Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 338, 19 January 1908 — Page 1

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THE

PRIMARY ELECTION WILL BE CLEANEST HELD IN YEARS The Executive Board of County Committee Is Making Rules Which Will Greatly Affect Floating Element.

NO RIGS FOR HAULING VOTERS TO THE POLLS. This Is the Latest Ruling of The Governing Body and It Will Be Strictly Enforced No Cheap Whisky. Tlx executive board of the republican county central committee, lias just nrted that candidates cannot use rigs for hauliuu; voters to the polls at the coming primary election, unless the rigs are the property of and are driven by the candidates This ruling is bahed on the resolutions recently adopted by the central committee prohibiting candidates from "treating" or to use money in any manner to influence voters. It is generally conceded that abolition of the time-honored custom of candidates hiring men to drive livery rigs in which the lazy voter is hauled to the nol s. means a bis tailing oil miv the vote at the primary election. At the primary election their will be only one poll to each ward with the exception of the fifth ward, which will have two voting places,, onft in tlu; north half and one in the south half. There will be hundreds of voters in "this citv who will not cast, their ballots February 1! for the only ret'son that they are located at some distance from their voting place and are not enough concerned in the outcome rsf the election to walk tr. the polls. J'i the past this large class of voters have always been induced to attend the polls by the hirelings of the various candidates who go alter them in livrry rigs. The committee's anti-treating ar.d vote buying regulations will a'..;o greatly effect a certain class of colored men in the north end of the city who at each election, regular or primary, make a practice of bleeding candidates. No longer will t he familiar cry of these negroes "I Inven t voted yet. i ..! 1-1- .-...1 X- 1 . I . , ' tsir iiu nearu. .o more cneap winsKy will be circulated ut th;; voting places. NEW LIMITED NOT TO START MONDAY After Making First Announcement Traction Officials Encounter Difficulty. CAUSE OF THE DELAY. THERE WOULD BE A TWENTYFIVE MINUTES LOSS FOR PASSENGERS IN THIS CITY NEW SCHEDULE TO BE FRAMED. The new limited interurbau service; between Richmond and Dayton will ; not go into etiect .Monday morning as was announced by the traction officials a week ago. Since that announcement thev have encountered difficulties which make a change in the plans necessary. According u the schedule .announced, the new limited leaving for Columbus would not make connection with the limited arriving from Indianapolis by twentj-five minutes, and this, the officials think, would prove fatal to the service. Accordingly the plans are being revised, and local officials are confident that in a few da.is a che.duie will be announced for limited service from 1 ndiauapolis to Columbus with no delay in Richmond. E

INTEN YEAF.SSlANE GETS AN

Bakersvilie Is Now Rejoicing Over Event. Winsted. Conn.. .Ian. PS.-There is aj general rejoicing in bakersvilie. a vl!-!

lage near here, because a baby has j been born there, tho first in ten years.'; l'loyd Snyder, a farmer, and his' General managers of many gas wife are the happy parents. The baby plants of Indiana met in Indianapolis boy and his mother are doing well. As and formed an organization to be the Snyder baby is the first to be born known as the Indiana Gas and Electric there since Mrs. Edward Siedham gave j Association. Frank Lane, manager of birth to a son a decade ago. the Snyder j the Light. Heat & Power company, of home is being visited hy old and young i this city, was elected temporary secreto see the stiauge sight. tarj.

MEN OF

WALLACE WROTE ON GARFIELD SCHOOL BLACKBOARD When the Famous Author Spoke Before the Students Years Ago, He Drew Outline Of Battle of Shiloh. THOUGHTFUL TEACHER HAD IT PRESERVED. Map Is Held by Garfield Students in Reverence and Under No Condition Would They Have It Destroyed. In the assembly room of Garfield school, there appears on the blackboard a number of markings which to the casual observer seem very much like hieroglyphics, but which are re - ally of historical interest. They were placed there years ago when" General Lew Wallace, the famous author of "Ben-Hur" visited the city, and have not been disturbed to this day. According to the tradition it appears that General Wallace once attended a soldiers reunion in Richmond, and tTTT enterprising faculty of GarCield. hearing that the author was in the city, invited him to be present at the general exercises. General Wallace accepted ami lectured on Shiloh. that hardful,ght field where he won both fame aruf bitter censure. In the course of his remarks, he drew a picture of the battlefield, showing the evolutions of the enemy, the attack on the Union line, and thekmovemeut of the force which tried to cut off the retreat of the Fed eral troops to the shelter of the guu-J boats when they were routed on the j first day of the battle. The general J held the children to breathless atten-j tion for over an hour and when he was j gone. Miss Delia Posey, the principal ( of Garfield, had the drawing painted! on the board in white so that it would not be destrojed. I Today the picture is held by the j ciiildren of Garfield in a kind of rev-j erence and under no condition would j t.iey see it destroyed. It has also served to illustrate many a lesson iu his tory which would otherwise have been dry and meaningless. OFFICE AT MEETING Indiana Gas and Electric As sociation Formed.

AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND

GEO. W. DEUKER. Dealer in Stoves and Queensware MONEY WAS FOUND N A BALL OF YARN Philip Hoeflinger, of Eaton, 0., Was a Most Eccentric Man. HAD GREED FOR WATCHES. MONEY WAS FOUND IN EVERY PART OF MAN'S HUMBLE HOME BY THOSE MAKING SEARCHONE NIECE SURVIVES. Eaton. O., Jan. IS. The discovery of the dead body of Philip Hoeflinger, found in his apartments on Cherry street, after a wink's time, has resulted in the disclosure of the fact that the old man did not di'j penniless, but showed plainly that he had hoarded his money. Coroner 1 11. O'llara conducted an inquest, but as yet has not rendered a verdict. Further investigation by iO'Haru ind Marshal George W. Jones has revealed the fact that he had money in all parts of his humble home, something like $100 in cash, and notes to the amount of $1,000 being found In one instance he had wrapped a f0cenfc niece iu a ball or Tarn. Besides

this, it has been learned that he owned in Passable condition rural free delivseveral thousand dollars' worth of s"viee shall be suspended, property at Winchester. ' The nlral carrier whose route runs Ar,- uo fo f tt,ii through Webster township recently re-

seemed to be his greed for watches, ' more than one dozen of them bein found in his home, and were all of different values. These he is supposed to have taken as bonus when he at one time conducted a saloon in Eaton. He has but one relative a niece, who is here to look after the affairs of the estate. SKATERS CAN NOT USE GLEN LAKE Superintendent Forbids Use of Lake Now. the The uncommonly warm days of Janary have wrought havoc with the dreams of skating enthusiasts who lay in the shade around Glen Miller lake

last summer and thought of the slides i "V"1 T L V ' o c ua ,c. w. Vwh th ,mi.;M'S8 HoS taught in the Richmond!

ly winter would bring. But few of ; tnose slides have come so far this season. The lake has been frozen over several times but because of the airholes Supt. Klopp has not deemed it safe and so has forbidden skaters from using it. When it does freeze thor oughly the lights around the lake will he lighted and the skaters welcomed to their fun. KNODE BUYS STORE. Oliver. T. Kuode has bought the entire stock of Clinton Kouth and will have the stock removed to Knode OIuic store. North Eighth street.

F SUSPENSION OF RURAL SERVICE Postmaster Spekenhier Has Complained to County Commissioners of Poor Roads in Webster Township. RURAL CARRIER MAKES A GENERAL COMPLAINT. First of Its Kind in the County Since Rural Service Was First Inaugurated Several Years Ago. l'ostmaster J. A. Spekenhier has addressed a communication to the coun

ARMERS

ty commissioners calling attention to1k'al- Quoting from an act of lyOG as

the bad condition of a road in the northwestern part ot v aimer town ship which runs past, the Rosa farm,

Mr. Spekenhier in his communication ! or money whatever on any conreminus the commissioners that therein .. '.,KU . . Jtny - township - - is conis a rural post regulation which pro- cenie(lj on conviction shall be fined, vides that unless public roads .are kept ; etc."

P'"d to Postmaster Spekenhier that the road complained of is in bad condilion nearl" a11 the 'ear an in 'inter tilne is so bad as to be almost imnassahle. Tn thesnrir.-r a cm,n J t 'T W U1.J.AU,KK J stream overflows and submerges a good sized portion of the road. The mail carrier recommends the building of a bridge. The complaint made by Mr. Spekenhier is the first one of its kind made in this county since the establishment of the rural free delivery system. As tne residents of the northwestern part of Webster township fear the government will suspend mail delivery in that section they are insisting that the commissioners take prompt s-teps to improve the road. This action will prob ably be taken when the commissioners meet tomorrow. NOW IN INDIANAPOLIS. Miss Emma Hough nas accepted a position in the Indianapolis public i schools, having entirely recovered ' public schools for some time and her many friends here will be glad to hear of her recovery. She has an excellent position in the capital city. Experience in England shows that in ! towns supplied with soft water the death rate is 19.2. while in towns that have a suppls of hard water it is only 10..". THE WEATHER PROPHET INDIANA Fair Sunday; moderate - temperature. joHIO Fair Sunday.

