Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 218, 20 September 1908 — Page 1

LABIUM" H AIMD SUN-TEL EGRWl. VOIu XXXIII. NO. 218. RICH3IOND, IND., SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS, FAVORABLE ACTION IS NOW EXPECTED OH COUNTY OPTION POLICE REVOLVERS CLOSELY EXAMINED Experience of- Lambertson Leads to This Action. NSANE LOVER AND LEFT TO OHIO SENATOR " WILL HOT SPEAK BEFORE CLUBS Discloses Foraker's Connection With Standard Oil Company ASSAULTER CAPTURED Hundreds of Shots Fired in Battle With Posse. EARLHAM COLLEGE BYAGED BACHELOR

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Now Practically Assured That Bill Will Go Through Both Houses of the State Legislature. RATLIFFS STAND CHANGES SITUATION. While There Was Much Worry Saturday Morning, Republicans Are Now Feeling Easier.

Indianapolis, Sept. 19- Between tfoon today and midnight tonight conditions in the campaign for county local option took a decided change a change for the better if one's sympathies happens to be with those who ere fighting the fight against the brewers. Walter Ratliff, t the Wayne county representative, whose alleged defection from the ranks of the regular republicans helped Increase the gloom of the past two days, was largely responsible for the removal of the cloud. His statement: ' "Having been convinced that a majority of my constituents of the county of Wayne are in favor of me casting my vote for county local option at this session of the legislature in accordance with the republican platform I have decided to do so." This was a message of great cheer to the majority party. The certainty that Raitliff would cast his vote for county local option was of such importance that the republican leaders announced their ability to hold a caucus on the question Monday evening to prepare to put the bill through. Today's session, when the democrats did not exert their boasted strength and attempt to bring about immediate consideration of the appropriations bill, helped the republicans in their belief that they have the votes to pass the bill. They are not now admottong that they will lose more than two or three of the party's votes In the house where, of course, the real fight is and declaring that tnore than enough of the temperance democrats will be with them to repair the defection in their own ranks. They are counting, therefore, upon getting an Immediate vote on the local option bill, before the ways and meanB committee reports back the appropriation bill. That the democrats on whom reliance is placed will still vote to adjourn, per the c?i!cv.s program, they do not gainsay, but they hope to prevent their getting the opportunity. Ratliff had refused steadfastly to declare his intention with regard to local option. For this reason he has been classed with those who will oppose the bilL "I have had my mind made up for some time," ' he said this afternoon, "but I have been waiting for my constituents to declare themselves on the subject In the past few days I have heard from a great many of them, in person and by letter. Men whose opinion I regard . highly among them some of Richmond's best citizens have expressed themselves for county local option and there is no doubt in my mind that the Sentiment in Wayne Fanty favors it." Did Hanly Know? The optimism of Governor Hanly with regard to the bill a times when others have been ratheilfiisheartened was explained today by "borne on the theory that he has known of Ratliffs determination. The Wayne county man said, however, that the governor has known his position only since last night. Now that Ratlin! has made It clear that his silence did not hide a determination to vote against the bill, the opinion Is prevalent that others who hare maintained the same attitude will likewise be found voting satisfactorily when the roll call comes. Today's session of the legislature was extremely brief, but business of Importance was transacted. In the House th session lasted just sixteen minutes, but in that time . the local option bill, the appropriation, bills and the bill to repeal the Vincennes university claim law, were introduced and referred to committee. Morton, of Howard county, chairman of the publie morals committee, has with him a committee favorable to the bill and It Is certain that it will be reported out soon arte the house convenes Monday. In the senate two bills were introduced on the subject, that of the anti-saloon league by Senator Cox of Marion county, and a bill the same as the original anti-saloon league bill by Senator Mattlngly of Daviess county. It is exed that the senate committee. Senator Mock, of Tipton, chairman, will thrash out the question of which bill is the better before reporting on the subject Both bills will be printed and given to the senate. The night rider bill was Introduced In the senate, but not in the house, where few favor it A bill that was introduced in the feoue sad baa some chance of pass.

