Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 357, 2 February 1907 — Page 1

BICHMOM) A1IU1L A VOL. XXXI. NO. 357. Richmond, Indiana, Saturday Morning, February 2, 1907. Single Copy, One Cent.

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HOUSE HAD Oil ITS KILL1HGJGARMEHTS Purdue University Medical Resolution Among Measures Slaughtered.

KIRKMAN'S BILL FAILED BCNATE FINANCE COMMITTEE THROWS COLD WATER ON EFFORT TO GET MORE MONEY FOR MEMBERS OF THE 161ST. (Cy Demas S. uoe.) TKlIanapolis, Ind., Feb. 1 The house was in a killing mood today. After slaughtering the Purdue university medical resolution, which provided that the state of Indiana was to accept the gift of the medical college proper ty which naa Deen acqmreu uy x u.u university, thus -placing Purdue on an equality with Indiana university, whose medical college bill was sent to the dump a few days ago, the house proceeded to kill the bill which sought to increase the salary of the jidjutant-general and also the state sirmorv board bill, which carried with It an appropriation of $10,000. This .,ftorT,,n thincs were still in a con fused state in the house and the bill to reorganize the state board of tax commissioners by adding a new mem ber and relieving the governor of du ly, failed to pass because of lack oi a constitutional majority. The senate got out its ax long enough to kill Senator Kittinger's bill which was to authorize a county to pay the expenses of delegates to the sessions of the conferences of charities and corrections. The bill was regarded as an innocent measure until it was discussed, but the senate, with unerring judgment, saw that it might open the doors to unlimited expenditures along this line and therefore put it out of the way with little or no ceremony. . . What was the most important matter today In either house was the consideration of the Mattingly $1,000 liquor license bill. There was almost unanimity of opinion a few days ago that the senate would pass the bill and that if it was to be slaughtered, the house would attend to it. Today it was developed that opposition had developed In unexpected quarters. Senator Bowser broke the ice. He is a republican and not identified with, cither the liquor or temperance fore- . . t ,i . ....... tinhiiforl in f irTYlo. n,inin that the state should? be ashamed of trying to tax what it termed an "evil" for the purpose, of defraying the expenses of the schools. -The manly thing," said Senator Bowser. "Is to increase the school fund lew. That will make the tax equal. I cannot see a thing in this bill that toward temperance. I cannot -i thine that will do cood for the drunkard or his family." Senator Kistler also made a vigor ous speech against the bill and there was forceful argument made by Senator Moss along the same line. The senate adjourned before a vote could be taken, and on motion the dis cussion was continued until Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at which time the bill will come up under a special order of business. There will be a session of the senate tomorrow morn ing, but the liquor bill will not be touched upon, as Senator Mattingly, the author, will be absent and courte sy demanded that no further consideration be given until his return Monday. A poll of the senate this afternoon indicated that all of the democrats, save one or two, will oppose the bill, and that at least a dozen republicans will be lined up with them. The feeling prevails, however, that the senate will pass the measure. Even some of the members who feel that they ought to be against it, expect to vote for it, believing that the house will kill it and be compelled to shoulder the blame, if criticism follows. There is no question that politics is entering into the consideration of the bill. Some of the republican leaders say that the passing of the measure would antagonize the liquor interests and at the same time would call forth nothing of a commendatory nature from the temperance people who are not disposed to beliove that licensing the liquor business In any sum will tend to lessen the drinking habit. The finance committee, at its meeting this afternoon, decided to turn down Senator Kirkman's bill to reimburse the members of the 161st Indiana regiment to the extent of onefourth the full amount allowed them by the government for service during the tinio that elapsed between their enrollment and their muster. The fact that Governor Durbin. who preceded Governor , Hanly, entered into a contract with the claim agents to get the money due the 161st regiment, receiving 25 per cent commission, was not regarded as implying that the state should pay the members of the regimwit the sum that was virtually an attorney fee. Senator Kirkman and Adjutant-General Perry appeared before the committee and insisted that there was a moral obligation on the part of the state to pay the claim. It was asserted that the members of the regiment should have received the full pay duo them without being compelled to have been taxed a fee; in fact, they knew nothing of any arrange iContinued on Page Five.) '

Legislature in Brief.

