Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 103, 2 May 1906 — Page 1

MOND LABIUM 7 'VOL. XXXI. NO. 103. Richmond, Indiana, Wednesday, May 2, 1906. $."r.gle Copies, Two Cents. I LAYING PLANS TO CAPTURE LOCKE OF, ...,,: CASE OF SENATOR SMOOT CITY FREE MID BLOODSHED MAY DAY STRIKE A DAY FOR THE VOTING Senator Bailey Urges Committee to Have Senate Vote on Matter Friday But Beveridge and -Overman Want It Put Off. Dreaded May Day Saw Mobs, Troops, Fighting and Gen-, eral Turmoil in France. Big Four Detectives Want Wayne County Man Badly and May Get Him. Many Towns Had Labor Trou bles Yesterday, But Richmond Laborers Work.

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JN CITY OF PARIS ALONE THERE WERE TWO THOUSAND ARRESTED ANARCHISTS CARRY BLACK FLAGS IN PARADE . Publishers' Tress fcaris, May 2 (1 a. m.) At this hour It la admitted on all sides that the situation In the city Is decidedly critical owing to the fact that the resort to extreme violence by the troops late last night has inflamed the populace beyond all reason, and many of those who earlier In the day counselled refraining from violence, were at midnight, actively engaged in defying the troops. Under cover of the darlTnesB there has been many attacks upon the military guards and many soldiers have been taken to the hospitals suffering from Injuries received at the hands of the mobs. The streets of the workingmens section are filled with men and women parading the thoroughfares singing revolutionary songs and cursing the troops. State of Turmoil. ' Nightfall of May Day found the French republic In a state of turmoil, the like of which has not been witnessed since the General Boulanger episode; every prison In all of the larger cities filled with men who had been arrested during the day for defying the authorities, and rigorous precautions by the military being enforced to such an extent that it was dangerous for any one to attempt to go abroad, even though they were clothed with the authority of the 'law. A day ' of rioting had been passed and the government was still In control and as a result Minister of the Interior George Clemenceau, and his associates, are well pleased, feeling that the succeeding days will Bee the rioting gradually die down and the perpeuation of the present government assured. .-- Arrests Number 2,000. In this city alone, the 'number of ar: rests Is about1 .'2,000', this' not Including many who were taken Into custody only to be later turned loose as they had succeeded In convincing the authorities that they were victims of circumstances rather than rvlclous characters. " 1 V Among those under arrest are eleven notorious anarchists, chief of whom is A. Phllle Leroy, who was pulled off a barrel as he was haranguing the crowd outside of the Labor Exchange and advocating the assassination of the prefect,' M. Leplne. Although there were many clashes In the city during the day the most fcOrlous was that which took place on the Tlace De La Republique after the Labor Exchange had closed for the day. At 7:45 a crowd numbering two thousand, among whom were many women, formed In a side street and then swarmed Into the roadway, cheering for the anarchists and signing the Internationale 'Police, who had been held In reserve in anticipation of trouble, charged the mob, using their batons freely. The crowd fought back, the members using canes and stones that they had concealed about them with effect, fatally wounding three policemen and painfully Injuring many others. As It seemed that the mob was gaining tlie upper hand, the Inspector of police In charge sent in a hurry call for assistance and a detachment of cavalry was hurried to the scene. As they came down the street on the gallop the officer In command saw that , the situation was decidedly serious and ordered the bungler by his side to sound the charge. ? Started With the Bugle. ,As the shrill notes of the bugle pealed out In the air the troopers scattered out and then, with horses on the wildest of gallops, drove helter skelter Into the massed ranks of the crowd. Flesh and blood could hardly withstand such a charge and in an Instant the crowd was broken up and the Integral parts were running toward any point which promised safety from the steel clad hoofs of the onrushing Jhorses. The troopers used the flat side of their sabres freely and many (Continued on Page Three.) FREE SEEDS TO CONTINUE $242,000 Appropriated by House Yesterday for Distribution of ' , Free Seeds. Publishes Press Washington, May 1. The "farmers' in the House of Representatives, the members hailing from agricultural districts, roseup in their might today and by a vote of 153 to 5S inserted the free seed provision In the agricultural appropriation bill. The adoption of the provision brought to and end one of the bitterest flchta of the present congress. Of the amount of $242,000 carried by the provision, $132,000 is for the purchase of seed and the remaining Is for clerk hire and the expense necessitated by the wrapping and labeling of the seeds.

