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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
1t Is Generally Understood in
Washington That Congress
Realizes that the President
Holds the Whip.
SOuONS WILL ATTEMPT
TO IGNORE PRESIDENT
Places on Choice Committees
For Senator-elect Root of
New York May Be Fought by
Older Senators.
BY Guy w. Finney.

Washington, Jan. 20.-The action Of
the house committee on naval affairs
in deciding that marines shall be re-
assigned to duty on warships of the
navy, in opposition to the presidents
order Withdrawing them. has created
another stir of interest. because to
some 1t prosages a renewal OF the
hostilities between Mr.. Roosevelt and
congress. While considerable con-
cern is felt among naval officers. who
dread breaking out OF this long
standing controversy. the president Is
confident that he is too strongly in
trenched to be dislodged by the naval
committee. Moreover, the chief exec
utive regards it as hardly improbable
that the house as a whole will follow
the suggestions of its naval commit
tee, Notwithstanding the committee
was a unit in declaring for the return
of the marines to sea duty. II the
house, however, does stand by tire ma
val committees recommendation and
take up the cause Of the much-abused
marines as a pretext to hit back at
that the senate would do likewise.
Ready to Apply Brakes.
While it is true that many Of the
Washington correspondents. in the
tone of their writings, see breakers
ahead for the president, there is a
disposition In both houses of congress
to put on the brakes. The wiser
heads in congress not only realize
that the president holds the whip
hand, but that little credit will result
from a continuation of the quarrel.
In short, congress Is growing tired of
a wrangle that might end in bringing
internal strife.
A survey OF the situation from the
congress end indicates that until the
close of the present session some
tacit agreement will be followed by
which the president will be ignored,
unless his attitude becomes entirely
too personal or too dictatorical to be
pass over. This could be done
wit. 1t exposing the members to fur.
ther verbal assault, and such a plan
could offer no great offense to friends
Of the president in either house.
Majority 10 Cautious.
There Is decided disposition yet on
the part Of certain members Of both
houses to pitch into the president at
the slightest pretext, but this by nc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
County Local Option

The question of the hour among
the citizens of Wayne county is
shall the saloons remain or shall
they be eliminated"
Many of the voters of this coun-
ty before they cast their ballots at
the county local option election
would like to make an intelligent
study of the question: study not
from the prejudiced view points OF
the two contending factions. but
from a cold-blooded business point
of view. Desiring to assist this
class of voters the Palladium has
carefully collected statistics. and
on page four. the editorial page,
of this issue these figures, abso-
lutely unbiased. are presented.
These statistics are recommended
to the careful consideration Of all
voters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
Rating for City Should Bill to
Classify Towns, Entered
Today, Be Passed.
SUNDAY BALL is PROBABLE
POLL TAKEN OF THE SENATE,
WHICH HAS BEEN DOUBTFUL,
SHOWS PROPOSED MEASURE
MEETS WITH FAVOR.
Palladium Bureau.
Indjanapoljs. Jan, 2

SUosaUdpOuoy ~AU' &O'
A bill was introduced in the house
today to reclassify the cities of Indi-
ana. Cities with over hundred mil
lion assessed valuation are to be in
the first class. This means only In
dianapolis Cities with twenty five to
one hundred are to be in the second
class This includes Terre Haute,
Evansville and Fort Wayne. South
Bend is three million short of this
class. Cities of ten to twenty-five mil
lion, third class, includes South Bend,
Richmond. Marion, Muncie, Anderson
and Lafayette. Cities between the fig
ures five and ten million are included
in the fourth class and all other towns
are designated fifth class. Salaries OF
city officials are to be ixed by the as
sessed valuation of the towns. Con-
trollers. city judges and the board OF
public works are abolished by this bill
in third class cities unless the city
council establishes them on its own
initiative.
Sunday Ball Probable.
A poll taken OF the senate on the
Sunday baseball bill shows those in
favor of Sunday ball Il: partially IA
vorable Z: openly opposed, Is; par
TALLY opposed, ); non-committal, 4;
not seen, 6. It looks as II the bill viii
pass the senate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
Men Working on Intake Crib
In Lake Michigan Caught
Like Rats in Trap and Over
Twenty Die.
CHOOSE between FIRE
AND THE ICY WATERS
Thousands of People Line the
Chicago Lake Shore and
HeIpIessIy Watch the Terri
BILE Calamity.

