Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 167, 23 April 1910 — Page 1

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VOL. XXXV. NO. 167. XtlCUSIOND. IND- SATURDAY EVENING, APKIIi 23, 1910. i-5H SINGLE COPY, C CZHTC

FRENCH SCHOLARS HEAR LECTURE OF COL. T. BOOSEVELT

Former ; President Delivers Message of the American Republic to Her Sister European Republic. RECEPTION WILL BE GIVEN THIS EVENING Travel Has Injured the Eyes of the Colonel and Today He v Called Upon Celebrated Oculist. The address delivered by - Col. Roosevelt at the Sor bonne' today will be found on page four of -this Issue. (American News Service) the moat learned men of France, Theodore Roosevelt today delivered at the Eprbonne the message of one republic to another. It was his first address In Europe. Ills subject was "Duties of Cltlsenshlp In the Republic" But for the lapse of time it "would have been the message of an American president to the people of a foreign republic. The speech was written while Roosevelt was in the white bouse and but few changes were afterward made. Viillv thru thousand net-sons beard the Colonel apeak, and countless thousmds thronged the vicinity.; , Consults Dr. Bull. Theodore Roosevelt this morning vu forced to consult an occulist. The train or bis European tup nas tola materially on nis eyes. , "Leaving the residence of Ambassador Bacon where the Roosevelt party 1j cUy!2, tk formed president went f rt to Ctaw. ca latter of credit, and tLen to the offloe of Dr.. George Boll, a noted specialist. - : He was recognised and as bis auto (drew up before the physician's house, great crowd formed. Mr. Roosevelt was compelled to do a strenuous bit of work In getting through tie cheering throng. ' He spent some time In resting in preparation for the great event of his atay in Paris his address this afternoon at the Academy. The program for the evening Includes a dinner given by M. Laird, rector of the University of Moral and Political sciences, to which, at the express wish of Mr. Roosevelt, have been Invited the foremost men of Prance in all branches of 'scholarship. Following the dinner, at 10 p. m., la the reception at the Sorbonne, to which 1.500 persons have been Invited. DIG VESSEL LIES AT WAVES' MERCY Cteamer Iowa -Hurled Ashore by Furious Storm on Lake Michigan. DIRELESS CALLS FOR AID 0HIP 8 STAUNCH ONE AND IT IS THOUGHT IT WILL WITHSTAND ATTACK OTHER SHIPS ARE IN DANGER. (American News Service) , Chicago, April 23. With twenty-five - passengers and a crew of thirty-two the big steamer Iowa of the Goodrich line was hurled against the west shore of Lake Michigan near Racine early today. Responding to wireless signals powerful tugs battled with . the tre mendous waves in unsuccessful at tempts to reach the distressed steam er. It Is believed the sturdy vessel will remain Intact. Many other vessels were tossed helpless about Lake Vlchigah. but no loss of Ufa was re ported. Tup, Gees to Rescue. . ,The tug Morford. one of the largest and strongest on the Great Lakes, In command of Capt Anderson, left the Chicago Harbor at the first call for aid. The waves were lashed to great kt!sfcU by the strong northwest wind gxd pro-rest was difficult V : The steamer Benton Harbor, due at i $9 o'clock flashed a wireless mescrse at six o'clock stating tt wi L!wn from Its coarse and was unable is. Cad the harbor. TL Kansas, also bocad far tlis tst battled tr&loct the waves and rr: J five hours late In maktax the T rter port. The Cora A a laoiber sl Otrted out in the lake near the I ..sr ti: had to be assteaU fcy

