Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 76, 23 January 1909 — Page 1

RICHMO WB PA AJDIUM A II A AND "SUK-TEIJEGRAM. t VOL. XXXIV. NO. 76. RICHMOND, INDM llJAY EVENING, JANUARY 2i 1909. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS,

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DISCUSSION OF JAPAN WAR BOGY STIRS UP HOUSE

'Representative Cockran Sees Exclusion Act With Crisis Unavoidable Tawney Scoffs at Any Peril. ft AVAL BILL ALWAYS CAUSES MUCH ALARM lArgued That Japan Could Not Attack Pacific Coats; Having No Coal Stations Near American Coast. Washington, Jan. 23. The possibility of war with Japan was discussed In the house yesterday. The representatives held diverse views. Mr. Tawney declaring no Avar was possible, while Mr. Cockran declared racial conflict was inevitable. Mr. Tawney declared Japan today Is in such financial condition that should the government impose a far thing more taxes for war purposes there would be a revolution. He also declared it a physical impossibility for Japan to send a fleet across the Pacific to our western coast because the only coaling station the Hawaiian islands are in our possession is fortified in such a way as to be as "impregnable as Gibraltar." Mr. Cockran answered this by calling attention to the increase of the Japanese in the western states in the face of the president's efforts to secure a treaty with Japan limiting the number allowed to come over. These Sail, he says, and an exclusive act is the next step. Japan will make reprisals for this and the crisis will be reached. Naval Bill is Passed, The discussion was brought about by the naval program for the fiscal year of 1910. This program, providing for. appropriations of $135,000,000, was passed as reported by the com mittee except that the change striking out the provision restoring marines to naval vessels. The opponents of the navy increase were in a hopeless minority. Mr. Tawney was the most vigorous opponent of the increase. 'I am getting somewhat tired," he said, "of these annually recurrir wars with Japan, which occur simultaneously with the consideration of the naval appropriation bill. "During every week and month in the year," Mr. Tawney said, "we hear a great deal about our peaceful and cordial relations With that oriental country, but when we come to consider the naval appropriation bill the newspapers immediately fill with predictions of what is going to happen." Says Debts Swamp Japan. Mr. Tawney declared Japan could Xiot go to war and could not-impose a tfarthing more of tax than was now Imposed without a revolution. That, however, he said was not the only reason. "Would Japan," he inquired, J'even if she were equipped financially, ever think of sending a fleet of warships or battleships from Yokohama to attack our Pacific coast in time of war?" She would, he said, have to be supplied sorf ewhere in the Pacific with a naval base, where she could coal Its ships and make neces sary repairs. There was no such place in the Pacific except the Hawai lan islands and he declared that when the fortifications provided for were completed the islands would be as im pregnable as Gibraltar. Mr. Tawney said there was no nav el vessel afloat that could sail from "Yokohama to the Pacific coast and "back again with its coal, and such-a fleet could not be supplied with enough colliers to meet the require tnents. Touching on the finances of the gov eminent, Mr. Tawney predicted a de ficit this year of $125,000,000 and next frear of $143,000,000. Hepburn Wants Nation Ready. The reasons assigned by Mr. Tawpey for opposing the additions to the flavy, in-the opinion of Mr. Hepburn, fwere "trivial and dishonorable to the people of the United States." Those .who favored an adequate navy, he said, did so because they recognized the fact that the American people were a warlike people. Every genera tion of Americans, he argued, had had Its war and probably the next generation would have its. There was, he insisted, a passion for Jnilitary glory in the breasts of all Americans. He sarcastically referred to what he said was "our talk about being a Christian people intent on securing the sway of peace over all the nations," and then pointed out the four wars the country had had, upon all of which, he declared, the country had entered unprepared. Calling attention to what , he said (was the alarming increase in the national expenditures, Mr. Burton, in opposing the naval Increase, inquired: "What nation on earth is threatening us?" The periodical war scare, he declar-

PASS GOOD BILLS DISCARD BAD ONES That Is What Gardner Has to Say. Representative Gardner who Is home from the legislature to spend Sunday, said today there does not appear to be anything in the least sensational in

