Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 212, 14 September 1908 — Page 1

1IC1M0ND FA T AB1UM H JLJD 1 a Ll J A AINJD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 213. RICHMOND, INDM MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 14, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. SMALL TAKES UP BATTLE FORDEMOCRRTS Famous Evangelist to Speak In Wayne County.

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TAFT RIGHTFUL SUCCESSOR TO THEO. ROOSEVELT President in Letter Tells Why The Former War Secretary Should Be Elected to Succeed Him.

ONE KILLED AND WOMAN FREED OF . MURDER CHARGE Mrs. Coleman Did Not Assist In Killing of Husband. ELIHU ROOT WITH Millionaire Lives in Attic of His Fathers Mansion SEVERAL DYING MASTER HAND DEALS WITH THE ISSUES

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Will Not Favor Ruinous Experiment and Will Deal With Justice and Fairness to All. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept 14. President Roosevelt has seized the colors of Willam H. Taft, and leaping to the forefront of battle, shouts to all believers In his own governmental policies to rally about the Taft standard. In a ringing letter addressed to Conrad Kohrs of Helena, Mont., an. old time friend of the president, Mr. .Taft Is declared by the president to be the man of all men who should be chosen by the people of the United States as their president. It Is urgently necessary for the reforms he has started to be accepted. "' The policies urged by the president are Mr. Taft's policies, and that he will continue them. Mr. Taft has stood for and encouraged all of tho essential policies of the administration. The Addyston pipe case in which Judge Taft broke up the iron pipe trust, Is the true measure of his attitude. lie will face the displeasure of labor element or the loftiest and most ' powerful corporation with equal scorn If that displeasure is experssed against his cherished ideals. His labor Injunctions are sufficient platform for his success. Regulation of railroads by federal dictum Is necessary Watered stock must bo prevented. The letter is caled forth by the re- , cenet statements pf .William J. Bryan, that he, Mr. Bryan, is the President's heir and natural successor. President Roosevelt halls his former Secretary of War as the logical men to carry out the policies for which the administration has striven and for the uncompleted items of which the administration still strives. "I have been thrown into the closest Intimacy with him," declares President Roosevelt, "and he and I, on every essential point, stood In heartiest agreement, shoulder to shoulder. We have the same views as to what is demanded by the national interest and honor, both within our own borders and as rega.ds the relations of this nation with other nations. There Is no fight for decency and fair dealing which I, have waged in which I have not had his heartiest and most effective sympathy and support, and the policies for which I stand are his policies as much as mine. Just and Fair to All. "He will not favor a ruinous experiment like government ownership of railways," writes the President. "He wll stand against any kind of confiscation of honestly acquired property; but he will work efficiently for the most efficient type of government supervision and control of railways, so as to secure just and fair treatment of the people as a whole. "He will promise nothing on the railway or the trust question," cries President Roosevelt, "unless he firmly believes he can make his promise good." Of Mr. Taft and labor, President Roosevelt says: "A stancher friend, a fairer and truer representative, they cannot find within the borders of the United States. He will do everything In his power for them except to do that which is wrong. He will do wrong for no man, and therefore can, be trusted by all men." Mr. Kohrs, to whom the letter is addressed, is an old-time Montana cattle man and was a close associate with the President when both were members of the Montana Stock Growers Association twenty years ago, the Intimacy having kept up since. RECOVERS FROM WOUNDS. Aged Man Who Used Hat Pin on Body To Leave Hospital. bhn McCalfrey, an aged colored man of North Fourth street, who attempted to relieve himself from the misery he had experienced for several days by applying a long hat pin to his body, will be removed from the Reld Memorial hospital to his home this week. GOES TO ROCHESTER. Harry I Karns left Saturday for Rochester, Ind., where he will take charge of the commercial department in the Normal Business College. Karns Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Karns on North Eighth street. He graduated from the Richmond high school this year. He also attended Earlhani this summer.

