Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 84, 31 January 1909 — Page 1

RI(CHMOKI) P AIXABIUM VOL. XXXIV. NO. 84. RICHMOND, INDM SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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COLD WAVE DROPS Oil NEW ENGLAND FOR BRIEF VISIT

Worst Cold Wave of the Winter Now Holds the Country In Its Grasp, Even the Sunny Southland. . SOUTHERN FRUIT CROP HAS BEEN THREATENED Paging Blizzard Jumps From The Far Northwest to Atlantic Coast State Within One Day's Time. MANY VICTIMS ARE CLAIMED DEATH ROLL IN CHICAGO, THE HEART OF THE-ICY TEMPEST, NUMBERS THREE AND MANY HAVE BEEN INJURED. Chicago, Jan. 30. The great storm with its snow and cold which swept Chicago Friday, night and all today is now venting its force all over the New England Btates.and along the entire Northern Atlantic coast. The unusually cold snap has extended south and has the north of Florida in its grasp end the fruit yield of that section is In danger. Three persons are dead and dozens are injured and many more are overcome In the worst combination of blizzard and cold wave which has had Chicago in its power this winter. Thousands of people in Chicago suffered Intensely from exposure, lack of fuel and food. Many others were

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. a ... ' . . Mi I blaze at the Eleanor club a number of girls were rescued and others were compelled to flee into-the street by a blaze on the third floor. Another fire at 230-242 West Taylor street in the plant of the Gruadiano Paper Stock company, early this evening drove many families into the street in the bitter cold. Police Help Pedestrians. The terrific gale which swept over the city in the night and the early morning hours caused ereat danger r and much suffering in loop district, the crossing policemen suffered the most. Details of patrolmen were sent out from Central station to care for women who battled against the high wind in trying to reach their work. Women were helpless at the street corners where there were high buildings. Trains due in Chicago from all parts of the country even including the south are from one hour to thirty hours behind time. Reports from the west show, that the condition is even worse than in this vicinity. All trains are delayed and the telegraph companies are seriously crippled. King Winter's Victims. The dead are Moritz Beyer, 76 years Old, of 1136 Nelson street. He shoveled snow in the front of his horns until he was overcome by the cold. He was taken into his house and was attended by a physician but died from exposure. Kalman Landau, a member of the wholesale jewelry firm of K. Landau & Co., was run down and killed by the Chicago and Burlington train at Monmouth. III., while temporarily blinded by the snow storm, Patrick Higglns, 33 years old. of 150 Troy street, dropped dead while he was waiting for a car at Kedzie avenue and Twelfth street The police attributed his death to heart disease aggravated by cold. Frank J. Bowers living at 642 West Sixty-second street wandered away from his wife whom he accompanied to the Englewood passenger station early today. Bow ers had $1,000 with him. He was be numbed by the cold and left the station without his wife's knowledge. The Englewood police were notified. WOODRUFF CALLS T Wants Information on Direct Primaries.

PRESIDES

Washington, Jan. 30. Timothy L. Woodruff of New Yorkarrived here this morning from Augusta, Ga., and called on the President. He admitted that he is doing some hard thinking regarding direct primaries. "I want to know something of this subject on my pwn account said the New York republican leader. I do not care to be put 8p the primary list just because I amot aeceptln.tr this primary propoalji without looking: Into UfDjcaair, , fco""v7;..,-v,;4. r4si -

