Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 118, 5 March 1910 — Page 1

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M-ICIIMOOTD PALLADIUM t: 'A AND SUN-TKLEGR AM. 1 RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 1910. SINGLE COPY, CENTS. VOL. XXXV. NO. 117.

JUDGE FOX COMES TO THE DEFENSE OF COURT WARDS

As Judge of the Juvenile Court He Tells, in an Address Last Night, of Facts He Has Learned. SPARE THE ROD AND SAVE THE CHILDREN States, Despite Harpings of Critics, He Will Never Send Child to Reformatory Unless Required. Sparing the rod and saving the child I In a figurative sense, was the key j note of a paper read last night by Henry C. Fox, judge of the Wayne circuit court, on the subject "The Juveinlle Court," at the meeting of the Brotherhood of East Main Street Friends church. The subject is one in which considerable interest is manifested and the Brotherhood felt very fortunate in securing Judge Fox, who tas Judge of this court for several , years, is thoroughly conversant on the subject Judge Fox in return was as much tpleased with his audience as it was I with his address. He stated this morning that the meeting was one of the ixaoct pleasing which he ever had the iplauure to attend and address. There was a large representation of mem"hers of the Brotherhood and .many incited guests. , The discourse is In part as follows: Method He Employes. Where a wayward child is brought Into the juvenile court and made to understand that its' bad conduct has brought it to the threshold of the Reform School and that good conduct is all that will, prevent the prison doors from closing behind it. it is made to realize what the result will be unless it reforms. The object lesson is before it. Of course where a child is inherently bad and its disposition is such that it will make no effort to change, then there is but one thing to do. But good results will sometimes come when least expected. Again, we must not expect too much of a child. Complete regeneration in the first instance is not to be expected. If reasonable progress is made, "the law is fulfilled." In such cases charity must be exercised and patience must do her perfect work. If the plane is upward. the child should be encouraged as it advances step by step until the sum mlt is reached. In administering the affairs of a juvenile court, the judge cannot please everybody. In fact, he should not try to. He should honestly do his duty, as he sees it, and administer the law as he understands it. This is the full measure of his responsibility. Harshly Dealt With. "Too often children are harshly dealt with. Too often they are hastily condemned by imprisonment in the Reform School or otherwise. If a child is committed to the Reform School his life is shadowed by a cloud of suspicion. It is not unusual for a young person to commit acts that are criminal without realizing what they are doing. In such a case a child should not be charged and punished as a criminal. To do so may make him such. To imprison a child for his first offense and brand him as a "jail bird" is to crush him. Often punishment in such cases is a greater offense than the crime committed. Kindness with a susceptible child will accomplish more in the right direction than the strong arm of the law. It Is better to arraign him in a court of conscience and let sympathy plead his cause, than to accuse him in a criminal court in a spirit of vengeance. A Long Experience. I have had an experience of more than forty years in dealing with crime and criminals. I have been engaged in many cases where crime was charg ed ranging all the way from simple assault to murder. I have taken part in twenty-two murder cases, some of them of an atrocious nature; yet in all my experience I have never found a criminal that was wholly bad that was totally depraved. A careful search will discover an oasis a green spot somewhere in the desert. The history of crime and criminals shows that punishment, unduly severe, will sooner or later be condemned as wrong and unjust The time was when ordinary larceny was punishable by death; when superstition charged unoffending women with witchcraft and burned them at the stake, and this, in our own boasted land of freedom as the court records in Salem, Massachusetts, will show ; but modern methods in the light of a progressive civilization has condemned and abated this savage fury and substituted methods in which justice is tempered with mercy. There is an instructive lesson In the words of the generous Portia (Continued on Page Seven.)

Nordica For Women 's Suffrage

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Mme. Lillian Nordica, the famous opera singer, who has become an ardent advocate of woman suffrage, and below, Mrs. Gilbert E. Jones, presif'nt of the National League for the Civic Education of Women, which is the radical anti-suffrage organization of the United States. These two ladies met the other day at the house of a mutual friend on Fifth avenue. New York and following a heated argument, Mme. Nordica challenged Mrs. Jones to a debate In some public place on the question. Mrs. Jones's only answer was to lean over and kiss her challenger, all the while smiling indulgently. Those who were present are puzzled to know whether Mrs. Jones had an argument handy or whether she considered Mme. Nordica a foewoman not worthy of her steel.

