Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 347, 19 January 1907 — Page 1

MOM) AMLTTM H A. VOL. XXXI. NO, 347. Richmond, Indiana, Saturday Morning, January 19, 1907. Single Copy, One Cent.

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REFUGEES SUFFER FROM THE AWFUL PANGS OF THIRST

The Water Works System on the Stricken Island of Jamaica Completely Demolished by the Earthquake. KINGSTON HARBOR STILL REMAINS PARTLY INTACT Americans on the Island Very Fortunate, Most of Them Having Been Accounted for Food Supplies Coming. tit. Tnomas, D. W. I. Jan. 1??. With but a single solitary cable line workIns from the island of Jamacia and that the old fashioned line that i3 landed at Holland Bay, it begins to teem as though it was an impossibile task to get an absolutely coherent Btory through, telling exactly what did happen at Kingston. Kvery word that reaches here adds to the horrors of the situation. While up to 8:30 tonight many "direct cablegrams" have been printed in most of the British isles and the United States, it is just as well at this writing to state for the benefit of the hundreds of people who have friends and relatives on the island, and who are anxiously awaiting direct news, that the lone solitary cable operator who is at work sending out the despatches that have been filed with him, is not only so badly swamped with work that he Is already S6 hours behind, but that the government despatches are being put ahead, throwing him further and rurther into the rear with his regular messages and despatches. The old routine of insisting on messages taking their regular course, is now being absolutely insisted upon and the result is that many persons who have tried to get word to their friends outside of the island, and who now believe they have reassured those friends, that have simply the satisfaction of knowing that their messages are "on file." No. Pestilence as Yet. The dispatches of the Publishers' Press Association for the past 4S hours tell practically the entire truth of the extent of the disaster. No pestilence has as yet broken out and order has been restored. That there Is suffering is, of course, certain. Why should there not be? Food supplies are of the scantiest and al-

though every steamer that has been ; thIs city have grown rich at the bus! In the harbor and the American and ; ness. I know of one man who reBritish warships that are there, have I centiv bought a block of Massachus-

been "combed of every dip- or looa . supplies that they had on hand, the mere fact that there are 30,000 men, women and children encamped in the refugee camps shows the magnitude of the task of feeding those who realty need rations. But it is not food alone that is most badly needed. Many are suffering from the pangs of thirst. The water works system was entirely demolished and all of the water that it is possible to supply to the camps is surface water and that from the wells that were sunk in the outlying residential section. Much of this is unfit for use because the earthquake seems to have opened up subterranean passages that have let the waters of the ocean into many wells that heretofore have been absolutely wholesome. Harbor Partly Intact. Kingston Harbor is for a great part Intact. The report that it had been entirely demolished is but in part true. The force of the earthquake shocks, of course, was sufficient to cause the crumbling of the wharves that stood on "made ground" into the bay, while the surface of the harbor was raised in spots so that all existing charts are absolutely useless. A great ledge has been created for a considerable distance across the harbor mouth, but it is still possible for navigating officers to bring vessels into the harbor with the free use of "sounding lines." Americans Were Fortunate. The last word received by the Pubjshers" Press correspondent seems to indicate that the Americans. who were on the island were singularly fortunate. All but half a dozen have so far been accounted for, although not yet reunited to the families and friends. There are a number of English and Ciiadk'i; nmong the deal, but most of the whites killed were . J - . if , , V 1 w . Rho have lived there long enough to e practically considered so. The great damaged zone is Kingston and the territory imxaediately Bdjacent to it. There is not a brick building left in the city proper. A pood many of the wooden and limestone structures, especially those that stood in the old residential quarter, are suitable for occupancy and the military authorities have already started the work of assigning to them surrivors who actually need shelter. The American marines, members of the American hospital corps, and the surgeons from the American warships that are now off the harbor, are doing pplendid worK relLv.'ig the tired Dut British officers and men who have been standing watch ever since the Brst shock of the earthquake. GovXContinued oa Page Two.

