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8 pages rm CD ABIU 8 PAGES TODAY TODAY AFJED SVN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXII. NO. 83. Richmond, Ind., Friday Evening, April 5, 1907. Single Copy, Two Cents. A M WILL FORCE PRESIDENTTO 1 Correspondent Raymond Who Stands Close to Nation's Executive, Predicts Out come of Present Harriman Fuss. AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TAKEN OF ROOSEVELT. Corporations Grab His Pledge ; Not to Run Again as a Means of Fighting Him Effect of the $5,000,000 Combination. Chicago, April 5. Correspondent Raymond, who is perhaps closer to the president than any other Wash ington newspaper man in writing to the Tribune under a Washington date eays that if the corporations keep tip their present fight they will force Roosevelt to run again in 190S. Raymond says in part: Unless the Ifarrimans, Rockefel lers, Morgans, and the big railroad magnates and money kings generally lot4; out for themselves they will, be fore, they know it, achieve the one thing which beyond all others they most dread, and that is the nomin ation of Theodore Roosevelt for an other term as president. "This is the opinion of thinking men In this vicinity, and it is being rapidly strengthened by the developments of the last few days, and particularly by the evidence of a combination of ad verse elements, against not only the president personally but his policies as well. M?y Force Roosevelt to Run. '"What Is itera really' significant fea ture of the sittiation as developed by the Harriman letters and other things recently is the existence of a degree of personal hostility on the part of the railway men and money kings to the president, which in the long run can have but one result. I believe I am expressing the simple truth v. hen I say that Theodore Roosevelt was entirely sincere on the night of the election in 1904 when, without any solicitation and to the 'surprise of the entire country, he announced that he would not be a candidate for reelec tion. .'"He has repeated the, same thing eince then in my presence and in the presence of hundreds of others. He undoubtedly believes it as honestly to day as he did then, and he resents to day as he did then any imputation that he could under any circumstances go back on his word. Pushing ,Him Into a Corner. ""This is the situation, therefore, at the present time. The president has pledged himself not to be a candidate for reelection. The trust magnates liave tagen advantage of that pledge and are pushing him Into a corner. There are many who believe that in personal self-defense and in vindica tion of his own political reputation the president will sooner or later be forced to go before the people him self for a vindication, and he will be able to do that only by becoming a candidate for president. "His opponents hate him so much now that they will be quite willing to take up with any candidate, wheth er he be classed with the conserva tives or not. They would support Taft as soon as Foraker, Fairbanks as soon as Hughes, or any one with any chance of election, provided that by so doing they could stick a knife in to Mr. Roosevelt, to say nothing of defeating his policies. Raymond discusses how Senator Penrose at a banquet disclosed the scheme of several rich men to raise $:,OtM,00o with which to defeat the Roosevelt policy in the next election and then goes on to comment on it as follows: Nothing Could Stoo It. "If the $r,,00t.00i combination Mr.! Penrose dreamed of existed, and went j 1o the point of, fomenting anti-third j term opinion in the different states, nothing in the world could prevent the j nomination of Thernlore Roosevelt in ! 19rS. It won!d be the worst thing ! the combination could do for its own? interests. A convention with a major- j ity of df1?gates instructed in advance : to rote for Roosevelt would be almost I certain to vote for him until the cows j came home, and he might decline as often as he pleased under such condi-1 Hons, for the convention would almost i surely nominate him and go home, j leaving it to Mr. Roosevelt himself to j determine whether he w ould be presi- i dent or whether a democrat presum- ably Bryan would be." PENROSE DENIES THE CHARGE. Declares He Did not Reveal the "Rich Man's Conspiracy. "Philadelphia. April 5. 'lt is absolu tely untrue" declared Senator Pen rose today when asked as to the state- j RUN AN HONOR FOR ROSS Locah Midshipman Chosen on A Fencing Team. CONTEST AT NEW YORK. Charles C. Ross, midshipman at the United States Military academy at An napolis, McL, and son of Mrs. Alice Ross, of this city, was substitute re cently, on the fencing team of , the academy. A contest was held in'New York among West Point, Annapolis, Cornell, .Yale, Pennsylvania, Harvard, Columbia and Princeton universities, at which Annapolis won first place. The team and substitutes were chosen from the best six fencers in the acad emy, and it is deemed quite an honor to be one of the six. ment in published reports that he dis closed the sale of a "Rich man's con spiracy'' against the