Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 265, 3 November 1907 — Page 1

RICHMOND .FA AJDI H 10 PAGES TODAY TODAY II ANTD SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXII. NO. 205. RICII3IOXD, IND., SUNDAY 3IOKNING, NOVEMBER 11)07. SINGLE COPY. :5 CENTS.

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AUTOMOBILE WAS CAUGHT By FAST

E W. E. McWhinney and Clifford Bevington Had a Narrow Escape at North Twelfth Street Crossing. MACHINE CONVERTED INTO A MERE PILE OF JUNK. Occupants Were Signalled by The Flagman That Track Was Clear McWhinney Will Sue for Damages. Although the automobile iu which hey worn riding was struck by a. fust moving passenger engine at the North Twelfth street crossing of the Panhandle and the entire rear end or the car knocked into a pile of junk. Ij. McWhinney and Clifford Bevington lire alive to tell the tale. Mr. McWhinney states that Sat ri lii.s machine, which is practically low, with Mr. lievington us a companion. While running south on North Twelfth street on the north side of the i ailroad tracks he stopped the machine at the crossing to see if it was safe to cross the. tracks. Mr. McWhinney states that when lie tdonped liis car the flagman on duty signsilerl to him he tracks were clear. Ife then started his car and: just as in was crossing the third trick, i which lends west to the round house,,' !i heavy ;jmssenger engine suddenly issued out: of a lane of box cars and crashed into the rear end of the ear, tinning Jt around. The engine -'leu twice "tfSlde swiped" the machine with its giganiic drivers. Jevington Jumped. Just 1 mi -fore the engi;" f'rst hit the car Bevington jumped and alighted safely bc:t McWhinney stuck to his steering gear and in some miraculous manner escaped without even a scratch. Immediately after the accident a "big crowd assembled at the crossing to see the ruins of the beautiful white automobile. Mr. McWhinney states that after the accident the flagman came to him :ind stated be had told him to cross the tracks because he 1 'nought there was no danger. Tie states that the flagman said he did not know the passenger engine was approaching because he could not see it for the double line of box cars between which the engine was running. Mr. McWhinney states that he will bring suit against the railroad company. PAY THE NOTES AND F0RGEHB00T IT This Is a Lawyer's Advice to Farmers Who Subscribed To Co-operative Stock. ARE VICTIMS OF A SCHEME. CONCERN WAS TO FURNISH THE STOCXHOLDERS WITH VARIOUS SUPPLIES AT A PRICE BELOW THE USUAL ONE. Hagerstown. 1ml., Nov. 2. Farmers in this part of Wayne county and the adjoining part of Ibnry subscribed liberally io a, scheme that was presented to them last winter by two men who are described ;is being the moat persuasive talkers ever seen by the rural investor. These men sold shares of stock in a cooperative concern in Ohio, which shares entitled the owners to a division ef profits, also to purchase al! Muds of tools, implements and agricultural supplus at a reduction ranging from in to 2o per cent below the usual irice. Meetings were held in school houses and the farmers were told that no puch opportunity was ever presented hefore. The result was that many shares were disposed of. Most farmers gave their notes for the stock so issued and the amounts ranged from $23 to $400. Xcw the notes are tinning up in banks and notices urge prompt payment. Up to this time no dividends have been declared, neither has any of the purchasers been able to obtain implements, tools or other supplies at cut rates. The farmers have been advised by a New Castle lawyer that as easy a way out of the trouble as they can find is to quietly pay t-he notes when they become due and forgot it. ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY. New Paris, O., Nov. 2. The election of officers of the corooration and members of the school board will be lt?ld here next Tuesday.

