Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 36, 22 March 1908 — Page 1

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RICHMOND

ROOSEVELT WILL HAVE HIS OWH WAY WITH CONGRESS

Laws Which Labor Leaders Have Been Demanding and Which President Favors, Will Be Passed. "STAND PATTERS" WILL BE SERIOUSLY SHOCKED. The President Has Forced the Tariff Leaders to Consent To Passage of a Bill Creating Tariff Commission. Washington, D. C. March 21. TYesident Roosevelt, is to have his own tvay with Congress. The laws which labor loaders have been demanding ind which the president, favors, will lie shocked to learn that the president has forced high tariff leaders to consent to the passage of either the Jiafollette or the Vendue hills, creating a tariff revision commission. The question was settled today after a long conference between the president, and Senator Aldrieh, the "big 1oss" of the senate, and representalives 1'ayne and Dalzeil, sub-bosses of 1he House. The tentative program provides for the following legislation before adjonrnfnent : Passage of the Aldrieh emergency currency bill. An employers liability law, prepared vith care to stand test of the supreme court of the United States. Amendments to Sherman anti trust Jaw. Interstate commerce law demanded ly labor in its memorial to congress. Bill providing for appointment, of tariff revision commission to make favorable report to congress for revising the tariff. SOLDIERS TO BENEFIT Bill to Pension All Volunteer Officers in Civil War Liked. WOULD INCREASE EXPENSE Washington. March 21.-It is declared probable that the bill to create a 'volunteer retired list" on the pension Tolls will be reported favorably by the liouse committee on military affairs. A favorable report under the conditions existing at this sessiou may mean passage. If the measure shall become a aw the pension expenses of the government will be increased to an n mount closely approaching i-td.Ooo.Ooo annually. The bill provides for the placing upon the "volunteer retired list" with retired pay. the commissioned officers who served with the volunteer army during the civil war. Of course, pent-ions as such for these officers will be lone away with, the retired pay taking Its place, but as the pay in almost every instance is greater than the pent-ion, the bill has the support of the volunteer officers of civil war veterans generally, and it may have the support f congress. STATE MAKES RULING. In Wisconsin, Railroads Can Close all Telegraph Offices They see Fit. "Madison. March 21. The railroad commission of Wisconsin has declared that the railroads of the state have i right to close all the telegraph station? they see fit on account of the eightJiour law for telegraph operators. li is also held that the stations closed thus far do not Interfere with the safe operation of trains, and that it would be legal to keep men on duty io or 1 "hours if they receive and transmit onlj commercial messages. ARGUMENT ENDED. Decision in Campfield Case Comer Monday. The argument in the case of Harsh vs. Caiupfield has been concluded be fore Special Judge T. J. Study, in tht Wayne circuit court and the verdict v J 1 1 bo rendered Monday. ATTENDED INITIATION. Local Odd Fellows Went to Webster Last Evening. A party of the following Odd Fel lows went to Webster last evening t attend work in the second degree by the lodge of that place: Charles Jor dan, Harry Penny. Harry Meek and Ivwrence Hadley were in the party. MUCH MONEY IS NEEDED. Washington. March 21. In round numbers $2.5on.nu is needed by tht navy department for certain work oi. battleships and cruisers during the coming fiscal year.

