Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 199, 26 May 1909 — Page 1

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Attorneys Robbins,; Comstock And R. Study Allege Item Editorial Is Defamatory to Characters. , J . " 8" f ONE MORE ECHO OF THE LATE CAMPAjfjjfl

William Dudley Foulkj Stockholder,,, Also traction Notice Ser on Him Yesterday. Notices demanding a retraction of the editorial appearing in the Evening Item of May 19, under the heading "A Civic Uplift," have been filed on J. Bennett Gordon, editor of the paper, and on the Item Newspaper Company. The notices were served' yesterday afternoon on William Dudley Foulke and J. Bennett Gordon, bj- Deputy Sheriff Mashmeyer. ' They are signed by Byram C. Robbins, Paul Comstock and Roberta Study, all local attorneys. Three days are given in which the retraction must appear or suit for damages or criminal prosecution will follow. The three attorneys assume they were referred to by the editorial in the Item. ; One of them says in his notice public opinion and common ' rumor created by the publication of the arti- . ele has applied the paragraph as referring to Mm. In each instance the notice is issued in compliance with the state statutes. Full and complete retraction is demanded. Cause for Comment. The recent mayoralty contest in this city provided the cause for comment on the part of the editor of the Item. Under the heading quoted he referred to the campaign of Edward Harris1 as being conducted' by certain men, whom Gordon attempted to identify by inuendo. He applied charges to each that art regarded as defamatory to their character. Three of these men are concerned In. the present controversy. They claim they will push the matter, and if the retraction' is not forthcoming threaten, to go Into court at once. All of them brand the publication false, libelous and defamatory to character. The legal proceeding is directed primarily against Gordon, who is given absolute control of the Item's editorial column and Mr. Foulke is not regarded as having countenanced the editorial. Follows the Law. ' If the Item retracts the editorial it does not necessarily mean the proceeding will end. The notice is filed strictly in accord with the law and the offense is not mitigated by any retraction that is made, if it be seen fit to further pursue the suit for libel. One of the attorneys instituting the pro.ceedlngs, stated today he intends to fight the case through. He declared if a retraction be made it depends a great deal on its nature as to whether or not he will be satisfied and regard It as complete. A Notice in Part. lue louowiug is lue bihicc, m pari, erved bv Attorney Bvram C. Rob bins: "To the Item Newspaper Company and J. Bennett Gordon: Whereas, An editorial written by J. Bennett Gordon, entitled "A Civic Uplift," was published in The Evening Item in the issue of that paper of Wed nesday evening. May 19th, 19i, and Whereas the writer of said editorial caused it to be generally understood editorial, he referred to and meant the undersigned, Byram C. Robbins, and did thereby design' and intend to refer to him,' Whereas, the said statement and charge against me in the editorial was and is false, libelous and defamatory, and was made and published with mat ice and knowledge of its falsity, for the purpose of injuring and damaging ,xne in my character, standing and pro fession, ' Now therefore, you and each of you are hereby notified of the facts aforesaid, and that unless a full and fair retraction of said false and libelous statements and charge, so made against me as aforesaid shall be made nil nnhllahAil in a. Tesular issue of The Evening Item newspaper within three days from receipt of this notice by you. as provided by Section 38 of Burns Annotated Indiana Statutes, revision of AW, I intend to and will Institute an action for damages against you and each of you for the libel afore said, and will resort to ail available legal remedies for the purpose of exonerating myself from said false and libelous charge. BYRAM C. ROBBINS. Dated this 2r.th day of May, lOOK PRESIDEIIT IIOOOREO Boston, May iS.-Preskiist Tatt ha bean elected honorary pmtst tt tie

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LOSS SHOWN in PROPERTY VALUE FOR THIS CITY Value of Taxable Property in Richmond Shown by Assessors to Be $50,000 Less Than a Year Ago. TOWNSHIP ASSE3flrT EXPECTED INCRtpSE 'Mi nere was a uig increase Shown in thWifnber of Polls TakenMany People Are Tax Dodgers. , The value of taxable property in Richmond as obtained by the deputy assessors this year, is some $o0.000 less than what it was a year ago. The reduction is surprisingly large. An increase had been confidently expected by Township Assessor Potter. One of the wealthy ; citizens has not been assessed locally owing to his absence from the city, but it is not probable his personal property will be anywhere near large enough to make up the deficit. He is not a land owner. More Polls, Listed. While the amount of property value was falling off greatly, there was a big increase in the number of polls listed. This year there were 204 more polls taken than the year before. It is a fact that a large number of voters in Richmond have been dodging their poll tax. It is another fact that a large number of singlemen, who have not been listed for tax on personal property, never have paid any poll tax. One man 37 years old, confessed to the assessor he never had been called upon to pay. toll tax. Another young man who has exercised the privilege of franchise fori five years, said he never had been shown a tax sheet before this year. - Every advance m the tax rate re sults In more attempts to escape taxa Uon. and the reduction in the value of property as specified "i by the owner. With a higher tax to pay, there is a smaller value placed on the goods. In this way property holders' manage to make their annual payments about the The city was not alone In its decrease. A smaller assessment value Is shown by the entire township. Owing to the high prices paid for corn, wheat and hogs and their scarcity, farmers disposed of these holdings. They did not have them to list for taxation tafs year. Thf crops were not an pro lific as usual last year,, and this. too. was .a factor. . The township assessor ragrata the conditions, but believes tkere are sot manj wo aroffed being jt M that tola would not be the

