Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 300, 5 September 1910 — Page 1

THE BICHMOKB PAIXABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. ' ' ' " . wr nrux " ' " RICHMOND. IND., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 59 1910. SINGLE COPY, 9 O3NT0.

CHAUTAUQUA WAS ATTACKED BY.lt Panic Seized the Tented City Early This Morning and the Lightning Played Peculiar Pranks. ANCIL ELLIOTT BADLY SHOCKED IN AN AUTO Left His Tent to Get in Machine to Read and Was Postrated Lights Went Out During Storm. Aa hm vii tlttinc to an automobile noar tb aat Rate at the Chautauqua grounds about IS o'clock laat ntfht. anon Elliott, of North Fifteenth treet, an Instructor at the Richmond Business College, and student of Earlv. riiiAM mm rendered unconHU vw'i " sclous for orer an hour by a shoe rrnm holt of llchtnlDK. After recovering consciousness nt 1:S0. Elliott walked to the teni in arhioti ti had hMi staying, and drop ped across a cot unconscious. His con- , dltlon this morning, wane noi consiaered serious, Is not greatly Improved. hmA no nse of his left arm and he fMls severely stunned. However, the physician states the Injury Is not neomhHIy Mrtons. Instead of going to bed last night. vnintft mmnt over to the' gate tent and sat down In an automobile belonging to Will Porterfleld. of Boston, as the machine was under an electric light and be wanted to read. lanored the Storm. mifott savs he remember the storm coming up but paid little attention in it- H does not recollect being shocked, but says he looked at his watch about midnight ana men con whn hA recovered consciousness

DAMAGING SIIORM

the stars were shining and tho camp was quiet Elliott aaya he wa prostrate aeross the steering wheel of the machine and that his book was on the giend near by. He then went to the ' teat where he fainted. ; " The bolt of lightning had hit a tree V near by and thea lamped to- the elefc trio light wire coanectedjrfta the gate tent - . Coma peculiar pranks were played by the lightning at the Chautauqua last night and early this morning. Terror v. Mirntil for over an hour.

The center pole of the dining tent wr sauntered and the top torn on, Dishes were shattered and tin were thrown from , the shelTe. several large branches from a tree near this teat were broken. A tent which until last night had . Kun neeunid br HiiTT Townsend and family was struck and the tripod of a camera broken to piece. The camera however was uninjured. Raymond Ifyrlck. who was In the headquarters tent was slightly shocked when a bolt hit the pole of the tent ifvrlck save three small holes were burned In the arm of a desk electric light and that the bulb burst After the first bolt Of lightning.

whleh seemed to have preceded the . storm the camp was in absolute dark nee and many of the campers were . ' rannmc about the grounds panic-

stricken. Many tree were hit and the - heavy bolts continued for a period of over an hour, while- the rain was ter

rific, floodlnc the boys' city. . Although the storm waa severe In the city and the electrical display kurr no serious damace was done. The front door of the grocery at the chautauaua was torn irom it hinge by a bolt of electricity. With seven candidates already . In the field to succeed to succeed county superintendent C. W. Jordan when he resigns. Al Baldwin, of Webster, formerly a well known school man. also seek the position. Mr. Jordan's term expire In 1911 and he has announced that he will not be a candidate for re- - election. Pcllcta's Ddly Averse Gradation For Week Ending Sept 3rd, 1910. (Except Saturday) TOTAL DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION Including Rural Routes, Mall Circulation, Small Towns. Compllmentarles. City Circulation, Etc, Six Days 0,003 average: city Circulation 3,350 This Includes Regular . Complimentary list This 'Report Does Not Include Cample Copies. , .

R-r-r-revenge!