Chicago, Jan. 2O-Between twenty
five and thirty-five men are believed
to have been burned to death or
drowned today when fire destroyed
the intermediate city water in
take crib, situated about two miles
out in lake Michigan opposite Seven
ty-third street. Nearly fifty others
suffered from horrible burns and ex-
posure in the icy waters where they
leaped to save their lives only to en-
gage in a battle with the cruel ice
floes.
A Terrible Calamity.
The destruction of the crib was one
of the worst calamities which has
taken place on Lake Michigan for
years. Some seventy-five men we're
employed at the intermediate crib"
and In the tunnel which is being con-
structed beneath the bed of the lake
as means of connecting the main
land with another crib further out.
The intermediate crib was merely a
temporary structure of wooden con-
struction and it burned like kindling
wood.
In the few moments before the en-
tire structure was ablaze seventy
eight men had to determine between
positive death by the flames or prob
able death from ice covered waters.
Many men endured the flames until
the last and then dropped into the
water or clung to the edge of the pier
until their arms nearly burned off,
then dropped to death in the icy wat
ers. The tug Morford which is moor
ed at the Sixty-eighth street crib went
to the rescue and succeeded in saw.
ing twenty-six men. 1t is believed
that fifteen perished in the tunnel be-
meath the crib where they were trap
ped like rats.
Die Before Thousands.
Many are believed to have been
drowned after struggling among ice
floes in sight of thousands of people
who lined the shores to witness the
horrible spectacle, but who were un.
able to do anything toward rescuing
the struggling victims two miles out
The first news of the fire came by
telephone but communication was
broken off by the death dealing fire
before the sentence was complet ted
Crib is on fire. for Gods sake send
49, One of the survivors places
the death list at thirty-six including
the timekeeper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
QUIT KIDDIN' US.

I'm. um. girls, listen. Down at
Metamora, a little town In Frank
lin county. there lives a well
known and wealthy citizen. who
says he never has been kissed. He
says, also. he never swore an oath,
took chew OF tobacco or smoked
pipe, but those things do not
count compared to his lack OF os-
culatory practice. And then, too,
It might not be for long, as David
Hawkins. the citizen in question.
is seventy-nine years old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
AGED ATTORNEY
BREAKS WRIST
J0hnathan Newman Has Very
Painful Accident.

Jonathan Newman one of the oldest
attorneys practicing at the Wayne
county bar. fell Tuesday evening in
front Of his residence, 313 Richmond
evenue and broke his right wrist The
injury b not serious one and Mr..
Newman is again able to be at his Of
nee. Mr.. Newman fell on the Ice and
as far as known this ID the flrst acci-
den this year due to the icy condi-
tio1 6 tie si1owalkx
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
BOYS GIVE BOOKS
TO THE Y. N. c. 4.
Good Start Made on a Ii
brary.

The directors Of the T. NJ c. A.
have promised the members OF the
boys department Of the association
that II they will furnish the books. the
association viii furnish the section
al book cases. The boys have taken ad-
vantage Of the opportunity offered and
are now Alling he flrst case. The
library for this department II located
in the southwest corner Of the Arst
noor and L. very attractively fur
nished.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
TALKED OVER
THE OUTLOOK
Option Executive Committee
Holds Session.

The executive committee of the local
option organization met last evening
and talked over the outlook. It was
announced that an effort was being
made secure Seaborn Wright of Geor-
gia, an ex-United States senator, to
speak at the Coliseum next Wednesday
night. This morning the officers of the
committee stated that the only other
evening was the discussion of the
progress being made. This was report
ed to be encouraging.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
Edward Lamb at County Jail
Last Night Tried to Hang
Himself by Using Blanket
For a Moose.
WAS ABOUT EXHAUSTED
WHEN He WAS CUT DOWN
After His Rescue Unfortunate
Man Denied He Attempted
Suicide-Said to Be Second
Attempt Made.

