Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 114, 2 March 1909 — Page 1

V VOL. XXXIV. NO. 114.

RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1909. 81NGLE COPY, 2 CENTO.

FOULKE DEFENDS TRUEBLOOD FROM HIS PERSECUTORS He States That If Trueblood Was Compelled to Resign, The Society Would Suffer From the Effects.

CARDS OUTLINE LAWS Oil CHARITY OFFERED 8Y THE SCRIBES TO BOY COTTERS ALL OF THE BANKS IIOTJEARD FROM COUNCIL REFUSES MISTRESS OF WHITE HOUSE AND CHARLIE, THE CHEERFUL MEET EXPEHSE OF 17ERIILE 0RPIIM1S Commissioners to Prosecute All Violators. Delay in Reporting - on Fund Interest. -

HE DENOUNCES ACTION OF DUBLIN MEETING Recalls the Fact That the Friends Have Forgotten That They Were Formerly a Persecuted Sect.

William Dudley Foulke. in speaking to a representative of tbe Palladium, expressed himself very forcibly on the Criticism of Prof. William N. Trueblood. ; His remarks are all the more Interesting:, when it is remembered that he not only is descended from a long line of Quaker ancestors, fcut a few years ago, declined the presidency of Swarthmore college, one of the - strongholds of the Society of Friends In this country. He denounced the action of the DubJin Quarterly meeting as foreign to the fundamental - principles of the Friends, and after sketching a historical background for, his remarks, asserted that not only Wm. Penn, but Christ himself would have .been persecuted along the same lines of reasoning used by the adversaries of Wm. N. Trueblood. ; In speaking of the past history of the Quakers he brought out the point that Earlham and the Soci ety of Friends would lose their usefulness if the action of the Dublin Meeting was heeded. He said: - What .Trueblood Thought. "Now, Wm. N. Trueblood is a Quaker. No one can attack, his character or his sincerity in advocating his own convictions. . He thought It would be better here to Wayne county to have licensed saloons rather than blind ' tigers;, that there would be less danger to our youth to permit the sale of liquor under legal control than to have It sold surreptitiously in defiance of law and thereby - promoting the contempt for all . law as well as the increase of intoxication. . "Perhaps he was right in this, perhaps he was wrong, but his own con science had to be the guide of his action, and neither the Dublin Quarterly meeting nor any other human organizationhas the moral right to control his action nor to condemn him for the exercise of his plain right; least of all persecute him for exercising it." History Quaker Persecution. "If there is anything' for which the Society of Friends has stood more than for another, it is for liberty of conscience." said i Mr; Foulke. "The whole ; basis of Quaker belief is that each individual should "mind the light" as he sees it. Quakerism in the past has been ' essentially a protest against ecclesiastical "authority, and one of, the most precious treasures of the. Society of Friends has been the record of the persecutions to which its members have been subjected and to which they have offered no resistance. The blood of its martyrs has been to them in an especial way, the seed of the church, and Friends have claimed Trery Justly, in a historical point of view, that they have been one of the few religious bodies who have not persecuted others. The Roman pagans persecuted the early Christians, and consigned; them to wild beasts of the mpitheatre, the Catholics persecuted the Jews and other, heretics, tortured them In the Inquisition and " burned them at the stake. The established church' lb England persecuted dissenters and1 sent them to prison and the fcibbet. .Quakers Were Flogged. , r. "The Puritans, who ' themselves Sought religious liberty in New England, took the Quakers, flogged them at, the cart tall, bored their tongues rlth red hot Iron, sold them as slaves, cut oft their ears, imprisoned them and In some cases executed them. . Quakerism through all this, stood for conscience and for free opinion, and it has Do right to exist unless It still stands for the freedom of every man to "mind the light" as he sees it. Quaker Inconsistence. "The Puritan, who cut off the Quakers ears because he did not' believe what he ought, is not half as Inconsistent as the Quaker who proposes to cut off (the livlihood (much more valuable in many cases than ears are) of another Quaker who has not the same .opinion as he has in regard to securing temperance. Such Quakerism would probably have demanded the resignation of William. Penn -himself who, although he advocated a bill to prevent the sale of rum to the Indians did not try to prevent such sale to his own colonists. Nay, more; this sort of. intolerance .might well have demanded the resignation Of Christ, himself, when he turned the trater Into wine at Cana." A Manly Thing, to Do. "The fact Is-that temperance restrictions are matters of local propri-