sight for the present session. Mr. Gardner said things arecomparatively quiet. It looks to him like meritorious bill will be passed and others will be discarded. It is not believed at this time any atempt at delayed tactics nor "horse play" will be made. CIlEEH SPEAKS AGAINST SALOON AT THE GEIMETT Well Known Laboring Man And Professional Fighter Against Booze Will Speak Sunday Afternoon. WOMEN ARRANGE FOR SPIRITED CAMPAIGN Will Hold Meeting Tomorrow At the First Presbyterian Church And Will Also Make Canvass of the City. No stone wil be left unturned by the county local option organizations during the coming week to achieve their end. Tomorrow there will be two meetings in the city, one for women only at the First Presbyterian church addressed by Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley of Liberty, and the other at the Gennett theater at which John F. Cuneen of Chicago will be the principle speak er. At the meeting of the Woman's County Local Option league yesterday afternoon the Palladium was endorsed for its impartial stand. Is Good Speaker. John F. Cuneen who speaks at the Gennett theater to men tomorrow afternoon is known throughout the middle west as one of the best informed speakers on the liquor question. He is a union man. A car load of New Paris people will invade the city tomorrow to hear the address of Mr. Cunneen. Local temperance people deny that the Ohio contingent is being brought over In an effort to "pad" the audience. They state that the New Paris neonle am interested in the speaker because he assisted them in the fight to make treble county dry. Mrs. Stanley who speaks to women only at the First Presbyterian church is said to have an excellent remitation as a temperance speaker. She is not a novice in the temperance work rrom a platform standpoint but she has never made it a business. At the Boston farmers' institute she spoke on the question and is said to have been generously applauded. Meeting Wednesday. On Wednesday evenine of next week the second big meeting of the week will be held. Formr United States Senator Seaborn Wright of Georgia will speak at the Coliseum. On this evening another temperance meeting will be held elsewhere in th county. The women organized for the fleht at their meeting yesterday afternoon and decided to send out literature to every person of their sex in the cltv It is probable that this same literature will be sent to the women in the outlying districts. The city has been divided Into districts and each work er was apportioned to a district, wherein she is an entire stranger, to distribute literature and also to make a canvass. Message to Women. The following is the first notice to be distributed: "A message to the women of Wayne county: "We the members of the Woman's Local Option league affirm our confidence in the practical wisdom of the women of this county and our reliance upon their unfailing support of all movements for the safeguarding of the homes. "We call upon every mother, wife and daughter to play a woman's part in the present conflict that is being waged in our midst by encouraging those who have undertaken the important task of ridding the countv of the legalized saloon. "Let us also pledge ourselves to unceasing warfare until the blind tlsvr as well is a thing of the past. WOMAN'S LOCAL OPTION LEAGUE. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Continued warm; prob-

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TWO SECTIONS OF P. 0. fi. TRAIN, 21 CRASHJOGETHEB Accident Occurs on Mountain Side Near Altoona, Penn., . Last Midnight, and Three People Were Killed.

NO INDIANIANS WERE VJCTIMS OF TRAGEDY List of Injured Will Exceed Thirty But None Are Reported to Be Seriously Hurt Train Is Hours Late. Altoona Pa., Jan. 23. A rear end collision between the first and second sections of No. 21, the St. Louis express on hte Pennsylvania railroad west of here shortly after midnight, caused the death of three men and thirty-three injured. The fact that the cars and five postal cars undoubtedly prevented an enormous loss of life as the passenger coaches were in the rear of the train. The dead are: Pullman conductor M. J. Kelly of Jersey City; Charles Coleman, colored porter of Philadelphia and F. L. Taylor, a passenger from Brooklyn. The thirty injured received bruises, contusions and lacerations, but none were seriously enough injured to require taking them were among them. Section No. 1 was flagged by a red light as she came down the mountain, but why the second section was not signalled in turn is unexplained. A Place for a Tragedy. The accidents occurred at one of the worst points in the mountains. A giant bowlder had broken from the mountain side, but a track walker discovered it in time to check the freight train rapidly annroachinsr. The second section of the freight and the first section of the express trains were duly flagged. The second sec tion of the express aDDarentlv had no warning and came thundering along at a rapid speed. There was a shriek of a whistle, a blinding glare and a flash of brakes as they gripped the wheels but it was too late. Anions the injured are W. S. Johnson of Cin cinnati; Mrs. Wm. Rankin of Hender son, Ky.; W. M. Riley of Cincinnati; Louis Runkle, Cincinnati. None are seriously hurt. NO LOCAL PASSENGERS. Train No. 21 Had No Richmond Peo pie Aboard. Inquiries at the local Pennsylvania .Station this morning revealed the fact that so far as known there were no Richmond people aboard either of the two wrecked sections of train No. 21. The train is due in Richmond at 10:10 in the morning but is not sched uled to arrive today until late this af ternoon. COLLEGE BANQUETS Earlham Graduates in Philadelphia and Chicago Intend to Celebrate. PICTURES IN SARGASSO The Philadelphia Earlham club met at their annual banquet in Pbiladel phia last night. The club is in a re markably live condition having seventy-five old Earlham students as members. At the banquet last night a photograph was taken for publication in the 1909 Sargasso, the college an nual which will be issued in May. The Chicago Earlham club is also arranging for a banquet. A photograph of that assembly will also appear in the Sargasso. DECORATED IN RED IS WAYNE COUNTY Election Notices Have Been Posted. The county has been decorated in red. It is not the sign of anarchy, but just the notice of the special election held to determine the wet or dry question. Cards presenting the election call have been posted in all sections of the county. The printing is such as prescribed by law. In 1907 Great Britain furnished 30.000 bicycles to Japan, and in addition $270,000 worth of Darts, whila the United States furnished 3.21S blcvcles