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STRUCK FOR A LOAN AFTER THE01MBREL Old Days in the Wayne Circuit Court Recalled by a Connersville Attorney. A JOHNSON-STUDY CLASH. , tAor-i WAO rllNtU $0 AINU JUMINSON PAID BOTH FINES FUR NISHED EVERYBODY EXCUSE FOR A GOOD LAUGH. Two Connersville attorneys the past week engaged in a "set to" in the. Fayette county court room, which created considerable excitement there. One of the Connersville attorneys, who had no connection with the fight, but who was an interested spectator, grew remeuiscent and told of a spat which occurred in the Wayne circuit court several years ago, in which Attorney Henry I'. Johnson and Thomas Study figured: '"Congressman Johnson and .Mr. Study were the combatants,'' said the Connersville man in tnlking of the affair. "Each called the other a liar and then one fired an ink bottle at the other. The court was demanding peace and the sheriff was also getting busy. Finally the atmosphere cleared and the court, then paid his respects to the pair of belligerents, closing his remarks by assessing a five dollar fine from each of the two scrappy attorneys. Johnson immediately walked up to the clerk's desk and laid down a five dollar bill. Study hesitated and said nothing, but acted as though he was ready to proceed with the case. Hut the court couldu't be euchred and plainly told Study that he would have to pay the fine beforw he could practice any more. Study scratched his head in a diplomatic way, then rising from his seat, walked directly across the court room to where Johnson was sitting. There was silence and those in the court room anticirtated a renewal of hostilities. Hut relief came in a minute. " 'Johnson', Study said to his antagonist of a moment before, 'lend me five dollars to pay mv fine with.' "And Johnson stood for the loan and everybody had a good laugh." CLUB TO BE REORGANIZED Hagerstown Is to Have a Debating Society. Hagerstown, Ind., Nov. 2. The Par-! nasiau, a debating club which was discontinued five years ago, will reorganize Thursday night. Nov. S. Some of the old members are Elvin Benson, i James Knapp, M. W. Grills. Chas. ! Woolard, Joshua Allen. Mrs. Frank Murray. Mrs. Everette Root, Mrs. Janus Knapp. Misses Blanche Coffman aud Jessie Newcom. New members wnl be taken in after they are organized. PLAN A HOLIDAY BAZAAR. Hagerstown. Ind., Nov. 2. The ladies of the M. K. A'd society will ; hold a holiday bazaar Dec. 11 anj 12. j

AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND

LOU M. EMMONS. Emmons Tailoring Co. ASSISTED BEGGAR AND GOT THOUSAND DOLLARS New York Man Receives Letter From "P. F." COMES AFTER NINE YEARS. New York, Nov. 2. On Christmas eve, 1S0S, John McNulty, a man in moderate circumstances, while returnlug to his home, aided a beggar who stopped him in the street and applied for alms. The man insisted on getting his benefactor's name and address, saying that some day. perhaps, he might be able to show his appreciation McNulty thought no more of the matter until last night, upon returning from his work he opened a letter which had come for him and found inclosed r $l.oon bill, and a brief letter, which read : "Dear Sir Inclosed you will find $l.oon in payment for your kindness and your merry Christmas given to me nine years ago. when I was broken and wanted a meal. I have traveled considerably in many places since that night, but I have- always remembered your kindness. Take this and use it. Believe me, yours, "P. F." McNulty has no idea of the identity of the grateful man. The letter was mailed from the financial district in this city. TRUSTEE MAY'CQNTROL ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS Hagerstown Authorities Consider a Plan of This Kind. FUNDS NOT SUFFICIENT. Hagerstown. Ind.. Nov. 2. The Ha gerstown school board and teachers ; have been considering the propriety 1 of relinquishing control over the town j schools and turning them over to the township trustee, thereby giving that official control of both town and county schools. Some of the reasons given for the proposed change are that it is difficult to maintain the town schools at their present high standard with the funds obtainable and when the new law comes into effect, aud the salaries of teachers must be raised, it. will be impossible to meet the expense and maintain the present standard. BIELE FOR THE STATE MUSEUM. Mrs. Elizabeth Price, Indianapolis, daughter of Samuel Kleinfeldern Hos-! hour, has presented to the State Mu- i seum a large German Bible, published! in Germany in 1764. I Should Preserve It. A list of new subscribers and changes in phone numbers and residences will be found elsewhere in this paper which subscribers should cut out and paste in their directories.

