDENT IS DEAD
Frank H. Scott, President of
Century Publishing Com
pany, Known Here.

The death OF Frank Hall Scott,
president of the Century Publishing
company, with which he had been
actively connected for forty-two years.
which occurred on Monday at his
home in New York City, is deplored
in this city, of which he was long a
resident.
Mr.. Scott's death was unexpected,
for he had been ill but short time,
and his illness was not considered
serious until the very end.
Mr.. Scott was the brother of Mrs.
Richard A. Jackson, formerly of Rich
mond, but now of Minneapolis a nep,
hew of the late Andrew and William
G. Scott and of the late E. G. Vaughan.
He belonged to one of the most promi-
meme and Influential of the old Wayne
county families and his death brings
sorrow to his many friends here.
1t is interesting to note that the
president of the great publishing
house and the editor of it's great maga-
GAhOp thC iatlCl 1toUS1I -. JOAuSOu,
were both natives of Wayne county.
The New York Times says of Mr..
Scott:
Mr.. Scott, who was one of the most
widely known men identified with the
publishing business in this country,
was born in Terre Haute, Ind, sixty
four years ago, the son of William
nd 20
Scott. He was educated in the public
schools of Richmond, Ind, and at the
Pennsylvania Military Academy. After
his graduation from the last-named in.
stitution, Mr.. Scott was for a short
while in business in Indiana, and in
1870 he came to New York, where he
Immediately became identified with
the publishing business.
His New York career began with
the acceptance of a responsible posi-
ton in the business department of
Schribner & Co., who at that time were
about to launch the old Schribner's s
Monthly. Eleven years later, in 1881,
the name of that publication was
changed to The Century, and Mr.. Scott
UeCdu1S luS treasurer VI the SeHluIy
company. Throughout his early career
with the old Schribner's and The Cen
tury, Mr.. Scott was the business ad-
wiser and the confidant of the late
Roosevelt Smith, the President of the
company. When Mr. Smith died, in
1898, Mr.. Scott became his successor
as the head of the Century company.
In 1894 Marietta college conferred
the degree of l. H d. on Mr.. Scott.
Mr.. Scott was one of the founders of
the Aldine Association and served a
term as president of that association.
He was also a member of the Ameri-
can Publishers association, of which
association he was a director and ex-
vice president. His clubs were the
Century and the Players.
In 1873 Mr.. Scott married Miss Celia
Draper Davis, of Boston, who, with
their two sons. survives him. One of
his sons is Donald Scott, the treasur-
er of the Century company, and the
other is Clement Scott, a lawyer of
Hartford, Conn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
Mobilization Orders Have
Been Issued to All the Gar
risons on the Frontiers of
Nation.
AUSTRIA DECLINES
ANY INTERFERENCE
Rejects Arbitration Plea of
Germany. - Russia Will
Back the Servians in Event
of Trouble.
National News Association

PARIS, Nov. 27.-France today be
gan preparing for a European war
Mobilization orders were issued to al
the garrisons upon the eastern from
tier taking Italy. Switzerland, Ger
many and Belgium
Although this step was taken in the
guise of test" mobilizations, never
theless opinion was general that the
government fears the worst. There
was great activity at the war Office.
The Mathis Constantinople cores
pondent telegraphs his paper that the
Turkish ambassador at Vienna has
been instructed by Count Won Berch
thold, the Austrian froeign minister
that it is Austria's wish that Turkey
reject the peace proposals of the Bal
kan allies and continue the war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
BURTON A CANDIDATE
Wants to Remain in the u
S. Senate.
(National News Association

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-Senator
Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, in a state.
ment today formally announces his
candidacy for reelection He declares
that he desires the voters of his state
in a primary election to give full and
fair expression on the question of his
continuance as a United States sena-
tor.
He wishes also to ascertain whether
the people wish their senators to par
ticipate in framing legislation or serve
merely as messengers for selfish in
terests and dispose of a patronage OF
spoils."
Senator Burton declares he is pre-
pared to explain and if necessary de-
fend his vote on every bill he has
voted on in the senate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Elks Will Pay Respect TO De-
parted Members, Sunday.

The annual memorial service of the
EIks' lodge viii be held at the First
English Lutheran church next Sum-
day. Addresses viii be delivered by
William Dudley Foulke and Ray X.
Shiveley Reservations for members
of the lodge viii be made in the front
center of the church.
Members of the lodge viii meet az
the Eiks' nome at / O'Clock sharp.
and move in a body TO the church
where the services win begin at two
O'Clock
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
POOR LITTLE WILLIE
Although He Pleads limo
cence, Mayor Fines Him.

