Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 209, 29 August 1907 — Page 1

MOM) ABIUMANTD SUN-TELEGRAM. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. VOL,. XXXII. NO. 209. RICIOIOXD, IXD., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1907.

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WATSON WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP

First Authentic Statement in Regard to Attitude Is Made To Staff Correspondent of The Palladium. CHIEF DESIRE TO BE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. Also Hopes to Be Father of a New Tariff Bill Considers The Governorship Merely a Political Cemetery. (By Staff Correspondent.) Rushvllle, Ind., Aug. 29. Congressman James E. Watson slipped back to Rushvllle today after a week's outing in northern Michigan, his first vacation in several years, and astounded his many frlend3 here by coming out with an announcement shortly after his arrival that he Is not a candidate for governor subject to the republican nomination in 1908. This Is the first direct statement Mr. Watson has given out In regard to his gubernatorial boom since it was first launched sev eral months ago by enthusiastic Sixth district friends. Mr. Watson states that he has two ' pet ambitions. One Is to be speaker of the national house of representa tives and the other is to be the father of a new and improved tariff bill. He regards the office of governor of In flana a political cemetery and he says that he Is not courting a political death. Mr. Watson makes the followiJng statement: Won't Seek NomTnatlon. i win never announce myself as a candidate for the republican nomin ation for governor. My candidacy for that high and honorable position is in the hands of my friends. Further more I will not seek the nomination for I believe that if I am returned to congress there are greater and better things in store for me. I have an ambition to be the speaker of the nat ional house of representatives and I fully believe that in time I will be elected to that high position: one therein I can serve all the states and not a single state. "My work in congress Is but partial jy completed. I hope to Introduce a iiew tariff bill. In fact that is the one ambition of my life. I am certain that I can secure the republican nomination for governor of Indiana and furthermore I believe that I might be elected. Election to this highest state office in Indiana means a future poli tical death, or at least this has been the rule in the past. I am not conceited enough to think I would be imanune from this. Governorship a Handicap. "Should I be elected to the governorship I would never be in a position to carry to the finish the ideas that I have set and for that particular reason I shall not, for (he present time Bt least, announce myself as a gubernatorial candidate. There Is plenty of time for that anyhow. Should I eventually change my m well the republican nominating convention Is not .held until next year and candidates fnow and die In that length of time." When Mr. Watson arrived at his office he found' a deluge of mail. Many of the letters were Inquiries concerning his candidacy for governor. Mr. Watson laughingly remarked that before he had firmly seated lilmself at his desk three old soldiers called and asked him to use his Influence in having their pensions Increased. Mr. Watson will be a busy man for several days but he will be in shape to handle it as his short vacation has done him a world of good. IN HANDSOMEJEW HOME. Wr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Eggemeyer Move to South Eighteenth. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Eggemeyer lave removed from the Wayne flats to their beautiful new home on South Eighteenth street. This residence, but recently completed, has been arranged with great taste and largely embodies the ideas of Mrs. Eggemeyer who is well known for her work as an ertlst. The home contains a large room designed especially for her use ns a studio. A COURSE IN ELECTRICITY. Harry Sauer Has Been Doing Practical Work Recently. Harry Saurer, formerly of this city, but" who has been living at Carnegie. Pa., for several years, will attend school at the Carnegie technical school this year. Mr. Sauer will take a speial course in electricity. He has been doing practical work along this line with the Pennsylvania railroad company and has had much success. MISS GATES IS IMPROVING. Miss Nellie Gates was brought to the home of her sister, Mrs. Mattie Troy, after an operation at the Reid Memorial hospital which was performed a month ago. She Is improving.

