Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 325, 30 September 1909 — Page 1

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A PALL FESTIVAL BAND ORGANIZED: IAS 45 MEMBERS Young Men's Business Club Musical Organization Will Be One of the Best in This Part of the State.

CLARENCE RUNGE TO BE THE BANDMASTER Musicians AreC3ftKted From me storfs,r Factories, Schools ara EarlhamlCollege Now Rehearsing. Although sot successful in bringing together theftwo bands of the clty.ffhe Richmond City band, and Richmond Union ban the Young Men's Business club has succeeded in organizing a band of forty-five pieces which will be a credit tf this city. This ban! will make its first appearance at Vfo .Fall Festival, participating In boththe parades and! concerts. It willAe under the leadership of Clarence Bunge, one of the belt known young jrhion must clans of tie city. The organization willbe known a the YounglMen's Busjess Club Band, and is comptecdqfyoung men all of whom have fiaSeveral years' experience as musicians. The organization has had a number of rehearsals. It will also rehearse again Sunday afternoon. . 8ome of the Members. Included in this organization are the following members: Walter Collins, Kenneth Foulke, Bernhardt Knollenberg, and Blaine Edwards of Earlham College, Taylor Ferrell, Ralph Hase- , meter, Carl Seiweke, William Rossiter, Roland NUsbaum, Lawrence Peterson, Robert Stauber, Castle Hobson, Adolph Gets, Eugene Bowman, Raymond Smith, Jesse Barnes, Marlow Kluter And Warren Beck. The above incomplete list Includes the members of the band who are in school. The remainder -of the organization is made up of musicians who are employed in the factories and stores of the city. 'Arrangements will be made . with the Earlham College authorities, the public school officials and the proprietors of the stores and factories where the members of the band are employed for their services during the three days of the festival, October 6-7-8. This organization will not only play during the festival, but will also appear on any occasion which the Young Men's Business club desires. It will be a permanent organization. The band will be a part of the Young Men's Business club and this organization agrees to meet all necessary expenses. . Donate Their 8ervice. The young men are thoroughly interested in the welfare of the city and their services will be tendered gratis, the same as the other members and officials of the club organization, give their services for the advancement of the interests of the city. The union musicians will not endeavor to discourage the organization. A signed statement has been received from the officials of the union in which they state that they have no opposition to the Y. M. B. C. band participating In the parades of the Fall Festival, or in any other affair which the club may desire to give. The band will take part In the parade with Smittie's band of Cincinnati, which has been engaged to furnish a part of the music for the festival. V Bugle Corps to Play. The Richmond Bugle corps, will also take part in the festival parades The members of this organization have willingly agree to play for expense, a nominal sum. The trouble between the union and non-union bands, which has worked so disadvantageous to the Young Men's Business club, dates back for several years. Difficulty has been encountered by the club, in whatever move it took in regard to the music question. In the first undertaking of the club, The Good Roads Congress, in August, 1008, the musicians made trouble. The Fall Festival of last year was not pulled off without difficulty in this respect. It came to a focus this year by the association refusing to be troubled any longer by the musicians who are members of the non-union and union organizations. The association has no desire to work against the interests of any organization so long as they are reasonable. FALL EXHIBITS ARE VARIED. Besides the horse show, there win" ft cattle, hogs, dogs, poultry, grain, vegetables, fruit, flowers and other exhibits to attract the attention of the visitors to the Fall Festival, Without a . doubt these exhibits will only be rivaled by the ones shown at the Indiana state fair. Liberal prises have attracted, tha attention of hundreds of

