Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 342, 23 January 1908 — Page 1
MOM) PiLIXADI AND SUN-TELEGRAM. vol. xxxii. no.:M2. KICH3IOND. IND., TIJl 7KSDAY EVENING, JAM AKY 1908. .SINGLE COPY. 2 GENTS. CHARGE OF BIGAMY MAY BE PLACED AGAINST DIVORCEES HUGHES BREAKS HIS LONG SILENCE; MAKES STATEMENT NILH3US LOKGWORTH CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR GOVERNOR MAGOON CALLED TO CAPITAL BETTER FENCE THE CITY THAN ADD TO THE CEMETERIES Pretty Wife of Millionaire Who Leaped From Thirteenth Story Window to Death Will Be Backed by Congressmen and Taft People. Provisional Government May Be Lifted From Cuba.
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Startling Revelations Made by County Clerk Penny When : He Said Attorneys Had Not Paid Divorce Case Costs.
PEOPLE FIGURING IN CASES NOT SEPARATED. Technically, They Are Still Married and Those Who Have Been Married Since Are Liable to the Law. MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY. UNLESS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED DIVORCES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS LOOK UP RECORDS, TROUBLE MAY RESULT. NUMBER IS NOT KNOWN. Penny Says He Does Not Know Just How Many Can Be Charged With Bigamy and How Many Divorcees Are Still Man and Wife. In the circuit court this morning, Clerk Harry E. Penny called attention to the fact that there were a number of people In Wayne county who thought they were divorced but who, in the eyes of the law, were still married. This probably will be startling information to a large number of people. Under the rules of the Wayne circuit court, no divorce decree is issued until all the costs of the case have been paid. There are several attorneys who have failed in the past two years to pay the co.sts of Hie divorce cases in which they have been engaged. However, their clients have been laboring under the' impression that they nre legally divorced-having been so Informed by the attorneys in question. "I don't know how many people arc concerned by the failure of their attorneys to pay the costs of divorce cases, but it would be a wise thing for divorcees to give the matter attention," taid Mr. Penny to some newspaper men. Other complications may result from this divorce confusion. People who liave been under the impression that they are legally divorced and have since married, are open to prosecution for bigamy. A case of this nature was heard in the Richmond city court a little over a year ago. A Connersville man was arrested here charged with bigamy. He stated that he was innocent of the charge as he had been divorced from his first wife in the Fayette county court. An investigation phowed that the court costs of this case had not been paid and that, consequently the man was technically guilty of the charge of bigamy. lie was released from custody because the local authorities were satisfied that the man had been deceived by his attorney. It is needless to say that he took prompt action to legalize his divorce by paying the court costs. CO-EDS RESCUED FROM BURNING DORM Male Students at Bethany Are Heroes. Bethany, W. Va.. Jan. 23. Choking ajul coughing the 100 students in the main female dormiiorv of Bethany College here awoke early today to find clouds of smoke filling the halls and stairways. Their screams aroused occupants of the men's dormitory across the street. Quickly dressing loo young men formed a bucket brigade, while several went into the burning building, groped their way into the rooms where tho girls were huddled, and guided, thorn through the smoke to tho street. "Almost half of the tluve-story structure had to be torn down to check tho flames. Aside from one girl, who is suffering from shock, all escaped injury. The fire started in ashes from tho furnace in the basement. RHODES EXAMS HAWBEEI GIVEN President R. L. Kelly Has Returned. President Kelly returned from IndiRnapolis where he has been assisting the Rhoadcs scholarship examination, which are held every year at lndiana-
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of Mrs. Herbert M. Sears, who leaped to her death from the thirteenth story i of the Hotel St. Repsis. and of her daughter Elizabeth. Mrs. Sears was a !
