Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 173, 18 July 1907 — Page 1

TB RIG MOEB PALLADIUM 8 PAGES TODAY TODAY AIVD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOIi. XXXII. NO. 173. RICHMOND, IXD., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1907. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS,

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FIGHT ON AGAINST MAIL ORDER BUSINESS III EARNEST

Five Hundred Thousand Retail Merchants of the West Will Cope With Giant Establish ments of the Cities. STRIKING ECONOMIC MOVEMENT INAUGURATED The Struggle Is to Be a Life And Death One and Jobbers And Manufacturers Are Also Involved in the Fight. Richmond and Wayne county merchants, who have long suffered from the evils of the mail order house, may have relief in sight. A Chicago dispatch says: War ha3 been declared on the great catalogue houses of Chicago and other cities by the 500,000 retail merchants of the west. In one of the most striking economic movements this country ever has known, the small dealers are fighting as they say, lor their lives. , The mammoth institutions, employing thousands of workers, doing their business entirely through the medium of their bulky catalogues, spending ro money In the communities whence they derive annually millions of dollars of patronage are forcing increasing numbers of home merchants to the wall and, so their opponents claim ure "making commercial graveyards of once prosperous towns." In this life or death struggle, Jobbers and manufacturers also are involved with the retail merchants. Organized Attack to be Made. An organized attack on the catalogue institutions is to be made by the Home Trade League of America, which has existed for several months in the Monadnock building, largely as ft publicity bureau, but which is shortly to Incorporate and Institute a mere systematic and aggressive campaign against the catalogue houses through a board of twenty-one managers, with a vice president and an advisory committee of ten members from each state. The backbone of the league is formed of commercial associations, national, state and local in character, in Illinois. Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan. Kansas and Minnesota. The officers of associations in scores of cities are in constant correspondence with the league, which will continue to have its national headquarters in this city. Officers of the league will be selected from the most aggressive of the leaders of these associations of business men. DENNIS DWYER OAS OEEII SUED DY WIFE She Charges Failure to Pro vide and Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. $2,000 ALIMONY IS ASKED DWYER IS SAID TO BE WORTH $6,000 AND ALTHOUGH 76 YEARS OLD IS STILL QUITE AN ACTIVE MAN. Mrs. Nora Dwyer has filed suit for Hivorce in the circuit court from Den nis W. Dwyer, who is seventy-six Sears old. Mrs. Dwyer charges her husband with failure to provide and with being guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs. Dwyer in her complaint also states that Dwyer has property to the value of $G,000 and she asks that the court grant her $2,000 alimony. She states that she married Dwyer in 1903. The divorce suit is the direct result of an airing of the Dwyer domestic troubles in the city court last Tuesday. On Sunday last Mrs. Dwyer had her husband arrested on a charge of assault and battery. After the hearing of the case, Tuesday, Judge Converse found Dwyer not guilty. At that time Mrs. Dwyer testified that her husband was sober, honest and industrious, but denies the charges made against her. , Dennis Dwyer has for years been a laborer in the street department of the city. He has never been In any serious trouble and has always carefully saved his earnings until today he is rated as a fairly well to do man. Despite his. age and the money he has accumulated. Dennis refuses to retire from active work and enjoy in quiet and rest the remainder of his life. He says that he is still sound and healthy and there is no excuse for him abandoning the street depart-ment-