RECOGNIZE SULTAN

United States Takes This Ac tion With Morocco Ruler For. First Time. WARSHIPS GIVE SALUTE Tangier, Jan. 30, The United States first official regnition of Mulal Hafid, the new Sultan of Morroco, came today when the American battleships Nebraska and Georgia came into port this morning on their way to join the rest of Admiral Sperry's fleet in the west ern Mediterranean to make ready for the cruise for Hampton Roads. As the big warships steamed majestically in to the harbor they simultaneously saluted the flag of the new ruler apd exchanged salutes with the shore batteries and with the Spanish warships anchored there. ARTIST LEAVITT SHOWS HIMSELF A THOROUGH CAD Gives Out to Press Letters Written by His Wife, the Daughter of Democratic Leader, W. J. Bryan. HE SHOWS HIS SPLEEN OVER DIVORCE SUIT Letters, of Recent Date, Show Mrs. Leavitt Regretted the Publicity Given Their Domestic Affairs. --- - Paris, Jan. 30. The divorce suit brought by Ruth Bryan Leavitt based on grounds of desertion and non-sup port, and while the artist-husband she is suing refuses to discuss the case in detail, he has submitted the following letters from Mrs. Leavitt as a remarkable series of documents in the case. The first of the interesting series which, all told, makes a trunk full in Leavitt's studio here is address ed to her husband from Lincoln, Neb., on July 19, 1908. It reads: "Dear Peter: It is strange that you offer in one letter to do anything I wish and in the next lay down a line of duty for me to follow. I have to do what I think best to do and there are others concerned. Mother needs me very much and I am glad to be able to help her for she has three very hard months before her. Going to Help Mother. "I'm going to remain here to help her with her mail. For the time being its my highest duty to take all the care I can off her shoulders. I've had some new photos made and I will send you one .when they are finished Sorry you were annoyed by that news paper investigation of our affairs out here. Nothing will start from this end I can assure you and if you carry out your summer plans as arranged no one can comment, for they are perfectly acceptable." Writes from Egypt. In another letter dater from Cairo in January of last year Mrs. Bryan Leavitt writes her husband: "My Dear Peter: At last in Egypt, to find your letters awaiting me at the bank I want to thank you for looking at the convention delegateship as you did. I haven't heard if I have been appointed except in the papers, but anything for father's interests is what both you and I would do. But for the next few months I think you can help yourself and others by making the most of your work. My advice is to peg away make good, do your picture and will do all in the way of quiet influ ence to help father. As you say, what is my happiness is yours, and I ans wer that my desire is to do what is best for you and me and for papa's chances Ruth." Won't Nominate Papa. Another letter to "Dear Peter,' from Mrs. Leavitt at Cairo, dated Jan SO reads: "It is very painful to me that the papers have so much to say about us. I will not nominate father for the presidency, I will not make a speech in the convention and probably all this talking in the press means that I will not even be a delegate, little more worry of this sort and will be back where I was last spring. But I shall not endanger my health again by accepting other than the easiest course with mother and a good nurse for the babies, and I shall not, nor should you expect me to shorten the year of rest, you promised me. THE WEATHER PROPHET

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TIDE NOW TURNING AND FARMING LIFE IS MORE POPULAR

Change of Population Between The City and the Country Is Now Just About a Stand off. ALL CONVENIENCES AT THE COUNTRY HOME Agriculturist Has Also Overa A. - A" come tne i ransporiauon Problem by Making Use of The Automobile. The old cry that the farm is an .un desirable residence place has passed, according to the testimony of the progressive farmers of "Wayne county. They are proud of their country homes and say that they do not desire to move to the city. "Modern!" exclaimed a farmer yesterday on the streets of Richmond, "What do wou call our telephones, free mall delivery, the furnaces under our houses and our automobiles, but modern improvements? Yes and we have baths too, don't forget that. In the summer we plow our corn riding under awnings. The farm is the residence place of the twentieth century just as the city was the preferred dwelling place during the nineteenth. We have the modern conveniences, as you call them and we have a great many conveniences that are as old as creation which the city no longer has. I drove to the city todav facing this blizzard, out l cua not gei coia. i nave a swim front and a stove in my buggy. Farmers Felt no Panic. "Wrhat was the effect of the recent panic upon the farmers?" the report er asked. Well it increased our population some," ne said, "lor, as i rememDe? n there was quite a number of" people who wanted to get from the city back to their farms before they went broke And the rest of us who had stayed in the country were thankful that our loans were for a period of years and were backed by mortgages. We knew that there was plenty of time for the panic to blow over before we had to pay." "No sir," added the farmer, who by the way is a Corn school en thusiast, "the farmer is the last man shaken by a panic." A local man who does an extensive real estate business in farms is of the opinion that the movement of popula tion between the farm and the city is a stand-off at present. The movement in December, 1907 was largely to the farm on account of the panic. In the five years preious the movement had been to the cities and towns. The fact that the ratio is about even at present shows a reaction from former years in favor of the farm. This re action he believes to be due to two causes. Explains the Movement. "First," be said in discussing the situation, "the movement to the farm was given a great impetus by the panic. Real estate business in the city fell off at once. But the farm realty business actually increased as the panic swept the city. Many farmers, and men in the city too, for that matter, began at once to look for place to invest the money which they had lying in the bank. They all want ed farms. For the first three months I could not supply the demand. The real estate business in farms has been on the increase all year. In Decern ber and so far in January I have done a record-breaking business in farms. Since September many people have been buying farms with the Intention of moving to them March 1. It is a real exodus, and I believe it will be permanent too. The farm has become a most desirable place to live." Agent Swisher of the traction lines says that a good part of the interurban business is farmer trade. The farmer realizes the value of the interurban and patronizes it. He says that the road gives a special rate to school children under eighteen years of age. Many take advantage of this rate in order to get the advantage of city high school instruction. Farmer Likes Automobile. But of all the ways in which the farmer" has surprised the world In the last few years the way In which he has taken to the automobile beats the record. Automobile manufactur ers say that they cannot supply the demand of the farmers for automobiles. The reason is obvious, they say. The farmer's greatest problem has always been transportation. The auto has solved the problem, eliminat ing the time element in the process. The farmer living five miles out from Richmond can come Into the city in twenty minutes or to put it in another way. In less time than it takes the shop employe living on Twentieth street to walk to his work in the North End. Harvey L. Ashley, manager of the Westcott Carriage company says that the farmers of Wayne and surround Ing counties have broken all records in the purchase of automobiles. "We