president. "I never said any such thing. I have al ways been a supporter and believer in Roosevelt's administration and it3 pol icies." BETTER STREETS ARE N EED ED, SAYS MR. D Y E Street Commissioner : Holds That Extensive Repairs Are Real Necessity. WANTS ALL MACADAMIZED. IS OF THE OPINION THAT IT WOULD PAY THE CITY TO FLOAT A LOAN IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK. ' "I wish the' Palladium would agitate the question about better streets in this city," stated Street Commissioner Ed Dye. "There are many streets In the city which are badly in need of re pairs and there are as many that need to be remade. "The dry season will soon be here." Mr. Dye continued, 'and with it will come the usual dust. Dust in Rich mond during the spring, summer and fall, is as bad as the smoke nuisance in Pittsburg. If the people of this city could only be impressed with the ben efits derived from the oiling of streets. I am sure they would not hesitate to petition the board of public works to have this work done. "Oiled streets not only eliminate dust, but they prevent the spreading of disease germs about the city. The cost to each property owner for street oiling would be less than what he pays annually for sprinkling the street in front, of his home. These streets, aft er being oiled, are dustless for four or five years." Wants All Macadamized. Mr. Dye also wants all the streets of Richmond macadamized. It , is the general impression that the majority of the streets in this city are macada mized. 6ut Mr. Dye states that there are only about eight of the principal streets which are so constructed. The city has the authority to macadamize as many streets as it desires without the consent of the property owners, but the bulk of such expense would come out of the city treasury and the : board of public works does not care to! deplete the city's strong box any more than is absolutely necessary. Mr. Dye has been urging the board to or der several streets macadamized, but he has been overruled. "It would pay the city to float a loan to cover the ex pense of this work," said the .street commissioner. GROWTH IS STEADY BUT EAR TOO SLOW Total of the Y. M. C. A. Fund At Present $63,380. COMMITTEES WORK HARD. Last report $62,755 Reported Thursday 625 Total $63,380 The above includes D. G. Rcid's of fer of $13,000 and the three pledges on M. C. Henley's proposition. This leaves $21,620 to le raised before Mr. Rcid's offer can be secured and seven more $2,500 pledges to bind Mr. Hen ley's offer. The committees are working vigor ously and sacrificing all their social engagements and a great deal of time from their business to make this can vass the success it should be. Property Is Sold. The John M. West colt property on South Fourteenth street, formerly oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry West cott. has been sold to Omar Hollings worth. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Carr will occupy the proierty. LIPSCOMBE" IS NOT WILLING TO RETURN Accused Man Demands That - Requisition Papers Be Secured for Him. HE HAS LITTLE TO GAIN. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT SUCH PAPERS WILL BE ISSUED WITH ONLY A DELAY OF A FEW DAYS. George Lipscombe refuses to return to Indiana unless requisition papers are made out by Governor Hanly and honored by Governor Harris of Ohio, Lipscombe is wanted in this city for stealing .$10 from the cash register at the City restaurant about two weeks ago. He was arrested in Columbus, O., Thursday by a detective on the Co lumbus police force and Chief Bailey was at once informed of Lipscombe's capture. Sergeant McManus was de tailed to bring Lipscombe back to Richmond, and he left for Columbus Thursday afternoon, confidently ex pecting to have his man safely behind the bars of the city; jail today. Petition to the Governor. About 0 o'clock this v morning Ser geant McManus telephoned Chief Bail ey from Columbus stating that he had found Lipscombe but that he had refused to return to Richmond unless requisition papers were secured. Prosecutor Jessup was informed and he has prepared a petition asking for requisition papers which has been sent to Governor Hanly. The governor is quite ill and it may be some time be fore the requisition papers are pre pared: In the meantime Sergeant McManus is playing a waiting game at Columbus. Has Little to Gain. Just what object Lipscombe has in insisting on being requisitioned is not known. It is practically certain that Governor Harris, of Ohio, will honor the requisition of Governor Han ly, so Lipscombe is only delaying for a few days his undesired journey to Richmond. lie, probably will -fight. the charge made, against him. but the: state has a strong esfe agaiiist-fcim1 and the state prison looks to be his I finish. - Chief Bailey states that he has been informed that Lipscombe is an ex convict, having at one time served a three-vear sentence in the Indiana state prison at Jeffersonville. - It is not known what crime the young man was convicted of, if any. BIG CLASS FOR RED MEN. Twenty-four Will be Given the Adop