Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 65, 12 January 1910 — Page 1

BICHMOOTD F AIX ABIUM 3UN-TKLEGR AM. VOL. XXXV. NO. 65. RICII3IOND, IXD., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, l!UO. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS.

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FIND AGED WOMAN

AND GRANDSON GAS FILLED Mrs. Sarah Snediker, and Little Raymond White Were Overcome While She Was Dressing Child. POUNDS FRANTICALLY ON FLOOR FOR HELP Girl Finds Two Unconscious And Leaves Them in the Room While She Goes to Secure a Doctor. Joying unconscious on the floor of the bath room at her home. 601 North Thirteenth street, with her two year old grandson, Raymond White, lying prone across her prostrate body, also In an unconscious condition, Mrs. Sarah Snediker was found this morning at about 8:30 o'clock by the hired girl. Both victims were overcome by escaping gas. Dr. Kinsey was hastily summoned but it required several Jiours to revive the two and bring them to consciousness. The circumstances which surround the case are very peculiar. Mrs. Snediker was engaged in dressing her grandson after giving him a bath when she noticed that he acted rather Queer and kept continually pulling nd trying to get away. So frantic did his efforts grow to break away from her that he bit Mrs. Snediker on the arm several times and fought and kicked her repeatedly. All at once the child gave a gasp and fell over on the floor unconscious. Thought Him Stubborn. Growing alarmed at this, but presuming at first that the child was merely shaming and acting obstinate, Mrs. Snediker attempted to revive her grandson and proceed with the dressing when she, too, suddenly became ill and nauseated. . Realizing that something must be the matter and being too weak to rise from the floor, the aged woman pounded frantically on the wooden floor, in the hopes of summoning aid from the girl in the kitchen, which was directly beneath the bath room. She then lapsed into n n unconscious state. Hearing the continued rapping on the floor above and realizing that something out of the ordinary was taking place, the hired girl hastened to the bath room, where she found the woman and child. Efforts to rouse them being futile, she hurriedly called the physician. A peculiar incident in connection with the affair is the fact that the girl did not detect the odor of gas on entering the bathroom, and did not attempt to move the woman and baby until after the arrival of the phy sician. Had a Narrow Escape. Dr. Kinsey declared, that had he ar rived ten minutes later, Mrs. Snediker nnd her grandson would have been dead. The escaping gas came from a small hole in the rubber tube which connects the artificial gas jet with a email stove in the room. Mrs. Snediker is of the opinion that ill fortune is pursuing her. On last Saturday she slipped and fell at the Pennsylvania depot and severely sprained her arm and had not recover ed from that accident. PLOT AGAINST KING Of Portugal Extended, It Said, Even to the Royal Palace. Is SMALL ARMY NOW GUARDS Lisbon. Jan. 12. The plot to assassinate King- Manuel and overthrow the government, extended to the pal ace itself, involving more prominent persons than was at first believed. That was learned today in semi-offi Hal quarters; although the government is doing everything possible to keep the fact concealed. Although the palace is guarded by a small army the king's advisers are greatly agitated and Manuel has changed his sleep ing apartment every night since the discovery of the plot. The plot has been shown by pares, to be far more reaching than anything of its kind uncovered in Europe for years. The ultimate object of the conspirators was the institution of a republican form of government and the deporting from Portugal or exe cution, of all the monarchial leaders. The men who engineered the assassina lion of King Carlos and Crown Prince were the guiding hands of this new er plot. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Rain in the south, rain or snow in the north portion tonight and Thursday; colder Thursday,

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Leading Spirits in Forming New Religion

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Mrs. Isabella Ingelese on the right, Richard Ingelese in the center and Dr. Julis Saton Sears, who are leading spirits in the formation of the Philalehian Society ,or in other words, a new religion. Services are to take place in the Berkeley theater, New York, at which the First Church of Western Occultism as the new belief is to be called is to be launched. The promoters of the new church say that it will be a "clearing house for ideas," and