DETERMINED TO COMMIT SUICIDE

Took Varbolic Acid and Then Slashed Throat. Danville, Ky., March 21. The most remarkable record of human endurance known to the medical profession was demonstrated here yesterday in the case of George Tompkins, a city mail carrier, who had lost his position as the result of insubordination. He became despondent over the loss of his position and two days asjo swallowed an ounce of carbolic acid. His family summoned a physician, who arrived an hour later and pumped the fiery dose from his stomach. While unguarded he arose from the bed after the physicians had retired, secured a razor and slashed his throat, severing the wind-pipe. In this condition he lived 24 hours before death visited him. Old physicians declare this is tin: most remarkable instance of vitality on record. OUTCAST SOCIETY DIED A After Having Suffered From Delirium Tremens for Several Hours, Anton Daur. Died In County Jail. WHISKY UNDERMINED THE MAN'S SYSTEM. He Will Now Rest in Potters Field Unless His Relatives Are Heard From and This Is Unlikely. Never having regained consciousness from the time he became too 1!1 to rise from the cement floor at the city jail. Anton Daur, a journeyman molder. died -at the county jail at !:: o'clock last evening. The man died a drunkard's death without any qnalif ica tion whatsoever Ho nf,.,d from society apd a refugee from the . whisky ward in the district represented by Col. Barleycorn. The man's de-j mise was pitiful in the extreme. ' Alone, friendless and penniless, he had been removed from one jail to another. strapped to a transporting cot. and never awakened to realize where he had been taken to meet the end. He was a victim of drink that's all. Unless relatives can be located the final resting place of the unfortunate mortal will be in the potter's field and his tomb stone a board slab, from which the painted name soon will be washed away upon the stream of time never to be recalled by those who may love and cherish him. A few weeks ago. Daur, who was a powerfully constructed man physically, was strong, hale and heartv. His ii-ario v.p,i .Woi,! nhv.i ok r t. " normally and he could have faced force with force. Today his corpse does not tell the story of the last, few weeks of wasted energy, induced by failure to obtain work and the lack of friends to give aid at his time of need. Daur was arrested in this city Friday on the charge of vagrancy. He was released upon promise to leave the city. He did not go and was re-arrested later in the day. Yesterday he was overcome , by delirium tremens and later he passed into an unconscious state and last evening hemorrhages set it. Whisky had so undermined his system that nature could not rebuild the devastating effects of the loss of blood caused by the bursting blood vessels and with each gulp of blood the few remaining atoms of life became extinct. Sheriff Meredith had made objection with the police authorities against sending Daur to the county jail and declared the man ought to be taken fo the hospital, where he could receive humane treatment and have the advantage of trained nurses. He was overruled, however, and Daur was remanded to jail to die. Nothing is known of the history of the man nor his identity other than his name. PHYSICAL VALUATION. President Wants This Action Taken in Reference to Railroads. Washington. March 21. Strong intimations are given out here in influential quarters to the effect that the President intends to urge upon Congress the adoption of a plan for the borough physical valuation' of all .ailroad properties in the countrv It is well known that none of those "who have been urging physical valuation ire pleased with the proposition which Mr. Aldrieh has prepared as n annex to the currency bill in the Senate, and it is the general irupres - sion that if anything is to be done toward getting the physical valuation provided for, it had better be done before there is any adoption of some rival plan which would be partial and might operate to impair the prospects of getting action on a general scheme of the sort.

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COULD NOT BE RESTRAINED AFTER

