Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 324, 5 January 1908 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOL. XXXII. no. :vi . RICII3IOXD, IND., SUNDAY MORNING, JANl'AIJY .1. 190S. SINGLi: COPY, 3 CKXTS. CLUBS ARE NOT CAUSE MAN! PUPILS ARE OVER AGE IN THE RICHMOID SCHOOLS JAPAN IS NOW PREPARING FOR WAR MEN OF AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND MARTIAL LAW AND TROOPS PUT DAMPER Large Number of Vessels Being Fitted Out. MOB SPIRIT

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" Divorce Cases in Wayne County Cannot Be Attributed To These Organizations. WERE MEN GET BURDEN OF BLAME FOR EVIL Asserted Male Organizations Do More to Disrupt Homes Than All the Women's Societies of the City. ' SAY THE IDEA IS ABSURD. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN SEVENTY WOMEN'S CLUBS IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND OF VARIOUS CHARACTER. The dab women ot Richmond, have on and all "tabooed" the idea that 'the elub ! the is the cause of the divorce epidemic which is now raging in "Wayne county. When seen yesterday they were unanimous in saying that the club builds up homes instead of tearing down. "The club is a grand thing;" "It is one of the greatest culture agents that this country ever knew;" "During twenty years' connection with my club I have not known one of its members to get a divorce," are some of the statements -which these ladies made. The mildest statement which was made was to the effect that there are both good and bad clubs, and eorne of the clubs by making excessive calls upon the time of women who have household duties, may break into borne life. One lady rapped the male population of this old world roundly, by saying that if the men would stay at home as well as the women do, there would not be so many divorce proceedings. Out in Oakland, California, an enterprising minister conducted an investigation into the cause of divorce, lie consulted forty well-known lawyers and a large majority of them gave as the first reason for the severing of tho sacred bonds of matrimony the women's clubs of our cities. It is safe to say that If tho pious gentleman who gleaned these opinions should land in Richmond, he would receive a reception which would referable very strongly the polar zone iu "winter. One prominent club member said :"It is simply awful that men (should say such things. Everyone knows that the clubs are doing great pood in the home life. They give women culture, make them broader, and consequently better wives, mothers and 'companions. As for me, I laugh at jthe idea that our meetings foster the Mlvorce evil." When asked about the men's clubs, she shrugged her boulders, and with a twinkle of fun in her eyes, said. "Well, they are not as bad (ns they might be." ' Richmond might be known as a city of clubs. There are ver seventy clubs Ho which ladies belong. Many of the 'leaders in these organizations stand 'high in national circles, and are known .throughout the country. They do not hesitate to express an opinion oti the divorce agitation. All of them deplore the fact that Wayne county courts broke all previous records last year by granting a divorce for every five marriage licenses that were issued, but they were certain that the clubs of the city have not fostered the fcreat American evil. Mrs. M. F. Johnston, a leading club woman, whose interests are in art rather than social clubs, said: '"There is nothing in it. I must laugh at the whole idea. The women who are good club women are also good wives and mothers. I do not know the cause of divorce, but I am sure that the clubs lire not at Hie bottom of it." Mis. Erie Reynolds, of the Magazine ihib. said: "The idea Unit the clubs r.re responsible is preposterous. They Jave kepi women from getting divorces. I am a member of six clubs and in none of them have 1 seen any thing to loster di voire. On the contrary, the women of the dubs are better housekeepers and more intelligent companions to their husbands for being members of clubs. It is true that some club women I know have been divorced, but. in every ease the separation has arisen from causes wholly without tho club. 1 do not know what Tart men's clubs have played in this question, for I. never had the opportunity of belonging to any of them. Perhaps if I knew tho inside workings t them I could g?ve you more information, but I can say as to women's tuganizatlous. and I unhesitatingly protiouure them a grand thing for the women of our country." Mrs. X. C. Heironimus. president of fhe Aftermath club made the following Statement: "I really know little about )f. because during the twenty years Continued on l'asc Eisct.)

