Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 39, 25 March 1908 — Page 1

RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOIi. XXXIII. NO. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, 3IAKCII '., im)8. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. BUSINESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE SMITH-VAUGHAN CASE MAY BEPOSTPHMED The Counsel for the Defendant Is III. NO ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROSECUTION TAGGART IN WITH A DETERMINATION SWEPT THE BOARD BANKER STRUCK BY THE "BLACK HAND"

TED

EXTERIOR

DOORS

INDIANA SALOONS HIT BY RULING ON STATE LAWS County Auditors Can Refuse to Accept Breweries as Surety On Bonds for Retail Liquor Dealers.

SHOULD ALWAYSBE KEPT UNLOCKED County Treasurer Yet Undecided on Question. Blackmailing Assassins Made Assault.

CONVENTION BEGINS

At Eleven O'clock This Morning Hundreds of Followers Of Jeffersonian Beliefs Assembled.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE ARE ON THE HUSTLE.

Grand Hotel, the Democratic Headquarters, Is Plastered With Literature Emanating From Various Factions.

Judge H. C. Fox of the Wayne circuit court has taken no action in regard to a continuance of the SmithVauKhan case until the April term, but St is probable the trial will he postponed. Thomas J. Study, counsel for the defendant is ill at his home with the grip and although improving, stated in a letter to the court this morning, he does not. feel as if he will be able to conduct the case next week. The trial is set for Monday.

BANK OFFICIALS

SECURED LOOT

OF

Indianapolis. Ind.. March 20.-Tcmo-crats from every section of the state have been pouring into the city all today and last nipht. and at the present time the hotels are taxed to capacity. The convention formally opened this morning at 11 o'clock, but no business other than announcements was transacted. This afternoon meetings of delegates hy district for the purpose of organizing and naming committee members. This evening ihe convention will again be in session for the purpose of hearing the reports of the various committees. Realizing it was only a matter- of hours until the battle will be won or ' lost, candidates who will go before ihj 'democratic state convention tomorrow ; morning to ask for places on the tick-

ct for the campaign of V.m have seti tied down to real hard work and with

'.the arrival of party leaders from all t parts of the state, and many delegates "the situation became one of genuine

political war. The headquarters of the various caji

iidates are swarming with visitors

'and campaign literature, announcing

platforms and proposed reforms, is be

ing passed out by the bushel. Pictures of the candidates, and cards bear

ing the numbers of the rooms of all as

pirants to office, adorned every pillar and nook and coiner in the lobby and on the stairways of the Grand, and lieutenants were stationed at the doors and stairways by the candidates to distribute badges and buttons to the visitors. Deny Combination Stories. Talk of combination between various candidates for the governorship nomination are being passed around Ihrough the corridors of the Grand hotel, but. there is nothing to indicate there is the slightest truth in the report that any of them would combine. It was admitted on all sides that combinations may come before the delegates convene to nominate the ticket, tout such actions, politicians say, will not come before tonight.

Reports of combinations always have

Samuel M. Ralston against the field in

Ihe race for the nomination for govei

nor. and it has been given out unau-, thoritatively several times that Thomas R. Marshall and L. Ert Slack have formulated a plan to fight him together, with the provision that Senator Black gets the nomination for lieutenant governor. Mr. Slack, however, stoutly denies that such a plan is. in prospect, and furthermore he declares he wouldn't have the lieutenant-governorship nomination. Mr. Marshall also puts the untrue stamp on the report and says he will have nothing to do with any scheme that would tend to promote discontent with the party. "If I thought for a minute." Mr. Marshall paid, "that I am in danger of doing Anything down here that would lose me one single friend, I would pack tip and go straight hack home."

MORE THAN MILLION

Unusual Situation Has Been Disclosed in Affairs of the Farmers' DepojU National Bank of Pittsbig.

resources of Concern

ARE AMPLE IT IS SAID.

Superintendent T. A. Mott of Local Schools Makes Recommendations to the School Board.

LOCKED DOORS ARE CONSIDERED FIRE TRAPS.

Other Changes Which Will Aid The Children in Escaping From Local School Buildings Are Set Forth.

Only the Stocl

Affected b'

And They

)lders Will Be

'the Shortage

Lose Divi

dends for Sme Time.

