Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 116, 10 June 1908 — Page 1

ND PALLADIUM ATSJO SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL,. XXXIII. NO. 1 1 0. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE lO, 11MW. SINGLE COIY, 2 CENTS. NORTH SEVE1I ARE DROWNEDiENDOWMENT OF Friends Now Look Toward Taft Camp REALIZE ALL IS WELL HIGH OVER EARLHAM ENLARGED BY $25,000 GIFT HA FOR TAFT Foreman of Ranch and Family Swept Away by Missouri River.

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COMMITTEE ON CONTESTS RULES AGAINST THE ALLIED INTERESTS AND IN FAVOR OF THE WAR SECRETARY IN BATTLE ROYAL AFTER PART OF THE COMMITTEE OBJECTED.

IDE IMIWHIOH OF TAFT IS CONCEDED Almost Certain That He Will Be Named on the First Ballot in the National Republican Convention Notwithstanding the Contrary Reports That Have Been Issued By the Opposition.

GOVERNOR HUGHES HAS

Reported in Chicago From New York That He Has Quit the Race, But This Is Given No Credence by the Governor's Manager Many Notables Are Now Arriving on The Scene of Fray.

'HOW TAFT STANDS. Now in Taft column, 471. Needed to nominate, 491. Won by Taft in contests, 96. Alabama, 22. Arkansas, 2. Florida, At large and two trlcts, 10. Kentucky, five districts, 10. Georgia, at large and six districts, 16. Mississippi, at large and six districts, 16. Louisiana, At large and seven districts, 18. Missouri, three districts, 6. North Carolina, four delegates at large, First district 2; Second district 2; Third district 2; Fourth district 2; Fifth district 2. Chicago, June 10. Two more contested districts, the Eleventh and Twelfth of Missouri, were put on the Taft side today by the republican national committee. The committee crushed out the hopes of Hughes contestants in the fight for the control of the districts. The members of the "allies'" have declared that their rights are being ignored and are making strenuous preparations to carry the war against Secretary Taft into the credentials committee. The delimitates seated In the Missouri districts after hard fight against it. by Hughes men, were: Eleventh, Henry F. Droste and J. D. Howe. Twelfth, Hiram L. Ix)yd and Joseph Roehn. An effort to split, the delegates between the two men an effort similar to that made in the Louisiana districts was rejected. J. I,. Minnis waged the battle for the Taft men and F. C. Rrynn and A. N. Sager appeared for Jlughes. The dispute in the "show me" state, is an echo of the Korons-Xiedringhaus senatorial battle of 190r,. The legality cf the delegates hangs upon the question of which committee, state or St. Louis city committee, holds the authority to call congressional district conventions. Among the arrivals early today were Representative J. Y. Rabcock of Wisconsin: Representative James A. Tawney of Minnesota and Attorney General Wade H. Ellis of Ohio, who came from Washington, where they liad been consulting the secretary of w-ar and President. Roosevelt, regarding the platform which is to be submitted to the convention. Mr. Ellis brought with him a draft of the doeuments as approved by President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. It was announced today that the headquarters of Senator Knox won't be open Saturday or Sundav. They will be in charge of Col. William R. Andrews of Maadville. Pa., chairman cf the Pennsylvania delegation. The methods of the republican national committee will add the needed t6 votes to the Taft column before the close of today's work, is the expectation of Frank H. Hitchcock, the manager of the secretary's campaign. Taft was only forty votes away from the number needed to nominate him for the presidency when the committee met this moaning and four delegates from Missouri were given him to start with. Following the Missouri contest came eighteen delegates from North Carolina, all of whom were being prepared for "steamroller." After they have been disposed of. Oklahoma will deliver up ten "antis." Then will come South Carolina with eight and Tennessee with eighteen. Then Texas with every delegation contested. Landis on Scene. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, accompanied by United States District Attorney Edward Sims, appeared at the auditorium annex today to talk with the republican national leaders. Many politicians were eager to meet the man who made his name known pver the entire country by fining the