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SCHOOL BEGINS WITH INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE Many New Changes Have Been Made in the Faculties Of the Different Schools in The City. BOARD MEMBERS MAKE DENIAL OF CHARGES. Say High School Teaching Corps Is Not Weak and Sound Keynote of Optimism For Coming Year. Richmond children bid goodby to vacation times as the local public schools opened this morning for the winter and spring term of 19"? and 1909. There was a large increase in attendance in all the districts. Although the exact enrollment cannot be determined until tomorrow, it is known that it will be about 100 over last year. At the different schools there have been a number of changes in the faculty. At the high school C. W. Knouff is the new principal. He comes from Wabash. George Hamilton will have charge of the latin department, Arthur L. Murray who comes from Muncie, takes Miss Merlng's place and Miss Francisco will assist him. The school board is confident that the facultoy at the high school this year is the strongest in the history of the school. At the Garfield school Miss Catherine Reese has taken the place of Mr. W. O. Wissler who has been transferred to the princlpalship of Fanley school. Prof. J. O. Boggs, teacher last year In the Greenville high school will have charge of the history classes. There are a number of other changes in the grade schools. Affairs started with a rush at the high school. For the , first time in many years chapel exercises were held and different members of the school board gave short talks on the work of the coming year. Roy J. Horton physical director of the Y. M. C. A. has been secured by the school board to have charge of the athletics at the school this fall and he gave a short talk on his plans." He said that It is up to the boys of the school to give their support to the athletics and it is up to the girls to attend the games. Among the others who gave short talks was Lee B. Nusbaum who said "The school board this year has a number of plans that are to be inau gurated in the school this year and we hope they will prove beneficial. The new school building will be opened next year and it will be the second best in the state in equipment.'' S. S. Stratten another member of (Continued on Page Two.)

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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEK, JR. Tarrytown, N. Y., Sept. 14. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and family have returned from Bar Harbor. Mr. Rockefeller found his father's new home not yet completed and he and his family are living in the attic of the $1,000,000 mansion. GOVERNOR HANLY TAKES HAND IN MDNCIE FIGHT Appeals to People to Vote for State Representative Who Will Support County Local Option. RESULT OF VOTE THERE MAY SWAY THE STATE. Brewers Fight for Liberal Man and Temperance People Are Determined on His Defeat. Muncie. Ind., Sept 14. Governor Hanly came to Muncie Sunday to &ssist by personal appeals in the elec tion of a representative next Thursday who will vote for county local option at the special session of the legislature. The governor delivered two addresses, one at the Petty Auditorium in the afternoon and the other at the 4 Baptist church last night In the afternoon he spoke to more than 3,000 people, who listened at tentively and frequently manifested their approval by enthusiastic applause. His address last night was to "women only", and he presented some reasons why the women of Indiana should rally to the support of the county local option program. Although the liquor interests are tremendously active here and are put ting forth every effort to carry the special election next Thrusday, and, although the governor used strong language and forcible illustrations to express his opinion of the traffic in intoxicating beverages, he was accord ed the most respectful treatment, and a number of representatives of the sacalled liberal element were among his auditors. Realizing there is a big fight on in (Continued on Page TwoJ

Rev. Sam Small, the well known lecturer and evangelist, and an associate of the late Sam Jones, is scheduled by Charles Beck, democratic chairman to give two lectures In Wayne County next Friday. In the afternoon he will speak at Fountain City and in the evening will speak at Cambridge City. The Rev. Small is widely known as an evangelist Small is an excellent re speaker and it is expected that he will be greeted by a large audience at