Willie Jackson entered a plea of not
guilty in police court to the charge OF
begging placed against him yesterday
by Mrs. Charles Meadow and Mrs.
Fred Gibson of John street.
jackson according to the evidence
went to the home of each of the wom-
en- and attempted to borrow money
and get check cashed He asked the
women if there were any men about
the house and acted very suspiciously
Jackson denied all the charges and
even when fined said he was innocent
He paid his fine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
BEGINS THE CAMPAIGN
For Wayne County Tubercu
losis Hospital.

The Wayne County Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
1osis will hold a meeting on Friday
evening at eight O'Clock in the Com
mercial Club rooms to discuss the af-
fairs of the organization.
Also to discuss the feasibility of es-
tablishing a hospital for the care of
advanced and hopeless cases in this
community. The public is invited to
attend
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
SERIES OF MESSAGES.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-President
Taft today began the preparation of
the second of his weekly messages
with which he intends to lombard
congress during the coming session.
Having completed his first message,
which will refer to foreign relations,
the president intends to send another
and longer message about December
10 dealing with general subjects.
Following the message on general
topics the president intends exhaus-
lively to discuss the question of a
budget system in a message which
probably will be transmitted to con-
gress Immediately after the holidays.
The president will follow this with 9TH
er and shorter messages.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
ADRIANoPLE BURNING.

SOFIA, Nov. 27.-Fire set by Bul.
sarian shells is raging in several quar-
ters of the besieged city of Adrianople
today and those sections safe from the
flames are inundated by the flooded
waters of the Martha, Tunga and
Arda rivers.
kilograms from the Bulgarian mill
tary post at Mustafa Pacha say that
while the city is thus ravaged by fire
and flood, anarchy and famine prevail
within it.
Non-combatants who escaped
through the lines, and Turkish prison.
ers from the Adrianople fort during
the As hours, picture the situation in
Adrianople as the blacklist that could
be produced by war.
Driven from their homes by the
flames and the flood, many of the
homeless are huddled in the streets
exposed to cold rain which has been
falling intermittently for days.
Mutineers are being executed while
starving mobs are looting stores to
set food.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
TO SUPPORT SERVIA.

ROME, Nov. 27.-That Russia will
stand by Servia no matter what situa-
ton arises in Europe was the declara-
ton made here today by the Russian
ambassador to Italy in an interview
published in the Masssaggers. The
Russian ambassador declared that
while he believed war would be avert
ed, nevertheless he expects a confer
ence of the powers will be necessary
before there is an adjustment
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
HOWARD ON TRIAL.

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Nov. 81
The trial of Thomas Howard, aged 20,
charged with killing Roscoe Yopp, a
paroled inmate of the Indiana state
reformatory, September Z, began in
the Putnam circuit court today How
ards plea is self defense. Howard
Yopp and Roscoe Boone had been
drinking on the night of the fight.
About midnight Howard and Boone
started home and met Yopp. Howard
and Boone both say they were attack
ed by Yopp, that the latter struck
them and finally knocked Boone down.
Defending himself against second at
tack Howard will testify that he struck
at Yopp with pocket knife and that
during the struggle Yopp fell and the
knifeblade penetrated his heart.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
SELF DEFENSE THE
PLEA FOR STUART
Greenfield, Ind, Murder Tri.
al Is Started.-A Trial
at Greencastle.
(National News Association

GREENFIELD, Ind, Nov. 27.-Self
defense probably will be the plea of
Guy Stuart, who is on trial in circuit
court here, charged with the murder
of his father, DR.. A. A. Stuart at Fort
willie, on the night of November Z.
There Is rumor here to the effect
that Stuart will testify that his father
attacked him with hammer and had
him down in the yard, and that the
young man shot him while in that po-
sition. 1t was expected that the hear
ing Of evidence would begin this after
noon. The state will not have many
witnesses in the case
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
FILES ACCOUNT

Albert Chamness, county treasurer
elect, today filed his statement of ell
ection expenses with the county clerk
Chamness spent S62.40.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
AUSTRIA STANDS PAT.

