Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 188, 15 May 1909 — Page 1

MOOT) F AND SUN-TELEGRAM, XUCnilOXD, IND. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS, i VOL. XXXIV. XO. 188.

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ECL GOOD TIME AT SOT GIVEll FOn ELM LEBO

sUen Tell the Travel ing l!en How Much Thev Like Them, Then the Drum mers Get Real Busy. I&TRATTAN TELLS OF ' , HIS RUSSIAN 'TRIP iv ii'i;'-.5'S'' 'In HiUV. (Thinks the Country of the Slav f WiM Some Day Be the Greatest Nation in the Entire Universe. . '' At the meting, of the Commercial " fclub lMt evening, which 'organization kMrtertalned the members of the T. P. lA., In honor of their success in electing Elmer Lebo of that organization ,kt the state T..P. A. presidency, a !very enjoyable time was had. A large representation: of both - organisations ifwas present. - The features of the ev- ' isnlng was a talk on Russia by S. S. eltmtsen, Jr., of this city, who recently returned from a visit to that coun- : try. . Others, - including Elmer Lebo, tMlchael O'Brien, Marcus Hasty, Stephen Kuth and Frank- Elder, former Ktmaster of Richmond, but now a Ident of . New York City, made abort talks. ,Tne anair was in the nature , or a smoker. A light lunch and punch was barred daring the evening. . Drummer Well Liked. Sharon E. Jones acted as presiding effloer and toastmaster. In his ad areas, he referred to the admiration the merchant hold toward the traveling man. Mr. Straiten declared that Russia was not appreciated in this country a it should he. He believed that the iAmerJcans' sympathy for the Japan cae in toe recent Rosso-Japan war Uras ;' entirely misplaced, as American jettisons owe more to Russia than they I C& t Japatf."" Cexywhere one goes la Russia. Amefikto 1 products are peon and Russian', believe that whateyrer America does 1s O. K., Mr. Strat tan said. -Russia, according to Mr. Strattan, is Csatinca to become a much greater country than at present, probably the Createst country in the world. This is due to the enormity of the country Mi the almost limitless natural resources. ' Russia i ; produces ; more fwbeat than America does now, and It w1II be the greatest wheat producing country In the world in the future, he War with Turkey seems to be Inevi table, according to Mr. Strattan. Bus isriaa business msn are demanding i apart and Constantinople is the aarm of Russia's eye. Russian business men declared to Mr. Strattan that they would get a seaport in the next effort Odessa is , the only seaport pen the entire year, but located as it if on the Black 8ea. it does not meet requirements. St. Petersburg Is an wther seaport, hut it is . inaccessible tiering the winter months. Education Discussed. The education of the masses was dls- , seed at some length by.Mr. Strattan we aeciared that there was a great mount of illiteracy hut that an ef fort was being made by the younger eosratlon to obtain better educational Sdvantagea; ;:''Vv:' He declared that the people were wery religious. The national church fs the Greek Catholic He attended services at the cathedral in Kief and iso visited the catacombs, of that church. In which repose the remains oi 120 saints. He kissed the crosses on the breast of the mummies of the saints, as has been the custom for vis itors to do for the last 120 years. , The Russian government is much tnore liberal than that of this country. Mr. Strattan aald. Onlr on thing constitutes a serious offense and that is an attack upon the government Anything else is permissible, bat to Cpetk despairingly of the government taeans a long term sentence to Siberia, or possibly death. For the efficient service rendered by George Dilks and Charles Slifer, who nerved the refreshments; the club pre- . tented them with corn cob pipes. John L. Rune, In humorous manner pre sen ted the medals to the two members. ADVEOTISIIIG WAR STILLCOIITIIIUES Eirehcnts Interested Are . . testing With Success.

