Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 337, 18 January 1908 — Page 1

HMOND PAIXADIUM AMD SUN-TELEGRAM vol. xxxii. xo..'i:jt. IIICHJIOM), LVD., SATURDAY EVKXIN(i, JAXfAltY IS, 11MKS. SK(iLi: COPY", '1 CKXTS. FEDERAL WHISKY INSPECTORS SWOOP DOWN 01 SALOONS INTEREST IN HANDEL'S "MESSIAH" WILL BE RENDERED A SECOND TIME Driven Like Sheep Were Italian Laborers Who Did Not Want to Dig Graves for the Dead L SIGNAL VICTORY IN INTERCHANGECASE Services at Second Presbyterian of Interest.

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Judge Vincent Carter of Superior Court Upholds Demurrers Filed by Shiveley and Shiveley for Commission.

TWO AVENUES OPEN TO PENNSYLVANIA NOW. Will Accede to Decision or Appeal It to a Higher CourtHas Not Yet Determined Course to Be Followed. Local shippers will he pleased to Jearn that in the third division of the superior court of Marion county. Judge Vinson Carter today sustained the demurrers tiled by Shiveley ami Shiveley. attorneys for the Indiana Railroad commission, to the complaint of the Pennsylvania railroad against an in terchange of freight between the C. C? unci L. and the Pennsylvania lines. The decision is a decided advantage to the f.tate commission in their position and there are but two avenues now- open to the Pennsylvania railroad, either to accede to the decision or else appeal the ease to the higher courts. In ruling upon the. complaint, the court sustained all of the contentions presented, by the attorneys for the railroad commission, and held, first, that, the Railroad Commission Act as applied to the facts in this case, is constitutional and that the order of the commission is notau unlawful taking of the property of the railroad company without just compensation, and that the commission was fully empowered under the Railroad Commission act to make the order which was made in this case. The railroad commission was represented by Mr. Ray- K. Shiveley of counsel for tho railroad commission and ;iie railroad company was represented by its attorney, Mr. S. O. Pickens. Mr. Pickens stated that he had not decided whether they would appeal the case upon this ruling of the court or whether the railroad company would Jlle further paragraphs of complaint, "but would determine their course of action by next Wednesday. PURPOSE OF MEN'S BEENJDTLINED Committee Appointed to Consider Objects of Men's Organization Makes Its Report Which Is of Interest. WOULD HAVE MEN BETTER EQUIPPED FOR SERVICE. One of the Purposes Is to In crease the Effectiveness of Each Organization and to Aid Civic Righteousness. The movement which has been agitated by the. pastors and leading church workers of Richmond, for a federation of all the men's organizations of the city has taken definite shape. The comitteo appointed to draft resolutions which should he a working basis upon which to found the new organization has reported the following: "At a called meeting on January 10th of the representatives of the men's organizations of our churches It was decided that a federation of these organizations was advisable. "A committee was elected to drait propositions as a purpose basis to be submitted to the organizations for action. "This committee desires to present the following for consideration: 1 "The federation should include members of all the men s church organization and also representative men named by the pastors irotn "hureh.es which have no such organization. 2 "It is the purpose, of such a union to increase the effectiveness of each organization in the churches a& well as to lead in and support efforts along the lines of civic righteousness in our city and state. The details or object of such efforts being left to the union to decide at the Mme of or aficr the organization is perfected. 3 "In order that th. members of the union may become hotter equipped for Christian service we recommend that a course of daily bible reaCiiiK and devotion be adopted at least for those who do not at present comply with this idea." JOHN H. .lOHXSOX. OKO. L. GOODWIN. E. M. HAAS. S Committee,.

