Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 104, 19 February 1910 — Page 1
: EICHMONB PAIXABIIJM AND SUNTELEGRAM. VOL. XXXV. NO. 104. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING. I-E IS1CI AUY 19. 101O. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS.
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tNSANL BUILDING AT INFIRMARY IS OPPOSED BK FOX
Reads Communication to the County Commissioners Today, Urging Building be Located in This City. HE CITES EXCELLENT REASONS FOR ACTION On Wednesday Commissioners, County Council Members and Others Will Make Visit to Poor Farm. This morning Henry C. Fox, judge of the circuit court, threw the first bomb among the supporters of the plan of establishing the county insane hospital at the county infirmary, In a communication to the county commissioners, which he read, and in which he expressed his belief that a mistake would be made in not locating the ward in this city. He favored the site south of the county jail, which the county owns. The county commissioners will not act on the question until next week. On Wednesday the commissioners, members of ihe county council and others who are interested will visit the county infirmary and view the proposed site of the institution. To Visit Other Sites. Other sites will also be visited and the commissioners will determine on the location not later than next Saturday, in all probability. The contract will be let as soon as the usual procedure of advertising and posting notices is complied with. Work will be commenced on the institution early in the spring. A property owner on South Third street entered a protest against the location of the insane building near Ihe jail because of the disturbance the inmates might create. The board invited this man to appear before it nt'Xt Wednesday. In addition to the paper of Judge Fox, which was placed on file after he had read it, another communication from Mr. Timothy Nicholson was received,. Air. Nicholson favors the county infirmary site as the proper place to locate the ward. He says that he is unalterably opposed to the site adjacent to the county jail. Views of Judge Fox. Judge Fox spoke in part as follows: "I have been invited by the board to give my views concerning the location of the proposed building in which to confine and care for persons who are insane and unable to care for themselves. Concerning this matter, there seems to be a diversity of opinion. In giving my views I have no criticisms to make concerning the views of others. I simply give my own opinion. As is well known, conditions are and have been such as to render it necessary that something should be done and this without delay. The question has now resolved itself into one of location. My official position as well as the individual interest I have felt in the premises, has made me entirely familiar with the subject involved. I have visited the county jail, the Home f the Friendless, and the county poor farm in order to inform myself. I have found present and past conditions deplorable. An appropriation has been made by the county council and steps are about to be taken by the Board of Commissioners in providing a place in which to confine and care for the insane who become a public charge. Sentiment and theory should not be a controlling influence in this matter. Practical utility should be the fingerboard. Where can the insane best be cared for, everything considered, is the important question. He Favors Richmond. From the first, I have been of the opinion that the proposed building should be located in Richmond and should be under the supervision of the sheriff and as a matter of convenience it should be located on the grounds owned by the county, a portion of which is occupied by the county jail. In saying this I do not mean that the proposed building should become a part of the jail. '"In my judgment, there are many reasons why the building should not be located on the poor farm. In the first place, the farm is situated seven and one-half miles from Richmond: this, in itself, is a serious objection. I know of no infirmary in the state that is situated so far from the county seat, and this results from the fact that the infirmary was located when the county seat was in Centerville. When it was so located, the location was admirable, for it was within a mile of the county seat. With our increased and Increasing population and the change of our county seat, conditions are now very different Property Is Extensive. "The real estate owned by the county where the jail is located, is more extensive than is generally understood. It extends South to South A street and west to the railroad. The buildings on the county ground fronting on (Continued on rage Five)
A STATEMENT. In order to set at rest the minds of certain people who are exhibiting some disquietude over what disposition I intend making of my building at 824-826 Main street, I wish to say that neither the Second National Bank nor any other business is to occupy it. As soon as I can so arrange my business affairs especially the reorganizing and reconstructing of the Indianapolis Sun I shall proceed with my plans of organizing a trust company and install it in the building, after the latter has been remodeled into a thoroughly up-to-date and modern banking building. Meantime I offer the use of the business room, free of charge, for church suppers, fairs or any other legitimate undertakings and public meetings, provided responsible parties are connected therewith. Respectfully, RUDOLPH G. LEEDS.
