Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 188, 4 August 1907 — Page 1

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IS CRY OF DEAL President of the Indiana Branch Gives Out a Public Statement in Reference to The Laridis Decision. INSISTS THE JUDGMENT WAS NOT A RIGHT ONE. Sets Forth the Terms Upon Which the Rate for Transportation Was Granted by The Chicago & Alton Road. New York, Aug. 3. President James A. Moffet, of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, made the following statement today in reference to the judgment by Judge Landis pronounced In Chicago in which he assessed a fine of $29,240,000 for rebating: "The court having pronounced its Judgment in the case of the United States against the Standard Oil company of Indiana, there can now be no Impropriety in stating our position to the American people. "The facts in this case are simple and easily ' understood. The Standard Oil company of Indiana was con victed of receivingw hat the Government claimed was a concession from the Chicago & Alton in the shipment of oil from Its refinery at Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis, 111. The contention of the Government was that the lawful rate was IS cents a hundred pound3 between these two points. The defendant claims: First, that the lawful rate was 6 cents, and secondly, if 6 cents was not the lawful rate it was the rate issued to the Standard by the Alton as the lawful rate, and the Standard was justified in believing from its own investigation and from the information received from the railroad company that 6 cents was the lawful rate. The Efghteen-Cent Rate. "The 18-cent rate was a 'class' and not a 'commodity rate, and the chairman of the Chicago & St. Louis Traffic association, the association issu ing the 18-cent class rate, under oath testified that it was never applied and Teas never intended to apply to oil. "Thousands of tons of freight have been shipped from these points during the last fifteen years under the same circumstances as the Standard shipment, and if the Standard Is gull ty In this respect, so is practically every other shipper In this great man tifacturing territory. Is there a pur pose In selecting the Standard as the victim? "The Standard Oil company shipped nbout one-third of all the oil that went from Whiting to East St. Louis over the Eastern Illinois, the other twothirds going over the Alton and the Burlington. On the trial of the case the defendant offered to show by wit nesses who were on the stand that not only during the period covered by the indictment. but continuously from 1893, the Eastern Illinois had a lawful published and filed rate be tween Whiting and East St. Louis on oil of 6 cents a 100 pounds, and that the Standard Oil company shipped at such rate over the Eastern Illinois more than two thousand cars of oil each year during said period. Says the Court Erred. "The uncontradicted evidence show ed the Standard Oil Company was advised by the rate clerk of the Chicago & Alton that this 6-cent rate was filed :with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The court Instructed the jury that the shipper must know not only what the rate was, but also that such rate was actually filed with the Inter state Commerce Commission; that is to say, the view of the court was that a shipper must know absolutely what was the legal rate at the risk of suffering enormous penalties in the event either that he was misinformed by the railroad company or in the event that he did not exercise as much diligence as, in the judgment of court, he should have exercised In ascertaining what the rate really was. "If this Is the law, every shipper of freight Is In danger of the penitentiary or confiscation of his property by way of excessive fines every time he undertakes to make a shipment from one State to another. "Knowing that the rate on the Eastern Illinois was only 6 cents, having no reason for shipping over the Alton In preference to the Eastern Illinois, and able to ship all of its oil over the latter road, we insist that the facts, maly of which the court did not permit us to show, not alone demonstrate innocence, but Inherently forbid the Idea of gnHt. Intimates There Was No Square Deal. "We further insist that whatever may be one's technical view of the law relating to the above questions, every equitable consideration is with the' defendant, and if the only desire was to give this defendant a 'square deal,' this prosecution would never have been Instituted. "The American public not only believes in fair play in the abstract, but with all the facts before it, it has the

STANDARD OIL RAISING THE

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AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWD ONTHE STREETS Uptown Thoroughfares Were Busy Saturday Night. SIXTH STREET BLOCKED.

