Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 246, 13 July 1909 — Page 1

BICHMQMB , F A AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IN1.. TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 13, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CE3TT3. I VOL. XXXIV. NO. 846. FATHER AND SON BAKER ATTEMPTS STRIKE SITUATION STORM A SEVERE GREAT APPLAUSE Beveridge Gives Views on Tariff REMAINS THE SAME FOUND NOT GUILTY A!l EXPLANATION 111 SCHOOL SPAT ODE JlllO DAMAGE DOIIE WAS GREAT WAS WELCOME TO SEll. BEVERIDGE Strike Breakers to Reach the Bartletts Acquitted of Assault Scene Tomorrow. And Battery.

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Hundreds of People Crowded Into Tomlinson Hall,, Indianapolis, Show Senator Their Appreciation.

DEMONSTRATION BY TAFT CLUB SUCCESS Address of Senior Senator Was Simple Rehearsal of The Events in the Great Fight on Tariff. Indianapolis, July 13. Cheered and applauded by more than .,000 people who had gathered to show him their approval of his efforts in the recent tariff struggle, United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge was the guest of honor at an enthusiastic reception in Tomlinson Hall last night. Characterized in the senator's words, the meeting was one "in size and in time and In occasion absolutely without precedent in the history of the state," for it was only last Saturday that the Indianapolis Taft Club set on foot Its plans for a public reception to Mr. Bever idge. The meeting was a cosmopolitan one but was united in its demonstration of approval of Senator Beveridge's fight on the tariff question. Although the reception was given under the auspices of a Republican , organization and had been intended at the outset as a reception for its members only, the audience which greeted the senator last night was made up not only of Republicans, but also of members of other parties. But there seemed to be no line of demarcation between those who approved and . those, who did not. , Outburst of Applause. The senator's appearance- was the signal for an Immediate outburst of applause, which was prolonged for a considerable time after he had reached his seat. It was a big audience and one that believed in Senator Beveridge. 1 Women, of whom there were many present, waved their handkerchiefs; aged men twirled their' hats from the ends of their canes: shouts arose on all sides and almost drowned by the applause came the strains of a patriotic air played by the Indianapolis : Military Band, stationed in the gallery. Mr. Beveridge bowed in response repeatedly and took his seat, hut arose aeain as the band began "The Star Spangled Banner." The entire audience arose and remained standing until the selection was finished and then began its cheering again. Taft's NaYne Cheered. Mr. Miller, president of the Taft Club,, who presided, made only a short talk In introducing Mr. Beveridge, but it touched sufficiently close to the topic of the tariff and several of the nation's officers to evoke shouts and applause. The mere mention of the name of President Taft called forth applause and when Mr. Beveridge was referred to ihe applause became so insistent that Mr. Miller had to signal for quiet His introduction of Mr. Beveridge was a simple sentence: "Senator, the people want to hear you :- ; i . . Telia of Party's Promise. ' The address by Mr. Beveridge was a simple rehearsal of some of the reasons why the "progressives" took the stand they did on the tariff question, illustrating by specific cases of certain rates which they wished established. Mr. Beveridge dwelt with fervor on the obligation the republican party assumed when it promised an adjustment of the tariff and declared that in his opinion such a promise made to the people, was sacred and should either be retracted or kept. f His address contained no element of reproach to those members of the senate who had opposed his cause. The senator expressed, the belief that the entire trouble was merely a difference of opinion as to whether the prosperity of the country depended on the few In control of several great industries or whether it depended on the general prosperity of the people at large. He said that the "progressives" had championed the cause of the people in general, while the opposition had done the reverse. t Senator Beveridge's recital of two or three specific instances In the tariff fight was listened to with great interest One of these was the fight for free hides, based on the fact that there are not now enough hides In the ... country to supply the demand. Another was his investigation and his fight against the- American Tobacco company. Senator Beveridge last evening said In part: I am a protectionist I believe that the American people permanently are protectionists, because It Is the wisest policy; bat to be a protectionist does not mean that we are extortionists. 'Those rates of doty which are demanded by - wise protection are the foundation tones . upon - which our prosperity la building; - bat wherever

