Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 82, 29 January 1910 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND FA1LEABIUM

XTj 3UN-TEI.EGRAM. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING. .TAXl'AKY 19 lO. sixcim: copy, 2 cents. VOL. XXXV. NO. 82. ROBBERY BOLD ONE 9 SQUARE MILES OF THE CAPITAL ARE UNDER WATER MISS HESSLER GONE VICE-PRESIDENT BREAKS NEWS TO SPEAKER CMIIOtI HEW REPUBLICAN Helps Her Husband in Campaign iTIOII IS At Noon Negroes Seize Purse Young Woman, to Figure in Court Martial. Cannot Be Found Now. from Woman as She Left a Bank. PLACED IN FIELD

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At Ward and Township Meetings Members of County Central Committee, with One Exception, named.

DELEGATES FOR THE CONVENTION CHOSEN All the Meetings Were Quite Well Attended and in Only Two Instances Were In structions Given. Republican County Committee. Central Abington No member. Boston-Dr. J. I). Meek. Center Francis McMinn. Clay-K. S. Martindale. Dallon -Frank Shurlcy. Perry Arthur Denny. Franklin Nathan Graves. . Greene Wm. II Browne. Harrison -Wallace Hoover. Jefferson - Frank Worl. Jackson E. K. Oldaker, Felix Johnson and C. J. Hiatt. New Garden- L. N. Hampton. Webster Arthur Farmer. Washington -Robert Callaway. Wayne -William Morrow. ! First Ward -John Russell. ' Second Ward Jesse Evans. Third Ward-Johu E. Peltz. Fourth Ward KranK Fry. Fifth Ward Howard Brooks. Sixth Ward William Bond. Seventh Ward Harry Goodwin. Eighth Ward Andrew Stamer. Pursuant to the call to the republican voters of the county to meet in their respective wards and townships and organize a large number responded and the foregoing county central committee was selected yesterday. The meetings in the townships were held in the afternoon, while in -this city they were held in the evening. Good sized delegations were present at each of the meetings. All of the meetings were short and sweet, the voters simply organizing. In but two instances did the voters give their ward chairman or their delegates instructions. The Third ward voters recommended that the county central committee select its executive committee from its own number. For Wayne Candidate. At the Greene township meeting, Clyde Martin, delegate to the joint convention of Wayne and Fayette counties, and his alternate, Alva Study, were instructed to stand by Wayne county's candidate for joint representative. At several other meetings the. question came up and it was the understanding, although no definite instructions were given, that this policy should be pursued. The joint convention ill be held February 1, in all probability at Rushville, in connection with the district convention. As the convention comes before the primary in this county, the delegates are duty bound to stand by this county's candidate. The new county central committee will meet and organize Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the court house. In addition to naming the executive committee, a chairman and secretary will hae to be elected. C. E. Wiley is the only candidate for chairman, while there are three for secretary, including Roy Fry, Frank Howells and Milton El rode. A Mistake Was Made. Owing to oversight, the joint township organization meetings in. three instances did not carry out the central committee's call. Each township is entitled to a representative on the county central committee. However, at the joint organization meetings of Abington-Boston, Dalton-Perry, and New Garden-Webster, but one chairman was selected. Arrangements were made this morning for the voters of these townships to assemble today to select these new members to the the committee. J The complete ward ond township organizations as announced this morning are as follows: Results of Meetings. Abington and Boston Member county central committee. Dr. J. D. Meek; delegate to district and jointrepresentative convention, W. S. Porterfield; alternate. William Hunt; precinct committeeman, F. D. Jenkinson. Center Member county central committee, Francis McMinn; delegates to district convention, L. D. Commons and O. K. Dunbar; alternates, John .Jackson and John L. King; delegates to joint-representative convention, Marcellus Beitzell and James Martin; alternates, E. L. Culbertson and J. A. Commons; precinct committeemen, 1st, John Jackson, 2nd William Dynes, 3rd Nathan Lamott, Clay Member county central committee. E. S. Martindale; delegate to district convention, Abner Bond; dele gate to joint-representative conven(Continued on Page Two.)

Captain and Mrs. II. Spender Clay,

elected a member of Parliament. Mrs. Clay was Miss Pauline Astor, and was enthusiastically anxious to have her husband gain his seat. The victory is doubly sweet to the Astors as Captain Clay defeated the late Liberal member, A. P. Hodges. Captain Clay is shown on the right. The photograph on the left is Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Lee.