STANDPATTERS IN A SENATE VICTORY Cummins Amendment to Postal Savings Bill Was Defeated Today. BEVERIDGE AND SHIVELY BOTH VOTED FOR THE, AMENDMENT, AS DID ALL INSURGENTS, "NEAR" INSURGENTS ANP SIX OF DEMOCRATS. (American News Service) Washington, March 5. The senate defeated by a vote of forty to eighteen in Senator Cummins amendment to the postal savings bank bill, which prohibited the investment of deposits in government bonds save in time of war. Beveridge and Shively voted together in favor of the Cummins amendment. The , amendment was championed by insurgents, "near" insurgents and six democrats. Nine democrats joined the Aldrich-Lodge-Carter organization and defeated the amendment. Smoot's amendment to the postal bill was adopted, 4! to 24. McEnery of Louisiana, voting with the republicans for the amendment and Bourne and LaFollette: voting with the democrats against it. Paynter of Kentucky voted with the Aldrich forces. WILL BUY PROPERTY Henry Kuster of Cambridge City, who will be of age in July, and for whom the Dickinson Trust company has been acting as guardian, will inherit $1,460.1S. The administrator's petition to use $S0O of the ward's inheritance to purchase a property for him and his wife has been approved by the court The probable value of the place is $1,000 but the present owner who is an aunt, is willing to dispose of it for $S00. DISMISS A CHARGE The petit larceny case against Joe Jones was dismissed in the city court this morning. Jones is alleged to have stolen a pint bottle of whiskey from Tine Winnegar, but inasmuch as Winnegar could not be located by the. police, the case which has been pending for some time, was dismissed.

IS SOCIALIST DRIFT William D. Foulke Tells of Industrial Conditions in America. TRUSTS GIVEN THE BLAME BY THEIR METHODS IN SEEKING TO MONOPOLIZE BUSINESS, AMERICANS ARE SEEKING FOR SOME RELIEF. Alleging that there was perhaps no country in the world in which there are ;. proportionately as few conscious socialists as in America, and yet no country in which the unconscious drift towards socialism is as strong as in America, William Dudley Foulk held the rapt attention of his audience at the First Presbyterian church last evening, in a splendid address on the subject, "The Drift Towards Socialism." To the representatives of aggregated capital, the most violent opponents of socialism, Jhe speaker held this unconscious drift was mainly due. If is because the trusts are greater and more powerful in America than in other countries that the belief was expressed that the tendency toward government control and ultimate owner ship of industrial forces, is more rap id in this country. Where competition is stifled; where there is the privilege of fixing the prices of labor and com modities,' that privilege must be limit ed by law and administrative control. said Mr. Foulke. . In discussing the origin of the drift of socialism, Mr. Foulke stated that the tendency in this direction was caused by the organization and conduct of immense industries, seeking to monopolize and place in the hands of a few me the bulk of the whole industry of our country. The speaker declared that the only kind of social life that would ever thrive is the kind in which individual merit, industry, ability and productive power shall receive its just reward. He asserted that if equality of reward were necessary in a co-operative state, that would be the end of human endeavor, and the beginning of decay: but fortunately such a conclusion was not necessary. LOUIS JAMES DEAD. (American News Service) Helena. Mont., March 5. Louis James, a famous actor, died this morning of heart disease.

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START ACAMPAIGN Y. M. C. A. Will Make an Active Canvass to Increase Membership.

