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RICIIMOKB PAIXAJDIUM
TB
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AND SUN-TELEGRAM,
iFOIi. XXXIII. NO. 188.
RICII3IOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 10O8.
SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS.
VISITS BROTHER
AFTER. 15 YEARS
AN ITALIAN RIOT
DISTURBS TOWN
DURING NIGHT
J. LI
FIRST SESSION
OP CHAUTAUQUA
THIS AFTERNOON
FURTHER PLANS
TO OFFER PRIZE.
A prize of S3 will be offered for
the best suggestion of a design for
a fall festival poster. Submit sug
gestions to C. W. Merrill, of adver
tising committee at city clerk's
office.
'00T0F DANGER
Italian Has Improved Most
Unexpectedly.
MET HIS DEATH
BY AUTOMOBILE
SUGGESTED FOR
FALLFESTIVAL
Also Poses for His Very First
Picture.
THOMAS
Sheriff and Posse Summoned
To Williamsburg, Because
Foreigners and Foreman
Could Not Agree.
SHOTS WERE FIRED AND
CAMP CARS WRECKED.
townspeople Became Alarmed
At Appearances and Sum
moned Sheriff, Whose As
sistants Carried Arsenal.
SEVENTEEN MEN ARRESTED
BROUGHT
PLACED
CHARGE
TO THI8 CITY AND
IN JAIL TO AWAIT
OF RIOTING, WHEN
NAMES ARE LEARNED.
TROUBLE OVER WAGES.
TThe Strikers Were Angered When
Refused Transportation, and Then
Threatened the Lives of Boss and
Assistants.
(By Staff Correspondent)
"Italians are on warpath, shooting
revolvers and threatening to burn box
' tars and Btatlon. Come."
It was in answer to such a message
that Sheriff Meredith and a posse of
deputy sheriffs and members of the lo
cal police department hastened to
"Williamsburg last evening at about 9
o'clock. The posse went in a special
train over the C. C. & L. railroad. In
two automobile followed Supt. Bailey,
Prosecutor Jessup and representatives
of the local newspapers. Williams
burg was declared over the telephone
end telegraph wires to be in the hands
of a mob and the existence of the town
had been threatened. The Italian la
borers who had caused the confusion,
had about exhausted their resources
when the sheriff and his force arrived.
Seventeen of their number were placed
on the train and brought to this city.
They were placed in the county Jail
and will be charged with inciting a
riot as soon as the prosecutor is able
to secure the names of the foreigners.
, Knives were flashed; revolvers dis
charged and repeated threats made to
fire the box cars in which they made
their homes, and also destroy all rail
road property, as a demonstration
tipon the part of the dagoes, because
of a disagreement with their foreman,
James Dye In regard to wages and his
refusal to' give discharged men trans
portation. Residents of the town be
came alarmed and the male portion of
the population hurried to the camp
armed with Are arms, after instruct
- ing the women of the village to re
mam witnin doors and the proper
course to pursue in case the town was
attacked. The precautionary arrange
ments were never put iato execution.
however, as the section men became as
meek as lambs when the sheriff and
posse arrived with their riot guns. Be
fore being brought to this city, the
Italians were permitted to collect their
personal belongings and today the jell
is crowded with an accumulation of
clothing and all kinds of articles of
more or less (mostly less) value.
Lives Were Threatened.
The foreigners became enraged at
the attitude of their foreman and his
assistants and made threats to take
their lives, because of the treatment of
some of their fellow workers. The
claim is advanced that the foreman
has been overcharging for provisions
and bunk hire, and that he has not
treated them fairly. Tho gang is the
same as formerly camped north of
this city and of whicn Rrigo, the man
wounded by Lapaylia in a fight last
Saturday night are members.
The sang has been In charge of
James Dye, foreman, Michael Carusso,
assistant foreman and Harry Wolfe,
time keeper. According to the stories
of these men two of Va gang quit
work last Tuesday and when Carusso
who is an Italian and acts as inter
preter as well as assistant, asked
what was the matter refused to give
any reason, aside from the fact that
they were dissatisfied. The two were
given their time check, but were re
fused transportation, as they had quit
of their own accord and not been dis
charged. They left and claimed they
were going to Richmond to consult an
attorney. They came to this city and
accumulated a heavy load of intoxi
cants so they were well under the in
fluence when they returned to camp.
Others Threw Up Jobs.