that every belief and creed under the COMPLETE PLANS - FOR BANQUET OF LOCAL Y. M. C. A. Judge Thompson, Thomas C. Day and Henry M. Dowling, Of Indianapolis, Will Be Principal Speakers. IS GREAT INTEREST IN FINANCE REPORT It Will Be Shown Whether the Institution f Is a Self-supporting One Sharon Jones To Preside. Arraagements for the annual ban quet of the Young Men's Christian association, which will be held Monday evening ,at 7 o'clock, in the gymnasi um of the association building, have been completed with the program committee securing the acceptances of Henry M. Dowlins, Judge J. W Thompson and Hon. Thomas C. Day, j all of Indianapolis, to make responses to toasts. Much interest has been manifest on the part of citizens in the banquet as the yearly financial statement will be given .showing how successful the association has been, as a self support ing organization. Tickets for the banquet, which are , are rapidly selling and the officers feel confident that 400 guests will be in attendance. Invitations will be sent out tomorrow. No solicitation of funds will be made at the banquet Jones First Speaker. Sharon E. Jones, president of the association, will preside at the banquet. He will deliver the opening address and will be followed on the program by A. M. Gardner, treasurer and counsel. Mr. Gardner will give a detailed review of the finances of the institution. His report is placed first on the program, because in it, most interest is manifested. Although nothing can be. learned as to the substance of the report, yet it is believed that everyone will be well pleased with the financial statement. The next report of importance, and of considerable interest, will be the statistical summary for the year 1909, to be given by George L. Goodwin, secretary. "The Young Men" will be the first of the toasts, and response will be made by Henry M. Dowling. Mr. Dowling was former chairman of the Indiana railway commission. He is now ' associated with Charles Miller, a former state official, in the practice of law. in Indianapolis. Mr. Dowling is sure to please, as he has earned an exceptional reputation as an alter dinner speaker. Is Religious Worker. Judge J. W. Thompson of "Indianapolis, prominent as a religious work er, and teacher of the largest Bible class in the state, will respond to a toast on the subject "The Citizenship that Counts." Judge Thompson is one of the most prominent jurists in Indiana. The Hon. Thomas C. Day is one of Indianapolis's most influential capitalists and philanthropists. He will make response to the toast. "The Business Man and the Association." Although the committee in charge of the program has not given up bois of securing Gov. "Vv". Ross Stnbbs of Kansas, who is a former Wayne county citizen, yet it is so indefinite as to whether he can be here, that he is not given a place on the program. However, if Gov. Stubbs finds that he will be able to be present and attend the banquet, the committee has made arrangements so that he may conclude the evening's program.

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WHITEWASH REID OF ROCK ISLAND FLURRY CERTAIN It Is Reported That the Former Richmond Man Was Not Directly Responsible for Stock Jumping. FRED PULSIFER WAS ' CAUSE OF SENSATION He Executed an Order Given Him trTReid Before Head Of His Brokerage Firm Had i Any Information. (American News Service) Chicago, Jan. 12. Fred A. Pulsifer a well known figure in the stock market of Chicago and New York, is said to have received the Rock Island order that precipitated a panic in stocks last month. He is an intimate of Daniel G. Reid, from whom he received an order to buy forty thousand shares of Rock Island common. It develops that Reid had explicitly instructed Pulsifer to distribute the order among twenty brokers,, giving each 2,000 shares to' execute. Pulsifer was one of the guests at the dinner party given by Reid the night before this episode in the stock market. He received his instructions that night and executed them the following morning. Firm Held Responsible. Pulsifer, though not a member of B. Chapin & Co., is on the staff of that firm on a salary. The talk is that Pulsifer executed the order that morning before S. B. Chapin, the senior member of the house, reached the office. The flurry lasted only twenty minutes, occurring at the opening, and Chapin did not come to Wall street until about 11 o'clock. However, it is declared, the firm will be held responsible, Pulsifer not being a member of the stock exchange; neither is D. G. Reid. so there is none but the firm to hold for the affair. AN AEROPLANE HERE While this city has never had an aerial flight by Wilbur or Orville Wright, formerly of this city, and now of Dayton, yet it harbored one of their craft for a few hours yesterday. A section of the machine was expressed from Dayton to Indianapolis, and last evening the shipment was taken off at this city, to be placed on an express train going west, at a later hour. Another section of the ma chine was sent through the city Monday evening. It is not known what the craft is being sent to Indianapolis for, unless for experimental purposes for next summer's aviation meets. HE TAKES A BRIDE Harry Meredith, brother of Unna Meredith, sheriff, of this county, was married to Miss Gale Biedrwolf of Monticello, yesterday. Mr. Meredith is well known in this county having been born and raised near Williamsburg. About five years ago he was in a serious accident, due to premature explosion of dynamite and suffered severe injuries. He is now traveling

