Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 259, 26 October 1907 — Page 1

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FINANCIAL SCARE IS ABOUT OVER, WALL STREET BELIEVES Pouring of Millions Into the Banks And the Market Has Had Good Effect. SENTIMENT Of ALL THE MEN OF FINANCE Runs on the Banks Are Practically Ended--Carnegie Is Surprised at Small Fall In StocksAnother Bank in Brooklyn Susnended.

Kew York, Oct. 26. Wall street and the general public are convinced today that the financial scare is about ver. The pouring of millions into banks and the market by big finaniiers apparently has met with success. This is the sentiment of all men of finance. President Washington of the clearing house said today that the closing of several small banks yesterday temporarily was due solely to the dearth of ready cash and that the banks are entirely solvent. J. Pierpont Morgan said things look better. The fight is practically over. Rockefeller said the people should leave their money in the banks, it is safe. Ilarriman said the banks of New York are sound and that the people should stand by them. ' RUNS ABOUT ENDED. All Savings Banks Take Advantage of 30 Days' Clause. New York. Oct. 26. There was practically an end to runs on the banks today. All savings banks refused to pay depositors on demand, having taken advantage of the thirty days' notice from depositors wishing to withdraw funds. The subtreasury continued to pour millions into threatened banks. CARNEGIE IS SURPRISED. Little Fall in Stocks is a Good Indication. New York, Oct. 26. Andrew Carnegie arrived on the steamer Baltic this morning and said he was surprised to Bee the fall In stocks is small. This proves the situation is not alarming nnd the country is all right. Investors have only to hold on. CRISIS HAS PASSED. Providence Believes the Worst is Now Over. Providence, R. I., Oct. 26. Although ft temporary receiver was appointed for one trust company, while another company is enforcing the rule requiring ninety days' notice of withdrawal, VEGGMEN VERY BUSY III SMALLER PEACES Postmaster Spekenhier Has Been Apprised of This State of Affairs. (S MOST ACTIVE SEASON. JUST AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THIS CLASS OF CRIMINAL PREYS ON THE SMALL MERCHANTS AND POSTOFF1CES. Postmaster Spekenhier of this city has been apprised that a number of yeggnian are working on the smaller postoffices throughout this section of the country and in the East. The official journal of the postmasters this week, devotes much space to the operations of yeggmen. and of their cun ning ways in "pulling off" the various' jobs successfully. This is the season j of the year for yeggmen and the small merchant and postmaster are caution ed to keep a close look out in order to prevent robbery. Ohio seems to be a preat sufferer from the hands of traveling crooks. Notwithstanding that a man who robs the government, is traced as no other criminal is, almost one half hundred offices have been robbed In Ohio in the past year, the majority of these robberies occurring at this season of the year. Most of the burglaries were at the postoffices in small towns. It is rather singular that although a large force of government in spectors are always placed on the trail t of the yeggman postofflce robbers, but few are caughL UNITED BRETHREN. Corner Eleventh and North B Btreets. M. Hobson pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by Evangelist J. E. Shannon. Morning subject "Other Worldliness of Christians." Evening subject '"Our present and Future.". Juniors at 2:30 p. iu. All pre invited.

and a third withstood a neavy run, it is believed generally in Providence banking circles that the local crisis has been passed.