PREMIUMS FOR THE CORN SHOW Premiums will be offered as follows: For best 10 ears of yellow coru $3.00 For second best 10 ears of yellow corn 2.00 For third best 10 ears of yellow corn 1.50 For fourth best lO ears of yellow corn 1.00 For fifth best lO ears of yellow corn 1.00 For sixth to tenth best 10 ears of yellow corn (Inclusive) each ". .. GO For eleventh best ten ears of yellow corn. Ribbon of merit. For twelfth best ten ears of yellow corn. Honorable mention. Premiums for white corn same as above. For best single ear, any variety $2.00 For second best single ear, any variety 1.00 For third best single ear, any variety 50 A Gold Medal will be offered by Oscar E. Fulghum to the Wayne county farmer who exhibits the 10 ears of corn and scores the highest. All entries must be made not later than Tuesday, February 2, at 4 p. m. All entries may be reclaimed by exhibitor at the close of the Short Course. Everybody will be admitted free to the Corn Show except during the lecture periods.

FOR THE SAKE OF AULO LANG SYNE THE EACLES MEET Beautiful Tribute to Their Dead Brethren Arranged by Local Aerie' of Order for This Date. OTHER DAYS WILL BE RECALLED BY MEMBERS Principal Speaker of the Afternoon Will Be Frank A. Hering of South Bend Complete Program. The annual memorial services of the Wayne Aerie of Eagles, No. 666 will be held this afternoon at the lodge room hall, at 2 o'clock. A very attractive program has been arranged for the affair and it is expected that every member will be in attendance. It is the belief of the members that the program this year is the best ever prepared for a similar event. The principal speaker of the afternoon will be Frank A. Hering of St. Bend, who is a well known Eagle of that city, also a member of the order of Elks. This latter order has received invitations to attend the meeting in the body out of courtesy to Mr. Hering. Has Big Membership. feince the institution of the order. several years ago, it has grown stead ily and includes more than 400 per sons in its membership. The Aerie has been very fortunate and but n few have died. The list of departed which will be called for the first time today are is follows: John F. O'Connell who died October li, 1908; Charles F. Karl, who died November 26, 1908; Joe Miller, who died December 28. 190S, and Frank Selm who died Decem ber 2S, 1908. Prior to 1908 the list in eludes Frank Besselman, Joseph Englebert, George F. Franks, J. L. Whar ton, William Roser, William Hufford and Henry Overman. Besides the pro gram for this afternoon's exercises the. program leaflet contains the names of the past worthy presidents. the officers for the year, the list of trustees, the Aerie physician and the committees. The official order of ex ercises for this afternoon is as follows: Program for Today. Selection Meditation Morrison Eagles' Orchestra. Solo "The Lord Is My Helper" .. Carrie B. Adams Miss Karolyn Karl Opening Ceremony Worthy Pres. Franklin Moore Prayer Worthy Chaplain, G. W. Cook Ceremonies Continued Officers and Aerie Eulogy Clarence W. Dearth, Past Worthy Pres. Muncie. Aerie. Music "Old Church Organ"....... Orchestra Address Frank E. Hering. South Bend. Grand Worthy Vice-President Solo "My God and Father While I Stray" ........ G. W. Marston Miss Karolyn Karl Closing Exercises Officers and Mem bers. Hymn "Nearer My" God to Thee". . Orchestra and Audience

