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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
STARTS FOUNDATION
FOR AVIATION CORPS
House Takes Steps to Pro-
vide Crafts and Men for
Army.
IeY LEASED WIREl

WASHINGTON. May 29.-The first
comprehensive step toward building
up an aviation corps in the army Of
the United States has been taken by
the House of Representatives. That
body recently passed a bill, which re-
viding for the creation of an aviation
service" OF sixty officers and two hun
dred and sixty enlisted men. all Of
whom shall be exclusively engaged on
duties pertaining to said aviation sec
ton, and shall be addition to the Off
GERS and enlisted men now allotted by
law to the Signal Corps, the COM
missioned and enlisted strength Of
which are hereby increased according
ly.
Chairman Hay, Of the military af-
fairs committee, put the bill through
late one afternoon whe nthe attend
ance upon the house floor was small
There was practically no debate. as al
factions in the house appeared in favor
of the legislation, nor was the signifi
canoe of the action exploited at the
time Legislative leaders are pract!-
cally assured of favorable action in the
senate and at the white house as the
bill has the endorsement of the war
department.
The passage of the measure undOub;-
eddy was expedited by the seriousness
of the Mexican situation. The use OF
The aeroplane for scouting purposes in
war times was tried out at Vera Cruz
and there was then driven home the
fact that the United States is behind
practically all other nations in its en-
penditures for aircraft. While other
big nations have been spending mil
lions for air fleets this country has
grudgingly spent thousands only. aS
was pointed out in the report of the
military affairs committee which
brought the Hay bill into the house.
1.-THE committee is thoroughly con-
vinced that it would be most unwise
to continue the parsimonious policy
which the government has pursued
with regard tomilitary aviation. and
it is intended to appropriate 100000
in the army bill. as against s125.000
last year. for the purchase and up
keep of aeroplanes and this, together
with the personnel provided In the bill
here presented will enable our army
to make experiments necessary to a
thorough knowledge of the art to train
the number of men who may be need
ed for service in time of emergency.
, The cost of the bill will be s25S.002
for the first year; $269.e44 for the
second and third years and s219.944,60
for the fourth year, which latter fig
ures will show the highest sum which
this bill will cost the government at
any time in the future"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
NEAL BROTHERS BUY
NOBLESV|LLE PAPER
Merge Ledger With Enter
prise in $4,000 Corpora
tion-C. S. Neal Formerly
of Richmond.
[BY LEASED WlRE1

NOBLESVILLE. Ind, May 29-The
Daily Enterprise and Daily Ledger,
both Republican newspapers will be
consolidated on Monday June 1, &C
cording to an announcement published
by both papers today. The merged
paper will be known as the Noblesville
Ledger The incorporators
of the $4,000 corporation which will
control the publication is composed Of
president E. E. Neal, secretary Charles
S. Neal, treasurer VIII H. Craig. The
Neal brothers have been publishing
the Enterprise for three years. Mr..
Craig has been editor and publisher
OF the Ledger for 18 years. He will
retire from active connection with the
paper Vern Wickers for twenty
years city editor of the Ledger will be
retained in that position.
Charles S. Neal was formerly city
editor of The Palladium, and prior to
that held the same position on the
old Sun-Telegram. He was a member
of the Richmond city council and is
widely known as an enterprising and
successful newspaper man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29

Should the Press club vote against
the adoption of the proposed changes,
it is expected that the petitioners will
make application for the establish
ment Of Newspaper Writer'S club,
which will be an organization com
posed of young men and women inter
ested in newspaper work. At present
the Earlham Press is published by the
Press club, but the plans for the News
paper Writer'S club include no publ
cation, at least for the present.
Some of the changes suggested by
the petitioners is to choose member
ship by competitive examinations held
twice a year. A special faculty COM
mittee of two members meetinW with
the editOr-in-chief will compose the
board for the choosing of members.
Innovations to this method have been
offered supplanting the faculty mem
berS by addition to the board a Rich
mond newspaper man selected by the
faculty. This would place the try-outs
on a substantial basis with newspa-
per man as one of the examination
committee.
The apparent laying on the shelf of
the work of the petitioners is meeting
with some opposition, especially with
the sieners. who think that at this
time the matter is practically put
away in salt, and that no change will
be made in the Press club system of
choosing members.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
WILL FORCE SALES
House Passes Far-Reaching
Bill.
TBY LEASED WIRE1

