Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 300, 12 December 1907 — Page 1

T RIG MONI) PAIXABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, vol. xxxii. yo. :joo RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMIiEK 12, HM)7. SINGLE COPV. 2 CENTS.

ROOSEVELT

AGAIN

STATEMENT Formal Announcement That Under No Circumstances Will He Be Candidate for Presidency Is Given Out. CANDIDATES NOW SEE OBSTRUCTION REMOVED. As the President Says That Neither Will He Accept the Nomination If Tendered to Him in Convention. NO EXPLANATION IS GIVEN. POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC MEN GENERALLY SURPRISED THAT THE STATEMENT CAME SO SOON IN THE SEASON. Washington, D. C, Dec. 12.President Roosevelt announced again Tuesday night that not only was he not a candidate for a third term, but under no circumstances would he accept a renomination. He made this declaration about 8 o'clock and handed out to the press the following statement, which makes it an official utterance: "On the night of election I made the following statement: 'I am deeply sensible of the honor done me by the American people in thus expressing their confidence in what I have done and have tried to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence imposes on me, and I shall do all that in ray power Ifes not to forfeit it. On the 4th of March next I shall have served three and one half years, and this three and one-half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the president to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept any nomination.' "I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced." It will be observed that the statement is a reaffirmation in every respect of the one the president gave out on the night of the election in November. 1004. In addition, there is the positive assertion that he will not change his mind between now and the time of holding the national convention next June. The almost universal interpretation of public men is that this most assuredly lifts the president out of all consideration for another term, even so far as the most ardent third-term boomers are concerned. It now seems impossible and even absurd for the advocates of his renomination to persist Jn the propaganda which has had the effect of confusing the public mind and beclouding the general political situation. Came Unexpectedly. The president volunteered no explanation as to why he made his announcement at this time. Many men with whom he conversed on the subject of a third term during the past fortnight have come away from the white house convinced that he would make another declaration, but not until next spring or a short time before the convention assembled. They formed the opinion after talking with Mr. Roosevelt, that, he thought it was good politics to remain silent for several months, consequently, public men and politieiansgenerally were taken by surprise when they heard he had made nn announcement. Many reasons are being advanced as to the motives which actuated him In speaking out now. ,L TH OPERATED ON TODAY President's Daughter Taken . With Acute Attack of Appendicitis. DR. FINNEY IN CHARGE. Washington, Dec. 12 An operation! for appendicitis was performed on"j Mrs. Nicholas Longworth successfully) this morning. President and Mrs.; Roosevelt and Representative Long- j worth were present. "The operation; was successful in every Vay," an-1 nounced Dr. Rixey this noon. The ' operation was necessary at once, but there is no cause for apprehension. Dr. Finney of Johns Hopkins University is in charge and is assisted by surgeon general Rixev and Dr. Sophie iVordnoff Jans.

MRS

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HOLDS LARGE NOTE AGAINST AN ESTATE

