Piqua Leader-Dispatch (Newspaper) - October 16, 1908, Piqua, Ohio Fair tonight EVERY ELECTOR MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO VOTE PIQUA A LITTLE WANT AD IB the Is by several thousand read T PIQUA OHIO FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 1908 2 CENTS If you don't register you can't vote Every voter must register NOW for the November election Remember that this includes YOU Tomorrow is the last registration day You can register at your precinct polling place tomorrow from 8 A M to 2 P M and from 4 till 9 P M Don't lose your vote Register tomorrow IN OPERATION telepost Service Boston IS SPEEDY AND CHEAP tf at Rate of a Minute Coat by Delany Method Special I Delivery and Letter Art Features of Tele- pott Company's Pint sage From Boston to Portland Boston Oct The Delany cd of transmitting messages by at the rate of one thousand words a minute was inaugurated here today by the Telepost company and Its use in connection with the office delivery system is now an ual fact In American life With the transmission of the first Telepost message from Boston to land Me handed to the Telepost op- hiere by Mayor Hibbard of this city the Telepost was Into ation between the two cities the line Including the following way Lowell Mass Lawrence Mam Mass N mouth N H Dover N H ford Me Saco Me tnd Old Orchard Me In each of these cities there is now a Telepost office prepared to re- and transmit messages The Telepost transmits and receives messages at the rate of thousand words a from twenty to forty times as many as any other telegraph system now in operation Tele- post full Capacity of the wire while others get 10 per cent- The Telepost company gathers and sends them on its own lines It delivers messages itself by its own special delivery service the messages then being called by the miliar name or it relies for delivery upon the organized postoffice department run by Uncle Sam In the latter case the message Is knowa as a The com- pany also receives messages through the postoffice department for trans- mission to near -or distant that is a man living in one of the cities named or within mailing dis- tance of may write out his telegram or his Telepost drop it addressed to his correspondent near or far in care of the Telepost company The latter will attend to its prompt and speedy transmission The telephone may also be utilized by the Telepost shorter telegram transmitted at a V The rates charged by the Telepost company are uniform whether the dis- tance traversed by the message is ten miles or a thousand twenty-five words for 25 cents delivered by messengers or fifty words for 25 cents brought to your door by one of Uncle Sara's men Tne charge for the is J 0 cents for ten words sent to any place reached by the Telepost company's lines A special envelope of odd size and attractive design makes it easier for the mail distributors to recognize and handle The is also of special design in order to facilitate handling While the service inaugurated today Includes only the cities named above the Telepost company has already contracts to make rapid sions from Boston in other directions The scene in the Telepost offices at the opening of the new service was a most interesting one The audience included besides Mayor Hibbard a large number of men prominent in the business and professional life of this city The newspaper men who were present not only looked upon the ting to practical use of the Invention of Patrick B Delany as an Interesting item of news but as one that is ex- to vitally their own ness of ne and ing The Telepost company intends to establish at its offices in the cities a bulletin service giving the most important news items of the day in skeleton form referring the readers to the newspapers for details The first messaged over the Telepost lines was that of Mayor Hibbard to the mayor of Portland Me congratulating the latter the the new system The first Telepost message will as an interesting memento of the occasion Among those present were Patrick B- Delany the inventor of the H Lee Sellers the president of the company R H lers its secretary and treasurer and J W Larish its electrical engineer The various operations of the Tele- such as the type the transmission of message handling the receiving tape etc were fully ex- and aroused the highest In- terest The system has won the highest from expert authorities in electricity Thomas A Edison with whom Mr Delany ed years ago said of it The system in its entirety is so simple that it is perfectly fool proof In addition to telegrams of the new style and the innovation in the wire world includes the j which is to the telegram and the Telepost what postal card is to the letter In words it is a Forest Fires Are Raging Mich Oct 16 Specials from many points throughout ern Michigan show that forest fires have broken out again with renewed fury From Millersburg in Presque Isle county comes word that the town of Metz was wiped out by fire with losses aggregating nearly John and Stranded Will Try to of New