Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 207, 27 August 1907 — Page 1

BIG MOM) PAIXABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOL. XXXII. NO. 207. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1907. SINGLE COri 2 CENTS.

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FOUR MEN BLAMED FOB RECENT WRECK Oil PEHHSYLVANIA Coroner Holds That Deeter, Falck, Calkins and Rogers Were at Fault in Catastrophe Last Wednesday.

Verdict was filed with circuit court. Substance of the Testimony As Given by the Various Men Who Participated in the Event, Presented. Coroner A. L. Bramkamp has made a thorough investigation of the wreck "which occurred at Hagerstown last "Wednesday evening and today makes Ills report in the case to the circuit rourt. Coroner Bramkamp places the "blame of the wreck on Operator Raymond Deeter at Hagerstown and John Falck, conductor of No. 72, Frank Calkins and Harry Rogers, members of the wreck train crew. Below is the substance of the testimony and the verdict: Frank Calkinr.' Testimony. In his testimony Frank Calkins says: "We got orders some where on the road that we were to pass No. 72, it overtaken. We overtook 72 at Millville, but we had some repairs here so 72 left before we did. After finishing our work at Millville toward evening, Ldont know the exact time, my con ductor, Rogers, came to me while I was on the engine and said 'the local will be in the clear for you at Hagerstown; come on. I don't remember that he said anything there about hur- ' Tying up. I was given the white block and pulled out. When we got to the top of the hill west of Hagerstown I shut off steam and the train coasted. When about a mile west of Hagerstown I saw the white block at Hagerstown, and called my fireman, Showalter's attention to it. I said to him that lit was white and told him to look at It. I don't remember but I think he called the block to me. which is according to the rules. I think we went down the hill at about twenty-five miles an hour until I saw the signals. I had the brakes on some all the way down the hill till I saw the white block. Then I put on steam. This was about a mile from the station. The track makes a sharp curve a short distance from the station, probably loO to 20O feet. Because of this curve, which Is at the water tank and because of the building and the cars on the siding on the Inside of the curve, the track in front of the station and beyond is not visible at any time till you make the curve and are within 200 feet of the depot. I watched the signal till reached the cut curve, then I dropped my eyes to the track on the outlook. I had been blowing my whistle all the way down at the crossings. I blew for the crossing just before reaching the water tank. Just as soon as we KOt around, put on air and jumped. think I was going about 40 miles an hour at the curve. I don't think I was going faster than I ought to have been going. I was not trying to make fast time. I am sure when we struck the curve we were not going unusually fast. Going as we were at the curve I was not going at what is called 'under control. To have avoided the colli sion I would have had to have the red rignal at least a half mile from where the wreck occurred. "In my opinion the cause of the wreck was improper signals by the operator at Hagerstown and poor judg ment on the part of the 72 crew. fully expected to find 72 in the clear both at leaving Millville and especially when I saw the white block at Hagers town." Showalter's Story. Laurel Showalter. fireman on the "Wreck train, said: "I did not hear con ductor give any word to Calkins. I don't remember seeing the white block. I don't remember seeing the other train and don't remember getting off. I don't think we were running unusual ly fast when we reached Hagerstown. I think probably twenty-five or thirty miles." As to Train's Speed. In regard to the speed at which the train was moving. Conductor Harry Rogers, of the wreck train, testified: "We have orders not to exceed forty miles from a point two miles west of Hagerstown to a point a quarter of a mile east of where the wreck occurred. This applies to freight as well as passenger trains. We have no special orders as to speed at Hagerstown crossing. We didn't see the signal until we got close to town and then we saw the arm down and the white light. While we were at Millville the operator there told me the conductor on 72 said 'Come like h , we will be in the clear at Hagerstown and let you by. This information, with the white block, made me feel safe in approaching Hagerstown fast. In my opinion the cause of the wreck was the failure of (Continued on Page Two.) -

Charles B. Perkins and his bride, formerly Miss Maude Gage, daughter of ex-Governor Gage of California. The lower picture shows Mrs. Perkins in a sedan chair such as she used in China, where she traveled 2,000 miles to save the life of the man she married. Mr. Perkins had been taken sick while in the Interior of China, acting as Instructor to the Reformed Army. Mrs. Perkins went after him, and nursed him back to health. In saving his life she evened the score for Mr. Perkins, who saved her from the back of a runaway horse, which first led to their acquaintance.

