Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 206, 8 September 1908 — Page 1

HMONB PALLADIUM H AND SUN-TEL EGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 206. RICII3IOXD, IXD., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTE3IBER 8, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS.

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DEMOCRATS TO BE FORCED TO FIGHT AGAINST FRIENDS

Must Come Clean in Campaign and Oppose County Option or Fight Brewers Who Supply Coin. WATSON MAKING RAPID GAIN THROUGHOUT STATE Indications Are Entire State Ticket Will Prevail Following Landslide Such as Went To McKinley in 1896. (By Special Correspondence.) Indianapolis, Sept. 8. An informal gathering of republicans from over the entire state at the Claypool last evening, reported from various sections of state It is the unanimous sentiment that at the coming special session of the legislature the county local option bill should be passed. Members of both branches of the legislature were present and advised strongly in favor and promised support. The gathering was purely advisory and informal in character. No attempt was made to form up a set program. It is felt that the legislature is capable of arranging Its own program and carrying it out and adjourning as quickly as possible. No fear is felt or expressed but that the tide will still continue coming the republican way as it has during the past three weeks if republicans in the legislature courageously meet the issues presented. The democrats are demoralized by the special session as they will be forced into open fighting of temperance legislation with brewers backing them or lose financial support now being furnished by the brewing interests. Watson and the state ticket, during the past three weeks have gained so as to rival remarkably the sentiment that starting Sept. 15, 1896, swept this state for McKinley. . LEG IS AMPUTATED John H. Nicholson Forced to Undergo Ordeal in Last Chance. INJURED WHILE AT COLLEGE Failing to receive any relief from operations for his condition from an accident received In gymnastic work when attending college, John H. Nicholson, one of the best known residents of the city vas operated on by Dr. Oliver of Indianapolis, and Dr. Bulla, at the Reid Memorial hospital this morning. Mr. Nicholson's right leg which has caused him many years of suffering was amputated just above the knee In the flnal'effort to cure the trouble. FIRE DAMAGE JLY SLIGHT Overturned Lamp Fired Mattress at Brehm Home. The fire department was called to the residence of Mrs. C. A. Brehm on North Eighth street last evening to put out a small blaze which was caused by a lamp being overturned on a mattress, which caught fire. The carpet, lace piano cover and other material worth about $150 were damaged. The loss Is fully covered by insurance. Mrs. Brehm was cemoving a set of springs and accidentally knocked the lamp on the mattress. LEADERS TO COME TO UNDERSTANDING WITH maianapolts, Sept. S. The republican leaders who have agreed on the special session program including the local option bill will meet with the governor and have a thorough understanding. Plans will be laid to head off the democrats who threaten to push the guaranty deposit law to the front-

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John Branda, while employed by thr Metropolitan Street Railway Co., rt ceived a shock of 2,400 volts of elec trlcity, continuing for 15 minutes, and is still alive. His life was saved by means of simple double bellows. In Figure 1 the dark bellows draws consumed air from the lungs and expels It through a nozzle, while the white bellows draws In pure air and forces It into the lungs through the pointed tube which is inserted through the mouth into the lungs. In Figure 2 the right bellows shows the pure air intake, the left the tube receiving air from the lungs. In the lower picture to the left is the scene of the accident with a figure In the pit, showing where Branda was working when shocked. The lower picture to the right is that of Dr. Peter J. Gibbons, who says electrocution does not killbut merely susoends animation. MYSTERIOUS SHOT AT PRESIDENT NOT m AN ASSASSIN Learned Today Bullet Fired by Relative of Roosevelt While Practicing at Target Shooting Nearby. ORIGINAL STORY PROVED RESULT OF CIRCUMSTANCE When Shot Whistled by, President Wanted to Dismount And Hunt for Person Believed to Have Fired. Oyster Bay, Sept 8. Present developments today prove that the shot supposed to have been fired at the president was fired at a target by Jack Roosevelt, son of the president's cousin. This statement is vouched for by Major Wadworth who was Teddy's companion on the horseback ride at the time. He inquired of his cousin Elmer Roosevelt and learned the boys were at target practice. Camille Weidenfeld said today, she didn't remember hearing any shots and refused to discuss the matter further. Secret service men are baffled to learn how Coughlin, the crank, arrived at Sagamore Hill without being detected. He is still in jail and his unloaded revolver and dirk knife confiscated. Story of Attempt. An attempt to assassinate President Roosevelt was made Saturday while he was riding on the Cove road near Sagamore Hill. The assassin, hidden in the bushes at the roadside, fired at the president with a revolver; the bullet whizzed over Mr. Roosevelt's head. The president, perfectly calm, pulled up his horse and wished to dismount and search the bv.shes. The friend who was riding with him dissuaded him and they rode on. Camille Weidenfeld. the New York banker, Mr. "Weidenfeld and Edward Fisher, who was driving them, heard the shot. The assassin escaped. The attempt on the president's life became known yesterday when the secret service men guarding Mr. Roosevelt arrested John Coughlin, armed and seemingly insane, as he sought an Interview with the president. The attempt explains why Chief Wllkle of the secret police was called hurriedly from Washington to Sagamore Hill, arriving there Sunday. Plan Was Deliberate. Every circumstance goes to prove that the effort to shoot Mr. Roose velt was deliberate and carefully plan ned. The president and a friend, a man whose name has not developed yet, were returning from a horseback ride and took the back road. They were jogging along past the estate of the president's cousin. W. Emlen Roosevelt, when the shot was fired from the iushes by the road.

