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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-13
THEIR MARRIED LIFE
By Mabel Herbert Urner

free and Independent life he had de-
picted to her. She had no performers
blood in her veins and did not believe
in the existence of morals among
those people. She looked upon her
husband as good-natured fool, whom
it would be easy to deceive, as long as
he was still desperately in love with
her. Then a girl baby was born to
them, but the change which he had
looked for did not come.
Captain Marco still remained sill
ent. He was looking for proofs and
found them. 1t was young lieu
tenant without any experience in life,
dashing young fellow with whom
she fell readily in love and who did
not hesitate to take advantage of this.
1t was for his sake that Captain Mar
co was robbed of his happiness, which
he had thought would last forever.
"Silent as always, he followed the
evolution of their love affair. People
in the circus began to whisper and
the same old story. The last person
to discover anything was the deceived
husband. Marcella and her lieuten-
ant grew more and more careless.
1.-THE performance this evening was
Marcella were on the stage.
THE music stopped and there was
a deep silence in the hall. Captain
Marco took aim. Marcella stood mot
ionless. A slight click was heard
The gun missed fire. Captain Marco
examined the lock carefully. but did
not miss an exchange of glances be-
tween Marcella and the young lieu,
tenant in the box
Again he raised his arm. Marcella
felt the blood shooting into her cheeks
and then she grew CHASTITY pale. She
had seen a new expression in hel
husbands eyes. She wanted to scream
but her throat was too dry. She
wanted to run away, but could not
move a muscle, those dreadful eyes
kept her as if nailed to the spot.
1.-THE audience began to grow rest
less. Why did this last SO long
Now the shot rang out and Marcella
fell on her back without a sound
Captain Marco threw himself over bel
body and stared into her face. Hell
eyes were closed and blood was ooZ
ing from a small hole in her forehead
He kissed the blood away and re
NAMED in the same position until the
gendarmes led him away.
1.-THE trial lasted four months
Then he was acquitted on the ground
of accident by the jury, and retired
lonesome man to a cottage among
the Swiss mountains with his little
daughter"
When Helen finished the story, she
expected Warren to denounce OF
praise the reading.
He Duffed his cigar silently.
What did you think of it,"
Il am going to bed, if you care tt
read that trash, you can stay up al
night" was his answer. He left the
room slamming the door behind him
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AUTO HURTS THREE

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and Mr.. Moore, all prominent Rich
mond people, were killed when the
buggy conveying them to a dance at
Cedar Springs was struck by passen-
ger train.
Tries to Turn Around.
when we left Cedar Springs in Mr.
Miller's car we drove to New Paris
ana then turned west and started
toward Richmond" said Mr. Parker
after his wife had been cared for at
the hospital. when we reached that
point where the pike branches Mr.
Miller by mistake turned the car down
the road leading to the springs
Friends of ours in car just ahead
signaled that we were on the wrong
road SO Mr.. Miller backed his car to
I turn around. He backed into some
high weeds at the side of the road
and the wheels went over the edge
I Immediately the car started to plunge
down the hill. 1t finally toppled over
throwing all of US out and directly in
its path.
However, the car appeared to vault
over us and alighted on its wheels at
the bottom. If this had not happened
several of us might have been killed
for we would have received the full
force of the cars weight as the top
was not up. Mr.. Miller and myself
got up at once uninjured and went to
the assistance of the others.
Howard Dill Of Richmond, happen
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on charge OF defrauding two local
banks Of $1,000 worth OF worthless
checks. At that,time he was promot-
ing the Upton and Frankfort inter
urban line and was president OF the
company. He was still out on bail
when he went to Chicago and attempt
ed TO interest the city in scheme to
get French capitalists to finance 4
$3.50, O0O. 900 subway for Chicago.
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Is the Northwestern Indiana Traction