AN IRISH COUNTESS IS HEALTH ADVOCATE

js -'fM tiS it K'"' .4' Y7A The Countess of Aberdeen, who Is a leader of the Irish Women's Health association, which Is now devoting Itself energetically at the annual meeting of the association at Dublin, during which she announced that a consumption dispensary and sanitarium would soon be established in Dublin through the generosity of two Americans - Mr. Robert J. . Collier and Mr. Arthur Ryan of New York. ' SIIEOIWOAU ' HAVE A MARATIIOII In Which Mr. Meredith Acted as Pacemaker in a Most Graceful Manner. PATH WORN AROUND PUMP IN COUNTRY BARN YARD, BUT SHERIFF MANAGED TO KEEP IN LEAD UNTIL HE COULD DO A . BROODIE OVER . FENCE. 1 "As an amateur wrestler . Sheriff Meredith may be. all that he claims to be, but when it comes down to a test of strength between him and a ram I can testify that he has about as much show as a German at an Irish wake," stated a well known local ; manwho, this week, witnessed the hfghest' police official of , Wayne county, act as pacemaker in a Marathon in which the sheriff and an enraged ram were the only , contestants. . The gallery witnessed the spectacle from choice seats in a crippled automobile, stranded on a country road between ' Milton and Connersville. . The machine was carrying a heavy load of passengers to Richmond from the Connersville convention, Thursday when it suddenly sprung a leak , and was forced to cast anchor. ;; Meredith volunteered to go for assistance and in crossing a barn yard the boss of that territory, one healthy, robust ram, de clared hostilities and prepared to resist invaders. ' Mr. Meredith Immediately got busy with a clever exhibition of footwork, only excelled by the exhibition given by the ram. According to the eye-witnesses quot ed the sheriff circled about a pump and trough nine times, breaking a rec ord each lap and nearly uprooting the pump each time he grasped it to swing around. After getting up such speed as to nearly cause him to have a rear end collision with his pursuer, th3 sheriff suddenly abandoned the trough and pump and did an Arthur Duffy for the nearest fence, which he fell over two seconds ' before r the ram crashed into It The excited specta tors in the automobile wildly applaud e dthe sheriff clever work and insist ed on an encore, bat he gracefully de clined. v THE WEATHER. STATE Fair tonist, freezing . paratora, fair and continued cold, Sunday. LOCAL Snow flwHee; ? fr aina temper stars tanlt. Sunday fair and continued osu.

it FREIGHT WRECK

CAUSED DEATH OF' OIIE; THREE HURT Joseph Hardicka Crushed When C, C. & L Cars Jump " Track and His Companions Receive Injuries. BRIDGE IS DAMAGED AND TRACK TORN UP Names of Injured Men, Supposed to Be Tramps, Not LearnedOne Said to Have a Fractured Spine. Joseph W. Hardicka, a hobo, was killed and three Muncie young men, names unknown, who were beating their way, were badly injured, when five cars of northbound C, C. & L. freight train. No. 82, due in this city at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon, was wrecked at the Silver Creek bridge, Harrison township, Union county, seven miles south of here, yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock. The man who was killed was identified by a union card on his person. The card gave his residence as Armnell, Iowa, and age as 33. The car in which he was riding was overturned and one of the steel beams fell, striking him in the head and abdomen, causing such severe Internal injuries that he died eleven minutes after ho had been taken ' from the wreck. His body will be held at Liberty until the coroner of Union county communicates with his family and learns of the disposition to make of the remains. Sent to Their Homes. The three Muncie young men were given transportation by. the township trustee of Harrison township to their homes. . An effort to ascertain the identity of the young men was unsuccessful, as the trustee had made no record of their names In his report of the expenditure. uTheir injuries' are said to beery .jHeriotts and partXoTarly so in the case oft ' V one of ; the number, whose hack and arm were broken. From what can be learned the four were in the same car. Where they boarded the train Is not known, , as Conductor James T.. Bark del f said that he would give out no information, and the officials of the company said they had not been Informed. : It is not known what caused the wreck nor who was responsible. The wrecked cars tore up a great deal of the track, and practically destroyed the bridge, necessitating that all C, C. & L trains between Muncie and Cottage Grove, be detoured over the I E. & W. and the C, H. & D. lines. The wreckage had not been' cleared up at noon today. ; The wreck yesterday was the most serious of quite a number which have occurred in the past week. The wreck at Economy on Wednesday tore up much track and caused considerable property damage, but no one was Injured. Earlier in the week, a wreck at Jonesboro - delayed traffic for several hours. There were, others of less serious consequences. , PAROO QUITE ANGRY Frequently Sent Her Money to Join Him: She Stays in Italy. NOW HE WANTS A DIVORCE Andrea Pardo, a native born Italian, who emigrated to this country In ISO-", and located In this city aeven years ago, has a wife, who according to the divorce complaint filed In the circuit court, this morning. Is the limit. When Pardo left Italy five years after his marriage, it was the understanding between him and his wife that she was to follow him here, as soon as he had earned enough money for the transportation. Through thrift and saving, the husband was soon able to send his wife the money for the passage. She spent it, according to the complaint. The performance was repeated on two other occasions, but Pardo's wife refused to make the trip. Pardo was a section employe and lost the lower part of his leg in a railroad accidenL After his recovery, he entered the fruit commission business and had soon earned enough money, so he alleges, to again ask his wife to come to America. - Upon receipts ' of the money, and also upon being Informed of his injury, the wife replied that she would stay in Sunny Italy. Consequently the husband believes that he has been abandoned and asks the court to sever the bonds of matrimony. ' RED LTETJ I :J VI TED. The Ilokendauqua lodge - of Red Men have received invitation to attend the. services at Held Memorial church oa Sunday dortag Hay. The exact date baa not bee aauMvneedL . 13 lodse wCl accept.