I ITALIAN LABORER LOSES RIGHT LEG His Escape From Instant and Terrible Death Was a Very Narrow One. CAUGHT BY BIG ENGINE. SCREAMS OF THE INJURED MAN COULD BE HEARD ALL OVER THE RAILROAD YARDS REMOVED TO HOSPITAL. Andro Rerido, an Italian laborer In the employ of the Panhandle, haa a narrow escape from a horrible death at about 3 o'clock. As it was, the un fortunate foreigner lost his right leg just above the ankle, having it crushed off by the wheels of a big engine. Rerido is on the night gang at the round house and is employed as an engine cleaner. He had been at work cleaning an engine back of the cab. The engineer and fireman boarded the engine and did not know that the Ital ian was standing on the track in the rear of the engine. Suddenly the engineer started to back the engine and Rerido, seeing the danger he was in. tried to cross the tracks. As he did so the unfortunate man tripped and fell with his right leg across the track. Before he could jerk it away the wheels had passed over it. The screams of the man could be heard ail over the railroad yards and men near by promptly rushed to his assistance. Waste was tied about the upper portion of his leg and about the calf to keep Rerido from bleeding to death. A call for the ambulance was then sent in. By the time it arrived the Italian had become insensible. He was taken immediately to Reid , hospital. That part of the leg below the ankle joint had been completely amputated by the wheels. Rerido, despite the quantity of blood he lost, will recover. FOUR DRUNKS IN COURT All Received Fines for Misconduct. Their Four tlrunks fell into the hands of the police Monday evening and all cf them were In the city court. Frank Grady, a shoe string vender, was pinched by Chief Bailey after he had become insulting. Grady was fined $5 and costs. W. E. Gleason while intoxicat ed, punched a hole through a curtain on a rig which was standing in front of an east end livery barn. He drew $1 and costs and will have to pay for the damage he inflicted on the rig. Arch McKee and James Earsman each drew fines of ?1 and cost. ELLIS IS APPRECIATIVE. Greensfork, Ind., Aug. 27 John El lis, the young man who was injured in a ball game a few weeks ago, wish es to thank his many friends for their kindness to him during his Illness.

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EIRST MOVE MADE Blf. THEC C. k L. This Road Is Doing Its Part Toward the Interchange Of Freight. FROG IS BEING PLACED. THE WHOLE MATTER NOW RESTS ON THE ATTITUDE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA, BUT NO STATEMENT IS MADE. Anticipating a favorable decision on the part of the Indiana railroad com mission for the freight interchange between the C, C. & L. and the Pennsylvania roads, in this city, a force of men under tne supervision or Koaamaster Mulligan of the C, C. &; L.. has begun laying the frog from the C, C. & L. tracks near the point at which the spur between the two railroads will be made, when it will eventually be ordered by the state railroad commission. The laying of the frog is evidence that the C, C. & Li. is more than willing for the interchange and will do everything within its power to promote Its realization. The Pennsylvania as far as the local offices Is concerned, has taken no further action on the freight interchange than was taken shortly after the hearing before the commission, when that body sat in Richmond. The Pennsylvania then objected to the interchange but the petition to set aside the arguments of the Commercial club on the question, was not heeded by the commission. Up to the Pennsylvania. A local official of the Pennsylvania says that the whole matter is now up to the general officials of the Pennsylvania company In Pittsburg and nothing more would be done by the local men. From the attitude taken by local Pennsylvania officials, people interested in the interchange have been led to believe that if the Pennsylvania is ruled against on the matter, the railroad will fight the battle to the finish and carry it through several courts before the contentions are finally settled. MARRIAGESJ1DE LEGAL English House of Lords Passes a Bill. London, Aug. 27. Marriage with a man's deceased wife's sister was legal ized in England today by the house of ; lords. A vote of 58 to 54 passing a bill sanctioning such marriages. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Wednesday i

