Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 249, 16 July 1909 — Page 2
-THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUX-TLEGRAM, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909.
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Young School Teacher, Daughter of a Minister, Sobbingty Confesses to the Crime This Afternoon. YOUNG WOMAN MAKES RAID ON DORMITORY
Earlham College ' Authorities Caught Her in the Act Now Confined at Home for the Friendless. Sobbing a3 If her heart were broken and gasping as if in pain. Miss Mirtie Harsh, aged twenty-three, a pretty young school teacher, told Supt. Staubach and Prosecutor Ladd one of the most surprising stories they have experienced.' The young woman was caught redhanded in the act of ransacking rooms of the girls' dormitory at Earlham college this morning and this afternoon sobbingly confessed to the crime. She now is suffering the pangs of remorse behind the bars of the jail at the .home for friendless women. Her crfmeis grand larceny. Miss Harsh, Is the daughter of the Rev. Emerson Harsh V West Richmond. Rev.f Harsh s the pastor of the Second English Lutheran church and bears a splendid reputation in this community. iThe mother? is prostrated and the father almost distracted with grief over the affair. j ' t Wai Visiting Parents. , She was on a visit to her parents. She has beena teacher in the public schools of Greenville, Ohio, fpr three years. She Is a graduate of State Normal School ofxOhlo and shows refinement and intelligence in. every word and action. She says she does not know what prompted her to the crime except the fact she wanted money. She left the home of her parents about 10:30 o'clock this morning and went to Earlham. She claims she went to visit a friend, but not finding her in her room began a systematic search of the building. She visited room after room, she could not remember how many, and every place 6he sought morieV'Or" other articles of value. She even' took & bottle of perfume. f", , '" .;. t. f ?v Well she knew where girls keep their money and this fact leads the police to believe she is not a .amateur in this kind of work1. She Bald she had just returned from.- a visit to Oxford college And the police will make inquiries there to learn if anything has been stolen. The girl delved into bureau drawers and even into trunks of the occupants of the rooms in her search. She says she' had' $5 with her when she left home, and when surprised in her thieving at the college, she had $36.75. She was caught so openly she ; had no chance for denial. She was ; kept In one of the rooms and the police notified. An officer was sent for her and he brought her to the city buildlng. ' " : . y;-... Ws Prettily Dressed. Miss Harsh was dressed in a pretty suit of blue linen. . She was kept in the office of -the" superintendent for some time oerore sne Decamo con vinced she had no alternative but to tell the truth concerning the matter. Her confession was complete. The prosecutor secured a signed statement In which she relates her complicity in the affair,' ' . " ' The police made an effort to induce the pretty school teacher to admit it was she that pillaged the girls' dorml tory at Earlham a year ago. At that time money was taken. Another young woman named Homey was believed to . have been guilty in this case and she ' left the college under a cloud. Miss Harsh maintained' she knew nothing of that Incident. She claimed the affair of today her only transgression. VETERAII ARRESTED Spanish American War Soldier Held at Eaton on An Incest Charge. PLACED IN COUNTY JAIL Eaton, O., July 16. Arthur Garner, 30. a veteran of the Spanish-American war, who lives about two miles south of West Alexandria, has been arrested and placed in the county jail on a charge of incest. It is claimed that ho is the father of a child about to be born to Miss Elizabeth F. Brinkley, aged about 15 years, also a resident of that neighborhood. Because of the tender years of the girl she is legally termed "under age of consent," and the crime is made the more serious, and it Is expected he will be summarily dealt with. The young girl is a sister-in-law to Garner He was given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Orion Parker, of Lanier township, and placed under bond in the sum of $40O. Failing to furnish this he was remanded to the county jail. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY. t wa A Relieves sour stomach, palpitation of the heart. Digests whtyouJ
In this photograph, Harry Davis, of the Philadelphia Athletics, is for the Athletics from the Yankees recently. It is the longest hit ever sailing over the fence in right center by fully twenty feet.
