Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 213, 15 September 1908 — Page 1

AB1UM" H A AND SUN-TEL EGR AM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 213. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTE3IBEK 13, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. STATE OF MAINE REMAINS IN THE REPUBLICAN FOLD DEMOCRATS TO JEAB BRYAN Followers of Commoner Go to Dayton, Sept. 24. DAMAGE SUIT IS COMPROMISED ALL RICHMOND TO MAKE MERRY AT FALL FESTIVAL OF "DIP" IS OPTIMISTIC OVER THE INDUSTRIAL WELFARE OF STATE DECLARED FORFEITED C, C. & L. Grants Simeon H. Frederick Failed to Appear in Court. Davis $1 ,000.

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Plurality of Republicans Less Than 10,000, But State Will Be for Taft Strong at November Elections. STATE ISSUES ENTERED INTO MONDAY'S ELECTION

National Issues Were Considered But Little, Due to Hard Fight Waged Over Temperance Question. Governorship Vote in Maine Since '98. Rep. 1906 ....69,315 1904 ....75,591 1902 ....65,839 1900 ....73,955 Dem. Rep. plur. 61,477 7,838 49,791 25,800 38,349 27,490' 39323 34,132 1898 ....54,266 29,407 24,769 Augusta, Me., Sept. 15. The republican party was victorious in the state election Monday. Bert M. Fernald being chosen governor over Obadiah Gardner, democrat, and all four republican candidates for congress winning. The plurality received by the republicans, however was cut to less than 10,000, for the first timein a presidential year for more than twenty-five years. Returns from 4JO out of 519 cities, towns and plantations give Fernald 71,14; Gardner, 64,623. The same places in 1904 gave Cobb, rep., 74,419; Davis, dem., 49,141. The remaining places in 1904 gave Cobb 2,545; Davis, 1.005. These figures indicate a republican loss of 4 per cent and a democratic gain of 32 per cent. The total vote cast Monday was in the neighborhood of 140,000. which is within a few thousand of the record for the state. Legislature Republican. The- next legislature undoubtedly will be republican, but the majority will be greatly reduced because of the number of victories scored in Monday's contests by the democrats. No United States senator ' will be chosen until 1911. . The democrats gained over four , years ago in nearly every county and city, although some of the municipalities which went democratic two years ego returned to the republican fold, notably Auburn, Augsta, Belfast, Ellsworth, Portland, and South Portland, i Knox county, the home of the democratic candidate for governor, gave a democratic majority of 1,200, but Mr. Gardner was unable to carry Tils own . ward, the only ward in Rockland, his home, which went republican. Waterville, the home of William T. Haines, who was a candidate for republican nomination for governor against Fernald gave a majority of 421 for Gardner. Mr. Haines was the pronounced candidate of the republicans who favored the resubmlslon to the people ot the constitutional amendment prohibiting liquor traffic. Fight for Congressmen. The Indications are that the four republican candidates for congress were elected by greatly reduced pluralities as compared with 1904. In that year Congressman Allen had a plurality of i4,9S7. eH will be fortunate if at thris election he has 1,000. Charles E. Uttlefield, in 1904, in the Second district had 5,219. This year John P. Swazey, therepublican candi date probably will not have over 1,050. Si 1904 Congressman Edwin C. Bur leigh had 6,863 plurality. This year he :wlll have about 2,000. In t he Fourth district which In 1904 the late Congressman Powers carried by a plurality of S.S41, the plurality of the republican candidate this year,; Frank Guernsey, of Dover, will not exceed S.00O. ' State Issue Basis of Fight. In this election the state Issues have largely predominated.. There is no doubt that hundreds of men who Monday voted the democratic ticket will vote for in November for Taft and Sherman. The prohibitory liquor law Issue entered largely into the. fight and no doubt the vote of the cities and the larger towns which Is favorable to the democracy hinged entirely on the eo-called liquor question. Fernald, the republican candidate for governor, declared he was not only In favor of prohibition, but he was absolutely opposed to a resubmission of the constitutional amendment which prohibits the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors. Mr. Gardner the democratic candidate was outspoken In favor of resubmission and denounced in the strongest possible language what he alleged was hypocrisy In the present enforcement of the prohibitory liquor law. Another feature which cut into the republican plurality was the personal acquaintance of Mr. Gardner among the farmers of the state. For ten years he was master of the patrons of husbandry of the state and this fact gained for him many votes among farmand other laboring men.

