Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 163, 27 July 1908 — Page 1

EICHMONB PAIXABJIJM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 163. RICII3IOXD, IND., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 19)8. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS,

HOPES TO GET THE PUBLIC WITHIN ITS POWER JEE MORE Bell Telephone Company Waging Batle for Supremacy That It May Raise and Lower Rates at Will.

iX ,'BICHMOND SEEMS TO BE HEADQUARTERS. First Merger of Companies Consummated Here Lindemuth Was Considered a Traitor to Cause. : Hie Bell Telephone trust is waging a (war to once again acquire the monopioly on the telephone business of this country. One of the first moves made .'by the Bell people In this campaign I was Its action In entering into an 1 agreement with the Richmond Home (Telephone company (independent.) i For the time being the war of control will be waged In this section of the country with Richmond as headquar lers for the campaign. j The local merger had the effect of .Waking the Independents to the fact jthat they were threatened with extermination. On the surface It appears as though the Bell people by the local ' merger received the worst of the deal, getting only the long distance business In exchange for Its local busi- ', jiess. But the officers of the national association of independent companies '.Bee further Into the matter than does !the public They realize that In Richjm'ond the Bell people now holds the ! business for a local business which did I not amount to a row of pins. It is jan insidious and crafty approach on :lhe part of the monopoly. , The End Is Plain, t But the ultimate end of the Bell cru.fcade Is plain. . As has been stated, the control of the toll lines is the key to 'the telephone situation in the United States. It is for this that the Bell is fighting. If the monopoly meets with as much success elsewhere as it did in ; .Richmond, it' can ultimately swallow : all Independent local exchanges, one j by one and resume control. I Once the Bell is back in Its old po sition, it will be in a position to resume the old rates, rates which RichImond people well remember. It is a j mighty stake to fight for enough to imake the present struggle a battle royal. I A. C. Lindemuth, formerly of this j city, who was forced to retire from the presidency of the International Inde pendent Telephone association because of action of the Richmond Home Telephone company, of which he was president, merging with the Bell company, has repeatedly written and spoken against the merging of Independent nd Bell companies, urging that in the lend the Bell would again place its yoke on the necks of the people. 1 The BeU publications are now (Charging tnat Mr. undemutn was a .traitor to the Independent cause. The (Central Union News in its July issue (publishes the following from Rich'tnond: "More than a year ago, at a conference of telephone men held here (Rich mond,) it was announced that sooner 'or later the Central Union (Bell) would abandon local fields in several cities 'and an agreement would be reached whereby the Independents would be able to provide for their patrons the long distance service of the Central .Union. ' "The man who made that statement was Charles Lindemuth, one of the or ganlzers of the Richmond Home Tele phone company and now president of the International Independent Telephone association. Mr. Lindemuth is now located in Chicago and it is re garded as significant that the first 'compromise agreement between an inpendent company and the Central Union should be in Richmond." Such tactics are not new to the Bell in Indiana. A few years ago Hugh Dougherty, a banker of Indianapolis, who had controlled the Independent telephone field from Bluffton, reaching out through four counties, and who had risen to be president of the Inde-I pendent Telephone Men's association. the national body, was approached by the Bell agents, who worked through Dougherty's business associates, and j finally induced the man to sell out his Independent interests to the Bell. He, , too, was denounced as a traitor to the ; cause, and as a coincidence it was notIed that his closest friend died soon afterward of a broken heart. At present the center of interest in the Bell's merger fight on the independents is at Indianapolis. The quarrel with the Bell in that city Is at the acute stage. I O. Richardson, one of the strong- . est men in the Bell service, has been ' sent to Indianapolis personally to han- , die the situation, and he has gone to the length of offering to buy the independent company for $730,000, to permit the independent toll lines to do business in and out of the city over the jBell switchboard and to make the flat .(Continued on Page Two.).

FIGURES PROMINENTLY IN GOULD DIVORCE CASE

MRS. BEN TEAL. This is a snapsnot of Mrs. Ben Teal, wife of a theatrical manager, who has been charged by Frank J. Gould with conspiracy in Connection with his divorce suit.

