Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 327, 26 December 1906 — Page 1

MOM) ABIUM VOL. XXXI. XO. 327. Richmond. Indiana, Wednesday Morning, December 26, 1906. Single Copy, One C?nt. TOUCHING SCENES GAVE TESTIMONY EACH TO GET L ONE MORE XMAS. PASSED AND GONE $100,000 PIBE AT DECATUR

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THE LATEST W OF SHELVING HIM Suggested by Aspirants for Presidency that Roosevelt Go to Panama. TO DIRECT CANAL WORK FRIENDS OF ROOSEVELT LAUGH AT THE SUGGESTION BUT ADMIT THERE IS PLENTY TO BE DONE IN THE ZONE

GIRL HAS BEEN ASLEEP A WEEK GREETED WORKERS I t Members of the Salvation OF APPRECIATION REMEMBER THE DEPARTED G. A. R. Exercises to be Held Tomorrow Night Woman's Relief Corps to Hold Memorial in Conjunction With the Post TOWN NEARLY DESTROYED Bloomington, 111., Xmas. Miss Carrie Scanlon, a Chicago stenographer took an overdose of sleeping powders while visiting here last Wednesday, fell asleep and cannot be awakened. Expert medical advice has been summoned from Chicago. Water Supply Soon Gave Out and Prisoners at County Jai! Wish

Many Buildings Were Torn Down f Army Tell of the Destitute Sheriff Smith and Wife. Happy Xmas Days. in Order to Check the FlamesBurt Hotel Was Burned Conditions They Saw.

Landscape in Keeping with Spirit of the Time and Day Was a Joyous One. MANY HAPPY GATHERINGS

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MANY WERE MADE HAPPY

h i OLD, FEEBLE, SICK AND CRIPPLED ONES WERE AIDED AND GIVEN OF THE GOOD THINGS OF THE LAND. it tl .1 'J it 4 Testerday was a day of mingled U emotions for tho members of the Salt vation Army, who distributed the many baskets to tho poor people of - the city. They were happy that they "i were able to bring joy into the darkt ened and unhappy homes, but were j touched with sadness at the many pit2 iful sights and stories which greeted .J them while delivering the baskets of hi the good things to persons, who, under ordinary circumstances, would y have had a dreary Christmas. All j were appreciative of their treatment j ill iuu uuuua fJL iue uuiij, uu me At i i - - a it,. . . . i . 1, rt a touched a responsive chord in their K hearts. J A story of pride, self-sacriflco and j sorrow was related at the headquarters last night, by one of the men who 1 1 delivered a Christmas basket to a cerI tain homo in the southern part of the if city. 1J He rapped softly. Only a distant response was made and the sound of tottering steps was heard. After a 1 1 short wait, the door was slowly opent ed anrl a nicture creeted the Army ') worker. The sad, blue eyes, the A wrinkled cheeks, greatly sunken by ai loosely about her shoulders, for it was ;n a woman, touched even the Army man rj who is always prepared lo meet such v sights. He looked into the 'back- ? ground, and there saw a small fire 5 burning in an old kitchen stove around which hovered three children, their faces expressing anything but the joy of Christmas. The pictures on tho wall were faded. The few j chairs showed the ravages of time j voile the carpet, if you would call it itl a carpet. Was in rags. A few cov- ! less books held a place in the corner

'hot the room, while the old cupboard f"j"was standing open and empty. tit The Army man asked if this was the Ij place to which he had been sent and if j they were in need. The wan face of K the woman brightened, but her form i arose to almost erectness, as her fee lble, but sweet voice replied: "No one 1 1 could have sent me that basket of food; it was surely meant for the lady j J next door. She is poorer than I. Give vmhe things to her. They were meant