DRINKING CIDER

John B. Thomas Danced a Merry Jig in Irish Style, It Was Claimed in Divorce Hearing Saturday. ONLY HIS WIFE WAS ABLE TO RESTRAIN HIM. Grabbed Him by the Coat Collar and Jerked Him to the Floor Comedy Retold in Circuit Court Room. Evidence of the most interesting and amusing nature that has been presented in the Wayne Circuit court during the hearing of a divorce case in many months, was presented as testimony in the Clara Thomas vs. John B. Thomas case yesterday afternoon. Witnesses told how they had seen the applicant grab the defendant by the coat collar and "wipe up the floor with him." Frank Conner, counsel for the applicant, engaged in frequent word tilts with Wilfred .lessup. who as prosecutj ing attorney, was representing the de- ; fondant. One witness appeared wear ing heavy felt boots. He was introduced as a witness by the attorney for the plaintiff, but. before his testimony had been completed it was undoubtedly in favor of the defendant. Another witness, the sister of Mrs. Thomas, gave testimony as greatly in favor of her sister its t li at of other witnesses had been adverse. Conner dismayed this witness by asking her as the second question: "'How long have you known this plaintiff?" The woman had to say: "Let ine think," and made a mental calculation of ages before giving her answer. Divorce Requested. Mrs. Clara Thomas has requested a divorce on the ground of cruel and in human treatment. Her husband is tho possessor of a tract of land in Clay township, and she is seeking alimony and the custody of a minor child. The (iefeuda nt is a native of Wales and it was alleged in evidence that he becomes angered and frequently resorts to the language of his native land for epithets as soon as he exhausts his PPly of the American type Danced a Jig The fun for the large lobby and wit-; nesses, who were not on the stand at the time, began when Tobias. Funk of Greensfork was placed on the stand, He told of a New Year's nartv at his home the pight of December ;!1 of last year. Cider was served in abundance and according to Funk. Thomas said that what he had provided was not strolls? enoutrh. and he would sio after some'-tliat would reach the snot." He trout tmivif r o Mft!rltlwM. r.ii.1 "tilt. H I 117' UUlllt UI T UClllUUI Clllll obtained more. During the course of the evening, music was furnished 1v a phonograph and Thomas wanted to dance. He stepped a few lively ones .,, . . , , . ... ' with his daughter and then announc- , . ... , . , .. . . . e he would dance an Irish jig by him- , . ., , , .. self. His wife nut the slamn of dis- .. . ... , . OJM U V ai Wit U11B MlFJWmilWU but the cider was getting in its work in the region of Thomas" heart strings, and he was not to be stopped, it was claimed. Up and down he hopped, first on one foot, and then on the other. Never had such a jig been danced in the vicinity of Greensfork since the days of the spalpeens on the railroad. But his exuberance of spirit, that found vent in his feet was not to the pleasure 0f his wife, it was claimed, and she admonished John severely. But John couldn't stop and then it happened. Up Thomas arose, in her risrhteons wrath, and grabbing her main stay by the coat collar, bade him make the acquaintance of the floor covering. The "please to meet you. Mr. Carpet" was omitted in this instance, however, as were all other formalities. The native of the European coal fields was felled and staid there until released. Funk Not Intoxicated, Funk testified that he did no! believe Thomas was intoxicated at the time. He testified that Thomas had told iiim Friday he was circulating a petition about. Greensfork and having it sigued in the effort to prove he is a man of good character. The witness stated the defendant had told him that if anybody testified falsely against him. he would "bring him down," if be had to so to the pen for it. Funk said he felt, somewhat intimidated by this threat but was not particularly alarmed. One witness named Erk said he and hi wifA had nrrfxmtpit tha X'oiiYears party and stopped in "at the T.iomases" on their way home. He said Mrs. Thomas told him she and Nellie, her daughter, wre going to leave the house and Nellie w-as crying ! and sa j"5 her father would kill her i motn'r "niess somebody interferred. l ne witness testified Mrs. Thomas told her husband in his presence she was going to leave him "tomorrow." ; "No' so tonight," Thomas told her and sue asked mm tor the money he had that belonged to her and said she wanted to get Nellie's school books. Objected to Laughs. James Davis was the chief source of amusement to the crowd in the court (Continued on Page ThreeJ

DOVE WELCOMED BACK , BY RAILROAD MEN Pilots Trains Between Two Connecticut Towns and To Safety.