A BACKING GIVEN GLAVIS STORY BY HIS FRIEND HOYT Attorney General for Porto Rico, Formerly Asst. Dist. Attorney at Seattle, Goes on Stand Today. GLAVIS EXAMINATION ENDS VERY ABRUPTLY Hoyt Pays Glavis a Tribute, Saying He Served the Government in Faithful, Intelligent Manner. (American News Service) Washington, Feb. 19. Cross examination of Louis R. Glavis in the Ballinger-Pinchot hearing ended abruptly today when Attorney Vertrees for Secretary Uallinger dismissed Glavis when the hearing was resumed. Henry M. Hoyt, attorney-general for Porto Rico and formerly assistant district attorney at Seattle, was placed ou the stand and corroborated every detail of statements made by Glavis. Hoyt had been declared to have vital information on the dispute and, it is said, he advised Glavis, to take his ' complaint to Attorney General Wickersham instead of publishing it through the press. Hoyt Praises Glavis. Mr. Hoyt was examined by Attor ney Brandeis. In answer to questions i Hoyt said he had been district at- j torney at Nome, Alaska, in 1904-07 and, later, special attorney for the' department of justice, which position' he held until he was made attorney general of Porto Rico. Speaking of Glavis' work, Hoyt said his services were of the highest order. He knew him well and always as a thorough Hoyt next cited the circumstances leading up to his visit to Attorney General Wickersham at the request of Glavis; of the protest against the interpretation which Assistant Secretary Pierce had placed upon the law of May, 190S, in regard to Alaskan coal lands. He said Glavis complained if Pierce's decision and said it meant fraudulent claims would go to patent. Goes to Wickersham. Hoyt suggested going to Henry W. Taft. brother of the president, whom he knew personally, and have him bring it to the attention of the president. This suggestion was abandoneed and Hoyt agreed to go to Attorney General Wickersham which he did. Hoyt told Wickersham that he came to him because he was anxious to save the administration from what he considered a grave mistake. "Glavis and I felt," said Hoyt, "that the conclusions which Wickersham would reach would be radically different from Pierce's opinion." TO WEST George Bell left this morning for West Virginia where ho will become a member of a civil engineer corps on the C. & O. railroad. His brother, Henley Bell, who will accompany him is head of the corps. A The Dickinson Trust company, was today appointed guardian of Rosella, Corine, Paul and John H. Sudhoff, all under fifteen years old and children of the late John G. Sudhoff, who was killed in a railroad accident in 1903. The petition of the trust company has been ou tile for several days.
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LOWEST MARK Of SEASON REACHED BY THE MERCURY
This Morning, at 2 O'clock the Fifteen Below Mark Was Reached, Then Mercury Began to Climb Again. QUICK THAW DANGER IS NOW FEARED HERE With Heavy Cover of Snow all Over County, Such an Event Would Result Undoubtedly, In Big Flood. ANTICS OF THE MERCURY. 4:.'!0 P. M 11 above 5 :.? P. M , 6 above :00 P. M 1 below 7m P. M , 7 below 8K P. M 12 below l:0o P. M 14 below 12 .-00 P. M 14 below 2.00 A. M. 15 below 4:io A. M. 12 below j.-OO A, M. 10 below fi:3 A. M 12 below 7:n A. M 11 below l-:0 M '. . 18 above The foregoing temperature registration was kept by employes of the pumping station, east of the city, last evening, and like the recent snow fall, the temperature at 2 o'clock this morning, broke all records for the winter. The various changes in the temperature were very irregular. In this city, the thermometers registered entirely different from what they did at the pumping station, some of the thermometers showing eight and ten degrees above zero at 7 and 8 o'clock. However, all seemed to agree with the official instrument about 2 o'clock this morning. The effects of the blizzard are in some respects, being overcome, while in other respects they are continually growing worse. Trains, interurbans and city cars, are still operating late, but the arrivals are more nearly on schedule time, than at any time during the past three days. Poor Felt Effects. The worst effect of the blizzard is on the poor. While Richmond does not have an over abundance of this class of citizens, yet all the charitable institutions are now taxed by the demands of those who are in need of assistance. Coal was what was wanted the first day of the blizzard, but now food, is as much in demand as fuel. Business in the city was a little improved today, chiefly because it was Saturday. However, the trade was very much below the Saturday standard. Coal merchants are perhaps the only ones profiting as a result of the blizzard. The roads in the country districts are hardly passle. Those which are broken in any respect are the highways over which there is always a large amount of travel. Practically no effort has been made by supervisors and farmers to open the roads used but infrequently. Fear of Big Flood. What is occasioning the most worry at the present time is the probability of a thaw. With fifteen to eighteen inches of snow, all over the county, the prospects for a big flood are ominous, should there be a quick thaw. I Property owners have been warned to prevent icicles from forming on the eaves of buildings which project over sidewalks. Many property owners, for other reasons, have had the roofs of their buildings cleaned. BACK TO LIMELIGHT Daniel Gard Files Divorce Proceedings in the Preble Court. MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES (Palladium Special) Eaton, O., Feb. 10. Charging that his wife, Lillie M. Gard, is guilty of wilful absence and adultery, Daniel Gard has entered suit in the common pleas court asking separation. The petitiou alleges the defendant wilfully absented herself from the plaintiff and their children for sixteen months, during a part of which time, it 13 alleged, she lived in an adulterous state with the plaintiffs brother, William Gard. at Lebanon. Ind. The plaintiff claims that he. is the father of five children born to the woman, but the sixth, born about February 28, 19S, is alleged to be illegitimate. The parties to the suit are well known In this county and the alleged facts of the case have attracted attention. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Partly cloudy; warmer tonight and Sunday.