society leader, and wife of a Boston a long nervous illness. ELOOOENT APPEAL FOR OBSERVANCE OF M'KINLEY DAY Lewis G. Reynolds of the McKinley Carnation League Would Have Richmond People Wear Flower Jan. 29. IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT. People Cannot Have Too Many National Days, Commemorative of the Lives of Great Men, Says Message. Richmond peoj.de have been called upon by Lewis G. Reynolds of Payton, O.. who is the founder of the William McKinley Carnation league, to observe the birthday of the martyred president, January '!. by wearing on that date a carnation, which was Mr. McKinley's favorite flower. Mr. Reynolds appeal to the Richmond public is as follows: "The annual observance of the birthday of men who have adorned high stations in the nation's gift, and in its service, has a distinct educational value as wen as an upiining muueuce. ; uie useiuiness 01 tneir services x.o their country, and to maukind in general, is necessarily recalled and the encouragement of their example is brought forcibly to mind. There is no more ennohlin.tr Influence than is the contemplation of the lives of great aud good men and whatever may to this contemjilation should be encouraged. "The Carnation league of America" has established the custom of observing the birthday of the late William McKinley. Jan. 29th. by wearing on that day a carnation, his favorite flower.
The life, character and services of 'other peculiar fact that in Greene. William McKinley can not be studied township there is uot. a notary public or reviewed without profit, to the indi-jthis is also the case in Webster townvidual and the community. In hisi&hip. This has been found to be an death the nation suffered the loss of inconvenience, so both townships iu one of her foremost sons tho Chris- the near future may blossom forth tian world, a disciple of pure and . with a small crop of notary publics, manly living. j
A people can not have too many national days days commemorative of brave deeds, or noble lives nobly lived. The thoughtful observance of, each tends to keeping the whole body of the people up to the highest patriotic pitch, and if " Carnation Day" shall add its quota to the fostering of real ' national patriotism, we may be sure tliat the great soul of William McKinley will look down from above and imbue "Carnation Day" with some of his love and veneration for the glories of our nation and the permanency of institutions. "Carnation Day" was established January L'9th, 1903, and has been observed with great unanimity on each recurring anniversary. May it continue to grow in power and good works Jrom y?ar to year
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a painting by J. J. Shannon, A. R. A., millionaire and was driven insane by WILLIAMSBURG HAS NO TOWN MARSHAL OR PEACE JUSTICE Looks With Contempt on Any Community So Debased as To Need Either Officer to Maintain Laws. MANY YEARS SINCE MEN WERE ELECTED TO JOBS. No One in the Pretty Village Ever Goes So Far as to Forget the Majesty of the Law And Seek to Violate It. Residents of the iretty little village of Williamsburg. Greene township, look with contempt upon any community so debased, as to need peace officers or courts of justice. It is a remarkable fact that fur the past twelve years there has not been a town marshal or justice of the jieace in Williamsburg. - In former years, merely to be conventional the voters of Williamsburg elected at regular periods a town marshaI and a justk.e of the peace Howi ever, the men who performed the "duties' of these offices found that their I jobs were merely honorary ones, i Twelve years ago citizens of the little town found that it was a sinful extrav"a,,lc l" .lur" acting . in lue&e iiosiiions. so mese onices were relegated to the background. Today they are almost forgotten. No one in Williamsburg ever goes so far as to forget the majesty of the law and seek to violate it "so what's the us of having a guardiau of the law or a court of justice';" the Williamsburg citizens ask of you. It is anTHIS GIDDY YOUNG THING WANTS DAMAGES : Claims Annthpr fllipnatori Hue. 1 1 w 'iivmvi niivnuivu I 1 14 vj band's Affections. Mil;"in. In.l Jannarvr 5:"! Qiiif t.ir S5.000 damages has been filed in the Ripley Circuit Court by Mrs. Elizabeth Stafford, aged 02 years, against Mrs. Margaret Orr. aged 72 rears, for the alleged alienation of the "affections! of her bisbsmd, Sydney Cornelius Staf jfor. aged 75 reaxs.