HENRY WE ROGERS Dean of Yale Lavy School Principal Speaker at Earlham Commencement. VERY DISTINGUISHED MAN

President Robert L. Kelly of Earl ham today announced the speaker on the principal day of the Earl ham com mencement exercises. Earlham has been fortunate enough to secure Dr. Henry Wade Rogers, the dean of tne Yale law school. Not only is Dean Rogers well known in the educational world, but also as a distinguished authority on certain subjects in juris prudence and a writer on certain phases of international law. 110 VERDICT YET REACHED IN THE DR. JONES CASE John F. Robbins Makes Elo quent Argument for Jones And Tells of the Curse of Old "Demon Rum." WITNESSES FOR STATE ARE RAKED OVER COALS Instructions to Jury Given by The Court Included Ten Typewritten Pages Simi lar to First Ones. At three o'clock this afternoon the jury in the case of the state va. Dr. Arthur Jones of Whitewater had not reached an agreement. It was pre dicted about the court house that a disagreement will be the final result. Dr. Joneus is charged with violating the liquor laws of the state of Indiana under what is known as the "blind tiger" section. The case has been on trial since Wednesday and has created considerable interest. The crowd in the court room this morning complete ly filled it. Get Case This Morning. The jury was given the case at about 11 o'clock following the argument of Wilfred Jessup former prosecuting attorney, who has assisted Prosecutor Ladd. Jessup made a strong presentation, of the claims of the state and endeavored to induce the jury to believe that the tate had proved Jones guilty as charged in the affidavit. He claimed the witnesses the state offer ed had not been proved liars, as charged by John F. Robbins in argu ing for the defense. Jessup made the assertion that Jones had violated the statute in all that it meant. Robbins Argument. The argument of John F. Robbins in behalf of Jones was the first thing presented to the jury this morning. He took particular pains to refer to the temperance cause and its relations to tne case at bar. He declared a preacher acts beyond his calling if he comes to such a trial and sits down and thereby tries to influence a juror to convict a man charged with crime but whom the law and evidence shows is not guilty. The attorney said he was not upholding the liquor cause, but that in the present Instance the law had not been violated and Dr Jones had acted within his rights as a practicing physician and a pharmacist Whisky is a Curse. "I may be a temperance man, and perhaps I know too much about whis ky. What 1 do know no matter how little is sufficient to make me believe it is the greatest and most monumen tal .evil, but we are trying this case on law and evidence and we have proved to you this man is not guilty, as charged," declared Mr. Robbins in a frenzy. He put up a strong argument in behalf of his client and exert ed himself further than he has in any case in which he has argued in the local courts for many months. He ridiculed and denounced and declared as absurd the claims of the state regarding Jones, as the operator of a blind tiger." , Refers to Missing Booze. Robbins made frequent reference'to the disappearance of a portion of the whisky confiscated after it was placed in the custody of the sheriff. Waving over his head a bottle containing about a QU3it of whisky, he shouted: Here's this bottle of whisky. By their own admissions about two quarts are missing. That shows to yon more whisky has been taken from this bottle since brought into the temple of justice and placed in the hands of your officers, than they have shown to you was sold during all the time Dr. Jones was running what they call a Tlind tiger. That's the kind of evidence they offer. There's McMancs, of the police force. Now I don't want to eat him np, bat I most say he was mistaken. He brought down this keg from Whitewater and said there was

