Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 340, 21 January 1908 — Page 1

RICHMOND PALLADIUM H AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOL. xxxn. xo.:sio. KICII.MONl), IM)., Tl'KSDA V KVKNINC, .IAMAKV 11MKS. sixi;u: torv. ci:nts. HIS MAJESTY, THE POLE ORDINANCE, BENEFIT FUND FOR HERO IS OPPOSED ALLEGED CAPITOL GRAFTERSJO APPEAR Fourteen Defendants Will Be Given Hearing, Jan. 27. STORY OF PLOT TO WRECK BIG FLEET WHITE WAS KIND LECTURE TOUR LATOR OF LAW -THOUGHTFUL , SAID EVELYN Councilmen Think It Would Establish Precedent. IS A CAUSES NO WORRY i In Different Points in State Earlham. Thursday.

CHAMPION WOMAN

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City Council Members Have.

Another Wrnstlinn Match Monday Night in Which Aged Question Is Revived. DEUKER HAS AMENDMENT HE WISHES ADOPTED. Claims That Old Ordinance Is Impracticable as Wires Cannot Be Put in Alleys or Iron Poles Erected. FIGHT AGAINST BELL CO. COUNCILMAN VON PEIN THINKS THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CITY TO PREVENT PLACING THE WIRES UNDERGROUND. FEARS HIGHER RATES. Thinks That There Is Possibility of The Bell Buying Home Telephone Company and Boosting the Rates Higher. i wi mrr.iwi iMiicnt-m) iuum.il had a wrestling: match with the Main Ptreet pole question Monday night and Jt can be said in all truthfulness that It came near getting this tough old customer flat on his back on the mat. It would not have taken many more Fiiarp punches to have had him hanging over the ropes until time vas tailed, without a response. In fact, home real progress was made toward disposing of a question that so long as Ihe present generation can remember, lit least, has been a hoodoo, a bugbear, u thorn in the flesh, and about any ther old thing one might care to call Jt. Whenever the councilmen have had nothing else to occupy their time, and often when they did have, the pole question has bobbed up like a jack-in-the-box. as much as to say, "Here am 1. and what are you going to do with me 7" If the indications are not misleading, there will be a definite settlement that will mark distinct progress cm the part, of the city, for it will mean the freeing of Main street from 11 poles except those used by the street, car company and the light comVanies and these will have to be either Keel or iron so that, the unsighlliuess Will be reduced to a minimum. Deuker Leads Him Out. Monday night his majesty of the flowing beard was brought before the city fathers by Mr. Deuker-who else vottld be expected to lead forth this municipal hobby horse? Mr. Deuker lielieves his t'cllow-councilnicn did what they honestly thought was right when they passed the previous jiole ordinance, but he is as fully convinced that it -was a mistake: that it is Impractical at least for two reasons, one that the wires to be removed from Main street cannot now be satisfactorily laid in the alleys north and t-outh of Main street, and second, because the iron poles that are made posfsible would not be satisfactory owing to the danger that would be involved: danger so great that firemen and linemen probably would refuse to work About them. Mr. Deuker thinks the ordinance should be more sweeping: j that all companies should be treated' nlike. and for this reason he presented sin amendment to the ordinance, practically amounting to a new ordinance. In his amendment Mr. Deuker provides that all wires, except those of the street ear and light companies, bet' ecu Second and Twenty-first streets, on Main, snail be removed and laid in conduits by the first of June. I'.m.s. All wooden poles must be removed, but ihe t-treet car company and the light companies are to be permuted to use iron or steel poles for support of their wires. The conduits are to be of standard vitrified tile and one duct in each is to be reserved for the use of ihe city five ala'rin and police telephone wires, without cost to the city. Each telephone company is also to furnish the city twelve free telephones. .Ml surface wires attached to buildings must be thirty feet high. Work is to begin within sixty days from the pastage of the ordinance. Statement in Defense. .Mr. Deuker made an extended statement in defense of tlv; proposed amendment, saying that he had made a