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The Battle for the Republi can Presidential Nomina tion With Vigor. WILL BE A HEADL1NER FOR A WHILE ANYWAY. Republicans Now Wondering Whether or Not President Roosevelt Will Continue His Manifest Opposition. Washington, Jan. It is assumed by the politicians that the entries for the race for the republican nomination for the presidency are now all in. With the formal entrance of Governor j Hughes, of New York, tne list now includes William H. Taft, Charles W. Fairbanks, Charles E. Hughes, Philander C. Knox, Joseph B. Koraker, Robert M. 1-aFolletie. Josejdi G. Cannon and George K. Cortelyou. It is barely possible that Leslie M. Shaw may yet decide to be a candidate. Governor Hughes's announcement was expected. His friends had become impatient at what they called his delinquency, in not sjeaking out, but he was determined to make his announcement in his own way and in his own time. His entrance into the contest is, of course, the overshadowing political event of the week It is to be expected that for the next few weeks public attention will be directed to his movements. The politicians will be anxious to see how his ;tnipaign progresses, not only in the staie of New York, but throughout the country. Has the Right Ring. The general comment here on his short letter putting himself in the race, is that it has the right ring. His friends look for him to say some important things before the Republican club of New Y'ork on the 3Jst of the month. It remains to be sgeu wheth? er the national administration forces will continue their fight against him in his own state. The county committee of New York, which has twice postponed resolutions indorsing him as a presidential candidate, does not meet again until February l.'. The tests already made show that it is nominated by the president's representative in New York politics. Herbert Parsons. The general talk here is that Parsons will do whatever the president suggests. J. Sloat Fassett for Hughes. Some of the chief executive's friends said today they were unable to see how the president could judiciously carry the administration fight further. As an indication of the effect the governor's announcement has had the expression of J. Sloat Fassett may be quoted. Mr. Fassett has been "on the fence." He said today: "If Governor Hughes has announced himself clearly as a republican candidate in accordance with republican principles, I think, as I have rejieatedly said, that he ought to have the New York delegation." The entrance of the New York Governor into the race, of course, makes it still more difficult for anybody to predict what the Chicago convention will do. With eight active candidates in the field everybody now looks for a contest that will be full of interest until the nomination is made. The white house announced, through Secretary Loeb today, that it had no comment to make on Governor Hughes's announcement. Secretary Taft was one of the early callers on tne president. He. too. declined to discuss tho governor s letter. AGED GERMAN RESIDENT IS DEAD Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Brokamp Was Well Known. Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Brokamp, wife of Frederick Brokamp. died Wednesday evening at their home. So South Third street, aged eighty-four years. The funeral will be Saturday morning it 0 o'clock, at St. Andrew's church. Interment in St. Andrew's cemetery. She was a member of St. Anne's society. Mr. and Mrs. Brokamp have been residents of Richmond for a great many ytars. being among the oldest German citizens. She is survived by her husband, two daughters. Mrs. Joseph Myer. and Mrs. Denjamin Mesker f Cincinnati, Ohio, and three sons: .... , -r-, Elijah. Frank and Fred of this city. The deceased has one sister, Mrs. George Schroeder, also of this city. THE WEATHER PROPHET. . . ... INDIANA Cont.nued colder with stro"9 east to north winds- ' . OHIO Colder and fair.
Washington. 1. C. Jan. Rumor i
has it here that Congressman Nicholas Lungwort b will be in the race for gov- ' ernor - of Ohio. Governor Andrew Harris, it is said, will dediue renoiu-'. inatiou. The Ohio congressional delegation ami the Taft people will back Longworth. who will u.-e the governorship as a stepping stone to the V. i S. Senate, when Dick's term expires. GAY OLD 6IRD IS SENATOR DAVIS Will Be Married to Miss Maude Ashford. Washington, I). C, Jan. 2?, Miss Maude Ashford today announces her i engagement to Ex-Senator Henrv G.
