Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 346, 27 January 1908 — Page 1

HMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, vol. xxxn. xo.:;i. IilCIUIOXD, IXD., 31 ON DAY EVENING, JAMAKV 11HKS. sinc.ie rorv. cents. THE "LIE" GIVEN BY ROOSEVELT TO MEAT INSPECTION ORDINANCE IS NOT VALID, SAYS JESSUP EUROPE WITNESSES TELL WHAT THEY KNOW OF THAW CASE MRS. WILLIAM THAW IS NOW VERY FEEBLE. CONTRACT FOR THE Y.M.C.A. BUILDING WAS LET TODAY Co-ed Debater Causes Consternation in Ranks of Eastern Collegians PATRONAGECHARGE

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Transcript He Says That He Is Not Attempting to Aid Taft as His Preference. fOULKE'S CONTENTION IS SUBSTANTIATED BY PAPER The Transcript Attempts to Show That Charges Made Against President Are False Indiana Situation. In the light of tin; controversy which has arisen between William Dudley Kim Ike of this fi t ;inl the Indianapolis .Star, as to whether or not federal patronage is bing given to tiid the candidacy of Taft, the investigation of the miestiun by the lioston Transcript, is particularly intcres! ing fis it further strengthens Fonlke's conlentions. The Transcript's article is inspired by the attacks that have been made on Roosevelt by the Indianapolis aicr. The article ileals particularly with the Indian;t situation wherein it Js asserted District Attorney Kealing is working in actively for Fair lis' nks. The article in ijnestio.'! says: Washington, Jan. ?2. "It is an unqualified lie." "This is the reply of President. Roosevelt to the charge that lie is using the federal offices to bring about the nomination of William H. Taft for the presidency. It is contained in a letter written tl, : close friend in Indiana; it has be mi repeated to those who have been to the while bouse in search of the facts. Front time to time in these dispatches tiie statement has br-en made that Secretary Taft would prefer to forfeit the nomination for the presidency rather than receive it through the use of federal patronage. His views on this )oint are in absolute harmony with i the well-known attitude of President I Roosevelt, who long before he entered i the white house was u champion of civil service reform. "It is about time that the public heard some facts on the subject. It. was in search of the facts thai the lioston Transcript's correspondent called on the president, and the substance of the information obtained, information w iich is e matte'- of official record, will be set forth in this dis patch. What the Transcrint corre-1 spondent learned and the facts If oh-j tained will be given to any honest and ; pane-minded man who goes to the! w.nte house. The president, however, "will not waste his time discussing the matter with "materially dishonest politicians or intellectually dishonest cranks." Several newspapers have printed tin; stories that federal patronage is used to aid Taft. but their charges are not sustained by a scintilla of evidence, nor can any be produced. Those acquainted with the facts unhesitatingly challenge anv newspaper bringing the charge to cite a single instance of the use of federal offices to nominal,' .Mr. Taft or of the coercion of officeholders in his behalf. The only coercion with which the president can be charged is the step he took to prevent any officeholder from working or advocating his renominaUon for a third term. Although the issuance of his circular letter to this effect was a violation of the civil service law the president deliberately did this in the belief that he was justified in preventing his own appointees to office from putting him in a false light by urging his renomination after he had declined to accept a third term. That letter was addressed to the cabinet and made public Dee. in by order of the president. It was as follows: I have been informed that certain officeholders in your department are proposing to go to the muio.ial convention as delegates in favor of renominating me for the presidency, or are proposing to procure my indorse-' went for such renomination by state conventions. That must not " be. I wish you to inform such officers as you may find it advisabb or necessary to inform in order to carry out the spirit of this instruction that such advocacy of my renomination or acceptance of an election as delegate for that purpose will be regarded as a erio:is violation of official propriety and will be dealt with accordingly. It is possible that in issuing "this circular letter the president was not acting in strict accordance with those provisions of the civil service law, which declare, first that no official is under any obligation to render any )olitic.il service and will not he prejudiced for refusing to do so; and. second, thai no person in the service has any right to use his authority or influence to coerce the action of any person or hod. What ure the Tacts about the Inderal officeholders in Indiana? So fains ti;e administration i aware, the ( nited ?-(tes disaict attorney of that s'ste. Mr. Xealing. is the chief worker on behalf of the Fairbanks canvass I Continued on Iie Five.)

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Consternation has been caused in the ranks of collegiate debaters by an action of Cornell University in selecting Miss Elizabeth E. Cook, whose picture is here shown, to represent her for the championship in oratory in tin- Triangular League to which Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania are members. The students of Columbia have protested against Miss Cook being included among the debaters because she is a woman.

