Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 233, 30 June 1909 — Page 1

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TOI XXXIV. NO. 233. RICnnOXD, IND WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CZHTtJ,

FALL FESTIVAL PUDS JIBE MADE AT THE MEETIIIG Promoters of the Big Under- - taking Met Last Evening ' And Name Chairmen of Var

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At a meeting held last evening by the .promoters of the second annual Richmond fall festival, committee - !aairmen - were named and preliminarygteps were taken for the big event, which will probably be held on October 6. 7 and 8. . Perry J. Freeman was named as ' chairman of the executive committee, f With J. A. Spekenhier as vice chalrinan. -E. H. Harris will act as secretary and P.; M. Taylor will be the treasurer. These four officials and R. O. Leeds as ex-of f icio member. . with the chairman of the following committees, will be members of the executive committee of the fall festival: Committee Chairmen. ' Finance N. H. Johnson. Advertising and Printing J. A. Spekenhier. Entertainment and Amusements Chas. M. Morgan. Decoration J. A. Perkins, -iciustrlal C. C. Commons. .Transportation Wra. M. Bailey. Hospitality Fred Lemon. Horse 8how T. P. Butler. - Cattle, and Hogs Sam Dunlap. , VegetablesIsaac Dougan. 'Grain 'J. 8., Helms. , ftniltry ahd Dogs Ji C Thurman. Flower Show Frank Waldele. Miscellaneous Exhibits J. S. Kuth. Tbev majority of the committees named will be divided Into , sub committees.' as follows: " The Sub Committees. , , . Finance The city will be divided " into districts. and for each district there , will be a chairman. These chairmen , and their assistants will be expected to mise the necessary funds ; for the festival. ', Transportation Steam roads and . lnterurban lines. . 'f . Industrial Sub committee for each district in the city. Decoration Illuminations, General : Decorations, Exterior Building Decorations, Interior Building Decorations, Windows. , Advertising Press - News Service, Local Newspaper Advertising, Billboard and Outside Newspaper Advertising. . . Hospitality Invitations, Reception, Public Comfort and Medical Staff. ' Amusement Committee Marathon Race, Horse Racing, Fire Department Exhibit, Baseball, Auto Racing, Mardi Gras Day, Privileges (others to be added)- - - The committee on the agricultural parade, which will be one of the distinct features of the rail festival, will be composed of the chairman of the various committees and will be headed by the chairman of the horse committee. The last day of the fall festival will be on a Friday and It has been decided that the day following hall be set aside for the sale and exchange of exhibits. Are All Hustlers. . , The men who have been named to the executive committee of the fall festival are all hustling and enterprising citizens and under their manage- : meat the success of the affair is already . assured. They will start to work on the festival arrangements immediately so that all the plane will be , perfected by the time the-big event Is held. There will be an elaborate advertising campaign undertaken this year, the result of which is expected to be the Invasion of Richmond by thousands of. people from all over Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio. All the

? newspapers In this section of the country will be given a fall festival V news service at the head of which bur eau there will be experienced local newspaper men. The sub advertising committees will be under the direction of experienced local advertising men. These news writers and adver tising specialists intend to show the tousiness men or this city and county, by the thousands of people that will be attracted here during the fall festi val through this gigantic advertising campaign, the real value of publicity, When properly directed. UNDERGOES OPERATION. Milton. Ind., June 30. Word was re ceived here last evening, that Mrs. TnxZk. Clouds at Indianapolis would eater the Methodist hospital at that estr last evening to undergo a surgical operation of eome Mature, 'the symSftthy of friends here la extended to Mr. and lira. .Clouds in their, trials

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MRS. FRANK SNOWDEN R IDG LEY BROWN. Baltimore. June 30 . The most beau- he became a newspaper reporter.

