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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
NASH ADMITS GUILT
Confesses He Robbed Mail
Boxes in Cleveland.

Lewis Nash, who was arrested We'd
nesday at Farmland, Ind, by Federal
Inspector McDougall, on the charge of
breaking open and robbing street
mail boxes in Cleveland, was brought
before Perry J. Freeman, United
States commissioner here, yesterday
afternoon. Nash pleaded guilty to the
charge and was bound over to the Uni
ted States district court. His bond
was fixed at $1,000. This morning In
spector McDougall, of Cleveland, took
Nash to indianapolis where he was
placed in the Marion county jail to
await his hearing. 1t is probable that
the case will be transferred to the
United States district court at Cleve-
land.
Nash admitted breaking open six
street mail boxes. He said that he Sc
cured between $50 and $65 from let
tiers which he took from the boxes.
Nash was working on a construction
gang at Farmland when arrested.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23

Word has been received here of the
death of Daniel Bennett, veteran of
Co. A, Sixty-ninth Indiana infantry, at
the soldiers home in Marion. Death
came at o'clock this morning. The
cause of death is not known. He is
survived by a son, Charles Bennett,
this city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
When Arraigned for Perjury
in New York Court.
(National News Associatior)

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.- Detectives
James C. White and John Steinert,
formerly members of Lieutenant Bee
ker's strong arm" squad. were ar
raigned before Justice Grain in the
court of general sessions today, charg-
ed with perjury. These are the men
who are accused of planning evidence
for Becker against big Jack" Selig.
the gang leader. They pleaded not
guilty and were held in bond of $4,000
each.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
NEW HOME FOR GIRL

Having become incorrigible, Pauline
Mason, daughter of Henry Mason. 315
North Eighteenth street, was taken to
the Home for Friendless Women yes
terday. No charge has been filed
against the girl, who is only sixteen
years old. Mrs. Elizabeth Gambler,
probation officer, stated today that she
will attempt to find another home for
the girl.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
THREE ARE KILLED
When Freight Train Hits Au-
tomobile Party.
(National News Association

HOWARD CITY, Mich, Aug. 23.-
Two persons were killed and two pro-
badly fatally injured early today in
a collision between an automobile and
a freight train. The dead are DR.. JOS
lin, of Big Rapids, Mich, Mrs. Joslin
and Howard Joslin, four-year-old son.
The injured are Burr Joslin, seven
years old, Mrs. Henrietta Joslin, aged
mother of DR.. Joslin. The crew of
the train insist that warning whistle
was sounded but that DR.. Joslin con-
tinued on his way over the crossing
despite the signal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
SHOULD
GET HIS MACHINE

The owner of the automobile which
is now lying at the bottom of forty
foot ditch near Jackson Park, will save
money by removing his machine while
1t is yet intact. This morning the big
horn on the machine was found near
the machine where it had been
stripped off, and was brought to the
police station here. The police advise
the owner to secure the machine at
once
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
FUGITIVE VENUSES
TAKEN TO CAPITAL

May l.. King and Essie Ashcraft, the
two swimming Venuses" arrested
here yesterday charged with being
fugitives from the Muncie Industrial
school, were taken to Indianapolis to-
day by the deputy sheriff of Delaware
county, where they will be placed in
the girls industrial school there.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
CAUGHT IN CA|SSON
Held Beneath Bed of Illinois
River ar Pekin.
CNational News Association,

PEORIA, H., Aug. eS.-With faint
hopes of saving him. relays OF men
were working today trying TO release
]. l.. Smith from the bottom caisson
beneath the bed OF the Illinois river at
Pekin. where he has been imprisoned
since four o'clock yesterday afternoon
Smith has been chlorotormed while ef-
forts are being made TO remove sand
which surrounds him up TO his chin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
COLONEL EWING is
TIRED OF HIS JOB
tNational News Association,

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-Col. Robert
Ewing of Louisiana, who was assigned
to direct the publicity work of the Will
SON campaign. has gone back to New
York. He was to have had charge of
the work in the west. Col. Ewing ac-
cepted and came to Chicago on the un-
derstanding that the appointment was
to be temporary. When he found that
he was expected to remain until after
the election he decided to go east and
have talk with Woodrow Wilson,
who had asked him to take the place
1t Is believed here that he will not re-
turn to the Chicago headquarters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
Il
'iy Statistics
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses.
James Clarke, 20 farmer. Fountain
City, and Florence Irene Cofeld, 19.
Fountain City.
Margell Smith, 20, section foreman,
Drt:.n, and Sarah Lowery, 25, Cam
bridge City.
Charles Harter, varnish rubber, %,
City, and Nellie Amburn, %, City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
CARD OF THANKS,

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation for the kind
ness shown us by our neighbors and
friends during the illness and death of
husband, son and brother. Grant F.
Border. and also for the beautiful flor.
al offerings.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Border,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Border and Family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-23
Very Tiny.