The two prevailed upon others of
their number and they threw up their
Jobs also. While the gang was at work
about four miles west of Williams
burg yesterday afternoon a strike was
declared and the gang proceeded back
to camp and started trouble at once.
Camp utensils were thrown about.
XContinued oa Fas Two..
Joe Rrigo, the Italian knifed last
Saturday night by Frank Lapaylia, is
now considered to be out of danger.
This statement was made by City
Physician Krueger today. He is rest
ing easy and is able to tak'e nourish
ment. The authorities will watch the
developments of Rrigo's case for two
or three days longer and if he is still
improving by that time it is probable
that an affidavit will be filed against
Lapaylia, charging him with assault
and battery with intent to commit
murder.
JUDGE BARNARD
DECLARES STAND
UPON POLICIES
Commits Himself as Approv
ing Rooseveltian Ideas and
Endorses Judge Taft in Sin
cere Tones.
PLEDGES HIS SUPPORT
TO CAMPAIGN ISSUES.
Action Will Go Far Toward
Placing Barnard in True
Light With Vayne County
Voters.
"When the election of Judge Taft
to the presidency becomes more and
more assured, as I believe it will be,
the mills, and industries of this na
tion will reopen and the working man
will come into bis own again. We
never had a better candidate for presi
dent than Judge Taft. In him we
have a candidate for whom we can of
fer no apology. Every thing Mr. Taft
has undertaken he has carried to a
splendid successful conclusion. There
is no man in the nation with greater
abilky to cope with the questions that
present themselves in the minds of
the entire people. I want to say, my
fellow republicans as your candidate
for congress, tonight, I stand on the
policies of Theodore Roosevelt. I
stand on the platform of the republi
can party and in its broader sense as
expounded by our candidate Judge
Taft. If elected I promise you I will
do everything in my power to carry
forward these great policies, that will
do more for the people than anything
ever before attempted in this nation."
Such was the declaration of Judge
William O. Barnard, republican nom
inee for the congress from the sixth
district at a meeting of the political
workers In this city yesterday. It
binds him Irrevocably to the policies
of President Roosevelt and will go far
towards obliterating the false light in
which he has been placed in this coun
ty by political opponents. The state
ment was made last evening and in
the afternoon it had been preceded
by a similar announcement.
Judge Barnard proceded to inform
the party workers of the city and
county that he is not 'only a supporter
of the policies of Theodore Roosevelt
but if elected will do everything in
his power to aid in their continuation
under Judge Taft. Mr. Barnard con
tinued by stating that of all the can
didates before the Chicago conven
tion he could not have been better
pleased than with the selection of the
Ohio jurist and ex-secretary of war.
He paid high tribute to the ability of
Taft and left no doubt in the minds
of all present that he will make his
fight on the doctrines of President
Roosevelt and the republican plat
form.
Walter S. Ratliff, the republican
candidate for representative for the
state legislature spoke at the meeting
held in the evening. Mr. Ratliff very
vigorously denied that he is opposed
to county option as has been charged
and offered as an explanation of his
action at the legislature last fall that
he felt the bill should have been am
ended to make possible the purchase
of alcohol for such purposes as might
be needed in instances like that which
prevailed at his farm west of the city
where an insectary is conducted by
the government and where the liquid
is needed for purposes far more prac
tical than as an intoxicant. Mr. Rat
liff declared that he stands fairly and
squarely on the republican state plat
form. He concluded by stating, "I am
ior local option witn tne county a
unit." This statement binds Mr. Rat
liff and also makes his stand clear
for the race of representative, some
thing which it has not been since his
announcement that he would run for
re-election.
All the rentihliean nreeinct commit
teemen, members of the Wayne eoun-j
(Continued on Page Two..
Body Crushed by Car Driven
By Skiles Bricker as Long
Attempted to Cross the
Street.
LONG UTTERED NO SOUND
BUT GRABBED CAR LAMP
Bricker Was Running Slowly
And Accident Regarded by
Police as Unavoidable Un
der Circumstances.
Coroner Bramkamp is investigating
the death of Thomas Long, who died
last night after being fatally injured
on Main street in front of the Central
hotel by an automobile operated by
Skiles W. Bricker, a machinist em
ployed at Robinson & company's
plant. Prosecutor Jessup was asked
this morning if Bricker would be ar
rested on a charge of involuntary
manslaughter. He stated that he did
not think such action would be taken,
but the coroner had not yet reported
to him on the case. "I understand
that Bricker was' driving his machine
at a very slow rate of speed and that
it was no fault of his that Long met
his death. Bricker has always been
known as a careful driver," the prose
cutor stated. The accident was the
first automobile fatality in this city.