CONTEMPT SHOWN BY THE PACKERS Send Letters to Agents Telling Them to Ignore Meat Boycott. EXPECT BETTER PRICES AND ARE FULLY CONVINCED THAT NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE IMPROVED DEMAND FOR THEIR PRODUCTS. (American News Seivice) Boston, Jan. 29. The beginning of the boycott in Boston today finds the meat trust in its old position of disregard for public sentiment. In a confidential circular to its agents on January 26 the Swift company issued orders that the agitation for lower prices shall be disregarded and the instruction is given that the various meats shall be sold for every cent that it is possible to get. The letter follows: Copy of Letter. "Branch House Managers: "Do not want you to be at all influenced by present newspaper agitation regarding trade conditions. Please do not make any talk about same what ever, but keepj moving right along and sell what beef, sheep and lambs we have shipped you for every cent it is possible to obtain. Shipments are costing high, and Swift & Co. are very insistent that houses show reas onable results, do not believe that present conditions are anything that will last and we fully believe that there will be improved demand next week and improved prices to go with it. Yours respectfully, "Swift & Co." The initials "A. T. H." are under the name Swift & Co., and these initials are said to stand for the name of "A. T. Hnnnewell," the general Boston manager. T (American Xews Service) Harmony, Pa., Jan. 29. Mrs. Catherine Rodenbach Stauffer, the oldest woman in Butler county, is dead, aged 85. She was a "real daughter" of the United States Daughters of the war of 1S12, her father Jacob Rodenbach, bavins served during the second war with England.

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the former of whom has just been JOSEPH MILLIKEN DIED LAST NIGHT Deceased was Veteran of Civil War and had Splendid Record. WAS AN OHIO VOLUNTEER AT THE OPENING OF THE GREAT WAR, BUT .LATER .SERVED INDIANA REGIMENT ALSO NEWSPAPER MAN. IN A After an illness of several weeks, Joseph Robinson Milliken, a veteran of the Civil war. died at his home on South Eleventh street last evening at the advanced age of 70 years. Be sides his wife, Mary Emma Milliken, Mr. Milliken is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Lillian A. M. Burgess of Hillsboro, Ohio. On September 7, 1S62 Mr. Milliken enlisted in Company C, 19th Ohio vol-; unteer infantry and served through-1 out the war. During the famous battle of Shiloh, Mr. Milliken contracted a fever which necessitated his retirement for a short time. After recovering from his illness, he and his brother organized Company F, 130th Indiana colunteer infantry and again went to the front. Returning to Richmond after the war. Mr. Milliken became local editor of the "Radical." The deceased was a member of the Sol Meredith Post G. A. R. at the time of his death and had held every office in that order. Several years ago he made the race for mayor against the late Major Ostrander. He was a prominent and active member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and was well known all over the counts-. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 2 o clock from the home. Friends may call at the home Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock and Sunday afternoon. A YEAR OF QUAKES Rome, Jan. 29. Nineteen hundred and nine was a year of earthquakes for Sicily where the great catastrophe of the last days of 190$ ushered in a year of constantly recurring earth tremors. During the year ending December 2S, 1909, no fewer than 543 shocks were registered at th e observatories of the island. 130 occurring on the first day and 192 in the month of January. The smallest number recorded was in the month of November when only seven were registered.