as the Northwestern Indiana Traction
company. Monticello to Hammond and
Lafayette. with spur from Chicago
Heights, Ill. to Dyer, Ind. The La
Sale Construction and Supply COM
pany was organized to do the work OF
building the line and four miles Of
grading was done. Farmers along the
route gave the company the right Of
way and many Of them bought stock
in the company Of Purtelle. He OBJ
tanned q subscription of $1,000 in Ham
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mond for stock. but finally was re-
fused q franchise by the city OF Ham,
mond because he failed to deposit
$1,000 surety. He was sued by the
hotel keeper at Dyer. Ind, for $500.
board bill for surveying party. The
hotel keeper recovered nothing on the
suit. There are about $4,000 In labor
claims against Purtelle and his COM
panies as the result Of this promo
ton.
In 1911 Purtelle az president Of Pur-
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telle & Co. stocks and bonds. filed q
petition In bankruptcy In the United
States District court at Chicago on
January Is. He gave his assets as
$50.9S9.43. the principal item being
the $4,000 for which he was suing
Keith. Purtelle also mentioned in
his assets q cane that he always car
ried. His liabilities were listed at
$7O7, 1891.
Last year on June 4, Purtelle was
arrested and jailed at Frankfort, Ind,
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PURTELLE COMES
CONTINUED from Page One.)

til the Sullivan firm failed in 1904
Then he returned to Milwaukee to
take charge of the bucket shop of E.
E. Jones Co., which failed the same
year.
In 1909 Purtelle was president of
Purtelle & Co., stocks and bonds with
offices at 222 South LaSalle street,
Chicago. The next year his safety
deposit box in the Chicago Safety
Deposit Co., was forced open by
deputy sheriffs and $500 was taken
to satisfy judgment which was Sc
cured against him by John G. Keith,
an insurance broker. Purtelle filed
suit against Keith for $4,000 dam
ages. No record of what the outcome
Of the suit was could be found.
Indiana Promotions.
Purtelle in 1910 began the pro-
motion of an interurban line known
Evening star., 1914-02-21
BRITISH STEAMER ASHORE
ON THE VIRGINIA COAST
Crew Of Twenty or More Taken Of
in Breeches Buoy-Thought
She May Be Saved.

NORFOLK, Va. February 21.-The
British steamer Riversdale. Capt Lori
mer, from Port Arthur. Tex, for Rot
terdam with cargo of lumber. was to-
day hard ashore near Little Island. on
the Virginia coast about twelve miles
south of Cape Henry, where she struck
last night in severe northeast gale,
All the crew were taken off in the
brooches buoy. Capt. Lorimer being the
last to leave the ship.
With the wind blowing forty-eight
miles an hour at the time the Rivers
dale struck. the vessel was driven well
up on the beach. The Norfolk wreck
ing steamer Rescue is now standing by,
and 1t is believed that the Riversdale
can be floated. The task. however. may
not be an easy one. The steamer Is not
lying on particularly dangerous
beach.
The severe storm of yesterday and
today having for the most part abated.
the high seas on the coast were today
abating and wreckers expect to soon
have smooth sea in which to work on
the Riverdale. She may have to dis
charge a part OF her cargo.
The stranded vessel was coming into
Norfolk for bunker coal when she
struck last night.
The steamers crew of twenty or more
are being cared for by the life savers
on the coast
Evening star., 1914-02-21
ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE,
A. J. Lartigue's Sanity Questioned
A. G.. Smith Also Held.

Declaring repeated attempts had been
made to kill him by putting arsenic in
his food. Adolph J. Lartigue, thirty
one years old. who says he is employed
as a mail carrier in New Orleans, La,
| this morning called at the White House
and requested an audience with the
President.
The caller said he wanted to request
the President to order his transfer from
New Orleans to this city. Detective
Sloan met him in the executive Office
heard his story and arrested him ON
suspicion of insanity. Lartigue was
sent to Washington Asylum Hospital
for examination as to his mental con-
dition.
Arthur Garfield Smith. colored. thirty
years old. who told the police his home
is in Prince Georges county. Md. this
morning was arrested at AZ and NJ streets
southwest on suspision he was insane.
Policeman Little's attention was at
tracted to Smith, who was hiding behind
store windows and show cases, and
when questioned he said he was trying
to get away from wildcat. He was
sent to Washington Asylum Hospital.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
CONVENT LOSES BY FIRE.
Church and Chapel in Quebec Burned
and Valuables DESTROYED.