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A MEETING IS CALLED. ALL MEASURES ACTED UPON LAST NIGHT MUST BE RECONSIDERED AND VOTED UPON AGAIN. This afternoon City Clerk Merrill announced that it will be necessary for council to meet this evening and transact the same business that was done at the regular meeting held last evening. This action is made necessary because there was not two thirds of the members in attendance last evening. Only seven of the eleven councilmen were present, eight being necessary. Under suspension of the rules two ordinances were introduced and passed last evening. These ordinances will again be introduced and passed this evening. Mr. Merrill also states that at the meeting this evening council will consider what action the city shall take in regard to the fall festival. Councilmen and all city officers are anxious to do everything possible to secure the success of the event.

DIVINE HEALER OPPOSED BY RICHMOND PHYSICIANS

Francis Schlatter, the "divine healer", known from coast to coast, wants to conduct public "healings" in Richmond. Iocal physicians will oppose the public appearance of Schlatter in this city and Police Chief Bailey, of whom Schlatter's manager has asked permission to hold meetings, is trying to decide whether or not to permit the "divine healer" to give exhibitions of his alleged power to cure the "lame and the halt." "The Wayne County Medical society would be opposed to Schlatter giving public 'treatments' in this city," stated Dr. A. L. Bramkamp, secretary of the society this morning. "Our opposition should not be based on jealousy or because we would fear Schlatter as a competitor. We believe that such exhibitions as Schlatter gives encourages general superstition; that It has a demoralizing influence on the public inasmuch as It tends to encourage belief In untrustworthy methods of cure. "Does the medical fraternity believe Schlatter a 'fake'?" Dr. Bramkamp was ask

SAVED LIFE NICHOLAS ONLY ASSISTED. BUT MANAGED TO SAVE SEVEN LONGWORTH EQUINES FROM BURNING STABLES DESPITE RUNNING GREAT RISK. Cincinnati, O.,- Sept. 8. Alice, clad in her nightie, rushed into the stable and rescued her pet driving horse from the flames which destroyed the Longworth stables at 2 o'clock this morning. The loss was $30,000. Nicholas assited In saving seven other animals. Alice's slumbering robe was slightly scorched. JEFFERSON CLUB MEETS. The Jefferson club will meet Wednesday evening at the club rooms to make arrangements for the approaching campaign. The drum corps question will be considered. There will be a number of new members taken in at this meeting. ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION. The Zeck-Shaffer reunion will be held Saturday, September twelfth, at Glen Midler park. All members are cordially invited to attend. "That is the opinion we hold of him," he replied. Chief Bailey was asked if he would permit Schlatter to give public "healings." He replied that he would have to take the matter under advisement before announcing what action he would take. If Schlatter is not permitted to hold meetings in this city it will not surprise hlm or his manager. At police headquarters this morning Schlatter's manager stated he and the "divine healer" were accustomed to being driven out of towns. He said that In many places where they appeared the physicians and druggists raised so much opposition that the police were influenced Into refusing permission for public "healings." Schlatter's representative stated that the "divine healer" was at Jackson park Friday, Saturday and Sunday and in that time gave six healings, treating over four hundred people. "Forty per cent of the cases treated by Schlatter were Instantaneous cures. All the others could be cured in three or four treatments," he

