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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
Raw Materials Will Be Placed
On Free List in All Cases
w h ere M a nufactured
Goods So Placed.
DECISION REACHED
BY SUB COMMITTEE
One of Inequalities Remedied
Will Be Placing Both
Wheat and Flour on the
Bills Free List.
(National News ssociation)


WASHINGTON, May 21-Raw ma
terials will be placed. on the free list
in all instances in which the house de-
termined to place manufactured pro-
ducts on the free list of the Under
wood tariff bill A radical program
of this nature has been decided upon
by the sub committee of the senate
finance committee and will be brought
before the full committee for consid-
Grafton.
This change which permeates all
sections of the bill is understood to
have begun with wheat. The house
placed flour on the free list but made
wheat dutiable. Western millers
brought strong pressure to have wheat
placed on the free list in order to
meet the native competition. AS soon
as this change was agreed to, further
pressure was brought to apply the
principle to the entire bill with the
result that serro manganese also will
be placed on the free list. This repre-
sents a victory for the independent
steel manufacturers.
Barley, rye and other agricultural
products are affected. Cattle also will
go on the free list. These changes be-
fore becoming effective must be sub
mitted to the full committee and af-
terwards to the senate.
The tariff sub committee of the SEN
ate began work again today in earnest.
The finance committee Ill report fa-
vorably the Penrose resolution as am
ended, which provides for the publica-
tion of list of those who have sought
tariff changes and the complete array
of briefs filed. The resolution also calls
for facts regarding the identity of tar
iff experts employed by the Demo
Gratis. 1t is charged that men employed
by protected interests We're used as
experts in framing former tariff bills.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
AHAUS
COMMITS SUICIDE
Ends Life BY Turning on Two
Jets in the Gas Range
At Home.
HE WAS DESPONDENT
Over iii Health and 1t Is Be-
lieved He Was Mentally
Deranged.
HE WAS DESPONDENT

Frederick Ahaus, SO, of 73S South
Seventh street committed suicide yes
terday afternoon by turning on two of
the jets in his gas range after he had
locked himself in the kitchen of his
home. His body was found by his
daughter, Hilda Ahaus, and Irene Sha-
fer at ten minutes after five.
Ahaus has lived in this city all but
ten years of his life and is we'll known
here. He was employed. at the West
colt Motor Car company up to the
time of his death.
No reason is known for his act of
self destruction though he may have
been mentally deranged. According to
up to the time he committed suicide
and may have been under the influ-
ence of liquor at the time. He was
alone in the house when he took his
own life. He left no note which has
come to the knowledge of the authori-
ties, according to the coroner. 1t is be-
lieved dependency because of i'll
health, affected his mind.
He is survived by two sons, Lewis,
%, William, IS, two daughters, Hilda
Is, Minnie %, brother, Harmon
Ahaus, three sisters, Josephine .Ahaus,
Rosie Zeyen, Anna Ahaus and Eliza
beth Fisher, and his wife, Christina
Ahaus.
The funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
Coroner r. ]. Peirce has field YER
diets in cases of death of twenty-seven
persons where official investigations
were deemed necessary. There have
been seven suicides, one unsuccessful
attempt at self-destruction, and two
verdicts of murder filed this year
Martin Haberkern committed sui
eide by drowning; William Seefoth by
swallowing hydro-cyanic acide; Mrs.
Catherine Butler by drowning; John
Barker by jumping in front of train;
Isaac Houck by shooting; Mrs. Alice
Smith by taking carbolic acid and
Fred Ahaus by asphyxiation. Mrs.
Phoebe Gift attempted suicide.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
The Names of Members of FL
nance Committee For the
1913 Fall Festival Is An
nounced Today.
WILL MAKE ATTEMPT
TO RAISE BIG SUM
Estimated That About 81 ,OCO
Will Be Necessary-Head-
quarters of Committee AT
Commercial Club.

