Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 324, 29 September 1909 — Page 1

EIGHMO AND SUN-TELEGRAM. .VOI. 3LXXIV. NO. 324. RICHMOND. IND., WEDNESDAY EVENIXCi, SEPTEMBER 29, 1909. SINGLE COPY, S CENTS.

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FALL FESTIVAL DECIDES EMPLOY SMITTIE'S BAUD

Owing to Fact Reasonable Terms With Local Bands Could Not Be Secured, This Action Is Taken. OHIO ORGANIZATION HAS BIG REPUTATION Three Sections, Including Thirty-six Musicians; Will Be Here Organization Is a Union Band. The executive committee of the fall festival decided torefuse to make a contract for the Jtstjval music with the two local bmdn,nt its meeting last night and Ute music will be furnished by thresectioijs of Smittie's Band, a union: organization of Cincinnati. The loal bar.d ttfbuble was thus brought to i focus and the executive committee as announced that failing to secure reasonable terms from the local organizations they would expend the monejy in hiring a third section of Smitties in addition to the two sections they had already contracted for. Famous Organization. Smittie will seild thirty six union musicians to thiscity, the organization to be dividedinto three bands of twelve musicians, each band to be placed In a different position in the parades. Concerts will be given by ' the full band however, at different points and times during the festival. Smittie's band Is known throughout the middle west as one of the most excellent organizations in the country. Its organization is made up of musicians who do nothing else and because of their attention to duty have developed Into artists in their line. Smittie's band will please. Of this there is no question, in fact having made its reputation in this city when ft appeared here last year with the delegation of the Cincinnati Commercial club." '- ' '"jffi :'.v :j;:',:f"y 1 Failed to Reach Terms. The union musicians and the executive committee could not reach : any amicable agreement and so it was necessary for the executive .committee to call all negotiations off. By doing so. the . executive committee could not contract with the Richmond City band, which.' is a non-union organization, to participate in any parade without running the great risk of having the Richmond Musicians union compelling Smittie's band to refuse to play. The union men had intimated that they would do this very thing, unless they were given a contract. That they would have done it, Sf the executive committee had contracted with the non-union organization, is most probable, as the union successfully preferred charges against allowing the non-union band to participate in the parado, at the convention of the German Catholic societies at Indianapolis recently. The executive committee of the festival association is made up of men who are giving th;lr services free for the good of Richmond and the committee takes the stand that its members are the trustees of the money Vrhlch has . been donated and the responsibility of expending the subscriptions wisely and in a business way '. lies on their shoulders. This execu- - five committee, as well as about 500 fworkers of the association give their v time and efforts gratis for the advancement of Richmond, and it was their hope that the local musicians would show somewhat a like spirit in meeting the committee half way. The - executive committee ordered a signed statement prepared last evening, which may be found elsewhere In jthese columns. It sets forth the po sition of the committee on the music siuesuon oeiore roe puDiic To Add Two Classes. The horse committee was granted the privilege of adding two classes to Jta exhibits, one for two year olds and the other for coach horses. W. N. Bailey, chairman of the trans portation committee reported that the traction and steam roads had com- ,. (piled with his request to advertise the Festival along tneir routes. The Industrial committee. Including all the sub committees meets this ev enlng. Its announcement of progress will be watched with much interest. Nirarod Johnson, chairman of the fi nance committee reported $4,500 col Jected in subscriptions. . The commit tee has not as yet completed its visit to the business houses of the city. il DOUBLE KILLING (American News Service) roicsiown, sept. "J. Alter a quarrel with his wife, Samuel Troxel. K4 86, a farmer living near Boyer town, went upstairs, secured a pistol and, returning to the kitchen, shot and Instantly killed his wife and then turn ed the weapon on himself inflicting a wound from which he died within a few minutes. Two small children of the couple witnessed the double trag-