SIX MAKE APPLICATION

No Dearth of Teachers Brunson's Place. for Six teachers have already made ap plication for the place made vacant by the resignation of Prof. Orville Brunson at the Garfield school. Action on the applications will not be taken un til Supt. T. A. Mott returns from Dan ville, Ind., where he Is doing Institute work. CHOATE'S ATTITUDE IS TROUBLING BOOT Has Kept the Cables Hot in an Effort to Line Up Peace Delegate. BRAZIL TAKES OFFENSE. DOES NOT LIKE TO BE RATED AS SECOND CLASS ROOT FEARS THAT HIS WORK WILL ALL BE UNDONE. Washington, Aug. 29 Secretary Root, according to a story going the rounds among the diplomats now in Washington, has been keeping the cables hot during the past few days try ing to prevent former Ambassador Choate, one of the delegates from the United States to the Peace Conference at The Hague, from upsetting the results of the trip the secretary made last year to South America. Because of the action of Mr. Choate in rating! Brazil as among the nations of lesser Importance in his classification for the permanent arbitration tribunal the Brazilian delegates wired home to their government their resentment. Papers Took Up Cry. In some way the newspapers of Rio Janeiro got wind of Mr Choate's classification and immediately took up the cry that the United States was flourishing the big stick and was insincere In its protestations of good will toward South America. According to some of the diplomats, the work of Mr. Root seemed on the verge of being undone. It appears that Mr. Choate did not consult Mr. Root about his action, and that the secretary knew nothing about it. When he did learn the dispatches from Rio Janeiro said of what had been done he at once cabled to Mr. Choate telling him his action might undermine the good results of his visit to bring about closer relations between the United States and the Latin-American republics. He is understood to have told Mr. Choate to give the Brazilians what they wanted, in short to humor them. Humored Brazilians. The result is a reclassification on the part of Mr. Choate, in which Brazil is ranked among the first-class powers, and an easier and more kindly feeling on the part of the Latin-American representatives toward Secretary Root and the United States. HAFNER STILL PONY AND Anthony Hafner Is still leading in the pony and cart contest, which the Palladium and Sun-Telegram Is conducting, but his lead Is not sufficient to guarantee that he can maintain it until the end. Sylvester Hamilton is

How The Vote Stands In Pony-Cart Contest BOYS. Anthony Hafner 54,037 Sylvester Hamilton 50,516 Nathan Mills 2S.505 Leo Medearis 12,240 Walter Anderson (Fountain City). 11,592 Leo King 7,629 Fred Palmer (Williamsburg) 6.61S Russell Brehm 5,554 Alvin A. Keller 4,595 Henry Schneider f 4,078 Carol Adams 3,46$ Geo. Weller (R. R. No. 1) 1,607 Chauncey Eurr 1,018 Earl Miller 1,033 Howard Hartzler 114 Robert McDanlel 110 Noel Matthews 74 Elmer Colvin 60 Elmer Piohe 21 Fred Ward (Lynn) 19 "Harry P. Thomas (Cambridge City) 10 Francis Brooke (Greensfork) 7 Ralph Gault c Teter Lichtenfels '. ... 5 GIRLS. Mary Morrow 3S.42S Mary E. Harmeier 29,833 Ellen Dickinson ; .......... 5,329 Irene Crull (Greensfork) ... 3,064 Pearl Rothermal 2.03S Doris Monroe , ... ... 75