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SHORT THUNDER STORM City Was Visited But No Harm Is Reported. A short, but severe thunder storm nassed over Richmond about five o'clock this morning. The lightning although no damage Is reported, was intense, while the thunder was very annoying. BREWERIES REALLY fl THE SALOOKS Thousands of Such Arrangements Are Said to Exist !n This State. PROSECUTIONS HINTED AT. SO-CALLED SALOONKEEPERS MAY HAVE TO FACE CHARGES OF PERJURY SOON POINT IS RAIS ED AT COLUMBUS. The question of brewing companies owning local saloons, merely hirini agents to secure the license and run the places ostensibly as the proprietors. is being widely agitated in Indiana and has been broached more than once in Richmond. From Columbus and other points In the state come reports that so-called owners of the saloons who have been nothing more than representatives of the breweries will probably be hauled into court on the charge of perjury, the alleged saloon . keepers having taken oath before the county commissioners that they owned the places and that no one else had any connection with them. Unless the saloonkeepers own their places tnemseives, without any such claim existing in favor of others, they are not entitled to license, according to some authorities. As stated in a dispatch from Colum bus, the temperance element of the state makes the assertion that there are some 6.00) such saloons in Indiana, saloons really owned by the breweries but operated by men who do not own a bit of the property in the barroom, the breweriv furnishing the funds with which to establish the place that their beer may be introduced through these places. It Is reported that there may be wholesale prosecutions against these so-called saloonkeepers on the charge of perjury if the cases at Columbus hold. An effort will also be made in numerous cities, and the movement may spread all over the state to put

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110 MONEY ON HAND FOR TRACTION WORK

Present Condition of the Fi nancial Market Not Favorable to Such. SECURITY NOT SUFFICIENT. BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES REGUIRE BETTER THAN THE EONOS ISSUED BY NEW CORPORATIONS. Traction lines promoted by Rich mond men to run from this city to other points, and traction lines promoted by other people to Richmond, are now severely handicapped by the money shortage in the east. A local traction promoter says that the money market is so close in the east, that it is almost impossible to float loans .for promoting lines of any kind. The presidential election next year, he said is responsible. As the result of this money scarcity at "least one traction line out of Richmond, the Richmond and Hamilton, whicn was to have been started during the present year, will probably be delayed for some time to come. Big banking companies and trust companies are loath to loan their mon ey on any kind of railroad securities. When asked to finance another traction line out of Richmond one of the largest trust companies in New York City wrote local parties, stating that although the trust company had $25,000,000 to loan, not one cent of this would be placed on bonds, such as are generally issued by new corporations. If companies desire money at the present time, promissory notes are all that is acceptable to the big bank ing companies. Even the Pennsyl vania railroad, with Its gilt edge bonds has in the past few months been re quired to give promissory notes to the big banking companies to secure need ed funds. "The money market Is so tight," said the local man, "that it is almost impossible to sell gold dollars on the streets of Xew York, and for that rea son I do not expect to see many trac tion lines shove their noses into Rich mond until about one jear after the next presidential election, when the policies of the new president are ascertained and the money market onco reaches an easy level." BELIEVES CONVENTION WILL BE PROFITABLE Postmaster Spekenhier Home From Erie. WAS WELL ENTERTAINED. Postmaster J. A. Spekenhier has re turned from the first class postmasters national convention, which was held three days of last week at Erie. Pa. Mr. Spekenhier says the sessions were by far the best since the association was organized, and that the postmasters feel they can In th? fu ture accomplish more for the post office work than they ever did before. The convention was 'henorei by the presence of First Assisvict Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock and Third Assistant A. L. Larsh". Mr. Spekenhier states that although the postmasters were royally enter tained at St. Louis, Erla outdid the western town in the way of entertain ing the visitors. Automobiles, yachts and clubs were ail turned over to the use of the visiting officials. Mrs. Spekenhier accompaniei her husband to Erie. How The Vote Stands

