Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 172, 5 August 1908 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAJXABIUM AMD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOIi. XXXIII. NO. 172. RICHMOND, IND.. WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST .", lOOS. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS.

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OUT OF JAIL INTO MARSHAL'S ARMS DISASTER ENDS WORLD'S GREATEST AERIAL FLIGHT TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST IN LANDSLIDE ALL ARRANGEMENTS DENTAL OFFICE ENTERED AGAIN SENATOR ALLISON, MADE FOR THE GOOD ROADS CONGRESS OF IOWA, FAMOUS LEGISLATOR, DEAD Freedom of A. C. Harris Is JBisbee, Arizona Is Partially Chenoweth & Dykeman Lose Nothing, However. Short. Swept Away.

THE DEAR PUBLIC GIVEN BLAME FOR THEJ1TUATI0N fioard of Public Works Tells Protesting Citizens It Is Too Late to Change the New Freight Line.

JTHEY SHOULD HAVE ACTED SOONER, CLAIMS STUDY.

Official Mouthpiece of' the Board Says That the Board Has Followed the Will of The People. SQUABBLE GIVEN AIRING. CITIZENS PLACE DETERMINED PROTEST WITH CITY OFFICIALS BUT IT MAY RESULT IN NOTHING. ARGUMENT WAS HEATED. It Was Evident by the Tone of Citizens' Remarks That the Board of Public Works Is Much in Disfavor. Fifty incensed public spirited property owners of the city gathered at the office of the board of public works this morning to enter a belated protest against the Twenty-third street lnterurban line. It was an indignation meeting, and the board of public works was told its action in affirming the contract is not approved by the general public. T. J. Study, city attorney and patron saint of the board cf public works told tho citizens and no one is to blame but themselves. Study maintained that the time was ;ripe long ago for such complaints as iaiow are emlnating, but none came. It was dinned into tho ears of the 'protestors that it is too late nnw, too late to rectify what may have been a mistake. Study said it i3 the sentiment of the remonstrators that the tracks ought to go any place except through the Glen, or along some street that concerns them directly. "You want to shove the tracks on to some other street where they won't bother you, and you don't care how much it nay bother some one else," argued the city attorney. Blame Put on Public. i The board of public works Is fccting upon the principle it does not (care what may happen as it can not vbe blamed directly. AH the censure Is shifted upon the long suffering and slothful public. "It's too late, it's too late," was the persistent argument. tThe board denied that it has a chance to make any alteration. The board jjwlll oppose any attempt to bring about (the adoption of a new franchise, Unless assured by the traction company it will not object nor ask additional favor. "Watson P. O'Neal, republican member of the board committed himself Ao one thing, although persistingly fre-echolng the assertion the public is ho blame for the present state of affairs. "If the question is opened up fegaln, I will never sign a contract providing for a Twenty-second street ctmte. I signed this one under pro test aa I did not favor an alternative Voute as a second choice. I believe the logical place for the tracks is on Twentieth, street. I signed it though, ni now I will stand by it. I believe he Twenty-second street route would e more damaging than that on Twen-y-third street," he asserted. Barred From Twentieth. It was pointed out repeatedly that the traction company is barred from the use of North Twentieth street for freight purposes by the old franchise Vhlch granted John Lonts and P. J. Freeman, as the Richmond Street & lnterurban railway company, the tight to use any streets of the city except North Tenth, North A and those streets at the time occupied by the tracks of the old Richmond City , Railway company, the predecessor of the R. S. & I. company. The Twen tieth street line was operating at the time, so this street Is made one of tho exceptions. Other than to inform members of the board of public works that regardless of what it may hae been months Rgo, public sentiment now stands opJxsed to the construction of a line through tho park and to stimulate the board to efforts to rescind the present franchise and project another eliminating the source of trouble nothing Is expected to be gained from tie meeting of this morning. Study to Defense. Speaking in defense of the board of public works, the city council, and his pwn interests, City Attorney Study said he can't see where the officers fcave failed to do their duty. "Now, when it is too late, a petition comes In here and I suppose you want to as.Continued on Pago Three.)