HOUSE. Resolution to authorize Purdue university to maintain a medical school in Indianapolis, was killed by being indi-jnitely postponed. Bill to increase the salary of the adjutant-general to $3,000 a year wa3 killed. Also the bill to create a state armory board and appropriate 110,000 for its maintenance. Bill introduced to allow towns to annex territory. Bill introduced to appropriate ISO,000 to $100,000 for state fair grounds live stock pavilion. Bill introduced denning as manslaughter, the killing of a person by an automobile. SENATE. Considered the Mattingly $1,000 li cense bill, up for passage, and ad journed without action. The bill t be a special order of business next Monday at 2 p. m. Defeated Senator Kittinger's bill to permit counties to pay the expenses of delegates to the state meetings or the i conferences of charities and correc tions. Passed Senator Kistler's bill to per mlt charitable, fraternal, benevolent d Telicinus organizations to issue - - bonds to pay for the erection of build inirs. Passed Senator Cox's bill making it a felony for parents to desert children. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, made an address at the request of the senate. Senate to hold first Saturday ses sion this forenoon. POLICE BOARD HAS A QUIEMEETIIIG Hiatt Continues to be a "Hanger on" and Democrats not Represented. NO WORD FROM GOV. HANLY HE OF THE APPOINTIVE POWER HAS NOT SEEN FIT TO TROUBLE HIMSELF ABOUT SUCH A TRIVIAL MATTER. Notwithstanding the reports that a new democratic patrolman would be appointed at last night's session of the police commissioners, no such step was taken and according to one 7 . tw months to come. In speaking of the matter Superintendent Bailey, Ironi whom a request for a new man has to originate, said that be did not think that one would be selected now. The board met last night with one regular member attending although Edgar Hiatt, whose term expired some time ago was present, and will continue to serve until he is either re-elected or another appointee chosen. The members of the board are at a loss to understand why Governor Hanly has not filled the two vacant places before this time. Many people of this city are inclined to think that Governor Hanly surmised long ago that an attack would be made upon the metropolitan police law during the present session of the Indiana general assembly and has withheld his decision, he probably thinking that the appointive power would be placed with the mayor of this city. It is said in this case Governor Hanly would not endanger himself in making political enemies by appointing a successor to Clinton W. Merrill and Edgar M. Hiatt. Only the current bills and claims were allowed by the board last night. A LABOR UNION DISPLAY PLANNED FOR JAMESTOWN Goods Bearing the Label and Charts Showing Advance of Organized Labor to be on Exhibit Gompers Visits Norfolk. ' Publishers Press! Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1. The most com prehensive labor exhibit ever made in the history of the world will he made at the Jamestown exposition should the plans of President Samuel Gom pers, of the American Federation of Labor be carried out. Mr. Gompers was here today in the interest of the display that ho is determined that la bor shall have. Accompanying Mr. Gompers Vice-President Max Morris, of was ' Denver and Secretary Frank Morrison, of Chicago. The officers of the federa-1 tion held a lengthy conference with Lieutenant Governor J. Taylor Ellyson in charge of the department ot history and education of the exposi tion. "It has long been my desire to have1 union labor adequately represented at j an international exposition," said Mr J Gompers. ! The display will be one of statistics and charts, showing the progress of union labor together with goods bear-

iiik uiw union laoei. anu snowing tne, sam to re worth $5,000. It is oper- as. "Parents Day." One of the featunions workmanship. There will al- ated by electricity, and is one of the lures of the occasion was an anietis-