for her." The man had enly baskets for those addresses he had been given, and 'slowly, but regretfully he turned to !' . (Continued on Page Two.) jiW.H.BOtlEYIII TROUBLE A BANKER AND EDITOR Noblesville Man, Well Known In Rich mond, is Charged with Having Ap propriated Money Belonging to De positora of His Bank. I Koblesville, Ind., Xmas, (Spl.) Former President William II. Roney of the Cicero private bank, and pubsVsher of the Xoblesville Times, was C I arrested this morning on a charge of S 'embezzlement and grand larceny and fis now under bond of $S,000 to answer the charge. t Th Clrero hank xvna rwentlv Hnlrl

rf to the Farmers and Merchants bank J J of Cicero, and soon after the sale, ex

L t i icrts were nlaced at work on the

on books. It Is claimed Roney took ,. $4,157 of the bank's.money without authority ,as shown by the books. Roney is also charged in a civil suit filed today, with having appropriated $1,000 of the bank's money. He was the organizer of the bank and he and j. three ethers gave notes for $4,000 as its capital stock. Only one of these notes was ever paid,- it-is alleged, and

iiouey, ji is ciaimea, appropriated mis i . money to his own use. $THIEF MAY. REPENT ACT vo. :

ouj Stole White Robe Used by Health Of-

ficer in Visiting Smallpox Patients. Marion, Ind., Xmas.( Spl.) Dr. O. r W. McQuown, city health officer, is the victim of an unusual theft, and whoevr 1 irnilfv mar Krvr r ration t- rt Ma nr.. 1IUU. In visiting smallpox patients,

rii r)r- McQuown wears a long white robe.

(e t :ie hung the robe in an out-of-the-way i. r nl.-ioe. It soon dlsrrnenrert nnrl tho

Qpi i ' r- - - - .-.- 3 -irtv onlnnntlriTi that en n ho it-rtr la

i' that it was stolen. Tho deve' nment , f a new case of smallpox is expected i. .n due time unless the person taking. sjho robe Is Immune.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Fair warmer Wednesday; Thursday partly cloudy; light south winds. OHIO Fair warmer Wednesday and Thursday light to fresh west winds. GRAFTER AS WELL More Facts Are Coming to Light About Russian Woman Who Played Man. MUCH MONEY WAS TAKEN A FORMER EMPLOYE OF DE RAYLAN SAID HE WAS PAID HUSH MONEY BY WOMAN UP TO TIME OF HER DEATH. Chicago, Xmas Treason, treachery and graft were the mildest terms applied today by Peter Victorowitz to the legal bureau conducted by the, late Nicolal De Kaylan in connection with the Russian cousulate in Chicago. . Victorowitz, a former employe of De Raylan, . says the latter paid him "hush money" up almost to the day of her death. De Raylan, who is the woman who recently died in Arizona after posing for years as a man, holding a clerkship in the Russian consulate ,and marrying two Chicago women, is declared by Victorowitz t have been the moving spirit in the alleged grafting even after her dismissal from the consular service on a charge of the theft of an important state paper. . . Money, was taken in in large sums by De Raylan, Victorowitz said in a formal statement to Assistant States Attorney Zolitkoff today,- for transmission to Russia and then never accounted for. He does not pretend to say how much these sums will aggregate, but remarks that they were sufficient to make De Raylan rich. "The usual excuse was," says Vic torowitz' statement, "that Russian rev I olutlonary C0nditOns had made the transmiss'on of money impossible and that it was impossible to get it back. As a matter of fact, half this money or more never left Chicago. "We have known for some time, says Prosecutor Zolitokoff, that some such crookedness existed, but could not find where it was. We shall trace this graft farther back." BRYAN ON CHILD LABOR Says Beveridge Bill is Similar to His Plan for Smashing Trusts, (Publishers Press.J Atlanta; Ga., Xmas. A. J. McKelway, secretary of the national child labor committee, has received from William J. Bryan a letter in which the latter expressed his thanks for a copy of the Beveridge bill, of which he says: "The plan which Beveridge adopts for the prevention of child labor is identical with the plan I have urged for the suppression of the trusts. I believe the control which Congress has over interstate commerce enables it to apply a simple and effective remedy." WATSON TO BE SPEAKER He Will Address Y. M. C. A. of the Big Four at Indianapolis Monday. Indianapolis, Xmas, '(Spl.) The eleventh anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of the. C. C. C. & St. It., railroad and the third anniversary of the dedication of the association's new building w;h be , celebrated next Monday. The princi pal address will be made by James E. Watson, Congressman fjom the Sixth district. Will Install Officers. Milton, Ind, Xmas, (Spl.) On Thursday night the following newly elected officers of Masonic Lodge No. 108 will be installed Dr. Luke. M.; Gentle. W. M.J Ralph B. Lantz, S. W.; Oliver Wallace, J. W.; Martin V. Brown, Treas.; Sherman Werking. Secy. The banquet will by John Qugermanbe served