TOO FEW STAMPS PUT ON THE CARDS

Public Seems to Be in Ignorance in Reference to the Postal Laws. TROUBLE FOR EVERYBODY. TINSEL POST CARDS CAUSE THE MOST TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY MUST BE ENCLOSED AND TWO CENTS USED. An average of fifty souvenir postal cards are mailed daily by Richmond postoffice patrons, who fail usually, through lack of knowledge of the postal laws to comply with the government regulations concerning such matters. As a result just that many souvenir postal cards are held until Postmaster Spekenhier or his clerks can notify the intended recipients and make known to them that additional postage is needed. It is generally through lack of postage that the trouble arises. Meanwhile there are at least fifty Richmond people every day who send postal cards as loving remembrances, and never know that there is someone at the other end of the line who is of the opinion that they should study the postal laws and put on enough stamps the next time. This is somewhat embarrassing to the people both sending and receiving the cards, but that isn't all. The postal clerks are also among the victims, due to the lack of knowledge of the postal laws. For every postal card mailed without a sufficient amount of postage, or otherwise failing to comply with the law, the clerks must notify the intended recipient of the card in case the name of the sender cannot be learned. In response tiie intended recipient sends back the required amount of postage, not so much because they desire to but through curiosity. Then again the clerks get busy and place the proper amount of postage on the cards, and they are sent on their way. 'linsel carets are responsible for the greater amount of trouble. This is because they have to be placed in envelopes and by so doing they are according to postal rules, letters, and require the same amount of postage. Thousands of souvenir cards are handled by the local postoffice eacn week. This is not all the craze is growing unabated aud Postmaster Spekenhier says he thinks merchants will get rich off the bits of pasteboard if people continue to buy as heavily as they have in the past. POPE'SCONOITION SERIOUS Head of the Catholic Church Has Heart Trouble. Rome, Now. 2. Pope Pius is believed to be seriously ill. He is suffering from heart trouble that has made it necessary to cancel all his engege-

PRIVATE COMPANY WILL 00 ITS PART

Light, Heat & Power Concern Stands Ready to Meet City on Pole Matter. ANY PLAN SATISFACTORY. CITY FINDS ITSELF EMBARRASSED BY THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT POLE ORDINANCE. "Whatever the city does the Light Heat & Power company will do and ; bear its share of the cost. If the city j wants to erect, a joint line of iron poles on Main street with the Light, ; Heat & Power company, or to place ' with us a line of wooden poles in the parallel alleys north or south of Main street, it will be satisfactory to us," stated Manager Lane of the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company Saturday evening when asked what action his company would take in regard to ; the pole ordinance which goes into effect December 1. This ordinance compels all telegraph and telephone companies to remove their wooden poles on Main street in the business district to the first alleys north or south of Main street running parallel to Main street and compelling the street car company, the municipal light plant and the Light, Heat & Power company to replace their wooden poles by iron poles. Just what action will be taken by 1he Bell Telephone company in respect to this ordinance is awaited with interest by the local public. It would be almost impossible at the present time for any of the companies affected by the ordinance, with the exception of the Home Telephone company, to comply with its terms by the first of next month. City is Embarrassed. The city officials evidently forgot that the pole ordinance was to go into effect so soon and as a result the city finds itself in a somewhat em barrassing position. To comply with the ordinance the city will have to , move rapidly and even then it is ex-1 tremely doubtful if the work of substituting iron poles for the wooden poles could be accomplished by the time the ordinance goes into effect. This being the case it is probable that council will some time this month extend the j time for placing the ordinance in effect. It is almost certain that the Hell telephone company will ignore the or dinance. Ever since the city council passed an ordinance fixing a maximum telephone rate, which the Hell company would not accept, the Hell people has been at outs with the city. THEORY ADVANCED IS THATJF SUICIDE No Natural Cause for Robert Barr's Death. AUTOPSY ON THE BODY. Hamilton, O., Nov. 2 An autopsy on the body of M. Robert Barr, manager of the Bell Telephone Company, found dying in the Rentschler building yesterday, disclosed that there was no cause for natural death, and left J no theory save that of suicide. The J contents of the stomach will be ana- : lyzed. The letter which Mr. Barr i mailed to his wife just before his ; death has been withheld from publiclty. Bayard Kilgour, of Cincinnati, j general manager of the company, has j forwarded a statement that the late Mr. Barr was not short in his accounts, and praising his work highly. HELMS TAKES CHARGE OF A FLYING SQUAD Brookville American Speaks Well of Candidate. IS TOURING THE DISTRICT. Sergeant James W. Helms, formerly in charge of the Richmond recruiting station, but who for several months had charge of the station at Logansport, has left that field to assume charge of a "flying" recruiting squad which is to traverse Indiana from one end to the other. Sergeant Helms ; held the district record for securing! cured nineteen during his short stay there. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Sunday. . OHIO Sunday fair, except rain along Lake Erie.