tlful woman In the South, Mrs. Frank . . . Snowden Ridgley Brown, has engaged counsel to bring suit for divorce against former Governor Brown's so,n with whom she eloped ; to Now York three years ago. Mrs. Brown, announce ed that she was about to bring suit, but did not give any reason. Mr. Brown has been away from Baltlmore since last winter, driving fast automobiles and paying great atten-. Won to horse racing. He is a brother of the- former Mrs. Gordon Tajior Hughes who recently married the Stan -dard Oil millionaire, Alfred Elliott Dieterich. Upon the death of his mother he fell heir to a large fortune. Instead of going into business TEAM OF ANGORA GOATS EXPECTED Unique "Outfit" Will Arrive Here Either Tonight or Tomorrow. A COAST TO COAST TRIP TWO ANIMALS, OWNED BY CAPTAIN V. EDWARDS, A CRIPPLE, ' HAVE TRAVELED OVER SEVEN THOUSAND MILES. ; An unique team is expected to arrive in the city tonight or tomorrow from the west It is a pair of Angora goats that is being driven from San Diego, Cal., to New York City by Oapt V. Bdwards. The trip is being made as an experiment to ascertain the effect of different climates on the Angora. Capt. Edwards is a cripple who is regarded as an expert on goat raising. He has driven his team , more than 7,000 miles. The first trip was from Hastings, Neb.,' to San Diego. He is now on a coast to coast trip. - Accompanying the " Captain are J, Rv Johnson, who has spent a lifetime hunting in the far west and was in Africa for several months, Cecil Fleener and Fred English, two bpys. The party has with it five mountain burros. The burros are in charge of Johnson and are laden with the camping outfit. The boys help with the goats and assist with the work about camp. Cross Three Deserts. The outfit has been on the road 209 traveling days and have crossed three deserts and two mountain ranges, many times traveling for days where there was not a sign of a road. The go&te have never been sick on the road but it has been necessary to put leather shoes on them twice while traveling over the flint rock country. Their hoofs are in good condition now, the gravel roads of Indiana , seeming to have no serious effect on them. The borroa have never been shod. They do a greater part of their traveling during the night, on account of the heat, making an average of fifteen milea a day. Captain-Bdwards intends to write a book on goats when the Journey in completed. u . , -

He - - mJT. per and reported for his assignments a pair Gf horses show winners named Brandy and Soda. A footman rode -beside. him.. .This was too much for the. newspaper :world" and he lasted tw oweeks as a reporter. They still .cherish recollections of him as the "B. & S. reporter." He met his wife, then. Miss Mabel Michael, not well , off, but beautiful, on an automobile trip. He persuaded her to elope with him to. New York. - They tried to get a priest to marry them. Miss Michael being a Catholic, but were unsuccessful. Eventually they were married by the Rev. Henry Marsh Waren, New York's champion marrying parson. TWO WHITE WOMEI AIDED LE0I1 LIIIG New York Police Aver Missionaries Helped to Cover Up the Crime. SOUGHT A BURIAL PLACE A DISPATCH FROM EL PASO, TEXAS, TODAY, STATES THREEJ CHINAMEN ARE1 HELD, ONE BELIEVED TO BE MURDERER. New York, June 30. Two white women, missionaries in (Chinatown, aided Leon Ling, in his efforts to cover up the ' traces of the murder ' of Elsie Sigel, according to information obtained by the police today. . They went to ; the azent who leased . the store at 370 West 126th street to Yung Wan as a laundry, where Leon" tried to bury the trunk containing the body of his victim, and got him to transfer the lease to Yung Kee. . " Yung Wah is a brother of Yung Dat, a former partner of Leon, and 'Yung Wah helped Leon to try to dispose of the trunk in; which Elsie's body was packed. When the floor of the laundry had been torn up in an Ineffectual attempt to get rid of the trunk. Yung Wah hurriedly sold out to his cousin, Yung Kee. and - disappeared, and the two white women friends , of Tung Wah and Yung Dat, persuaded the agent to transfer the lease. t. Arrested Over Border. A dispatch today from El Paso. Texas, says that three Chinamen have been arrested on the Mexican border and that one is believed to be Leon Ling. The suspect answers In every detail the printed descriptions of Leon. The arrests were made in Cuidad Juarez, Mexv opposite El Paso. The Juares - police, - according to the dispatch, refused to talk of the arrests (Continued on Page Seven.) THE WEATHER PROPHET.