MASQUERADE!

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WERE GIVEN FINE DINNER

MENU AT THE B A STILE CONTAINED ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT A HEALTHY APPETITE COULD DEMAND. The Christmas spirit prevailed at the Wayne county jail yesterday. The bleak walls of the interior of the bastile, the long rows of cells and thexbarrert windows did not seem to have their usual significance to the eighteen prisoners confined there. At the best to spend the "day of all days'' in prison is generally regarded as a tough proposition, and any effort put forth to brighten the occa sion and induce the unfortunates to forget their troubles for the time, is naturally appreciated. Sheriff and Mrs. Richard Smith, In keeping with the custom, made the Christmas spread one of special pro portions and the menu probably was the most elaborate ever prepared for the "boarders" at the jail. In ad dition to liberal portions of chicken with oyster dress'ng, there were trimmings of sweet potatoes and gravy, mince pie, candy, oranges, ba nanas, coffee, etc. All hands "fell to" with enthusiasm that is not all , apparent at prison meals and the "boys" made the walls of the jail ring with their merry making. The utmost freedom possible un der the circumstances was accorded the prisoners and when night came they got together and by a unani mous vote decided that Christmas had been made a day of pleasure for them. While Sheriff and Mrs. Smith were in their apartments early in the evening the following letter was sent to them from the jail: , Richmond, Ind., Dec. 25, 1906. We, the prisoners, confined in the Wayne county jail, do hereby tender our sincere thanks to Sheriff and Mrs. Smith for the bountiful dinner served "us on this Christmas day. As we have known your kindness In the past, we wish upon your retiremflit to private life many Merry Christniases and an equal number of Happy Xew Year's days. THE PRISONERS. OPPOSITION TO A STATE HOSPITAL Columbus Physicians Object to Open Air Sanitarium for ConSUmptiveSSET FORTH THE REASONS CLAIM . THAT THE CLIMATE HERE IS AGAINST THOSE SUFFERING FROM WHITE PLAGUE AND THEY MUST GO ELSEWHERE. . There arc signs now that there will be some opposition to the proposition to establish a State hospital for consumptives, during the coming session of the "Legislature. At Columbus twelve practicing physicians have issued a signed statement setting forth their reasons for opposition to the plan of an open-air hospital in line with recent methods of dealing with tuberculosis. It says In part: "While the outdoor or open-air treatment for tuberculosis in a dry climate, where experience has taught that a tubercular patient can live, is practical and reasonable, with the exercise of proper judgment and discrimination the idea of subjecting them to such treatment in the State of Indiana, where so many of them contract the death dealing disease, is neither scientific nor common sense. Finally, in the face of our repeated experience that any form of tubercular cases apparently recover their health and strength by an exile to a dryer and more healthful climate, but invariably die a short time after returning to this State, how could we reasonably expect anything better even if we were able to benefit them In a hospital for tuberculosis. In a climate where experience has taught j us they cannot live? For these reasons, all or izj part, and other reasons not mentioned, we earnestly protest against the medical profession of Indiana assuming any - responsibility for an enterprise that is unreasonable as well as unscientific, except it may be a home for those who have not the means to seek health in other climates, and where the experiments may be continued in the treatment of tuberculosis."