full investigation of the subject, hav-j cnarge- Investigation flowed that the Ine cone to many of ;he Main street nan W!ls a skilful workman and that business men, to the members of theine nia'e good wages, but that he fire department and to the linemen in ' sI,ont a!1 ms money for booze, an effort to get their vi-ws of the mat-1 Ar tnat time Hiatt was released on

ter. It was pointed out to Mr. Deuker that when the Dome telephone company accepted the city's term for removal of its wires from Main street, the IVH telephone company had the same right but that it had refused to Take advantage of ii because it was not willing to asree to a maximum rate for us service. It is the ma'ter; vCo'iUnii -d on Page Twc

Hy action of the city council Mon-

day evening. Philip Riley. ;i men i ff the fire department, will re i'"'" "" ' 'if renerai fund to assist him in nn-fiiii'4 ;h: exp, nscs ol Ills recent sickness, due to injuries received in an enrlea vor to stop a runaway team. There was some discus sion in reference, to the appropriation j of this money. Mr. Von I'eiii and i others opposite it on the ground that ' it was setting a had precedent iliat might lead the city jmo cmbarra.s-in? j complications in the future. However, i the ease of Riley is looked upon as j one out of the ordinary and in view of! ihe fact that the fire department has I no pension or relief fund, the mem bers of council assistance. were Inclined to lend CANDIDATES A FINE LOT SAYSJSPIRANT Thos. Davidson Thinks There Will Be a Chance of a Good Selection. NOW MAKING CANVASS. THOSE WHO HAVE MET THE MAN WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WATSON'S POSITION, ARE FAVORABLY IMPRESSED WITH HIM. Thomas Davidson of. Grewnsbiirg, who is a candidate tor the republican nomination for congressman from the Sixth district, was in Richmond today for the purpose of looking the battleHold over for Wayne county is recognized by all -congressional candidates as being the field of action in the present hot light. Mr. Davidson visited the circuit court room and all the offices at the court house, after which lie boldly sal lied forth on to the streets and told the j citizens he met, who he was and what lie was out after. Mr. Davidson is a line appearing man and is recognized as a factor in the congressional race. "All the candidates in the field fov .Iini Watson's shoes even including myself -are a fine bunch of rellows. so the people of the Sixth district can rest assured that who ever secures the nomination will represent, the district with credit," remarked the (ircensburg aspirant. He is a brother-in-law of James S. Zoller. formerly a well known business man of Richmond. This evening Senator K. K. Moore of Connersville will arrive in the city and maRo a thorough canvass of Wayne county. Senator Moore is the latest candidate to take the field for con gressional honors, hut by his active! canvass is making up for lost time. THE Treasurer Hadley Makes Report to Hanly. Indianapolis, Ind.. Januarv 21 The annual report of State Treasurer Hadley to Governor Hanly was made toI day. It shows that the balance on lhaud in the Treasury. September :;0, 190T, was $1.00fi.4,".9.S2. The net receipts for the year were $4.i574..12r.2'J: 'disbursements for the same period I $1.1SI.D20.;1. ERIS VOW TO COURT Hiatt Said He Would Let Wife Have His Money: F,d Hiatt was convicted this morning in the city court of a charge of drunk and fined ST. and costs. Yesterday he entered a plea of not guilty and the case was continued until today. Some time ago Hiatt appeared in the city court to itiswer a similar good behavior after signing a pledg. to let booze alone and allow his wif. to receive all of his wages. Hiatt j speedily broke this pledge and, it is unuersKMHi, iorc-c a nis wire to turn over to him nearly all of tils wages that she collected. Satnrdav be hecame in-! jtoxicated and abused his wife. His ' " me ponce ami . o..... hh i.ie ie.m was arrested " ,'" r'-t saiWl.