each place. He is devoting much of his time this year campaigning for the democratic party. EXILED MINISTER RETURNS TO HOME AND AGEDPARENTS The Rev. Samuel W. Traum to Visit Parents Last Seen Over Twenty Years Ago When He Was Disowned. QUIT CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ACT ENRAGED FATHER Sent Out From Home as a Boy To Shape His Own DestiniesHis Location Accidentally Discovered. "Truth is stranger than fiction." Today the Rev. Samuel W. Traum, pastor of the local Christian church, left with his sister, Mrs. Harry Hum bert, from her home at Howard. O., for Walhonding, O., to visit their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Traum Mrs. Humbert is assured of a cordial reception but the Rev. Traum is in doubt as to the reception he will re ceive, especially from his father, who disowned him over twenty years ago. The Rev. Traum has been the guest of his sister for a week. Since the time he was driven from home, because of a religious dispute, he had not seen her or heard from her. She had lost all trace of him and until about two weeks ago did not know whether he was living or dead. By chance she learned that he was pastor of a church in this city and she immediately sent for him to visit her. He complied with her request and after the reunion, she suggested that he go with her to visit their par ents at Walhonding. She told him that she knew his mother would be glad to see him, as for years she had yearned for his return, but, said Mrs, Humbert, there was some doubt as to the reception the father would extend to him. Mrs. Humbert was not cer tain whether the father's heart had softened toward his son. The Rev. Traum decided to go with his sister to Walhonding and so today they set forth on the pilgrimage. According to one of the Rev. Traum's friends, who is a leading member of the Christian church, the trouble between father and son came about when the Rev. Traum was Just a lad. serving as an apprentice in his father s blacksmith shop. Traum the senior, was a devote Catholic. One day the son told the father that he had renounced the Catholic church and had embraced the belief of the protestants. Beside himself with an ger the Rev. Traum's father disowned him and ordered him to leave home Since that day the Rev. Traum has not seen or heard of his parents. The Rev. Traum became a wander er, but within a short time after he had been driven from home h& be came acquainted with a wealthy man who took an interest In the lad and educated him at Hiram college, Ohio. The Rev. Traum after his graduation entered the ministry of the Christian church. He has been pastor of the local Christian church for about two years and is very popular with his congregation. About two weeks ago the Rev. Traum's brother-in-law, who lives near Delaware, O., traded some stock with Harry Humbert husband of the Rev. Traum s sister. Just by chance Mr. Humbert learned that the Rev. Traum was In Richmond. He at once notified his wife and she, be side herself with happiness, wrote to her brother asking him to visit her at her home at Howard. O. THE WEATHER PROPHET. LIN DIANA Partly cloudy Monday night; Tuesday fair; light to fresh north winds. OHIO Fair Monday night and Tues day; light to fresh north and Arlhwaet wind.

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Crashes Into L., E. & W. Excursion Running From Chicago to Indianapolis. PASSENGERS IN REAR COACH ARE CRUSHED. Officials Investigating Cause Of Wreck Train Leaves Rails on Erie in Pennsylvania, Injuring Many People: Chestertown, Ind., Sept. 14. One Is dead, several in a dying condition and forty injured is the result of a rear end collission at 2 o'clock this morning between a theater accommodation train running on the Lake Shore out of Chicago, and the rear coaches of a L. E. & W. excursion train bringing excursionists back to Indianapolis from Chicago. Relief parties removed the Injured until the relief train was rushed down from Chicago. The Dead. Mrs. Esther Hecok of Chicago, died shortly after reaching the hospital. Seriously Injured. Wm. Spring, Walter Roder, Cath erine Gill, Paul Miller, Mrs. Paul Miller, all of Indianapolis, Wiliani Gilman, Chicago, and Samuel Stanfleld, of Franklin, Pa. Twenty-three of the injured were residents of Indianapolis. The accident was probably due to a heavy mist which hid the excursion from view. The excursion train had come almost to a stop at Chesterton, when the east bound Lake Shore engine crashed into the rear coach, telescoping it half length. The engine itself was badly wrecked. The ex cursionists In the rear coach were caught without warning and crushed among the seats. The passengers from the forward cars did heroic work in rescuing the injured, and many of tho less seriously hurt were able to proceed to Indianapolis on a later train after their injuries had received temporary attention. None of the cars of the accommodation train left the track. An investigation is being made by the railroad officers. Nearly one thousand tinckets were sold for the Sunday excursion to Chicago and return and the train was run in two sections. The second section was badly behind its schedule when the wracck occurred. TWENTY-NINE INJURED. An Erie Passenger Train Leaves the Ralls, Sunday. Meadville, Pa., Sept 14. Erie train No. 4, a fats train from Chicago to New York, Albany and Boston, due to arrive here at 2 a. m., v.-as ditched five miles south of this city early Sun day morning. Twenty-seven passengers, the engin eer and fireman were severely injured. It is thought they will recover. The cause of the accident was given by the officials of the road as the turn ing of the switch by wreckers. The entire train left the rails, and that the death list does not reach at least fifty seems almost a miracle. The train was fifteen minutes late. The injured were brought to this city and placed in Spencer hospital The fireman of the train, John McDIll, was the worst hurt but will recover. REGINS CAMPAIGN The Rev. T. H. Kuhn Invades Judge Barnard's Home County. HARD FIGHT PREDICTED. The Rev. Thomas H. Kuhn, the democratic candidate for Congress from the Sixth congressional district started his campaign today in Henry county. Mr. Kuhn expects to cover the entire county before going elsewhere. He will go to the Queen city, the home of his opponent Judge Barn ard, the republican candidate for Congress, one day this week where he will speak. Mr. Kuhn will also visit Middletown and Knightstown. The local- preacher politician an nounces that he intends to cover the district thoroughly. His friends say he will make the hardeset fight for a congressional seat ever witnessed by the voters of the sixth district Mr. Kuhn'a Henry county itinerary is as follows: Tuesday Millville at 10 a. m.; Ash land, 2 p. m.; Messick, 4 p.m.; Mooreland at 7 p. m. Wednesday BlountsvUle, 10 a. m.; Springport 2 p. m.; Sulphur Springs, A n. m ; Summit villa. 7:30 D. m

