Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 143, 1 April 1909 — Page 1

fflCHMOffl ; B AIX AT HTM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOIi. XXXIV. NO. 143. RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS,

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TEMPERAUCE WAS WIHIIER III HENRY BY BIGJAJOBITY Dver Twenty-five Hundred Majority Was Rolled Up, Every Precinct But One Going to the Drys.

ELECTION WAS CLEAN AND WITHOUT TROUBLE Despite Campaign Instruction Many Voters Voted the Wrong Way Delaware Petitions Are In. YESTERDAY'S "DRY" MAJORITY. Henry county (no saloons) .. .2,586 OPTION CLEANUP IN MARCH. County Maj. Sal'ns Sullivan, March 3.... 1,841 0 Jay, March 3 .2,099 21 Marshall, March 4 1,164 13 Whitley, March 5. 1,150 13 Hancock, March 5 1,302 12 Shelby, March 6 745 17 Miami, March 16 1,066 43 Montgomery, Mar. 23 .2,803 21 Benton, March 23 886 5 Greene, March 23 2,647 29 Ohio, March 24 28 4 Elkhart, March 25 879 43 Orange, March 25..,.. 745 0 Bartholomew, Mar. 30. 783 19 Jennings, March 30... 520 13 Vermillion, March 30.. 280 43 Henry,. March 31 0 Saloons ousted in month 276 Total ousted in 42 counties by option ... ... . .682 ELECTIONS NOW SCHEDULED. Tuesday, April 6 Cass and Blackford counties. New Castle, Ind.. April 1. TJie unfflclai, but complete vote In the Henry ' County local option 1 election yesterday shows Henry county "dry" ty ft majority of 2,586. These figures are compiled from returns received by the Local Option league and are considered reliable. Of the forty-two precincts in the county only one gave a "wet" majority, that one being the Fifth, which went "wet" seventeen votes. Factory men live in this precinct, largely. New Castle gave "dry" majority of 326. The temperance forces are highly 'elated. The result is a big surprise ps none had predicted over 2,500 majority. t Election Was Quiet. The election was so quiet as to cause comment. There were no demonstrations at all and no attempt at illegal toting, officers having been placed at the voting places to arrest any attempting it. Committees for the "drys" worked all day hauling voters to the polls in automobiles, but the "wets" did nothing, having no organization. Officers of the Local Opv tlon league were in close touch with all parts of the county all day. Dnring the morning voting was so Blow as to cause apprehension of a reduced majority for the "drys," but during the afternoon became more regular and by evening the poll was entirely satisfactory. At Mooreland and Spiceland the women served meals to election offi- . t cers, and here temperance workers were served with meals by church women. Factories here closed during the afternoon to give the employes a chance to vote, hence the laboring Jvote was last to be cast. Despite the campaign of instruction y both sides, a number discovered after voting that they did not vote their true sentiments through a failure to understand the ballot. DELAWARE PAPERS FILED. Muncie, Ind., April 1. Officers of the Delaware County Anti-Saloon learue late yesterday afternoon filed with the county auditor 531 petitions from every precinct In the county asking the commissioners to establish a date for the county local option election in this county. There were 5,340 names Signed to the petitions, or just twice bm many as were needed. The "dry" forces started in on their Campaign March 16 and all the preclnct workers had reported at the local headquarters by March 20. The league representatives had no trouble

" Whatever in obtaining names to the i petitions. . .... . , The Delaware County Anti-Saloon , league was organized ' at a mass tneeting held last December and the ; ' executive committee is composed of the Rev. W. H. Allen, president; D. '" O. Skillen, a prominent, manufacturr of Yorktown, vice" president? W. T.

Stevens, secretary and George B. Hlgtnan. treasurer. The riling of the petitions by the f'dryw forces ends a period of uncertainty as to whether or not petitions Calling for an election would be filed fn the April term of the commissionera' court Both the temperance peoContinued on PageTwo.

GETS MONEY'S WORTH. Here is one that is the t limit. An agent, who drives through the country selling some small articles, was in Richmond today and said he saw something yesterday in a country home that he would not believe if someone had told him. In one home he found an elderly woman seated in a rocking chair, with the telephone receiver tied around her ear. It saved her calling on the neighbors.

