Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 95, 21 April 1907 — Page 1

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PROF. WISSLER III LEAD OVER PROF. WALTER S. OAVIS William Russel Advances Above George Knight Among Shop Men and Miss Lashley Leads Her Class. MOST INTERESTING DAY BY FAR SINCE START. Heavy Vote Saturday anc1 Much Shifting by Candidates Who Are Fighting for Advantage Early in Race. Saturday wa3 by long odds the best flay in the Palladium and Sun-Tele-pram Jamestown contest to choose the six persons who are to go to the F,reat fair free. It was the best day for the reason that the vote was unusually heavy and that there were three changes made in leadership in the different classes. Miss Lashley of Centerville crowded Miss Elizabeth Sands of the Starr school out of first place among the women teachers, while Prof. W. O. Wissler of the Garfield stepped in to first place among the men instructors going above Prof. Davis of tho high school who has held the place for the past week. William Russell struck some good licks for his eaue and passed both George Knight, and George Matthews in the f.fcop employes race. Harry Iiuntin, Miss Marie Hodskin and Miss Eliza beth Hershey all increased the leads j thy have been holding in their classes. The, vote in the contest is becoming co heavy that it will bo necessary for persons sending in votes to address the envelopes 'carefully. The votes should be sent to the "contest editor" in order to secure prompt attention and not interfere with the other departments of this paper. (Continued on Page Two.) INDEPENDENTS NOW WANT ENTIRE STATE Demand of. This Kind Is Made In Connection With the Proposition of the Bell. IS NO DEFINITE ACTION. WHOLE MATTER WILL GO BEFORE THE STATE CONVENTION OF INDEPENDENT MEN TO BE HELD IN MAY. Ft. "Wayne, Ind.. April 20 Representatives of 35 independent telephone companies met here tu consider the proposition made by representatives . of the Central Union Telephone company, a Bell property, to retire from Indiana local business by sale or lease of local exchanges and turn it over to independents entirely. The proposition was verbal, but In tangible form, and received serious consideration. To "the State Convention. A decision was reached to submit the whole matter to the state convention of the independent association in 3Iay, at Indianapolis, but the sense of the conference was that the nrooosition must cover the whole state or none, including Indianapolis. The reasons for this action of the Bell interests is the extraordinary development of the Independent telephone business in Indiana, causing the Central Union to operate at heavy loss, except its long distance business. It is announced that a similar proposition is to be made by the Bell interests of northern aud central Ohio. HOLDER PURCHASED TWO KEEN COTTAGES. While" the" Holder animal circus was la this city Kd ward Holder, owner of the circus, purchased, two, of .the. tent cottages of the Keen Outing Cottage Company, Richmojura new industry. These cottages ' will be tised by Mr. Holder as quarters dnrinjr his summer engagement1 at Riverside Park, Chicago. ... ....... , ' Stranger Is Arrested. , - Cartes Doddfc a ttmngefv was arrested. Saturday evening by ' Roundsman Vogelsong, . for drunk and . disorderly couduct. ,

