Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 40, 26 March 1908 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAIXABIUM

n AIVJO SUN-TELEGRAM RICHMOND, 1XD., TIIUHSDAV EVENING, 3IAI5CII JSti, 1908. SIXOLK COPY, S CENTS. VOL. XXXIII 0. 40.

REV. T. H. KU1, SIXTH DISTRICT'S CANDIDATE FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION, WITHDRAWS AFTER THIRD BALLOT

SLACK WITH 483 VOTES AND RALSTON WITH 464 VOTES WERE THE LEADING CANDIDATES WHEN KUHN WITHDREW HIS NAME IN A SPEECH BEFORE THE CONVENTION AT 2:30 P. M.

THE FIELD UNITES AGAINST RALSTON : IN THE CONVENTION Slack's Steady Gain in Votes ' Indicates That the Field Is Backing Him Strenuously to Defeat Taggart's Man. SIXTH DISTRICTERS ON THE COMMITTEES. County Chairman Beck Is Assistant Secretary, Walter D. Cook Is on Rules and Organization. BULLETIN. Convention Hall, Indianapolis, ittarch 26. (2:45 p. m.) On the third ballot, the vote stood: Slack 4S3Vi, Tlalston 464 8-10, Marshall C25, Kuhn f)94. Necessary to choice 686. At Kuhn's advice Franklin, Decatur, , Union and Wayne county delegates 'distributed their votes between Slack ,and Ralston, Slack showing strong. Kuhn withdrew his candidacy in an 'ddress before the convention. (O. Owen Kuhn.) Indianapolis, Ind., March 26. Balloting to select a candidate for governor began this afternoon at the democratic state convention, which is being held at Tomlinson Hall. The first ballot resulted as follows: Kuhn lfS. Ralston 344, McC'ullough 208, Marshall 210. Conn 133. Slack 27S. The second ballot Ralston and Slack surged to the front drawing heavily on McCullogh and Conn. At this ballot there was a split in the Wayne county delegation, five delegates bolting Kuhn for Ralston. This ballot resulted as follows: Kuhn 177. Ralston 375, McCullough 150, Marshall 239, 'Conn S5, Slack 342. Bryan's Name Cheered. At the convention this morning four thousand men, representing every section of the state, cheered like a victorious army when William Jennings Bryan was unanimously endorsed for the presidential nomination and the delegates to the national convention were Instructed to support his i candidacy. When John W. Kern of llndianapolis was endorsed for vicejpresident and the delegates were instructed to support his candidacy anlother volley of cheers rolled through fthe big building. ! Platform Adopted. The platform presented to the contention was enthusiastically endorsed. 'Tariff revision for revenue only is de manded, postal savings banks are endorsed as is likewise, an income tax. One plank in the platform denounces ship subsidy and another disapproves the action of President Roosevelt in attempting to dictate as to who his successor shall be. The platform al- , so contains ylanks which favor the enactment of laws favorable to organized labor, pledging members of Jthe legislature to the support of the (proposed primary election law, and 'favoring the repeal of the metropolitan police law. The temperance plank 'in the platform calls for local option (by cities, wards or townships, such taction to be supplementary to existing hiquor legislation This plank caused Ian all night discussion by the resolutions committee. Delegates Fight. Bolters from thelarion county contention went into session this mornHng and attempted to influence the Tagpart delegates, known as the "regulars." Ab a result of this action a wild time ensued and it was necassarj for the police to interfere. Fogarty and Taggart addressed the. "rump" convention while roll was being called. There were numerous heated arguments and ther were, rights between delegates on the floor of the convention hall. Chairman Mler pleaded for order but it was a half hour before it was restored. This trouble caused intense excitement. Wayne's Other Candidate. Wayne county has presented another candidate beside the one seeking to ffcead the ticket. It is George B. Harris Nof Fountain City, who aspires to the

nomination for state statistician. Mr. Harris is well known in the Sixth District, having been chairman of Wayne county for a number of years and a recent candidate for the district chair