UNDESIRABLES AT CAMBRIDGE CITY SECURE DESERTS

Celebrated Doddy Family Arrested and While Enroute To Jail, Home Just Left Breaks Out in Flames. ORDERED BY COURT TO LEAVE TOWN QUICKLY. Given Option of Going to Jail And Chose to Depart Great Rejoicing Among Reputable Citizens of Town. Cambridge City, Ind.. Sept S. Never since President Roosevelt coined the term "undesirable citizen" has there been a demonstration of the meaning of the words in such an explicit manner as at this place Saturday. The celebrated Doddy family had refused to leave town and the father and mother were arrested. They were placed in the caliboose and while there the house was burned. An alarm of fire was sounded and the firemen made prompt response. But when it was learned the Doddy house was in flames trouble was encountered in making the hose connections, other temporary delays followed and no water was thrown until the upper section of tl house was wrapped in flames and there was no need to make any rescue. The house had been condemned and nobody cared what happened. The troubles of the Doddys' have been long and numerous. They resided at Milton and were made objects of dislike by many of the townspeople. Their premises were in disorder and the moral standard was low. Miltonians objected and remonstrated but to no avail. Pressure was brought from all sides and when there were Indications ' summary action might be taken the family consisting of father, mother and five year old son, pulled stakes and decamped for Cambridge City. Were Told to Treke. But Cambridge had heard of them before their arrival and the abode the family selected on West Main street was not the object of good feeling and tender regards. It was not pointed to with a feeling of pride by the prominent residents of the town and declared to be a modern home worthy of emulation. The same kind of prac tices that had made the family and its home disreputable at Milton were continued at Cambridge City and then the ire of local citizens became aroused. Taunts of various kinds were directed at the old folks and they were told in pointed terms their presence was not desired. But they were immunes and their consciences refused to lead them to believe they wero undesirable. Matters went on uninterruptedly and became worse. There seemed to be no reason to expect any cause for re joicing such as their voluntary depar ture would bring and more stringent methods of persuasion were decided upon. Town Council Acts. Tuesday evening a delegation of re putable citizens from the west end of town appeared before the town coun cil and entered complaint against the Doddys', charging a nuisance. The council was asked to take immediate measures to abate matters. It was pointed out that two children of the family now are in a charitable institution and that the young son ought to be some place where it would be free from parental influence. There were no developments until Saturday afternoon, when the father and mother wTere arrested. They were charged with keeping a disorderly house. While they were being removed to jail the fire was discovered in the house. That the place was set on fire by an incendiary is the impression prevailing here. The house was but a shack and had been condemned by the town board as unfit for residence purposes. A member of the town board said today he suspected the fire originated from "combustion." He appeared to have information that was not at the disposal of the news gatherers. Fined in Court. Yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. Doddy were arraigned before Squire Swain of Dublin. They were fined $25 and costs apiece, but sentence was suspended. They had no money to pay and would have to go to Jail. Cambridge citizens did not want to see the family become an item for expense at the hands of the county and township, so the squire suspended sentence pending the departure of the family from Cambridge City. They were given until noon today and this morning they were seen taking their departure. If they return to this place they will be arrested and placed in jail to serve out the sentence. THE WEATHER PROPHET. DIANA Wednesday, fair.

EXCITING RUNAWAY

Weight Not Heavy Enough to Stop Horse in Mad Flight Over Streets. RAN INTO A 'PHONE POLE. A horse attached to a merchants delivery wagon belonging to H. G. Davis while hitched to a weight became frightened this morning and bolted, dragging the heavy weight along as, though it was only a feather. The frightened animal ran north on North Fifth street, thence down Ft. Wayne avenue. Many people made half-hearted efforts to stop it. As It approached the junction of the avenue and North Seventh street Its way was obstructed by a dray. The maddened brute dashed into a telephone pole in front of the Deuker grocery. The crash could be heard for two blocks. The fierce contact with the pole knocked the horse down. 'After the wagon struck it soared over the prostrate horse and fell across a hitching rack. The animal was pulled from under the wagon and was found to be un injured. The wagon was badly wrecked. HEAP CRITICISM UPON GOVERNOR FOR JUS ACTION Party Leaders Charge Him With Attempting to Put Par ty in Hole Through Spirit of Spite. EXCUSES HELD POOR BY PROMINENT REPUBLICANS Extra Session Looked Upon As Unnecessary Valuable Indorsement of Local Op tion. Special Correspondence. Indianapolis, Sept. 8. Among republican politicians generally there is the sharpest criticism of Governor Hanly because of his action In call ing a special session of the legislature against the advice of many of the party's leaders. There is no denying the fact that the governor Is all out of kilter with his party, and that he cares little what the political effect of his move will be. Some few weeks ago, In a speech, James E. Watson, the republican nominee for governor, stat ed that one of the first things he would do if elected governor, would be to sign the Vlncennes university bonds that have so long been in Governor Hanly's hands without action. This angered the chief executive. His treatment at the Chicago nation al convention left a sore spot that has remained sore. His fiery anti-saloon speech at the republican state convention left a bad taste and so sharp were the comments on it from some of the more tactful leaders that the governor was hurt to the quick. He determined that the bill author izing the payment of the Vlncennes university claim should be repealed. He determined to show his critics that his fight on the liquor interests had the approval of the people, and to do it he has called a special session of the legislature to pass a local option bill In accord with the county unit plank of the republican state platform. The excuse that something must be done. In view of the law compelling the return to the 6tate treasury after September 30 of all unexpended bal ances of appropriations, was hardly an excuse for a resort to such drastic action as the calling of a special ses sion of the legislature. True, the oper ation of this law would have stopped some public work, particularly that at the Southern hospital for the Insane at Madison. . But to get around this and to avoid an extra cession, certain of the party leaders offered to procure the necessary money to continue this or any other pressing public work, trusting to the state to remunerate them. But the governor would not listen. Asserting that he alone was re sponsible, and that he alone could ap preciate the necessity for extreme action, his proclamation was issued right on the heels of the final conference at which It was sought to induce the governor to change his mind. There are those who accuse the governor of seeking to put his party in a hole, and as the governor has said that he is out of politics for good, he is credited with having no thought for the party's interests. The party leaders look upon the extra session as unnecessary. The governor says he alone Is the judge of

