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MOM ' IP A X AOTUM MIC AND SUN-T5XEGRAM- i VOL. JEEETV. NO. 231. niCIKlOND, IND.. MONDAY EVENINCi, JUNE 28, 1COO. SICCUS COPY, 9 CZSTQ. WRIGHT BROTHERS t MAKE TEST TODAY LEAGUE US Photograph of Roosevelt Camp In East Africa -n WRECKS SEVERAL ITS PLilliS FOR FALL CI1K0 D00 nirmen 0.B SPLOSH lid III CHICAGO HOUSES 17ILL JEFFERSOH GLUD DAHOUET BE Prcfficters of the Affair State Republican Guests Will fiot ' Be Offended by the Ad- dresses Made. NOTED SPEAKERS TO DE ON THE PROGRAM Congressman Korbly of India cpolis Will Size Up the Con gressional Situation Is a Dig Event. Arrangements for the second , an ; nual banquet of the Wayne County Jefferson club, the democratic social organization to-be held at the Odd Fellows hall, tomorrow evening, have been completed and prospects are that It will be largely attended. Besides responses to toasts by Claude Bow ers of Terre Haute, Frank Hering of 8outh. Bend and Charles Korbly of Indianapolis, It Is probable that a number of Informal talks will be made by local democratic leaders, when called upon, by Charles Beck, toast master, j Delegations will be In attendance fAm - ika1v all tAmtifllilffisi In 4ka .tiuiu ucaiij ait . iunuauira m tun county. Cambridge City,' Dublin and Milton will send large delegations, judging from the number of tickets sold at those places. Richmond will furnish the majority, however. It is expected that the hall will be taxed to Its capacity. It can accommodate about. 250 persons. Toastmaster C. B. Beck stated this morning that there would be a large number of republicans in. attendance at the banquet, who ..were interested In the reform movement, both locally and In the state. No radical demo cratic speeches will be made. Al though .the banquet is given by a dem ocratic organization, it will be non partisan. " - f - . j , - Interest in Korbly. Much interest is being taken in the address to be given by Mr. Korbly of Indianapolis. His subject will be "Our Present Congress." Mr. Korbly is , a member of this body, being a : representative from the Seventh Con gressional district. ' He obtained much publicity recently by answering a communication from a large India napolis ; concern, which requested him to "stand pat" by replying he was not representing any one concern but the majority of the voters of that district. r : Two other . addresses of much, in terest will be those of Claude Oowers of Terre Haute and Frank Hering of South Bend. Mr. Bowels, a former congressman, will speak on the sub- of Congress." The subject' of Mr. Hering's toast is not known, 'but-Mr. Beck believes it will be along lines of the reform movement. . The hall will be tastefully decorat ed with flags and streamers. The table decorations will include potted and cut flowers. During the evening an- orchestra will furnish music The banquet will be served by the Ladies Aid society , of the Second Presbyter Ian church and will consist of several courses GUM SUSIOli? That's What Dispatch Styles Feufte's Visit to the Na tional Capital. WAS A POLITICAL FLURRY Washington, June 28. There was a flurry among the politicians at Wash ington during the past week especial ly among the politicians from the Hoo sler state. It was caused by the dis covery that William Dudley Foulke of Richmond had been here on some un known mission. Mr Foulke is the bete noir of the politicians. He holds to the theory that offices were not made simply to give jobs to the boys in the trenches, which is rank heresy- as judged from the standpoint of the practical politicians. Mr. Foulke was one of the first men to declare for Judge Taft for president and it goes without saying that the president has a high regard for htm and that his lew have great weight with the pres ident. Mr. Foulke came to the capital city one day and left the next The poli ticians have been trying to get a line on his movements while hero but have sot succeeded and they will tender a unanimous vote of thanks to any per on who .wd come forward with some accurate information on the subject. THE WEATIIEl PuOPHET. riWA-Jef3r Ls 1 r1rS? cue s-l HUBBY'S SLAYER KILLED 6V WOMAN Crime of Startling Nature Committed on New York Street Today. KILLED IN A BIG. CROWD 8LAYER STATES THAT HER VIC . TIM WAS 8H0T DOWN BE CAUSE, A YEAR AGO, HE HAD KILLED HER