HIS PATH NOT ONE OF ROSES Governor Hughes' Candidacy For Place He Now Holds To Be Fought. WOODRUFF AT THE HELM. HE WITH OTHER MEN PROMI NENT IN NEW YORK POLITICS, DECIDE THAT ONE TERM IS ENOUGH FOR HUGHES. New York, July 27. Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the republican state committee, met the republican leaders from various sections of New York state at headquarters today to develop plans to prevent the renomination of Governor Hughes at the state convention, to be held in September. Mr. Woodruff decided to return to New York City Sunday and immediately made preparations to leave Kamp Kill Kare. in the Adirondack mountains, where he Intended to remain for a week or so longer. In order to get to work as soon as possible after his arrival, he telegraphed to Herbert Parsons, chairman of the New York county committee; William L. Ward, national committeeman; William Barnes, Jr., of Albany; Ray B. Smith, of Syracuse and other leaders to meet him without fail. It has been learned definitely that Woodruff, Barnes and Parsons at least are prepared to form a combination to prevent the nomination of Hughes at all events and that they had received assurances from Northern, Western and Southern New York of support from minor leaders in their effort to force Hughes into the background. YANKEE WOMAN ACQUIRES TITLED FOREIGN HUBBY. COUNTESS SAN EULALIA. Mrs. John B. Stetson, widow of the famous hat manufacturer who was just married to Count San Eulalia, Portuguese consul at Chicago-.-

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HITCHCOCK CALLS

. J. Rivals in Political Battle Now On, Meet and Have a Pleasant Talk. HEARST GIVEN "GO-BY." NEITHER THE LEADER OF THE INDEPENDENCE PARTY NOR THE NEBRASKAN HAVE MET, ALTHOUGH IN SAME HOTEL. Chicago, July 27. William J. Bryan spent the greater part of Sunday quietly in his rooms in the Auditorium Annex, where throughout the day he received a number of visitors, chief among whom was Frank H. Hitchcock chairman of the republican national committee who called to pay his respects to the democratic leader. The two men spent some time in a pleasant conversation which wa3 apparently enjoyed by them both. Politics was not mentioned during their talk. After his return from church to the hotel Mr. Bryan met informally the members of the sub-committee of the democratic national committee who have been here for the last two days. The plans of the coming campaign were discussed but no definite action resulted, the conference being entirely of a general character. Mr. Bryan announced last night that on some day next week, he will announce the dates on which he intends making addresses during the next two months. Although William R. Hearst, of New York, arrived Sunday and his room in the hotel was not far from that of Mr. Bryan, neither of the men paid the slightest attention to the other. They did not meet during the day and no messages were exchanged. Chairman Norman E. Mack has decided to establish democratic headquarters in the Auditorium Annex in this city. MAY GET DIVORCE MUCH SOUGHT FOR Court Grants Continuance Houser Case. in There is a probability Mrs. Alma Houser may re-apply for a divprce from John Houser. The court permitted her attorney to withdraw his tomplaint, which prevented an adverse decision. Judge Fox has stated he has learned since that all of the evidence in the case was not presented and a continuance has been permitted. Mrs. Houser formerly was Miss -Alma Hawkins and the court's denial of her plea created a scene in the court room Friday. STABBED TO HEART. Foreign Lad Murders American Boy Of Fifteen. New York, July 27. John C. Reynolds, aged 15, was stabbed to the heart, and killed by a foreign lad, of the same age on the street, In Jersey City after a quarrel this morning.