VIENNA, Nov. 21.-Austria has re-
jected Emperor Williams proposal to
submit her controversy with Servia to
a council of the powers. adding a new
note of alarm today to a situation al
ready overburdened with perils.
Austria has adopted a hands off,
policy, foreign minister Won Becht-
hold and Emperor Francis Joseph hav-
ing arrived at program by which they
are determined to deal directly with
Servia without outside interference.
The dual monarchy has given notice
of its willingness to go into an inter
national conference after her quar-
rel with Servia is settled Although
reports of safety of NJ. Prochaska, the
Austrian consul at Prierend who was
reported to have been killed by Sery-
ian troops, removed one obstruction
TO peace, yet the controversy over
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27

MRS AIMEE WITHERSPoON GIVINS kIRkMAN HUSBAND.
CHICAGO, Nov 27-What would a real sure
enough didn't
B.
M ehouro
all
the Krkman family
declared that the former Mrs Gvns married William
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27

Chemist and structural steel expert,
who has been arrested at an inebriate
asylum at Toms River, N. j., on suspi-
cion that he is the man who wrote let
ters to the Buffalo police in which the
writer professed to be the victim of
attacks of insanity during which he
had a craving to strangle small boys.
The writer confessed that he had COM
mitted three such crimes, and to prove
it directed the police to the spot
where they found the decomposed
body of a child. Joseph Josephs, who
had disappeared two years ago, at
which time Hickey was residing in the
vicinity of the boys home
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27
THE WEATHER

STATE AND LoCEl--Generaliy fair
tonight and Thursday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-27

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Only q More Shop
ping Days Till xmaa.
Don't Wait Until the
last Minute.
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shop Early! II viii
Save Time, Trouble
and Worry for Your
self and the Clerks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-01
s7ss, ,s2o,766 IN FAVOR OF
Trade Balance For the Past
Months Is Heavy.

Washington. - November's
trade brought the balance Of I
favor Of the United States agai
elgn nations S642,100,403 for
months of the calendar year
for the Il months ending vi
vember the excess of exports O
ports was S7SS,32O,766. The
for November totaled s245,645,t
second largest for that month
last six years, being exceeded
November, 1912. The imports
S14S,594,7i1, also the second
for November in the last six
November last year exceeding
s4,50O,0OO.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-01
Lauds Home-Baked Loaf.

In Farm and Fireside, Jessie v. X.
Burchard writes an article entitled
Breads Made With Yeast" In which
she gives a number OF recipes. Fol-
lowing is an extract from her general
comment:
"In these days OF bakeries on every
corner In town, and travelling bread
wagons through the country, the fine
art OF breadmaking Is degenerating. It
is too much trouble to mix and knead
and bake the beautiful brown loaves.
the spicy buns. the tempting rolls. The
best bakers bread is far inferior to
the homemade product, and / rejoice
that breadmaking, as we'll as stocking
darning, is being taught in more pub
lie schools each year.
"The bread-mixer makes the process
so easy and simple that almost any
one can succeed in the irst attempt"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-01
PUTS QUESTION:
TO RA|LR0|
Interstate Commission Ha'
Sufficient Data.
SOME POINTED SUGGEST
The Queries Framed BY Lol
BrandeIs Intimate That the !
Bile May Be Due To conns
ing Interests.

Washington. - Eastern "A
must show conclusiyely to thei
state Commerce Commission
shrinking profits are due to II
rreasing value Of the dollar,
than to the evils Of stock maj
tion, interlocklng directoratet
frenzled financing. Otherwises ;
will be no grant Of increasesa
condition was emphasized by IA
missions public announcemels
It has sent to all lines a set'
questions, divided In seven =
which go straight to the heart J
railroad-anance problem.
II Is the understanding of III .
mission that some Of the railroa
in position TO make full respor,
the questions submitted withoJ,
stantlal delay, while others "
quire some time to compile Chi,
ordered.
These questions, bearing in
line the impress Of the views of i,
d. Brandeis, the peoples lawyt.
gagged by the Interstate CoH-
Commission, may be SUMMARY
the question: Are you paying
attention to economies, and ar,
earnings shrunken because Of
locking directorates, because Of
Street 'milkings,' because OF tod
attention TO finance and too III
railroadlng?"
One group Of questions was
at "the possibility of increasing
nues otherwise than through 4
eral increase Of freight rates" 4:
savings as might be effected Il
Standardization of supplies and
consumption of coal.
Under the head Of financial
commission queries the roads
their holdings in industrial or |
corporations or other railroads
question as to conflicting intel
the commission says, "is desigi
secure data to determine the eX'
which the directors and offic
railroads have other financial
ests in the transactions of thl
rlers."
Among other things IL Is d
to determine to what extent conf
and INTERVIEWING interests con'
described as interlocking direc'
prevail" the announcement said
what influence II any this practiI
had In increasing railroad cost
Other angles of the commit
inquiry involve the possibility
creasing revenues through more
able contracts on Pullman sleepiI
service and on the possibility
adequacy Of passenger rates.
The commission will renew iti
ings January Z, giving shippers
portunlty to present their testimI
opposition to the railroads d
lenged financial statements Al
submitted. Already the shipper.
made arrangements to present 1
Of testimony to contest the raj
claim for recognition.