Very Tiny.
What tiny foot you have. Why.
you could clean your shoes with =
hbrushw-Eiiegende Batter
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
ADMIRAL dewey
TALKS OF TRAGEDY
Says Better Laws Are Needed for
the Protection of Ship
Passengers.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Special
AumlraI George Dewey, commenting
on the Titanic horror, pointed out
the dangers of North Atlantic travel.
He deplored the greed for money
making which has sacrificed so many
lives and urged the prompt amend
ment OF the present laws regarding
hfe-saVing appliances on passenger
carrying ships.
He said:
Il think that every passenger who
crosses the North Atlantic takes his
life in his hands every time. For my
self l would rather go around the
world in a well-equipped man of war
than make a trip across the North
Atlantic in transatlantic vessel. The
greed for mOney-making is so great
that it is with the sincerest regret
that L observe that human lives are
never taken into consideration.
Let all good Americans exert every
energy to have the present laws
amended as regards life-saVing ap-
planes on every passenger-carry-
ing vessel. 1 do not believe that a
passenger vessel should be cleared
unless she has boats sufficient to float
the great majority of its precious
cargo in the event Of an accident.
1T is appalling to think that the
Olympic, when she struck the Hawke,
according to reports, had boats suf-
tlcient to carry only one out Of every
six passengers.
THE most unfortunate part of the
fatality is that most Of the drowned
are Americans, and we Americans
surely have some rights in the matter.
1T is very easy to picture an Ameri-
can of the type of Major Archibald
Butt, one of Gods noblemen, doing
all he can to insure the safety of
the women and children aboard the
Titanic, knowing that within a very
short time he will face his Creator
Il sincerely hope Congress will at
tend to the matter of caring for the
lives of passengers aboard our trans
atlantic lines. Is there any need for
a more striking example?"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
OHIO RECALLS ITS INVITATION
TO THE NEGRO LAWYER

COLUMBUS, OHIO Special-The
Ohio Constitutional Convention with
drew its invitation TO w. II. Lewis.
the colOred Assistant Attorney General
OF the United States, TO address it on
April 18th, by resembling the resolu-
ton it had adopted at the Wednesday
evening session.
Stanley BOwdle, one of the delegates
from Hamilton county (CincinnatD
was the author of the invitation reso-
luton. 1t was charged on the floor
Of the convention that he offered it as
a bid for the colored vote in Cincin-
natl, he being a candidate for Con-
greSS against Nicholas LOngWorth
Many Of the delegates are candi-
dates for office this year and did not
like TO offend the cOlored voters by
voting against the Bowdle resolution,
hence its adoption.
q. w. Harris, a delegate from Ham
ilton county. yesterday made a motion
TO rescind the action by which the
resolution was adopted, stating in ex-
PLANTATION that every delegate had been
given a chance to show how he stood
on the resolution. Delegate Bowdle
did not demand the ayes and NAYS
and the motion was carried without
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
BAND PLAYS AS
ship GOES down

NEW YORK Special Te story
of the Titanic wreck is told by ]. II.
Flynn, of Philadelphia, in the follow
ing manner:
There is just one way to describe
the Suddenness OF the tragedy that
lurked out on the sea in the calm of
last Sunday night came as unher-
aided as the proverbial thunderbolt.
The crash of impact came, and,
after the first shock, there was quiet
The engines were not even running
out the doomed Titanic was sealed.
We didn't know it, though, because
there was not one among us who had
not but lately been listening to the
strains of waltz music.
1t was captains day aboard ship.
NO one dreamed that one out of every
five of us would be dead in the morn
ing. Why, after the engines had
started again, lot of the people went
back to their berths and TO sleep.
But the officers soon We're con-
WINGED that the big rip along the star
board was fast proving fatal to the
giant liner, and the word went out to
get the passengers into the boats.
The band that had been playing
dance music gathered on deck.
Men stood with barred heads
while the air OF Nearer. My God, to
Thee from the instruments told pas
sengers and crew that the greatest
tragedy Of the seas would be writ
ten in the early hours
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
FILES EXPENSE
ACCOUNT OF COLONEL
Roosevelt League Spent That
Amount in New York
Primary Fight.

