Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 184, 17 August 1908 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND) PAIXAB1UM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 184. RICII3IOND, IXD., 3IOXDAY EVENING, AUGUST IT, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS GRAND JURY IS CALLED BY COURT TO INVESTIGATE KING OF ENGLAND LOVES GOOD DRESS. POLO CAPTURED THIS AFTERNOON IN CORN FIELD TOP BLEW OUT METHODIST PASTOR RELEASED FROM PRISON--HIS SWEETHEART-HIS WIFE AND MERCURY TUBES ESCAPED

As a Result, Hundreds of Springfield Citizens Who

Aided Mobs Are Leaving in . Answer to "Business." ! 20,000 PERSONS HAVE LEFT CITY POST HASTE. Soldiers Guard Every Street And Arrests Follow Meetings Upon Corners No Liquor Being Sold. REVISED LIST OF KNOWN DEAD IN THE RIOTS. Scott Burton, negro barber at Ninth and Jefferson streets; banged by mob to tree at Madison and Twelfth streets. John Colwell, 1517,Matheny avenue; shot in stomach by negro, bullet striking spinal cord; died Saturday morning at St. John's hospital at 11:45 o'clock. William Donegan, colored, 118 Edwards street; hanapd by mob at Spring and Edwards street Saturday night; died at 11:35 o'clock yesterday morning. Frank Delmore, Windsor hotel employe; struck in lung by stray bullet at Seventh and Washington street and died yesterday morning. Louis Johnson, 120S East Reynolds street; killed by falling glass at Loper's restaurant. Springfield, 111., Aug. 17. With five dead, more than 150 injured, fifty of them still in hospitals, a special grand jury was called today by Judge Creighton, who said: "I will indict every man and boy who took part in the killing of negroes and destruction of property." This means a scarcity of witnesses and a still greater scarcity of men who actually participated as dozens are leaving the city on every train, claiming business calls them out of the city. Fully twenty thousand persons have left the city since the beginning of the riots, including hundreds of negroes, who will never return. Governor Deneen said the situation Is well in hand today and only sporadic rioting is expected to break out No liquor is' being sold and all stores Ere ordered to close at six o'clock tonight. Wherever three persons congregate the militia will arrest. Soldiers, mounted and on foot fairly is warm all the dangerous districts. Twice l;l-.t night lynch law broke out afresh and these disturbances, together with an attempt on the part of white rioters to cut the telephone wires connecting the military headquarters with the division camps, narked another day in the reign of terror for the capital of Illinois. Nearly 5,000 soldiers patroled the Streets. .. Everywhere may be seen negroes, old and firm, women and children, Scurrying from the city as from a plague spot Penniless and without provisions they are leaving the scenes tot lynchings and bloody disorder for here they know not. The miners and foreigners from the Suburban towns are flocking to the citj and their threats to make a 'srand and see whether the niggers fire stronger than the whites" are heard everywhere. The business district ofv Springfield Is In the throes of terror. No citizen Is permitted to enter the streets of the down town district without a military pass. The law of bullet and bayonet is supreme. The time has passed when explanations are received. Mobs cannot gath er except by the most cunning ingenuity. Sprinfigeld, 111., Ang. 17 Springfield Dnce again is ruled by law and order. Fifty-five hundred armed national guardsmen patrol the streets and the fever for blood has abated, temporarily at least, among the wild element which ruled the state capital for forty-eight hours. It is not to be understood that the trouble is over. The display of strength made by five regiments of the state's organized militia simply overawed the population which has been responsible for all of the disturbance. There has been comparatively little disturbance since the Second Infantry -vfrom Chicago swept through the fcXeets in mid afternoon.