manship. He has been a leader of one j group in the factional right in his home county and this divided interest may bring him trouble in securing the office. The announcement of committees places the following Sixth District men before the convention in prominent places: John Osborn. Fayette county, vice-president: Charles Beck. Wayne county, assistant secretary; Walter D. Cook, Va3"ne county, rules and organization; George Pigman. Union county, credentials: John D. Deprez, Shelby county, resolutions. David Andre of Fayette county is named as presidential elector in the Sixth District with G. L. Tremane. of Wayne, contingent. Gossip of Convention. It was learned last, evening that Fred Barrows, mayor of Connersville, is a receptive candidate for the republican nomination for congressman from the Sixth district. At the hotels last evening his friends introduced him as "the next congressman from the Old Burnt. District." There are a large number of republican politicians gathered in the city. Among the leaders from the sixth district, E. E. Moore of Connersville and Will Hough of Greenfield, both republican congressional candidates, are busily circulating on wire pulling missions. Edgar M. Haas of Richmond, chairman of the republican organization in the Sixth district, is here. SUCCEEDS MISS HILL Dr. Adolph Guerber Has Been Given Consideration by Earlham. HE WAS HERE FORMERLY. Dr. Adolph jfuerber, a former member of the faculty of Earlham college, has been given consideration by the board of trustees as a probable successor to Miss Sarah Hill, who has resigned from the department of foreign languages. Dr. Guerber was the best linguist who ever held a position on the Earlham faculty. He resigned, his position in 1904, because of ill health and returned to his home in Germany. He has regained his health since and is at present engaged in research work at Florence, Italy. Dr. Guerber is also thoroughly versed in archeology and pathology. All Seven Month Schools Are To Close One Week From Tomorrow. The final bi-monthly examinations of the district schools of the county are now in progress. All seven month schools will close one week from tomorrow. The schools included in this grading are those of Abington. Boston. Center. Dalton. Franklin. Greene, Harrison, Jefferson. New Garden, Washington and Webster townships. The dates of the commencement have not been determined upon at all schools but the first will be held April 10. APPRECIATED SERMON. A large and appreciative audience listened to the sermon of the Rev. G. M. Lehigh last night at the First Baptist church. He showed in his earnest way how life, soul, and home were trusts given by God to be made the best use of by man. That according to our opportunities were we judged. At the close of the service, four united with the church by letter. HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE. Springfield, Ills.. March 26. Fire this noon destroyed the famous Leland hotel. Almost a panic resulted at the Republican state convention hall when the fire was reported. Delegates made a wild rush to save their luggage from the burning hotel. The loss will amount to $1..000. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Friday, rain and colder.

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THESECOND ACCIDENT

George Wilson, Hook and Ladder Driver, Had 'His Leg Broken. BROWN HAD FOOT MASHED. For the second time during his thirty vx-ars service as a member of the Richmond fire department, George Wilson, driver for the hook and ladder company, has sustained an injury. Several years ago Wilson had a leg broken by the falling of a scaffolding at a burning building. Yesterday a horse he was exercising slipped and on falling snapped the leg of the veteran at the ankle. Wilson was at once removed to the home of Xinirod Johnson, who is related to him. The accident sustained by Wilson was the second one in the department, within two days time. Tuesday Driver Brown of the No. 4 hose company had a foot badly smashed by a horse stepping on it as the animal was running under the suspended harness in response to an alarm of fire. E Gary, Ind., Gamblers Blow Up The Home of Frederick Kappelman. MOTHER FATALLY INJURED. Gary, Ind., March Mrs. Freda Kappelman, aged 7N. is dying today and a score of buildings were damaged following an attempt made by gamblers to be avenged upon Fred Kappelman, reformer, held by them responsible for having slot machines and other gambling devices removed from the town. A bomb was exploded under a window of the Kappelman home at midnight. Sheriff Carter says . the gamblers were responsible. NIGHT RIDERS ACTIVE Warehouses and Residences At Covington, Ky., Are Destroyed. TOTAL LOSS OF $200,00. Covington. Ky.. March 2t. The tobacco warehouses of T. H. Hamilton and a dozen residences were destroyed by fire early this morning with a loss of two hundred thousand dollars. Little doubt exists but that Kentucky "Night-riders" started the fire. The Cincinnati fire department was summoned to fight he flames. Guards on all Cincinnati varehouEcn are to be doubled as the "night riders" have 1 threatened to destroy them. SEEKS TO ANNUL MARRIAGE Blanche Worley has entered suit in the Wayne circuit court to have annulled her marriage to Geo. W. Worley. The plaintiff alleges fraud was practiced by the defendant. It is asserted the defendant married the plaintiff to avoid the institution of paternity proceedings and that at the time he intended to desert and abandon her afterwards. She claims that subsequently he did desert her and ever since has remained apart from her and failed to provide. VERDICT FAVORS C, C. & L Attorney John F. Bobbins has received a telephone message from Hamilton. O., informing him that the jury in the case of J. D. Fults vs. the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad company had returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. Mr. Robbins represented the railroad company in the litigation. ANARCHIST PAPER IS BARRED FROM MAIL. Washington. March 2i. The postoffice department has finally barred "La Qirestione Sociale," the Catterson. New Jersey, anarchist paper, from the mails. GOVERNOR GUILD BETTER. Boston. Mass.. March Ifi. The condition of Governor Guild was improved today.