NGHAM CLEARS

SEVERAL POINTS IN DEPOSITORY LAW Attorney General Answers Several Questions Put to Him by the State Trustees' Association. FUNDS OF THE TOWNSHIPS CHIEFLY CONSIDERED. Banks of Many Townships Have Refusued to Ask for County Funds and Therefore Great Inconvenience. Indianapolis, Ind., Jau. IS. In an opinion by James Bingham, Attorney General, answer is given to a number of questions on the public depository law, which were proposed by the. star-; trustees' association when that organization met here. The opinion was prepared by Henry M. Dow ling, assis tant attorney general. One question proposed related to the deposit of public funds of townships in cases in which no banks in the township had applied for funds. The question, as proposed by Fassett A. Cotton, state superintendent of public instruction, for the trustee, sought to determine whether or not 'in ca-:e no bank in the township applies for funds, it would be necessary for the board of finance to create as depositories all hanks outside the township which made application. The attorney-general holds that the law would compel the finance board to create as deposito; ies all banks which apply for funds However, he holds that it would not bo necessary for the township trustee to deposit money in all of these banks. The law, he says, permits the board to use discretion in the deoositiu'?- of funds. The 'Av t ill ici 1 1 v K(j)trs tlio at tnrnnv-freii-1 ' oral says, that the deposits in the ' various qualifying banks and trust.; companies shall be maintained by dc-1 positing officers as nearly in proportion to the maximum sums awarded as is practicable. If it should become practicable to deposit no money in a certain depository or depositories, the board would be justified in not doing so. The attorney-general says, however, that if the award has been made to one bank and others excluded, the order should be rescinded and all of the banks created depositories. He does not believe, though, that it would be necessary to withdraw the money from the one convenient bank and parcel it out among the others. Has Right to Vote. Another question a.-.ked was whether a member of a township finance board who is also a stockholder in a bank can vote with the board to allow funds to his own bank. The attornevgeneral holds that this would not bo louows: "Any ierFon holding any appointive power " ' who shall bargain for or receive any The attorney-general holds that while the language of t he act does rot apply specificallyto a member of a finance board the spirit of the statute, ? eves inc des sue, officials.

nn i jir. uowiing. in tne opinion, suesrens thn;!that the proper course would be for tne, .... .

Mr. Dowling. in the opinion, suggests the banker to resign from the finance ; ooaru. i ne opinion is ventured, now i a n-i i . . .... a ' ever that the action of the majority of the finance board would be valid the state constitution provides that where authority is vested jointed in three or more, the act of the majority is the act of the. body. In connection with the first question answered by Mr. Dowling, in relation to the deposit of township turds it is stated that there ere many townships in the state That will have great difficulty in finding places to deposit their funds conwnioutly. The banks of many townships have refused to ask for public funds. It is hinted that this action has been taken in the hone that deposits would by made on which it would not be necessary to pay interest. If this is he ca..e, however, the banks will be foaled., because the saw prohibits such action. ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHS. A pleasing dhsnlay of photographs I bv- Miss Bessie Heiser of North Ninth street, is being exhibited in the east' .window at the Starr piano rooms, iThe subjects are all lrawn from childhood and from an artistic point j are very pleasing.

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SIXTY STUDENTS MOVE THE BOOKS

Transfer of Twenty Thousand Volumes Made in Six Hours at Earlham. THROWN OPEN ON MONDAY. STUDENTS AT QUAKER INSTITUTION .WILL USE THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HAT DAY. The twenty thousand volumes composing the Kuriham library were moved into the new building Saturday. Professor Harlow Lindley organized a force of sixty students which began to move the books at eight o'clock and in six hours they were all in their places in the new building. This is regarded bv the colleee authorities as a record breaker as they had counted on the re moval taking se veral days. The new building will be opened to the student body Monday morning, all differences with the architects and contractors having been satisfactorily ad justed. In the new building there is shelf room for 7.".M volumes. It is regard cd bv library experts to be one of the best appointed libraries to he found at any of the smaller colleges in the state. COUNSEL FOR THE READY FOR FIGHT Understood That Big Corpora tion Will Fire First Gun in Battle for Glen Miller Land In Near Future. nun fari.ffii uriTi irr bUr I IMtT r WILL PJCl I MLn AFFIRM OR DENY REPORT Citizens Look With Disdain Upon Any Attempt to Disfigure the Most Beautiful Park In the State of Indiana. Acain it is rumored in the rlaes ot the high and mighty that the Pennsylvania railroad intenr.s to bring condemnatory proceedings against the city of Richmond, for the sale of the j small strip of land which it covets at ! the north end of Glen Miller lake, for the purpose of building a switch and extending its lines. Superintendent . Neff of the Richmond division when seen Saturday would neither alfirin nor deny the rumor, but it is known that the legal counsel of the Pennsylvania has already taken the first stcpi,