ROOSEVELT MAY BE INTERESTED III RUSSIAN CASE

Attorneys for Refugee Czar's Government Is Seeking to Extradite Call Upon the President. STATE DEPARTMENT IS TO INVESTIGATE IT Russian Agents State Con gressman Interested in the Case Liable to a Sentence In State Prison. New York, Jan. President Roose velt, it was reported this afternoon. has been enlisted in the fight which is being waged to prevent the extradition of Jan Pouren, the Russian revolutionist. The announcement was made by attorneys for Pouren at the hearing before U. S. Commissioner Hitchcock of the Russian government's application for a re-opening of the case in order to give them an opportunity to submit new evidence. Herbert Sees President. "Congressman Herbert Parsons saw the President about the case," said Lawyer Pollack, "in requesting an adjournment, and he decided to take up the case. The President said he would hold a conference with Secretary Bacon of the State Department and we would like an adjournment until we learn the result of that conference." Lawyer Murray, of Coudert Brothers, representing the Russian government, asked what connection Lawyer Pollack had with the case. The lawyer's statement was that if the con gressman was acting I? Pouren's conEel he was guilty of state's prison of fense. This was responsible for a wordy war. Murray wanted that part of the letter referring to the President included in the evidence. The request angered Lawyer Pollock, representing Pouren, who says: 'We have as much right to go the State Department as the Russian gov ernment has. We go about it openly ind do not try to deceive the State Department as the Russian government is doing." The letter was finally excluded from the records. The commissioners ordered an adjournment until next Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. MAGOON REACHES ' KNIGHTS KEY, FLA. He Arrives on the Battleship Maine. Washington, Jan. 30. The battleship Maine, having on board Governor Magoon and party has arrived at Knights Key, Florida. Governor Magoon is ex pected to arrive here early tomorrow morning. SCOUT CRUISER BREAKS RECORD The Salem Makes Very Fast Trip. Washington, Jan. 30. The cruiser Birmingham arrived at Mobile today. She came from New York via Havana and established a record for the voyage covering the 1,808 knots in 70 hours.

An Exclusive Feature In announcing that it has arranged with T. A. Coleman, president of the Indiana Corn Growers" Association for a series of articles on Corn, the Palladium feels that it Is to be congratulated for having been able to accomplish this for its subscribers among the farmers of Wayne county. The fir3t of Mr. Coleman's articles begins in. this Issue of the Palladium, and others will follow every Sunday for an indefinite period. Mr. Coleman needa no introduction from the Palladium to its subscribers who are Interested In corn raising. Many know him personally and the others know him by reputation through his connection with and good work for the Indiana Corn Growers Association. It might be interesting to note here and now the possibilities for increased wealth for Wayne county's farmers who follow Mr. Coleman's suggestions. For Instance, in 1907 the situation of corn in Wayne county was as follows: Number of acres cultivated In corn, 56,129; average yield per acre, 4L99 bushels; total number of bushels of corn, 2,357,301; estimated value of crop at the low price of forty cents per bushel, $942,920.40. If by following the advice given in Mr. Coleman's first article on seed selection, Wayne county farmers could brine their average yield per acre up to that of Union county, 50.12 busels, it- would mean at the same low rate of forty cents per bushel, just $224,516 more in their pockets each year. m Mr. Coleman lives in Rush county and It Is Interesting to note that the average yield of corn per acre in that county is 49.27 bushels. Wayne county, can do equally well if not better and it is for the purpose of helping to bring this about that the Palladium Is devoting time and money to securing articles on corn from such recognized experts as Mr Coleman.