FIRE CHIEF BETTER

Fire Chief Ed Miller, who was severely Injured yesterday afternoon by falling off of a scaffold In front of the city building, is considerably improved today and able to sit up. No bones were broken and aside from a badly bruised shoulder and ugly gash in his scalp, the chief's injuries are of a minor nature. His narrow and fortunate escape from instant death is still the occasion of comment among those who witnessed the accident. OH, HOW CARELESS Miss Lillian Fields, in company with Ernest Gray, applied for a marriage li cense this morning of County Clerk Harry E. Penny, and were almost re fused, because the bride-to-be could not give the date of her birth. She said she was eighteen years old, but did not know when she was born. She told Mr. Penny that she knew she was eighteen because her parents had told her so. The groom is twenty years of age, and a railroader. PROGRAM FOR THE EDITORS' T IS Marshall and Barnard Will Be The principal Speakers and Is Probable Beveridge Will Be There. FREEMAN IS TO ACT AS THE TOASTMASTER Hon. William Dudley Foulke Will Deliver Address of Welcome Editor Willoughby Is to Respond. The program and arrangements for the banquet to be tendered by the Fall Festival association in honor of the visiting editors, Governor Thomas R. Marshall, Congressman W. O. Barnard and Senator A. J. Beveridge, if it Is possible for the latter official to attend, have been completed. The banquet will be held Wednesday evening. October 7, at the Coliseum. The decorations of the coliseum will be most beautiful. The speakers for the occasion, as well as the guests of the association, will be seated on the stage at the west end of the Coliseum. Others present at the banquet will be seated on the main floor, in view of Governor Marshall and the association's guests. Expect Big Crowd. It is expected that 500 or 600 persons will be present at the banquet. The tickets are meeting with a rapid sale and it is expected that they will be at a premium by the date of the banquet. Tickets may be procured of any official of the association, or at the headquarters, Tenth and Main streets. The doors will be thrown open to the public after the banquet, at which time the toasts will be responded to. It is expected that the Coliseum will be crowded to the very doors, as it is seldom an opportunity is given to hear so many noted speakers in one evening. Perry J. Freeman, chairman of the executive committee, will act as toast master. The ability of Mr. Freeman along these lines is very well known. Mr. Foulke to Speak. Hon. William Dudley Foulke, editor of the Item, will deliver the address of welcome, following which Mr. Freeman will introduce Congressman W. O. Barnard, of New Castle. Mr. Barnard has not as yet announced on what subject he will speak. Senator A. J. Beveridge, who pleased the middle west so veil by the stand he took as an insurgent, against the passage of the present tariff law, wiN he present, if it is possible, according to word received by the association officials. Governor Marshall will be called upon by the toastmaster. His subject will be "Citizenship, and Its Relation to Good Government-" A. M. Willoughby, of Greensburg. one of the visiting editors, will respond on behalf f the out-of-town-editors. The music for the banquet will be furnished by Smittie's concert band of Cincinnati.

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FESTIVAL WILL HAVE MORE "STUNTS" THAN THREE RING CIRCUS

BIG INDUSTRIAL PARADE. Every industry in this city, will be represented in the monster parade, which will be held on the afternoon of the second day of the FaH Festival, next Thursday. It is . anticipated that it will take two hours for this "good times" pageant to pass a given point It wW be featured by beautiful floats 9a4 oosjtunnd. maxchioj ottih.

MAKES FAREWELL THEN, TOOT-TOOT, FRAIffi IS GOIIE High Sheriff Meredith Takes Townsend to See Grandma, Then the Youngster Does Vanishing Act.