CHANGES MADE IN STANDING

How the Vote Stands WOMAN TEACHER. Miss Elizabeth Lashley, Centerville school... 20.S61 Miss Elizabeth Sands, Starr school 15,602 Miss Fannie Silver, Centerville school . 7,535 Miss Luetic Mayr, Hibberci school 6,123 Miss Mary Lemon, Whitewater school 499 Miss Msy Lamb, Greensfork school 91 Miss Blanche Coffman. Hagerstow;! 65 Miss Daisy Petty, East Germantown school 52 Miss Ruth Schooley, Sevastopol school 47 Miss Rosa P. Shank, Culbertaon school 31 Miss Daisy Leavell, Dalton Township school 31 Miss Zona Grave, Franklin Township school 29 Miss Ethel Thomas, Centerville schools 19 Miss Blanche Kerr, Greensfork school 13 Miss Dora Wallace, Cambridge C'ty 5 Mrs. J. F. Reece, Cambridge City 1 Miss Carrie Lesh, Garfield ... .. 1 MAN TEACHER. W. O. Wissler, Garfield school 1 3.-587 Walter S. Davis, High school 10,120 Joseph M. Richter, St. Andrew's school 9,200 J. F. Huntziker, St. John's Lutheran school 4,695 Orville Brunson, Garfield 3,541 Elza Stevenson, Economy school 2,845 Lawrence Smelser, Abington school 415 A. T. Elliott, Boston school 216 N. C. Heironimus, Garfield school 161 L. B. Campbell, Business College .. 152 B. W. Kelly, Fountain City school . . 142 W. S. Hiser, Garfield school 120 A. M. Tschean, Williamsburg school . , 80 Alonzo Daugherty, Hagerstown school 78 C. C. Hyde, East Germantcwn school 75 Everett Hunt, Franklin school 51 Lee Reynolds, Greensfork school 48 Joseph H. Blose, Jacksonburg school 38 J. C. Burgess, Whitewater school 31 Elmer Oldaker, Centerville school . 23 Forest Kempton, Centerville school 19 Albert O. Andrews. Earlham . . 1 WOMAN CLERK. Miss Elizabeth Hershey, Mary Brothers 10.633 Miss Nellie Hiatt, dentist's clerk 610 Miss Anna Saxton, Nixon's 429 Miss Hazel Hoffman, Model Dept. Store 318 Miss Emma Johnson, milliner at Molder's 85 Miss Anna Kenley, clerk Bee Hive 69 MAN CLERK. Harry Buntin, Fox, clothier 20,081 Howard Thomas, Emmons Tailoring Company 1,450 Ben Hiser, postoff ice. 309 Ray Lichtenfels, Loehr & Klute 284 Ulam Lamm, Hassenbusch's 131 Joe Wessel, Lahrman's 93 Rudolph Hill, Gaar, Scott & Co ...- ... . -.-.- SO - ( Edwin WilsonPanhandle railroad office... ... 25 Walter Runge, Meyers Cigar store ... 14 Herbert Taylor, Cambridge City 12 Fred Torbeck, Price's n Thos. Fryar .- 8 Chas. Greenhoff, Bartel's grocery 5 Chas. Holton, Gaar Scott &. Co 2 WOMAN SHOP EMPLOYE. Miss Marie Hodskin, Bartel's Overall Factory, Cambridge 9.383 Miss Goldie Danner, Seidel Buggy Co 7,979 MAN SHOP EMPLOYE. .William Russell, Hoosier Drill 3.250 Geo. Knight, Starr Piano ' 7,210 George Matthews, Gaar Scott 3.670 Fred Reynolds, Starr Piano 2,645 Franklin Moore, Wayne Worjts.. -,93 Frank Newland, Seidel Buggy Co 145 Everett Lichtenfels, Starr Piano 133 William Threewits, Starr Piano factory 119 Dean Jacques, Starr Piano. 113 Charles King, Richmond Baking Company. 54 Louis Suffrins, Starr Piano factory..... 4 Edmund Stidham, Safety Gate Co 33 Richard Allen, F. &. N 29 Chas. Fryar, Robinson's 13 S. A. Lott, cabinet maker Karl Pierson, Starr Piano Factory "" -j-j Howard Harrison Charles Marlatt, Gaar Scott . Co ..!."."."." 10 William J. Toliver g Ralph Spencer, Seidel Buggy Co 1 Wm. Tomlinson, Gaar's "."."." 1 Roy Kirkwood, Gem Bakery, Cambridge City 1