Large Array of Legal Talent For Defendants. PLAINTIFF WANTS $4,000. A. L. Hebble, against the rotate of the late Stella Hebble, was the case on trial in the circuit court this morning. The plaintiff was represented by Attorney John L. Rupe. John Fv Robbins and two Indianapolis attorneys represented the estate. Hebble holds a note of $ 1,000 against the estate of Stella Hebble, who was his wife. The defense maintains that the note is not genuine. ' QUESTION AS TO THE HENRY JURY It Was on This Point That the Jury Debated Many Hours Without Coming to Any Final Decision on Case. SAID THAT GUN COULD NOT HAVE KILLED WOMAN Henry Will Remain in JaihAbout One Month Before the Second trial Is Begun Divorce Hinted At. The question as to whether William Henry, indicted for assault and battery with intent to commit a felony, had the ability to wound or kill his wife and his son Clinton, with the charge used in his shotgun resulted in the disagreement of the jury which heard the case. The law requires that no matter how well it can be proven that the accused had every intention to commit murder, he i3 not guilty of an attempt to kill if it can be shown that he had not the "present ability" to commit the crime. In the Henry case, it was an admitted fact, by both "the state and the defense, that the cartridges used by Henry in the shotgun the. night he shot at his wife and son Clinton, contained a dram and a half of powder, a very light charge, and that the cartridges were loaded with three and four shot. The defense, by E. C. Dickinson, the local gunsmith, .brought out evidence to the effect that cartridges loaded with a dram and a naif of powder, could not penetrate paper sixty yards distant. Witnesses for tne prosecution testified that Mrs. Henry was at least, sisty yards from her husband when he fired at her and that Clinton was about the same distance from his father when he fired at Clinton. The state introduced witnesses who testified that with the same shotgun and cartridges loaded with the same charge of powder had killed rabbits and other game at a distance of seventy-five yards. As a result of this conflicting testimony in regards to Henry's ability to kill his wife and son. the jury was confused. After an all night discussion the jury agreed to disagree, the final ballot being ten for conviction on the charge of assault and battery with intent to commit a felony, and two for conviction on a charge of assault and battery. Henry has been in jail since the 'twenty-fifth of last September and as a result o fthe disagreement of the jury in his case, it is probable that he will remain in jail for at least another month before his second trial is called. Owing to the hopeless breach between Mr. and Mrs. Henry, as a result of the shooting scrape, which was the climax of numerous violent quarrels, it would occasion no surprise if Mrs. Henry would bring suit for divorce, providing that her husband is convicted of the charge for which he was indicted by the grand jury. CAN MAKE WEATHER 10 ORDER, HE SAfi Akron. O.. Dec. V Assert ins -and pointing to spring flowers blooming in a field behind his laboratory as proof that he can produce any variety of weather his desire dictates, John C. Bedient, an electrician of this city, is about to apply for a patent and to form a company to manufacture an apparatus he is concealing in the workshop here. He calls it a weather machine, and that's as far as he will go. except to say that electricity is its basis and that it will produce warm weather, with imitation sunshine, so far as effects so; rain .and the consequent growth of flowers, plants and grains: snow or ice, if applied near either still or running water. He is keeping the secret of the niachine's construction and stands guard each night, relieved by his wife and son to prevent the filching of his possession.

U K POWER HUGS

RESUMES AWFUL STORY- OF CRIME TO IMPLICATE OTHERS

Harry Orchard Is Again on the Witness Stand Telling of Numerous Assassinations He Has Committed. SAYS DEFENDANT WAS ACCOMPLICE IN CRIME. Says Pettibone Went to His! Cabin Where He Showed Orchard Uses of Setting Off Caps With Acid. Boise. Idaho, Dec. 12. For four hours Tuesday, in the trial of George A. Pettibone for the murder of former Governor Steunenberg, Harry Orchard was on the stand, and when court adjourned his story was only half told. A New Feature. An entirely new feature was the statement by Orchard that Pettibone had told him in ItKi-t that he had purchased K.h rifles from a hardware company in Denver and shipped them to the Coeur d'Alenes for use in the riots of 18!.. The witness said Pettibone told him he paid $1," of Western' Federation money for the rifles. j, Another portion of the testimony, j which the state regards as important, was the statement that Pettibone visited Orchard's house at Cripple Creek ; and showed him how to use "Pettibone dope." It is claimed by the prosecution that corroborative evidence will be introduced. The Pettibojie Dope. "Pettibone took me to his store," said Orchard, "and told me about setting off the giant caps with acid and a peculiar burning substance. shWing me how to compound the mixture. I took some home with me. Pettibone told me he would come to Cripple Creek, and show me how to use it. He came to mv house under the name of Morgan and mixed up some 'Pettibone dope.' Easterly said he had some mixed in his cellar and went over to see it. Pettibone told me Steve Adams knew how to mix it, and Easterly and I went over to see him about it." Orchard said that the stuff brought by pettibone was buried, and that he had described the place after his arrest and it had been dug up. The witness told of his third visit to Denver and of accompanying Moyer to Montrose as his bodyguard. During this trip Moyer was arrested, and Orchard returned alone. In April, Orchard said Haywood told him he wanted to "bump off" Governor Peabody, and he went to Cripple Creek to get Steve Adams to help him do the job. He then related how they laid for Peabody with sawed off shotguns furnished by Pettibone, but failed, and then made a bomb, but didn't use it because the executive board was in session and it was feared the Federation would be held responsible. LAUD FRAUDS BEING UNEARTID DAILY Senate Committee Now Working on Reported Misdemeanors in Oklahoma. F0ULKE INVESTIGATED. IT WAS LARGELY THROUGH HIS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT WAS DECIDED TO MAKE THOROUGH EXAMINATION. The United States Senate sub-committee is now delving into the great land frauds of Oklahoma and sensational developments are being daily encountered. William Dudley Foulke of this city was largely responsible for unearthing the evil conditions at the start. The investigation reveals the fact, that great wrongs have been done the Indians. A dispatch says the committee has agreed upon the report which shows several shady transactions which took place near the Mexican border, where a tribe of Kickapoo Indians were living at the time the law was passed allowing them to sell their holdings In Oklahoma. The report will show that a number of white men formed a partnership and raised capital with the express purpose of cheating the Indians out of their lands. One case is cited where land worth ?2r0.tt was secured at an expenditure of about " The report will also state that an Indian arrested on the charge of murder was released after he had signed a deed conveying land worth ?15.0 for $3,X0. -- "The sub committee met today to agree upon recommendations to the senaU."