All arrangements for the campaign
to raise money with which to hold a
Fall Festival in this city next Octo-
Der have been completed. Friday
morning $50 business and professional
men will solicit contributions to the
festival fund and it is expected that
by noon of that day enough money
will have been contributed to defray
the expenses of the biggest festival
ever held in Richmond. 1t is estimated
that $1,000 will be needed.
The finance committee assures Rich
mond business men that there will be
no deficit created by the 1913 event.
The executive committee will make no
plans for the festival until the re-
ports of all subcommittee of the f.
nance committee have been made. The
committees are asked to report by
noon Friday.
Headquarters of the committee will
be in the Commercial Club rooms, a-d
Demas s. Coe will be in charge. Chas.
ESlifer and John Zwissler have been
appointed on the lunch committee.
Members of the committee, as an
nounced today, are as follows:
Members Of Committee.
Frank Howells, Howard Brooks, G..
%. Ballinger, L. E. Richey, r. B. Mich
olson, Burton Carr, B. B. Myrick, III.
w. Deuker, ]. M. Judson, Ira C. Wood
L. S. Bowman, Will Robbins, F. L. Tor
renee, DR.. Frank Harold, A. G. Myers,
Rudolph Erik, William H. Bartel, Ed
Roser, DR.. c. s. Bond, John E. Peltz,
"a. w Gregg. Glenn Thistlethwaite, L.
A. Knopf, Russell E. McWhinney, An
ton Stole, Ed Fulle, Earl Thomas,
Robert Phillips, Frank Taylor, Frank
I. Reed, e. B. Knollenberg, David Tee
pie, Carl Berheide, George Brehm, Ed
A. Feltman, Lewis Pilgrim, o. G. Whe-
Ian, F. I. Braffett, Ben Price, J. NJ
Seaney, o. c. Krone, John C. Bayer,
George Fox, Jesse A. Bailey, George
R. Cause, r. II. Husson, Harry Patti,
BaltZ Bescher, Walter Luring, E. G.
McMahan, Charles H. Moore, C.. II.
Igelman, Adam HI. Feltman, Will Fer
guson, J. A. Conkey, F. J. BarteI, R. B.
Jones, H. C. Downing, Dr. w. A. Park,
Edward Marlatt, Frank Roberts, Harry
fDoan. Will w. Keller, Will Morgan,
William Kingman, r. L. Study. w. A.
Bond. r. l.. More, Frank Altenschulte,
L. E. Tiff, Cliff Price. r. G. Leeds,
Dudley Elmer, o. F. Ward, Harmon
Pardeick, John Hasecoster, j. F. Horn
aday, W., E. Jameson, Edward D. Neff,
Hans N. Koll, Edward femme, C. C.
Beall. Charles Roser, George H. Dilks,
Ben G. Bartel. A. L. Jenkins, Fred R.
Charles. M. J. Quigley, Alvin Kemper,
Mark Pennell, Horace Iredell, Charles
Kreimeier, c. o. Williams, DR.. c. S..
Bond, DIR. George B.. Hunt. w. c..
Seeker, A. D. Gayle, William NJ. Bailey,
B. c. Robbins. DR.. E. E. Townsend,
John G. Shoemaker George L. Klein,
: Henry P. Miller. Paul Benfeldt, c. s..
Heet, Charles Potter, Lee Ryan, Roy
Dennis, Howard Hunt, Charles Hodge,
Edward Hawekotte, c. A. Harrison,
Webb Pyle, James Quigley, Sanford
Henning, Albert Anderson, Robert
Beeson, Barney Linderman, Fred G.
White, Otto Helms, Charles w. Jordan
and r. HI. Harris.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
TO MEET THURSDAY
Progressive Club Members
and City Committee.

Thursday night there will be a
meeting of the members of the Pro-
gressive club and the Progressive city
committee at the club rooms in the
First National bank building. To the
former meeting all Progressiyes in the
county are invited. There will be a
discussion of the constitution and BY
laws of the organization
The city committee holds its meet
ing for the purpose of appointing el-
ection officers for the primary which
will be held June 3.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
OUR NEIGHBORS:
THEIR PROGRESS

