Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 136, 30 June 1908 — Page 1

FAJLILABJEUM H AND SUN-TELEGRAM. . ; f SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. jSVOI XXXIII. NO. 136. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE SO, 1908. DIRECT JUDGMENT IS ASKED AGAINST TRACTIOH COMPANY COMMERCIAL CLUBS COULD ACCOMPLISH HOLDER HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH STATE LEGISLATOR WALTER RATLIFF KICKS OVER TRACES! Holder Dragged Beneath the Pilot of Engine. IF

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0OULD DECIDE QUESTION ;; r-ri n m i Tiiir r-i i-r 1 1 ri r- ' run -HtL! i nwicMiv.ru t.unc r. (Complaint Alleges" Board of Works and Council Acted " " Without Power in Awarding Park Privileges. , Quo warranto proceedings were instituted in the Wayne circuit court this morning to stop the work now 'being done in Glen Millar park by the jfferre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company, preparatory to laying trackage for the freight route. Judgment is asked against the company. The court took tne matter under tedvisement. The litigation is someIwhat different from customary in cases f injunction as no restraining order jTwill be asked for, but straight judgment petitioned. The suit is brought jfcy the State of Indiana dn relation of Wilfred Jessup, prosecuting attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District, vs. the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & 'Eastern Traction company. It was Intended to bring the proceedings yesterday afternoon, but they were delayied. Complaint Voluminous. It is alleged In the complaint that the contract entered into between the board of public works and the defendent company for the use of the portion of Twenty-third street located In Glen Miller Park was entirely beyond the power of the board and that the common council had no authority to ratify it. The relator demands that the defendant show by what right and authority it is proposed to construct and continue its lines of track through the ark. The contract agreement is inserted , twice in ttee complaint, the first time as a contract and the second as embodied in the ordinance adopted by the xlty council. The complaint consists cf about twenty-five typewritten pages. It was not prepared in time to be submitted to the court until too late to receive consideration today. The court stated he is entirely unfamiliar j with the facts alleged and must take time to pursue an investigation. The action on the part of the proseeuting attorney makes him appear ' . 1 , l M .1 . jiersuninijr, ueuaune ui ine ccnsiructlon of the Indiana statutes. The law demands that quo warranto proceed ings be instituted by the prosecuting tattorney ex rel. This prohibits the j prosecutor from undertaking the use of the names of those citizens of the East End, who were the most active opponents of the Twenty-third street '.proposition as parties to the complaint i It is set forth In the complaint that the City of Richmond Is a municipal corporation organized pursuant to the laws of the state of Indiana and that the defendant, Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern company, is a street fcnd interurban company with its main offices at Indianapolis and organized elso under the laws of Indiana. The defendant is named as owner and operator of a line of street and interurfcan railway on the Main street of Richmond from the east boundary to tear the west boundary, on Fifth street from Main to North D streets, on Eighth from Main to North E 6treets and on North E street from Eighth to and l&to a certain park j owned, controlled and maintained by the city, and known and designated as Glen Miller park. The complaint avers further: "That teaid Main street line is used for small 'cars designated- and known as city passenger cars and also for other cars tised to carry passengers, express and baggage from other cities and towns distant from s&Td city of Richmond; that certain contract terms exist i "whereby the defendant company and other similar companies agree to car!Ty freight matter on said street in cars 40 feet long and upward; that at the present time It is the intention of the defendant company to conduct, maintain and operate lines of freight and passenger service through the city of Richmond; that the city of Rich mond is a fourth class city as desig nated in the acts of the general assem bly of the state of ndiana in force April 14, 1905; that the city of Richxnond controls and maintains a certain public park owned by the inhabitants end that this park is situated north of Main street and the continuance east ward known as the National Road and upon which is a line of street and interurban railway owned by the defendant company and east 'of Twenty-sec ond street which crosses Main; hat the management and control of the park Is vested in the city and the offi cers thereof and that pursuant to the ordinances of the city previous to June 18, 1908, said corporation could rot by its franchises owned or ac Quired, conduct or maintain along

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This picture shows a characteristic group of Persian Cossacks who have taken an active part in the recent disturbances in Teheran. The Cossacks' wild method of warfare has done much to quell the insurgents. Many of the Shah's men have met death in the engagements that have been fought.