''Why, l never tried to hang myself"
murmured Edward Lamb scarcely
audibly last night. His face was a
dark blue color and his tongue pro-
truded between his teeth slightly.
About his neck was blanket the
other end Of which had been fastened
to bar of the cell at the county Jail
in which the man had been confined.
Lamb is an insane patient at the
Jail. He is regarded as dangerous
and for the most part he is under
constant surveillance. Previous to
being placed in the Jail for safe keep
ing it is alleged he had attempted his
own life at his home on Sheridan
street. The condition of the man is
regarded as hopeless. Attaches of the
county Jail say they do not believe
he will live long. Owing to condi-
tions at the hospital admittance for
the man can not be obtained there
and the Jail is not such a place as to
permit his receiving professional
treatment.
Blanket For a Moose.
At what time Lamb fastened the
blanket from his bed about his neck
and then to the bars is not known by
any of the inmates of the JAIL Owing
to his condition. Lamb has been kept
apart from the other prisoners. When
Lamb was first observed. he was al
most entirely exhausted. He could
scarcely breathe and had he not been
taken down when he was, death
would have followed SOON
At the time he was confined in the
Jail it was announced that he had at
tempted suicide at his home. The day
following the publication of this an
nouncement members Of Lambs fam
lily Indignantly denied the report
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
HAVE BANQUET
N DUTCH SPA
7. N. G. A. Bible Classes Have
Gay Time.

Last evening the high school Bible
classes of the Y. NJ c. A. met and par
#ticipated In the banquet given in the
Spa at $50. Afterward the boys di-
vided into their four classes and stud
led the Bible. Following this two has
ket ball games were played. the T. T.
being defeated by the Taggarts in the
game % to s. and the p. B's bowling
= the Cottons IN ths secoad 1e-to 6
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
HEALTH IMPROVED.

Ed Schultz. formerly secretary Of
the Richmond Safety Gate Company.
who resigned because of his health
and went to Denver. Colo. has re-
turned to his home in this city. Mr..
Schutte's health is much improved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
BERT MEDSKER
BEFORE COURT
Wants Settlement in Bram
Estate.

Bert Medsker, an attorney Of Cam
Fox this morning in an effort to bring
about a settlement in he Byram es-
tate. Medsker was named commits
sioner to sell the real estate concerned
originally. but because OF his mac
tivity was removed by the court and
Wilfred Jessup named commissioner
He is now bringing about a settlement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
A TAFT BABY.

A Taft baby has arrived at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Har-
ris, 113 Ridge street The baby is the
fifth one in the family. Its full name
is Melville Taft Harris.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA AND ONO -ceasraliy fair
and warmer ttie evening and
Thuso6asA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20

Continued on Page Five.)
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
EAGLE TRANSFER
To BUILD
MODERN BUILDING FOR LIVERY
AND TRANSFER PURPOSES TO
RE ERECTED THIS COMING
SPRING ON SOUTH MISSION.

Work will be started on the Eagle
Transfer company's new building. on
Mission street, early in the corning
year. Architect j. w. Sussex, who
planned the World building and the
Russell-Plough building, as well as
many of the more recent Wenatchee
residences, has the work in charge
Mr.. Sussex is very enthusiastic about
his latest contract and the citizens
of Wenatchee may expect one of the
most up-to-date livery houses in the
United States.
The building will be 65x110, two
stories and basement, reinforced con-
crete throughout, and will cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000 or more.
The main floor will be devoted to
stalls and offices and there will be a
cement lined room for washing vehi-
cles. The second floor will be given
over to club rooms for the use of en-
ployes, where there will be a number
of bedrooms, a social hall, baths and
lockers An electric elevator will
run through to the basement, so that
the handling of feed will be facilitat-
ed to the utmost degree. The grain
bins are to be in an areaway under
the sidewalk. The offices are to be
of the most up-to-date sort and the
whole building will be another in
stance of Wenatchee's unparalleled
development. The site chosen is on
Kittitas
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
PROSECUTE FRUIT
BUYER
'iSHNERE GROWERS WHO
CIF1C HAWAIIAN FRUIT co.
SEEN TO SEND AGENT TO PEN.

