Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 358, 3 February 1907 — Page 1

BIG MOM) FA AJIIJMo VOL. XXXI. XO. 358. Richmond, Indiana, Sunday Morning, February 3, 1907. Single Copies, 3 Cents. TO WRESTLE WITH AI1TI-TRUST BILLS Important Work on the Program of Legislature for the Coming Week. A SLAP AT OFFICIALS BAQ COLLISION IN PANHANDLE YARDS THE WEATHER PROPHET. DEFENSE WANTS 110 CHANGE IN JURORS TOT ON TRAIN ALONE NEWSPAPERS ASKED TO LEND THEIR AID INDIANA Fair and continued cold Sunday 2nd Monday; fresh " to brisk northwesterly winds. OHIO Fair and colder Sunday, except snow flurries along Lake Erie; Monday fair. BY CHICAGO GRAND JURY WENT PAST DESTINATION Asks that Mayor Close 100 Saloons and Thinks Official Connivance of Lawlessness Must Soon be Taken in Its City. Was Put On at Indianapolis and Was to Have Been Transferred Here for Grand Rapids Went Through to Columbus.

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A Passenger Train Crashes Into Freight Standing on the Main Track. 4 CARS WERE DERAILED

Thaw's Lawyers Are Entirely Satisfied with That Body as It Stands. President Calls on Them to Minimize the Talk of a Japanese Conflict. Legislature in Brief.

KIRKMAN TO MAKE FIGHT

HE WILL BRING IN MINORITY REPORT ON THE 161ST REGIMENT BILL WHICH WAS TURNED DOWN IN COMMITTEE. (By Demas S. Coe.) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb., 2. AntI trust legislation is the big thins on the j program for this week in the general j assembly of Indiana, and the senate will be the first to deal with the subject. It Is admitted that one of the most difficult pieces of work that the assembly has in hand is the framing of a suitable auti-trust law; one which will be of sufllclent strength to enable the state to throttle any combinations of capital that are in reality conducting business in an unlawful manner, but one which will not endanger in, any way those conce'rns engaged in legitimate pursuits. The Hawkins bill; the administration measure, has received the widest publicity, partly because of the fact that Governor Hanly and Attorney General Bingham, (the author) have seen fit to give it much arlvertisinf - T:;isv . die j t fz.at ut u act ow vti uai.iv .. w - have attracted wide attention and have aroused more or less antagonism. At this particular time the Hawkins bill is in committee and with it are three other trust bills, one by Senator Kirkman, the second by Senator CavIns and third by Senator Hugg. Senator Kirkman's and Senator Hugg's bills are modeled after the Sherman anti-trust law, modified so as to make it apply to State instead of nation. The authors of the four bills, together with Senator Farber, have been named as a committee to consider the "best course to pursue afid onMondayi this committee will meet and will attempt to embody In a single bill all of the best feature1? of the four measures, and In a general way will attempt to retain the general outline of the IIawk!ns bill. Senntor Hawkins. Governor Hanly and Attorney General Bingham are opposed to the committee doing anything that, shall in any way tend to destroy the strength of the Hawkins bill but it has been demonstrated already that Governor Hanly is having a hard time to keep his many measures in the general assembly at all without insisting that they must be enacted into law just as they were drawn. Senator Hawkins' bill is too long to be reproduced in full but the i title, which is the longest that has ever graced or burdened any Ieglslatlve measure in. recent years, indicates In no uncertain manner what such a law would deal out to some ; classes of business. The title of the bill is as follows: A bill for an act to protect trade, commerce and bus'ness of every kind against unlawful restraints, combinations and monopolies and declaring unlawful and void all acts, schemes, designs, undertakings, plans, arrangements, agreements, trusts and combines formed or attempted by any resident or nonresident persons, domestic or foreign copartnership, corporation, joint stock company, organization, syndicate, association, agency or board; to restrict, retard, Impede, strlfie, influence, control, engross, forestall, or in any manner interfere with trade, business, or commerce of any kind or the price or cost of any article, mineral. Insurance or indemni

ty of any kind, contract, work, pro- j residents say there could be no obduction. property, commodity, bidding ' jection to the division of the ward on