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MRS. J. SERGEANT CRAM. Mrs. Cram was the beautiful and popular Miss Claire Bryce, narrowly escaped death from swallowing a veil pin. Successful efforts to save her baby from a bad fall caused her to swallow the pin. FATHER REFUSES AID Will Not Help Employ Counsel For Son Who Murdered Mother. REYNOLDS TO PROVE ALIBI Anderson, Ind., March 26. The father of Grover Blake and Herman Biest, a brother-in-law, appeared in the circuit court yesterday and asked to be released as sureties on a $1,000 bond in a case wherein young Blake, held for the murder of his mother, is accused of forgery. The sureties were released. Meanwhile, the father has refused to employ counsel for the defense of his son in the murder case. The grand jury has been called to meet Monday to begin the investigation. It is now believed that the money that Mrs. Blake carried concealed about her neck at the time she was killed by her own boy had been saved by her for employment of counsel In defending Grover in the case of forgery. She did this because her husband, father of Grover Blake, had become incensed at the conduct of ls boy, who had attached his name to forged papers and had concluded to let. the law take care of him. The authorities continue to work on the assertion by Ozro Reynolds, held as an accomplice in the killing of Mrs. Blake, that he can prove an alibi, and it is intimated that Reynolds probably will prove that he was not with Grover at the time Mrs. Blake was murdered and robbed. STEVENS SUCCUMBED Victim of Murderous Korean Student's Revolver Pass- . es Away. RESULT OF CONSPIRACY. San Francisco, March 26. D. F. Stevens, the American diplomat and advisor to the Korean council of state, who was shot last Monday, suc- : cumbed to his wounds today. Death I was directly due to peritonitis. The Korean student who did the shooting is locked up. It Is now said the as- , sassination was the result of a conspir- : acy among Koreans here. PLEAOF INTOXICATION Abrams Says Didn't Know What He Was Doing When He Took the Horse. SON OF McKENZlE ABRAMS. Joseph Abrams. the man arrested at Cambridge City and accused of the tueft of a horse and buggy belonging to Benning. the local liveryman, is the son, of McKenrie Abrams. a former resident of Washington town&hip. Young Abrams was at Cambridge City last Saturday and went to the Lackey horse barns and inquired as to the price of horses. The man's defense will be based on the plea he was so Intoxicated at the time he was not accountable for fcis actions.