BELIEVED WIDOW WILL RECEIVE A

THIRD OF ESTATE Understood That the Ante Nuptial Contract of the Westcotts Called for $200,000 as Wife's Share. VARIOUS OTHER GIFTS HAVE BEEN MADE HER. Ten Years Are Allowed in Which to Settle Up the EstateIt Is Desired That No Contention Result. No authoritative statement as to the value of the estate of the late J. M. W'estcott, whose will was filed for pro bate late Wednesday afternoon and a general accoimt of which was published in the Palladium, can be obtained, but persons well acquainted with the business interests of the late Mr. Westcott, place his fortune at from ,l,MK,no to $2,(XX.O0O. A conservative estimate cf the value of the estate is placed at In the will, Mr. Westcott states that prior to his marriage with his second wife, Mrs. Grace C. darter, an antenuptial contract was drawn up. What Mrs. Westcott was to receive under the terms of thi3 contract is not stated in the will, but it is understood on reliable information that the contract called for ?200,000. In the will it is set forth that since the marriage and before the drawing up of the will Mr3. Westcott was presented with certain stocks by her husband. , It then goes fon to state that it Is the purpose and intention of the decedent to make other gifts to his wife during his life time. It is thought that Mrs. Westcott will receive more than one-third of the estate, just what thl3 will amount to cannot of course be authoritatively stated, but it will be in the neighborhood of $500.O0O. The will was drawn up in 1005 by Attorney John L. Rupe, who is the attorney for the estate. Ten Years Is Allowed. In the first item of the will the decedent states that he desires the executors, James A. Carr, Omar Holllngsworth and Burton Westcott, to settle up the estate without unreasonable delay, but that they shall not be required to fully dispose of the property and settle the estate before the expiration of a period of ten years after the death of Mr. Westcott. Item 3 of the will reads as follows: "I have therefore executed a will pro viding substantially for an equal dlstri bution of my estate and property among my chldren, as Is in this my will, provided. Since the execution of this former will I have married my present wife. Grace C. Westcott, but prior to my marriage with her and in consideration thereof there was executed between us an ante-nuptial con tract, provided generally that she should have a fixed and stated amount of money paid her In full of her (Continued on Page Three.) LEADING li CART CONTEST less than four thousand votes behind and other candidates are also looming up well. One of the notable features of the contest is the Interest that is being manifested by persons living on the rural routes and in the outside towns.

CARNIVAL RECEIPTS

ARE DISAPPOINTMENT Eagles Realized Less Than $300 From Event. DEGREE TEAM TO NORFOLK. It was decided at the meeting of the Eagles Wednesday night to send the degree team to Norfolk, Va, to attend the national convention, of the lodge. It was hoped that enough money would be secured from the carnival given last week to meet all the expenses of the trip. Bad weather kept down the at tendance on three days at the carnival and less than $30O was made when It was thought the net receipts would ag gregate $8X. Money from the lodge treasury was turned over to the degree team to help it meet the expenses of the Norfolk trip, and the local mem bers will go to the convention in style There will be twenty-five in the party, which will leave next Sunday. The official delegate to the convention from the Richmond aerie Is Henry Schroed er, past worthy president of the order A week or ten days will be spent at Norfolk and other points of Interest in the vicinity. A number of Richmond people not on the degree team may take advantage of the rates offered and go with the party. CHARLES GROSS AL LOWS HOME Associating With Josie Bond Has Resulted in It Being Broken Up. CASE IN THE CITY COURT. MRS. GROSS APPEARS AT A WITNESS AND THEN LEAVES TO CONSULT AN ATTORNEY REGARDING A DIVORCE. In the city court there was rehearsed a little domestic tragedy of real life. In the witness chair sat a refined, sad-faced woman. In the prisoners' row sat a man with bowed head the picture of shame. Nearby sat a woman of the streets, utterly indifferent to the proceedings and to the fact that she had destroyed what had once been a happy home. She sneered at the woman in the witness chair and grinned contemptuously at the shame-faced man. These three were the principals in the case. The man was Charles Gross, the woman in the witness chair was Mrs. Gross. The hard faced, disreputable woman in the prisoners row was Josie Bond, the cause of all the domestic woes of the Gross family. Mrs. Gross was the prosecuting witness acainst Josie Bond, who was charsred with provoke. Gross was in court on a charge of associating with the Bond woman. Mrs. Gross stated that her husband had left home Mon day morning and that she did not see him again until Tuesday morning, when he road past the home in a phaeton. She called to him and asked him to come back but he paid no at tention to her. Mrs. Gross stated that later she heard that her husband had been with the Bond woman. Mrs. Gross in company with a woman friend went to Josie Bond's home and asked her if it were true that she had been out with Gross. She told Mrs. Gross that she had taken a buggy ride with him and that they drank whiskey together. Mrs. Gross stated that the Bond woman concluded the interview by provoking her by calling her a vile name. "I suppose I'm guilty; I remember of cussing her," chimed In Josie in a high pitched, harsh voice. Judge Converse then fined her $20 and costs. Josie will serve her time in close confinement at the woman's Jail. Gross admitted that his wife had spoken truthfully and he said that he had nothing to say in his own defense. Prosecutor Jessup asked that he be given the limit the law provides for this offense but Judge Converse fined him $25 and added to this a thirty days jail sentence. Mrs. Gross left the cenrt room to see an attorney whom she will employ In assisting her to get a divorce. Drifmeyer Not Prosecuted. John Drifmeyer, who was arrested on a charge of associating with Josie Bond, was not prosecuted. Prosecutor Jessup asked to have the hearing of the case against Drifmeyer indeflnately postponed owing to the fact that John has settled down and is working hard at the present time. The court acted cn the request. LODGE TO MEET EARLY. Triumph lodge, K. of P. will meet at six o'clock Friday evening Instead of the usual hour in order that the members may attend Buffalo Bill's show. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Probably showers Thurs- " day night or Friday; fresh southeast winds. OHIO Friday showers; winds, becoming east. variable

