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BICHM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVII. NO. 276. : RICHMOND, 'IXD., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTE3IRER'24, 1912. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. The Wives of the Two Murder Gunmen A STRENUOUS TO THE POLL THE COLONEL ITS WELCOME TO THE CITY En route to Cast His Ballot in New Jersey Primary, Gov- ernor Hands His Enemy a Few Hot Ones. After' His Invasion of the South, Begun Today, He Will Tour Middle West and Also New England. THE OWE) A UM WILSON RIPS SMITH GOING RICHMOND LABOR'S MECCA LABOR GIVEN PERKINS HAS PROGRAM FOR FRIEDMAN AS AN OPPONENT f . -J ri I r V I f& V 1 I 1 S?'?r& i I V ' - 1- hx i vo -SX III v:&r "v- i 1 - i ? & 11, ( ) S''iilTt CHEERING COLLEGE BOYS WERE ESCORT They Place Him on Church Steps and He Responds to Their, Demands for Speech Enthusiastically. (National News Association) PRINCETON, N. J., Sept- 24. Got. 'Wilson carried to the polls today his Ifight against the renomination of ; James Smith, Jr., for U. S. senator. ! Wilson cast his vote for William iHughes, Smith's most formidable op ponent, and before voting at the pri ! mary he arraigned Smith as the ag ent of corrupt corporations. In a rspeech before several hundred Prince- It on students the governor declared 1 Smith was a non partisan boss work ing only for the interests of his client land that he was supported whenever I Wilson had fought him through Re publican newspapers. Governor Wilson was escorted to the polling place by four hundred stu- i dents, headed by a brass band, and singing a melody entitled, "Whoop her :up for Woodrow Wilson." The stu , : dents demanded a speech and conduct (ed him to the steps of a church, where they cheered him wildly. He said that the banking and cur rency systems were not ready to meet ! rapid expansion of business and that 1 unless these systems were corrected I the country might soon find itself fac ling a most serious crisis. Gov. Wilson also said, "I have been saying that I am not interested in ;the personal side of the controversy. I do cot care a rap - what opponents say about me. The question is what tare we ' going to do 'and how are we going to do it. riii t.f3 rv.Attaekay Progr9Miv99m.zi-X- Speaking of the proposal of the third party to regulate ; trusts by a i commission Gov. Wilson said: "I don't want to regulate the trusts, ft want to put 'them on their mettle. I j want. to see that they,can't put .any (body out of business except by doing ! business better, than , anybody else. I 'don't want to squeeze the water out j of their stpcks. I .want to put the wa iter in a tank on their backs and see if I they can carry that water as against jthe men who are doing business with !out any water to carry. Then either they will break under the strain or get rid of the water themselves because they can't carry water and do business against competition." In the fight against Smith the Wil . Semites have been handicapped by the fact that they have been unable to agree on any one candidate' to oppose ihim.t The anti-Smith field started with half, a dozen aspirants, but by a pro cess of elimination this - number has been reduced to, two. They are Con igressman William Hughes of Paterson ; and . former Judge John W. Westcott, i of Camden, who made the nominating speech for Governor Wilson at the Bal i timore convention. . , v'-.-Another . feature . of the .primaries that "is attracting attention is the se lection of six new members of the j State senate. Upon - the results of thgsfe State . senatorial contests .will fflepend the choice of a Democratic or a Republican governor- to fill out the junaxpired year of Governor Wilson's Jterra in the event of his election to ;the Presidency. The president of the ,new senate will become acting govern or next January and hold office until ;the beginning of the next year. The third party men have no stand ling in the primaries because their ticket has never yet been voted at an election, and its candidates cannot ap pear on the official primary ballot. 'The third party proposes, however, to name a complete legislative ticket by petition, so that it can have a con vention of its own to name Roosevelt electors for the people to vote for in November. THOUGHT BURGLAR; DEAF MUTE SLAIN CHICAGO, Sept. 24. The body of rwilliam Gray, a deaf mute, shot be ' cause he could not hear a challenge, when he was mistaken for a burglar was sent to Lowell, Indiana, today. Gray died on a Monon train on which lie was sent to Chicago in a vain ef fort to save .his life. . Gray started for his home in Low- hell after a day out of town. His home Is located between those of Mrs. Breese Webb and Grov. Lloyd. By mis take he went to the door of the Webb home which is much like his own. Mrs. Webb heard someone trying to unlock the door. She screamed. Her screams roused Lloyd who went to ja window in his own house, saw the man tampering with the lock, thought he was a burglar and shouted. Gray could not hear and conUnued to work at the lock. Then Lloyd fired to frighten Gray. The bullet struck the cement sidewlak and glanced, en tering Gray's skull. Left to right Mrs. Harry