INDIANA TREASURY

VVithin Short Space of Ten

Hours, Josic Bond Was Arrested, Broke Jail, Gave Herself Up and Was Released. ESCAPED FROM HOME OF FRIENDLESS LAST NIGHT. " .. 0 . . . ,. , MrS. DOWdel, Another Inmate With Her, Refused to Leave The HomeBond Woman Out on Suspended Sentence. Josie Bond, champion woman lawviolator of Wayne county, has established a new record. Within ten hours' time she was arrested, escaped from prison, gave herself up to the police and was released on a. promise of future good behavior. Last evening about ten o'clock Josie was found on the streets in an intoxicated condition. She was taken to the Home for the Friendless, but was not confined in the women's jail there owing to the fact that that institution is filled to capacity. With Mrs. Mary liowdel, recently sentenced for an escapade at the New Windsor hotel, the Bond woman was placed in a corridor of the old jail quarters. About midnight. Josie secured a hatchet, pried loose the bars of a window and made good her oscape. The Uowdel woman refused to go with her. This morning about seven o'clock Josie entered police headquarters and informed Sergeant. McManus that she was there to give herself up. "I escaped from the Home for the Friend less last night." stated the woman. At eight o'clock she was brought before Judge Converse Josie was remorseful and she sobbed loudly . "Josie p.ond has informed me that f she is given another chance she will reform and try to keep out of trouble in the future." said Prosecutor Jessup. Josie then stated that she would lo tier best to avoid violating the law in the future. "However. I can't do anymore than promise to try to -kwrr-twrt-of troubl sdlP s.'lirt lmT"i f '(invf.i co ! released the woman, but the charge against her will stand and if she is arrested again the woman will get the limit of the law. In the past three hundred days Josie has served two hundred days in the women's prison. RUEF WILL BE GIVEN HEARING The First of 117 Indictments To Be Opened. San Francisco, January 21 The prosecution today made its first move to place Abraham Ruef on trial on one of the 117 indictments returned against the former political boss in connection with bribery graft eases. The announcement was made thai not only is Ruef to be placed on trial at once, but that the case against Patrick Calhoun, President of the United Railway, against whom the former political 'doss and alleged go-between was to have been a star witness and who was to have been tried next, maybe postponed in order that Ruef maybe placed on trial first. BILL BOARDS SHOULD BEREGULATED Members of the South Side Association Think So. Resolutions by the Richmond Commercial club and the South Sid.- Improvement Association, approving the action of the city authorities in refusing to enter into negot-'ations for the sale of the municipal iiirht plant, were read before the council Monday niL-lit. Resolutions from the South Side in reference to hill boards were also read. As previously spited in the Palladium, the South Side association went on record against the bill boards and wants the council either to have them removed or else better regulated This matter was referred to City Attorney Study for a legal opinion as the owners of such b;!l boards t.ave rights ta't must b? respected, the boards us ;nl!y being located on private grounds. Tlif South Side is veryinsistent that some action be taken. ; THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA -Fair Wednesday. OHIO Fair and warmer. IIirKS-Pmm tho "nh m and snow and sieet. followed by eolder. may be expected. The month end? i to m. reia'ar storm net-i.ui "

Harrisbuig. Pa. Jan. ''l. The legal: battle to determine wheiiur the 1-1 defendants in the Capitol proset ut ions shall be forced to go to trial on Janu- ! ary z was fought out in the Dauphin! county court before Judges Kmikol and McCarrel today. The question at is ! tile was whether the conspiracy cases j against James M. Shuraaker. of Johns-1 low 11. former superintendent of; grounds and buildings, who is ill. shall

