Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 63, 10 January 1909 — Page 1

RICHMOND PALLABIUM

AND SUN-TETJEGRAM. VOL. XXXIV. XO. 63. RICHMOND, IND., SUNDAY MORXIXG, JANUARY lO, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS, HE GETS JEW TRIAL Thaw Entitled to Another Hearing to Determine His Condition. PREPARING FOR FINAL STRUGGLE IN OPTION FIGHT FOULKE TAKES HAND WILY THOMAS IS General P. C. Hains On the Witness Chair FEARED BY THE RIVALS OF KEOII

Hands Out Bunch of Language Concerning Action of House v Of Representatives. TALKS AT WHITE HOUSE

RESOLUTION FOB SECRET SERVICE PROK ADOPTED House Yesterday Without Dissenting Vote Adopted Tawney's Resolution for Thorough Investigation. BELIEVE PRESIDENT IS OFFENDER AGAINST LAW Representatives Charge That Roosevelt Has Used Secret Service Agents for Unlawful Purposes.

Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. Open war on the president was proclaimed by the house today without a dissenting voice. The house adopted a resolution introduced by Tawney of Minnesota which provides for a searching investigation of the entire secret service establishment. Investigation will be separate and apart from the investigation which has been ordered by the senate and inasmuch as it is born of the Intense feeling that has developed between the president and the majority in the house over the now famous secret service "insult" in the annual message, no stone will be left unturned to put the president in a bad light It is to be the final answer of the house to the challenge of the president and his accusation that the restriction of the operations of the secret service was in the interest of the criminal classes only. It Is intended , to develop the fact that the law governing the use of the secret service has been . violated consistently by RooseVelt tn " detailing treasury department men to duty other than provided by law. Law of 1908 Violated. Members of the' house assert the activities of government investigators have been -. as great under .Ut modified law of 1908, which the president condemned, as in ' previous years. There is a. cherished belief in the tninds of the congressmen that Roosevelt has gone far behind law, ' of which he approved in uBing members of the' treasury force, which is charged specifically ; with running down counterfeiters and for the protection of the person of the president, for many foreign investigations. Developments of the Tillman attack have had much to do with this impression. This promulgation has stirred the . house. It desires complete' information as to all other similar investigations conducted by secret service men. It has been brought to the attention of the house that two secret service men are constantly in attendance upon President-elect Taft This is said to be in violation of the law. The house membership believes that the detail have been authorized by President Roosevelt. It is not believed that Chief Wilkte ''has assumed the responsibility for the detail of Taft's personal guard. SIX NIGHT RIDERS TO DIE OfTGALLOWS Union City, Tenn.Court Takes Drastic Action in the Celebrated Trial. TWO GET TWENTY YEARS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MERCY WERE DISREGARDED, THE JUDGE RULING THE TRIAL WAS FAIRLY CONDUCTED. Union City. Tenn., Jan. 9. Death on the gallows fgr six night riders convicted of murder in the first degree and twenty years imprisonment for the two convicted of murder in the second degree is the sentence of Judge Joseph E. Jones. The date of the execution of the six ..convicted of murder in the first degree was set for Friday. Feb. 9. Sentences were imposed on the eight convicted night riders follow ing the over-ruling of a motion for new trials on behalf of each of the men this morning. The court decided that they had been given fair and impartial trials nd then passed sentence. The judge disregarded recommendations of mer ' cy for each of the convicted of mur der in the first degree and also gave the extreme punishment for second degree murder. The prisoners receiv ed the news sullenly and there was no demonstration. The attorneys for the defendants rave notice of an appeal which will he taken to the supreme court. The latter meets in April. The names of the men sentenced to . death are: Jarre tt Johnson, Fred "Pinton, Arthur Cloar, Sam Applewhite. Tid Burton and Roy Ransom. The following were sentenced to 20 ft-eara imprisonment: Bob Hoffman vd Bud Morris.

GENERAL PETER C. HAINS.

