The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-24

considerable disorder at the Twenty
fifth precinct polling place, North
Fourteenth and G streets, featured to-
days local option election.
Three arrests were made at the
North Fourteenth street polling place
before IL O'Clock.
Louigi Luddio, an Italian, ar
rested by Claude Knight, sher-
iff for the drys, charged with at
tempting to vote Illegally. Re-
leased on bond.
Charles Way and Matt Schell.
arrested by police officers for fight
ing Both released on bond.
Henry U. Johnson, attorney for the
vets, called to the Twenty-fifth pre-
cinct because of the arrest of Luddio,
engaged in a controversy with the
Rev. w. o. Stovall, pastor of the First
Baptist church, but fight was pre-
vented by Officer Bundy. No arrests
were made.
At police headquarters the Rev. Mr..
Stovall said Mr.. johnson cursed him
and dared him to fight.
StovaIrs Version.
The language Mr.. Johnson used
was worse than you would hear in
the lowest barrooms. He also told me
that | was not respectable, and when
told him that he was not always re-
spectacle himself, he became enrag-
ed" said the minister.
The arrest of Luddio almost caused
riot by large number of foreigners
assembled near the polls. When Sher-
Col, Il hi h \.
over to the Rev. Mr.. Stovall. and a
man named Hodgins. to be taken to
police headquarters. The Rev. Mr..
Stovall says Mr.. Johnson tried to pull
Luddio away from him. Finally Hod-
gins started down the street with Lud-
dio, whereupon the foreigners set upon
him and released the captive.
Clark Makes Charge.
They were taking Luddio away from
the scene of trouble when Officer Law
Ter and Officer Bundy arrived and re-
fuJheetsi-1He.{faliaR. -sOi6in1r-hisA~ to Do
lice headquarters. Cecil Clark. attor-
ney for the drys. says Luddio had not
resided in the precinct the required
length of time. Friends of Luddio as
sert he has lived in the precinct for
three years.
After the near riot, Wade and Schell
gave a fistic exhibition. Wade. a ma
chinist. was working for the drys. At
police headquarters he said he had
made the assertion he had not taken a
drink for four months. and that Schell
called him a liar. saying he had seen
him drinking in saloon last SatuT-
day night. Wade said he then struck
Schell. and lively mill ensued, to be
interrupted by Officers Lawler and
Bundy.
A delegation of ministers took the
combative dry worker to police head
quarters in an automobile and arrans-
ed for his bail Schell was taken to
headquarters by officers and also re-
leased on bail.
Call for Reserves.
About IL o'clock the drys requested
additional police at the North Four
teenth street polls. They were told
the police auto would bring reserves
any time a call was sent in. The Rev.
Mr. Stovall told Chief Goodwin squads
of men followed him and cursed him.
DR.. ]. Nj. Thurston, working for the
drys at the Fourteenth precinct poll
ing place, created excitement by sta
tioning himself within the lines and
refusing to move. The police patrol.
carrying Chief Goodwin. Prosecutor
Keller, and President Eversman of the
police board, and an officer, responded
to a call sent in from that place. and
required Dr. Thurston to observe the
legal distance.
There was stampede for the polls
in every section of the city as soon as
they opened at o'clock this morning,
and by noon. it is estimated. between
so and 50 per cent of the vote cast
! last fall, $500, was in. In two of the
south end wards. the First and Fourth,
nearly the entire vote was in before
II O'Clock, which brought great cheer
to the vets.
Alfred Underhill. a dry worker. was
sent sprawling into a gutter at the
Twenty-seventh precinct polling place
when he challenged man who haS
replied to Underhill's inquiry that he
intended to vote wet. After disposing
of Underhill the voter calmly entered
the polls and hast his ballot.
Drys Challenge Votes.
At large number of polls the dry
lenging a majority of the voters. but
with small success. Probably less
than twenty-five of these challenges
were effective.
In the Twenty fifth precinct the dry
workers had list of fifty-two Italians
they intended to challenge. Only one
on this list, Luddio. had attempted to
vote up to 10 o'clock. At noon 200
of the 260 voters in that precinct had
cast their ballots. The vets are claim
ing this precinct by a big majority.
AT the Seventeenth precinct, 715
North Tenth street. "A of the 10 vot-
ers had balloted by 10 o'clock. Six or
seven were challenged by the drys,
but later We're permitted to vote.
$50 in at Noon.
At the Sixteenth precinct, 205 North
F street, over 125 of the 200 votes
were in by noon.
Three-fourths of the 200 votes at
the Eleventh precinct, city building,
were cast by / o'clock.
At the Fifteenth precinct, All North
Eighth street. the drys had challeng.
ed many voters during the forenoon
and there We're numerous arguments.