FRAUDULENT WAS WAYME ELECTION Bombshell Exploded in This City Today by the Attorney General. MEANS ANOTHER ELECTION ORIGINAL PETITION REMAINS VALID AND THIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO HOLD NEW ELECTION AT ONCE. There was great rejoicing in the ranks of the local option league today when Sec'y Thompson received word from the attorney general that evidences of fraud in the Wayne county election have been found and another election will have to be held. Sec'y Thompson immediately consulted with the attorneys of the league and the leaders in the organization. The attorney general said the petition that was presented to the commissioners originally remains valid and may be acted upon at any time. It is expected the commissioners will be urged to call another election as soon as the law permits. They can not but comply. This is April 1. GREAT Air? HAD THRILLING FLIGHT TODAY Monster Balloon of the German Army, Operated by Count Zeppelin, Is Caught In Fierce Gale. AFTER ROUGH TRIP IT LANDED SAFELY As the Monster Craft Shot Over the Heads of the Bewildered Onlookers, Greatest Alarm Caused. BULLETIN. Berlin. April 1 Count Zeppelin and party, after a thrilling trip in the air for eleven hours, landed safely near Dingolfing. Munich, April 1. The giant airship "Zeppelin," with Count Zeppelin and seven companions aboard, was caught in a terrific gale today, and after flying to this city from Friedrichshafer, and was blown away to the northeast, becoming entirely beyond control of the aviators. A military detachment was dispatched in pursuit of the runaway airship by railway. The trip and maneuvering of the air ship this morning was very satisfactory until the gale sprang up. when nearing the landing place. Two hours later Zeppelin's dirigible balloon passed over the town of Freysing, still apparently beyond control. Great fear was felt for the occupants. The Second Mishap. Several months ago the first balloon built by Count Zeppelin broke from its moorings and was blown away. The Inventor was almost heart broken by his loss and the German people sympathized with him so that a national subscription was raised, which was used In building the balloon which became a derelict today. . The balloon was used by the German army and was the envy of all European powers. EAGLES TO SEND THEJEGREE TEAM Will Be Represented at State Meeting. At the meeting of the Wayne Aerie of Eagles, No. last evening, it was decided to send the degree team and six delegates to the state convention to be held at New Albany in May. The purpose is to see how the new work, is exemplified. It will be adopted by the local degree. .The delegates chosen are Albert Morel, Frank, Hart si er. John Handley, Joe Weishaupt, Bd Myers and l III -mtrnmnm

