Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 357, 1 November 1910 — Page 1

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AND SUN-TELEGRAM: VOL. XXXV. SO. 357. RICHMOND. IND.. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1910. 2n. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS.

ORDERS EMPLOYES TO BE COURTEOUS TO EVERY PATROU As Result of Protest by B. B. Johnson, Ohio Central Company Advises Politeness by Crews of Cars. MUST STOP CARS AT , PLACES DESIGNATED

Local Cars, Order Reads, Shall Stop at Street Intersections to Pick Up and Discharge Travelers. NOTICE TO TRAINMEN: ' Dayton-Richmond Division. There seems to be Borne misunderstanding on the part of our trainmen as to local and limited stops In the city of Richmond. In order that there may be uo mora complaint. It will be necessary to comply atrlctly with the terma of our franchise, which requires all local trains to make atop to pick up and discharge passengers at all atreet Intersections. Limited trains are required to atop to pick up and discharge pass ngors, both east and west bound, at West Third atreet. Eighth atreet, and Sixteenth atreet Please be governed accordingly. B. M. BROWN, . Superintendent, Ohio Electric Ry. Co.

The above notice has been posted ' by the Ohio Electric Railway com pany on ita line between Richmond and Dayton, aa a result of a vigorous protect registered by B, B. Johnson of this city. Courteous treatment by traction employee and franchise re;.eUred local service by local traction errs 4a now assured a pubUe which 7 KT"T2tSnh ""gdarof traction companion enterlnff thia city. A few day ago Mr. Johnson wanted to attend a funeral of a friend In . the East part of the city, lie missed the car leaving Eighth and Main atreets at I p. m., and then boarded an

unio jciectnc local traction car. Before the car atarted Mr. Johnaon was Impudently Informed that the car would not be stopped at Eighteenth atreet as he requested. Rather than have a acene Mr. Johnaon left the car and It was not possible for him to attend the funeral. The following day he read an ad- . dresa delivered by General Manager Todd, of the T. H- I E., which Is arrillatod with the O. C. R. R. Co.. at Atlantic City, in which he argued that traction employes should observe the rules and be courteous to patrons. Mr. Johnaon then "sent his complaint to Todd , who turned It over to A. Benham, aaaiatant general manager of the Ohio Central lines. Mr. Benham sent a letter of apology and a copy of an ' order he Issued, which sppears above. The letter referred to follows: , . Letter to Johnson. Dear Sir: ' Tour letter of October 12th, 1910, addressed to Mr. Robt. I. Todd. President of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company, Indianapolis, Ind, In regard to necessity of civility and courtesy on the part of traction employes toward the public, has been referred to me for reply. In as much as the car referred to was operated by our employes, and the apeclfle case, which happened on October 11th, when you boarded our 3:00 p. m. ear. East and wished to get off at 18th atreet, stating that the conductor Informed you that the car did not stop there and you were obliged to board another car to avoid trouble, thus being delayed In reaching destination. I have today posted an order outllnlocal and limited cars of this division, which I enclose and which I trust will eliminate any further complaint from the traveling public. I will take thla matter up with the ' crew off thla nartlctilar car and tak action aa will prevent reoccurence of this kind. Regretting the annoyance caused you and thanking you for bringing the matter to our attention. I remain. Tours truly. A. BENHAM. Asst. General Manager. TO COui, FLEET Washington. D. C, Nov. 1. Several Important changes among the com-, mandtng officers of the Pacific fleet went Into effect today. Rear Admiral Harber Is succeeded as commander-in-chief of the fleet by Rear Admiral Edward B, Barry and Rear Admiral Chauncey. Thomas' replaces Read Admiral Barry aa commander of the second division of the fleet. Rear 'Admiral Barry, the new commander-in-chief. Is from New York and the son of a naval officer. He has been In the navy since 1865. more than twentysix years of that time being spent in sea service. Rear Admiral Thomas also la a native of New York, but was appointed to the navy from Peun-