Since Officer Lambertson's - experience with a practically useless weapon Friday evening when Clement Whlteman attempted to murder his wife, caused an examination of the weapons of several of the police officers at headquarters yesterday. Several of these "guns" were found to be unfit for service. , The police commissioners recently ordered all officers to arm themselves with a Colt Police Special, &8 caliber revolvers. These revolvers have not yet been received. "Its not often that a policeman needs a revolver, but when he does need it he needs it bad, and he should have a reliable weapon," remarked Sergeant McManus yesterday.

CARL MINES MEETS HIS DEATH Well Known Local Young Man Was Killed at Ft. Wayne CRUSHED BY A BOX CAR. WAS SITTING ON A RAIL UNDER THE CAR WHEN A SWITCH ENGINE BUMPED INTO IT, THE WHEEL PASSING OVER HIM. Ft Wayne, Ind., Sept 19. Carl Mo Daniels of Richmond met his death here this afternoon by being run over by a box car at the Wabash railroad yards. Both of the young man's legs and his left arm were cut off and his body otherwise horribly mutilated. Immediately after the accident McDaniels was removed to the St Joe hospital but he died shortly after being placed in that institution. McDanlels, it is thought was in the city attending the fair. Yesterday afternoon he and two companions, whose identity is unknown, walked to the railroad yards and sat on a rail under a box car. McDanlels sat nearest the wheels. As they laughed and talked in this dangerous place a switch engine, which was collecting cars to make up a train, bumped into the car under which McDaniels and his companions sat. The wheel passed over the young man's body before he had time to move. His two friends escaped without injury and promptly took to their heels. No one appears to know who they are. McDaniels wore a K. of P. button and had on his person a moulders' union card. His body will be shipped to Richmond late tonight. WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAN. Carl McDanlels, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John McDaniels, This City. Carl McDaniels, who met such a tragic death at Ft Wayne yesterday afternoon, is the soij of Mr. and Mrs. John McDanlels, North Eighteenth street He was twenty-four years of age and until recently had been employed as a moulder at the Hoosier Drill works. His parents learned the shocking news of his death late yesterday afternoon. The father left last evening for Ft Wayne and will bring the body home with him, arriving here about 5 o'clock this morning. The Palladium was Informed last evening that young McDaniels went to Ft Wayne last Wednesday, presumably to visit relatives. iage is that of Caylor of Hamilton county, repealing the act of 1907 by which the salaries of all suDerior and circuit judges was Increased $1,000. The chairman of the fees and salaries committee, , Grieger of Laporte, was opposed to this bill at the time or its passage and says he will do all he can to obtain the repeal. It will be reported from the committee early. Legislators are awaiting with interest the advent of an alleged army of 10,000 White Ribboners from all parts of the state designed to exercise a big moral force upon them. OPINION DIVIDED. Ratliffs Action Viewed Differently Here. In the business district last evening the predominating topic of conversation was the action of Walter S. Ratliff in bowing the knee to Governor Hanly, to whom he delivered a written pledge to support the county local option law because the people of Wayne county appeared to favor this measure. The ministers of the city and their well organized battalions of temperance advocates heard the news with elation. It was a hard fight that they waged with Ratliff to force him to sup. port the county local option bill and. they took the Quaker representative's letter to the governor as a public de claration that he recognized the temperance host In Wayne county outnumbered the cohorts of the "wets." In (Continued on Page Three.)

Waukesha, Wis., Sept. 19. After an all night battle and a siege in which hundreds of shots were fired. John Smith, crazed by love and liquor, was captured in a farm house at Calhoun, several miles from here today. He had shot and wounded Olga Grabow, a girl of 14, whom he loved, shot three times and fatally wounded her mother and shot Sheriff J. C. Dwinnel. who attempted to arrest him. Then barricading himself in the Grabow farmhouse, armed with, two rifles, he fought a posse and 200 citizens many hours before he was captured.

