Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 6, 13 November 1909 — Page 1

MOOT) PiklXABIIJM 4STD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXV. NO. 6. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVE3IBER 13, 10O9. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. TERRIBLE HAVOC SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR REACHED BY KING ED SHE HAO DIVORCE BUT SHE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT CASE MEMOIRS ONOHil His Donation Stirs Up Dixieland EXPERIEWCED BY THE GREAT STORM W. FOSTER QUITE INTERESTING 11017

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ceived from Jamaica Stated That the Property Loss Amounts to $5,000,000. CABLE SERVICE VERY GREATLY DISTURBED Island of Hayti Was Also Greatly Damaged by the Great Storm and in One Town Nineteen Met Death. (American News Service) New York, Nov. 13. Belated messages, arriving by devious routes from Jamaica and Hayti say terrible havoc has been wrought In the West Indies storm, wind and earthquake. The first accounts of the disaster are supplemented with news that places the property loss in Jamaica alone at $5,000,000 and declares the death list may run Into the hundreds. The cable service is still disordered, and dispatches can get through only in the form of occasional flashes. For a week the Western Union line to Kingston has been silent. Although the line to Holland Bay Is working, that point Is fifty miles from Kingston and the country Is impassable. Cable la Operating. The Commercial cable company's line to Turks Island is running, and by way of that point news is sent to and from Kingston, by boat, 24 hours away. Reports from the Interior of Jamaica and Hayti arrive slowly and no complete idea of the damage or loss of life will be possible for days. Scores of vessels, big and little, bore the brunt of the week long hurricane, and wrecks strew the coasts. Towns are flooded; plantations have been leveled by- win&aad -floods;., roads are impassable. The suffering throughout the stricken islands is intense. Thousands are destitute and helpless. Every port has been buffeted by monster seas, which have done terrible damage. Kingston a Wreck. The situation in Kingston, Jamacia, as the result of a flood is worse than it has been for many years, with the exception of the conditions following the great earthquake of 1907. Business is at a standstill. The damage in that city alone today is estimated at $1,000,000. For a week a steady downpour flooded the town, and in many parts of the surrounding territory the land is under water. The loss of life In the outlying portions of Jamaica and Hayti eclipses the damage in Kingston, where no one was killed, according to the reports received here early today. Nevertheless the largest city of the island bore the brunt of the flood. Hayti Has Suffered. Hayti has suffered as much as Jamaica. 'The island has trembled almost continually for days, according to today's dispatches, and the havoc wrought by the storm is only beginning to be known. Port de Piax, on a small island off the North coast of Hayti, is wrecked, and there alone nineteen are reported killed. This news is the first tending to confirm the early fears of an earthquake or ocean bed disturbance. An immense seismic wave swept in .from the sea on Conaives, leveling what was left of the town by the Btornv and the coast is dotted with the debris of ships of all kinds caught by this and other billows created by the heaving floor of the ocean. , MRS. ASM IS HOME American News Service) New York, Nov. 13. Mrs. , John Jacob Astor arrived in New York from Chicago on the 20th Century Limited. She seemed to be in excellent spirits, but refused to discuss the decree recently awarded her in her suit against her husband. She said: "I am as happy as could be until you talk about my divorce. There is nothing that can be said about it at this time, and I have resolved never to talk about it My plans have not been definitely made. I may go to Europe, but have not made up my mind as yet." SHE LOST HER HOME Three times did Thomas W. Henderson of Centerville permit his wife to return to their domicile after she had left him, but on the fourth occasion of her desertion, the defendant said "No more." and so It was. This morning, the plaintiff was granted a divorce from the defendant, in four minutes. Judge Fox being more than satisfied that the plaintiff had been grievously wronged.