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HARD GUMS JUST AS GOOD Attorney Dan Mason, or camDNdge City, Consoles Superintendent Bailey, Who is Suffering Much with the Toothache. For some time past Superintendent of Police Bailey has been suffering much pain from a bad tooth. Meeting Dan Mason, the aged attorney of Cambridge, on the street, he incidentally made some mention of this fact. "Bad tooth?" said Mr. Mason. What do you want with teeth any way. Why I haven't had a tooth for thirty years, and I can masticate the toughest steak that was ever put on a table." He thereupon exhibited two rows of gums absolutely barren of ivories, which he declared were as hard as any teeth that ever grew. A RILL AIMED AT LI Representative Bowrus Will Attempt to Get "Money Shark" Legislation. STRIKE FOR POPULARITY MEASURE SHOULD MEET WITH FAVOR AS IT WILL DRIVE FROM BUSINESS THOSE WHO BLEED THE CRAMPED POOR. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. IS, (Spl.l John W. Bowlus, one of the lawyers on the Marion county delegation in the lower house, is going to sec what can be done about getting some "money-shark" legislation enacted. Bowlus has introduced a bill that strikes at the professional money lender that is, the one that charges an exorbitant rate of interest. His measure is known as the 'usurious interest bill." In steering it through the house Bowlus will have the assistance of Representative Dily of Marlon county, who will introduce a similar measure within the next day or two. Bowlus and Daily think they ought to get one of the bills through. The Bowlus bill makes a contract providing for a higher rate of interest than 8 per cent illegal. "This money-shark business," paid Bowlus, ''is carried on to an alarming extent in Indianapolis. Some men in ett3 avenue property with money he earned in this way Th-3 vicious system seems to be patronized by all classes of people. They get a little cramped financially and they run to one of these firms. I know of one instance where a man borrowed $2." from a money shark and paid on his debt for a year and a half. At the end of that period he still owed $35 or $40. People who borrow money in this way usually pay about 12 per cent interest." DUD CATES "MAKES GOOD" IS BUSY EXPOSING GRAFT Fcrmer Richmond Newspaper Reporter Now Covering the Legislature for San Jose Mercury An Important Assignment. The Palladium is in receipt of two copies of the San Jose Mercury one of January 5, containing the picture of Dudley Gates, formerly of this city and a writeup concerning him. The article is an announcement by the Mercury that Mr. Gates will represent the paper atthe California state legislature now in session at Sacremento. It says that Mr. Catcs was selected for the work on account of the marked ability he has shown since taking his position on the Mercury. The other copy of the payer was for January 11 containing the first .'A.. . 1. V 0 ilLll w 1 1 lilt iruicilaturo. The article was "played up" , under a three column head, was illustrated and had Mr. Cate's picture at the head of the first column. It was an expose of graft among the minor employes at the legislature Accordinc to Mr. Gates th stat of i Californla is losing $2,00 each day the legislature is in session on account of the needlessly large number ' of clerks, janitors and the like em- j ployed, and the ridiculously large sal- j aries they draw. The expose is well J written and contains many strong I expressions of which the following ; is a fair example: "Before the end of this week there will have been appointed in the senate and assemb- j ly some four hundred and fifty clerks " whose duties during the thirty-seven-; til session will be a monument of ' nothingness, costing the state a good sized fortune each day." I