ANOTHER BANK SUSPENDS. The Terminal of Brooklyn in Hands of State Examiner. New York, Oct. 2C The Terminal bank of Brooklyn suspended today and the state examiner is in charge. INDIANA BANKS STRONG. National Bank Examiner Says There is no Danger of Panic. Warsaw, Ind., Oct. 2G. "The country is sound both in its business and finances," said National Bank Examiner W. D. Frazer of Warsaw in discussing the financial flurry in New York. "The trouble in New York is purely local, and considering what is involved it is only a small trouble after all," he continued. "One thing is certain, all of the national banks of Indiana are sound and can not be affected by any kind of a flurry or crash in New York. The Knickerbocker trouble was merely the result of bad banking by the officers of that one institution. These men were gamblers. There is no significance in the flurry. Business is good. Crops are generous and the people of the country have confidence There is no chance for hard times or a panic." OPERATED IN INDIANA. Knickerbocker Company Financed Some Hoosier Concerns. Anderson, Ind., Oct. 26. That the Knickerbocker Trust, company operated largely in this country is revealed by a mortgage for $5,000,000 on file in this county. The company financed tlie Central Indiana Lighting company which has been negotiating for the light plants at Alexandria, Suramitville, Elwood and Fairmount. It al3o financed the Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo interurban road, which is proposed from Toledo to Ini dianapolis and on which much prclimjinary work has been done. IS IN JAIL BECAUSE FRIDAY JSJ0N AH DAY Gus Kroma Victim of a Popular Superstition. "Well, it was just like this. My sister-in-law was going to move into i..e Kroma house on North Fourth street. -and she asked Mrs. Kroma to move out her things Thursday as she was superstitious about moving on a Friday. Well, we went around to the Kroma house Friday morning and I Walked up stairs and I looked in a room and there was Gus Kroma and Goldie Kehey Ryder smokin' cigarettes. Rudolph, that's Gus's litt5j brother, was there too. When Goldie and Gus skipped out Rudolph asked me if I was going to have his brother arrested and I told him I was." This was the amusing statement made by a pretty, but serious-faced young girl in the city court this morning. After she had given her testimony she walked out of the court room as though its atmosphere was tainted. Kroma entered a plea of not guilty, but alter the testimony of his young accuser, he had no defense to offer and was fined $10 and costs and given a ten days' jail sentence. Had the Kromas been prompt in moving out of the bouse so that the other parties could have moved before Friday, which they in defiance of a well known popular song, consider their "jonah" day. Gus would probacy not have to exist for the next thirty days in the county jail. Kroma was charged with associating. BIBLE SCHOOL WORKERS Class Has Been Formed by The Rev. Dunaway. Under the supervision of the Rev. Robert H. Dunaway of the Second Presbyterian church a training department for Bible school workers will be instituted. The first meeting was held on Tuesday evening and the purpose of the Sabbath school was discussed. The institute is free and is adapted to all who need better preparation for Sunday school work

CUT-OVER COMES TONIGHT. Officially it is announced that the cut-over by the Home Telephone company will be made tonight. The official announcement will le found on page 5. The company has been making heroic efforts in preparation for the change and believes it can be successfully accomplished tonight. Subscribers should read the notice on page 5.

MEETING OF BROTHERHOOD Second Presbyterian Organization to Hear an Aridress. At a meeting of the Second Presby terian Brotherhood, to be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the church, an address will be delivered j by the pastor, the Rev. Robert Dun- j away, on "Moses, Lincoln and Jesus of ' Nazareth z&?J?j - ..-v.. w' ij ' " , , .. s , . " ,r ' ' PROSECUTOR IN THE PULPIT. New Castle, Ind., Oct. 2G Wilfred Jessup, prosecutor of Wayne county, and a candidate for congress, will officiate at St. James' Episcopal church Sunday morning. ft MAXIMUM SCALE IS ESTABLISHED Bl IT Indiana Railroad Commission Passes on Question. RATES ON ROAD MATERIAL. With its opinion and order, filed Friday following a general inquiry into the rates on road-making materials, throughout the state, the Indiana Rail-. road commission establishes a maximum scale of rates on materials for . road and street making for thirty-five railroads doing business in the state. The opinion in the case is by Ti.dge C. V. McAdams, who holds that, inasmuch as the materials are for public benefit, it is not unjust discrimination for the railroads to charge less for these materials for public improve-; ments than for the same materials j furnished for private purposes. Some , of the railroads have indicated that , they may not adopt tin; commission's : scale and considerable litigation may ( result from the commission's order. Among the railroads affected by the commission's order: Vandalia Railroad Co.; Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis; Pennsylvania Co.; Grand Rapids & Indiana; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis; Lake Erie & Western; Cin-i cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton; Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville. COUNTY FOR TURKEYS Poultry Dealers Are Looking Forward to the Thanksgiving Season. THINKS THEY ARE PLENTY. A LOCAL GROCERY EXPRESSES A "SNEAKING" BELIEF ON THIS POINT PRICES ARE NOT YET FIXED. Richmond poultry ilealcrs have a force of men skirmishing over the county to ascertain the exact standing of the Thanksgiving turkey crop. Scouts as a general rule, present discouraging reports as to the conditions. A local groctr said today that he had a "sneaking" belief that the farmers had plenty of turUeys, but desiring a high price at selling time, they were discouraging in et ery way possible the idea that turkeys were plentiful. Marketers have as yet given little consideration to the problem of Thanksgiving turkeys, but the retailers have begun to think seriously. Should there be a great influx of the birds it the last moment will not materially decrease the sky high prices which are expected to prevail. Neither will persons holding large numbers of turkeys or the retailers contract for the Thanksgiving birds at any one stipulated price. IK OLD FASHIONED WAY Muncie Is Preparing to Celebrate Hallowe'en. Muncie is to celebrate Hallowe'en in the good old fashioned way. The event is planned to be one of the biggest celebrations ever held in this section of the state. A number of local 1 young men will go to Muncie to attend a Dig dance on the night of Hallowe'en. It is probable that at least ten will go. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Sunday fair, fresh north winds. OHIO Sunday fair, fresh north winds

