Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 309, 14 September 1911 — Page 1

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VOL. ZZSVL ItO. 309. mcmiOND, nox, Thursday evening September 14, 1911. CINGLE COPY 8 CENTS I

EUSOE DEBS WILL

. SPEAK TONIGHT Oil ' LABOR COIIDITIOIIS (Three times Candidate' for President on Socialistic Ticket Will Make Address I at the Coliseum. DEBS IS THE IDOL I OF PARTY MEMBERS rdenerally Regarded as One V of the Greatest Orators of the Country Has Wonderful Personality. . . uugene v. iieoi, 01 lerre nauie, !Ind., three time candidate for president on the Socialist ticket, and the Idol of the American Social! its, arriv ed In Richmond this afternoon, from New Castle, and will speak this evening at the Coliseum. . At the Socialistic headquarters, over 716 Main street, this morning; everything was being made ship-shape in honor of the beloved party leader. One "comrade" was sweeping the floors tend another - was arranging chairs, while a third was busy with a dust rag. Oene will visit the "comrades" at the

headquarters on his arrival and will I probably make a few remarks. . 'Oene' Debs inspires the same enthusiasm and devotion among his thousands of followers as Napoleon did with hla guardsmen. He has the dreamy leyes and wonderful voice of Abraham (Lincoln, an A la ai bald headed ai Bill ttye. . v. - :.-:'- '" la Great Orator. iliough there are thousands who differ with his doctrines everyone admits that he la sincere In his beliefa and that he la a remarkable orator. r Debs Is now touring the country and Is being , greeted by large crowds ' - iwnerever lie appears. No doubt there "Will be a large crowd, composed - of goembers of every. political faith, at the Coliseum tonight to hear him, for ' the late Eugene Fields; the ' poet,

. worj woiua , listen u nis eloquence, and that gentle, musical voice, and sad, sweet smile of his would soften' the - hardest heart." Another poet, Indicia's Uareete, James Whltcomb Riley, Cil reaceAwGodf was feeling migthy - Good when he created 'Gene Debs and be didn't have anything else to do all day." - : ' Just ' what the subject of Debs' . address tonight will be has not been announced,, but it la believed he will talk jot labor conditions and touch upon the bScNamara case.

1 GAS0L1UE EXPLOSION IBadly Burns Eaton Man and Destroys Building.' (Palladium Special) ' BATON, Ohio., Sept. 14. In & gas- , Dime explosion rrom some unknown cause Wednesday afternoon in his dry cleaning plant, John A. pecker received serious burns and la now In a critical condition, though physicians Si.ll. will ' MAnw.v .Wh.n M Seeker 'opened the door leading Into tithe plant. In the rear of his tailoring ehop en . Bast Main street, there was p. great burst of flames within, and Sleeker waa burned about his face,

, jams, chest and ' back. ; The worst (burn, however, is the one on his back

tend extends from . his waist to his fcead.: . l'v-y,.:y :"j ; The building, was soon ablate and

t, practically destroyed, together with a large amount of clothing which he

. Ihadin the cleaning process. Build' . inga adjoining, were threatened, and -xmce or twice the Preitag livery sta fcle caught fire, but waa extinguished ' Ly the dapartmeut, whose work waa

V leffeSUve ' In controlling the flames.

Clad the fire gotten, beyond control, (the result would have been appalling, because of the fact that . the entire pquare, surrounding is closely built up. The damage to Becker's plant has not psen announced, hut it will probably .fcaeh 300. ; . ; i i .', feLL FROl A BOAT nd Ohio Naval Militia Of7 ficer Drowned. A' . (National News Association CLEVELAND, Sept 14. A serious Crowning occurred here today in which Capt. Frank G. Warner. 28 jyears old, commander of the Ohio Na val Milium snip uoromea, was tne victim. While rowing in a small boat Warner is said to have tumbled out i&nd vanished without two other men who were In the boat with him notice lng hla disappearance. These men notined the police following their discovery of the accident and then disappeared. Ef forte to locate them siaoe have been frulUess. Warner's body wag recovered in eighteen feet bt wmter ahortly before noon,