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RESCUERS SISTER'S CLAIM TO ALL PROPERTY IS NOW DISPUTED Nieces of Maria E. Shute, Deceased, Want Part of Property which Would Have Fallen to Another Sister. SUIT HAS BEEN FILED BY-DICKINSON TRUST CO. This Is Done That.Will of Deceased May Be Construed, And a Final Administrator's Settlement Made. A suit to construe the will of the late Maria E. Shute has been filed in the circuit court. This suit, is entitled the Dickinson Trust Company, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Maria K. Shute against Gertrude Shute. Ida R. Hulton, Ida Ilodgin. Elizabeth W. Dalbey end Harriet L0. Shute. The estate is valued at $o,0t0. Harriet E. Shute is a sister of the deceased and she claims the entire estate. The other defendants, who are nieces of the deceased, contest thia claim. Maria E. Shute, died in January i last year. In her will she bequeathed her entire estate to her sisters Elizabeth Shute and Ilairiet Shute. liefore the death of the testatrix her sister Elizabeth died, llnrrie.t Shute, as the surviving residua! y legatee, then asserted her title to tne entire estate. The other defendants to the suit tiled today entered a counter-claim, asserting that on the death, of Elizabeth Shute the share of the residuary estate bequeathed to her lapsed and so far as Elizabeth Shute s share oL tinestate was concerned Maria Shut died intestate and that this share passed to the heirs of the testatrix as follows: Harriet Shute, Ida Hodsrin. and Elizabeth Dalbey e:ich one-fourth; Gertrude Shute and Ida Hutton each one-eighth. Next month a year v.ill have lapsed since the will of the late Maria Shute was filed for probate and it will be necessary for the Dickinson Trust company to file its final report. This cannot be done owing to the fact that the heirs are in controversy. So that the cm ate can be legally settled the Dickinson Trust company ask;; the court to construe the will and rule as to bow the estate chall be divided among the heirs. LOVER DRANK ACID

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Evansville Youth's Ends Fatally. Uliarrei i Evansville, lnd.. Jan. IS. Tony Fish!er. aged IS. drank - carbolic acid while walking on the street with his sweet heart. Miss Mabel Rubright. The girl did not see him empty the bottle and they walked ahead for three blocks until in front of her home, where he sank to his knees and died. The boy sud girl quarreled on their waj.

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Foreigners Decline to Do Service for Stricken City and Are Forced to Aid in the Work. Doyertown, Pa., Jan. IS. Two additional bodies were removed from the debris of the opera house fire today, one of them being identified as Ira Shober. This identification was made through a stocking garter. The other was horribly charred and mangled and cannot be identified. Fragments of bodies were found by the searchers. There were funerals every hour today. On every street there were hearses wending their way to Fairview Cemetery, where most of the bodies will be buried. Forty Italian laborers sent here by a firm of contractors, threw down their shovels and rushed to their shan ties, claiming that the contractors had told them they were to do railroad work. With superstitious fear and teeth chattering they defied their foreman, Milton Brobst. who seized a torch and threatened to set fire to the building, when they emerged and were driven to the burial ground like a flock of frightened sheep. Additional members of the state's constabulary arrived last evening, as the local police force is unable to cope with the situation. There has been considerable ghoul work, and several have been arrested, charged with robbing the dead. Thus far all the dead except .".' have been identified. All the churches Tiave announced that there will be no services on Sunday, as the entire day will be given over to funerals. The mystery surrounding the finding of the woman's body dressed in man's clothes at the morgue on Thursday grew when the following telegram was received from Philadelphia: "Man in woman's clothes arrested at Broad Street station. Says he was at Boyertown Monday." The police are holding the man. It is possible that he is a partner of the woman and that the two had exchanged clothes. The crowd became so curious over the body of the woman dressed in men's clothes that officials ordered the body locked in a separate room at the school house and a guard of two officers placed over it. BOWMAN, CLERK10 YEARS, RESIGNS On Assuming County Chairmanship, Hagerstovvn Man Quits City Council. JAS. M. KNAPP SELECTED. Hagerstown, Iud., Jan. IS The city council met in .special session Fridav

evening for the purpose of accepting I1"0 cutters Perry and Thetis left Sethe resignation of the city clerk, L. S. (attic last night to seek for possible

3owman. Mr. Bowman was recently dected chairman of the Wayne CouuCentral Committee and felt that he Would be unable to care for the office' !of city clerk together with his many ' uuues, nre ms resignation, .ur. tsowiuau nas oeeu cuy ciers. tor the past ten years and has given the position the best of his ability. James At. Knapp was elected to succeed Bowman and assumed the duties at once. Mr. Knaj-p is well qualified to till the position having had much experience in dealing with the public. The long tails of the Shah of Persia's horses are dyed crimson for six inches at their tips a jealously guard4 privilege of the ruler and Lis son.