or letting, transportation, furnishing, delivering or thing, natural, artificial or otherwise, in any manner whatever; reserving power to form partnerships, corporations, joint stock companies and associations; of owners of patents and copyrights to fix prices: providing for fines, forfeitures, recoveries and punishment by imprisonment; providing that art is remedial; that its provisions are cuniulative; that violations or attempted vio-1 lations of this act shall be a conspiracy against trade, commerce and business; giving the circuit courts, crim Inal courts and supreme courts jurisdiction to try and determine certain violations of this act. and all necessary and incidental powers now vested In the circuit courts in other civil and criminal cases; giving the circuit and superior courts of Marion county, and the supreme court jurisdiction of such suits coextensive In the state; defining the duties of the attorneygeneral and prosecuting attorneys, and authorizing citizens to prosecute actions in violation of this act: authorizing expenses of suits brought by the attorney-general to be paid out of the state treasury; declaring what shall be sufficient charge In any indictment, bill or information, for violation of act, including violations of common law, and what shall be sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case for violating act, and making the filing of an information or indictment by the attorney eeneral nrima faoie evidence of the truth of the facts alleged; declaring certain con-, . (Continued on Page Seven.)

IPubllshers Prcss.J Chicago, III., Feb. 2. "It is our judgment that such lawlessness as exists in Chicago cannot continue without official connivance." In these words the January grand jury summed up its investigation today of the gambling situation and flourish of immoral saloons. In discussing the gambling question, the report dealt mainly with the steamer City of Traverse, which sails Lake Michigan, taking wireless reports of races and doing a rushing business with those who "play the ponies." The jury calls on the police department to arrest each day as a vagrant

passenger on the City of Trav. I erse. as he disembarks from the vessel at its Calumet river dock. Governor Deneen is also requested to ask the governor of Indiana to institute gambling prosecutions against tnose interested in the craft Wholesale indictments were returned against gamblers and proprietors of disorderly saloons. Mayor Dunne Is asked to revoke 100 saloon licenses. WANT DIVISION OF THE SEVENTH WARD Fairview Civic League xo Take Up the Matter at Its Meeting Thursday. WANT BETTER COUNCILMAN RESIDENTS OF FAIRVIEW DISSATISFIED WITH COUNCILMAN MCMAHAN, ARE AFTER RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES. The Fairview Civic league at It3 regular meeting next Thursday Improvement semi-monthly evening will consider means' for the division of the seventh ward. This Is not a new proposition but the determined stand now being taken by the Fairview property owners makes Its realization a probability. The reason for this insistent action is a desire for more efficacious representation in the city council. As stated by a prominent member of the Fairview Civic Improvement league yesterday. Councilman McMahan, the present incumbent Gf tne office from the seventh Ward, ig not ony fln infrequent attendant at . . , , ,, the city council but has evinced small denotation of possessinj the charac teristic the Fairview people except in their councilman, namely, aggression in looking after their interests. The Fairview people attribute the lack of solicitation on the part of McMahan to the fact that he is a resident of "West Richmond and consequently not vitally Interested in the welfare of Fairview. Hence they want a division of the ward that they may have a councilman to represent solely that part of the present seventh ward lying north of the railroad. Ward Has 800 Voters. The seventh ward has at the present time about S00 voters; more than any other in the city and nearly enough to form three wards of the required numerical size, therefore the this account. The question has arisen as to just where the proposed division of the ward should be made. The people of West Richmond are advocating Richmond avenue as the division line but the Fairview residents make strenuous objections to this, asserting that they would then be no better represented in council than now, because of the large number of votes in West Richmond to be thrown to a candidate that might run for councilman from south of the railroad. The Fairview people insist that the division line bo the Pennsylvania railroad, and that the part of the city known as Fairview constitute a ward. The Civic Improvement meeting on Thursday night will be in the nature of a mass meeting. The Fairview people are going to make a strong stand for the proposition they are now agitating and will probably take some action at this meeting towards bringing about the desired result. Ask Partition of Estate. George W. Hodsoa yesterday filed suit for a partition of the estate of Orpha Husson, the other heirs being Charles Johnson, Orpha Johnson and Howard Johnson. The estate is valued at $2,000. Want Bogus Check Man. Superintendent Bailey yesterday received a circular from William H. PIerce' chlef of police, Boston, Mass., asking him to look out for Howard Miller a bogus check worker.

LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURTCOOL HEADEDNESS OF ENGINEER BAILES PREVENTED TERRIBLE DISASTER.

Had it not been for the cool headedness of Engineer Balles of No. 313 the Incoming Richmond and Dayton accommodation, last night, that train would have been completely splintered and perhaps many lives lost as the result of a collision between his train and freight train Xo. 286 leaving Richmond about eight o'clock for the east. The freight train was standing on the main track in the yards awaiting orders although it was known that it was time for the passenger train bound for Richmond to pull into the yards. When it was seen that a collision was Inevitable Engineer Bailes whose train was at that time going about twenty miles an hour, applied the emergency brakes. The engines met with a crash, the sound of which could be heard several squares. The locomotives were disabled while the three freight cars and caboose on the freight train were thrown off the track by the force of the collision and the wreckage delayed the incoming passenger train on the Columbus div'sion three hours. Neither any members of the train crews or the passen-' gers were injured although the latter sustained a severe fright as the result of the accident. The property loss was $2,000. In speaking of the wreck, one of the passengers . on the accommodation, said that the passenger would have been splintered had it carried two more passenger coaches as the weight of the train would have been enough to propel it into the freight which was standing at a standstill at the time of j tb--wreclcllB-iU..so4dwth,a t Jtjhe freight crew on the freight was direct- j ly to blame as it was known that the j passenger was due to pass through ' the yards. He wo loud In his praise i of the work ' "er Bailes. ! Engineer f 'era and P. W. j Mills of thh 'io were on the j freight jumper 3a they saw that ti.e collision was coming. In order that the passengers on the accommodation might not be required to wait in the yards while the wreckage was being cleared a passenger car was run to the yards where the passengers were picked up and . brought Into the city. DEFINITE ANSWER EXPECTED MONDAY 'Tis Day for Traction Company Giving Its Decision to Centervillians. TO MEET COMMISSIONERS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO THE WEST WILL BE ON HAND TO UPHOLD THEIR SIDE OF TRACTION FARE SQUAB&LE. The county commissioners will hold their first meeting of February term tomorrow. The most important matter to come before the board is the remonstrance of the people of Centerville against the payment of excessive fares on limited cars of the Indianapolis & Eastern. It is expected that Attorney Latta will be present, and state clearly just what stand the company intends to take with reference to this much discussed question. The board at its last meeting, it will be remembered demanded that the company put on a straight fare of iy2 cents, and they want to know without further delay if the traction people intend to accede thereto. The commissioners as well as the people of Centerville are growing very weary of delays in this matter, and if they do not get a definite answer from Mr. Latta tomorrow it is quite likely that they will do things. One of the results of the refusal of the company to comply with the demand of the board will in all probability be the taking of immediate steps to bring about a forfeiture of their franchise. A big delegation of Centerville citizens have announced their intention of being present at the meeting. Monthly P. 0. Receipts. The receipts at the local postoffice for the month of January, amounted to $3,3S7.17, and after thirteen mail clerks on the Xenia and Richmond divisions of the Pennsylvania, the Mackinaw and Richmond division of the G. R. & L, and the clerks on the C, C & L. were, paid, $2,121.33 was sent t0 the sub treasury in Cincinnati.

SENATE. Senator Cox's 60-cent gas bill was advanced to engrossment without amendment. Senator Benz's primary election bill was killed in committee. Petitions, signed by 1.S99 citizens of Indianapolis, favoring the passage of the 60-cent gas bill, were read. Bill to appropriate $2,500 for a statue of Gen. George Rogers Clark, at New Albany, was killed. HOUSE. Bill providing $100,000 for live stock pavilion at state fair grounds recommended for passage. Bill creating state board of accountancy recommended for passage. Bill fixing life penalty for habitual criminals recommended for passage. Child labor bill of A. F. of L. recommended for passage.