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On the upper right Is Emma Carus, the actress, who divorced Mattson a year after they had been secretly married in 1839. On the left is N. Eturey Mattson, son of former Governor Hans Mattson, of Minnesota, and a member of the class of '93 at Yale, who is now working as a laborer. Below is a snapshot of the steam shovel in the New York Central tunnel, which Mattson is helping to run. RECRUITING OFFICER FOR EACH DISTRICT Effort to Increase the G. A. R. Membership. CAMP FIRE IS ANNOUNCED An order issued from department headquarters, Indiana G A. R., marks ft departure in the ranks of the G. A. It. by announcing that in order that the ranks of the G. A. R. may be recruited to the greatest possible extent the department commander will appoint a recruiting officer for each congressional district In the state. An effort will be made to enlist some 30,000 eligible veterans who are not now members of the G. A. R. The order also announces a campfire of Indiana G. A. R.. veterans to be held in Tomlinson Hall, . Indianapolis on the night of the 23d, when the Morton monument is to be unveiled. xVll of the posts in the state are urged to attend , the unveiling. A large attendance is also urged for the national encampment to be held at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., September 9 to 14 inclusive. SPIRITUALISTS TO MEET They Will Assemble at Chesterfield, July 29. The Indiana Association of Spiritualists has issued its program for the annual camp-meeting to take place at the Chesterfield camp, five miles east of Anderson, July 23 to September 1. The annual convention of the asso ciation will be held on July 20 and the Lyceum anniversary will take place August 11. The Indiana association officers In clude G. W. Schepman, Richmond. who is a trustee. A limited number of mediums to conduct the psychic phenomena will be allowed in camp, it is stated, but there wnl be more restrictions as to the me diums and all will have to pass the questioning of a committee before they are allowed to practice in camp. A LONG TIME IN JAIL John Gehring Was Given a Fine of $25 and Costs. John Gehring, with a police record as long as one's arm, was in police court again charged with drunk. It was shown that on three different instances In the past year he faced the city Judge on the same charge, and Judge Converse showed no pity and handed Gehring $25 and costs.

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MEASLES WORKED OVERTIME THEJAST MOUTH Most Prevalent Disease in Indiana in June. STATE BOARD STATISTICS. Measles worked overtime in Indiana during the month of June, according to the June health and vital statistics of the state board of health. Measles ranked first in prevalence during June, 1907, as compared with thir teen in June, 1906. The tuberculosis deaths numbered 343. The average in June for this disease for the last even years is 334. The total numner of orphans caused by the disease was ISO. In the corresponding month, last year, 133 orphans were caused by tuberculosis. The number of homes invaded was 311, and last year, in June, the number was 2S7. DIptheria was less prevalent than In June last year. The total number of deaths was 2,504. rate 11.3. In the corresponding month last year the number was 2.322, rate 10.6. The country death rate was 9.7 and the city rate 13.9. Cancer deaths numbered 119, deaths from violence 184, and smallpox 1. Diarrhoeal diseases prevailed more extensively than the same month last year, the respective number of deaths being 86 and S8. For the month of June, 1907, the stimmary shows that the number of deaths and the death rate was higher than in the corresponding month last year, and also that sickness prevailed to a degree about 4 per cent greater. INSURANCE POLICY IS PAID Ella M. Hufford -Receives $1,000 from the Maccabees. Ella M." Hufford has been presented a check for $1,000, representing the insurance policy carried in the local tent of Maccabees No. 196, by her husband, Win. H. Hufford, who died last month. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Friday fair with winds. variable OHIO Friday fair; light to fresh west winds. CIRCULATION STATEMENT. WEDNESDAY (July 17) Total Circulation Net Circulation 6,499 6,294 LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION. LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCULATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.