With the idea of show
ing the rest of the state
what Wayne county is doing
and what a good, prosper
Gus county it is, the Pallad-
ium today begins a series of
articles on the various
towns within it's borders.
The first article concerns
Richmond's largest neigh
Dor, Cambridge City. What
rapid strides that town has
been making will prove in
teresting reading. Tomor-
row there will be another
interesting article on
Greensboro, and this will be
followed by articles on Dub
lin, Milton, East German
town, Centerville, Boston,
Hagerstown, Fountain City
and Williamsburg.
Articles on other neigh
boring towns, not in Wayne
county including Straughn's
Station, New Paris and Ell
dorado, will also appear,
showing the progress made
by those communities in re-
cent years.
If any civic organizations
or individuals living in the
towns which are to be de-
scribed desire extra copies
of the Palladium in which
these articles appear, they
should send in orders at
once to the circulation de-
partment. These articles
will be valuable for adver-
tising purposes or to send
to friends and relatives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
Expert Testifies in Case
Against Wealthy New Eng
land Manufactures.
BREEN is A WITNESS
Lawrence Undertaken Testi-
fires For State in the Con-
spiracy Trial.
(National News Association

BOSTON, May 21.-At the trial of
w. NJ Wood, president of the Ameri-
can Woolen company and others, char
ged with planting dynamite during the
textile strike in Lawrence. w. H.
Whitney, an expert on explosives, tes-
titled that he had tested the dynamite
found planted and found that il was
the real thing. containing rs per cent
gelatine. There was enough explosives
in the package taken to Lawrence by
Breen and Collins to kill many people
and destroy much property, he uesti-
fed. The only reason that a terrible
tragedy did not occur when Collins
dropped the forty yound package in
the Lawrence depot was because the
dynamite was frozen solid, he said.
John j. Breen, the Lawrence under
taker, testified that Frederick Atteaux
another of the defendants asked him
if he could obtain more dynamite.
Breen formerly was a member of
the Lawrence school board and sew
eral months ago was fined $500 for un-
lawfully concealing dynamite.
Breen further testified that a few
days before the dynamite was found
Atteaux called him on the telephone.
Breen was in Lawrence and Atteaux
in Boston. Breen said that Atteaax
told him that he understood that he
(Breen) was interested in the strike.
Breen said he assented. Breen also
testified that Atteaux invited him to
come to Boston for a conference. He
came and went to Atteaux's office
where they, discussed strike condi-
tions. Hf -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
c, A, R. OPENS ITS
1878 ENCAMPMENT
Richmond Conspicuous Be
cause of Three Candi-
dates For Office.
WAR STORIES RELATED
Parade Thursday Will Be An
Interesting and Inspiring
Ciubf
WAR STORIES RELATED
(National News Assoeiation)

NNdCIOndl NEWS ASSoCttlIiohS
INDIANAPOLIS, May 21-With the
preliminary meetings this afternoon,
the annual session of the Indiana De
partment, Grand Army of the Republic,
was opened and will continue until
Friday. in conjunction with the G..
A r. deliberations, the several bodies
subordinate to it-Indiana Division,
Sons of Veterans, the Women's Relief
Corps and the Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic-will also be in
session.
Thousands of visiting war veterans
reached Indianapolis today and about
headquarters where registration took
place, there were many of the leaders
in the politics of the organization. The
Indications at noon today were that
the number of visitors would be great
er than at any encampment In the last
Ave years, and the parade tomorrow
will be an interesting and inspiring
sight. Every year the announcement
comes that~"this may be the last time
the veterans will consent to indulge in
a parade" but this year the boys of 81
will be found in the line in step with
the drum beats at their head.
Richmond is more conspicuous than
any other city in the state this year
by reason of the fact that it has three
candidates for highest honors. in the
Grand Army and two of the subordin-
ate branches-Judge- Daniel w. Com
stock for department commander of
the G. A. r.; William Hansche for di-
vision commander of the Sons of Vet
Grams and Mrs. Kate Scott for depart
ment president of the Women's Relief
Corps. 1t will not be surprising if
all of these aspirants for honors are
practically certain that Mr. Hansche
will be named by the Sons of Veter-
ans. This is due to the fact that
up to noon today he had clear field,
nounced.
Judge Comstock and Mrs. Scott-both
have opposition though how formid-
able the candidates against them will
prove is not in evidence today.
Lawrence Handley, of Richmond, has
been appointed by Colonel w F. Gel
Ter, division commander of the Sons
of Veterans, on the following commit
tees: Constitution and laws, speakers
bureau, Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home. and welcome greetings A W.
Martin, of Richmond, was appointed
on the committee on officers reports.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
HIS DEATH CERTAIN
Banker Who Accidentally
Took Poison Very Low.