SOCIALLY SNUBBED; TO RETURN HOME Madame Anna Gould Loses Place in French Society Because of Divorce. IS PREPARING TO LEAVE HER CITY RESIDENCE IN PARIS SOLD AND APPLICATION MADE TO TAKE HER SONS FROM FRANCE. Publishers Press.! Paris, Feb., 2. Disheartened over her failure to gain the position she onceJieldJnParis society following her action in divorcing"" her husband Madame Anna Gould, formerly 1 pountess De Castellane, is preparing to dispose of most of her property in Paris and will return to the United States just as soon as the courts will allow her to take her children out of trance. Madame Gould has already sold her town house on the Avenue Dubois and in the future will spend most of her time, while in France at her Desmarias palace. Since Madame Gould divorced her former husband French society has manifested an aversion to her, declaring she had been too public in dragging Count Boni through the mire of the divorce court. Now that Madame Gould has lost her title, members of American society do not find her nearly so interesting as she was before, and they too, have snubbed her. Nursing her sor- ' row the brave little American woman, however, is striving to hide her domestic troubles. She believes a trip to her native land will be great benefit to her and will sail just as soon as permission is given her to remove her sons from France. D. & W. CAR JUMPS TRACK Faulty Switch near the Driving Park Derails Car and Stops Traffic for a Time. The outbound Dayton and Western passenger car, loaded down with passengers, jumped the track near the driving park yesterday afternoon about four o'clock and traffic was delayed for more than three hours. Owing to the large number of people on the car, the accident wras considered a lucky one, as no one was badly injured. The accident was attributed to a faulty switch at the point of the derailment. FIRST DECISION FINAL THE I. & E. WILL NOT FIGHT It Is Said that in Case the Decision in Circuit Court is Against the Company, It Will Build Ft. Wayne Avenue Freight House. It is stated on pretty good authority, that if there is a conviction in the case of the conductor, and motprman arrested for hauling freight on Main street, and carried to the circuit court on an appeal, the Indianapolis tracttion company will take no further steps to test the legality of the ordinance under which this arrest was made. It was at first thought that injunction proceedings might be brought, but those in a position to know, say that there is no likelihood of such a step. A local jobber said yesterday that he had received information that Indicated that the company had about come to the conclusion to build a freisht depot on Ft. Wayne avenue."

THE COST OF THE TRIAL

THE SLAYER OF WHITE ANXIOUS THAT THE REAL ACTION OF THE CASE SHOULD BEGIN AT ONCE. tPubllshers Press.J New York, Feb. 2. The defense in the trial of Harry K. Thaw, for the killing of Stanford White, will call more than fifty witnesses and three weeks will be consumed in the taking of testimony. Any attempt to chang the makeup of the jury on Monday, when the prosecution opens its case, will be vigorously opposed by Thaw's lawyers. These statements are made on the authority of A. Russell Peabody, of counsel for the defense, who Imparted the information regarding the immediate intentions of the defense today, and added: "We are perfectly satisfied with the jury as it stands and will certain ly oppose any further effort to change it. We are anxious for the trial to proceed, and will be ready to go ahead on Monday morning. "As to what line the defense will take, I am not at liberty to say. We have not and shall not give any hint of anything we mean to do along those lines. 'The presentation of our side of the case will probably consume three weeks. We have a raft of witnesses about fifty in all. How many we shall call depends on the developments of the trial." When the proceedings begin on Monday the opening address for the people will be delivered by Assistant District Attorney Garvan. It will be brief. Then will come the people's witnesses, who will tell how Stanford White was slain. These will include eye-witnesses of the Madison Square Garden tragedy. What more the prosecution intends to establish has not been hinted at and will not be knnwa- uaiU,3JUar short address. It is known that hosts of witnesses are under subpoena for use in rebuttal in case the character of Stanford White is attacked. There has been considerable speculation as to the probable cost of the trial to the county of New York, and many wild guesses have been made in this connection. In order to settle the matter for good and all, figures have been obtained in the district attorney's office that show the total cost of the trial for the county will be somewhere between $10,000 and $15,000, an exceedingly low figure when all the circumstances are considered. The fees to medical experts will be more than half the total amount. The two trials of Roland Molineux put the county to an expense of upward of $80,000, and it cost $50,000 to convict Albert T. Patrick. In both the trials of Molineux and Patrick many medical experts were employed, and experts are luxuries. In the Thaw case three medical experts are lined up with the prosecution. They are doctors Flint, MacDonald and Mabon. These medical experts receive a compensation dependent on their appearance in court. They are paid $100 a day for every day they attend the sessions. Each day that talesmen have been examined has seen them within the enclosure allotted to the prosecution. They will probably be in attendance for three weeks longer, which means fifteen " additional court days, so at a rough estimate they will receive $2,500 from the county,or$7,500 in all. Thaw arose early this morning and after a couple of turns around the corridors, read every word about the trial in the morning papers. After spending a couple of hours in this manner ho began to show impatience for the arrival of his relatives. The possibility that one or more of the jurors will be dropped is the only cloud in the prisoner's sky. He is very impatient to have the real action of the trial begin at once and chafes at the squabble over the jurors, although he realizes that it is the most important preliminary in the fight for his life. The Thaw jury was "at home" today at the Grand Central hoteL Because of the weather, the jurors were not anxious to take a stroll, but planned to remain quietly in their rooms until tomorrow afternoon and then take a carriage ride through the park. DEATH FROM PARALYSIS Mrs. Mary K. Trumbull of Centerville Passed Away at Indianapolis Yesterday. Centerville, Ind., Feb., 2, (Spl.) A dispatch has been received here announcing the death of Mrs. Mary K. Trumbull, of Centerville at the home of her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Rice at Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon, February second. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spears left for Indianapolis on last Thursday and were In attendance at her bedside to the last. The remains will be brought to the family home In Centerville on Sunday. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. "