CAPTURED AFTER A CHASE

(American News Service) Indianapol's, Jan. 29. Two negroes attempted a bold robbery at the entrance to the Fletcher National bank on a principal street oi tne city at noon today. When Mrs. Chas. Hines, the bookkeeper for a building contractor, emerged from the bauk with a purse containing five hundred dollars for today's payroll, they grabbed it and fled. One negro, with the purse. was captured in an alley a block away after an exciting chase by the police and a big crowd of citizens. E ROLL CALL MEETING WAS HELD Old Whitewater Lodge Last Evening Had Particularly Fine Session. MANY LETTERS WERE READ AND SEVERFAL OF THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZA TION SPOKE SECRETARY'S REPORT A GOOD ONE. Last evening Whitewater lodge celebrated the annual roll call and home coming. No general invitation was issued except to the members of the lodge, but all were welcomed. Two hundred and twenty-six answered to their names, either in person or by letter. The membership is scattered all over the country from NewYork to California, and the letters from these brethren were listened to with mtich enjoyment. The letter from J Bennett Gordon was greeted with applause, sounding as one brother put it "like the spirit of 7ti." Much disappointment was felt because of the absence of Edwin Vickers of Cincinnati, who was prevented from com ing on account of the uncertainty of the weather. This brother has been a member of this lodge since June 11, 1847, and is one of the oldest members of the order in the country. Ihe secretary's report was listened to with close attention and it shows the lodge to be in the most satisfactory condition. Since the institution of the lodge in 147 it has received into mem - bership !71. and lost from all causes .W2. The present membership is 419. During the past year &U29.70 was . . . , .' . 1 ...... -. . . 1 : . . C 1 j;am urn iui reuci aioue an average of $00.19 per week. Whitewater lodge owns to per cent of the stock of the lodge building, and derives a large amount of revenue from that source. The present worth of the lodge is i?47,44K, making it one of the wealthiest lodges in the state. During the past year eleven members have died: W. 1L Wenger, Jerry L. Meek. W. O .lefferies. John M. Paxson. Harry B. Minor, John Edwards, John S. McGraw, George A. Pierce, M. F. Richardson. W. M. Mitchell and John Cooper. This was the most successful and enjoyable roll call meeting ever held by this lodge. F. L. Torrence, district deputy grand master, was present and favored the company with a short talk. Rev. J. C. Graham made a very enjoyable talk on the beauties of the order. A number of the older members gave short talks, after which an elegant buffet lunch was served in the dining room. The committee having the arrangements in charge included D. S. Coe, Wm. C. Jones and John E. Casely. Three applications for membership were received at this meeting and on next Friday night initiatory degree will be conferred. DR. BULLA IN RACE Dr. Mora Bulla, who has been critically ill with pneumonia, is now recovering slowly, but it will be some time before he is able to leave the house. It has been reported in some places that Dr. Bulla had given up his race for the republican nomination for coroner because of his illness and inability to make a canvass, but these reports Dr. Bulla emphatically denies. Friends are conducting the canvass for the confined candidate. WANT A HEW JUDGE William F. Charters, plaintiff in a suit of long standing against the city of Richmond, to collect $1,000 on contract for commission on the city's portion paid in tax on sequestered property when he was tax ferret, has filed a motion for a change of judge in the case. The trial is set for next Monday, but no special judge has been appointed as yet and it is probable that the case will be postponed.

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And According to the French Officials, Loss Sustained in Paris is a Quarter of a Billion.

ONE HUNDRED LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST While Nine Hundred Miles of Underground Sewers are Flooded to Bursting-Amer icans are Safe. (American News Service) Washington." Jan. 29. The state department today received a cablegram from Ambassador Bacon in Paris stating all Americans there are safe. Many, however, had been forced from their homes by the flood. SUMMARY OF DAMAGE. Paris, Jan. 29. A summary of the flood calamity thus far, according to government officials figures $250,000,000 damage in Paris and its suburbs. One hundred lives are lost. Nine square miles are submerged in Paris proper. Nine hundred miles of under ground sewers are flooded to a burst ing point. Twenty thousand jcople are homeless and penniless in Paris. Seventy five thousand refugees from outside points are fleeing to the city. A half million dollars relief fund has been contributed to the suffering. The river Seine tins afternoon is ris ing again, after a temporary decline during the earlier hours of the day. The telephone exchange is completely out of commission. All railroads are tied up and only two telegraph wires are woiking to London. Fifty thous and telegrams are on file and suffer ing an indefinite delay. Thousands Starving. Paris, .lau. 29. Twenty thousand persons in Paris are starving today. At " Gennevillers alone, where the bursting of the dyke inundated a wide area, 7,000 inhabitants without water, fire or food, are imprisoned in their homes with the work of rescue proceeding slowly. Food riots have thrown a dozen of the largest refuge camps on the outskirts into a farment. The prices of provisions, almost prohibitive two days ago, were higher today, and in several quarters dealers who demaurij ed outrageous prices for their scanty 'stocks were attacked by angry crowds. The police, busy fighting the ; Hood, are unable to preserve order j when a sudden emergency arises. The ( passions of the mob have added to the , stricken city's tribulations. j Cjt wj, B Fo0(J i j It was reported today that the city i will buy out all provision dealers, i commandeering their stocks and settling afterward, distribute every available bit of food in bread lines, scores of which have already been established. It is estimated that all the food In Paris would not feed the city on half raUons for three da's' The ,arEest markets, wiere there were reserve , supplies, have been inundated by the DacK now oi sewers or oursiing flow drains, or by the river direct and the supplies destroyed or rendered unfit for consumption. In the face of this desperate situation, the engineers are little more than helpless. Hundreds of structures including some of the most famous buildings in the world, are threatened with collapse. No shoring up, no temporary measures could stop this menace. The Seine alone can save Paris. Dykes Broken Down. Dyke after dyke has been thrown up, only to be brushed aside by the river. The work of constructing them, though apparently futile in most cases, was continued courageously today, but it is on the fleets of small boats that the relief workers now depend. One hundred sailors today brought 73 yawls, cutters and dingh ies to the city. Many of those little mosquito craft have been destroyed by the Seine, which tears through the city at places with the force of a mill race. Boats have been swept against piers, bridges and debris, and crushed like eggshells. Half a dozen were reported destroj'ed this morning alone, in some instances these accidents have been fatal. Water in Opera House. The cellar of the opera house the most noted and probably most beautiful structure of its kind were filled with water to the floor when dawn broke. The all night fight of those who tried to prevent this dreaded development was labor thrown away. It was feared that the foundations could not withstand the strain for long. The Place de la Concorde was in a worse plight today than previously. The water was rising. Lying between the opera house and the river It received the brunt of the flood that reached the latter. Here starts the Champs Elysees, where water stands