WIRELESS SYSTEM MOST OF ALL This Is the Opinion of Everett Larsh, a Former Well Known Richmond Man, Now In the United States Navy. IS IN THE CITY ON A VISIT WITH RELATIVES. Tells of the Communication Carried on When Admiral Evans and His Great Fleet Sailed Past Key West. "The greatest invention and the most interesting work iu the world," is tho way Everett Larsh, a former well known Richmond young man, describes the wireless telegraph. Larsh is an enlisted man in the United States navy and for the past year been stationed at the United States naval wireless station at Key West, a small island just so-.:th of Florida. Larsh is now in the city visiting relatives. "When Admiral Evans and his fleet of sixteen battleships sailed past Key West the- wireless station there at once opened communication- with the fleet. The forty-five horse power instruments at this wireless station, which is the largest in the United States, is still in communication with the fleet and will continue to be until the battleshins arrive at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, which is about 1,000 miles south of Key West." stated Seaman Larsh last evening. The maximum range for transmission at the Key West wireless station is one thousand miles. This station keeps tip a steady communicatioiNwith New York City. . The government has just installed a small but complete wireless station at Dry Tortugas. an island sixty miles west of Key West, and Larsh expects to be placed in charge of this station iwhen he reports for duty. Dry Tortujgas is one of the principal naval sta tions of the United States. NOW IN HANDS OF FEDERAL OFFICER Alonzo Boyd Takes Charge of The Affairs of Quigley And Babylon. WILL ACT FOR CREDITORS. ( Deputy United States Marshal Alonzo Boyd of Indianapolis, has arrived in the city to take charge of the affairs of the Quigley and Babylon drug company( which was but recently forced luto bankruptcy through the active claims of both local and foreign creditors. Mr. Boyd will act in behalf of jQCtd creditors.

REMARKABLE

INVENTIONS

LI N AS P. MEMEDITH. Sheriff Wayne Co.

EARL OF YARMOUTH TO CONTEST SUIT Not Content to Let the Charges of American Wife Go By Without Contest. SECURES FAMOUS LAWYERS UNDER MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE EARL TO RETAIN ANY PORTION OF THE THAW WEALTH. London, January 4 The solicitors of the Earl of Yarmouth, whose wife, foi-merly Miss Alice C. Thaw, of Pittsburg, has begun suit for the nullification of her marriage, have given notice that they propose to defend the action. The case will probably not be heard for several weeks. While this action is quite distinct from a divorce, it will be heard in the divorce court, the sittings of which begin January 11. The court has only two judges, and there are on the calendar 156 undefended cases which take precedence over the defended suits. The Yarmouth suit stands sixty-one on the list of defended cases. Lewis & Lewis, the famous firm of ! solicitors of which Sir George Lewis, : the best-known lawyer in England, is the head, will renresent Ibe Countess Insanity before marriage and an ex- j isting marriage are among grounds up-j on which, under the English, law, a marriage may be annulled,. Announcement of the filinc- of the

suit, for annulment of her marriage is' ir is t"0"1 ,ll:lt Heiger had been jierturbing England less on account of sitting on the abutment for nearly a the scandal than as a result of the ! half hour before his moans attracted discovery that the marriage settle- :,,, ,.,,,.; ,T .

ment was such as to render it imnnssi ble for the earl to retain anv of the ; Thaw wealth. The amount of the settlement has iK:vri urt ll tviiwu t-.vv. JJL 10 Ultllli'tl & : of the Th:ii' HTiit Vnnnntilh fiiTi-iiliec; but it is certain that it exceeded $1,000,000. Besides this, the countess has given her husband large sums to meet demands incurred through gratification of his expensive tastes. COUPLE WEDDED ON ROLLER SKATES Even Minister and Guests Donned Rollers. Pittsburg, January 4 Surrounded by "00 people on roller skates, the Rev. C. L. Thurgood, pastor of the Central Christian church, himself on skates, married Wiibert Schrandres and Miss Peulah Smith, also on skates, at the Homewood skating rink. The Rev. Mr. Thurgood refused to don rollers until powdered chalk and rosin were used to make a place for the ceremony that was not too slipIery. Just as the bride was about to reply to ibe words "honor, love and obeji" she shifted her foot and sat down plump on the floor amid screams of laughter. The minister not only married the couple, but took occasion to preach a stirring sermon to the skaters. The bride and bridegroom then led 250 couples in a skate around the rink to a wrri.-iin trwraK