no THE CONFERENCE BY ELDERS TODAY That Submitted by the Rev. T. M. Guild of the Richmond District Is Regarded as Very Good. EXCELLENT SHOWING IN ALL DEPARTMENTS Past Year in This District $18,000 Applied to Old Indebtedness and $40,000 to Buildings. Greenfield, Ind., April 1. (Special) Included in the resorts of the presiding elders of the North Indiana Conference of Methodist churches in session here was that of Rev. T. M. Guild of the Richmond district, which was perhaps the best report made so far during the conference. Other presiding elders making reports at this morning's session were L. J. Naftzger of the Muncie district; Rev. B. S. Hollopeter of the Wabash district and Rev. C. C. Cissell of the Logansport district. The morning session was practically devoted to the reading of reports all of which were good. Bishop Anderson Speaks. The conference was opened by an address of Bishop Anderson on the religious life which was very interesting and of value to the ministers in attendance. Announcement was made of the death of Bishop Vincent's wife and resolutions of sympathy were adopted by the conference. Mrs. Vin cent died at her home last evening in Indianapolis. Her illness had prevented Bishop Vincent from attending the conference. Announcements of the transfers of Rev. Earle Naftzger to the Puget Sound ) conference, of Washington state and ; Rev. H. IT. Hocked d: Red ley, California, were made this morning. Rev. J. W. Williams of the Puget Sound conference has been transfered to Hartford City. Rev. R. I. Black ha3 been changed from the Indiana conference to the North Indiana conference with location at Mathews, Indiana. Two ministers were placed on the superannuated list, including Rev. A. J. Carey and Rev. W. C. Butts formerly of Centerville. Report Showed Gains. The first report of the morning session was made by Presiding Elder Rev. C. C. Cissell of the Logansport district. His report in all respects was a very good one showing gains in membership and in financial conditions in the district. Twelve thousand dollars has been spent in the district in improvements and new churcft buildings. A large gain over last year in benevolent collections was also reported. During the year there were 1,200 conversions In this district and 1,800 days was spent by the ministers of the district in revival services. Following the report of Rev. Cissell, Rev. L. J. Naftzger of the Muncie district made bis report. There has been $4,0p0 spent on improvements in this district; $9,000 paid on old indebtedness; 1,400 conversions, increasing the total membership to 12,000 persons, a large percent of whom have pledged themselves to give one tenth of their income to the church. The report in all lines of benevolent work was as good as could be expected. In the Wabash district of which Rev. B. S. Hollopeter is presiding elder, there were 1,300 conversions during the past year, $1,100 spent in benevolences and $20,000 spent in improvements to church property. Report of Rev. Guild. The report of Rev. T. M. Guild of the Richmond district was the last to be read this morning. It was the best made before the conference showing that Methodism was increasing its membership very materially and : that the members of the district were awake to the necessity of new church buildings and improvements. Rev. Guild reported 1,500 conversions during the year, $18,000 spent on old indebtedness and $40,000 spent on new buildings and improvements. It was recommended that three ministers of tiie district be placed on the superannuated list including Rev. G. G. Hudson, J. A. Ruley, and Rev. D. L. Seaman. Rev. Richev of the Nohlesville church who became involved in trouble during the year will be allowed to withdraw from the conference and by such action no charges will be pressed against him. It was reported that Rev. J. W. Walters of Cambridge City had been completely exonerated of all guilt In regard to his recent trouble with Attorney A. M. Feemster of Cambridge City. It was reported that there was a large sum on hand for the aid of old ministers of the conference. It Is probable that the amount will be distributed among these ministers soon. During the mornins session there were two interesting lectures by Dr. McEl flesh and Dr. Vaughan. The former spoke on the training work for ( the teacher and the latter on mission-j I arMMMrk-ia Airier ,

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The surplus In the city treasury is so great that Treasurer Johnson will throw money away this afternoon. Wayne county intends to repent for its great sin and enter a convent. Far sighted local business men have raised a fund of $10,000 to secure the state K. of P. encampment. New Castle, Ind., April 1. By mistake a press report was sent out last evening stating the county had gone dry. In reality the wets were victorious by a 23 majority. a Richmond women have sent a communication to Congressman Barnard urging him to support the high tariff on gloves and stockings. The board of public works has issued an edict strictly forbiding spooning in Glen Miller park the coming warm spell. ARE TWENTY-SIX DIVORCE CASES ON APRIL DOCKET As Usual Litigation as the Result of Domestic Trials And Tribulations Lead the Civil List. ONLY FORTY CRIMINAL CASES TO BE HEARD Among This List Are a Few Wife Desertion Cases Forty Causes Involved in the iviMitigatron. c r Twenty-six divorce cases appear on the docket for the April term of the Wayne circuit court. The term opens next Monday and the docket has been completed by the clerk and his deputy. There is a total of 1"1 cases. Last term there were but 142 cases. Of that number So were disposed of and the remainder was continued or withdrawn from the docket. Only 42 criminal cases are on the April docket. Several of these have been on for several terms of court and although practically disposed of, have to remain on the docket. Among this tion is the offense named. The prosetion is the offence named. The prosecutor and court arranged an amicable settlement, when the erring husbands agreed to support the wives from which they are separated, but in order that the defendants may be held under the jurisdiction of the court, the cases were not dismissed. Many Old Cases. Other criminal cases Involve defendants whose whereabouts are unknown to the authorities. Still others are of the kind that get pushed along from term to term and probably will so continue until the end of time. Of the defendants in jail, none is held on a very serious charge. There are alleged thieves and assaulters and one man who is a defendant in a paternity case, awaiting trial. None of the prisoners 16 charged with anything as serious as assault and battery with intent to kill or burglary. Two young colored men are held on the charge of assault and battery with intent to rob. Forty Different Causes. Forty different causes are named in the civil cases. The damage cases are few, the one of greatest consequences being a suit for $10,000 against the Big Four railway company, which was venUed to Wayne county. As usual, mat rimonial difficulties have been the cause of the greatest number of cases. Annulment of marriage, fraudulent marriage and bastardy proceedings also appear in the list Money difficulties appear to have befallen quite a number. Suits on note number seventeen, and suits on account are only one behind. There are other suits to recover money, set aside contracts, and to obtain possession of property because of money matters that appear conspicuously. Divorces Lead List. The forty causes of action and the number of cases brought under each follow: Divorce, 26; foreclosure. 3; partition, 14; damages, 5; account, 10; foreclose mechanics' lien, 6; on bonds. 2; claims, 11; note. 17; receiver, 3; recover money, 4; quiet title, 9; demand, 2: fraudulent marriage, 2; possession. 2; resist probate r of will, 2; unpaid stock, 2; set aside conveyance, 2. and one each for appropriation, work and labor, to set aside order, support, ap peal, attachment,' change of name, tof reassess; damages and injunction, restoration of sanity, civil action, petition. bastardy, contract, replevin, breach of warranty, on policy, suit on warranty, to construe wilL ajtBpiBtment f lrTig -