First Chinese

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THIRTY-SIXTH TO HOLD ITS REUlllOII Survivors of Famous Indiana Regiment Will , Meet . Here on Friday. : The twenty-fifth annual reunion of the veterans of the 36th Indiana Infantry will be held in the Wayne cir cuit court rooms Friday. More than 100 survivors of the regiment which was commanded in the great civil conflict by Col. William Groce, deceased, of New Castle, are expected to attend. Several of the veterans reside In Richmond, Cambridge City, and other places In Wayne county, but the majority will come from Henry, Fayette, Randolph, Union and Delaware counties. Registration of the members will commence at 10 o'clock in the morning and continue until noon. The business session of the meeting will open at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at which tln$ officers will be elected. Following this a camp-fire will be held. There will be several speakers, among them Judge Daniel Comstock of Richmond. Lunch will be served at 5 o'clock -by the Women's Relief Corps. . Music will be furnished during the camp-fire meeting by Mrs. Krueger, Mrs. Bartel and a quartet of veterans. The 36th Indiana regiment was organized at Camp Wayne, Richmond, Indiana, the latter part of August and the flrBt part of September, 1861. . It was mustered into the United States service, September 16, 1861. Company A was recruited at Lewisville ; company B at Muncie: Company C at New Castle; Company D In Henry county; Company E in Wayne, Henry and Randolph counties; Company F in Richmond; Company O In Liberty; Com pany H in Connersville; Company I In Cambridge City and Company K In Knightstown. The total number of members mustered in was 1047, rank and file. The regiment was in the battle of Sfailoh, Tenn the battle of Perry ville, Ky., the battle of Stone River, Term., the battle of Lookout Mountain. Tenn the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., and participated in the battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign. Its total loss, killed, wounded and missing wes 486 men. 1 THREE ARE FINED Frank Howell. James Maher and Alexander Batter, all plead guilty to the charge of public intoxication in police court this mornlnc axui were Ined. and costs.

Warship In American Waters

A BABY FIRE BUG CREMATES '.SISTER Berkley, W. Va. Lad Pours Kerosene on Little Girl, ' , Then Fires Clothes. - (National News Association) ; BERKLEY, W. Va., Sept. 14. While his mother went to a grocery, leaving him alone with his sister Mary, three years old, Charles Shorter, 6 years old, saturated the girl's clothing with kerosene and set fire to her. Calmly filling,a tub df water he watched the flames burn themselves out and then placed the unconscious child in the water and washed her burns tearing the blistered skin from her body and literally skinning her alive. When the mother returned home an hour later the girl was breathing her last. The boy once set fire to the house. He can give no reason for his act except that he wanted to see the flames. . TWO MEJURE FID For Failure to Have Vehicle ; ; License Tags. Following arrests made Tuesday the police Went after the violators of the new vehicle tax ordinance in court this morning, and convinced two men, who had forgotten to procure their license tags that their negligence was no joking matter. They drew fines. Two other men escaped similar action only by non-appearance at court. v George F. Smith was the first violator to come before Mayor Zimmerman. He plead guilty to a charge of having driven his automobile on the streets without a license. Chester Whitesell, when charged with having driven Eggemeyer's grocery wagon without a ve hicle license, told the court that he had secured his license, but had lost the tag. The judge said, that the law required that the tag be displayed on the vehicle and that, as Whitesell had failed to "comply with this,-he was liable to fine. Both were let off with XI and costs.. - - Percy Gard, who was also arrested for failing to display a license tag, was seriously 111 this morning, and (he mayor continued his case until . a later date. Stafford, the fourth man to be faught on the si me charge, failed to appear at the court, and will be brought In by the police tomorrow for triaL . . The officers today were still on the lookout for offenders and they hope that a few. days of vigilance will rid

.the city of license dodgers.

