Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 286, 26 November 1907 — Page 1

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Places in Indiana Where There Is a Fight Being Made For the Abolition of the Liquor Business Slogan Is For a Dry State. ANDERSON PLANS TO CONFINE TO A SINGLE WARD. New Castle Is Preparing to Celebrate Thanksgiving by A Victory Over tle Saloon Men Want a Thousand Names on Petition Negro At Owensville Is Warned. Richmond is only one of tin many places in Indiana where the anti-saloon fiht is belnn willed. Dispatches from over tlif sia'e indicate i remarkable activity in this regard, as t Jio following will show: BLANKET REMONSTRANCE. This Method Would Drive Saloon: to One Ward. InAnderson, Iml., Nov. -f. Instead of poing ahead with a petition to the common council of this city, asking that saloons be confined to the busijiess part of ihe town, noarlv all manufacturers and several hundred other people of this city, whose names are on the petition., will probably resort to the blanket remont trance for the purpose of driving the saloons out. of llie First ami Third wards and compelling them to concentrate in the Second ward, the business center of the, citv. The seventy saloon keepers of this city and the several breweries that :ne the real backing of probably a majority of ihe saloois. realize that the movement is one they can not. well combat, and thev are now trying "to reform themselves. PREPARING TO CELEBRATE. (Newcastle Temperance People Hope for 1,000 Names. 'New Castle, Ind., Nov. L't!. The temperance people are preparing to eek-braio Thanksui via-:? day in a n.anver never known here before, but it is hoped by Thursday to have it lvt.ionMi Miee that will dose t he thirteen saloon? in this city. The campaign was continued by the churches yesterday. Only 7"(t names are required and it is exuected to have l,00i. A bond has been tiled with the county .vinlitor to guarantee, the cost of any litigation which may arise on account if the remonstrance. The bond is j I snort 1" fifteen representative citizens. One of the city's ministers ha; received a letter, which savs: "The saloons are one. You know what this means." The minister has been aclive in the temperance cause and the incident lias caused much comment. DRY IN A DOUBLE SENSE. Windfall Short on Officers as Well as Saloons. Windfall. Ind.. Nov. 20. Windfall city and the township of Wildcat, the second city in this (Tipton) county, is out of saloons and short on officials. Practically everybody is prosperous, ami if there is any indebtedness it is mt collected by legal procedure. Windfall has more than 1,000 population. Four years ago it had four licensed saloons, but since then all have been wiped out by blanket renunistrnnce. NEGRO RECEIVES WARNING. Advleed to Droo Aoolication for Retail Liquor License. Owensville .Ind., Nov. i't'. A curd has appeared in a local newspaper, addressed to Ixmis Telly, ;1 negro and a farmer, who has applied for a license to sell Intoxicants in this township, reading as follow?: Louis Telly You have lived in this township many years. You are respected, have treated others right and other people have always treated you in like manner. You own land and other property. Now then, in view of all this, if you persist in your intention to dispense liquors to your i?e!ghhors and thus demoralize the community . and injure schools and churches, contrary to the expressed win of 73 per cent of the people. I ay to ynu candidly, there will be a dead nigger. The notice has aroused considerable excitement In liQUor circles, and Telly Is endeavoring to uncover the Identity of the writer. Judge Artman Speaks at Marion. Marion. Ind., Nov. 20. 'Temperiuice Sunday1 was observed in Marlon