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A PROFANE EULOGY Given Great Fresco at the Capitol Building by Speaker Cannon. LEAVES HOUSE TO SEE IT Washington, Feb. 19. "Uncle Joe" Cannon was missing for a whole hour yesterday afternoon. Pages scurried about in search of him with information that the committee of the whole was ready to rise. His secretaries were trying to locate him for a waiting delegation. Finally he was discovered at the head of the west stairway on the house side. With folded arms and rakishly tilted cigar the speaker was gazing dreamily and almost rapturously at the fresco, "Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way," by Emanuel Leutze. "When I get tired I like to come up here and look at that picture," said "Uncle Joe," to the friend who had found him. "The blankety blank artists say it's a blanked daub, but I think it is the blankety blanked greatest painting in the world- I call it real art. Why look at the life that is crammed into it the fine free life of the early days, when the wagon trains were pouring pioneers into an untracked wilderness beyond the Alleghenies. 'TThere's only one thing the picture lacks a grave beside the, trail. I remember when my folks crossed the mountains the train stopped to bury two children, set up two rough tomb stones and then moved on toward the unknown land of hope. It's a blankety blanked fine picture." COMPTOII TO RETURN Roy H. Compton, formerly a reporter for the Palladium, and at present managing editor of the Henderson Gleaner, Henderson. Kentucky, has given up his position to accept the court house and city building work for the Evening, Item. He takes his position March 1. Mr. Compton will be welcomed back to this city by his many friends. Mr3. Compton has been in the city several days, the guest of fricuda and relatives.
MME. TETRA2ZINI, MISS GARDEN, MGR. HAMERSTEIN.
HE CAN'T BE F Police Hunt in Vain for a Man by the Name of I. D. Kaberlein. SAD NEWS COMES FOR HIM A telegram was received at police headquarters this morning from Se lina, Kansas, signed by Mrs. I. H. Kaberlein, which read as follows: "Look up I. D. Kaberlein. Is a butcher by trade. Father died today. Answer." The new city directory contains no such name and the police know nothing concerning the whereabouts of such a man. The Richmond abbatoir and various butcher shops over the city have been acquainted with the telegram but know nothing which will tend to throw any light on the matter or assist in locating the man. The police are of the opinion that if he is in this city he is traveling under an assumed name. In event he sees this article he is requested to call at police headquarters. FAILED TO PROVIDE Failure to provide was the allegation of Mrs. Elva May Campbell in her divorce action-in the circuit court this morning. Judge Fox granted the divorce and also awarded the custody of the only child to the mother. Prosecuting Attorney Charles Ladd investigated the case and told the court that the wife's claims were meritorious. The plaintiff lives at Centerville. A DENIAL IS FILED William J. Cosgrove and Henry H. Johanning, defendants in an account proceeding in the circnitjcourt. in which the Jones Hardware company of this city is plaintiff, asking $2,(XW), filed general denial to the allegations of the complaint, claiming that ail accounts had Iecn iHtid. The case is one of the oldest ou the docket.