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INTO LEGISLATURE Indiana University scores First Point in Her Battle with Purdue. MEDICAL SCHOOL FIGHT BOTH SCHOOLS TO BE ALLOWED TO SET FORTH THEIR CONTENTIONS BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (By Demas S. Coe.) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 18 There is merry war between Indiana and Purdue universities and the battle royal between the. two togain legislative action whereby one or the other shall be taken under the wing of the state in their project to establish a medical course, is some days off, but preliminary skirmishes which have been pulled off in hotel corridors of late, are now being transferred to the halls of the general assembly. Both Purdue and Indiana have b'lls in both senate and house authorizing the establishment of medical colleges. In the senate today the committee on judiciary which had under consideration the Indiana bill, decided to report favorably. The Purdue backers made a howl. Senator Will Wood of Lafayette who intro duced the Purdue bill in the senate led the opposition and he won out, compelling the judiciary committee to withhold the report until a hearing had been given. The educational committee to which the Purdue bill had been heard had planned a public hearing in the senate chamber next Tuesday night and a truce was de clared by which both senate committees will join in the meeting on Tuesday night and the senate cham ber will ring out with the " oratory from the throats of the friends of both universities. In the house today however, Indiana won a point over Purdue, the committee which had In diana's bill reporting to the house that the bill should be passed. There was a protest but the house concur red in the recommendation, the mo tion to concur getting a slender margin of three votes. It appears that Indiana university is showing the best "diplomacy and also the best preparation in the way of political play. They have out-generaled the Purdue leaders up to date, but just what the general assembly will do at the conclusion is difficult to determine. -tt In the house this afternoon the bill which seeks to abolish the Indiana board of pardons was killed, the report of the committee being divided. The majority report favored the indefinite postponement of the bill, which means Its death, the minority report, backed the democrats, or many of them, favored its passage. There was pratory of the wildest kind, and the democrats charged that it was time that some of the numerous state boards were being abolished if the state of Indiana ever expected to get out of debt. The republican leaders, however, showed thit the state debt is being pared down each year and that state boards were doing a good for the people of the commonwealth which they had never known. It was pointed out that the board of pardons was fulfilling a special mission and that its work had been meritorious. The bill may bob up again later in the session. Senator Wood's anti-Sunday barbering bill was passed in the senate this afternoon without opposition. The bill also will pass the house and will be one of the first acts of the sixty-fifth general assembly. It will effect barber shops principally in Indianapolis this being the only city where they are being permitted to operate on Sunday. j . ! Senator Will Wood is holding the center of the stage in the senate. He has introduced more bills than any other member and he is at all times busy. His bill which provides that city council's shall supervise and pass on the "budgets" or estimate of expenses made out by a school board promises to stir up a bad racket. As stated in these dispatches yesterday, it is claimed that the organization of (Continued on Page Two.) SHOW NOT A BURLESQUE "The Black Crook" Which Appears Here Monday Night is a Thoroughly Moral Play. Manager Swisher is desirous of correcting the impression with which ome theatre-goers seem to be imbued that "The Black Crook" wnich is to be Presented at the Geunett next Monday night is a burlesque. It is a spectacular in every sense of the word- Tne show 153 tked for the English at Indianapolis, a thing which Plainly Indicates its character. To Make Improvement. George H. Knollenberg has been inspecting the department stores of Muncie during the last few days He contemplates extensive improvements : in his establishment during the com-! lug spring. 1

THE WEATHER PROPHET.!