DEVOTION TO FATHER SHOWN BY GIRL She Had Epidermis Taken From Body for Him. Lorain, O., Jan. 27. Pretty Jessie McGuire, aged 17 years, displayed her parental love today by .submitting to an operation that may save iter father's life. Last July her father, John McGuire, was badly burned and efforts to graft skin taken from another part of bis body failed and it was necessary to graft another person's skin upon the wound. The young lady volunteered to part with the skin necessary and today she was put upon the operating table and enough skin to cover the palm of a hand was removed from her thigh and grafted upon her father's wound. ROCKEFELLER LAYS OFF ITALIANS He Does This to Five Home Labor Employment. Tarrytown. X. Y.. Jan. UT. -Owing to the large number of unemployed persons in thi vicinity. John D. Rockefeller has given orders to his superintendents that the hundreds of Italians working on his estate, be laid off and loo.".! men given employment. Rockefeller has been appealed to bv the ministers ami the wives of husbands out of employment. Times have bten harder here than usual this, winter and over "Joo men with families have been out of work. The Italians laid off left town. Many of them will go back to Italy. In addition to giving men employment, Mr. Rockefeller lias given them permission to go into his woods and cut wood. RIFLED MAIL WAGON. New Orleans, La.. Jan. 27. Two white men held up a mail wagon on the street here last night and rifled it of its contents. They escaped.

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GIRLS CHATTERED

MUCH LIKE Principal Then Puts Ban on The Talkative Ones. Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. '27. Laughing, giggling, and even smiling by pupils of the Girls' High school, on trolley cars en route to and from the institutions has been forbidden by William W. Ilirdsall. its principal, on pain of suspension. "It is demoralizing," said Birdsall, in the assembly room this morninig. "to have a car full of young women chattering like magpies. The rapid transit company has called the matter to my attention, declaring the passengers have complained of so much noise tney could not hear the streets called out." MAN CARRIED A . KNIFE AND GUN As Result He Was Fined in Court. James McGutherie, colored, was fined $o and costs this morning in the city court after pleading guilty to a charge of carrying concealed weapons. McGutherie has just completed serving a jail sentence for intoxication. At the time he was arrested on this charge a revolver and knife were found on him. TAGGART HEARING . WASJPOSTPONED Will Be Arraigned on Drunk Charge Tomorrow. The hearing of the case against City Clerk John F. Taggart, charged with : public intoxication, was ordered postponed until tomorrow morning when called this morning in the city court. Taggart will be represented by Attorney Henry U. Johnson.

First Arguments in the Case

To Test Law's Constitutionally Were Heard Today and Charges Were Made. TECHNICALITIES CAUSE OF ILLEGALITY ITiS CLAIMED In Reply to Points Made by Attorney C. B. Hunt, City Attorney T. J. Study Cried '"Tommyrot." In the city court this morninsr. Wilfred Jessup argued before Judge Converse that the meat inspection ordinance was invalid because Mayor Schillinger and City Clerk Taggart bad not compiled with the state law in placing this ordinance on the ordinance record and the minutes of the city council. .Mr. Jessup appeared in court as attorney for C. 1!. Hunt, a Main street grocer, who was arrested last week for violating the ordinance by selling uninspected sausage. City Attorney T. J. Study said that Jessup's argument was "tommyrot" and that ho was resorting to technicalities to save his client from conviction on the charge for which he was arrested. Further hearing of the case will probably take place Wednesday afternoon. In the defendant's plea in abatement it. is set forth that the action brought by the city against Mr. Hunt was premature. The idea points out that the city clerk did not first attest and sign the ordinance before presenting it to the mayor and that there is no record of the time this presentation was made. The defense also charges that the city clerk has not attested to the ordinance as it appears on the minutes of the city council. It. is also maintained that, the record of ordinances does not show that the meat inspection ordinance includes the signature of the mayor, his name appearing on the ordinance in typewriting, which was done by the city clerk. Mr. Study argued that the things complained of by Mr. Jessup were not required by law. He stated that the original ordinance a;j presented to and passed by the city council bore the signature of the presiding officer, Mayor Schillinget, and that this was all that was necessary to make tho law effective. Mr. Study also argued that the city clerk had placed, by the authority of Dr. Schillinger, the mayor's signature in typewriting to the ordinance as it appears on the record of ordinances and the minutes of the city council. WITH HEAD CRUSHED HE WILL RECOVER James Compton May Survive Unusual Accident. New Castle. Ind.. Jan. 7. James Compton, superintendent of a shovel handle factory here, who was crushed by a heavy log falling across his head and chest last Wednesday night, will recover from the injuries sustained. Internal injuries were feared, but they have not developed, and his physicians are now hopeful of his recovery. His head was badly crushed and he is still in a serious condition. Mr. Compton is well known in Knights of Pythias circles. CONSCIENCE HURT OURING-TEN YEARS Man Then Decides to Pay for Stolen Suspenders. York, Pa., January 27 A man about twenty-five years of age walked into the store of C. S. Lamotte, at Red Lion, and laying a half-dollar upon the counter, said tha,t the money was paying for a pair of suspenders which he hao stolen from Lamotte's store ten years ago, when it was located in another part of the tow n. The man said that he had never censed to worry over his deed since the day of the theft. The storekeeper did not recognize the man, nor had he any recollection of a pair of suspenders having been stolen. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Tuesday fair, slowly rising temperature. OHIO Fair Tuesday except snow flur- f