San Antonio, Texas, Sept 5 Two cooks of the United States army are now on trial at Tort Sam Houston on the serious charge of falling to furnish two guards Vlth breakfast The plain civilian looks at this spectacle with envious eyes. What happiness might follow could be bring to trial the Dueess or ine kitchen for breakfast? falling to Tarmsn him POPULATION BOOM FOR RICHMOND IS AN ASSURED FACT Additions to Four of the Largest Local Manufacturing Concerns Will Increase the Number of Working Men. THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOW BEING MADE One Thing that Handicaps Lo cal Manufacturers in Se curina New Men Is the Shortage of Houses. Industrial conditions of the city ImA commercial organizations to be lieve that within the next year Rich mond will have made the biggest per cent of gain In population it has ever made in one year in the last fifty. Additions to factories will be respon sible for the growth it Is believed. The principal additions now in progress of construction are being made by the Starr Piano company, the' Am erlcan Seeding Machine company and the Wayne Works. The Richmond Underwear company is erecting a large factory on North Tenth street and It too will bring several additional families to the city. Factories Handicapped. . - While the factorlea have the work they are handicapped in Inducing la borers to locate here because of the scarcity of houses and even now conditions are such that many tradesmen with families stay but a short time and go to other cities where they can Ind residence for their families. However, local capitalists are now nvestlng their money in residence properties. At the Starr Piano factory, a five story factory building Is now in process-of construction. It Is estimated 200 more employes may find work when the building Is opened. The American Seeding Machine company s constructing large ware houses on North Thirteenth street to replace the present ware rooms In order that these may be converted Into factory space. An addition to the foundry is about completed and within the next six months Is estimated that at least two hundred more men may be added to the force. The addition to the foundry at the Wayne Works was, like all the other Improvements necessltatetd because the company did not have the space to put out Its work. One of the representatives of the company refused to discuss the 1m provement Monday morning, think ing it was - a purpose to advertise the plant It is understood though that the addition wll accommodate at least fifty more moldera. Including their helpers. The foundry Is located on Sixteenth and North O streets. It is of brick construction. The new factory building of the Richmond Underwear company on North Tenth alreet and D, is going up rapidly and will be completed before January 1. It will furnish employ ment to nearly a hundred girls although quite a number of men will be employed and these probably will come from other cities. Improvement at Gaar's. Gear, Scott ft Company la ready to tart on the construction of an additional building to their plant as soon as certain conditions are removed. The company plans to devote the new building to the manufacture of gaso line engines for threshing machine outita. It 1 estimated that two hun dred of more men will then find em ployment at the factory. These ma came are now being made by the company outside of the city. with the completion of the addi tion to factories already started and tne enlargement of the Gaar, Scott Company, .total employment to at leaat seven hundred men will be giv en. Commercial organisations find on inTVBugauon was even a tenth per cent of this number of laborers are not bow available In Richmond, for ail men who desire work have it Forces of several of the larcer factor. lee have been Increased this summer and the men were Imported. THE WEATHER. INDIANA AND LOCAL Monday eve ning, showers; Tuesday, clear and . - eooier.