QUEBEC, Que, February 2I-The
church building and the chapel of the
Grey Nuns convent, occupying city
block, were destroyed by fire yesterday
together with many valuable paintings
The convent was seriously damaged The
property loss was estimated at $4,000
For several hours the entire fire depart
ment of Quebec was engaged In fighting
the fimaes. The fire started in the convent
kitchen, when lighted match ignited
benzine fumes. Two hours later the
flames burst through the church bcifry
and shot thirty feet into the air, licking
the gilt statue of the Savior which sur
mounted the edtfice.
At about the same time spectators saw
figure moving near window on the
fifth floor. The firemen fought their way
up through the smoke and rescued an
aged sister. a cripple, who had NOT
escaped with the other inmates.
Half a century ago the Grey Nuns
chapel was destroyed by lire At that
period 1t was being used, at times, as a
parliament building. About fifteen years
later another fire wrecked the structure.
Evening star., 1914-02-21

the result. and many Of them saw in it
an indication that the desire of the Pres
ident for repeal Of the tolls provision OF
the canal act would be met without diff
ficulty after the treaty ratifications have
been executed That this will be the
next important foreign issue to occupy
the attention of Congress there is no
doubt
Information had reached the President
which gave him confidence that g. repeal
provision would pass both houses of Con-
gress. and tthe action In the Senate has
served only to increase that confidence
so far as the upper house was concerned
In the House the President has found
leader to carry on the fight for the re-
peal in Representative Claude Kitchin
of North Carolina, ranking member Of
the ways and means committee, who re-
Gently has conferred at the White House
on the subject. Majority Leader Under
wood. who does not agree that the ex
emption constitutes a violation OF the
HayPauncefote treaty, has assured the
President that he will organize no op-
position to repeal of the exemption.
In disposing of the treaty amendments
the Senate cleared the way, in the opin-
ion of its leaders, for smoother sailing by
the government i'll all its international
negotiations.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
MASSACRE 1900
Chinese Village Sacked and Men
Women and Children
Brutality Slain.

PEkING, February 21.-The bandits
led by White WOLF massacred 1,3oO
men, women and children, when they
sacked Liuan Chow, province of Ngan
Hwei. January 90 On that occasion they
murdered Father Rich. French Jesuit
missionary, and captured and held two
other foreigners for ransom. An army of
$1,000 Chinese troops is now converging
on white VOLTS strongly intrenched po-
sition in the vicinity OF Cheng Yang
Kwan. farther to the north in the same
province. white WOLF has force OF
5000 bandits, half Of whom are armed
with modern rifles.
The opinion is expressed here that un-
less the opportunity is seized Of extermi-
mating white Wolf" and his followers
they will form the center for another re-
bellion The government troops however.
show a strong disinclination to come to
close quarters with the bandits.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Pending in the Senate.
BERRY TRIAL ADJOURNED.
Hearing in Philadelphia Will Be
Resumed Tuesday.

PHILADELPHIA Pa, February 21--
Additional members of the crew of the
steamship Monroe. sunk in the col.
lision with the Nantucket Off the vir.
ginia coast. testified yesterday in the
trial of Capt. Osmyn Berry of the Nan
tucket, charged with negligence. Wit
nesses examined yesterday narrated
their experiences. Nils Askildscn, a
boatswain. testified that Capt. Edward
E. johnson left the Monroe in life
boat with eight or nine persons about
four minutes after the ships collided
On cross-eXamination he said Capt
Johnson did the best possible, and th At
the two lifeboats that left the Monroe
saved more than fifty persons found in
the water
The hearing was adjourned until next
Tuesday. Capt Berry is expected to be
the last witness.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
HIGHER PAY; PENSIONS
Chairman Goodwin Predicts Congress
Will Legislate for Govern
ment Clerks.

Representative Hannibal l. Goodwin.
chairman of the House committee on
reform in the civil service today pre-
dicted that Congress will adopt a pen
sion plan for government clerks, which
Will include contributions to the fund
by clerks. and an increase in their
salaries.
Further hearings will be held by Mr..
Godwin's committee. to which has been
referred the bills relating to pensions
Il do not believe that Congress will
authorize straight pension system for
clerks, said the chairman today, but l
10 believe We can get together oa a
measure that will give merited increases
IN salaries to the government clerks and
provide an equitable contributory PEN
sion system.
The high cost Of living has hit the
government clerks. There Is also no
doubt that the salary scale is defective,
based on antiquated conditions This
committee will take all these things into
consideration when 1t starts to bring in a
bill for fair pension system
Evening star., 1914-02-21