The merchants committee of the Commercial Club, which la trying to OWmffnate "deatd advertising schemes la having considerable success. . The s3ittoo attack on the trading (trap fastnre of advertising has re C34 in one of the largest dry goods gtsrea of the city discontinuing the cm ef the same. Several " smaller rrtlsato, it to nsKiarstood. have also ' idl t sr3a &er ,wold V j tSCa t"Z

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8HAH OF FB1IIK IIUECHTER 1 For Second Time on North Ninth Street Woman : Drives Over Him. IS PEEVED BY ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY SO WHEN THE FAIR OCCUPANT OF THE RIG CALLED BACK TO HIM THAT HE SHOULD BE CAREFUL. Frank Nuechter, aged street labor er employed by the city, was this morning standing in a trench on North Ninth street . opposite the Palladium office, busily engaged in spading out dirt. . The street la being macadamized but it was not blockaded. Suddenly a woman, driving in a smart looking outfit, hove around the corner. ' She drove the horse rapidly In the direction of the trench.' Nuech ter did not see it approach, as he was bending over getting a spadeful. Perhaps if he had seen the rig approach he would have kept on with his work, for he credits driver even women drivers with having a little so-called horsesense. . Told to Look Out. v "Hey, look out there," . yelled the woman when her horse was within a few paces of Nuechter, The next second two wheels of the ,rig passed squarely over the small of his backexactly in the same place where the wheels of another rig.--driven by another woman, passed over him, about a year ago when working oti North Ninth street, opposite the Waldorf saloon. - V After the rig had been safely brMged over the trench by Nuechter, Its fair and hurried - occupant jealled back at him that in the future he should be more careful.'' ' , Would You Get Mad? . Would that make you mad, after you had politely and accommodatingly played the part of the human trestle? It dM Nuechter. -He completely forgot his English vocabulary and larjre-sised, awesome German cues words issued forth from his Irate lips. 'After insisting that the street be promptly blockaded, and his ultimatum had been carried into execution by Ollle Staub. chauffeur jot the steam roller, Nuechter indignantly departed for home. , . HAVE DEGREE 1701 Four candidates were given the first rank work at the meeting of Triumph lodge. Knights of Pythias, last evening. lt ' ' , ' SECURED A RECRUIT The naval recruiting officer, during his weekly visit to the local postoffice yesotrday, secured a recruit and went

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UNCLE SAM WILL ACT WITH VIGOR Government Now Has Strong t Naval Force In Turkt ish Waters. WILL ASK FOR INDEMNITY YOUNG TURKS ARE ' REPORTED AS STRIVING TO MAINTAIN ORD ER IN ASIA MINOR. FEARING POWERS ACTION. Washington, May 15. The United States government, it is announced today, intends to take a strong, firm hand in the situation in Turkey. Immediately upon the receipt of the news that the armored cruiser North Carolina and the armored revenue cutter Tahoma had arrived at Alexandretta a cabinet meeting was called. Several cases involving the payment of indemnify and the giving assurances of the peace were discussed but all that Is definitely known Is that this- government proposes to show. Its hand in the instances of the death of American citizens and the recurring danger from Turkish outbreaks to American colleges and schools in Asia Minor.' As the armored cruiser Montana is to be at Alexandretta in a day or two, the United will be fairly well represented, and they are to be joined by h cruiser New York, vrhich is now at the Boston yard, having been, thoroughly overhauled. She has been ordered to New York,, for temporary special duty, but after that, in accordance with the plans of the bureau of navigation, will procert to the, Mediterranean. TROOPS ARE SENT. -Constantinople, May - 15. The Young Turks are striving to maintain order m Asia Minor, fearing intervention by the powers should new massacres take place. Eight battalions of Redifs have been sent from Smyrna to various ports in Svrla, as Schefket Pasha - cannot spart regular troops ,from capital. The state of siege in Constantinople has been modified as far as Pera is concerned,' but it is still enforced in Stamboul. The Inhahftants have been ordered tomorrow to hand over any arms they may possess. If they do not do so domicilitary visits will take place. These measures are principal ly directed against Turkish subjects. J. HAISLEY REMOVED James Halsley, the- aged man - who has been retained at the county jail as an Insane patient has been removed to the home of his daughter. '. Haisiey s mina is deranged. - There was nplace at the Jail to give him proper at tentlon. It is not texpected hewiU survive very long as 1 his condition is very weak. " THE WEATHER : PROPHET.