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ELKS' DIG PARADE AT PHILADELPHIA More Than Twenty-five Thou sand Men Were in the Line of March. , VISITORS RAN TO 200,000. FLAG DAY IS ESTABLISHED FOR JUNE 14 AND ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST THE NEGRO ELKS' LODGE. Philadelphia, July IS. Never was there such a parade in Philadelphia or any other city as that which took place today. More than twenty-five thousand Elks marched and there was a continuous roar, "Hello-O-O Bill. Nearlv two hundred thousand visit ors poured into the city to witness the pageant. Thousands of dollars will be dis tributed based on number of men in anv Darticular delegation, number of women, character of costume, and na ture cf display. Many of the lodges have floats which, have never " been seen except by the workmen and the committee which has had charge o4. their decoration. Others have ship ped f'oats from their home towns and stored them in out of the way places to be brought out for the parade. During the sessions of the Grand Lodge, it was decided to establish a flag day for Elks on June 14. A resolution was adopted calling for the ap pointment of a commission to devise ways and means to prosecute outside users of i!u Flks' emblem. The Memphis lodge was authorized to prosecute the negro Elks of that city. In this connection a resolution was passed reprimanding the New ark. N. J., lodge for electing a man said to be a negro. A further measure instructs the grand ruler to order te Newark lodge to investigate the mjjn's antecedents, and if it is found tnat he is, of negro extraction to expunge his name from the rolls. GARMENT MAKERS PICNIC A Pleasant Day Was Spent in Watson's Grove. UNION IS A STRONG ONE The United Garment "Workers Un ion of the South Side Overall factory, gave teir annual picnic in Watson's Grove "Wednesday. The event was one which will never be forgotten by any who attended. Games of all descriptions were indulged in. Music a,nd dancing were the main features besides bathing, fishing, lawn tennis, croquet and several other games. A ball game by teams composed of several of the girls. wa3 played, the game being won by the overall girls, who defeated the shirt girls by a score of 9 to O. The Ga.TJent "Workers' union is quite popular and one of the strongest unions In the c'-j. Its membership has increared within the last few weeks to about A. Tfcey cxptct to give their pienfes annually just as they have been giving their dances, which have always been popular and. at-

A GREAT FLOOD OF INSTRUCTIONS UP

Both the State and Defense Have Presented Hundreds to the Court. ARGUMENTS TO BE HEARD. COURT HOLDS MOST OF PROSECUTION'S EVIDENCE OF THE PAST WEEK SHOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM THE JURY. Boise, July 18. Argument n instructions to the jury and for ruling out certain testimony in the Haywood case, occupied the time of the court today. The state and the defense have handed the court hundreds of instruc tions which are to be settled before final arguments are made. Boise, Idaho, July 18. The state of Idaho rests content with the evidence it has introduced to prove that William D. Haywood, the secretary-treas urer of the Western Federation of Miners, conspired to kill and there- ! fore murdered Frank Steunenberg, a i former governor of the state. Wil ' Ham Haywood, through his counsel, will rest his case with the jury, so far as evidence is concerned. Possibly some witnesses will be called in surrebuttal, but Haywood's counsel announced that the case may close with out further evidence. Judge Wood has invited argument on his own proposition to eliminate certain evidence from consideration by the jury and probably a day will be taken to present the views of both sides as to the Instructions to the jury. On Friday morning argument is expected and the last stage of the trial will have commenced. After having dismissed the jury Wednesday afternoon Judge Wood stated his opinion that the evidence introduced bv the defense to prove a conspiracy on the part of the mine owners by showing the deportation of union. miners from the Cripple Creek district of Colorado during the strikes of 1903 and 1904, was not material to th Issue- Involved and should not be submitted to the jury. State's Evidence not Germane. On the other hand, he said, the showing by the state that Steve Adams was concerned in the killing of two men in the Couer d'AIene district did not appear to the court to be ger mane, and should be eliminated. He onnnnnroil however, that the court would hear argument on these points Further the court asked that requests for instructions be submitted at once and arguments on these instructions may be expected tomorrow. Judge Wood has already stated that on the main points on which he would instruct the jury he hopes to shorten arguments considerably. Another announcement by the court was a determination to conclude the case within the next week. Judge Wood said he would hold three twohour sessions daily during the argu ments. J H. Hawley will open the argument for the state and E. F. Richardson for the defense. uiarence close it for Haywood, and the final argument will come from Senator Borah. AFTER LABOR STATISTICS Blanks Are Sent Out by the In diana Bureau. The Indiana Bureau of statistics Is sending out blanks to all of the labor unions of the state sking for Information regarding every organization. Each organization is asked to furnish its membership. Its decrease or in crease in membership during the year lf5, the length of the apprenticeship term, the rate of wages, the total amount paid out for beneficiary purposes during the year, the verage weekly number of sick benefitsrthe total amount of sick benefits paid during the year, the weekly and yearly death claims, strike benefits, traveling and out of work benefits. SHOULD CHANGE HIS NAME Becoming Americanized Not Only Thing Needed. Louis Schwartzentruber, a young German who has made Richmond his home for the past two years, has made notification of his Intention of becoming an American citizen. The young man was disappointed when informed by County Clerk Penny that it will be two years more before he can take out his final papers of citizenship. The new law requires a residence of five years in this country before any alien can become a citizen. WHEAT GIVES WAY TO HAY. College Corner, Ind July 18. Wheat is about all harvested in this vicinity and hay making is vthe orler. -