Many Richmond democrats are making arrangements to go to Daytcx next Thursday, September 24, where William Jennings Bryan will speak. This is the only place in this vicinity where the commoner will appear, and it is expected large delegations from every point within a radius of 150 miles will attend. It is thought that he will be heard by some 100,000 people from Ohio and Indiana. " He ar-

urlves at Dayton at one o'clock and leaves at six o'clock. The Dayton people are sparing no efforts towards making the afternoon most notable. Chairman Beck is making arrangements with the Dayton and Western towards securing a car for the delegation from Richmond. CHILD IS RESCUED FROM PERSECUTORS Little Marian Thomas to No Longer Take Abuse of Relative. AN OFFICIAL AIDS HER. STORY OF GIRL LEADS TO POLICE INVESTIGATION OF RELATIONS OF MRS. DELUCEY AND AN ITALIAN. Today Prosecutor Jessup gave a little girl, Marian Thomas, aged about fourteen years, a home at his country residence near Centerwille. Since Sunday the child has been an inmate of the Home for Friendless Women. She had been making her home with her aunt. Mrs. Minnie Delucey, on Railroad street but last Friday, un able to stand any longer, the cruelties alleged to have been practiced upon her, she ran away to seek employ ment. Instead of , finding it she fell into the hands of the police. WThen Prosecutor Jessup heard the child's story this morning he was horrified and he ordered that the child be taken away from her guardians. He said that until a permanent home can be found for her he will keep her at his country home, giving her employment as a domestic. Mrs. Delucey, an American, lives with an Italian laborer. She alleges that she is married to him but the police doubt this statement and are now making investigations. At the woman's home her father and four Italians board. Acctording to the Thomas girl she has been subjected to the insults of the Italian -boarders and has frequently been severely beaten by her aunt and her aunt's alleged husband. She sta that they would compel her to leave home and work and would then take from her all her earnings. If they thought that she did not give them all her money she would be severely whipped. The child states that her aunt is not married to the Italian 6he lives with but says that her aunt met the Italian in Brooklyn, N. Y., and came West with him. The little girl also states that she has in her brief career borne-three names, her father's, her aunt's divorced husband and lastly that of the Italian, Delucey. She says her right name Is Thomas. The father of the Delucey woman states that he does not know whether or not his daughter is married to the man she is living with. but says that the Delucey home is not a fit place for the Thomas girl to live in. VILLAGES MAY YET BE SAVED Forest Fires of Northwest Pass Danger Point. Duluth, Minn., Sept 15. While forest fires are still burning along the north shore, it is believed they have passed the danger point, so far as the destruction of villages is concerned. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of timber is being destroyed, however. Grand Marais, Chicago Bay, Hoveland, Big Bay, Pigeon River and other smaller settlements immediately along the shore are thought to be safe. The situation on the Mesaba range is also greatly improved and the flames In that territory have now reached a stage where they are no longer con - sidered dangerous to . the different 1. towns.

MARSHALL SPEAKS UNDER BITING LASH OF THEMINISTEBS He Attempts Explanation of His Utterances at Terre Haute Which Kavs.Caused Such a Furor. COUNTY LOCAL OPTION MEASURE WILL PASS.

Assured That Several Democrats Will Assist Republican Members of Legislature In Passing It. Indianapoli3. Sept. 15. The returns from that Terre Haute speech of Tom Marshall tre coming in faster than even the most sanguine of republican politicians had anticipated. Just as predicted, , the democratic candidate for governor brought down upon himself the wrath of the Indiana clergy, but the vigorous form this wrath has taken, surprises even those who had expected and hoped for it. The preachers of the state were made in an instant, it seems, a militant power to be reckoned with and the time of reckoning is set for the special session of the legislature. Meanwhile the Columbia City lawyer who made the Terre Haute mistake, is explaining that he was misunderstood. In all parts of the state Sunday, .ministers of the gospel took up the challenge and attacked the opposition to county local option with all the might of their pulpit eloquence. Yesterday the Indianapolis Ministerial association, composed of members of every denomination held a lively ses sion the outcome of which was a ringing declaration for county local option and a decision to do everything possible during the special session to see the proposed law enacted. Meanwhile great interest centers in the "doubtful' members of the legislature, democratic and republican. Republican managers declare their absolute assurance of enough republi can votes to pass it in the house the upper branch of the legislature being so overwhelmingly republican as to remove all danger. However, it is known that they are basing a great deal of their confidence on the near certainty that a few democrats can not by any chance be persuaded to vote against proper temperance legis latlon. Complications Arise. A slightly complicating element is being introduced into the situation at this time by the state prohibition managers who have drafted a bill call ing for state wide prohibition, to be presented at the special session. Some of the democratic temperance men are to all intents and purposes prohibitionists. They said as much on the floor of the house last session. , Whether they shai: choose to fall in with the plan of the prohibitionist workers is a question. They probably will not be willing to throw away their -votes in this manner. R. C. Minton, legislative superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, said yesterday afternoon that there would be eight democratic votes for the county local option bill and that of those, probably two or three would be needed. This indicates his opinion that forty-nine or fifty of the republican members are certain to vote for it. Marshall Explains. Candidate Marshall's explanation of his Terre Haute outbreak was made at Wlnslow, where he spoke yesterday. "I have no fight with preachers who think they should support the county local option proposition," he said. "If there are preachers who think they should support county local option and that county local option is the only issue of importance in this cam paign, then I say they are justified in giving it their support, but what I do object to is the action of the republican state committee in seeking to organize classes of the people for campaign purposes. I am sorry that the ministers have misunderstood what I said and that they have misunderstood my position In this matter." CATHOLICS CELEBRATE GOLDEN JUBILEE Special Services to Be Held at Local Churches. The members of the SL Andrew's and SL Mary's churches are making arrangements to celebrate on Friday Saturday and Sunday the golden jubilee anniversary of the ordination of Pope Pius X. ; At the St. Andrew's church the special rosary and litany services will be held at -750, Friday and Saturday evenings. Special services will be held Sunday when com munion 'will be taken. All the mem1 bers of the congregation will hold communion either once this month or ilooM th following month