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NOT LOCATION TO BE CONSIDERED Bryan's Running Mate This Year Must Be a Man in Sympathy With His Views, It Is Announced. FRIENDS OF GRAY SEEM DETERMINED. Although the Famous Jurist Is Mentioned for Second Place His Friends Say He Must Head the Ticket. Lincoln, Neb., June 30. Loyalty to their leader rather than geographical location is to govern the choice of a vice president candidate at the democratic national convention in Denver. This is the slogan of Judge W. W. Black, of Kverett, Wash., a national delegate from his state and of every party worker or captain who has come to Lincoln for a pre-convention visit with the Nebraska commoner who is the head of the ticket. Judge Black was closeted with Mr. Bryan for a half hour at Fairview. Afterwards the Washington jurist made the following significant utterance: "Whoever is nominated for vice president must be a straight and out Bryan man. His geographical location is not so Important as who he is and what he stands for. John W. Kern, of Indiana, would be such a candidate and, of course, there are oth ers who would fill the bill. Personally I have had no choice for the vice presidency up to this time and the Washington state delegation is not committed to any one, but will support a man who is known to be in sympathy with the things for which Bryan stands. "An anti-injunction plank will certainly be placed in the Denver plat form." said the Washington man, "and it will mean something. While I am a member of the superior court ju diciary in my state, I do not regard a judge as infallible or essentially dif ferent from another man. His station is a high one and his duties are important, but if the man who fills this place was untrustworthy before he obtained ft he will be untrustworthy afterward. Just how far restrictive legislation should go I am not prepared to say, but certainly the power to issue restraining orders and enforce them for an indefinite time should not be vested in a magistrate who may be prejudiced. "In my own experience on the bench I have granted restraining orders in labor disputes, but only for a short time in each case and with proper provision for a speedy hearing. At this time I can recall no instance where the unions were unwilling that the order should be issued. I do not believe the laboring men want anything unreasonable and they are entitled to protection from long time writs granted without a hearing. The plank In ,the republican platform on this subject is weak and meaningless. It does not suit either the labor unions or the employers. "Regarding injunctions or restraining orders to suspend the operation of state laws and orders of railway commissions, I am of the opinion that a judge in court has far less opportunity to know the facts and is therefore not in as good position as a railway board to know what rates are reasonable." ; Judge Man-el, who has been the leading spirit in the Gray movement, said today: "Our visit at Fairview had no connection whatever with the suggestion that Judge Gray might accept the vice presidential nomination. We are not considering second place, even in a remote sense. We are looking only to

FOURTH OF JULY DON'TS FOR THE SMALL BOYS. Don't throw a giant cracker at an automobile to make it go faster. Don't hold firecrackers in your hand until they explode, for two hands are much better than one. Don't try to show off, for Billy Bragg generally gets the laugh on himself. Don't point anything at anybody; it isn't considered good etiquette. Don't tie the crackers to pussy's tail. Don't look into a Roman candle which you think has gone out. Don't try to scare sister Sue by throwing firecrackers at her. Papa will get out his slipper. Don't use a revolver. Don't explode giant crackers under anyone. Nobody likes to eat from the mantelpiece. Don't light explosives with a match. Father might not like a one-eyed boy. New York World. AT BROOKVILLE Aoout $350 Worth of Stamps Stolen From the Postoffice. LOCAL POLICE NOTIFIED. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE MEN WHO STOLE A RIG TO GET OUT OF TOWN BOARDED C, C. & L. TRAIN AND CAME HERE. The local police department has been informed of the robbery of the postoffice at Brookville, Ind., a small town a short distance south of Richmond, at an early hour this morning. The robbery was a most daring one and the thieves, supposed to be two, succeeded in making their escape and are still at large. After leaving Brookville in a stolen rig the thieves were seen to head in an eastward direction. As the horse and rig, driverless, returned home a few hours after the robbery it is thought that the robbers boarded a train, probably a C. C. & L., in which event it is probable that they came to Richmond. No suspicious characters were reported to police headquarters this morning by officers on night beats. A dispatch from Brookville states that after gaining entrance to the postoffice, the thieves blew the safe and secured about $350 worth of postage stamps. So expertly was the safe blown that the sound of the explosion was very muffled and the citizens were not aroused. With their booty the robbers went to a barn, hitched up a horse to a road wagon and drove rapidly out of town. When Brookville awoke this morning it was learned for the first time that the postoffice had been rifled. This report spread rapidly about town and caused great excitement. The authorities at Brookville notified the police in neighboring towns to assist in the capture of the robbers. While Brookville was excitedly discussing the details of the robbery the stolen horse wandered into the city. WANTS A DIVORCE. Upon the allegation. Harry M. Hazeltine has failed to provide for her, Eva B. Hazel tine has entered suit for divorce in the Wayne circuit court. The court asks, also the custody of a daughter named Helen, who is six years of age. The defendant is asked to pay $2 per week for the support of the child until she arrives at the age of fourteen. ' THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Tuesday night and Wednesday, cooler Tuesday night in extreme northwest portion, var--table win4t- ' '" -