BOYS. Anthony Hafner ,- ..51.4G7 Sylvester Hamilton 45,835 Nathan Mills 27,005 Walter Anderson (Fountain City). 10,092 Leo Medearis .. 9,092 Leo King 7,129 Fred Palmer (Williamsburg) 6,618 Alvin A. Keller 4.595 Henry Schneider 4,078 Russell Brehm - .. 5,554 Geo. Weller (R. R. No. 1) 1,607 Chauncey Burr 1,0 IS Earl Miller 1,033 Carol Adams - -.. .. .. .. . 1.S9S Howard Hartzler Hi Robert McDaniel 110 Noel Matthews 74 Elmer Colvin 60 Elmer Piche 21 Fred Ward (Lynn)-' 19 Harry P. Thomas (Cambridge City) 10 Francis Brooke (Greensfork) 7 Ralph Gault 6 Teter Lichtenfels '. 5 GIRLS. Mary Morrow .26,872 Mary E. Harmeier .. .. .. ..21,814 Ellen Dickinson .i 5,323 Irene Crull (Greensfork) 3,064 Pearl - Rothermal , 530 Doris Monroe ..... 75

RODY OP YOUNG LADY FOUNDJTHE LUKE It Is Believed She Was the Viclim of a Fiend. SCOUT SUICIDE THEORY.

Lake Hopatchong, X. J., Aug. 27. Brady Agnes McGuire. a young school teacher of Brooklyn, who mysteriously disappeared Saturdiy night from a buggy in which she and her cousin, Frank McQuade were riding, was found in the lake this morning. A cursory examination failed to reveal how the girl met death, but it Is believed she was a victim of a fiend who placed her body in the lake. Tho theory of suicide is scouTed. DUE AT PLAIHFIELD Colored Boy Seems to Be Incapable of Keeping Out Of Trouble. BAREFOOT IN THE COURT. HAZEL MeKAY, ARRAIGNED A8 AN INCORRIGIBLE, WAS ALLOWED TO GO ON HER PROMISE TO BEHAVE. Sam Mayfield, a little colored boy who seems Incapable of keeping out of trouble was sentenced in Juvenile court to. the reform school at Plainfield. Sammy some time ago got In trouble for stealing money from a barber snop wnere he was employed. Judge Fox overlooked this offense because Sammy promised to be good and go at once to Jefferson vllle, Ind., where his grandmother lives. No sooner was Sammy given his liberty than he stole a bicycle. He stated that he committed the theft so that he could ride to Jeffersonville. Judge Fox told the boy that he wa3 going to send him to Tlalnfield where he could get an education and find good home. Sammy was indifferent but stated before leaving the court room that he was not stuck on being sent to Plainfield. The lad appeared In court barefooted. He had a pair of shoes but stated that he threw them away because they were too large for him. Case of Hazel McKay. Hazel McKay, a nice looking color ed girl, fifteen year3 old, was also In Juvenile court on a charge of In corrigibility and for stealing money from her parents. Mrs. McKay stated that her daughter is a good girl when she wanted to be but the hardly ever wanted to be. Hazel told Judge Fox In a straight forward manner tnat she had not been good but said that the had misbehaved because her parents would not let her have company or go out and have a good time. She denied that she had ever stolea money from her parents but admitted that she had gone buggy riding with boys and that her father at times nad to go to dances and take her homo. "The only time I ever got cut. of the Louse was when I sneaked out," he girl said. Hazel was auowed to go on a promise to live with her parents and to obey them, or to find employment and conduct herself as gd girls should. Judge Fox told Mr. and Mrs. McKay that It was a mletake to keep children too closely conf'ned. WELL KNOWN PACKER DEAD Chicago, Aug. 27. Nelson Morris, well known packer, died today after a long illness. In Pony-Cart Contest

