Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 103, 19 February 1909 — Page 1

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7 ASD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIV. KO. 103. RICHMOND, INJJ., FRIDAY EVENING, FEHHUAKY 19, 1009. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS. STATE CHARITIES REPORT IS MADE FOR YEAR ENDED KILLING TIME IS PRINCIPAL WORK OF LEGISLATURE

SEARCH LIGHT IS TURNED Oil BLAND BY HISACCUSERS Marshal! Will Have Public Hearing to Get at Facts in Regard to Celebrated Linton Squabble.

CHOSEN BECAUSE OF LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

BOTH SIDES HAVE CHANCE TO PRESENT INFORMATION

Questionable Tactics by Senator to Secure Support for Measure Charged by Many Vague Rumors. Palladium Bureau Indianapolis, Feb. 19. Indianapolis, Feb. 19. Governor Marshall announced late last night that he would have a public hearing on the Bland Linton court bill at his office in the slate house at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. He has notified all the parties interested in the bill to appear at that time and be heard. This action on the part of Governor Marshall was taken because of ugly rumors that have been heard since the bill passed to the effect that undue Influence was used in securing Its passage. This action is also taken to mean that the other court bills passed at this session, including the Hammond end Gary bills also are to be given a run for their money before they are signed by the governor, if they are ver signed by him at all. Charges Are Made. Charges have been made in connection with the IJnton bill that Senator Bland, who is a member of the senate finance committee which has it ajmost absolutely within its power to fix the amount of appropriations the state instittuions shall receive ' used the influence of his membership on ithat committee to aid in passing the court bill. It is said that he asked the officials of some of the state institutions to get into the fight and help him to pass the bill. It is even said that something of this kind has been put in writing and that it is now in the hands of the governor, but whether this is true or not cannot be told. Bland Makes Denial. Bland denies all of these stories and says he Is ready to meet any of his accusers. Yesterday six or eight dele Rations from Linton and the surround ing country were at the governor's office arguing for and against his signing the bill. They became very acrimonious and the trouble waxed warm. In the face of all this difference of opinion and the ugly rumors that were going around Governor Marshall thought it best to have a public hearing on the bill and give ell parties a chance to have their say about it. It Is said that the persons who have been doing the talking and spreading the rumors of questionable tactics In the passage of the bill have been invited to appear at this hearing and make good what they have said, and that those who are under fire will be there to take their own part. The list Is said to Include several officials of some of the state institutions, who will be asked to prove what they have . been saying. It is believed that if Governor Marshall finds as a result of this hearing that there was anything crooked or questionable in the manipulation and passage of the Linton court bill he will veto it with a stinging message on the ground that if a bill is a good bill It can be passed by fair and honorable means and that questionable methods are not necessary to pass it May Make Investigation. There i3 also a belief that if the governor finds it necessary to veto the Linton bill he will go farther and xnake a searching investigation of the methods that were used in the passage of the Hammond and Gary bills, and If he finds anything to substantiate the rumors that there was wholeSale trading and dealing and manipulation to secure their passage he may use the ax on them also. So it looks like the next day or two are going to lie pretty lively around the governor's office and that the court bills passed at this session are to be given a big scare if they are not killed absolutely y? the governor's, veto. So far as is known Governor Marshall has not consulted with anyone as to what should be done with any of the court bills. He is merely taking his own way to find out all about them and to make up his mind from what he learns. SAYS WIFE LEFT HIM. Now Alfred Mattix Seeks Legal Separation by Divorce. Alfred Mattix has brought suit for divorce against hts wife, Cora Mattix: He alleges abandonment. The two were married November 30, 1905, and cohabited together until February 10, 3907. when the plaintiff avers the eCattdaafr left him,

TYPICAL JURY OF SOUTHERNERS HEARING FAMOUS TENNESSEE MURDER Thi3 is the Jury which is to try Robin Cooper, Col. Duncan Cooper and John D. Sharp, charged with the murder B. W. Carmack. Reading from left to right first row John Omohundro. officer. Jay Newson, officer, J. A. Woodruff. Vaughan, W. A. Adcock and Robert McPherson. Second row E. K. Burkj, W. Hows, S. H. Hyde, Jacob Frutiger, Addison Kirk, officer. Several of them said they don't read newspapers.

