Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 343, 16 October 1908 — Page 1

B pa: A NT) STTvr-TTT tctt a at. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 343. RICHMOND,-IND., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1908. BREWERS Lit TRVPPED BY FIRE 17 ARE CREMATED INVENTORY IS FILED OX IS NOW BlIHG ROASTEDFOR RALLY Fires Started Beneath Animal Today That It May Be Cooked Well. J. GUAR HAS RETIRED M.il Bl J FOR VOTE OF SOUTH PAPERS ARE SERVED SAYSSHUMAKER Disposes of His Stock in Pogue-Miller Hardware Company. Deputy Sheriff Breaks into Hearst's Stateroom on Union Pacific Train. Receiver and Appraisers of Richmond Mfg. Company Make Report.

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Posters Being Sent Out Over State Grossly Misrep-' resent, He Says. VALUATIONS, $91,239.18. 20 YEARS IN BUSINESS. SPEEDY TRIAL IS DESIRED.

Secretary Taft Successful in The Old State of Kentucky. DEMOCRATS ARE SCORED.

Passenger Train Bearing Destitute Ones From Burned Michigan Town, Wrecked in Heart of Fire.

PEOPLE UNABLE TO ESCAPE FIERY FURNACE. Fifteen Burned Skulls Tell of The Awful Scene Brought About by Fierce Forest Fires. , CHICAGO HAS GREAT LOSS. INTERNATIONAL DOCKS, CALUMET ELEVATOR AND RAILROAD OFFICES AND SHIPS DESTROYED THIS MORNING. -- INDIANA TOWN SUFFERS. Blazes Originating Jn a Livery Stable Spread Over the Business Section of Scottsburg, Destroying Considerable Property. Alpena, Mich., Oct. 16.Sevente?n men, women and children were burn ed to death at two o'clock this morning when a train which left Metz, Mich., Wednesday evening, bringing away people left destitute, when the the forest fifes destroyed that town ran into a burned out culvert and was stalled. . -' Passengers were trapped with fire on all sides and were cremated In the fiery furnace of raging flames. Conductor Kinville and Engineer Foster were the only ones to escape, crawlln out on their hands and knees. Kinville is rendered blind and Foster is terribly burned. Fireman Arthur Lee was burned to death and a woman named Cicero and ! her three children were among the dead. A reltef train has gone to the scene, which is near Pulaski, Mich., carrying surgeons and wreckers. Wires are down and details are Incomplete. ' TOWN THREATENED. t 6ault St. Marie in Danger of Destruction. Alpena, Mich., Oct. 16. Forest fires are raging in Alpena county worse than those' of several weeks ago. They reached the southern limits of this city last night Fire fighters were out all night and a shift of the wind saved the city. At Sault St. Marie, flames reached the city limits this morning where a dynamite warehouse is located. The heroic work of the fire fighters have checked the flames but the danger is not passed. LOSS $1,250,000. fin Destroys Docks and Elevator in Chicago. Chicago, 111., Oct. 16. The Inter national salt docks, Calumet elevator and offices of the Elgin, Joliet Eastern railway and two steamships were destroyed this morning by a spectacular fire vhich originated in the salt deck and spread over five acres. The total loss will reach $1,250,000. The elevator contained a million bushels of corn which a strong wind scattered producing a shower of flaming cer eal over an extensive area. A spark from a locomotive is the probable :ause. TOWN ALMOST DESTROYED. Loss at Scottsburg, Ind., High Figure. Reaches Scottsburg, Ind., Oct. 16. Fire this morning started in Allen's livery stab les and spread to the Loomis hotel. Before it was checked three store buildings owned by J. C. Craig, Brad field's grocery, Williams confection ery and, the Star store, also Smith's opera house, and Gladsteins clothing store were destroyed. Several other business blocks were damaged. The total loss will be $45,000. Inadequate water supply hampered the fire fight ers. Thirteen mules and ten horses perished. Incendairism Suspected. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 16. Fire early this morning did $15,000 damage to the Indianapolis Sawed Veneer Co.'s mill Fourteenth and Missouri streets. The origin is unknown. The owners suspects Incendiarism