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OLDEST MEMBER OF THEWAYNE COUNTY IS DEAD Life of E. B. Newman of Milton Was One of Activity and One of Note, He Having Always Been Prominent. MEMBER OF THE INDIANA HOUSE DURING THE-WAR. For Six Years Assistant Collector of Internal Revenues Which Position He Filled Most Satisfactorily. Milton, lnd.. Jan. IS. E. L. ' Newman, an aged and highly respected attorney of this place, died at t:L'0 o'clock last evening of senility. He is survived by his aged wife. Mary, and five children. Rutledge Newman, of Richmond, Miss Florence Newman, Milton, Orville Newman, of Ohio, and Bertschel Newman of Cambridge City. E. B. Newman was born in Guilford county, N. C, Sept., lStj. His parents moved to Cambridge City, lad., in He received his education in a seminary, which was located at Cam bridge City. He taught school for ten years in Wayne. Fayette and Henry counties, and was lattr admitted to the Wayne county bar in 1S"T. He was the oldest attorney in the county. He served two terms in the Indiana legislature during the war period of the early sixties, and afterward was for six years assistant collector of in-tei-nal revenue. For a number of; years Mr. Newman was retired. He' was a mcmlier ot the Milton lodge of Masjons, ION. and was a member of the Royal Arcanum. No. !. A public funeral will take place at the Methodist church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Rev. J. T. Scull officiating. The Masonic lodge will also assist in the services. Private ser vices will be held at the home at 1 :MO ! o'clock for the benefit of the aged wife. ! whose illness prevents her leaving the home. SEEK SURVIVORS OF SHIP HATFIELD Wreckage From the Washed Ashore. VeSSel Seattle. Wash.. Jan. IS. The reve- ' survivors of the British ship Hartfield, believed to be lost off the west coast -of Vancouver island. Wreckage from the vessel and lifeboats marked "Hartfield. Liverpool. !;'; j nave wasnea asnore on tne west coa? j oi ire istann. u any or the crew of. j thirty-odd escaped, news of the sur-; ; vivors should have reached here before ' today. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIAN A Fair Sunday. Saturday night and OHIO Fair, tur. with moderate tempera-

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It Is Asserted One Local Saloonist Was Found Guilty of Selling Blended Whisky Out Of Bonded Bottles.

WILL MEAN HEAVY PENALTY IF HE IS CONVICTED. Law Says a Fine of SI 00 to $1,000 or Two Years in Prison The Second Raid In Past Few Months. United States revenue officers made another raid in this city yesterday afternoon and it is known that at least one north-end saloon keeper was caught unprepared. This is the second time within two months that federal whisky inspectors have visited Richmond. In their first raid, about the middle of last November, seven local saloonists were found to be soiling blended whisky in bottles bearing the labels of whiskies bottled in bond. It was reported that in the raid made by the revenue men yesterday, a Ft. Wayne avenue saloonist was found to be practicing this offense. The bonded bottle- containing the blended whisky v.' a taken by the rev- J enue men to Indianapolis where it win be thoroughly analyzed by a government chemist. If the whisky is found to be blended, the local 3aloonist will be charged with a violation of the federal liquor laws and will be arraigned in tho United States district court at Indianap' lis. The penalty for the offense or which, he stands charged is a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000. To this fine may be added imprisonment for a term not to exceed two years. - When the revenue men made their first visit, to Richmond 'last November, all the saloons in the central part of the city were inspected. The raid made yesterday by the federal officers was confined to an inspection of the saloons in the north end of the city The visits of the revenue men have had the desired affect and today it. would be hard to find in any saloon falsely labeled whisky. DEATH DECREE IS ISSUED BY HAFID An Attempt Will Be Slaughter All lievers. Made Unbeto SULTAN GOES TO BATTLE. Paris. Jan. IS. Affairs in Morocco are more critical now than ever since the beginning of the tribal rebellions.) A letter from Mulai Hafid has betnj read in all the mosques in Morocco j City, asking his followers to join' him j in a holy war for the extermination of all Europeans and other unbelievers. The new Sultan has left Morocco City with the intention of engaging the ; French in battle near Rabat, j It is not certain that the French govjernment will continue to support the j claims of the deposed Sultan. Abdul Azziz. In replying to an interpellation by M. Jaures. in the chamber of deputies today. M. Pichon. the Foreign Minister, said that General Arnade had the same instructions as his predecessor. General Drude, merely to restore order around Casablanca, protect Euiopeans and punish those who participated in the pillaging of Casablanca without any regard to partisanship. WOODMEN TO MEET. The Modern Woodmen will have a ,n?t;l,I on Monday evening and ini.lUie a Class m tue seeonu oi ijiee. MARRIAGE FAILURE. The divorce case of Katherine Ferraute against Antonio Ferrante, will be heard Thursday next in the circuit court. The plaintiff is an American girl. Her husband is an Italian. Aim Uereeted