Waterbury. Conn., March 21. A brown tumbler pigeon, the property of Ira Metcalf of Hast Hampton, which has won fame through following trains on the air line, apparently reveling in locomotive smoke, lias again resumed her strange antics, afier mouths of lethargy. - There were no collisions for months while the dove cut aerial capers, and all the trainmen are glad to welcome her back in the belief that accidents will be less frequent and good luck will follow the bird of peace. Kven at down grades and running at sixty miles an hour the dove seems always to keep ahead of the trains from Kast Hampton to Winchester. Once a hawk tried to catch her. but she performed some falling and twisting gyrations in midair and fooled the pursuer. Vet John Burroughs says that birds and animals don't reason$1,500,000 IS NEEDED TO PUT Goodrich Thinks That With This Amount Properly Used, C, C. & L. Railroad Can Be Placed on a Paying Basis. NEEDS OF THE ROAD SET FORTH IN DETAIL. Rolling Stock and Roadbed Is In Need of Repair and With Receiver's Certificates This Can Be Remedied. James V. Goodrich, receiver for the Chicago. Cincinnati & Louisville railroad, Saturday filed, in federal court, i : .. i .1 : l : a petition for permis111 "'. sion to i.ssue receivers certificates in the sum of $1,500,000. Judge Anderson issued an order making April 15 the date for a hearing on the petition. In his petition, filed by his attorneys, Miller, Shirley & Miller, Goodrich shows that t Lie road is in dire need ot real money, to pay debts and make needed improvements. With the amount asked, he says, he can put the road into such shape that it will sell for a good price. While its physical condition is, in general, good, the re- . l-tM CI ftd f ... . i i i . l . . I lie roaa iiua neer uta fullv completed or equipped. It needs to be re-ballanced: side tracks must l,e "ut '" at Cincinnati and other Vomt the freight house there must. be enlarged, an overhead crossing , , ,, . .must be built at tne Big Four tracks . , , , , . . to avoid threatened suit by the latter . . . 'road, an additional telegraph wire from Cincinnati to Chicago must be strung, a roundhouse and other improvements must be made at the Peru shops, a station must be built at Hammond, under the franchise from the city, and a station should be bifilt at Converse; coaling stations should be put in at Richmond and Brighton; many other improvements must, be made. About $500,000 to $600,000 would cover them, he thinks. Better Day Coaches Needed. Whereas, says the receiver, a good night business is done between Cincinnati and Chicago, with the Pullman ears, the day business is bad be cause of the poor day coaches. He thinks 1uimNh worth of parlor rars cafe ,.ars and (lay coaches wouid hel Freight cars are likewise needed. not less than .S.'loo.ooo to S-loo.om worth. There are charges against the road by other roads for handling the C C. A. L. cars, which, if not paid, will result in the company being shut off from communication with other roads. There are claims for labor, material and supplies to pay. With the proper use of the million and a half. Mr. Goodrich thinks it will be possible, within a reasonably short time, to earn not only enough for operating expenses, but enough to enable the road to meet all fixed charges out of its earnings and so increase in value that when sold, finally, under the order of the court or otherwise, a price more than ?l..VXM. greater than tan now be obtained, will be possible. The Old Colony Trust company and the American Trust company, of Boston, and the Union Trust company of Indianapolis, are made party defendants as holders of the more than . in mortgages, executed at different times by the C. C. & L. railroad and the roads that went to make it the Cincinnati. Richmond & Muncie, the Chicago & Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati, Indiana & Western railroads. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANAFair and warmer Sunday. OHIO Warmer Sunday.

