Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 42, 20 December 1908 — Page 1

ONLY 4 MORE SHOPPING DA YS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

DO YOUR TRADING NOW i6 pages nn T EICHMOND PAIXAMIJM PACES AT U yJL JJ-LL 1 to 8 TODAY AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIV. NO. 42. RICII3IOXD, IND., SUNDAY 3IOKNIXG, DECE31BEK 20, 1008. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS. REPUBLICANS ARE SOLID AGAINST OPTION REPEAL F OFFICER YOUNG FALLS OFF THE WATER WAGON REBUKE OF THE PRESIDENT WAS A BITTER Otlt Where Thornton Jenkins Hains Now Appears on Serious Charge TO CASTRO'S LIFE German Sanitarium Today. Enters

With Fourteen Votes From the Democrats,-Party Will Save Temperance Measure, It Is Declared.

ONLY FOUR WILL VOTE FOR PROPOSED REPEAL Thought Last Indiana Vote Did Not Mean That People Repudiated County Option As Was Declared. Indianapolis, Dec. 19. Democratic Jnerabers of the lower branch of the jiext legislature who are opposed to the repeal of the county option law have been told, it is said, that the re publicans of the house will present practically a solid front against the Jepeal of the law. It was this word from the republicans, it is understood, Twhlch led eight of the recalcitrants to get together at the Denison hotel, early this week, to plan a campaign to keep the law on the books. The word which comes from the republican camp Is that not more than three or four of the republican representatives will vote to repeal the law. In fact, it is said, the republicans are almost willing to pledge that if the democrats can muster fourteen votes In the house the county option law will remain intact, so far as that branch of the legislature is concerned Thus far the republican representatives have not counted noses on the county option proposition, but accord Jng to Representative Luman K. Bab: cock, secretary to Governor Hanly, this is one of the Questions which will come up at the meeting of republicans of the house, which will be held at the state house next Wednesday, Dec. 83. 'Basis of Estimate. Mr. Babcock already has discussed county option with a number of the representatives and he declares that he has not found one who will vote for the repeal of the law. In addition to Mt. Babcock's personal investigation, other republican friends of the measure have made diligent inquiry, and the belief is expressed that there will not be more than four, if that many, who will vote to kill the law. In arriving at conclusions in regard to those who have not been approached personally on the subject, the republicans have taken into consideration the communities in which the various republican legislators live, the general disposition of the Tnen tlvmselves. and the attitude held by their prede-! cessors in the legislature toward the county option bill. During the special session of the legislature, four republicans of the house Schreeder, Geiss, Condo and Keller voted against the bill. Of these four, only Schreeder will be a member of the next house. It is taken for granted that Schreeder will vote for the repeal of the law. Thirty-Six Favorable Votes. It is not believed that more than three others will favor the repeal. Republican friends of the law estimate that they will have thirty-six votes that will remain firm for the option law. Therefore, if they can get fourteen democratic votes, county option Is safe unless It shall be molested by the senate. There is only one thing, it is believed, which would cause, many of the republicans to leave the county option banner and that would be the conclusion that the vote in Indiana in the last election should be taken as a repudiation of the statute. All of those who have been approached per- . sonally by Mr. Babcock on the subject have not expressed the belief that the liquor question had much, if anything to do with the defeat of the republicans in the last election, and it is taken for granted that other legislators will look at it in the same way. WAS PATIENT KILLEDjy NURSE? Death of Millionaire Hastened By Drugs. Cincinnati. O.. Dec. 19. That the death of millionaire Joseph S. Trevor was hastened, if not caused by the administration of drugs by the profes sional nurse, Mirza S. Kimball, who robbed Trevor and members of the household. Is the belief of the friends of the dead man. Steps are being taken to have the body exhumed and an autopsy performed. Kimball, who Is under arrest, admits the thefts, but says he administered only the medicines prescribed by physicians for Trevor. Relatives of the dead man will demand a full Investigation. v..

Berlin, Dec. 19. President Castro gives no sign of perturbation over the troubles of Venezuela. With his elaborate suite he is spending bis last day in the Hotel Esplanade here. Tomorrow he enters Professor Israel's sanatorium to undergo treatment for his kidney disorder. No Venezuelan advices have been received by the foreign office today.

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SYSTEM POZZLE Many Unlooked For Complications Have Arisen in Proposed System. SOME OF THESE OVERCOME BY DECENTRALIZING POSTAL SERVICE DEPOSITORS WILL BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW THEIR MONEY MORE QUICKLY. By Sheldon S. Cline. Washington, Dec. 10. Congress is discovering that to establish a postal savings bank system is going to be a much more complicated undertaking than had been supposed, and before it can be achieved it nay be necessary to reorganize the entire postal service. The matter has been up for discussion in the senate and the more senators have talked,, about It, the more numerous have appeared the problems that must be solved. Under the bill as now outlined, a depositor would have to make application for any money he wanted to withdraw. The application have to be sent on to Washington and here (Continued on Page Seven.)