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WOULD BE BETTER Off HAD WE LEFT ISLANDERS ALONE President E. B. Bryan Believes The United States Has Sufficient Problems Without The Philippines.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THEM WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST. Audience Took the Disappointment Over Taylor's Failure To Appear, Good Naturedly Teachers' Work. , PROGRAM. Tuesday Night.! 7:00 Music, Band. 7:30 Reading, Miss Angela Mae O'Brien. s:uu l'opuiar ljcciure, Ane Age of tho Young Man "t Mr. , Lou J. Beauchamp. Wednesday, Aug. 28.. 9:15 Devotional Exercises, D. C. Huntington, rector St. Paul's Episcopal church. Educational lectures byTroressors Bryan and Gillan. 9:30 Lecture, Pres. E. B. Bryan. 10:30 Lecture, "The Child's First Map, and How to Make It," Prof. S. Y. GU'.an. 1:00 Music, Band. 1:30 Lecture. Pres. E. H. Bryan2:30 Lecture, "Map Interpretation." Prof. S. Y. Gillan. 3:30 l'opuiar Lecture, "The Sunny Side of Life," Mr. Lou J. Beauchamp. 4:30 Music, Band. 7:15 Music, Bard. 8:00 Great Educational Entertainment, by Pamahasika'a Trained Birds and Dogs. That the United States ntlll haa a serious problem to handle In the Philippine Islands was clearly emphasized Monday night at the chautauqua by President E. B. Bryan, of Franklin College, who spoke on "The Philippiuo Question." President Bryan took up the subject of whether the United States did right in remaining in the Islands after Dewey's victory. "If the question were up for debate," said he, "and I had my choice of sides I would be at loss whether to take the affirmative or the negative. It is a question with two 'sides. It Is my feeling, though I am not at all sure about the correctness of It, that the United States would have, been better off If it had sailed out of the harbor after Dewey's victory and left the islanders to themselves. I believe we have problems big enough at home to command all of our time and effort." Now that the United Mates has the islands, however, the speaker felt that we should give our best thought to' solving the problem. In speaking of the government of the Filipinos, President Bryan commented most favorably on Secretary Taft, who was formerly; provincial governor. Observed at Close Range. President Bryan, who filled the place made vacant on the program by tho failure of Senator Bob Taylor to keen his engagement, was commissioner of education in the Philippines after the American invasion and in such capacity organized the school system there. He had a splendid opportunity to study the Filipinos at close range and his observations for this and various other reasons have much significance. A large audience gathered at the chautauqua, many of them not knowing that Senator Taylor had cancelled his engagement. To speak to an assembly which Is expecting one . thing and gets another, is a hard tank and this was brought out by Mr. Shaw la his introduction of President Bryan. The manager's manner was most kind ly and President Bryan expressed his appreciation of It In his opening words. The audience took the situation in a happy manner and when the lecture was over few were disappointed, as President Bryan not only delivered a pleasing address, but it wa3 on a subject about which many were not correctly Informed. President Bryan said that he would relate facts connected with the establishment of civil government in the Philippines rather than advocate any theories. The speaker declared that he is not and does not intend to be a candidate for any office and that he went to the Philippines without an ax to grind. For these reasons he felt that he could represent the situation in the Philippines just as it was and Is. Wrong Impression Given. A wrong Impression of the Philip pines had been formed by a great many American people, according to the epeaker, through the Philippine exhibition at the St. Louis Fair. Here visitors to the fair saw the Iggorotes dance and eat dogs and thought that they had seen representative Philipplno life. President Bryan declared Continued on Page Six..