An inventory of the property of the Richmond Indiana Manufacturing company, as taken by the Dickinson Trust company,' receivers, and Herbert MoDivitt and Rayburn Robinson, appraisers, has been filed in the Wayne circuit court. Tho report is the most voluminous that has been filed in the local court for some years. It contains ninety pages. The following valuations are shown: Real estate and buildings, $36,037.72; machinery and equipment, $14,479.17; merchandise, $2G,052.'29; accounts receivable, $15,000.00; bills receivable, $G70,00; total, $91,230.18.

WILLIAMS AND BRYAN TO SPEAK Mississippian Appears at the Coliseum, Tonight in Behalf of Democrats. BRYAN COMES OCTOBER 31. ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS COMING RECALLS UNPLEASANT INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. The Democrats intend io open up their big guns and begin rapid fire with full batteries upon the Republicans in Wayne county, and for this purpose, John Sharp Williams and William Jennings Bryan will speak here. The minority leader of the house of representatives, Mr. Williams, speaks at the coliseum this evening. Mr. Bryan will be here Saturday, Oct. 31. Arrangements for his coming are only in the embryo, but he will close the Democratic campaign in this county. Mr. Williams is recognized as a fire-eating speaker, and It is expected a large sized audience of Republicans and several Democrats will hear him. His reputation for a vitTolic tongue and pugnacious attitude on the floor of the house, serve to at tract large crowds wherever he ap pears. Williams is a Mississippian, and was recently placed in the United States senate. Henry U. Johnson has been chosen to deliver the preliminary address this evening, as an introductory to Mr, Williams. Mr. Johnson is a well known local attorney and before his affiliation with the Democratic party was the rep resentative of the Sixth district in con gress. At that time he was a Republi can. He broke from nls party upon the question of the extension of the country's limits to include foreign tor ritory and has since leaned toward Democracy. William Jennings Bryan, the Demo cratic candidate for president, is not a stranger to Richmond. Upon the occa sion of his first visit, an episode at the Wesocott hotel did not reflect very creditably on the hospitality of the city. The question of the campaign was the silver or gold standard, and while speaking a huge yellow chrysanthemum was thrown into the candidate's carriage. On his visit here four years ago, he spoke in the vacant lot at Tenth and North E streets. The police made the Republicans in the crowd remove large gold campaign badges, so as to prevent the probability of trouble. F IS BURIED ALIVE William Vloo Covered by Dirt When Banks of Sewer Cave In. HE WAS BADLY CRUSHED. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS UNDERGOING TREATMENT HIS ESCAPE FROM DEATH WAS REMARKABLE. The unusual experience of a burial before death, befell William Vloo, a foreigner employed by HIpskind & Son in the construction of the southwest sewer system yesterday afternoon. Vloo was engaged in excavating in that part of the trench west of South West Third street between Main street and National avenue. The soft clay banks gave way beneath the weight of the soil that had been thrown to the surface and poured down on Vloo as he was wielding his shovel. He was