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Hardly Probable That It Will Amount to Anything and That Bryan's Platform WHI Be Adopted. PROHIBITION IS SURE TO BE A FACTOR. uertain mat mere win Be a Strong Demand Upon the Democrats This Year for a Temperance Plank. Denver, Colo., June 30. Once more rebellion is threatened against Wll liam J. Bryan by the few Democratic bosses who are here arranging for the national convention next week. Now the trouble with the insurrectionists is over the platform, upon which Mr. Bryan is presumably reading proof at his home in Lincoln, Neb. The insurrectionists have come out and declared against an anti-injunc tion plank in the forthcoming meas ure. The said insurrectionists, when they are counted, are Roger C. Sullivan, of course; Col. R. M. Johnston, of Texas, and "Tom" Taggart, with Secretary Urey Woodson , rather going along with them, and they expect reenforcements in the person of John T. McGraw, of West "Virginia, today and Clark Howell, of Georgia, along late in the week. "I think the Indiana delegation will be against such a plank as the republi cans adopted," Mr. Taggart said. "It was too strong an attacK upon the courts. I think we should ask nothing more than that in contempt cases another judge than the one who charges the contempt should try the issue." As to Colonel Johnston, the Texan, he was outspoken. He expects to be a member of the resolutions committee now that it is known positively that Senator Bailey will not be here, and he says that --he will go on the floor of the convention with a minority report if the Bryan proposition is adopted in committee. Sullivan Feels Sure. When he was giving out his interview, Mr. Sullivan also let it be understood that he would be the chair man of the delegation, and for a member of the committee on resolutions suggested half a dozen names Samuel Alschuler, Free P. Morris, Fred J. Kern, Carroll C. Boggs and George E. Brennan. Of the list Brennan is the one most likely to be taken. He is closer to Sullivan than any of the others, and will fight for what Sullivan wants. Also, he drew the Springfield plat form, which indorsed Bryan on Gover-v nor Johnson's speeches, and he would like a chance to put over a similar trick in a big gathering. What is likely to happen on the platform question, however, is something entirely different from the program the insurrectionists are planning. Mayor Brown, of Lincoln is expected to bring Mr. Bryan's version to Denver today. Dahiman was expected to do the same thing, but he failed to deliver. What very probably will occur is that Richard L. Met calf, Bryan's associate on the Commoner, will slip into town next Sunday or Monday with a nicely typewritten set of resolutions and will say: "Mr. Bryan wants these adopted, please," and they will be adopted. " The insurrectionists know that the above is what is pretty sure to happen, just as well as any one knows it. And that Is why their proposition to go Vn the warpath impresses most people as only a call for a ghost dance. And when Mr. Metcalf or whatever messenger shall be chosen, brings the V