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DRYS WORKING HARD Great Battle Being Waged by Shelby County Army ; of Temperance Workers. A MURDER AIDS THE CAUSE Shelby ville, Ind., March - 2. . Local optionists. here are trying to do everything within their power to carry the county for , the "drys." The Shelbyville Republican, the leading paper of the county, is out and out in its support of the optionists. A murder occurred here Saturday night and in' the pocket of the murderer was found a bottle partly full of whisky.' The murderer is said to have been crazed, with drink . The temperance advocates led a raid on an alleged blind tiger at Walkerville and scooped in the whole place. The proprietor was arrested. The raid was made as a warning to others of what may be expected. ' WITIIESS MISSING; CASE POSTPONED No . Hearing in Assault Battery Affair. and Charles Batsfield was arrested for assault and battery on Ralph Spaulding Saturday night, v He. was to have been tried in police court yesterday afternoon, but the prosecuting witness did not put in his appearance and the case was continued indefinitely. .The two had been rooming at , 23 North Sixth street and had - had , trouble. Saturday night Batsfield went into" Spauldlngs room "and struck him in the face. CQROIIER MAKES LEFFLEB VERDICT Finds Suicide Caused by Tem- - porary Insanity. Hamilton, Ohio, March 2.-The coroner--has returned . his verdict in the case of Samuel Leffler, a well known citisen of the; county and - father of Mrs. Burton Westcott of Richmond, finding he suicided as the outosas ft

CONRAD IS INVITED

Asked to Serve on Staff, Third Division of the Inaugural Parade. HAS NOT YET ACCEPTED. George Conrad, a well known colored man, and a clerk in the claim's department of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania R. R., has received an invitation to become a member of the staff of the third division in the inaugural parade. He has not as yet accepted it. He has received the following invitation from E. D. Williston, marshal of this division: "I have the honor as marshal of the Third Division in the inaugural parade to invite you to become a member of the staff. An early reply will be appreciated. " Yours very truly, "E. D. WILLISTON." GO TO TO SEE I Few Richmond People to Wit ness Ceremony. - Among, those from this city who wm witness tne inaugural - ceremon ies at Washington . will be Russell Gaar and George Bayer and P. J. Free man ana rami ly. several others ex pressed their ' intention to leave for the nation's capital today. TURIi II! DOG FUNDS Township Assessors Have Already Begun This Work In Their Canvass. MUCH EXCESS IS REPORTED . The township trustees have begun to turn in the excess of the dog funds or report the deficits to the county au ditor. Wayne township has the larg est excess, $1,2-43.?). Jackson township's excess was $181. The amount of claims for damage done by dogs is deducted from the fund by. the trustee and all over is turned in. The trustee Is entitled to retain $10O as a nucleus. .In a. few townships dogs' destroyed more sheep, poultry and other personal possessions the value at which was In excess of tbe amount

Card bearing the section of the state law applying to heavy hauling on roads are being placed about the county at J.he direction of the commissioners. "Violators will be promptly punished," state the cards in bold type. The commissioners say the warning means just what it says. There has been considerable complaint against heavy hauling and the cutting up of the roads, and the commissioners are trying to put a stop to the practice.