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PENNSYLVANIA CAR It Was All Due to the Unusual Disappearance of Thirteen-Months-Old Child While Its Mother Was Away. TRAIN VMS STOPPED TO MAKE A SEARCH. Infant Was Finally Found, Happily Beating Its Fists Together and Joyfully Kicking Up Its Little Feet. Little Geraldine Norton of Williamstown. Pa., who claims the proud age of just thirteen months, was the cause of much excitement on a Pennsylvania passenger train which entered the Richmond station this morning from the East. Unmindful of the commotion which was created, she lay under a seat, patting her chubby little fists together and kicked her little feet in joyful ecstasy. It was thought by the cnild"s mother that the little tot had fahen from a window while the train was slowly pulling under the sheds, and while she was at the farther end of the passenger coach securing a drink of water. Trainmen were frantically appealed to by Geraldine's mother, and the entire population of the car was turned into an excited, searching crowd when the alarm was sounded that the little girl was missing. Mother Is Frantic. The first intimation that the passengers had that something was wrong; was the piercing scream of Mrs. Hattie Norton, the girl's mother. "Oh my baby! My baby! Where is it V Where is itV the frantic woman cried. She dashed up the aisle, and others in the car, after much labor, learned from the mother that Geraldine was missing. The frightened mother glanced at the open window. Completely forgetting that owing to the child's age she could not have possibly climbed to the window and fallen out. the woman ran to the door and called to the conductor for aid and before the rain had come to a complete stop the woman jumped from the steps and ran back a train's length, where' she thought she would lind the little form of Geraldine, mangled and scattered among the cinders. When the child was not found here, the mother frantically rated back to the car. Many passengers, still puzzled, but nevertheless excited, over the woman's actions, on learning that the baby had not fal len from the window, set about to search. Under the Seat. One big, happy-faced traveling man, who. up until the time of the woman's return to the coach, had paid but little attention to the squabble, heard a wee small voice cooing under a seat in front of him. and glancing down, saw little Geraldine, her chess dirty after much rolling on the floor He picked her up in his strong arms and handed the youngster over to its overjoyed mother. How the little creature had ever reached the position where found, no one was willing to venture a guess. Mrs. Norton and daughter are on their way to join Mr. Norton, who is a miner in Colorado. END Of THE STRIKE IS NOT III SIGHT One Hundred New York Telegraphers Are Stiil Employed at Chicago. DEMAND FOR AN INCREASE. THE RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS WILL COME FORWARD WITH ONE NEXT M AP.CH, ACCORDING TO PRESENT REPORTS. The end of fhe commercial telegraphers" strike is not yet. The strikers have broken away from the president of their organization, whom they charge with graft. The situation in Chicago and so far as it effects Richmond and vicinity, is the same as it was five weeks ago. Nearly one hun dred New York telegraphers are still

employed in the Chicago office of thjjber of the James Ross company, said

Western Lmon company. In this of - slice there are now about .K telegraphers, as compared with the usual force of 900 operators. The railroad operators are preparing to make demands for a raise In wages next March when the eight-hour law goes Into effect. The Order of Railway Telegraphers has a membership of more than ;15.XH and the effect of a general strike would be the tying up of railroads all over the countrj.