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A BIG DAY FOR GREENSFORK

DELEGATIONS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY WILL ATTEND GREAT REPUBLICAN RALLY AND BARBECUE TOMORROW. Greensfork, Ind., Oct. 16. Fires have been started burning beneath the carcass of the ox that will be served to the thousands of visitors to this place tomorrow, when the republicans gather for their rally and barbecue. The committee having the luncheon in charge agreed it would be advisable to light the fires today so as to have the; meat nice and tender by noon tomorrow. It is expected the savory bits of beef will prove remarkably tempt ing as the men in charge have done similar cooking stunts before and know how to do it to the queen's taste. Arrangements have been made with the railroad company to stop the noon train from Richmond here tomorrow and it is expected a large crowd will come from the county seat. Prospects are for continued fair weather and indications are that the largest crowd that ever visited ' Greensfork will be here. Reports from all sec tions of the country indicate the gathering will be the largest at any outdoor meeting held in the county this year. The old settlers' picnic at Centerville will be surpassed in point of attendance. The, speakers will be the Hon. Addison Harris and Thomas Davidson. Addison Harris is a prominent attorney at Indianapolis and one of the best known men in the state. He ia an ex-minister to Austria and while in that country did noble service for the United States. He is a man well informed upon national and state issues and his address will probably be one of the strongest delivered any place in the state during the campaign. , y Thomas Davidson of Greensburg provided the chief opposition to Judge William O. " Barnard in the campaign for. the republican nomination to congress. It will be remembered that the battle was fought through by these two men to the end. Mr. Davidson is a strong speaker and his address will be listened to attentively. WORK FOR PRIZE. Wayne Township to be Largely Represented at Barbecue. A prize of $10 will be offered by the committee at Greensfork to the township sending the largest delegation to the rally tomorrow. Wayne township is the most populous and it is probable the prize will be brought home by its delegation. An effort is being made by the local republican leaders to stir up sufficient enthusiasm to boost the crowd well into the hundreds. The railroad fare is very small. Free dinner will be provided and the railroad company will provide special accommodations. It Is to be expected that Richmond and Wayne township will be represented by a great crowd. The republican glee club and two 'drum corps' will accompany the throng. The train will leave the Pennsylvania depot at 11:25 a. m. Centervillians to Go. Centerville, Oct. 16. A large delegation will go from Centerville and Center township to Greensfork Saturday to participate in the rally and barbecue. Center township would like to win the prize offered for the largest delegation. Word reeclved here indicates the affair will be the largest of the kind held in Wayne county for a score of years. Perry Township Interested. Economy, Ind., Oct. 1$. "On to Greensfork," is the cry heard here. Everybody is going. Men, women, children and the dogs all will be there. Such a time as never before is confidently expected. All Perry township is talking of the event and Greensfork will be the mecca for the entire populace. Also After Prize. Cambridge City, Oct 16. A large delegation will go to Greensfork from the west end of the county tomorrow. Jackson township wants that , prize and will try to get it. Judging from reports the parade will be a hum dinger. . knocked into a crouching position and almost his entire body covered by the dirt. He was severely crushed about the chest, but is not seriously injured. He was removed to the hospital in the ambulance and given medical attention. It was exceedingly fortunate for Vloo that he was not laboring deeper in the trench. Had he been so far beneath the surface as to have been engaged in removing the stone, his Injuries prob ably would have resulted fatally. This section of the sewer is being laid through a strata of limestone, but the level at which Vloo was working was not deep enough for broken stone to have been thrown on top of the bank I and none fell on him. Three men were required for several , minutes before 1 Vloo could be dog from his position.

After twenty years relation with the firm of Pogue, Miller & Co., announcement was made today of the dissolution of the partnership and" the retirement of Jonas Gaar. The stock in the wholesale hardware company has