A PROMINENT LEADER IN MEAT PRICE WAR

ft Mrs. Anna Pastor, the mother of Rose Pastor Stokes, the Socialist and settlement worker. Mrs. Pastor is one of the leaders In the East Side war against the high price meat She is now spending every day on the streets of the' East Side making public . speeches to keep the women together and encouraging them in their boycott. HEAD WHITER AUGHT David Hayes, colored, was arraigned in the city court this morning om a charge of petit larceny. He is alleged to have stolen a dress suit coat from William Webster, also colored, head waiter at the Westcott hotel. The man pleaded not guilty and asked for a continuance which was granted. The case will be heard on Wednesday, April 27. Hayes, was released on S25 bond furnished by his mother. 3 . 4 4 " WHITER STMES ARUIIIOUS BLOW In Death Struggle Departing Season Nearly Destroys . , the Fruit Crop. HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED FREEZING WEATHER IN CENTRAL INDIANA LAST NIGHT AND THE FORECAST IS FOR CONTINUATION THIS EVENJNG. Indianapolis, April 23. Following a night of freezing temperatures, violent windstorms and snow flurries prevailed today throughout the north central states. : Serious damage to berries, fruit trees and vegetable crops was sustained throughout Indiana, Illinois, Michigan 'and : Wisconsin- In Michigan the fruit belt damage is estimated at two million dollars.' Freezing temper atures are , predicted tor central In diana again tonight ' . ' ' "A COAT OF ICE. Terre Haute, Ind., April 23. There is a thin coat of "ice' this morning and freezing continues.. Vegetables and strawberries are doomed. A BRISK SNOWFALL! r FL Wayne, Ind., April 23. A brisk downfall of snow here today. PEACH CROP GONE. , South Bend, . Ind., April 23. The peach crop of Michigan and northern Indiana is probably . a - failure. All fruit buds are killed. A RUINOUS STORM. - : Chicago, April 23. A gale accompanied by blinding, stinging snow and a. big drop in the temperature through out this section continues. At noon reports Indicate that the crop and fruit damage will be ruinous. Illinois and Michigan sustained inestimable dam age. -- REMARKABLE FLIGHT (American Mews Service) London, April 23. Claude Graham White flew 112 mflea through tfce heart of England in an aeroplane today, bat failed to capture the fifty thousand dollar prise offered by Lord Northcliffe if he could fly from Ixmto Manchester, a distance of 18C s. A heavy wind disarraased the compelled a daacont.' Avc: znxl was thirty tz"n aa hoar.

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A LETTER TO W. D. FOULKE BY R. a LEEDS. My Dear Mr. Foulke: In Friday night's Item you label me "a self-ap-pointed boss," by reason of my activity in a political way in Richmond and Wayne County. - My idea of the definition of the word "boss" is such that I have no desire to wear the title. To my mind a political boss is one who, through alliances with those in control of "red light" brothel districts, with those who wish to run saloons in an illegal manner, with those who wish to line their pockets with gold filched, by means of unfair and unjust franchises, from the people, with those who wish unsanitary, unsafe and unsightly tenements to continue to stand as a monument to their greed and as evidence of their heartless disregard for the rights of those unfortunates who must of necessity dwell in such places, with those in control of vast combinations that fatten from the trough of extortionate schedules that make a mockery of our protective tariff a man who forms such alliances and uses the support gained thereby to control and muizle the will of the people in order to advance his own interests, is to my way of thinking, a political boss. - .' 4 I know, Mr. Foulke, that you will bear me out when I say . I have not sought to gain political power-by forming any of the above mentioned, alliances. I know' you can not do otherwise than say my record, as evinced by the stand taken by the Palladium, is clear of such entangling alliances. The Palladium has fought for a moral cly; has been" against the saloons interfering In the affairs of any political party, and has, to the best of its ability, protected the people against franchise grabbers.; .You will remember it was the fight waged by the Palladium that stopped thejasphalt paving steal in Richmond; that it was the fight waged by the Palladium that prevented too hasty consideration of a renewal of franchise for the Waterworks; that it was due to the Palladium's stand that the Natural Gas Company was prevented from getting a franchise that would have been unfair to the people. . Andpardon me, Mr. Foulke, if I digress at this point to bring up a thought suggested by the reference to the Gas Company. Every man has to decide for himself the question of why he was put on earth. Every man has to decide what to do in order, when he shall have passed through and beyond this world, he will have justified his existence To my mind service to one's fellow beings is the essential thing in giving - any man justification for dying wiih an easy conscience. Furthermore, . I believe that the more a man has of worldly goods the more time and :, thought he should devote to serving his fellow beings. If this is not trua then it is true that the present capitalistic system has no right to existence. Now I, like you, Mr. Foulke, am a capitalist. I am justifying my right to an existence as such by devoting my time and such ability as I may possess in the service of the people. I accomplish this in Richmond by pub