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EVIL OF DIVDRCE WILL RE ATTACKED DV THE FRIENDS

This Subj'ect Probably Will Be Made Prominent at the Session of Five Years' Meeting In October. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN DIVORCE DECREES. The Program for the Five Years' Meeting Is Now Being Prepared by James Wood of Mt. Kisco, N. Y. At the Five Years Meeting of Friends to be held in this city beginning October 15 It is very likely that radical action will . ba taken, asking that there be legislation enacted mak ing fnore stringent divorce laws. Timothy Nicholson of this city is chairman of the legis'ative committee for the Five Years' body and he is greatly alarmed at the spread of the divorce evil in America. He said in speaking of the matter that he favors a national law which will govern divorce and he also wants a law regulat ing marriages. Mr. Nicholson feels that the matter of divorce and mar riage should not be left to the state but should be handled by congressio nal legislation. If he could have his way, Mr. Nich olson would throw about marriage such barriers as would prevent hasty and unprofitable unions and then would refuse divorces absolutely. Mr. Nicholson likes the Indiana marriage law passed by the legislature two years ago but thinks that it should have a provision in it, making it necessary for applicants for a marriage license to publish their intentions in the newspapers ten days prior to securing a license. No Belief in Divorce. The Friends do not believe in di vorce and base their belief on the bible. Mr. Nicholson says there Is but one place in the new testament where divorce is countenanced, and that in case of unfaithfulness of the marriage ties. Even this passage, Mr. Nicholson, says there is reason for believing was not in the original bible. T am alarmed," said Mr. Nicholson, about the increase of divorce and shall certainly touch on it In my re port to the general body. I cannot prepare my report until I hear from the various members of the commit tee over the country. We have always stood for divorce legislation but we must be even stronger from now on, for the divorce evil threatens to ruin our nation." . It has been demonstrated in the past that the Friends exert a great influence over the legislation of the country and the above statement of Mr. Nicholson for this reason may be considered as significant. Preparing Program. The program for the Five Years Meeting is being prepared by James Wood of Mt. Kisco, New York. Just who the leading speakers will be is not known. There will be reports from the following standing committees:Peace, legislation, foreign mis sions, negroes, education, evangelistic work, church extension and Indian af fairs. The discussions will be in the hands of essayists who will be twenty minutes each. The essayists will be followed by secondary essayists, who will be allotted ten and five minutes. Although the Five Years' Meeting has no authority to expend money. Its work is most important as the different Yearly Meetings are practically governed by its action. STILL CLING TO HOPE ROOSEVELT WILL Wyoming Voters Want Again for President. Him SENATOR WARREN TALKS. Washington Aug. 20. "Sixty per cent of the voters of Wyoming refuse to con sider any other candidate for the presidency until they have been forced to abandon all hope that Roosevelt will not accept the nomination." said Sen ator Warren of Wyoming, who is In Washington. PLAN SERIES OF DANCES. Uniform Rank has Engaged the Renk Orchestra. ' The Uniform Rank, K. of P. will give a series of dances this winter, the first to take place in September. Renk's orchestra has been engaged to furnish the music. WAS JUDGE IN ART HALL. Hagerstown, Ind.. Aug. 29 Mrs. Will Teetor went to Anderson Wednes day to judge the fancy work in the art hall at the fair.

