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AND SUN-TELEGRAM, l VOI. XXXIV. NO. 285. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENINU, AUGUST 21, 10O9. StXGLE COPY, 9 CENTS, j

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Board of Works Decides Not to Act on Paving of the Street Between South A and North A streets Because The Street Car Company Petitioned to Pave Between Tracks and 18 Inches on Each Side With Brick, After The Board Had Adopted Its Final Resolution.

O'NEAL FAVORS BRICK PAVEMENT Oil THTHIGHWAY States in Positive Terms That

i. : Oama4!aii Di.Aie proposition invoivea sevBiai nue He Will NOt SanCtlOn fPIegal points which caused many heat

posed Plan of Pavinfj.Sfreet With Asphalt. CASE MAY BE Rl ERRED TO THE "Y COUNCIL If Property Owners Again Petition for Asphalt Paving, It Is Probably Board Will Refuse Actiorj. 1 Shall Eighth street from South A to North A be paired' with brick or asphalt? 1 This remains U be seen and is a Question which is grousing the prop-) erty owners, residents along that Btreet, members of Jhe board of , works, the Terre HaufeJpdianapqlis and Eastern Traction company5 and the public In general. After considerable agitation for the past few days the end la more remote than ever and at a meeting of the board" Of" works this morning the whole proceedings were thrown out. The board will now wait on further developments, a new petition for asphalt paving being anticipated. The action - of the board was decided on in order to give the street car company an opportunity to present its petition for a brick pavement between the tracks before the final adoption of the resolution by the board for the improvement. If the Improvement was ordered just at this time, according to law, the entire street including the space between the ear tracks would have to be paved with asphalt because of a legal point overlooked by the company in pre senting its petition for a brick pave-j dent too late. If another petition is presented to the board by residents along that section of the street, requesting an asphalt pavement, similar to the petition presented the other day, it will be up to the board to grant the petition, providing it is signed by a majority of the resident property owners, or decline to order the improvement. In view of the fact that all of the members of the board favor the brick pave-

went and W. P. O Neal one of thejinterest was for the property owner8, members emphatically stated at the i A tne welfare of Richd. Mr. j. meeting yesterday afternoon that he j arrington stated that he had made would not be a part to authorizing ( a persona, investigation of the matter

me placing or an aspiuui pavement. , as he believed it to De , impractical. It ia probable that the matter may yet be carried' to council to be decided. How the, Law Reads. Several days ago the residents of the two blocks on Eighth street presented a petition to the board of. works requesting an asphalt pavement It was perfectly legal and was signed by the majority of residents on that part of the street designated. The law on that point plainly states that "if prior to ten o'clock in the morning of the tenth day (excluding Sundays) after said order is made, a majority in number of the freeholders

residing on said street, shall file a pe- because of financial reasons. He gave tition with said board, requesting that j New York as an example of a city said street be improved with a certain j where asphalt pavements proved a disMnd of the kinds of pavement for j appointment and a great expense to which a bid or bids have been receiv-1 the city and were being supplanted ed, said city, or town shall have no! now by brick which would stand the jurisdiction or power, in that proceed-j hard usage subjected to it. Mr. Saxton log to let a contract for the improve- J stated that while the law required that

ment of said street with any pavement other than the kind named in aid petition.' It will be noticed that the law does

not make it compulsory with the j let the board take the matter under board to let the contract at all. It ; advisement The meeting then adalmply stales that if the contract isfjourned until this morning when It

awarded the board shall have no juris - diction to let a contract for the improvement with any pavement, "other than the kind named in said petition." The law further states that "the contract when executed shall be for

foundation, curb (If any) and wearing ' ?udft ftbr Ab.bo" wi" surface. ; If no award is made within1this ln tor ia home at Sumsaid ten days, all bids shall be treated ! me7ie. v fre? aM citv or town mav I relatives. He will be absent from the

then proceed to readvertlse for bids for such Improvement on the several sets of specifications on file. Asphalt Impractical. According to this section of the law the contract calls for the improvement of the street, including the space .between the street car tracks and eighteen inches on either side. The