for redress in this case. but the fact Is
appreciated that his authority does not
extend into northern Mexico. and at pres
ent there is no disposition to extend rec
ogniton TO Villa.
Robert V. Pesduiera, constitutionalist
agent here, made public the following
telegram from constitutionalist headauar-
Benton entered Villas apartments
Very Unexpectedly, demanding protection
Tor his interests and bitterly insulting
villa and the constitutionalist army. Gen.
villa tod him that he considered him an
enerny 10 the constitutionaiist cause. and
that in order that he might not continue
10 work against il he, Villa. was going
to pay him the value OF his property
,Rcnton'sl in the state of Chihuahua
Benton became Very exasperated at
this and drew his revolver. intending to
bilI the general hut the latter inme-
,IiateIy knocked him down. disarmeo him
md sent him to Jail Benton was after
ward tried by a special military tribunal,
-cntenced to death and duly executed,
III In accordance with the laws and
fsareS Of war"
Evening star., 1914-02-21
TEXAS OIL MAN TO APPEAR.
Will Give Views on Federal Pipe
Line From Oklahoma to Gulf.

The next witness to be heard by the
government commission investigating
the advisability Of pipe line from the
Oklahoma oil fields to the Gulf of
Mexico to furnish fuel for the navy
will be j. f. Cullinan of Houston,
former president of the Texas Oil Com
pany. who will be here next Wednes-
day to tell Commissioner Of Indian AT
fairs Sells and Lieut.. Commander Boyd
Of the navy. who compose the ro""mis-
sion. what he thinks Of the project
He is a voluntary witness, as have
been all to appear so far. and also Tim
Spellacy of San Francisco, a large in
dependent oil dealer. who will be here
some time next week. In addition to
their verbal testimony the commission
briefs giving further data. as they de-
sire to make the investigation as thor
ough as possible.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
SAYS TREATY IS VIOLATED.
French Governments Accusation
Against U. S. Customs Officials.

PARIS. February 21.-The French for
eign office today directed the French
ambassador at Washington to lay be-
fore the State Department the repre-
sentations made by the porcelain manu-
facturers of Limoges against the suits
brought by the American customs su-
thorities alleging Justification of In
voices. The general presentation of the
case in the French press is that the
United States government is calmly
violating an agreement entered into Of
ficially by the American Treasury De
partment in 1905.
The proposed appropriation for tho
French exhibit at the Panama-Pacifi"
exposition at San Francisco is held up
by the French parliament pending the
outcome of the representations made by
Ambassador Jusserand. The opinion
was expressed today in the lobbies OF
the chamber of deputies that there was
no likelihood of the appropria ion being
voted until the Limoges affair was
cleared up.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
WAR ON HUMAN DISEASES.
Senator Ransdell Would Fight
Typhoid as Well as Cattle Tick.

Contending that 1t was just as proper
for the federal government to spend
money to eradicate malaria and typhoid
fever as to investigate the cattle tick.
hog cholera dourine in horses. Senator
Ransdell today introduced a bill to ap-
propriate 100000 TO fight malaria and
typhoid.
In explanation of his hill Senator Rams
dell said that the federal government was
justified in lighting typhoid and malaria
because the victims of these diseases
Travelled from state to state. He added
that the government could do no better
work than to show the farmer particular
ly how to eradicate the conditions which
produced these diseases.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
CALMLY ANNOUNCES sLAY1NG
Simon G. Cooney, Believed Insane
Held for Killing Wife.

DANVILLE, \. Y, February 2l.-
Simon G. Cooney of Bradford. Pa. kill
ed his wife at a sanitarium here today.
Cooney, unperturbed. announced the fact
to the clerk Investigation resulted in
the finding of Mrs Cooney's body in the
room assigned the couple on their arrival
last night She had been hit on the head
with a pitcher. and then choked
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooney arrived here last
night, the wife stating that her husband
was i'll and that she had brought him to
the sanitarium for treatment. Exam ma
ton today by DR.. Arthur Jackson, head
of the sanitarium. indicated that Mr.
Cooney was suffering from acute mania
Cooney is fortv-fiye years old and his
wife was about forty years old.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
SCORES COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
New York Bureau Ends Three-Year
Study Of Subject.