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ACCIDENT OCCURS AT GLEN MILLER Cab Horse Runs Off During a Thunder Storm and Mrs. Kelsey of New York Receiv- - es Bad Injuries. MISS CULBERTSON IN A THRILLING ESCAPE She Jumps From the Vehicle As It Speeded Down the Hill But Her Guest Refused to Do So Driver Unhurt. Glen Miller park was again the scene of one of the most remarkable accidents that has occurred in the city for years yesterday afternoon. It was remarkable in the fact that neither of the parties were killed, and it was only the merest chance and extreme good fortune that they escaped without serious injury. '. Miss Meb Culbertson and her guest, Mrs. H. H. Kelsey, of New York city, were driving in a closed cab through the Glen when the horse suddenly became frightened at a terrific peal of thunder during the heavy storm at about 3:30 o'clock, and rushed madly down' the steep incline by the old High Point hotel site and past the deer enclosure. Realizing the great danger and that the horse was beyond control of the driver, Miss Culbertson jumped from the. coupe at the same time shouting to her friend to jump alSO. '";;;Vi;:'v .-. -?' ' : Remained in Coupe. Mrs. Kelsey, however,. . refused to obey and stayed with the vehicle, continuing her wild ride Until a tree was struck with great force throwing her through the glass door of the . cab. Mrs. Kelsey 's nose was broken In several places and her tongue was badly cut She s bled profusely. She was also severely bruised and scratched about the face, hands and other parts of the body. Miss Culbertson was more fortunate, sustaining only a badly sprained left arm In J falling.

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which while very painful at present,

is not necessarily serious. Both of the occupants of the car riage were removed at once to the home of N. A. Hoffman near the deer park, where a physician was imme diately sent for. Considerable delay was experienced in getting the services of a doctor, owing to the fact that there was no telephone in the house Are Resting Easy. Mrs. Kelsey and Miss Culbertson are both resting as comfortably as could be expected this afterngon. Mrs. Kelsey was removed at once to Reid Memorial hospital, where her injuries may be better cared for, while Miss Culbertson was taken to her home, 111 North Sixth street. : Absolutely no blame is attached to the young colored driver who was thrown on his head, - but-'escaped unhurt, aside from a few minor bruises. The cab was demolished. The horse escaped with a few cuts and scratches about the legs. FIGHTS Great Sea Monster Finally Killed by a Sailor With a Gaff. FIERCE BATTLE IN DORY Boston, Mass., July 13. When attacked by a swordfish while in a dory on July 6, Andrew Ives of the crew of the schooner Nokoniis, which arrived in this port today, saved himself by striking the fish in a vital spot with the gaff which belonged to the sail of the dory. Capt Stanley previously had sunk a shaft into the fish. A dory then was put over manner by Ives, to bring the fish to the schooner. The monster appeared dead, but quickly recovered when Ives . tried to take it Into captivity and promptly turned upon the fisherman. It dashed at the dory and drove its sword into it with a viclousness that caused the frail craft nearly to capsize. It then would swim off a short distance and repeat the attack, Ives each time dodging, its big sword. Finally Ives grabbed the gaff and struck the fish fair. That was the end. . MISTAKE WAS MADE Albert Brooks, mention of whose arrest for public intoxication was made yesterday, is not a second hand dealer on Main street The similarity of names led to the mistake.