so be exhibited scenes from factories j in which union labor is employed. j

FUR I HAM MT RUT

FIFTH III COHTEST Walter Miles, the Quaker Ora tor Failed to Make Showing Expected of Him. NOTRE DAME WAS FIRST EDWARD F. O'FLYIMN, SPEAKING ON "SAVONAROLA," EASILY THE WINNER WABASH SECOND WITH STRONG MANUSCRIPT. THE RESULT. Edward F. O'Flynn, Notre Dame first. Leo C. Kelley, Wabash second. Samuel Taylor, DePauw third. Karl C. Barnett, Butler fourth. Walter A Miles. Earlham fifth. E. R. Nichols, Franklin sixth. Miss Adah F. Throop, Hanover seventh. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 1. Spl.) The masterful story of Savonarola, the Florentine monk, told in a beautiful manner, and delivered in an easy and graceful way, won for Notre Dame first place in the twenty-second annual contest of the Indiana College Orator ical association at Tomlinson Hall to night. Edward O'Flynn showed early in hiu speech that he was a finished orator and had perfect control of his subject while he possessed an easy stage ap pearance. Second to Notre Dame came "Wa bash, represented by their scarlet champion, Leo C. Kelley, delivering th e oration, "Edmund Burke, the Apostle of Righteousness." Two of the three judges on manuscript gave first place to Kelley. DePauw Below Standard. DePauw, which has won fifteen of the contests, had to be contented with third place. It was represented by the colored orator, Samuel Taylor, "Heritage of Emancipation." While the oration was somewhat inferior to that of O'Flynn and Kelley, not one of the contstants spoke with the passion and evidence of seriousness that char acterized Taylor. Butler was awarded fourth place, although John W Holtzman, one of the judges on delivery, in his decision awarded Karl Barnett, Butler's representative, first place. Barnett spoke on civic righteousness and in his ora tion alluded to Governor Hanly as -eon. governor" ,aiuLmXf, dieted, in speaking of city affairs, that Indianapolis would yet be blessed with a clean administration. Fifth Came Earlham's Orator. Fifth came Walter A. Miles of Earl ham. who spoke on "Fraternalism In American Civilization." Sixth place was awarded to E. It. Nichols of Franklin, who discussed the "Individual in Politics," while sev enth and last place was awarded to Miss Adah F. Throop, of Hanover, whose chief mistake seemed to lie in the fact that she had chosen a subject too masculine and had treated in in a too masculine way. She spoke on "Problems Today In Our Country." In the scoring of the judges Notre Dame received fourteen points, Wa bash seventeen, DePaw twenty, Butler twenty-four, Earlham twenty-eight, Franklin twenty-nine, while Hanover received thirty-six. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Men's Social Union of the South $ Eighth Street Friends Church to Meet Tomorrow. The Men's Social "Union of the South Eighth Street Friends church will hold a public meeting Sunday afternoon at the church. A general discussion on "Men and the Christian Work" will be lead by President Robert L. Kelley and E. J. Llewellyn of Earlham. The officers for the un ion will be . elected and installed in addition to the open meeting. REMEMBER PAST FAVORS The Elks Will Give a Concert for Those Who Helped Them During Recent Fair; The Elks will again turn hosts, this time on the night of February 15 at which date the lodge will entertain I those persons who assisted them duriS the recent fair. The Troubador Concert company of Chicago has been engaged and will the lodge rooms. give a concert in The concert com pany Is considered one of the best in the "Windy city" and the Elks have gone to no little expense to bring the company here. - A LARGE ORCHESTRION cno TU- n rUn I ML UULIotUlVl The Athletic association will earlr next week, place in the coliseum a military band instrument, which Is largest instruments of the kind ever built.