EDICT WAS ISSUED TO THE T. H.I.&E, Must Place Its Tracks in the Center of the National Road. The board of public works at its session Thursday morning ordered the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company to abandon work on a connection or the West Fifth street line to the tracks as they now lay on the south side of the National road. By this order the company will be compelled to place its tracks in the center of the road where they were or dered placed by the city in the improvement of the National road. This action of the board of works will prevent any delay in the improvement which might arise from dilatory tactics by .the company in removing its tracks. t The , company desired to make a connection with the tracks -' as they now lay on the south side of the road, because, it . is alleged the tracks on Main street between Fourth and Fifth are;lMtf; $trong enough for the heavy intefnrban cars. The board was of the 'opinion that if the company was allowed to make the - connection and use the tracks as they now are, the improvement might be delayed indefi nitely in the ensuing effort to force the company to remove its tracks to the center of the road; which the board, says must be their permanent location. , ; : A motion by Mayor Zimmerman was unanimously, passed instructing the po lice department to order H. Goldfinger to take up the tile advertisement of the Palais Royal on the cement sidewafk at 924 Main street. A similar order was made by the board some time ago, but it was - laid over until the . last council meeting. At that time the matter was not brought up. A contract for 10,000 tons of coal, more or less, for the supply of the Municipal Light plant was awarded to the A. Harsh Coal and Supply com.pany. The ' bid was $1.93 to S2.20 a ton. The next lowest bid was $1.98 to $2.20. - " The" city clerk was ordered to notify the -Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company to clean up the drive-way curb on North E street The primary assessment roll was approved for the improvement of South Fifteenth street, consisting in cement curb and gutter on both sides of the street from Main to streets. Similar action was taken regarding the im provement of the alley between Ninth and Tenth streets from North D street

to Ebn place. 1 "- ' ' ' - ,

GOVERNOR MICH

SAYS U, S, COURTS ARE TOO POWERFUL Chief Executive of Nebraska Charges that Federal Judiciary Is Overstepping Its Authority. HE CITES DECISION OF SUPREME COURT Address of the Nebraskan Was Delivered Today Before the House of Governors, Spring .Lake, N. J. (National News Association SPRING LAKE, N. J., Sept. 14. That the federal courts are overstepping their rights in ruling that a state has not the power to control commerce within its boundaries was . the declaration of Governor Chester H. Aldrich, of Nebraska today In his address before the House of Governors, assembled here. Governor Aldrich is the author of the railroad statute of Nebraska. He held that intra-state regulation affects inter-state commerce only incidentally and Is not In conflict with federal laws on the subject. Quoting from many Judicial decisions, he said that the weight of authority is in favor of the state's right to regulate railroads rates within its borders, as that is one of the constitutional prerogatives of a state. He spoke of recent decisions by Supreme Judge Sanborn and others that he said were in contravention to this constitutional provision for states' rights. Digs Supreme Court. , "We have just read in, a recent decision, of nation-wide Importance," he said, "where -our supreme court has gone into the legislative business. It is now becoming quite the thing for federal courts of inferior Jurisdiction to the supreme court of the United States, to invade the province and rights of these sovereign states by sub terfuge, cunning device, and falecloos reasoning and thus - nullify stale laws and tie up generally the governinent-of the -state, , depriving i them of their right to control . their own internal commerce. " "I have heard many eminent lawyers deny the right of the state to. In any way, control the common carriers of that state ' and grave and learned judges have listened with patience and often assent to such pernicious and unfounded principles of law and with autocratic power have denied the right of the state to control their internal affairs in fixing and establishing rates for transportation of persons and property that originated in the state and ended in the state for the reason that such a regulation interferes with in terstate commerce, when, as a matter of- fact, the interference complained of was only incidental and not a general result. . Rights of States. "Now, it will be conceded that the federal government only has such pow ers as" are specifically delegated to it; that all of the powers not delegated to this central government by the states. are, by the states, reserved to them selves and that the citizens of each state are subject to and must be con trolled by the laws of that state; that the common carriers of the county that go over and through the several states becoming the highways of in terstate commerce, so far as each of the states through which they go, are citizens of that state, are subject to the laws of that state, both in police regulation, and common protection to which they are entitled. They must submit to the laws of commerce of that state the same as any other individual citizen. "And it is a right inherent -in government to so frame and to so enforce laws that these public service corporations shall be permitted to charge only just and equitable rates. "The right, then, to enact statutes and regulate such corporations to the end that only just and reasonable charges may be made, is Inherent in a state legislature for that commerce which lies wholly within its borders, and the power and duty to say what is reasonable and just when such an issue is tendered, devolves not upon the legislature, but upon the courts of the land. "In other words', the idea that courts can legislate either directly or indirectly is repugnant to our entire scheme of government. It belongs to the legislatures: "This legislative authority, under proper constitutional or other provision may be delegated to a commission or other subordinate body and that said subordinate body or commission can do anything by way of fixing and establishing rates, and controlling the general service of the common carrier the same as the legislature 'itself. ' A Legislative Body. - "Said commission becomes a legislative body and as such cannot be enjoined from proceeding ..to fix and establish rates more than a legislature can be enjoined from enacting laws within the scope of Its authority. . "And very much of the conflict be tween federal and state authorities is. in reality, no legitimate conflict at alL