]. d. Corselius, editor of the Cash
mere Record, was in the city yester-
day and stated to the Daily World
last night that the large number of
growers in the Cashmere country who
were bunkoed by r. E. Snyder, rep
resenting himself as general manager
Of the Pacific Hawaiian Fruit COM
pany, are going to make an effort to
send Snyder over the road. This man.
through his ability as a talker, in
duced large number of Cashmere
people to entrust their fruit to him
and as a result they are out thou
sands of dollars. Prosecuting Attor-
ney Kemp is to meet with the grow
ers on Wednesday and concerted ac-
ton will be taken towards seeking to
recover the value of the fruit from
the Pacific Hawaiian Fruit company
and to also send Snyder over the
road.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
APP[ED|C|T|S-P0P-
U[AR A|[MENT
BROKE OUT IN VIOLENT FORM
THIS WEEK ON COLUMBIA
RIVER c. & o. STEAMBOAT
SOME SYMPTOMS.

Appendicitis, hookworm, philo-
gustoc, and all the other up-to-date
diseases have been supplanted in pop
ular favor by a new one that origin
ated on the Columbia river, known
technically as appledicitis. The only
remedy found successful so far is
spray of chloride of lime augmented
by a gasoline engine.
A severe case of it was experienced
on a Columbia river boat recently
when a fat man who had just pur-
chased a future orchard in the Trail
alap valley broke loose and nearly
caused a riot. He got on above Pa
teros and promptly broke up a game
of solo in order to tell the players
about his ranch. The courteous pas
sengers listened to him for two hours
and then retired for the night. But
the fat man found a victim who could
not get a stateroom and all night long
the feverish passengers heard the fat
mans nasal voice.
There's nothing like it, | tell you
just as soon as those apple trees of
mine get to bearing I'm going to
have a thousand dollars off every
acre. And I've got perpetual water
right. And say, there's not rock on
my land. What did you say was the
best variety of apples? The taxes
are lower where my ranch is than any
other place in the state. l only paid
$500 an acre for my ranch" and so
on all night long. In the morning
the fat man got them all rounded up
at breakfast and started fresh
Il tell you. gentlemen, this state
has the greatest future in the coun-
try! Nothing like it. Why, l heard
of man in Wenatchee who made
$4,000 just from one acre, but that
was exceptional, you know. l just
cut his luck down rs per cent and
only allow myself TO expect 500 an
acre off of mine. But it will go
better than that. Ny ranch has ex-
ira good soil and l expect-hey, wait
a minute, say, hold on, expect" etc..
etc, etc.
That's appledicitis-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
CALL OFF STARvA-
TON STRIKE
TWO HUNDRED FORMER /. w. w.
PRISONERS ATTEND MASS
MEETING - NEW ACTION BY
MEMBERS.

Spokane. Wash, Dec. 14.-At a
mass meeting held this morning at
the I. w. w. hall it was voted to
call off the starvation strike of free
speech prisoners in the city's jails
and to eat the regular meals offered
and work on the rock pile.
Attending the meeting were about
200 former prisoners, who spoke in
favor of the action. 1t was deemed
advisable to eat in order to keep up
the fight, and to eat it was found
necessary to accept the labor on the
rock pile demanded by the authori-
ties.
One of the objects of accepting
food and calling off the strike is that
the city of Spokane may be put to
more expense. The city, under the
bread and water fare, was saving too
much money, the claim was made
James j. STARK was appointed a
committee of one to notify the pris-
oners at the Franklin school of the
action of the meeting, but on calling
there at noon today was refused an
opportunity of cOnversing with the
men.
Stark. who had completed 80 days
for the cause of free speech, said this
morning:
SO far as the |. w. VS. are con-
cerned, we are in better shape than
at any time since the fight began
Our men are standing by their prin-
ciples and will continue to go to Jail
in behalf of free speech if it takes
year to settle this matter"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14

JURY TAKES FIVE HOURS TO DE-
SIX BALLOTS TAKEN - HE
TAKES 1T CALMLY.

Olympia, Wash, Dec. Guilty
as charged" was the verdict brought
in at $40 o'clock tonight by the 12
men seleced to try Ortis Hamilton,
former adjutant general, on a charge
of larceny by beZZlement
The jury was out for five hours
and Is minutes and took six ballots
The first ballot showed ten for con-
viction and two for acQuittal and just
before going to dinner the IL were
evenly divided After eating they
stood 10 to again, the majority for
conviction The next two ballots
were II and one and then came the
last and deciding ballot, when all
agreed upon his guilt
Hamilton took the news of his
calmly and showed no sur
prise and was as cool as he was at
the time the trial opened, three weeks
ago. His attorney will give notice
of an appeal tomorrow
The other three charges against
Hamilton can not be tried until next
February. The penalty is under the
indeterminate sentence plan of from
one to ten years at the state peni-
tentiary. The court in its discretion
NAV order tho minimum tjma corvod
in the county jail.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
CUT.
OFF BY FLOOD
TRAIN SERVICE, JUST REESTAB-
LSHED, KNOCKED OUT BY
RAGING WATERS OF NOOK
SACK AND SKAGIT RIVERS.