CHARGES DISMISSED

Affidavits Against Three Men Thrown Out in the Circuit Court. ONE STILL IN JEOPARDY Affidavits against Hiram Peters, charged with wife desertion, William H. Harris, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, and Daniel Kitchell, charged with malicious trespass, were dismissed by Judge Fox this morning on motion of Prosecuting Attorney Charles Ladd. Peters came here with his wife from Virginia. He deserted her and his wife, Cora M. Peters, filed charges against him. So far as known Peters may return to the city without fear of arrest The affidavit against Harris was the one on which he was held in the county Jail, until the grand jury returned an indictment against him. He was indicted for shooting with intent to kill John D. Lancaster, a prominent gardener. The charge against Kitchell was preferred more than a year ago. He was arrested on purely circumstantial evidence and Mr. Ladd, in his motion to dismiss the case, says that there is n great doubt as to whether it-would !.e possible to convict in the case. Kitchell resides at Boston. T. H. I. & E. LIIIE IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL ACTION An Affidavit Filed Today Sets Forth the Fact That the i Company's Line in Glen Miller Is Real Nuisance. DR. STEVENSON MAKES THE COMPLAINT FILED It Is Alleged in Affidavit That Maintainence of the Tracks In the Glen Park Is Not Lawful. Another chapter has been added to the fight waged by a few citizens against the use of Glen Miller park for the operation of freight cars. This morning at 11 o'clock, an affidavit was filed in the criminal department of the circuit court against the traction company charging them with the pro motion of a nuisance in the operation of freight cars through Glen Miller park. The affidavit was prepared by Wilfred Jessup, who will assist Prosecuting Attorney Charles Ladd in the prosecution of the company, at the instlgation of B-r. D. W. Stevenson, Timothy Nicholson, Mrs. M. P. Johnston, Paul Ross, George Hill and Clayton Hunt, a committee appointed at a mass meeting of citizens at East Main Street Friends Church, August 10, 1908. List of Witnesses. Dr. Stevenson is the member of the (Continued on Page Seven.)

City Circulation, 3,012 Total Circulation, 5,600 The size and quality of the circulation of any newspaper Is the basis upon which advertising rates are made. The Palladium feels that its advertisers will be Interested in knowing that its circulation is in better shape now than ever before. It has reached its highest point in paid circulation in the city of Richmond, 3,012, and the total circulation both, within and without the city amounts to over 5,600 dally. This is by far the largest circulation of any paper issued in the whole Sixth Congressional District of Indiana. The quality of the Palladium's circulation, or in other words, the ability of its subscribers to purchase supplies of Its advertisers, is very high, inasmuch as the circulation of the Palladium is watched closely by the management and every paper that goes out Is paid for by Its subscriber or the subscriber Is no longer served with the paper. The idea in this is that If the subscriber is not able to pay for the newspaper, he cannot pay for his grocery bill, coal bill or clothing bill, and for this reason is not a desirable customer for the Palladium's advertisers. Every advertiser when considering an advertising medium should make certain that the publication not only- has a circulation in proportion to its advertising rates, but that It serves a class of subscribers that has the largest purchasing power. The Palladium takes particular pride in the fact that this high mark has been reached without the aid of any special .inducement to the subscribers and upon the merits of the paper alone. This proves that its effort to produce the best paper ever issued in Richmond Is appreciated by the people. The Palladium is safe in asserting that It not only has the largest circulation in the city of Richmond, but that It has the largest rural route circulation, the largest nearby town circulation and the largest total circulation of anypaper issued in the Sixth Congressional District of Indiana.

CONTRACT IS LET FOR HEW FACTORY; FINISHED DEC. 1

Yesterday Afternoon Contracts Were Granted to Cincinnati and to Local Contracting Companies. DEMAND FOR HOUSES IS VERY HEAVY NOW Officers of the Automatic Tool Company Find It Hard Problem to Secure Homes For the Employes. The contracts for the construction of the new factory building of the National Automatic Tool company, which will be built in Beallview was let yesterday afternoon to L. ESd Construction company of Cincinnati, and Bendfeldt and Son of this city. The contract calls for the completion of the building by December 7 and a bonus of $25 a day is offered by the tool company for the completion of the building before this date. The same penalty is provided for the contractors providing they fail to finish the building on time. There were eight bids received and the bids of the firms showed that they were anxious for the job, which is one of the best let in this city this year. The contract price is not given. William Buckhoff, president of the company, stated today that the L. Eld Construction Co., would do all the work with the exception of the wood work, which is given to Bendfeldt and Son. It Will Be Extensive. The building will be an extensive affair. It will be principally reinforced concrete, and modern in every respect It will be patterned after the National Cash Register works of Dayton, with which many local persons are familiar. . - The National Automatic Tool works which is now located in Dayton, will employ 100 men or more and has a problem in securing houses for the men who will be brougnt here. Mr. Buckhoff said today that one hundred such homes were needed in the Beallview addition. A few local people are planning to construct houses this fall, but the number which they will erect will not be sufficient to supply the demand. Another Factory Kicks. The Richmond Chandelier and Art Brass Works, which is located in the south part of the city, has had considerable difficulty in keeping its men because they could not obtain residences near the factory. Nearly all of the houses in the south part of the city are owned by the residents. Houses for rent are extremely scarce. The railroad siding for the automatic plant will be installed this week sometime. It will extend from the railroad tracks toward the east The plans for the building are such that the switch will run into the building, making it convenient for the loading of heavy drill presses manufactured by the concern. " FOX TO CINCINNATI. JudgaT Pox, of the circuit court, will go to Cincinnati tomorrow on business.