WORK DONE BY TWO TEAMS In order to secure new members for the Y. M. C. A. an active campaign will be instituted beginning next week which, it is thought, will result in a very-material increase in the membership of that institution. Two teams have been organized to make a can vass or, tne city, caned tne Keas and the "Blues," Everett Knollenberg having been made captain of the for mer and Walter Doan captain of the latter. A meeting for organization will be held at the Y. M. C. A. build ing Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Blue and red buttons have been se cured by Secretary G. L. Goodwin, bearing the words "Get One" and "I Got One." The "Get One" buttons wlil be given out to the members of the two teams at first and when a new member is secured the "I Got One" pin may be worn. The new mem ber then goes to work and in turn tries to secure other members. It is expected that considerable rivalry will be manifested between the two teams during their campaign for new mem bers. VICTOR MUBDOCK TELLS OF FIGHT OF "iNSURGENTS" Fight to Perfect the Rules of the House Until the Rules Are Amended as the Rebels Desire. REFUSES TO HUMBLE HIMSELF TO CANNON - - y .. Some Members of Congress, Notably Those from "Close Districts, Are Forgetting Economy Plan. (American News Service) BY RODERICK CLIFFORD. Washington, March 5. "The fight to perfect the rules of the House is not ended, and will not cease until the rules are so amended that the majority are enable to enact such legislation as it sees fit," remarked Representative Murdock, of Kansas, to a party of mem bers who were discussing the insur gents. Continuing, the Kansas states man said: "The unanimous consent cal endar has proved fairly successful in that nearly all the bills placed on that calendar get a hearing, and the mem-i ber no longer appeals to the speaker in ; the latter's room for recognition. Under the old rule a member had to humiliate himself by appealing to the speaker for recognition, and if the speaker was opposed to the bill it received no consideration. What Should Be Done. "Now, we ought to adopt a rule by which a committee could be discharged from the consideration of a bill or resolution, if no report was made within, say ten days. I would have the rule apply to the committee on rules the same as other committees. If such a rule was in force the committee on rules would long ere this have been discharged from consideration of the several resolutions directing the appointment of a special committee to investigate the causes of the high prices of foodstuffs and other necessities of life, and the House would have acted one way or the other. When a resolution of inquiry would be introduced it could not be pigeon-holed as now. "Another amendment I would favor would be the requirement of 2 hours notice of important amendments offered during debate to bills of national character. Qften a measure of large importance, which has been carefully considered in committee, has had its whole purpose changed by the adoption of an amendment which receives practically no consideration by the great majority of the House and amendment which if printed for information of the members 24 hours in advance, would never b- adopted. Let me tell you that should the next House be democratic the fight for changing the rules, as insisted on by the insurgents, will continue. The democrats will not go back to the old methods. Economy the Watchword. When congress met in December the watchword was economy in public ex penditures. The president had passed the word along the line and the result was a big cut in the estimates submit ted bv the executive department The prospects for a record In reduction of money appropriated were excellent. The leaders of the House were saying that they would give the country an exhibition of what could be done when it became necessary to use the pruning knife on expenditures, etc. But