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street car company states that asphalt has been repeatedly tried between the tracks and found to be impractical, causing no end of trouble. The vibra tion of the cars breaks the asphalt, it is said, and repeatedly calls for re pairs. One way out of the difficulty suggested at the meeting of the board yesterday was to let a special contract to the street car company which will have nothing whatever to do with the improvement of the rest of the street. But this suggestion did not meet with the approval of the board. There was a great deal of wrangling at the board meeting yesterday and . ,t a t ed debases. W. P. O'Neal cast a bomb shell in, the' proceedings by stating in a verle . positive manner that he I was in favr of a brick pavement and would never authorize an asphalt pavement as:.he did not think it practical. He sotted that he might just as well showhis attitude first as last and the stand he took in the matter. Mr. O'Neal stated that he had studied the situation thoroughly and was firmly convinced jthat a brick pavement was the only Kind that could stand the rough usage of that street. Not'.ln the Trust? S. S. Saxtdft, asphalt contractor of Chicago, who- submitted a bid for the work to thef' board, then stated that he was sorry so much difficulty had arisen overjthe proposed improvement and that he would not force an asphalt pavementfon the property owners if it was not desired. He declared that he had made a personal canvas among all the residents along that section of , . , . . Z w anij; with the exception of two, all were in favor of asphalt instead of a brick pavement. Here he turned and, addressing his remarks to the reporters, stated he wanted it plainly stated by the press that he was absolutely in the business for himself and was in no way connected with the trust. -He Btated , that he wanted this fact known positively by the people, as he had been unjustly accused of being in the combine and such.; was not the case. He then went on to state that he was very desirous of putting an asphalt street in his home city where he would soon establish an office. He dwelt at length on the servicability of the asphalt pavement and said that cities where he had made asphalt streets couldn't be given brick pavements now. He cited Muncie and Ft Wayne as illustrations of his point. At the latter place, he stated, asphalt pavements placed - fifteen years ago were in just as good ocndition today as then and were giving excellent sat isfaction. In closing Mr. Saxton stated that he was aware of the agitation the proposed asphalt improvement was creating among the property owners and would withdraw his bid were it not for the fact that the majority of the residents seemed to favor asphalt and he was acting for their interests. Harrington Gives Views. Mt. O'Neal responded by saying that he bore no prejudice against Mr. Snvtrm or tho mmnanv and his nnlv among tne property owners and found that practically all of them were strongly in favor of a brick pavement. He stated that the congestion at the corner of Eighth and Main streets was so .great at times that an asphalt pavement would not be at all practical and would not stand the wear and tear. He stated that accidents would result when the street became wet and slippery and that he did not think such a street would be for the best interests of the city. Mr. Harrington declared that all of the property owners were in favor of purchasing the very best brick that could be bought and the asphalt pavement was not objected to 10 percent of the contract price be withheld for repairs or provide a maintainence bond, - he would gladly give up "this 10 percent guarantee and j was decided to begin all over again. TO VISIT OLD HOME ; city about a month. He has promised to go fishing along the streams which were familiar to him during his boyhood days and give the press elaborate accounts of his success. ' ' THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIAN air and warmer

BABIES WINNERS III MILK STRIFE Dairymen End Boycott and Defy Arrest to Save The Infants.