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Economy, father and son, were found not guilty of the charge of assault and battery in circuit court today. The Bartletts were accused of assaulting Frank Reece, who operates a portable saw mill. The Bartletts put up a plea of self defense. They maintained they were attacked and their evidence was sufficient to arouse the , court to believe there were extenuating circumstances. TAFT HAS BEGUN HIS ARGUMENT Oil THE TARIFF BILL President Calls Members of Congress to White House And Tells Them What He Wants Done. LOWER RATES IS THE THEME OF HIS TALK Standpatters, Insurgents and Democrats Are All Urged to Yield Some Points for the Common Good. Chicago, July 13. John Callan O'Laughlin in the Tribune says today in a dispatch filed yesterday: While the house of representatives was- passing the ' resolution' contemplating an amendment to the constitu tion permitting the levying of an In come tax;- President Taft was busy at the White house today urging senators and members to abandon their efforts for high tariff rates. He breakfasted this morning with Representative Fordney of Michigan, one of the house conferees and cham pion of the senate rate of $1.50 per thousand upon lumber. He conferred with Senator Curtis of Kansas, auth or of the amendment placing a duty upon crude petroleum equal to one-half of the rate imposed by an importing country upon this American product He saw Senator Burrows of Michigan, one of the senate conferees, in reference to the situation respecting iron ore and lumber. He obtained from Senator La Follette of Wisconsin one of the insurgents, a statement of the schedules which he regarded as objectionable and asked him to furnish a statement epitomizing his views. He discussed the Increase of tobac co taxes with Senator Daniel, a Democrat from Virginia, who emphatically oonoses this policy. He talked over various features of the situation with Senator Aldrich during luncheon, and also with Speaker Cannon, who had called during the morning. Studies Sentiment of Country. This gives a faint idea of the activity the president Is showing in connection with the tariff bill. In addition, he is studying memoranda which has been prepared for him by the department of commerce and labor and the treasury department, explaining the effect of the different changes which the senate made in the Payne .bill. He has gotten in touch with. the sentiment throughout the country, particularly in the middle west He is convinced now that the senate bill Is not acceptable to the people and he is bending every effort to have the various increases made scaled down. Where the senate? 'htil is higher than that of the house, he wants the latter: where the senate rates are lower, he wants those. His aim is, as has been stated in The Tribune, to secure a bill for which all the Republicans may vote and which can be defended before the country. The president made it clear today to a number of his callers that he pro posed to continue the policy of conciliation, indicating that he had secured results which justified it He would not discuss for publication what he was doing with respect to the individual rates, but he was frank about his attitude In reference to the administrative features of the bill and the income tax. Insists on Administrative Items. ; Mr. Taft regards the senate changes respecting the former as , excellent and has evidenced his Intention to Insist upon their acceptance by the house. They were prepared by the senate leaders in conjunction with the attorney general and thus are stamped with the administration's approval. He believes that the great power which has been confided to the president In connection with the maximum and minimum rates can be exercised in a manner calculated to secure the best results for the American trade. Under the senate provision the president is authorized to impose the maxi-

I School Supply Agent Gives His

Views on the Matter, But Fails to Change Appearance Of Affair. HE GREATLY REGRETS PUBLICITY GIVEN IT Says He Is a Friend of Man aging Editor of Indianapo lis News, Who Allowed Him To Air His Views. . In a letter to Supt. Jordan relative to theschool supply contract squabble, William I Baker, one of the Indianapolis dealers whose bids were rejected by the township trustees last week, attempts an explanation. Mr. Baker covers five typewritten sheets of paper, the largest amount of space being devoted to a chronicle of his own achievements and experiences as a dealer In school supplies. The attempted explanation Is somewhat dif ficult to fathom. One of the interest lng bits of information revealed by Baker is the fact that he is a friend of the managing editor of the Indianapolis News and that gentleman would not permit anything to appear in that paper without first giving Baker an opportunity to take exceptions. When the News printed the account of the game being played by Baker and his associates in this city, appended was a long statement from Baker in which he tried to make light of the matter. Regrets Publicity. The Indianapolis dealer writes to Jordan his regrets that the matter has gotten into the newspapers and expresses some apprehension about the veracity of newspaper copy prepared in the hurry of the day. One of the points gained by perus ing Baker's extensive manuscript his somewhat amusing declaration in regard to competition. Following the mention of the name of Draper, the contractor who divulged the fixed price combination of the bidders, Baker makes reference to the fable of the dog in the manger. He said it never has been determined whether the dog was trying to be a dog or a horse. j What Baker Says. Baker. says: "We have some agents like the dog and they harm everyone and our trus tees in particular. The country is growing older and more people must be in business and prices must be low er and they must and will be uniform If those In business expect to remain In business. In Wayne county It costs no cents to raise a bushel of wheat where only a light fertiliser Is used. am told. If one farmer would offer wheat for GO cents what would his neighbors think. He would be reason ed with and Implored to sell only at the market price. "Of course Mr. Draper never said canceled an order I gave him because Mr. Draper is a truthful man and did not cancel an order until today when the order was canceled on us as the buyer was made to see that he had to have a bid. The facts are that we had a meeting here and read the riot act to some parties who make trustees look ridiculous by having so many prices. About 80 per cent of the prices were cut and of the remaining 20 per cent the raise was only where the factories have raised the prices. We are going to make this a respectable business with uniform market prices which can be relied on and we are not going to violate any law doing it We are going to 'protect every man who buys goods of us by selling all at the same riee and keeDins an exact copy of each item sold him, and this we are going to keep for six years which is as long as he is liable to have anything come up against him." -Old Day" Methods. It is probable that Baker would claim the farmer who sells wheat at 60 cents had no right nor business to fix his own price and the purchaser ought to be denied the privilege of buying. Baker advocates "old day" methods of dealing with the public In this year 1909. He refers to the time when John C Mcpherson was superintendent of Wayne county. That was- back in the seventies. In those day Baker encountered no criticism, but trouble evidently has followed the Influx of "not educated educators" in the field. Here Is what the supply man has to say: "We are going to have uniform goods, especially registers and reports, and they will be as exact as they were In the old days when John C Mcpherson and I made the copy for them. I conducted the business for many years without a breath of criticism but there are so many in it 'now who are not educated educators, but merely salesmen that - their efforts have caused many awkward laws to be passed. The trustees hare complained so many times about the unreliability of prices that It was necessary to reform them and make them mean something and this we nave done and are doing, and we trust that we win have your