LINER REPUBLIC RAMMED AT SEA BY

UNKNOWN VESSEL Big Steamer Picking Its Way Cautiously Through Heavy Fog When Without Warning Collision Occurred. PASSENGERS RESCUED AFTER GREAT PANIC The Three Hundred Souls on Great Liner Were Asleep at The Time of the Crash The Vessel Will Sink. New York, Jan. 23. The White Star liner Republic which left New York yesterday afternoon for Mediterranean ports with three hundred and sixty-one passengers aboard was rammed by an unidentified steamship tv.eutj -five miles off Nantucket light ship while proceeding cautiously through the fog at S o'clock this morn-ir-g. The nose of the unknown steamer r.Iowed a large hole into the star board side of the Republic which indi cated that the former vessel was evidently traveling at considerable speed. Wireless mesages were flashed by the Rrnblic which, resulted in several ocean steamers in the vicinity and the revenue cutter Acushot going to the Republic's rescue. In Perilous Condition. Tfce latest wireless mesages indicate that the Republic is in an extremely perilous situation rapidly filling with water. All of the passengers were taken off by the steamers Atlantic and La Lorraine. They included two hundred and fifty first class passengers, rrincipally from western cities and included Samuel Cupples the multimillionaire manufacturer of St. Louis. The unidentified steamer slowly backed away from the Republic and was soon lost in the fog. The fact that she did not stand by and give assistance leads to the belief that she is in a crippled condition. A Scene of Confusion. All the passengers were asleep at the time of the crash. They rushed out on the decks with cries of "We are sinking" which caused agreat struggle for Mfe preservers. Many women fainted and several persons were injured in the panic, but were attended by the ship's surgeons. The steamer's crew had difficulty in restraining many from leaping overboard. Captain Sealby of the Republic seeing that his ship wa3 apparently sinking flashed wireless mesages which were caught by many steamers and coast stations including hundred tons of supplies for the American fleet which were intended to take the place of those sent to the earthquake sufferers. E APPEAL FOR INSANE HOSPITAL Wayne County People Ask Lo cal Legislators to Support Easthaven Measure. INSTITUTION TOO SMALL RECOMMEND THAT DR. SMITH, . SUPERINTENDENT, BE GIVEN WHAT HE ASKS, EVEN HALF THE STATE OF INDIANA. Local legislators have been appealed to to support the measure that will come before the present session in which an appropriation is asked for the Kastern Indiana Hospital for the the Insane. One Wayne county officer requested a local representative to vote for whatever Dr. Smith asks even unto half the state. The Easthaven hos pital is not large enough to meet the demands made upon it despite the fre quent additions that have been made. Nearly every county jail in the dis trict that sends insane to Easthaven contains one or more inmates who have been refused admittance because of lack of room to accommodate them. Wayne county has not only exhausted its own apportionment, but constantly imposes on other counties. Even this arrangement has not been sufficient to provide room and the county jail and Jhe home for the friendless both contain persons of un sound mind. Our referendum among the leading personalities of this country on the question, "What is your opinion of the great men of Europe and America?" has resulted as follows: Wash ington and Napoleon are the greatest favorites, after whom come Hannibal, Caesar and Charles XII of Sweeen. Among the most disliked axe Brutus,

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DENIES INCREASE INJDRUNKENESS Winchester Attorneys Says It's Not So.

In a letter to the Rev. R. J. Wade of this city, E. S. Jaqua, an attorney of Winchester, declares the reports which have been printed regarding the in creased drunkenness in that city since the saloons have been forced out are incorrect. Mr. Jaqua writes, "In talk ing to an ex-police officer he says there is not one fourth the amount of drunk enness on our streets there was before the closing of the saloons. Every mer chant in town is enthusiastically supporting our local option fight. Our town is in every way better without the saloons." ONE BROTHER FOR HAMMOND; OTHER STRONG FOR GARY A. F. Knotts Yesterday ToKJ Why Superior Court Should Be Located at Hammond And Meant What He Said. T. E. KNOTTS TO ARGUE FOR GARY ON TUESDAY As Both Towns Are Located in The Same County, It Is Quite Probable Legislature Will Take No Action. Palladium Bureau Indianapolis, Jan. 23. The A. F. Knotts side of the GaryHammond .court Question - was heard by the house committee on organization of courts, yesterday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon of next week the committee will hear the T. E. Knotts side of it. A. F. and T. E. are brothers. A. F. desires that Hammond have another superior court judge. T. E. desires to have a court established at Gary, in the same county of Lake. Since the brothers have no hope of seeing their desires realized they are somewhat opposed to one another. "To hear my brother talk." said A. F. to the committee, "you'd think Gary was going to have a million population in another year. But Gary cannot grow without Hammond and the rest of us growing and the big town will continue to be Chicago." Gary the Whole County. He exhibited two maps of Lake county to the committee. On one of them Gary seems to be about the whole county. , He explained that it was one that he and his brother had had prepared when they were booming Gary. He was the original Gary booster, himself, he said, and has ten times as many business interests there now as in Hammond, but recognizes the fact that Hammond, with its big court house, is the proper place for another court. The superior court at Hammond, he seid. is furnished eighty per cent of Its business from North township in which Hammond is located as against seventeen per cent from Gary. Gary, he said, had 1.700 votes at the last "election, while Hammond hd 3,400. "And," he added, "my brother says they voted every body in town and brought some in from the out side." 1.272 Cases on Docket. On the trial docket, of the Hammond court, he said, are now 1.272 cases. If the judge works day and night he cannot try all the cases on the docket, while six a day is the av erage number being filed. He s'aowed the committee the court calendar. It was turned over to the printer five days before the term opened, he said, and in those five days fifty-five suits were filed. Over half as many cases are filed in Hammond as are filed in Marion county, which has five superior court judges, one criminal judge, one circuit judge and one probate judge. John A. Gavit, attorney, also spoke for Hammond, amplifying Knott's argument and declaring that Hammond has only a third fewer cases than Indianapolis. Hammond Has Churches. "Any churches In Hammond?" asked Representative Davis, of the committee. "Yes," said Knotts. "I was just thinking, from what I hear, that something was seeded to provide good men to try the bad." One of the senate stenographers was present taking notes. A suspicion lurked about that the tall senator senator from Lake county had her there to collect data to sustain his position In the Gary court fight before the senate next week. The Gary bill will be up for passage then and Senator Bowser favors it. Chairman Mitchell set Tuesday at 4 o'clock as the time for hearing T..B.