been controlled by George W. Miller and Mr. Gaar. The latter has disposed of his interests' entirely to Mr. Miller and the latter's two brothers, Frederick and Jacob. Mr. Gaar stated he will not engage in any other line of active business. The Pogue, Miller Company is one of the largest and most progressive firms in tne city, It has prospered and from a humble beginning has been recognized as one of the leading firms of the class in the state. The company controles a line of exclusive agencies. Its place of . business on Fort Wayne avenue requires several buildings to accommodate the immense stock. Mr. Gaar has become identified as one of the most prominent business men of the city. His adflce has been sought upon matters of import. It has not been determined what the name of the new firm will be. The change in the firm is not expected to effect the employes. TERRELL CASE it Nothing Done Toward Trial of Murderer Released From Easthaven. FRIENDS NOT RECOGNIZED. MEMBERS" OF HIS OWN FAMILY ONLY ONES WELLS COUNTY MAN RECOGNIZES CONDITION UNCHANGED. Bluffton, Ind., Oct. 16. Prosecuting Attorney A. G. Emshwiller, of Hartford City, is in Bluffton investigating the case of John W. Terrell who was brought back here Tuesday from East haven asylum at Richmond. The prosecuting attorney said that he had ar rived at no conclusion as to the course that he will pursue in the case and cannot yet state just what" will be done. He said, however, that there probably would be no action of any kind taken before the November term of court. Terrell's condition remains unchanged. He appears to recognize nobody except members of his own family who visited him ' frequently at Richmond and information from the jail is to the effect that he has not recognized a single one of his many friends who have called to see him. Among the persons who called at the jail to see Terrell was the Hon. Levi Mock, formerly an attorney for Terrell, a man who is six feet, six inches tall, with a long gray beard and whom once seen no one in his normal senses would forget. "Lou you know me?" asked Mt. Mock. "Yes, I know who you are," said Terrell. "You are Dr. Carter." After leaving the jail Mr. Mock expressed himself as believing without doubt that Terrell is still mentally unbalanced. PEDAGOGUES MEET Annual October Sessions Teachers' Association - Tomorrow. of PARSONS CHIEF SPEAKER. The Wayne County Teachers' association will meet in the auditorium of the high school building for their annual October sessions tomorrow. The general public is invited. The lectures will be by W. W. Parsons, president of the State Normal School, Terre Haute. The music will be rendered by the high school orchestra. The election of officers for the ensuing year will be the principal item of business. The program will be: 10:30 A. M. Music by the Richmond high school orchestra. Devotional exercises, the Rev. R. H. Dunaway, pastor of the Second Presbyterian. Richmond, Ind. Music by the Richmond high school orchestra. Lecture, "Some Elementary Facts About the Human Organism," by President W. W. Parsons. 150 P. M. Music by the Richmond high school orchestra. Lecture, "Explanation of a Great Painting," -by Pres. W. Wi Parsons. Miscellaneous

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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SAYS IRRESPONSIBLE ELEMENTS ARE CAUSE OF CONTINUED DEMOCRATIC DEFEATS.

Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16. Irresponsible elements in the democratic party were declared by W. H. Taft to be responsible for that party's failure to get control of the government. He also, during his first day's tour of the south where republican presidential candidates never before have ventured, denounced Bryan's deposit guarantee scheme as an invitation to failures and crooks to enter the banking business. Throughout Kentucky Mr. Taft was received with hospitality and enthusiasm, but at Lexington a chair broke under him and at Shelbyville, where the train arrived just at dark, he had to squelch persistent interruptions by scattered voices in cries of "Bryan." Mr. Taft referred to the annoyance pleasantly at first, but as it continued he declared, warmly: "It is just such instances as this which show why it is that the democratic party never gets control of the government. It has elements In it which lack the slightest sense of responsibility, decency or courtesy." Factions in State United. A feature of the Kentucky trip was the presence during the day of the Taft special of Senator Bradley, representing one faction of the republican congressmen in the state, and last night of Gov. Willson. This demonstration of energy and union of purpose behind the national ticket was declared to be one of the great bene fits of the invasion of Kentucky. Mr. Taft reached Lexington ahead of time, but found the theater crowded When he sat down the chair crumbled beneath him, and he made a hit with the crowd later by saying: "When it comes to affirmative policies the democratic party falls between two chairs just as I have done." Kentucky Not in Solid South. "It is a great pleasure to talk to a republican audience," said Mr. Taft at Lexington., "We entered Kentucky at Ashland and we have every evi dence that Kentucky is awake to the importance of placing herself in the re publican column on the 3d of Novem ber next. I don't feel like putting Kentucky In the solid south and talk ing to her citizens in the strain which may well be adopted toward the cm zens of states further south. Bryan's Plan Fine for Crooks. For the second time since his work on the stump began Mr. Taft made ref erence to the government, guarantee, of bank deposits. On that subject at Lexington he paid his respects to his op ponent as follows: "Mr. Bryan has another proposition that is going to be the panacea for everything, and that is the guaranty of bank deposits. By that proposition he is going to make every respectable. honest banker become the security of anybody that desires to go into the banking business with the idea of get ting a large line of deposits with t small capital, and the result of that I don't think it takes a clear headed bus iness man to see. "In Oklahoma, the place where they try out these experiments, they are now finding that banks are being or ganized with a capital of $10,000 by people that have failed in the banking business before, by men that are under charges of embezzlement, but who are able to get deposits by saying to de positors: " T am a good fellow and want you to help me out. Put your money In my bank, because this million dollar bank up here f Mr. Smith's Is my security that you will get your deposits back.' Not Cited as Vital Issue. "Now, that is not a joke; that is a real, genuine statement of the condi tion that is to be produced by that guaranty of bank deposits proposition. I do not cite it as a real and vital is sue in the campaign, because it can be, but I do cite it as an instance of the economic views of Mr. Bryan, and I do cite it as another case in which to prove, with his views, put him into power as the chief magistrate, you will take away the confidence of the sen sible men of the community, who con trol the investments, and when you do that you are going to bring us to four years more of financial depression Mr. Taft is touring Tennessee today and during his southern trip will can vass North Carolina and Virginia. DOISPT FAIL to read Sunday Want Ad Page for bargains in real estate. All the Real Estate firms in Richmond will be represented on that day. Any one having property to sell, a house to rent, or even a vacant room to rent, should advertise it In Sunday's edition. It will be the day to get results from adxertislng. Phone 112L