DROVE TEH MILES EOR DOCTOR; WAS ON TIME

Accident Befell One of the Glidden Tourists. OCCURRED NEAR EATON, 0. Columbus, O.. -uly 18. The only ac cident met with on the Wednesday run of the Glidden tourists occurred ht Eaton, a little town just this side of the Indiana line. William Herbert, a farmer, was driving a team hitched to a cultivator and baa got out to hold the horses. The animals became frightened and threw the man against the side of the car, fracturing his collar bone. The driver, Ed Noble, of Cleveland, drove ten ' miles out in the country for a doctor, paid the bill, fix ed it up with the farmer and continu ed on his way and arrived In Colum bus on time. Along the road girls made a prac tice of tying a note around a stone and throwing it at the cars as they passed. One of these missiles struck Walter Richards, cutting him badly near the eye. Many of the other cars reported being stoned, but it is probable that all the missiles were of the "note" variety. At another point a rural free deliv ery carrier got obstreperous and stood In the road brandishing a revolver, but hurt no one. At Eaton a consta ble also stopped one or two of the tourists but nothing resuUed, the of. fleer of the law evidently simply look ing for some fun. JORDAN A PROBLEM FOR THE OFFICERS What to Do With Him is a Question that Has Again Been Presented. RELEASED LAST MONDAY JORDAN SPEEDILY RETURNED TO BEGGING AND DRINKING AND HE IS ONCE MORE UNDER ARREST. "What shall we do with James Jordan?" is the question that is bothering the minds of Judge Converse and every man connected with the local police department. The cause for the question was his arrest this morning at the corner of Ft. Wayne avenue and North D street, on the charge of drunk. Jordan at the time of his arrest was going from house to house begging money that he might purchase more liquor. His house to house canvass attracted much interest and people all along Ft. Wayne avenue near the point at which he was corralled were out In the yards, watching the actions of the man. A crowd of small boys was following him. He barely had strength enough to make his wants known to those of whom he was soliciting money "being all in, down and out" from the effects of drunk. Jordan's case is a puzzle to police officers. About seven months ago he came Into Richmond after several years absence and immediately went to police headquarters where he ask' ed that he might be sent to the hos pital, claiming he had left St. Vin cent's hospital in Indianapolis but a short time previous. This the officers refused to do, and then Jordan stated that he was crazy and wanted to be locked in the police station. He was accommodated. Seemingly the man was intent upon breaking into the jail, one way or another, and two days later, after wandering over the city, proceeded to get drunk and In his wild orgies on the streets, was arrested and iocked up. A small fine was as sessed and as soon as he was released from custody, he repeated the perfor mance. This time the court taxed him five months in jail and he was released last Monday. Two days of sober life out side the confines of the county bastile were enough for James and his arrest followed. Jordan previous to his exit from the county jail, asked to go to Michigan. Sheriff Meredith wanted to send him there but on his release Walter Ratllff, the man's guardian, paid a week's room rent and board bill at the Brunswick hotel and Jordan remained. The police think it would be a good thing if Jordan could be sent away. He has been a city charge practically all the time 6ince he made his most recent debut. It Is highly probable that Judge Converse will give the man the full limit of the law when he again faces the court Friday morning. MILITIAMEN ARE EXEMPTED An Opinion is Rendered by AttorneyGeneral Bingham. Attorney General James Bingham, In a written opinion submitted to Auditor of State John C. Billheimer, holds that the amendment to the tax laws passed by the legislature of 1907 providing for a poll tax of 50 cents upon "each legal voter in the state," does not supersede the act of 1901 and the act of 1903, exempting militiamen from poll tax. -

