Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 361, 9 February 1907 — Page 1

r too MOM) PA VOL. XXXI. NO. 36 L Richmond, Indiana. Saturday Morning, February 9, 1907. Single Copy, One Cent.

LOBBY FAILED TO KILL MARKED BILL

"Blind Tiger" Measure Scheduled for Death Blow Ready or Engrossment. ACTION BY THE HOUSE DAILY BILL RAISED AWFUL MUSS AMONG PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS MONTH OF LEGISLATURE REMAINS. (By Demas S. Coe.) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 8. The work of the bis lobby which a few days ago "framing" up things so that

tno uaniara nana ugei buuum w but ew of the fact that the Cen. Killed in the house, received a body terville people are especially interestblow this afternoon when that body ed in its speedy settlement, it has by a vote of 56 to 34 sent the measure tn suggested that a citizen of that ' i.lace refuse to pay the excess, and splnnmg on its way to engrossment. , h!mgeIf to be ejected from a This, in the minds of the legislative . car Any resident of the little town prognostlcators,' means that the "blind imbued with a desire to assume the tiger" bill is certain of passage. It j role of a martyr, will never find a bett j a v. v ter opportunity for gratifying his ammust be admitted, however, that the He wouM flt the same t,me objections to the bill do not emanate ; pace hig neighbors under everlasting from a class of law violators. There obligation to him. It is doubtful,

is a feeling among druggists and other dealers who handle intoxicating liquors that some of the provisions are aimed directly at them when they should not be. The framer of tne bill declares that there is positive- ! ly nothing contained therein which can in any way effect the man who handles intoxicating liquors and who sells other than as a retailer.' unless he should endeavor to do a retailing business without having procured a license permitting such Bort of business. A strenuous effort will be made to amend the bill when it comes up on third reading next week but it seems a foregone conclusion that the bill will pass In some form or other, likely in Its present shape. The Daily house bill has raised i an awful muss among public service j corporations and if all of them knew - tonight' what the redcraft of the mea7' vu lal Ite toIudiahapolis to itU - vrotests. There is no fear, hoim. that they will be missing when: the public bearing takes place next Wednesday or Thursday night. The Daily bill seeks to ' regulate public utilities,, telephone, light, water, heat j and power. It has been before the house for weeks, but today blossomed out in new form and the Indianapolis companies, learning of it, swooped down on the committee this afternoon and gave vent to their dis pleasure in no uncertain phrases.

One provision of the bill is that any dy to start out ,nto tfie active duties venson building since the sale was public service corporation which shall : of a hi&n school career. Following consummated, back in January of cut its rates to meet those of a com- j tne overture by the Garfield orches- 904. This declaration was repeatpetitor, in an effort to drive such a tra tne Rev- S. R. Lyons of the United ed several times in answer to quescornpetitor out of business, shall not Presbyterian church gave the invoca-. tions by James W. Noel, who is conbe permitted to raise its rates to the I tion- Miss Magdalena Engelbert ren-' ducting the inquiry for the state, former schedule even should it be I dered a very beautiful piano solo at Then it was with suddenness and sur-

shown that the reduced rates were i confiscatory in their operation and w-ould simply kill the company after a time. The Daily bill also provides that if a public service company is found to be charging some of Its patrons one price and others a lower price, that the lower price shall immediately become operative for all consumers. The telephone company which may fix a low rate to patrons In order to get their service, would not be permitted to increase the price. Where a franchise is held by a public service corporation and the company seeks to increase its rates under the franchise, there must be a vote of the people ratifying such Increase. Just taking a casual glance at the measure, indicates that the house will be stormed by the public service corporations In short order and those represented at the meeting this afternoon said that it probably was the only measure ever Introduced In the world that forb!d competition something that all anti-trust laws try to provide. The senate this afternoon passed the Ganiard private banking bill which seeks to throw about such In stltutions everv safe sruard Thprf was a siege before the bill went to a v" but there were but two member- who voted against it and one of them w as John Benz of : Levanworth. the oldest member nf tc i upper branch and a German whose dialect is the delight of the members and of the spectators. When his name was called he arose and with all his native dignity said: "Meester Presidunt: I vill have to vote 'no.' If dere is vun ding in di vorld I obpose, it is a private bank. Vunce, some years ago, I put $400 in a private bank. The bank bust. I believe I have noddings more to say, only dot I vote 'no.' The Ganiard private banking bill Is ;