WITHDRAWN FROM RACE

Standard Oil company $23,240,000. A. R. Humphreys, manager for Governor Hughes, appeared in the committee room for the first time since the hearing of contests began. The general attendance, however is much smaller and apparent interest is much less than at any time preceeding the sessions of the committee. Mr. Warniouth, of Louisiana was present and was still unreconciled to the compromise reached yesterday in the contest from his state. lie expressed hirrfSflf in much the same manner as previously and apparently felt exceedingly bitter over the decision made by the national committee. Several conferences were held last night and today between Warmouth and Walter Cohen the leader of the "Rlack and Tan" faction, but so far nothing definite has -".onie of them. Hughes Quits? Governor Charles K. Hughes has quit the race for republican nomination for president, according to reports which reached Chicago from New York politicians. This came shortly after the republican national'! committee steamroller" had crushed I out the life of Hughes delegates from ! two districts in Missouri and seated! Taft delegates. Immediately upon the j circulation of the report in Chicago, J Manager A. B. Humphrey of the ; Hughes headquarters denied that the report is true. S. C. Stevens, of Albany, is now on his way here to boom Mr. Hughes for president and general Woodford is in Ohio today to be here tomorrow to boom his cause here. I am still sawing wood along the same old line Gov. Hughes for the nomina-! tion. I believe I would have heard of it if it were true, ho stated. North Carolina Wins. While these reports were stirring the "allied" camps because of the fear that one of their strongest members had deserted the national committee seated eighteen Taft delegates in contests from Missouri and North Carolina. With these contests in the eleventh and twelfth Missouri districts settled in favor of Taft. North Carolina delegates at large were next, on the program. Here, as in all other cases so far, Taft won out. Then the first, second, third, fourth and fifth districts were taken up in order and Taft won in every case. In most of the contests decided today the committee divided. The roll calls were had and it was found that, the committee stands "1 to 11 for Taft. In each case a motion was made by an Anti-Taft committeeman to seat the delegations and give each a half vote. This was voted down each time. The steady seating of Taft delegates today only served to increase the feeling of revolt, against. Taft. "Allies" admit that the delegates are falling to him rapidly but they insist that he need not feel too certain of nomination on the first ballot. As against this, Taft I managers claim that by evening, therewill be enough instructed Taft delegates by figures of the "allies" themselves, to nominate him on the first ballot. Who For Second Place. The other interesting developments of yesterday related to the vice presidency and the platform to be adopted by the convention. The "allies" made r. quiet day of it. In certain quarters This quietness was credited to the breakdown of Joe Healing's typewriter, Mr. Kealing being the Fairbanks manager, who hitherto had produced most of the statements relative to the plans of the Taft opposition. There was no development with, regard to the ! "allies" plans of fighting for a read-! justment of the basis of representation : in future conventions. i Nothing Definite. j definitely about the vice presidential nomination. That matter is up in the air right, now. but diwusston as to the possibilities and probabilities io assuming largo proportions. The Taft managers on the groxinci fcere. assured of control of the national convention i with respect to all questions to be da-1

CHARLE?S WARREN FAIRBANKS. In a special Indianapolis dispatch to the Palladium today, it is stated that even the close friends of the vice-president concede that, he has little show for the presidential nomination, in the republican national convention in Chicago.

cided, are holding back in expressing preferences for second place. In other circles, however, the availability of candidates is being discussed, and advices from Washington and other political centers indicate that, the politicians are getting down to the work of grooming men who are considered worthy of attachment to iho tail end of the presidential ticket. Lieutenant Governor Lawrence I. Sherman of Illinois was projected into the vice presidential arena yesterday. His boom was started by the Dawes dinner to convention notables Monday night. Other names now being considered are those of former Governor Murphy of New Jersey. Governor HugheG, Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou, Representative James S. Sherman and Representative .1. Float Fassett of New York, Governor Curtis Guild of Massachusetts, Senator Pol liver of Iowa. Vice President Fairbanks of Indiana and Rudolph Spreckles of California. There is a well developed boom for John Hays Hammond, the noied mining engineer, but. it does not take much hold with the practical politicians. To Open Headquarters. Refore the end of the week it. is probable that several of the vice presidential candidates will have headquarters established, and the partisans of ti e respective aspirants are likely to asr.ume marked activity. It's to be an open field according to present indications, although the administration loaders at Washington may in the end exert influence that will determine the choice of Taft.'s running mate. Inside information is to the effect that the administration leaders would accept Senator Dollivrr in the event it is thought wise to take both men on the ticket from the West. Rut it is apparent that Dolliver himself door, not care to step from a seat in t"'o senate to the position of presiding officer of that body, and Iowa politicians who want Dolliver to stay where he is are exerting themselves to steer the second place nomination into other quarters. Fight Aoainst Dolliver. Editor Lafe Young of Des Moines is very busy In the attempt to sidetrack the Dolliver boom. He is on the ground as a friend of the junior senator from Iowa and as a representative of the conservative element in his state. The argument against the selection of Dolliver which carries considerable weight with the party leaders is that his election to the vicepresidency would be liable to result in the election of two radical United State senators from Iowa. Governor Cummins would be one of them. Sen ator Allison is well along in years. and. while he will be re-elected to the position he has so ably filled for many terms, there is the possibility that his successor will be chosen before the end of the next six-year period. A Fine Campaigner. It is well known that the administration at Washington has been impressed by the fact that Dolliver is a fine campaigner, and that because of his campaigning qualifications he would be a valuable adjunct, to the Taft ticket. At the same time it is just as well known t'.iat the national (Continued on Page Seven.) WEATHER PROPHET. ! THE . OHIO AND INDIANA Fair Wednesday night and Thursday; northwsst to north windc tight j i