INDIANA Rain Saturday Sunday rain or snow and colder, fresh to brisk south winds, becoming northwest Sunday. OHIO Rain Saturday; Sunday rain in south, rain or snow in north, colder in west portion; fresh to brisk southeast to south winds Saturday. The Public Eye Is on every page in this o?oor. If vour adver isement is hare you are in the pubiic eye. Legislature in Brief. HOUSE. Bill to abolish the state hoard of pardons killed. Much oratory over the bill to prohibit the refilling of bottles. Indiana university Purdue preliminary skirmish resulted in a victory for Indiana university. Representative Dailey, of Indianapolis, introduced a bill to protect the Citizens' Gas company and other new public service corporations from cutthroat competition by prohibiting the raising of prices after lowering them. House continued in session in the afternoon. SENATE. Bill to prohibit barbers working on Sunday was passed. Senator Parks, of Floyd county, introduced a bill to remove many cities from provisions of the cities and towns law. Indianapolis juvenile court bill to define contributing to the delinqency of children introduced by Senator Cox. Senate judiciary and education committees decided to hold a joint meeting next Tuesday night to consider the Indiana -university-Purdue fight. Senate adjourned at noon until 2 o'clock Monday. PULLMAN FARE AT LAST IS LOWERED Hereafter the Fare Between Indianapolis andjtichmond " Will be 25 Cents. A BILL BY REP. RATLIFF HE WAS TO HAVE PRESENTED A MEASURE TO THE LEGISLATURE AND MAY YET DO SO RATE HAD BEEN FIFTY CENTS. The Pullman Car company of Chicago, has announced that hereafter the seat fare between Richmond and Indianapolis will be but twenty five cents, the tax on a seat between Richmond and the capital city having been fifty cents heretofore. The new schedule is now in effect. The citizens of Richmond w.ho have traveled between this city and Indianapolis in years past, have kicked ferociously but to all appearances it did no good, the car corporation using its own sweet will about remedying the conditions. "The Richmond men were so firm in their demands for a lower rate, that Representative Ratliff but recently wrote several men in this city, stating that he would father a bill in the Indiana general assembly which would provide a uniform rate on Pullman cars or other parlor cars within this state. His bill would have been the direct outgrowth of the demands of Richmond residents who have been victims of the apparent hold up. Representative Ratliff would have the rate on Pullman cars fixed at twenty-five cents per hundred miles or fraction thereof. Owing to the fact that the car corporation has been in the position in the past to lower or raise the rates as it saw fit. Representative Ratliff may present his bill to the general assembly for passage at any rate, so as to protect travelers on the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania and other railroads of the state from further hold ups. The trouble on the Indianapolis division it is understood is not the only portion where exhorbitant rates for seat fare have been charged. Before the rate was changed Richmond passengers had to pay a twenty-five cent bonus for the privilege of riding upon Pullman cars, a3 the fares levied from other points in the state to Indianapolis of equal distances from that point, have only been twenty-five cents. Are 109 Delinquents. The delinquent tax list whiqh has just been completed by county auditor Hanes shows that there are 109 delinquents in the county. Mrs. Locke in City. Mrs. John Locke, wife of the notorious car breaker, who is now " un der arrest in Illinois was. in the city a few hours yesterday. She has takea up her residence at Hagerstown.

FLOOD CONDITIONS BECOME ALARMING

Ohio River is Rising in Its Entire Length and Many are Homeless. RAIN INCREASES FEAR EVANSVILLE MOMENTARILY EXPECTS LEVEE TO BREAK AND IT IS FEARED THAT SHAWNEETOWN MAY BE SWEPT AWAY. fPublishers Pr?ss.j Cincinnati, O., Jan. IS. The Ohio river still continues to rise a little over an inch an hour and with a stage of 61 feet 3 inches at midnight tonight the end is not yet in sight. The scenes in the flood districts are desperate. Rain is again falling at intervals tonight and gloomy forebodings are held. The sister cities across the river, Newport, Covington. Bellevue and Dayton are even worse off than this city in proportion to their size. In all of them business is suspended except that pertaining to removing the homeless. nincinnati. .. Jan. IS. Flood conditions continue to grow worse. Every hour adds materially to the flooded area, and the suffering among residents of the lower sections of this city and the Kentucky suburbs is great. Street and railroad car service is badly crippled, several electric lines having impassible gaps several blocks long, and improvised transfer arrangements were inadequate. There is no indication of Immediate relief from up the river, although some of the tributaries of the Ohio are reported as falling. The colder weather looked for to stop the rise did not materialize. A heavy rain added greatly to the discomfort of those driven from their homes, increasing the damage to property in process of removal from river front cellars. Reports of suffering continue to come In from towns along the river, both above and below this city. The town of New Richmond, O., was reported floodbound, nearly all the houses in the place being submerged, and the people have been compelled to move into the second stories or Tacate. ETansville, Ind., reports the Ohio still rising, with hard rains there and in places along the Wabash. Enough water is in sight to keep the river rising five days. One of the most serious phases of the flood situation is the prospect of a freight embargo, orders to that effect having been issued by several lines. The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern issued a sweeping order refusing to accept any freight for delivery within or via Cincinnati, regardless of destination. The Big Four refused to accept any freight for delivery within the city and the Pennsylvania declined to take any for delivery to its west end sheds. Traffic with the south. is almost at a standstill, largely on account of freight congestion and danger of inundation of terminals. A total of 1,200 men 'were thrown out of work by the rising water, which compelled the shutting down of half a dozen or more factories. Boat owners having put exorbitant prices on the use of their boats, refusing to move families in flooded sections of the city unless their terms were met. Mayor Dempsey instructed the chief of police to take forcible possession of all boats needed for rescue and relief work. The forecaster, Bassler, of the weather bureau, said the rise continues from Parkersburg down the Ohio, the river being 11 feet above flood line at Point Pleasant, and 10 feet above at Cincinnati. At all other points in the Cincinnati river district the stages are five feet above flood line. He says the river will probably reach 62 feet here and that the prospect for more rain adds gloom to the situation. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 18. Rivers are again at flood stage, with water rising at the rate or three-tenths of a foot an hour. Reports from up river points, however, indicate that the flood will not reach serious proportions, and the stage may not exceed 23 feet. The Allegheny river is falling at the headwaters, but the Moncngahela is still rising at all points. Brownsville has 34 feet of water and rising two inches an hour. Half of the houses in West Brownsville are submerged. Elizabeth and West Elizabeth are also partly Inundated. Clarksburg, W. Va., Jan. 18. High waters caused considerable damage along West Fork river between this city and Weston and Buckhannon. It is raininsr heavilv and uo the river (Continued on Page Two.) WOULD SELL PROPERTY Marie and Rush Dempsey Petition Court for Right to Sell Real Estate on North 6th Street. Byram C. Robbins, guardian of Marie Dempsey and Rush Dempsey aged 15 and 18 years respectively yesterday applied for an order from the circuit court to dispose at private sale of certain real estate owned by them on North 6th street this city. The children are now living in Montgomery county, O.