The editor of the Oxford "Gazuzzu" was in the city yesterday receiving his annual Christmas gifts from some of the Main street merchants.

JACK THE HUGGER F She Immediately Complained To the Police Who Are Investigating. WOMEN ARE AGAIN AFRAID. ANY W,LL N0T venture on THE STREETS AFTEIJ NIGHTFALL UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY MALE ESCORT. A case of '"Jack the Hugger," has been reported to the police by a woman, whose name the police refuse to divulge. The police will give no particulars of the affair until a thorough investigation has been made. Women of the city are again becoming afraid to venture on the streets after nightfall. EXCELLENT SYSTEM USED BY MOSBAUGH It Is Highly Complimented An Indianapolis Man. by SAVES OFFICE EXPENSES. An Indianapolis man who called it the office of County Recorder Frank Mosbaugh. Tuesday, paid Mr. Mosbaugh a high compliment on the system he has established in that office, the visitor stating that it was by far the best he had ever seen, and he further said that he spoke from experience. This is not the only person who has congratulated Mr. Mosbaugh on his record system. When Mr. Mosbaugh went into office he at once established what is known as the "loose leaf record system." This system was the result of his years of experience as a printer. By this system people who call at the recorder's office can in a short spae of time locate the records for which they are searching. It has also the advantage over the old system of being a moneysaver. In the past the appropriations for the office expenses of the county Recorder have generally been about $:;o per year. Under the Mosbaugh system the office expense has been reduced to about $10 a year, which is quite a saving to the county. WANT BAKERS' DEGREE INSTEAD OFJJNION CARD New School of Baking at Purdue May Be a Go. A PROBABLE COURSE. The pure food faddists have won out at last. Scientific baking is to be one of the courses at Purdue university, at Lafayette. Ind., if the faculty conference which was held was properly impressed by the arguments given by. the master bakers from six states. Indignant because a profession can show no higher diploma thau a union card the master bakers demand degrees. The public will have a right to demand whether or not the cook bears an LL. B. Bachelor of Loaves. Not content with this initial victory, the master bakers, it is reported, have laid out the following course of culinary study, which they hope will be adopted at the leading universities of the country. Freshman year Bun manufacturing: nol a strictly new course but essential' to the proper delivery of the rah-rahi Dough-kneading An accepted course and not elective. Egg-beating Substituted instead of cabbie and cop beating. Sophomore year-Roll making; racing charts with each lecture. Canned goods -Continuation of the bun course. Junior year Pie making, as differentiated form becoming pie-eyed. Senior year Pudding; the senior year always was a cinch. Turn-overs Baccalaureate resolutions to be good. Grand review of the previous years' courses. ' rttUPHET. THE WEATHER INDIANA Fair Thursday; Friday, snow or rain; variable winds, becoming east. OHIO Fair Thursday, except snow flurries along the lake; Friday snow; fre6h winds becoming MutheasL

RGHTENS

WOMAN

SCHOOLS OF CCUNTY OBJECT OF VANDALS SAYS TP. TRUSTEE

Charles Potter in Address, Says That Greater Care Should Be Taken to Protect The Public's Property. TRUSTEES SHOULD BE MORE ECONOMICAL Advocates Reward to Those. Persons Who Detect People Willfully Destroying Public Property. A meeting of the trustees of the va rious townships of the county, wa; held today in the office of County Su perintendent Charles Jordan. There was an excellent paper read by Trustee Potter of Wayne township on the ' care of Township Property," and a few discussions and informal talks. Mr. Jordan . informed the trustees of the flattering statements made by State Superintendent of Education Fasset A. Cotton, on the district schools of this county. Mr. Potter's paper follows: "The care of township property, is a very important subject, and one that : very lew persons give any tnougnt. I The property of the township consists i of roads, bridges, road mac hinery and ' tools, and school property. As the I roads are under the care of a supervisor of roads, the property belonging thereto, is generally cared for better than the school property, but stiil there is great negligence on the part ':f some supervisors in regard to tne care of the road machinery, such as plow, scoops and graders. It seems that the object in view with a great many road supervisors, and the persons using road tools under their supervision is to dispose of them as quickly as possible when they are through with them; they therefore haul them out against the fence or in the fence corner and there leave them until wante I for some future work; when instead cf such disposition, they should be taken some place and housed from the weath er until needed for the next job of work, it would prolong their life ami the supervisor would know where to