REMONSTRANCE IN PROSPECT AGAINST A TOWNSHIP ROAD

Washington Township Tax Payers Are Not Unanimously in Favor of Paying Higher Tax Rate. ARE PICKING FLAWS IN ' LAW GOVERNING WORK. Randolph County Cited as Example of What Follows the Clamor for Many Townshipmade Roads. It was made evident today that the petition for a free gravel turnpike in Washington towi.shin to cost more than .18,o will meet wrth opposition. A party of Washington township property owners and tax payers was in the oity today for the purpose of entering protest. It was stated that a movement is under way to lraw up a remonstrance which will be presented to ihe county commissioners. The time allowed for the presentation of a remonstrance by law has expired but those who oppose the road, hope to secure forbearance on the part of the commissioners when they cite the fact that some of the signers of the petition are not owners of Washington township property. The new law under which the proposed road in this township is intended to be constructed has many flaws and it is probable the next legislature will be asked to repeal or amend it. One of the most flagrant is in regard to the amount of interest the bonds may bear. The law stipulates this to be four and one half per cent. This is a lower rate than money can be placed on the market and is so low that it does not appear as an iducement to dealers in bonds. The fact that the bonds are taxable is the greatest detracting feature. It is the opinion of Wayne county officials that the legislature must have held the impression the bonds would be non-taxable when it stipulated such a low rate of interest. The law does not exempt the bonds, however. There is a probability that Wayne county may undergo an experience similar to that of Randolph county inasmuch as the proposition of having townships build the roads has finally been given practical application in that county. Randolph county is adjacent to Wayne and when the gravel turn pike move began, it could not be stopped and has spread throughout, the county until at the present time the tax payers are paying for the construction of 27 roads of this class. This number 13 exclusive of those roads which were petitioned for this year and as yet have not been placed on the tax levies. More petitions have been presented in Randolph than any other county in the state. The lowest, tax rate Is one cent and the highest, fourteen. One township is now paying for the construction of ten free gravel roads. In another small township the three levies have been fourteen, thirteen and two cents on er.eh $100 of valuation. The entire county Is dissatisfied and there is universal complaint. The corporation tax in "Winchester has been advanced - cents as the result of roads constructed in the township. As the result the general tax rate in Winchester is $2.61. There is a difference in natural conditions between Randolph and Wayne counties and this fact may prove to be the salvation of this count;. In Wayne there is plenty of good gravel and in Randolph gravel is very scarce. As a consequence roads can be constructed in Wayne county without the necessity of hauling or shipping gravel from long distances. It is so nearly impossible to obtain gravel in Randolph county that crushed stone is used for road construction and the roads now iin Drocess of constructfon are macad - am. The surface in Randolph county ii, almost level and this makes road construction somewhat easier than in Wayne, where constant grades are encountered. KNICKERBOCKER OPEN Depositors Allowed to Withdraw Ten Per Cent. Of Deposits. CLOSED DURING THE PANIC. New York, March 26. The Knickerbocker Trust company, which closed during the recent panic, reopened its doors for business today. Depositors were allowed to withdraw ten per cent of their deposits at the resumption. The Telephone is a your Classified Ads to the least bother to you. Either " '21 Old.

MOTHER PLEAD FOR HER CONDEMNED SON. MRS. GILLETTE. The mother of Chester Gillette, condemned to die in the electric chair at Auburn, N. V this month for the murder of pretty Grace Brown, had an hour's interview with Governor Hughes. It was the mother's last appeal for executive clemency. The family has despaired of any further legal measures to save Chester from death in the electric chair, and as a last resourse Mrs. Gillette determined to plead with Governor Hughes in person. WILL NOT INTERFERE FOR CHESTER GILLETTE Governor Hughes Leaves Condemned to Fate. Auburn, N. Y., March 26. Governor Hughes today refused to interfere in the case of Chester Gillette, sentenced to be electrocuted next week for the inurder of Grace Brown, his sweetheart. When informed, Gillette said, "Last chance gone." POPULAR MAN FOR TEN LECTURES George M. Philips to Speak Before Institute of Teachers. CHAUTAUQUA CONNECTION. PDOFFE8SOR CHARLES ZEUBLIN, WHO HAS APPEARED HERE BEFORE, AND OTHER NOTED SPEAKERS ON THE PROGRAM. Arrangements have been completed i.uj Urfe M. rump, pnncipdi of the State Normal college at WestChester. Pa will deliver a series of ten lectures before the teachers of the . . v. i r r :ii . stitute held in connection with tiie Chautauqua. Supt. John F. Haines of Noblesville will deliver one lecture. Charles Zeublin, the noied Chicago j sociologist, wjji deliver two lectures ' a"a resident fc. M. Hughes of De Pauw university, will give two lec-j tures. This array of talent is believed; to bo thp stroncom That uvpr ha tin !