SKULL FRACTURED

FALL FROM INTERURBAN George Raber Met With a Serious Accident. HOME IN CAMBRIDGE CITY. Knightstown. Ind., Nov. 2. George Raber, of Cambridge City, was picked tip bv the crew of an interurban car five miles east of this place .and brought to town, where it was found that his bkull was fractured, there being a hole in his forehead large enough to be probed by the surgeon's finger. He left this city last evening on an interurban car at 7:4o. He is thirty-five years old. Raber is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjcmin Raber, of Cambridge City and Mrs. Raber has arrived here to attend her sou. JORN FITZGERALD HELD By THE POLICE He Is Charged With Having Turned in False Alarm Of Fire. ADMITS TO THE ALARM. CLAIMS HOWEVER, THAT HE THOUGHT SOME DAMAGE WAS THREATENED INVESTIGATE BREWING COMPANY FIRE. John, better known as "Red"' Fitzgerald was arrested Saturday afternoon on a charge of having turned in a false alarm. The alarm was sent in from the branch office of the Indianapolis Brewing company, North Twelfth and F streets. When Chief Miller of the fire department was informed that Fitzgerald was the one who sent in the alarm he asked him for an explanation. "Red' emphatically denied that he was the person who sent in the alarm. Chief Miller then placed the matter in the hands of Chief Bailey of the police department and as a result of the Investigation Fitzgerald was arrested about 5 o'clock by Officer Cully. Fitzgerald finally admitted to Chief Bailey that he sent in the alarm. The "fire" was a small blaze of refuse near the office of the brewing company. It has developed since the arrest of Fitzgerald that the fire in the office of the Indianapolis Brewing company just ten days ago is being investigated and that there is a strong suspicion that this fire was the work of au incendiary. Suspicious Circumstance. This fire gutted the office of the brewing company. Chief Miller stated Saturday night that after the fire Manager Brown of the brewing company stated that about fifteen minutes before the fire started ho left the office and went across the street on business. On his return he noticed that the interior of the office was ablaze and he immediately sent In a fire alarm. Manager Brown stated to Chief Miller that there is a stove in the office but that it was not lighted at the time of the fire and that he had no idea how the blaze could have originated. Fitzgerald since his arrest claims that he turned In the alarm Saturday afternoon because he thought the blaze which was consuming the heap of refuse would cause some damage. Tlie firemen state that this fire could have been extinguished with a small pail of water. Whether the police attach any blame to Fitzgerald for the first blaze at the Indianapolis Brewing company is not known. POSTAL COMPANY NOW An Assistant Will Be Given Manager Strickler. GOING AFTER BUSINESS. Mr. Byers. former manager of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company at Connersville and later at La Fayette will locate here this week as an assistant to Manager Strickler at the postal office. The Postal office is being renovated, painters and paper hangers are decorating it iu and out side with a fresh coat of paint and paper and new furniture will be put m and under the new management the company expects to increase its business materially in this field. LOUIS H. GIBSON SUICIDE. Architect Found Dead in an Indianapolis Hotel. Indianapolis, Nov. 2. Louis H. Gibson, architect, was found dead in a room at the Majestic Hotel, in South Illinois street, today, and the indications were that he kilied himself betaking morphine. A glass which had contained a trace of a solution of the drug was found ia his xhom.