DECORATIONS ARE ALMOST RUINED BY A HEAVYJWIIPOliB Six Hundred Trains Are Running Into Washington Daily Bringing in Thousands of Visitors. EVERYBODY PRAYING TO THE WEATHER MAN But He Refuses to Announce What He Will Hand Out on Inaugural Day The Parade Plans Complete. : Washington, March 2. Rain continues today, and Washington presents a bedraggled appearance, flags and bunting hanging limp and lifeless. Six hundred trains . daily are bringing thousands of visitors, the numbers increasing as inauguration day grows nigh. Everybody is praying for fair weather, but the weather bureau withholds a prediction because of the uncertainty of condition. .Drizzle and unseasonably high temperature prevails at noqn. Wives in Parade. The inaugural parade on Thursday will have one feature unknown to previous pageants in the nation's history. This will be the participation of the wives of the two leading figures, the president and vice president. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Sherman will join their husbands when they leave the capitol after the inauguration ceremonies and will proceed with them to the White House. .This change of program was decided upon by the committee of arrangements, and following is the official announcement, made by Chairman Senator Knox. "After the inaugural ceremonies are finished, the president and Mrs. Taft, escorted by the joint committee on arrangements, will return to the White House in the carriage in which the president rode to the capitol, and the vice president and Mrs. Sherman will immediately follow them in the carriage used by the vice president. "This change is made and Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Sherman have consented to it in response to the urgent request of the committee to have them accompany their respective husbands from the time the official program is completed at the capitol." Arrangement of Carriages. . The arrangement of carriages from the white house to the capitol will be: No. 1, the president, the president elect,' Senator Knox and 'Senator Lodge; 2, the vice president, Senator Bacon and Representative Burke; 3, vice .president - elect, president pro tempore. Representative - Young and Representative Gaines,' Tennessee. The arrangement of carriages from the capitol to tbe white house will be: ' ".; .' . No. 1, Senator Knox and Senator Lodge; 2, Senator Bacon and Representative Burke;" 3, Representative Young and Representative Gaines (Tennessee), 4, the President and Mrs. Taft; 5 the vice president and Mrs. Sherman. Ail Ready for Great Event. Practically every detail of the preparations for the great holiday of the nation have , been completed. The decorations are almost finished . and the police have received full Instructions as to the hsndling of the great crowds which already have begun to pour into the city. , Extra efforts have been -put forth during the last two days to complete the outdoor decorations. Work on the great court of honor, in front of the white house, which is the most beautiful feature of the Inauguration, received its finishing touches last evening, and this focal' point of national function produces a color and decorative scheme which eclipses all previous efforts In that direction. The grand stands along the line of the parade are practically completed: the president's reviewing stand and the stand at the capitol on which Mr. Taft will take the oath are in readfaess and by tonight the decoration of the interior court of the pension office for the inaugural ball will be finished. "The city will then have a day of rest " tutors- .th atreajDns dax

At the Banquet of Newspaper Men Last Evening, Startling Phase of Situation Brought to Light.

'POSSUM CLUB GIVEN BIRTH AT THE FEAST J. B. Gordon Thought Affair a Masquerade and Came Disguised as "Wayne County On Temperance tlap." When Chairman Raymond Swing, brilliantly adorned in his Sunday suit, strolled into the festive feed room of the Westcott hotel last evening, prepared to preside at the banquet of the local newspaper writers, he was astonished to find none of his fellow workers present. But he knew that the call of the "soup nuts' would be irresistible to the scribes so he sat down at the head of the table to await their coming. To pass away the time he whittled almonds, which nestled In a cute little basket, opposite the olive collection. Shortly his eyes opened wide with astonishment. A Palladium reporter strolled in minus his shoes. He was followed, by a collection of news gatherers, each separated from some piece of ordinary wearing apparel one without a vest; another without a coat; a third without a collar, and so on down the line. The Chair Gets Peeved. When the last of this peculiar assortment of human beings had been seated, Chairman Swing, an angry flush on his face, arose and inquired angrily: "Gentlemen, if you can be so classified, what does this mean? This affair was supposed to be a swell feed. By ..your, attire you .evidently labored unaer tne impression that, it' was a bean grab. Somebody come across with, an explanation or 111 have the house pinched, After this stinging rebuke Ed Warfel arose, minus his coat, and offered the following explanation. "Mr. Chair man, we all realized that this affair was to be perfectly swell and all that, and. the outfits we appear in are not worn for the purpose of mockery. We appear In these abbreviated costumes from sheer necessity. "How's that," roared the chair. Charity for Boycotters. "All of us," continued Warfel, ignor ing the interruption, "have country relatives. Since the establishment of the rural boycott against the mer chants of Richmond, they have been unable to secure enough clothing to keep the cold out of their marrows. Out of pity we have all parted with sections, also cross-sections, or our limited supplies of wearing apparel and have shipped said sections and crosssections to our suffering rural kinfolk." .After hearing this touching recital and explanation, the Chair, tears streaming down his face, remarked, 'Charity covereth a multitude of sins.' , Birth of Possum Club. While the newspaper writers were busily engaged in the organization of the 'Possum Club, waiters bore to the groaning table course after court, f rest from the skillet operated by Landlord Gay. The Charter members of the club are: Raymond Swing. J. B. Gordon, Kenneth Craig, and Ed Warfel of the Item; Roy Compton. Charles Morgan, Carl Bernhardt, Wlllard Jessup and W. R: Poundstone of the Palladium; Charles Neal of the News, and Demas Coe, Richmond correspondent for the Indianapolis News and Cincinnati Enquirer. By a unanimous vote Mr. Coe, the dean of the corps, was chosen president of the new organiza tion and Raymond Swing was elected secretary-treasurer. The ' latter title was tacked on just for a joke. Two former well known and respected newspaper men, Isaac Jenklnson and Daniel Surface, were elected honorary members, as were also Miss Elizabeth R. Thomas and Miss Jessie Landwer, society editors respectively of the Pal-, ladium and Item. . v . .. Like Map of County. Mr. Gordon was late In arriving at the feast. , When he did appear bis makeup created a sensation. He was clothed entirely in black, even wearing a black mask and gloves. t An uproar ensued. After quiet was restored President Coe demanded ' icily: "Mr. Gordon what means this disguise? "I ask your pardon, gentlemen, hut I thought this was to be a masquerade and I came disguised as "Wayne County on the Temperance Map. . i ? At the close of the feast there was a great pounding on the doors-of - the festive hall then a crash, followed by the dramatic entrance of a dab member disguised as a - prominent Cambridge City attorney. He was hotly pursued by two other club members, impersonating the town marshal : of Cambridge City and a well kaowa and combative Cambridge City divine. The marshal was armed with a tin star and a mace. ' The minister had - two