WAS AEROPLANESED OR SUBMARINE BOAT? Some Reports Say Bay Burg lar Was seen in Dirigible Balloon ,While Otrs Say He Swaftn Away. 5r Frank Townsend, the youjjiful burg lar, is again at liberty, hating effected his Jbscape yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock, while in Custody of Sheriff JLinus Meredith, ait- the home of his father, James Towmsend. and his grajtd mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaar both of whom live at 30S North Seventh Street. Sheriff Merfdith had intended to take the boy to Jeffersonville Reformatory this morning to serve an indeterminatesentence of from one to fourteen years for grand larceny, he having bee ifc sentenced by JudgegjFox of the circuit court yesterday morning, when he admitted his guilt 0t stealing $108 and valuable papers from the safe of the Commons Dairy Company, South Fifth street, Sundayv night I: Younig Townsend .had been taken to the Gaar-Towusend homestead by Sheriff Meredith . in order to permit the boy to say good-bye to his grandmother, who4saged and infirm. The boy, has evidently decided to make a permanent good bve to his grandmother, parent and authorities as well. No trace as to the boy's whereabouts have been obtained, althoush the police and county authorities are confident he will be in custody again within a week. Officials Are Gloomy. The police and the sheriff are about the most gloomy persons in the city today. They had taken great pride in their achievement in breaking the back bone of the court house gang by the arrest of Townsend, Charles Loftus and Oscar Peters, only to have their dreams shattered by the escape of Townsend, admittedly the brains of the organization. No stone will be left unturned to effect his capture. Sheriff Meredith today offered a reward of $50 for the arrest of Townsend. Tracers, giving a complete description, have been sent out to all sheriffs and police chiefs in Indiana and Ohio. Townsend is described as being 19 years of age, five feet, four inches tall, weight 155 pounds, florid complexion, blue eyes, blocky build and pug nosed. At the time of his escape he wore light brown soft hat, black shoes and a colored shirt. Court Orders Sheriff. Upon the refusal of Judge Fox yesterday to allow a representative of the Plainfield reform school to return with Townsend to .that institution for violation of his parole. Judge Fox ordered Sheriff Meredith to take Townsend to Jeffersonville reformatory this morning. Townsend begged permission to bid his grandmother. Mrs. Elizabeth Gaar, and his father. James Townsend, goodbye. Meredith handcuffed the boy and was taking him to his home when, he was met by the father. Mr. Townsend expostulated with Mr. Meredith about allowing the boy to visit his grandmother while wearing handcuffs. Mr. Meredith finally relented and took the cuffs off of him as they entered the house. The boy stood chatting with his grandmother, father and step-mother for several minutes in the kitchen. A Desperate Dash. Sheriff Meredith finally ordered Townsend to accompany him back to the county jail and stepped out the kitchen door and down the steps. Townsend was not prompt in obeying and James Townsend ordered his son to leave. Suddenly the boy pushed his grandmother to one side and dashed into the dining room. He pushed the door to and locked it. then rushed up the stairs and jumped out a north window into the yard of Thomas Murphy. From that time on all trace of the boy was lost. Mr. Meredith searched the house and vicinity thoroughly before going to police headquarters where he announced the news. The police, both, (Continued on Page Two.) GREAT HORSE SHOW. The finest display of horse flesh, every class imaginable, will be seen here the three days of the Fall Festival. Hundreds of entries have poured into the committee from all parts of the Immediate country, almost swamping the record clerks. Free feed and stables are offered by the festival and liberal prises have been offered the coatestaaUk "

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RATES TO BE GIVEN W. W. Richardson of Indianapolis, assistant general paseenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines, was in the city yesterday arranging for the special rates which will be given the Christian church to Pittsburg on October 11. In event of the world's championship baseball series are played in the Smoky City at that time, a number of local "fans" will doubtless take advantage of the low rates offered. IS III GOOD SHAPE The expert from the Central Bridge Company at New Castle, who was employed by the board of works to inspect the Main street bridge, has completed his work and announced that the structure was now in perfect condition. CALL TO HER HOME. Miss Ethel Henderson, of Moore's Hill, was called, home by the death of her father. She will remain for several days at her home on Richmond avenue. MARSHALL IS COMING. Governor Thomas R, Marshall, one of the most prominent men in . the United States win be a guest of the City of Richmond on Thursday next, the second day of the Fall Festival. He will be given a public reception, a trip over the city and in the evening will be one of the principal speakers at the banquet given visiting editors At the coliseum.

About Your Richmond.