Horowitz, wife of "Gyp the Blood," and Mrs. "Lefty Louie" Rosenberg.) The wives of the men who are accused of having fired the shots which, killed Gambler Rosenthal, are not at all dis turbed by their arrest, as their pictures show. ' They .were, captured in the Brookly flat when "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty Louie" were taken into custody. ;:: LS STATE C011VE1ITIDH Will Open in This City Wed nesday and Continue the Following Day. Everything is in readiness for the opening ' of the ' state convention of the board of county commissioners to be held here Wednesday and Thurs day. Business men and others have already decorated their places of busi ness, in , honor of the visiting dele gates to ' the State Federation of "La bor convention and in anticipation of the reunion, of the Sixty-ninth Indiana regiment and the commissioners state convention. . .... , . .'-, The reception . committee -composed of Demas S. Coe, chairman, W. M. Bai ley, J. P. Bartel, W. W. Reller,, C. K. Potter and, E. H. Harris, has -arranged to meet all trains coming into the city. Wednesday .and Thursday, in .or der to escort all visiting county com missioners to the convention head quarters. By consistent work the nineteen members of the finance committee has succeeded in getting : together the amount of money needed to carry on the convention. Wednesday Program. Registration and "organization will require the time of the morning ses slon Wednesday. In the afternoon four addresses will be delivered, among them being one on the subject, "Busi ness . Methods Applied to Public Of fice,", which will be delivered by, Ex Governor W. T. Durbin. An automo bile ride has been arranged for 3:30 tomorrow. Lunch will be taken in Glen Miller park. At 7:30 tomorrow even ing a theater party will be given. The Thursday morning session will be held at the circuit court room, the same as the Wednesday sessions but the Thursday afternoon session is to be held in the High school auditorium. It is , likely that there will be about 400 commissioners,' county, auditors ind county attorneys, present at 'the Thursday afternoon.' - ENFORCE ORDINANCE Driver Arrested for . Driving Over Fire Hose. The citj-j ordinance prohibiting per sons from driving or riding any kind of vehicle over, a fire hose when the hose is stretched for use at a fire, is to be enforced,-said. Fire Chief Miller this morning. A 1 fine of from $1- to $26 and a jail sentence is possible for a violation of this ordinance. Chief Miller stated this action was called forth by the unusually large number of . violators of the ordinance at the fire on South Ninth street yes terday. One coal driver, James Byrd of 42 Ft. Wayne avenue, was arrested after he, drove a wagon containing 1,700 - pounds of coal Cover a . hose ' in use yesterday. He was given a severe lecture and was then released In po lice court.. , , . Officers who attend fire and protect the hose against this kind of vandal ism, have received orders to arrest all who drive over the hose. When the fire hose is stretched and being used, a heavy weight suddenly placed on the hose causes it to burst. ' THE WEATHER 8TATE AND LOCAL Rain - tonight and Wednesday. COUNTY OFFICIA MEXICAN REBELS BESIEGING TOWN American Lumber Company Village in Mexico Asked to Give a Ransom. .; (National News Association) EL PASO, Sept. 24. Mexican rebels under General Rojas are besieging Pearson, the ' American lumber town in northern Chihuahua. Rojas has de manded the surrender of the town or the payment of. $200,000. The federal garrison there consists of only a small force and ..an attack . .would .imperil many Americans, v ' . v y. . 4 A ; FIGHT SMUGGLERS. ffl3tar;.ClTK.' : Sept24Newg was received here today of a fight be twewff " rurals In the state of Chlapo sas and a band of smugglers who were running the border between Gautema la; and this country 'with rifles and ammunition to arm the rebels. Other dutiable articles were also brought in to this country. " Two men and a woman were killed and several others were wounded in the fighting. The 'smugglers, upon de tection, took refuge in a cave upon the slope of the Sierra Madre mountains where they held out for 48 hours be fore being dislodged. Before discov ery they used the cave for their head quarters. DOCTOR WILEY TO MAKE SPEECH HEBE Pure Food Exponent Will Advocate Election of Wil son and Marshall. From present indications . members of the two old-line political parties in this county will not -be privileged to hear many political .addresses. The Republican county chairman, Captain Paul Comstock, declared this morning that he had heard of no definite ar rangements for Republican speakers in this city and from the Democratic headquarters the information, that but one speaker had been secured, . was gleaned. ; The one speaker, who has been se cured by the Wayne county Democrat ic organization, to expound the princi ples of Democracy and explain the va rious planks in the state and especial ly national platform, is Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, of Washington, D. C. Dr.