A SOU IS ANTICIPATED

GROWING OUT OF DEATH Manager Lane of th Light, Heat 4L Power; Company Prepares for Litigation on Part of Moore Sisters by Photographing Meter. fArnniw Uraml-amn Trill enmn time today render, a verdict in the case of Miss Mary, Moore, who was asphyxi ated by artificial gas last Wednes day. It Is reported that the sisters of the unfortunate . young woman have em ployed an attorney to bring suit against the Light, Heat and Power company, although the rumor has not been substantiated. Manager Lane still maintains that the meter in the cellar where Miss Moore met her death was tampered with. There Is little doubt that the company anti cipates a suit. This may be inferred from the fact that the manager caused several photographs to be taken of the condition of the pipes in the base ment at the time of the finding of the body of Miss Moore. ILL FEELING LED TO A FIST FIGHT Attorneys Byram Bobbins and v Wm. Kelley Mix It Up at f: the Court House. SEPARATED BY DICK SMITH NO BLOOD WAS SPILLED AND AF TER THE BOUT THE TEMPLE OF. JUSTICE AGAIN RESUMED THE USUAL QUIET. It was not wordy warfare In which gentlemen of the -legal profession are wont to engage in courts of law, but a real battle with the weapons provided by nature, that two young "disciples of Blackstone pulled off at the court house yesterday shortly before noon. The participants were Byram C. Bobbins, son of County Attorney John F. Bobbins and W. H. Kelley. From what can be learned ill feeling has existed between the two, men for some time, and ' not , long since' there wasa1rhpfmrem tween them in the circuit court. They met yesterday in the office of the county clerk and Mr. Robbins deman ded that his brother attorney file an answer to a suit recently brought by him. There was a heated argument which culminated in the corridor, Kelley returning to the clerk's office, Robbins starting down stairs. The latter had descended but a few steps when probably thinking that the other would imagine he had been routed turned back, and also entered the of fice. A few hot words followed and the battle started. The pair were mixing it in good shape when ex-Sheriff Dick Smith, who happened to be present, split 'em out". When the smoke of the battle had cleared away it was found that neither one of the pugnacious lawyers showed any marks as a result thereof, and dense quietude reigned once more within the walls of the temple of justice. A SUCCESSOR TO SCOTT A. G. Compton Among Those Promi nently Mentioned as New Sec. retary of Commercial Club. The successor to Wm. E. Scott, for mer secretary of the Commercial club, has not been selected, and will not be until after the election of the directors, which takes place next Tuesday evening. The directors will elect their own secretary. Several men are being considered among whom Is A. G. Compton, former county assessor. CARNIVAL AT CAMBRIDGE Masquerade on Roller Skates at the Rink Promises to be Quite an Event Next Thursday. ramonflge City, Feb., 1, (Spl.) Manager Earl Barefoot has arranged for a masquerade carnival to be given at the rink next Thursday evening. February 7. Prizes of $3 and $2 respectively will be given to the best mask and next best. The Cambridge City band has prepared a special program for this event. Was "Parents' Day." A large number of the fathers and mothers of the pupils of Fairview school No. 2. in charge of Miss Nellie i

Hodgia Tisited that Institution Thnrs-ithe

dav, the day having been set apai ing dinner, of which the visitors and pnpils partook.

