Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 72, 19 January 1910 — Page 5

THE RICHMOND FAIXjADITJ3I AND SU3T-TEIiEGRA3I, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1910.

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DINNER PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. Paul White delightfullr entertained with a Blx o'clock dinner last evening at their home in the Luken flats, on Main street. J J WILL GO 80UTH. Mrs. Howard A. Dill, who has been visiting her parents. Judge and Mrs. C. Walker of Indianapolis, has returned. Miss Dorothy Dill will go South the first of February with Judge and Mrs. Walker, for an extended trip. ' J Jit j MR. BERNHARDT HOME. Mr. Carl Bernhardt, who has been visiting in Baltimore and Washington arrived home today. J J J VISITING FRIEN08. Mrs. William Bond is spending a few days with friends and relatives in Indianapolis and Martinsville. , KAUFMANS GUESTS. Miss Helen Mottley of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Miss Hubbard of Indianapolis arrived today to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kaufman of the Wayne flats. Several social functions will be given in their honor. j J J RECEPTION. The local Elks have issued nivltatlons for an informal reception to be given Friday, January 21, in the Elks club rooms, North Eighth street, from 8 to 10 o'clock, for members only and their ladies. tS SERIES OF PARTIES. The first of a series of dinner parties will be given by Mrs. Howard Campbell this evening at her home on East Main, street, in honor of some visiting guests. , J J Ji . RECEPTION. A reception will be given for Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Nelson, who will leave for Cheyenne. Wyoming, next Friday evening In the parlors of the church. .A musical program has been arranged. All members are invited. . . J CLUB NOTES CARD CLUB. This evening Mrs. John B. Maag of 114 South Eighth street, will entertain a card club. PENNY CLUB. Mrs. Lewis Carrington will entertain the Penny club at her home on Ft. Wayne avenue today. Lunch will be served. A large attendance Is expected. ; J J J -.. WEDNESDAY CARD CLUB. The Wednesday Card club met this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Edward Turner on South Ninth street. J J Jl AID 80CIETY. Mrs. W. N. Tittle of 208 Kinsey street entertained the West Side Aid society of the Christian church this afternoon. Jt . j$ jH -GENEVA CLUB. Yesterday afternoon' the Geneva club met with Mrs. Alfred Collett. The favors were won by Mrs. Fred Corcoran, Mrs. John Youngf lesh and Mrs. Harmon Wierhake. A very dainty lunch was served after the game. Mrs. Finch entertains the club in two weekg at her home on North Thirteenth street. J ' Jl AID SOCIETY. The Ladies Aid society of the United Brethren church held an all day meeting in the Sunday school room today. The time was spent in making comforts. ji jl j WILL ENTERTAIN. Mrs. Moelk of South Tenth street will entertain the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the St. Paul's Lutheran church this afternoon. J J LECTURE POSTPONED. The lecture on Art, which was to have been given by Mrs. Cleveland K. Chase at the Morrisson-Reeves library last evening, was postponed on STRENGTH Without Overloading The 8tomach. The business man, especially, needs food in the morning that will not overload the stomach, but give mental vigor for the day. y Much depends on the start a man gets each day, as to how he may expect to accomplish the work on hand. , He can't be alert, with a heavy, f rled-meat-and-potatoes breakfast requiring a lot of vital energy In' digesting it. A Calif, business man tried to find some food combination that would not overload the stomach in the morning, but that would produce energy. He writes: "For years I was unable to find a breakfast food that had nutrition enough to sustain a business man without overloading his stomach, 'causing indigestion and kindred ailments. A "Being a very busy and also a very nervous man, I decided to give up breakfast 'altogether. But luckily I was Induced to try Grape-Nuts. "Since that morning I have been a new man : can work without tiring; my head Is clear and my nerves strong and quiet. , . "I find four teaspoonfuls of GrapeNuts' with one of sugar and a small quantity of cold milk, makes a delicious . morning meal, which Invigorates me for the day's business. r Read the little book, "The Road to Vellvillo., In pkgs. There's a Reason." . : Ever read the above latter f A new one appears from time to time. They ars genuine, true, and full of human Interest

account of - the sickness "of Mrs. Chase. The lecture will take place next Tuesday evening. J J J EUCHRE CLUB. Mrs. John Cutter entertained the Jully Twelve Euchre Club at her home on Sheridan street this afternoon. . j J J HOME ECONOMICS. Miss Bertha Larsh entertained the Home Economics Study Club at her home on South Thirteenth street this afternoon. J J J ST. PAUL'S GUILD. The St. Paul's Guild of the Episcopal church met this afternoon at two o'clock in the Parish house. 3 CONGENIAL CLUB. Mrs. Lon Cox delightfully entertained the "Congenial Twelve" at her home yesterday afternoon on South Eleventh