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WERE INEFFECTIVE Mrs. Weber Tries to Save Saloon From Sunday Raid, But Is Unsuccessful. DANIEL COOPER ARRESTED. HE WILL HAVE TO FACE AFFIDAVITS CHARGING HIM WITH VIOLATION OF LIQUOR LAWS ON FOUR COUNTS. Affidavits charging Daniel Cooper with four separate violations of the liquor law have been prepared. Cooper operates a saloon at 419 Main street. He was arrested Sunday aTternoon following a raid upon his place which was participated in by Sergeant McManus and patrolmen McNally, Cully ar.d Roberts. Cooper entered a plea of not guilty in city court this morning and bis trial was continued until tomorrow morning. He is ,under bond for JSOO supplied by Mrs. Katherine Weber, one of the witnesses in the case. The woman is believed to be the real owner of the saloon, although the license is not in her name. It is asserted by the police that Cooper was engaged in the saloon room, supplying three customers with refreshments to be partaken of in the dining room of the living apartments in the rear of the saloon. The place is so arranged that a sitting room, dining room and kitchen are located back of the bar room. It is claimed Cooper was bringing beer, whisky and other intoxicants as requested from the saloon proper to the dining room. The state is expected to insist on prosecution upon all charges, permitting a person, other than a member of the owner's family to go into the bar room on Sunday, selling to each of the three men. Each of the witnesses other than Mrs. Weber has made a signed statement seting forth the alleged facts in the case. Each of the men gives out the information they were drinking In the room and that Cooper either had or was to receive the money for the same. One of the witnesses swore he ordered a glass of whisky but did not pay, as the police arrived too soon. One man was found in he rear room of the place and was arrested on the charge of loitering. He was not in company with those who were drinking. Neither was he in the bar room, so the city ordinancs will have to apply in his case. About 3 o'clock the police approached the rear door and attempted to gain entrance. They were seen coming by Mrs. Web?r, who screamed. Immediately the door was closed, but the officers forced it and passed on into the rooms. Escape for those in the room was cut off and all submitted to being arrested. In their sworn statements the three men claim they entered the place from the alley entrance. One witness says when he entered by himself he saw Mrs. Weber lying on a lounge in the rear room. He asked her if she did not want a drink. She. replied she would have a little wine. It was ordered. Afterward the man called for a glass of whisky but did not pay for it as he was interrupted by the arrival of the police. One affidavit charges Cooper with selling three bottles of beer. Another affidavit charges Cooper with selling four bottles of beer. The men were preparing to drink this beer when the police arrived. The officers secured two of the bottles and Mrs. Weber snatcned two. I nose tne police secured will be nut in use for evidence. The raid upon the place attracted considerable attention. Cooper had been tinder suspicion by the police for some time, but delays had been made until there was a chance to secure evidence at the same time. Quite a crowd gathered when the officers issued from the place with their captives. Mrs. Weber censured the police for their action. The police authorities hold the opinion they have a clear case against Cooper. It would be possible to file additional affidavits and charges against Cooper but four will be attempted at first. The fine for permitting any person, other than a member of the immediate family of the proprietor to be in a saloon at any but legal hours is p'iishable by a fine of $10 to $100. It would be possible to eend Cooper to jail in addition to a fine upon his conviction. "HONEST JOHN" FACES PRISON SENTENCE McGregor Accused of Accepting Bribe. Indianapolis, Ind., July 27. "Honest John" McGregor, chairman of the Marion county board of commissioners was placed on trial this morning, charged with soliciting and accepting bribe from the Atlas Engine works in connection with a county boiler contract.' A motion to quash the indict ruled, i .

ENVELOPED IN FLAMES BUT DIDN'T KNOW IT.