OUR CONTEMPORARY MISTAKEN AGAIN

Was the Item simply mistaken, or to use our contemporary's favorite expression, did it "deliberately lie," maliciously and with intent, in its editorial of Friday evening, which said: "Upon a certain day of last week the paper which "has the largest circulation of any paper in Richmond or the Sixth congressional district, sold 1,440 pounds of their old papers to the Junk man. Inasmuch as it takes eight papers to weigh a pound, this represented 11,500 papers. Its advertisers should, therefore, secure practically all the trade of the junk shop, where the circulation is so large!" Item, Dec. 18th. Naturally the first question that comes to one's mind is, "how does the Item know this? Where did it get its information?" The answer is simple. On Friday, Dec. 11th, the Palladium sold some waste paper to the junk man. The Item, hearing of this, and being- unable to meet the Palladium's circulation statement squarely and above board, asked this collector of. waste paper if he would not appear before a notary public and swear to the amount of such waste hauled away from this office. This junk man being imbued with a spirit of HONESTY, came direct to the Palladium and asked whether or not it would be right if he gave our contemporary the facts which he sought. The Palladium, having no reasons for wishing this kept secret, gave its consent to the proposition and the junk man complied with the Item's request. He told them the amount of waste paper that he hauled from this office, which as the Item stated correctly lat evening was 1,440 pounds of paper (not papers). Perhaps he did not apprise the Item of the kind of paper he purchased, but it is as follows: 15,000 copies of a Republican supplement furnished to the Palladium and already printed for distribution, but which on account of poor print and other defective features were withheld, the weight of which was 515 lbs. Several weeks' supply of old stereotype matrices, the weight of which was 460 lbs. A quantity of full page bills printed fof a local merchant which for reasons known only to himself, were not used, weight 100 lbs. Exchanges, scrap paper, etc 150 lbs. Old papers, the weight of w hich was 215 lbs. This gives the total (as the Item stated) of 1,4 10 lbs. According to our contemporary's figures, which are correct, eight newspapers weigh one pound. Thus the 215 pounds of old newspapers sold would equal 1,720 copies. On October 10th the Palladium sold its last accumulation of old papers. From that date to December 11. are 62 days. Thus from these figures we have an average wTaste of only 27 papers dally. Allow us to add . that our circulation, which is 5,453, the largest in Richmond or the Sixth Congressional District of Indiana, excludes the waste newspapers, office files, etc., and is bona fide. This cannot be questioned as it is taken from the Association of American Advertisers' report on the Palladium's circulation. The Item cannot deny that the Palladium has th" largest circulation and it is therefore trying to discredit the Palladium's statements in the eyes of the many advertisers, by underhanded methods. There is no other characterization of such tactics. LET US SEE THE ITEM'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS' REPORT. Palladium's Circulation 5,453. Item 's Circulation

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Of Street Corner Express I Wagon. HEALTH OFFICER BOND ACTS IN THE MATTER 0 Sends a Report Concerning Young's Intemperance and Board Will Probably Hold a Special Session, Monday. After several years of strict abstinence, Sanitary Officer George Young, a few days ago, fell off the water wagon, a fact which became known to the public yesterday. As a result of his intemperance, the Board of Works will probably hold a special session Monday to consider a communication sent to this body by City Health Officer, Dr. Charles Bond, under whom Mr. Young served. Dr. Bond, in speaking of the affair last evening, stated that it became known to him Friday that Mr. Young was intoxicated and for this reason was not attending to his duties and that he had sent a communication to the Board of Works to this effect. The matter has been under discussion by the board. , The action of the Eoard is problematical as one of the members stated last evening that he did not know what the other members would do in the matter, but that the first thing would be to investigate the facts. Dr. Bond stated last evening that he himself condemned such action on the part of one of the city's officers especially as he had police powers. Dr. Bond also spoke in the highest .terms of Mr. Young as a worker, stating that this was the first complaint he had (Continued on Page Seven.)