lishing a newspaper that can not be corrupted; that will always print what It believes to be the truth and that always stands for those things which it believes are for the best Interests of all the people and against what it belie ves is not for the best interests of every one. Taking the case of the Natural Gas Company's recent request for a franchise .to manufacture and sell artificial gas: It would have been to the benefit of my own immediate interests to have supported the franchise sub- -mitted by the company, as members of my -immediate family are stockhold- ! ers In the concern. Yet, seeing that the franchise at heart was not drawn as fairly as it should have been to have safeguarded the Interests otall the people of Richmond, I caused-the JPalladium to- fight thai franchise and asisted in Its defeat to that extent' I ask you, Mr. Foulke, was that the course of action that a "boss" would take? , For your own Information and for the information of the people of this city and county I will plead guilty to this charge if you or any one else will make it, namely that I am seeking to become a political leader. If you will make that charge, I will say you are right And. furthermore, I am willing to tell you what kind of a political leader I am trying to be. ; In the Palladium I am preaching the political gospel of political parties being run in the interests of all the people instead of in the interests of a few financial and political highbinders. Is it unreasonable then, for me to go Into the political field and seek to have practiced that which I am preaching?1 ' I know you do not take issue with me on that point else why did you . come to my office a week or so before the day for the selection of delegates to the district and state conventions and state that as you understood the district convention came before the state convention, you hoped I would . use my influence to prevent Watson's getting through any more such resolutions as he did at the Rushville convention, in endorsement of the PayneAid rich bill, because you feared its effect on the resolutions to be adopted at the state convention. You will remember that in reply I first corrected you as to the time of holding the respective conventions, stating that - the stateconvention came, before the district convention. l told you at that : time that I was going to try to get on the resolutions committee at the state convention from the Sixth district In order, to do all I could to prevent the - adoption of resolutions endorsing the Payne-Aldricb bill. You will remember I also stated that I was going to do all I could at the district convention -to prevent an endorsement of the Payne-Aid rich bill. And, furthermore, I showed you a list of names of men concerning whom I said ' if the voters ( would elect them as delegates from their respective localities, I felt sure -they could be depended upon to be for the principles we are fighting for in , Wiayne county. . And I suggested that you run for delegate for District convention in the Sixth ward. You at first said you would, and then said no, inasmuch aa the state convention came before the district convention. V Do you blame me, Mr Foulke, if, when I go into a fight of this nature, I desire to have with' me friends of the cause, rather than enemies? ' Now, as to the dinner I even though not a delegate myself gave in , honor of the delegates of Wayne cgnnty a week ago. - Though, truly, you. ought to be very 'well informed, seeing that a representative of The Item, . Mr. Ed Warfel, news editor of The Item, also not a delegate, was present at my invitation, and therefore knows everything that happened. That din- - ner was given, primarily' for two reasons. First that the delegates might ' give a comprehensive account of the desires of the people of Wayne county. Next, that District Chairman Bassett who was Congressman Barnard's manager f or renomination, might be present and receive first band from the Wayne county delegates, the true feeling of the people towards Judge Barnard. Was there any hint of treachery In that to Judge Barnard? In Introducing the topics of discussion. County Chairman Wiley, also not a delegate and, nevertheless, present at this dinner, stated that among other things, the object of the dinner was not to afford newspaper material, that, in other words, the delegates were talking for one another's Information and for Mr. Bassett's information. For the latter these are my words, not Mr. Wiley's because it is one thing to nominate a man for congress and another to elect him. And as to what the delegates said about the sentiment of the republican -voters of their respective localities, well, ask Mr. Warfel, the Item's representative, who was present even though he was not a delegate. You say In your editorial, "now the worst way in the world for Wayne county to get a. satisfactory" platform was to antagonize first Judge Barnard, next the delegation from Decatur county, ' etc." - Could -Wayne county expect any aid from Judge Barnard, who voted for the Payne-Aldrich hill? Did yo expect Henry county, the Judge' home, to enthusiastically support Wayne's Insurgent demands? : And Decatur county whose candidate was WoodfilL And Wooden who -at the February ' convention at Ruahv&lei, was on the resolution committee from Decatur and voted for the same resoiotlae. that Morgan, f Wayne, foaghx, which ; declared that Ue Payne-Aldrich tQ was a eossplete redemption by the Republican party . of its plete," - I win state that I was personally aroaced at Coenersvine by a Decatur coonty aaaa who suggested that If Wayne would saport Woed- i fUL Decatur wo13 help Wayne en the resolutions coinmhlee. An I re- '