MACON. Ca, May 2I-Hope has
been abandoned for the recovery of
B. Saunders Walker, the banker, who
swallowed bichloride of mercury in
a mistake for a headache pill Physi-
clans in attendance today stated that
the patients symptoms are such that
they have no hope for his recovery.
While all the poison has been elm
mated from his system. his kidneys
and other organs are so affected that
they cannot perform their normal
functions. and uraemic poisoning has
developed.
At noon today Mr.. Walker was in a
stupor, and IL was believed that his
death was but a matter of hours.
Mr.. Walker took the dose several
days ago, and when informed by his
physicians that he had no chance of
recovery, calmly submitted to his fate
and held a public reception for his
friends to bid them farewell
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
MILLER SUBMITS
REPORTS ON FIRES

Chief Ed Miller, of the Richmond
Fire. Department, has submitted eight
fires which aYe-occurred in this city
since May l. The reports. are being
made according TO the recently enact
ed fire laws.
1t is expected that the state Off
cials will make examinations of all
fires believed to be of.incendiary orig
in. d The local department has been
notified to instantly report to the state
department facts pertaining to fires
where the origin is unknown.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
TO HAVE CLASS OF
FIFTY CANDIDATES

Probably the largest class of candi-
dates which the local order of the
knights of Columbus have ever mi.
tiated at one time, will be the class to
be taken in on Sunday, June 8. 1t is
stated that at least fifty candidates
will be initiated at that time. A ban
Guet will be served in the evening
Many prominent officers in the state
organization will be here. The pro.
gram for the affair has not been com
pleted, as yet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
SEVEN ARE KILLED
IN RAIL ACCIDENT
fNational News Associatien)

HINTON. W. Va. May 21--Five
men, a woman and a little girl Mere
killed last night on the Sewell rsii-
road. which connects Sewel with
LandisDurg. forty miles west of Hin
ton. A lumber engine and train of
three freight cars and caboose used
for passengers left Sewell for Iandis-
burg eight miles distant and when four
miles from Water Spout the train was
stopped by small slide ahead Later
another slide came down carrying all
but the engine, three hundred feet
below.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
WITTE MUST SERVE
$40 DAYS IN JAIL
Plead Guilty to Charge Of As
sault and Battery Upon
Little Girl.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
OF Girls Condition Made
Witte Admitted He Mis-
treated Girl,

Walter Witte, 2S, who was arrested
yesterday morning at Boston on the
charge of criminal assault on his step
daughter, Dorothy Carter, IL, pleaded
guilty to assault and battery, the only
charge warranted by the medical ex-
animation of the girl, and was fined
$500 and costs and sentenced to the
county Jail for six months. The fine
and sentence is the heaviest imposed
in police court
Wittes confessed that he had mis-
treated the child to some extent, but
that he was not guilty of more than
assault and battery. He made no at
tempt since his arrest to deny any
charges against him, stating to the
police any circumstances about which
they asked. AS he entered his plea
of guilty he said only a few words.
| He looked at no one in the court room,
and kept his face ayerted and looked
at the floor. He answered questions
but his replies were hardly audible and
he appeared to be on the verge of a
breakdown.
A medical examination of Dorothy
Carter yesterday afternoon revealed
that Witte had not injured her phyi-
cally, but that her nerves were in a
/ bad condition from Whites mistreat-
ment of her. -.--
The little girls statement of a prom
ise forced from her some time ago by
Witte prevented the authorities from
placing more serious charge against
him.
Witte has made improper advances
toward his stepdaughter for a period
of asiyear and a half. The first time
anything of the kind happened, the
girl was but little more than nine
years old. She stated to the author
tiles. that these advances were made
Iinfreauently at that time. Within the
last two weeks Witte has assaulted her
so many times that she was too ner-
vous' to sit through her school ses-
sions For almost a week the girl
stated, Witte has taken advantage of
her mothers absence every time she
stepped from the house and left the
two alone.
Are With Relatives.
Mrs. Witte and her. daughter. Dor
othy Carter, left their home at South
Sixth and H streets, yesterday. and
are staying with relatives. Both are
in very nervous condition, and it is
believed that Mrs. Witte will be un-
der the care of physician for some
time as the. result of the shock of
hearing of the inhuman treatment her
daughter had suffered at the hands Of
Witte
Witte was taken to the county jail
this morning shortly after the sem
tence was pronounced. He had moth
ing to say to any one. and appeared
to be suffering from deep shame and
remorse Unless his fine is paid he
will be confined in the county Jail $40
days.
Fine is Heaviest.
The fine and sentence combined are
the heaviest ever imposed in the city
court. James Clark was given like fine
and Jail sentence for attempting TO
shoot his wife, but was pardoned by
Governor Ralston several months ago.
Chief of Police Gormon stated that he
will attempt TO block any efforts that
nav be made to obtain a pardon for
Witte.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
PORTE is NOTIFIED
CNational News AssocIation)