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DOODLE DEFEAT FOR TEMPERANCE Option Bill Killed in WisconsinProhibition Killed In Iowa. A MINISTER ' FOR SALOONS MILWAUKEE DIVINE CALLS THEM CLUB OF WORKING MEN AND BIRTHPLACE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Madison, Wis., April 1. County option in Wisconsin received its death blow in the senate branch of the legislature yesterday, when after a lengthy debate the bill was defeated by .a vote of 17 to 11. Senator Gaylord, who is a minister and a social democratic member from Milwaukee, made a forceful speech opposing the bill, saying that if the workingmen had not the saloon and saloon hall to go to, the social democratic party would not have been organized in Milwaukee. "Mr. President," he said. "I have stood in the pulpit and at the end of the bar. I am free to confess that I could speak more freely at the bar than in the pulpit." Senator Fairchild of Milwaukee, who has been ill for several weeks, was carried into the capitol to vote against the bill. GIVEN SET BACK. Des Moines,- la.. March 31. Constitutional prohibition for. the state of Iowa is thought to have been .postponed, for two years. If not defeated permanently, by the action of . the state senate yesterday afternoon,- in effect voting down a motion to take up the question. The vote stood 26 against to 21 for. Senator Proudfoot of Wrarren county yesterday, had made a motion ordering from committees the submission resolution. Adams of Fayette moved to lay the Proudfoot motion on the table. Later on in the session Senator Clarkson filed a motion directing the committee on constitutional amendments to report to the senate on the (Continued on Page Two.)

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New York. April . 4 All of the women . school teachers ,of Brooklyn received today a circular announcing that the summer nature camp for women and girls at Sunrise park, near Ridgefield. Conn., wil! open Juno 1. Dr. A. Sidney HJgglns of 11 Kingston street. Brooklyn, who manages it. aims to care nerve and stomach disorders. The rule of the camp is that the campers shall wear no clothing except In bad or cool weather, and shall live upon fresh milk antl cereals. Dr. Higgles said today that there axe no maladies of the kind referred' to that can't be cured by exposing the naked botfy to sunshine and air, dieting as he prescribes and taking required rest: - v Sunrise park consists of 1.50O acres In an ' Isolated section of Connecticut, four miles from a railroad, in a-heavily weeded region. . The doctor occupies