All of the banks have not notified

the county officials of the interest to be. paid on the deposit's, of. county funds for the past month. The interest will be considerably less than usual. The month' was short snd the funds were not nearly so full as they will be for the next three months. UtIFAIRUESS WAS CHARGED BY THE FRIENDS OF BILL Republicans Withered Under The Attack off the Democrats, and the Tomlinson Measure Not Called. BOTH FACTIONS ARE SPARRING FOR TIME Friends off Sunday . Baseball Win Two Distinct Victories Today, One in the House One in the Senate. . Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis March 2. Senator THden, democrat,- arid - an anti-repealer, today moved to suspend the rules and place the Tomlinson hill n its passage. Kistler denounced the motion as an attempt to take advan tage of the situation because Yarllng, a democrat repealer, was absent on ac count of the Illness of a brother. He said the motion and, tactics were un fair. Kllng said Klstlers plea was silly. ' ' Then sharp V repartee- passed between Kling and Kistler. Several democrats accsed the republicans of democrats accused the republicans of to await until Yarling returned. Each side realized it needed every vote it can get. Finally, withering under the accusations of unfairness and insincer ity, the anti-repealers agreed that the Tomlinson bill be made a special order of business at three o'clock this after noon. Yarllng was expected back by that time. " , Have 8harp Tilt. In the Tomlinson bill fight Proctor in a speech denounced the county option law and said it was the most drastic liquor legislation ever enacted. , "Don't you know what the people are thinking of this law?" asked Haw kins of Portland. "I know what they were thinking about it when you ran for congress," Proctor answered and the crowd laughed. ' Failed to Pass. Wells' telephone bill, to allow tele phone companies to buy, own, control and operate competing companies failed to pass the house by a vote of 50 to 39. The bill lacking one vote to pass it. . Ball Bill Passes. The second Sunday base ball bill passed the house 56 to 39. Several members who voted against tbe bill the first time changed because they said the present bill permits only base ball and no other forms of gambling. Friends of Sunday base ball won a big point when they succeeded in having the bill In the senate re ferred to the committee on rights and privileges, while the opponents want ed it given to the committee on crim inal judiciary. '. " Reports Are Made. Immediately after the base ball bill was referred to .the committee In the senate, divided reports were signed, The majority was for the passage and waa signed by Cox, Kane, Long and Royse. Minority was for an indefi nite postponement snd signed by Klrkman, Hawkins and ' McCarthy. The committee then decided to hold a meeting at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The bill may come down for passage today or tomorrow. REV. CLARK ASSISTS. aSSBB Rev. Clark of Louisville. Ky 'win assist Rev. Robert Dunaway, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church in special 'services to be held daring; the week: Rev. . Clark will preach each evening. : ' . J.- : CHARGES ABANDONMENT In his desire to secure a divorce from Edna Townsend, James 8. Townsend has entered suit in the Wayne circuit court. It is alleged the defendant abandoned the plaintiff - in June, 1904.-. -. . THE WEATHER PilCPIIET. INDIANA Fair and Wed