one of the voluminous documents of the session and Its provisions are Artllur Williams, an old Richmond po numerous and so drastic in charac- l0 Is no'w' at tne head of the "Wonter that many amendments were of- derland" theatrical company which

fered this afternoon and some of them were accepted. It is said, bowever, by banking experts, that the measure in no way will interfere wun uie msuiuuons tnat it is drawn to regulate, but will strengthen the . public confidence In them. j i Tto senate this afternoon passod Senator Will R. Wood's bill to pro-. - (Coutinued on Pace FIvc.i

THE EXCESS FARE RIDDLE

STILL AWAITS AN ANSWER Commissioners Will Meet Toaay and Centerville Residents May Then Advance Their Case Against the I. &. C. a Step Further. A meeting of the county ' commissioners is billed for today and that aged excess fare matter is on the programEven if Attorney Latta of the Indianapolis & Eastern is present, which is not among the probabilities. I it is safe to wager that the board will ! receive no definite information as to the intention of the company. .Mr. Latta will doubtless be armed with an excuse for another delay. The commissioners have como to the conclusion that this matter will have to be settled by the courts, and ' they have ceased to worry very much about it. In just wl at form it will , its way into a legal tribunal, is, of course, merely a matter of conjecture, however, if there will be any competition for the honor. FORTY-NINE READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL President Kelly Addresses Garfield Students on Occasion of Graduation. CHAPEL WAS WELL FILLED SPEAKER TELLS THE PUPILS THAT THEY ARE REALLY JUST ",-Ft""'iinif!Fi h I HEM TO GO FORWARD. The midwinter commencement exercises of the Garfield school were held yesterday afternoon in the high school assembly room. President Robert L. Kelly of Earlham delivering the class address. The auditorium was almost completely filled by the parents and immediate friends of those young people, forty nine in all, who were reabe clos ot the invocation which was followed by the address by Mr. Kelly, i Address by Pres. Kelly. He said in part: ; "I consider it a rare privilege In ' having the opportunity of standing before the class of 1907 to give their class address and a privilege to be able to stand before the parents and

friends of the young people. I ful- there. I did not know you meant ly realize just what this day means that." to them. It is a day of conflicting j "And you were there by appointemotions, purposes and ideas. Com- i ment, were you not," Mr. Noel de-

mencement although held at the close of the school term, is full of anticipation of the future. It is a day when the hearts of the young men and young women are filled with joy sadness and regret, joy in the anticipation of what is to come, sadness and regret that the associations of former school days are broken and abandoned. Their future associations will be new and strange. Their lives . are filled with jov and 1 anticipation In being ably prepared to I reach out into life for the better and larger things. It is also a day of contradictions, a day of endings and , beginnings. The boys feel that it is a day when their work is ended, how-i ever the older minds fully appreciate ' tDe fact that it is the dav of besrin-1 ninS3. The day is typinl of things they will find constantly conflicting during their years to come. They will nave the same conflicting ideas the same conflicting emotions." President Kelly then dwelt at length I upon many great men and events, (Continued on Page Five.) WILL ATTEND IN A BODY Arthur Williams to Get Warm Reception from Entre Nous Club at the Gennett Tonight. shows at the Gennett tonight, and nas a number of friends who are mem-! bers of tne Entre Nous club. Out of resIect to nim an(J to the high class j i is rt-yrceuuiij;, . the members of the club will attend i &ovr in a body tonight. It Is ex-1 pected that at least eighty people will After th show, the club will ent1"1'" the members of the orgnnization at an informal reception In the club rooms, in th. L O. O. F. buildinsv ?