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Therefore Favors the Local Plan of-State Consolidation. DEMOCRATS OF STATE FATHER A PLANK. Will Ask the Denver Convention to Sanction Publication Of Campaign Funds Other State News. Special Correspondence. Indianapolis, Ind., June 30. Considerable interest is being taken here In the plan emanating from Richmond business men, for the organization of a state body composed of commercial clubs. The Indianapolis Commercial club has already sanctioned such a scheme, and is ready to select representatives to Buch a meeting when the Richmond club shall suggest the date, which it is thought should be some time in September. R. G. McClure, secretary of the Indianapolis Commercial club, had this to say to your correspondent regarding the scheme for the organization of a state body of commercial clubs: "There would be a decided advantage in an annual or biennial meeting of the commercial clubs of Indiana. As the situation stands at present, each commercial club in the different cities of the state looks chiefly to the one thing of advancing the interests of its particular city. This is, of course, the chief purpose, the one purpose, in fact of such organizations, and is all right as far as it goes. But there are larger things well worth striving for. In the matter of legislation, much more could be accomplished with the backing of every commercial club In the state, than could be hoped for with the clubs acting independently. The commercial club of Indianapolis has done much for the city and has been one of the chief factors in bringing about legislation particularly desired for the capital city and there is no reason why needful legislation, applicable to all cities of Indiana, should not be brought about quite as promptly and successfully when all the commercial bodies of the state act as a unit. "The move begun by the Richmond commercial club deserves success, and there seems little doubt that the call for a general meeting of such clubs will meet with hearty response. So long as there Is Identity of interests as relates to the cities of Indiana, there will be plenty of argument in favor of a general organization .and I am heartily In favor of the Richmond plan." Kern to Carry Plank. One of the most important planks in the Denver platform is to be carried there by the Indiana delegation. It (Continued on Page Two.) Famous Bishop in Cooperstown, N. Y., June DO. The condition of Bishop H. C. Potter, who was overcome by the heat at his sumv,,v v, i mer home here. Is still critical. Dr. M. Imogene Bassett, who has been attending the bishop, says that no change can be reported. Bishop Potter's physician, J. E. , , , Jauvrin, M. D.. gives out the following statement: "Bishop Potter has been greatly prostrated by the hot weather' for se-v-eral days and his condition at the present time is very critical." Bishop Potter was taken 111 early in May in New York city and his illness assumed a serious aspect for a time. His condition did not become generally known until early In June, when it was announced that the illness

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In attempting to cross the tracks of the C, C. & L. railroad at the "Y" south of the city this morning, the left foot of Robert Holder of Peru, was caught beneath the pilot. The train was moving but slowly at the time and Holder was dragged beneath the pilot but his foot was only bruised. No bones were injured and amputation will not be necessary. Holder was treated and afterward sent to his home at Peru.

TAFT STILL HAS THE WHOLE FIELD A Has Given No Intimation as to Who He Will Elect as Chair man of National Republi can Committee. SENTIMENT FOR TAFT'S BROTHER. Captain Harry New Has Been Suqqested, But He Would Not Accept Place Confer ences Tomorrow. Washington, D. C, June 30. Secre tary Taft still has everybody guB ing as to the Chairmanship of the re publican national committee and the Identity of the man who will manage his campaign for the presidency. Moreover, everything indicates that he is doing some speculating himself, for there is no sign to convince one that he has made up his mind, unless it be tentatively. On Wednesday he will have' a conference with Arthur I. Vorys, of Columbus, one of his managers during his canvass for the nomination, and with Frank H. Hitchcock, his associate manager. At .hat meeting the chairmanship matter will be discussed. The secretary has had a talk with Harry Williams, chairman of the Ohio republican executive committee: Walter Brown, chairman of the state central committee and Walter D. Guilbert, state auditor. He had sent for these men to come to Washington to ascertain the sentiment of the republican workers of the state with respect to the chairmanship and as to their feeling on the subject with respect to Mr. Vorys. Being all friends of the former superintendent of insurance and having faith in his ability as a campaign manager, their conversation was all in his favor. Before they left' the secretary. (Continued on Page Two.) Critical Condition Angelicaa Congress in London, which met on June 1G. Bishop Potter recovered his strength sufficiently to leave for tne home of . , r ,, . his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Potter, here. His phj.s!cian hoped tne change of air and scene would effect a complete recovery. He reached hcre on June 10 and for a time Ehowed progress toward complete recovery fcut T a u was not until Sunday, though, that It became known that his condition was serious. A message was sent to New York summoning his son, Alonzo Potter, to this place, Right Rev. Henry Codman Potter is the seventh Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York, and Is one of the best known clergymen In this country. He Is 72 years