Once everyone was certain that the day of the small town was over. We all know better now. Cambridge City, Centerville, Eaton, and all the small towns in the neighborhood of Richmond are growing as never before. They used to tell us that railroads and Jnterurbans killed the small towns. Now we know that the small towns are helped more by the large towns than they ever were before. It is the community of interest, the close bonds of association that makes the whole thrive and work for mutual benefit. As a small, but concrete illustration, of the friendly feeling which exists here in comparison with other places which have not wakened up, take the corn school at Centerville. Richmond men contributed to that, because they knew that it was for the good of the county, and consequently good for themselves in a very long and roundabout way. They went up to Hagerstown to show that they wanted to help that place along. And in the same way, many men from outsidethe narrow corporate limits of Richmond have volunteered their services for the Fall Festival. Now these things are on the surface. They may be very unimportant in themselves, but they show which way the current is going. They intimate that we are all one, and that the time has come when it is being said: "It certainly is remarkable how those people over in Eastern Indiana hang together; how they know each other; how they work together. No wonder they have the best crops, the best business. Why, they are all together. You can't say anything about those small towns that the Richmond people don't stand up for them. They say if you knock them you're knocking Richmond. And well there isn't any jealously When Richmond men advertise their things in the papers, they only mean that they want the people in their county to understand that they have certain things which car. only be procured in the larger towus where there is a greater demand for the line of goods that they carry. They know perfectly well that the men in the smaller towns have as good things as they have in certain lines and that the people will trade there first because it is nearer home. They know that if they encourage the merchants in the smaller towns to carry better things it will not work a hardship on themselves because they are benefited by the increased demand for better things. And the merchants in the smaller towns realize now that they have plenty of room to grow. They are better off when they do not try to compete with the larger merchants on the most expensive things and have not the pitiable sensation of seeing their money tied up in things which get out of fashion. That is where the merchants in that territory, large and small, work together. Its a remarkable place. There isn't another community in the state like It. The people are better fed, they buy better things, they have ideals and a part of their belief is work together it amounts to a religion. That's a fine country that Richmond country" And so it is. Look in this Booster's edition. You can work It out for yourself. Many of the advertisers are talking about the Fall Festival in the same breath that they are telling you about what they are interested in in their store news. This Richmond country is a good country. But we can't any of us exist without tha other and that being so why not do as most of us are doing, who get the most out of all sorts of things in this small very small world? Work but work together. There's room for us all. The greater the benefit for one, the better the benefit for all. As we said the other day in assuring you that this is really Your Richmond it is because we, within the corporate limits want you to know us as we want to know you that this Fall Festival is given without expense to you, who are our neighbors and our friends. This is real boosting. It isn't what you can get out of us, nor what we can get out of you it is what we can do together. That's why we are all glad to see you.

READY FOR FLIGHTS Wire Fencing Being Placed About Lot at South 8th And H Streets. TO PROTECT THE CROWDS Seventeen hundred feet of wire fencing is being put up on the lot at the corner of South Eighth and H. street, for the Bumbaugh airship which will make a series of flights in this city during the Fall Festival. The fence is about four feet and a half high and is being erected for the purpose of keeping the crowds back from the balloon. The poles for the large tent in which the airship will be placed have been erected and every thing will soon be in readiness for its arrival. The giant balloon has been shipped from Indianapolis and will probably arrive in Richmond tonight or tomorrow morning. G. L. Bumbaugh, the aviator, will leave the Capital City tonight for this city to superintend the arrangements for his flights. BURLESQUE ATHLETICS. One of the most amusing features of the Fall Festival will be the burlesque athletic meet, to be held on Friday afternoon, at the South Tenth street park. All sorts cf absurd features have been provided for and the boys are sending in their entry blanks by the score. During the various events Smittie's band will render a concert.