WEALTHY MAN IS N III THE TOILS Fred Richardson, Shoe Manu facturer, Arrested Yester day on Larceny Charge. WAS MISSING ONE WEEK. FUGITIVE WAS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO AND IS CHARGED WITH APPROPRIATING $250,000 HIGH LIVER. Chicago, Jan. 9. Fred Richardson, president of the J. Richardson Shoe company, Elmira, N. Y., one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the country, was arrested in Chicago today charged with the grand larceny of $250,000. Search had been made for him since he left Elmira a week ago, after a directors' meeting. The manufacturer was taken to the Harrison street police station and locked up while requisition papers were being prepared. He declared he would not resist the charges against him. He is declared to have spent a fortune in high living in Elmira. in New York city and elsewhere. He owns many automobiles, has one of the handsomest homes in Elmira and a famous racing stable. Fred Was a Cut-Up. Elmira, N. Y., Jan. 9. Fred Richardson, reported arrested in Chicago, cut a wide swath here up to a year ago, when his shoe factory was sold under the hammer. He had a fine home a beautiful wife and two daughters and tliey entertained lavishly. But bankruptcy came and the wife left him and of late Richardson is understood to have been living with another woman in Chicago. The charge against Richardson grows out of his solicitation . after large loans on the representation that his company was solvent, whereas it was on the verge of bankruptcy. From one bank here he is said to have borrowed $60,000 on the strength of such representations. He admitted when on the stand in bankruptcy proceedings that he had so represented. It was not thougbt criminal charges would be pressed against him and the news of his arrest in Chicago came as a surprise. i . I M. C. II. JOBS' ARE GIVEN OUT Several Minor Association Positions Are Filled. Besides the regular officials, including Secrtary George Goodwin, Physical Instructor R. J. Horton and Secretary of the Boys Department Orville Branson, the Y. M. C. A. has engaged Harry Karns as assistant to Mr. Goodwin and bookkeeper. Chas. Clawsoa is employed as caretaker of the bowling alleys. In addition there will be? some one engaged to watch the natatorium. Minor positions will be given members of the association.

WOMAN IN BLACK WAS MRS. HAINS Attorney for Hains Says the "Woman in Case" Is Secretly Attending Trial.

DEFENSE SCORES A POINT GUN SALESMAN TESTIFIES THAT HE DID NOT SELL WEAPON ON THE DAY OF MURDER OF AN NIS, HAINS' VICTIM. Flushing, L. I., Jan. 9. John F Mc Intyre, senior counsel for the defense in the trial of T. Jenkins Hains, charged with the murder of Wm. E, Annis, made the surprising declaration today that he believed Mrs. Claudie L- Hains was attending the hearing in disguise. "I believe Mrs. Hains was in the court room yesterday afternoon" said Mclntyre to the Hearst News Service. "During the examination of Dr. L, Samuel Manson, a woman clothed in black and heavily veiled-, entered the courtroom. She took a seat in the rear, near one of the doors. The mo ment I noticed her I felt certain that she was Mrs. Hains." An important point was scored for the defense when George R. Schneider a salesman in a gun dealing establishment in Brooklyn, testified that he had sold the automatic revolver with which Annis was killed, to Capt. Hains in November 1906. This disposed effectually of the contention of the state that the gun was bought on the day Annis was killed. A RARE COLLECTION Mrs. Austin of Centerville, Gives Earlham Library Valuable Books. ROOM IS DEVOTED TO IT Announcement has been made of a memorial gift ' to the library of Earlham college that is regarded of un usual value to such an institution. It consists of a collection of rare maps, books and charts including boks on scientific subjects, valuable old gov ernment maps, foreign magazines and many works of lesser worth. The gift is made by Mrs. Austin, of Center ville. It is made in memory of her husband, the late William W. Austin who was a scholar of some note and well known. In this city. The collection is regarded as one of the finest ever presented to the library. It is to be maintained as a unit. One of the rooms on the second floor of the new library building has been set apart for the special purpose. The student body la expected to appreciate the tlfy ,

WILL TEST HIS SANITY

Nyack, N. Y.t Jan. 9. Justice Tompkins today decided that Harry K. Thaw is entitled to a triaon the question of whether he has recovered his sanity. The decision was given after hearing arguments on a writ of habeas corpus issued to Thaw's mother. Justice Tompkins remanded Thaw to the asylum for the present and ordered Mr. Morschauser, Thaw's counsel, could see Thaw at the asylum alone at any time. DOCUMENTS ARE MISSING SAYS PITCHFORK-BEW Senator Tillman States That He Has Discovered That Oregon Land Papers Have Mysteriously Gone. AU CMTIDCI V CCD CMC M III l-IV I 1 1 1 I VJL.I1L.IVL. OVER THE SITUATION." Remarked the South Carolin ian Yesterday when Quizzed Concerning Charges Made By the President. Washington, Jan. 9. Senator Till man, whose transactions with refer-.ence-ie- the - acquirement of . certain J lands in' Oregon were extensively ex ploited ' by President Roosevelt in a letter to Senator Hale, said today that some important documents bearing on the- matter had disappeared from his desk. ' He does not charge that his desk was broken into, but merely states that papers are now missing which his secretary put in a certain pigeon hole last spring, before the adjournment of congress. Senator Tillman was busily engross ed today in his reply to the president's allegations regarding the Oregon land scandal. To a reported for the Hearst News Service he said: Is Entirely Serene. "I am entirely serene over the situation and confident of my complete vindication and the president's discomforture." Asked as to the status of William E. Lee, as his representative the senator said that Mr. Lee had announced his intention to go west for the purpose of looking into the Oregon land proposition and he had authorized him to investigate the quality of the land so that he, the senator, "would not be the victim of a gold brick transaction." Lee was also to look into the characters of the men, Reeder and Watkins. President Personal. As regards the president's reference to Senator Tillman's letters to Reeder and Watkins on Nov. 13. the senator said that the president seeks to convey the impression that a member of congress has not the rigtit to buy land as an individual and he thinks that the president's italics in his letter in reference to his own criticism makes the matter a personal as well as a legislative one. - Regarding the franking abuses which the president charges, Senator Tillman said that for years he has sent his typewriter home through the mails by the franking privilege and that not until after the episode at the white bouse and Mr. Barnes' appoint ment as postmaster was any question raised about it. Following the appoint ment of Barnes, Senator Tillman was presented with a bill for $16. The senator informed the postmaster that he could sell the typewriter for the postage. The senator says he will make an explanatory speech before the senate on Monday. ICE CAUSES DELAY. Schedules for the delay of mail by the city carriers were knocked out by the slippery condition of the sidewalks yesterday. However, among the rural carriers, all reported that their schedules had been maintained. It is a. source of annoyance to the postal officials to be delayed but considering the circumstances it could not be helped. - THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Rain and