WISCOIISIII FIGHT

TO END TUESDAY; A HARDJAMPAIGII Desperate Struggle Has Been Waged Against La Follette, "Father of Insurgency," by "Regulars." GENERAL OPINION IS HE WILL BE VICTOR LaFollette's Opponent, Cook, a Wealthy Manufacturer Democrats Have Had Har monious Campaign. - (American News Service.) Milwaukee, Wis., Sept 5. With in surgency the chief issue in the state wide primaries tomorrow, it is expect ed the heaviest vote in the history of Wisconsin will be polled. The indorsement of a Republican candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator Robert M. La Follette is the fea ture of the contest in which most pub lic Interest is manifested. Senator La Follette, who Is a candidate for re-election, is regarded as "the father of insurgency," and his defeat would undoubtedly bring more joy to the hearts of the regulars than would the political downfall of any other man in public life today. On the other hand the insurgent leaders throughout the middle west have lent their earnest support to Senator La Follette. for they realize that it would Indeed be a heavy blow to the insurgent movement at this time to have it repudiated in the state where it earliest gained serious headway. Unbiased opinion generally inclines to the belief that Senator La Follette will be victorious in the primaries, but it is the outcome in the legislature that is feared by the La Follette supporters. The primary vote, under the Wisconsin law, is simply advisory and it is conceded, after the experience of Senator Isaac Stephenson, that the legislature is not inclined to regard it $mK." 'Cook1, Hie -Opponent'.;: -. Uv La . Follette's Republican opponent for the senatorship is Samuel A. Cook, of Neenah, a rich paper manufacturer, and upon whom the regulars center their hopes . to defeat the insurgent leader. Mr. Cook has served in congress, aspired to the governorship in 1904, and on three occasions has been a candidate for United States senator. Two years ago he ran second in the primary to Isaac Stephenson. The names of two Democrats. Charles H. Weisse, of Shepoygan Falls and Burt Williams, of Ashland, are on the primary ballot for United States senator. The name of Josenh V. Col. ins, of Stevens Point, appears as the choice of. the Prohibitionists, and that of John C. Klelst, of Milwaukee, as that of the Social Democratic party. The local option question figures more or less prominently in the governorsaip ngnu Tnere are three progressive candidates in the field for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. They are Francis E. McGovern. of Milwaukee; Capt William Mitchell Lewis, or Racine, a wealthy automo bile manufacturer, who is runnina; on progressive and county option plat form, and Henry W. Barker, of Sparta, who stands for about the same issues as does Captain Lewis. John Strange, of Neenah, who was a staunch La Fol lette man la the last session of the legislature, in which he served as lieu tenant governor, is seeking the Repub lican nomination for goevrnor as an in dependent He upholds county option and President Taft's administration, Tne one avowed . stalwart candidate for the governorship la Edward T W LIU M r iareoua, oi- xauwauKee, who is ex pected to have-the united support of tne Tart organization. Harmonious Democrats. wiuie tne two factions of the Re publican party are engaged In bitter warfare the Democrats are working In comportaive harmony and have left nothing undone to strengthen their organization. Their candidate for governor, selected at the state conven tion last July, is Adolph J. Schmitz, lawyer of Milwaukee. The Democrats declare they will make a big gain -In their membership In the legislature, and they even entertain faint hopes of being able to elect a United States senator.In addition to the contests for sena tor and governor the congressional sit uation is also attracting attention. Here, again, the line-up is regulars against insurgents. Congressman Cooper, of the First district Nelson of the Second, Cary of the Fourth. Morse of the .Tenth, and Lenroot of the Elev enth are counted a insurgents. Kopp of the Third has voted on both sides of the lines as they been drawn in congress, while Stafford of the Fifth, Davidson of the Eighth. Esch of the Seventh, and Kustermann of the Ninth voted steadfastly with the Republican house organisation. Kopp of the Third district has escaped opposition because he has served bat one term, and 1 Congressman Esch also ; has clear field on the Republican side. Outside of these two exceptions all of the present delegations have opposi-

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Representative Sibley's Withdrawal

STRAW HAT CAME BACK LIKE A CAT Three Times Did 0. Brunson Try; to Lose It, but- - Failed Each Time. WAS MUCH EMBARRASSED BECAUSE TWO OF THE FINDERS MADE INSINUATING REMARKS POPULAR Y. M.' C A. MAN WILL KEEP IT NOW. A dirty straw hat which Orville Brunson, of the Y. M. C. A. tried to lose on several occasions yesterday and this morning, refuses to be loBt, having been carefully returned to him each time. Brunson first -decided he didn't want the hat when he was cleaning up his tent in. the Boys' City, at the Chautauqua yesterday . morning and accordingly threw it out the door. Unfortunately the hat bore the initials, "O. M. B." A half hour later a small boy appeared at the door of his tent and said, holding out the hat: ' Why, the Sassy Thing I '"Here's your hat, - Brunson f Just found it out in the mud. Must have been bavin some time -. last night eh?- - 7: Hr; Mr. Brunson was more careful next time he tried to get rid of the hat. He took it to the fence and fired It out of the grounds, where it laid until picked up by Park; Superintendent Ed Hollenu Recognizing Mr. Bran son's initials, he brought It over to Chautauqua headquarters to be returned to the owner. He is said to have remarked that Brunson must have been- having, some fun1 over there, and lost his hat V "Hang the hat" yelled Brunson with all the force he could muster and he sent it sailing over the trees out of sight he thought - ' The hat however, was not lost This morning at the T. M.; C A. a very small and very excited association boy dashed Into the bunding and with a gleeful exclamation threw the hat la front of . Branson who as standing at the counter. : "Oh, Mr. Branson, look what I found. he cried, and then .with a look of satisfaction at having done a great service, he proudly walked out -Brunson was too - surprised to be angry and he hopelessly , resigned himself to tho situation. - "Guess ni keep the hat" he said. -Pretty fair. looking anyhow.- t , There is a great area of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, said to emanate from the Texas oU Held.-