ALBANY. N. Y Special Elon
huntington Hooker, treasurer of the
Roosevelt League, filed with the
Secretary of State a statement of the
expenses incurred in securing dele
gates for Colonel Roosevelt to the ma
tional Republican convention. The
total of the contributions is S59,125.75.
George w Perkins, Frank A. Mum
sey and Alexander S. Cochran each
contributed $4,000 toward the ex-
penses; Charles II. Duel, $1,000: +.
H. Hooker, $1,000; A. Foster Higgins.
81 900; George Baxter, $4,000; Oscar
Straus' $500; r. p. Perkins, $1,000;
II. /: Stoddard, $500; II. L. Satter-
lee. 500.
The league also received in small
amounts $3.50.
Perkins and Munsey, prior to the
primaries, contributed each $4,000.
and evidently there was a deficiency,
as on April 9Th the league raised S12,-
900 more, Munsey and Perkins each
giving up $4,000 and Stoddard $4,000.
All the money was spent in office
heip and in small amounts for cam
paign purposes.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
SAYS COMPANY TO BLAME
WHEN THE GAS BLOWS
NEW YORK Snocial- M

NEW YORK Special When
there is not sufficient gas pressure to
cook the dinner or the gas jet
blows making a noise that sounds
like a high bill at the end OF the
month. the consumer may place the
blame either on the gas company or
inadequate piping. Such is the sub
stance OF a report made to the Pub
lie Service Commission by William 4.
Baehr, consulting engineer. Mr.. Baehr
has made an investigation covering
all Manhattan and his report states:
There always should be pressure
enough at the meter to operate the
burners with n reasonable degree of
efficiency and satisfaction, but the
pressure never should be so great as
TO cause a blowing at the burners or
an unreasonable increase in the gas
bill.
The gas companies should be COM
PEELED to esta blish gauges to test the
pressure i'm districts about one mile
square throughout the borough, the
report says The defective piping in
apartment houses. the effect of which
is felt most when all tenants are
using the gas at the same time, can
he overcome by slight increase in the
pressure. There is no excuse for con-
slant fluctuations in pressure, the re-
port states"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
CONNECTICUT IS
TAFT'S HANDS
Convention Today Is Expected to
Give President Ten
More Votes.

NEW HAVEN, CONN., Special
With only two of the $50 delegates.
those from Chester, known to be for
Roosevelt, and the sentiment over.
whelmingly Cor Taft, the Republican
convention assem- bled in the Hyperion
Theater today for the purpose of pick
ing ten district delegates and four
delegates at large to the national con-
vention at Chicago and their alter
mates.
Resolutions instructing delegates at
large for Taft and requesting district
delegates to vote for him were drawn
up for presentation to the convention
by the resolutions committee.
The unanimity Of sentiment for Taft.
however, was the only real harmony
among the delegates. who. until early
today, had been engaged in an an
night struggle between opposing fac
tons, headed by Colonel Isaac M.
Ullman, a well-known Republican
leader of this city, and another. the
Following of ]. Henry Roraback. of
North Canaan, a candidate for chair
man of the State central COMMITTEES
to replace Chairman Michael KeneaIv
OF Stamford, who has held the position
for many years.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
PRESIDENT TAFTS
TRIBUTE TO BUTT

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
President TAFT today paid the follow
ing tribute to the memory of Major
Archibald Butt, his military aide,
who lost his life on the Titanic:
Major Archie Butt was my mill
tary aide. He was like a member OF
my family, and 1 feel his loss as II
he had been a younger brother. The
chief trait of his character was q
simple one in the sense that he was
incapable Of intrigue or insincerity.
lie was gentle and considerate to
everyone, high and low. He never
lost, under any conditions, his sense
of proper regard to what he consid-
cred the respect due to constituted
authority. He was an earnest mem
Der OF the Episcopal Church, and
loved that communion"
He was a soldier. every inch of
him; most competent and skillfuI
quartermaster, and devotee Of his
profession. After l heard that part
Of the ships company had gone down
! gave up hope Tor the rescue OF
Major Butt, unless by accident /
knew that he would certainly remain
on the ships deck until every duty
had been performed and every sacri-
flee made that properly fell as one
charged, as he would feel himself
charged, with responsibility for the
rescue Of others.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
KILLED SHOWING HON
HERO OF STORY DIED