PIERRE GRAY VICTIM OF DREAD PNEUMONIA

Expired Rather Suddenly at Indianapolis Home. SON OF GOVERNOR GRAY.; Indinapolis."- Nov. :.';.-Pneumonia, the dread malady, that cut short Undistinguished career of ex-Governor Isaac I'. Gray, about twelve years ayo while he was JilliiiK the oifice of minister to .Mf-xieo. ended the life of his son. Pierre Gray, who died at hi.-, home, 1',-UKi North Peniisx lvania .street, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Gray was about years of uc. He was bora in Darke enmity. Ohio, in May. i-".::. He came to Indiana wit.ri his parents when a child. Union City was the former home of the Grays. In ISn-4. when Isaac P. Gray, who was one of the democratic leaders of Indiana, was elected governor. Pierre Gray became his secretary and remained in the office with his father through his administration. Prior t entering official life .Mr. Gray was engaged in the practice of law with his father. by a joint rueetinc of all church denominations and addressed by Judge Samuel 15. Artroati, of Lebanon. Effort to Make Shirley Dry. Greenfield. J ml., Nov. 2G.- An effort is being made to make Shirley ami I'.rown townships dry, and thoujrh those who have the work in charge are not jnvinK out nnv information, it i is said they are meeting with success beyond their expectations. OEtilES HIS GUILT BEFORE IS ACCUSED Auto Driver Suoposed He Was Being Arretted for Violating Speed Law. DAYTON MACHINE STOLEN. j THE RICHMOND POLICE WERE ASKED TO ASSIST IN CAPTURI NG THE THIEF, WHO WAS HEADED THIS WAY. Richmond police were on the quivive today, and every runabout automobile that passed through the city was stopped. It was not without reason. ! however, for early this morning Superintendent of Polite P.aily received a J message from Dayton. O.. stating that a Stoddard-Dayton machine had been stolen about two o'clock this morning, ami the thieves were driving towards Richmond. The efforts of the police to locate t lie machine proved unavailing. The car is described as painted grey. trimmed in red. It was a black top. : and has the monogram "J. D. M." on I either side. I One driver of a high power runabout ! came into Richmond this morning and i was stopped near Tenth street by a policeman. He asked no questions, but i immediately began lo hurl a tirade of very expressive epithets at the blue coaled minion of, the law. In the meantime he denied guiit of exceeding the speed limit. When it was explained, to him that- the police were keeping a lookout for a stolen machine, the driver of the ear was profuse in his apologies. He went on westward. CLESTER DEEVERS OUT flOR Had Been in the County Jail 31 Days. ENTITLED TO A CHANCE. On enteritis a plea of guilty to a charge of petit larceny, after having served thirty-one days in jail. Clester Deevers was released from custody, but :iis freedom will largely depend upon bis good behavior. Deevers has been a constant sonrce jof annoyance to police oineers of Ttichjmond in the past few months. Auth orities think, nots Ithst.mding all the young man's faults, thin ho 'iouhi be given a chance. If he betrays once more the confidence placed in him by Judge Fox. he will immediately be sent to Jet'fersnnville. 1WAS DUE TO -HOT- FLUE Fire at the Home of A. L. Thomas. A small blaze, occasioned by a hot flue setting fire to the roof, called tho hit uryai imrui ill lilt? HUllie OI 1. Thomas at 1007 North Sixteenth! j street. The blaze was extinguished bv ' the use of chemicals, and but little j damage was done to the property, j

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FIVE CHURCHES JOIN ON THANKSGIVING DA! Services Will Be at Reid Memorial Presbyterian.