PUBLIC MEETING TO FEEL PULSE OF INDIANA VOTERS

Legislature Will Hold Open Session Wednesday Night To Discuss the Towns and Cities Code. HOPE TO ARRANGE SOME; SATISFACTORY BILL) Chairman Thornton Has Pre pared Synopsis of Probable Changes Likely to Be Made In the Law. Palladium Bureau Indianapolis. Jan. 23. Amendments to the cities and towns law will be taken up at a public meeting of the house committee ol cities and towns next Wednesday night and an effort will be made by the committee, which consists ol Thornton. Hay, Kleckner, Pierson, Shirley, Stephens. Faulknor, Schreeder and Elliott, to evolve from all ol the bills introduced on that subject a bill that will embody all the changes that ought to be made In the law. It is the Intention to make the bill so as to re-classify the cities and to relieve many of them of the burdens that are now imposed on them by the present law. Chairman Thornton has made a synopsis of the changes that are likely to be made in the law when the bill is drawn. This synopsis Includes that which is best of the changes that are proposed in all the bills thus far Introduced. They- are as follows: Synopsis of Changes. Terre Haute and South Bend go Into the second class, all the other cities remaining in their present classes. ? County treasurers In all cities of the fourth class shall also be city treasurers. In cities of the third, fourth and fifth classes the mayor shall act as city judge. The mayor, with the consent of the council, may appoint a justice of the peace as city judge. Mayors shall be required to give bond. When the office of mayor Is vacant in a city having no city controller the council shall fill the vacancy. Appeals to the circuit or superior court may be taken from orders of council removing officers from office. City clerk in city not having a controller shall perform the duties of that office. In cities not having a controller the treasurer shall have charge of the sinking fund. City clerk in cities of the fifth class shall not act as sinking fund commissioner. In cities of the fifth class the mayor may appoint assistants to the marshal. The salary of the mayor in a city of the third class is changed from a minimum of $2,000 and a maximum ol $2,500 to a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of $1,500. The salary of the mayor of a fourth class city is reduced from a minimum of $1,500 to $1,200. In cities of the fifth class the maximum salary of the mayor shall be $800. The salary cf the city clerk shall not exceed $1,200. New Job for the Board. The board of public works shall perform the duties of the department of safety. In cities of the third and fourth classes the council shall perform the duties of the board of public work unless by ordinance passed by twothirds vote of the council it shall establish such a board. In cities not having a controller statements shall be made to the clerk. In cities not having a controller the city clerk shall make the financial statements. Salaries of Controllers. Controllers in cities of tie third class shall receive salaries of from $1,000 to $1,500 instead of from $1,500 to !2,000. In cities of the fourth class the clerk stall act as ctmtroller. In cities of the third class co controller shall be appointed except by two-thirds vote of the council. In cities of the third class the salary of the board of public works is reduced from 1,230 to $1,5C0 to $600 to $1,000. In cities of the fourth clas3 the salary shall not be more than $S00 a year. iV The salary of the city engineer la " cities of the third class shall not be more than $1,200 a year. The salary of the city, attorney, In cities of the third class shall be from $1,000 to H.200. In cities of the fifth class the marshal shall be the humane officer. The county treasurer in cities of the fourth class that are county seats shall also be the city treasurer. . : In cities of the third class the salary., of the county auditor shall be $300 Instead of $4031 In cities of the

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