FAMINE IS FEARED AGAIN DEALERS OBJECT TO THE NEW LAWS WHICH THE LORAIN, O AUTHORITIES INSIST SHALL BE ENFORCED. Lorain, O., Aug. 21. Facing arrest by the city authorities if they sold milk, and a storm of public indignation If they did not, Lorain's milk dealers yesterday yielded to the wails of the city's babies and sold all the milk they could obtain. The suffering which marked the m!'k dealers boycott of the city Thursday was alleviated by the decision of the dealers to dare arrest. But a milk famine may result today if the city administration's announced intention of swearing out warrants against all dealers who sold milk is carried into effect. In the court of Justice of the Peace Hall, to which the case was 'transferred by Mayor King, two milk dealers the proprietors of the firm of Baetz Brothers Dairy company, were acquitted on a technicality of the charge of vending milk without a license. It developed when the case was called for trial that the affidavits under which the two men were arrested six weeks ago, when the new milk peddling ordinance of the city went into effect, mentioned as violated certain sections of the former vending ordinance which had been repealed by the new milk code. Motion Gains Release. ..The counsel for the defense obtained the release of the milkmen by'aj motion that a verdict of not guilty be directed by the jury. A clamor of indignation had been roused Thursday, when the city's usual supply of 4,000 gallons was cut to 700 gallons, only one dealer delivering milk an that only to his regular customers. St. Joseph's hospital was without milk Thursday and several patients, restricted to a milk diet, suffered seriously. Today the hospital had its full supply of milk. Mothers stormed the milk stations, demanding milk, only to be told the dealers had none. Offers of $1 a pint met with similar responses and hundreds of mothers were frantic when the supply of condensed and evaporated milk in the groceries and drug stores was exhausted before noon. Suffering among ,the infants of the city of 30,000 was acute, and Health Officer E. V. Hug declared that several days of continued milk famine would mean the death of scores of infants. Action by Civic Bodies. It was this declaration that stirred the Lorain County Medical society, the Lorain Board of Commerce and other civic bodies to discuss means of interferring In the contest between the milk dealers and the city. The dealer blames the city administration, declaring the farmers from whose dairies their supply of milk is obtained will not subject their herds to the tuberculin test The city ordinance provides that no milk may be sold by a dealer without a city license, and further stipulates that the first condition of the issuing of a license shall be that the dealer sell only milk from herds subjected to the tuberculin test. . Mayor King is determined the ordinance shall be enforced while It is on the books and Health Officer Hug also insists the tuberculin test is necessary to the public health. The latter is preparing new affidavits for the arrest of milkmen. The first arrest, it Is believed, win be the signal for a renewal of the boycott by the dealers. ALEY IS TO SPEAK Superintendent of county instruction C. W. Jordan announced this morning that Robert J. Aley of Indianapolis, who is state superintendent of instruction, would address the teachers and patrons of the Richmond Chautauqua, Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock. Mr. Aley's address will be along lines of interest to both teachers and patrons and his coming assures the officials of the association a good attendance. His subject has not been announced. J. DAUDT RESIGNS John Daudt member of the bartenders onion and president of the local trades council, last evening tendered his resignation, which was accepted. William Bloom of the Typographical union was elected as his successor.

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BY GOODRICH IS HOT APPRECIATED R. K. Shiveley for Commercial Club States the Organiza tion Is Pursuing the Proper Method. WORK FOR INTEREST OF GENERAL PUBLIC Freight Interchange Question Will Go Before Interstate Commission When the Time Is Ripe. In an interview given out tndav n K. Siveley, attorney for the Commercitl cub in its fight before the Indi.ma railroad commission to obtain slaw interchange of freight for facturers and merchants between the P. a C. & St. L. and the C. CL & 1 attacks the motives of James P. Good rich, receiver of the C. C. & L. railroad as published in yesterday's issue. "Mr. Goodrich is a sly fellow, at least he thinks he Is." stated Mr. bhlyeley this morning. "It is an old. old joke for some outside party to step in and tell an organization what it should do, as he hid in last evening's publication. The Commercial endeavoring to do something for the nenent or the manufacturers and mer chants and it is accomDlishine results. There will be time enough to take up tne matter with the interstate com merce commission at Washington, but tne nrst object is to get intrastate in terchange," Shiveley remarked. Considered the Source. "When we consider the source of this criticism and the motive which prompts it, it can hardly be considered seriously and the Commercial clnh will hardly hinge its course upon such advice. In order to obtain the inter change of business within the borders of the state of Indiana, it was nwo sary to go before the state railroad commission, and their efforts in this direction have been successful so far as they have gone," Shiveley contin ued. i 'The first step was to get a physical connection between the roads. This nas been accomplished. The second step is the establishment of the inter change of freight at reasonable rates over the connection. This is what the Commercial club is now attempting to do. When this is accomDlished and interchange of traffic originating in and destined to points in this state has been established, then it will be time enough for the Commercial club to go before the interstate commerce commission and take up the broader object of interchange of interstate commerce. At present the Commercial club baa quite enough on its hands to obtain an Interchange of Indiana bus! ness. The interstate commerce commission has nothing whatever to do with commerce moving exclusively within the state of Indiana, and on the other hand, according to the opinion of courts and lawyers, the state rail road commission has nothing whatever to do with interstate commerce. The jurisdictions and powers of the twe bodies are entirely separate. To Benefit Road. "I am inclined to think that the ad vice offered by Mr. Goodrich was not for the benefit of the shiDners of Rich mond. but for the benefit of the road of which he is the receiver. "At any rate the Commercial club will not be distracted from its well defined policy in this matter, but will contin ue to take these question up in the proper order and at the proper time. "The people of Richmond are enti tied to the advantages of reciprocal re lations between these two railroads, and there is no i reason why inter change relations should not be estab lished between them. Each road seems to be afraid that the other will gain some advantage by the free Dass age of freight to and from their respective lines. Whatever may be the truth as to how the railroads will be affected by interchange, still the inter ests of the public are highest and will be protected as against these private interests." JAY IS TO PREACH Owing to the absence of Rev. II. R. Keatee, pastor of the South Eighth Street Friends church, who is attending the Yearly Meeting at Wilmington, Ohio, Rev. Allen Jay will have charge of the services at the church tomorrow. GOING TO CAPITAL An interurban can containing officials of the Buick Automobile works of Flint. MiclL. passed through the city this morning enroute to Indianapolis where they will attend the automobile races on the new speedway. The car was gaily decorated with streamers.