WINS TED. AONN. SpeClak.-t rank
O'LcarN. a private m Company NJ. rlrSl
Regiment. y. g. g. was killed Monday
night on the firc-cscapc OF the Winsted
Opera House while me was demonstrate
ing TO his companion. Charlton Reinke
how two rivals Tor the love OF a girl
settled their dispute.
TIE two men had been attending
performance in the theater and went TO
the roof To have smoke. O'LearN ac-
cording 20 Reinke. first told the story
OF "a beautiful girl who had two devoted
lovers. The lovers agreed that the
world was not big enough for both of
them. and that one or the other must
die. They went 10 a place where there
was network Of wires, and only one
Of the wires was charged. They were
to grasp one wire and then another uu-
tl one of them should touch the wire
which meant death.
BY way OF illustration. OIearv
reached over the fire escape and
grasped a wire. 1t was not charged.
and he graSped 4 second. This was
charged. His hand held the wire fast
and his body stiffened. He tried to
speak. but the words died on his lips.
O'Lcary was dead when doctors came.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
PUBLIC OWNER
FOR MONTICELLO
MRS. NJ. w. LITvrLEON TRACES BE
QUEST FROM RANDOLPH DE-
seen BANTS To PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON ID G. c,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Mrs. Martin W. LittletOns brochure,
One Wish. in which she has advocat ed
the purchase by the United States gov
eminent of Monticello, once the home
OF JEFFERSON, was ordered printed as a
part OF the Congressional Record SAT-
urday upon motion OF Represent atiVe
Austin. of Tennessee. Mrs. Littleton
has aScertained by an exhaustive search
of old records that Congress adopted
a resolution accepting oMnticello in
accordance with the terms of the will
of Commodore Uriah Il. Levy, uncle of
Representative Jefferson Il. Levy. Of
New York. the present owner, but that
a decision of the New York courts set
ting aside the will prevented the gov
ernmentS acquisition of the property
That the grave of Thomas Jefferson
in the estate of Monticello really be-
is another discovery by. Mrs. LittletOn,
who said today:
ii have asked everyone met, includ-
ing senators and congressman, If they
knew who owned the grave of Jeffer-
son. Not one remembered. l had look
ed II up so l could remind them that the
United states government owned that
one bit Of ground sunk deep in the
heart of Monticello. Ii seems the Ran
dolphs. who are the direct descendants
OF Thomas jefferson. out of all the acres
he owned Inherited only the famii.
burial ground. The rest had to be sold
to pay debts of Thomas jefferson in
CURED while he served the public writ
ing declarat iOnS-and founding universe
ties and being President and serving as
to our nation, in all serving over sixty
years, and hardly any of that time re-
ceiving salary His farm. called
Monticello. was his main support.
"Uriah Il. Levy bought the place, and
at his death willed il to the people.
That will was broken. so the people
have never owned Monticello. The RAN
dolphs then did all they could by deed
ing to the government Of the United
states the grave of Thomas jefferson
and the two rods of ground surrounding
it, The House Of Congress gratefully
accepted that bit and erected there a
tomb in the place of the former one de-
StrONed.
Beside presenting Monticello TO the
people of the United States in his will,
he presented the statue OF Jefferson, by
the celebrated sculptor David to his
fellow citizens of the United States.
when Uriah Levy died in his old
age, il was with a conscience at peace
with all mankind. and a mind content
that his name might now have a mean
ing i'm history and a Mace in the hearts
OF all men. 1t is a pity that his rela-
tives did not respect his will in regard
to Monticello. and did not allow it to
revert to the people Of the United
States"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25