PRESIDENT SWEENEY IS POT OIIDEB FIRE

Head of State Life insurance Company Has Trying Time on Witness Stand. ENTERS GENERAL DENIAL SWORE AND RESWORE THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT COMMISSIONS BEING PAID WHEN1 STEVENSON BUILDING WAS SOLD. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. S. (Spl.) For one hour and thirty . minutes this morning, President Sweeney, of the State Life Insurance company, sat in the witness chair at the state's inquiry into the affairs of the insurance company, and swore and reswore that he knew nothing about any commissions having been paid on the sale of the Stevenson building. Absolute denial was made by him that he had ever talked with either Vice President Quinn of William F. Churchman in the office of W. E. Mick & Co., or ever saw either of these in the office. He declared with vehemence that he had received $25,000 In commissions. . It had been testified to yesterday by W. E. Mick that President Sweeney and Vice-President Quinn ' received $50,000 for voting- in favor of the insurance company's buying the Stevenson building, the present home of the company. Mr. Mick testified that frequent meetings had been held In the back room at his office and that after the sale of the building had been consummated, " Mr. Churchman had brought over two large packages of bank notes, one containing $25,000 to "bo given Mr. Quinn and the other containing $20,000 for the Micks. Mr. Mick also testified that President Sweeney had told him that he had "got his $25,000 all right." x Visit to Micks. Mr. Sweeney testified that he had never gone to Mr. Mick's office In regard to the sale of the building, but had. been there to see Mr. Mick about the sale of other properties. During these visits to Mr. Mick's office, the witness said, the sale of the Stevenson building bad been broached, but alwayqby -one Qfthe jfllckay either W. during the sharp' examination to which he was subjected. President Sweeney admitted that he probably had gone to the office of the Micks to talk about the sale of the Stevenson building. The one. big inconsistency of President Sweeney's testimony, however, nroa In roirarrl tn (nnfprpnfPS hp had with E. L. Mick since the sale of the building four years ago. Sweeney declared that he had not talked to young Mr. Mick in regard to the Steprise that Mr. Noel, rising from the chair, exclaimed: Sweeney Changes Front. "What were you talking about to Mr. Mick last . Wednesday morning when you were with him at Thirtieth and Illinois street?" "Oh!" ejaculated President Sweeney with a Rasp: "Yes I was with him manded. . - f ' "Yes, sir," admitted Mr. Sweeney. "And you were talking about, the ! Stevenson building?" persisted Mr. Noel. "We were talking in regard to commissions that had been paid on the sale of the building," said Sweeney. "Yes, and you broke down and wept, didn't you?" 'No, I did not weep," said Sweeney, ! with a faint smile. Appointment with E. L. Mick, The questioning Into this point brought out that Mr. Quinn told Mr. Sweeney last Wednesday morning that E- L. Mick wished to see him (Sweney), aand that Sweeney and Mick conferred. Mick then told bweeney tnat the elder Mick was go-j 'ing to testify at the state's inquiry in I regard to having seen money transferred between Sweeney, Quinn and j j William F. Churchman. J Time and again Mr. Noel tried to j oreaK tiown President sweney s ctecia rations that he had never seen either Quinn of Churchman in the Micks office or talked with them there. The witness insisted, however, regardless of the way the question was put, that he had not. Sharp questions were put and answered sharply, but the sum total of the evidence after it Lad been thrashed out was summed up in Sweeney's first declaration that he had never seen either of the men mentioned there. WABASH PROFITS BY FUND College at Crawf ordsville Gets $125,000 of Money Given to Education by Rockefeller. The local alnmni bt Wabash college rill receive with considerable satisfaction . the information that of the immense sum already given to the general educational board bv Rockefeller, that school "will szet S12ZSSQQ.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Fair and warmer Saturday, Sunday fair, increasing southerly winds. OHIO Fair Saturday and Sunday, exbcpb fJUSlui oiivm vi tain aiuuy j the lakes; warmer; fresh southerly winds. Legislature in Brief. HOUSE. The "blind tiger" bill was up for second reading and amendment. Motion by Mr. Volz, of Marlon county, to strike out the enacting clause and kill the bill was voted down. Amendment offered to relieve druggists from losing pharmacists' license . for violation of the law was defeated. Condo bill to prohibit pumping of natural gas was killed. SENATE. Senator Hawkin's new anti-trust bill advanced to engrossment after unsuccessful effort of minority to amend it. Senator Farber s bin, to create a new department of Insurance and to provide for further control of Insur - ance companies, advanced to engrossment. Senator Cavin's bill, to prohibit discrimination in prices of crude oil, advanced to engrossment. Passed Senator Kittinger's bill, to provide relief for wives' divorced husbands in certain. c,ses. Senator Parks' ot Marshall, introduced a bill to prev't reckless driving of automobiles. Senator Slack introduced a bill to take the selling of school text-books out of the hands of school officials. Senator Stotsenburg introduced a bill to exempt factories from taxation under certain conditions. EFFECTS OF FALL CAUSED HIS DEATH Capt. Isaac R. McDivitt, Aged Resident, Dead at Home on Kinsey Street. VETERA OIL CIVIL : WAR TWICE ENLISTED AND SERVED WITH GREAT DISTINCTION IS SURVIVED BY A WIFE AND TWO CHLDREN. CaPL Isaac K. McDivitt, a well known and respected resident of this city, died at his home . yesterday morning at 203 Kinsey street of paralysis of the nerves and blood vessels. Mr. McDivitt fell down a stairway at his home a few days after Thanksgiving and sustained such severe injuries that he never at any time thoroughly recovered from the effects, and as he has been gradually failing in health for the past few weeks, his death was expected at anv