street. Whist was played. The favors were won by Mrs. Ora Brubaker, Mrs. John Fillman, Mrs. Sol Frank I e and a favor was presented the hosess, Mrs. Cox. Mrs. Ora Brubaker substituted for Mrs. George A. Reid who is visiting in Muncle, and Mrs. Will Fry for Mrs. Edward Klute. The club meets in two weeks with Mrs. E. R. Stover. jt tS WAYS AND MEANS. The Ways and Means society of the Fifth Street M. E. church will give a social this evening in the church parlors at seven-thirty o'clock. 3S 3S (S MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Bunyan entertained the Young People's Missionary Societ yof the First M. E. church at their home on North Twelfth street last night. Early in the evening a program was given which is as follows: Reading ....... Miss Catherine Hunt Reading Mr. Raymond Wehrley Solo Miss Catherine Hunt Reading Mr. Bunyan Solo, .Miss Catherine Runt Reading Miss Mabel Bollinger An Informal reception was held aftter the program and refreshments were served. The society meets the third Tuesday evening in each month. ijj GOOD CHEER CLUB. Mrs. Simon Hoover of Spring Grove entertained the Good Cheer club at an all day meeting today. HARRY RIFE ATONES FOR THE MURDER OF MRS, GRISVDLD (Continued From Page One.) interfere with the execution, although mercy had been urgently sought. A pathetic appeal was made yesterday for Rife by Rev. Mr. Ryan, nation al department chaplain, G. A. R. The minister appeared at the governor's of fice, but did not get to see Governor Harmon, ad the latter was in Washing ton. Knew Death Would Be Easy. Rife entered into the nresentce of (the man-killinp machine with a tech nical knowledge of !.s precise workings a thing not known to any of his pred ecessors on the fatal death throne. On several occasions he saw the ap paratus in passing through the cham ber and examined it with a profession al eye. Frequently he cheered Harry Crooks who was executed last October, with descriptions of the rapidity of the death current, assuring him that the end would be painless. It was with this knowledge of the mercifulness of his own end that he stepped through the little door at midnight. Once before he eluded the searching spirit of the whirring dynamo, but he knew last night that it would never again release him in life. RIFE'S MURDER A MOST BRUTAL ONE (Continued From Page One.) ney Salor and previous to the plea made in his behalf by Attorney Jessup, Rife was placed on the stand. He detailed the crime up to the shooting. He stated that he remembered of his going to the library, but said he did not go there with the intention of murdering the woman whom he regarded as his sweetheart; that was least from his thought. He remembered drawing the revolver from his pocket, but when the fatal shot was fired, he said, he could not remember his. mind was gone, a blank. He realized by a retrospection of the deed what it meant death and his only plea was for the mercy of the court. Jessup Makes a Plea. Attorney Jessup followed with a plea to the jury and he too, asked for leniency. He stated that he felt that Rife was guilty and ought to be punished, but should not be compelled to sacrifice his life. Jessup's talk was the strongest and most eloquent ever made in1 behalf of any convict in the county, and so touchingly was it delivered that many of the stern jurors were melted to tears. The jury took the case, and after deliberating about thirteen hours, reported that an agreement had been reached. It is unanthentically stated that fourteen ballots were taken before a verdict was reached. The case was hung because a number of the jurors contended thai life imprisonment was sufficient. On Friday morning, September 3. at 7 o'clock, Judge Fisher opened court and announced that- ha was ready, to