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LABOR LEADER IS

LENDING HIS AID TO BRYAN'S CAUSE After Public Address James Wilson States Bryan Is a Friend of Laboring Man and Taft Is Opponent. JAS. E. WATSON WAS SCORED BY SPEAKER. Unionism Pointed to As Prop er Solution of Labor Questions and Depicted in Altogether favorable Light. In an Interview upon the conclusion of his strong address to the local labor unions at Glen Miller pwk yesterday James Wilson, international president of the Pattern Makers' Union of North America, delved into politics and came out flat footedly in support of William Jennings Bryen the democratic candi date for president. Mr. Wilson seld: "Bryan has the interest of the laboring man at heart while Taft does not even consider the laboring classes In the republican platform. Mr. Taft was one of the first men to issue an Injunction against the laboring men when he was federal judge at Cincinnati, Wilson claims.

Bryan has the platform plank that is for the benefit of the laboring classes and I think that it is up to the laboring man to Investigate and think over the situation before he casts his vote In November. The result of the election in November will show to a marked degree the respect that the laboring man has for Samuol Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. While talking of promoting the Interests of the labor unions in his address Wilson scored James E. Watson, the republican candidate for governor of Indiana. Mr. Wilson la his speech, proper said. "Watson on every, occasion has shown that he la against the laboring man. When tho sixteen hour railroad bill was before congress be voted to defeat IL He favored the ship subsidy bill, and endeavored to defeat the antl compulsory pilotage bill, and voted to nullify the eight hour law in the construction of the Panama canal and refused In many other ways to recognize the demands of labor while representative from tho sixth, district and the whip of the house of representatives." A crowd of representative persons listened to tho address and applauded the remarks frequently. Tho principle speaker was introduced by Fred Heitbrink, former president of the central labor council. Mr. Wilson said in part: "One of the greatest tnlngs that the labor unions Lave accomplished is the abolishing of the sweating industries. The shops have been put in a sanitary condition and many improvements have been made for the benefit of the wage earner to raise him to a higher plane of life. The unions have done this. Richmond has never been familiar with the sweat shop. Take Richmond for example of how trade unions may be of benefit to the community. The people of this city are almost entirely wage earners. Very few receive more than 1 150 or $2.00 a day, and therefore it is a recognized fact that the merchants of the city will only receive that much business. Men oppose the union because they have strikes. The men of the labor unions do not approve of strikes. The leaders try to prevent strikes, but when the employer imposes conditions on tho laboring man and will not discontinue them the labor unions take the strike as the last resort. The reason that the unions are bad light many times Is because the strikes are the only things that are made public by the newspapers, and they then greatly exaggerate the real condition. The undesirable foreigners who come to America are brought by corporations who try to break the unions. We say he who is good enough to labor, is good enough to be associated with the laborers. We don't want them to be slaves and live in huts, but we want them to have the necessities of life . This is ail the unions ask. It is the spirit of the country. It is the spl--rit of the times, and the spirit of the people to advance the American standard of living. The organization of the unions is due to the capitalists like Morgan and others who are called captains of industry by imposing conditions on the wage earner that are unbearable. "Scabs, the term applied to the nonunion men are a class of men who work against their own interest and this is because they don't understand the work of the onions to secure better conditions. When the union men strike and leave & factory the scabs will eventually strike. , This has always been the case and always will. "The open shop, as the manufacturers association calls it is nothing but a non-union shop. It Is here they wish, the union and the non-union to work side by side in conditions that are not fit for the southern slave. People do Continued on Page FlveJ