WASHINGTON, May 29.-By a vote
of 6S to % the house today adopted a
far-reaching amendment to the Clay
ton antitrust bill which would prohibit
various industries from refusing to
sell their products to any responsible
applicant for purchase. Section three
OF the bill as written, prohibits mines
from refusing arbitrarily to sell, but
on motion of representative Farris of
Oklahoma, the section was broadened
to include refiner;es, reduction works,
oil and gas weflB and hydro electric
concerns. The section as rewritten re-
quires all of these industries to sell
such products to any responsible firm
or corporation who applies to purchase
such products for use, consumption or
resale within the United States or ter
ritOry thereof"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
ASK WAGON CHANGE
Merchants Complain of p. O.
Equipment.

Indignation over the messenger
wagon operating between the post
office and the Pennsylvania depot,
has been expressed by street mer-
chants and as a result, Postmaster
Haas will endeavor to have the screen
ed wagon service adopted here with a
term contract for four years.
The present messenger wagon Is a
crude affair painted red with dingy
yellow lettering. The horse is old and
decrepit. 1t runs merely as the post
master sees fit to retain and can be
dismissed on thirty days notice.
The screened wagon service is up
to-date as used in big cities and op-
tional in cities of this size. The wag-
Ons, horse and harness are of uniform
size and kind and the wagons must
be kept well painted. The sides are
heavy screened and the mail sacks
are locked in the wagon after leaving
either the post office or the depot.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
GERMAN VETERANS
WILL PAY TRIBUTE
TO DEAD SOLDIERS
Armed Militaerverein, Thirty
Strong, Will March to the
Graves at Lutherania Gem
etery for Silent Prayer.

Honor will be paid to dead members
of the German army buried at Luth-
erania cemetery by the Militaervereln
of this city tomorrow when its mem
bers march to the burial ground, and
after the command, Hut alb yum
Gebet." each will offer a silent player.
This is the first time in the history
of the Germans of Richmond that
members of the Militaerevereln, thirty
stron. under the command OF Wllllam
II, Duning, Sr., with Ernest Nungesser
as lieutenant, carrying rifles sent them
by Emperor William, will proceed 10
the cemetery to do military honor 10
the dead. Next year. so the society
announced today, it Will participate
with the local post Of the u. A. Il. ID
commemorative the sentiments OF the
day.
Three members of the Militaervereln
are buried in Authenticated Bnck-
wedel Harry Vilmor, and Fred Frede-
man
Former members of the German
army will meet at the old South Side
hose house. South Sixth and E street,
at 2 o'clock. Twelve members nave
been detailed as Saluting squad, ana
in lieu Of firing volley. which Is
prohibited by the cemetery assocla-
ton. will pull the triggers OF the
rifles upon the command OF captain
Duning at each of the three graves
The final resting places OF their de-
parted comrades will be decorated
with flowers.
Tomorrow the members of the Mill
taeverein for the first time will wear
the field gray army hats which they
recently obtained
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
[BY LEASED WIREl

MONTREAL, Quebec. May 29.-The
Empress of Ireland was a twin screw
steamer of S,20S tons burden. She
was 54S feet long and equipped with
modern apparatus, not only for wire
less work, but for submarine signaling.
The liner was built in 1906 and three
years later set a record on a run from
Quebec to Liverpool.
The steamer was one of the most
popular vessels in the service of the
Canadian-Pacific railway and always
carried a large number of passengers
She has piled for several years be-
tween st. Johns and Quebec and Liver
pool
Lieutenant Kendall, Of the Royal
navy, who commanded the Empress of
Ireland, has had few accidents in his
career. He is regarded as one of the
most capable commanders in the Ca
nadian-Pacific service
The collier Storstad. commanded by
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
Committee to Demand Insur-
ance Hearing.