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THE STOflM KING Reports Today Show Extent of Tornadoes' Damages In the West. TWELVE. PEOPLE KILLED OVER A HUNORED ARE REPORT ED INJURED MOLLIS, KAN., DEVASTATED AND A TRAIN WRECK ARE AMONG RESULTS. St. Louis, May 15. Reports are. re ceived today of the devastation by tornadoes In Kansas, Missouri and Ok lahoma which killed a dozen persons, injured about 100, devastated Hoflis, Kan., wrecked a train and did great damage to property last night. Twen ty-five were Injured in the suburbs of Kansas City. At Hollis, three men were killed and ten seriously injured. Five members of the Eckstrom family are missing and may be dead In the ruins of their home. Near Great Bend a tornado killed two and Injured twenty. Wires are down and it is feared the death list may be greater. Train is Wrecked. William Ackerly. a Santa Fe engi neer, and Frank Nicholson, a conduc tor, were killed when the tornado wrecked a work train and blew it into a ditch near Kinsley. Several . mem bers of the crew were blown 160 feet or more. The storm spread over a wide area and laid waste many farmhouses and barns. At Heisington, Kan., a number of persons were injured. At Pond Creek, Okla. four were in jured and several houses unroofed. A blinding rain and hail storm accompanied 'the wind in all three states. Many washouts interrupted traffic. Electrical disturbances crip pled telephone and telegraph wires. Through Open Bridge. A Wabash railroad passenger train ran through an open bridge into Bull Creek,- near Randolph The locomo-1 five, the baggage car and the mail cars fell into the water. A message from, Randolph aajcs.aeveraj trainman are missing. The accident was caused by a wash-out. At Lincoln, Neb., two inches of rain fell last night between the hours of and 7 o'clock. In the heart of the business district there were four feet of water and cellars were flooded. At Denton there mas a cloudburst, six inches of rain failing In less than an hour. Three hundred feet of the Chicago, Burlington ft Quincy Railroad track were washed out. Farther south the storm took the form of a tornado. - ASSESSORS GATHER The township assessors gathered at the court house today for the purpose Of going over the returns. It Is believed an Increase in the assessment will be shown for this year over last year. The books are not in a shape for comparative figures to be obtained PHONE C0MP1IIIES EXPECT VICTORY Think Case Now in Federal Court Will Be Decided For Them. CONSIDERED A LONG TIME UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY'S PLEA FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST LONG DISTANCE INTERCHANGE. Local telephone officials, both of the Home company and the Bell company, stituted In the United States District court, at Toledo, affecting. both local companies, will be decided by Judga Taylor against the plaintiff, the United States Long Distance Telephone com pany. Judge Taylor has had the matter of setting aside the temporary Injunction obtained by the plaintiff and making it permanent, under consideration for several months and while bis delay in announcing his decision is irritating to the local companies, they believe that the defendants contentions will be sus - tained. The United Comnanv is trv tag to prevent the Independent compa nies doing interchange- long distance business with the Bell people. One of the local officials said this morning that If Judge Taylor was to trant , a permanent injunction, he would no doubt hare given his decis ion long ago. The United States com pany,' probably realizing the hopel