.Publishers Press Washington, May 1 The Senate Committeemen Privileges, and Elections today discussed the case of Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, but no attempt was made to take a vote. Senator Bailey thought that it would be possible to have the vote on Fri

day next, but Senators Beveridge and Overman expressed the opinion that no action could be taken before next week. The questions before the committee are apparently resolving themselves Into the following form for the pur pose of the vote: 1 That Smoot should be excluded because of the alleged fact that he was ineligible at the time he was elected. 2. That he should be expelled be cause of his allaged higher allegiance to hi3 church than to his country. 3. That he be declared properly entitled to continue in his seat and capacity as senator from Utah. P. DOLAII GIVES UP HIS LOSING FIGHT Trouble Maker in Miners' Or ganization Decides to Resign His Office. HE ISSUES A STATEMENT HE SAYS THAT HE GIVES UP CON TEST FOR OFFICE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS REGARD FOR MINERS IN HIS FIELD. IPubllshers' Press Pittsburg, Pa., May 1. P. Dolan, whose opposition to President Mitchthreatened to disrupt the miners' organization prior to the time of the Indianapolis conference today issued a statement resigning his office as pres ident of the Western division. Dolan had ' been ousted from office but until today had not given up. His statement in full follows: After careful consideration and advising with my friends. I have concluded to resign my office and withdraw from the contest for control of the presidency of District No. five, United Mine Workers of America. In doing so I am prompted solely by a regard for the best interests of the miners of this field. Personally. I am satisfied that my claim to the office of president would be sustained by any impartial tribunal and in this I am fully encouraged by the advice of ompetent legal counsel, hvt to force the contest further w6uld only tend to widen the factional differences in the Pittsburg district and In the end would unquestionably interfere with the prosperity of the union. It is up to some one of the participants to withdraw in the Interest of harmony, and I am willing to make the personal sacrifice. I have been a member of trade unions since boyhood, have been a member of the district and national boards for several terms and was recently reelected president for the eleventh term. When I became president of District No. Five there were less than a thousand miners in the district organization, the treasury was bankrupt and the organization was In debt. After my more than ten years of service as president, I am leaving the district with over 20.000 miners in good standing and with cash balance of about $14,000 in the banks. Besides this, I have the satisfaction of knowing that the Pittsburg district has one of the best wage scales in the country and it has been acknowledged so by national and district leaders everywhere. , I have been a miner always. My ancestors worked in the mines before me. My hopes and ambitions and sympathies have been identified with the men who labor In the coal pits, and although I may retire now from official connection with the union, I will always be at heart a coal miner and a trades unionist, and should fortune ever place me in a position where I can be of any help to my own people my resources are always at their command. P. DOLAN. WEATHER INDICATIONS. "... "r'ii" .'. II II II . 'Temperature May 1, 1905." Morning .. 43 Noon .' 53 Night 57 Temperature May 1, 1906. Morning 58 Noon .. .. 79 Night 71 'Indiana Fair Wednesday and Thursday, except showers Wednesday in extreme northern, portion; fresh southwest to west wind3. Ohio Showers Wednesday with warmer in northern portion; Thurs day fair; fresh southwest to west winds.