tion Degree Tonight. Hokendauqua tribe xt Red Men will have a class of twenty-four candidates for the adoption degree at its meet ing tonight. The class is one of the largest ever taken into the Red Men's order in this city THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers Friday night and Saturday. OHIO Saturday fair and cooler. CIRCULATION STATEMENT. THURSDAY ( April 4) Total Circulation Net Circulation 7,065 6,837 LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION. LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU LATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION. WHO? There Will Be Six to Go. The Palladium and Sun Telegram Sunday will ex plain in detail about the free trip to the Jamestown expo sition. Don't fail to read the particulars. You May Be the Lucky One. Brainstorm" Cocktail. The latest cocktail sold on New York's gay rialto is the "Brain storm" cocktail. To make it fol low these directions : To a , finger of , pure Bourbon add half a. wine glass of champagne. Stir well and while mixing throw In a dash of absinth. Then In succession add a little lemon peel, some mint and p. ripe strawberry (an olive may be used). Then add a small amount of cracked ice and watch, it THAW! BOYS ABE FOOTSORE BUT VERY COURAGEOUS Richmond Lads Now Ap proaching Richmond, Ky. WILL COMPLETE THE TRIP. Henry Holzapfel has received a let ter from his son, Richard, who in com pany with Kenneth Karns and Elmer Thomas are walking to the Jamestown exposition, stating that they are now approaching Richmond, Ky., and all mail should be directed to them at that point, as they will arrive there Satur day. The boys are footsore, and ac cording to the statements in the letter, they are daily pouring witchazel into their shoes. The first day out they made twenty miles, but have covered more than this distance each day since One night they walked five mis after nightfall in order to make a certain small town. All are enjoying the sport and state that they are not going to give up their journey until it is completed. VOTE IN FAVOR OF DIVISION OF WARD Action by the Fairview Civic League Is Practically Unanimous. PETITIONS CIRCULATED. AN EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO GET DEFINITE INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO WEST SECOND STREET. At a meeting of the Fairview Civic league Thursday night, a large number of people were present, brought togeth er by the novel method employed by the league of distributing bills stating the purpose of the meeting, and asking everybody to come and vote on the di vision of the ward. As a result, the building was well filled, and a very en thusiastic meeting was held. There seemed to be but one dissenting voice in the room, in regard to the division of the ward. The gentleman referred to has been a resident of Kairview for a good many years, but has no wish to have the ward divided because merely from a standpoint of sentiment. The petitions, which are being cir culated both in West Richmond and Fairview, fix the dividing line be tween the two wards as the center line of the Indianapolis division of the P., C, C & St. L. railroad. The petitions on the north side of the railroad will be circulated by A. E. Ranks, Jas. E Harris, Edward Stout and George Myers. There was some discussion as to the fate of the Second street petition, but it was stated that it was in the hands of the railroad company and that it all depended on that company as to wheth er it would again be heard from. The people are getting impatient over the uncalled for delay, and wish to know- all particulars as to what is to be done. J. T. Burdsall has been appointed to confer with Council MeMahan and find out something definite as to its fate. STABS FIVE SOLDIERS AT THE DAYTON HOME Veteran Imagined They Were Plotting Against Him. TWO VICTIMS MAY DIE. Dayton. O.. April 5. Five veterans of the civil war were stabbed last night while asleep in their cots at the Sol diers home. Two may die. William j N. Huffman, an old soldier, wielded! the knife. His condition ha,d been i weakened by excessive drinking and j he imagined his comrades had plotted; to kill him. Cries of the men awak ened from slumber by the stabs, arous ed the inmates and. attracted the guards. Huffman was overpowf-red after a terrific struggle. DaVii Gaile and James Conners. are in a crit ical condition. John Daugherty. How ard Smith and David Gavin will recover. D.L.CUMMINGSWAS STRICKEN SUDDENLY Well Known . Traveling Man Succumbed to an Attack Of Heart Trouble. WAS AT UNION CITY, IND. THE DECEASED WAS A NATIVE OF NEW YORK STATE AND WAS A VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR. D. L. Cummings, who has for the past thirty- years been a resident of Richmond, died suddenly Thursday afternoon, in Union City, Ind., after a severe attack of heart trouble, from which he suffered In the railroad sta tion In that city. Mr. Cummings left Richmond Tuesday on his regular run, as a traveling representative of the Moore Oil company, of Cincinnati. He arrived in Union City Thursday and was stricken