ROLLO OGLESBEE v; din Suddenly assistant in State Auditor's Office Stricken) .Indianapolis, Ang. 17. Rollo Dglesbce, head of the banking department state auditors office, died suddenly this morning of hearti. failure. He was editor of the Muncle News several years ago. He leaves a 1 widow and five children. Ho was 49 years old. : ' - i

KING EDWARD VII. King Edward is still looked upon by many as the glass of fashion. This picture shows him wearing a big white top hat, a flappy, loose fitting Prince Albert coat, which has links instead of buttons, and light colored trousers, loose and wide at the bottom and without creases. CHOLERA HOGS HAD BEEN SOLD, MAYBE BOT WHISKY, ID Board of Inquiry Failed to Secure Much Evidence Against Dr. Jones of Blind Tiger Fame. EVIDENCE OF "BOOZE" SELLING QUITE MEAGER. Tom Conniff Takes Nip Now and Then But Never Bought From Jones Murphy Had Pought Upon Prescription. For the purpose of securing evidence against Dr. Arthur H. Jones, the Whitewater physician, druggist, groceryman, etc., on the charge of operating a "Blind Tiger," Prosecutor Wilfred Jessup this morning in the city court examined several residents of Whitewater and vicinity as to whether they knew of "any violations of the criminal laws of the state." Dr. Jones was not present at the hearing of these witnesses. One witness "had heard" that a farmer had sold cholera hogs and that the male citizens of Whitewater were in the habit of cursing on street corners but neither he nor his fellow witnesses had any knowledge of Dr. Jones selling liquor. The first witness summoned was Tom Conniff, who lives near Whitewater. Conniff admitted that he was in the habit of taking a "nip" now and then but he could not recall a time when he had purchased "booze" from Dr. Jones. He admitted that sev eral months ago he was intoxicated but he said he bought his liauor at that time in Richmond. Once, he said, he tried to purchase some booze from Dr. Jones but he was informed by the doctor that he was not selling liquor. Pat Murphy was next summoned to the witness chair. He said that he had not touched a drop of liquor since last Thanksgiving but admitted that a year ago last May he had purchased a quart of whisky from Dr. Jones. However, he said, this booze was bought for his father, who was ill, and it had been prescribed by Dr. Jones. "Did Dr. Jones give a written prescription?" asked the prosecutor. "No he didn't," Murphy replied, "but be told me to get it for my father. I paid him a dollar for it." Sam Addleman when he took the chair was asked if he knew of any violations of the criminal laws of the state in Whitewater or vicinity. He said that he had heard men swearing on the street corners, but he did not know who they were, and that he had heard Will Barton had sold hogs affected with cholera last summer. Addleman said that he did not believe the latter report was correct because last summer, he had assisted in buying hogs from Barton and the ones pur chased did not have the appearance of being affected with 4fc,e cholera. When asked if he had any knowledge of liqu or being xmlawfully sold in Whitewater, Addleman stated he had no such knowledge.

Italian, Who May Face Murder Charge, Was Run Down By Police Officers Near Williamsburg.