Bellinghm, Dec. 14.-Bellingham
is again without train service and it
will be some days before 1t can be
resumed. The lines had been opened
but two days after being tied up for
nearly two weeks by floods, when the
second flood came down the Nook
sack and Skagit river valleys Satur-
day night and yesterday. The tenn
porary piling bridge across the Nook
sack on the Great Northern was car
ried out yesterday. Mount Vernon
reports that several miles of tempo
rary work between that city and Stan
wood, 1 s miles further south, is gone.
More than dozen culverts and a
small bridge are gone, while slides
have occurred in many places.
The Northern Pacific track is COW
cred with slides along Lake What
com, while south of Sedro-WoOlley
it is gone in 16 places, some sections
a quarter OF mile in length having
disappeared. The Stillaguamish and
Snohomish rivers are higher today
than in the previous food, the for
mer changing its course for a mile
near Arlington and is threatening the
town.
The Skagit and Nooksack rivers
are not so high as they were two
weeks ago, as the dikes are gone and
the flood waters are spreading over
the bottoms
At noon the whole Skagit delta
was again under water, the streets of
LaConner, IL miles from the river,
being flooded
There will be little loss by this
freshet, except to the railways.
Bellingham has received no mail
since Saturday night.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
Sold 80 Ephrata Lots.

Though yesterday was the opening
day for the Wenatchee Realty & In
vestment company on the sale of the
Mob Hill addition to Ephrata, yet 80
lots were sold during the day. The
office was filled with prospective buy
ers this morning and it is safe to say
that the sales during this day will
equal that of yesterday The buy
ing public of Wenatchee feel very
friendly towards the Quincy and
Ephrata country and believe that
there is great future for that coun-
try and as consequence a great deal
of Wenatchee money is being invest
ed in that section.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
Transferred Watchmen.

Since the commencement of the
switchmen's strike the railroad COM
pany has had two watchmen on duty
here. This is simply a matter OF
form as there is absolutely no dan
ger to the railroad property, yet A.
J. Van Landingham has been on duty
during the day and A. w. Guthrie at
night. Yesterday the service was dis
continued here and the men ordered
to Leavenworth for duty. Mr.. Van
Landingham did not go but his place
was taken by A. c. Kelly, who will
be on duty during the day at Leaven-
worth.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14
Need More Men i'm NAVY.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE need of
the United States navy for more en-
listed men is shown by the orders
issued today, placing in reserve the
armored cruiser New York, which
only a few months ago was placed in
commission after having been COM
pletely rebuilt. The order was given
so that the crew might be used in
forming the complement for the new
battleship Michigan, which is fitting
out at the Philadelphia navy yard
The shortage of men may force the
retirement of other vessels.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-14

SURVEY OF THIS COMPANY BE-
ING CRISS-CROSSED BY THAT
OF THE GREAT NORTHERN
HEADING FOR CANADA.

Indications clearly point to the in
tention of the North Coast railway
to build its road in the Columbia
valley during the coming season. The
preliminary survey, which was maCe
during the fall, from Wenatchee
north as far as Pateros, is being fol-
lowed by a most careful one which
is said by engineers to be the per-
manent survey preparatory to work
of grading. The party is now laying
out the right of way few miles
south of Orondo.
The Great Northern is evidently
alarmed over the work that is being
done by the North Coast. A party of
Great Northern surveyors is now
closely following the party from the
North Coast, and it is said that the
survey of the Great Northern crosses
that of the North Coast several times
within a distance of few miles
Since the recent attempt of North
Coast men to purchase a large tract
of land at East Wenatchee no other
efforts to secure right of way have
as yet been made.
1t seems evident that it is the Dur-
pose of the North Coast to constru
its line up the Columbia valley AMI
to connect with the Canadian Pacific.
of which it is a subsidiary company.