time. Mr. McDivitt was born in more classes was held Thursday eveni . ing, to select six members of the Preble county, Ohio, 62 years ago and team The freshmen won four of the

came to Richmond when he was but nineteen years of age. Ho enlisted with the federal army twice during the civil war, first with the 35th Ohio Volunteen Infantry, in '61. The gruelling warfare soon told on his health j an dafter several months service was obliged to leave. He secured an honorable discharge. After he had recovered his health he enlisted with the 156th Ohio and was made cantaia After the war was over Mr. McDivitt returned to Richmond and has made his home, with the exception of a brief period when he resided In Cen- i terville. He has been actively con-! nected with several business Interests of the city as he was a contractor and builder. He is survived by a wife, Angla, and two children, Herbert, who is now connected with the Jones Hardware company, and Mrs. Will Coe, who resides two miles east or tne city. The funeral will be Monday at 9:30 o'clock from the home. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening, The burial will be in Earlham cemetery. LITTLE PUNISHMENT GIVEN Need of a Workhouse is Practically Shown in the Case of Lon Fisher the Negro. The police department is in hopes that the county commissioners will in the near future act favorably upon the recommendation to the grand jury that a workhouse be built. They say a jail sentence is no punishment at all to the average offender, and that as matter of fact the old timers really enjoy a term in the county bastile during the winter. They are supplied itb three good meals, and spend tneir.time chatting sleeping and playing cards. Such cases as that of Lon Fisher, the negro insulter of women emphasize the necessity for such an institution-

TO HIS BIRTHPLACE A PITIFUL WRECK

Ragged, Unkempt and a Slave to Drugs and Drink, James Jordan Comes Home. BEGS TO BE LOCKED UP A SAD RETURN FOR UNFORTU NATE MAN WHO ENTERED HAP-I PILY ON HIS LIFE HERE FIFTY YEARS AGO. Rsrsed unkemnL and almost in a

state of nervous prostration from the than it has been, as those that wish to excessive use of drugs and alcoholic : give have always had the opportunity stimulants, James Jordan presented of doing so. The athletes are much a picture of abject misery as he stood ' discouraged over this action. Eai 1before Superintendent Bailey pleading ; ham has always found it hard to meet to bo locked un on a charere of va-lthe expenses of her athletic contests,