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King Edward, of England, whose sixty-eighth birthday festivities were cut short by the sudden death of a member of his hunting party, Mr. Montage Guest, familiarly known in the King's set as "Montey." He was a prominent figure in London society and a great friend to the King. UNIQUE WEATHER MAKES CITIZENS OVERLOOK WHITER At Noon Today the Local Government Station Registered Seventy Degrees and the Mercury Going Up. RARE INDIAN SUMMER BOON TO LIVERYMEN Are Doing Almost as Much Business Now as They Did During "Dog Days" Ice Man Is Smiling Again. 'Isn't this weather delightful?" And invariably comes the answer, "Never saw anything like it for the middle of November." These two expressions were overworked on the streets of Richmond today, for everywhere the weather topic formed the chief subject for conversation. The term. "What is so rare as a day in June" might very well be slightly modified to read "What is so rare as a day in November" for the glorious, balmy we'ather of the past few days made it hard to realize that Christmas is scarcely six weeks off and the cruel blasts of winter will soon be here. The temperature at noon today, as taken by observer Walter Vossler at at water works pumping station east of the city, was 70 degrees and the mercury then was slowly rising. Some of the thermometers in the city today registered all the way from 70 to 76 degrees and a glance at the date on the calendar led one to believe that he or she was experiencing an optical illustion. Makes Old Feel Young. All through the week the weather has been magnificent and exhilarating. It has been the kind of weather that makes the old feel young. Under a cloudless blue sky and with the sun Ihining warm and brightly, automooiling is maeea a aengnt ana tne country roads are dotted with tourists, seeking to take advantage of the rare season. Livery rigs have been at a premium for the last two or three days. If the present weather continues tomorrow, Richmond will no doubt be deserted for the country has a peculiar alluring charm at this season of the year. It is estimated that this has been the warmest week for this season than in any other week in November for a period covering several years. Furs Are Discarded. Furs and heavy winter clothing have been discarded for lighter garments of a more comfortable nature. The weather has even been so warm as to cause many to temptingly dust off their straw hats and to wonder if the wearing of the summer head gear would cause more than a passing comment. It would not be at all surprising if the "lids" would make their appearance tomorrow if the weather man is kind and continues to dish out such balmy atmosphere. ' Furnace fires have been allowed to die down and go out. The ice man is the liveryman's strongest rival and is wearing the broad grin at the way business keeps up. Even the flys ap(Continued on Page Eight

Consequently Mrs. Emma Brown, Formerly of Pittsburg, BroughSuit for Separation in the Local Court.

VERY PECULIAR CASE WAS UNCOVERED TODAY Woman's Husband, by a Ruse, Obtained a Divorce She Sought to Have It Reversed And Thought It Had Been. When Judge Fox sustained the plea of abatement of defendant's counsel this morning, in the case of Emma Harrie Brown against Orville Brown for divorce, one of the most peculiar cases, filled with many complications, was thrown out of court. A certified decree of a divorce, obtained by the defendant in the Allegheny circuit court at Pittsburg, was produced, thus making it unnecessary for the case to be tried here. Roscoe E. Kirkman represented the plaintiff while Robert Study was counsel for the defendant. Both enlivened the situation by characterizing the Pittsburg courts as corrupt, and the attorneys practicing in Pittsburg as grafters. Induced Her to Leave. In explaining the situation, the attorneys said that in 1903, Orvills Brown, who at that time was livin? with his wife in Pittsburg, obtained a divorce on the charge of abandonment. Mr. Kirkman said that the husband had induced his wife to leave on a visit, and that after she had been away the required length of time, he secured a divorce. His wife did not know of the action until after the divorce was granted, and her former husband was married the next day after obtaining the decree. Mrs. Brown, then, through her Pittsburg attorneys, . ( instituted pro-' ceedings to have the divorce decree set aside and the case was juggled through the courts until September, 1907, when the divorce decree granted four year3 previous was sustained. Mrs. Brown, so her attorney alleges, was not familiar with the fact that she had lost her case, her Pittsburg attorney failing to notify her, and she also alleged she had never received any notice from the clerk of the Allegheny court. Believing that the divorce decree granted her husband in 1903, had been set aside, she then instituted steps in the local courts for divorce. The grounds were failure to provide, and other allegations. Mrs. Brown has been living here with her parents in Fairview for several years, and being a legal resident, could institute the action here. Roasts Pittsburg Lawyers. The husband, who was plaintiff in , the Pittsburg divorce case, was made defendant in the local action. He and his second wife, with their child, had moved to Davenport, Iowa, and be wrote here, retaining Mr. Study as his attorney. Mr. Study investigated the case and obtained transcripts from the clerk of the Allegheny county court, showing that Mrs. Brown had lost in the original divorce case and likewise allowed her action to set aside this judgment to go by default. Mr. Kirkman, in discussing the actions of his client's Pittsburg attorney toward her, said that he did not act in a professional manner. He said that the attorneys practicing at the Pittsburg bar. likewise in St. Louis, were after nothing but the money, no matter how they obtained it. Mr. Study held a grievance against the clerk of the Allegheny court from whom he obtained the transcript of the proceedings of the divorce case. He said that the clerk tried to graft by writing him that it would be necessary for him to pay a transcript fee of ?24. He finally obtained the decree for ?9, which he thinks is a very large amount considering what a similar transcript .could be obtained for in the local court. HE WAS SUFFOCATED Had not Francis J. Mitchell, an insane inmate of the county jail, buried his head in a pillow Thursday morning when he suffered an attack of epilepsy, he probably would still be living, for coroner Bramkamp announces in his verdict of the death that it was due to suffocation. The unfortunate man was buried this morning. WILL WAS PROBATED.. John P. Lancaster is made the beneficiary in the will of his-wife, Alice D. Lancaster," who died November 6. The will was admitted to probate today, having been approved by Judge Fox. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Probably rain; colder Sun-

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The above are recent snapshots of John D. Rockefeller, the standard oil king, who provided a $1,000,000 for fighting pelegra in the southern states. The south is divided as to whether this contribution should be received.