with the attack shortly after alighting from the train. He was immediately removed to a hotel where physicians were summoned, al though Mr. Cummings protested,-stating that he wanted to come to Rich mond immediately. About noon he recovered from the shock to a consid erable extent, but between three and four o'clock Tuesday afternoon he suf fered a severe relapse and died a few moments afterward. His relatives in this city were immediately notified. His body was brought here and taken to the home at 240 Richmond avenue. Mr. Cummings had been suffering from heart trouble for several months, but at no time before was he in any way severely stricken. He complain ed slightly of his heart before he left Richmond Tuesday, but thought little of it. ' Well Known and Popular. Mr. Cummings was one of the well known and well liked men of Rich mond, and his friends were legion. For the past thirteen years he had bee n identified with the Moore Oil compa ny, and during this time had made a wide circle of friends throughout east ern Indiana. ' . r , Mr. Cummings was a former resident of Bath, New' York, where he w born. At the time of the civil war he enlisted with the 112th New York vol unteer infantry and served with honor during the entire period. Following the war he returned to Bath, where he remained for several years and then moved to Indianapolis, where he lived for two years prior to moving to Rich mond. He was sixty-two years old. He is survived by a wife and three children, Raymond, a resident of this city; Edgar, of Memphis. Tenn., and Ruth, also a resident of this city. His two sisters, Mrs. Robert Holly, of Cory, Pa., and Mrs. Nancy Miller, of Bath, N. Y., have been notified of their brother's sudden death and prob ably will come to this city. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Rose Cummings, of Indianapolis, has also been apprise!. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been announced. Palladium and Sun -Telegram Classified Ads PAY A little over a week ago, Mr. F. K. Taylor, who lives on a farm on rural route 8, west of Richmond, ran a Want Ad one time, for a farm hand. During the two days follow ing publication of his Want Ad Jhe received 5 applica tions for the position by let ters and also 4 personal ap plications. He got the man he wanted, and needless to say, joins a host of others in saying Palladium and Sun-Telegram Classified Ads Bring Results ODD CARS ONSTEAM LINE Eight Large Tractions on Own Running Gear. ST. LOUIS TO PHILADELPHIA A string of eight electric traction cars passed through Richmond Thurs day on the way from St. Louis to Phil adelphia. To a spectator it was some thing of a question, however, whether they were electric cars or steam cars, for they formed the tail. of a long freight train and w-ere being dragged along bj a monster locomotive. They were made by the St. Louis Car company, as was explained by several large signs, and are to be part of the equipment of the Philadelphia and Western Traction company. They are traveling on their own running gear because If placed on flat cars they wouKT reach so high they could not get through some of the tunnels in Pennsylvania and as a con sequence it would be necessary to send them by a northern route that would take them considerably out' of tho direct line. The cars, which were coupled w-ith the air brake system of the remainder of the train, are a part of a consignment of twenty-five. TROLLEY FROM ST. LOUIS TO TOLEDO Pres. McGowan Announces That Service Will Be Inau gurated in 18 Months. PASS THROUGH RICHMOND. MOVE MEANS MUCH TO RICH MOND AND REVIVES THE TALK OF A TERMINAL STATION BIG MERGER COMPLETED. A dispatch from New York -city says that Hugh McGowan who is now stopping at the Waldorf-Astoria has given out the Information that within eighteen months a through trolley line will bo running from St. Louis to Toledo, a distance of 600 jnlles. Going wesi It wlllpass ""through Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Rich mond and the eastward route will be via Dayton, Columbus, Belief ontaine and Lima, Ohio. Associated with Mr. McGowan In the operation are Thomas Dolan, Ran dall Morgan and Harry Dixon of Phil adelphia and W. K. Schoepf of Cin cinnati. - This will mean much to Richmond and rivives the rumor that a terminal station Is to be built here. It Is gen erally admitted that the present sta tion is too small and with the in creased traffic it would be even more insufficient. Big Merger Files Leases. At Indianapolis yesterday the leas es were filed in the office of the coun ty recorder whereby the' Terre Haute & Eastern traction company comes in to possession of five important interur ban roads In central Indiana. The company which took the roads Is con trolled by Hugh J. McGowan and his associates in the ownership of the In dianapolis Traction and Terminal Co. and other Indiana traction interests. Two of the companies over which the new company spreads its wings leased their property to the Terre Haute & Eastern. They were the In dianapolis & Martinsville Rapid Tran sit company, and the