Pittsburg, Pa.Iarch 2.".. -More than $1,000,000 has appeared from the vaults of the Ftners' Deposit National Bank of thirty, according to information relvantly divulged by officers of the and officials of the Federal gocnment. The arrests made of Uef Reiber, paying teller, and John Yibg. auditor of the bank, are followery this amazing disclos

ure, rcniuuemeni is tne cnarge

against the and in the indictment it is alleged at they misappropriated $fi."i,H of bank's money. Hut thisim is a mere bagate ; when enoared with the entire amount w..h. it is said. has disappeared, e chief officers of the bank naturally e reticent and so are the Federal aiorities. who prepared the charges linst the teller and auditor, but. se who are familiar with all the fB in the case do not deny that theia a shortage of more than ." timese sum which Reiber and Voting aformally accused of embezzling. tich in Resources. Fortitely the Farmers' National Bank is rich in resources that it will be enab to continue business as usu

al. Itjs deposits approximating L,,00,( and while .1,hh,ko is a

tremerts loss, the bank is able to stand I A shortage of $1.0tH.ooo or tnerea's represents perhaps two or three rs' dividends to the stockholder? the Farmers' Hank, although

it. doeM signify that the stockholders, v not receive some dividends durine next two years.

SISTERS-IN-LAW

E BATTLE

Children and Hubbies Figure in The Case.

Mrs. Selby King resented tiny actions of her sister-in-law. Mrs. Lota

King, toward her children, so ye step

4av she called upon Mrs. Lota King

and assaulted her with her fists. It is

alleged. Mrs. Lota King valiantly de

fended herself with a water dipper

and confusion reigned supremo in

Fairview, it is said. Judge Converse

Tvill sit as a board of arbitration in

this family disturbance Friday morn

ing in the city court.

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lota King

appeared at police headquarters and after telling of her combat with her lster-in-law, filed an affidavit against her, charging assault and battery. The as promises to be extremely interesting. The husbands of the two women will be star witnesses.

Wll FIGHT A

ANITYJOMMISSION

With Doney Does Not Like

i The Idea.

Recommendation of an important nature are included in the list prepared by T. A. Mott, superintendent of the city schools, and submitted to the school board for consideration. The board at its last meeting approved of the suggestions made and if not sooner, it is probable that extensive improvements will be made at a number of the buildings during the vacation season. One of the most worthy of the many suggestions or the superintendent is that which provides for some arrangement whereby the exterior doors of the buildings would be

kept unlocked at all times. These are double doors, but it has been customary for many years to keep one pair locked and bolted in position. This leaves an exit by means of the single entrance only. All buildings are equipped with a set of swinging doors several feet within the outer doors and usually at the top of a short flight of stairs. In case of fire this space between the single exit and the swinging doors might become jammed and prove the same firetrap as that between the partition and doors in the Collinwood school house disaster. Removal of Locks. Removal of the locks on windows or a change in their location is advocated by Mr. Mott. At present these locks are attached to the upper and lower sashes, where they are beyond the reach of children. Additional stairways in buildings having but one and the removal of heating plants from the basements of all buildings is also stipulated as one of the requisites for the removal of great danger from fire. With the exception of the omission

B. R. Myrick, Jr., stated this morn-

i ing he has not made anv arrange

ments toward undertaking prosecution of persons guilty of poll tax delinquency. He stated further he does not know when he will be able to take up this line ofMhe work. It is probable, therefore, that nothing will be undertaken until after the close of the tax paying season next May. The treasurer and all of the office force are busy and with each succeeding day mill become busier. About May 1 it will be necessary to keep the office open after supper in order to accommodate the late comers.

PRESIDENT URGES CONGRESS ON TO VISIBLE ACTION

Asks for the Passage of Hepburn, and Modification of Sherman Anti-Trust Measures in Special Message.

REVISION OF TARIFF IS ALSO ASKED.

Would Have Congress Put Wood Pulp on the Free List And Reduce Tariff on Paper Made From Wood Pulp.

MESSAGE IN FULL. President Roosevelt's special message to congress today, will be found complete on page four, of this issue of the Palladium and Sun-Telegram.

New York. March 2.V Santo Malal-

Dominating DayS Of PlutO TOm'lib. a wealthy bankvr. was struck down

;iih Knives by three blackmailing as- ! sassins. while on his wav to business

this morning. He had turned letters over to !he police, for which he had been notified he was marked for death. The banker was removed to a hospital where it is said he may recover. The nssas.-ins escaped.

Recalled by the Battle Which Was Waged for Supremacy.

PREDICTED RALSTON WILL WIN THE PRIZE.

Asserted Taggart's Victory Last Night Will Nominate Lebanon Man Another Fight to Be Waged.