Upon his release from the county

jail today, A. C. Harris was placed under arrest by Charles E. Clark, mar shal of Knightstown. Harris was ar rested here upon complaint of his wife who feared for her safety. He had Just arrived in the city for the pur pose of inducing her to live with him. Marshal Clark said Harris was in the dry cleaning and dyeing business at Knightstown and when he closed his store, departed with a suit of clothes left with him to be cleaned. The suit belonged to a traveling sales man. FAVOR WILSON FOR CHANCELLORSHIP Indiana Pythians at Boston Would Like to See His Election. INDIANA MEN ELEVATED. SEVERAL GET IMPORTANT POSITIONS AT NATIONAL CONVENTION OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS GOSSIP FROM BOSTON. Boston, Mass., Aug. 5. At the sec ond business session of the Knights of Pythias convention yesterday after noon Past Grand Chancellor George W. Powell of Indianapolis was raised to the supreme lodge rank and appointed to membership on the ways and means committee. Merrill E. Wilson of Indianapolis was appointed to the military department standing com mittee; C. A. Tindall of Shelby ville was placed on the committee on review; Frank J. Dunten of Lagrange was placed on the standing committee of the insurance department and Un ion B. Hunt of Winchester was made chairman of the insurance commit tee. Although H. P. Brown, the delegate from Cleburne, Tex., is the logical next supreme chancellor and in all probability will get the office, there is some talk in the Indiana camp of a desire to see M. E. Wilson of Indi anapolis in that position. The brilliant military pageant of this afternoon of 10.000 uniformed knights, moving with martial step, their drawn swords gleaming In the sunlight, has never been surpassed in this city. Terre Haute has two entries for the Class A competitive drill on Franklin Field today. Companies No. 3 and 82, both Terre Haute companies, will strive to capture the first prize of $1,500 and hope to take back two pieces of the money offered. The conditions of the competition are as follows: "Open to all companies of the Uniform Rank driMIng with twenty-six Sir Knights and three officers. First prize for inspection and proficiency in drills, $1,500. There are three other prizes of from $800 to $100. Owing to the nonappearance of the crack Seattle, Wash., company to qualify in the parade the Indlanians are most confident of their success. "No sporting, and everybody in bed at 10 o'clock," read the Instructions of the Indiana officers to their men last night. They did not propose to take any chances of not being in the best of shape for today's drill contest During the evening a concert was held at the Indiana section, in which a quartet composed of Messrs. Collins, Vaughn, Evansvand Reagan of Terre Haute were the particular stars. Col. Cliff and Maj. George Rosell of Terre Haute have been the active ones In providing the evening entertainments. Frighten Pythian Sisters. Late last night the Twelfth Indiana company, under instructions from Capt Frank Wilson, stripped their cots of sheets and pillow cases, wound themselves up in the former and- put the cases over their heads; then with torches in their hands started out. With ear-splitting war cries they dashed down fashionable Talbot avenue and frightened a company of Pythian Sisters to a hasty retreat. "We are from Ft. Wayne," shouted one of the leaders, "and we want everybody to know it" The twenty-three members of the Linton (Ind.) delegation say they had all sorts of trouble on the way here. They bought what they supposed were through tickets to Boston and return, only to meet a demand for 90 cents each for the trip from Jersey City to Harlem River. They paid under protest and will seek to secure a refund. It is reported one of the Indiana men has been robbed of $1S6 in cash, hut while several knights say they have heard of the robbery, none was found who could give the name of the victim. As a result of the many robberies which have occurred the police detail at the camp has been increased and in the Indiana section tha jcuard has been doubled.

Monster Airship Driven by Count Zeppelin, Returning On Remarkable Voyage, Is Burned.