An unusually large crowd was on the uptown thoroughfares Saturday night. The mass of humanity surged up one side of the street and back the other. Merchants report record break ing business for this season of the year. The shoppers however, were handicapped by the usual Saturday night uptown nuisances. At Sixth and Main streets a patent medicine show was in full tilt. A crowd of at least three hundred people surrounded the pavilion and completely blocked Sixth street. It was impossible for the po liceman on that beat to keep the street clear and consequently many buggies were blocked. There is considerable complaint being registered by merchants and others who have to tolerate the street peddler nuisances, and particularly is this true on Saturday night when the streets are crowd ed. DELAYS HARRIS FUNERAL Addison C. Harris Is Fishing in Canada. In speaking of the death of Branson L. Harris, the Indianapolis News says: Addison C. Harris, who had gone on his annual fishing outing to the Nipegon river, in Canada, was notified by telegraph Wednesday of the serious condition of his father, who had receiv ed a stroke of paralysis two months ago, but It Is not known whether this telegram has been delivered, as it would have to be sent up the Nipegon river by a runner, who would make his way by canoe and trail. If Mr. Harris has received the telegram he Is now on his way to Richmond and the funeral of his father will be delayed until his arrival. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ratliff and son J Verlin will attend the meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society at Lafayette on the 7th and Sth of this month. The State Board of Horticulture meets at Purdue University during the session of the society of which Mr. Ratliff Is a member. MACHINES COLLIDE; FIVE MEN KILLED Two Others Expected to Die of Their Injuries Within a Short Time. ACCIDENT AT BORDEAUX. AMONG THOSE WHO MET DEATH ARE THE CREDITORS OF TWO OF THE PARIS PAPERS, WHO WERE GUESTS. Bordeaux. France, Aug. 3. While running at full speed late this after noon, one of the automobiles compet ing for the Criterion cup ran into a big touring car, smashing both vehicles and hurlinc the occupants in all di rections. As a result of the collision five men are dead and two others will die of their injuries before the night is over. Among the killed are two editors of Paris newspapers, who were the guests of the owner of one of the cars. Just how the accident occurred is not clear at this time, but it is said that a cloud of dust hung over the road obscruring the vision of the drivers so that nei ther was aware of the close proximity of the other. AGAIHSTTHEJMMIGRANTS Farmers' Union of Georgia Does Not Want Them. Macon, Aug. S The Farmers Union of Georgia, having a membership of upward of 80.000, has gone on record as opposing the spread of foreign immigrants in the state, but it favors a bill pending in the State Legislature providing for the establishment of a labor bureau. capacity to determine whether a de fendant, rich, or poor, has received a 'square deal.' "For all these reasons the Standard Oil Company asserts that it is not even technically guilty and that it ought never to have been prosecuted because of the claimed failure of a railroad company which has neither been in dicted nor prosecuted to file its tar iff, and that the prosecution of this defendant under the circumstances of this case is a prostitution of the spir it and the high purposes of the inter state commerce, act."

EAST SIDE MOTHERS FEAR FOR CHILDREN

Attacks on Young Girls of New York Continue to Baffle the Police. ANOTHER CASE REPORTED. FORMATION OF VIGILANCE COMMITTEES AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS ARE SUGGESTED BY THE PEOPLE. New York, Aug. 3. The remarkable series of crimes in this city, In which women and children are the objects of attack, shows no sign of abating. During yesterday two such attacks were reported to the police, and today one additional case has been brought to public notice, that of a young East Side girl, who was attacked while passing through the hallwav of the house in her own home. Scarcely an arrest of importance has been made, and the police confess themselves as completely baffled. De tectives who have studied the differ ent cases differ as to the probable perpetrators of the crimes. Some in cline to the belief that the assaults are the work of one man, one who has the mad animal instinct of the London and Berlin "rippers." Others combat this theory and point to the widely separated points in which the crimes occurred and the different methods with which final murder was accom plished. Mothers are Alarmed. The alarm, especially among moth ers, is widespread, and there has been a marked decrease of the number of women and children in the streets at night. Every little street incident is magnified and a mob quickly assem bles. In several instances men nave been , attacked by the crowds, and whether rightly or wrongly, have been severely beaten by the people. The temper of the feeling is shown by letters which have been received by the newspapers, suggesting vigi lance committees and protective as sociations, but thus far nothing has come of this agitation. Some adverse comment has been caused by the fact that Police Commissioner Bingham has gone away on a vacation at this time, but he has explained that, he has done all he could to catch the "rippers", and that he will return to the city in case his presence Is re quired. The list of victims who have met death in this wave of crime has reached five, three young girls and two women. A score or more have been attacked OATS HOT SATISFACTORY First Lot of Threshing Was Finished Saturday. The first lot of threshing of the present oat crop in this neighbor hood was finished Saturday. The yield is very unsatisfactory and the grain is not only of inferior quality but a very poor yield. The field of oats grown on the old Parry farm just north of the city is one of many that will soon be threshed out by the threshing machines that are now at work. COMPILING BLUE BOOK FOR PlSTAL SERVICE Some Unique Answers Have Been Received. ON MARITAL RELATIONS. Postmaster Spekenhier has received blanks to be filled out by the local force, and which will be used in a general census that Is being compiled. The census will include rural carriers? city carriers, clerks and other employes, and when completed will consist of over one million names. The compilation will be known as "The Blue Book." Some amusing replies are received by the government officials who are collecting data for the new official register. One of the queries propounded to the employes is: "What are your marital relations?" The answer should be either "married," "single" or "widowed." An officer, who is charged with the task of sending out these questions, it is understood at the local office, re ceived two notable replies recently from local employes. The first reply was "My marital relations are very nnsatistactory. Another toner In the local department of Uncle Sam, filled out his blank as follows: Question "What are pour marital relations?" Answer "They are h . ART CLUB MET THURSDAY. Hagerstown. InL, Aug. 3. The members of the Art club were entertained by Mrs. J as. '""'cijjher, Thursday afternoon

VALUABLE INVENTION BV ARCHIE DORSEY A Brother of Mrs. 0. F. Cooper Of This City.