-Wiley will appear in Richmond on the night of October 4. He will speak at the Gennett theater. Dr. Wiley has made a great record as government pure food expert. He recently resigned from the government service.' The erstwhile pure food commissioner has been filling sereval speaking engage ments in the effort to advance ' Gover nor Wilson's -cause. 4 Whether the Republicans will have speakers to stump Wayne county can not be presaged from the statement of Chairman Comstock. He was first asked if the Republican county .com mittee had secured any. speakers. ; "The dates have not been fixed 'as yet," was the answer. ' - a The Republican chairman was then asked if he knew of any speakers who would be. here during the fall cam paign. He gave a negative answer. I Webster Parry, prominent in Demo cratic circles, was asked about Demo cratic speaking dates. "We have but one speaker, Dr. Wi ley," Mr. Parry answered. "I don't know whether Finly Gray will be here or not. He promised to be here at the time the county convention was held but could not come. Im.: sure Chairman Doney and I know of no oth er speakers, up to the "present. BARTENDERS ELECT OFFICERS MONDAY Convention of the Union Ended Last Night with a Big Banquet. The election of officers and transac tion of other important business mat ters took place at the meeting of the State Bartenders' league at the local Trades Council headquarters , yester day afternoon. In the evening the state delegates in attendance at the Bartenders League meeting were banqueted at' the' local anion's club ?:,ao?h, SIxt'' street, closing up the convention. .The election of officers resulted ae follows: ...... .. . Vtfohn Howe, of Evansville, , presi dent; James C. Wilson, of Indianapo lis, first vice president; Henry Schroeder, of Richmond, second vice president; Ed Tribulo, of Wabash, third vice president; Tim When, of Terre Htute, fourth vice president; David B. Schuey, of South Bend, fifth vice president; Herman Schrader, of Indianapolis, secretary and treasurer.- The reports submitted at the meet ing yesterday show a gain of nine lo cals instituted in the last year, in ter ritory recently regained from the "dry" column. The league went on record as favor ing the appointment by the national executive board of an organizer for the state of Indiana. This matter will be presented to the National League at its meeting next June. ' The banquet in- the evening, was a rare treat. Chicken proved the main at traction, with all the necessary side dishes and plenty of good music to en liven the evening. .The' guests of the local union were immensely pleased with the entertainment "afforded them by th local bartenders. STARKE OFFICIALS SUED BY INDIANA Governor Orders Action to Be Brought on Advice of Board ofAccountsl , . CNatlonal Kyws Association) INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 24. Charges against Starke county officials aggre gating a large amount were certified to the attorney general today by Gov ernor Marshall, who has. just received them from ' the state board, of ac counts. ; Refusal of , the Starke coun ty officials to pay for examination fees led to. a suit;. to test the consti tutionality, of the : public accounting law, which is now in -the t supreme court. Lee M. Ransbottom. county auditor, is r the hardest" hit. Direct charges amounting, to $t,S 60 are made against him and he is also charged with $669, being the amount of - tax es; refunded .By 'the county and not placed on the settlement sheet and the county given credit. -; A. J. Larimore, former sheriff,- Is charged . with $331 in connection with payments ' made . by him for . removing prisoners .to. the state prison, doing washing ' for the prisoners . and ' board ing them. In addition $1,700 bailiffs fees collected by Larimore are held illegal. rf ' v. - "" Charges also were certified against a dozen other Starke "county officials as well as officials of many other counties and townships, in sums ag gregating more" than $4,300. The re ports will be transmitted to the pros ecuting attorney of the Tarious coun ties where suits will be brought to re cover the amount alleged to be due. TO VISIT INDIANA WITHIN TWO WEEKS Progressive Leader Spoke ar Tulsa, Okla., to a Large Crowd Today, Urging War Upon the Bosses. (National News Association) TULSA, Okla, Sept. 24. Into the South today came Col. Roosevelt to try to win this state over to the Pro gressive cause. Roosevelt urged a large crowd at the depot, where he spoke from the rear platform of his train, to "break away "from the old parties and support the 1 only party fighting the bosBes." "Think it over and see what you can expect v from the boss controlled par ty that turned down the man who car ried the primaries in nearly every state," said the Colonel. "If you cannot see that you are vot ing the bosses way if you go with the Democratic or Republican parties, then you are not alive to the real situation." Campaign Itinerary. The itinerary for the remainder of the campaign, after the Colonel com pletes this twing around the circle was announced today. The Colonel's mana gers have added one day to the pre sent trip to give Roosevelt an oppor tunity to speak in Tennessee next Monday. He goes into Tennessee from Atlanta, swinging through the western, part