JOKES WHILE IN PRISON'S SHADOW

James Crawford Shows Unusual Bravado on Arriving At Jeffersonvilie. HE LAUGHED AT AN AD. POINTS OUT AN ADVERTISEMENT OF REWARD FOR HIS CAPTURE, TO DEPUTY-SHERIFF MASHMEYER IN STATION. Oblivious to the prospects of an ignoble future and characterized by the tamo gameness that has marked his demeanor throughout, James Crawford alias R. A. Ga.ver, called the attention of Oscar Mashmeyer to an advertisement, hanging in the railway station at Jeffersonvilie, Ind., yesterday. It was an offer of .$1jmo reward for the arrest of Crawford. Smilingly he pointed to the poster and joked with the deputy sheriff. Crawford had just left the train at the station and was enroute to the prison to begin serving a sentence or from ten to fourteen years. The poster related the robbery of the very station in which the man and hisJguard stood at the tim As he smiled. Crawford remarked how easy the job he pulled off had been. He Feared Not. There never has been a man in the custody of local officers who displayed more cold bravado than Crawford. He seemed absolutely void of any semblance, of fear or remorse and the terrors of a minimum sentence of ten years, seemed to be lost. Enroute to Jeffersonvilie he had talked with the deputy sheriff about his case. He stated that he was tired of being chased about the country and would welcome a rest, even if it would be behind prison bars and high stone walls and consistently of a change in manner of living and work. Crawford had been hounded by the detective sleuths all over the United States. He had been soucht for crimes committed in a widely separated climes and regions as Auburn, Maine, and Santa Monica. California. The Interior of the continent had been a stamping ground for him and the greatest number of his railroad station burglaries had taken place in the Mississippi Valley region. He was an adept in his line and an expert in his method of operation. The authorities believe him to be a member of an organized gang, but the man never so much as mentioned any associates. The railroad inspectors and police of all the lines in the country had been looking for the man and the reward was offered by a ticket sellers' protective association. Convicted of the crime of robbing the railroad station at Haeerstown of a:arre number of tickets, he was found to have in his psse?sipn -5vhea arrested tickets vaitied at It is regarded as strange that the man's arrest at South Bend resulted from hjs bungling at famyt gx borse stealing

Konw That There Is Little or No Chance for the Indianaian to Secure Big Nomination.