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INSANE PATIENTS . idiijunifflA Contagion Rages in a Massachusetts Institution. Boston, Mass., May 20. Fifty, phyclcians, nurses, attendants and in mates of the women's department of Austin Farm. Mattepan, state institution for the insane, are HI with diph theria and a rigid quarantine has- been established to prevent, if possible, further spread of the disease. One hun dred and fifty others, inmates of the same departments, have been exposed to the disease, and are being closely watched, lest they, too, develop symp toms. SOME DOG OWNERS TO BE PROSECUTED Fifty-seven Canine Admirers "Have Five Days More to Pay Taxes. A FINE IS STIPULATED TOWNSHIP DECIDED TO GIVE THE DELINQUENTS SHORT PERIOD OF GRACE BEFORE BRINGING LEGAL ACTION. There are 57 owners of dogs in Wayne township who, if they do not pay their tax on their, canine friends within the next five, days, will be made subject to prosecution. The township trustee has the nan.es of these owners and they'are listed for dog tax. They have not paid and at the expiration of the time allowed their names will be given to the - prosecuting at torney and legal action will begin as soon as possible. " Days of Grace. The five days of grace offered by the trustee and the notice are not required ; by the law. They are given voluntarily as the trustee does not care to see anyone prosecuted who is not aware that the time for the payment of the tax has expired.. As soon as ther date fixed by law arrived,-the trustee could have turned the names of the delinquents, over to the, prosecutor . and , court , proceeding would have followed. The law stipulates a fine for failing to par the tax and this does not inelnde tbe tax. The tax must be paid in addition. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Continued stormy ami pea, . albla saawM. . "

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SHED LIGHT OPOII PETflOSIUO CASE Roman Police Today Announce They , Believe They Have Evidence. GAMMORISTS KILLED HIM LAST EVENING AN ALLEGED INFORMER TO THE POLICE WAS SLAIN BY A SHOT FIRED BY SOCIETY MEMBER. Rome, May 26. Facts came to light today in the investigation into the assassination of Lieut. Joseph Petrosino, the New York detective, which gives the authorities additional proof that he was murdered by Camorrists. The evidence is contained in a telegram which Petrosino sent to the police chief of Naples, reading: "Have discovered Camorra leader Erricona and will arrest him and send him to you upon receipt of such instructions. It is now believed that, upon learning the contents of the telegram, the Camorraists slew the detective. Revenge Themselves. . A man or the name oi lamattis, a notorious scoundrel, was shot from be hind and killed last night near Monrale. He was temporarily taken into custody at the time Detective Petrosi no was murdered at Palermo, being suspected of complicity in the crime. Subsequently he was released ' because he gave information to the po lice. Because of this his murder is ascribed to the Mafia's vengeance. Almost at the same time two peasants who were returning to their homes from work, were shot at Palermo. - One of them was killed and the other wounded seriously. There, is no trace of the murderers in either of these cases. SHE IS CLAIMANT TO GBEAT ESTATE Woman Wants to Get Share Of $120,000,000. Manchester, N. H., May 2ft. Mrs. G. M., Ladd says that she is one of the M claimants to a nestate of $120.lM.000 left by faer ancestor. Baron Chris topher Springer, who died in Stockholm, Sweden, In 1GC7. The property includes real - estate In Wilmington. Del., valued at ?so.f.OOr, leased by the Baron's descendants to that city. The rest of the estate is situated near Stockholm, Including cash in a Sockholm" bank. Mra. Ladd traces her lineage from Earoa Springer, her great

About Eight-thirty This Morning Disturbance Is Felt, But There Was Not Much Damage Done.