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Every day that house of yours remains untenanted, you lose money. Nothing coniin? in and your taxes and insurance going right on. Turn that loss into a profit. Put a ' For Rent" advertisement In the Palladium's classified columns and you will have plenty of applicants to rent your house. Turn to page seven and read today's Classified Advertisements. You may find there what, to you, may- be the most interesting news of the day in the shape of an exceptionally good bar-ain,

The interest in the revival services at l lie Second I'ret-by uriaii church

contiiui'..-. The attendance lat nighi was ti y good. Tlwrc w ill bo servici.s every night next week except Saturday and also on Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday ami Friday afternoon. The er ices lopiorrow will be ef s-pe-eial inu-rt's;. The music will be in charge of Mr. Frank Allen of Columbus. O., whose services have been stcuitd for th t lit ire two weeks. He hah organize,! a lavgt chorus and hi? solo won; i.-- excellent. In the evening Rev. K. H. Inuniaway. the pastor. J will preach on the "Prodigal Son il- . lustrating the rmon by the use the siereopi icon. E SEVEN, HOP UP IEVEN, SAID YOUNG GAMBLERS Gwynn Miller, White, and Wil lie Woods, Colored, Pounced Upon by Policeman in Midst Of Interesting Game. BOTH SPENT NIGHT IN THE CITY JAIL. When Arraigned in City Court Today, Both Said They Were Losers at the Game And Were Released. "Come seven hop up 'leven.' In a court yard at the tear of the Krone taiiorine shon vesterdav nifter-1 noon, two youthful players, Gwynn Miller, a white, and Willie Woods, colored, sat on their heels and watched the festive "bones" roll along the brickers. Between the players two dimes glistened on the paving. Just as Miller "made his point." two big policemen, who had watched the game several minutes, slipped up on the players and pounced upon Miller

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ana wooes. leaning uie grasp oi . r,arvPrf M. V. White. Arthur Thorn. Officer Vogelsong. Woods took to his Charles McCrea. Fred Crowe, Owen heels, and with the speed of a ft lain-; Henderson. W. E. Wilson, ened rabbit, shot out of the court yard j The personnel of the orchestra is a onto Sailor street. Hotly pursued by,f0nows: the- patrolman. Willie ran to North pjrt Violins Frederick K. Hicks, Ninth street, then turned north. By, Walter Runge. a desperate burst of speed, Vogelsong' Second Violins Clarence Rune, overtook Woods at the post offi. t and Clifford Pic hl.

the frightened colored lad was led the city jail. to ; Miller had no chance to escape. Of ficer Vingling. at the moment the crap! game was interrupted, made a dive' tackle which would have caused ari All-Amtiican football end to turn' green with envy, and with a dull thud alighted on the anatomy of the hapless Miller. Last night Miller and his colored companion were confined in the city jail. This morning they were arraigned before Judge Cot. verse in (lncity court and both entered pleas of guilty to a charge of gambling. Miihr stated that he was in the act of entering the tailoring shop by the rear en trance, when he met Woods. On the paving of the court yard he saw two dice, probably placed there by his evil genius. Mr. woods was challenged to a eraps contest and he accepted. Miller said that when the game cam: to an abrupt conclusion he was thirty j cefits lo.-r. Woods testified that he i quit tii.' ganie twenty f:tt to i he j bad. V.'io the winner was did notcome out in the evidence. In relating his experiences Woods stated that he did not notice the approach of the of - ticers. but the minute he saw them h retired trom tr.e seno (,r operation i ' with great haste. Judgf-Converse le -j tureil both juvenile crap shooors on; the evils of gambling, after which he! fined them, but suspended judgment ! pending future good behavior. j CLIFTON WILLIAMS ACTS. Clifton Williams, a former Richmond boy, who is a student at Indiaua University and a member of the senior class, will participate in a play to be given at the institution on January 20 and 21. The plays are: "David i Wont." Garrick" and "A Woman's Eiomise Lo