SAT ON ABUTMENT HOLDING STUMP OF HIS SEVERED LEG

Fred Heiger, Unfortunate, Fell Beneath Wheels of Moving Train on Sheridan Street Viaduct, Late Saturday. HIS MOANS ATTRACTED PASSERSBY TO HIS AID. The Man Was Found Several Minutes After the Accident Occurred and He Was in a Critical Condition. Sitting on a stone abutment on the north side of the Sheridan street viaduct, Fred Heiger, aged about 4o years, and living at 40S South Tenth street, was found yestery afternoon about tix o'clock moaning in agony and holding the bleeding stump of his right leg. which had been cut off at the ankle by tho wheels of a car On the street, under the viaduct Heigc-r's foot vas found- afUr lle had ben Placed in the city ambulance. The amputated foot had fallen between the tics. ! No one witness d the accident and ; , uutiiuuu vi. (jaaaiiau). xieii,er had lIoiie everything in his power be fore assistance reached him to staunch tne flow of blood, but his efforts had not been very successful. When found' the injured -man was perfectly conscious, but extremely weak and almost frantic from the sever pain he was suffering. The men who found Heiger at once called for the city ambulance and on its arrival, he was at once taken to the Reid Memoria hospital where prompt measures were taken to save the man's life. Officer Vogelsong. who drove the ambulance, says that Heiger gave no account of how the accident happened. Heiger suffers from a mental trouble and frequently wanders away from his home. It is thought that while walking across the tracks on the Sheridan street viaduct ho became confused and was knocked down by a train and directly under the wheels. Last winter Heiger wandered away from his house and remained away for over a day. The police were called upon to search for him and when found the unfortunate man was almost frozen to death. The physician who attended him at the hospital, Is confident that he will recover from the effects of the accident despite the severe nervous shoe, and the amount of b'ood lost. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Generally fair Sunday; colder in south portion, Sunday. ifitiiO fair and colder, Sunday

Some Interesting Figures That Bear Out This Statement Compiled by Superintendent T. A. Mott.

TOO MUCH INDIFFERENCE ON THE PART OF PARENTS The Percentage of Boys Over Age Exceeds That of Girls By Seven Per Cent, the Ratio Being 37 to 30. THREE CAUSES ARE FOUND. ONE IS SICKNESS. ANOTHER IS INDIFFERENCE OF THE PUPILS AND THE THIRD IS THAT SOME PUPILS CANNOT DO THE WORK. That there is too much indifference on the part of the patrons of the public schools, is the conclusion drawn from some interesting figures just compiled in the office of Supt. T. A. Mott. From the records he has found that of the 2,273 pupils now enrolled, 700, or Ot per cent are over age. 4:! are one year over age, 237 are two years over, 7 are three years over, 10 are four years over, and two pupils are still lingering in grades five years behind where they should be. In compiling these figures, seven years was taken as the normal age for first grade pupils, eight years for the second grade. A pupil should be fourteen years old when the eighth grade is reached. It is also noted that the percentage of boys over ago exceeds that of girls by 7 per cent. Of the total enrollment, 1,146 are boys and 1,127 girls. Of those over age, 42S are boys and 341 are girls, or, putting it, In another way 37 per cent of the lads and 30 per cent of the lassies are one or more years behind their classes. Supt. Mott has figured that the large percentage comes from three or more causes. The first in Importance of these is sickness. Many pupils In tho grades are frail and the changes of weather in the winter work havoc with their health. When a pupil is absent for as short a period as three days, it is almost impossible for him to catch up with the class. It has covered a certain amount of work and gone on, and when the sick pupil returns, he has more than he can do with the double lessons. The second cause, and the one about which the officials are now trying to arouse public interest, is the indifference about lae pupils who are mentally aud physically too lazy to do the work assigned them. These ipils need pushing is the decision of Supt. Mott. and just now he is busily engaged in organizing a "push" campaign. Boys aud girls who can. but won't, are to be prodded along until they are awakened. In this way it is thought that the percentage can be reduced very materially. For the third cause, comes in the fact that a few pupils are short on mental ability and cannot do the work. But this class is vastly smaller than school men used to think it was. According to Supt. Mott it is an easy way out of the whole question, and one too often employed by teachers and parents. The movement in which Richmond is taking the lead, is one in which educators will be much interested in the immediate future. Supt. J. M. Greenwood, for forty years superintendent of schools in Kansas City, and a very Ciose friend of Supt. Mott. is making a similar investigation of the schools under his jurisdiction. These men will tackle the problem and try to solve it. ADAIR MAY ENTER RACE FOR GOVERNOR It Is Thought Recent Squabuie cu miiuci aun vctb Oliver Political Move. DESIRES TO BE CANDIDATE. Portland. Ind.. Jan. 4. The belief Is gaining ground that John A. M. Adair, democratic congressman from the Eighth district, will y tie a candidate i for governor. It is known that he de- ! sires to be such a candidate. He was at one time a suspected candidate, when he said that if he got into the race in earnest he would hand to the state committee the sum of $10.OX as a starter. An there are aood many who do not wish to let that ?10M slip away. There are many who believe that the recent, events in ita jgu.tb -district