PAPERS Omaha, Neb., Oct. 16. Notwithstanding W. R. Hearst had offered to supply the deficiency of funds to bring about a speedy trial. Deputy Sheriff Stewart, of this county, acting for attorneys, broke into Hearst's stateroom on a Union Pacific train last night and served papers of the $600,000

suit which had been filed after the court house closed. The papers required an answer from Hearst. Noember 10 has been vset as the date for the trial, although Hearst encour aged the suit before election. KING PETER OF SEHVIA FLEES Ruler Abdicates Throne, Cre ating New Situation In Crisis. THE KAISER IS IGNORED. POWERS FRAME PROGRAM WITH OUT CONSULTING WITH GER MANY'S RULER A SERIOUS HITCH OCCURS. London, Oct. 16. A report from Berlin says that King Peter of Servia has abandoned his throne and fled. Bridge Blown Up. St. Petersburg. Oct. 1G. A dispatch from Belgrade says the bridge over the Bosnia river at Kranduk was des troyed by dynamite, cutting off all communication with Belgrade. Germany Ignored. London Oct. 16. An extraordinary situation has arisen In the rapid development of the European crisis. Late editions of the London and Paris papers published an elaborate version, obviously from an official source, of the program of the proposed conference on which Great Britain, Russia and France have agreed. This important announcement ap peared in Paris under a London date and in London under a Paris date. Scarcely had it become public when the British foreign office announced! it inaccurate and a substitute vague i communique and M. Pichon, the ' no program will be made public until , all the signatories to the Berlin treaty have been consulted. These repudiations were made af ter the respective foreign ministers had received visits from Germany's representatives. The nature of the latter's communications was made evi dent by the significantly disturbing language used regarding the subject by the Paris Temps this evening and by M. Pichon's subsequent attempt to sooth Germany's evident ire. The kaiser, in fact, has declared his resentment against the course adopted by Great Britain, Russia and France In drawing up the program for a conference without consulting him upon all the details. Scheme Made Known Prematurely. What has happened precisely is this: Assent to the congress was ob tained in principle from all the powers. Thereupon Great Britain, Russia and France drafted a program of questions to be considered. France was the only one of the three nations which consulted Germany during the last four days while this work was progreslng at the British foreign of fice. It was intended, of course to submit this scheme at once to all the signatory powers, but it was prematurely made public today, how nobody knows. Germany, for some reason is angry at being thus temporarily ignored. and a serious hitch has occurred. It remains to be seen what the consequences will be. There is another important matter which will greatly add to the German irritation. It had been denied by the British foreign office until yesterday that any new agreement between Great Britain and Russia was contemplated. Now it is officially acknowledged that the two countries have reached a conplete understanding regarding all Asian questions. In other words, an entente now exists between London and St. Petersburg as strong as the Anglo-French entente. The triple alliance is now faced by a new dreibund which is more powerful than any international combination ever created. This news does not make for harmony among the powers upon the Balkan questions. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Friday night and Saturday; fresh to strong south winds. - OHIO Fair Friday night and Satur day; fresh south winds. , .