Both-Temperance and Liquor Forces Are Preparing to Wage Vigorous Campaigns Until the Election.

INDEPENDENT VOTERS WILL DECIDE RESULT Business Men, Allied With Neither Party, Are the Ones The Two Forces Will Attempt to Capture. It is expected that since the county commissioners have ordered the local option election to be held Friday, February 5, both the wet and dry elements will become busy at once. Each side will organize to carry on the campaign. The drys will open the contest with a public meeting at the Gennett theater this afternoon. Judge Blair of Portsmouth, O., will be the speaker. -He will talk upon the subject of temeprance from a judicial standpoint. He is said to be a strong speaker. He was used successfully by the drys in a number of counties in Ohio. Short But Vigorous. The drys had favored a short campaign and their wishes have been complied with by the commissioners in this respect. The ministers of the county will be interested actively and county will be interested actively Personal solicitation will be be given a boost whenever it . becomes possible. The saloon men and the liberal forces will organized closely for the fray. They will be fighting for the perpetuation of the liquor business and it is to be expected, will spare neither work nor money to continue It. It is realized that the result of the struggle will lie with the independents that Is the voter who can not be spoken of as allied with either the wet or dry forces. This class of men win nave to be shown wnether a county without s?.loons will be more advantageous than one wherein the traffic is permitted. They will listen to reason and it will become incum bent upon the adherents ,of each fac tion to offer convincing proof to substantiate allegations. AUTO PARTY III A FATAL WRECK One Man Killed and Woman And Chauffeur Are Badly Injured. WHEEL CAME OFF MACHINE TRAGEDY OCCURS AT FLUSHING, NEW YORK DEAD MAN, EDWARD COIT GILMAN, BROTHER OF CELEBRATED AUTHOR. New York, Jan. 9. Thrown from an automobile headlong against a fence, Edward Colt Gilman. a well-known young real estate broker of Flushing, L. I., was instantly killed in a ride which a party of young men and women of Flushing were taking through the Long Island villages early today. Miss Jeannette McKim of Flushing, was rendered unconscious and seriously injured. The chauffeur, Frank Brennan, sustained fractures of the skull and left arm and is in a precarious condition. . - . The party was taken for an automobile ride by Merwin Lee. The machine had dashed through the village

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Washington, Jan. 9. William Dudley Foulke of Indiana was a caller at the white house today. He expressed his private opinion on a mat

ter of much Interest to the people at large, as follows: "The demand of Dogbury to be writ ten down as au assistant was pale and colorless when compared with the ex tinguishable longing expressed by the house of representatives to be insult ed by the president and to have it entered of record language, that had no such meaning, that a majority of its members were corrupt." MONDAY TO MARK RESUMPTION OF 0.-1 W. SERVICE At Three O'clock in Afternoon First East Bound Car in Over a Year Will Leave the City for Dayton. SHIPPERS ARE JOYOUS AND WILL CELEBRATE For Time Being Dayton and Western Freight Cars Will Use Main Street Line Big Business Assured. Freight service between Richmond and Dayton, Ohio, will be resumed by the Dayton & Western Traction company tomorrow. ' The first east bound freight car that has left the city for more than a year is scheduled to leave at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. It will carry a load of merchandise to be distributed at various points along the line. - Shippers have been notified of the contemplated service and it is expected the first car will be well supplied. Merchants Are Happy. There is no doubt but that the merchants of this city will rejoice greatly at the renewal of service on the part of the Dayton & Western. During the time the freight service has been an nulled the merchants of this city have been put to great inconvenience. The service was stopped as the result of the attitude of the local council which demanded that the company obtain a franchise. The company demurred and persisted ' in its attitude. Council passed an ordinance that made the company liable to fine, if it operated its freight cars. When matters assumed this climax, the company suspended its freight business entirely and since then has not run a car. Use Main Street Line. For the time being the freight cars will make use of the tracks on Main street. As soon as the new interurban freight depot is completed and the North E and D street line of tracks made ready for use, the cars are to be taken from the Main street line. From that time on the freight cars will leave Main street at Twenty-third and return, when westward bound, at Fifth street This will give the allied traction lines through freight and passenger service from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Columbus, Ohio. of Bayside and Great Neck "when one of the wheels of the automobile came off as the car was coasting down a steep hill at a fast clip. The car ran into a fence and turned over. i Mr. Gilman was a brother of Law rence Gilman, the well-known author and musical critic, and a relative of the late Daniel Coit Gilman, head of the Carnegie foundation.