Washington. D. C. March 2.".- In a special message to cong s today, President Roosevelt makes a strong plea for the passage of the Hepburn

bill to modify the Sherman anti-trust

of a detailed description of the various! law. so that contracts now illegal lin

ing irpuu sun- rip fh. ,..,,,.. ,.

buildings of the city

mitted by Mr. Mott to the school board was as follows: To Board of School Trustees, Gentlemen: After a careful study of the school buildings of our city with reference to the protection offered from the dauger of fire. I submit the following facts and recommendations: There are ten school buildings belonging to the city of Richmond, all of which are built of brick with slate and iron roofs. The partition walls within the buildings are all of brick except in case of a few small closets or cloakrooms, where the needed partitions are of frame. The floors and stairways are all of wood and are not fire-proof. Each building has two or more exits with doors opening outwards in all cases. These outside doors are usually double and open into a vestibule; between this vestibule and the main hall of the building there are in all ases double doors swinging both ways. These inside double doors have no fastenings nor locks. The outside doors are locked at night, but our rule forbids their being fastened or locked when school is in session. The buildings are all two-story buildings except the high school and Finley school, which are three stories. In the Finley school the third story is

not used for regular school work. Occasionally classes recite on this floor, or parents' meetings are held there. The third story of the high school is occupied by three recitation rooms and the large school auditorium seating about five hundred people. This au-

Itexpected that the petition for j nitorium is used once or twice a week

will become le

gal and recognized by the law. The message recommends that temporary injunctions against the labor unions striking, should be prevented and that the injunction in such cases, should not issue until a week after the application is made. The president suggests that contracts between corporations now held illegal, could be made legal by- submitting a contract to the commissioner of corporations for his approval. This is the meat of the message, which also urges revision of

the tariff by the next congress. He

also asks congress to put wood pulp on

the free list at once and reduce tariff

on paper made from wood pulp in foreign countries.

ENQUIRY

E

RESUMES SESSIONS Reuterdahl May Appear Before It.

the ointmen t of a sanitary commission examine William Doney. of Carfge City will be contested by Mriey. A Cambridge City a Herniated this morning he believes sucjtion to be intended.

STE CASE HAS ENDED AT LAST JtGave Verdict in Favor of I The Defendant.

by the whole school and frequently for evening entertainments. It is also used daily for recitation purposes. In all the buildings the windows open upwards by lifting the lower sash. The windows are fastened by the usual form of catch between the upper and lower sash. Six of the buildings have but one stairway each. These stairways however, are broad and ample for all usual uses. Four of the buildings, the high school. Starr. Finley and Hibberd. have two or three stairways each, connecting the upper and lower floors. It is plain to all that each additional stairway constitutes an important element of safety in case of fire. Heating Systems.

The heating systems in all the build-

SUIT CM TITLE. Marshall M. Knapp has entered suit vs. Israel Griffith et al. to quiet title to real estate

he case of Clapp & Pegg vs. Mian on trial in the Wayne eircpurt yesterday, the jury returned a3ict in favor of the defendant, llaintiffs sought to collect $20 as tpst of a stove sold the defenda1 The costs of the case will

ait to several times the value of ? two it is placed in the basement.

Washington, D. C. March 2.".-The House Special Submarine Boat, Inquiry committee will resume its work on Thursday, and the senate committee on Naval Affairs will give Mr. Reuterdahl a hearing during the week if he appears.

FORTY-ONE HURT IN TRACTION

Car We,.

Off Track and Into Building.

tjofe.

WEATHER PROPHET. AND INDIANA Unsettled

reather Wednesday night; Thurs-

aju rain and warmer-

Detroit. Mich.. March 25. An interurban limited car from Jackson, on the Ann Arbor line of the Detroit United Railway system, jumped the track about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon on Michigan avenue, near Thirty-first

ings have been put in with great care'slreet' and Plun?inS acr0s the PaTe

considering alwavs safetv from firp "ieuu crasuea into a-ounumg.

Four of the building are hnti hv ! the forty-one passengers

steam and but one fire is used in each, j In two of the buildings the boiler is1 placed in a separate building and in t

The

All of

forty-one passengers aboard the

car were hurt, but it is thought that only a few of them have serfbus injuries.

six other buildings are heated by furnaces placed in the basements. Three of the six- buildings, heated by furnaces, are equipped with blowers for ventilation and three are ventilated by he Smead gravity system. I believe iCoiitinued on Pace SeveaJ

Motorniaa Miller is said to be critically hurt and several of the passengers have injuries which are serious.

PENROSE IS ILL. Philadelphia. Pa.. March 25. Senator Penrose's condition is reported rtajra this morning.