Rushville. Ind.. Sept 14. Mrs. Lelar Coleman, who was charged with complicity in the murder of her husband. Charles Coleman, was acquitted late Saturday night by a Jury. The principal witness, and in fact the only witness who gove direct testimony against the defendant was Leslie Bundrant who is serving a life sentence at Michigan City for the murder of Coleman. He said that Mrs. Coleman held her husband while he beat his head into a pulp with a hatchet. Budrant also testified that Mrs. Coleman cut her husband's thoat The defense disproved practically every statement the self-confessed murderer

made. A number of character wit nesses strengthened the case of the defense. MILLIONS LOST BY RAVEGIIIG FOREST FIRES Northwest Overhung by Re markable Pall of Smoke Caused by Burning Timber Lands. DROUGHT IS GENERAL THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. Pennsylvania Has Lost Mil lions and Scarcity of Water Is the Cause of Much Suf fering. Chicago, Sept. 14. A territory, in eluding 300,000 square miles, Is over hung with the most remarkable pall of smoke experienced in the history of this part of the country. Old residents of Chicago have seen nothing like it since the big fire of 1871, which laid waste $200,000,000 worth of property in this city and they confess that the smoke of those days covered a limited territory com pared with that affected by the destructive forest fires in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin in the last few days. In Chicago the pall reached its greatest density today after thicken ing perceptibly for nearly a week. Added to the haze was the sharp odor today of smoke from burning trees and grass. There was no mistaking the smell. With Cu.cago several hundred miles from the scene of the advancing fires it may be I magi n ed what must be the discomfort of those in the immediate neighborhood. TOWNS IMPERILED. Flames Are Sweeping Northern Wis consin. Wausau, Wis., Sept 14. Reports state that the village of Norris. In the eastern part of the county, is In dang er from forest fires. A crowd of men has been working like Trojans all day to save the village. A large ditch has been thrown up around the village All trains have been running sever al hours late because of the inability of engineers to see the track ahead and run safely on account of the dense smoke. Railroad men say that the woods are all afire between this city and Eland Junction. Scores of small towns are in danger. Some sections of the country have been devastated, the fire burning down into the roots of trees, allowing them ip fall as if a cyclone bad struck the country. The loss in the county will be the heaviest In years, not excepting the fires of 1892 and 1893 and the total in this county alone is put at $500,000. The total In Northern Wisconsin is estimated at from $2,009,000 to $5 000,000. BATHING FORBIDDEN. Water Sold for Ten Cents a Gallon In Pittsburg District, Pittsburg, Pa., Sept 14. A prolonged drought which has already cost $20,000,000. and which is now costing fully $500,000 a day, is upon Pittsburg territory within a radius of 100 miles of the Alleghany county courthouse, covering portions of West Virginia, Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Steel mills, coke ovens and coal mines have been closed down. Water Is being peddled at 10 cents a gallon in certain localities, while in other places, especially where state institu tions are located, bathing has been forbidden entirely because of the wat er famine. Corn and vegetable crops have been (Continued on Pass TwoJ