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y STATES Elections East and South Will Be Held for This Office Next Tuesday. FIGHTS ON IN THE CITIES. ONE OF WARMEST IS AT CLEVELAND WHERE INTEREST CENTERS IN CONTEST BETWEEN JOHNSON AND BURTON. Washington, Nov. 2. Ououonii varying all t.ie way from the tariff to o-cent fares will be tried out at the elections next Tuesday. Six state will elect governors, namely: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland. Kentucky aud Mississippi. Three others will choose minor state. (Officials. New York. Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Municipal elections will be held in a number of the important cities of the country, including New York county, Cincinnati. Cleveland. Imis illo and San Francisco. In each state and each city, the issue differ, and are largely local in' their bearing. One of the hottest mayoralty campaigns is that In Cleveland between Mayor Johnson (Dem.) aud Congressman Burton. The S-ccnt fare is th leading issue. Interest of a national character was lent to this campaign through President Roosevelt's letter to Burton advising him to be the candidate. In Cincinnati there Is a three-cornered fight between Mayor Dempsoy, Pfaff, the present democratic vicemayor, put up by bolters from tlm democratic party and Independents and Markbreit. republican. San Francisco aI.o has three tickets to choose from. Democrats and Independents are combined on the present acting mayor in opposition to candidates chosen by the republican and Union Labor parties. SHOULD CARS STOP ON THE NEAR SIDE? This Is a Question That Is Being Considered by Supt. A. Gordon. MANY ARE IN FAVOR OF IT. ONE BIG ADVANTAGE WOULD BE THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCIDENTS. Should the city street cars make their regular stops on the first side of the street instead of across it. as has been custom in Richmond since tho old horse car trundled its weary way around the historic loop? This in ono of the problems that i.-t being given consideration by Superintendent A. Gordon of the local lines. Street railway men in itichmond ar of the opinion that there would b much advantage to the public in the point of safety if i:ie change wer made, but they say It is altogether a matter as to whether the public would tal:e kindly to such an altered condition, after the old custom has been followed for i-o many years. It is being pointed out that Iho street car system in a number of cities over the country, have adopted fh pystem of making the stop on thw first side of th street with success, and decidedly more safety foe pedstrains as the ears will naturally approach the street crossings with less speed than is the case at present. Then in case of a vehicle approaching a crossing, the danger of collision is reduced to a minimum, for the same rtasons. as the car has made Its stop before entirely across the street. The plan has met with much favor with those persons who are acquainted with the workings of the rule, and think that it should be installed by all odds. Superintendent Gordon, it is asserted, aiso takes very kindly to the idea. WIFE COMMITS SUICIDE Strange Deed of Mrs. Bertha Brooks, Hamilton, 0. Hamilton, O., Nov. 2 Mrs. Bertha Brooks, twenty-four years old, tho wife of Charles Brooks, a molder, committed suicide last night at her home just as her husband returned from his work. She swallowed carbolic acid. !and was dead w!thln a few minutes. She had been moody, but her husband end friends can give no reason for her ict. SAINTS' DAYS THIS WEEK. The following are the Saints days for this week: Sunday, November 2, St. Hubert; November 4, St. Charles jBorromeo; November 5, St. Bertille; November 6, St. Leonard; November 7, St. Willibrod; November S, St. Godfrey! November ? St Orestes.;

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