Indianapolis, Ind., March 23. Unless the anti-Taggart forces are mors successful in the district conventions this afternoon than they were here last night Thomas Taggart will be reelected democratic national committeeman from Indiana. The indications are that be has won an overwhelming victory in Indianapolis over the Keachlloltzruan-Holt-Warrum faction. Chairman Fogarty is unwilling to admit that Taggart has won but Taggart's forces are enthusiastically overrunning ihe hotel lobbies, where the democratic hosts from throughout the state are gathered. There is another Taggart victory in the air, and it would not. be surprising if his friends should not only succeed in electing two thirds of the delegates to the National convention, but should bring about the nomination of Samuel Ralston, of Lebanon, for governor. At the local newspaper offices it is practically conceded that Taggart has swept his enemies before him in a majority of the voting places in this county. The like of the primaries here last night was never witnessed before in Indianapolis. The Taggart workers went at their opponents with the determination of men driven to the last ditch. They were refused rep

resentation on the erection boards, which were in the hands of Keach and his followers. Denied Watchers at Polls. They were also denied watchers at the polls. The result was that in several wards tho Taggart men took charge of the voting places by force and ran them to suit themselves. In the Seventh ward William KisBell, a well-known Taggart man, opened the voting place with an ax. His followers rushed to the front and literally overwhelmed the anti-Taggart men. The votes were not counted in the Seventh last night as it. was conceded that the Taggart slate had won. Similar scenes were enacted in other wards. In his palmiest days Taggart never had a better organization than he did last niglt. He realized that his political future was at stake in the priman ies, and he pulled every string he could reach. It was charged openly that the local republican organizations and the brewers assisted him in nearly every ward. Nearly all of Taggart's old guard, which made him a power here, was on its mettle, and it never fought harder. At every voting place two Taggart men were stationed with indicators to show the exact number of votes cast so that their opponents could not stuff the ballot boxes while the votes were being counted. Men who were passing the voting places were dragged in whether they were democrats or not. Hundreds Congratulate Taggart Hundreds of Democrats called at Taggart's headquartens at the Denison hotel to congratulate him. As a result of the victory here last night it is predicted that Ralston will land the nomination for governor on1 the first ballot, and that John W. Kern and John E. Iamb, of Terre

Haute: Mayor Ed Fogarty. of South Bend and Major G. V. Menzies. of Mt. Vernon, will be selected delegates at large. The outlook is that the democrats will declare for township and ward local option and turn down the AntiSaloon league demand for couaty local option.

LIVED TWELVE YEARS WITH SNAKE

HER

STOMACH

Death of Miss Nellie Harp Brings to Light Remarkable Story of Long Illness Due to Slimy Thing.

FATHER SAYS A REPTILE CRAWLED THROUGH BODY

In Some Instances the Creature Forced Itself Into the Girl's Throat and Bit Her, Causing Blood to Flow.

OPTOMETRISTS HAVE TAKEN LICENSES By So Doing They Complied With the Law.

Four optometrists practicing, in Wayne county have complied with the new state law and taken out licenses to practice the profession.. The quartet is composed of Miss Mary E. Williams. Charles Jenkins. Oscar Chase, Frances Edmunds, all ol this city.

, No stranger story of human ailment, caused by the presence of a reptile living within the stomach and intestines of a human being, has ever come to light in the annals of this city than that which was revealed1 after the death of Miss Nellie Harp, aged 28, who died at a local hotel last week. The father of the young woman and other relatives declare her demise was caused by a snake living within her body. The local undertaker that handled the body after death stated today he was told a story of snakes and1 worms that was astounding, but he believed death had actually been due to nervous prostration. The local physician, who attended the young woman before her death stated she died from dropsy resulting from bright's disease. He attributed her illness to an affection of the kidneys. Miss Harp's body was sent to Greenville, Ohio, for burial. Miss Harp came to Richmond from Palestine, Darke County. O., about two weeks ago to he treated for some chronic trouble which was supposed to be sapping away her life. Her ailment was diagnosed by some as caused by tape worm, and by others as Bright's disease, for which she was" treated. Five weeks ago her relatives let it be known that a tape worm had been removed from the unfortunate young woman. She seemed, to get better from day to day until last week when she suffered a relapse and death ensued. After her death, her father, Charles Harp, a well-to-do and' eminently reliable farmer of near Palestine, told the relatives it had been a live snake which caused the 2-years' illness and final death of his daughter; that he believed the girl had swallowed the reptile when drinking at a spring near the school she attended. No one attempts to deny the story told by these people, but it is impossible to get a denial or confirmation from the attending physicians. The father of the girl claims to possess a piece of the snake, which is seven or eight inches long, and in circumference it is larger than a broom handle. Removed in Pieces. The snake was removed from the girl in pieces and the one end. which has the appearance of being cut off