no postponed on tne ground that n will endanger his life tu go to trial at the time fixeu. Court refused to continue the Shumaker case. stormIStest raged over heads of the committee The Republican County Executive Committee Has Withdrawn Order Concerning Hiring of Rigs. PAID DRIVERS FOR VEHICLES ARE BARRED. Resolution Will Clarify the Atmosphere and Meet the Approval of All Candidates Now Making Race for Office RESOLUTIONS DRAWN UP. REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS TO BE OPENED IN THIS CITY AND WILL PROBABLY BE LOCATED - J.N.TiE..,MASONIC TEMPLE., A NEW POLLING PLACE, Inconvenience in Precinct 3, Wayne Township, Leads Executive Committee to Take Action and Another at Middleboro Is Established. Candidates for various township and county offices have objected so strenuously to the strict interpretation of t he "primary- election blue rules'" in regard to the use of livery rigs at the coming primary election that, it has been decided by the executive committee of the republican county central committee to allow all candidates to hire rigs, but prohibiting them from employing men to drive them. The following resolution has been adopted by the executive committee: "Resolved by the executive committee of the republican county central finmittee. that, upon onsicleratiou of the rules of the committee, as to the manner of holding the nominating election, it is determined that such rules are not to be construed as prohibiting any one from hiring carriages or vehicles to carry voters to the polls, provided no driver or person shall receive pay for driving or accompanying any such vehicle." The above resolution was adopted last evening. It is believed that the action of the executive committee will clarify the atmosphere, and meet with the approval of all candidates. It is to be understood that candidates, therefore, are privileged to hire carriages or vehicles, and may permit their friends to take charge of them, without entailing the expenditure of any money other than to pa- for the rigs. The executive committee decided that candidates shall draw for their places on the county ballot on the afternoon of Saturday. February 1. at the court boie. at ' o'clock. Assessments which were fixed last evening must tar paid at that time. It has been arranged that Chairman Bowman shall open headquarters here, to continue until after the primary. His quarters will probably be in the Masonic temple, and he will be there in person every Saturday for the accommodation of all who have business v ith him. On account of the inconvenience of te.e one pollinc plac Wayne township, tl n:i:c-e last rv t.-.tig lishmcut of ar.otker M:e;ji-tM,:-o. The j the large.- hi the :i precinct of i- so il ive com;er ;i th... :a:o'.M:i.i place, at ci'ict is one of '".n:y. and ti.e my ma road will be the dividing line. Th: hold- only for the primary election. action by the county commissioners being necessary for a change at the regular election. Catalogued as the property of 'ai lady of title." and dated from ltav, to le'Co. a set of twelve James 1 silver' silt njw-.stle -.poons were sold for S'4 ' 'jli fTh-it i..n t-.t j t -l Quistie's auction rooms iiu-Londein. 1

Men Of the Atlantic SqUadrOn

Have Heard That Plot Was Made to Blow the Big Ves-! sels Into Eternity. ! NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW ORGANIZER OF SCHEME. Great Deal of Curiosity Concerning His Probable Capture by Brazilian PoliceSailors Having Good Time. Uio Janeiro. Jan. 21. -Officers of the American fleet are keeping straight faces over the announcement by the Brazilian police that only the latter's vigilance has prevented anarchistic violence against the fighting vessels, which are expected to resume thenvoyage tomorrow. It is the polite thing, of course, to express appreciation of the authority's care for their welfare. The officers are also accepting implicitly the chief's assurance that they can rest easy as all the conspirators haxe been driven from the interior. Nobody seems to know much concerning the identity of Jean Fcdher. of Petropolis. the man to whom the Brazilians refer as the organizer of the plot, and there is a good deal of curiosity concerning the chance of his capture at Sao Paulo, where he is believed to have taken refuge. Of this information concerning the fore ign anarchists who are supposed to have been working under Fedher's orders, the police will give out no details whatever. All they will admit is that they are searching Rio Janeiro. Petropolis. Sao I'aulo and several other places for them. Brazil is unquestionably seriously impressed with its responsibility in the matter and evidently has no doubt that a real ami exceedingly- dangerous conspiracyexists or existed, until the police broke it up and scared the plotters away. The American officers, bluejackets and marines' are not allowing their alleged danger to interfere with their comfort. The officers have been kept busy with the constant round of entertainments and receptions in their honor, and as many of the men are allowed ashore as the fleet's necessities will permit. IS THE WATERWAYS SESSIONS Began in Indianapolis This Morning and Is Attracting Attention. Men from all parts of Indiana are in Indianapolis as delegates to the waterways convention, which opened in the assembly room of the Board of Trade building in Indianapolis this morning. The meeting is that of the Indiana branch of the National Rivers and Harbors congress and is the first of a series of similar state meetings to be held all over the country. The authorities at Washington are looking with much interest to the action of thf Indianapolis meeting on account of its being the first of a series of conventions to be held and the resuit and deliberations of this meeting are expected to have considerable weig'.U in the meetings that are to follow. The central idea of the convention is to bring out the interest Inaiana nas in tne improvement ot the waterways of the United States. EMIGRANT RUSH STILL CONTINUES January Will Show an mous Increase. EnorNew York, Jan. 21. The rush of emigrants to return to Europe keeps up. anil the figures for January will shown an enormous increase over the s?ne month last year. Already in IT day s "(.''". teera-e thfsc tiger. !i;;v,left New York, ns auuitist f.IT; Hst yerr. During 'he sji, period this r o.i.y ,.i..s s' e: e arrived t huts e in u-erae t : j-e passence port. Tin- : ! h.v e:re in-; vc-l so tar nie-'R at:d t'ic: vn' r.n' is snciitcr pf r cen t ! ! i t !.an the incoming.