THE REV SMITH TO SPEAK. The congregations of the First Second and I'nited Presbyterian, the First Baptist and the I'nited Brethren Churches, will join Thursday at lo,:;n a. m.. in celebrating' Thanksgiving at I Ee id Memorial church. The Kev. If. Robert Smith, of the First Baptist, 'church will deliver the address. Special mu-if will be tinder the direction of Miss Gaston. The public is invited to visit the church with the chimes on this day and observe the national , Thanksgiving. I NOT TO GET OUT Of TOM'S WAY Contest Promised for Membership on the National Democratic Committee. RESTS WITH DELEGATION. THIS IS THE VIEW THAT KERN TAKES OF THE MATTER AND THE MOST DESERVING MAN SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED. Indianapolis. Nov. ..;. When it became known at French Lick th ir Thomas Taggart woul dseek re-election Thomas Taggart. would seek re-election committee from Indiana his cloe friends asserted that John W. Kern, who 1as been frequently i 'loned ii connection with the place, would step aside for old friendship's sake and not oppose him. :lr. Kern's friends, however, are nor. talking that way. It can be stated, oil the best of authority, that .Mr. Kern's name wilt go before the next delegation from Indiana to the democratic national convention as a candidate for member of the national committee from this state. Mr. Kern's position, it is said, is that the selection of a national committeeman from Indiana should rest entirely with the Indiana delegation, and the place should be given to n democrat who in the opinion of members of the delegation most deserves it by reason of service to the party. TRAINS MUST STOP ST THE CROSSINGS State Railroad Commission Announces a New Ruling ' In This Regard. AFFECTS RURAL DISTRICTS. REFERS TO UNPROTECTED CROSSINGS IN THE STATE THAT LAY OUTSIDE OF THE CITIES AND TOWNS. Hereafter all locomotive engineers and interurban niotormen will be re-, quired to stop their trains or cars at all track crossings outside the limits of cities and towns in the state, where the crossing is not guarded by a switchman or by a mechanical device recognized by the laws of the state as making the crossings safe. This decision was announced Monday afternoon by the state railroad commission. I A conference of railroad managers and attorneys was held some time ago and it was unanimously determined by the counsel and the members of the commission that stops should be made at all unprotected crost-ir.gs in the stale that lay outside cities and town. The question of whether criminal ac tion should be instituted againt nntormen or c nginemen who did not ubev this ruling of the commission was decided when Commissioner Hunt announced that the commission would so arply the criminal statute. Within cities and towns the commission kold--that the city council or town board responsible. . rvlRS. FRANK KEEVER SICK. Mrs. Frank Keever of Fcmr.Tnin City is sick at the home of her daughter in-law, Mrs. Sally Keever. in Rich mend. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Wednesday; light to fresh westerly winds. OHIO Wednesday fair; fresh to brisk southwest to wst winds.

CASE IS WON IS THE CLAIM MADE BY ONE ATTORNEY

Counsel for Mrs. Bradley Declares That the Only Anxiety at This Time Is Condition of Defendant. - BARTON MADE A GOOD WITNESS FOR DEFENSE.! He Holds That Mrs. Bradley Was Insane and His Testimony Showing His Conclusions Was Unshaken. Washington. Nov. "We have practically won nnr case." said Judge Hoover, one of the counsel for Mr:-?. Bradley, today. "Our only anxiety now is that our client will break down before th- end." Dr. Rich of New York, testified in the Bradley case this morning. He said he was in the Raleigh hotel on the morning of last December eight. Mrs. Bradley entered and rushed about wildly, muttered to herself an J ran from window to window. Her behavior was that of a lunatic. He said she was greatly disturbed mentally. Dr. Charles O. Hill of a Baltimore asylum was recalled. Assuming these statements to be true. he said Mrs. Bradley was undoubtedly Insane, and did not know the nature of her act. Dr. Evans was recalled and said the conditions surrounding Mrs. Bradley were "a culture bed of Insanity." and under these conditions only divine interposition could have prevented insanity. That Mrs. Bradley was insane at the time she shot, ex-Senator Arthur Brown of Utah, in this city on Dee. s last, was the opinion of Dr. Fred M. BarVm of the Georgetown university, and a specialist in nervous diseases, expressed at the trial of Mrs. Bradley. Dr. Barton's testimony followed the reading to him of a hypothetical question of 1 '..';!: words, covering the history of Mrs. Bradley's relations with Senator Brown from the day she met him to the day of the tragedy. Dr. Barton diagnosed Mrs. Bradley's ailment as being puerperal insanity, caused by what he described as ihe continued assaults upon her nervous system due to abortions which she had had performed upon her. In explaining why he looked upon her as an abnormal woman he said she was interested in things that do not usually attract women, and instanced the fact that she was secretary of a political club as an evidence of her abnomality. Dr. Barton was on the stand practically the entire day and was subjected to a severe crossexamination by the district attorney, aided by the government insanity experts. Dr. Smith Ely Jeliffee of Ne-v York and Dr. Edward S. Brush of Baltimore. Dr. Barton proved to be a good witness for the defense. His testimony showin gliis conclusions as to Mr:;. Bradley's insanity were unshaken. RICHMOND IS HIGH 1M0IGJE CITIES Report From the Census Bureau Is of a Flattering Nature. FOURTH CLASS IS OUTDONE. IN MANY RESPECTS THE QUAKER CITY SURPASSES MANY OF THOSE INCLUDED IN THE THIRD CLASS. ! The hoard of public works has re-1 ceived a copy of city statistics from the I'nited States census bureau at Wash-! ingtou. The book shows that Rich-' mond. by far. surpasses any other city of the foui'h clar-s in Indiana and at the same time is better equipped to care for iis residents than many of tne third class towns. There are more miles of macadam streets, o raent sidewalks, brick streets and gutters than any other city in Indiana of like size. There are more firemen and better fire protection, better police protection, better public buildings ar.d more street lights than in mau other Indiana cities. The city also spends more money to- ' ward the upkeep of the civic beauty, i President Merrill of the board of works crew enthusiastic over the town ani; stoutly maintained that Richmond a'.so had better cared for alleys than! manv other Indiana cities. LOOKING FOR LOCATION. Howard A. Bryant of Richmond, ' representing the H. H. Meerhoff Co.. j was at Hagerstown Monday, looking! for a location to put in a stock of