Economy, Ind., July 27. Through the loss of his sense of smelling by catarrh and his absent minded interest in things farther removed, is at tributed the dangerous position in which Thomas Stewart found himself when returning from Greensfork Saturday afternoon. Stewarr was enjoying with the greatest content a trip to Havana by means of a cigar, when he was awakened from dreamland by the erie? of the occupants of a carriage that he was on fire. Stewart was on the seat of his wagon, but when his attention was called he found he was rapidly being enveloped in flames from the blazing blanket upon which he was seated. He had not detected the odor of the burning blanket and as the flames had not been felt by him he was unawares of their proximity. The blaze was reaching nearly to his head and when he did notice it, he became frightened but jumped from his seat. The fire was extinguished. Stewart was uninjured. Stewart had been to Greensfork with a load of hogs. He had indulged for the price of the cigar and it is believed likely that when he struck the match to light the cigar a spark had Ignited te blanket on the seat and the breeze soon fanned !t into a flame. Stewart says this is the only probable explanation. Greensfork is a dry town. UNIFORMS ARRIVE. The new uniforms for the Republi can Bugle Corps have arrived. The suits are blue with white trimmings The twenty members of the corps are directed by Frank Brooks. The new uniforms make a neat appearance. TAFT WORKED HARD TODAY AT POLITICS He Attended Many Meetings And Assised in Notification Plans. PROMINENT MEN ARRIVE. ONE OF THE CHIEFEST OF THESE WAS FRANK H. HITCHCOCK WHO BORE MESSAGE TO CAN DIDATE FROM THE WEST. Cincinnati, O., July 27. As the calm before the strm was the Sabbath observance of William H. Taft yesterday in the home of his brother, Charles. The presidential candidate is working at the trade of politics today, attending the meeting of the state central committee, meeting in formally the members of the notifica tion committee, lending his aid to the local arrangements committee and placing himself generally at the disposal of the national and state lead ers. Tuesday he will deliver bis i i speech of acceptance and then surrerf-! der himself completely to the vagaries of a riot of political enthusiasm. ' Senator Warner of Missouri, chairman of the notification committee, reached the city during Sunday, but did not present himself to Mr. Taft, remarking facetiously that he was in grave fear that Mr. Taft had already gained a suspicion of the fact of his nomination, which was to be revealed to him Tuesday. With Senator Warner on his arrival was Judge Charles Nagel, national committeeman from Missouri. General Felix Angus, of Baltimore, Maryland's member of the notification committee, was one of the arrivals. General Angus Is serving for the fifth time in this capacity, having participated in the notification of Presidents Garfield, Harrison and twice for McKinley. S. O. Bigney, of Boston, who takes the place on the committee of Senator Murray Crane, reached the city with William F. Harrington, the New Hampshire member. Hitchcock Arrives. Frank H. Hitchcock, who aned today, made a report to the candidate on conditions in the West as he had found them during his recent visit to that section. Elmer Dover, secretary of the national committee, also reached the city today. Importance is attached to the meeting today of the Ohio state central committee, to be attended by Mr. Taft, as the meeting is declared to be intended to generate a common understanding, singleness of purpose and enthusiasm, which, carried away by the various members, will permeate all parts of the state. There seems little left for the local notification committee to do, as every part of Tuesday's program seems to have been thoroughly perfected. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers Monday night and Tuesday: cooler Tuesday. Fresh to brisk south winds. OHIO Showers Monday night and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday. Fresh to brisk souths to south- winds.

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TOLDTO VAMOOSE Alleged She Tried to Steal An other's Husband. Pittsburg. July 27. Nan Patterson. the actress, was ordered to leave the city today because a woman com plained that she was trying to entice her husband away. The (uUxess deDarted at once. WITH HAND MANGLED BOTSOUGHT AID Economy Lad Struck Railroad Torpedo With Rock. Economy. Ind., July 27. Telling men who went to his alstance he could walk to the office of a physician faster than they could carry him. Llndsey Canaday, the eleven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Canaday hastened unaided to receive medical aid. He had been throwing rocks from a loaded gravel car with a num ber of playmates and in an unexpect ed manner one of the stones struck a railroad torpedo, which exploded. The boys had not known of the pre sence of the tornedo until It exploded Injuring young Canaday severely. His hand was mangled badly. Blood poisoning is not feared. DUTCH MAY SPANK UNRULY CASTRO Orders Ships to Proceed Venezuela and Make a Demonstration. to RELATIONS ARE STRAINED. FOLLOWS RIOTS AND DISORDERS AT WILLEMSTAD WHEN THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR IS EX PELLED. Wlllemstadd. July 27. The Dutch cruiser Gelderland arrived at six o'clock this morning, having Ambas sador Dereus on board. The rela tions between Venezuela and the Dutch West Indies are at a breaking point. Amsterdam, July 27. All the Dutch warships in American waters have been ordered to Venezuela and there make an assertive demonstration unless Castro apologizes for the summary expulsion of Dutch Ambassador Dereus. Willemstad, Island of Curacao, July 27. The relations between Venezuela and the people of the Island of Curacao. Dutch West Indies, are strained to the breaking point. Following a (Continued on Page Seven.) PRINCE THOUGH DYING ASKS TRIAL CONTINUE. PRINCE ZU EULENBVrms. Prince Philip xu Eulenburg. whose trial on charges of perjury in con nection with the court scandals has been interrupted and indefinitely suspended because the Prince is in a half dying condition. Prince zu Eulenburg although, he is in a critical condition. asks that his trial nrocesd.