port with a large section Of the At
lantic smashing against her bulk
heads. There had been an accident
to her machinery and a gaping hole
had been torn in her sides. She man
aged to reach port, but it was one of
the miracles of the day that she did.
Just nine years later the old liner.
whose name had been shortened to
Paris, was in the clutch of the Mana
Gle Rocks.
on a bitter January day Of 1895
the Elbe, of the North German LLOYD
when she was run into and sunk by
the Crathie. Some few Of the Elbe's
passengers were saved, but the ma
Jorlty-SSO-went down with the
sinking liner.
The next great disaster came in
July, 1898. when the French line
steamship BOurgoyne was sunk in
midocean by collision with the Gro
martyshire, the lost numbering 535.
1t was only few years previous that
the Bourgoyne had sunk the Atlas
liner Ailsa by collision in this harbor
Following the sinking Of the Bour-
gOyne came the laundering of the
Norge in 1904 and the drowning of
80. The LarchmOnt, up the Sound
added another 1S3 to the toll of the
sea.
Only Four Survivors.
In n March hurricane the French
liner Vile de st. Nazaire foundered
when two days out Of this port.
drowning all except two survivors
who days later were pulled from be
meath the corpses of others who had
crowded into the only lifebOat which
was ever picked up from the wreck
Thirty lives were lost when the
American liner ST. Paul rammed and
sunk the British cruiser Gladiator
Then there was the tragedy of the
General SlOcum and her 1000 and
odd lives. and the holocaust of the
fioboken fire. which sent the Maine.
the Bremen and the Saale drifting
downstream ablazc, with a record OF
$50 lives blotted out.
The sinking of the Republic 10y the
Florida in January, 1909. involved the
loss Of only six persons.
The most notable disaster immcdi-
ately preceding this one Of the Tita-
mic was when the steamship Delhi
carrying the Princess Royal and her
husband, the Duke Of Fife, and their
two daughters TO Egypt. was driven
ashore on the coast of Africa All the
passengers We're saved. but the death
of the Duke Of Fife soon after was
due to the exposure he suffered at the
time.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
THINKS HOUSE IS.
SURELY HAUNTED

NEW YORK Special yes: I'm
Just as certain that Mr.. James T..
Walkers residence up there on Bay
view Avenue is haunted as 1 am
that today is Tuesday" said an old
resident of Westmoreland. as he sat
Tuesday night in William II. Van
NOstTand's general merchandise store
in Little Neck. L. 1.
Lots Of folks about here think the
same as you," spoke up Mr.. Van Nos
ghost that opens Mir. Walkers front
door every time it is locked. 1 be-
lieVe it's a bum lock"
Bum lock nothing" interrupted
the SupersutiouS one. It's old Blood
good Cutters ghost. Blood never did
want to quit having things his own
way about here, and he's come back
just to show he's a live one in the
spirit. How'd you account for them
strange noises about the Walker
house if there hain't a ghost prowlin'
about?"
"Bullfrogs make those noises every
spring answered Mr.. Van Nostrand.
This is the time the frogs begin.
You have been hearing 'em for pretty
nearly hundred years"
Anyhow, the Flushing police is all
het up over that ghost at Mr.. Walk
er's,' said the old inhabitant. land
am, too. Those police believe Blood's
20 n NoNiNl nc ~b All sur
prised If he come i'm here now and
begin spouting poetry and making
money. l didn't say spend any. You
know Blood never was strong on
spendin'. 1 reckon Blood never got
over having the Walker house built
so close to where his old home stood.
and is back here ohiectiu'."
The Walker family is away on a
trip, and the residence. which has
bcen watched by the police, began to
attract attention last Saturday when
the front door was found open. The
door was closed and securely locked.
hut that night il was opened again.
and every night since il has been
opened, and neighbors told of hear
ing weird sounds in the house. A
policeman was put on guard on the
front porch last night and told to ar
rest the ghost that keeps opening that
door.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
n Wonderful Balancing Rock.

One Of the most remarkable rocks
in the world is that known as the
balancing Rock" which stands on
the bank Of the Willamette River. a
snort distance above the city of Port
land, Oregon. Rising from a broad
base is small column. roughly round
in shape. Just above this is a huge
mass of rock, bearing a tree on the
summit, the total height Of rock ana
column being about a hundred feet.
Although great deal larger and
heavier than the pillar on which it
stands, the big rock is very accurate
ly balanced. For how many centuries
this odd freak has stood not even the
wisest scientists are able to determine,
but 1t has evidently been there for a
very long period. The entire rock
Is OF volcanic nature. and the most
singular thing about 1t is the fact that
the knob and pillar are entirely dis
Jointed from one another. Wind and
weather, no doubt, are slowly wear
ing the balancing Rock" away, but
the process is so impercep+ible that.
the monument will probably endure
for many centuries.-Wide World.