LOCK NUT AND WASHER. Archie L." Do'r'sey" of Crawford sville, a brother of Mrs. O. F. Cooper of this city, has filed an application in the United States patent offices for let ters patent on a combination locking nut and washer foi bolts. With one combination the nut may be removed as desired for making repairs or other purposes. With another combination the nut is permanently locked and cannot be removed at all. In either case the- locking device is positive and the nut cannot become loose from jaring of cars, engines, threshing machines or any other kind of mach inery or vehicles, etc. The invention is one of great value and has been sought for for a long time unsuccess fully. Railroads, without doubt, will be quick to adopt this means of pre venting the great losses occasioned by the loosing and loss of nuts, wash ers and bolts which amounts to many tons yearly to say nothing of the many wrecks caused by nuts com ing off allowing brake beams, draw bars and other attachments to drop upon the track from the movin trains. AUTOISTS JAKE A TRIP Are Planning a Run to Some Nearby Town. Richmond autoists will in the near future take a trip to Williamsburg or some othfcr small town in northern Wayne county for a pleasure jaunt The machines will leave Richmond at an early hour and the occupants will take supper either at Williamsburg or one of the other stopping points. The autoists take such a trip once each year and It has in the past always been a most enjoyable one. Between ten and fifteen owners of cars generally participate In the miniature Glidden event. TROPHIES FOR THE INTERSTATE EXPO. The List to Be Awarded at Sacramento, Cal., Has Been Selected. MAGNIFICENT AND COSTLY. ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE FINEST AND MOST VALUABLE COLLECTION EVER HUNG UP FOR A LIKE EVENT. Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 3. The com plete list of trophies and prizes to be awarded for exhibits at the interstate exposition which will be held in this city simultaneously with the Fifteenth National Irrigation congress. September 2-7 next, was announced here today. It consists of .twenty magnificent and costly prizes, the gifts of prominent public-spirited citizens and commercial organizations of California and other Western states, with many large cash prizes for individual displays. All states are eligible to compete for t-ese prizes with the exception of California. The unique and striking feature of the awards announced is the number and value of the trophies that will be given for individual farm exhibits. These include three thoroughbred, registered bulls of the very highest grade. Two of these have a cash value of $1,000 each, the third, a calf. Is valued at $.V0. They are from the most celebrated herds on the Pacific coast and they represent the best blood. The list of awards for farm exhibits also include ten cash prizes of $KK each and numerous others of value. The smallest prizes offered are the cashi awards of ?.., or wnich there are a number, given for the best single box of fruit and other smaller displays. The trophies offered are undoubted ly the finest and most valuable collec tion ever hung up for any event of Its kind. There are twenty In all. ranging In value from ?2oO to $2,500. These are the most splendid examples of the silversmith's art. Most of them are especially designed and manufactured by Shreve & Company, of San Francisco. Each is of massive proportions with especial decorative scheme appropriate to the character of the exhibit for which It is offered. All are worked out with wonderful fineness, rendering every trophy not only Intrinsically valuable, but artistically superb. . THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Fair and warmer Sunday; fresh winds..