GET WISE TO PAGE 7 The Classified Advertisement's page the market place for readers of the Palladium. If you have a house or lot for sale or anything else vou w ish to dispose of profitably, a half a cent a word i extreme. v reasonable to pay to advertise it in the Classified columns of the Palladium. Tom to pace seven and rad today'? CIa-vifid Advertisements.

The Uoborso'.i siet e .-oticon lectures

beginning at r-.lum Thursday night a iv proving of wide interest at ditterout points in Indiana. Mr. Uo'neisoii appears ; points tisis week. On and ll'itioi t i Uillel'i'llt Monday ninht at the u:iirsity of Illinois, on fue-,; day night at Purdue university. l.ataye'te. on Wednesday night at Caleb Mill's ha:!. IiiiPanapoli on Thursday night at Richmond. K.:r'ham, Friday j night at Marion, Ind . and Saturday j night at Indiana uniwi i; y , Bloominc-! ton. This anu order v il! be followed at the same places and nights for four i weeks. A ditfereiit lecture each week. RUSSIANS SAY JAPAN IS PREPARING EOR WAR Accumulating Vast Stores of Material for Conflict. St. Petersburg. Jan. 21 The newspapers here are giving increased attention to the voyage of the American battleship fleet to the Pacific. They declare that Japan is accumulating vast stores of materials and making HUMAN NECK IN CROICH OP IREE Murderer Hoped to Throw Off The Scent. Millersburg, Ohio, January 21 The second trial of Ben Diekerson. alleged murderer of Kate Hughes, was begun here today. It is charged that Diekerson strangled the woman ami then placed her in a tree, her neck in a crotch of limbs, to make it appear that death had been accidental when she was picking fruit. ANIMAL UNDERTAKER WAS A BUSY MAN 362 Animals Cremated by Him Last Year. Ix)uis 11. Feltman, the "animal undertaker." was a very busy man the past year as is fully shown by the report he has compiled as garbage superintendent. It shows that in the twelve months ending January j , there were cremated 36- animals, and in addition t.'M'l yards of wet gar bage and CS9 yards of dry garbage. The total cost of the department was $5,2.17. WAS BURNED TO DEATH YESTERDAY Chief Clerk to G. R. & I. Supt. Met Horrible Fate. Kendallville, Ind., January 21 James Merri weather, chief clerk in the Superintendent's office of the ('.. H. & I. Railroad at Ft. Wayne, was burned to death by the explosion of a gasoline stove in his summer cottage at Rome City yesterday afternoon. He uai gone to me cottage to make re pairs and when ho was preparing a pot ot coftee the stove exploded. CUAL DUST TORMENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD Objectionable Switch From Which Coal Is Unloaded. The condition of a railroad switch at South Fourth and K srreets. now b&i:,? used by a n.r l ( .- r i.ii'.ch 'o the r;isr.oyaii s i. t IK lmmeti,. section w ,'i ';-(; and o; he r o!)j ctioiuthe- liu.-lhe.s. I.. co-iiicil r:z'r. h a the co;ii '. leatiire1:or; t !-! w- sta"-1 'ISf ot i' v Council inn WiUipje,

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Resumed Her Story of Pitiful Circumstances Surrounding Her Life of Dissipation. Prodded on by Jerome.