NEGATIVES ARE CHANGED.

SITUATION IN KANSAS CITY NOT AS BREWERS WOULD SHOW ANOTHER URGENT APPEAL FOR WATSON. Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 16. StaTments made In the large posters placed on billboards throughout the state by the Terre Haute Brewing Company setting forth the "evils of county local option, are disputed in a, statement issued by E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana AntI Saloon League, who charges that the results of prohibition in Kansas City, Kas., are grossly, misrepresented on the posters. Mr. Shumacker charges that the photographs published on the posters have been altered so that they misrepresent the situation. The AntiSaloon League statement says also that Philip Rappaport, secretary of the German Alliance of Indiana, and other officers of the alliance are working hard to line up a solid German vote against Watson,, as well as bringing all of the bottle men and other classes of people in the state, to the support of Marshall. It is pointed out by tho league that the temperance people of Indiana are face to face with a crisis and they are urged to rally to the support of James H. Watson. Republican nominee for Governor. The statement issued by the Anti-Saloon League is as follows: - ' It Is said that when Crawford Fairbanks, the millionaire brewer of Terre Haute, returned from Indianapolis to Terre Haute after the passage of the . county local option law, that he stopped at Greencastle. While here he stated that people who thought tho temperance question settled would find themselves sadly mistaken. He boasted that the brewers had hardly begun to fight yet, and from that time onward they would be In the battle with a vigor never known before. He is 'said to have declared that Watson would be defeated for Governor by 30,000 majority. Liars Will Figure." As evidence of their continued activity, they have in the last week sent huge posters all over the state, which they have had posted on billboards, and on which are the declarations that county option means prohibition. They declare that prohibition means bankruptcy. They once more trot out that series of pictures concerning the 108 so-called empty business rooms in , Kas., since the closing of the unlawful saloons there. Then they state significantly that the camera won't lie. It has been truly said that figures won't lie, but that liars will figure. The camera won't He, but they have actually altered the negatives of many pictures which they took In Kamsas City, effacing from, them grocery signs and grocery baskets that were found in their windows. Of the 108 so-called empty business rooms, sixty belong to another city altogether, and of the forty-eight remaining ones," nearly all were filled with reputable business establishments, and the few that are actually empty are unfit for any business whatever. However, the brewers of the state are doing their best to educate the poor, misguided public as to the direful results of county local option. The saloon keepers of the state ar banded together as never before to elect a Legislature and a Governor who will repeal our county local option law.- Of fifty saloon keepers in. Marion, Gas City and Jonesboro whv were interviewed by a reporter of the Marion Chronicle, every one of them declared that they were for Marshall for Governor. In this number were twenty Republicans. These saloon keepers boast that there Is not one of their number in Marion but that is supporting Marshall for Governor. Each saloon keeper in the city is sup posed to control at least five votes and they are all working like beavers to defeat Watson and elect a Legisla ture that will take away from the people the right to rule on the liquor question. Emissaries of Thomas Taggart and the brewers have been working among the colored saloon keeper bartenders and porters for saloons In all the large cities of the state and have represented to them that In the event of the election of Watson they will at once have to go out of business, thus deceiving them Into the belief that It is the election of Watson and not the successful issue of a county option election that will close up the saloons. They have also represented to the colored voters that their personal liberty to obtain a drink of liquor will be taken away. Lieber's Brether-in-Law. The German Alliances of the state, led by such men as Joseph Keller, who heads the personal liberty element; Phil Rappaport, who discourses on the evils of prohibition, and Fritr Francke, brother-in-law of Albert Lieber.are doing their utmost to line up the Ger- ( Continued on Page Two.)

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