The case of simeon H. Davis against

the C, C. & L. railroad for damages has been compromised for $1,000. Today in the circuit court the u?fendant to the suit entered confessed judgment to this amount. Davis was injured several months ago on the C, C. & L. PRISONERS NOT TO BE ALLOWED VOTE Sheriff Meredith Breaks Old Time Precedent by Decision. IS FIRM IN HIS STAND. IF FINES ARE PAID ON ELECTION DAY, PRISONERS WILL NOT BE GIVEN FREEDOM UNTIL AFTER POLLS CLOSE. "There will be no voting of prisoners at the county jail at the coming election. This goes even if every pris- . cner at the jail at election time is a Taft and Watson man." Sheriff Meredith today Issued this edict. For years it has been a time honored for the sheriffs of Wayne county to vote their charges at presidential elections and, in many cases, every kind of an election. "Suppose on election day some of the political leaders pay the fines of the men in the jail? You would then be obliged to release them so they could vote," remarked the reporter. "Yes, I would release them on election day if their fines were paid, but they would not be released until 6 o'clock in the evening which - is the time the polls close," replied the sheriff. A few days ago one of theprisoners at the table, who is an habitual inmate at the Institution, stated that in the event he was serving time on election day he would have it "fixed" so that the authorities would release him in return for his promise to vote "right." This prisoner was greatly taken aback when informed by Sheriff Meredith that no matter how many releases were made out on election day, or how many fints were paid, he would see that no inmate of the jail would be released from custody until after the polls had closed. "Well, If I don't get out I'll see that you get merry h 1," the sheriff was informed. He was told that his ruling outraged all the time honored precedents of the institution. "Cattle like you are not fit to vote, and as long as I am sheriff I'll see to it that you don't vote, at least while you are confined in jail," replied the sheriff. At the present time the sheriff's "startling"edict Is the sole topic of conversation at the jail, and he is being roundly condemned by the old timers. LIVES LOST IN TUNNEL HORROR Two Men Sacrifice Themselves to Save Companions in Danger. A STAMPEDE IN FLAMES. WHEN FIRE BREAKS OUT MEN WILDLY FREE FROM MICHIGAN CENTRAL TUNNEL THREE OVERCOME BY SMOKE. Detroit, Mich., SepL 15. Two men lost their lives and three were over come by the smoke, when shortly after midnight, two hundred men were trapped in the Windsor end of the Michigan Central railroad tunnel, when fire, broke out two hundred feet from the mouth, starting on the tim ber support of the shaft The shaft had been completed nine hundred feet and men were between the fire and the end of the shaft. After a mad stampede through the smoke and flame, Snpt. Waller R. Kimball, married and Bert Johnson unmarried, a carpenter lost their lives having rescued three companions who were overcome by the smoke. Crossed electric light wires caused the fire

Citizens Will Don Mask and Costume and Join Merry Throng on Night of Fantastic Parade. PLANS ARE COMPLETED FOR THE BIG PARADES.