TEMPORARY LULL III FIGHTING IS REPORTED TODAY Warring Strikers of Pittsburg Pressed Steel Plant Cease Hostilities to Attend a Meeting. A WOMAN IS WOUNDED BY ANGERED TROOPER Little Steel Town and Surrounding Country Now Presented the Appearance of An Armed Camp. ViPittsburgj . July, 16. A; temporary truce in the pressed steel strike follow ed the exciting scenes and events of this forenoon. A great, host of strikers are attending a mass meeting this afternoon. One woman who -"made faces" at a soldier on horseback was shot by the trooper, but. was only slightly wounded. She was Mrs. An nie Nudeck of 339 Helen street. Makes Statement. President Hoffstot gave out a state ment today in which he said that the published accounts of the trouble were inaccurate, defended the pooling system, which he claims is really to the advantage of the men and said that he did not believe employes had paid money to obtain positions but if investigation confirmed the statement the guilty ones would be summarily dismissed. The town and surrounding boroughs have the appearance of armed camps. The strikers are sullen, bitter and defiant and ready to fiht on the least provocation. The officers and state troops are alert and anxious to avoid trouble but determined to repress disorder with a stern hand. 110 EXCUSE OFFERED Coroner. Finds Mrs. Griswold Was Murdered in a Cold Blooded Manner. RIFE NAMED AS SLAYER Eaton. O., July 16. Coroner P. H. 0Hara has filed with County Clerk J. H. Jpnes his finding made at the inquest over the body of Mrs. Lida Gilmore Griswold, who was murdered by Harry Rife. The verdict is very short and offers no excuse for Rife for his actions. The verdict is as follows: , "After having heard the evidence, examined the body, I do find that the said deceased came to her death by a bullet wound in the chest inflicted by one Harry Rife, with intent to kill. P. H. OHara, Coroner." MELONS "SWIPED" FBOMjfiUIT CAR Two Hungry Richmond Lads Get, in Trouble. Two little north end boys have the watermelon patch story beat a mile.No hot sun and farmer's dog for them. They like fruit, but instead of going to the country ; to pillage, yesterday entered a fruit car in the Panhandle yards and helped themselves to muskmelons, nutmegs, oranges and all other varieties the car contained. There is an orange and nutmeg at police headquarters for evidence. The boys will be held to the juvenile court.
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ABDICATION OF SHAH REPORTED St. Petersburg Today Hears Persian Ruler Has Been .Overthrown. RUSSIANS PROTECT HIM? RUMOR THAT THE NATIONALISTS HAD FIRED UPON THE RUSSIAN LEGATION HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED. St. Petersburg, July 16. It is reported from Teheran today that the Shah has practically abdicated his throne and is now under the protection of the Russian embassy. Another sensational dispatch was received to the effect that the. Nationalists had fired . upon the. Russian legation but this is unconfirmedLater Dispatches. ; Later dispatches bore the information that hostilities had ceased entirely pending the negotiations, which have been going forward since yesterday. The insurgents continued in the ascendancy and the' final agreements will be dictated by their commanders. Teheran presents the appearance of an armed camp today. The nationalists are camped in the public square and about the barracks of the Cossacks, ready to defend their victory by force of arms in the event of renewed hostilities. SWITCH WIS OPEN TRAINS COLLIDED Terrible Accident Today on the C. & E. I. at Royal, Illinois. FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED SEVERAL WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND MANY BADLY SHAKEN UP TRAIN WRECKERS ARE NOW SUSPECTED. Royal. 111., July 16. Four were killed, several seriously injured and forty passengers were badly shaken up early today when the St. Louis flyer, south bound, on the Chicaso & Eastern Illinois railroad, ran into a switch and collided with a north bound train, which had been sidetracked here. The dead are Engineer Barker; Nelson Paulson, his " fireman; Express Messenger Hollenbeck of Chicago and the brakeman. Men and women were thrown from their berths with violence and great confusion prevailed among the scantily clad passengers. Train wreckers are suspected of opening the switch. Both engines were badly wrecked. TRACE OF GILBERT NOT DISCOVERED Alleged Railroad Collector Is Among the Missing. Gilbert, the unauthorized agent, who attempted to collect funds from Rich-fl mond merchants for the benefit of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen recently, but who was beaten to the game by the two Indianapolis swindlers, evidently thought the town was getting too hot for him. Nothing has been heard of him since the fraud was discovered and it is supposed that he shook the dust of the city from his feet immediately after hearing that his misrepresentation had been found out.
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seen lining out a hit that won a game seen on the New York grounds, the ball BE Afl AOTO CENTER Prospects Are There Will Be Five Factories in a Short Time. COMPANIES MAKE PLANS THREE LOCAL BUGGY MANUFACTURING CONCERNS, y IT IS ANNOUNCED, PLAN TO ENGAGE IN AUTO BUSINESS. If present plans of several of the local manufacturing concerns are carried out. Richmond will next year be recognized as quite an automobile center. It is the intention of two local companies who now manufacture only vehicles, to manufacture only automobiles next year. A third company has signified its intention to keep on with the manufacture of vehicles, but make automobiles also. There are at present two automobile factories in this city. With the addition of three more, Richmond will be placed on the map in the automobile world and become quite a center for this rapidly growing industry, it is said. OPERATE 10 MILLS AT ELWOOD TODAY Strikers Are to Parade This Afternoon. Elwood, Ind., July 16. Ten out of forty stacks are in operation today at the tin house department of the American Tin Plate company, according to Manager O'Brien. The same number of hot mills are also working arfd the sorting room employes returned to work this morning. Four of the seventeen strike breakers deserted the company on their ar rival here today from Cambridge. O. I The strikers will parade this after noon. RETURN TO EARLHAM Mr. and Mrs. William Furnas, of Indianapolis, who acted in the capacity of superintendent and matron of Earlham college from 1903 to 1907 have been re-employed by the trustees of the college and will begin their duties about August 15. KILLS A BIG HIPPO Naivasha, July 16. Unaccompanied except by a few natives, Colonel Roosevelt encountered a three ton bull hippopotamus, while taking a short trip in a launch along the shores of a lake after supper last night. Three shots at short range were required before the monster was killed. All the time it was rapidly advancing on on the ex-president.