WILL SPEAK TO THE MARION CLOB Accepts an Invitation for the Fourth of December. CAN NOT GO TO LAPORTE. The Rev. T. H. Kuhn of 'his city will peak before the, Marion Democratic club of Indianapolis on Wednesday night. December t. He is one among tle several prominent democrats in Indiana who has been asked to talk. The preacher politician received an invitation to address the big democratic gathering at I.aPorte, Ind., Saturday night, but finding that he could not return to his Sunday preaching appointment, he could not accept the invitation. COMPLAINT MADE AGAINST PRACTICE Agents Come in From Other Places and Hurt Local Business. STUDY GIVES OPINION. WHERE THE GOODS ARE DELIVERED DIRECT IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE ARRESTS A LAW IS CALLED IN QUESTION. In the past few months Richmond has been flooded with agents of out state towns, selling goods and as a result complaint has been registered with the police department, asking if they could not. be barred by the ruling of the city peddlers' ordinance or the state law. City Attorney Study has notified Superintendent of Police Bailey that where agents take orders for goods which were to be shipped and deliver- j ed at a later date, nothing can be! done with them. Where, however, j goods are sold directly without a license arrests can be made by the po-' lice department. j Another unusual feature has also arisen since the complaints have bo-! gun and that is as to the constitutionality of the law which states that old soldiers, holding honorable discharges

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from the army, can peddle without nian wno does this is no better thani8ecu,t! nB rltnos apd found that an fear of disturbance. It is maintained;.. , , , (overcoat, one pair of e'oves, a pa'r of ,. , , , thet poor creature. bo said Judge . , . .. . ,,,, . . . generally about the police headquart- shoes and a black Miff hat were n: (seers that this is class discrimination ; William V. Converse at the close ofj!ne The burglar had taken these in and unconstitutional. An old soldier the trial of Henry Bode, charged with ! addition to a lady's purse, which conwas in Richmond recently selling ap-. drunkenness. The aged man sat'fa,r"1 two or throe dollar, pies. He resides in Ohio, but he went ; ... ,K- ,.a ! T'1e f ntlemanly Instincts of tho