MEETING IS POSTPONED

DEATH THE CAUSE OF IT Aunt of County Commissioner Wiley Will be Buried Today and the Board Will Not Hold its Session Until Monday. Mrs. Angelina Holmes, wno died at Bethel Thursday was an aunt of County Commissioner Wiley, and her funeral will take place this afternoon and on that account the meeting of the commissioners which had originally been set for today has been postponed until Monday. On that day the commissioners expect to hear from Attorney Latta of the Indianapolis & Eastern traction company with reference to the protest of patrons of the line against the action of the company in charging five cents in addi tion to the regular fare on limited cars between Richmond and Center ville. The board will also appoint a pauper attorney, having practically agreed upon Perry Freeman for that office. LD NOT STAND FOR ANJPERATION Marcus Silverman, Indianapo lis Jew, Raves Like Mad Man at Hospital. 9 DASHED FROM BUILDING WAS FINALLY INDUCED TO BE QUIET AND LATER GIVEN TICKET AND SENT TO HIS HOME A BAD CHARACTER. There was a marked absence of that atmosphere of peace and quiet, which usually prevails within the walls of the Reid Memorial hospital yesterday. The nurses and attendants probably put in the most trying day that they have experiences since the institution was opened, and the cause of at all was Marcus Silverman, the Indianapolis Hebrew, who was picked up by the police Thursday night, while suf fering from a severe attack of bowel trouble. When the man was inform ed that he would have to undergo an operation he began to howl like a maniac, and dashed out of the building, only to be captured later by the janitor. He was restrained from doing himself some bodily injury, with great difficulty. Finally police headquarters was notified; and Superintendent Bailey ordered Silverman brought to the city prison in the ambulance, where he was placed on a cot, and two husky patrolmen detailed to guard him. He demanded thatrthe authorities send him to Indianapolis, and transportation to that city was procured for him from Trustee Potter. He left for the capital on the Panhandle at 9 o'clock, and the officers breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the train move slowly out of the station. BROUGHT TO JAIL HERE FINED AT CAMBRIDGE CITY Three Worshippers of Bacchus, Who Threatened to Make Trouble for I. & E. Conductor Now Stopping with Sheriff Meredith. A big bottle of that particular brand of red liquor that is laid out on the bars of Greenfield .drink emporiums, was the cause of the undoing of a trio of passengers on a car of the Indianapolis and. Eastern traction company, en toute from Indianapolis to Dayton, where 'they had secured employment as telephone linemen. The victims of the Greenfield decoction were E. T. Finn, James Dunn, and a man by the name of Sipe- It began to workr on them shortly after they had passed beyond the confines of Hancock county, and after applying obnoxious names to the conductor, they showed an ardent desire to battle with him. That functionary was disinclined to take any chances on being "three timed," however, and telephoned ahead to the Cambridge marshall, who placed the bunch under arrest when the car arrived at that place. Justice Pritchard fined Finn $5 and costs, and the other two $10 each with trim mings. Being uname to settle, they were brought to this city and placed in jail. HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP Sheriff Meredith Will Take Leroy King to Jeffersonville Prison to Serve a Term. Sheriff Meredith will make hl3 first official trip to the Jeffersonville pris on today. Leroy King, the young "strong arm" man who was sentenc-j ed to from one to five years, will accompany him. J