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Tomorow is the day when Harry F Penny and Charles W. Jordan gather their clans and hie to the woods along the middle fork east of Middleboro, The two families will be in camp for a week. Fishing rods, guns and a boat were In the equipment- of the party. Jordan's dog la expecting a good time. A FIRE 0RD1I1AUCE The practice of some residents In the city cutting down shade trees and leaving the atump sticking up . above the ground to rot away ;Will have to be discontinued in the . future, as the matter is to be referred to council and an - ordinance drawn up making it a violation to cut down trees and leave the stumps showing. Not only is it very unsightly, but dangerous as well. TOWIIS III CQOIITY MUCH PERPLEXED OVER All 000 LAW Act of Last Legislature Relating to Unincorporated Towns Is Full of Snares and Ravelings. ONLY SUPREME COURT OFFER EXPLANATIONS Attorney General States, After Considering Measure, That As It Now Stands It Means Nothing. Conflicting statements in a law pass ed by the . last -legislature relating to incorporated towns has put about TOO towns of the state in a quandary. The Idiosyncrasies of the law are so num erous that its effect is not known. The towns have not gained sufficient distinction to be classed as cities under the statutes and the law leaves them unaware . of the proper way to elect trustees this fall. In this county Cam. bridge City, Dublin. Fountain City, Hagerstown, Boston, Centerville, East Germantown, Milton, Mount Auburn, Spring Orove and Whitewater are concerned. The office of the attorney gen eral nas oeen appeaiea to by a number of towns tor construction of the new; law, but the reply has been in each instance that the supreme court alone can construe the law, although at this time the law means nothing. What Law Provides. The measure provides that town trustees shall be elected this fall, one from each' ward and that in towns which have an even number of trustees one-half of the persons of any such town that receive the highest number of ; votes at the regular : election in 1909 shall be regarded as elected thereto the office of trustee, for a period of four years and the other half for a pe riod of two years- and In towns having an even number of trustees receiv ing the highest number of votes shall serve for four years and the remainder for two years. V. : ' The question arose over the repetition of . the ; word "even."; Presumably says the attorney general, the general assembly meant that one of the evens should be .written "odd,Ti probably the latter, although la that event, it would be difficult to elect on fewer than one-half of, say seven trustees, since itwould require the election for four years of two and one-half trustees, a physical impossibility, although in many cases it is popularly believed that some trustees are not more than hair trustees. -' . It Means Nothing. As the act reads it means nothing at all according to the attorney general, but no power except that of the supreme court can so declare and make the declaration effective, and the supreme court can not make such a declaration until a case reaches It In regular manner. Consequently since the act as it stands is the law the towns will be compelled to elect this fall according to its provisions, and ask the court subsequently, on an " appeal to determine just what the act means, if It means anything at an. The law Is In farther conflict m that It defines the terms of clerks, marshal and treasurer as two years and ; subsequently declares that the terms of officers- selected shall continue tor four years. The conflicts of language in this act have served to call attention to numerous errors far the 1909 volume of tho acts. According to an attache of the attorney generaTe office, mere brackets Indicating clerical, grammatical or typographical errors axe to be found in the 1809 volume than in any

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FOR WATER WORKS CQMPAIIY F Fire Protection Committee of Commercial Club Will Ask Board of Works To Consider It Immediately. BETTER PROTECTION IS NOW IMPERATIVE Committee Reports That Re quired Improvements Will Be Made by Company If a Franchise Is Granted. Because of the constant danger the city la exposed to, owing to the lack of efficient fire protection, the special fire protection committee of the Com mercial club, at its meeting last ev ening, decided that a new franchise with the Richmond City Water Works company was necessary. Tne omciais of the Water Works company are will ing to accept a new franchise, which will compel the company to construct additional mains, and add an extra and larger pump at the pumping station, east of the city. A conference between the board of works and the committee will be held soon, a date being set on the return of B. B. Johnson a member of the board, to the city. A lengthy discussion was indulged in by the committee, which includes, S. E. Swayne, Sharon E. Jones. W. K. Bradbury. Charles E. Sbiveley, Lee B. Nusbaum and Edgar Hiatt. Besides the subject of a new franchise, the matter of a building code was discussed, as was also the necessity of additional fire ' fighting apparatus, as recommended by Chief Killer. . Expiree In 1912. At the present time, the Question of franchise will be given entire consideration. The present franchise of the Water Works company expires in 1912 but the officials are willing to accept a hew franchise at the present time. One of the members of the club In discussing the Water Works com pany's attitude, stated : the officials knew they would have to -make the improvement in 1912 and for this reason were willing " that the work be started immediately, in order that tho city may have : increased protection without further delay, r -; It is probable that the matter of con tract will be left entirely between the company and the board of works. However the Commercial club com mlttee has an ordinance which is, con sidered a model one by the underwriters association, which It may advance as a suggestion of, what the citizens favor. It is absolutely certain that under the terms of the new contract, the company will have to . construct ; an additional 12 inch main: from the pumping station to the city, install another pump at the pumping station and distribute the fire hydrants about the "city in a more systematic way. It is also probable that the company will have to place additional mains In West Richmond and other parts of the city. which are now furnished fire protection through six inch mains. But one main crosses the river for the west section of the city, and it supplies all the water for this vicinity. In case of a big fire, very little protection could be assured by reason of the small size of the water mains and inade quate distribution of water. Doubt as to Attitude. Just what attitude the administra tion will take on the question is not known. It has been rumored on the street that the city officials would rather allow the next administration to consider the question. However pressure will be brought to ber upon them, of the necessity of Immediate action. ?- ,:: The Question of rates to be charg ed by the Water Works company un der the terms of a new franchise has not been considered by the Commercial club committee. Such details are (Continued on Page Seven.) The Best Slogan For