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f ' Li 4 hdLt, l-. Mutt. M PLEASE SOMEBODY SIT ON ELEVATOR; ITS BANANAS NOW Italian Venders' Popular Prod uct Does an Aeroplane Stunt, Price Soaring Five Cents on the Dozen. OUR FRIEND ZELAYA GETS MOST OF BLAME Rebellion in Nicaragua Is Credited With the Increase In Price, But There Are Other Reasons. Going up! This time its bananas. Within th'e past few days the fruit has jumped from 15 to 1 cents per dozen and there are several reasons assigned for the increase. The principal cause is attributed to the rebellion in Nicaragua. Most of the bananas shipped into this city, come from that country, it is said, and owing to the trouble and unsettled condition that exists in Sentral America at present, the natives have been forced to abandon their banana plantations. The result is that they are not being shipped and the very apparent decrease in the supply is very perceptible in Richmond. The shortage is becoming more pronounced every day, it is said, and in view of the demand, the supply will soon be exhausted. Another cause for the jump in price is the continued cold weather of the present winter. Shipments Are Poor. It has been impossible for the railroads to run on any kind of schedule during the cold wave which swept over this country the past month. The traffic has been badly blocked and dozens of freight cars filled with the fruit have been forced to remain on sidings, in some instances for weeks at a time, until the congestion had been thoroughly cleared and the right of way opened up for a continuation of the product to its final destination. The effect of this delay in shipping has been the spoiling of hundreds of bunches of bananas. The fruit thoroughly ripened on the way and by the time it arrived at the end of its journey was in a decomposed state and unfit for the market. Richmond is reported to be quite a banana consuming city, but in view of the high price of this particular fruit, many people will now look for a substitute. The price is expected to soar even beyond the 'JO cent mark within the next ten days. TRUSTEES SELECTED Edward Stein, Dietrich, Kehlenbrink and Henry Blomeyer have been elected trustees of the St John's Lutheran Aid Society, according to notice filed with the county recorder this morning. MOODY BIBLE WORK Word has been received by President R- L. Kelly of the appointment of Miss Dessie M. Sellers as assistant suierintendent of women in the Moody Bible Institute at Chicago. Miss Sellers is a graduate of the Earlham class of 1905.

MRS. SDDHQFF IS HAPPIEST WOMAN III ENTIRE CITY

Supreme Court Has Decided She Is Entitled to $6,000 From Railroad for Death Of Husband. MARKS THE CLOSING OF A HARD CONTEST Suit Was Fought Through the Circuit, Appellate and Su preme Courts Interest Must Also Be Given. Mrs. Jeannette Sudhoff, administra trix of the estate of John Sudhoff. an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad who was killed while on duty in 190C, received word this morning that Judge Jordan of the Indiana supreme court had affirmed the judgment of the jury of the local circuit court, which awarded Mrs. Sudhoff $3,000 damages. Mrs. Sudhoff, who, with her four children, live on South Eighth street, is probably the happiest woman in the city today, for the decision means that privation which she and her children have been subject to since the death of the father and husband, will be removed. Stubbornly Contested. This case was probably the most stubbornly contested ever arising in the local courts. The railroad company, after the judgment was granted in 1905, appealed the case to the appelate court of the state and after several continuances in this court, it was finally affirmed, but the company was not satisfied and appealed it to the Indiana supreme court, before which body, it has been for more than a year. ..As a result of its contest of the widow's claim for damages, the railroad company will have to pay her quite a large sum. The damages of $.",). which, with the interest at six per cent, makes the total the widow will receive, about $;,(, will be the heaviest item, but the court costs will also amount to several hundred dollars. A Question of Law. There was one question of law involved in- the trial of this case in which all attorneys and jurists of the state were interested. It was whether a court could reverse judgment on an erroneous construction of the law, when it was manifest that in the trial of the case, the verdict was fair, impartial and just. Judge Raub of the appellate court, when the case was