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German Decides he Can Take Trip to the North Pole In It. MAKING A SPECIAL TYPE (American News Service) Berlin, Feb. 19. Dr. Anschutz-Komp, an eminent German scientist and Inventor, has resolved to attempt to reach the north pole in a submarine which will float beneath the masses of ice in the Arctic Ocean. Dr. Anschutz-Kemp has constructed a special tpye of submarine for this purpose. Realizing the necessity of remaining at a great depth beneath the surface for a considerable time while voyaging northwards, the Inventor has perfected an apparatus whereby he can take his bearing during the submerged passage. This apparatus has been patented in all civilized countries, and it is being supplied to all German warships. Doctor svon Payer. Germany's foremost Polar expert, says: "The best way to the North Pole Is neither on the water nor In the air, but by means of a submarine underneath the ice. Dr. Anfx-hutz-Kemp has been working for ten years to realize this great project. He will achieve It before he talks about it. "Dr. A nsohutz-Kemp must emphatically be taken seriously, and he has good prospects of success. a s; s. (Palladium Special) Greensfork, Ind, Feb. 19. The township Sunday school convention will be held at the Christian church next Sunday afternoon. J. 6. GORDON HERE J. Bennett Gordon, special writer on the Indianapolis Sun. formerly editor of the Evening Item of this city, arrived yesterday afternoon for a short visit with his mother.
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MERE ELEVATOR RESULTED III THE DEFEAT0F SOLOII Prominent Member of House Advocated One for Capitol and Enemies Said he Was a Lazy Worker. i."
ENTERPRISE MAY BE A CAUSE OF TROUBLE Advocation of Subway for the Capitol A Charge Brought! Against Gaines in a Recent Campaign. BY RODERICK CLIFFORD. Washington. Feb. 19. "It does not aluavs pay for a congressman to bo too active in promoting improvements' around the capitol building." said an' old employe of the house while In at reminiscent mood. "The first elevator placed in the house wing of the capitol." continued he. "was the result of the efforts of Congressman Robert Klotz of Pennsylvania, a democrat and a veteran of the Mexican and ci vil wars. It was the 47th congress when he secured the adoption of an amendment to the sundry civil appro priation bill authorizing the construction of an elevator for the house, to lie placed in the southeast corner of Ihe house vting. Needs an Elevator. "The house recognized the need of an elevator; it was in line with pro gress, and it provel most useful, but his olitical enemies circulated U10 story all over Mr. KkHz's district that he lacked energy to walk up and, down stairs, with tho result that he was defeated at the next election. leing succeeded by a republican. Loula K. Atkinson. Mr. Atkinson served four years, and recently died at his homo in Pennsylvania. Leonard It. Cook-was appointed the first elevator conductor and he has held the position continuously. "One of tae charges made against Congressman John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, and which It is said, helped defeat him for renomination. was that he voted for the house subway fo that he could walk to the house office building without getting his feet wet" Drop Henry Action. It is not probable that the house will again this season devote any time to the Henry resolution to amend the constitution of the United States to provide for a change In the date of the inauguration from March 4 to tho last Thursday in April, thereby extend the term of President Taft and Vice IYesident Sherman. Of course the Henry resolution would also extend to the term of representatives and senators in the next congress, which would also be effected by the amendment. There Is a concensus of opinion among members that there should he a change in the date of the meeting of the new congress, but to bring this about the law- makers seem unable to agree on a plan. It was shown In the debate on the Henry resolution that there is little possibility of solving the problem at this session or in the near future. Members who have looked Into the subject say that the congress elected by the people in November should not wait thirteen months before meeting as is now the law. unless called In extra session by the president, but ought to meet within a month or two after the election, when the issues decided upon by the people can be stcted upon. As it is now the congress that may lie repudiated by the ieopIe in November have four months In which to legislate and do the very things against which the people have protested. Representative Henry of Texas is still hopeful that the present congress will take some decided action on the subject. Statement of Murdeck. "The rules of the house will never be amended until amended right." said Representative Victor Murdock of Kansas, one of the leading insurgents of the house. "We believe I mean the insurgents that a number of the regulars who hare reluctantly admitted that we are right in our contention that the house should be the master, not the speaker, as has leen the case for many years. I recognize the force of party organization and that the party In control must answer to the people, bat I aLsa recognize that the majority of the tiouse should have the right to say what legislation It will consider, not the sieaker, who performs that function under the existing rules. "The appointment of committees.' I believe can be satisfactorily and more equitably performed by a committee on committees, elected by party caucus, than by the present rule. Such action would add to the independence of the individual member, and yet not destroy party organization. But abovn all other tldnr I would have a rate that required the rpeaker to submit to the house a motion, made by any m-Hi be r, to discharge a committer from the farther consideration of any bill that had been under consideration, by a committee for a reasonable length of time without reporting th
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