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LEFT HOME OF AN UNCLE

(American News Service) Boston, Jan. 2t'. Miss Dorothy Hosier of Chicago, who came to Boston early this week in the expectation of testifying at the courtmartial of Paymaster George It. Auld and Dr. A. H. Robnett Monday, has left the home of her uncle. Rev. Henry L. Kilburne. at Maiden, and her w hereabouts today are a mystery. Mr. Kilburne refuses to tell where the has gone. He voluntarily made this announcement: "Miss Hesler has left my home." and added. "I have no further statement to make." Dr. Robnett. who has been reported engaged to Miss Hesler. said: "In view of the circumstances of the case and because it is official business I must decline to make any statement." STOMACH IS SENT TO PATHOLOGISTS And the Cause of White's Death Will be Definitely Learned Soon. CORONER KEEPS SILENT AND PROSECUTOR LADD WILL HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, PROB ABLY, UNTIL AFTER THE ANAL YSIS IS COMPLETED. Various organs, including the stom ach, of Eddy White, who died at his home South of Whitewater, December 2:j, but whose !ody was exhumed yesterday on order of Coroner A. I Bramkamp. will be sent to IndianajK lis pathologies for further investigation and analysis. The investigation made on the body jesterday by Dr. lira ink amp and his assistant. Dr. J. E. Weller. was com pleted I:te in the afternoon and the

body was replaced in the coffin and ing a railroad bill, and win lay a buried. An inspection and chemical i measure on this subject before the analysis of the organs will be suffi- senate within a couple of weeks. Irtcient to affirm or disprove allegations , gress is Ix-ing made ujnhi the bills! made that White died as the result of j for the conservation of the natural rearsenic Kisoning. Ptomaine poison- sources. The bill for the reform f ing was first announced as the cause, the government of Alaska Is ciidiii