Physicians Who Cared for the

Defendant During Different Periods Spent in European Cities, Good Witnesses. . THEY SAY THAT INSANITY WAS PLAINLY MANIFEST. Dr. Wells Famous London Physician Says Thaw Ordered Thirty Tons of Ice to Be Placed Around His Room. New York, Jan. 27. The European witnesses. Dr. Russell Wells of London. Dr. Hurt on Browne of London, formerly of Rome, Dr. Maurice Gauja, of Paris and Lillian Mcllride, a nurse, were in court this morninig when the Thaw trial was resumed. Dr. Wells and Miss McBride attended the defendant in lspp, when he suffered a fit of mental aberration and removed him to a sanitarium in London. Thaw then declared he was miming up and placed a.n order for thirty tons of ice to be packed around his room. Dr. Wells is a leading physician of Iondivh. Dr. Browne attended Thaw during the outbreak in Rome and Dr. Gauja when he attempted suicide in Paris. Dr. John Bingamon. the Thaw family physician at Pittsburg, was the first witness. He attended Thaw after the age of three. He was very nervous and slept little. He said he saw him in his cell in the Tombs. He there considered his conduct irrational. Dr. Wells testified that when he called to see Thaw in London he was greatly excited, danced around and howled madly. He sent him to an asylum. His conduct there was that of a maniac. After seven days he was better. The doctor called it acute insanity. Miss McBride corroborated Dr. Wells' testimony, saying Thaw acted irrational. Dr. Browne, who attended Thaw in Rome in l!x2. said the defendant suffered from mania. Dr. Gauja said he attended Thaw at his hotel in Paris where he thought him poisoned. He used a stomach pump and Thaw improved. Attorney Littleton began reading a hypothetical question which included all signs of insanity brought out by the defense from the birth of Thaw to the present. An adjournment was taken to permit Lttleton to include the testimony of the foreign witnesses in defense. The Thaw trial today entered upon its fourth and probably its last week. The speed with which the present hearing has moved, as compared to the trial of a year ago. which stretched over a period of 12 weeks, Is little short of remarkable. District Attorney has assumed something of an air of mystery as to the scope of the testimony be will offer in rebuttal of the showing of insanity made by the defense, but it is said he will make an effort to bring up in court some of the secret records of the commission in lunacy which inquired into Thaw's condition last March, and which pronounced him capable of intelligently discussing with his counsel. The records of the commission were sealed by order of Justice Fitzgerald, who appointed the board solely for the purpose of advising the court as to Thaw's mental condition, and tt.is fact may prove a stumbling block to the district attorney. CREDITORS WERE NOT SATISFIED Recause the creditors of the firm of Quigley and Babylon, phartnists, refused to accept a settlement of 60 cents on the dollar when this firm went into the hands of a receiver a petition to te declared bankrupt was filed by the concern. Today arguments on this petition were heard before Clay C. Hunt, of New Castle, federal referee of bankruptcy, and Mr. Hunt declared the firm insolvent and will make thi report to the federal court at Indianapolis.

HOW HARRY THAW SHOT AND KILLED STANFORD WHITE ON THE MADISON SQUARE ROOF GARDEN.

This is a sketch showing the shooting of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw on the Roof Garden of Madison Square Garden, as it developed in the testimony given in the trial ef Thav now jn progress.