Little Hazel Sawyer, of Grand Rapids, Mich., aged 4 years, was the victim of circumstances Friday night and yesterday, which no doubt would have caused considerable worry to an older mind. She wes placed on No. S, tho Indianapolis and Columbus flyer, by an unknown man in Indianapolis Friday afternoon and carried through to Columbus, the conductor on the train thinking she was one of the party of children with whom she was playing. When the train arrived in Columbus, "the woman in the case" took her children from the train, leaving Hazel The trainmen asked the lady if she had not forgotten one of her children and she answered in the negative and he then looked in a basket which the little one had with her and found a note which asked that the girl be transferred at Richmond for Grand Rapids. She was brought back to this city and placed on a G. R. & I train at noon yesterday. While in this city she was in charge of O. E. White man.

MUDDY TORRENT IS POURIHGJITU CITY Crest of the Flood Now Only a Few Hours Distant from Memphis. RETAINING WALL TUMBLES GUARDS PATROLLING THE LEVEES ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN STATE OF ARKANSAS DAY AND NIGHT. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 2. With the crest of the flood only a few hours from Memphis and all records for high water broken during the day, the situation tonight is dangerous. Any moment the levee at Hollybush is expected to break, entailing tremendous damage in Arkansas and putting ail railroads west from Memphis out of commission. The St. Francis levee officials with a large force of men are working night and day against fearful odds. At best only a few inches more of water can be vithstoqd. In North Memphis several blocks are flooded, as a result of the failure of a retaining wall to hold the water backed up in the bayou Gayoso. Nearly a thousand people, mostly colored, have been forced out of their homes. Their funiture has been taken in charge by the Installment houses and the owners will lose heavily as a result. There is little actual suffering so far, however. The owners of skiffs are reaping a harvest. A uniform charge of ten cents is made to carry a passenger from one side of the street to the other. Along the river above and below, in Arkansas and Mississippi, the situation is critical, and guards are patrolling the levees night and day. Although the officials are hopeful, many residents of the territory protected by the Hollybush levee are leaving. The boats are bringing many refugees daily. Rains have partly undone the work of building up the weak spots, but a strenuous effort is being made to prepare for six inches more of water. At Vicksburg about 350 convicts have been sent up the river to fight the flood. The river has risen 0.2 in 24 hours. Water went over the North Helena levee this morning, but this does not affect Helena, North Helena is not part of the city. One of the strongest levees on the river is between the city and the flooded district. The levee can stand eight feet, more of water. All the available forces of the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mlsslssippy Valley systems were placed today at the disposal of the flood fighters and possible sufferers, by personal di-; rection of President J. i. iiaranan, to William L. Smith, his personal representative at Memphis. WAS LITTLE IMPROVEMENT Weather for the Past Week Some Better Than for Weeks Preceding, But Not Much. The official weather report for the past week shows that thi3 section of the country has been favored with better weather than for several weeks prior. There were but two entirely cloudy days; a foggy one, two hazy and two clear. The rainfall totaled .37 inch and the fail of snow was inconsiderable. The temperatures follow: Date. High- Low. January 27 ..20 2 January 28 .. . 26 2 January 29 .. .. 31 17 January 30 .... 30 23 January 31 .. - 33 21 February 1...... 29 33 February 2 .. .. -. 41 13