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QUITE OFTEN IN THE CASE New Owner of the Westcott Hotel Figures Very Prominently in the French Lick Hotel Hearing. IS WANTED BY STATE TO GIVE TESTIMONY Taggart Was Absent From the Trial Today and Attorney General Bingham Took Advantage of It. BUT DEFENSE BESTS HIM SO THE DEPOSITIONS OF THE NOT TAKE DEMOCRATIC BOSS WILL BE READ TAGGART TO STAND MONDAY. (American News Service) Paoli, Ind., March 5. T. Taggart who has attended every session of the trial thus far was absent this morning and Attorney General Bingham took advantage of it to insist on reading the depositions made by Taggart sev eral months ago. Attorneys for the defense objected and were sustained. Taggart will testify Monday but Bingham preferred to read the depositions and was visibly disappointed. Today's proceedings brought reiterations by f m . . . . aimer oi me statements made yes terday. MENTION AL BROWN Very Frequently irt the French Lick Hotel Case. In the trial of the French Lick Hotel company at Paoli, Ind., in which the state is trying to take away T. Taggart's hotel license on the ground of alleged gambling, the name of Al Brown, who recently purchased the Westcott hotel, is frequently mention ed. Here are some extracts from an account of the proceedings of the trial yesterday: Records Put in Evidence. Yesterday, Assistant Attorney-Gener al Thompson offered in evidence the corporation book of the hotel company. Tne minutes, as read by Mr. Thomp son, showed that the company in 190," adopted a resolution to pay Al Brown the lessee of the casino building, $3,000 for surrendering his lease on the prop-1 erty. The records also showed that Ed Ballard had surrendered his lease on the casino. Ajiin, Mr. Thompson read to the jury the proceedings of the board of directors when the casino was leased to KODen uoigiazier. It was provided in the leiSse that Colglazier should use the casino as a pool and billiard room only, and that no gambling of any kind should be allowed, and if gambling was allowed that President Thomas Taggart was authorized to use all legal means to cancel the lease and put Colglazier out of possession. The purpose of the state in offering this evidence was to furnish the ground for showing that Colglazier was a gambler, was employed by gamblers, was not of financial standing to operate such a lease, and that if the hotel company did not know it. it was the company's duty to know it. Brown and Ballard Missing. It was expected that Al Brown and Ed Ballard would be witnesses for the state, but they will not be. Mr. Thompson introduced as evidence the subpoenas issued for Brown and Ballard, showing that Sheriff Lindley Jones received the papers on March 1, and made a return that Brown and Ballard could not be found in his bailiwick. When objection was raised to the introduction of these papers, the state admitted that a deputy attorney gener al, name not mentioned, took from the j court on February 19 a number of blank subpoenas, filled in the names of witnesses desired, and did not give the papers to the sheriff until March 1. "There is no dispute on that point," said Mr. Thompson, "that was done. Of course, you will admit that Al Brown and Ed Ballard are citizens of Orange county and have been for more than a. year." "We donl know about that,' replied Mr. Korbly, for the defense. "All right," exclaimed Mr. Thompson, "we will prove their residence at the proper time. Ruled in State's Favor. The defense fought vigorously against the - introduction of evidence by Banker Cave, that the reputation of the casino building was a gambling place. The court, however, ruled in favor of the state, but Mr. Cave could not give the value of the casino building. But the land on which the building is located is worth perhaps ?Um or. $",. How long have you known Al

SEEK FEDERAL JOBS

Fifteen Applicants to Be Rural Carriers Were Examined Today. QUIZ IS HELD ANNUALLY Fifteen applicants for positions as rural route carriers took the civil ser vce examination at the post office to day. Lawrence Handley, superintend ent of the clerical department, conduct ed the examination, inasmuch as th regular members of the civil service board could not attend to the work.'ow ing to sickness. This examination is held once a year, primarily for the pur pose of keeping the eligible list full. There are no positions open at tne present time. Word is expected from Mr. Moss, of Cincinnati, the head of the Sixth district civil service work, notifying the local board to prepare for the holding of an examination for positions as city carriers and clerks. This examination is regularly held in November, but last November for some reason it was not held and so it will be necessary to hold another examination soon. 110 PEARY REWARD UNLESS CONGRESS VIEWS RiS DATA So Representative Macon of Arkansas Said Today in Making AttaCk On UlSCOVerer of North Pole. PEARY HAS REFUSED TO SUBMIT RECORDS Statesman Also Remarked He ... . .. was beginning 10 beiieve That the Whole Thing Was a Mere Farce. (Amerh an News Service) vvasn.ngton, marcn o.-ePrnia-tive Macon, of Arkansas, made a bitter attack on Commander Peary today while discussing congress's failure to reward the exolorer for his renorted discover- of the north nole. Macon said: "I am against any legislatiou made in the dark. Furthermore if this committee decides in favor of Peary without inspecting the full records and making them public. I will expose the whole business on the floor of the house, or in a statement to the press. If we reward Peary the American people nave tne right to know what we are rewarding him for.' Asked for Proofs. He was asked whether tho committee of the house had requested Peary to submit the nroofs. "Most decidedly we have." said Mr.

Macon, "and he has absolutely re- er regular army cavalryman, me appiifnspd to havp his document! made cants are drilled. This Is little more.