nancr. Hia renuest was cranted. i and later, when Dr. Kruger, city pby - ! sician, called at police headquarters, he examined tne man and gave him medicine to steady his nerves A talk with Jordan developed the fact that he is a slave to a deadly combination cocaine, morphine and whisky. He is certainly a frightful example of what any one of these three habits will do to the man who follows them up. , It was a case of "home coming" when Jordan hobbled painfully into Richmond, for in this city more than half a century ago he first say the light of day. It was here that he spent the days of his youth, and grew to manhood's estate, with a brilliant future before him. His father was a well known Main street business man, and his mother a literary woman, the products of whose pen both prose and poetry found their way into the columns of some of the best magazines in the co untry. Naturally bright, and equipped with a good education there was no reason why he . should not forge ahead -in the battle of life, but when his parents died, he entered upon a career that culminated in his becoming a wanderer upon the faco of the earth. He did newspaper work in New York and other places, and very creditable work at that, it is said, but because of his habits was unable to retain a position for any great length of time. , Jordan expressed a desire for morphine yesterday, but it was not given tiev. poems to be unTsa1?r3t aer tne impression mat uo some place, and has ordered that he be photographed before being taken to jail this morning. His picture will be sent to Indianapolis, and other cities of the state. Truly the "home coming" of James Jordan was not fraught with joy. WILLIAMS WILL DEBATE Richmond Student Wins Additional Honors in Forensics at Indiana University. Clifton Williams, of this city, who Is attending Indiana university, was : one cf the two sophomores to win a place on the interstate debating team, A tryout of the freshman and sophoplaces and the sophomores two, WilHams being one of them. AFFIRMS KNAPP VERDICT Action by State Supreme Court Will Make it Hard for Murderer to Get Freedom. According to the decision of the supreme court of Indiana yesterday, in affirming the conviction of JofcV Knapp for the murder of Marshal t-eonara oeisier or Magerstovn, Knapp will have to serve his entire life sentence in the penitentiary unless he is pardoned or paroled. Ow ing to the ill feeling against Knapp at Hagerstown, it is hardly probable that a petition will ever come from that town. Knapp was convicted Oct. 25, 1903. Weighing Indiana Mail. Washington, D. C, Feb. 8. (Spl.) The postoffice department is now put ting on men to weigh the mail In the' division of the railway mail service, including Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Keniuckv ana several oiuer guiies. . i ne weighing will begin In a few days and j will continue for three months. In j making up the weighing forco eligi-1 bles for appointment, in the railway j mail service and substitute employes 1 have the preference. After this list j is. exhausted, appointments will be, made on the recommendations members of congress. of Continue Josie's Case. Josle Bond, who was arrested on a charge of drunkenness has decided to enter a plea of guilty. Yesterday she insisted on standing trial, and her case was continued until today. . This morning she will throw herself on the mercy of the court. There was a small blaze in the copper shop of J. J. Getz, on North I street, yesterday afternoon, which was quickly extinguished by the department The loss was trifling.

S1UDENTS HOT SATISFIED

D0NT LIKE RULING MADE Veel tnat Action of Earlham Trustees in Making the Support of Athletics Optional with Students Will Do Lit tie Good. Earlham students are very much put out over the recent action of the board of trustees of that institution regarding a petition signed by a large number of the students and asking that a sum of $1.50 per term be added to the tuition for the support of athletics. The board, instead of granting this request, suggested that each student give a sum of $1.25, making the gift optional with them. This left the matter In no better shape the athletes themselves generally havjing to share the larger part or me ex pense, as weu as comnuuuns meir time and physical abilities. They hoped that the board of trustees would i see fit to follow the example set by many other colleges in tne state anu add a small amount to uie tumon vu be used for athletic purposes, thus vtnsr this state of affairs. The alleced objection to this was that it would keen some students from at tending the college. WILL MEET WITH ROOSEVELT TODAY Mayor and Members of San Francisco School Board Arrive at Washington. IN A CONCILIATORY MOOD READY TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT AND IT 18 LIKELY 4APANESE QUESTION WILL BE AMIABLY SETTLED. I Publishers' Press.l Washington, Feb. S. In response to an urgent summons from the President of the United States, there arrived In Washington this evening the Mayor and members of the, school board of San , Francisco, in whose hands is popularly supposed to rest the fate of the nation. Delayed twenty-four hours in the Rocky mountains by heavy snows, the officials, travel-stained and weary were met at the Pennsylvania station by a committee from the California delegation in congress. They will confer with President Roosevelt at the White House tomorrow, and it is confidently hoped by all hands that a satisfactory solution of the present difficulties with the Japanese government will be worked i out. As stated by a member of the delegation tonight, they are in a receptive mode. If they can be shown that it is necessary for the good of the whole nation that they recede from their position with reference to the segregation of Japanese school children in San Francisco, they will bow to the presidents wishes and trust to providence to be able to square themselves with the folks at home. Don't Want Responsibility. They do not wish to be put in the position of being responsible for an entanglement with the Japanese govi ernmenL They will state their case freely and frankly to the President, and they will receive his arguments in like spirit. They believe that they will be able to show the president that he has not fully realized the intensity of feeling on the Pacific coast against the idea of recognizing the Japanese as social equals entitled to all the privileges accorded to our own citizens. They will dwell on the perlis of Japanese immigration to the industrial welfare of the coast states Their greatest desire at present is to bring about exclusion of Japanese coolie labor. If they can be convinced that a surrender of their convictions on the school question will affect this they will give in at once. Only about sixty children are Involved in this problem, and they regard it as a small matter comnared with the threatened inundation of the coast states with immigrants from Japan. It is stated there has been a marked reversal of public opinion on the coast, since the seriousness of the present situation became known out there. Although the newspapers of San Francisco have continued their anti-Japanese attitude, there has developed a spirit of conciliation among the people at large, particularly among the element represented by the gentlemen who have Just arrived in Washington. A lengthy conference was held at the New Wfilard tonight in which the visitors and the California congressman DartlciDated.