The victim of last night's tragedy,
Thomas Long, was a painter. He was
about 55 years of age and boarded at
the Phillips hotel on North Sixth
street. Long was a well known sin
gle man and highly respected by his
many friends.
About 8:30 last evening, Bricker was
driving his machine, which is a big
six cylinder Ford, slowly along Main
street, and when just ja little beyond
the Central hotel, Long started across
Main street directly in front of the
machine. Bricker, it is stated, sound
ed his horn and Long quickened his
steps to get from in front of the ma
chine. When he got out of its path
he suddenly turned and walked direct
ly in front of it. His action was so
unexpected that Bricker had no time
to apply the brakes to his machine
and it crashed into Long as the un
fortunate man grabbed hold of a
lamp and cast a terrorized glance at
the occupants of the car. He did not
utter a sound although the car passed
over his body.
As soon as the accident occurred
the news spread around Main street
like wild fire that a man had been
killed by an automobile. In a few
minutes a large crowd had assembled
at the scene of the accident. Long
was nicked up, still living, ana car
ried to the Mashmeyer corner, Eighth
and Main streets. On the arrival of
the ambulance he was removed to the
hospital. About 3: SO this morning he
succumbed to his Injuries, it is statea
that the blow of the machine crushed
in all the ribs on the left side of the
victim, affecting the heart and other
organs. His injuries were u ornuuu
that he had no possible chance of re
covery. REMOVED TO ASYLUM.
Two Men
Taken to Institution for
Treatment.
Elmer Baker and William N. Math
ews OI tms City were wneu iu
Easthaven insane hospital yesterday
hv Sheriff Meredith. Mathews was
.. . - . i 1 A 4Va
formerly confined in that institution
Saturday night Officer Vogelsong was
attracted by the peculiar actions or
the man as he stood at the corner of
Eleventh and Main streets. He soon
discovered that Mathews' mind was
affected and took him to his home.
Young Baker, it is thought, will re
cover from his mental affliction after
treatment at the hospital. Some time
ago while the young man was ill phy
sically an effort was made to place
him in the county jail but Sheriff Mer
edith refused to receive the young
man.
ATTACKED BY CRAMPS.
Friend Swam to Rescue and
Paul Connell.
Saved
Paul Connell a well known young
man and an employe at Meyers cigar
store narrowly escaped being drown
ed at the Hawkins Ice pond Wednes
day. He was rescued by Thomas
Quinn of New York, who is visiting
friends here. Connell was swimming
to the east side of the pond when he
was seized with cramps. He had been
accompanied to the pond by William
Brennen and Mr. Quinn.
WILL KEEP ROOMS.
Sol Meredith Post Will
Not Change
Location.
At a meeting of the Sol Meredith
Post G. A. R. last evening It was de
cided to keep the present rooms. It
is probable that the rooms now occu
pied and remodeled as soon as possi
ble. J. B. Milliken was elected to
succeed the late A. GL Compton SJ ft
trustee. , - i-t
PROGRAM
FOR RALLY DAY
Addresses to Be Made by Sec
retary Clark and Supt.
Halpenny.
CHILDREN'S ATHLETICS.
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS HAVE
BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE JU
VENILES PARADE WILL BE
PRINCIPAL FEATURE.
Mental and physical exercises may
be participated in at tie Chautauqua
grounds tomorrow. The Sunday school
rally will be an event of singular im
portance and noted speakers will pro
vide intellectual food for their audi
tors and athletics will be indulged in
by others. The program arranged
for the day is expected to prove of in
terest to all and has been made espec
ially strong for this purpose.
For the morning program the Sun
day school address will be given by
Dr. Joseph Clark who will speak on
"Sunday School Blunderbus." Dr.
Clark is the state secretary of the Sun
day schools of Ohio and is also inter
national recording secretary. He is an
excellent speaker and is one of the
attractions and a drawing card wher
ever he is scheduled to speak. He is
one of the most able Sunday school
workers in the country.
At one o'clock there will be boys'
and girls' athletic games which will be
conducted by Roy J. Horton the physi
cal director of the Y. M. C. A. He
will be assisted by Harold Taggart,
Wallace Gifford, Blair Converse, Har
old Meyer, Erret Haisley, Carl Sie
wieke, Thomas Davis and Richard
Sedgwick. Some of the games that
will be played are: kick ball, burden
relay race, hop relay, and cut out bas-1
ket ball and many others. The games j
will be held on the large field to the
north of the Chautauqua grounds.