floating of three off A r buckle noted is u the Yankee ago went rocks at the Buzzards bay Us entered for this BOO Mr is to iip to in Mr Arbuckle 10 of work and if n profit curt o-f birt lire tho to is his the float ship to be abandoned of tJio pay win ibe In TAFT CAMPAIGNS IN BLUE GRASS STATE Is Greatly Pleased at ity of Reception Mrs Logan and Her Who Was Arrested Louisville Ky Oct on his declaration that the south is at part of the Union and as such entitled to be considered In the present Judge Taft spent the day ing in the towns and cities of tucky He is the first Republican candidate for the presidency to the Blue Grass state Mr Taft will be the first Republican presidential to carry his campaign into Tennessee North Carolina and ginia which he proposes to visit in the next two days His reception has been a typification of proverbial southern hospitality The crowds which greeted him at the dozen places he spolce were large and evinced every phase of political en- The attention he received while expounding Republican was such as to indicate more than passing interest Evidently Impressed by his cordial reception the candidate made references to it during the day That Judge Taft will not permit antagonistic partisan interruptions while addressing an audience was il- lustrated at Shelbyville where the special arrived just at dark He spoke in a hall which was crowded and as he proceeded there were persistent cries of Bryan The judge referred to the interruption pleasantly at first but as it continued he declared with some It is just such in- stances as this which show why it is that the Democratic party never gets control of the government It has in it which lack the slightest sense of responsibility decency or courtesy Admits Robbing Campaign Fund Lincoln Oct the por lice court Clarence F tute matt carrier Lincoln confessed that he had taken letters addressed to liam J Bryan's newspaper and con- funds for the Democratic fund Broad admitted taking 11 letters Monday Letters have been missed for several months Broad was bound over to await the action of the United States grand jury Abruzzi Must Get a Job New York Oct Duke of the Abruzzi will not be permitted to marry Mise Katherine Elkins unless he agreed to a demand of her father United States Senator Elkins of West Virginia that he come to America and go to work Upon no other con- dition will Miss Elkins father give his consent to the marriage Clash Not Tokyo Oct Japanese for- eign office does not attach much im- portance to the encounter between Japanese and Chinese troops at tao According to information ed here the Chinese attacked a police garrison and in the fighting that lowed eight Chinese and three anese soldiers were killed The nese are said to have been the The arrest of William F Tucker army paymaster of Mrs Johm o.f the civil war general caused a sensation tin circles The change Mrs In a out she scored and declared tins world to the facts concerning differences Tucker and his daughter Officials Hold Conference at PUN TRIP FOR JOCKEY CLUB Permit Bookmaking In of Racing Commission Cincinnati will be permitted in defiance of the orders of the Kentucky racing com- mission at the fall meeting of the tonia Jockey club which commences Monday Oct 19 the directors of the jockey club so deciding at a held here It is expected that this decision will bring on a clash with the state racing commission which has repeatedly de- clared in favor of the pari-mutuel tern of betting and refused cation of the jockey club for sion to allow bookmaking at Latonia If the matter is taken to the courts not only the control cf racing in tucky but the future of the racing in that state will be at stake The racing commission is expected to apply for an injunction to restrain the Latonia directors from permitting bookmaking and the Latonia officials will probably meet the attack by fighting in the courts the validity and constitutionality of the law creating the racing commission The directors stated that the pari-mutuel machines were tried at Latonia at the spring meeting and the club lost able money Man Is Supreme Chief Washington Oct N Y the and the second Tuesday In October 1909 the time were for the next annual convention of the supreme castle Knights of the Golden Eagle Some of the now elected Supreme chief Dr Charles D Krini Columbus O vice chief Dr K F Lake supreme high priest Rev Richard Woods W Vn The convention changed the date of the annual memorial day from the third Sunday in to the third Sunday in May nnd voted to place n tombstone on Urn grave of its der John E Burbage in Baltimore and later erect a handsome Representative of New York State Will Continue to Oppose Removal of Murderer From of State Courts but as Attorneys For Prisoner Have Agreed to No Obstacles to Return td lum Msy Be Forced Yield Point New York Oct was an- here that Harry Thaw might got to next Sunday Ing or soon thereafter to testify in connection with the bankruptcy now pending against him in city information was given out after a- Dr Amos T