IN CRITICALCOIIDITIOII George Manoosos, Greek, Not Likely to Survive.

George Manoosos. the well known Greek who conducts a refreshment stand at the corner of Eighth and Main streets, is at the hospital In a critical condition, as the result of having a serious operation performed. DAUGHTER WORSTED BADLY MEDIUM Edward Vanderbilt Appears to Have Fallen Beneath Spell of Charmer. DRIVES DAUGHTER AWAY. PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE PROPERTY HAS GONE TO HIS WIFE AND THE DAUGHTER MUST SUPPORT HERSELF. New York, Aug. 20. Several months before his marriage to Mrs. Anne Scanneli Pepper, the noted spiritualis tic medium, Edward Vanderbilt made a will leaving her most of his estate and thereby practically t disinheriting his cnildren. The will was made on Feb. 1 and Mr. Vanderbilt married Mrs. Pepper In June. This fact was brought out before the lunacy commission which is testing Mr. Vanderbilt's sanity. It was also shown that he became so Infatuated with the medium that he left his daughter Minerva unprovided for, and she had to do sewing to make a living. By provision of the testament the spiritualistic medium Is left fl,0 In cash and the two Vanderbilt farms with all their contents in Suffolk county. The residue of the estate, If there be any, is willed to the testator's two daughters, Minerva and Florence, the property to be distributed, however, at the discretion of Mrs. Pepper-Vander-bilt, who is named as sole executrix. Not Advised by "Bright Eyes." Incidentally, Mr. Vanderbilt paid "Bright Eyes," the spirit of control of Mrs. Pepper, refused to telephone him Tuesday night. He also declared "Bright Eyes' 'had not advised him to turn over his property to Mrs. Pepper. Minerva Vanderbilt, the daughter, was on the stand. She testified that her father and she had always been exceedingly happy together until Mrs. Pepper came into his life. A breach then developed between them, she said, which widened until it eventually culminated last April In her father practically driving her from their home and telling her that he never wished to see cer again. On one occasion the young woman testified her father left her without any means of support for three weeks. Since her father cast her off she has been supporting herself by sew ing. PRAISES THE INSTITUTES State Supt. Cotton Is Well Pleased With Them. Fassett A. Cotton, state superintendent of public instruction, say the In terest manifested In the county insti tutes by the teachers of the state this year is greater than ever before. Mr. Cotton has returned from a lecture tour of Institute In Gibson, VenderDurg, uaviess, Knox, nendricKs, Mar Ion, Rush. Jackson, Putnam, Fulton, Marshall, Noble, Randolph and Wells counties. "I have not found, a poor institute,' said Mr. Cotton, "and the attendance has been better in the counties that I have visited than ever before." PLEASED WITH NEW HOME. James Glover and Family Are Living At Seattle, Wash. James Glover and family who moved to Seattle, Wash., a few years ago. are much pleased with their new home, Since going west John and Chas. Glover have been married. Mr. Glover has been painting pictures during spare" hours and Richmond people who have visited the Glover fanjIy In Seattle, say his work is beautiful and meeting with a ready sale. BUILDING ON WEST SIDE. ! Prof. J. W. Outland Hs Moved Here From Milton. Prof. J. W. Outland who will very likely be principal of the Whitewater school the coming year, has moved here from Milton. He Is building a home at the corner of West Fourth and Lincoln streets. THE REV. WARE WILL ATTEND. The Dublin quarterly meeting of Friends will be held at Rich square Saturday. Rev. Alfred P. Ware, pastor of the East Main street church, Richmond, and Rer. Ira C. Johnson, superintendent of evangelical works in Indiana, will conduct the services.