FATHER FORGETS; WELCOMES SON Quarrel of Nineteen Years Ago Forgotten When S. W. Traum Returns Home. TIME SOFTENS ANGER. LIGHT IN AGED MAN'S EYES TELLS LOVE FOR SON, EVEN THOUGH HIS PRIDE BARS AFFECTIONATE GREETING. The Rev. S. W. Traum' states he is the happiest man in all Wayne county. He has returned home from Walhonding, O., after a reconciliation with his father, Charles Traum, who nineteen years ago disinherited him and ordered him to leave, home, never to return again. Up until about three weeks ago the Rev. Traum had never heard from his father or his mother, who abided by " the iron will of her husband, though her heart ached in so doing, nor had he ever communicated with them since the day he left bis home to battle alone with the world. I As was published in the Palladium last Monday, Mrs. Humbert, of Howard, O., about three weeks ago accidentally learned that her brother, the Rev. Traum, was in Richmond. He went to visit her and at her request, returned with her to the home of his parents, not knowing what welcome was in store for him. As Mrs. Humbert shrewdly guessed, time had softened the anger of the father, and after the mother had rapturously greeted her long lost son, sobbing out her joy on his broad shoulder, the father, striving hard to hide his emotions, grasped his "boy" by the hand and said, "Sam, I'm glad to see you." The light "that shown in the old man's eyes plainly told his son that he had in his heart often bitterly regretted his action in ordering "Sam" to leave home when, in fierce wrath he heard his son's statement that he had renounced the Catholic religion and had become a protestant. Although the old man's eyes played traitor to him, his tongue remained loyal and did not tell that pride alone had kept the father from calling his son home to him and "mother" long years ago. The Rev. Traum last evening stated that his father never once referred to that stormy scene nineteen years ago, but when he left to return to Richmond his father said, "Sam, come and visit us again soon and bring the wife and children." ' This morning at the Christian hurch the Rev. Traum will speak on "bunny Memories. in nis sermon he will refer to his happy return "home." DEDICATED OCT. 11 John L. Griffiths to Be Principal Speaker. Indianapolis, Sept 19. October 27 Is announced by the Harrison monument commission as the date fox the unveiling of the heroic, statue of Gen. Benjamin garrison, in University park, this city. The executive committee of the commission met this afternoon to make final its plans for the occasion, which is expected to- be of great importance and Interest, equaling In all respects, except the prominence of the speakers, the unveiling of the Lawton monument, May 30. 1907, when President Roosevelt made the address. John L. Griffiths, United States consul at Liverpool, will make the principal speech and will be followed by Gen. John W. Noble of St. Louis, a war comrade of General Harrison, and secretary of the Interior la tia cabinet

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Robert Andrews of Greenfield, Also Provides a Similar Amount for Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends.

SURPRISE EXPRESSED AT TERMS OF WILL. Andrews Was Member of the Western Yearly Meeting Which Is Not Remembered Money to Missions. Trustees and friends of Earlham college were pleased with the information received yesterday that by the will of the late Robert Andrews of Greenfield, Ind., which has just been probated in the Hancock circuit court, Earlham college is named as one of the beneficiaries, and its share of the estate will amount to about $10,000. The Indiana yearly meeting of Orthodox Friends will also receive about the same amount from the estate. Earlham college and Indiana yearly meeting receive nearly the entire estate of the deceased, only eighty acres of land in Hancock county is willed to his relatives. The share of the estate left to Earlham college and the Indiana yearly meeting consists of cash and notes. The trustees of Earlham college are named in the will as executors of the estate. The bequest to the Indiana yearly meeting is to be devoted exclusively to the benefit and promotion of foreign missions. The bequest to the college may be used according to the discretion of the trustees. Mr. Andrews was a bachelor and was over seventy years of age. He was an active and prominent member of the Western yearly meeting of Friends and some surprise has been expressed by local Friends that he should bequeath nearly half of his estate to the Indiana yearly meeting and leave'iothfng tp the Western yearly meeting. It was stated last evening that Mr. Andrews had made several small donotlons to Earlham college and that he had assisted several young men through college by jaying their tuition or other expenses. It was also stated that Mr. Andrews had accasionally attended Bible Institute at Earlham college. " - . WOMAN'S HAIR IILEMP CASE Some Dark and Some Light Found in Millionaire's . Home. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 19. The combings of a woman's hair, sometimes a brunette's, at other times a blonde's, figure in the reply Mrs. Wm. Lemp makes to the cross bill filed yesterday by the millionaire brewer to her divorce petition. The hair is mentioned in a deposition made by Sallna Cory, a former Lemp servant, presented in behalf of Mrs. Lemp. It was found, says the deposition, in the Lemp home while Mrs. Lemp was away, not once but five or six times. According to the witness, she saw Lemp entertaining women in his home after his wife left According to the deposition, the witness heard one woman sing, "Treat us all alike, baby" while others laughed. She alleges she saw a woman stouter than Mrs. Lemp at Mrs. Lemp's washbowl washing and dressing. Glasses and bottles were there, she alleges. Once, swears the witness, she found a woman's cuff-pin in one of the rooms. Lemp asked her about it and when she showed it to him. he said: "I'm glad you found it; that's the one I want" LEGS WORTH 11 A PAIR Logansport Man Gets Verdict Against Railroad. Logansport, Ind., Sept 19. Jesse Morgan, the Logansport young man who lost both legs while railroading in the Chicago & Erie yards in Chicago a year and a half ago, got a verdict for $7,000 damages from a Jury in Chicago." The Jury was out only two hours. It is understood that the icompany will settle. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Sunday, except possibly showers in southwest portion; continued warmer. OHIO Fair Sunday; Uahtly cooler.