find them the next time they were to j Mrs. Hiser looked into the open doorbe used. ' w ay of the mail car. "School property seems to be the oh-1 "Hello." she said, with a smile, to ject of more vandalism than anything! her astonished lover. Is it necessary

else; it seems that what is everybody's property is nobody's property. AI - though there 'are school directors whose duty it is to look after the school property of their district, they are. as a general thing, at some distance from the school houses and van - dais who delight in ' breaking into school houses and destroying the property, do their work and are gone before the director is aware of their presence in the vicinity. "Teachers are sometimes remiss in regard to the care of school property. It should be the duty of the teacher to report any damage, or anything out of repair to the proper officer the school director or the trustee, who should have the proper repairs made at once. "A great many people seem to think that because the property belongs to the township that they are privileged to take such liberties with it as they please. It is not often a tax payer stoops to commit any damage to school property, any-one who does so never stops to consider, if he is a tax payer. that he is taxed to build and main such schoBl property. The damage mostly from tramps, boys and irresponsible persons from the larger towns and cities, who go out in the country to have ag ood time, and think that a good time consists in destroying township, or any other property they find that is unoccupied, and no one about to protect it. "As to what is the best method to protect township property from such vandalism, t am unable to say. but I think it would be a good idea for the township advisory board to authorize tne townsmp trustee to offer a reward of five to ten dollars to any one giving information that would lead to the arrest an conviction of any person wilfully destroying property belonging to the township. "Any one who seeks, and is elected to the office of township trustee should make it his duty to care for the property of the township the same a-s if it was his own. as the people of the township have entrusted the township property in your care, you fchould fiake it your zealous dut the best of your abili The provisional government of Cuba is causing good work to be done in the building of roads, the erection of new municipal buildings, and the conI t .o, r r 1,1. wlfli'.- !

puucuuu w .tr. j . t. o auu uMw,:'.;and SUpp0rt in the patt. when he wan1 j-More than i was expended cr- congressman for the Sixth district. I

jing one montn recently ny tne engm -

eermg uepanmeni in carrjiug uui me j his friends will stand by him in his improvements. One of Cuba's needs is new aspiration to become governor of good roads, and every section of the the great state of Indiana. Mr. Watisland is benefiting from the work now son states that he has done his best to being carried on. In many places do the wishes of his constituency as much needed improved communication congressman and if elected governor between agricultural centers has rc-Jhe will strive to be a faithful servant suited. Consular Reports. ' ol the people iu Indiana.

SUFFERING WITH DELIRIUM TREMENS

James Neary, the Victim, Is Confined in Jail. THINKS TIMBER CRUSHING. James Neary, an unfortunate whis key victim, is confined in the county I jail suffering from an acute attack of tremens. Wednesday night he fought pink cows and snakes. Today he thinks falling timber is crushing him to death. LITTLE CHURCH AROUND XOffl ENDS ROMANCE In Presence of Solemn Faced Clergyman, R. F. Exline and Mrs. Esther Hiser Were Married in St. Louis. FIANCE GIVES LOVER BIG SURPRISE IN STATION. Unknown to Exline, His Sweet heart Boarded the Train on Which He Was WorkingThere Was Only One End. Recently R. F. Exline. a railway Ina1 rlerkf boarile(i a fast Louis St. mail train at the local Panhandle station to assume the duties for which Uncle Sam pays him. Mrs. Esther Hiser, a pretty young widow and Exline's sweet hMi I, boarded the same train. As the limited sped along on its westward journey, little did the busy mail dent thing that in a passenger eopoh just two cars back of the mail car his sweetheart and Dan Cupid sat side by side. When the train pulled into the St. Louis union station, Exline was, putting on the finishing touches to his work. Suddenly the pretty face of j to sa' that it took just a jiffy for the ; happy Mr. Exline to doff his working I jacket and overalls and drop to the station plaorm at the side of his sweetheartV There is only one ending to such a 1 Phasing litt.e romance and Exline and Mrs. Hiser willingly accepted the inevitable, which was ''a Ijttle church around the corner," in other words the Centenary Methodist church, where the solemn vows were made in the