NO GREAT RICHES FOR COUNTY CLERK Will Not Secure Fortune by Preparing Transcripts of Cases Appealed. CLERK PENNY OPPOSED IT CLAIMED FEES SHOULD BELONG TO COUNTY AND NOT CLERKOTHER CLERKS BENEFIT TO LARGE EXTENT. The bill passed by the senate yesterday allowing county clerks to keep transcript fees will not affect county Clerk Harry E. Penny very greatly as the business done by the local court in this respect is very small. But in other counties including Henry, the Clerks will benefit to the extent of from $500 to $1,000 a year. The business done by the Wayne circuit court, in this particular is estimated to be worth about $50 a year. There has been some discussion among the county clerks of the state whether the transcript fees rightfully belonged to them or to the county. Mr. Penny was one of those to hold that the fee belonged to the county. This bill was vetoed by Governor Hanly two years ago. A few days ago the house passed the bill by a large majority and yesterday after an extended debate the senate passed the bill by a margin of one. At the present time, Mr. Penny and his deputy Miss Peele are preparing a transcript of the Frybarger will case, which has been appealed to the supreme court. CONTRACT AWARDED Elks Accept Plans for Remodeling Well Known Gaar Residence. MAKES AN IDEAL HOME. The Elks last night awarded the contract for the remodeling of the new home to Burr & Garner, who handed in the lowest estimate. Work will begin as soon as the house is vacated by Mrs. Gaar. The Elks expect that they will get possession about the twentieth of April. About three thousand dollars will be expended in converting the property on North Eighth street from a residence to a club with all the modern appurtenances. The amount specified In remodeling does not include the cost of furnishing. The remodeling consists of turning the third floor of the residence into a lodge room and in throwing the four front room on the second floor into a billiard room of sufficient size to accommodate the members of the club. The , lower floor will be reserved for reading, writing and dining rooms. When completed the Elks club will out rival any in the state in the perfection of its appointments. v GETTING READY TO WORK. Preparations are being made by county assessor Marine for the annual assessing period which commences March 1, and will continue until about Mar 13. , ,

MOLAR HARD ON THE TRUSTEE

Howarth Has to Remain Out Of Office. James Howarth. township trustee !s confined to his residence with the toothache. His face is swollen badly. Since he has stepped into office Mr. Howarth has had a rather serious time of it. his first illness requiring him to remain from his duties resulted from being almost overcome with escaping coal gas. CHICKENS COST NEGROES DEARLY Go to Jail Although Fowls Were Not Enjoyed by the Hunters. THE POLICE BUTTED IN. BEFORE ANY COOKING WAS DONE 4 PILFERERS WERE INTERRUPTED AND PROPERTY WAS RECOVEREDSENT TO JAIL. Eight chickens will be paid for rather dearly by Clifford Ryle, Luther Grigsby, Lafayette Webster and William Ryle, colored. The first three were fined $1 and costs and given 30 days in the county jail each. William Ryle drew a jail sentence of 60 days. The cases were heard in circuit court. Arthur Sanders another colored youth 16 years of age was released by the court because of his age and previous reputation. The quintet while hunting last Friday visited the farm of Catherine Hodgin., north of the city and shot eight chickens. All members of the party entered pleas of guilty when arraigned with the exception of Sanders. Attorney Henry U. Johnson who represented all except William Ryle introduced several character witnesses to testify in behalf of the colored men and especially Sanders. Prosecuting Attorney Charles Ladd .vked that William Ryle be sent to the penitentiary because of his previous reputation. Perry J. Freeman who represented him made a plea for light sentence. Lafayette Webster who was the only member of the hunting party to escape the officers last Friday appeared at the county jail last evening and gave himself up. LOCAL FOLKS IN SHOWOF TONIGHT Miss Randall and Ben Feltman Are Home. George M. Smith of Chicago, formerly of this city in writing to the Palladium about the "Top o' th World" which appears at the Gennett this evening states that there are two Richmond persons in the cast. One is Miss Ruth Grooms Randall, said to be the youngest actress on the American stage, and the other is Ben Feltman, whom many will remember as a member of the old Glee Club. Both are carrying prominent parts in the show. Miss Randall ia thedaughter of Charles