RESUMES SHOCKING TALE OF PERF.D7 OF THE LIBERTINE

Eveiyn Thaw Tells How Stanford Thaw, Destroyer of Maindenly Virtue, Pursued Her After Her Marriage. CIRCULATED WILFUL LIES REGARDING HER HUSBAND Induced Her to Sign Papers, the Contents of Which She , was in Ignorance Said Thaw was Dope Fiend. TT,ufcllshers, Press, j New York, Feb. 8.- Public interest in the Thaw trial grows with its progress. Mrs. Harry K. Thaw's ordeal was only begun when she left the witness stand, occupied by her practically all of Thursday's session, during which she brought down her narratlvo to the time when, after repeatedly refusing to marry Thaw, she returned to the stage. This was in 1903. Friday she took up the story where he left off Thursday. Although the story Mrs. Thaw told was simply the story as she told It to Thaw, and which Is supposed to have unhinged his mind. Thaw's attorney. Mr. Delmas, announced that the defense would not take advantage of the law that would make It impossible lor DEirarns k. zslmas the district attorney to attack tba truth of any statement In It, but that the defense would give be prosecution ever opportunity to refute It. It is doubtful it any woman ever underwent a more terrible ordeal before a Jury than did Mrs. Harry Thaw. The delicate, frail little woman, with a child like face, being only a few weeks over 22 years old, related what is perhaps the most revolting story ever told In a court room. Motive of Defense. The defense sought to show that acts of the man whose life was taken amid the scenes of the roof garden so inflamed the mind of Thaw that he became mentally unbalanced; that while in this condition he fired the shots which made him, as he believed, the instrument of providence in avenging these wrongs. This is the theory of the defense, and this Harry Thaw's wife must prove, if proved at all. In an effort to offset the effect of the testimony given by Thaw's wife by attacking her credibility, the district attorney searched the city for those chorus girls to throw light on the relations that existed between Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White. Great crowds besieged the court building, clamoring for admission to the room. One of the windows of the "Bridge of Sighs," which leads across the street from the Tombs to the court building, was up about eight inches. The crowd in the street soon discovered this, gathered several hundred strong and waited patiently in the hope of catching a glimpse of Harry Thaw on his way to the court room. Those whose business compelled their attendance at the trial had the first opportunity to enter. Then a number of those who had fought their way through the police lines were admitted until the room was filled to Its utmost seating capacity. There wero not more than a dozen women among the spectators. For the first time since the trial began Thaw lost the spring in his step and instead of walking briskly to his place at the table from left to right about the court room. The big crowd seemed to annoy him. The pallid face broken into a faint smile as the prisoner recognized his brother, Edward Thaw, who was the only member of the family tn court. Thaw's Letter. Mrs. Harry Thaw was called to the stand. She was extremely pale and her lips trembled visibly as she replied to the first question asked her by Mr. Delmas. who stated that before any oral testimony was taken he would continue to read the postscript of a letter offered in evidence Thursday, which was addressed to Frederick Longfellow, an attorney. The postscript read as follows: "No one could have made me believe since I first saw her that she would show any one except he I first thought she cared for any letter. I should have bet every cent In the world three welts ago to get mosey for fabulous presents for you: that after our. trusting caca.