of death. Has Nojhing to Say. Coroner Bramkamp stated this noou that at present he had nothing to make public on the case. He has not completed securing evidence. However, the testimony of Mrs. White, Dr. Jones and Mrs. Kennedy, a trained nnre, has been secured. Dr. Bramkamp will not investigate further than to determine the cause of the death and to secure a history of White's illness. It is probable that it will be several days before the result of the chemical I ly8l bf ,1nd.,anaP" Patholo5113 win ue nuisiieu. Prosecuting Attorney Charles Ladd is investigating the legal phases of the case as there are many rumors of foul play, all of which are strongly denied. He has nothing to make public now. AVhatever he finds out will probably not be made known until the chemical analysis of White's organs is completed. The authorities' refuse to discuss th'? condition of White's stomach. If they are suspicious that something is wrong they refuse to divulge just what has been learned. It was stated in yesterday's issue that small ulcers were found on the inside lining of White's stomach. Today it is said that these were not ulcers, merely being a few blood clots. Otherwise, so far as can be learned the organ is in normal condition. The investigation by the Indianapolis pathologists will determine the cause for the presence of these clots. WAS FREE ONE HOUR After enjoying his freedom for just one brief hour, Timothy Raferty was taken in tow by Patrolman Vogelsong for begging on Main street this morning and once more languishes behind the bars of t he city jail. Raferty ws released from Sheriff Meredith's boarding place this morning after serving a 11 day sentence for drunk. He created a nuisance by stopping persons on Main street and asking them for money and was promptly locked up. INVENTORY OF STOCK. Mrs. Joseph Piening, an aged grocery proprietor, who died recently, had $989.91 worth of stock according to the inventory made by the appraisers, William F. Starr and J. P. Evans. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Unsettled weather snow, tonight or Sunday with

He Tells the Danville Statesman that the Party Demands He will Not be Candidate fcr Job Again.

SENATOR CRANE ALSO RELATED SAD STORY Haste in the House is Urged and the Progress of the Senate is Pointed Out as an Object Lesson. Washiugton. D. C. Jan. 29. There was an imioriaiit oliiical and legis lative conference in th sneaker's room of the house of representative Friday afternoon. The participants were Vice President Sherman. Speaker Cannon and Senator Crane, of Mas sachusetts. It was denied, following the confer ence, that the future of Speaker Can non was considered. Nevertheless, a condition of affairs was brought to the attention of that legislator which, in the opinion of men acquainted with what transpired, should thow Mr. Cannon his duty in the premises. It has len Known here for several days t'aat Mr. S'.ierman was selected by a number of republicans to tell the situation to the Danville statesman with a view of inducing him to announce that he would not be a candidate Tor reelection as speaker. Mr. Sherman always has been a warm personal friend of Uncle Joe, is indebted to him for many favors, and enjoyed his earnest support for the vice presidential nomination. Show Progress of Senate. The vice president discharged, la part at least, the duty which had been entrusted to him. He and Senator Crane told the saker that the legis lative sirtwtlon In thr-senate--most satisfactory. A tostal savings bank bill has been reported and while it wil! not have smooth nailing it undoubtedly will be adopted. The inter- ! state commerce committee is eonsiderin the senate. Xo such progress Is Ix-ing made in the house, and the administration and senate leaders nre apjireliensive that the conditions prevailing in that chamber s-e such that speedy action cannot be secured. No action has been taken upon any iniiortant measure which the administration deems h essential to a republican tiiiccess next j fall. The interstate commerce com mittee of the house has given no Indication when it will complete Its consideration of the railroad bllL There is a fight in the public lands committee over the conservation reforms. A caucus of the house will be necessary to get the passage of a postal savings bank billIn the house Itself some of the insurgents and some of the regulars will support the president's interstate commerce recommendation while some of the regulars alid all of the Insurgents will oppose the ship subsidy bilL Cannot Choke Off Argument. In view of the condition existing In the house, the 'vice president and Senj at0r Crane deemed it proper to call the attention of the speaker thereto, and urge him to take measures to get speedy rejorts from the committees and harmonious action on the part of republican congressmen. Mr. Cannon realizes the time has passed when he can jam through a rule , limiting the debate and forcing the passage of a measure. Unquestionably, if a rule were brought in the Insurgents and their allies would attempt- to defeat it, and thus deliver a second crushing blow to Cannonism. In view of the danger in the situation, the house leaders are more and more wedded to the Taft proposal to hold caucuses. Any Insurgent remainj ing away from a caucus on an admin- ! 1st ration measure would thereby read himself out of the party, according to Cannonites. In this view there is some reason to believe the administration concurs. The insurgents hold, however, that such action should not be interpreted as an indication that they "no longer are of the republican faith. They do not propose to go into a caucus binding themselves in advance to support in every detail any measure which might be submitted. Triple Alliance for Campaign. It has been agreed among the party leaders here that there shall be a triple combination of the congressional committee, the national committee, and the National League of Republican clubs, to carry on the battle for the control of the next congress. The league. It Is contended, will prove of great value, particularly In the west. Republican leaders also-are counting upon the cabinet members to render service during the cumins campaign