LAFOLLETTE HAS RIGHTTO SAY IT And According to That Right He Said It on the Senate Floor. SEN. PENROSE WAS HUFFY

DIDN'T THINK WELL OF WISCON SIN SENATOR'S DECLARATIONS AND THE PAIR ENGAGED IN A LIVELY DEBATE. Washington. Feb. ID. Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin served notice on the United States senate today that he knew he a right to talk on the senato floor and that he would talk and he did talk right out in meeting. Senator LaFollette got a rise out of Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania, who talked back to the senator from "yisconsin with anger in his voice and tire in his eye. The Pennsylvanian has had a reputation during his twelve years as a man of silence. Among the things that kindled the ire and loosened the usually quiet tongue of the Pennsylvania statesman were charges by his Wisconsin colleague. That the senate purposely delayed appropriation bills for sinister purpose. That Penrose had neglected his duties as senator by frequent absence, and That the salary increases had been railroaded through. Tries to Delay Postoffice Bill. The undignified exchange of discourtesies before the dignified senate occurred because LaFollette tried to postpone the passage of the postoffice bill until tomorrow. His words, though acrid, were not weighty enough, how ever, to block its passage, and the bill ! was passed carrying with it $232.HX,(M. Mr. Penrose as chairman of the committee on postofflces and post roads, had charge of the bill. It was his pet. ! He had his heart set upon it beinr? j written into the law of the land before j the sitting could adjourn. All things tended to a pleasant time and a quick vote, when all of a sudden a small man from the west arose and j asked quietly that the postoffice bill be allowed to go over until tomorrow, ; as it had just been reported from the ; committee, and he had had no time in ! which to examine it. The voice was j from Wisconsin. It had been in the United States only two years, but it ' sounded like heresy. SAME OFFICERS FOR ASSOCIATION Masonic Building Comittee Is Unchanged. At the meeting of the Masonic Building company last evening, the organization for the ensuing year was affected. Those elected to serve on the board include Samuel Gaar, I. E. Browne, C. P. Holton, Ellwood Morris, O. F. Ward. A. W. Hempleman, John H. Nicholson, Theodore Hall, J. E. Peltz, Theodore Woodhurst and R. Paige. The board organized by electing Joseph Lu Smith as secretary and Samuel Gaar as treasurer. Both the board and the officers are the same as served during the past year. Reports of Secretary Smith for the past year, regarding the expenditures and receipts showed that the -company. Is

CASE. of former Tn!ted Slates Senator G. A. Lane, Casper Shnupp. J. H. Gus Knipfer, F. O. Bierman and

RECEIVE NO WORD ABOUT FUNERAL Not Known If Mrs. Githens' Body Comes Here. Local friends and relatives have re ceived no word as to the funeral ar rangements of Mrs. Joseph Githens who died suddenly Wednesday morning at, her daughter's residence in Indianapolis from apolexy. It is probable that she will be buried here. According to information received today, Mrs. Githens after getting up from the breakfast table Wednesday morning suffered a stroke of apolexy and died almost immediately. She is survived by her husband and one daughter Mrs. Frank Wheeler. TRIAL IS ADJOURNED TODAY State Did Not Have Witnesses Ready to Continue the Case. CONSPIRACY IS CLAIMED ONLY INCIDENT OF YESTERDAY'S TESTIMONY WAS STATE'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE PROOF BY IMPLICATION. Nashville. Tenn., Feb. R. Absence of some state witnesses and a desire on the part of the defense to arrange its plan of procedure caused an adjournment today until Saturday in the Cooper trial. The state first announced that it rested its case in chief. When the defense asked until Saturday to prepare, and the continuance .was granted. Attorney General McCarn announced that some missing witnesses would be here by that time and that he would offer their testimony. The state has satisfied itself with offering testimony to prove. that Sen ator Carmack was slain In Nashville by Robin J. and Duncsn B. Cooper, that John Sharp, when he heard the shots, knew what they were without looking around, and that prior to the killing several conferences had been held. Claim Foundation for Conspiracy. This, the state contends, is the foundation for proof of conspiracy. Attorney General McCarn subpoenaed sixty-four witnesses and has scarcely used a score. Most of the others will be held in reserve for rebuttal. The defense has not issued a summons, but says its witnesses will be present without court process. By not issuing subpoenas it prevents the state from knowing its witnesses' names. The only incident of today's testimony was the state's attempt to prove by implication that the pistol holster found in the dead senator's overcoat pocket was put there by one of the attorneys for the defense when a few weeks ago he went to the morgue and tried on the overcoatTwo witnesses testified it was not in the pocket when the senator was killed. It was found in the pocket by Gen. Washington of counsel for the defense when he tried on the overcoat. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Saturday fair .and-: colder.