INVENTOR ESCAPES WITH HIS LIFE. Six People Hurt in Attempt to Save the Ship from Fire DemonYesterday's Flight a Record Breaker. Stuttgart, Aug. 5. During a storm today Zeppelin's airship broke away from Its moorings and took fire and sailed away into the air. Just as it disappeared from sight, Indications pointed to its total destruction. Six persons were hurt in the effort to save the airship but Zeppelin escaped. The aj-ship had descended live miles south of here this morning owing to defective motor and had been moored pending repairs. Exciting scenes had marked the progress of the homeward trip, great crowds witnessing its flight over the city at six this morning. An hour later the motor became defective reauiring repairs. The subsequent accident occurred during the storm and the airship is now lost sight of. Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Aug. 5. Count Zeppelin demonstrated by the most remarkable flight in the history of aeronautics that he has led a host of experimenters in making the conquest of the air by dirigible balloon. Starting at 6:30 Tuesday morning from his airship harbor in Lake Constance, near Frledrlchshafen, the inventor, with a facility never before equaled, made a voyage of 261 miles to Mayence, which he reached at 11 o'clock last night. Had it not been for a flight defect in one of his motors the count would have made Mayence shortly after 6 o'clock last evening. He was compel! ed, however, to alight in the river near Nackenheim to effect repairs before making the remaining few miles of the outward bound trip. This delayed his arrival at Mayence for more than five hours. Airship Steers Perfectly. The significant feature of the flight is that the Zeppelin airship took a zigzag course, practically following the windings of the Rhine from start to finish, thereby proving that the air navigator has solved the difficulty of steering. Late last night the airship reversed Its course with the intention of re turning by way of Metz and Stuttgart to the starting point. Should this be reached without mishap. Count Zeppelin will have doubled the Importance of his feat, for the distance he will then 'have traveled will be 522 miles, over a course which will have taken him toward every point of the compass and brought him face to face with every possible atmospheric condition. JOHNSON WILL PAY FOR CITY WATER He Uses It to Flush Out Tanks At His Private Ice Plant. THE CITY'S MEN DO WORK.' JOHNSON SAYS THAT HE WILL PAY ALLEGED WATER WAS USED TO FILL THE TANKS AT HIS PLACE. "No, it was a cooling tenk. It had become stopped up with lime and such material and it was necessarv to Cush it out. The street commission er had his men turn a hose in and of course he will render his bill to me for the men's time. That is all there was to it." It was in this manner B. B. John son, member of the board of public works and owner of the Independent Ice and Fuel company's plant, which now is a part of the ice delivery combination answered the allegation that city water had been used to fill the tanks at his plant Residents of the vicinity of the plant are responsible for the charge against Mr. Johnson. The assertion is made the water was turned into the tanks for two entire days last Friday and Saturday. The fire hose used in flushing sewers was made use of for the puropsc cjid it was attached to a city fire hydrant The claim is advanced that the water overflowed from the tanks and flooded the strets and sidewalks about the Blast .

Elpaso, Tex., Aug. 5. A report from Bisbee, Arizona, a rich mining community, says floods and landslides last night wiped out a portion of the