PLANS FOR SETTLEMENT

ROOSEVELT WANTS MIKADO TO PREVENT COOLIES COMING HERE BATTLESHIP OREGON PUT IN FIGHTING TRIM. I Publishers Press.1 Washington, Feb., 2. President Roosevelt Is urging newspaper correspondents to do all in their jvowcr to minimize the talk of a probahl war between the United States and Japan. He is explaining in detail the method by which he expects to avoid any further Irritation between the two governments. He expresses the utmost confidence in his ability to bring tho San Francisco school authorities to his way of thinking. He, therefore, feels no hesitancy in asking the correspondence to deny that the situation i3 serious or acute. The president had a special audience this afternoon with the correspondents of those newspapers which aro staunch supporters of his administration. To the members of the party he expressed his positive belief that when the San Francisco authorities take up the question with him he will have no serious trouble in getting them to agree to the withdrawal of the order barring Japanese pupils from the public schools of their city. Plans for Final Settlement. The president plans for a final settlement of the coolie labor problem, in which it is said the Japanese ambassador heartily concurs, involves the issuance of an imperial edict and the negotiation of a codicil to the existing commercial treaty. The edict will forbid Japanese leavlng the empire for the United States. It may appeal to the patriotism of tho Japanese in declaring that their services are more necessary to the prosperity of the government at home and in Corea and Manchuria. The proposed codicil to the existing , -.y. j-j -iiiir t nlirety "V itiflue"fcwi ua(ViC7?71eaSr-CfMn from this country and the barring of American workmen from Japan. Tho remainder of the treaty will bo left undisturbed. t No Faith In Legislation. It was made evident by the president's utterances this afternoon that he does not believe anything can bo accomplished by legislation looking to Japanese exclusion. He thinks a long period of time would bo required for the passage of a bill through congress. He also believes that it would be attended by the delivery of so many inflammatory speeches us to render this course dangerous. He considers a treaty the only practicable method of settling the . question. The argument will constitute one of his strong points in presenting his case to the San Francisco delegation. He will assure them that tho California delegation In congress cannot render any assistance by urging exclusion legislation, buLthat he alono can procure relief through the medium of an Imperial edict and a codicil to the commercial treaty now in operation. $1,000,000 to Repair Oregon. The concerted denials from all American officials that absolutely nothing Is being done looking to preparation of war made somewhat ridiculous this afternoon when Secretary Metcalf. himself a citizen of California, issued an order allowing $1,000,000 for the immediate prosecution of repairs to the battleship Oregon, now lying at the Puget Sound navy yard. This allowance of $1,000,000 is intended to put this famous battleship, wblchwas the historic figure in the Spanish American war, strictly first class condition. The action of Secretary Metcalf is made all the more significant and conspicuous by the fact that the Oregon is on the Pacific coast, where It is to be desired that every available warship should be ready for prompt and efficient sea service. Official Circles Interested. Official circles are deeply Interested in the question whether or not President Roosevelt and his cabinet advisors will be successful in their efforts to dominate the San Francisco school authorities. Upon its final answer In a great degree hinges the probability of an open rupture between the United States and Japan. The president is In no wise disconcerted over the report from the Pacific coast that the school board officials have pledged themselves to remain firm and not consent to the obnoxious order, being either suspended or rescinded. The greatest encouragement is derived from the attitude of the California delegation In congress, which to a man several months ago denounced the presidents attitude on the Japanese question. In the, face of an overwhelming popular sentiment at home, and at the risk of the possible political effacement In the future, they have united to exert all their influence upon the school board to bring the members to the position now occupied by President Roosevelt. There will be little, if any change In the situation during the -coming "week. The conference between tho president and the board of education of San Francisco cannot be held before Friday or Saturdav.