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RICHMOND PEOPLE INTERESTED FEEL THAT LOCKE CAN BE CAPTURED AND ALSO CAN BE HELD. Though John Locke through his cleverness gained freedom after less than three weeks stay in the Wayne county jail, it is altogether probable that the liberty he gained through his daring act will only be temporary. At this very time work has begun in an effort to trace the famous fugitive and to again place him in prison, this time so that he will not escape. It can be stated with a degree of certainty that detectives in the employ of the Big Four railroad company are at work and they intend to continue the search until Locke is found. The Wayne county man is badly wanted for his alleged connection with freight car robberies in Illinois and is already under Indictment for these alleged crimes. In the light of a confession Locke is reputed to have made just prior to his return to Richmond and which is more fully touched upon further on in this article. It is necessary for Locke to appear in the trails of other men now ur.der arrest who are implicated in the wholesale looting of freight cars. It was stated to the Palladium yesterday that every effort was to be made to recapture the fugitive and that there is reason to believe that the trick will be turned, though it may take months to do it. CURIOUS DISAPPOINTED. There Would Have Been Large Lobby at Locke's Trial This Month. County employes and others who wished to be given a chance to see John Locke on trial are considerably disappointed to find that for the present, the defendant in case No. 7217. of State vs. John A. Locke, for Grand Larceny, will not be present. Locke's trial was to have been set at about the 15th of this month and would no doubt have attracted the largest lobby of spectators that has ever been known. His case has been on the criminal docket of the Wayne Circuit Court for several months and as it cannot be tried without the defendant being present, it will no donbt be held over until the September term unless Locke Is recaptured. LOCKE MADE CONFESSION. Richmond Jail Breakers Told Big Four Officials of His Crimes. Fourteen pages of closely written typewritten manuscript, now In the possession of Detective Grady of the Big Four railroad company, const! tutes a confession made and signed by John Locke. Supt. Bailey of the Richmond police department sa:d yesterday that people who were of the opinion that Locke was as guiltless of crimes as a new-born babe would be surprised could they cast their eyes over the confession which he says Locke made of his own free will in the Indianapolis offices of the Big Four on the day that Supt. Bailey slopped in that city en route to Richmond from San Fran Cisco. Supt. Bailey was In the offices of the Big Four at the time that Locke's confession was made. Supt. Bailey says that Locke's narrative of the freight robbery crimes implicated eighteen employes of the Big Four, some of them being conductors, others brakemen and others switch men. Harry Harris made a similar confession. The freight car robberies were in most part committee in Coles county, Illinois, of which Mattoon is the county seat. The confession Supt. Bailey says, was to have been used in the trial of the other railroad men implicated and finally, in Locke's trial should he es cape punishment In the case pending against him in Wayne county. McGovern Still Lost. Terry McCovern is still among the missing. His wife and friends have searched everywhere for the former champion of the featherweights, without " striking a clue. Terry left Brooklyn last Friday for Philadelphia .o appear at a benefit for the San Francisco sufferers. He arrived in Philadelphia Friday afternon and sud denly disappeared. The theory is ad vanced by his wife and friends that his mind has again collapsed. Last summer McGovern was a mental wreck and for weeks was confined in an asylum. He recovered from the disease and not until a few days ago did he show any trace of his former illness. When McGovern appeared last winter he was in the best of health and as sane as he had ever been before his mental breakdown last summer.

PAST AND FUTURE. In the past our lawmakers were swelled with the pride and glory of their position but from present indications the lawmaker of the future will go to his day's work like No. 2.

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IT BOND ISSUE OE )UUU) San Francisco Authorities Want Government to Back Immense Financial Plan. SECURED BY REAL ESTATE CONGRESSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA WILL ASK ROOSEVELT TO PRESENT SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. IPubllshers' Press San Francisco, Slay 1. Interest now centers In the attempt to have the federal government back a bond Issue of $200,000,000, the money to be loaned by the city authorities to merchants and others who own property for the purpose of rebuilding, the loans to be secured br real estate. All of the members of the Citizens Committee have telegraphed the California delegation In congress asking them to use their Influence to have President Roosevelt send a special message to congress advocating such legislation. Make Good Progress. The good progress In clearing away th erulns left by the fire and the earthquake, continues and already many temporary structures have been erected on the sites that will be used for new skyscrapers so soon as the contracts can be awarded and the materials brought from the East for use. All of the architects who have been brought to the city are at work on plans for new buildings and the city building department is kept busy day and night examing plans for buildings submitted for approval. By order of the mayor the passing out of supplies simply upon application to all that came to the relief stations has been stopped and from now on, only women and children will be given food. All able bodied men can get all the provisions, etc., that they may desire by working for them and those who will not work are, to be arrested and convicted under the vagrancy laws. Great Flaring Signs. That part of the city which escaped fire and earthquake Is rapidly assuming a normal aspect and were it not for the fact that great flaring signs are in evidence announcing that every class of business is being transacted in the various residences there would be little to indicate that the residence section is all that remains of the once thriving metropolis. However, many of the firms that are now using the homes of members for temporary business offices, expect to get town very soon and into the temporary quarters that are being prepared there. This will, benefit the householders who will be able to get back to their normal state. Sewage System Repaired. More than one-half of the upper residence section sewage system has been repaired, but it will be some days yet before it can be used as the expert have been unable to bare the big trunk sewers repaired and until they are fit for use the residence section system must not be used. This fact is causing , great inconvenience, but the sanitary experts are determined (Continued on Page Three.)