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STILL RETAINED Will Supervise Construction of High School. Architect Ittmer of St. Louis, who prepared the plans for the new high school building in this city will contin ue to act in the capacity of oonsafting architect until the building is com pleted. . SupC T. A. Mott stated that Mr. Ittmar would be in the city at var ious times' to oversee the progress be ing made.' LAURA EBERSQLE GETS A E Defendant in Suit Was Held For Desertion. Upon the grounds of abandonment and failure to provide. Laura Ebersole was granted a divorce rrom unaries Ebersole in circuit court this morning. The defendant was held under an in dictment charging- wife desertion for I several months. He was not prose cuted upon his promise to provide for his wife and children. It was alleged In the divorce proceedings he had not done so. PHONE REPAIRING STILL UNDERWAY Trouble Will Be Remedied f Within 10 Days. Damage done by the fire and smoke in the exchange room of the Home Telephone building, to the machinery! has not been entirely repaired as yet. Two more experts will arrive from the factory this evening and work at night In order to have' the repairs entirely completed by the end of next week. If possible. The companty realises that the public is much annoyed at the Ineffective service being rendered, but promises excellent service again with in the next tan. .days. . . . MONKEY AND DOG COMPOSED A SHOW Sun Brothers' Circus Kicked On Paying License to The County. EXPENSE WAS TOO GREAT J AFTER COUNTY TREASURER HAD LEARNED "GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" WAS NOT SUCH, HE RELENTED HIS PURPOSE. Sun Bros.' circus had i cape from attachment proceedings at Cambridge City' today. It was a oues- ! tlon of when is a circus not a circus, the county treasurer, sheriff and deputy sheriff being mixed in with the manager of the concern for good meas e. i When it became known at the court house this morning' that a circus was to be held at Cambridge City, there was a bustling about in the treasurer's office. . No license had been taken out and according to the law, every circus must pay for the privilege of exhibiting in the county. - ShHfT Notified. The sheriff was notified, and tele phoned at once to his deputy, Dan Drischel, at Cambridge. Dan scented a killing and was on the trail at once. He hunted up the manager. : The show had been advertised as a big affair. Locally it was understood to be an eight car attraction. It: was certainly believed to be worth the . license fee. After Drischel had notified Wm he wa8 up vtlnmt the charge, the manager of the circus hastened to a telephone. He wanted to talk to the county treasurer. The show had not . been in the custom of paying county licenses and in fact the manager did not know of such a thing. . f Tea, ., we charge a license In this county and you'd better pay or there wiH be no show today, the county treasurer told the manager. .-' . . - Cant Afford to Pay. "Well.' but surely you don't charge a show like this, do yon? ' Why we 1 can't afford to pay," responded the dr- - fcus official. ? "What kind of a show have, you?" asked the treasurer. V, V v And then the manager of the "biggest and best mastodonic prod action ever offered under canvas" responded. "O. not much. We only have one monkey and a dog,' C Thereupon the treasurer decided ft would be a shame to Insist and out I of the kindness of his heart permitted

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. PHONE MI1S. TAFT But the Man's Actions Caused His Arrest. Alexandria. Va., May IS. Repeated efforts on the part of Ellis E. Rossen, a former New York school teacher, to reach Mrs. Taft. wife of the president, over the long distance telephone, created a suspicion as to ble sanity an4 finally landed him in the Alexandria police station, pending investigation. A ROW STIRRED UP Southern Representatives Object to Eating With A Negro. CANNON IS APPEALED TO Washington. D. C. May 15. A senaatlonal Incident occurred in the House office building restaurant yes terday afternoon. Representatives Dies, Garner, Sims, Chandler and Stanley, all from the south, were din ing in the restaurant when W. T. Vernon, a negro, who is registrar of the treasury, entered with a party of friends and took a seat near the table wnere tne soutnern representatives were dining. Representative Dies, who v . -4 h. .... groes were not allowed in that place. The caterer, however, dldnt Interfere. The representatives then rose and left tne restaurant in a noay. i ney went over to the capital and protested to Sneaker Cannon, who told them he would decide later whether or not persons, not members of Congress, could eat at the House Office Building j restaurant. - - . SMASHES IUT0 CURB luthful Chauffeur Tried to Dodge Push Cart, Caus ing a Wreck, . . . ' JOHN DARNELL INJURED Roy. the young son of John Darnell. was trying to learn to be a chauffeur

yesterday. His father was with him The tendency to take other persons and the two were riding on 8ooth C. property was possessed by 4S malfnestreet The boy was at the wheel and tors. They were arrested and chara tried to turn ' the corner at Tenth ed with petit larceny. . There was but

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saw a foreigner with a push cart. He J year. The circuit court was ealled uptried to avoid the man and In doing I on to preside In several of the larceny

so ran Into the curbing and smashed Into a tree. Mr. Darnell was thrown out and struck the pavement, on his lmck and shoulders. He wan painfully bruised but not seriously hart. The and boy stuck to the steering was uninjured. GOVERIIOR WILL JOT SPEAK HERE Declines With Regret the Invitation of the Jefferson Club. HAS PRESSING BUSINESS I SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE HE unssa vri uikk innstti HERE WHICH WILL BE HIS MASTERPIECE, HE SAYS. . "I have so much work before me, that positively I have no time to prepare an address, suitable to deliver at the Jefferson club banquet, to be aiven in your city tn June. Just aa soon aa the rush of state buetneM over and I can orenare a good address I will be glad to address your dub. The address I deliver in your city. want to be mr best effort, so high the regard I hold for Richmond.' Snch was a statement made by Gov - ernor Marshall to Charles Beck, ex - county democratic chairman, yester -