of the state. His princi pal speeches will be at Chattanooga and Knoxville. . From there he pro ceeds to North Carolina, finishing up his four weeks' tour Tuesday night at Raleigh. Cot. Roosevelt gets back to New York on Wednesday and goes to Y'" WMBlB(eton to Mnear before the senate committee.' Investi gating campaign funds. After testify ing in Washington, Colonel Roosevelt will return to Oyster Bay to stay un til Monday, when he goes upon a ten days' trip through the Middle West. On that trip he will visit Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. On his way back-to New York he will spend two days in Pennsylvania and rest two days in New York,- after which the Progressive party's candi date will launch upon a five day's in vasion of the New England states. After that he will devote himself to New York state right up to the night of election. CAPTAINS ELECTED THEIR TEAM MATES Y. M. C A. Membership Campaign Is on and Re sults Are Assured. . The following captains elected their teams at a meeting held last night in the Y. M. C. A. and will be able to re port the members of . their seevral teams tomorrow: Reds George Bartel, Rev. E. G. Howard, Robert Wiechman, Raymond Myrick, J. M. Judson, W. Woodworth, Oscar Weyman, Dr. Bramkamp, Fred G. White, E. B. Knollenberg. Blues Will Reller. Carl Duning, W. C. Conrad, Dr. L. M. Gentle, Harry C. Niles, Bert Phillips. J. O. Donohue, Will Krate, Walter Englebrecht, Judge Boggs. The publicity committee is Roy Compton. Chairman; Karl Allison, George Brenizer, Luther Feeger. The chairman of the campaign is Harry Doan. In addition to the twenty regular teams there will be a squad known as "Reds Continued" under R. J. Horton, Physical Director, and another desig nated as "Extra Blues" under H. S. Weed, General Secretary. Much enthusiasm was shown by the captains at the meeting last evening and with the hearty co-operation of the people of Richmond Oct 1st and 2nd should be "Red-Letter" days in the history of the Y. M. C. A. The vari ous manufacturing establishments show the most, cordial spirit and men and boys generally seem to have caught the "Boost" idea and It only remains for us all to keep palling to gether. PROGRESSIVE WOMEN MEET.; AT LIBRARY The committee of twenty-elx. women who were appointed by the Richmond Women's Progressive League to at tend the Beveridge meeting this even ing wilL at the request of the tatter's president. Mrs. William Dudley Foulke, meet at the Morrissoa-Reeves Library at half, past seven o'clock, and go to the Coliseum in & body. Twenty-eighth Annual Con vention of S. F. of L. Op ened at the Coliseum with Warm Greetings. WOMEN DELEGATES ASK VOTE RIGHTS Want More Than Seats in the Convention. President Perkins Replies to Mayor and Chas. Jordan. The twentyeighth annual conven tion of the Indiana State Federation of Labor held its preliminary session today at the Coliseum with about 400 accredited delegates, representing ev ery city of Indiana in which there is a union organization, in attendance. Indications at . the opening session showed that the federation is keen on protecting the Interests of organised labor, for President Edgar A. Perkins, upon the solicitation of the local bar tenders' union, informed the delegates that the Pike saloon on North Sev enth street is unfair to union labor. T. N. Taylor, of Terre Haute, busi ness agent of . the painters union of that city, gave further evidence of the Interest which union labor displays for the cause. He has called a meet ing of the painters of Richmond this evening at 7 o'clock at Fifth and Main street, to rehabilitate the local union. There are only seven members in the Rlchm . nd union, and the organisation is almost wrecked. Boss painters will attend the first part of the meeting. Mrs. A. B. Field, of Elwood, nation al secretary and treasurer of the Woman's Union Label League, and four delegates from Indiana local un ions, - are attending the convention, and, will ask tbAtrmembera. pj the La bel league be given the right of voting in the federation. At the 1911 convention In Evans ville, the State Federation, acting on a decision of Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, seated them as fraternal dele gates with a voice, but no vote in the body. : This caused a stormy session, many delegates insisting that the La bel league delegates had as much right to vote as delegates from other un ions. Will Provoke Debate. It is expected that the question of seating the five delegates will be at tended with much debate before the present session closes. Mrs. Field, the national secretary of the Woman's Union Label League, is' assisted in her efforts to seat the delegates by Mrs. Marie Fowler, of Lafayette; Mrs. O. F. Smith, of Logansport; Mrs. Tripps, of Logansport, and Mrs. L. F. Redding, of Fort Wayne. The credentials committee, which worked last night and this morning examining the credentials of the dele gates, reported to the body at the af ternoon session. The personnel of the committee is James Twyman, Indi anapolis; George Greenleaf, Terre Haute; A. Eshelman, Elkhart; Wil liam Houston, Terre Haute; and P. Bell,- Fort Wayne. Hold Street Parade. After accepting the report of