MAKES EFFORT TO FIND TALKATIVEJPOLICEMAN Officer Tried to Influence a Thaw Juror. AN INVESTIGATION IS ON. New York, April 20 Assistant District Attorney Smith today ordered the entire squad of police who were on duty at the Thaw trial to report si t his office Monday, niorning to' see whether Juror Chas. D. Newton can pick out the one who made a remark that Harry Thaw's father was a mystic shriuer. Xewton is a shric.Gr and the remark was made ! Smilli thinks with the purpose of arousing his sympathy in favor, of Thaw. Their Mother Very Sick. a - ! - - - f " Boston. Ind.? April SiWMrs. Maude! Humfreille of Indianapolis' and Mrs.! Gertrude Phillips, College Corner, were called to the bedside of their mother, Mrs. John Bagworth; who lias been seriously sick. - Final Examination. Fountain City. Ind. April 0. The final examination in. the high school wilt be given by Trustee Anderson Monday.

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CONTEST HE SAYS THAT STEVENS MISREPRESENTED WORK Engineer Goethals Reports on Panama Canal. CRITICISES FORMER HEAD. Washington, April 20. Col. George W. Goethals, IT. S. A. engineer now in charge of the Panama canal construction works filed a report with the war department charging that the late Chief Engineer Stevens has misrepresented the amount of work done on the canal. He declares that Stevens, f-gures on excavations, instead of reporting actual work done as based on estimates of the capacity of the steam shovels per day and that they do not take, into account those days when the shovels were not in operation. NINETY-THREE INDICTED. Toledo Business Men' Charged With Violating Antl Trust Law. Toledo, O., April 20 Ninety-three most prominent business men of Toledo were indicted in 243 counts by the grand jury which made , its report this afternoon, for violatijtm of the Valstin auti trust ' law. ; '

IS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER PROSPECTS III GOLD FIELD

L. M. Jones, Just Home From Bishop, Cal., Reports That A Rich Strike Has Apparently Been Made. ORE ASSAYED AT $100 BY FAMOUS ASSAYIST. New Find Has Resulted in a Stampede Killian Company, Which Is a Local One, Has Twenty Claims. L. M. Jones has just returned from the new gold country in and about Bishop, California, and he is enthusiastic over the future of this country, which he states will be a richer field than Goldfield., Nevada. Mr. i Jones is president of the Killian j Mining company, in which a number of local people are interested, and bis visit to Bishop. 'was for the purpose of looking over the claims held by the company. Assays at $100 a Ton. Mr. Jones after inspecting the claims took several sacks of ore from each claim and on his arrival in Los Angeles took the ore to the most famous assayist in California. The result of the assay was far above the wildest expectations of Mr. Jones, the ore taken from the Iowa Girl claim assaying at over $100 a ton. When it is considered that an assay of ore showing $3 to the ton is a rich strike the richness of the Iowa Girl claim can be realized. Assays of other claims owned by the Killian Mining company were alsa very remarkable. Has Created Stampede. Bishop is about 200 miles from Los Angeles as the crow flies, but to reach it one must travel 1,700 miles by rail to reach the town from Los Angeles. The White Mountains separate t.e Bishop gold fields from GoJdfieldvadniu discovery of gold at "Bishop has created great excitement in California and Nevada and Mr. Jones states that during his stay at Bishop there was a regular stampede of miners, prospectors and adventurers into the little town. ' Has Twenty Claims. The Killian Mining company has twenty claims and , two hundred acres of land and it was the rich gold strike on the claims of this company that caused the stampede to the new gold fields. Mr. Jones states that he purchased mining machinery while at Los Angeles and in a short time this machinery will be in operation. While at Bishop Mr. Jones disposed of 100.000 shares of stock to the excit ed, gold-crazed people who are rapidly filling up the country. He has ordered that no more stock be placed at Bishop but will endeavor to dispose of the remaining stock in this city. Has Natural Advantages. On the land owned by the Killian company there is a large amount of timber and water power, sufficient to operate the mining machinery. The plant of the Nevada Electric company, which supplies electric lighting and power for Goldfield, New. is lo cated at Bishop and the plant is op erated by the river which runs through the property of the Killian company. WILL FILLM DATE Dr. Herbert to Be Heard at Fountain City. Fountain City, .April 20 On next Wednesday evening, April 24, Dr. L. G. Herbert will fill a return date for the lecture course management, his subject being "Cash, Conscience, and Country." His lecture, "A Man Among Men," was so well received last winter that there has been a general demand to hear him again. - The course failed to pay out and the guarantors took this means of decreasing the deficit. He deserves a packed house. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Sunday; rising temperature. CIRCULATION STATEMENT. SATURDAY (April 20) Total Circulation Net Circulation 7,043 6,810 LARGEST CITY .CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION. LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCULATION. ' LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.