Baker assistant super- intendent of the hospital for the criminal is confined and Colonel Asa Bird diner special deputy attorney eral appointed to take charge of the Thaw case in behalf of ae state A writ issued by the United States court in Pennsylvania commanding Dr Robert E Lamb superintendent of the hospital to produce Thaw in Pittsburg was served on Dr Lamb and Dr Baker his assistant hastened to New York from Fishkill Landing where the hospital is ed to consult with Colonel Gardiner about obeying the writ Colonel diner says that the Thaw tives have promised not to put any obstacle in the way of Thaw returned to New York in case he pears in Pittsburg and as this was his contention against having the prisoner taken there diner says he does not see how he can successfully oppose the new writ I have made nil arrangements to go to Pittsburg to argue the said Colonel Gardiner but I can not tell at this time whether Thaw will go there or not T wish to discuss the case with Attorney General Jackson before taking any definite action In I will argue against Thaw being taken to that eity but if I fail to have the writ dismissed Thaw will be telegraphed for BRYAN DONATES TO REPUBLICAN FUND Contribution Conditioned on lying Old Banners Nebraska City Neb Oct will give five dollars to the can campaign committee of this city if the Republicans will carry in their parade this the banners which they boastingly carried eight years ago J Bryan made this offer during the course of his speech in this city in which he called attention to the great difference between his reception now and that accorded him eight years ago Then he received intimations of personal violence in case he should speak against the trusts the local starch factory having been taken over by the alleged trust against which legal proceedings were pending Then he warned the zens of this city that they had no surance of retaining the industry Since that time the factory has been closed down the machinery moved out and wrecking crews are now dis- mantling the old buildings Insulting banners were carried in a Republican parade at that time and Mr Bryan made the above offer leaving the money with the chairman of the meeting In handing over the money Mr Bryan Your starch works ners are discarded now as the full dinner pall has been discarded in the labor centers of the east The more experience the have with the trusts the more ready they are to say with the Democrats that a private monopoly is and able WILL NOT FOOL HEARST DEFIES Haskeli to Have Libel Suit Tried Before Election Omaha Neb Oct R Hearst en route to Chicago gave out the following statement regarding the suit brought by Governor Haskeli against When Mr Haskeli first declared several weeks ago that he was going to sue me he said that he was unable to raise the necessary money At that time I offered to supply any de- in order that he might ily bring the suit When he stated that he could not find me to serve me I stated that I would accept vice if the summons were merely mailed to my address Mr Haskeli adopted the sensa- tional method of breaking into my sleeping rooms to serve the summons but he did not adopt the sincere method of setting the trial before the election I am called to answer on the day of November 1908 I reiterate all that I have said of Mr Haskeli and all that he has proved by his resignation as national urer I do not believe that this case will ever come to irial and I defy him to bring it to trial long enough before Nov 3 for his true character to be thoroughly exposed in Castro Makes Quick Reply to Rumors WILL BE SHOT TO TO REGISTER TOMORROW Oil YOU MAY NOT A VOTE THIS FALL Nebraska Tour Ends Plattsmouth Oct 16 liam Jennings Bryan closed his days speaking tour of his home state large meeting in this city be safely counted in the Democratic column this year by a larger majority than he received in 1896 The making began early in the ing and continued throughout the day More than 20 stops were made and at each place Mr Bryan talked longer than he had been scheduled for I know that I leave here he said at Tecumseh but these ple have been BO good to me in the past that I will have to remain with them a little His addresses were more aggressive than they have been during the week Christian Scientists to Have Daily Boston Oct Christian today announces the establishment by the Christian ence Publishing society of a daily paper to be known as the tian Science Monitor The ment in as The rent of human thought is setting in Axe direction of that which alone is good that men do not the evil It will be the mission of the Monitor to publish the real news of the world in a clean wholesome ner devoid of all the sensational methods employed by so many papers There will be no exploitation or of vice and crime but the aim of the editors will be to issue a paper which will be welcomed in every where purity and we cherished ideals Will Meet In Minneapolis New York Oct board of commissioners for foreign missions in annual convention In Brooklyn de- to hold its