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RETURN BACK WORK 14,000 Miners of the Pittsburg Coal Company Are Satisfied. FRICTION WAS THE CAUSE Pittsburg, Pa., July 16. The 14,000 miners of the Pittsburg Coal company who went on a strike, returned to work this morning, pending the arrival of International President Thomas L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America. The whole trouble really seems to have been caused by friction between the National and local officers of the Union. National President Lewis charges Local President Feehan with having ordered an unnecessary and illegal strike, while Feehan states that had Lewis fulfilled three different engagements he made for him to meet the coal company officials the trouble would have been settled long ago. Both sides seem anxious for peace and it is predicted that when the national president arrives, a satisfactory agreement will be reached. BOY ON BICYCLE IS SLIGHTLY HURT Running Pedestrian Collided With Him. While riding his bicycle on North Fifth street near C, last night, about eight o'clock, John Thomas, the sixteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Thomas, 1231 Ridge 6treet, was thrown from his wheel by an unknown man who collided with him in attempting to catch a street car, and rendered unconscious for some time. He was immediately removed to his home in the ambulance and the attention of a physician called. His injuries about the head and face, although painful, are not thought to be of a particular serious nature. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY. SPECIAL Showing the Dare an hour. Don't
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MOTORCYCLE TRIP TROUBLESOME ONE Hagerstown Man Tries New Machine and Had Numerous Adventures. FELL DOWN EMBANKMENT AFTER KNAPP GOT STARTED AFTER EXPERIENCE . WITH HORSE, HE GETS HURLED OVER THE HANDLE-BARS. Hagerstown, Ind., July 16. While returning from Selma, Ind., on his motorcycle yesterday, and while attempting to pass a team of horses on a narrow bit of road, James M. Knapp was kicked in the leg by one of the horses who showed his distaste for motorcycles in a rather emphatic way, and was thrown down a ten foot embankment. Strange to relate neither Mr. Knapp nor the motorcycle were injured. Continuing on his trip. Mr. Knapp again met with a very unpleasant experience and was less fortunate this time. In some way the handlebars of his motorcycle became loosened and he was thrown forcibly over the head of the machine, sustaining everal very bad bruises. The motorcycle was put out of commission and Mr. Knapp was forced to remain over night in the vicinity of Franklin until repairs could he made. JOHNSON WAS HURT -Crown Point. Julr 16. Jack Johnson, the negro champion pugilist who is training at Cedar Lake. Ind.. was slightly injured in an automobile collision this morning. He was racing with another car containing a group of Chicago girls. One of the latter was severely hurt. Xothinn better f"r the boys than bread from Gold Medal Flour. Rmecc.
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PAY A WRECK REPORTED Boston. Mass.. July 16. A wireleaa report states that the steamer Georgia bound for New York from Portland, collided with an unknown schooner oft Vineyard Sound this morning. 1 The former was badly damaged bufr the fate of the latter is unknown. . FINED FOR THEFT Leonard Armstrong was convict 4' of the charge of petit larceny is city, court this afternoon. He waa accused of the theft of a quantity of Junk from Gaar, Scott & Co. Armstrong is twen-. ty-two yeara old. He waa fined 3 and costs. CRAIIE LAUDS A W Washington, July 16. Charles K. Crane of Chicaso has been offered and accepted the post of Minister to China if the appointment is acceptable to the Chinese government. - CASE IS C0I1TIII0ED The case of Louck & Hill vs. the. Indian Refining company, which was set for hearing ia the Wayne circuit court today waa continued Indefinitely. The continuance was asked for by the ' plaintiff. " ' ; , GROOM DROPS DEAD Troy. X. Y.. July 16. One hour ter his marriage to . Miss Eleanor J. Fort, a beautiful Waterrlelt girl; Olaf E. Peterson. 23 years old. dropped dead while on h's war. with his bride to Green - Island. Mrs. Peterson Is1 prostrated and is in a serious condition. - (M)IXEIMrP; -SPECIAL horn stretch making ninety mile -