SENSATIONS CAME. Itl HEARING TODAY Foreman of the Jury Failed to Attend the Steinheil " Murder CaSST" HE SENDS A SICK EXCUSE t THEN FORMER COOK FOR THE TRAGIC WIDOW STARTED AN UPROAR AND SHE WAS LITERALLY HURLED FROM ROOM.. CAmcrlcan News Service) Paris, Nov. 13. Sensations came fast today in the crusial session of the trial of Madame Marguerite Steiniieil, charged with the murder of her artist husband, and stepmother, Mme. Japy. The foreman of the jury was absent, his wife sending word that he was sick This caused consternation and various rumros. His place on the jury was rumors. His place on the jury was had heard all the evidence. Later, another sensation was caused by Mariette Wolff, former cook in the Steinheil household, who attempted to enter a protest against the court's procedure. She was literally thrown out of the court room amid a general uproar. The verdict is expected late today and the vicinity of the court of justice for many acres around, is a mass of humanity. THEIR LEADER GONE Earlham Freshmen Deploring Loss of the President Of Class. HE WAS POPULAR MEMBER George W. R. Hughes, president of the Freshman class of Earlham college, left the cpllege this morning for his home in New Haven. Conn. Mr. Hughes will go from this city to Dayton, from there he will journey south to New Orleans and then by steamer to Boston. Mr. Hughes was the most popular freshman at the college and as president of his class had introduced a social aspect to the meetings and the opening social by the freshman was to occur this evening at. the college, but since he has left it is not known what action the class will take. Mr. Hughes played on the foot ball varsity while at the college and would have been a strong candidate for full back, had he not been instructed by his parents, that he was to play no more foot balL HELD AN INSTITUTE. The teachers of Jackson township held the regular monthly township institute today at East Germantown, County Superintendent C. W. Jordan attended and was on the program.

WHAT TAFT MISSED Cambridge City Lodge Women Served 'Possums at Their Banquet.

WAS A LARGE ATTENDANCE (Palladium Special) Cambridge City, Ind., Nov. 13. The Maotoka Council, D. of P., held a banquet in their hall in honor of Mrs. Thomas Bird, who was elected to the office of Great Minnehaha at the Great Council, which convened in Indianapolis the twenty-first of October. Mrs. Mary E. Teague of Indianapolis, the great Keeper of Wampum, was among the visitors, and added interest to the occasion. Representatives from Richmond, Connersville and Hagerstown were also in attendance. Following the work, a bounteous supper was served, and in this especially, the council was undoubtedly, not only true to the people which they represent, but to the chief ruler of the nation, as well, for following in his footsteps, five opossums formed a substantial part of the feast, after which Davis & Rummel furnished music for the dancing, which continued until the great spirit of Light warned them that it was time to disperse. FOX OVERRULES IT Turns Down Demurrer of Defendants in the Charles Ayres Case. OBJECTS TO A PARAGRAPH The demurrer of the counsel for defendants in the case of Charles J. Ayres against William W. Drinkwater and others, for damages to establish a lien on real estate, was overruled by Judge Fox this morning. Judge Fox announced that had it not been for th last paragraph, in which it is state.! that the plaintiff is a person of weak mind and was therefore easily Influenced by the defendants to turn his property over to them, he would have sustained the demurrer, thus practically throwing the case out of court. He announced that if at any time the allegations of the last paragraph were proven to him he would probably change his ruling. It is alleged in the complaint that Ayres was induced by the defendants to turn over his property to them, the defendants encouraging this action because they claimed that they could manage his property to better advantage than the plaintifL The plaintiff claims that he was defrauded by entering into the agreement. REPAIRS FOR ROOF The roof at the Pennsylvania depot is being repaired. There were several bad places in the slate, which permitted large leaks, particularly annoying to travelers in rainy weather. The improvement win require several days.