HUSBAND. . . :. New York," June 28. While crowds of -men and women were hurrying past her at Spring and Sullivan street to day,: Mrs. Louisa Labarcia, a young widow, drew a revolver and mortally wounded Dominico Vcrsagia, 19 years old, whom she accused of having kill ed her husband a year ago. Mrs. : Labarcia fired four shots at the youth,' and each bullet took effect. Tbe shooting caused a panic In the crowd and several women fainted. . Makes Statement. At the police station Mrs. Labarcia made a statement in which she said that several weeks ago she had receiv ed an anonymus letter stating that Versagla was the man who killed her husband, and that the youth belonged to a secret blackmailing society. She took the letter to the police, she said. but they refused to arrest Versagla Then she decided to take the law into her own hands .. Mrs. Labarcia has had six children. A. few months after her husband was killed another baby came to her. "She lost this as well as the Infant she was nursing when Labarcia was murdered. HUIIT DR. RICHMOND Inquiry has been made of the police for a Dr. C. Richmond. An effort is being made to locate him by Kentucky inquirers. The police do not know the man. ; f ; .".! HARRY ATE 'EM OUT. ,: Harry Penny is the county clerk and also a good fellow. But Harry Penny likes spring chicken mighty well and so do the other members of the family. Yesterday they visited Fred Dryer and family at Pennville. The clerk ate his first spring fry. To day Dryer was out with a scoop trying to find something to eat Penny had left on the farm. Miss Caroline Foulke is to Take a Part in a Greet Play . The Ben Greet players are no strang ers to Richmond and their appearance at Mta. Reeves lawn ' next "Thursday li exciting great interest The plays chosen are both practically novelties to this city, "King Rene's Daughter" ls a charming play after the style of the "Idylls of the King." It was taken from the Danish of Hcndrik Herts by Sir' Theodore Martin. It was original ly translated for . the use of the fam ous actress- Helen Faucit (Lady Mart tin) the character of the blind Princess who regains her sight, being one of the great actress' favorite parts. , Tbe little play "Creatures of Im POLICE ADVANCE ANOTHER THEORY Hi MURDER CASE Belief Now Expressed That Ling Was Murdered by the Same Man Who Killed Pret ty Elsie Sigel. JEALOUSY OF RIVAL CAUSE ATTRIBUTED Police Are Still Making Search In Philadelphia, Hoping to Unearth Some More Weeded Clues. New York, June 28. The police ad vance a new theory today in the Elsie Sigel murder mystery. " They now be lieve that tLeon Ling, in whose room the girl's body was found . was killed by the same hand that slew, the girl. They think the slayer ls a rich Chin ese, who placed the girl's body in Leon's room to throw suspicion on the latter. An official says the slayer was the rival. of Ling for the girl's hand Search Philadelphia. The police today still kept in touch with investigation of the Chinese quarter in Philadelphia in a search for clues. It Is believed by some of the detectives that Chu Gain fled to Phil adelphia with Elsie Sigel after an un successful attempt of the ' pair to get married by a Harlem clergyman. It is said that they were actually married in the Quaker city and that knowl edge of this drove Leon to kill the girl, after swearing vengeance upon both. It is belived that he sent the death .threat that alarmed Chu Gain shortly before he succeeded in luring Elsie to his room and : killing her there. DR. ADAMS VERY ILL The condition of Dr. J. L. Adams, one of the best known druggists in the city, does not improve as rapidly as had been hoped for. He is delirious at times. The attention of a nurse is required constantly. pulse,' in - which Miss ; Caroline Foulke is to appear Is one of Sir Wil liam S. Gilbert's quaint conceits and although in one act only matches in humor "The Mikado." Pipette is a saucy peasant girl who wants to kiss everyone under the spell of a witch, although she gives herself out to be very ; bashful. The extraordinary an tics that all the characters Indulge In through : the old witch's ; influence causes roars of laughter. Several pret ty little songs and dances are intro duced and the costumes are extremely artistic. The two plays together last Just two hours' and will be given on a