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. That to what the Young Men's Business Club ..wants for advertising . Richmond. The Club offers a ' prise of FIVE DOLLARS for the phrase or slogan ser lected as the most suitable for the fight for a bigger and better town. The Contest will be open from now until 6 p. m. on the evening of July- the 6th. Slogans and phrases should be sent to the Slogan Contest Editor of either the Palladium or the Item. Slogans arriving before noon will be published ia both papers the same day. Every one is eligible. Send In as many ideas as you have. The judges are to be announced later. ". - ,J What the Crab wants to eomcthicg new. crisp and effective. ; It wants something that wont wear out because it is to be meed permanently in tne f tore campaign for Richmond enterprise. Addnzs The Slcsn Ccxitzzt Edr

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Talk about heavy rains why it has not rained for a month. If the condition of North D street between the Do ran bridge and Fort Wayne avenue Indicates anything. That street is covered by two inches of dust, a condition that prevails no place in tha city, or probably county. WILL BE REPEATED "The Isle of Jewels" and "Little Boy Blue." two operettas given by the graduating class of St. John's parochial school, will be repeated next Friday evening. The entertainment wtll take place at St. John's school build ing assembly halLx BOARD OF REVIEW THIUKS HEW JAIL VERY NECESSARY After Visiting Institution They Are Satisfied With Way It Is Kept, But Don't Like the Building. v r . THINK INSTITUTION V A COUNTY DISGRACE Improvements Have Been Re peatedly Recommended, But for Financial Reasons, Action Always Delayed. Members of the Wayne county boar l of review, who visited the county jail yesterday declare Wayne county ought to be ashamed of the, conditions that prevail there. . The fault to not to be placed1 on the sheriff nor his assists nta but on- the building itself. Judge Fox Is one of the strongest advocates of a new jail in the county. Richmond is one of the larger cities' of the state and every year several hundred are Imprisoned at the Jail. .The institution Is not even sanitary, although It is kept in clean condition. ' The atton tion of the commissioners and count council has been called to the Jail re peatedly, but they have not believed a new building, is warranted- because of the financial condition of the county at present. ' . . . v Insane Ward Needed. There has been a clamor for as In sane ward for several years by the local press. Judge Fox has sustained the arguments of the newspapers that an Insane ward Is an actual need. At the present time there are three In sane men at the jail and there is no way to keep them apart from the other prisoners. The criminals and drunks take delight in tormenting these men and subject them to all kinds of Indlg nitiea when the sheriff or turnkey u not about One of these insane men seldom has a rational minute. At times he becomes violent and it is asserted that at these times he is often mis treated by prisoners. There seem to be no recourse. The Jail to provided with a padded cell, but to keep a man penned up in such torrid weather la not humane, and he is given the free dom of .the corridors. : The jail is ventilated but' poorly. Tbe windows are up high from - the floor and there is no way for fresh air to gain access. The light to poor. The bath facilities are very crude and far too limited. The grand jury a year ago recommended improvement at the Jail, as has several other juries, but nothing has been done except in a minor way. -S , Richmond?