FREE SPEECH IS 110 LONGER HEARD III THE PULPITS

Beauchamp Declares to His Audience That the Chautauqua Platform Is the Only Place It Can Be Heard. HE MAKES A PLEA FOR BIBLE IN SCHOOL ROOM Prof. Pamahasika and HT$ Performing Animals Were' The Feature at the Chautauqua Wednesday Night. . PROGRAM. Thursday Night. 7:00 Music. Band. 7:30 Reading by Ming O'Brien. k 8;00 Popular lecture. "Whero Are We At?", Dr. Gillan. 9:00 Glazer Jubilee Singers. Friday. 9:15 Devotional Exercises. M. Hobson, pastor United Brethren church. Educational Lectures by Professors Bryan and Gillan. 9:30 Lecture, Prs. E. B. Bryan. 10:30 Lecture, "Eye Training, and Devices to Accomplish It,' Prof. S. Y. Gillan. 1:00 Music, Band. 1:30 Lecture, Pres. E. B. Bryan. 2:30 Lecture, "Wireless Telegraphy," with demonstrations, John A. Stoneking. 3:30 Entertainment Lecture, Miss Olaf Krarer, native Esquimo. 4:30 Music. Band. 7:00 Music, Band. 7:30 Reading, Miss O'Brien; and vocal music, Modjeska Quartet. 8:00 Lecture. "King Lear," Dr. Wm. A. Quayle, St. James . church, Chicago. 9:00 Concert, ModjeBka Quartet. Lou. J. Beauchamp spoke before a large audience at the Chautauqua Wednesday afternoon, and different from the night preceding, his effort was splendid, . full of Ideas to make his hearers think, interspersed with some really humorous bits and pleasing to all who heard It. "The Sunny Side of Life," was the subject of Mr. Beauchamp's discourse, but the subject docs not truly represent the matter with which he worked. The gloomy side of life, or rather some distressing phases of the present day life were pictured. The sunny feature cams in that Mr. Beauchamp feels that th nation is on the eve of a religious awakening following what he terms has been a moral awakening. 1 Statistics were given showing; the In-, crease in crime In this country. The! speaker held this could be attributed to the non-enforcement of the law. He presented surprising figures on the reduction of the number of -murders inj Indiana under the administration of! Governor Hanly. The speaker paid! Indiana's governor a distinct tribute,1 calling him a man and not mere poll-' tician. Although the compliment to Hanly was intended as one of the climaxes of the lecture, It fell flat and, not a hand was struck nor a voice raised in commendation of the speaker's words. Is Little Free 8peech. Mr. Beauchamp made the assertion ( that the Chautauqua platform had come to be the only place of absolute free; speech. He declared that there was no longer free speech In the pulpits. s "Oh, no," said he, "the minister owes,' too much to the dear old brother. whl sits in the front pew to say anything:! against the saloon, or gambling dens. , If be does he is accosted by- the pillar ' of the church following the sermon j and told that he was engaged to preach) the gospel and not to talk politics. The dear old brother is renting his proper-1 ty to the saloon and the gambling den. i There was some applause at this i point. The speaker observed that thai applause was pretty weak. Then came an outburst showing that the audience 1 agreed with what was said. Most of; those in the assembly were women and this drew from Mr. Beauchamp: "If you men had the courage of the woman hood of the country, we would make . things better." The charge was made that there Is ' no longer free speech on the political platform, and that political parties no longer follow principles, but policies. Bible in School Room. A plea was made for the return of the bible to the school room, Mr. Beauchamp declaring that the day God's book was taken out of the school the door to crime was thrown wide open. Stress was laid on the disrupted home life of the American people and the alarming number of divorces granted. The increase of juvenile crime was accounted for by the di vorce evil. "No state or country In the world," said the speaker, "have such a large per cent of divorces to marriages as In Indiana. We Protestants would do well to take lessons (Continued on Pace Six.)