New Castle, Pa.. July 13 No change

in the strike situation here has oc curred but the Amalgamated men ex pect strike-breakers tomorrow and Thursday. The strike leaders have an nounced that they will open a commis sary department here to supply the families of tin workers whom the gro cers will not trust for provisions dur ing the progress of the strike. REMARKABLE IS OF BIGAMIST KII1G He Admits in Interview That He Has Been Making Living By Marrying Women for the Past Three Years. COURTED TEN WOMEN WHILE IN PORTLAND He Has Deceived and Desert ed Women in Nearly Every State in Union Amazing Admissions Made. San Francisco, July 13. The, most remarkable confession ever made by a bigamist in the United States was secured today by "The Examiner" from Christian Johnson, who, facing a sev en year sentence at San Quentln Im posed on him at San Jose, flung aside reserve and admitted that he was John Madson, who has made a profession of polygamy and has received and deserted wives In almost every state in the Union. Johnson declares In his confession. which was signed and sealed In the presence of Sheriff Langford and oth er officers of Santa .Clara county, that he had been making his living . by marrying and making love to women since 190$. , Amazing admissions are contained in almost every line of the confession of this most bewildering of bigamists, who boasts that he made love to ten women at one time in Portland, Oreg., after having married one of them in the autumn of 1906. His confession follow: By Christian C. Johnson. 1 was born In Flensburg. Schles-wig-Holstein, Germany, on the 11th day of March, 1845. My father was a horse dealer. He bought horses for the German and French governments. "After I completed my education at Kiel I came to the United States In 1871. I landed In New York In October of that year and went to work In the Union Iron and Steel works in Trenton, N. J. "I got a job from the United States government in 1876 buying horses on commission. I was buying for them a little over three years, then I got a recommendation to the British minister In Washington and I bought for the English on and off for thirty years, horses, mule's, ponies and mustangs and also shipped for them. "During the Russo-Japanese war, I bought horses for the Japanese government During all this period I made my headquarters in New York during the summer and in New Orleans during the winter. He Became Sporty. "My occupation brought me in contact with the sporting people and I led a rather sporty life, and I want to say right here that whatever I got out of women I spent on them right away; they kept me broke. "In November. 1905, I married the first woman, a Mrs. Brown, of Spring field, Mass. She was a wello-do widow. I was in New York at the time and read a matrimonial advertise ment in a Boston paper.- - "I went to Springfield and married her Inside of a month. She gave mo $500 on the wedding day. We remained in Springfield one night and the next day we took the train for New York. " "I left her because I didn't like her. She didn't suit me and I simply left her. .- Went to New Orleans. . "I went from there to New Orleans and then to San Francisco. My second marriage was to Mrs. Sylvia Pollard De Bonnets. I first met her in San Francisco through a friend. We were married on December 28, 190C In San Rafael, I at that time being known as Christian C Johnson. I think I lived about two weeks with her and then told her that I had to go to Germany on important business. "Then I went to Portland, and put an advertisement in a paper for a wife. There must have been 500 replies. I remained there for two mouths, and was paying attention during that time to ten different women. I only ried one. 'however. Her name" Ellxa Jones If I remember rightly. I