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obtained' to address the institute of ( baak Ia1 fa!I fh" carr,ed lK h"r this county j son for some time but finally she de. The lectures of Mr. Philips will be'f idvJ ,ni 'a nMafe he concealed"; of a popular nature and will be accor-1 th in a fnjlt J- which she ried places on the afternoon pro. i Kept in a cupboard. Of the mm. f0. grams. The majority of his subjects ! in biI'3 'M P,aced in cne ro11 and deal with questions of civil govern- i witn a s,rin Whn any additional-! ment. although there is a slight di-! oney as placed in the jar it ws gression. Messrs. Haines. Zeubiin and 1 -dded to the roll. Young George when' Hughes will speak at the morning ses- j he would pilfer any of the money alsions. Professor Zeublin has" appear- j a-vs took lt frotn the ron- as h ed at the Chautauqua before and his , knew his mother never examined it. lectures on those occassions proved j The loose bills he never disturbed, the most, generally discussed of any 'Barker will be given his preliminary ;

given during the ten days. The subjects of the lectures by Professor Philips are as follows: How laws are Made: Our Courts; Our President and How We Got Him; How the World is Governed; Hints on Teaching Arithmetic; Banks and! Banking; The Teacher's Savings and ! What to do With Them; In and About! Old London; The Teacher out of the j School room; The Story of the Heavens. Willing servant to bring! Palladium office with the Phone 1121 Automatic,

ANGERED PARENTS

L PROSECUTE GEORGE Lad's Mother Refuses to Heed His Plea for Mercy When She Sees Him at the City Jail. HIS LOVE OF CLOTHES UNDOING OF POLO STAR. Mrs. Barker States That She Thinks a Term in the Penitentiary Will Cure the Boy Of Wildness. "Oh mamma, I don't know why I took the money. I must have been crazy. If you and papa won t prosecute me I will work and pay back to you every cent I stole." With tears streaming down his face this was the way George Barker, 19. star rush on the Richmond polo team who was brought back last night from Flint, Mich., where he had been arrested on a charge of stealing about $.; from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Barker, greeted his mother when she appeared this morning at the city jail. After a short talk with their son Mr. and Mrs. Barker left the jail and entered the private office of Chief Bailey. "Do you really intend to prosecute your son?" a reporter asked of Mrs. Barker as her husband left the room. "Yes we will prosecute him. I think a term in the penitentiary will do him good. When he gets out perhaps he will not be so wild. I think the lesson will be a good one for him" answered Mrs. Barker. Whether she made thia statement after having carefully considered the fact that anyone who haa served time in the state prison is regardedvas an outcast from society is not known. That her son stole the savings of years of her husband and herself appears to be, iu the opinion of Mrs, Barker, a crime that is almost unforgivable. Her disappointment at the loss of these hard earned savings at the present time outweighs her mother love. Mrs. Baikcr stated that George had always been popular with his friendsand regarded as honest by those for whom he had worked. She states that George would never learn a trade because he could not make enough money while serving as an apprentice. The boy has always been passionately fond of good clothes and always recented discipline. The police regard the young athlete as a "spoiled" boy. Officer McN'ally, who brought joung; Barker back from Flint, states that the lad was anxious to return to Richmond and stated that he would not Insist on extradition proceedings. He was confident all the time that his parents would refuse to prosecute him. He also Informed McN'ally that he ccould not understand why he succumbed to the temptation of stealing his parent" money. When arrested Barker had; only S in his possession. He said; that he had spent on the trip $100 for1 ciotbes. shoes and railroad fare. Barker informed McN'ally that h did' not take at on time all the J-TOO bw' is charged with stealing. He said that he had been talcing T and $10 at a'1 time from the fruit jir where Mrs. Barker had concealed the family savings. When he left home last week, he said that he took $1, leaving only $,V in the fruit jar. Mrs. Barker states that she had no idea that George had ben taking money fronJ tfae hjdinJj pl.e throughout! tne winter ljgLfA Thursday fihe na4 a bil, tr pay and she took tho money bae j whkh was an oId from fnjjt, jar. To her amazement only $. was found. At that time her son was missing. She immediately suspected him of the theft of. the money. This suspicion was confirmed when the was told by one of George's friends that he had seen him with a large roll of money. Mrs. Barker stated that when sh withdrew her money from a local hearing tomorrow morning. CALEB POWERS IS DANGEROUSLY ILL rrinHc Nnt Allnwprl to See Him. Power9 has bwn 'taken iADtT nl. ; in Georgetown. Friend and relative are not admitted to see him. He i threatened with typhoid fever.

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