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WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. Hearst for the past several days has been hurling n roadside Into Senator Foraker, by reading during his public speeches, letters written by Archbold of Standard Oil fame to the Ohioan, mentioning large checks sent and certain legislative action. The whole affair is now attracting the eyes of the country and has thrown an unfavorable light on Sen. Foraker.

DEMOCRATS MOST Wants to Know Where $300,000 Campaign Fund Came From. HE REFUSES TO SPEAK. ALTHOUGH ASSIGNED TO WORK IN THE WEST HE BUCKSCLAIMS HASKELL IS A STANDARD OIL MAN. Columbus, O., Sept. 19. Declaring that he would take the stump until some explanation was given as to where the democratic national committee obtained the ?300,000 now in, its fund, Frank S. Monnett the former attorney general who Instituted the prosecution against the Standard Oil company, created a sensation here today. "Governor Haskell," he said, "will have to resign as custodian of the funds of the national committee or there will be serious trouble in the committee. I have been assigned to speak in the west by the democratic committee, but I shall not make a speech until I am satisfied from Just what source the committee got the $300,000, which it boasts of having. I am informed by state officials of Oklahoma ' that Governor ' Haskell is or has recently been connected with the Prairie Oil company of the Southwest and that that company is a subsidiary of the Standard. "As to the affidavit referred to by Mr. Hearst, Mr. Squires of Cleveland came down here and said that I could have $400,000 if I would stop the prosecution of the Standard company. I asked him from whom this offer came and he said from Frank Rockefeller, Haskell, and others. He said I would get $400,000 and he would receive $100,000. The money was to be deposited. I think with the Metropolitan insurance company of New York of course. I don't know which Haskell Squire meant, when he talked to me, but he said he was from Oklahoma. That' is all I know about which. Haskell it was." EXPECTED HOME TODAY. Postmaster J. A. Spekenhier who has been attending the National convention of postmasters at Chattanooga Tenn, during the past week is expected to arrive home today". Mr. Spekenhier was accompanied by his wife. On their return trip they expect to visit a number of historical njaces of interest-

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FRIENDS DIFFER AS TO METHOD Western Yearly Meeting Divides on Temperance Question. OPTIONISTS ARE OPPOSED, SOME THINK THAT STATE WIDE PROHIBITION MEASURE SHOULD BE PASSED BY PRESENT SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE Plainfleld, Ind., Sept 19. The committee on temperance and prohibition of the liquor traffic of the westrn yearly meeting of Friends, now Delng held in Plainfleld, will make its report Monday evening. This committee Is composed of Solomon B. Woodward, Rockville, superintendent; Asher K. Tomlinson, Jehu Millhouse, Mary Kemp, Flora E. Henley and Artemus M. Hadley. It is expected that the yearly meeting, through this committee will take drastic action against the liquor business, and a number of delegates have urged the committee In its report to demand that the members of the legislature now in session at Indianapolis pass a county local option law, but when this subject was broached to the committee it was found that a majority of the members are opposed to such a resolution. Insisting on state wide prohibition of the liquor traffic. Local Optionists Surprised. The friends of the county local option, and there are many of them in this meeting, were considerably surprised at the position of the committee, and are working to get some recognition on local option in the committee's report but up to this time have not been able to get much encouragement ' The contention of the majority of the committee is that the present is a good time to procure state wide prohibition. The members of the committee further say that a local option law, they have been, told, will not be constitutional and that any local option law passed would Injure the Moore remonstrance law. R. N. Furnas, of Indianapolis, who is leading the local option advocates says that there is no chance for state wide prohibition at this. time,, the friends of temperance should get all they could get and local option, he said. Is in the direction aimed at The following resolution has been handed to the committee and will probably be made a part of the committee's report: "We commend Governor Hanly for his intense and earnest work against the liquor traffic, and encourage him In every measure looking to the speedy and complete abolition of the saloon with all lta source