VICE PRESIDENT IS AT INDIANAPOLIS HOME. He Is Keeping Close Tab on j Affairs as They Are Transpiring in Chicago Negroes Resent Pleas. (Special Correspondence .) Indianapolis. June If. Senator Peveridge is furnishing more laughs just now than any politician at the st.ati capital. Following his assertion, in a published interview that he would not. go to Chicago until Saturday of this week unless Vice President Fairbanks considered his presence there necessary, conies the declaration that the vice-president does not. particularly care for his presence there at any time, so far as assisting the tall one from Indiana is concerned. In short. Peveridge is out of touch with the Fairbanks machine. As a matter of fact, the Fairbanks supporters see no hone for their favorite, no matter who goes to Chicago, and they are settling themselves to accept Taft. This will not be done without a righteous howl, but just watch them get in line as soon as the big war secretary is nominated. Fairbanks Keeping Tab. Vice President Fairbanks, from his home in this city, is keeping a close eye on the convention preliminaries at Chicago. He is frequently in connection with his Chicago headquarters by long distance telephone, although it is given out that the conduct of the fight for his nomination is being left entirely to the judgment of those on the ground. The vice president comes down town every day. and is held up every fw rods by old acquaintances who desire to shake his hand and wish him well. Mrs. Fairbanks has swung into the social life of the city's upper set and there is scarcely a day that does not find her figuring in some important function. Especially is she active in the affairs of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a patriotic organization in which she has been prominent for years. Much has been said of Mrs. Fairbanks as an aid to her husband, and it was figured that she would prove something of a vote-getter should he be honored with the presidential nomination. She is well ! known the country over, and has done much to keep her distinguished partner before the public eye. Negroes do Not Sympathize. It has been asserted that the negroes intend nominating a republican ! ticket of their own liking in case Taft is nominated, and to push along such a scheme, or alleged scheme, colored leaders in Indianapolis have been urg- : ed to give expression to this intention whenever and wherever the opportun- , ity Hfforded itself. Put the Fairbanks people went too fur when they suggested to some of the local colored i leaders that the fight on Taft lx carried to the pulpits of the colored i churches of the city. The suggestion met with sharp resentment, and the ; answer was given that the pulpit was no place to whip out political quarrels. As a result, not a colored minister of the city has given expression from the ; pulpit, or in any other way so far as known, to the least dissatisfaction over the situation at Chicago, and there is nothing on the surface, at least, to : indicate that the colored voters of Indianapolis have the least sympathy with the plan to bolt the ticket in case Taft should win the nomination. BELMONT 0IE0 JARLY TODAY Family Surrounded His Bedside. Mempstead. June K. Oliver H. P. Pelmont died at his lionip at six-forty ' o'clock this morning. He had been : in a serious state since, yesterday. Per- j itonitis followed an operation for ap-! pendicitis. The family was summon-! ed at daybreak when all hope was ' abandoned. He was aged forty-nine years. NOTICE. There was an error in the statement published yesterday that the Young Men's Business Club would meet tonight. The meeting -will be held tomorrow night at the city hall at S o'clock.

VAST DAMAGE IS DONE.

Helena. Mont.. Juric 1. Seven prisoners are reported drowned in the Missouri ner. six cf them ;:t the Sunt.:s!e ranch ef C. P Power of this city. The foreman of the ranch, bi.s vile and four children were the vict itr.s. A Greek laborer vas drowned at Ciain. Mont., while at work on the j Great Northern railroad. j Owing to the wires being down the j particulars of the Sunnysnie ranch dis- j aster are not to he had. litis county's loss c if bridges and roads will n a h .lno,mi. Two Children and Lineman Lost. Terre Haute, Ind.. June in.- Floyd Sehell and Pronson Porter, aged 1 and weri1 drowned while bathing in Vermillion river at I'ayuagn. Robert Pniee. a Pig Four lineman, was drowned near Grccncastle while swimming. PRIZES AWARDED TO ARTISTS IN ANNUAL EXHIBIT Otto Stark of Indianapolis, With His "Storm Cloud" Takes the Mary T. R. Foulke Prize. EXHIBIT THIS YEAR OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY. All Departments Have Been Brought Up to a High Standard Pictures of Local Artists Worthy. PRIZES AWARDED AT LOCAL ART EXHIBIT Mary T. P. Foulke Prize $."0 "Storm Cloud," Otto Stark, Indianapolis. Honorable mention "Winter Wheat," Dorothy Morlan, Indianapolis; "Fvening Light," Justin Gruelle, Indianapolis. The Richmond Prize, $25 "Azaleas." Miss Anna Newman, Richmond. Honorable mention "Th First Tinge of Autumn," Frank Girardin. Richmond; "A Winter Afternoon," W. A. Holly, Richmond. Handicraft Prize. $5 Ivory bas-relief "portrait of J. Hennett Gordon." Raymond White, Richmond. Honorable mention Silver cream ladle, Klizabeth Overbeck, Cambridge City. The Richmond Art association's fourth annual exhibit was formally opened last evening and there was a crowd of over five hundred members present, showing the keen dclipht the many lovers of art in this city take In the affair. The bis; Garfield school is it veritable treasure trove with its, collections of valuable canvasses in oil and water colors, its statuary, its craft work and numerous other tilings. Perhaps the most interesting event of the evening was the announcements of the winners of the Mary T. K. Foulke prize. the Richmond prize, which is also piven by Mrs. Foulke, and the handicraft prize. These announcements were made about nine o'clock after the crowd bad had plenty of opportunity to wander about the building: feast ine their eyes on the masterpieces of not only local and sra;e artists, but artists who have won national and international fame by their work. Winner Attractive. "Storm Cloud" by Otto Stark, the prominent landscape artist of Indianapolis, is the winner of the Marv T. R. Foulke prize. It attracted general admiration last evening and it was the concensus of opinion that the prize judges made a wise selection. "Winter Wheat" by Dorothy Morlan and "Evening Light" by Justin Gruelle, are masterful works and will attract great attention. They reecived honorable mention in the Mary T. R. Foulke award. The Richmond prize, as the title signifies, can be competed for only by local artists. The famous "Richmond Group of Artists" is well represented at the exhibit and the canvasses they have displayed this year show the marked and steady improvement in their work. It was hard for the prize jury to make selections In this competition, but the prize was finally awarded to Miss Anna Newman for Continued on Fa9 Foux.)