before xthat body, said that this wasdent- Georse H. Eggemeyer vice pres-

sufficient cause for the reversal of the judgment. The other judges did not agree and Judge Raub wrote a lengthy decision on this point. Attorneys all over the state became interested. The case was appealed to the supreme court by the company for this reason. That body decided with the majority of the judges of the appellate court, that an erroneous construction was not sufficient grounds for the reversal of a judgment, when the trial in all other respects had been just, impartial and fair. The supreme court decided all points on -which the railroad company raised in the interest of Mrs. Sudhoff. The money will be paid by thes company within a short time, in the judgment of Shiveley and Shiveley, who represented Mrs. Sudhoff. TROOPS NOW THERE Illinois Guardsmen Reach Vienna to Prevent Double Lynching. RELIEVE ARMED CITIZENS (American JCews Service) Vienna, 111., Jan. 12. One hundred armed citizens guarding the jail here in an effort to protect from mob violence Hosea Coburn, Harry Coburn and Alexander Jenkins, negroes charged with the murder of Allen Clark, a rural mail carrier were relieved early today by state troops. Five companies of soldiers, ordered out by Governor Deneen at the request of Sheriff John P. Mathis. were rushed here to prevent au outbreakMobs which formed at ilarrisburg and other points with the intention of coming to Vienna during the night to lynch the negroes, were foiled because all railroad trains failed to come in. None arrived until seven hours after the troops arrived today. A number of strange men are in this city and it was feared citizens would join them to attempt a lynching. .Mien was shot on a train 'Saturday night while on his way from Harrisburg to .Vienna

HELP OLD SOLDIER

James Pool, an old soldier, who came to this city early in the week was sent to Knightstown yesterday by township trustee James Howarth. He is troubled with asthma and other diseases. He was in a pitiable condition. Relatives in Knightstown, he claimed, would care for him. ARMSTRONG TICKLED A ten pound boy has arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R, Armstrong. The lusty youngster has been christened Fred James Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong is manager of the local Postal Telegraph company office. NATIONAL BANKS 111 THIS COUNTY ELECT OFFICERS Various Institutions Held Their Annual Meetings Yesterday And But Few Changes Are Noticed. EVERY INSTITUTION IN SPLENDID SHAPE Appointment of H. J. Haynes As Cashier of the Union Na tional Causes Some Chang es at That Bank. I he annual organization meetings of the First. Second and L'n'ou Nat ional banks were held yesterday af ternoon by the stockholders of these respective institutions. No changes were made in any of the banks in regard to business policies, and but few changes in the officials and directors. The change Jn -the Union National bank officials which became effective January 1, was approved by the stock holders. The officers now include: George I Cates, president; E. If. Cates and M. C. Henley vice presi dents; H. J. Haynes. cashier; H." J Koehnng. assistant cashier and the following as directors: K. G. Hibberd I. M. Ridenour, M. C. Henley, Charles A. McGuire. Ellwood McGuire. W. B. Ixehr, Ianiel G. Reid. E. H. Cates and G. L. Cates. At Second National. At the Second National bank meeting. Frank B. Land was elected director to take the place made vacant by the death of his brother Charles II. Land, last August The officers were re-elected and include: John B. Dougan. president: D. G. Reid. vice nresiident; C. W. Elmer, vice president: S. W. Gaar. cashier; W. C. Seeker, assistant cashier. The board of directors include: Howard Campbell, John B. Dougan, George H. Eggemeyer, C. W. Elmer, S. W. Gaar. Henry Gcnnett, John J. Harrington. E. G. Hibberd. E. G. Hill. John R. Howard, Frank B. Land. George W. Miller. D. G. Reid, P. W. Smith. Henry C. Starr. S. S. Strattan, Jr., and Clem A. Gaar. The stockholders re-elected the officers and directors of the First National bank in every instance; The officers include: A. D. Gayle. president; John L. Rupe, vice president; S. E. Swayne. vice president; Frank M. Tay lor, cashier; A. T. Hale, assistant cash ier. The board of directors include John L. Rupe, S. E. Swayne. Daniel Moss. William D. Foulke, C. E. Shive ley, F. M. Taylor, J. M. Crawford. J. W. Morrisson, Dr. J. J. Rife of Boston, Richard Sedgwick and A. D. Gayle. At Hagerstown Bank. Ed Cates, Henry C. Starr and Geo. II. Eggemeyer, of his city, attended the annual meeting of the First Na tional Bank of Hagerstown at which meeting, officers and directors were elected. The officers Include: George H. Eggemeyer, president: Thomas B. Millikin, New Castle, vice president; A. R. Jones, Hagerstown. cashier and Frank Dennis, Hagerstown, assistant cashier. The directors include: Thomas Millikin and D. W. Kinsey, New Castle; William Pence, Hagerstown; Henry C. Starr, Ed Cates, George H. Eggemeyer and Samuel Gaar, all of this city. The First National banks of Dublin and Williamsburg, in which local capitalists are interested, held their annu al meetings. It was anticipated by local investors that the organization of the First National Bank of Dublin would be changed only in the selection of a director to succeed C W. Bowker, of iHiblin. who fell and was almost instantly killed yesterday morning. At Williamsburg no change In either pol i-y ur official were made by Ibe lank far as looal slo kholder know. NAMED AS GUARDIAN Mrs. Eliza Seick. guardian for the heirs of William Henry Seick. has hern appointed guardian of their intrts by Judge Fox of the probate court. - '