A LABOR CRISIS

IS NOW EXPECTED Railroad Leaders Have Be come Convinced of This From Reports. FORMAL DEMANDS ARE IN IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY EDICTS ARE PREPARED BY THE EMPLOYES ASKING FOR INCREASED PAY. (American News Service) Chicago, Nov. 13. Reports from many parts of the country, have convinced railroad leaders that a real labor crisis may be pending. Formal demands thus far made in the Chicago district, are those of the switchmen, members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, for an increase of five cents an hour and of the firemen on the western roads for Increases amounting to some 20 to 25 per cent. In East and West. In the east and west, however, the trainmen and switchmen have filed demands for advances. Other employes are expected to join in the campaign. Slason Thompson, of the Bureau of Railway News, and Statistics, said today the roads could not afford to rais? wages now. because the period of depression no reduction was made from the figures prosperous times in 1907. HAD NARROW ESCAPE S. L. Ayres of This City Slightly Hurt in Motorcycle Accident. OCCURRED AT HAGERST0WN (Palladium Special) Hagerstown. Ind., Nov. 13. S. L. Ayres, employed by a Richmond plumbing company, while taking a motorcycle trip Thursday, had an accident at Hagerstown, in which he was slightly injured and his machine damaged considerably. On entering Hagerstown he met a horse and buggy on South Perry street and in endeavoring to avoid a collision, his machine skidded, throwing him several feet and the motorcycle landed in a ditch to one side of the road. Mr. Ayres was riding at a fast speed when the accident occurred. He missed a tree about four Inches when pitched into the air. CASE IS DISMISSED On motion of prosecuting attorney Charles Ladd. Judge Fox dismissed the case of the state ex rel Rosina Luby against William C Luby for fraudulent marriage The case was filed In the circuit court last May, but since then the two parties to the suit hi've made up their differencea

Famous American Diplomat Is

Coming to Richmond and Local People Are Interested In His Career. W. E. CURTIS TELLS ABOUT INDIANA MAN History Reads Like Fiction as He Has Seen Many History. Making Events Throughout The World. William E. Curtis, correspondent fop the Chicago Record Herald and Lh Washington Star, has an Interesting account of the memoirs recently writ ten by the Hon. John W. Foster. which are of seclal interest as Mr. Foster is probably the most distinguished and polished diplomat ever serving In the interest of the United) States. Mr. Curtis s article Is especially interesting to local readers because Mr. Foster is to speak at the coliseum December 1. under the auspices of the Commercial club, on the subject "International Peace.- The Curtis article ' is in part as follows: A True Cosmopolitan. "Gen. John W. Foster has done what all public men should do. He has written his memoirs and they will be published within a few days. H has given the country and the world the benefit of his unusual experience and a great deal of the vast fund of knowledge he has acquired In a Ions and useful life. This is especially valuable for ambitious young men, for students of public affairs, as well as entertaining to the ordinary reader. Men who have seen and done things; men who have been honored with positions high In the public service are under obligations, it seems to me. to render an account oi the way they have conducted themselves In addition -to whatever official and formal reports may be required of them; and) there are yet several conspicuous statesmen, soldiers, members cf the senate and former members of our diplomatic corns who have not yet performed this duty. Andrew IX White has recently given two volumes of his experiences that are full of interest and now Gen. Foster gives us his contribution to history, which is equally interesting and valuable. Diplomatic Services Described.. "He has confined himself almost entirely to his diplomatic service, which has been longer and more important than that of any of his contemporaries and perhaps than that of any man who ever served the American government in such a capacity.. He might have added several chapters about his service in the civil war, but scarcely alludes to that part of hia life. He tells briefly of his early days and of his grandparents, who mado their way into southern Indiana, and 1 there, in a log cabin built with their own hands, raised farm produce which they floated down the Wabash and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans for sale, just as Abraham Lincoln did. "Gen. Foster graduated from the University of Indiana In 1855 at the age of nineteen, attended Harvard law school for one year, studied another Tear In a law office In Cincinnati, and at the age of twenty-one began practice at Evansrille, Ind. He was an abolitionist, and took an active part In politics before he became of age. When the war broke out be enlisted for three years in the Union army and without solicitation received a commission as major from Gov. Morton. He saw three and a half years of active service, commanded three different Indiana regiments and was mustered out as brigadier general at the head of a division of cavalry. "I am a strong advocate for the establishment of a regular career for the diplomatic service of the United States, Mr. Foster says in the first chapter of his book. "I would have all secretaries of legations enter the service through a competitive examination, continue in office during good . behavior and ss they should prove worthy have them promoted to ministers. But I doubt whether the time will ever come when our government will think it wise to confine the appointment of ministers and ambassadors entirely to promotion from the post of secretary. It has never been so in the governments of Europe, where regular diplomatic career has long been an established system. Many of their most distinguished diplomats have been those who have never entered the service through a competitive examination, but who were appointed from other branches of the public service or from private life." ' The Accession of Diaz. Gen. Foster gives a bird's-eye view of the history of Mexico for the next eighteen years, which Is perhaps the most important period In the life off our neighboring republic. President Diaz and his beautiful wife happened

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