Dublic ' "I am beeinnine to heliev the whole thing is a farce. He might have reached farthest-liorth. hut he will have to show me that he discovered the north pole. The whole matter ought to be exposed.' ELMEB GQRMON HERE Elmer Gormon, of Detroit, Mich., employed in the secret service of the treasury department of the United States, arrived in the city last evenin: on a few days' visit with his father. I A. Gormon. superintendent of police, Mr. Gormon has charge of the state of Michigan, with headquarters at De troit. IS "BIG" EDUCATOR Miss Aneeline Baldwin, tearher in district school No. 14, Wayne township is the tallest woman teacher in the county, according to the school officials. Miss Baldwin is a little more than six feet tall. She attended the institute of the Wayne and Boston township teachers, in the office of County Superintendent C. W. Jordan today. POLICE STOPPED IT Chicago. March .". Members of Assistant Chief Sbuettler's "Puritysquad stopped a wrestling match between women at the Empire theater last night and arrested two women wrestlers and two men. one a referee and the other an announcer. - Ail acre released on bonds.

QUAKER CITY

IS IN FEAR OF A FIGHT Thousands of Sullen Union Workmen Determined to Hold Gathering Despite Order of the Police. POLICE PREPARED TO BREAK UP A PARAOl First Outbreak Occurred This' Morning When the Mob Stormed a Street Car I Excitement Intense. ' PREDICTIONS OF LEADERS LABOR CHIEFTAINS CLAIM 75.003 MEN ARE ON A STRIKE BUT ONEOF CITY OFFICIALS DENIE8 REPORT. (American News Service) Philadelphia. Pa., March 5. Vision of bloodshed and riot loomed up at: nn ty hen the officials of the or """ ""'1'" on irvi: tairu iiiv oi i an au wvs naus men would Ignore Mayor Reyburn'a order prohibiting them from gathering in Independence Square this afternoon. and the committee of ten stated that several thousand strikers were prepared to move forward from different ra. lying points. Several hundred had' already gathered in Independence square after futile efforts to find a hall ,arge enough to hold ' n,a8S meeUn Ponce Are prepared. .The police ar prepared , to engage in battle if the parade forms and ex citement, though suppressed, fills ev ery breast. The first serious trouble broke out today when stones, brick and iron K.ilt u n'AMk hiirlrfwl ot m ct root rar n. L V . -"" "v demolishing the car. q,,- ih strUck a passing letter carrier. Several shots were fired by the police before the crowd was driven away. Labor leaders claim fully seventy-live thousand were on strike at noon, but Director of Safety Clay declared the number actually on the strike was considerably fewer and that many werkmen were merely taking a Donaay ip vent entnusiasm. I Swear in More Police. Many special police were sworn ia today, following the recruiting of several hundred special officers yesterday. Director Clay declared that he had no doubt but that the pay of these men 1 would be forthcoming vptbout trouble. The second regimem armory dm been turned into training school for the new policemen.- xnere, unaer me direction of Lieut. I. J. Kenny, a zormhowever than a training in mob-charg-ing. Director Clay says troops win not be needed, but they are held ready throughout the state. The workers are in the straggle for a 61 to a finish, according to statements made by their leaders today. "The general strike was regarded as la bluff to aid the carmen," said one. But it wasn't; we've proven that. The issue has been forced upon us." Ignore Time Extension. The extension till Monday of th time In which the P. R. T. will take back the old car men has met with no response from the striking car men. according to their chiefs. The decision of the typographical union not to Join the strike permitted the publication of papers today. The edict of Mayor Reyburn prohibiting the mass meeting in Independence Square, has aroused the workers of every class. The men, when the order was issued began to hunt for a hall, but had little expectation of find-" Ing one large enough. Some of the larger employers this morning declared that they were work Ing with full forces. Among these are ! the Disstons, the Marlborough Mills, John E. Banifen & Co., shortwaist ' makers. Union men, however, declared the forces of these and other firms still working would go out before the day was over. Building Work Checked. In Germantown, work on 100 new buildings was stopped and In other districts the situation was as bad. Thousands of Union pickets were stationed this morning in every quarter. The question of finaaces in not worrying th strikers, say their officials. One union, the iuold-rs. has $iU" in reserve In Jt treasury and other organizations are as well prepared. The men on strike will receive from six to twelve dollars a week. THE WEATHER. STATE AND LOCAL Fair and continued warm tonight and Sunday.

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