with a knife, shows the flesh to be white and similar to that of a chicken. In telling the story to a relative here, the father broke down and almost wept as he related the terrible suffering his daughter had endured. He said the girl could feel the serpent pass from one part, of her bodyto another and when under a diet the

snake would come up almost, in her throat and actualy bit her until the blood would issue from her mouth. There is no way of estimating the length of the snake when alive, but its measurement around the body would indicate it was two feet or more long. This the father believes. Relatives Confirm Story. Greenville, O.. March 2Z. Relatives interviewed here confirm the story of a snake having lived in the stomach or intestines of Miss Nellie Harp of near Palestine, this county, for 9 to 12 years. J. C. Turner, a Broadway harness dealer, and uncle of the dead girl, says the story is true. Mrs. George McClellen, another relative, acknowledged she had known of the strange case for several days. Charles Harp, the father, is a former school

INTERPRETATION OF LAW HAS LITTLE EFFECT HERE

County Commissioners Would Have the Right to Refuse to Approve Bond, only in One Instance.

(Continued on Page Seven.)

The Telephone is a Willing servant to bring

your Classified Ads to the Palladium office with the least bother to you. Either Phone-1121 Automatic,

21 Old.

The name of but ono brewing com. pany appears on the bond of a retail liquor dealer in this county, as surety. For this reason any decision upon the part of the county auditor t refuse to accept brewing companies as sureties would not have very hrnai effect in this county. Although only the one brewing concern appear oa the lists of sureties, the names of part-owners and officers in such companies appear with frequent regularity, so often in fact that It may bo construed it is the company the signers of the bond represent, that assumes the responsibility rather than the individual. At one time ih Minck Brewing company of this city was credited with owning and operating thirteen saloons in Richmond. Th company does not appear In name on the bonds of the men, who secured th licenses. The auditor of Marion county, acting upon instructions of the county attorney, has announced hereafter he will refuse to accept brewing companies as securities for bonds. The opinion of John Ruckelshaus. attorney of Marion county, is based upon the same statutes as govern the issue of liquor 1U censes in Wayne and all other counties of the state and therefore has local application. Referring to a question propounded by the auditor of Marion county, Mr. Ruckelshaus says: So much of Section 7270, R. S. lf1. as applies 1o your question, reads aa follows: The board of county commissioners at such term shall grant a license to such applicant uj.Kn his giving bond to the state of Indiana with: at least two freehold sureties resident: within said county, to be approved by the county auditor, in. the sum of $2."It is my opinion that bonding companies whose articles of incorporation state that the purpose for which they are organized is to do a general bonding business, can become surety on i bond of this kind, and if such bonding companies duly authorized to do business in the county of Marion. State of Indiana, become surety on the bond of any applicant for license as aforesaid, the auditor would have the right an power to approve such a bond. Lack the Necessary Authority. "It is further my opinion that corpotations organized for the sole pur pose of carrying on the brewing busi ness have no right under the section of the statutes above quoted to be, come surety on the bond of any retail liquor dealer applying for license unless the articles of incorporation set out and give said corporation the pow. er to go on said bond (and this th articles of a brewery corporation dm not do), or unless it is in the line anf regular course of the hutdness of ai corporation doing a brewery business, to become surety on the bond of a retall liquor dealer applying for )ieene. "I am of the opinion that hereafter no bond should be approved by th

auditor where the surety on the boni is a corporation doing a brewery busi ness." Company Referred to. The Jung Brewing company bv J. T. Rowlett. its local agent is the on referred to. This company appears or the bond of Henry Rhoe, who operate a saloon at 12 South Fifth street. Under the construction of the law as sC forth by Mr. Ruckelshaus. the count commissioners would have the right to refuse to approve the bond. On th bonds of ten other saloon men of thi city appear the names of stockholders, officers or agents of brewin? companies. The opinion quoted does not set forth whether an aent for a brew, ery, who is known to be acting; for the brewery would be barred as surety by the interpretation of the law. Several out of town breweries claim, to operate saloons in this city. Th beer sold at these places is made by the brewery, whose name appears above the door. The name of the local agent of an Indianapolis brewery appears on the bonds of three retail dealers in linuor and that of a local man on the bonds of even a greater number.

LEASED HOTEL.

New Castle. Ind., March 25 W. A. Beal. a pracrical hotel man of Greenfield, whose lease on the Columbia Hotel, of that city, h2s several months yet to run, has leased the Bundy Hotel in this city and the receivershloi

Iwill be dissolved, - 4