town. At least twenty-five lives were lost and an enormous damage done. The population of the town is about 25.000. ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF THE SULTAN Coat of Mail All That Saved Turkish Ruler From Death. OFFICIAL DOES THE WORK. LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOUND ON ASSAILANT'S PERSON RULER IS NEAR DEATH'S DOOR. London, Aug. 5. Private messages received here this morning say that the Sultan of Turkey was stabbed in the back by a ijmlier of the young Turkey movement Monday night and his condition is now precarious. Efforts are being made to prevent the news from spreading for fear of an immediate revolution ,ana the over throw of the government. The ruler's assailant has been arrested. The Sultan's life was saved by a coat of mail as the dagger was thrust at the heart. The would-be assassin, was.-a minor official of the palace and the large sum of gold found in his pockets leads to the belief that he was bribed to commit the crime. The Information of the attempted assassin ation comes by way of Geneva from a leader of the Young Turkey movement In Constantinople. NOBODY LIED Secretary of War Sheds Light on the West Point Hazing Case. THERE CAN BE NO BLAME. WHOLE SQUABBLE AROSE OWING TO A SERIES OF COINCIDENCES FOR WHICH NO ONE COULD BE CENSURED. Washington, Aug. 5. After com mem nad been heard on all sides here relative to apparently contradio tory statements made by President Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb and Secre tary of War Wright, in reference to the dismissal of eight cadets from West Point for hazing, some light was thrown on the matter by Secretary Wright. "There is no question of veracity whatever." Mr. Wright said. "What the President says is right and is not in contradiction to statements made either by Secretary Loeb or myself. secretary Wright then explained that the misunderstanding arose from a series of coincidences for which no one was to blame. In the first place the report of the board recommending dismissal of the cadets reached the War Department while Mr. Oliver was acting secretary of war. Mr. Oliver did not act on it, but forwarded it without comment to President Roosevelt The President then. Secretary Wright says, indorsed the report of the board and sent the papers to him. on his return to the department. President Requests Delay. "The President, however, requested that no action be taken until I had consulted with him," Mr. Wrlprht con tinued. "The President's approval of the board's recommendation for dismissal did not mean that the cadets were sentenced, because the President's action had no legal efTect until the Secretary of War had passed on the matter, and this General Oliver had not done." Prior to receiving this communication from the President the cadets had visited Secretary Wright, explained their case and impressed the secretary with their frankness. Secretary Wright, therefore, was inclined to be as lenient as possible, and when he conferred with the President at Oyster Bay it can be assumed that he urged leniency. "As the matter now stands," Secretary Wright said, "we are looking over the papers, examining the testimony, a4 wlU Ui action UtM.

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Complete Program Given Out

Today by Young Men's Business Club, Backer ct the Event. GREAT INTEREST TAKEN IN EVENT. Citizens Are Aroused and Mer chants Are Enthused, Which Practically Assures Success Of the Event. The good roads congress that is to be held in Richmond Saturday, will be one of the greatest events of the kind in the history of this city. Providing the weather is good there will bo a record breaking crowd in the citv and one that will remind the merchants and citizens of the old fashioned cir cus day. The Young Men's club has advertised the event everywhere and at no place has it left a stone unturned to assure the success of the event. The merchants have been visited and they have stated that they will give good bargains such as are to be had on great sale days. Citizens from the counties both in Indiana and Ohio have been invited. Posters describing tho affair have been spread far and wide. Automobiles have been called into service so as to enable the Young Men's club to get around to all the small towns. The Young Men's club spent the entire day today in delivering badges to the well known citizens and farmers which will be worn on the coat lapels. The badges read. "Good Roads Congress, Richmond, August 8, Ask Me," all of which is in bold face type. Hon. Maurice Eldridge, chief of records, bureau of public roads and of the TJ. S. Agricultural department will be the chief lecturer of the dav. He is an eloquent speaker and Is well acquainted with the subject of good roads. A committee has been appointed to attend to the decoration of the city, to assure this work the following request has been sent to the business men of the city: The committee on decorations respectfully request that you decorate your homes, places of business, factories and lodge rooms on Saturday, August 8, in honor of Good Roads Congress Day. Make the city as beautiful and attractive as possible as there will be visitors from all parts of Indiana and Western Ohio. Any information desired can be had by calling on any member of the decoration .committee. The Young Men's club state that all county, township, municipal, road and other public officers are accredited delegatestand will be supplied with proper credentials upon registering at the county commissioners office in Wayne county court house. The meeting will be held in the circuit court room but if the weather is good the meeting will be held in the court house yard. The programs that are to be distributed among those who will attend, will contain much useful Information in regard to Richmond and the vicinity and will be worth keeping as a souvenir. The program as It has been completed is as follows: Morning. 9:00 a. m. Registering of delegates. 9:15 a. m. Depositing written questions in "Question Box." 9:30 a. m. Richmond City Band assembles at corner of East Main and 16th street and marches to court house. 10:00 a. m. Band concert, court house lawn. 10:00 a. m. Releasing of merchants' balloons. 10:15 a. m. Automobile rides for delegates. ii:uu a. m. Chimes Concert, Reid Memorial Church. 11:30 a. m. Closing number, Rich mond City band. (The Reid Memorial Church will be open to the public from 10:00 a. m. to noon.) Afternoon. 1:30 p. m. Exhibition run by five fire companies and review of the fire fighting apparatus, 11th and Main streets. 2:00 p. m. Hon. Richard Schlllinger, Mayor, delivers Keys of City. 2:10 p. m. Introductory Address, J. Bennett Gordon. 2:30 p. m. "Good Roads" Hon. Maurice O. Eldridge. Chief of Records, Bureau of Public Roads, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 3:15 p. m. Opening of Question Box and general discussion. Evening. 7:30 p. m. Band Concert. 9:30 p. m. "Good Night," come again. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Wednesday night, warmer in south portion; Thursday fair, variable winds. OHIO- Fair in west, shower in east portion Wednesday night; Thursday fair, warmer in eastern portion; light to fresh winds, mostly southwest, - -