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opened and read by Clerk J. K. Jones. the last spark of hope held by Rife fled, for he sobbed aloud in a pitiful and re- ( morsel ui tone. Judge Fisher outiinea the crime and announced the penalty which Rife paid early this morning. Petition Circulated. Petitions were circulated by friends and relatives of the condemned man. Even the men who convicted him. expressed the hope that his life would be spared, adding to the list their signatures. The pleas in his behalf made before the pardon board were exceptionally strong, and from remarkably influential individuals. But to no avail. Inquiry Into the life of the dead man reveals the fact that he was the one member of a highly respected and influential family of Boston, Ind. He was a victim always of ill-fortune. Injuries sustained by him even from a tender age were of a serious nature. He was a son of the late Roe Rife, of that village. His mother, Mary Rife, and several sisters and a brother survive. The weight of the crime has blighted the life of his aged and infirm mother, and possibly no other poor soul has ever felt more sharply the pangs of disgrace than has she. By the strains of blood the love of a mother for a son is yet, and will be to the end of her life, held by the woman toward her wayward son, and for all his crime she has extended to him forgiveness. First Preble Electrocution. , With Rife's death Preble county furnishes he first contribution to the electric chair. There have been two other murders in the county and the perpetrators of both were penalized with the exacting of their lives. About twenty-six years ago Henry Mussel was taken from the county jail here by an angry mob, and lynched without having been given a chance for his life, and to this day there Is doubt in the minds of many whether or not the victim of the unwritten law at that time was the read murderer. A little later Elmer Sharkey became enraged and killed his mother at the old Sharkey homestead, about two miles north of Eaton. He was given a trial, convicted of the crime and officially hung at the Columbus penitentiary. 100 FELT HATS FOR 25c Formerly sold $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50, also choice of any trimmed hats, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. C. A. Brehm. 35 N. 8th, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. DOCTOR DEFENDS TACTFUL MURDER Philadelphia Man Says There Are Times When It's Best to Slay. ANOTHER GIVES HIS 0. K. A HARVARD PROFESSOR DE CLARES THAT ALL INCURABLE PEOPLE. FOR SOCIETY'S BENE FIT, SHOULD DIE. Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 19. Dr. Ed ward A. Spitzka. brain specialist of the Jefferson Medical college, declared at a meeting of the Protestant Episcopal Slerical brotherhood that "murder, and suicide are at times jus tifiable." His assertion, which caused a sen sation, was made in reply to questions put by a clergyman after listening to an address by Dr. Spitzka. "There are times when murder, and even suicide, appeal to a normal mind as justifiable, breaking no law, and perhaps as the only human way out of a horrible situation," said Dr. Spitzka. "Take, for instance' a soldier who is to be hanged as a spy or mutilated by a barbarous foe. He knows there is no escape and, armed with a weap on, kills himself. I think his case is justifiable suicide. Physician Has Hard Problem. "Now, In answer to the other ques tion. Is the taking or ending of a human life. ever justified? Aside from legal homicide, such as an electrocution, the physician sometimes Is confronted with the problem of saving a human being unmentionable torture by giving a grain of morphine. "Take a railroad accident. The physician is face to face with a human being penned under a train and suffering" agony. One grain of morphine will end it all. It Is not uncommon for a physician to have to face this situation and I will say that under some circumstances he is justified in using his judgment and giving relief in the semblance of death to the sufferer." Another statement of the physician, that fathers more than 50 years old produce the most moral and religious children, caused the clergymen to gasp. "Children of fathers lees than 30 years old usually are egotists, military and aggressive." he said. "Those born of fathers between 40 and 50 years are philosophers and thinkers, but the finest moralists, religious teachers, and philanthropists, such as Benjamin Franklin, were born after the fathers had reached the age of 50 years." LET INCURABLES DIE. Cambridge. Mass.. Jan. 19. Dr. William Townsend Porter, professor of philosophy at Harvard, has enunciated the theory that hopelessly unfit humans should be allowed to die In order that the money devoted to charity be used to save the hopefuls. It follows that he is denounced as a cold blooded scientist and as nn-Christian. The theory - was advanced at the weekly lecture before the Harvard Medical school, where Dr. Porter has held his chair for seventeen years. The doctor modified his . position a

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and electric light in the eighteen story Manhattan trust building ' is out ot commission. Every tenant bad to "hoof it" up the stairs when they reported for work, and if they were not provided with candles they had to depend on the light of a murky day. Had it not been for the prompt work of men in the employ of the water department, every cellar In Broad street below Nassau and the basements of office buildings in Wall street below Nassau would have been submerged. All the trouble was caused by some forgetful fireman falling to properly screw on the tap of a water plug under a trap cover on the Nassau street side of the sub-treasury. DUBLIN WOMAN DIES (Palladium Special) Cambridge City, Ind., Jan. 19 Miss Mary Steffey died suddenly Tuesday morning at her home In Dublin, the result of a stroke ot apoplexy. Miss Steffey was seventy years of age and a long time resident of Dublin. When called to breakfast by her sister, Mattie, she replied that she did not feel well, and did not care to eat. Death ensued within a few minutes. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon.

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ART WORKS BURKED (American News Service) , -Constantinople. Jan. 19. Fir broke out today In the famous Chlragaa Palace, now the sitting place ot the Turkish parliament. Rare art treasures are reported to have beea lost. An incendiary belonging to the reactionary party is blametf. Beavers, Turbans and Fur Hats to go at halt price and a few at less than half price, for Thursday, Friday and Saturday only. Sharkey's Millinery Store, 7 South 7th St. 19-lt Gold Spectacles and Eye Glass ' They are far better and cheaper in the long run than Gold filled. . We make a specialty of 14K gold goods and Plain Torie, also Kryptok Tertc bifocal lenses. Qc:r, Ttt Jcivdtr 81tCaSL F. H. Edmunds, Optometrist. " ALIVE WO! SZHQ