HAD BEEN IN VICINITY SINCE EARLY YESTERDAY Was Making for Railway at The Time Unable to Talk English and Gives No Ac- ' count of the Affair. Frank Polo, the Italian, was arrested this afternoon in a corn field near Williamsburg. He had been in the vicinity since early yesterday morning. He was taken into custody by Sergeant McManus and Officer Roberts. Polo is unable to talk English and pretends not to understand the questions asked him. The officers received word of the presence of a strange Italian in the neighborhood and drove at once to the place. Enroute they met a man who gave a description of an Italian he had seen a short time before. The man was Polo. It is believed he was trying to get to the railroad to board a train for Cincinnati, where he has a brother. Joe Rrigo, the Italian who was knifed Saturday night on Newman's Hill by a fellow countryman, Frank Polo, is supposed to be the victim of a dreaded Italian vendetta, which is similar to a Kentucky feud. Rrigo still lies at death's door at the Reid hospital but Polo remains at large. However, the police think that they have obtained a clue as to the man's whereabouts. Rrigo's name was print ed "Roe'' originally. The brother of the wounded man was at police headquarters this morning but he was unable to give any satisfactory Information, as he did not witness the cutting affray. He gave a good description of Polo, however, which will assist the police material ly. In broken English Rrigo stated he, his brother and Polo came from the same part of Italy. He said that for some time a vendetta appeared to ex ist between his brother and Polo and a few days ago the blood feud between the two men became more bitter, when it was reported about the camp that Joe Rrigo had gone to the boss and asked that Polo be discharged, because he was "no count." Rrigo stated that his brother had never done this but Polo firmly believed he had done so. Accordingly when Joe Rrigo started for the city Saturday right to purchase groceries for Sunday, Polo with malevolent glances watched his departure. He then stated he was also going to town. The Italians in the camp laughed at him, "what for you go?" you only have a da nickle " they jeered at him. He paid no atten tion to their taunts but slunk out into the night after his enemy. When- Rrigo neared the Pennsylva nia railroad bridge a dark form sud denly leaped upon him from out of the shadows. There was a flash of steel driven by a tawny arm that struck lightning like four times. Polo heard his victim scream, then vanished from the scene. Rrigo's piercing shriek: "I am slain" was heard by the Italians at the camp and they hastened to him, taking him across the river In a phaeton. The police were notified and took charge of the man and he was removed to the hospital in the city ambulance. ' The crime was one of the most blood-thirsty in the history of the county and Rrigo's chance of recovery is decidedly slim. Should the man die and Polo be captured it is highly probable that he would be convicted of first degree murder. ACCIDENT WAS OF UNUSUAL NATURE Rock Thrown by Auto Broke Window. Tire The elasticity of the tires of an automobile belofiging to Guy Gottchall threw a rock from the ctrreet through the big plato glass display window of the City Restaurant, cf which he is owner last evening. The accident happened as Mr. and Mrs. Gottchall were riding In their machclne. This is the first accident of thi3 kind that has been reported in th5s cty although in some places they are of common occurrence. At the time of the mishap a young man was standing near the window and the rock missed him not more than elsteea inches.

ASSAILS BRYAN BY OU ESTIONS OF IMPORTANCE President Van Cleave Asks Democratic Nominee Bluntly, If He Lends Favor to Labor Boycott. PLATFORM PLANKS ARE PRONOUNCED DANGEROUS Bryan Is Charged With Falsity Plain, Direct Answer to The Questions Propounded Would Please Country. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 17 In an ans wer to a recent reply by W. J. Bryan to an article written by him. James W Van Cleave, president of the Nation al Association of Manufacturers says the injunction, tariff and banking planks of the Denver platform assail the interests of every man In the country, who is engaged in. any sort of trade. "The falsity of the insinuation in the Denver platform that labor unions are outlawed." Mr. Van Cleave says, "Is shown by the fact that their members continue in their regular employments on every working day In the year in every town in the United States. Every member of the Lincoln Typographical union, at whose banquet he was a guest on the evening before his formal notification of nomination, could have told Mr. Bryan that there is not a vestige of truth In the pretense that any act of congress or any ruling of any federal court ever forbade any labor union to organize to ask such wages from employers as the union saw fit to ask, or to make any terms to employers which would be agreeable to both parties." He then asks: "Does not Mr. Bryan as a lawyer and a public man. know that his platform charge is false?" He tells Mr. Bryan that the National Association of Manufacturers, like the courts, has always recognized the rights of the unions to get any terms from employers which, in amicable agreement, could be gained, but that the association always opposed the intimidation and violence which, he says have sometimes been practiced by some of the unions. How About the Boycott? "Does he personally favor the legalization of the boycott?" Mr. Van Cleave asks, and he adds that the country is "interested in getting a plain, direct answer from Mr. Bryan on this point, and In getting it just as quickly as he can give it." Speaking of the guarantee fund which the Denver platform urge3 for the payment of depositors of insolv ent national or state banks, Mr. Van Cleave asks: "Does not Mr. Bryan know that this- vicious provision would penalize the honest fand careful banker for the benefit of the banker who is dishonest and reckless? Can he not see that this scheme would remove all the safeguards which our present laws have raised up against such plungers and grafters as have worked their way into the control of many of our banks, that It would immediately and immensely increase the number of such bankers, and that It would precipitate an era of extravagance, wild speculation and corruption which would wreck our whole financial system? Is not Mr. Bryan aware that his wildcat banking scheme of 190S would bring chaos and ruin to the country even quicker and in larger measure Continued on Page Eight.),