AMUSING INCIDENTS GENERALLY REPORTED Quake Was Also Felt in East ern Iowa, -Southern Wisconsin and Western Michigan Few Injured. Chicago, May 26. An earthquake, the genuineness of which was testified to by thousands of people all over Chicago and northern Illinois struck Chicago at eight-forty this morning, there being three distinct tremors. - In some parts of Chicago chande liers were knocked down and furniture jolted about in the houses, and street lamps wrecked. . Chimneys fell in Joliet and Aurora. Frame houses slipped from their foundations and large cracks were rent in the asphalt pavements. Other towns reporting shocks were Kewanee, Pontiac, Rock ford. Sterling, Mendota, Aurora and Streator. First Ever Recorded. This was the first seismic disturbance ever recorded in Chicago. Entire northern Illinois, eastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin were affected, but, so far as heard from, no Indiana town felt the shocks. There was no loss of life or serious injury reported any where. The earth shock seemed to originate near Mendota, Illinois and traveled in a northerly direction, spreading out over a wide area, as it continued its course. Thousands of people in Chicago's skyscrapers were terror stricken. Government officials in the federal building on the four teenth floor report that the shock caused - their electric drop light to swfng" ft PW-aorta ' t; south,- windows rattled and deks trembled with the vibration. Thought it a Joke. "Now you stop your fooling," angri ly exclaimed a stenographer in the weather forecaster's office when she thought some jolly employe of the of fice had crept noiselessly up behind her and suddenly shook her chair in a spirit of fun. Looking around she discovered the remainder of the office force standing aghast, watching lights swaying, but no one was near her chair. Government officials are un able to offer an explanation of the cause of the earth shocks. In Aurora chimneys were knocked down, as were several barns and telephone poles.-- Several persons here were rendered ill on the streets by tbe earth wavering beneath their feet. Two fires were caused but quickly extinguished. At Dekalb the normal school was so severely shaken that the girls fled In a panic. A farmers picnic was quickly broken up. At the home of F. J. Madden in Edge water, the maid serving breakfast was thrown to the floor with a tray of dishes. She was thrown into hysterics and physicians aid was necessary. Michigan Feels It, At Springfield windows were shaken and the rumbling noise was heard. Many towns report people rushing from their homes in terror and considerable damage in out-lying districts, but no really heavy damage. Many wires are down, however and large number of towns unheard from. Later reports from Muskegon, South Haven and Benton Harbor and other Michigan cities on the shores of Lake Michigan say the shock was distinctly felt there. The weather bureau in Indianapolis received several telephone inquiries as to whether the explosion had occurred near Indianapolis. These inquiries came from occupants of Indianapolis skyscrapers, who claim they felt slight shocks. These shocks evidently were due to disturbances over in Illinois. AT MILWAUKEE. Milwaukee, May 24 Earthquake shocks are reported from half a dozen cities In southern Wisconsin and was also registered at the weather bnreai here. At Janesville dishes were thrown from tables and plastering cracked. The telephone company- re ports practically every town in southern Wisconsin felt the shock. . AT DUBUQUE. Dubnqne. Iowa. May 26. Two shocks of earthquake were felt here at 8:33 this morning. No serious nrfCB is reported. FAVOBS A DEFEIISE Copenhagen, Mar 2& Belated election returns show that tbe government party is in the minority a a result of yesterdays election, which was fought out over the question of fortifications for the dty of Copenhagen. The ma jority of the new Foikethlar favor the

'Barney" the off horse of the No. 1 hose company, which was considered to be one of the best horses in the fire department, died this morning at the veterinary hospital of Dr. George Ferling, from' indigestion. The horse had been in the service for only a year, but- in this time had learned the "ropes" so well that it was the equal Of many of the older horses in the department. The horse had been ill since yesterday noon. The horse was valued at about Until a new horse is secured "Jim." Chief Miller's horse will do duty with "Barney's" partner. -