While the athletic games are going
on the township presidents and the
department of superintendents will
hold a meeting in the auditorium tent.
The state superintendent, Halpenny of
Indianapolis and Dr. Clark will lec
ture. All the Sunday school workers
of the city are Invited to attend this
meeting.
All the Sunday schools are request
ed to be in their different places by
9:15 o'clock so that the parade will
not be delayed in starting. The mem
bers and attenders of the South
Eighth Street Friends Bible school are
requested to be at the church by 8:45
o'clock for the parade.
The Sunday school rally is some
thing new and from the enthusiasm
shown by reports there will be at least
6,000 Sunday school scholars with
about 75 floats in the parade. Sat
urday will be one of the most popular
days of the Chautauqua.
LIQUOR STORED AWAY.
All the loquor seized by the police
at the Jones pharmacy at Whitewater
was today removed from the police
headquarters to the court house
where it will be held as; evidence
against Jones. The booze was hauled
to the court house in t he patro' wag
on and attracted much attention.
REPUBLICAN CLUB MET.
The regular business meeting of the
Young Men's Republican club was
held last evening. It was decided to
order equipment for the Taft Glee
club that has been organized. Reg
ular business was attended to and the
meeting adjourned on account of the
meeting of the Young Men's business
club.
MUST LIKE AMERICA.
Nagy Miklos, a Hungarian, yester
day applied for naturalization papers.
He came to this country In 1903. He
Is a tailor and is employed at 401 Main
street. Miklos speaks and under
stands English with difficulty.
MRS. TAYLOR DEAD.
Mrs. Rebecca Taylor died yesterday
at the home of her son Isaac Taylor
116 North Second street at the age of
77 years. Se was one of the old resi
dents of the city and is well known.
The funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
WILES IS CHOSEN.
Indianapolis. Aug. 21. Lawrence A.
W'iles of Goodland, was today appoint
ed head of the banking department by
the state auditor. He succeeds Rollo
Ogelsbee.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Fair, warmer Friday; Sat
urday fair; light to fresh south
winds becoming northwest Sat-
' urday. ..,..-.. : -f
Important Change in Program
Whereby Gov. Folk Will
Appear Sunday Evening In
stead of Afternoon.
WHITE CITY IS PRIDE
OF THE MANAGEMENT.
Bank of Yellow Clay Alone
Mars Landscape Many
Tenters Call Their Homes
By Humorous Titles.
The Richmond Chautauqua opened
this afternoon with a grand concert
by Whitney Brothers male quartet.
This is the best singing quartet in
America and will, no doubt, prove a
strong attraction each, time it appears
on the program. The quartet was fol
lowed by Mrs. Whitney, one of the
most captivating readers, in selections
from "The Lion and the Mouse."
Tonight at 7:30 the Whitney Broth
ers will appear again and Mrs. Whit
ney will continue her readings. At 8
o'clock Frank Dixon will lecture on
"Th-? Man Against the Mass." Mr.
Dixon is an orator of the first magni
tude and a man with a message. His
address will be especially interesting
to the laboring man.
An important change in the pro
gram has been made. Governor Folk
of Missouri will speak Sunday even
ing at 7 o'clock, instead of Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock as has been pre
viously announced.
Governor Folk found it absolutely
necessary to remain in his home state
Saturday evening, where he is to
make an address, and it will be im
possible for him to arrive in Rich
mond in time for the afternoon ses
sions. Secretary Goodwin of the Y.
M. C. A., who is actively connected
with the management of the Chautau
qua this year, has been in telegraphic
communication with Missouri's chief
executive for some time in the hope
that the governor could be induced to
forsake his Missouri engagement in
order to appear here at the time ad
vertised, but this Folk found it impos
sible to do.
Mrs. Leonora Lake, the great Cath
olic lecturer who was to have appear
ed at the evening session will fill the
hour in the afternoon which was to
have been filled by Folk. The gover
nor will begin speaking at seven
o'clock in the evening and will occupy
the time assigned to Mrs. Lake, with
one half hour additional. The early
hour of the address will make it pos
sible for those people coming to the
chautauqua from the country to hear
him and at the same time return to
their homes before a late hour. Par
ticular interest is being taken in the
address of Folk and it is estimated
that thousands of people will hear
him.
White City is Pride.