PENNSYLVANIA

in the proceedings. If the fight whiih tre pre?i(Unt shall aak for Mr. Corteithe railroad contemplates is forced on vou.g resignation. It is pointed out that the city council it will te watched he forwea tnat if Mr. Cortelyou should

wun mucn interest oy tne c:tiz3in who look with disdain upon any attempt to disfigure the most beautiful park in the state. Quite recently it leaked out that President Merrill of the board of pub lic works proposed to the city council ...... :., , hat It institute a friend,y salt against the Pennsvlvama n eo- if --,, 1,1 the Pennsylvania to se- if it could zct control of the park land by condem- : nntnrv T.rrrd ; r- rwt- : r i t . ' ' mo in uui wie i'iy iaTners nreferred to keep the passive attitude and let the railroad fire the first guc in the fighr. j If the Pennsylvania should secure' control of the land, it would build a switch line close to the drive at the north end of the lak? which would i make it dangerous for drivers of .ir-' , red horses to pass along that pan of, i the road. Besides it would bring a' .little nearer the road and noise of thej railroad which already interferes with! ;the charm and ouietn-ss of f;ifn Mi' i ler park. BEALL PROSPEROUS. Cash Beall. who some time ago purchased a ?rocery store at Eaton. O., reports thar b is enjoying a good business in this thriving. little city. NOW TRAVELING AGENT.

The business men on Main etreet.

Milton Elrode. who has bern con - nected with the wholesale department of the Marshall, Rost, Bartel company has accepted a position with an Indlianapolis firm as traveling agent.

CORTELYCU WILL

SEE THE END OF THE BIG RACE He Is of the Opinion the Tide Will Turn His Way in the Republican Convention to Be Held in Chicago. SYMPATHIZES WITH FORAKER IN HIS FIGHT. Told the President What He Thought and Chief Executive in Turn Complimented The Secretary of Treasury. Washington, January IS.-George B. Cortelyou. Secretary of the Treasury, is still a candidate for the presidency. 1'nlet-s he feels the force of the ""big stick" he will continue to occupy a place in the Cabinet, aud will continue in the race for the presidency. His attitude is that of a receptive candidate; of a man who has reason to believe that the Chicago convention may develop a situation that will present him as , an available man for the nomination. Mr. Cortelyou does not approve of the President's present course in ioli tics. Several weeks ago he threshed the whole subject out with Mr. Koosevclt. He said to the President, frankly, that he did not think he should be backing Mr. Taft or any other member of bin Cabinet for the presidency; that he thought the President was making a mistake iu using the power of the administration to further the interests of any particular candidate. Furthermore, he told the President in that conversation that he syinputhized with Senator Forakcr in tho fight he is making to prevent the ad ministration from eliminating him from public life. -The President listened to all his Secretary of the Treasury had to Kay, aud when It came his turn to talk he said he honored Mr. Cortelyoufor his manliness in coming to him and expressing his convictions. Put he did not. It is understood, say an) thing that would indicate that ho was willing to admit that he was persuing the wrong course. This conversation between the President and Mr. Cortelyou is the only clash they have had. If it may be called a clash. At no time since that conver sation has the President Intimated to Mr. Cortelyou that he Is dissatisfied with his presei.ee in the Cabinet. Mr. Coitelyou's attitude is that he has a p rfect right to be a candidate if he wishes to be: that he lia stated his views fully to the President an! that there is nothing for him to do but stick to his duties as Secretary of the Treasury. Taffs Friends Irritated. No concealment is made of the fact that the friends of Secretary Taft havu for weeks been irritated over the attitude of Mr. Cortelyou. Put it was said today that Mr. Taft himself is too wise a man to insist that o'i forced out of the Cabinet, only one reason covld be assigned for the act -ir.e ean1i.1aey of tee Secretary of the Triau; y for the presidency and his opposh ion to the political course of the Pr sidci.t. . frr5,it under the circumstances, the of Mr. Corteljou are saying tl.a he has the best of the situation. They say his position in the Cabinet ruay be embarrassing, but he does not intend to get out unless he Is force! out. BUSINESS MEN WANT 1 Will Present Petition to the City Council Next Monday Night. ORDINANCE IS INVALID. 1 D?tween Second and Eleventh hava signed a petition that ill be preeat1 to the city council Monday, asking that body to remove all wooden poles from Main street. Tnty will also request that all except electric light nnt trolrey wires be placed in a conduit beneath Main street nd that all wire necessary, bo placed upon iron pol?. It i believed by many that the pr?sent ordinance i inva'id and no effort is being made t enforce It. Up to this afternoon T. J. Study, city pltorney had taken, no action, although the instructions were !:ued to him at . the last meetiig f council, January six..

WIRES UNDERGROUND