Morris M. White of Cincinnati, Loyal Supporter of the Institution Once More Aids The Quaker School.

HIS PREVIOUS GIFTS RUN INTO THOUSANDS. With His Brother, the Late Francis T. White, He Has Given Earlham the Sum of $175,000. COMMENCEMENT NOTABLE. DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS CONFERRED ON HIRAM ELWOOD HADLEY, CHIEF JUSTICE OF SU. PREME COURT. WILLETT IS THE SPEAKER. Chicago University Professor Tells About the Education of the American Child Commencement Notes Of Interest. At the conclusion of the commencement exercises at Karlham oolleg this rorninK. Timothy Nicholson, one of the trustees of the institution, announced that a few days aeo Morris M. White of Cincinnati, a member of the first class that graduated from Karlham college and for years a patron of the institution, bad donated $2.1, 000 to the endowment fund of th college. This announcement, caused1 the big audience to burst into applause. Mr. White and his brother, Francis T. White of New York, who died suddenly last winter, have together given Karlham college about $1 7.". 000. This sum includes the latest gift of M. M. White. Mr. White attended the commencement exercises this morninir and was a most interested sjiectator of all the proceedings. Another former Karlham student, who has pained wide fame in the w-orld of letters, Robert I'nderwood Johnson, associate editor of the Century Magazine, alao attended the commencement exercises. Came as Surprise. The announcement of Mr. White's liberal gift to the college caused a pleaslnjr surprise to the students and the patrons of the college. The announcement was made in the following letter received and read by Mr. Nicholson: Cincinnati, O.. June 3. To the Trustees in charge of Earlham College: Dear Friends: In order to assist in the usefullness and extension, of Karlham college and in the cause of the education and training of those who may come under its influence, it has been a pleasure to me to have donated and paid to the trustees of the Karlham college endowment and trust fund the sum of JLT.,000. The interest derived from this sum to be a part of the general endowment, fund and not devoted to any one specific application. It Is my wish that the paid donation does not bear my name." "M. M. WHITE." After reading this letter, Mr. Nicholson stated that on its receipt he immediately wrote to Mr. White and asked him to permit the use of his nam in connection with the institution. Mr. Nicholson then read the reply h had received from Mr. White, which was to the effect that if it was the pleasure of the trustees of the college to use his name in connection with the donation he would give his permission to do so. Three master of arts degrees wer given this morning. Hadley Gets Degree. The degree of doctor of lawg was conferred upon Hiram El wood Hadley. chief justice of the supreme court of the Stare of Washington. President Kelly of Earlham college stated that owing to the fact that the Washington supreme court was now in session, he was unable to he present when the degree was conferred. Mr. Kelly stated that Judge Hadley was a student at Earlham Jn the seventies but that he did not graduate. He went to the Union law school, now the Northwestern law school, at EvanFton. 111., from which institution he graduated. After practicing law In various points in the middle west, Mr. Kelly stated. Judge Hadley moved to Washington state where he became a successful practioner and was In a few years elected a superior judge. Later he was elected to the supreme court of that state and he Is now serring his second term as chief justice. His decisions, Mr. Kelly stated, are to be found in every public law library and in every complete private law library. Scholarships Awarded. President Kelly announced that tb