Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 91, 6 February 1910 — Page 1

MOOT) PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXV. NO. 91. RICHMOND, IND., SUNDAY 3IORNINCJ, FEIiKUAKY i. 11UO. SIMSIiK COPY. 3 CENTS. INMMARY PROBE A THOROUGH ONE; JOB IS BIG ONE POLITICAL DERBY A FEATURE EVENT Oil CARDS MONDAY BENNETT GORDON SHOOTS A SHAFT A Section of Paris Where the Flood Was Worst AT " it

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Investigators Yesterday Spent Afternoon at the Farm and Questioned Many of the In1 mates of the Place.

NO STATEMENT MADE TILL WORK IS OVER Members of the Committee See the Inmates at Supper and the Superintendent Is Asked Questions. A committee, including John L. Ilupe, George Eggenieyer and Wilfred Jessup, appointed by the Richmond newspapers and commissioners, to make an investigation of charges of dissatisfaction among the inmates of the county infirmary, instituted its work yesterday afternoon but was unable to complete it and has arranged to again visit the institution Monday. As announced in yesterday's issue, the committee will not make its findings public until it has completed its work. The committee is serving purely as disinterested parties, and in unofficial capacities. However, its purpose meets with the sanction of the county officials. The committee does not expect to complete its investigation Monday, as the work before it is voduminous. It is probable that its verdict will be made known by the last of the week. Reporters Also There. The committee, accompanied by several others, representing the newspapers of the city, arrived at the poor farm yesterday afternoon about l:.'iO o'clock, and went immediately about its investigation. The committee adjourned about 6 o'clock to meet again Monday to continue its work. During the time spent at the institution, the inmates of the men's department demanded most of the attention, of the investigators. However, at the supper hour, the committee spent its time in the dining room and afterwards a short time in the other apartments of the institution. The inmates of the institution were fissured protection from, criticism and were urged to speak the truth. The committeemen told each inmate examined that he or she need, have no fear in telling the truth because the committee would see that their statements would in no wise be reactionary to themselves. The committee had no difficulty in obtaining expressions from the inmates as to what they thought of the treatment accorded them by Superintendent Townsend, After the above assurance was given. Some of Inmates. Monroe Bennett, formerly of Greens'fork, who has been an inmate of the Institution for nine years, is entirely helpless owing to blindness, a broken leg and numerous body afflictions, 'but he seems to have a clear mentality. He was the first inmate visited. Elijah Fletcher of Dublin, who came to the institution in. June 1908, Buffering from nervous disorders; Frank "Brick" Snow, formerly a well known character in this city, who has been living at the farm for more than n year, the last four months ef which lie has spent in the hospital, suffering from nervous disorders; Ed Baldrich, a blind inmate from Hagerstown; Thomas McGirr, John Lee and Katherine Van Zant were among the inmates before the committee yesterday. Frank Townsend, the superintendent, was also asked a few questions but it is very probable that he will be before the committee again. At 5 o'clock the committee went to the dining room and watched the inmates at supper. Several of the inmates were asked whether the meal served last evening was the same as they had been in the habit of receiving before the charges against the management were made public. The committee questioned the inmates, relative to their treatment by superintendent Townsend and members of his family; the quality and quantity of the food, and the duties of each inmate. Particular attention was also paid to the cleanliness of the inmates, their quarters and the institution in general. FIRST STEPS TAKEN (American News Service) Chicago, Feb. 5. Preliminary steps in the investigation by the council of the present high cost of food were taken by the health committee when It appointed a subcommittee consisting of Aldermen Clancy, Emerson and Taylor to make an investigation. Alderman Scully, who introduced the resolution calling for the inquiry was present and spoke: "I suggest." he said, "that the subcommittee should inquire deeply into the situation and make recommendation to congress or the state legislature as to whether cold storage houses or other conditions are responsible for the suffering caused the poor people.

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A view of the very center of the great French flood which has devastated Paris and France for several de la Concorde, with the Church de la Madeleine in the distance. This is one of the points where the Seine river havoc far and wide through the neighboring streets.