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publican State Convention Today, Taking Up National Questions. OPPOSITION TO HUGHES NOT YET DETERMINED. His Enemies Cannot Decide on Man Who Will Accept Nomination Roosevelt Still Favors Hughes. Saratoga, N. Y.. Sept 14. The Re publican state convention was called to order at three o'clock. Secretary Elihu Root delivering his speech as temporary chairman. Following this an adjournment was taken until in the morning. The Insurgents claim they have suf ficient votes to defeat Governor Hughes for the gubernatorial nomi nation, but are unable to center upon a strong candidate who will accept the nomination. President Rooseevelt issued a state ment today saying that he don't want to dictate, but he is still In favor of the nomination of Gov. Hughes. Secretary Root's speech. In which he dealt in a masterly manner with the great issues of the present national campaign, is one of the strongest and clearest presentations of republican views that has yet been delivered. He not only touched on state questions but gave greater attention to the national issues. Bryan's fallacies were answered and the secretary plainly showed the superiority of Republican principles to those on which the Dem ocrats of the country are standing and waging their fight for the presidency. Secretary Root spoke on all the questions of the day. He lauded tho record of the previous administra tions, and the various departments, especially those of justice and commerce and labor. He attacked Bryan's ill-considered policies and showed Taft as the logical candidate. "We have a record which forbids discouragement or doubt in the performance of our task." he said. "We can turn to the administrations, now drawing to a close, both in the state and in the nation, and with confidence ask every Ameriean voter to say whether they have not met all the great fundamental requisites of good government whether they do not justify the belief that it is best for the country to keep in power the party which is responsible for them and is entitled to the credit of them. Have not these administrations within the state and within the nation been honest? Have they not been capable? Have they not been efficient? ,Have they not set before all the people of America examples of pure, high minded and patriotic service in public of fice? Have they not raised the standard of public duty which the young men of American set for themselves? He then touched on the panic and declared that it was caused by extravagance and wild speculation. The department of Justice he declared had by investigations and suits and prosecutions substantially put an end to the almost unicersal practice of railroad rebates. It has halted end made it plain that if allowed to continue In the same way it will Inevitably end the oppressive and unfair practices through which combinations of capital havo been acquiring monopolies and crushing weaker competitors. Takes Up Gauntlet. He next took up the gauntlet of democracy "Shall the people rule," when he said, "Are not ttt laws being made and executed by the agents whom the people have selected for that purposes? find that by the lawful returns of the last presidential election Theodore Roosevelt received 2.541. ,21X1 more votes for the presidency than William J. Bryan. Has be not a good title to the office? Are not tho people ruling through him their chosen executive, zo far as is part of the government is concerned? H"s not every congressional district been represented in congress) by the man whom a majority of Its voters selected? s not every ctate represented in the senate by senators chosen by its own leglslatare, selected by the people of the sU-te for the performance of that very duty? Root then answered in detail Bryan's three accusations: corrupt use of money, inldirect election of senators, find tho bad rules of the house. He said: "First because there is corrupt use of money at elections. Does he mean to say that two millions and a half of votes which sonstitnted Vr. Roosevelt' majority were bought; that to such a frightful exetnt the American electorate Is venal? Does ho produce any evidence of such a. charge? Not the slightest Does he produce any facts tending to sustain even a suspicion of the Justice of such a charge? None whatever. He showed the enormous campaign expenses were legitimate. n regard to the election, of senators by popular election he sa'd: "There Is no more necessity for aa