The White City is the pride of the
chaitauqua managers this year. Lar
ger and better organized than ever
before, it has all the requirements of
the ideal camping city. Nestling be
hind the bulwark of yellow earth,
which thanks to the board of public
works and the traction company
now mars the Glen and looks like the
sunken road of Ohain which over
threw Napoleon at Waterloo, are one
hundred and seventy-five white tents
occupied by more than three hundred
people. The grounds are laid off in
avenues Broadway, Forest Pine,
Myrtle. Cherry and Olive being some
or the names which characterize
them. In the midsf of the tents is the
large auditorium with a seating capac
ity or over two thousand.
That some of the campers see the
humorous side of tent life is shown
by the names they have chosen for
their abodes. "AH Inn. "Camp Hun
gry, "Abe Martin Home," "Flinnig
Inn, "Flannig Inn" and "Seldom Inn
are some of the characterizations.
This morning the arrival of loads
of furniture, the rumble of deliverv
wagons, the sound of the hammer, and
above all the clarion call of the fish
horn, made it a lively place. But all
were brisk and enjoying the life to
the uttermost.
Jordan on Crutches.
Superintendent Charles W. Jordan
is seen around the grounds on crut
ches. Though he is reticient about
the circumstances surrounding his
mishap it is jokingly reported that his
haste to enjoy camp life caused him
to sprain his ankle. Mr. Jordan went
into his barn loft to get some camp
chairs and as he was returning a
board broke and he took a sudden par
achute decent minus the parachute.
The injury, which was very paiulul
at first is improving.
$LLEN
IS CHOSEN.
Robert Forest Allen . who finished
the course at Earlham this spring has
been elected to the professorship of
biology at ML Morris College, Ills. Mr.
Allen was the young man in the chem
ical department at Earlham college
that made the startling discovery that
a number of the milkmen of the city
were using formaldehyde to preserve
milk. .
John McGrath one of the crossing
watchmen at New Castle is in the city
today visiting his brother. Tom Mc
Gratli. John has been at the Grant
street crossing for over 30 years and
this i3 the first time that he has visit
ed Richmond for over fifteen years
He and his brother Mike, make their
home at New Castle and both are bat-
chelors. This morning the local rail
road men succeeded in taking a snap
shot of him. This is the first picture
that has ever been taken of him and
the local employes prize it very high
ly.
DLAMES FORAKER
FOR CONDITIONS
Judge Taft Declares Senator
Foraker's Friends Believe
He Alone Is Responsible for
Situation.
MAY ABANDON HIS PLAN
AND GO ON LONG TOUR.
Break Down in Sherman's
Health May Lead Taft to
Undertake Trip Over Circuit
To Make Speeches.
TAFT BLAMES FORAKER.
"Senator Foraker, in his Cham
ber of Commerce speech, deliv
ered in Cincinnati only a short
time ago, made a severe attack
upon the policies of President
Roosevelt.
"How could the party, which
intends to wage the fight stand
ing squarely on these policies, as
declared in its platform, consist
ently invite him to take the most
conspicuous part in the campaign?
"It was practically Impossible,
and most of Senator Foraker's
friends see it that way." Candidate
Taft's Statement in Foraker Mud
dle. Hot Springs, Va., August 21. There
is every indication that, before the
Presidential campaign is half over,
the plan to keep Judge Taft in Cincin
nati will be abandoned, and he will be
found with the spellbinders swinging
around the circuit.
Judge Taft probably will not make
many rear-end Pullman speeches, but
his advisers here say that numerous
letters are being received demanding
the presence of the Republican candi
date as a condition precedent to vto
tory.
From Missouri for instance, there
comes a statement that it will mean
10,000 more votes for Taft to have him
make two or three speeches In that
state.
Taft himself favors the idea of go
ing on the stump. Asked today what
his personal preference was, he re
plied:
"After the first week of a speak
ing campaign when you have what
to say clearly fixed in your mind if
you 6peak once a day there Is no
pleasanter experience. I did this In
1904 and enjoyed every minute of it
I spoke in New York. Ohio, Indiana. Il
linois, Rhode Island. Maine and Ver
mont, and the experience was one of
the pleasantest character.
"But, of course, a campaign where
you get on the back of a Pullman car
and speak 20 or 30 times a day is ter
rible.
"There is no pleasure in it, and
am in doubt juct how much good it
does."
"Is there any bar to a change in the
plans that have been announced for
you in this matter?" was asked.