IS For an Ordinance Which Will Aid the Retail Dealers Of the City. TO KEEP TAB ON MOVERS In order that the retail grocers and butchers of Richmond may have definite information regarding the movements of their customers, good and bad, Chief of Police Gormon will introduce an ordinance to council to the effect that all moving and transfer companies make a report at least once a week to the superintendent's or city clerk's office as to what families they have moved during the preceding week. It is hoped, through this system, that an accurate record may be kept of those who change their location from time to time. Whenever there is a family that takes French leave of any one location in Richmond, and moves to some other location in the hopes of beating the butcher or gro ceryman out of his bill, an accurate record of this migration could be learned from the city clerk or superintendent of the police. The matter could then be easily traced. It is the opinion of Chief of Police Gormon that the plan will be an excellent one for this city. He stated that there had been numerous complaints from meat dealers and grocers in regard to the change of residences of customers who owed them money. AN EXPENSE REPORT (American News Service) Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. On behalf of the committee on public expenses, Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island today submitted a favorable report to the senate on the resolution creating a business method commission to consist of nine members whose duties shall be to make an inquiry into what changes are necessary or desirable in the transaction of the business of the government and the laws relating thereto. PLUMS HANDED OUT (American News Service) Washington, Feb. 5. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: To be collectors of customs Matthew D. McFarlane, of Florida for the district of Tampa; W. R. Mosely, of Mississippi, for the district of Pearl River, Miss.; Benjamin P. Arnold, of Virginia, for the district of Richmond. To be surveyors of customs Charles F. Galcamp, of Missouri, for the Port of St Louis, Mo. U. S. (American News Service) Berlin, Feb. 5. The government's tariff arrangement with the United States under which each extends the other "the most favored nation" provisions was adopted by the reichstag today. Protests of a few ultra conservatives alone prevented the measure passing all three readings unanimously.

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ANY ' If Tariff Is Responsible for the High Cost of Living, He Wants the People to Know About It. PRELIMINARY STEPS TO BE TAKEN MONDAY Three Resolutions for Investigation Are Before the Committee and It Will Report at That Time. i (American Tfews service! Washington, Feb. 5. President Taft has informed the senate and house leaders that he will not consent to any whitewash of the tariff in the proposed congressional investigations into the increased cost of living. In line with his purpose to have a scientific investigation made of the entire tariff question, he wants no suppression of facts in regard to the operation of . the Payne bill. If the latter is in any way responsible for the increased cost of living the president wants to know it. He believes the people are entitled to such information and he is wise enough to see that it will do more harm than good to attempt any whitewash, or to conceal any facts from the people. It is expected now that by Monday the preliminaries for the proposed investigation of the increased cost of living, by the senate will have been completed. A Favorable Report. Senator Kean of New Jersey, chairman of the committee to audit the contingent expenses of the senate, let it be known today that one of the resolutions providing for an investigation, which were referred to the committee will probably be reported favorably Monday. Immediate consideration will probably be asked and, as no opposition to the inquiry has as jet developed, the resolution will pass the senate promptly. If this is done the personnel of the probing committee may even be announced on the same day. Senator Kean : would not Indicate today which of three resolutions now before the committee will be favored by the committee, of which he is chairman. It has before it the Lodge ! resolution, reported from the senate committee on finance with the ap- j proval of the senate leaders, calling for an investigatiojiy a select committee of five senators and outlining its scope in general ternis; it has before it the Klkins resolution, calling for an investigation by a committee of the same size and outlining its scope in specific terms, with a special provision for determining the relation of the tariff and of big corporations to the cost of living, and it also has before it the McCumberland resolution, providing for an investigation along similar lines by the senate committee on agriculture or a sub-committee thereof. It is generally believ

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ed that the choice of committee will lie between the Lodge and Elkins resolutions. Both provide for a sweeping investigation of the cost of living in this country, and of the comparative cost and selling prices of articles of food and clothing in foreign countries, as well as in the United States.

PRAYING FOR CHILD Girl, Who Was Given Up by Physicians, Now in Hands Of Spiritualists. EFFORT MADE UNIQUE ONE (American News Service) New York, Feb. 5. Prof. James II. Hyslop, secretary of the American Society for Psychical Research this afternoou confirmed the report that his daughter Winifred, who was dying Friday had shown considerable improvement today following prayers by a band of spiritualists yesterday. He refused to discuss whether he thought the prayers had brought about the girls improved condition. The news of Miss Hysiop's illness spread rapidly through spiritualistic circles and at the suggestion of a friend prayers were offered up by two score persons yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. E. Monroe Hand in West Sixty-seventh street. Dr. Titus Bull who is treating Miss Hyslop denied the report that he had written a letter saying that only prayers could save the girl's life. The first association of spiritualists will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon at whica prayers will again be offered. A MORPHINE CURE London, Feb. T. A cure for the morphine habit is announced by a London physician. It consists of infusions of a Malay plant called "Crombretum sudacium," taken at frequent intervals, and tasting like a somewhat bitter kind of tea. This treatment cured in three weeks a young man who had been a "dope fiend" for ten years. He took the infusion every half hour, the result being a gradual lessening and final disappearance of the deadly ciaving for morphia. CALLS ON THE KING (American New-j Service) Rome, Feb. 5. Charles Warren Fairbanks, former vice president of the United States, had a half hour private audience with King Victor Emmanuel today. The king asked many questions regarding the political situation in America. GETS MANY RHINOS NiniHle, Uganda, Protectorate. Feb. 5 Through the marksmanship of Theodore Roosevelt, the Smithsonian Institute will have a complete set of the Rhine family. Specimens of white rhinoceros are ready for shipment, the former president retaining none of those he has shot. He has two skins for the American museum of natural history of New York, and a head for the Wm. T. Hornaday collection also.