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IS STARTED AT THE LOVE FEAST Clauds Bowers &nd Cencressman Korbly Warns Him as Democratic f.'cmincc fcr President, 1912. - SENATOR BEVERIDGE OBJECT OF ATTACK Indianapolis Representative Says Bevcriy Stcnd Against Htfi Tcriff a Political Scheme. Governor Thomas R. yfarahl who suited his successful race tor the gar. crnorship of Indiana a year ago this month at the Jefferson club banquet held at the CoUseum. was given a sub stantial boost for the democratic Identlal nomination in 191X at second annual banquet of the Jefferson club last evening, which was held at the L O. O. F. banquet hall. Clauds Bowers of Torre Haute and Charles A. Korbly of Indianapolis, the two sneak ers of the occasion spoke very Msfcly of Governor Marshall and nraeatseA him the support of Indiana democrats. Fully two hundred members of tha club and a few visitors roundly applauded tho speakers at very meatkm of Governor MarshalL There was but one disappointment, the failure of the Hon. Frank B. Herlng of fjouth Bend to arrive here to deliver hie adifusa A telegram was received from Mr. Hsring from Chicago, in which he stated that tiiis was the first speaking en gagement he bad ever missed. lie also stated that he had come an th way from Kansas City to be present last vminar. but hi train was Itii 'ln.ua late at Chicago, and It u hie Aa reach this city. Tha daVj beta, many of whom have heard tir. Hering deliver both, political and fra ternal speeches, knew they had missed a tree,, : ;-;:;:.-.';.v From Atl Over the Ceawty. The banquet : tables, witif tha exception of one were crowded with members of the 'dub. iachtdIda'';cItC sens of Cambridae City. Ilaserstown.' Dublin. Kilton, Fountain City, Qreenefork. Jtartoa and other county towns. " ' PtiA 1.1,1. Mm .! . a riety of garden'' flowers. - - The walls were prettily decorated with flags and bunting, most of which was draped in butterfly effect. Carnations were given as favors. ; ,: :- ,-; - The banqueters sat down to m s$ien. did repast at 8 o'clock and It was an hour later before they had finished. The menu Included olives, cold boiled ham, veal loaf, baked beans, potato salad, cold stow jelly, bread and butter, coffee, cake and lee eream. Tha banquet was served by the ladies aid society of the Second Presbyterian church. The Rev. It Robert Dunnway of the Second Proshylerlsa eanroa delivered the Invocation. Is Beck a Candidate? After a few remarks, Toeetmaster C B. Beck, former county chairman and probable nominee of the party for mayor of the city, introduced Claude Bowers of Terra Haute to the aaCtoace. Mr. Bowers, who appears to be yet fa the twenties, made a very rJeaslnj talk, and his Caoourss aa an oratorical effort, was one of tho neat ever heard in this city. His autject was Tne Present Duty and Opportunity of Gwgress." In his introduction ha commended the stand taken by Henry U. Johnson. -who while a aaesaber of eonsress from this district stood by his convictions at the expense of feia political prestige. Bvery mention tt Mr. Johnson was roundly . sgyianCad. After discussing different phases of the tariff question la whleh .he said) the buccaneers of Senator Aldrtoh of Rhode Island, were leading tho party to the rocks in 1012. and taking a crack at the government for trying to establish a censorship over tha press, referring to the instance of the Indianapolis News. Mr. Bowers concluded with the coounendatory asentioa of Governor Thomas R. ' Marshall: - ' Indorsee Marshall. "And as we have a record as luminous as light and an organisation militant aad aggressive, so too have wo tho man to lead as ha the Csht, He to tho embodiment of the traditions of the republic, should occasion call-as call It -we are prepared to give to tie leadership of the party In 1SS2 t!t trflllant orator aad scholarly states-Tan and manly man tha pride of the law diaaa demon ary of today aad promise of the astlensl of tomorrow the gallant, gghttas; ure of Tom Marshall " ttar Phessnt Coxcreo." co responded to cy Cartas Eortr 2 Indianapolis, who Is a sneezer c2 Ca interesting oae. - VWOm not gsj In the saase asaaaor as Ur. Cswars ta orm. n m .. r- - er. Kr. EorUy obtains! cty (3 over the esntry by rzZZ3 tal tar from the Atkins Caw TTt3 cl Indianapolis that he was y , the people sad not aa tavtTnl c3 ia tSa oraxirca; cJ Cj

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