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SLOW BUT SURELY AVIATOR WARD IS APPROACHING GOAL

Coast to Coast Flyer Having an "Ud and Down" Time of It, but He Is Still Heading Westward. A MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. CROWD GREETED HIM Aviator Fowler Who Started from San Francisco Is Repairing His Biplane to Resume Flight. (National News Association) MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Sept. 14. Aviator Ward reached Middletown, sixty miles from New York at noon to day after a repetition of yesterday's "up again, down again" experiences. Middletown was originally scheduled as the first regular stopping point. Leaving Patterson early this morning Ward remained up fifteen minutes during which time the engine worked un satisfactorily and he returned here for overhauling. Resuming his flight at 9 o'clock he succeeded in getting as far as Tuxedo before ten o'clock, and lan ded again for inspection. His third flight was more satisfactory, bringing him to Middletown for dinner but con stituting his fifth landing since leaving Governor's Island. Children Cheer Him. At : Patterson a number of school children were on the scene .when Ward started. They were with teach ers, who postponed the morning ses ston in order to see Ward make his start. ' The second start was made in splendid style and- after taking the air Ward followed the Brie tracks. As be approached Tuxedo, 39 miles from New York he was flying af an altitude of 1500 feet. - It was noticed there that he seemed to be In trouble. Hla machine waa wobbling badly. He began descending, on the outskirts of Tuxedo and theajadBCtlSOntfe.Flelds, two miles -from." there at ,9:52. The engin eer of the train which was at SouthFields at the time sent the following message to the Erie railroad in New York: I saw Ward while passing South Fields. He was toward the ground.' When he landed his machine bumped heavily. ; It looked to me like he was in serious trouble. I did not stop for people were near at hand to help him." Later it was learned that the biplane was not injured. Ward' was given a tremendous ova tion at Middletown by the enormous crowd that had been waiting hours tor his appearance and he feared at times that his frail craft would be injured by the enthusiastic efforts of the spectators to get near enough to shake his hand. Ward landed In a field at a pleasure park here. FOWLER IN TROUBLE. , COLFAX, Colo., Sept, 14. Robert Fowler, the coast' to coast aviator today began rebuilding his machine with supplies which- arrived from Ogden and announced that he would not wait for the new biplane from Dayton but would be ready to resume his flight by Saturday or Sunday. i HIS OUT OF M0I1EY And Eighty U. S. Clerks Are Given Lay Off. (National News Association) , , v WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Treasury officials state today that work on new public buildings in Indiana will not be halted or delayed by the discharge of eighty employes from the drafting division and supervising architects of fice for want of sufficient appropria. tion to continue their work. It is expected -that . congress will relieve the situation by a deficiency appropriation as soon as it meets, y The em ployes are furloughed. Some of them have been steadily employed for 30 years and notice of the furlough came as a great shock as they had made no provision to meet it. The appropriation ran out and under a law passed through the influence of Senator Hemenway when he was at the bead of the appropriation committee, the treasury officers cannot create a , deficit ' by sepnding money before the appropria tion is available. - TRACTION BOOMERS WILL MEET FRIDAY A meeting of the stockholders of the Richmond and Eastern Traction Co. will be held Friday evening - in the rooms of the Commercial Club. Much important business is to come np for discussion at this time. The principal question to tie solved at this gathering is whether the proposed traction line shall follow the route through Win chester north of this city, or whether it shall go by way of Union City, As this matter Is one of the most important to be determined in the whole pro ject, the ofikera hone for a lance at

tendance.' .