COOPER

Large Space Devoted to Account of Easthaven Hospital and Comments Fa.orable to Superintendent.

COUNTY FARM UNVISITED BUT NAPIER MADE REPORT Conditions at County Jail Re viewed and Statistics Offered Show 235 Prisoners From Intoxication. The nineteenth annual report of the Indianan board of state charities of which Timothy Nicholson of this city Is a member has just been complied and sent out by the association. The report fully covers every institution in the state, including the insane asylums, poor farms, orphanages and I other instituttions. In regard to the Eastern Indiana j hospital for the insane of which Dr. S. E. Smith is superintendent the report states: Real estate, 323.23 acres. Capacity, 831. Beginning the year with an en rollment of 7.12 patients, the hospital received 131 additional patients and dismissed D4, making the enrollment at the end of the year 78J. and of this number all but 1 were actually present. The daily average attendance or

patients increased from 7;.17 in lD7atlon of the bill on Wednesday and

to 744.43 in 190S. The average attendance of officers and employes ior the year was l.3.b. 'me operating epenses loiaiea i.s.,44.6.42 which was $1,208.58 less than the appropiration. The maintenance was the heaviest item. It amounted ..a f ,v.Hr MnnSM .... .),. nrhinr nf Mnihine .nri tli im f air. on n ,npnditnrfl : " nf JK?ani !tt for maintenance due to excess population. Per Capita Cost. The exoenses accruing from the erection of new buildings and extraor dinary repairs amounted to $70,410.42 which was $l.lfK).5o less than the appropriation. Two new cottages were erected during the year at a cost of $GO,x. The grand total of expense

was $214,821.84, leaving a balance oljcounty cierk

z.m.w less man iu .w.ui.. Tho nr mnita rQt nf maintenance based on the operating expenses and the daily average attendance for the vear. was $1N1.M. The value of the produce grown on the institution farm and consumed during the year Is estimated at $11,!M3.58, or $1S.M per capita, and the cost of nroducing it at $0,579.24. Napier Made Report. No visit was made to the Wayne county poor asylum, but a report from Supt. Napier for the fiscal year end .n inns, includes under the Or0i Mntinn nf mental and ohvslLi nf ihP inmt 14 males a o f,maios nf fhiP minds: 2 males and 2 females who are insane: 1 male n ic a nnti,.- nimlrtic males:

4 males and 1 female who are crippled; inuiviauai memoers oi sucn orgamra1 deaf woman: 3 blind men: 15 males tn to attempt to induce others to anH a f.maiP fflirt-d with feeble sen- rk. In wd It wouM