Action will be taken at a meeting Of
the insurance committee Of the Com
mercial club next week to have a hear
ing by the state insurance bureau on
the rates in force in Richmond and an
effort will be made to have twelve
per cent decrease go into effect Jan
uary ], 1915.
The committee has collected all it's
material for presentation to the bu
reau 1t is able to prove that all re-
quirements listed in 1909 when the
Sellers bureau was asked for an in
vestigation, have been carried out, in
Guiding the new fire main, additional
eQuipmen, better arrangement of wir-
ing in the city and many other fea-
lures, which are considered in making
fire rates.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
bRANDE|S CLAIMS E.. H. & D. STOCK
UNNECESSARY BURDEN ON B. & O. ROAD

The story was brought out before
the commission to show that this was
an artificial burden which should not
be accounted among the legitimate
drags. upon the B. and O.. making a
five per cent increase in freight rates.
Among the ballast which weighted
down the c. H. & d. appeared an item
of 10000 shares of the Pere Mar
quette railroad. Michigan line, which
the c. H. & D. purchased at $125 d
share. The aggregate sum paid was
$13, 750,0O0. Later the c. II. & d. sold
these shares to J. P. Morgan and COM
pany, receiving an aggregate of ST.
$4,000. This loss to the c. H. & d.
of $12,220,000 weakened 1t.
The c. H. & d. and the Pere Mar
quette both went into the hands of a
receiver in 1905. Judson Harmon, for
mer Democratic governor of Ohio, was
receiver for both lines. In spite of
this receivership the c. H. & d. found
it advisable to make the large stock
purchases. 1t was intimated by Mr.
Brandeis that at the sacrifice of the
C. H. & d. the Pere Marquett was put
on its feet.
neSe were the Things Attorney
Brandeis brought out to show that the
B. & O.. which now shoulders all of
these financial troubles is not to
blame for any embarrassment which
it asks the commission to relieve by
the rate increase.
Willard did not altogether agree
with Brandeis' conclusions. While the
story developed from his admissions
that the above statements We're cor
rect, he declared that the increase in
cost or operating expenses really was
to blame for the hard times of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. He
also blamed much on the Ohio floods.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
WRECKED LINER SETS RECORD ON RUN
FROM QUEBEC TO LIVERPOOL IN 1903

Captain Anderson, is Of 1851 tons She
was built for the coal trade. plying be-
tween Sydney, Quebec and Montreal
The Empress OF Ireland left Mon
treal yesterday afternoon at 430 un-
der command Of Lieutenant Kendall
for Liverpool, England, carrying about
1900 persons.
The vessel proceeded up the St.
Lawrence river at slow speed after
leaving Montreal, as the weather was
thick from both fog and the smoke
Of forest fires.
The liner stopped at Rimouski to
take on mail.
Among those on board the stricken
liner were many prominent persons.
Cabled messages from London said
that brokers expected the influence of
the disaster to be reflected on the
stock exchange If 1t proved true that
influential financiers who were pas
sengers on the ship were drowned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
[BY LEASED WiRE1

WASHINGTON, May 29.-That J.
P. Morgan and Company agreed to
take over $7,4OO,OOO of the stock of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad was the statement of Daniel
Willard, president Of the B. & 0. be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion today. The commission is in.
curing If the assumption by the Bal
of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Day
ton has anything to do with the form
er railroads petition for q per cent
Increase in freight rates.
Louis d. Brandeis, attorney for the
commission, is trying to show that
through financial manipulation I'M
necessary burdens have been placed
upon the Baltimore and Ohio and that
the railroad should not be granted the
freight rate increase because it has
been unfortunate in investments and
financial connections with other
roads.
Brandeis brought out the fact that
no one seemed to want the G. H. &
D. and that J. P. Morgan and company
secured control of the c. H. & D.
in 1909 and later it is alleged unload
GU IAdl icdu anu us QeDtS on the Erie
railroad, Edward II. Harrimans pet
line. Shortly thereafter Mr. Harmon
returned from Italy and declared that
he did not want the c. H. & D. and
returned it to Morgan. Morgan look
ed around the railroad world and
spied the Baltimore and Ohio. He
concluded. according to the story that
the B. and o. ought to provide a home
for the c. H. & d. SO he unloaded the
orphaned line on that system The
B. and o. took $24,OO0,OOO of c. H. &
D. bonds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
EMPRESS WRECK
ST|RS LAUR|ER
BULLETIN.