H. M.S. "INFLEXIBLE," NOW AT NEW YORK

. "Inflexible," the most formidable warship in the. world and her commander. Admiral Edward Hobart Seymour, of the British navy, the ranking officer of the British contingent now in New York tc take part in the Hudson-Pulton celebration. The Inflexible is an armored cruiser, a turbine boat of great 6peed, with a length of 530 feet, a displacement of 17,250 tons and four turrets armed with 8 Inch guns. She Is the flagship of the British squadron now In New York. Her speed is 25 knots an hour, when in a hurry and her appearance in New York harbor was an eye-opener to the naval experts of all nations, who saw her for the first time. II GREAT FLIGHT MADE BY WRIGHT AT CELEBRATION Before Awed Thousands in New York This Morning, Daring Aviator Circles About Liberty Statue. GLENN CURTISS ALSO MADE SHORT FLIGHT However His Dayton Rival Easily Carried Off the Honors of the Forenoon A Balloon Mishap. (American News Service) New York, Sept. 2S. Wilbur Wright and Glenn H. Curtiss. Americas rival aviators gave New York thrills of excitement by their wonderful airship feats today. Wright captured the morning honors by circling the Statue of Liberty, flying above Governors Island and North River while thousands looked on from the shore while the daring navigator sped back and forth. The speed at this time reached forty miles an bour and occasionally rose to three hundred feet altitude. A Preliminary Flight. Wright had made a preliminary flight earlier in the forenoon, and roofs of the office buildings were alive with persons when the flight around the Statue of Liberty was made. Glenn Curtiss mace .the flight early this morning, remaining In the air five minutes and reaching fifty feet altitude. Wright remained in the air more than ten minutes. The dirigible balloon Geletln. captained by George B. Tomlinson, who started in the race for Albany, broke down off Hundred and Ninety Seventh street and fell into the Hudson river. Tomlinson escaped injury. He was picked up by a launch. FIRST SIGHT LOVE (American News Service) ' '; Youngstown, Ohio, September 29. Miss May Clemmons of Pittsburg, cam here to collect a sum of money In the office of Judge Evans. , While there J. E. Stoney, of Youngstown, came In. It was a case of love at first sight and within an hour the judge was requested to postpone the legal matter long enough to wed the pair which was done and they left on the next train oa a honeymoon trln.

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ASK COUNTY'S HELP Trustees of Reid Memorial Hospital Want to Secure $2,000. 10 ASK SPECIAL SESSION Trustees of Reid Memorial hospital are desirous of obtaining an appropriation from the county for the maintenance of the institution and with this end in view will probably ask that a special meeting of the county council and county commissioners be held to consider the proposition. The tnntees would like an appropriation of $1,500 or $2,00O, and in return for an appropriation of such an amount would extend privileges for the treatment of county charity patients at the institution. The trustees were expecting to present the matter at the regular meeting of the council early in the month. The trustees were prevented from doing so by some of the members being absent from the city. - Last year an appropriation of $2,000 was asked of the council in an informal way. The proposition was not pushed and the council did not honor it. The trustees are confident that the county council will now grant the appropriation.

To the Citizens of Richmond: The Executive Committee of the Fall Festival has used every possible effort to secure reasonable contracts from' the Richmond City Band and the Richmond Union Band and failing to do this has entered into a contract with Smittie of Cincinnati for three sections of his Union ' Band. The' Executive Committee desires that its position in the matter be thoroughly understood and to that end has ordered that this statement be published in the three local papers. In the first -place, all money for the Festival Is contributed by the citizens and merchants of Richmond. In the second place, all the committeemen, numbering some five hundred, are giving their services without one cent of compensation. With the knowledge of these facts, the committee thought It only proper that our local musical organizations meet the committee half way in the matter of compensation for their services during the Festival. The committee having exhausted every possible way of securing this concession have closed the contract tvr the music as above stated. . ' . - . "Very respectfully, ' . P. J. Freeman, chairman; J. A. Spekenhler. vice ' chairman; E. H. Harris, secretary; Fv M. Taylor, treasurer; R. G. Leeds, N. H. Johnson, Chas. ML Morgan, J. A. Perkins. I. A. Handley, Wm. M. Bailey. Fred H. Lemon. T. P. Butler. Sam Dunlap, Isaac Dougan, J. S. Helms, J. C Thurman, Frank Waldele, J. S. Kuth. . ..