. about, the citv senilis' hi wmtpu unmnlestetl as he held an charge from the army. honorable dlsCITY GHENT IS WEAKEST POINT Governor Hanly Points Out This Fact in an Address At New City. GARY IS PUT ON THE MAP. HAS JUMPED FROM NOTHING TO A PLACE OF TWELVE THOUSAND POPULATION IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS. Gary. Ind.. Nov. As he wel corned Gary, the city of 12.0O. which eighteen months ago consisted of sand! dunes, scrub oaks and sloughs, to its place among the municipalities of In-1 diana. Governor J. Frank Hanly, at a I banquet last night, held up city gov ernment as the weakest point In the! American system. He said the prob lem of city government was the greatest problem before the people. "Corrupt and venal administrations are so irequent as to excite alarm in the minds of all thoughtful, patriotic men." he said. "Witness St. Louis. New York. Philadelphia. Milwaukee and San Francisco. Our cities are at once our pride and our humiliation, our glory and our shame. In them public franchises are bought and trafficked in as though they were bushels of corn. Crime is openly licensed. Corrupt rings, the members of which have no political convictions beyongj tne greed of gain, are built up ar.d! held together by eofcpsiveness of; spoils and plunder. Public streets mi many quarters are made unsafe fori women even in the light of day. and! for men at night." MISS WILLIAMS TO LEAVE. Miss Nellie Williams, who for more! than, a year has been connected with i the Singer Sewing machine agency in this city, will leave next week for Columbus where she will accept a better position with the company. Friends resret to see hr departure from Rich - elec-jmond. She will be succeeded by MifcS Florence Mote.

BIG DEAL IN TURKEYS

MADE AT HAGERSTDWN Somebody Is Going to Have Good Thanksgiving Dinner. AVERAGE PRICE U CENTS. Haeerstown, I ml., Nov. 26 Kdward Porter and son. dealers in sroeeries and poultry, bought around the vicinity itf Hagers-town last week. 6iO turkeys weighing lo.r.OO jioumls which were sold to D. W. Harris and Co. of Ore, nt-fork. Fifty-six of these turkeys were bought of Mr. Howell near Modoc. These averaged eighteen pounds. She makes a specialty of raising turkeys. They also bought fifteen gobblers for the. Ladies Ceme-j tprv Issni'i iliiiii fur il'r Th:inUilv.l ing dinner. These averaged thirty pounds. The average price paid for the birds was 14 cents a pound. KILLED IN HIS STORE Kalamazoo Jeweler Grappled With a Burglar. Kalamazoo, Nov. 26 While grappling with a burglar in his jewelry store early this morning. Horace G. Davis, prominent, was shot and killed. The burglar escaped. DESERVES TO GO TO JAIL, COURT SAYS Judge Converse Strong in Denunciation of Bar Tenders and Saloonists. CASE OF BODE IS CITED. BELIEVES ANYONE WHO SELLS HIM LIQUOR SHOULD BE PUN PROMISEQ ISHEDBODE HAS TO REFORM. Any bar tender or saloonist who will sell liquor to a man like Henry none. ' ought to go to jail with him. livery . l f trill ijijup, in tv i unit , laiiu tj7 juu, j : i wnue rrom me errecis oi Whiskey which he drank Monday, He is six - ty-four years old. The case of Bode is a pitiable one. He is a cigar maker by trade. Not having the will power to refuse drink, he faced Judge Converse at least four j times in the past vear on a charge of drunkenness. lie makes enough j money to pay his expenses, but instead i has been buying liquor. Monday! night he went to the home of his daughter and tried to gain admittance to the house. He was refused, owing. to his condition. His arrefet soon fob j lowed. Rode admitted in police court that he would have a good home with his daughter if he would ouit drinkin?. He promised Judge Converse faithful - ly tnat lie would never again touch a drop of liquor. That he might sober up preparatory to beginning the fulfilment of his promise, the aged inua was given a fine of .." and costs, whit h will sci:d him to jail for fifteen days. : MURDERER APPEARS TO INSIST ON A TRIAL