MILD WAR BREWING

OVER THE ELECT! OF HARRY WINKLE It Is Contended That He Is Not Eligible to Fill the Office of Councilman From the New Eighth Ward. SAID HE HAS NOT LIVED THERE LONG ENOUGH. As Ward Has Existed Onty Short Time a Peculiar Legal Question Has Arisen Pifu AMnrnev Invoctinaiinn There seems to be a mild war brew Ini. Im Ka .Itv'a Infant Wfr4 Ik. Eighth, on account of council's action, last Monday night in selecting Harry Winkle as the representative of the new ward to the city council. It 1 reported that this agitation has been started by several of the field of candiriat ps for that office. Nothing against Winkle's charactwt is charged, it being known that he is an honest, upright and industrious' young man, but the dissatisfied element In the Eighth ward claims that Winkle is not really a resident of Richmond and add that even if he were a citizen of Richmond, he has no right' to the office, not having resided In th ward six months or longer. The anti-Winkle element also sets forth the claim that he Is an unknown and that council should have elected some man whom the residents of the ward knew by sight, at least. Councilman Leftwich of the Fifth Ward, who was the sponsor of the Winkle boom, states that the question of Winkle's legal right to hold the office had been brought to bis attention and that the matter is now In the hands of tin- city r-ttoii.ey, as the question invoivd Is a peculiar one. Question Ic Peculiar. "It is contended that Harry WInlite has only been a resident of the Eighth ward about three months and that he would have to reside In the ward six months or longer before he would have the legal right to hold of fice," stated Mr. Leftwich. "It so happens that the Eighth ward has not been in existence six months in fact. It has only been in existence since the first of this month. This is the peculiar legal question that Mr. Study has been asked to unravel. As soon as he reaches a decision he will make a report to council and that body will then deterr.-.iLe whether or not Winkle can represent the ward." Mr. Leftwich stated that Mr. Wink le had been a resident of Richmond nearly all his life, living the greater part of the time in the Fifth ward. Mr. Leftwich said that about two years ago Winkle moved from Richmond to Aurora, Ind., and lived there about a year. He returned to Richmond about three months ago and bought property in Fairview, which the Eighth ward includes. Mr. Winkle Is a mechanic at the Hoosier Drill plant. REACHED COLUMBUS 0. K. Glidden Tourists Left There Well and Happy. Columbus, O., July 18. The Glidden tourists, who spent the night here left for Canton this morning. Everybody was well and happy. Pilot Car Gets Lost. Coshocton, O., July 18. -The pilot car of the Glidden tourists got lost In the hil.s of Coshocton county this morning and the tourists got In ahead and lunched here. THOUSAND ARE0VERC0ME All the Hospitals at Philadelphia Filled. Philadelphia, July 18. Over one thousand persons were overcome by beat this morning, dropping down like sheep. All the hospitals are overtaxed and the officials don't know what to do with them. BUTT0LPH HAS RESIGNED Insurance Examiner to Become Actu ary in Auditor's Office. John Ashby, Insurance exantner. has been chosen by Auditor of State John C. Billheimer temporarily to succeed Henry W. Buttolph, who has resigned as Insurance actuary In the office of the auditor of state, the reals--nation to become effective August 1. Auditor Billheimer has not yet chosen a permanent actuary. The salary provided for the actuary In the auditor's office amounts to M 000 a year. -