OTTAWA, Ont. May 29.-Minister
Of Marine Hazen cabled the English
board Of trade today that 337 persons
had been saved from the Empress Of
Ireland. The disaster was made the
cause of a sharp exchange in the
House Of Commons today when Sir
Wilfred Laurier, former premier, held
the government responsible because it
had neglected the ST Lawrence route.
This charge was Indignantly denied by
Premier Borden.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
SEEK LOST VESSEL
TBY LEASED WIRE1

CHARLESTON. S. c., May "a
tug was dispatched from here today
to search for the steamer F. ]. Luck
to have been sunk in a gale off the
coast with loss of Twenty-Five lives.
The Luckenbach was en- route from
Tampa, Fla, to New York, when she
ran into a gale. She is week over
due in New York.
The revenue cutter left Beaufort,
S. c., on the same errand. Wireless
stations all along the Atlantic coast
are signaling in an attempt to get
a trace of the Luckenbach or some of
her crew. The missing ship did not
carry any wireless equipment
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
SEVEN |NO|AN|ANS
ABOARD EMPRESS
LBY LEASED WIREl

MONTREAL, May 29.-Seven In
diana men and women had booked
passage on the Empress of Ireland,
which sank in the Gulf of ST. Lawrence
early today after a collision with the
collier StOrstad. They were:
ALEXANDER n. NATTER, Indian
apols.
GEORGE C. RICHARDS, Terre
Haute.
MRS. GEORGE RICHARDS. Terre
Haute.
MRS. CHARLES j. GRAY, Terre
Haute. wife of Mr.. Richards nephew.
MARY GRAY, six years old, her
daughter.
MISS BESSIE BAWDEN, Hillsboro
MISS FLORENCE BAWDEN, Hills
boro.
How many Of them were lost or how
many were saved was not reported
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
CAR STRIKES WOMAN
"Doc's" Machine Injuries Mrs.
Ashinger.

Mrs. o. G. Ashinger. 9, South Six
teenth street, was painfully but not
seriously injured when an automobile
being rapidly driven by DR.. W. w.
Zimmerman, ex-mayor, ran into her as
she was standing at the side Of a
huckster's wagon in front of her home
this morning. DR.. Zimmerman turned
off of Main street at South Sixteenth
and to avoid colliding with another
automobile ran his machine too close
to the huckster's wagon, striking Mrs.
Ashington and pinning her against
the wagon. She was carried into her
home She was badly bruised but
had no bones broken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
STORSTAD MAKES
WAY INTO PORT
TBY LEASED WiRE1

HALIFAX, N. s., May 29.-The do
minion coal company's steamer Stor-
stad, which rammed and sank the
steamer Empress of Ireland, reported
by wireless to the Sydney station this
afternoon that she is making her way
slowly to port. She will be able to
reach Quebec under her own steam,
the master reported. She has on
board number of the Empress Of Ire
lands survivors who were picked up
from the water. The government
steamer, Lady Evelyn, is keeping close
to the collier.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
SYMPHONY BODY
ELECTS DIRECTORS

Looking toward a year Of unusual
activity the Richmond symphony Or
chestra met last night and elected the
board Of directors for next year. OFF,
GERS were named as follows: Dlrec-
tors, Lee B. Nusbaum, Walter Runge,
F. B. Knollenberg and F. K. Hicks;
librarians, Clifford Piehe and l.. c.
King.
The prospects for a full membership
and an extensive program of work be-
ginning early in the fall were discuss
ed and considered encouraging.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
POLICE GRISTt

Mrs. Laura Miller this t1orning
pleaded guilty to assault and battery
on Mrs Hattie Skillens and was fined
81 and costs. No explanation as to
the cause of the assault was made
Six drunks, including DR.. Albert G.
Coiner, of Kendallville, Ind, and two
travelling men, were each fined 81 and
costs
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
NEW YORK STOCKS
[BY LEASED WIRE1