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WHY ROCKEFELLER GAVE. "I desire no more credit for the $100,000 I gave to the people of San Francisco than the thousands of men who gave a dollar, or even only a quarter. It would have been a great wrong for me not to have contributed. The amount is not what counts; it is the smypathy, the spirit. The funds received for the sufferers show that the great heart of this nation is still soft when brothers and sisters are in distress. Indeed, the sympathies of the whole world were aroused. The great spirit of the brotherhood of man Is steadily growing stronger. President Roosevelt was right in discouraging contributions from foreign peoples. The pride of the United States would alone, without the spirit of charity, cause the nation to take care of its own afflicted citizens." John D. Rockefeller to a New York friend. Offers Resignation. ssajci .sjansninj St. Petersburg, May 1. The Liberal newspapers are exulting in the reported resignation of Count Witte as Premier. After the outcome of the elections of mebers of the Douma they point out that Witte is useless. Witte's great merit, however, is that he has proved that free politics Is impossible if it is to be combined with the autocracy. In the semi-official circles, it is expected that Count Lamsdorf and M. Durnovo, the Minister of the Interior ,will shortly resign. It is known that Witte's resignation is in the Czar's hands. ROOSEVELT IS AFTER STANDARD President Now Preparing Message to Congress on Oil Octopus. RESULT OF INVESTIGATION SYNOPSIS - OF REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS GARFIELD WILL ACCOMPANY MESSAGE. . , . Publishers' Press "Washington, May 1. The President is tonight preparing a strong message to congress cm the Standard Oil investigation. It will accompany a synopsis of the report of Commissioner of Corporation Garfield. It Is understood that the result of several months of investigation by Special Agents of the department has fully substantiated the charge of violations of the anti-trust law, by the Standard. Tle Immunity decision of Judge Humphreys in the beef trust case is said to clearly apply to the oil trust and to prevent criminal prosecutions. The withholding at this time of the full and comprehensive report of the special agents Is believed by some to foreshadow civil proceuctions later.

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E Indianaoolis Detectives Find Dr. Bulla's Rig and Arrest Austin Douchet. TRIED TO SELL OUTFIT OFFICERS AGREED TO BUY HORSE AND BUGGY AND THEN DROVE THE THIEF TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS. A clever ruse on the part of two In dianapolis detectives resulted yester day in the "recovery of the horse and buggy stolen last week from Dr. Bui la, and in the easy arrest of Austin Douchet, one of the two men who took the rig from the corner of Fourth and Main streets, where the horse was hitched, a week ago tonight. All hope of ever locating the stolen property had been given up by Dr Bulla when a telegram was received yesterday afternoon from the chief of police, in Indianapolis, saying that the horse and buggy had been recovered and that the thief was behind bars, Patrolman Harry Hebble and Dr. Bui la immediately went to the Capital reaching there at seven o'clock. They found the rig to be the one stolen and everything in good condition. Dr Bulla will drive back home today and Hebble will return on the car with his prisoner. How Douchet was Taken. There is a horse sale in Indianapolis this week, and Douchet, who stole the rig, together with his partner, was making an effort to dispose of it. The two officers noticed the eagerness with which the men tried to sell the horse and finally thought that they would act as buyers and see what they could do. Accordingly, one of the men accost ed Douchet when he was alone in the buggy and asked him if he wanted to sell his rig. Douchet replied that he did and terms were soon agreed upon. The detective said that he wanted to show the rig to his wife first, and asked the thief to let him drive to where she was, with Douchet in the rig, too. The detective picked up the lines and drove to the police station, where Douchet found a rest ing place behind the bars. In a telephone message to his wife last evening, Dr. Bulla said that the officers were on the track of the other thief and hoped to locate him. The reward of $50 .which was offered fo the return of the rig will be paid a once. SECOND eiG TORNADO (BULLETIN.) Dallas, Texas, May 1. It is report ed that as a result of a tornado that swept through Wise County tonight one person was killed, two badly hurt and damage caused to property to the amount of $55,000.