Knows of No Obstacle.
"There is nothing that I know of to
prevent a change in the plan, if that
be deemed advisable. was the reply.
"Of course, the great difficulty v in
changing a set plan like this is the
fact that you are swamped immediate
ly with applications for speaking."
This is a matter that Taft added
could be adjusted by the National
Committee.
One of the potent factors that will
operate in favor of sending Taft on
speaking tour is the condition of
James S. Sherman's health. It had
been Intended that the Vice Presiden
tial nominee should do the campaign
ing for both candidates. Then his
health broke down, and the lnforma
tion at hand here is that it would be
highly injudicious for, Mr. Sherman
to attempt the vigorous campaigning
that had been planned for him. His
family has been informed by the phy
sicians that a second breakdown might
OW
PREVAILING
result fatally. - -
Open Door Policy to Prevail
And Three Days Will Be
Devoted to Event to Excel
All Precedents. 7
RURAL DISTRICTS AND
CITY WILL COOPERATE.
Goldenrod Has Been Chosen
As Emblem and Will Be
Used Extensively in all Dec-.
orative Schemes.
PLANS TO FINANCE EVENT, f
SUGGESTED THAT BUTTONS ANf
PENNANTS BE SOLD TO RAISE
MONEY TO DEFRAY EXPENSES
OF FESTIVAL. , .
PARADE VILL BE A FEATURE '
Military Day to Be the Greatest
Ever Known in This City Com- 1
mittees Have Been Reorganized 1
And Enlarged.
"Open door," will be the policy' of j
the Young Men's Business club for the ;
Fall Festival. Everything will be j
free and whatever cost may be In- i
curred will be provided for by funds '
raised in a manner other than by sub- ',
scrlptlon. Word has been received i
from Fort Benjamin Harrison that it
will be impossible for the Tenth In- i
fantry to march to this city and arrive !
October 3, so the dates for the FestlT- '
al will have to be postponed. They
can not be determined upon definitely
but probably will be October , 7 and '
S. The executive committee held an
mportant meeting last evening and !
agreed to make each aay commemor
ative of some distinct feature. The
first will be "agriculture day," the sec
ond. "Richmond day." and the third.
'military day."
A particular effort will be made to :
decorate the city in the most beauti- .
ful manner possible. The golden rod
has been adopted as the flower of the
occasion and merchants will be asked
to use it as much as possible in decor-
atlve schemes. Private citizens will '
be requested to use the plant, if possi
ble, and ff not work the gold color into i
the decorations of residences. Resl-,
dences ,are expected to b decorated as '
much as the business districts, as It'
is believed the hundreds and hundreds ;
of strangers who will be in the city,
will be Impressed as favorably by the I
neat appearing homes as by the bust-.
ness blocks alone dressed in gala at
tire. . !
Plans to Raise Money.
A number of plans have been,ug-j
gested. for raising money. The adop-j
tion of a button appropriately Inscribed !
designating the wearer aa a contribu
tor to the cause of the Fall Festival'
has been proposed. A spray of golden i
rod and a few words is believed to bo
the proper insignia for the button. ;
The sale of pennants has been suggest
ed also. This proved a successful me
dium during the recent good roads
congress and was the means of supply
ing the funds for that noteworthy
occasion.
Free Automobile Rides.
Nothing proved such an Impressive
feature with the visitors oa good
roads day as the free automobile rides
provided by owners of machines In
this city. It has been suggested that
this be repeated on "agriculture day"
and every rural resident who chooses
given an opportunity to ride in a
motor vehicle free of charge. This can
not be made a feature of "military
day" as the officers of the regiment
will be the particular guests end ma
chines will be needed for their uses.
Exhibits on First Day.
Agriculture day will be advertised In
all the rural communities and to pro
mote the day's events in a more satis
fatcory manner, a sub-committee bas
been named consisting of representa
tives in each township. These repre
sentatives will be Instructed to dele
gate assistants in their townships,
who will assist them in arousing Inter
esL The movement Is not to be re
stricted to this county alone. Rich
mond draws support from Western.
Ohio almost as well as from Eastern
Indiana and the co-operation of prom
inent men in that section c-f the Buck
eye state will be solicited to aid in the
cause. Representatives have been
named at New Paris, New Madison
and Campbellstown and the limits
may be extended. On this day a grand
exhibit win be held at the Coliseum.
It will be of interest to the farmers in
particular and will be free of charge.
Farmers will be asked to display their
products and local manufacturers will
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