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J. Frank Cordova, the former Methodist Episcopal pastor of South P.iver, N. J., who has just finished his term in the New Jersey State Prison. The young woman in the upper picture is Miss Julia Bowne with whom Cordova eloped in 1905 and on account of whom he was sent to the penitentiary. The lower picture is that of Cordova's wife.

WALKED 12 MILES DDT NO HUSBAND Mrs. John Strattan Hiked from Liberty, But John Was Not Here. TALE OF DOMESTIC WOE. HUSBAND MAY BE DEMENTEDWIFE IS WITHOUT HOME, FOOD OR MONEY AND ALMOST FRANTIC. Footsore and nearly famished, Mrs. John Strattan, who lives near Liberty, walked into the city this morning and went at once to police headquarters to request assistance in searching for her husband, who disappeared from home last Tuesday. "Since he left I haven't eaten hardly a bite nor slept a wink," she Informed Chief Bailey. The unfortunate woman also stated that she had walked nearly the entire distance from Liberty to Richmond and that she intended to walk home. Mrs. Strattan stated that her husband was formerly employed in this city at the Starr Piano factory but about two years ago they moved onto a farm near Liberty where her husband was employed as assistant to the man who owned the farm. For several days prior to his disappearance, Mrs. Strattan stated, her husband had been very irritable and had constantly complained of the headache, and she is of the opinion that his mind has been affected by the intensely hot weather. Last Tuesday, she stated, he went to his employer and said to him. "What would you do if your woman took an axe and broke up the sewing machine?" He then stated that his wife had done this and he wanted to borrow a horse and rig to take the machine to Liberty to have it repaired. This request was granted. Returning to his home Strattan in formed his wife that he was going to take some potatoes to town and sell them. He told her to assist him in digging them. She did so and then drove to Liberty with him. In Liberty Strattan disappeared and his wife waited for him over an hour before he put in an appearance. He told her that he had been to see a friend. They then drove back to the farm. Arriving there he kissed her, said goodbye, and then went to the stable. An hour later she went to the stable to see where her husband was, but he had disappeared. Mrs. Strattan states that her husband trumped up the story about the sewing machine as an excuse to obtain the horse and rig and that the potatoes he sold in Liberty were stolen from his employer. She thinks that his long delay in returning home after arriving in Liberty was occas(Continued on Page Eight

..a'?'--COUNCIL TO PASS Will Take Action in Regard to Suspension of Interurban Freights. D. & W. MATTER, ALSO. BOARD OF WORKS HAS NOT SIGNED AGREEMENT, PERMITTING THIS COMPANY TO OPERATE ITS CARS. This evening the ordinance adopted by council at its last meeting suspending the enforcement of the Main street freight car ordinance for a period of ninety days will be returned to council by the mayor unsigned. It will then be up to council either to kill the ordinance or to pass It over the head of the chief executive. The latter course in all probability will be adopted. The board of public works announced today that the Dayton & Western franchise will not be submitted to council this evening for ratification because the board has not yet signed it A month ago council approved of this franchise and adopted a resolution favoring the bpard signing the measure. President Staubach of the board stated this morning that the board will not take this action until the franchise has been amended. The amendment demanded by the board is the acceptance of city car line tickets on all D. & W. cars operating as local cars in this city. President Staubach stated that the franchise as presented to the board for consideration provided for the operation of D. & W. interurban cars In this city from the west . corporation line to the east corporation line. "Un der the terms of this section of the ordinance the traction company could operate interurban cars all over the city as city cars and the company would not be compelled to accept tickets as fares. While such action is improbable it is possible, so the board thinks the company should be compelled to accept tickets on Its In terurban cars," stated Mr. Staubach. He also stated that the traction company, not the board, had placed In the franchise that section which provides that all D. & W. cars, exceiA limiteds, operating In this city should be run as local cars. Mr. Staubach stated that this was acceptable to the board providing that the company accept city tickets as fares. He stated that unless this action is taken by th traction company the franchise will '-never be signed bx the board. -