Tributes to the memories of civil

war veterans who have died during the past year, will be paid by Sol Meredith Post, Grand Army of the Republic, on Thursday evening in the Post Room, when the annual menorial , services will bo held. The mem orial services of the Woman's Relief Corps will be held jointly with the post services. The program arranged promises to be of special interest. Three members of the post have died during the year and a special memorial dedicated to each will be read. Gus Meyers will read a mem orial dedicated to Henry Fossenkemper; Allen W. Graves will read the memorial to Henry Davis and L-. M. White the memorial to James Sharkitt. CLAIM ftUTOISTS RAH DOWN FATHER Sons of Lewis J. Lee, Chicago , Millionaire, Assert that He Was Murdered. CLASH WITH THE POLICE HAVE SECURED INFORMATION BY PRIVATE DETECTIVES AND WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY. Publishers' Press. Chicago, Xmas. Was Lewis j. Lee the millionaire head of the Lee Advertising Agency, killed by automobilists and thrown into Lake Michi gan to save those responsible for his death from prosecution? , His sons, Nelson W. and I vers Lee not only explain their fathers death in this manner but say they know who the automobillsts were and have three warrants for their arrest, to be served immediately following the inquest tomorrow. It is hinted that Lee was not run down by the automobile by accident but that the intention was to kill htm either to rob him of a large sum he carried with him when last seen alive or because he knew facts dangerous to his murderers. Lee's body was found floating in the lake near the foot of the street on which he had lived on the evening llbSiJlZEX, sons instantly declared he had been murdered. The police took the view that he had fallen into -the lake by accident or jumped in intending to kill himself. They s?id the marks on his body might have been caused by coiact with the screw of a passing steamship or by the dashing of the body against the pileB along the lake front. They believed his relatives were mistaken in the claim that he had money with him which was ,not found on the body when it was recovered. The dead man's sons clashed with the Summerdale police today as a" result of their refusal to turn over the department evidence of the alleged murderer. Their position is based on the contention that the authorities have proved themselves incompetent to handle the case, that the evidence has been obtained by private detectives and that it will be better to turn it over directly ot the coroner and state's attorney. The elder Lee was seen alive on the night of December 12. when he left home to visit his office. His sons say they have evidence that he w-as returning home when he was killed. He was 61 years old and his sons say he had no financial or other reasons for ending his life. ALLEYS ARE UNSIGHTLY Street Commissioner Dye Cannot Keep Them Clean With His Present Facilities. Though Street Commissioner Dye has been making strenuous efforts to keep alleys cleared of ashes, trash and garbage, the accumulation is greater this winter than ever before and with present facilities there is facilities there likely to be trouble throughout the winter. A tour of the alleys in most parts of the city will show there are great heaps of ashes piled up behind nearly every residence. Trash boxes are filled to the running-over stage. Fenced Off Public Land. I Publisher- Presr.J Helena, Mont., Xmas. T. Brady a well known Grit Falls lawyer, ha3 been indicted by the Federal grand jury on. a charge of unlawfully fencing a 13,167 acre tract, of public land in Valley county.

FOND KISSES OF THOSE ONCE UNITED, MADE MANY HOMES HAPPIER THAN THEY HAD BEEN FOR MONTHS.

Christmas, 1906, is history, but the memory will live longer than today, especially to those who acquired indigestion as a result of the ardent wcoing of the Christmas turkey and trimmings. The din of the youngsters who encircled the Christmas trees and pounded drums and tooted horns, will be repeated today and for several days, until fond mammas shall proceed to stow away the nerve-racking instruments for future reference. It has been many years, it is said, since Richmond so completely gave way to the Christmas spirit as yesterday. There was something in the very at mosphere that was more Christmas like than usual, for in the past fifteen years there have been more "green" Christmases than "white" ones and consequently the mantle of the beauti ful that covered the landscape was ap predated. Family reunions were numerous and the home-comings of brothers and sisters were made the occasions of much joy. Business was absolutely at a stand still and most peeoplu spent the entire day in-doors, the number which indulged in the past time of sleighing being comparatively few. Services were j held in a few churches in the morning i and the attendance was large, especially, in the Catholic churches where the Christmas music, as usual, was oi