FARMERS BURN BIG TOURING MOTOR CAR

Destroy Millionaire's Machine Because Little Boy Was Accidentally Run Over. MOB AND JEER - AUTOISTS. S. B. CHAPIN, A THE PACKER, EN RECEIVE MENT. SON OF SWIFT, AND TWO WOMHARSH TREATChicago, Aug. 3. Mobbed by farmers after their big touring car had accidentally run over a little boy, S. B. Chapin, millionaire broker: a son of Louis F. Swift, millionaire packer, and two women companions, one of whom was Mr. Chapin's wife, are said to have been driven from the automobile in the vicinity of Deerfield, 111., forced to stand and look on while the big automobile was incinerated in a big bonfire that the farmers built under it, and then compelled to walk two miles through the country before they could find an accommodating driver who would take them to the Moraine hotel in Highland park. These statements were made by citizens at Deerfield yesterday, to clear up the mystery of the destruction of the large touring car last Saturday about which little could be learned on account of the manner in which the owners of the car guarded the accident. After the enraged farmers burned the big automobile, they jeered the members of the party, refused to furnish them a conveyance with which to return to their homes, and declined to even sell a horse and vehicle at any price. Swift Cared for the Boy. The running down of the boy is said to have been entirely accidental and unavoidable on the part of the automobile party. As soon as the accident occurred the automobilists stopped the ! car, returned to the spot where the boy lay and was prepared to do all in their power to help him when they fell into the hands of the enraged farmers. In fact, it is reported that even after the motorists had been subjected to all this humiliation, young Mr. Swift went back to Deerfield on the following day, had the boy attended to by the best of physicians, and offered to indemnify him through his father to any reason able extent for his injuries, regardless of the wrecking of the automobile. ENTERTAINED C. W. B. M. An Interesting Program Was Given at Milton, Friday. Milton, Ind., Aug. .3. Mrs. Harry Manlove entertained the C. W. B. M. of the Christian church Friday afternoon. The following program was given: Devotional, Mrs. Edgar Jones; "Study of life and Work of John G. Paton," Mrs. Emma Ferguson; "Mis sionary Book Review," Miss Mary Sipple. After the program dainty refreshments were served by the hos tess. CHARGES 3 CENTS IN TWO-CENT FARE STATES Complaint Against Michigan Central Railroad. INDIANA MAN ASKS REDRESS Washington, August 3 Theron F. Miller, a Michigan City attorney, has filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Michigan Central Railroad Company, complaining of the rate charged for hauling passengers in the States of Indiana and Michigan. Mr. Miller alleges that on July 27 and on various days previous thereto the defendant company asked and re ceived 30 cents for transporting him ten miles from Michigan City, Ind., to New Buffalo, Mich., notwithstanding the fact that, by legislative enactment, the legislatures of Indiana and Michi gan have fixed the rate for such trans portation at 2 cents a mile. Complainant cites that the sum of the two local State fares for transportation be tween the two points should be 20 cents, and that 30 cents is unjust and unreasonable under the law. Mr. Miller was formerly county attorney of Laporte county. FURNISHED J5.000 BOND Both the Magills Have Been Released. Clinton, 111., Aug. 3. Both Fred IL Magill and his wife. Fay Graham Magill, were reieased this evening on bonds of $3,000 each. The sureties for the former are French Deland and Mrs. Lou Magill, his mother and for the latter W. H. Ogilvie, William Monson, Dr. A. Graham, an uncle and W. W. Graham, ilra. Magill'a lather.

CHARLES HART OIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Had Been Under Treatment at Indianapolis. REMAINS BROUGHT HERE. Charles Hart, a prominent and Influential farmer of Kitchel, Ind., died Saturday evening about 5:30 o'clock, at Dr. Fletcher's sanitarium in Indianapolis, where he has been taking treatment for the past six months. The remains will be brought to this city today and the funeral announcement will be made later. Several months ago Mr. Hart was taken seriously ill with grip, which affected the nerves controlling the brain, and developed into Inflamation of the tissue surrounding the brain. He was taken to the sanitarium, where he remained up to the time of hisjdeath. The deceased was about 42 years old and leaves a wife and one daughter. Miss Elsie. Mr. Hart was very well known in this city and was a son-in-law of Daniel Moss, of Richmond. CONVENTIOHACH YEAR Women's National Temperance Trade Union League. New York, Aug. 3 The Women's National Temperance Trade Union League has decided to hold annual meetings hereafter beginning with a convention in October, 190S."" At that session of the year the clubs will be actively taking up their year's work, and it will be possible to have a larga attendance of women who will be able through organization to do 'much to Improve the working conditions of women employed In shops and factories. UNIFORM AUTOMOBILE LAW. An Effort Will Be Made to Them of Congress. Secure Washington, Aug. 3. When congress convenes in the winter, the bill requiring uniform automobile laws In the several states will be urgently pushed by the representatives of the American Automobile association. AN INTERNATIONAL SABRATHjONGRESS It Will Be Held at the. Jamestown Exposition the Last Of September. PLAN TO SECURE REST. A LONG LIST OF SPEAKERS IS ANNOUNCED BUT THE, PROGRAM IS NOT YET OF A DEFINITE NATURE. Norfolk, Aug. 3. An "international congress on Sabbath rest" is to be held at the Jamestown exposition on September 25th and 26th. For a basl3 of discussion a statement of principles has been Issued, to the effect that the Sabbath, or weekly day of rest Is of divine origin; and that although the state should not interfere with the religious observance of the Sab bath, yet the weekly day of rest is a civil Institution, maintained by law and custom and vitally related to the well-being of individuals, families and society. A long list of speakers is announc ed. although a definite program has not yet been Issued. Among the names are those of Judge W. N. Ashman of Philadelphia, ex-Secretary John D. Long, of Boston, Senators Ralph Smith and John Charlton of Ottawa. Canada; the Rev. Dr. Robert Johnson of Montreal, the Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith, ex-moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian General as sembly; the Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts of Philadelphia, moderator uf the Presbyterian general assembly; G. W. Ross of the Lord's Day Alliance of Canada, and officials of a large number of Sabbath observance organizations of the United States and Canada. Similar conference were held in connection with the expositions at Chicago in 1S93 and at St. Louis in 190L WANT EIGHT-HOUR DAY Pressmen Will Join in Demand For Such. New York, Aug. 3. President Rob ert Clocking of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders of North America says that the pressmen will join the brotherhood in demanding the eight hour day on and after Octo-