charming aataral RELIEVES THAT RORERT EASTMAI1 MURDERED GIRL Col. Charles A. Thompson, Father of Mrs. Woodill, Re fuses to Accept Any Other Explanation of Crime. BALTIMORE POLICE STILL INVESTIGATE Story That Victim Was Struck Down With Champagne Bottle Has Been Shown to Be Utterly False. Baltimore, June 28. "Robert kill ed 'my little girl. I have no confidence in the letter to his wife, accusing a other woman. He beguiled my daugh ter to his bungalow and then murder- j ed her in cold blood. I will believe ! nothing else." I Col. Charles A. Thompson, foster father of Mrs. Woodill. made this pos itive statement today when asked if it could have been possible that his daughter had met two men and two women at Eastman's house Saturday night a week ago. when she was put to death and her body weighted and sunk Into the river. They Are Convinced. Indisputable evidence was obtained by the police today that Mrs. Edith May Thompson Woodill, the beautiful young ward of ex-Secretary of the Treasury Lyman T Gage, was slain in the bungalow of Robert Emmet Bastman, the fugitive Wall street broker. - ' Evidence obtained today also points conclusively to the fact that no one had a hand in the murder but East man and that no other ' person was present when he killed the girl. The police have found that in an effort to hide the crime, or prove the girl was slain in the boat, Eastman tried to remove bloodstains on the floor, windowsills and joists of the room. where dinner had been set for only two, with a chisel. Charge is False. But there is even more convincing evidence that the statement in the let- er found in Eastman's pocket, that a woman struck with a champagne bottle the blow that killed the beauti ful young singer; is false. , No cham pagne bottles were found in the bun galow, or in the boat and William Sut ton, who went to visit Eastman short ly before the girl ls believed to have been slain, says there were only two persons in the bungalow Mrs. Wood ill and Eastman. Sutton heard loud voices on the inside as he approach ed the . house, and being " convinced that. the man and woman were quar reling, did cot enter. He listened to them for a while and then went home. Deep as has been the probe into the , case, . the motive for the crime remains as yet unrevealed. It was evidently " one , of three jealously, fear of exposure and his consequent arrest, or just sordid robbery. WERE TONS OF MAIL Main matter was hauled to the post office today by ; the ton. It was brought down by the dray load lota from the Hoosier Drill branch of the American Seeding Machine Company. The. pouches were piled full and stacked on a dray. They contained the company's catalogues. TO HAVE BIG TIME An outdoor picnic, games and other diversions will feature the annual Fourth of July celebration at the East ern .Indiana Hospital for the Insane next Monday.. The fire works display In the evening has been secured aad is of large quantity and variety. Effects of the Outrage Keenly Felt Today in the Windy City, Because of the Dam age Resulting. FORMER LOCAL MAN'S STORE FEELS EFFECT One Man Is Now Dying and Twenty-six People Are In jured 3,000 Phones Are Out of Commission. Chicago, June 28. One man is dy ing at St. Luke's hospital, twenty-six others are seriously injured and more than 3,000 telephones are out of ser vice today as the result of havoc wrought by bomb 31, which caused a property loss estimated at $100,000 and a widespread panic in the loop dis trict The Chicago Title and Trust build ing, 100 Washington street received the brunt of the explosion, and every structure in the block was damaged. As a reuslt of the latest bomb outrage Chief of Police Shippey ls said to have announced that he would leave a sick bed at French Lick Springs, where ho has been, in an effort to recover his health, in order to take personal charge of tbe search for the dyna miters. A kit of tools found in a con duit back of the telephone company's building may furnish a clew in the case. ... Wreck Terrific, The wreck and ruin wrought by the explosion, were terrific. Heavy steel gates at the rear of the Title and Trust building were twisted as if made of straw. A heavy sheet iron ventilator pipe five feet in diameter, leading from the kitchen" of Thompson's res taurant was crushed like an eggshell. Many large plate glass