J3o feeble Is the health or Mrs. W'illiam Thaw that she is unable to come to the courtroom, where her son is being tried for the murder of Stanford White without assistance. The sketch shows her as&istetl by her nurse, as she went into court recently. SWORN STATEMENT NOW IN HANDS OF THE PROSECUTION Asserted That Mrs. Earl Duboise of Connersville, Swore To Statement Incriminating Relative. GRAND JURY MAY BE CALLED TO SIT SOON. No Evidence Has Yet Been Secured to Substantiate the Statements Made by Worn an, Incriminating Relative. The mission of Prosecutor Jessup and Sheriff Meredith to Connersville i Saturday, for the purpose of securing evidence In the Ducy murder case proved to be a successful one. These officials returned to Richmond with a sworn statement made by Mrs. Ralph DuBoise in which she charges that Earl DuBoise confessed to her that Philpott, Sturgess and himself were implicated in the murder of the aged Milton recluse. This statement is regarded as sufficient evidence to have the case referred to the grand jury and it is stated that the court' will call the grand jury to meet the' first part of next month. Just what statements have been made by Philpott, Sturgess and DuBoise since being placed in custody are not deflnately known. Saturday Chief Bailey hinted that Sturgess and DuBoise had given some information which was of value to the state. Today another official stated that the three accused men had up to the present time refused to admit that they knew any thing about the crime. John F. Robblns. the well known criminal lawyer, has been retained to defend Philpott. Sturgess and DuBoise This morning he had a long talk, the nature of which he did not disclose, with Sturgess and DuBoise at the city jail. Prosecutor Jessup has but little to say in regards to the cae b-it he is confident that the murderers of Joseph Lucy are now in custody. He was asked today if he had been able to secure any evidence which would substantiate the statement made by Mrs. Kalph DuBoise. He replied that he had not. "Do you think that you will be able to secure this evidence?" he was asked. "I do", was his reply. MEETINGS CONTINUE. Evangelistic meeting this evening at Grace M. E. church at 7: CO.

Caldwell & Drake of Columbus. Ind., Will Erect Young Men's Home for $49,850, Which Is Considered Low.

NINE CONTRACTORS GAVE BIDS ON THE WORK Firm Securing Contract Will Be Required to Give Bond To the Amount of Fifty Per Cent of Its Bid. Today the building committee of the V. M. C. A. awarded the contract for the erection of the new building to the contracting firm of Caldwell V Drake. Columbus. Ind. This firm submitted a bid of $49,S50. which was the lowest of the nine received. The bids were opened Saturday, but at that time complications arose which prevented the committee from letting the contract until today. All the firms asking for the contract were represented here Saturday and there were a number of representatives of subcontract bldqer in attendance. Each Did was accompanied by a certified check of '2 per cent of the amoiiut of the bid. This was to guarantee lhat the respective bidders would eland by the proiosaU they submitted. After the bids were opened and compared with the pe ificatlons, referring to the same, they were arranged In order and read aloud to all of the representatives of the bidding firms as follows: Coldwell & Drake, Columbus, Ind., ?l'.,s,Kl.()n. W. P. Jungclaus Co., Indianapolis, $.V ,."(( M MM J. F. Bender Brvs. Co.. Hamilton, O., $3t,8SfM.N Z. Bendfelt Son, Richmond, ?51.S'.MX. T. H. Harrison &- Co., Indianapolis, STrj,:$7Mio. Wolf & Ewing, IndianaiKjlls, $52,C75... P. R. Smith Sons, Lewisville, Iud $."Wl,4iO.(H. Bedford Stone Construction Co., ludianapolis, $54,000.00. W. F. Hendryx, Richmond. $."-l.-2.'7.0t. i The average of the bids is $52.l:05.t. , Caldwell & Drake is a large and rella. ; ble company and they .will probably begin work on the building next month. j Their bid Is lower than the architect's estimate and muchower than could be made last fall on accouut of the dei cline in building materials. The bid does not Include the electric wiring, plumbing and heating contracts and furnishing. The building committee hopes to be able to let these contracts within the estimates or lower. The committee required Caldwell and Drake to give to the amount of i) per cent of thei"- bid for the faithful performance of the contract. The building is to be complete and delivered to the committee September 1, 190S. The committee requires the contractors to employ Richmond lalr and give preference to the Richmond sub-contractors, any of which bidd tho, committee will be glad to receive at once. Materials will be gotten ua the ground, as soon as possible. MINISTERS TO AID IN TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT Will Land Support to Present j Agitation. i j An interesting meeting of the Mini- ! terial Association was held this morn . ing. Dr. C. S. Bond spoke cm the fight that is being wapi aiainst tuberculosis and he aked the minister to cooperate with the physicians in this fient. This they promised to do. The Rv. Mr. Howard extended to the ministers on behalf of the Commercial club, an invitation To heard an addreca ; which win be siven before that body j Tnesuay evening by Mr. Bynum, of Indianapolis. JACK LONDON IS NOW IN AMERICA Delays a Seven-year Trip Around the World. San Francisco, Jan. 27. Jack London, the author, who left here last May on a seven-year trip around the world, to procure material for another literary work and for whose" safety fears have been entertained, returned to this city today on the steamship Mariposa, from Tahiti. London Is accompanied by his wife, and fcays that he ha comeback to attend to Mcne business matters. He will leave again on the Mariposa on February 1- The Snark. toe fitty-foot boat in which London is making bis tri4, was left at Aahiti for repair.