Candidates for the United

States Senatorship Are of Opinion That Taggart Will Fight for His Friend. DEMOCRATIC BOSS SAYS HE WILL TAKE NO PART However Aspirants for the Job Realize That the Pluto King Is Chuck Full of Political Strategy. Indianapolis, Jan. 9. The part Thomas Taggart is liable to play in the senatorial fight is arousing almost as much speculation as the senatorial race itself. Legislators are dodging . here and there conferring on the matter and it is with bated breath that the candidates discuss his probable stand. The fact is Taggart is the most feared politician in the state of Indi ana. There are but few democ ratio politicians in the state that have not at one time or another been the vic tims of his wily political tricks and it can truthfully be said that one Thomas Taggart, of Pluto Water fame has always landed on top. It is for this reason his activities on behalf of any one candidate are feared. That he will keep his hands off, is the assurance that he has given the candidates themselves. That he will openly jump into the game for John W. Kern with coat off and coat sleeves rolled up is the, general belief. He. craftily, will not disclose his hand to the public until the proper time comes and It it now expected that time will be next Tuesday or a day before the caucus, which will nominate one of the six candidates for senator, meets. Moved Caused Relief. When Taggart, through . his first lieutenants Joe Bell. Raprea tallie Harry Baasett and Al Zearing, all of Indianapolis; announced that he In tended to go to French Lick, the heme of Plato, and would stay there until after next week, the senatorial aspirants breathed a sigh of relief, much the same as a man would after successfully getting rid of a bad quarter. " They figured that Taggart would not be on the scene of battle at the critical time next week. They are still figuring as to whether their first calculations were correct. Whatever the candidates themsel ves may say and no matter how hard Taggart's lieutenants may try to assure the legislators that Taggart la not In the fight, it is a cock sure certainty that Taggart Is in the fight. and has been In the fight for the past few days although he has at no time noised the fact about In fact Taggart does not do his political ( work this way. He does the major part of It secretly. Taggart is a dose friend of John W. Kern, erstwhile gubernatorial and vice-presidential candidate. Kern is Taggart's attorney and has fought many of the gambling suits register ed against the French Lick king, and consequently thinks Kern is the best man for the place. Taggart Works Sub Rosa. Taggart, it is declared by those who have observed his political actions of the past, is now working through hi lieutenants figuring that if he openly espoused the cause of Kern at the present time, he would Injure bis candidate's chances. Taggart knows only too well that he is disliked by the majority of democrats In Indiana. It is generally said that even now, though Taggart be in French Lick, ho i keeping In touch with these lieutenants and in case he gets a long distance telephone message that dark ominous clouds are threatening Kern's chances, he will come to Indianapolis post haste. - L. Ert Slack, Bent F. Shively, John E. Lamb, Maj. Mensies and Edward G. Hoffman, who are active candidates for James E. Hemen way's seat la the United States Senate are all claiming that they are sure to win. and say in reference to Taggart that they have received assurances from him that he will take no active part In the fight against them in behalf of Kern, but they know that he will. It seems that they fear to say anything against Taggart for fear of offending him and thereby lose his support, in ease the senatorial question comes to a dead lock and his services are needed. Down in their hearts all of them realize that Taggart la opposing them. Will Taggart come back and openly take the field for John W. KernT That is the vital question that la being asked now by the lawmakers. Fleming a Millionaire. Stephen. B. Fleming of PC Wayne. Is probably the richest law make, la either house of the Indiana Legislature. ... .. .-;.' ".--'; .'. Fleming is said to be a millionaire several times over, but you would never guess it to look at him. ; He is the guardian, aagel of the candidacy of Edward G. Hoffman's candidacy for the United States Senate, and he is as busy as a bearer working; in behalf of his protege. He thinks IT

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