windows on the, west side of the Boston store fac ing Dearborn street were blown out. while within straw hats on . their frames were undisturbed Through the four story building at 111 Madison street the explosion swept like. wind through a hall way,' the force taking everything before it. In every floor the Madison street windows were blown out. . ' Operators at Work. At the time of the. explosion thir teen girl operators in the telephone exchanges were at work on the third floor. Some of them fainted, while others ran . to the street. Three labor leaders seated at a table In Powers Gilbert's saloon, 119 Clark street, were Injured by flying glass. Employes of Thompson's restaurant,. 170 Madison street were thrown into a panic and one of them perhaps fatally injured. A nickel theater, at 168 Madison street had only a few minutes before closed Its performance. Most of the 'buildings in the explosion sone for tunately were unoccupied. WEEGHMAN PLACE. Is Damaged by the Blg Explo - " . - sion. ' By the explosion of a bomb last night, the pool room of Charles Weeghmao, located above Thompson's restaurant was damaged. Leah Got thar, the -cashier in the pool room was severely cut by bits of flying glass. The pool -room was not damaged so badly as to interfere with business. The pool room ls In charge of Her bert Weeghman, a brother of Charles and only recently had been fitted up in splendid shape. PUTS UP Milton. Ind., June 28. J. W. Brum field, of the Milton Riverside flour mills is putting up an addition to the mills in the way of a shed. He expects to put in a dump in the near future. Mr. Brumfield states they are rushed with orders and are running the mills part of the night in order to keep up. SCOTT GIVES LECTURE. Milton, Ind.. June 28. The Rev. F. A. Scott, pastor of J the- Christian church, delivered his noted lecture, "The Two Ways," at Falmouth M. E. church, Friday evening. George Brehm Is Careful George Bream does not In tend to be the Reckless Rollo with the Iron pieces fat the treasury of the local baseball club. 1 ' : When George"" 'awoke yesterday morning be noticed a couple of black spots in the sky. "Curses, hissed George, "that mean rata today Thereupon he dashed to a teles ofiee and sent woro to we of Ctarlamtt that It ADDITOII Washington, June 28. Orvllle Wright stated this morning that it was probable the official government test of the Wright aeroplane would be made at Ft. Myer, Virginia, late this afternoon. . GREAT STRIDES BY CITY PLAUT SHOWN BY PARRY Since the First off the Year It Has Paid Back to the City Over $14,000 for Money Borrowed. , MAY LIQUIDATE THE DEBT BEFORE JANUARY v.r.; At the Present Time the Plant Only Owes the City $19, 748.92 Competition Has Been Vigorous. - Just a little bit of .work . wiUt the pencil by City Controller Parry shows the excellent progress being made by the city light plant The debt of the plant, with the exception of the bond issue has been decreased S144&8.3S since January . 1, 1909 The amount due the city from the plant the first of the, year was f33.077.5O. . The, entire disbursements . including insurance. etc., of the plant in the . past : six months have been $23,951.33. The re ceipts since January 1 have been $42, 700.25. At the present' time the plant only owes the city $19,748.92. " . Despite Competition. The showing of the plant is regarded as all the more remarkable in view of the strenuous competition it has expe rienced. The management of the plant is to be credited with the results. The plant contracted the debt with the city when it was not making enough money to meet its expenses. Thous ands of dollars were loaned by the city in the hope of a turn of the tide and better returns. The tide seems to have begun to flow and with the same rate continuing as It now is going the returns from the plant will be suffi cient to liquidate the entire indebted' ness before, the end of the year and bring in a balance. It is believed that it will be only a matter of a year or so until the plant is proving a source of revenue to the city. BARHEY QLDRELD VISIHUID Passed Through City in a Big Touring Car. ThO visit of Barney Oldfield, the speed merchant in ' the automobile world, to this dty yesterday, accom panied by R." L. Xetlett of Indianapolis was without Incident. He was enrouto to Dayton and came in