BECKER KICKS OP VERY LIVELY ROW

AMONG DEMOCRATS And by His Denunciation of the Governor It Looks Bad for The Chances of Presidential Boom. HE SHOVED SHIVELY BOOM TO THE FRONT And Everyone Knows Indiana Cannot Have Two Candidates Thistlethwaite Picks A Large Lemon. (TttlUdium Special) Indianapolis. Jan. 12. Since Major Iawrence Becker of Hammond, jump ed over the traces at the Jackson day banquet at Lafayette and denounced Governor Marshall in the scathing terms which he used. It is difficult to see at this stage of the game how Marshall can even hope to go before the next democratic national conven tion with the solid support of the In diana democracy at his back, as & candidate for the nomination for president. Becker's speech is the sensa tion of the season In democratic polit ical circles, for in it he not only de nounced Marshall but brought out Senator Benjamin F. Shlvcly as a candidate for the presidential nomination. Indiana cannot have two can didates, and if Becker goes ahead with his Shively boom he may be able to accomplish something with it for Becker has some Influence in the party. Some Ear Burners. Here is what 1 Seeker said that must have made Governor Marshall's left ear burn: "I whs not for Bryan in the last nominating convention, because I thought it was the time for a conservative leader. I knew that Bryan could not be elected and was not at all surprised at the result. Now, my Idea of the next presidential campaign Is that we want a man who is not a conservative. What's the matter with Benjamin P. Shively? The , tariff issue is paramount and will bo in 1912. He Is the greatest advocate of a reduced tariff in the United States today. I'm for him because he fits the issue. Governor Marshall. I do not think, has ever done anything to qualify as the national leader. He may be the man for us. but I have got to be shown. Governor Marshall. believe, has made a number of mis takes. In I-ake county he has dono much to hurt the democracy. He de clared Hammond a wide open town, full of evil and corruption, and never even investigated the real conditions. He never asked me as mayor of the town the conditions there. Hammond has been villified and much abused without cause. I tell you it Is a wellgoverned and well-behaved city, where no gamblers or resort keepers are allowed to land." Further Rubs It In. Mayor Becker further rubbed it In on Governor Marshall by pointing to , Governor Harmon, of Ohio, and Mayor Gaynor, of New York City, as presi-. dential timber, and closed with the , statement that "I have not seen any . evidence of Governor Marshall's abil-. ity as a national leader . I am from , Missouri. I want to be shown. I want to see it before I support him for the presidential nomination. Governor Marshall is In Washington and just what be thinks of this speech of Becker's will not be known until he returns. But It Is pointed out here that the Becker speech comes just at the Inopportune time , for Marshall, for If he cannot make good right now with the balk of the democrats when his popularity Is at its hight it is difficult to see how he can make good later on. In case his liopularity begins to wane. Spells Like "Gaynor. Mayor Becker undoubtedly.- sees something that looks like a handwriting on the wall that spells the nam "Gaynor." In fact, there Is a suspicion that he is trying to' set on the band wagon, for there Is a good deal of Gaynor talk In connection with the presidential nomination. - Gaynor has started in as mayor of New York in such a way as to attract much attention. He has appointed some of the very best men in that city to offices in Us administration, and he has not paid a particle of attention to Tammany. He has Tammany In such a position that It dare not say a word. It has to like It. whether it gets anything from the mayor or not. This is the first time In many years that any democratic mayor of New York ha dared to Ignore Tammany, ami for this reason Gaynor Is drawing around him many frieuds. Whether lieti.er looks at the situation through these glass- I not known, hut Some of Governor Marshall's friends believe he does. Another thing that developed . at that Lafayette dinner was the recur rence of the boom for Samuel M. Ralston for governor. The democrats used to nominate John W. Kern for governor with a charming and rei Continued on Taf e Ten.).