dayjvenlng. when the governor wan uaor taws wero faMy wa recalled upon at his office. Mr. Marsh-1 Btcie , x 4sl of IS siieets rutM

um .porno inBB7 m .mcoiwo. Have Good Speaaera. Mr. Beck expects thai state bust - ness will prevent Governor Marshall from speaking publicly, until late the, fall or . possibly sot until next winter. It Is probable that the Jefferson dab bancnet win be held in June planned. Cmade ' Bowers of Terra Haute, and Frank Herring of Sooth Bend win be present. It is probable that I Ert Slack of Franklin and several other leaCj Csaacnts wQ ta

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OF POLICE DEPT. IS FIUALLY CUT Superintendent Staubcch cr.d Sergeant Little Show tha Work of the Officers During Past Year. asaBjsBSJB TOTAL 743 ARRESTS WERE MADE IN CITY. Nearly Three Hundred Were Drunks While Ninety Were Pinched for FicMina Liquor Violations Are Few. Somewhat late, but still in time for the annual report ot the ceetrefler. the report of the poliee department for the year 1908 has been prepared by Sunt Staubach and Bailiff Utile. . Just wby this report was not prepared at the end of the year has not been explained and the only surmise Is that the former heads of the department had not contemplated their reI mOTal M the result of the act of tho hMt legislature placing the appointive Mwar in tna bands ef ttio The report shows a total of 741 rests were made daring . the This number was divided ai fifty causes but public Intoxication was 9r jn the fore. There wero 297 drunks arrested. The number of convictions was not kept, bat thw number would bo within seven of tho total. A few miners were taken on the charge. It baa noon the 1 of the city court to dinnlea m agatnat minora i mendaUon of the prosscassr with a reprimand to the -offender. If a ssentenoe has been awarded far first offenses. ' ( . - ajioety Asasajtl Pugilistic tendencies by fO offenders. This number of ar rests appeara on the record book, bet the number of convictions wan not so large.' Some of the cases wero seriooo but others wero of such a tricing na ture that the police did not Bke to nlterfero. In a large number of tnetancea the fighters were under the lnflence of liquor when they engaged hi the hostilities. lone case of grand larceny during t cases. The prosecuting attorney If erred to file the affidavits -in the I higher court rather than the city court. Eighty-Few Suspects to the number of M brought in by the officers. Usually after an investigation these men wero released. . They were required to ae count for their pros sees la the erty. and usually ordered to . leave penalty of having charges It la seldom . that . prosecution follow from arrests on aut?ickn. ATI characters ,who do not appear as tt they had any real bastoaaa ta the etty are taken In by the polios upon orders from the superintendent. - . - City ordinances wero treated wttfe respect. There were but ate for violating ordinances. In every instance a eoarktiea rosnltad. Whoa the eSandsrs were znors who rode bicycles on the , stdewnlka. they were treated with leniency fey the M . Awteiete Were AatoaaoMto I the - poltee any trouble. ; There !in the whole of last gpee(, of utOttObllM than hMW entered la this season. Only three ar rests were made ta 11 Eight Charges of tmaoe on the arrest noon not in majority of eases the charge changed to one less sorsm. Ton years In the penitentiary la too BBinlimum eentence for this charge. Is I Wife deecrtera to the nvntner or 1 five were ' arrested. Seven Iwere made on the eharsje or I Runaway boys and tneovrlglMe , boys is i did not give - nrach troakle. . cases of each kind rsenSted fa 1 One of the youngster ltroit, Mich. 1 LloHer Ylelntlone F ftoa fciiuionv lone case of giving honor to a 1 Four arrests w ("blind tiger" la Iwere ssade for weapons. , I The ambulance answered ltX cans during the year. .The Bsoct ef as I was for the rcanovsl f tick 1 to or .from the were drvtted m. follows: Jaanary s). February 5. March 11. Apr3 1J, Hzy 1$. June 11 Jry 1). Atrti a C tseAer tX C r tKJU d

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