annual convention next year in Minneapolis and brate in Boston the centennial anniversary of its f oxidation SEVEN MEN KILLED And Twenty-three Injured by ture Blast Fort Collins Colo Oct men are reported killed and 23 others injured somt totally as tue result of a premature at the side lime quarry 18 miles from here Foreman James McPherson is ed fatally injured All the injured were removed to the hospital at Fort Collins in a special train The blast the face of 40 men Many of them were hurled a distance of 200 feet and were picked up dead or maimed The explosion was heard for miles in every tion and their wives for miles around rushed to the scene and gave succor to the injured Louisville Gets Next Meeting Washington Oct Ky was selected as the place and Oct 12 13 and 14 of next year as the time for holding the next annual con- vention of the Railway Signal tion at the concluding session of that organization Officers were elected as President R L Clausen Chicago senior vice president H S Balliet New York junior vice dent C E Denny Cleveland 0 secretary-treasurer C C Roseberg Bethlehem Pa Will Guard Jury New York Oct 16 The jury in the trial of Charles NY Morse and Alfred H Curtis will be up each night and placed under guard of States Banker Ends His Life Bradford Ark Oct the closing of the Bradford State bank and the issuance a warrant for the arrest cf the cashier H J Drennan who was alleged to be 000 short in his accounts Drennan's dead body found at his home The shotgun with which the man dently ended his was found1- near Fog Delays Fleet Tokyo Oct unexpected delay in the arrival of tne American Atlantic fleet which has encountered thick and stormy weather off the coast of the southern islands of the Japanese group has caused much dis- appointment in Yokohama and Tokyo owing to the enforced postponement of the elaborate reception planned for the Americans Received by Hitchcock From Und and Indiana New York Oct The tion of the names of the contributors to the Democratic campaign fund ated no perceptible commotion at Re- publican headquarters Chairman Hitchcock said that for the past two days he had been very much ed in the finances of his own tee so that he had little to de- vote to the financial affairs of any other committee Mr said he had received encouraging reports from Maryland through William P Jackson member of the national com- from Maryland Former Governor W T Durbin was at Republican headquarters at tne request of Chairman Hitchcock he made a brief statement as to tions in Indiana He Indiana will give the national Republican ticket a majority of from to The state ticket wm be ed by not less than Venezuelan Revolutionists Plot to Overthrow Government Under er of Dutch If Blockade Is At- tempted Holland's Demand Will Be Refused In Diplomatic ances Are More Feared Caracas Oct the bers of any revolutionary movement initiated during the prospective of Venezuelan ports will be mediately shot as traitors to their country If captured Is reported to be the present determination of dent Castro This is his answer to the rumors and newspaper reports circulating to the effect that under cover of Dutch guns a revolutionary movement is about to be undertaken to overthrow the Castro government President Castro arrived in Caracas from his tour of the interior inces a very sick man and his cians were In a state of great for several days The president's Iron constitution however came to his aid once more and his recovery was so rapid that all fears were quickly dispelled The one topic of conversation in- answer land's second note which has been reported to set the date of the annulment of Castro's trans- shipment decree which has been so obnoxious to the people of Curacao Holland's second note is a very long document according to reports and Venezuela's answer besides being lengthy is being prepared with great care It is believed that In it will be set forth in detail the reasons why the Dutch demand can not and will not be acceded to Tbs danger to Venezuela is not the strength of Holland's be- cause it is very generally conceded that the Netherlands no casus belli but on the contrary has the weakest case of any of those nations which are now at President Castro but In the fact that there are several nations especially the United and France would be only too glad to see pull their chestnuts out of the fire and these countries would probably by Holland Withdraws Chicago Oct Tucker her counsel drew from court the charge of wife abandonment recently filed her husband Colonel F Tucker U S A Attorney as the legal representative of Mrs Tucker that the case had been quashed in the municipal court in der to clear the way fox grand Jury action Noah Webster and His 150th The one hundred cf the j Is celebrated in nearly ery In America The State Teacher's as SLI elation ol itent held KS meeting Grove Si in Now Haven a buried Webster was born on of Waster tabor 16 on a fawn for great now within UK of on live wry day live of Hertford Conn U a Une was in Lie is and to tlw j schools