The Choir of the First M. E. Church Will at Vesper Services Sunday, Give the Fam

ous Masterpiece. ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY, Oratorio Looked Forward to With Interest as It Is Unusual for a Choir to Attempt Such Difficult Selection. Handel's "Messiah" will be suns; Sunday afternoon at First M. K. church at a vesper sacred concert to be given at a o'clock to which the public is cordially invited. The choir will be assisted in their work by an orchestra composed of local musicians. The same oratoria was gi n a fewSundays ago and there were not sufficient accommodations for the crowd. Every available seat and all standing room was occupied and several hundred people were turned aay. The repetition of the oratorio is for the benefit of those who were unfortunately deprived of hearing this greatest of musical compositions. It is seldom that the "Messiah" is attempted in a smaller ciy and for that reason It is expected that then will be another large audience. Tho personnel of the choir of First church is as follows: Director Mr. Justin LeRoy Harris. Organist Mrs. lewis C. King. Sopranos Mesdames ; Elmer Gormoil, Leatha Logan, Denipsey Dennis. Helen Bailey, Arthur Thorn; Mlssea Stella Brush, lluldah Kenley, Mabel Barber, Katherine Gift. Elizabeth Conley. Stella Barber. Iva Comer, Mary Fisher, Florence Mote. Lula Colvlu, Edna Mann. Nellie Williams. Altos Mesdames Daisy Mote. Ray Ixjr.gnecker, John Markiey, Al Host; Misses Pearl Frledley, Eaura Johnson, hois Genu. Karojyn Karl, Cora Johnson, Caroline Heitbrlnk, Edna Marlatt, Ida Taylor and 'Opal Norrls. Tenors Messrs. V. If. Itwson, Dempsey Dennis, Cal Lankcrt, Ray McCuteheon, Harry Suters, Frank Barnum and Al Rovt. Baeses Messrs. Charles Cox. J. L. Viola Joseph Peltz. Celso Oliver Nusbaum. Basses J. L. Woods, Harry Bowser, First Cornet Edward Scharf. Second Cornet Frank Mikesell. Trombone Lewis C. King. First Clarinet Henry Runge. Second Clarinet Bernhard Knollca.ben; Flute Wilbur Hasemeier. PIEBSON CAN HOT SELL IN THIS CITY Fountain City Meat Dealer Is Prohibited From Disposing of Product. I WILL COMPLY WITH LAW. ! 1 HE HAS NOTIFIED THE CITY AU THORITIES TO THIS EFFECTNO OTHER OUT OF TOWN BUTCHERS SELLING HERE. It was stated by City Health Officer I)r. Charles S. Bond. that, on Wednesday of this week Charles I'ierson ot Fountain City, a meac dealer, was ordered to cease sellitisr uninspected, me-ats in tui city, Mica a'tion be'n? a violation of the meat insnecti.on ordinance. Pierson complied with ih order and since that time has mad no attempt to dispose or his mean i here. Pierson informed Dr. Bond and ' City Attorney Study that he would comply with tae ordinance. 1 io far as known t o other out ff town, butchers have made an attempt (to s:H uninspected mat in thi. city since tlw meat leap. e ion ordinance whs cour-ied to prohibit them from i disposing of their products here. The meat inspection ordinance ef- ' rto T5.rvi-n mnro :han anr other meat dealer in the county. For seveial yeans he has been engaged in th butchering business at Fountain City and nearly all of his meats have b-e,i i disposed of in Richmond. Pierson's' I large business, so far as Richmond i concerned, is absolutely ruined.