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El LEWIS HELD Aged Colored Man, Assaulted March 7 by His FcIIaw Worker, Also Colored, Exv pired at an Early Hour. WAS HIT OVER HEAD WITH HEAVY SH0V3L Coroner Finds on Invcstistii That Blood Clot Fcrmcd cv the Brain Which Resumed tr Hemorrhage. GRAND. JURY WILL PROI VICTIM OF THE ASSAULT WA3 SEVENTY YEARS OF AOS AKZf ASSAILANT IS SIXTY CAUSE THE ASSAULT. ,. On an affidavit charging assault and battery with felonious intent, William Lewis,. a well known police character, was arrested yesterday by Chief of Fo lice Gormon and Patrolman VogelsoKsJ I Albert Dickey, an aged colored laborer, who was the victim of the man's as sault, died early this morning at (ho Reld .Memorial hospital. An . autopsy was Immediately held by Coroner Qramkamp, who ascertained that the lor me man s oeatn was cue directly to a hemorrhage of the brala. there being a very pronounced blood - clot formed. Accordinar to Dr.. Cram. . kamp, there can' be no questlsa tt uwv u;nHigau resuiu fjesatas' blow he had received on the head deuverea oy lwis. -. The charge acxxt Lewis will be changed to murder and the grand jury which Is now In aesslda win investigate the matter. The assault waa made on Dickey on March 7. The two men were mtu. " ed in repairing a sewer in front of the residence or Harry Fossenkeniper, 414 r North Seventeenth street, Lewis being ; nirea to assist in the Job by Dickey. . Waa Working in a Trench, While Dickey was in the six foot trench repairing; some piping, Lewis slipped up from behind and struck the man a terrific blow on the head with, a shovel. He then began to shovel dirt on top of him. After the assan.lt Lewis ran away. Dickey was almost unconscious as me result or tne blow and was assisted to his home, 1314 North J streeL He was unable to work, and as his condl tlon grew constantly worse, he was removed to the Reld Memorial hospital on Saturday. April 16. He failed to rally, however, owing to his advanced age, 70 years, and yesterday afternoon it was apparent that the man could not get well. --'..-.-! The police were notified of the f act that the man's condition was alarmlfex and were instructed to arrest Lewix. ; When arrested Lewis asked whv h f had not been apprehended long an, he made no effort to get away. Lecia supposea nis vicum aeaa wnen arret' -ed. and maintained a stolid iadference and treated the matter lightly. T Says Lewis Made Thrsata, According to statemertx ma2e U Chief Gkrmon by four r' Lewis ' had told them that he fct!zJ t tTl Dickey at the first oimortaxltv sflri. ed him. He made this ct&tezaecx ty three of his friends on the day rrxi--" ous to the assault and told, one boy ca the morning of the murderous attack that he Intended to kill the nan. tie police state. A woman acquaistaacs of Lewis who had bee toU by tie man on the night previous that he was going to kill Dickey, visited fee Lxae of Dickey the next morning, tt is stated, for the purpose of warning him but he had gone to work. ft According to the police and an eye witness to the assault. Lewis several days later, began boasting of his work, stating that he had done a good JsV and bad acted as "doctor, preacher and undertaker" for Dickey. ' The rtSa -tlons between Dickey and Lewis have persons who were acquainted . with both men.' " Uaiuw CiuMi tritnMT .- ,-:. uewis aueged mat Die Key owea o money and would not pay, and for tilt, reason he assaulted him. He as - mix ijkiu vuo uiuw w iui uw ; mivv w mwiM . also to throwing several snoveSfnSx of dirt on the man after he had delivered the blow. Twis is 3 vears ".. and has frequently been in trastlx Zlt is termed by the poUee as a txl cl2r acter. , l. : ' 1 r, ;j chanBsd with nrardar aa tear wttaerres : wta testify that he Cawr'sail bl "1 Dickey perioos to tS ktisS. . r? I- ?s In event the vfcUa toi il" T after tie aasX fj rocr".':..r Is rroved ky tie reeclo death was Oe to a tiot t " the haafj cX tit acressor. t. , .

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