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TO DEATH WRECK ON PENHSY Samuel Lingenfelter Met Terrible Fate at Millville When Two Freight Trains Collided Yesterday. ENGINEER JOHN SHEA WAS BADLY INJURED Fog Hid the Signals and Train Going Out from Richmond Hit Logan Train While It was Taking Siding. Samuel Ungenfelter a brakeniau on the Pennsylvania is dead; John Shea an engineer badly injuivd and U N. Showalter fireman slightly so, as the result of a collision between two freight trains at Millvillu, near Newcastle early yesterday morning, tiio wreck being caused by the rienso fog which overhung that town making it Impossible to seo the signals either on the rear of the traius or the switch lights. The property lorn was also great. Train No. 76 from TJbgansport wa in the act of taking u siding according to orders, but 5 before it had backed fully into the switch. No. 81, the. train which left Richmond at midnight isideswept several freight cars while the engines met with a terrific crash demolishing both. Engineer Gibson and his fireman on 7G jumped and sustained no injuries, while Shea and Showalter on 81, were injured as they were thrown to the ground, in makir.g the-leap for life; Brakeman Lingenfelter was standing between the cab and the tender of No. SI talking ta the fireman when the crash came and owing to the enclosed tender he did not have time to make his escape as did Shea and Showalter, and was thrown to the tracks below whera one of his legs was-completely, ?v ered from his body, while the other was left hanging by a few shreds. The steam from the engine began escaping, the full force blowing directly upon the Injured man. He was literally; cooked alive and great caie had to be used In taking his remains from the wreck. In order that his body might not fall to pieces. Man's Cries Were Pitiful. The screams and groans of the dying man struck terror into the hearts of those near him but as he was pined between the wreckage so firmly, his body was not recovered until seven o'clock yesterday morning, having laid In- the wreckage for four hours. Ungenfelter was brought to this city yesterday morning on No. SO the passenger train which arrives here at 9::S0 o'clock and the body Was taken at once to the morgue of Downing and Son, where it was prepared for burial. . Ungenfelter Is survived by a wife and two small children who reside at 118 South 7th street. Mrs. Ungenfelter is bordering on nervous prostration as the result of the sad accident which befell her husband. The family recently moved to Richmond from Centerville. Engineer Shea was also brought to Richmond yesterday morning on the same train as was Ungenfelter and was taken to his home 34 North 7th street. His injuries are confined to the region of his head and shoulders. and it will be several weeks before he will once more be able to assume his duties on the railroad. The officials of the Lrogansport di vision arrived upon the scene of the wreck yesterday, but at the conclu sion of their investigation they would not state as to where they would fix the blame. Owing to the fact that the wreck W'as directly due to the fog which prevented clear vision of signals, it is probable that no one Individual will b held responsible. 0LLIE MACK TRUMBULL ON WAY TO RECOVERY Centerville, Jan. 18. (Spl.) Ollie Mack Trumbull the comedian, who has been critically ill with erysipelas at the Virginia hotel at Denver, Colorado is now much better and on the way to recovery. His sister, Mrs. Francis Trumbull De Noe, who is a member of the Murray and Mack company ha3 resumed her role with thrf company, considering that her brother was sufficiently recovered for her to leave his bedside. Mrs. Mary Trumbull of Centerville received a short letter from her son yesterday written with difficulty, assuring her of his improvement. He has the care of the best physicians and trained nurses. Cottage Prayer Meeting. The Fifth Street M. E. church will hold its regular Monday night prayer meeting at he residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Foss, 121 North Fifth street. All are invited.

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