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SELECTED FOR T Herrick of Ohio Gains by Rupture Between Burton j And Taft. KNOX'S ADVICE IS GOOD. MAKEUP OF THE NEX CABINET WILL DEPEND LARGELY UPON ' THE WORD OF THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE. Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 19. When Phil ander C. Knox, the Taft secretary of state, comes to Augusta to discuss with the president-elect the make-up of the remainder of the new adminis tration cabinet, Mr. Taft will ask him to approve of Myron T. Herrick, form er governor of Ohio, as secretary of the treasury. This fact can be stated as coming from authentic sources. Before Mr. Taft offered the treasury portfolio to Representative Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, he was seriously considering Herrick for the place. Now that he has broken irrevocably with Burton, Herrick is the approved man for the job. Cabinet List. When Mr. Knox arrives here within the next week or so Mr. Taft will submit to him for his inspection and approval the following cabinet list: Treasury Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio. Attorney General .Frank D. Kellogg, of Minnesota, or George Wickersham, of New York. War Governor Magoon. Navy William Loeb, of New York, or Charles A. Thompson of New York. Interior Arthur L.Vorys, of Ohio, or Richard A. Ballinger, of Seattle, Washington. Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachusetts. Agriculture The present secretary, James M. Wilson. Commerce and Labor George A. Knight, of California. Owing to Mr.- Taft's intention to go to Panama about January 20, be is determined to carry, on his cabinet making at a fast pace so as to have it completed when he sets out. Mr. Knox's visit to Auerusta will come very near to accomplishing a final frame-up of the official family. The president-elect unhesitatingly admits that he will be largely governed by Knox's advice and counsel. LIKES THE LINKS. President-elect Enjoying His Visit in The South. Augusta. Ga., Dec. 19. Presidentelect Taft had an engagement to meet the newspaper men at 9: SO this morning but an hour later he had not appeared on the links which had . been selected as a rendezvous. Advices from the Taft cottage where he and the family are visiting, said he was not yet down for breakfast. Not until 11 o'clock did he appear at the Country club. For an hour he was In conversation with the correspondents and then he drove from the first tee in glowing spirits at the prospect of eighteen holes on a fine morning. He pronounced the Country club links the best he has ever played on. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Sunday, cooler. OHIO Generally fair, Sunday; colder 8unday afternoons f rcth . southwtndv

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Widow of William E. Annis Will Be Placed on Stand When the Trial Is Resumed Monday. New York, Dec. 19. Mrs. William E. Annis, widow of the man who was shot and killed by Capt. Peter C. Hains, will be recalled to the stand by the prosecution in the trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains, indicted for complicity in the murder, when the case is resumed Monday. Mrs. Annis has now loomed up as the strongest witness for the prosecution. The -testimony of several other witnesses for the state has been literally riddled by John F. Mclntyre, chief counsel for Hains, but there is a story current that Mrs. Annis has a letter written by T. Jenkins Hains to her husband, which was a warning, if not a threat. Mrs. Annis is expected to go back to the time of the conception of the tragedy the time when, it is alleged Thornton Jenkins Hains revealed to his brother, the captain, the scandal connecting Mrs. Peter C. Hains's name with that of Annis. Justice Crane up to this time has closely guarded every effort on the part of the counsel for the defense to get on the records the stories of dissipation and intrigues at Ft. Hamilton, which followed the killing of Annis. If Mrs. Annis has such a letter from Thornton Jenkins Hains, these scandals will be brought to light. Mrs. Annis may not know them, but Mr. Mclntyre has heard them," and It is he who will draw her out of insignificant social functions at least functions which appeared insignificant to her at the fort, and then,' by introducing other witnesses, the bomb of scandalous doings will explode. It is said that more than one man of high standing in the army will be powder birrned should there be such an explosion. ; . . ? i . THE WUKK FINISHED Y. M. C. A; Contractors Complete Their Job in Good Fashion. BUILDING IS SATISFACTORY The building committee" of the Y M. C. A. who with the architect. W. S. Kaufman, made inspection of the burlding yesterday did not finish and were unable to make a report as to the probable - action- the association should take in accepting the building and - heating apparatus. The committee and the architect will finish -the work Monday. Yesterday the contractors, ' Caldwell and Drake who' constructed the building completed their work after about nine months steady work. The contractors feel that the work will be accepted and Mr. Johanning. the plumber, believes that his work will prove satisfactory: Changes recommended to either will not be material, it is believed. - ADMISSION ASKED. Application has been made to the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane for the. admittance of Mrs. Harry Barrett, of Muncie. She" has been declared insane by a commission. The case is surrounded by pathos. Mrs. Barrett has two small children, one of whom is but three years old. The woman is a native of Ireland and has