-.cl..,u. c-t,. money, he called upon the civil service In the amusement line, vaudeville J commission to provide him with a sufat the Phillips, the VanDyke-Eaton ! ficient force of agents. The commlsCompany at the Gennett and the skat- . sioners are arranging to hold examt- . . nations by January 20. It is estimat-' Ing rink, constitupted the offerings, . . , . , , . . . ' ed that a week or two will be reauired

ana an aiiraciea large crowas, DOtn afternoon and evening. TRACTION CAR IS STRUCK BV FLYER Christmas Accident at AshtaI hula Causes One Death and Many Injuries GATES WERE NOT DOWN LOADED CAR WAS CARRIED 600 FEET, THE RAILROAD TRACKS BEING STREWN WITH DEBRIS NEAR FORMER DISASTER. Publishers Press. Ashtabula. O., Xmas. The BuffaloPittsburg Flyer struck a trolly car on the Ashtabula Rapid Transit Line at Lake street crossing of the Lake Shore road about noon today, completely demolishing the trolkp car. One man was killed and a dozen injured. The dead: Leonard Newbold, aged 17, of Ashtabula. The injured: T. J. Bullock, Painsville, O.: William Cook. Ashtabula; Jasper Horton Ashtabula; Mrs. James Whelphey, Ashtabula; James Whelpley. Ashtabula; William Raignhart, Painsville; Mrs. Horace Johnson, Ashtabula; Clayton Gardner. Ashtabula; Mrs. Clayton Jenkins, Ashtabula; A. Cosino, Ashtabula; Robert Baptist, Erie, Pa.; Rowley Newbold, Ashtabula. The crossing gates, it is alleged. were not down when the car appro ached. While crossing the tracks the train struck the car about the middle and carried It ."Varly 600 feet, lining the north side of the track with debris. . Most of the injured will recover. The accident occurred about three hundred feet from the scene of the Ashtabula disaster of 1S76. GREEKS WERE GENEROUS Candy Store Gave Each Member of Police Department a Fine Box of the Sweets. Following their annual custom me proprietors of the Greek Candy store yesterday presented all the members of the Richmond police force with a fine box of candy. Saperinten?it Bailey and the Sergeants, McMjios and Betzold each received five pound boxes of the sweet sttflL

Publisher' Prss.J

Muncie, Ind., Xmas. Fire almost totally destroyed the town of Decatur Ind., twenty-five miles from here, ear ly today. The water supply was soon exhausted and many buildings -fare torn down to check the flames. Tho loss is about $150,000. Among the buildings destroyed were the Burt hotel, the Wells, Fargo Express Company's office and the Central Union Telephone exchange. L. Warring and M. Syphers were injured, the latter having a leg broken in jumping from the second story of the hotel. TARDY EXECUTION OE PURE FOOD LAW Failure of Congress to Appropriate Money at Last Session Caused It. EMERGENCY FUND VOTED AGENTS AND CHEMISTS ARE NOW WANTED TO COLLECT FOOD AND ANALYZE IT AS TO ITS PURITY. Washington, D. C, Xmas. The fail ure of congress at the last session to appropriate money for the execution of the pure food law is working a serious embarrassment to the officials of the agricultural department. The emergency appropriation of $200,000, recently passed for that purpose, will ; help to unravel the snarl. ! As soon as Secretary Wilson was j given me aumonzauon 10 spena ine to complete this work. There may i be difficulty experienced in securing efficient agents. The salary is to bej $2,000 a year with traveling expenses when on duty. The men must travel from one state to another and buy food products and drugs in tho open market for analysis. . The work will require an additional force of chemists. It is planned at first to station these chemists in larger cities of the different states where lab oratories are maintained or are to be established. Women may take an examination for this position. The first by grades will receive $3,000 year and the second $2,000. BALLARD GETS PROMOTION Former Richmond Man Goes From Vincennes Hotel to Big HsteIry at Birmingham, Ala. The following from the Vincennes Commercial of yesterday will be of interest to the local friends of Will N. Ballard, formerly of Richmond: "W. X. Ballard, the popular day clerk at the Union Depot hotel, has accepted a position as clerk at the Hotel Hillman of Birmingham, Ala. The Hotel Hillman, Is one of the lar gest hotels in the south. Mr. Ballard leaves a host of friends behind him and we predict that he will soon number his southern friends by the hundred." BIG DEAL IN FARM LAND Tract of 1,2C0 Acres Sold for Hundred Thousand. Dollars. One Worthington, Ind, Xmas, (Spl.) Nellie Peter, of Paris, France and Josephine Armstrong, of Louisville, Ky., have conveyed to Z. P. East, of this place, their farm of over 1.200 acres, lying between Worthington and. Bloomfleld, along White river; consideration, $100,000. It is one of the best tracts of land In this part of the State, and the deal is one of the largest ever made in this county. If not In Southern Indiana. The farm will probably be subdivided and sold in small tracts. INVITATIONS SENT HERE Local Friends of Governor-Elect Buchtel Have Been Invited to his Inauguration Invitations have been received by he close friends of Rev. H. A. Buch el, formerly pastor of the Graca M. E. church of this city, to attend his 'nauguration as Governor of Colorado.