Tokio, Jan. 4 There are built, building or repairing iu Japan, l' battleships, LI armored cruisers, about 0 destroyers. second class cruisers, a good sized squadron of coast defenders, a large flotilla of torpedo craft, and a great fleet of dispatch, supply, transport and auxiliary vesels. all of which could be placed in service by tho early part of l'.iO:.

SCANDAL INVOLVING KING HUMBERT TO BE HEARD MONDAY Countess Hercolani Comes Forth With Story of Innocence Betrayed, and It Will Be Given Thorough Airing. DECLARED WOMAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF DEAD MAN. The Decision to Try the Case Is King Victor's as He Wishes to Clear the Name of His Father From All Smirch. Rome, Jan. 4. A trial involving the character of the late King Humbert will begin on Monday, and because it Involves a scandal it has already given rise to much gossip. A so-called Countess Hercolani came forward some months ago with a pitiful story of girlish innocence betrayed and pointed to a grown man as her son by King HumberL The claim set gossips In an uproar. There were plenty of people to believe the story, and many bitter references were made to King Victor's closeness in not expending sufficient money to keep such a tale out of the law courts and to save the memory of his father. Easy to Accuse Dead Man. Crown Advocate Rossi refutes the claim, as follows: "Wh'.lo his majesty lived the so-called countess showed no signs of life, and It is easy to accuse a dead man." In one way, however, the matter is not so simple as it seems. In Italy the law forbids any claim for paternity, so the countess had to base her case on other grounds, and declared that the late king had taken advantage of her innocence when she was 15 years old that is, when under age. The decision to try the cas Is the king's. He wishes to clear his father's memory, and, besides, argues soundly that any attempt 10 buy her off would only be taken as a sign of fear and belief in th-j soundness of her case. It is better to finish it once for all. As for the king's economical spirit, the trial will cost immensely more than any hush money. Alleged Son Her Brother. The countess says she was born in Tunis in ISSo, but she can show no documents to prove it, and She looks much older. She claims as her son a boy who was registered as her brother and is again with no documents. Indeed, with, these plain facts sgainst her, she has not a le-; to stand upon. The countess will produce a woman whom she declares to have been her wet nurse, but Investigation proves that in 1&C this woman was a child of 10 years. whereby Richard K. Irwin, of Decatur, and C. K. McCulIougn of Anderson, were practically eliminated from the race for governor, was a cold-blooded and cunningly devised scheme to bring about a condition that would make Irwin and McCullough impossible in the interest of Mr. Adair. And it is believed that in due time Irwin and McCullough will be out of the race and Adair will be in. SAD DEATH ANNOUNCED TO LOCAL FRIENDS Mrs. Esther Strawbridge Dies In Florida. I Word has been received here of the j death of Mrs. Esther Strawbridge, ; wife of William Strawbridge. at Eus1 tris. Fla., January 2, at the age of 64 years. Her remains will be taken to Chicago and the funeral services will be held from the family residence, 4026 Grand Boulevard, on Tuesday. Mrs. Strawbridge was we!! and favorably known here, this having at one ti ma-bee a &er home

Affairs of Muncie Are Clearing Up and There Was No Violence Saturday, Probably Due to Presence of Troops.