BOARD WILL

NOT MAKE A COif ROUSE;

Commissioners Decided To day to Fight It Out with T. H. I. & E. and Appeal of Case Is Now Filed. V TALK OF ANNULLING , COMPANY FRANCHISE! Claim Company Has. Not! Paved Its Crossings as Re-j . quired in Contract Beeson Is Quite Wroth. ' V. The county commissioners today oaV advice of their attorneys filed an. ap peal on the T. H. I. V K. Traction case and decided not to accept r the compromise proposition presented by 1 , the Commercial, club .last SatQpday.l ' T. J. Study one of the attorneys, fori the commlssionrs said today, that the j -papers in the case .were- mailed , frota' his office - yesterday afternoon and! should reach Indianapolis this mom-. ing. He said that as" far as he 'was1 concerned there would.be no comprq) mise and that the cause would befought to the end. . . After the action of the city .council Monday night in regard to the revok ing the franchise or the T. H. I. ft E. Traction company in the city of Rich.; mond. the commissioners are of the? ; opinion that the company has violate ed its franchises granted by the coun-' ty. Commissioner Beeson stated yes' terday that he was tired of the atti- . tude of the traction enmnanv and if the company had not lived ( up to its franchise he was in favor of seeing that its franchise' in the county- waa . annulled. " He said that one clause la its franchise required the company to pave all crossings along Its track tor a distance ot twenty-feet and iwo feet on either aide of its tracks,, whleh' provision had never been ' observed-' The franchise was granted April 4th. 1900. , - - , V-i I The clause which Mr. Beeson refers red to is at follows, and was ontf of ; the specific provisions as to what tho company should do if the coaunhnlosK ' ers granted the franchise: c I Aliased, Violated Clause. "Section Six In crossing or passing cross roads or intersecting roads and' private lanes and driveways, , such: r v roads, lanes and drive waya gk3- V be brought to the same grader ag ti . track and from the track shall be cre'. ed to such reasonable distance as ssaf; said County In order to make prepercrossings and approaches thereto. 'ti v by and at the expense of the said er ' tees, their successors and assigns. 'At all such crossings' whether public or private, the said railway shall be pavtj ed between the rails and for m Hst ance of two feet on the outside cf! each rail with plank or other suitabtaf material to the full width of said raadVi way, lane or driveway, in no case-far sJ v less distance than twenty feet. ' . The forfeit clause, which was a part 1 of the franchise grant, is as follows,) and seems to be very plain as to s penalty for the company not observing; the provisions of the county's grant; ', "Section Fourteen TTds . franctisS)' - and the rights- and privilege granted shall be in force and Cj for a period of 0 years from and ; the adoption of this resolution by saiSj Board of County Commissioners and! . the acceptance In writing of all tbe4 terms thereof and the giving of the Board hereinafter provided for by tW. grantees within ten days of the data)'' of such adoption: Provided, that the' failure of the grantees, their succeed sors or assigns, to keep any one or all' of the above obligation, shall work sP forfeiture of all the rights and prlvl-4 leges herein granted." , , The franchise was graated Afrit 24th. 1900, to John If. Louts and rerry J. Freeman, their successors 'or -signs; and extended over a period ct sixty years from the above data. too; ass pnocEO By Grand Jury Today- ,. Session on Friday. -No v Two cases were ' scheduled i for Investigation by the grand jury today. At Ki dlnu et.9 tnA w'M ' mammlnn th InrW will adjourn until Monday. This win " : be done on account of reunion of, the 36th Indiana Infantry, which wflTbe 4v held in the court room Friday. ;t " I '. With the completion of the investigation of the two cases scheduled, for today, the jury will have hot two more to look into, according to the state-j ment of Assistant Prosecutor, Bay c ! ' Shiveley: It Is expected'that the Jury will complete its work hy the mla j of next week. ' " ' " ; ' . ". .. ' THE VCATlinil - 8TATE AND ; LCCAL--Cswrsr ta.

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