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TRUST THREATENS

TO PROSECUTE MAI1 WHO EXPOSED IT B. B. Johnson Tells Schwegman He Must Retract His Statement Printed in Sunday's Palladium. ICE TRUST OFFICIAL ENTERS A DENIALMr. Otto Rettig States That Dishonesty Has Never Been Countenanced by the Ice. Company. As a result of an article published Sunday by the Palladium in regards to an exposure of the methods of the local Ice trust by Edward Schwegman. there was an Interesting meeting' held yesterday morning at the Schwegman confectionary store. Sixteenth and Main streets. At this meeting Mr. Schwegman so he says, was informed by B. B. Johnson that unless he retracted In a sign-) ed article the statements made by tbs' Palladium he would be prosecuted. Mr. Schwegman stated that he had'" nothing to retract and that the les company, if it thought it had grounds on which to prosecute him. could pro. ceed at once to file suit. This morning Mr. Schwegman stafr' ed to the Palladium that he had been correctly quoted in every instance cept the statement which set forth 1 the fact that the ice dellverymen who failed to account for every pound oft ice placed In their wagons had the shortage deducted from their pay. "Ij stated that one of the employes of th( ice company Informed me that no aJ-i lowance was made for shrinkage, but' I did not state that the icemen had to pay out of their wages for shortage; in the amount of ice credited to; them," said Mr. Schwegman today. Henry Walterman, inspector oO weights and scales, today denied Mr, Schwegman's charge thta he had seal-' ed the scales on an ice wagon, which scales had been found to be twenty pounds short Walterman stated thatj he had looked at the scales in question) but that he had not tested tbem of4 sealed them because he had nothing i at the time with which to make an inspection and that he had no seals. ' Mr. Otto Rettig also called at the Palladium office this morning and entered a denial that the ice company was giving short weights on ice. Ho' stated that the business was being conducted squarely and honestly and that the delivery men had been in-1 struct ed to take particular pains in I eeing that the consumers got full weight. "If some of the employes of the com pany do not do this the company is only too willing to receive informa-i tlon to tihs effect. We do not wantany robbers working for us," said Mr.' Rettig. 'The statement that the company makes no allowance for shrinkage is untrue. For instance if sixtr hundred: pounds of ice is credited to one wagon; and when the settlement on this1 amount is made the men are found to be short three or four hundred pounds nothing is said of the matter but if the men show a shortage of one thousand or fifteen hundred pounds an investigation is made," continued Mr. Rettig. He also said that at the present time ice was being sold in this city at cheaper rates than in any other' city in t'3 state except Anderson and' Indianapolis, where there were ice wars in progress. Mr. Rettig held that! he bad always borne the reputation of' being an honest man and that the charges made against the ice company were personal reflections upon him. Speaking of the charge made by Schwegman that be had been "short, weighted" sixty-five pounds on four hundred pounds Mr. Rettig stated that when the company discovered this error Mr. Schwegman had been given an extra one hundred pounds. SCHOOL WILL NOT " BHBOLISHED Expected Attendance Does Not Justify This Action. "Township school number 10 will not be abolished," was the statement made by Charles Potter, trustee. This school will be kept as long as there Is a large enough attendance to justify it, but if not It will then be discontinued. There will be some forty students enrolled this year. This is an exceptionally large attendance for a township school and the children are given the same advantages that are offered in the Richmond public schools with the exception of manual training. When the rumor was first started that the school was to be discontinued, the people of Benton Heights asked to have that addition annexed to the city so that their children would be able to attend the city, schools. .