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THANKS THE IRISH John Redmond Thanks Fellow Countrymen Living in This Country. HELPED IN THE CAMPAIGN (American News Service) London, Feb. 5. JohnReflniflOd, member of parliament and leader of the Nationalist party, has sent a measage of thanks to lresident Ryan of the United Irish League of America for its help during the recent campaign and has received in reply a congratulatory message from Ryan. Mr. Redmond's message was as follows: "Thanks to the magnificent help from the United Irish league of America, we have been able to meet and repel victoriously the combiii d unionist and factionist attack. "We have not lost a seat to the Unionists but have recured largely increased majorities over them in every case. The unnatural combination between the factionists and the Unionists caused a temporary loss of a few seats, but the Nationalists are more united therefore and stronger than ever." President Ryan cabled the following congratulatory reply: "The result strengthens your leadership and assures a pledge-bound party and the united support of the patriotic Irishmen of America." LECTURE ON PANAMA Former Local Young Man Will Talk About Conditions On Canal. HE DEFENDED OLD GLORY Wayne O. Adams, of Indianapolis, a former Richmond boy, will deliver a series of lectures in this city on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, afternoon and evening, at a local theater. The lecture will be on Panama and will be illustrated by stereopticon views and moving pictures. For the past four years. Adams has been working on the Panama canal and his experiences while in that countrv are j decidedly interesting. Perhaps the most thrilling experience in which Adams figured was in rescuing an American flag from the hands of a dish washer In the Canal zone. The story of the episode is to the effect that while Adams was passing a store in Panama, he noticed two colored employes engaged in washing the store front by using American flags as wash rags. The proprietor's attention was called to the fact but he declared that they were his flags and he might do with them us he chose. Adams thought differently, however, and took forcible possession of the flags after a hard fought battle. During the fight Adams suffered a badly sprained ankle but he rescued the stars and stripes. The foreigners were taught to respect the American flag in the future as a result of the affair.

When the Starter, Mr. Wayne County Voter, Climbs Into the Stand, He Will See a Crowd of Entries.

CONFIDENCE ON TAP AMONG CONTESTANTS Only a Few Candidates Have No Opposition for NominationIndications Point to a Very Large Vote. When the official starter of the republican primary derby, Mr. Wayne County Voter, climbs into the judge's stand Monday morning, bright and early, and permits his eagle eye to roam down the track, he will perceive an unusually large field of entries. Visits to the various training quarters yesterday revealed the fact that all of the entries are in the pink of condition and ready to make the political sprint of their lives. All are confident of election and each one appears to have good grounds for being optimistic The republican primary this year offers an unusually fat ballot to the voters. Only the candidates for congressmen, joint representative, prosecutor, treasurer, commissioner from the middle district and surveyor have no opposition. For Joint Senator. For joint senator Walter S. Commons of Wayne county and Charles W. Stivers of Union county are entered. Three seek the nomination for representative, Lee J. Reynolds. Walter S. Ratliff and Elmer S.,Laymon. This race promises to be an unusually close one. Lewis S. Bowman of Hagerstown and Albert E. Morel are in a nip and tuck battle royal fo rthe nomination for auditor. The sheriff's race bulges with entries: Jesse A. Bailey, Oscar MashmeyrvJ&ra N. Thompson. Lafayette Larsh, and Albert Steen are after this plum. The clerk's contest is also a bulky ' affair, having seven entries, as follows: ! Will K. Cheesman. George Matthews. ' Merton W. Grills. Frank M. Whitesell. J W. E. Eikenberry. Fillmore F. Riggs i and Thomas R. Jessup. In the coroner's fight. Dr. Mora S. Bulla and Dr. Rolla J. Pt-irce are the only entries. This race has attracted considerable interest. Made Hard Canvasses. William Mathews. Thomas F. Swain and Albert Oler all want the noinination for county assessor, and want it ' bad. judging from the hard canvass ! each has made. Robert N. Beeson and TbHdore P. Crist are opponents for the job of commissioner from the western district, i All the candidates have been in the field, deluging the county with sollc- ; itations and cards since the first of i January, but despite that fact, the vot- ! er ,who for the past several months has gone through one campaign after another and. consequently, has grown somewhat blase, failed to show much enthusiasm until Ground Hog Day, when he came out of his cave, saw bis j shadow and casually inquired who the I various candidates were. Since that j time he has been spouting politics with enough vigor to make up for lost time. If the weather is fair Monday it is anticipated there will be an unusually large vote cast. The campaign has been a clean one j in every respect, and it has been a most economical one for the candidates, because the use of money was tabooed and the campaign cigar placed on the blacklist. NOW ITS III FRISCO (American News Service) San Francisco. Cal., Feb. James W. Cof froth declared his belief that the Jeffries Johnson fight would be fought on July 4 in his own Colma club. He declared that in view of the fact that interference has been threatened in Salt Lake City, that the fight could not be made a paying venture there in any event. The sporting world is extremely cautious about taking a long trip to a place where there is doubt as to whether the goods can be delivered or not. THE CRETAN CRISIS (American News Service) Paris. Feb. 5. France. England. Russia and Italy are engaged on measures to be taken in the Cretan situation, it was stated In official circles today. It is asserted that the island Is to be reoccupied by the combined protecting powers. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Probably snow flurries and colder Sunday