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RICHMOND UNIONISTS ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND NOT WITH SOCIALISTS. That Richmond Unions are not af filiated with the organization of So- ' cialists was shown yesterday when all over the world, and especially In foreign countries, there were labor out breaks occasioned by the great So cialist Labor Day, May 1. Members of unions in this city worked quietly all day, not heeding the call of the So cialists. ? The cause of this quietude, when other unions were having great trouble, In many of the larsest cities of this country and the world, Is that the Unions here are affiliated with .' the American Federation of Labor ' and not with the Socialist party. The) American Federation of Labor sets la-; bor day as a holiday, the first Monday i n September, and Instead of having ' it the date for a general outbreak and 1 strike, it is celebrated with speaking and frequently parades and other forms of public amusement. Joseph Brunner, a prominent So-" cialist in this city, said last evening that the reason Richmond unions did, not strike or have some sort of demonstration yesterday was the fact that the order making May 1 Labor Day was issued before there were any Un ions here, and when Unions did start" branches in this city, they all became affiliated with the American, rather than with the international labor organization. THOUSANDS IDLE IN CLEVELAND Strike of Lake Men Will Affect Other Workers. Palladium Special. ( Cleveland, May 1. Every member of the International Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers Union, employed on the boats and docks of the Lake Carriers' Association. quit wor kat midnight last night and today not a pound of ore. coal or grain was being handled In the port of Cleveland. The same condition exists in practically every Lake Erie port. Every tug on the harbor was tied up. The ore supply on the docks Is prac. tically exhausted, so faf as high grade ores are concerned. Train crews innumerable, railway officials state, will be thrown out of work bocause of the stoppage of the coal traf fic. v OUT AT CINCINNATI. Electrical Workers and Steam Fitters Lay Down Tools. IPubllshers Press Cincinnati, May 1. May day saw the beginning of two strikes In Cincinnati, while others are brewing. Electrical Workers' Union, No. 212 (inside wiremen). went out in eleven of the principal shops, which have refused to accept or sign the wage scale. The elecf ricians are asking an advance from $3 to $3.50 a day, the latter figure to be the minimum rate for all. The electricians are affiliated with what is known as the "Pipe Trades Council," a close alliance of several metal working trades, and will have the support of that body. The entire membership of the Steamfitters and Steamfitters' Helpers' Union laid down their tools pending an adjustment of their differences with the ' employers association, which isknown as the Caloris Society. The difference here is over the interpretation or application of an agreement which has been in force for three years. STRIKE TOOTED WHISTLE. Three Thousand Men Quit Work at ' South Chicago. PaUju'.ium Special. Chicago, May 1. Orders, which went into effect at midnight caused a strike of 2,000 vessels mates. The longsoremen also quit work at various ports. Three thousand of these men at South Chicago, quit loading and tinloading vessels. Fifteen hundred of tresey are oar unloaders. Twent thousand have been employed along the lakes. The lake situation is regarded by marine men as exceedingly serious. In the Chicago harbor the signal for the mates to strike was given by the tooting of whistles on the tugboats. STRIKES IN NEW ENGLAND. Building Trades Chiefly Concerned Eight-Hour Day Demanded. . Publishers Press . Boston, May 1. May day was marked by numerous mino strikes in New England. The majority of the difficulties -were confined to the building trades. The carpenters are on strike In Lawrence and vicinity, and In other places. The Lawrence men, about 1,000 in number demand an eight-hour day at wages of $3.