Davis of W. Va., the wedding to take'retary of War Taft the choice of Kanplacc in the spring. Davis is eighty-Las f0r president of the United States.
live, and Miss Ashford is forty. RAILROADS OFTHIS STATE PREPARE TO FIGHT LOW RATE Numerous Meetings Scheduled and It Is Very Probable That Decision to Contest . Two-cent Law Will Result. INDIANA, ILLINOIS AND OHIO ARE AFFECTED. Some Railroad Officials Declare That Conditions Prevailing Sinoe Law Became Effective Are Better. Speculation is rife as o what action will be taken by the roat, of Ohio, ludiana and Illinois as a result of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, declaring tl:e twocent passenger fare law. unconstitutional. There is a very general i-'iin-ion that the grounds upon which fi at decision was based will hold, good in not only these three states, but in all where legislation has been enacted reducing rates. Notwithstanding this, however, there is said to be a disinclination on the part of high officials, particularly those of Indiana roads, to take hasty action, ami while it is more than probable that the law will sooner or later be attacked in this state, it. is believed that some of the other states will be allowed to act first. In this connection it is significant that the opinion is freely cxpres.d by a number of official.-; that the Indian law has proved more beneficial than detrimental to most if not all of of the roads. This vbw of the situation is based on the fact that a different atti tude was assumed here from that lakeu by the roads of other states, in
that the law was put into effect and al-; year and its resumption will work a lowed to become operative practically marked improvement in Richmond, without opposition. ,no formal protect j besides showing that business in geaof any kind having been made. Along eral is on the up-climb once more, with the reduction in rates the initial ; ,
lines put in otner reiorms. sucn j abolition of all special rates, the es tablishment of a uniform tariff fo; ah character of travel, reduction of pass lists. iVc. which havA resulted in a material saving to 3-M lines, and which many argue wil.1 be shown to fully equal the loss sustained because) of cheaper fares. T'aese same people contend that, except for the season of business depression, there has been no great falling off m travel as a result. of the two-cent legislation, and that it
will be difficult to show that the rev- Katherine Ferrante. an American emies have b:-en affected or that the 'girl, who is of the opinion that interearning power of the properties has, national marriages are failure-;, was been in the leastwise impaired. (this morning. in the circuit, court.
borne argu that with the saving of lime, labor and annoyance incident to the reforms, inaugurated, the roads are in better and more satisfactory condition than pnder the old state of affairs and that for this reason many would be loath to have the new rate abandoned and the old one restored if that meant a Return to the customs thet prevailed i ievious to the u-ivect of th ! so-called adverse legislation. However, there has been not a l:?r.lc official activity since the announce - ment of the Peuns Ivaaia decision and alreadv rlumerous meetings, have been scheduled.', all or which will have a bearing ujpon the future policy regarding existing laws.
Harvest Time AM the Time Itip always harvest time in the Classified columns for there ara no seasons in that kind of advertisicg. Classified Advertisements will . do yoejmaa duty for you any time during the year. Turn to pare seven and look- over todai'e Classified AdTCTtisetnrnti.
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tary Taft today sent a Telegram to Governor Ma goon at Havana. Cih:t. requesting him u come to Washington for a conference with the resident, j regarding th." terminating of the pro- i viioiiaI uovernment in the island next j year and other matters, of importance, j General Harry h.ts been designated to! act as provifioual .overnur mirtag Magoon's alisence from the island. KANSAS HOUSE FOuJILL" TAFT Is Choice of "Dry" State for Presidency. Topeka. Kan., Jan. In the house of representatives today a motion offered by W. R. Stuhbs. declaring Secwus unanimously carried. HUNDREDS TOTAKE OLD PLACES AT GAAR-SCOTT PLANT The Big Concern Will Once More Resume Operations After a Close Down Beginning Last November. ACTION DECIDED AT MEETING HELD TODAY. Decision of Directors Will Carry Joy to the Hearts of Many Laboring Men Who Have Been Out of Employment. Gaar, Scott & Co., tho largest man ufacturing plant in the city, will resume operations next Monday and the usual force of men will bo employed.' This decifaion was reached this morning at a meeting of the directors of the concern arid was confirmed to the Palladium by one of the officers of the tompanv. This officer, in stating the , , , determination of the company to resune operations with the uual forco Monday, said that reports from the various branch houses scattered over the enire country gave assurance of a splemlid business for the present year and " that all evidences of the recent financial troubles in various quarters were rapidly blov ing away. The decision of tiaiir. Scott & Co. to resume opvrations Mo:iday, will ! furry joy to th hearts of many Kith- ; mond peo-ple, as several hundred men will ous'e again be able to resume -workx The; company has l.e-en thut luen since Xovemlier first of last MARRIAGE FAILURE (otherine j tUiC""C J Ferrante Divorce. Granted i granted a divorce from Antonio Fe-r-raute, an Italian. Mrs. Ferrante- stated that the mar ried Ferrante when only sixteen years ! old. When the baby came, her Ital-1 ! ian spoi'se besan to treat her in a cold, j j cruel manner. She stated that he or-j tiered her to leave him, but that the' i refused to do so. On December . Ft rrau'e placed th-j baby in Ler arms! -. then nus-hed her out of the Louse. Mr-' told her to go to her luotLer's Lome ; aud never come back to hiui again.