TV AAV " f ' Ility; 6 males and 1 female who are sirklv: and 1 male and 1 female who are able bodied. About County Jail. The report on county jails shows i that Wayne county had 235 persons in jail during the fiscal year for drunken ness and the expenditure for board was $1.510.. During t ne year tne re- . . port shows insane men and women and Jhree insane girls were admitted to the jail for safe keeping. Supplemental Reports. Relative to orphans the report shows that the board of guardians - of this countv received one admission and placed one orphan in a family. A supplemental report has also been published which is composed of information for the public officers, especially the township trustee and other eeneral Information regarding the work done. WRITE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Driving Association Held Meeting for PurposeArticles of incorporation for the Richmond Drivine Association were prepared at a meeting of the organiza - tion last evening. The promoters of the affair expect to derive tangible results this summer. . . SUCCEEDS HIMSELF. C At a called meeting of the congregation of Reid Memorial church last evening. Richard Sedgwick was elected trustee to succeed himseifc Is tor sex&p

Senate Costs State $1,000 Daily, But Wastes Money And Time in Trifling Quibbles and Snarls.

LIQUOR MEASURE IS NOT BEING PUSHED TO FRONT Attempt to Legalize Picketing In Time of Strikes by Placing Responsibility on Individuals. Palladium Bureau. Indianapolis. Feb. It. Yesterday was an almost non-pro-ductive day in the legislature. The same old plan of doing: nothing: Important that has been folowed during the entire session thus far characterized the proceedings and to all appearanees it may be epected to continue throughout the session. Most of the day mas spent tc the senate in a discussion of a bill to re quire lawyers to make their demurrers more specific In other words it is to require them to state in their . demurrers the reasons for filing tha demurrers. This is a rather Important mater so fas as court practice la concerned, but it is not a matter that la of vital interest to the zeneral nubile. And vet the senate hemn thn mnMr. did not finish it until yesterday afternoon. It costs a thousand dollars a day to run the senate, so the way the . money of the state is being wasted on trivial things is easily seen in this I li stance. Clerks to Get Fees. And hen, immediately after the wnate ot through with this demurrer biu 11 Passed over Governor HanI... k. kn . ' - to give county clerks the fees colelcted by them for making transcripts. Under the old law all of these fees amounting to many thousands of dollars in all of the counties of the stats went (not the county treasury, but this new law gives all of this now to the clerks themselves. In Marion county alone it is estimated that It will add sifl.ooo a year to the Income of the Crowd Was Disappointed. I tAnhr. hig w" th - ? chamber yesterday all day expecting the Sunday baseball fight to be pulled off, but it was disappointed again. ' - The house passed three or four little bills, but none of them were of importance. Would Legalize Picketing. Senator Proctor introduced a bill that will attract some attention. It is patterned after the Texas law on the subject of the rights of laborers to rganlie and conduct their labor or ganlzation affairs. It provides that It 8naI1 not unlawful for men to or Jot their mutual good, and that i not be unlawful for them as I 1 . M legalize picKeung in eirikcs. jjui me picketing would have to be done by individuals and not by organisations. The bill has the sanction of the state federation of labor aqd a red hot light' is expected over it. A bill to prohibit the keeping of pool and billiard tables in connection with saloons was Introduced in the house. This will raise an unusual howl, heJ cau8e there are many saloons in ths state In which there are pool and MlHard tables. Liquor Bill Given Rest. No new move has been made In the liquor situation in the senate, and there Is no telling when anything will be done. The Tomlinaon bill Is still jn the hands of the committee on public morals and no one seems to know when it Is to be reported ouL Uncertainty still exists as to how certain of the republican senators will vote on the bilL It has been said that if the bill is properly amended it will get the votes of Durre. Wood, Gonnerman, Orndorf and Pelzer. But it must be amended in many ways. The road house feature must be cut 'out. the bill must provide for a straight out thousand dollar license, the number of saloons must be limited and other things must be done to It before it will get the vote of Pelzer. He says so. Pelzer would not vote for the Kleckner bill which provides for the repeal of the county option law and the substitution of the township and ward option, however. The Kleckner bill is still in the house, but may be 1 called up again for passage at any time This is .assumed to be Pelzer s attitude from the fact that be has declined to say what he would do. Senator Wood has said he would vote to repeal the county option law if a satisfactory high license, restrictive law were offered In Its place. But he wil not favor township and ward substitution. Gonnerman . refuses to say what he would do if the bill came