THAW JURY

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AFTER LONG DELAY Court Adjourns Until Monday and Even Then there May be Some Changes. JURY IS NOT SWORN IN TALESMEN YET REMAINING ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR MONDAY, JEROME SAYS MERELY AS A PRECAUTION. THAW JURY. Foreman Deming B. Smith, 50 years old, has wife, son of 23 and daughter of 18; retired, 253 West 111th street. No. 2 (x) George Pfaff, 34 years old; married; machinery supplies, 122 Centre street; lives at 537 West 148th street. No. 3 Charles H. Fecke, 37; married; steamship agent; 601 West 135th street. No. A (xx) Oscar A. Pink, 46 years; married; salesman for box factory at 34th street and Hudson river; 477 West 145th street. No. 5 Henry ' C. Harney, 55 years old; married; pianos; 132nd street and Brook avenue. The Bronx. No. 6 (x) Harry C. Brearley, 34 years; married; advertising agent; 17 State street, lives at 19 East 16th street. No. 7 Malcolm S. Fraser, 40 years; married; salesman; 350 Broadway; 142 West 128th street. No. 8 Charles D. Newton, 53 years; married; retired railroad clerk; 266 West 134th street. No. 9 (x) Wilber F. Steele, 60 years; married; manufacturer of gas plants; 529 West 151st street. No. 10 John S. Dennee, 40 years; unmarried; traveling freight agent; 217 East 33rd street. No. 11 (x) Joseph B. Bolton, 58 years; married; clerk jn dyeIng establishment at 177th street and Bronx river; 1178 Boston Road. No. 12 Bernard Gerstman, 32 years;, married; mill agent; 246 Broadway; 409 East 88th street. x Second man chosen for this place.' xx Third man sworn In as No. 4. New York, Feb. 1. The real trial of Harry Kendall Thaw, whom the prose cuting attorney or iew York county alleges committed murder In the first degree, punishable by death In the electric chair, when he shot and killed Stanford White, the architect, on the roof garden of Madison Square Garden, in the designing of which latter structure it is admitted White worked out his masterpiece, may or may not begin on Monday next. When court adjourned this afternoon twelve men were in the jury box and to all intents and purposes the trying work of getting a jury to pass upon the evidence in the case had been completed. However, from the fact that the jury was not sworn as a body before court was adjourned until Monday morning and that the few remaining talesmen of the five hundred who have been summoned in the case were ordered to be on hand Monday at 10:30, the deduction was drawn that some of the men now In the box may yet be withdrawn. District Attorney Jerome, however, declared that the talesmen were ordered to report merely as a matter of precaution. He said Mr. Garvan would open for the state with a plain statement of the facts, occupying from fifteen to twenty minutes. Prosecution to be Brief. It was expected, the district attorney said, that all the evidence for Ccontinued on page DIVORCE SUITS UP TODAY The Mesdames Ida Aldridge and Ger trude Shute Will Set Forth Complaints in Court. A couple of divorce casw are on the calendar for a hearing in the circuit court this morning. Ida Aldridge wants a legal separation from Marshal Aldridge, and Gertrude Shute would be released from the bonds that fie her to Frank G. Shute. The suit of William Hill against John D. Williams on a note for $200, which was to have been tried yesterday morning, was postponed until February 15. PETITION FOR OPENING OF CHESTNUT STREET A petition for the opening of Chest nut street from West Fifth to the west cornoration line, will ba rnt t board of works next wppI- Th name of A. D. Gayle, president of the First National bank, heads the petition. It is expected that the netition j-will receive favorable consideration at the hands of the board.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA AND OHIO Rain turning into snow and colder Saturday; Sunday, snow and decidely colder; fresh northwesterly winds. COLD WAVE WARNING. Washington, Feb. 1. The weather bureau tonight issued the following special forecast: Cold wave warnings have been issued for the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and the western portion of the lake region. RIVER BULLETINS ISSUED. Washington, Feb. 1. The weather bureau issues the following special bulletin tonight: The Mississippi river at Memphis stood at 40 feet tonight, a rise of 0.6 foot since Thursday nighL The Wolfe river levee has broken and North Memphis is flooded. The Arkansas levees are holding well, although the weather is very unfavorable. The river will continue to rise 'until Sun day and a maximum stage of about 40.5 feet is expected This will be 7.5 feet above the flood stage, and 0.4 foot above the previous big stage of March 20. 1903. Flood warnings have also been issued for the lower Tennessee, the Black Warrior, and the Tombigbeo rivers. TODAY THE GROUND HOG WILL APPEAR What he Sees Governs the Weather for Six Weeks, "so. Tradition Has It. RAIN NOW IN PROSPECT FIGURES FOR FEBRUARYS FOR THE PAST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS SHOW SOME THINGS OF MUCH INTEREST. The most momentous question that was discussed in various public places in -and about Richmond yesterday was just what brand of weather conditions would confront that diminutive animalthe "ground hog," today when he awakens from his Rip Van Winkle slumber and emerges from his underground bed chamber, to gaze upon the outer world. Men who ordinarily use language that is freighted with the ' odor of brimstone when moisture falls from the ciouds almost incessantly, as it has for the last few weeks, fervently expressed the hope that Saturday would be the counterpart of the last few days. This is one day that they will not greet the gladsome sunshine with a cheery smile, for the appearance of the big orb means that the little furry harbinger of either an early or late spring, will go back to the "hay" for six long weeks, and old King winter will hold full sway for that length of time. If the weather man's dope is good there is no danger of such a calamity, for he predicts rain The weather bureau has a record of the conditions that have prevailed for the last thirty-five years, but it must be borne in mind that they are not to be construed as a forecast for the weather conditions for the present month. The mean or normal temper ature for the last thirty-five Februarys was 31. The warmest February was in 18S2, with an average temperature of 42, and the coldest was in 1905, with an average temperature of 20. The highest temperature was in February, 1883, being 72. The lowest temperature was in February, 1899, when it reached IS below. STILL AT HIS PEEPING WOE TO HIM IF CAUGHT 'Peepin Tom" and "Jack the Hugger" Probably One and the Same Badly Wanted by a Number of Decidedly Irate Husbands. One of that class of despicable wretches who take a peculiar delight In peeping Into the windows of residences after nightfall is said to be operating in different sections of the northside. The male members of several families that have been annoved by this "Peeping Tom" declare that if they capture this fellow they will put him in a condition that will nce3itate a "hurry" call for the ambulonce. There is a strong suspicion that he is the individual "who has been accost ing unprotected women.on the streets, and on account of the fact that he has laid hands upon his Tictims in several instances Is known as "Jack the Hugger." James Ford who was struck hy a street car near the Country club Thursday night was yesterday released from the Reid Memorial hospital he having almost recovered from the accident in which he sustained only minor injuries.