Publishers rrees.J Washington, Xmas. Senators and members of congress who appear to be unusually eager to dispose of President Roosevelt as a potent factor in the next presidential campaign are talking now of what a fine thing it would be to put him in charge of the construction of tho Panama canal after his term has expired. They point to the fact that it was largely due to the Presidents influ

ence that the Panama route was selected. They feel that posterity will consider the great waterway a Rooseveltian enterprise and they declare that it wild be a splendid thing for Mr. Roosevelt to be the directing In fluence in Its construction. Some engineers estimate tnSLt it will require from nine to eleven. years to complete the work while others declare that tho canal cannot bo ready for use for from, twelve to fifteen years at the earliest The statesmen who are talking this way say that tho President knows of their views and has never said he would decline such a tender. Friends of the President laugh at these suggestions. LOCKS HIMSELF Hi VAULT WAS RESCUED BY CHANCE Indiana State Official Spends Bad Hour Trying to Attract Some One by Hit Cries Passerby Saves Him. Fort Wayne. Ind., Xmas. (Spl.) ; Edward M. Wilson, president of tho board of trustees of ths Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youtn. nau a harrowing experience today as tho result of accidentally locking himseir the vault to get some papers. .While thus engaged the doors swung to, and he heard the lock click behind him. Wilson lighted an incandescent globe and tried to turn the lock, but the catch could not be reached from the Inside. Nobody was likely to enter tho office for several hours. Wilson saw indefinite imprisonment ahead of him. ' He resorted to every kind of outr cry, but no ono w-as attracted by it. He was aware hat the sound of his voice hardly reached the offtco through the thick walls of the vault, but he continued his efforts to attract attention for more than an hour. Then he heard some one enter tho office. He renewed his cries. As soon as his voice could be located dflnately the door was unlocked and he was set at liberty. In the meantime his dinner had been waiting and there had been telephone calls from his home to know what had detained him. MAYOR HOW INTERESTED IN NEW MARKET HOUSE It is Likely That Me WIT! Call Coufl cil's Attention to the Need of Improvements at the Next Session ot That Body. At the next session of tho city council Mayor Schillinger, it is said, will call the attention of the body to the need for market house improve ments and it is the hope of the ad ministration to have action taken which will result in some decided changes which will facilitate the bus iness now being carried on by tho gardners for the benefit of the people. It is possible that steps will bo. taken toward remodeling the south side market house or erecting a new one on that site or gome other. The question of providing a shelter for the east end market Jso will be taut en up for consideration. WILL BE KEPT SEPARATED Black and White Soldiers Not to Allowed to Mingle While - r Off Duty. I Publishers' Press.l Fort Leavenworth' Kan., Xmas. Because of last nights riot betweea white and negro soldiers the semi official announcement was made U day that the black and white troopers will be kept seperated in future and not permitted to mingle either ou ur off duty," , "