Italian bpTingS oUTpriSe On'were handled during the three months

Court Officials. HAS INHERITED A FORTUNE. isi.eubenville, O., Piloretta, who Nov. s tabbed -Domenick to death Francisco Pacy a year aso and who evaded arrest, surprised court officials by giving himself un todav. He d-: manderl rrial on n ronH if.rrW i. dictment. He inherited r.rrm.rtv in Ttiv sn. ,, h ru,"!,'.? can return. s ji.m.n i MANY LICENSES ISSUED r Qiv UimHraH Did Hul k iiuiiuibu i wi vui uy u ic: County Clerk. Since the hunting season onene-i about six hundred hunters' licenses were issued from the ofSce of the county clerk. The demand for the ! necessary slips of paper if one would lchsse the elusive cotton tail and the

j quail is probably greater than for

several years past.

BURGLAR CLEANED DP THE HOME OF CHARLES SHERA

He Entered the House Sunday Night While the Family Was Away and Secured Considerable Property. NINETY DOLLAR RING IS ONE THING STOLEN. A Pocketbook and Also Clothes Belonging to Mr. Shera Were Appropriated Police Work on the Case. When Mrs. Charles Shera of lit North Thirteenth vtrevt returned home from church Sunday night, and heard a noise in the upstairs room she did tit know that it was a burglar prowling around, neither w;is tdu aware a few minutes later, that as she went into an adjoining room to K."- whether her hiiilmnd was at home, this very same burglar calmly descended the stair case and nude hi get-away through the door through which site hr-d entered the house. In fact. Mrs. Shera ild not know that th home had been burglarized until Monday when nhe missed a ?9 diamond ring. The police say they have, a very good clue to the identity of the man who committed the burglary. It all hapiH-ned shortly after nine o'clock. The thief entered the honiA a few minutes before Mine, Indications lead the police to believe. He ransacked the lower rooms and wai engaged in this work in t ho upstairs portion of the house, the iollce think, when Mrs. Shera and her son returned from church. Ring Was Missing. Monday, when Mrs. Shorn went to a chiffonier drawer to locate the valuable diamond ring she found It missing. She thought probably her husi an(l had worn it md waited vntll Aionuay evening wnen ne returned home to acertaln thi to a certainty before fhe reiortcd the loss to tho jiolice. Monday evening Mr. Shera said tf his wife that he won'tl make a trli I j down town. He went to tho closet to burglar were ainutdni? to the noliee. ' , fp .. , K,ra n,.i. j withstanding their loss. It is thought he wished to have a complete disguise when he emerged from the house or hoped to foil Mrs. Shera should sh return home early and catch sight of him. by making her llieve that ho was her husband making his exploring oxpeditlons ovr the house. I'ollco t'J,Ilk l'H' burglary was committed hy lo'a talent, I RICHMOND ROUTES INCL00E0 IN TABLE 1 FigUreS Given Out by POSt 0ffice Department. RURAL ROUTE BUSINESS. To meet inquiries which have bepn received at the postoffiee department in regard to the business being don on the leading rural delivery route throughout the country. Assistant Postmaster-General DtGraw, has submitted to the post master-general a lit of if.:i routes in the several states on - V i V O. (nut r m . - f f nil ended June V, togetner with th.j value of stamps canceled on mail collected on such routes. These figures h.how not only the Talue of the service to its patrons, but also, judging from the amount of mail ! handled and the cancellations, that the rural delivery service contribute J largely to the increase In the general postal receipts by reason of the large amount of mail distributed from othi "" lnan r,,ral delivery offices. On. i some routes the value of the tamp ,:on matter collected alone exceeds the i salaries or tue carriers. The number of pieces handled and cancellations niaoe quarterly on in thirty-three routes In Indiana are givj en, including: Cancellation. Z - : :t Office Route. Pieces. j Richmond Richmond ...0 ! GIVEN LEAVE OF ABSENCE. j Anmtr commons, rate cierK in tne ! office of Gay S. McCabe. division freight agent, has been granted a j Teave of absence and -will spend sever al months in the South on account cf ill health. Mrs. Commons expects to join him for a short time after the hoi idays.