APPEAL MADE TO THE PATRIOTISM OF CALIFORIIIAIIS President Calls on Westerners to Revoke the Legislation Against Japs in Order to Prevent Possible War. SITUATION AT PRESENT IS DECIDEDLY CRITICAL

Leaders In Congress Instructed to Hold Associates in Check so no Inflammatory V Speeches Will be Made. rublifthers PreM.J Washington. Feb. 2.The feeling ot alarm In official circles, growing out of a serious and critical situation between this government and Japan, 14 more general tonight than at any timo since, the beginning of its development. This can be stated with all positiveness. The president in his confidential talks with leading senators and members of congress freely expresses the apprehension and uneasiness that ha feels. . . His appeal to the California delegation in congress , "on patriotic grounds" has added the weight of their influence to his In tho strong effort that is being made by the executive branch of the government to have the San Francisco authorities cease excluding Japanese students from the public schools.' Most of today's session of the cabinet was devoted to a discussion of the Japanese question. It was the unanimous belief that the objectionable legislation against the Japanese must be revoked If peaceful relations are to continue between the United State and Mikado's people. Leaders in Congress Warned. The leaders in both branches ot congress have been warned to hold their associates in check and prevent further utterances that are calculated to inflame the people of Japan and impel them to force hostile action by their government. Secretary Taft has been In the main tbi? jne4uiajhjfiujat..vWct word wartiing to the national legislatures have been conveyed. In each instance the secretary of war made it plain that unless extreme caution is exercised an open conflict between the two governments will eventually follow. The president and his advisors are awaiting the arrival of President Altman of the San Francisco Itoard ol education and Superintendent Roncovieri of the public schools of that city. Upon their decision will depend tho character of the relations to be sustained in the future .between the two governments. If an open runt me

comes the responsibility for It will 1,Q placed on these two men. The situation is one demanding cer- -tain sacrifices in the interest of patriotism and the general good. Suspension of Barring Order. Every member of the California delegation In congress has pledged himself to exert all iossible Influence upon the two men to have them suspend the order barring the Japanese from the school f. They believe the situation as presented by President Roosevelt. Secretary of State Root, and Secretary of War Taft, combined with their influence -and advice will have a successful termination and avert the crisis. The members of the delegation have sent telegrams to prominent men at home counselling moderation and a cessation of inflamation utterances. It was the first intention to have Governor Gillette accompany the school board officials here but it was later decided that he could perform a greater service In California by using his best endeavor to prevent Inflammatory speeches in the general assembly and urge that no bills are introduced prohibiting Japanese child-

ren from attending the public schools or affecting Japanese laborers. How Ja?s Were Excluded, j f An official investigation discjc that the school board of San F-t'jTCl4' In adopting resolutions for tb,,, t giuuu ui me Caucasian aui. lian races, acted under sec' uct Itof the civil code of Ca!iforjt jt to. reads as follows: oLU"Trustees shall have th exclude children of filthyhabits, and also to estabJir. schools for Indian childrei children of Mongolian or C . cent. When such seperate uone established, Indian, Chinesctucago. golian children must not b Into any other school." luoiciii". On May 16, 1905. the scl adopted a resolution press! termination to effect the ment of seperate schools f and Japanese pupil3. On C it directed principals to sen;. ese, Japanese or Corean clftln'y"" the Oriental public school cl, . .

ter Monday. October 15, lfMrienc. It is officially held hereM under Japanese axe not Mongolian ugin8 t - urateat.