Mam.e Drok-? was granted a diorcei0. , . . , c, this morning from Howard Droke. ShejStOrV 0T Accidental bnOOtintJ
j stated mat her husband deserted her j about nice years ago and that since that time had failed to support her.
So Thinks City Attorney Study And He Draws Affidavit for The First Arrest in Meat Or dinance Violation.
C. B. HUNT IS VICTIM OF ATTORNEY'S ACTION. Grocer Courted Case to Test The Merits of the Meat Inspection Ordinance and Sold Uninspected Sausage. MAY BE CARRIED HIGHER. IF THE CASE IS DECIDED AGAINST THE POPULAR GROCER NEXT MONDAY WHEN IT COMES TO TRIAL, HE WILL MAKE APPEAL. LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL? This Is a Question That Has Been Much Discussed, But It Is Hardly Thought That It Will B D dared So. Clayton B. Hunt, a Main street snocer and meat dealer, was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of vio lating the meat inspect loa ordinance. This is the first arrest made lor the violation of this ordinance. Saturday Oscar Paddock, a local meat and live stock inspector, visited the Hunt grocery and found that uninspected tsuusage was being offered for Bale, Mr. Hunt frankly admitted that he had purchased the meat from a farmer, in the southern part of the county and that it had never been Inspectj ed by any of the local federal inspectors. Mr. Paddock placed this information in the hands of City Attorney T. J. Study and he at once drew up an affidavit against Hunt. Yesterday Hunt was arrested by Chief Bailey. The case will be heard next Monday In tho city court. Mr. Hunt has courted arrest on the "" "uis oruinance. tv er s,nce Us rssKe he has maintained that il is unconstitutional because it s in PuB'tion to the state laws and because it discriminate between clajB8es. Xot lonf? ago in a ,,aid ncWB. paper advertisement Mr. Hunt offered to pay the court coFts and attorney 9 - . 1 . - "-"-' ul Iueai a;aier or runner arrested for violating the ordinance. Monday if th case ii decided againet Mr. Hunt in the city court, lie will probably appeal it to the circuit, court. ' If necessary ho will carry it to thr i supreme court. City Attorney Study rays that Ho ordinance- is jwrfectly legal and th.et he intends h se th.a it, is rigorously enforced. "Pcoplo opposed to the r-ui;uiu-f say that us enforcement means the building of a f-nc.. about the city. I am of tho opinion that it is better to f-nce the city iu than to add more territory to the cemeteries." remarked Mr. Study. So far an known Mr. Hunt is the only local dealer whu has violated the ordinance. LOG ROLLED OVER HEADAHD CHEST James- B. Compton of New Castle Injured. New Caatle, Ind.. Jan. 23 James B. Compton. superintendent of the shovi el handle factory and prominent in Knights of Pythias circles. yesUmlay evening sustained a broken jaw and internal injuries which may prove fatal. He was unloading lo;s from a car ! when nni frll af-n Tiw doail iitirt HUM) INDICTED FOR WIFE'S MURDER Not Countenanced. Winchester, Ind., Jan. Murder in the first degree waa the indictment rendered by the Randolph county grand Jury tonight against Ira Porter, tne New Pittsburg: man whose wlf-j was killed by the discharge of a shotgun last Wednesday. Porter claimed bis wife was bringing biru the gun and it- went off- accidentally.