BUSINESS MEN SWORN AS DEPUTIES TO AID PEACE. Business Houses Closed and People Are Required to Keep To Their Homes in Obeyance to Governor's Order. HANDWRITING ON THE WALL BOTH CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS DETERMINED TO CHECK ALL LAWLESSNESS AND SET MUDDLED AFFAIRS ARIGHT. Muncie, Ind., Jan. 4 Muncie, for a riot-stricken city, tne result of outbreaks of mob sympathizers with the striking inotormen aud conductors of the Muncie street car lines operated by the Indiana Union Traction rompainy, is in joint conarol of the Indiana national guard aud the municipal government. Five hundred citizens have been hworn in as special officer of the law. and will try to preserve order without the active aid of the military. The troops, now ever, have the effect of awing the mob spirit. Proclamation by the Mayor. The new order of affairs brought forth another proclamation from Mayor (luthrie In which he ordered that all women and children remain off the streets except when their presence there is necessary. He also ordered a. saloons to remain closed until be ! should issue an order opening them. ; Persons standing in the streets will be ; promptly arrested. The spirit of the i proclamation is one of determination ! to restore Muncie to a state of good ori dir. j The work of swtaring In 500 business tud professional men commanded to serve as deputy sheriffs by Sher-j jiff Perditu proceeded as Saturday i wore on. Attaches of tho office of : Sheriff Perdleu hurried over the city and Pummon?d the men to appear at' police headquarters to be aworn Irf. These men are the most prominent lr town aud the list probably includes the entire roster of the Commercial", club. They left their ("tores, banks. . and offices to stand about the street in the coid, January rain, wearing the badge of the Jaw, a white brassard on the left arm. Has Already Had a Good Moral Effect. At first many of them took the metter lightly, but the real seriousness ot itae situation soon dawned upon them and the business men assumed the duty of trying to restore Muncie to Its norma! quietude. These deputy aheriffs and the police will try to control the situation, assisted only when necessary by the soldiers. If they can do so successfully the soldiers will take no part in the affair. Their! pretence here has already had a good more! eett. ! General McKoe put the matter of 8j".f control up to the city and county authorities In strong terms at a confrerce. He told them what martial law meant. He said that it would -uean that all business houses would have to Le closed and cltlxens remain :n fi.eir homes. This statement fol-:t-.ved the call for the business men to serve as deputy sheriffs. ' Muncie us the hanclwritin gon the wall cow i::at the soldiers have finally come. The city has had quiet Saturday, tee . first it has known since the new year j came in. j Governor Sets Out Reasons. j In the proclamation Issued, the Governor sets out his reasons for proclaiming Muncie and adjacent territory under martial law. He calls attention to the lawlessness and to the effective efforts of the local authorities to quell the riots, and declares the city and its immediate environments to be In a state of riot and Insurrec tion. "The Governor has waited in the hope that the local authorities of Muncie, supported by the law-abiding citizens, would "be able to maintain j order, preserve peace, and protect life I and property," was the executive atateiment made today. The inability and j failure of the local authorities to cope with the situation leaves the executive no choice. ' "The law in Muncie win be en- . forced: order will be res'r.red; peace will be maintained, ai l life and property will be protected, even though It rTJlro th full r-sou;-ces of the State. Martial law will not b continued oni day beyond the necessity for 1L Its deration will depend entirely upon the action of the citizens of the city of Muncie." The martial law proclamation ac4 the order to General McKc-e were issued br the Governor in his double cai pacity zs Governor of Indiana and I commander-inhief of its jnEltaxx; lorceu