Former Local Newspaper Man Scores Watson's Actions at District Convention Held at Rushviile.

BEVERIDGE DESERVES SUPPORT OF VOTERS Gordon Says that the Aldrich-Cannon-Watson Gang, with Tammany Aid, Is Responsible for Tariff. J. Bennett Gordon, for many years the managing editor of the Evening i Item, and now on the staff of the Milj waukee Journal, in ti e capacity of spejcial writer, has voiced his opinion of j Cannonism, Wat son is tu and the Palladiuiu'.i stand against the two, iu the ! follow ing communication: Editor Palladium: I have just fin. j islied reading the account in your Wedj nesdays paier of tne district ronrrn i tion at Rushviile and the effort to slat criul" i-eriuge in me race, which the Richmond member of the resolutions committee. Mr. Morgan, so sue cessfully blocked. Permit me. viewing the battle from afar, to offer yoi my congratulations. I also wish to congratulate your paper upon the fight you have been making upon Cannonism. What Palladium Stands For. You are doing more than rendering the republican party good counsel. You are standing for the very essence of democratic institutions and popular government. It is not Cannon or Aldrich and their like that the fight Is on; men die and are fogotten; leaders are deposed and leaders created; It Is The System which remains. Cannon. Aldrich and their coterie stand for Big Business. Privilege, Greed and a form, of governing the nation that is nothing short of absolutism. They would.-by their rules aud or. ; ganlzation. completely deny the people the right of even b-ing beard in protest, let alone being given a representation :n the halls of congress. Those few who would represent the people who elected them, Cannonism would drive out of the party and out of con gress. If they cannot be driven out j of public life Cannonism would deny I them any committee assignments, any j voice in the House deliberates, any recognition to the floor, any recognition as free citizens representing a free constituency. Nothing could be more despotic than this. It is not exaggera- ; tion to say that this means the end ' of itopular government and the shadow , of the man on horseback if the peoplo j ratify Cannonism at the polls by de. ' feating Mich men as Beveridge in the senate and the "insurgents" in the ' House. Must Take Aggressive. ; Nay more. The people must assume j the aggressive and elect more "insuri gents to help Beveridge and the real representatives in the House. To stand j still at this stage of the fight is to lose j ground. Cannonism knows no party j lines. It is not bashful In making a deal with Tammany and southern dentjoerats, in order to remain In power. Some of the men in this state, one of j them Watson, helped frame up tbls aeai, yet tney now taJtc about La Kollette and Cummins being democrats, and they pretend they are greatly exercised lest the republican party be led into strange paths by Beveridge. Let no man be deceived by this appeal to party. Senator Gore, the brightest democrat in the senate, advises the democrats of Wisconsin to make no opiiosltion to La Follette, because La Follette is standing: for the masses. Irrespective of party, just as Aldrich is standing for Privilege and Organized Rapacity. Irrespective of party. Some Pertinent Questions. If Aldrich can disregard party lines in order to win. and not be a democrat, why not La Follette or Cummins? If Cannon can be saved by a coalition with Tammany Hall, engineered In person by James E. Watson, and not be a democrat, why is Beveridge a democrat because be stood for the people of bis state? The people of Indiana should stand back of Beveridge. He put bis destiny to the touch by standing for them. There was no partisanship In bis attitude. The Interests be opposed are not going to divide their forces into republicans and democrats In fighting him; Hemenway will make common cause with Sam Ralston; Watson will lie down with Stokes Jackson; and Taylor Durbin will lead the bi-partisan onslaught in the name of "the grand old party." Why. then, should the people be stood for divide their forces into republican and democratic ramps? Verily the Urfue this campaign is the re-election of Beveridge. And the people must stick to the text. A Pledge for Barnard. Even at the risk of being long-wind-. ed, permit me to trespass a little more upon your space. I notice the republicans in the second ward want Barnard to promise not to vote for Can(Continued on Page Four.)