HISS OF THE VERBAL LASH STARTLES COURT. With All the Fire Commonly Characterizing the Vituperative Attorney, Jerome Lays Bare Hideous Life. THAW IS ALWAYS SMILING. AS HIS PRETTY LITTLE WIFE CONTINUES HER STORY THE DEFENDANT CARES NOT, REAL-n-ieio i uwn IMPORTANCE. SEEMS TO CARE NOTHING. ...j im ncu uiuuu in nil Veins Would Rise Up and Cry to Heaven to Spare the Woman He Loves. New York. Jan. Jl.-Kvclyn Nesbit Thaw resumed her pitiful story in thci hearing of the case against her husband, Harry Kendall Thaw, on the witness chair this morning. Prosecutor Jerome continued his vicious cross examination which he began yesterday. Jerome asked the fair witness many questions regarding her stay in Eh rope, but this developed little of interest in the light of other Interesting circumstances which wer brought to light yesterday. The witness said that when she returned from Europe at naw White a number it times and isited the famous tower with other people. She denied, however, that she told Hummel, Thaw ha.l stripped and beaten her while the cnipie was in Paris. After telling of her marriage to Harry Thaw in Pittsburg, and their honeymoon in the Went and j at the Thaw summer home, the vftnes admitted that Wliite was a very thoughtful man. She told Hairy Thaw every one knew White was kind and thoughful, and that he had a maj nia for vount girls. j When Prosecutor Jerome began hi p ' -"'"""cion yesur.iay. 1 i.a w sat : "i" &" 'ouip.aceni. and smiling. I Here was Eve vn Nesbit Thaw tl. woman he loved, about to be crucified. No matter what she was. no matter what she had done, no matter the sin she had committed or the silly errors she had fallen into. Thaw had given her his name and his love. He saw Jernjn wheel tipou her. 1!.; heard the hi:-K of the verbal lash an I the hiss of the iron in her breast as she was upfluiin to her cross. And Thaw sat there and biiiik'd. Hut why shouldn't lie? Every unpleasant tiling in life has stepped aside" for him. and for his $110,000 a year. He is used to the- infliction of trrors and sacrifices. He accept Uieni as Nero, accepted the lives of the Christians, as a part of his legitimate inheritance. His Character Made Plairr. Hut when Jerome began his franklybrutal questions, when the woman supposedly love 1 by Thaw, past all the. wrecking of her good name, began to parry the District Attorney's questions as best, she cm) J, and then Thaw still . look',I on ai"' iil.l complacently the character of the prisoner was made plain. Any man with red blood in his vein were ho in Harry Thaw's place, would have sprung tip in hi seat crying aloud to heaven to save tlu; woman he loved. He would have offered himself to the electric chair, the roe, the rim-, the Karroto. any d-ath known to man. to get away from the shame of it and to save the woman who bore his nam';. Mr. Jerome then began hoppin? ( Continue! on Pagj Five.i INVESTIGATION OF THE TERRIBLE AFFAIR Now That All Victims Are Buried, Probe Begins. ! noycrtown. With e!1 the Penn., victin-s January w Lo lost 21 their livfcs la the theater fire here last Moni day night buried, the authorities of I the borough and the Coroner of Berkn County w ill cow begin an inrestlgatioa I of the terrible affair. Two investigations will b hhl, one I by the Uorottj-'b authorities and the other by Coroner Strasser.