HARVEST HOME DAY

Sunday, Oct 3rd, will mark the 7th anniversary of the present pastorate of the First English Lutheran church. Appropriate to the occasion Rev. E. G. Howard will preach at 10:30 on "The Minister's Ideal Reward." The day will also be observed as Harvest Home Day by the congregation. At the Vesper hour the special series of heart-searching sermons dealing with the ills of the church will be concluded with an address on "Some Manifestations of Destructive Formalism in Personal Character." These services will be preparatory to the observance of the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the church. TO ATTEND FUNERAL Mrs. Scott Plasterer and little son, Blair, of Huntington, Ind., are in the city to attend the funeral of her uncle, Mr. J. H. Henderson, who was buried from the family home on Richmond Avenue, Wednesday afternoon. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Fair and not much pect of change, Friday. BUMBAUGH AIRSHIP. Twice daily during the Fall Festi . vaV every morning and afternoon, Bumbaugh the famous Indiana aviator, will make ascensions from the big lot at South Eighth and H streets In his monster dirigible balloon. This win be the first opportunity people of Eastern Indiana will have In seeing a real airship operated. It is a biff attraction,.

RESIGNATION OF CHARLES RILEY IS BIHURPBISE Steps Out of Secretaryship of , Railroad Commission and Joe Reiley Will Be His Successor. LATTER IS A LEADER OF STATE DEMOCRATS

Whole Story of How Riley "Blew His Job" Has Mot Yet Been Made Public, But It Will Come Out. . (American News Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 3D. Surprise was manifested In this city yesterday afternoon, when It became known that Charles B. Riley had resigned as secretary of the Indiana Railroad Commission, and that Joseph I Reiley, of North Vernon, had been appointed to fill his place, beginning on October 1. Joe Reiley, as he Is better known, is the secretary of the democratic state. committee, and has been for years so long. In fact that no one can remember when he was not secretary. He is one of Tom Taggart's right hand men and strongest supporter and hariest workers. No man In Indiana Is closer to Taggart than Joe Reiley. ' The whole story of how and Iwhy Riley resigned as secretary of the rail road commission, has not been made public, but it is believed it will come out before long, and that it will be of considerable Interest There seems to be little doubt that politics had much to do with it and that the political phase of the case dates back into the campaign last year. Riley Is a republican, and a majority of the members of the commission are republicans but they let him out Just the same, and there is a good deal of talk to the effect thaf It was done through' a deal with some influential democrats in the state. Would Ignore Taggart. Soon after the last election It was stated on what seemed to r be pretty good authority, that Governor Marshall would not pay much attention to the Taggart wing of the democratic party in giving out appointments, and that that element would probably get Just one job and no more. And It was stated also that that one good job was to go to Joe Reiley. Th course of events has proven this to have been a good prophecy. Friends of Governor Marshall declared that the governor did not owe anything to the Taggart people any more than to anyone else in the party, and for this reason he would not allow Taggart to dictate to him. It Is said, too, that some kind of an understanding was reached by all parties concerned by which Charles B. Riley was to lose out as secretary of the railroad commission In order to make a place for Joe Reiley. and this has come to pass, also. But the details are not yet known., Riley has been secretary of the commission since the commission was organised. 'Last year he was one of the strongest supporters James E. Watson had for the nomination for governor and he worked for him with might and main during the campaign for the election. Much Speculation. There Is considerable speculation as to who will be Joe Rei ley's successor as secretary of the democratic state committee. It is not at all likely that he will retain that position after he assumes his place as secretary of the railroad commission. To do so would be to draw down the criticism of everybody. It Is known in this connection, that Governor Marshall and tha element of the party that stands for a new deal all around In party management intends to make a vigorous effort to have a brand new state committee elected that will not be controlled by Taggart and the crowd behind him. which has controlled the party in the state for so many years. Tha plans for capture of the state committee by the Marshall people are being well worked out. Some of the republicans profess to believe that the placing of Joe Reiley In the position as secretary of the railroad commission Is a step in that direction, as It will remove one of Taggart's mainstays from the active - party management. (Continued on Page Two.) THE TENTH IT.'FAf JTRY. . Who ever tires watching the daa? fighting men the United States nlars? Not even a peace s&rocat ; win turn his back to' a aurchfna colnmn. During the Fall Festival thers will be a battalkm of the Tenth tafav try camped at Glen Miller park aa4 their drills win draw thousands to tha most beautiful park in tha entire Klldla wast.