An exrert on safe combinations la believed to have entered the offices of Chenoweth & Dykeman. dentists in the Masonic Temple last evening for the purpose' of robbery. The doors to the office safe were opened. The small drawers Inside were pried open, but the contents had been removed by the dentists before leavivng the office. This is the second time within the last few weeks this office has been entered. The police have no clue.

TALES OF COME F ROM WEST Many Men Proved Themselves Heroes in British Columbia Fire. CITIZENS ARE RESPONDING. LARGE SUMS OF MONEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE STRICKEN DISTRICT FIRES CONTINUE, BUT ARE NOT SO FIERCE. Nelson, B. C, Aug. 5. Although the fire is still raging, the latest news from the Crow's Nest pass disaster shows a death list of sixty-two, which will probably be Increased to seventy or eighty, a property loss exceeding $7,500,000 and about 7.000 homeless people. Fernie and Michel have been wiped out, and Coal Creek, five miles east of Fernie, is also destroyed. Hosmer lost some ten houses, and the coal company's surface works were destroyed. The powder magazines at Hosmer exploded, killing one man. Money Sent to Stricken Towns. Nelson raised $2,000 yesterday and sent Alderman McMorris and two car loads of food and clothing to the scene. Vancouver wired $5,000 and Spokane rushed in a car load of pro visions. Insurance men total up the Insur ance on Fernie and the district affected by the fires at $400,000 on damage roughly estimated at $5,000,000. Nontariff companies on the Pacific coast may carry another additional $100,000. It is not out of the way to suppose that the property in Fernie and other towns is insured only up to one fifth of its value. This rate is as high as 8 per cent From Michel, where the fire scene begins, for twenty miles there is yet a sea of fire, with miles and miles of blazing mountain sides. Michel is yet safe, but the whole valley of the river i3 on fire, and If the wind starts up the town Is doom ed. AU the women and children have been sent to Blairmore, Frank and Coleman for safety. Only about a dozen houses have been burned In Hosmer 6o far, but the fire is all around it. Take Refuge In Ovens. Many from Fernie have taken re fuge In new coke ovens being built by the Canadian Pacific, where they are safe, even If the town does burn They are being cared for and fed as well as conditions permit. Great Heroism Shown. Many acts of heroism are reported during the two and a half hours when Fernie was like a seething furnace W. T. Healy of West Ffcrnie. while crossing the traffic bridge over the Elk river came upon a little girl lying face downward In the dust and picked her up. and discovering that she was alive and, puting her on his back, retraced his steps and In some way reached the brick plant at the south end of West Fernie. cnaries Lrickson. a young carpen ter or weat i-ernie round a young girl, who had Just risen from a sick bed. sitting In the door of a cabin holding a small baby in her arms. The girl did not know what find become of her parents and the fire was fast com ing on the cabin. Erickson seized the girl, who was clothed only In her nightgown, under one arm and the baby under the other, and carried them to the Great Northern tracks below the fire. Two other HUle girls who had lost their parents were found by Erick son and carried to safety, after which he returned and found two old women in a cabin. One of the women refused to leave the house and Erickson was compelled to take her out by-force to cave her life. Aged Woman Is Saved. An old woman, 90 years of age, was carried by John Volume on bis back from th Fort Steele brewery, below town to the Crows Nest Coal company office, over a mile. The old woman pleaded to be left to the mercy cf the flames telling her rescuer to devote time to sarins more useful people.