TO THE PUBLIC: Having been attacked personally by Mr. Gordon, the managing e Wor of the Item, because I authorized the statement published in last Sunday's rural route edition to the effect that his rural canvassers were spreading about lying reports that the price of the Palladium and Sun-Telegram had - -been raised to $3.30 a year, I am going to reply to that attack, herewith in the first person. Before proceeding further, however, I wish to assure my readers that this article is not a mud-slinging, personal attack on Mr. Gordon. On the contrary I am simply going to state some facts and some deductions and you may draw your own conclusions in regard to Mr. Gordon and myself. I would not make this reply but for the reason that some might construe my silence into meaning that I had no defense to offer. Furthermore this is THE FIRST AND LAST TIME I shall reply to Mr. Gordon's attacks, as I have no intention of allowing the Palladium and Sun-Telegram to degenerate into a mud-slinging organ, nor to use it to air personal grievences before the public. In the first place Mr. Gordon's attack of last Thursday originated, as I have stated above, because I issued a warning to the rural route subscribers of the Palladium and Sun-Telegram, calling attention to the lies Item canvassers were spreading through the country that the price of this newspaper had been advanced on the rural routes. Mr. Gordon felt constrained to call this assertion a lie, declaring that no Item canvasser had ever told any rural route subscriber that the price of this paper had been advanced. In this connection allow me to state that I am not in the habit of sitting at my desk, giving full rein to my imagination, and dreaming of what Item canvassers are doing or saying. I deal in facts . and not fancies and when I stated that Item canvassers had lied about an increase in the price of this paper, I based the truth of my statement upou the word of several of the rural route subscribers of the Palladium and Sun-Telegram who came to this office last Saturday, a week ago, desiring to know if it were true that they would have to pay more for the paper this year than last. They further explained that they had been told of this raise in price by Item canvassers. By permission I use the name of William Jeffries, who lives on rural route No. 4 out of this city, who was one of the subscribers to whom an Item canvasser lied in this connection. The Item canvasser who worked on rural route No. 4 and spread these lies is, if I am not mistaken, a former Palladium canvasser who was discharged several months ago for making gross misrepresentations , while canvassing for this paper. And this same canvasser, after his discharge from this paper, bought son e goods of a prominent furnishing store 'n this city and had them el arged to the Palladium. He was caught in this act and forced to make good his debt to the merchant. Yet this canvasser is at present in the employ of the Item. I mention this in connection with the following taken from Mr. Gordon's editorial in last Thursday's Item: "Dishonesty and crooked methods have been the one thing which has not been tolerated by the editor of this paper, and