LOVE SELLSMS SEAT

Who Purchased Seat and Price Paid for It Has Not Been Announced. SAID HE MADE "KILLING " New York. Jan. . Announcement was made on the New York stock exchange today that Sydney C. Love, the board member of Sydney C. Love iV Company of New York had sold his seat on the exchange. The seat was posted for transfer but the buyer or the price obtained was not made public. Sydney C. Love retired from the stock brokerage business this week with the nest egg of $2.OO0.00O, according to one report. The affairs of the company in New York was placed in the hands of Lawyer and Block for settlement . A second had it that Love retired to prevent further losses and that his firm's assets were just about enough to meet liabilities. REPUBLIC'S CREW SAILER AWAY Oil STEAMER BALTIC Gallant Jack Binns, the Wire less Hero, Was a Passenger And He Is Looking for Another Position. "NOT A TIN HORN" HE STATED BEFORE GOING Turned Down Several Stage Offers and Says When He Reaches London He Will Ship Again. New York Jan. 30. The White Star liner Baltic sailed today with 291 of the officers and crew of the Republic, four of the rescued passengers and the wrecked liner and Jack Binns the Marconi operator. Binns said he was going to the wireless company's headquarters in London to get a new post after having refused all contracts offered him here. "I didn't want to be any tin." said Binns. "No making a show of myself on the stage. I didn't care how much money there was in it and anyway the money wouldn't have lasted very long I guess. If I get another job on anoth er steamer that Is all I care for." The members of the crew greeted Captain Sealby with cheers when he arrived. There was also a delegation from the Seamen's Home, which cheered as the Baltic passed out. t - SHIP III BISTRESS Steamer Reports Scotland Light Ship Carries Signals for Assistance. New York, Jan. CO. Captain Chiechester. of the Clyde liner Arapahoe, from Jacksonville bound for New York, reported by wireless today that the Scotland lightship was flying dis tress signals and wanted assistance immediately. A four masted cruiser had collided with the lightship. The revenue cutter Mohawk lying off Tomklnsville wu notified. She weighed anchor Immediately and proceeded to the lightship.

LEGISLATION Oil LIQUOR WILL HOT ' BE DEALT WITH

An Assured Fact That the Present Legislature Will Decide to Leave "Live Wire"' Much Alone. DEMOCRATS SEE GOOD FOR PARTY IN POLICY Think Such Procedure Will Show People That the Party Has Broken Loose From the . Brewery Control REBELS ARE RESPONSIBLE THEIR DEMAND THAT COUNTY UNIT BE PRESERVED. WHICH PROBABLY MEANS DROP IN ALL BREWERY STOCK. Palladium Bureau. Indianapolis, Jan. 30. That there will not be any liquor , legislation of any kind at this session of the legislature seems to be the accepted fact and on all sides, except among the liquor people, there is a feeling of relief at this situation. A. large number of democrats express the opinion that this cession of tfc ' legislature will be the making of their party, because the failure to enaci any loose laws on the liquor question will mean that the democratic party has broken away from brewery control and proposes to paddle its own canos in the future. That the democratic party has been ' dominated in the past by the brewers everybody knows. It has been notor-' Ilous. It was not because the party itself wished it to be so. but It -was simply because the brewers took: charge and kept themselves in eon ' trol of the party machinery. But It begins to look like the brewers lost their hold last fall, because they fall ed to elect a sufficient number of their men to the legislature to insure ths repeal of the present county local option law. This was their hope and it failed. Brewers Have Majority. It is true that the brewers have a majority of the democrats in the' legislature on their side of the question, but there are enough of them on tho other side. to defeat any attempt they may make. to. loosen; up' the, saloon. laws. Therefore, the brewers are an against the real thing for' once and unless they are mighty careful there will be an awful slump In the value of brewery stock in this' state inside of the next two years. .With counties In all parts of the state, voting themselves dry and saloons be I He; put out of business right and left-there will soon be a very, narrow market for beer In ... - inaiana. . ' - That' there will be no legislation on the liquor question at this session, was' made more evident today when ths' temperance democrats of the honso made known their position. They an nounced, that they would not support any bill unless it added township and ward local option the county option law as a separate section without in any manner affecting, the 'county option feature of the law. The bill must also declare In plain ' words that It does not repeal or affect the Moor remonstrance law or the - Nicholson ' law. It must also provide, they say, that hereafter no local option election " shall be held in other than wet territory. Would Never Agree. Everybody knows that the brewer crowd would never agree to such s bill in a thousand years . It would make the present law stronger than ever and that is not what the brewers want Xow if the temperance) people will , not accept any other change in the present law and the liberals will not accept what the temperance crowd's provisions, how In thst name of common sense are they going to do anything at all? That's Just ths( situation. They will not do a thins; unless one side or the other gives in. It Is said that Senator McCullouga will introduce the real liquor bill In the senate on Monday the one that Is to be regarded as official. It would repeal the county option law first of all. The rest of the bill will be patterned after the Massachusetts law. It win provide for a license of f 1.299 a year. $200 of which shall go to the municipality Issuing the license and the rest to the school fund. The number of saloons is to be restricted to one for each 1.000 population and severe penalties are added for violations of the law. The saloon man must give a surety company bond and not a personal bond, thus shutting out the possibility of a brewery going on the bond of a saloon keeper. The saloons are to be located in the business district of a city and the common council shall designate the business district. - But there are said to be five democratic senators who will oppose the repeal of the county option

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