IDENTITY OF OLD MAN ESTABLISHED; . WAS A PICKPOCKET

Frank Taylor, Who Committed Suicide in the City Jail, Was Not on His First Visit To Richmond. ARRESTED 9 YEARS AGO BY LOCAL OFFICERS. There Is Ample Evidence to Show that O'Brien, the - Name He Gave Them, and Taylor Arc the Same Person The identity of "Frank Taylor" ths mysterious old man who committed suicide In the city jail, has been revealed. "Taylor" was a notorious pickpocket and was locked up In this city nine years ago during the siuncrintendency of Chas. Page. The Identification of "Taylor" wa made by officer Henry Vogelsong, who yesterday afternoon found "Taylor's" photograph in the rogue's gallery at police headquarters. The picture was taken during "Taylor's" confinement in the Richmond jail In 1k:s, when ho was arrested on suspicion prior to a big circus being In Richmond. At that time he gave the name of Frank or Hank O'Brien and said he was a Canadian. His age he gave as 51 yearn. This Information Is written on th back of the picture in the rogue's gallery. Wa a Pickpocket. Supt. Page recognized O'Brien as being a well known pickpocket and the crook admitted to having been caught in St. Louis during Page's service la that city. O'Brien on the occasion of his arrest here In IWts, was held until the circus had left the city and then with his partner, he was et to "hlV Ing it" out of Richmond for the cast. Officers Vogelsong and Bundy made the arrests, getting their men In tha east end yards. Just after they hadj alighted from an inbound train. Officer Vogelsong ever since he discovered O'Brien's llfelenn body hanging in the city Jail has been trying to remember where he had seen iMieh. a face before. Saturday he made a search through the pictures kept of rogues who have been arrested her and found a splendid likeness. Polic photographer Little took a picture of the dead man and the two photographs tally In every detail. There Is no doubt In Supt. Bailey's mind but that "Taylor," "O'Brien" or whatever be may have fancied to call himself was the pickpocket arrested here In. 1898. s Ages Correspond. The measurement given on f .... . ture taken in 1898 gives O'Brien's height as 5 feet 7 Inches In his shoes. Without shoes O'Brien measured 3 feet 6 inches when his measurement was taken at the 'morgue. In 1898 ho gave his age as 54 and when arrested here Monday gave his age ns C3. Thero Is a difference of nine years In tho time of the two arrests and the samo number of years difference in the ages he gave. There was a feeling of relief at police headquarters Saturday afternoon, when Vogelsong made his discovery. The mystery surrounding the crook's Identity has been puzzling the authorities considerably. The man's body which Is still at Doan and Klute's morgue will be sent to the medical college at Indianapolis. ARTICLES WERE FILED New Clothing House $10,000 Capital. Has Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state for th Incorporation of the Rosenbloorn-Bun-tin company, the new clothiers of this city. The capital Is flo.ooo. The directors named are Jacob Roscnbloom, Harry Buntln and Byram C. Bobbins. GRANT SPECIAL AUDIENCE. American Pilgrim Well Treated by The Pope. Rome, Aug. 3 John McGran of New York, with a hundred American pilgrims, arrived In Rome yesterday and his Holiness, who Is deeply Interested in America, granted them a pcial audience despite the heat. WAS FOUND IN GREAT AGONY. People residing near the corner of Fifth and North D streets were consid erably alarmed about eight o'clock Saturday night by the groans from a man In a gutter near the corner. Ed Brown, a local drayman, was found In agony and soon an inquisitive crowd had surrounded him. The ambulance was called and the man was tken to his home. GREAT SCULPTOR IS DEAD. Boston, Aug. 3 St. Otudens, thes sculptor, is dead.