Sends Hubby Bock to Wall Street

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Mrs. Sidney C. Love, whom Burnes-Jones once described as the most beautiful woman in America, who has induced her husband, the former stock broker of Chicago and New York to again try his luck among the bulls and bears, and has furnished him the capital.

IIIHABITAI1TS OF THE BOYS' CITY ARE HAPPY LAOS Glad Shouts of "Citizens" Mingled in Chorus Today With the Shrill Yelps From Indian Village. WILL HOLD ELECTION AT THE CITY TODAY Yesterday Afternoon Dr. Gladden Spoke to Large Crowd In Pleasing Manner Chautauqua Events. SUNDAY'S PROGRAM. 9:15 a. m. Sabbath school, conducted by E. M. Haas, city superintendent of Sunday schools. 10:30 a. m. Whitney Bros. Quartet. Sermon, "The Neglected life," S. A. Ackley, Jackson. Mich. 1 p. m. Richmond City Band. 2:00 p. m. Whitney Bros. 2:30 p. m. George R. Wendling, "The Man of Galilee." 4:00 p. m. Whitney Bros. 5:30 p. m. Richmond City Band. 7:00 p. m. Whitney Bros. 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Foss Lamprell Whitney, "The Servant in the House." What is that noise to be heard from the northwest corner of the grounds? It very much resembles the shouts of Sioux papooses. There are the shrill screams of little girls amid lustier, and less penetrating yells of boys. But the sounds do not eminate from a camp of roving Redskins. They are from the innermost depths of live, young Americans not aboriginees but the kind that are raised in Richmond. Hadn't you heard of the Indian school and council? It is one of the real features of the Chautauqua and a place where fun and merriment can be found at any time. Is Very Altruistic Then. too. there Is another corner of the grounds whence eminates chaotic shouts at almost any minute of the day and night. But the night yelling will be stopped soon for the Boys' City will be an organized little government of Its own. There will . be strict rules for camp- life and this altruistic settlement will be aa peaceable an abode as the Sunday school tent tomorrow morning. Child life had ita period this morning. There was no regular program and the hoars were spent by the kids