dity Fathers Will Not Pay Half

Bill for Treating Children Who Were Cared for at the Hospital. HOME OFFICIALS ARE WROTH AT TRUSTEES Stated That Wernle Board Asked for Bill Time After Time, But Hospital Board Ignored Request: That the Wernle Orphan's home board feels as though the board of trustees of Reid Memorial hospital has acted In a very unbusiness Ilk and somewhat Insulting manner to ward them could be interred last ev ening by remarks made by Council man Von Pein and Mayor Schlllinger. They stated that the Wernle Orphan's home board has told them they were willing to pay the full amount of the hospital bill for the treatment of the children, ill with typhoid fever last summer and fall, and that they had requested the trustees of the hospital to send them ' a . bill time ( and time again. However the trustees seem to have Ignored them and in a desire to show the responsibility council presented a communication containing provisions for payment to this body. This mmmnnlnHan ' nmsnM two weeks ago and waa taken up last evening for final action. It seems al most Improbable that It will ever be considered again by council as It was laid on tbe table indefinitely after Councilman Bartel - tried to have a motion passed which would provide for paying half the bin. ; -. Bartel to the Rescue. As the communication - from : the, trustees of the aocltal wan - sptt lengthy. It was requested that It be read again last evening. After Its reading Councilman Bartel sprang to -his feet and moved that the city stand) half the expense of caring for the Wernle Orphan's Home patients at the hospital. . The motion was seconded by Councilman .Williams. It wss amended by Councilman Leftwlch, who asked that It be laid on tun Mura. - ucun v iuiu( lufi foia which resulted In Left wick's amend" ment being passed, thus laying the matter on the table, several councilmen and the city attorney took occasion to express themselves relative to the communication. Charge Net Just One. City. Attorney Study declared that many of the Inmates of Wernle's Orphan's home were . from , out of the state and It was not just to charge the city for their care at the "hospital any more than It was for the city to pay , the expense of Inmates at the hospital from other cities. Sarcastically he mentioned the fact that It seemed very unbusiness like for the trustees to ask the city to pay half the cost of caring for these orphans. Councilman Von Pein stated that tne communication sounded well on the surface but that it appeared very unbusiness like to him. He declared tbe Wernle board bad asked for tbe bill severs! times but that the trustees had never heeded their request. Thought Bill Peculiar. McMaban ' then stated that as the hospital was more or less private he thought it rather peculiar the trustees should ask the city to pay but half the bill. He declared that It was approximately f 2,000. Williams referred to the meeting of the council and the hospital trustees at the Commercial club rooms last fall, at which time an agreement had been reached whereby the, city, would agree to pay half the expense of the Institution. He expressed it as "rather : yellow In the councllmen to "lay down on this agreement- Several - sprang to their feet and declared that the sum ment . betwn mtiiu-il . mnA tUm - tees was for the city to pay half of the expense. If. after eoosJderatfcm. the council felt justified la doing aov The MayCX ttatsmsnt. Mayor SchllHnger stated that as physician for tbe orphans during their illness he was acquainted ith the facts. . He stated that Her; Hsteer. a member of the hoard, had asked tZr. Rune, the president, several times tar the bill. He stated that the Wertla7 board wanted to nay the fed sai R felt it had beesi treated la a very gk courteous manner by the trustees fct their continual refusal to giro statement. V Ef.USTSI.'J KAVY, Marion K. Kennedy of CoSess Cop-' ner enlisted fa the - smvy rt3rxy uurcuag wroasa mi imi mi I J I. i fleer Postmaster J. A. CyCatzim. was sent to IaCryofii br rr careful examination; g.--ir C"i ennier states war.; J Ew.CT-a tn rather novel ones.1 t'.fptj W rrrT Kkes them as his action wfcea a 't

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