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SALOON BOYCOTT ON PETIT1 SIGNERS Petitioners for Option Election Hurt by Attaching Signatures. STORY OF THREE MEN BECAUSE THEY FAVOR AN ELEC TION, 8ALOONIST3 REFUSE TO BUY THEIR PRODUCE OR SELL TO THEM. A dairyman, a gardener and sauer kraut manufacturer and a retailer liv ing, south of the city In Wayne and Boston townships, have felt the big stick, not, however, that one made fam ous by President Roosevelt, but of en tirely a different sort that of the boy cott. These men were among the signers to a petition for county local option election, although they practically derive their living off the receipts of their products sold to saloon keepers and those who favor the retention of the 6aloon. Immediately upon receiving word that they had been boycotted by the saloonlsts and residents of this neighborhood, the dairyman went to his friends who had Induced' him to sign the petition and withdrew his name. Likewise went the sauer kraut- manufacturer and dealer, to a prominent local Lutheran minister and withdrew'his name from the petition. This example was fol lowed by the gardener. ' ' t ' ; However, it was to. no avail. The three tried to again enter Into the good graces of their "liberal" friends. Their advances were repulsed. , ' Neither could these three sell, nor could they purchase from . the saloonists. The saloonists do not regard their action "as a boycott in the' general acceptance of the term.. .They explain their position by stating that they were-making an example of the men who tried to bring about a condition for the saloon keepers to meet, such as they themselves are now experiencing. These turn-about-fair-play tactics In dulged in by the "wets" has resulted in many other business men refusing to sign the petition or even to state which side they favor, because of this fear of lost patronage from this ele ment. The advocates of the saloon are sticking together and the dairyman above mentioned, has lost nearly every patron. He had a large saloon trade and about ') residents who deserted him.' He was notified of the action in rather a dramatic manner and In one Instance he visited a South Side saloon and asked his jug be filled with whisky. The proprietor promptly refused stating that he did not want his business.. The gardener begged bis grocery and saloon customers to purchase his produce, but they remained obdurate. TROOPS MASSED ON VENEZUELA!! BORDER Colombia Takes Advantage of Unrest.Paris, Dec 19. Four thousand Colombia troops are massed on the Venezuelan frontier preparatory to an Invasion the moment the disorders In Venezuela guarantee the success of such a movement, according to private messages that were received here to-

Even Ethel Roosevelt Condemned National Park Seminary Girls for Passing the President's Party.

RICHMOND GIRL TELLS STORY OF THE AFFAIR. Names Withheld Because the Seminary Authorities Pledge Girls to Secrecy Apology May Be Demanded. Upon her return to this city to spend the Christmas vacation, with her parents and friends a well known young woman, who is a student at National Park Seminary. Forest Glen, Md., confirmed dispatches carried by the Palladium in regard to the sensation caused by the rebuke adminis tered to a party of National Park girls by President Roosevelt and mem bers of his riding party on Thanksgiving day. The hasty and unwarranted action of the president In rebuking the party, because he felt it an affront to himself and friends, because this party of students passed his tar ty on horse back in Rock Creek park, will probably not be ended now that the matter has been given publicity by every paper In the country and it is probable that an apology will be demanded from the president and his party. The girls figuring In the affair are members of three of the most prominent families of the United States. Their names and likewise that of the local young woman are not made public because of the action ot the faculty of National Park Semlnery, In stating that students would be demerlted ' if they allowed the names to be come public. It was this action ot the seminary faculty that prevented the truth being known long ago. It has leaked out within the past four days. Probable Action Unknown. What action the school officials will take In the matter Is not known to the student body. At first the feeling was very strong against the president. It has subsided, but little as yet and the conviction seems to be growing deeper every day among the intimate friends of the three girls, one of whom Is the' local young woman, that an apology should be demanded of the president. This attitude on the part of the student body will no doubt be pressed upon the parentJ during the Christmas vacation and it is very probable that the parents will take issjie with the president. Story of th Affair. In speaking of the affair the Richmond girl stated that on Thanksgiving morning a party of three girls, with Miss Slsson, an instructor in the school as chaperon went horse back riding. The seminary is about ten minutes ride from Washington. The members of the party were riding along when they saw a party ahead of them in the distance. Never thinking for a moment that their actions would be taken as an insult and still less thinking that the party Included the president, his daughter. Miss Ethel, Mrs. Roosevelt, an unknown gentleman and a grand son of U. S. Grant, ex-president who was acting as guard to the party. The girls accordingly, allowed their horses free reign and passed the unknown sarty. The party of girls was some distance away from President Roosevelt when they noticed the sound of hoof beats behind them. One of the girls, who had slowed up her horse to a walk, was nearly knocked from her mount by tiie president's rush into the party. She does not " know whether the president's body strnck her or whether the horse's bead striking a glancing blow caused, her to nearly loose her seat. She denied to her Richmond' friend that the president struck her mount with bis riding crop. Rebuke Was Bitter. The party, after being rebuked by the president declared his action to be more rode than the unknowing action of the three young women In passing the party. The president led in the attack on the three girls but he was closely followed by the other members of the party. The rebuke given the seminary girls was indulged In by the president and Miss Roosevelt. It was most bitter and toe exact nature of it Is not definitely known. , Expressions among local citizens, guided entirely by press accounts, are in condemnation of the president. They regard bis action as unwarranted and nngentlemanly even though there s-ems to be a written law that the president should be the first la Upland.