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peared Tuesday at Cincinnati Before League of Republican Organizations. CONNECTION WITH STANDARD'S CAUSE. The Senator Defends Himself Against Hearst Attacks, But Records Do Much to Discredit Him. New Yorkk, Sept 19. Whether or not Senator Foraker of Ohio, susplcioned that he would be asked to withdraw as one of the speakers at the meeting of the league of republican clubs to be held in Cincinnati next . Tuesday, it is not known, but the senator last night apprised the Republican national committee that he would under no consideration speak at the Cincinnati meeting. It was intimated yesterday that the national committee would ask the Ohio man to withdraw from the program, but earlier In the day Foraker said that he knew nothing of any contemplated change in the program as It was originally drawn. The recent Hearst disclosures concerning Foraker's relations with the Standard Oil company are responsible for the present situation. RECORDS AGAINST HIM. Cannot be Shown Foraker Appeared as Attorney for Standard. Cincinnati, Sept 19. Public records of Ohio dispute Senator Foraker's declaration that his employment by the Standard Oil was of common knowledge, records of that supreme court do not show a single instance' in which Foraker appeared as attorney of record for that company. Not since 1896, when Foraker made his successful fight In behalf of the Cincinnati Traction company for its fiftyyear franchise, does his name appear among those who ape pared before ; Ohio legislative committees. There ' was no public knowledge that Foraker was the legal advisor of the heads of the great oil trust, and that he was using his then enormous power" In Ohio politics in behalf of the company against legislation inimical-to it How successful Foraker was on every project concerned in the Archbold letters la shown by the records. Judge Burkett, of Flndlay, who was on of the supreme court justices who gave the decision stopping the Monnetts ouster suits against the Standard ' Oil was renominated, as Archbold sought to have him. Smith Bennett, brother-in-law of Monnett who - was active in the Standard Oil prosecutions was so badly defeated when he stood as candidate for the attorney generalship in 1903 that his name was not offered to the convention. Had the Price bill passed It would have exposed eight years ago that the Standard Oil controlled a swarm of so-calK ed independent oil companies of Ohio, which have since been ousted and are now doing business under the right name, as Standard companies. EXPLAINS LETTERS. Foraker Borrowed $50,000 From Oil Trust for Friends, He 8ays. Cincinnati, Sept 19. As part ojt the purchase money In an unsuccessful deal for the ownership of the Ohio State Journal, at Columbus, the draft for $50,000 mentioned In the John D. Archbold letter, made public last night in St Louis by William R. Hearst, was received by Senator Foraker, and on the failure of the attempt to bay the paper the draft was returned and the incident forgotten, according to a statement made by the Senator here today. , The Senator declared in his statement that no one at any time ever paid him a cent or even suggested any such payment in consideration of anything he might do as a public man, . The statement is as follows: "The production by Mr. Hearst of the letter of Mr. Archbold to me datC January 29, 1902, referring to a certificate of deposit inclosed for $50,000 and expressing the hope that the transaction may be satisfactorily concluded, illustrates how unreliable Is the memory, and how easily appearances may deceive. Borrowed From the Standard, When I first read the letter I could, not recall that I had ever received any such letter or any each certificate. I at once called up my house In Washington, where my letters of that date are on file, and had a search made, with the result that a proposed transaction was recalled that had gone entirely out of my mind. "A friend of mine a newspaper man informed me that be had an option on the Ohio State Journal to parchase it according to my present recollection, for $133,000. He was able himself to advance but a small amount of this purchase price. . He appealed to me to help him. I did not have

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