Industrial Will Also Be One of The Features of the Three Days' Session Funds Are Needed. The executive committee of the Fall Festival met last evening and completed plans for two big parades, the industrial parade, which will be held on the morning of October 7, and the fantastic parade which will be held on the evening of October 6. The industrial parade will be open to merchants, manufacturers and automobilists in this and neighboring counties. The parade will be composed of three divisions, namely the manufacturers division, the merchants division (retail and wholesale), and automobile division The first and second divisions will each be divided into three classes for the purpose of making awards. These classes will be the largest display in the parade; the most unique display, and the finest display. The winner of each class wll receive a prize of $35. Only one prize will be awarded in the automo bile division. This will be a prize of $10 to the best decorated machine. An especial effort will be made to have the various lodges in Wayne and nelgboring counties represented in the fantastic parade. Any lodge with j a membership of 100 or more Is eligible to participate. To the lodge having the largest percentage of its membership participating with appropriate costumes, a prize of $1K will be swarded. This event promises to be one of the most unique of its kind ever held in the state. The committee in charge plan to make it a miniature Mardi Gras. On the evening when the event is to be ' held the committee urges the citizens of Richmond to become imbued with the festival spirit, don mask and costume and join with the marching merry makers. The executive committee has offered a prize of $35 to the merchant who has the best window display during the festival. A second prize of $25 is offered. To the merchants having the best arranged and decorated store interior, similar prizes are offered. With plans completely formulated for the greatest festival celebration ever attempted In this section of the country, outside of Cincinnati, Chairman Nimrod Johnson, of tha finance committee reports that It Is still iecessary for the people of this city to contribute $1,000. Mr. Johnson has no doubt brt that the people of the city will donate this amount as soon as it is realized that the success of the big venture depends upon it. The committee urges thta those who have so far not made a contribution should lose no time in placing their donations in the hands of the finance committee. The Elwood Morris book store will be the headquarters of the Fall Festival exhibit of local artists. Already over one hundred pictures are on ex hibit there and they include the best work of the Richmond schooL WANTED TO GO TO THEPENITENTIARY Harry Mayes Evidently Don't Like Life of Free Man. Harry Mayes, the young colored man arrested Sunday after he had threaten ed to kill his sister and mother, is be ing held at the county jail on a charge of assault and battery. Before his re lease he will be examined to determine his sanity. When sentenced to jail Mayes asked the court to send him to the penitentiary. Judge Converse said that if the charges against him had warranted him in taking this action he would have done so. , I never saw a lawyer that couldn't trump up any kind of a charge he wanted to replied Mayes, which caused some people to doubt his alleged Insanity. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Fair Tuesday night and Wednesday, fresh northeast and east winds. For West Virginia, Kentucky and TennesseeFair Tuesday and Wed nesday. j For Lower Michigan Fair Tuesday;

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on flO be paid the prosecutor as his fee and the remainder of the amount be paid over to the county treasurer to go into the common school fund. A year ago last June, Fredericks, one of the cleverest dips" in the country, was arrested here while a circus was in the city. Fredericks was caught in the act of lifting a fat purse. He was released on a $400 bond, but since that time has not been seen. Fredericks was "three times loudly called in open court," but failing to answer the summons, the court ruled that his bond was forfeited. POLITICAL GUNS Congressmen Open Campaign In Two Sixth District Cities. ( A TRIBUTE TO WATSON. POLLARD OF NEBRASKA SPEAKS TO RUSH COUNTY RESIDENTS AND CHANEY ADDRESSES NEW CASTLE AUDIENCE. Rushville, Ind., Sept. 15. "I want to congratulate the republicans of this state on securing such a brainy, strong and courageous man for their leader and the people of Indiana upon their next Governor. James E. Wat son," said Congressman Ernest M. Pollard of Nebraska in the opening speech of the campaign here fast night. Congressman Pollard discussed the

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principal issues of the campaign and Favorable' responses have been resaid the republican party was willing celved from many of the larger Indl-