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WOMAN TRIES TO While Hurrying, to Bridge To day She Sees a Stranger Jump Off. FAILED TO UNNERVE HER PASSERBY SEIZES WOMAN AND RESISTS HER EFFORTS SUCCESSFULLYTHE DEAD BODY CHANGES WOMAN'S MIND. New York. May 26. Grace Anthony, after a cuarrel with her lover, started towards the rfudson river with the avowed intention of committing suicide today. At Riverside Drive via duct she saw a man whose suicidal intentions were just as strongly developed as hers, leap 150 feet to the street beneath. Instead of being unnerved she ran out upon a pier prepared to leap. She was caught by Charles Scott and thrice more she attempt ed to leap into the river. A New York Central train ' rumbled by and she tried to throw herself under the wheels but, was prevented by, Scott. Scott started - to. take . the girl home while she pleaded t.ox die? but' after walking from the pier they stumbled over the dead body of the man who had jumped from the viaduct. This seemed to end the girl's suicidal as pirations and she begged to be turned loose, which was done. Es Boston. May 26. Tomorrow Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, poet, author, advo cate of equal rights for her sex and one of America's most distinguished women, will observe her ninetieth birthday. The suffragists of Boston have planned to celebrate her birth day. MADE HIS WEALTH OFF FAST HORSES This is John E. MatfJen, who Is one of the leading figures oa the American turf. Not only Id tils country lure Mr. Maddens hones been wiaatas race consistently, but bones bred by him are making a fins saowiac oa tba otber aid oZ tha

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Petition of Bloomington Ship

pers for a Switching Rate Is Almost Similar to the Richmond Case. - HAS FAR REACHING EFFECT IN INDIANA Rights of the Shipper at June tion Points Strongly Set Out by a Decision of the Supreme Court (Special Correspondent) Indianapolis. Ind.. May 2. The de. ci8ion handed down by Commissioner Wood, of the Indiana Railroad Com. mission, in the case of six petitioners at Bloomington against the Mooon railroad, and the Indlananolis South ern railroad. In which the comnaniea were ordered to establish a switching rate of 13 at Bloomington and maintain It for two years, is expected by tne commission to have a far reachina effect in Indiana to adjust a number of like differences already called to tne attention of the commission, as well as differences which will be found later. Among the cases directly affected by the decision is that at Richmond, wherein the Richmond . Commercial Club la petitioner against the Pennsylvania and C C. 1 roads in which a like situation la found. No Switching Rates. The Monon and the Indianapolis Southern has established no switching rates at Bloomington. and the rates charged the petitioners varied from $5 to 921. according to conditions. . Since the Commission was attacked on Its constitutional authority in a case' at Connersville to order physical connection for switching parposes between connecting' railroads, and its power to fix switching rates whera such connection waa - made. Commissioner Wood. ! htm aylahm. went to considerable length into the Commission's right under the law. "In no other state do the statutes require such complete physical connection and the consequent full movement of cars and interchange of traffic.' he finds. "No option Is afforded the carrier as to whether they will connect; it Is not necessary for the shipper to assert the obligation of the carriers. It is the mandate of the law that wherever and whenever the Intersection takes place the ; connection shall also be made. If there la no Interchange of business the Commission may relieve on formal application cuv til the necessity arises. . i Rights of Shipper, rights of the shipper at the junction point were strongly set oat (in a Supreme Court decision cited) and as to those rights the General Assembly Imposed a duty on the railroad commission, and it is made its duty to adopt all necessary rules sad regulations for car service, or the transfer or switching of cars from one railroad to another at Junction points, with the power to fix and establish for. all connecting lines of railroads la this state reasonable rates of freight transfer and switching charges for tbe various classes of freight snd ears that may pass over two or more lines of such railroads. By requiring physical connections between rallroads.and tracks to industries, it was not meant to change the ordinary plan of operation or to impose any new or greater charge oa shippers for the same service performed before the act (the shippers bill) became effective. By allowing group rates (such as used at Bloomington) to be made, it was not Intended to authorise such groupings where the consequence would be discrimination, or prohibitive rates at Junction points. Any Connecting Una. "By section 4 of the shippers MIL carriers are required to reoste from any connecting line at any terminal all carload', freight and to deliver the same to the consignee on bis private track, or on Its tracks. The passage of this bill and tbe Railroad Commission act. tbe latter making it tbe duty of the Commission to require and establish reasonable switching rates at Junction points were contemporaneous aad affecting tbe same subject matter, and they must be considered together. -It developed that the psieaxUjB of tbe Joint coal rates from points on the Indianapolis Southern to any Industry in Bloomington on tbe Monon was 2S cents to tbe Indianapolis &athern snd 45 cents to tbe Monon. tbe absurd result being that on a Oton car. tbe Indianapolis Sorters would reeetva $1S after hanling this car Cftyrfive miles, while the Monon would receive $22.50 for switching it oa an alleged Joint rate, tbe average distance bein' 1.27 miles." . The finding fixes the switching rate at S3 a ear. Tbe Boding as a busts fot Its computations cites the switching rates established la 32 cities aad towns, the lowest betaij; $1 ft ear fa w number of places and the Us&est (I a car at South Bend! and EashvCbk At Fort Wayne the Joint switcsixi rate is fTS a cari at TTmmrl fJXC