unsensatkmal fashion, making the trip in a big tour ing car in average time. . No Reckless Rollo waste of time to make the journey to this fair dty as there of a cloudburst. Yesterday numerous patient and faithful souls tolled their way to tbe ban yard, risking a ejulck eash-ta by the sunstroke route, only to And out there was nothing doing. It was ex plained to the fans why the coatbet called off, but Georgo tO post tM rtxl ospceommt ct ndtena Anti-sclscn Orccx.lza tion WQ Make Hard Tem perance Ffcht at Eunices! Elections. TO BOOM CANDIDATES FAVORING THE CAUSE District Superintendents' Are Mow Busy Laying Plans to Prevent Opticn Repeal Two Years Hence. Indianapolis, June 28. The Indians Anti-Saloon league is preparing to combat the brewery host In every city in the state where municipal elections are to be held next fall with a view to favoring the candidacy of oQcials who will enforce the laws against saloons. This campaign will be waged particu larly in those dties whose counties hare voted on the liquor Question un der the local option law. . ' Instructions have been given to the district ' superintendents throughout the state to pay particular attention to the dty elections In the places which are already dry and do all in their power to nominate and elect candi dates who will favor the anti-liquor movements. District superintendents have been asked, from the headquar ters of the league In Indianapolis to write letters to temperance workera Instructing them to work for the can didates who avowedly will be favor-' able to the temperance cause and to follow up the letters wish ptrrnnl visits looking to the same end. :CtowdM Ita. Paper. A', - The league hi also preparing t tT crease the drculatlon of tts oSdal pa per, the American Issue, published in the interest of the temperance move ment. Plans are being nude to secure agents for the paper In the various cities where the circulation Increase la most needed, and a liberal commis sion is offered to those who' secure . list of new subscribers. The present drcultaion of the Issue is &0O0, and an effort ls to be made . to have ' It reach the 25.000 mark. The Rev. & 8. Shumaker, superintendent of the league, stated recently that he la of the belief that If one-half of the money spent by the temperance forces la the Floyd county campaign had been used In circulating the American. : leans among the people of the county the result would have been a awh largsr temperance vote. - In some eosatles arrangements are made to purchase ljOOO copies and have thorn mailed to the voters. r:T''; v ' Will Perpetuate UeeesneM. : ; ' In addition to this the leasas t planning to wage a light for the ss forcement of the laws la the dry coun ties . Plana are on foot to perpetuata the anti-saloon movement In every county, township, dty and ward with a view . to detecting law violators. With this end In view district sapor latendenta have been instructed frea the Indianapolis odces of the leacae ts allow the oflcere of the law to etc? the violations wherever possible, hot in the event the olBeers fall or refuse to do so private prosecutions are to be Instituted. J Already the league Is laying plans to elect a legislature In two years frc3 now which will be favorable ts Cs temperance cause. The workers havs expressed the belief that the liquor forces are already laying plane to cap ture the next legislature with a view to repealing the county local option law, and to the end that the leaguers win not be caught napping , they propose to lay their plans now with s view to heading off the candidates who wd not favor the retention of the local op tion law. A resume of the work' done by the league shows that sixty-two eosatfts have voted dry under the local opx law, the total dry vote la these coca ties being 79.330. Under the local e tion law fiS9 saloons havs bees osst3, and In thtss saass counties 1414 sa- trance. . There are' eight eoaatlea sow dry by renwnstraoce. making a tstsl of seventy In the stats where there cj no licensed saloons. s Mir m it - Uarrfefl, CfroreeJ sod each other a3 wfcfcla mSx i tvtls unique record of : who ww Saturday afternoon tar - Cse county dark. The eossSa waa -nzr-ried for three years tsSars C Crro tk treats arosatlitlrlti r-' The irores wrj c"C', t 1 1 :. of Tost ycrr- Tix:r S t , Tor ts: rrr. rr i : v. n X ,1