3. ... ARE TO TOUR WORLD (American News Service) Cincinnati. Sept." 29. The Duke an 1 Duchess of Manchester, accompanied by the father of the Duchess, Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, will be in Chicago in March. From Chicago they will go west, sailing about April 1 from San Francisco on a tour of the world. They go to Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan, Manchurl, China, The Russian. Empire and from there on to the Black sea, the Mediterranean, Southern Europe and back to Englani. They will be gone on this journey about twelve or fourteen months. FOR MB GIRLS (American News Service) Chicago, Sept. 20. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Chicago's superintendent of schools, favors a law compelling employers of girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years, to send those girls to school for a certain period each day, possibly two hours. She has suggested that the board of education erect a ; special "Continuation school for, these girls, just as has been planned to educate working boys along special industrial lines. Russia has already over 41.000 mlle of railway, and the Russian railways are still' only in their Infancy.

PR0M1IIT WOMEII ARE BOTH CALLED

Oil THE SAME DAY Mrs. Rhoda Coffin and Mrs. Iliff Davis, Founders of Home for Friendless, Noted Charity Workers. DEATH OF THE FORMER RECALLS BANK SMASH Mrs. Coffin, Wife of President Of Ill-fated Richmond National Bank Two Women Lovely Characters. It is an exceedingly strange coinci dence that Mrs. Rhoda Mary Coffin, formerly of this city, and Mrs. S. A. Iliff Davis, former president and vicepresident, respectively, of the Home for Friendless Women in Richmond, and the original foundCrsNof that institution, in 1SS, 8boulTd on the same day and at almost the Same hour. uotn or tnese wonjfu were well know i for their early pHilanthropiJ work in this city. Mrs Coffin resigned from the presidency the Home tcfore her term of office bad explred'nd Mrs Davis succeeded her. Mrs Coffin who has bon making her ihome in Chicago fora number of years, died yesterday ia) that city at the Advanced age of S3 years, while Mrs. Dfvls, aged Ss, succumbed to the grim repers call at her home, 21 North Seventh street. In this city, at almost the same time. Establish the Homi. Mrs. Coffin was a leading member of the orthodox Society ota Friends in Richmond for a number ofj years. She, with Mrs. Davis, was inspired to establish a home for the friendless by ' the sufferings of the families of soldiers wio had served inthe civil war. Later. Mrs. Coffin established a mission tot the care of children and was one of tjie first advocies for the cottage system for hotZJng the Insane. She also as instrumental In founding the kinderbvrtenducatlonar movement. Sheffara pioneer minister of the Friends church and one of the old school Quaker philanthropists. Her charitable work among the sick and suffering was not only greatly appreciated in this country, but was carried on extensively abroad where she was recognized as one of the leading charitable workers in England. Echo of Bank Failure. Mrs. Coffin's husband, Charles F. Coffin, now residing in Chicago, was the president of the ill-fated Richmond National bank in this city which wss founded March 5, 1873. On account of bad debts and speculation, however, the bank failed In 1SH4, and was placed In the hands of a receiver on July 23 of that year. The bank was capitalised at $25C,ir, but the stockholders were only able to collect 7;.fKi. Nevertheless, the bank paid 75 cents on the dollar after its failure. A larg number of Richmond people were heavy losers, some of them loslnx their entire possessions by the Institution's failure. Mr. Coffin left the city immediately after the failure, but no indictment was ever filed against him and he was not prosecuted. Percival and Francis Coffin, two sons, were sent to the penitentiary from law dianapolis for some-fraudulent mossy making scheme. Another son. William, is a leading capitalist at Lonsoa. Eng. There were also two other sons. Elijah and Charles F. Jr. In accordance with - Mrs. Coffin's wish she will be burled In Esrlbass cemetery. . The funeral will take place from the South Eighth Street Friends' church on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends may call at the Westcott Hotel on Thursday moraine to view the remains. Sketch of Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Iliff Davis was born In Oxford. O., Feb. 19, 1S20. She came to this city when a young girl and engaged In the millinery business. She was act Ively engaged In commercial businem for over 70 years. She wss a woman of broad sympathies and wide charities and was prominently affiliated m philanthropic movements. . She wae an active worker in the cause of charity during the civil war. Mrs. Davli was one of the most highly respected citizens of Richmond and pom eased a host of friends who will long cherish the memory of her lovable disposition. She Is survived by three sons, Joseph P. Iliff, J. Edgar Iliff and Will S. Iliff; one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Engl, and eight grand children and greatgrand children. The funeral will take place from tha home Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock and will be private. The Rev. Nelson of the Grace M. E. church wRJ officiate. The burial will be In EarV ham cemetery. All members of t&e W. R. C. are requested to meet' at 12m ' home of Mrs. Loo Cos this evenlnsj Ct 7 JO o'clock: to attend funeral senium at the home of Mrs. Davis. 21 Kortk Seventh street. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Fair, wtb UgM night In

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