MORTGAGE FOR FORTY-MI11I0IIS IS FILED TODAY This Amount Borrowed by C. & 0. of Indiana from New York Trust Company to Make Improvements. BONDS TO BE ISSUED FROM TIME TO TIME Money Will Be Used for Straightening Road, Build ing Depots, Elevators, and Other Things Needed. The C. & O. railroad company of In dianat which is the connecting link for the eastern and western lines of the great Chesapeake and Ohio railway system, will be improved by the expenditure of millions of dollars. Simultaneously in the county seat of each county in Indiana through which the road passes, . a mortgage for $40.000,. 000 was filed Monday morning. The mortgage is in favor of the Mercantile Trust Company of New York City and it covers all property of the C. & O. of Indiana. The mortgage is to secure the issuance of gold bonds, bearing five per cent Interest Good for Fifty Years. . The company may Issue the bonds at any time within the next fifty years. The total Issue ' is. not- to exceed $40,000,000, although It is unlikely that this amount will be raised by bond is1 rue immediately. Probably bonds will be issued as money is needed to im prove - the road. ' The deed contains about seventy pages. The money will be spent largely 'in Improvements to the line and the con struction of depots, elevators and the like. Engineers have laid out a route which will practically; call for a new right of way. Ail curves and grades will be eliminated wherever possible. A "RAT 'ROW" MELEE For engaging in an exciting melee on "Rat Row," South Sixth street, Saturday night William Lytle and Asro Chowning were . each fined j SI and costs. in i police court1 this morning. Tho dispute started at Sixth and Mala streets. - After the usual preliminary "cussing". Chowning ran in an alley on South Sixth street and after getting a handful . of rocks went after Turtle. Lytle is not sure whether he hit the man, but. jfayor Zimmerman gave the law the benefit of the doubt and ss4 'him, ' - - -

LOCAL PRIEST IS

?1I1BARGASTIC Father Mattinaly Predicts Completion of the New Church "in 1947" WORK HAS BEEN DELAYED PARSONAGE HAS BEEN COMPLET ED BUT MUCH WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE ON THE CHURCHIS UNDER ROOF. "How soon will you be ready to give out the program for the dedication of the new St Mary's Catholic church?" was asked the Rev. Julius Mattingiy, of the church this morning. "In 1947," sarcastically remarked the priest "When will the church he finished,' continued the reporter. "In 1947," again replied the Rev. Mattingiy. . "Well, you surely know when the church will be finished, don't you," pressed the reporter. "I know nothing about it" snapped the priest closing the Interview . The work on St-Mary's church is progressing very- slowly, and i Father Mattingiy says it may be some years before it is completed. : Most of the outer walls are com pleted and some of the inside work and roof. The parish house, in which the Rev. Mattingiy and his assistant priests will live, was completed in about the time promised by the con tractors. - .The Rev. Mattingiy and his church family, are moving in the house today and within a week will have the residence furnished and the house in a habitable condition. LECTURES On TREES John Davey. of Kent O., who is known throughout the United States as a "brother of the tree," will lecture before the' Commercial club on Monday evening. September 12. in all prob ability. His subject will be "Arbor Culture. Although all arrangements for the meeting hare not been completed, It seems probable that he will acept the invitation which has been exxenaea oy ine ciub.. .The public win he Invited to hear him as the subject' la one In which the citizens generally axe Interested. Representatives of the corporation which he beads are now in tho city inspect ing ' shade and fruit trees. William Dudley Foulke, Adam Bartel and oth ers who have had their trees inspect ed, urged the club to Invite Davey to lecture here. lst fall an effort was made to have him come here but bus