ORDINANCE

Yesterday Was the Hottest

Day of the. Season and Relief Could Not Be Found int City or Country. PARKS RESORTED TO IN FRUITLESS HOPE. Shade There No Cooler On Prostration Reported Day; Of Rest Saved Many Record of Last Week. - A Hot . hotter, hottest. Whew! IHI in the shade yesterday, as recorded by registered thermometers. Guess that Is pretty warm. Felt like it anyhow and there was absolutely no relief. Even the wtter in, the creeks and ponds was so warm! that swimming was without any au! traction. The sun blistered and burnt! and vegetation suffered its first severe attack from Old Sol. Leaves curled! and wilted beneath the scorching rays.! Water thrown on the paved street va-j porized almost as quickly as if it had : been thrown on stoves. Suffering hu-j manity sought the shade and hereto- j fore cool nooks and dales, but no place , was cool yesterday, and the best place to be found was In an office chair be-j neath the draught of a rotating electric fan. Cool western breezes camo I to the relief today and try the best it i could the sun was unable to repeat the i performance of the day before. Various thermometers about the city ! registered various degrees, so it is j about as safe to take the report of one as of another. Instruments that had not been tested , recorded as high aa 106 and 108 degrees. Mercury encased in a tin sheath climbed even higher and 118 degrees was recorded by some thermometers exposed to the sua. ' But One Prostration. The only prostration reported was t that of Shelby Harvey, a fireman oa i the Richmond division of the Pan : Handle. When his train reached New ; Castle, Harvey was feeling the effects of the heat and strain, rut remained at , his post When approaching this city he fell with weakness, and upon arriving here was removed to the hopital in the ambulance. He is not consldered to be in a serious condition and i was released from the Institution to- 1 day. Day of Rest Fortunate. The day was Sunday and It Is du j to this fact principally there wre no ! other prostrations. Workmen engag. ' ed about the streets and upon the j roofs of buildings were safe at borne ' waving palm leaf fans and drinking i lemonade, forgetful of what might ; have happened to them bad they been required to be about tbeir daily toil. But few horses engaged In heavy work were required to leave their stalls and no reports of prostrations of horses were made. As usual on such days. Glen Miller park proved a Mecca for the hot and weary. But even the old faithful park was unable to make up for everything. As deep as the shade was, the heat could not be kept out and thousands of persons who assembled In the park were forced to remove portions of their wearing apparel and resort to hats and fans to cool their perspiring countenances. The ministers, who conducted the services in the Chautauqua tent and the members of the band were the only persons more active than was necessary. Those fortunate enough to possess automobiles journeyed about on the scorching roads to keep cool by the breeze created by the speed, but they too, had their troubles. . Engines became overheated as the result of the blistering sun and the friction. Pneumatic tires suffered and there were numerous "blowouts" to be repaired. Four machines wer stalled between Cambridge City and Richmond at one time last evening and all because of tire troubles consequent upon the hot roads. Weather of Last Week. According to the report of observer Vossler, the thermometer recorded a maximum of 90 degrees on Wednesday. Friday and Saturday of last week. The precipitation was but .55 of an Inch. The minimum temperature was recorded on Sunday 50 degrees. The greatest daily range was S3 degrees, recorded on Tuesday. The following shows the daDy range for the week: HIgn Sunday St Monday .82 Tuesday ' gg Wednesday 90 Thursday 84 $ Friday 90 Low 0 54 55 69 7 0 k 1 Saturday 90 THE WEATHER PROPHET. FOR INDIANA Tuesday fair and coot . r; light west to northwest winds, j