when anyone in any wise connected

ing such methods he was immediately dispensed with. There are several

living proofs of this, .our steadfast Yes. and there is at least one

spoken of is just at present bing stretched enough to accomodate a canvasser, who gains business by crooked methods: And taking this example into account I declare that it is not what the Palladium and SunTelegram says, but what the management of the Item permits its canvassers to say and do that reflects upon the honesty and Integrity of the management of that paper. Mr. Gordon dwelt at some length upon the great friendship he had shown for the Palladium. I fail to see wherein that friendship has manifested itself. Practically from the time I first assumed the management of the Palladium this paper was always referred to by the Item as the "machine organ," and both through its news and editorial columns it has tried to fasten upon this paper the collar of being a "corporation newspaper." Furthermore Mr. Gordon has taken particular pains to make the citizens of Richmond and this vicinity think that I am such a snob and have such poor taste, as to make a "garish display of wealth," and that I give my canvassers orders to spread the report that the Palladium and Sun-Telegram will drive the Item out of business by sheer force of money.. You will remember that only two months ago Mr. Gordon stat'"through his columns that- tho Palladium: and Sun'-Telegram canvassers were going about the city declaring that this paper was backed fcy a million dollar syndicate, and that it was going to put the Item out of business. He furthermore stated that one of the Palladium and SunTelegram canvassers had gone so far as to say that the Item was really owned by this Palladium "syndicate." And there have been numerous other little pleasantries like the above, by means of which Mr. Gordon tas tried to show his great friendship for the Palladium and Sun-Telegram. Therefore I must seem very ungrateful to In in in declaring that the above stories are ABSOLUTELY FALSE. I would, moreover, be in his debt even more than he thinks I now am, if he would only please condescend once more to show l.is great friendship for me, by telling me just who the canvassers are who are spreading these reports. If he cannot produce proof as to who the guilty parties are then I must be still more ungrateful and declare that undoubtedly the whole series of stories ' with which he has regaled his readers, are the result of his own fevered imagination. Of course Mr. Gordon's declaration that the Palladium voting contest of last fall was not run honestly, was another way in which he wanted to shxrw his great friendship for me, and was by no means an attempt on his part to throw cold water on the present contest this paper is conducting. As a matter of fact the only trouble that occurred during the voting contest last fall, originated from the failure of the agent of one of the competing lodges to turn In money he owed this company for votes he iad turned in. The Palladium Printing Co. has never refunded one cent nor cancelled one subscription, Mr. Gordon's honorable word to the contrary, on that contest, and the only money that was at all refunded was refunded by the aforesaid agent to people whose subscription he had solicited and whose votes lie had turned in, without turning in their money. Only last Thursday night one man w-as discovered who had not even teen refunded his money by this man. I can name still more numerous acts by which Mr. Gordon lias endeavored himself to me by his friendly ways, but what Is the use? I have shown you above how like Damon and Pythias we are, so, there Is no need to continue a long-drawn-out discussion. Of course Mr. Gordon has a good reason In his madness to show his friendship for me in the way he does. By calling the Palladium and Sun-Telegram a "machine organ" and "corporation-owned" paper he has hoped to destroy the confidence of the people in its news and editorial columns. By telling wlerd stories of how the Palladium and Sun-Telegram was backed by a million dollar syndicate for the express purpose of putting him out of business, he has hoped to retain you as subscribers to his paper out of a feeling of charity for "poor little him," who was in the road of this million. Right here I want to make Mr. Gordon what I consider to be a very liberal offer. If he can find this million dollars of which he speaks so much I shall be only too glad to go halves with him $500,000 would look very good to me. , . And now, reader, you may be the judge. If the Palladium and SunTelegram is stooping to dishonest and illegitimate means to obtain your business, don't countenance such a thing. If you feel that this newspaper Is bound body and soul to political machines and corporations, drop it like you would a live coal. The proof of whether or not the Palladium and Sun-Telegram is a "machine organ" and "corporation paper" will be found in its editorial and uews columns. From them you can Judge whether this paper fights the battles of the pebple or the battles of predatory wealth. . In conclusion I repeat that this is the last time I shall reply to any attacks of the character Mr. Gordon has made upon me. And from this time he is at perfect liberty to make use of his unique art as a master mud-slinger in the columns of the Item; and he may have first, middle and last word upon any subject he deems worthy of his steeped-in-mire pen. RUDOLPH GAAR LEEDS.