the credentials committee this afternoon the delegates formed in line and par ticipated in the irst street parade in the history of the Federation. The column moved from the Coliseum to Main street, thence west to Fort Wayne avenue, north to E street, east to North Sixteenth, south to Main, west on Main to North Seventh street. It halted in front of St Mary's church where a photograph of all the dele gates was taken. The convention was called to order this morning by Edgar A. Perkins, of Indianapolis, president of the federa tion. The invocation was pronounced by the Rev. A. J. Feeger, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church. Mayor Zim merman welcomed the delegation in behalf of the municipality. He said in part: ."It is an honor and a pleasure to greet you and to extend the welcome of the city of Richmond. Yon are citi zens from almost every city and town in Indiana where there Is organized labor. You are representative citizens of the .great commonwealth of Indi ana a sturdy, honest, upright and thrifty set of men. "I hope you will enact resolutions that . will redound to the welfare of the moral and material betterment of the state. Your children will be bene fited by the course of action you adopt at this meeting. I hope that this will be the best meeting you have held In the history of the federation. "The laborers in Richmond for the most part own their homes. They are an upright class of citizens and we are proud of them. In their behalf and in the nt2 of the city I extend you the keys of our city with the wish that your stay here may be a pleasant one, and that you will leave a warm (ConUnued on Page Eight) Only One Man Seeks to De feat the Popular President of the Indiana Federation of Labor. PERKINS PROBABLY WILL BE A VICTOR Friedman Is Charged with Being Owner of an Estab lishment at Indianapolis, and Not an Employe. The first skirmish for the election of president of the State Federation of Labor took place last evening when Henry Friedman, of Indianapolis, cir culated green campaign cards appeal ing . to delegates for support in his race for the office. Friedman is making a fight on Ed gar A. Perkins, for seventeen years president of the state federation, and acknowledged to be the ablest labor leader in Indiana. Perkins resides at Indianapolis where he publishes The Union, a labor orgatt. No member of the state federation, it is said, has the knowledge of labor legislation Perkins possesses. " It is pointed out that a man of Perkins' cal iber is needed at the forthcoming ses sion of the legislature, as bills in which organised labor is vitally Inter ested will be presented. In the years of his presidency, Per kins has been instrumental In forcing the enactment of practically all the labor legislation now on the Indiana law books. He is not only posted on the needs of the union labor, but also is well connected with the leaders of the legislature. For this reason, his friends say, ft, will be a, blow to the ' . federation If he Is nor elevated to the chair at this session. , Perkins Is Receptive. Earlier In the year Perkins said be would not be a candidate for the pres idency. Many prominent labor leaders insisted that he permit his name to go before the convention, and a few months ago Perkins consented to, run again. It is argued that bis knowledge of the compensation law, which may be introduced in the legislature next year, makes him the idesl man to rep resent organised labor before the com mittees that will draft the bill. Should Perkins fall of election, his successor, who takes office January 1, 1913, will have only about one week? to prepare himself for the legislaUve work. Friedman Owns Store. Friedman, who Is opposing Perkins, is the owner of the Eclipse Mercantile company at Indianapolis. He was for merly a member of the Agents' union, and when the American federation withdrew its charter, Joined the clerks' union. ' Perkins' supporters charge Fried- -Han is not a clerk but the owner of the mercantile company, which in stalls furniture on the small payment . plan. State District No. 72, International Association of Machinists, in semi-annual convention at Richmond Sunday. Instructed its delegates to the state federaUon to vote against Friedman. Delegates from the typographical unions of the state, at a meeting held at noon today, by unanimous vote, de cided to endorse Edgar A. Perkins for president of the federation. FOR TAFT Will Keep Him Busy for Sev eral Days. (National New Association) WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. After s reception tendered to the delegates of the naUonal convention of Western Executives this forenoon President Taft left Washington at 10 o'clock for New York where he will confer with Charles Ililles, chairman f the na tional Republican committee. Late to night the President will leave for Al toona, Pa where he will address a meeting of the Loyal War Governors tomorrow forenoon and leave for Phil adelphia in the afternoon. He Is dae to arrive at Beverly Thursday morn ing and win not return to Washing ton until after the election. Albert J. Beveridge at the Coliseum, Tonight '.' ;'" - 7:45 f Doors Open at C:30 PROGRAM V : i- i