HEROISM

Man Who for Manv Years

Has Been Conspicuous Figure in Washington- Succumbs to Disease. CUMMINS ANNOUNCES HIMSELF FOR SENATE. Unpopular Governor' Says he Will Fight for Senatorial Toga Long Work by Dead Senator. Dubuque, la., Aug. 5. Senator W. B. Allison Is dead. The announcement came Tuesday afternoon from his res idence on Locust street, where he pass ed away. The end came as the re sult of sudden heart weakness, according to the statement of Drs. Hancock and Lewis, his physicians. His death closed the longest career of continuous congressional service la the records of Washington. While for the last two years Sena tor Allison has been in declining health and while he suffered the loss of much vitality during the months of the present summer, there was no news frori his home indicating the seriousness of his condition. Goes to Country for Relief. Three weeks ago Senator Allison consulted a Chicago physician and a fortnight ago the senator went to tha country home of Mrs. Fr.nnle Stout. a few miles from the city, to escape the torrid heat and secure the benefits of the country air. He remained at the home of Mrs. Stout until last Saturday morning when ho was moved back to his city home. During tho last week nurses were employed to care for the senator for the first time since his illness and this was the first intimation that any one had of .a change for the worse In his condition. The senator loct conscious ness last Saturday and did not recov er his mental faculties before his death. He had been under the constant care of physicians the last few days. Sufferer for Years. Senator Allison has been a sufferer for a number of years. For the last two years he required relief twice daily and was regularly visited by a physician. He consulted the best authorities regarding his amictlon.' but hl advanced age was the strongest argument against an operation which might have corrected the defect. The senator fell away In flerh rapidly and close friends noted upon his return from Washington, following his attendance upon the last session ot congress, that his mental faculties were not fo keen as they had been. They knew that It was out a question of time when death should claim him, but a chivalrous cense of loyalty to the aged man sealed their lips, with the result that the state at large was not advised of his condition. Campaign Worried Him. While the public at large has small appreciation of the fact it van nevertheless true that the recent senatorial campaign occasioned the seastor muc'a worry. He kept his own counsel, but It is likely the strain of tho contest bore heavily upon him and many believe It weakened his one rugged constitution end hastened the cad that the weight of eighty years wis rapidly bringing about. Mrs. Allison has been dead many years and there are no children. Funeral arrangements will be made laterCummins Wants the Job. Chicago. III.. Aug. .1. Gov. Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa last night from the residence of his brother B. F. Cummins, in Lake Forest . announced himself a candidate to succeed Senator Allison, news of mfcose death had reached him a few hours before. The governor paid a high tribute to tho career and achievements of his dead political rival, and then admitted his ambition to take the senatorial seat left vacant. ' "I shall certainly make an effort to succeed Senator Allison." said th governor. My friends believe me his logical successor. MUST GO BEFORE JUVENILE COURT Gold Foil Thief to Answer for His Act. Ray Trakowskl, the fifteen year old boy accused of the theft of gold foil and other material from the St, John's Lutheran church has been certified over to the Juvenile court from tbe , city court. The lad win have to explain to the court why be should not i be sent to the reform school a j La been, in trouble before ,