WILL BUILD A MAGIC. CONCRETE HOUSE. 3 vi1 Ji , K-HI

Thomas A. Edison, the electric wiz- C ard, and the type of a magic, concrete f fWV 1 1 house, which he said will be built at 'i7 1 sv - t If , a cost of $1,000 each. ill sfk.- fU II IFislralT ,ai QUESTION RAISED C " ' I Bp I

State Board of Health Has a Puzzling Matter on Its Hands Just Now. WHISKY MEN IN PROTEST. THEY OBJECT TO THE DEFINITION OF WHISKY AS IT APPEARED IN THE SET OF STANDARDS PROMULGATED. "What is whisky?" is a question that is puzzling the state board of healt'i. After hearing the whisky men of the state protest against the adoption of standards for whisky before the construing of the national pure food law by the supreme court of the United States, the state board was more than ever "in the air" and decided to ask an opinion from Attorney General Bingham relative to all phases of the question of whisky standards under the pure food laws. The whisky men objected to the definition of whisky as it appeared in the set of standards promulgated and under discussion by the board. They said that by defining whisky as "new whisky which had been stored in wood for not less than four years and mixed only with pure water at the time of Its preparation for consumption and conj tains not less than 4r) J)er cent of ethyl alcohol (l'.w) proof." the board but opened the way for the "straight whis ky companies to increase their busi-

ness at the expense of the makers of j counted upon to lend prestige to bud blended whisky and discriminated in ; luncheons even though she did not figfavor of the distillers outside Indiana ! ure as the hostess of one of her own.

as against the Indiana distillers. Objection was entered, aifco. to the board's definition of "blended whisky" which was given as "a mixture of two or more whisl ies." Attorney Leo Rappaport. appearing with some ten or twelve distillers in behalf of the liquor interests, contended that three-fourths of the whisky produced is blended whisky. The distillers held that tentative standards had been submitted by the United States department of agriculture, but that they had not been adopted and would cot be enforced until the United States supreme court had passed upon the question under the national pure food law. Distillers Give Views. G. E. Beggs, president of the Commercial Distilling company of Terre Haute, said that any action by the state board now would discriminate against Indiana distillers. Representative John F. Joyce of Vigo county, the second largest whisky producing county in the United States, who, introduced the amendments to the law in controversy, asked the board not to take any action that would work to the detriment of the distillers of his county. H. E. Barnard, state food and drug commissioner, called attention to the fact that many adulterated and mislabeled liquors are being sold In Indiana, some of it weakened even with strong rain water. Richard Lie- ; that the Indiana distillers are suffer lnir from "riff-raff shinned into the , state. He asked the board to send its inspectors to the distillers instead f the saloons. "Don't blame the saloon keepers for what they sell." said he. "They don't know often what they are letting.-' Samuel Borton and wife, of Conrad, Iowa, who were visiting at J. P. Ev ans' home has left for home.

ETHEL ROOSEVELT HOT TO KIKE DEBUT Daughter of the President Will Not Appear in Society This Year. GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. FRIENDS OF MRS. ROOSEVELT SAY SHE WILL INTRODUCE HER DAUGHTER TO WASHINGTON CHRISTMAS WEEK OF 1908. Washington, D. C. Oct. 26 To the great disappointment of many ambitious mammas, it is finally made clear to the social world that Miss EthA Roosevelt will not bow to society this winter. The impressions had been ..... ... .. current that because Miss Roo3evelt j would not return to her classes at the Cathedral school she would be partly in society this season and might be Her studies will be pursued -under special masters, painting, sketching, music and the languages being the branches which will receive her especial attention. The friends of Mrs. Roosevelt say that she will Introduce her daughter to Washington society, though very reluctantly, during Christmas week of 1908, and then only because she realizes what it is for a girl to make her debut in the White House. Miss Roosevelt is only sixteen and even next winter will be far too young, according to Mrs. Roosevelt's sensible ideas, to enter the social whirl. AN ADDED DISTINCTION FOR PROSECUTOR JESSUP He Is Said to Be Authority on Hickory Nuts. CROP QUITE A GOOD ONE. Prosecutor Jessup. lawyer, politician. ; fanner and would-be-congressman i "om mis cisiricx. is aiso authority on hickory nuts. He says that the crop tnis year is not only large, but of good character. It is a singular fact, but nevertheless true, that only the younger trees are bearing the best nuts. The nuts irom tne oiaer trees zre as a genjral rule, bad. Jessup says the nut