to go into this campaign on its record He pointed to the many achievements In. the last fifty years and then asked what the democratic . party had ever done to warrant it asking to be put in power. Mr. Pollard's statement that the republican party proposed to make incorporations incorporate under federal laws, was the signal for a round of applause. He said the republican prty did not intend to destroy the corporation, for it believed that the corporation was a necessary adjunct to the business world. He declared the republican party proposed to see that the corporation was so regulated thta it could not interfere with the rights of the common people. Discussing the agricultural prob lem, Congressman Pollard pointed to the difference in the value of farm products now and in 1896 and asked if the people would think of putting the democrats back in power. TARIFF DISCUSSED. Congressman Chaney Opens paign at New Castle. Cam New Castle, Ind., Sept 15. John C. Chaney of Sullivan, congressman from the Second district opened the republican campaign in this city last night with a strong address explaining the tariff system and the work of republican administrations and congresses. By comparisons he showed the dif ference between the panics of 1893 and 1907- The first, he said, was brought about by changes in protec tive tariff; the last by wild specula tion, dishonest bankers and fictitious values which, he asserted, will be eliminated by the acts of a republican congress. protective tariff means much to laboring people." said Mr. Chaney. "Ninety-five per cent of home produc tion Is cysumed at home. The panic of 1893 was the direct result of put ting American labor and mechanics on a level with those of other couu tries and not requiring a license fee for importation o foreign articles which are also produced in the United States." He touched at length upon higher citizenship and vf ged support of coun ty local option. At the mention of the names of Taft and Watson pro longed applause made the . Henry county court house tremble. KUHN SPEAKS NOT ON MARSHALL SPEECH Ignores Utterances of Democratic Chieftain. In dlaua polls, Ind-. Sept 15. Thomas H- Knhn. Sixth district con gressional candidate on the Democrat ic ticket, in town yesterday, said that conditions in his district look good to him. He has not given the Terre Haute speech of Marshall any thought he said, and consequently was not srenaxed to dlscnsa It, '

Addison C. Hams Tens

Commercial Club of the Great Future in Store for Indiana. INSURANCE COMPANIES TO ACT UPON DEAN SCHEDULE Richmond Merchants May Soon Be Relieved of Burdensome Rates Sec'y Haas Makes Favorable Report. It was a keynote of optimism for the industrial future of Indiana, that the Hon. Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis sounded in his address last night before about, one hundred merchants and manufacturers in the Commercial club rooms. Ills speech was one of the beit ever delivered before the club. 'That Indiana is to be one of the great centers of the industrial world was pointed out by the speaker. Many matters of interest to members of the Commercial club, principally the Dean Insurance schedule, which has been the source of much dissatisfaction to the merchants of the city, came up for discussion. S. E. Swayne who has acted as chairman of the insurance committee stated that assurances had been given him by the agents of the city, that the insurance companies acting under the burdensome schedule, would soon deal with the local situation. It was shown that an Increase of 36 per cent had been made by the Dean schedule in Richmond or from f 8,273.51 to over $31,222. Secretary Haas reported that rapid progress was being made toward the organization of the commercial bodies of Indiana into a state federation. ana cities. The organization 'of the federation will follow closely upon the November elections. Addison C. Harris, who was pre sented to the club by Charles E. Shlveley who paid a pretty tribute to the successful life of the former Wayne county man, launched immediately into his subject and during the course of his remarks he dwelt upon conditions in Wayne county as well as In the state. Mr. Harris said in part: Commerce gathers the products of industry by purchase and distributes them by sale. This is the ofHce of trade. In proportion as the people produce by industry, things for sale. to the merchant, can they buy of the merchant, things they do not produce themselves. So that commerce is dependent upon industry. And the products of industry measure the volume of trade. It follows that commercial men are quite as much dependent up on the production of industry, as the men of Industry. And by men of in dustry is meant all those who by labor create things both in the field and the shop. Labor creates wealth. And as a locality creates wealth, will the producers and all others prosper. Prosperity increases, in proportion as industry produces. So that the future prosperity of Indiana will be measured by the increase of production in our fields and factories. Naturally, for a long time at least, our population will increase from year to year. And unless our productions increase in the same or greater ratio, prosperity will lag, rather than advance; for business can only increase with increasing productivity. The producers form thegreat mass of our people, and their ability to buy is measured by their ability to selL One must sell, before he can buy. And if be has little to sell, that little measures his power to buy. Former, Conditions. "Until the era' of railways In tht state the producer was shut in to a limited market The expense of the haul by wagon consumed the margin above the cost of production. This was true of both the products of the field and the factory. A farmer could not afford to haul his wheat to Massachusetts for sale to the people there who made shoes; no more could the proprietor of a shoe factory there, afford to haul his boots and shoes to Indiana for sale. So there was a tannery and a shoe shop in every town throughout the state. The same was true of agricultural Implements and all other articles of general use. But the railways carry a bushel of wheat to the sea board for ten cents, and bring back a whole suit of clothes for even less freight money. This cheap transportation afforded a wide market to the farmer, and Increased rapidly the business of the merchant. It revolutionized business in this state. The merchant bought' the products of the field, and turned them into merchandise, and brought and sold here many things cheaper than they could be made at home. A half century ago Indiana was almost exclusively an agricultural state. Then In time the maximum of farm production seems to have been reached. Wayne county Illustrates the thought. The population