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ORGANIZED EFFORT AGAINST SALOONS TO BE FELT HERE

Claimed That Ministerial Association Is Promoting Movement Which Will Result in Aggressive Policy. PLANS HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE PUBLIC. Campaign Will Probably Conform to the Suggestions Made by President of AntiSaloon League. Richmond and Wayne county is to y made the center of an organized el tor! on the part of the ant l-sa loon forces within the next few months. The ministerial association it is asserted i.s promoting a movement that is expected to develop into an aggressive policy within the time stated. This fact, has not boon made public by the association for reasons best known to the organization. It will probably conform to the suggestions made by the president of the state Anti-Saloon league at a public meeting held at the East Main Street Friends church last fail. The local option law was fathered at that meeting and it is believed that the plan explained then will be the one pursued. At that time the extention of the unit from the township to county for remonstrance purposes was advocated. Temperance in Planks. This phrase of the proposition is the same as that inculcated in the political movement that is at present sweeping Indiana. Both of the leading political parties have given out the information that attention will be paid the temperance question when the platform planks are prepared. The problem is one that at present is giving the greatest amount of worry to the Democratic party. Throughout the state the leaders of the party are being asked as to their position 'n the matter. The reason is found in the fact that the democrats hold their nominating convention previou" to that of the republicans. The aspirants to state office tin the republican platform may expect, to be put on the rack and have to pass through the same kind of a gruelling. Appeal to Commissioners. When the anti-saloon forces begin their work in this county it is expected the first apjeal will be directed to the board of county commissioners, j The board has stated time and again it will not issue licenses to persons of immoral character or those who have been convicted of violation of tiie liquor laws. Two members of the board are known to be strict temperance men and the majority vote rules in the commissioners' court. Interest State Wide. In all parts of the state general inj terest is being shown in the temperance project. The temperance forces at El wood are worked up over what I they term the "double cross." The j commissioners decided against the I temperance element and appeal was j made to the circuit court. Tiie case ! was heard but judgment has been with held by Judge McClure until the two other licenses which have been applied for and granted by the commissioners have been passed upon. The temperance crowd says this action on the part of the court simply shelves the whole matter and makes their work useless. Columbus Saloonists. Columbus, Ind., boasts of two classes of saloon keepers the good and tne bad. The good class is composed of the element that obeys the laws ' and desires others to do the same. : These proprietors offerate their rooms l in conjunction with the law and close : at the specified time and do no busii ness after hours nor on Sunday. Tiie other element violates the law wnenever opportunity offers. The good el- ; ement has allied itself with the anti- ; saloon forces in the effort to force j their opponents in the trade out of ; business. j An unexpected effect of the new : liquor laws in Kentucky, has recently ' been made public at Jeffersonville, Indiana. A shipment by a liquor firm j at Jeffersonville consisted of no fewer Jthan twenty jars and cases labeled ' "Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whisky.' ! It was consigned to various persons j in CaniDbelleville. Lebanon. Glasgow, j Greensburg and other points, all of ; which plaees are located in "dry" Ken- ! tucky territory. The jars were n.ost- ; ly one or two gallon ones although I some were larger. The firm at Jeffer sonville is located there especially for the purpose of supplying that kind of trade, but being required to take out a retail liquor license it immediately opened a saloon and attends to thirsts at home as well as those across the river.

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PRETTY GIRL SHOT RIVAL THROUGH DOOR After Injuring Another Young Woman, Miss Shelton Fled.

Marshall. N. C. March -Jl.--.Miss Parzada Shelton of Shelton Laurel, the preuic.-t and the most daring girl in Shelton county, shot tier rival through u dour, inflicting a dangerous and possibly fatal wound in the breast. She ami Miss Ida Franklin had been fa.-t friends till their love affairs crossed. Filled with jealousy and rage over a remark to hfr. Miss Shelton visited the Franklin house to give kia a chance to deny that she had slurred h'r. Miss Franklin slammed the door in her face and Miss Shelton began firing through the wood. One shot took effect. Miss Shelton fled over ine line inio Tennessee, but the officers taught her and now are awaiting for requisition papers. PREACHED DOCTRINE OF HARMONY TO THE DEMOCRATS Maiden Speech of Charles B. Beck Delivered on His Selection as Wayne County Chairman, Yesterday. URGED ORGANIZATION OF BRYAN CLUBS. Said Fighting Clans Should Bury the Hatchet and Get to Work Only One Contest at The Meeting. Charles B. Heck, of thii city, who was chosen chairman of the county democratic central committee yesterday afternoon at a convention held at the city building, preached the doc trine of harmony to the members of the warring factions of the party in this county. The address delivered by Mr. Beck was a vigorous one and he predicted a state and national democratic landslide next fall. When he referred to William Jennings Bryan as the "peerless leader of democracy," the committeemen applauded long and loudly. Mr. Beck stated that Mr. Bryan would have no opiosition worthy of the name for the democratic presidential nomination. He urged the democrats of this county to at once organise Bryan clubs and concluded his address by urging the fighting clans of the county to bury the hatchet and join hand to assist in the movement of swinging Wayne county and the state of Indiana into the democratic ranks next fall. In the opinion of Mr. Beck, the democrats will elect a state ticket and that several republican congressmen will be succeeded by democrats. Only One Contest. There was only one contest at the convention yesterday. This was over the selection of the county central committee. Webster Parry of Wayne township and W. D. Cook of Center township, who was chosen permanent chairman of the convention, were nominated for this office. The former was elected by a vote of T2 to 21. Ben Wilson was unanimously chosen vice chairman. This office is a new feature. Amandus E. Mason was unanimously chosen treasurer. At the convention forty-three voting precincts in the county were represented. The majority of the committeemen were from this city. The selection of Charles B. Beck as county chairman was no surprise. Mr. Beck was the choice of both factions of the party and he gives promise of being a strong man for the place. ANTICIPATE SHUTDOWN. Coal Mines in Indiana Running to Fullest Capacity at Present. Indianapolis, March 21. The coal mines of Indiana are being run to their fullest capacity in anticipation of a shut-down in April. The operators have timed contracts of sale in accordance with the expiration of the present wage scale and are refusing to make summer contracts with factory owners until they know what the miners intend to do. Canvassers of the miners by some of the larger operators show there is no desire on the part of the men to quit work on April 1st, but all agree they will be guided by whatever the coming national convention decides.