Indianapolis and Northwestern Traction company. The other three, controlled already by the same interests, deeded their property to the new company for "Jl and other valuable considerations." These com panies were the Indianapolis Coal Traction 'company, the Indianapolis & Western and the Indianapolis and Eastern. H00SIERS ARE PROMOTED. Two in the Consular Services Have Been Advanced. Washington, April 5 The State de partment today officially announced the promotion of two Hoosiers in the consular serviqe. Sam Shank of Ind ianapolis goes from Winnipeg to Mannhiem and Charles W. Harris of Goshen goes from Nagasaki to Roich enberg. CROSS TRIBE NOT GUILTY. Hagerstown Justice Fails to Sustain Chas. Petty's Charge. Hagerstown, Ind., April Z The cas es against John R. Cross and his three grown sons, who were charged with having committed an assault and battery' upon the lerson of Charles Petty, a well known farmer east of town, were heard before Justice of the Peace Alonzo M. Daugherty. The de fendants were found not guilty of the offense. Petty failing to sustain his sensational charges. LEWIS TO SUCCEED D0WIE. Chicago, April Z John A. Lewis is to become the successor to John Al exander Dowie of Zion City, in accord ance with tho late U-ader. Trustee Lewis, who was a close friend and ad viser of Dowie, has announced his in tention of acceptiug the charge. CYCLONE VISITS LOtllSIAHA AIID KILLS A NUMBER Alexandria Was Directly in Its Path and Loss to Life and Property There Is Said to dc ureal. REPORTS SHOW THE 'HAVOC IS APPALLING. Wide Area Cut Through the Town Extending Four Miles Loss, It . Is Estimated,, Runs to Millions. Dallas. April .".A report has reach ed the dispatcher's office of the Texj V; Facific railroad today, that twenty persons had been killed and a hundred injured Jn the cyclone early today at Alexandria, La. The storm is said ti be one of the worst that has visited that section, and wrought appalling havoc. A great part of the town is in ruins. Fifty houses have been torn to bits and several stores and factories demol ished. Alexandria Is located near tlx? middle of the state and its population is seven thousand. A wide area was cut through the town extending four miles. The damage will amount to millions. ANDREW REID'S FUNERAL. Services Held at the Christian Church In New Paris. The funeral of Andrew K. Iteid was held this morning at eleven o'clock, from the Christian church in New Paris a large number of friends and relatives being in attendance. Tho services were very impressive, while the floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. A large number oi lo cal people were present, including the Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Traum of the Christian church. CHURCH'S HALF CENTURY. Monthly Meeting at Plainfield Organ ized' Fifty Years Ago. Plainfield, Ind., April 5 The monthly meeting of tho Friends, held Wednesday afternoon, marked the fif tieth anniversary of the Plainfield monthly meeting of the Friends' church, and in addition to routine bus iness, time was spent In looking back over the half century's work, and In reminiscences of the past. The meet ing was established on the eighth month, 1857, with Matthew Stanley, clerk, and Ellas Jessup, assistant. FIVE HUNDREDJ0 RETIRE, Many Pennsylvania Employes Affect ed by the Pension System. More than COO employes of thrj Pennsylvania railroad company will bj retired on pensions this year. Iast year 331 veteran employes were re tired on pensions. Of this number, which was a record-breaker, 201 were in the seventy year class and 120 be tween the ages of sixty-five and sixty nine years. COLORED GIRL HELD FOR THErl OF PURSE Mabel Webster Pleads Guilty To Having Taken It. CASE BEING INVESTIGATED. Mabel Webster, an eleven-year-old colored girl, has been arrested for tho theft of a valuable purse belonging to Miss Ernestine Paulus. Tho We b ster girl has been bound over to th juvenile court and her case is being investigated by Mrs. Elizabeth Cand ler, probation officer. Thursday Miss Paulus entered tho Nixon candy store and left her purse, wnich Is valued at $8, on a counter in the front part, of the 'store. She then went to the rear room, which Is used as an Ice cream parlor. She and the clerk were the only persons In thj store at the time. While the clerk was waiting on Miss Paulus the Web ster girl and her younger sister enter ed the store and then quickly left. When Miss Paulus started to leave t-he noticed that her purse, which fortunately only contained a small sum, was gone. Suspicion at once at tached to the two colored girls but their names were unknown to Mis3 Paulus or the clerk. The police were informed of the theft and by the description furnished of the two suspects Mabel Webster was arrested. She at first denied any knowledee of the crime but later ad mitted that she ia the guilty person. She had taken the nickel then thrown the krs in the front yard of the rec Wgfejf St. Mnry's Catholic church nti Xuim A street. Tlie police searched for the pure and it was found where the child said she bad thrown it. ' .