NEW YORK, February 21.-The present
system Of county government in the
United States is Inadequate. obsolete and
vicious, in the opinion Of a bureau Of
the state controllers Office which has
lust completed a three-year study Of the
subject.
"The county system permits OF too
many irregular and illegal practices,
says a report by the chief OF the bureau
The board of supervisors has too wide a
power; 1t should either be abolished or
curbed. The financial department g al
most invariably careless and siipshod
The county jail is generally a veritable
hotbed for vice and crime"
Evening star., 1914-02-21
ADMITS SHE FAXED.
Woman's Story of Attack Designed
to Keep Husband Home.

CHESTERTOWN, Md, February 2I.-
Mrs. Jeff Hurd. who lives near here. ad-
mitted to the authorities that the story
she told of an attack by a negro while
she was alone with her two small chill
dren at night, recently, was a fiction con-
cocted to keep her husband at home
nights.
Mrs. Hurd had given graphic recita
of her struggle with her assai.ant, aver
ring that she siashed him with a butcher
knife and drove him off bleeding from
his wounds.
The young woman said she had become
SO worked up over being left on the farm
alone that she killed chicken anu
smeared its blood about the place TO
he:ghten the effect OF the story upon her
husband.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
COMPLIMENT TO PRAEGER.
His Nomination as Postmaster Con
frmed by Unanimous Vote.

The nomination of O.to Praeger to be
postmaster of Washington. y. c.. was
confirmed by the Senate yesterday
afternoon. There was no opposition
whatever to the confirmation Of Mr..
Praeger, and the nomination was put
through with unusual speed. The ac-
tion of the Senate is considered q COM
pliment. Mr.. Praeger, who. as a news
paper man. is personally known to
many of the senators.
The resignation of y. A. Merritt as
postmaster does not take effect until
March 81. and Mr.. Praeger said today
he probably would not qualify until
April l.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
DENIAL BY SENATOR SMITH.
Never Told Committee President
Would Sign immigration Bill.

Senator Ellison ID. Smith of South Car
olina, chairman Of the immigration COM
mittee, emphatically asserted today that
he never had told the committee that
President Wilson would sign the pending
immigration bill if il contained the lit
eracy test. The Senate and members
have been exercised over conflicting re-
ports as to the President 5 attitude on the
President ammieration bill.
The committee is going ahead with the
bill, intending to retain i'm 1t the House
provision for hteracy test, said Chair
man Smith.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Wears Prussian Uniform.

y member of the Albanian deputation
had brought with him "A casket contain
ing sand, earth and water from Albania,
which Prince William accepted as a SYM
Dol of his new sovereignty.
The chosen monarch OF Albania as
sumed his honors under strictly Prus-
sian conditions. During the ceremony he
wore the uniform of a Prussian major.
and German military band played Sc
lection of music The Albanian notables
were greatly impressed with their queen.
who before her marriage was Princess
Sophia Of Schoenburg- Waldenburg. She
wore royal robes and carried a diadem
on her hair and stood beside her consort.
although this was not consonant with
Moslem usage.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
ATTACKS ToRREON AT ONCE.
Villa Only Waiting Until He Can
Head His Troops.

EI- PAsO. Tex. February 21.-'The
Torreon attack Will begin just as soon as
can get at the head of my troops" said
Cen. Francisco Villa, commander of the
constitutionalist troops OF Chihuahua
yesterday before he departed on special
train for the south. II is Villas inten-
'ion to stay for a day or two at Chihua-
l1is before proceeding south He does
rot intend 10 return TO the border until
after the battle. he said.
TANP1C0. Mex. February cl-The
Mexican rebels are preparing to wake an
"tner attack on farnpico. a force of reb-
cts. numbering 500 officers and men, IL
now concentrated at ESterus. a town
twenty miles north OF this port The
rcbels seem to he well organized and
have large supply OF ammunition. Theil
equipment includes ten new machine
guns.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Naval Movements.
WORK ON DISTRICT BILL.
Measure May Be Reported to the
Senate Next Week

With the return of Senator Gallinger to
'. ashington from Georgia where he went
to attend the funeral of Senator Bacon
Chairman John alter Smith of the sub
committee of the Senate appropriations
committee in charge of tho District bill
today made arrangements for further
meetings of the subcommittee to com
plete the bill. lie hopes to have the bill
ready next week to report 10 the Senate.