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Republican Gathering Will Be Held at the Pythian Temple. TO SET, A PRIMARY DATE jA. large crowd Is expected this ev ening at the meeting of the candi dates and the republican city , commit tee at the Pythian temple. The date for the primary will be set this even ing by the committee after a confer ence with the different candidates. Among those who announced their intentions to run for council today are: Harry Wessel, as councilman-at-large; Jesse Evans, from the second ward; Matt Von Pien as councilman-at-large. T WAS III FLAMES Vogelsong Saw Smoke Coming Out of Windows. Officer Henry Vogelsong while pass ing the Grace M. E .church this noon saw smoke coming out of the windows and being unable to effect an entrance any other way, pried open the windows." " No fire" could be discovered however and it is believed that the smoke resulted from an overheated furnace. DUST IS PLENTIFUL, The dust, the awful dust. The streets of the city are covered with dust an inch thick - and rain would be very welcome. .When the wind blows -conditions resemble very much .Western , Kansas -when a dust storm is raging. Very few citizens have begun to make the water meter buzz by sprinkling the streets. Suit has been entered in the Wayne circuit court by Mary A. Duncan and James Goodwin. Jr., vs. James Goodwin, Sr.; et al for partition of real estate. at some distance from it. ' They are required tto go to bed at dusk. The tents are furnished with beds and cots, but some of the campers prefer to sleep in hammocks suspended from trees. Others sleep on the ground. Their recreations are archery, tennis, quoits and swimming. For those inclined to strenuous exercise ,a woodpile and a bucksaw are provided. Long walks are taken. On these occasions the campers wear bathing suits or a short single garment. They wear clothing also when they visit the doctor. The camp has a matron, but no cook. The nature camp was established three years ago. It opens every year on June 1 and ends on Sept. 30. Dr. Higgins abandoned the use of drugs five years ago. " - . - "The medical profession is top-heavy with theories." he said. "Back to naHTH aafl flrfj rjiprffif rjrrp !tt

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1 GUARD PLACED DY ITALIANS TO PROTECT "TEDDY" Greatest Precautions Taken In View of the American ExPresident's Brief Stop in Naples WIRELESS GREETING . SENT BY AMBASSADOR

Mombasa, Africa, Making Preparations to Receive The Nimrod and Even the Lions Are Ready. Naples. April 1. The Naples authorities are taking extraordinary precautions to insure the safety of exPresident Roosevelt during bis short visit to this city. They are not only keeping a close watch on the Italians who have returned from the United States or who have relatives there, but also on the foreigners of different nationalities who are now here. The people of Naples are anxious to extend to Mr. Roosevelt the heartiest of welcomes. The American consul. Caspar S. Crowninshield, has already received many proposals from associations and private individuals wishing ' to convey messages to the ex-president, or in some other way to manifest their feeling of admiration for the United States, personified, in the former president of that country. Message from Ambassador Griscom. Lloyd C. Griscom. the American ambassador to Italy, has sent from Rome a message of greeting by wireless telegraph to Mr. Roosevelt on board .the steamer Hamburg, due at Gibraltar today. The message was sent from Italy to the Italian steamer Duca Dag- . li Abruzzl, which left Genoa March 24. ' This vessel is now in the Atlantic in -wireless reach of the Hamburg. The message says:' -Accept this first greeting from your countrymen in Europe.. I deeply regret that the essentially private nature of your journey makes you de-7" cline all honors and prompts you to . avoid the public enthusiasm which would have had such an admirable effect In emphasizing the good relations between Italy and the United States. I profit by the inventive genius of a great Italian to send you. while you are at sea. a welcome message from Italy." Mr. Griscom is to leave Rome Saturday for Naples to meet the ex-president Mombasa, British East Africa. April 1. The preparations for the reception here of Theodore Roosevelt are nearing completion. Sir James Hayes Sadler, governor and commander-in-chief of the protectorate, who has been transferred suddenly to the Windward islands, is disappointed that he will not be able to receive the former president of the United States. This duty will devolve upon Frederick John Jackson, lieutenant governor of the protectorate. Mr. Jackson is a famous sportsman and the author of the book on big game in the Badminton library series. FRITS TO Kokomo Authorities Frown Upon the Students' Organizations. AGAINST LETTER OF LAW Kokomo, Ind.. Apr. 1 Prats in tb Kokomo high school are compelled to disband. A state law forbids organizations of this kind in the pablic schools, but those at Kokomo have continued for the pat two years regardless. The school authorities at last have awakened to the existence of the frats and recognized they are opposed to the letter of the law. An edict has gone forth that all must b broken up, club rooms abandoned and instead of loafinK in smoke laden atmosphere on Sunday, the K. H. S. boys hereafter will be found in the Sunday school rooms. ELECT DIRECTORS FORJTOLO ROM) C. R. & Ft. Wayne Stockholders Meet Here. , At a recent meeting of the stockhold ers of the Cincinnati. Richmond an! Fort Wayne Railroad company, held in this city, the following directors were elected: W. R. Shelby. Joseph. Wood, J. J. Turner, Kdw. B. Taylor, D. T. McCabe, J. H. P. Hughart. T. J. O'Brien. John F. Miller. P. W. Smith.

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