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HEARTY

WELC01T0 PRES. TAFT When the Chief Executive En tered Conservation Congress Hall Today He Was Given Big Ovation; PINCH0T GIVEN "RAP" BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE Says Former Forester Should State Facts Instead of Indulging in Periods, and tha Crowd Cheered. A MONSTER PARADE HELD .'V ,.t "), " ' ' WMBSMSBBSf . ' ' A- ' - BEFORE THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE CONGRESS, THE LABOR UNION PARTICIPATING EBXRHART A SPEAKER. (American News Service.) "--St. Paul, Sept 5. Preceded bjr the : - Roman Catholic Archbishop; Ireland.' William Howard Taft- president of the United States ascended the speakers platform, at the convention hall -today, where approximately jtteen thousands were assembled to witness the opening of the -national conserva tion congress. A wave of applause greeted their appearance. The original plan of decorating tho ball with portraits of Taft and Roose velt placed- alternately around the " auditorium, had been changed and not.one picture of Roosevelt was .vial- ' ble. It is understood the absence of ' Roosevelt pictures was ; by tho .rev euest of : Roosevelt supporters them- 'f selves. j - Seata Not Reserved. Without any reservation tst r""V the big. hall doors wte tinrL ? just after the moniarjsdol.lv bor unions had passed, and a,tiC done scramble for admission threat ened a catastrophe which was prevented only by splendid police work. In five minutes the hall was jammed and the doors were closed and no further admissions allowed. " , , t Archbishop Ireland pronounced tho ! invocation, after which President Baker , read a letter from Cardinal Gibbona f endorsing ', the : conservation movement. Governor Bberhart delivered the address of welcome, during which every mention of Taft's name was greeted with prolonged cheers. As President Taft arose to address the audience, tumultuous applause and cheering broke out which lasted nearly Ive minutes. - Looks Like Conflict Numerous conferences among: stats delegations were held earlier in the ' day and others will get thetr heads together this ; afternoon. - Indications ' are that a conflict will develop with the east and west arrayed against tho south and middle states. - Although the magnificent decora tions of the city were soaked with rain which fell during the night and threatening conditions prevailed dur ing the forenoon. It was estimated that nearly a half million persoas lined the streets of - the city. Tho crowd at the station when , Taft fjr rived at 9 o'clock was tho greets ever witnessed. United 8tatetv cav airy boomed a welcome to the prod' dent as he was escorted through t&o throngs and taken to tho rovtowlas stands of the Labor Day parade. Thousands came to the city on fc terurban lines. 1 , ' Pandemonium broke loose this af ternoon when near the close of tia address President Taft took his Crst rap at Gilford Plnchot In these wards: "It Is important that he who advocates conservation should state facta practical and useful rather than te dulge In periods that may be ! quent without throwing light oa tie subject" The president was cheered live minutes at the conclusion of his address. - - . , . , After ' lunch President ' Taft rested. till three4hirty. Then he left for tfao state fair grounds to speak at four o'clock. Gave Taft a Scare. At one point during his - speech Taft ceased speaking and turned la evident alarm when a moving pietnrv machine in tho gallery, behind tSsa speaker's stand exploded with a sharp report Taft was discussing federal forestry when the Incident occurred. Ho nS denly stopped tatting, turned acJ stared In the direction of tie report President Baker . laughej , reassertingly and the president continual kla address. A sentence In Taft's sdJreas, re garded by tho "state rights advo cates -as indicating; fa orMttam to federal conservation waa ca tzZamt: . "I am tmly eonvlaceJ Cxt wo should bold fast to the nttlSLUT3 tho constitution sad trwtJr wzxll . j iwera of , -the states, .. t?t 1 -It win be a seny rfcrttf3tss-

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