crop in Wayne county this year will noca Lake, and John H. Converse, of surpass all previous records in the past Philadelphia, at the auditorium, Tuesfew years. gaT evening at 5 o'clock by the Lay- . men's Evangelistic Union. On this Miss Marie Retz of Fountain City occasion there will be addresses by Dr. has come to Xew Castle to make herR. F. Coyle, D. D., of Denver, Col.; Dr. home with her uncle and aunt, C. M. I X - J. Darby, of Evansville. Ind.; Jude Christopher and wife. New Castle I McKenzie Clelland of Chicago; Dr.

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HELD M!0 SO I0GK LEAVE By NIGHT Grace Johnson, Missing From Kingman, Did Not Like the Home for the Friendless And Made Her Escape. WALKED INTO BOSTON EARLY THIS MORNING. Officer Sent to Bring Her Back To Richmond Chief Bailey Believes There Is a Story Back of the Case. Grace Johnson, the fourteen-yenrolcl girl who recently ran away from KIck man. Ind., and who was located in Richmond Friday by Chief Hailey, i again a fugitive. Friday afternoon, af ter Chief Bailey and City Missionary Elizabeth Candler, had talked with tha girl, she was sent to the Home for th Friendless to be held there until her case could be more fully Investigated. This morning about 8 o'clock soma person In Boston, this county, telephoned to police headquarters stating that a young girl had walked Into the place about 3 o'clock this morning and that she was tired and hungry. This man stated that the girl was given something to eat and that she then told several people that she was poing to New Hone in search of work. nen last seen tne girl wa on a road leading south from Boston. Aa the direction she was taking wouM not take her to New Hope, it was suspected the girl was a runaway, bo tho local police were notified. An Officer Sent. s Chief Bailey suspected that the girl seen at Boston might be Grace Johnson eo he telephoned to the Homo for the Friendless and inquired if tho Johnson girl was there. The chief was informed that in some unknown manner the girl had succeeded in escaping from the institution and that her whereabouts were unknown. No explanation was made as to why tho police were not promptly informed of the disappearance of the girl. Chief Bailey sent Officer Vogelsong to Bogton and it is thought fce will be able to overtake the girl and bring her back to Richmond. Wat Employed Here. For a short time prior to her being taken into custody Friday the Johnson girl had resided in Richmond and has been employed as a domestic. At police headquarters Friday afternoon she. stated to Chief Bailey and Mra. Chandler that Ehe is an orphan and had lived most of her life in West Lebanon. Ind. About a year and a half ago. he stated, she went to Kingman and obtained employment as a domestic in a family by the name of Radcliff. Later she obtained employment in tho family of Dr. Kendall. Later Eho left Kingman and went to New Hoim. walking all the distance. Chief Bailey is lnc,Jned to believe that the girl did not teh the whole truth and he thinks t. . . . , - . ' there is something hack of hr rfl. appearance from Kingman. He states that so far as he knows the girl was not enticed away from Kingman by a man. CHAPMAN TO STIR UP THE WIIIDI CITY Great Evangelist and His Helpers Will Go Into Chicago Next Monday. A TENT WILL BE USED. NUMBER OF DENOMINATIONS WILL AID IN THE EFFORTRECEPTION AND BANQUET TUESDAY EVENING. Chicago is to have a religious awakening. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, formerly of Richmond, and his co-workers will invade that city next Monday on the evening of which day they will open a series of meetings under the auspices of the Laymen's Evangelistic union in a tent on North Clark street. I a district of the Windy City that has long had an unsavory reputation. ReHgious workers of the Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and Congregational faiths will participate In the meetings, Rev. Parley E. Zartman and Mrm. Zartman and the entire evangelistic ' party will be in Chicago Tuesday. j a reception and banquet will be git en for Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, of WiChanman and Mr. Converse.