N-NANLOLIdL -AzoONIaNIoElT
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 21-The
Porte was today notified by the Ger
man embassy TO be prepared TO recog-
nize officially the angic-Persian con-
ycntion relative to England's control
Of Southern Persia The convention
will be ratified by various powers of
the new east.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
STRIKE IN SPAIN
CNationaI News Association,

1National News AssociationD
CORUNNA, Spain. May PA gen.
eral strike TO go into effect tomorrow
was called here today by the affiliated
All workmen have
promised to obey the order TO walk out
and the a horities fear that the city
viii be co. stely tied UP.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
THE WEATHER

STATE AND LOcAl-Showers to-
night. slightly cooler; Thursday
cooler and generally fair. ....
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-21
THE LILIES OF THE
FIELD

Children have often been lik-
ened to flowers. There is some
thing beautiful about childhood
as such; something wonderful
about the plainest flower.
But unlike the flower, the
children's clothing does not
grow with them.
At this change of season every
mother is anxiously going over
her children's wardrobe. Hats,
coats dresses, underwear. stock
ings, and shoes, any or all may
be needed.
The wise woman takes
stock" early in the season and
keeps her eve out for oppor-
tupnities to fill up the deficienc-
les. The wisest woman makes
her task easy by following the
Advertisements of THE PALLAD-
IUM. She will find in them
countless suggestions to aid her
decisions, and corresponding op-
portunities to exercise her
choice.
Circulation More
Than $500
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-29
HANDS BURNING, ITCHING

905 Lowell Place, Chicago, ILL.,
THE trouble began by my hands burn
ing and itching and l rubbed and
scratched them till n day I saw lit
tie red sores coming out. Ny hands
were d%isfigured and swollen, and trou-
bled me SO that I could not sleep.
They we're cracked and when the
small sores broke a white matter
would come out. l could not do any
hard work; if I did the sores would
COM out worse. For two years no.
body could cure my eczema, until M
day / thought I would try the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I used warm wa
ter with the Cuticura Soap and after
that I put the Cuticura Ointment on
my hands twice a day for about five
or six months when I was cured"
(Signed) Sam Marcus, Nov. %, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-29
Profitino by Superstition.

After having sat on many juries the
observant man is of the opinion that
the whole human race is still strongly
tarred with the. brush of superstition.
Il am confirmed in that belief by
the amount of damages invariably
voted to plaintiffs, whose injuries
smack of superstitious origin he said.
"If a load of bricks should fall from
a fifth story window on to the head
of a man who happened to be walking
under a ladder he would get twice as
much damages as if the ladder were
not there. The element of bad luck
that attaches to a ladder would insen-
sibly influence every juror, and the
sum awarded would reflect their
preiudices and sympathies."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-29
The Main QueRtion.

u. Pierpont Morgan" said a clergy
man, hated the dissension that some
times springs up between high church
and low. Apropos Of all such reli-
gious ~dissension, he used to tell a
story about a wise old colored man,
Calhoun Clay.
"NCal,' a gentleman once inquired,
what denomination do you belong to?
l think l see you sometimes making
for the chapel, but don't you think
you'd do better to come to us?'
"'Bress yo' heart, sonny chuckled
old Calhoun Clay, hits dis-a-way.
Oars free roads leadin' from here to
Nola Chucky. Oars a straight road,
but hits hilly, and dar's a level road
to de right, and dar's a level road to
de left. But when All goes to Nola
Chucky wifi a load O. grain, do you
think they asks me, Uncle Cal, what
road you come by?" No, sab! What
they asks is, Uncle, is yoh wheat
good?""