MUlllCIPALJp FARM Unique Movement Is Started In Milwaukee. COST WOULD BE $30,000. Milwaukee, Wis., April 20 Milwaukee is to have a municipal baby farm and sanitarium. Wealthy Alderman Tarant will introduce the movement in the council. Monday. Tbe home is to be on the lake front and cost 3Q "0"

with this paper was caught practis

policy." living proof that the steadfasrff5olicy JURY FAILED TO AGREE Case Against J. P. Walker Was Dismissed. EX-EVANSVILLE OFFICIAL. , Evansville, Ind., April 20 The jury failed to agree in the case of J. P. Walker charged with a shortage of $64,000 and was dismissed. The jury was out 42 cours. Walker was former treasurer. He will be tried again. He was president of tbe Evansville ball club in tbe central leasrue.

CASE THE SUBJECT OF MUCH IIITERESTIIIG TALK Investigation of the Mysterious Assault at Milton Is Still on by the Prosecutor. NO ACTION SO FAR BY THE AUTHORITIES. Mrs. Morris Persists in Sticking to Her Story But There Are Various Other Theories In Reference to Affair. Investigation of the mysterious as sault on Mrs. Frank Morris at her, home in Milton a week ago Saturday 4 night, still continues. Prosecutor Jessun snent the entire ri.iv in Mlltnn Saturday trying to unravel the strange . venes Monday, it Is underetoodhpwill1? have some interesting factsjroFubmit1' to the jurymen. Natuprfly tho prosecutor refuses to revul the results othis inve8tigaticur Riyafs the Lucy Cin. Notirfnce the murdar of Jomph Lu-cy-ayear aso. , laat December, bait ere been so much excitement in Milton and rlotnlty as has been occasioned by the assault made on M. Morris. Mrs. Morris statement that she was attacked by two unknown, robbers is not accepted a the entirely correct version by the residents of thei west end of the county. Rumor mentions the name of a prominent man aa Mrs. Morris' assailant. Owing to th fact that the authorities have as yet' taken no steps to apprehend the person generally credited with the crime, his name is withheld. It he is taken' into custody the announcement of his arrest will occasion no surprise to the . residents of western Wayne county. Of Interest in Richmond. ' The assault on Mrs. Morris is also the subject of comment In this city velopments in the case with the keenest interest. Mrs. Morris has not yet appeared before the grand jury owing to her condition. , , It is reported on the streets with much persistence that Mrs. Morris has made a confession as to who the per- ' son that assaulted her Is. This report, however, could not be verified. It is the general opinion that there is only one person implicated In the assault. There were no witnesses j the attack made on Mrs. Morris and an long as she persists in sticking to her story that two men attacked her for the purpose of robbing the house, this story must be accepted by the authorities. She holds the key to the situa-' tion and the question Is what Information did Prosecutor Jessup secure as the result of his Interview with her Saturday? A RELIGIOUS PANIC HAS SEIZED PEOPLE Residents of Morgan County, Maryland, Believe World Is Near Its End. UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA. WEIRD PICTURES DEPICTING HEAVEN AND HELL SEEN ON THE WALL OF ONE OF THE FARM HOUSES.. Hancock, Md., April 20 Ileligious panic has seized the people of Morgan county. West Virginia, and hundreds of persons, frightened out of their wits by the appearance of an un-explained phenomena are awaiting the end of the world and shudder at each new report of earthquakes. Remarkable pictures,, depicting as supposed scenes in heaven and hell, which have appeared on the walls of a room in Emory Lopp's farm house, two miles from here, have caused th panic. Persons who have seen the pictures said no human could have placed them there and the whole countryside Is dlsturbed.'believing they are a "bign" of tbe approaching destruction of the earth. All four walls of the room are covered with the pictures showing pits of flames with demons In their midst, or depicting beautiful gardens supposed by the credulous to be heaven. Beautiful angels can be seen airing themselves in the gardens. Patent and Trade Mark. Robert W. Handle has received an allowance' on a patent for O. I Price on a paper and trash burner and ha3 secured registration on a trade mark for theGem Burial Vault Company of New Paris, O-

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