presence of a grave-faced minister, to.tween its three leading railroads, a "take each other for better or for; contest that was carried on before the worse." for ever and a -day. j Indiana Railroad commission. Not a word about this quiet little! A decision given yesterday was in wedding in St. Louis reached the favor of the Commercial club, and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Exline in this hereafter the P., C, C. & St. L. and th city, until Wednesday night, when j Toledo, St. Louis Western will be r--both of them returned to Iiichmand, j quired to interchange freight in tar and announced to the many friends ; load lots with the Chicago, Cincinnati and relatives, that they had without j& Louisville Railroad, a new line that protest taken the life sentence. Mrs. i touches Marion. The decision of the Exline is the daughter of Mr. and commission will be gladly received by Mrs. J. C. Griffin of this city. Mr. Ex-: the manufacturers of Marion.

line has been employed in the railway mail service for the past three years, ; He is a very popular young man. His bride is also well known and popular. The young couple will make their future home in Greenfield, Ind. THINGS IF ELECTED Has Written Richmond Friends That He Wishes Their Support. DESIRES TO BE GOVERNOR. HE SAYS HE WILL BE FAITHFUL SERVANT OF PEOPLE IF ELECTED TO THAT HIGH POSITION IN THIS STATE. Many local friends of James E. Watson have received letters from the gubernatorial aspirant, in wbkh he expresses bis thanks for their devotion !and expresses the tmcere hope that

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PRQMSES

COURT WILL DECIDE CASE NEXT WEEK

Suit of the Indiana Railroad Commission Against the Pennsylvania and C, C. & L. To Be Ruled Upon. COMMISSION WANTS IN. TERCHANGE IN RICHMOND. Pennsylvania Has Had Absolutely Ignored All Requests Of Commission to Make Physical Union of Two Lines MARION CLUB WINS SUIT. COMMISSION RULES THAT PENN. SYLVANIA WILL HAVE TO IN. TERCHANGE FREIGHT WITH C., C. &. L. IN THAT CITY. Next weekin the Marion superior court in Indianapolis, will come up the question of freight interchange beKween the Pennsylvania and C. C. As L. railroads in Richmond In which the state railroad commission Is plaint iiT. It will be recalled that the, question was taken before the State Railroad commission and that this commission decided in favor of the Commerelil club as against the railroads, in its de- ' man tnat freight inter-change be es. j tabllsneu. The Pennsylvania railroad I company protested the decision an I filed a demur to the same. Shlveley - Shlveley, representing the railroad, commission, have filed briefs to the d'v mur, and it Is expected that the brlel of the Pennsylvania will be filed this week. Much interest is being taken In the impending decision by local shippers las it Is felt that an interchange cf : freight between the two roads would greatly alleviate present evil shipping condition. An inter-change of freight would also greatly facilitate shipping: ; of goods to points on either of the , roads As yet no certain point of contact between the two roads has been determined on, as the Pennsylvania railroad has disparaged every ,suggeF,4 ion that has been made as to a possible , point of contact. MARION CLUB WINS CASE. Indiana Commission Decides That the Pennsy Must Interchange. Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 12. The 'Commercial Club of Marion won Us tight for an interchange of freight bej "The duty of interchanging traffic j at Marion is imperative under the law," says Chairman Union B. Hunt, of the commission, in a written opinon made yesterday. "And the respondents should recognize this fact and at once comply with the ftatutes," he adds. "Much of the right of way on which the connecting tracks between the P.. C. C. v St. L. and the Toledo St. Louis A; Western lines are laid was donated by the business men of Marion. The right of way was not donated to these roads In order that they might have a monopoly on the track and forever close the doors against additional shipping facilities, for the city of Marlon, but were made in order that these facilities might be unrestricted and unlimited. The Marion Commercial clnb has offered inducements to industrial concerns Ho locate in their city onaceount of transportation facilities, with the assurance that adequate interchange of traffic could be made. t'pon these assurances Industries have located there which are now derej)dent on the use of ihe Chicago. Cincinnati and Iuisville railroad as an avenue of tranfcportatlon, either in or out cf the city of Marion. "An order will be maae requiring that such interchange be made, each of said respondents being permitted to make a reasonable transfer or switching charge for service rendered. j SCALE COMPANY SUES. Brings Action Against Benjamin bright. AThe case of the Toledo Computing Scale company, against Benjamin F. Albright, has been filed in the circuit court. The suit fa on . contract. Demand $60.00 Shlveley and Shi-eley attorneys for the plaintiff.