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Has No Right to Condemn j Dairies and Should Be Pro$.j ecuted. THIRTY PLACES HAVE , . BEEN PASSEDJUR0N.1 i There Are Several Dairies Yeti To Be Inspected Gardi Case Is Explained- ;No; Wholesale Prosecution Walter Rati iff, who represented! Wayne county in the lojrer 'house of! the legislature at its Iasteession and who is a candidate for; re-election on! the republican ticket, iscrlttclsingthi action of State Food and Drug Inspect-! or Owena and City Milk Inspector! Hoover in inspecting the various dai-J ries In this county and in some, casea,) condemning them. i Mr. Ratliff has stated thatMr.j Owens and Dr. Hoover have-noau-' thority to do this work- and. that theyj should be prosecuted instead of th; dairymen. When he waa informedi luiii iur. uweasi was pvngnning auf duties under an act of thelegislature, Mr. Ratliff stated that he had no knowledge of such, an act and that It At A . ' S - . m . I ' there was one on the statute books h; would attempt to have it removed ati the next session of the legislature. Mr. Ratliff is a relative of Cornelius Rat-1 liff, whose dairy was inspected a few: days ago and rated poor. No further steps have been taken iaj the case of Daniel F. Gard, a dairy-j man, whose place was condemned, but: who continued to sell milk In the city notwithstanding this fart. Mr. Owens states that if Card will make necessary Improvements at his dairy and suspend the sale of his milk pending the makin gof these improvements thestate would not prosecute him forj violating the pure food laws. When Mr. Owens was informed today that a sentiment had been expressed that if one dealer who sold impure milk was to be prosecuted all dealers in Impure milk should be prosecuted, he stated that his department did not approve of wholesale prosecution of dairymen who were operating dairies not conforming with the pure food laws. "Dairymen who are graded poor, fair, -good and excellent are permitted to sell milk. Those who are graded fair and poor musttimpxove ; their grading within a limited tfm.i Those who are graded bad musUsus-i pend the sale of their milk until they! have improved conditions existing, at their dairies. In the case orair. Card Dr. Hoover and myself inspected his dairy and we ordered him totsuspend sale of milk until he hadmadenecessary improvements. The next day we found him selling milk inhe city. I took some of his milk andtfoundvflfty per cent' impure. I again, ordered-him not to sell. The -following morning I found that he waa again selling' milk! and I ordered him once again to, quit. 1 I also took some more samples of his' milk and found it to be twentyflve! per cent Impure. It was because'Gard! had twice persisted In sellingmilkaf-i ter he had been condemned that I'de-I sired to have the prosecutor bring'ao-1 tion against him." stated -Mr. Owens. ' Tomorrow Mr. Owens will go to Terre Haute where he will lecture before the Vigo Medical society on the subject of "Tuberculosis in Milk Ani-I mala as a Source of Infection to Hu-' man Beings." On his return to Rich-j mond Mr. Owens will issue pure milkj certificates to all dealers whose dalr-j les are graded good or excellent.) About thirty dairies in this county have been inspected and there stills remains four or five tobe Inspected. Yesterday afternoon tha dairies off Charles Benner, Robert Commons, J.j L. Batchelor (second dairy). F. W.j Marehant were inspected and all grad-j ed fair. They all can be raised to the ' good grade by slight Improvements.; Mr. Batchelor and E. L. Commons will; go to Indianapolis tomorrow for the' purpose of purchasing necessary sup--plies to improve their dairies. I TO RETURN TO HIS HOME AFTER 32 YEARS Lewis Semler of Washington Township to Go to Germany ; Milton. Ind., Jone 20. Lewis Semler, a well-to-do Washington township farmer, will go to Germany in about three weeks to visit his father. It s 32 years since Mr. Semler left the fatherland and this will be his first!

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