NEW YORK, May 29.-Price move
ments were toward a lower level at
the opening of the stock market today.
Canadian Pacific, which sold minus
the dividend of 21a, opened at 1875
against 1884 at the close last night,
Union Pacific began q higher at
15S1s, then declined fractionally but
after a little while had recovered.
st. Paul lost y selling at 1907 in
the initial trading. but at the end of
thirty minutes had increased it's loss.
B. & O. opened at 917s. for loss of
IS. Amalgamated copper was also
lower. beginning at 721a for a loss Of
II
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
GIFT OF HOUSE

Mr. and Mrs. John Dougan have
presentd the board of trustees of the
First Presbyterian church a parsOn-
age for the use of the next pastor and
his family upon his selection.
The property that comes into the
possession of the church through the
generosity of Mr.. and Mrs. Dougan. is
the nine room dwelling at 21S North
Thirteenth street The estimated
value of the property is approximately
$4,000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
COUNTY OFFICIALS
TAKE VACATION

County officials and their deputies
will take a vacation tomorrow and no
offices will be open for business
Court adjourned today until Monday
County Superintendent Williams
will conduct the monthly teachers ex-
animation at the high school. but it is
believed few will use the holiday for
taking the tests. County Agent Cobb
will be in his office for a short time
in the morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
DISCUSSES AS MoURNERs

CHICAGO. May 29.-Members of a
black CARRIED funeral party which sol
EMMY followed a hearse through the
aristocratic forest park section proved
to be deputy sheriffs who swooped
down upon a saloon where it was al
Legged gambling was being permitted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
$12,4oO FOR BULL.

SHELBYVILLE, Ky, May 29.-What
was today declared to have been a
record price for Hereford bull in
America, was pain when T. H. Taylor
of Frankfort, purchased Beau Perfec-
ton from W. H. Curtice for $12 400.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
KILL POLICE CHIEF?
TBY LEASED WIRE1

JACKSON, Miss, May 29.-Chief Of
Police Luther Humphreys was found
dead in the street here early today.
A woman said to be an inmate OF the
restricted district was arrested. Ac-
cording to the police the woman
threatened Humphreys life after she
had been arrested a month ago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
TERRE HAUTEANS
AMONG RESCUED
BULLETIN.

CHICAGO, May 29.-Clem J. Rich
ards, of this city received word this
afternoon of the safety of his father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. George C.
Richards; his cousin, Mrs. Charles
Gray and the latter's daughter, Mary,
six years old, all of Terre Haute, Ind,
who were among the passengers on
the Empress of Ireland.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
SUSPENDS KOMMERS,

CHICAGO, May 29.-President Gill
more Of the Federal league today sus-
pended Outfielder Fred Kommers Of
the ST. Louis Feds indefinitely for at
lacking Umpire Manassau during a
game in Baltimore yesterday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
ASK RYAN PARDON
[BY LEASED WiRE1

WASHINGTON, May "a petition
signed by more than a million union
lists, asking President Wilson to par
don Frank NJ. Ryan and his associates
in the indianapolis dynamite conspir-
acy cases will be presented to the
chief executive on Monday.
Representative SABBATH, Of Illinois,
will present the petition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29
TO ERECT HOME

A building permit was today issued
to Paul Comstock to construct brick
and stone residence in ReeveEton at a
cost Of $13,107.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-29

Prices Ice cream tested the highest
In the city in the recent state test.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-04
BRUNO WAS INDICATED

\ lady leading a Scotch terrier bv a
silver chain entered street car. east
bound, the other afternoon. The dog
rrawled under the seat and went to
sleep. Presently stout man. carry
ing a market basket, took the vacant
place beside her. In a few blocks the
woman began 10 get nervous. "Stop
IT, Bruno she creied in shrilI whis-
per. She had no dog permit and the
situation was delicate.
Presently she turned pale ana. ier,<-
InS the chain, cried; Lie down. Bru-
no. ana behave yourSelf!" 4 moment
later she jumped up and began to do
a solo dance. The fat man beside her
stared at her in establishment. Then
an idea struck him, and he STOPPED
over ana looked at his basket. RE-
'"Fering himself with a great effort ne
said:
Madame, when YOU are through
with my lobster Will YOU kindly rcturn
I 10 me-"
II took smelling salts to bring the
ady to herself. But Bruno was yindi-
'ated