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Richmond and Netahborinrj

Country Experiences One Of the Heaviest Downpours Of the Season. CROPS ARE GREATLY HURT AS A RESULT Reports From Over the State Show That the Storm King Accomplished Much Havoc During Progress. The storm of yesterday - afternoon was one of the most severe In several months. Rain literally came down In sheets and as & result there waa con siderable damage done locally. Cora fields perhaps suffered the most, and today Wayne county farmers are wearing that "pass-this-way-to-view-the-remains" expression on their faces, as they ruefully survey their battered fields. Lightning struck in several places in the city, but no damage resulted of consequence. The large steel tank at the Hooeler Drill Works waa struck but owing to the fact that the structure waa of steel It waa not damaged. Water rushed into the engine room of Gaar. Scott A Company yesterday afternoon with frightful velocity from an over flooded sewer. The big main belt was put out of commission and work waa suspended there for the rest of the afternoon and & part of this morning. Several cellars over the ' city were flooded also, 'and limbs and even whole trees were blown down by the heavy wind that accompanied the rain. Tel ephone and telegraph wires were torn down and the city street care did not attempt to tub during the moat, severe part of the storm. .The Pennsylvania trains were also late as a result of the storm, but have resumed their regular schedule again today. FELT OVER INDIANA. Indianapolis, July 13. The most severe thunder, wind and rainstorm of the season swept the state from end to end yesterday, doing great damage to property, especially to crops m the field, but killing no one so far as could be learned. Two men were stunned by lightning near Warsaw, but both recovered from the effects of the shock. Windows were shattered and building unroofed by the wind at Falrmount, Columbus and on or two other places and some barns and other buildings were burned or partially burned by lightning. The greatest damage was dons to crops in the field. In several .locali ties corn was broken off by the wind or beaten down by the rain. la soma localities where wheat is still uncut owing to the wet weather of several days back the grain was beaten, to the ground and it will be Impossible to save It ; 8ome of It will be cradled. but the most of It will be completely lost - A spectacular One. A spectacular storm which ragsd la Indianapolis yesterday afternoon brought terror and fright with its rain lnd. lightning and thunder. UX was endangered and some property loss waa suffered In various parts or tne city. Lightning struck several places, among them the court house tower sad the north ' steeple of the . Meridian street Methodist church, where the damage may reach fl.000.. The wind rose to a velocity or tnir-ty-two miles sa hour and in the three hours of the storm 1-M Inches of rats fell. At times the rainfall was almost a deluge. The Indianapolis Traction Terminal company suffered the greatest damage. More than thirty of Its cars were put -out of commission with burned-out motors. Wrecking crews and emergency wagons were kept scurrying hers and there until 9 o'clock repairing the damage. ' The lightning played pranks with the electric lights, both In business houses and residences. - Sparks and flames spurted from the lamps and in most cases the lights were rendered useless. ' . John Madson. I got SL800 from her because she said she loved me. ; I lived with her for two weeks. "Then I went to Los Angeles and from there to Memphis,. Tenn. All this time I was traveling under the name of Madson. "At Memphis I became acquainted with a Mrs. Bertha King and we hved together six weeks at Memphis. He Receives Tip. - "At that time I read m the newspapers that the police were huntta all over the country for John Madson for marrying Mrs. Jones In Portland and robbing her of $1,800. "I left Mrs. King In Louisville sad then went to Chicago, thence to New York, New Orleans and EL LosJa.7 "In St Louis I advertised and rtet2v ed ever so many answers. "It wss then that I met Mrs. TZtmtO I

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