CALL TO

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ISSUED BY GREAT LABOR LEADERS Labor Unions Over the Entire Land Will Join Together in Monster Demand Upon National Law Makers. GOMPERS ISSUES THREATENING STATEMENT. Members of Congress Who Fail to-Support Labor Measures Will Be Opposed for Renomination and Election. Washington, I. C March ri following the appeal to congress for remedial legislation, organized labor leaders, today issued a call to arm, to the union men in every section of the country, to make personal appeals to the hen a tors from their states and to the representatives, from their ccongressional districts, for action on bills demanded. In addition local unions are to pass resolutions demand ing favorable action on these bills without delay and a call has been issued for mass meetings to be held In every city or town in the country on the third Sunday or Monday evening in April, in which the demands are to be impressed by speeches of protest,provided congress has taken no action on the bills before that time. According to a lengthy statement Issued by Samuel Oompers. president of the American Federation of Iabor late this afternoon, officials who do not. aid in obtaining the passage theso laws are to be opposed for renomination and re-election next fall. REGISTER PROTESTS Idea of Spoils System in Census Is Not Generally . Liked. THE REASONS ARE GIVEN. Washington. March 21. Business Interests throughout the country are exerting themselves with an unexpected degree of vigor in opposition to the use of the old spoils system of "non-competitive examination" plan in selecting employes for the coming census. They are very desirous that there should be an application of some merit or efficiency system in the choice of clerks and that there should be careful provisiou-.against blanketing Into the service the men who are appointed in a purely temporary capacity. Some members of the house report that they receive more letters on this subject than on all others relating to current legislation combined, and there are incications of a strong interest in the situation on the part of commercial and trade bodies which are passing resolutions and will probably send delegates to Washington to express their view. COURT WAS BUSY. Two Judges Presided at Several Hear I ings. ! More cases were tried in the Wayno circuit court yesterday than at any time witiiin the past year. Judge Fox presided in four and Special Judge Study, in one. The library room was used twice for court purposes, the judge's private office in one and the regular court room in the other. The extra court room provided in the building is not kept in condition for use, although it Is equipped in an elaborate manner. FLEET MANEUVERS. Atlantic Fleet Battleships to Cut Few Didoes. Washington. March 21. After the completion of target practice at Magdalena Bay. the Atlantic battleship fleet will engage in a comprehensive series of fleet maneuver. Although the plan has not been definitely settied. It has been suggested that the maneuvers te held jointly with the Pacific fleet. The maneuvers will consist of fleet drills and formations and search problems. WANT TO BE BOBBIES. Several Applications for Police Job on File. There have been a large number of applications received from men who desire to secure a place on the police force. There Is now one vacancy, caused by the resignation of George Staubach. His successor will not be appointed by the police board until its next meeting, the first Friday in April