and kiddies In making'' merry after

their own fashion. The Indian village is unaer lae cniertancy ox Aliss urace Lamkin. The little braves and squaws were given their first instructions in how to be Indians this morning. They were told the kind of costumes they must wear and were filled with the spirit of the early denizens of wig wams and tepees. Many Good Times. The Indians will begin their regular line of work Monday. They were or ganised into a, band today. The chil dren were anticipating many good times. They will indulge in all kinds of games and sports. An athletic car nival will be held. Medals will be awarded to prise, winners. The head bands will be decorated with feathers and the youngsters will spend many delightful hours amid the trees of the grove. The official organization will be the council. It will be composed of the. leaders of the tribes selected by ballot. The creed of the band will be "Fairness, squareness and kindness." . But it is up in that corner of the grounds devoted to the Boys City where the best fun of all is to be had. The election of officers was to take place this morning, but it was post poned until this afternoon. These boys are miniature business men and it is with them as with their father, business before pleasure. So many of the lads have paper routes or other work that keeps them employed on Saturday morning that It was deemed advisable to postpone the election. Tickets to Vetera. Two tickets were presented to the voters this afternoon and they were asked to make their choice. The Land and Water parties were in the field. The constitutional belief of the Land party is that ground sports are the best. The adherents of this belief ar gue that there- is no such place for recreation and exercise as good old, solid terra firm a. Ball games, field contests, tramps across country and other forms of sport provided by the Land are the kind these boys want. But the Water party says "Let us have aquatic sports. There is nothing equals a good swim in clear water." It is swimming morning, afternoon and evening for this -crowd. The Lands are giving the Waters the laugh however, because the cool evening air has chilled the water so as to make it uncomfortable in the early morning. There Is great rivalry between the two organizations and the successful candidates will be rulers of the roost. This afternoon a swimming meet was held in the Hawkinsgpond. There were several entries and the boys were counting on a good time. Prizes were offered by the owner of the pond. The prizes consisted of baseball gloves, fishing equipment and other articles every boy wants. The Water party was declaring today that the fact a contest of this kind can be arranged and prizes secured is proof sufficient that theirs is the right party to belong to. Who Nominees Are. The nominees 'of the Lands are: Clifford- Plummer. mayor;' Herbert Adams, clerk; Howard . Steinkamp, treasurer; Damon Whitman. Earl Gilbert, W. Eugene Bowman and Harold

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EEfiS Of THE COOIiTY ARE TODAY HOLDING A PICUIC For Fiftieth Time the Old Set tlers of Wayne Hold Annual Session and Big Crowd Was Present. FIVE THOUSAND THE NUMBER ESTIMATED An Excellent Program Was Arranged and Accommoda-. tions for the Old Timers the Best Possible. In all Its history the waathar no more ideal than it was today for the holding of the fiftieth annual plenic of the "Old Settlers" at King's Grove north of Centerville, and consequently the attendance was very large. Up to noon today visitors from all parts of the county and many from adjoining counties who formerly lived in Wayne county, arrived at Center ville and it was expected that, a much larger croa-d would arrive to take part in the celebration this afternoon. Altogether it is estimated that &.C0O persons will be present. An interesting program bad been prepared by the officials of the associa tion, including an address by T. R Jessup of Richmond, and a number of musical numbers, both vocal and instrumental. It was also expected that older members present would respond with impromptu talks when called upon by the presiding officer. Stand Was Erected. A stand was erected In the center of the woods in which the older persona were accorded the privilege of honor seats. In front of stand was erected a number of seats sufficient to number to accommodate SOO persona who desired to hear the program. . These seats were taken almost entirely by the older persons who could not be seated oa the stand. In order to accommodate the crowds who came by - the interurban or railroad, hacks were driven to and from Centerville to the - picnic grounds, which are situated about two miles north of town. " . The roads were In fine shape. There were a few enters tinmeut features on the grounds. AH the. shows were of the .legitimate variety, and offered at tractions of good character.. ASKS FOR ECONOMY - BBBBimBSBV Hitchcock Makes Address Defore National Postmasters' - Meeting. HE PRESENTED ONE PLAT Toledo. O.. August 21.Oneral Hitchcock, in a brief address before the National Association of Postmasters in session here yesterday advised economy - In all departments and called attenUon to the fact that the. Government would save $25.009 annually by having carriers double ap on their routes Instead of employing substitutes for the summer vacations. This new plan affects 26.000 carriers. It has been the practice In the past to employ a substitute every day a carrier was on leave of absence, and under Hitchcock's orders this plan Is done away with and the carriers doable np on routes. Hitchcock's visit was brief. H arrived at 11:30 a. m. and left last evening for Chicago. The Postmasters held a brief session in the morning, listening to papers on technical subjects. They enjoyed a trip to Sugar Island near Detroit, ia the afternoon, returning last night. They will bold three sessions today when officers will be chosen sad the place for holding the next convention selected. Omaha and Richmond. Va.. are the contenders. Richmond in the lead. There has been but little campaigning for office, and. in all probability. Postmaster E. M. Morgan, of New York City, will be the next President, and G. W. Bean, of Tampa, Fla., for Fifth Vice PresidentPostmaster Ellas R. Montfort, of Cincinnati, read one of the principal japers. VACATIOU FOR FOX Judge Fox of the circuit court noaneed this morning that there would be no court next week as ha intended to take a vacation. Ho will probably spend bis vacation at Ids west of the city. There are so sstfor trlsX'