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THE JARRETT FUND. The Palladium will receive contributions to a fund for the relief of Albert Jarrett and family who were rendered destitute by a fire which destroyed their home, on a farm they rented near Economy, and in which their youngest child was cremated. The following contributions have been received: Roberta Bros., Centervlllo $1.00 Mrs. Jason Roberts, Centerville.. .50 W. A. Ellason, Richmond .50 J. O. Curtis, Richmond 5.00 Mr. end Mrs. Burley Jordan, Centerville ,. 50 Grace McFall, Indianapolis 1.00 Unknown 100 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cranor, Fountain City 100 Klturah Thomas. City 50 Herbert Williams. Richmond 50 C. B. Patterson. Richmond 50 John Vil3on, Richmond 50 M. C. Henley. Richmond 50 J. N. Weist. Richmond-. 1.00 Elizabeth Poster, Richmond 50 William A. Buhl, Richmond....1. .50 Carl C Harlan, Richmond...... .50 "Blank," North of City 50 Foundry and core rooms of the American Seeding Machine Co. Richmond ....21.65 W. F. Stagg, R. F. D. 7.... 1.00 Lee Eabler 1.00 The Palladium, Richmond 20.00 N. D. Wolford, Richmond 50

THE FLOWER" IS SOUGHT BY ASSOC. Local Art Organization Desires to Purchase Great Alexander Canvas. MAY GET REDUCED PRIZE A LANDSCAPE BY JOHAN8EN, A NEW YORK -ARTIST,. IS SECOND CHOICE OLD OFFICERS. ARE ELECTED AGAIN. "The Flower," one of ' the' moat beautiful pictures which has ever been on display. In an exhibit by the Richmond Art association mar" be purchased and added to the permanent collection, which has grown to be one of the largest and best collections in the state. The picture Is an oil and by John Alexander, a noted painter of New York City. If the association is unsuccessful in Its negotiations for this picture, the landscape painting "Flesole Florence," by John . G. Johansen of New York City Is the second .choice. The tentative selection of pictures to be added to the association's collection was made at the meeting of the members on Monday evening at the high school building. The matter of negotiating for them was placed In the hands of Mrs. M. F. Johnston, the president of the association. The palntlpg by Mr. Alexander is most desired and the greatest possible effort will be made to make the purchase. The price list in . the catalogue Is $4,000 but It Is thought that the artist may be Induced to sell the painting for less. ' In -The Flower," Mr. Alexander's central figure la woman standing by a table and leaning over a vase of roses. The color effect is ideal. Mr. Johansen In his picture has selected an Italian landscape which ia viewed by all Americana when visiting Florence, Italy. The coloring on both pictures Is most harmonious. They are located In the east apartment off the gallery, leading from the north entrance. , , , A Meeting Thursday. Final decision In regard to the purchase of a painting will be given at the meeting; of the board of direc tors on Thursday evening at the high school library. The election of officers was held at the meeting on Monday evening, all officers being reelected. They include Mrs. M. F. Johnston, president; T. A. Mott. first vice president; William Dudley Foulke. second vice president; Miss Carrie Loan, secretary, and Ray Robinson, treasurer. The directors who were re-elected to serve for the ensuing three years, their terms having expired during October. Included Mrs. Jennie M. Yaryan. M. T. Nordyke. Alice G. Locke and Lee B. Nusbaum. The association also planned to bold the 1911 exhibit In October. It will remain a member of the Joint Indiana Art association circuit for another year. The financial condition of the exhibit Is not yet definitely known. It is expected that all bills will be filed and the receipts known by Thursday evening at which time a report may be made to the directors. On Tuesday afternoon the members of the Athenea. Ticknor and Aftermath societies visited the exhibit and atudied the picturea. Mrs. Johnston talked to the members on the different displays. This evening the parents of the children attending Garfield school will be the guests at a reception to be tendered by the Garfield, faculty and the pupils. On Wednesday evening the faculty and student body of Earlham college will attend the exhibit In a body. v THE WEATHER. , STATE AND LOCAL- Partly cloudy '. end colder tonight and Wcdnes-

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Vir K'i" Mapor Klmore F. Taggart, who was recently exonerated of . charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, and his divorced wife, Grace Culver Taggart, 'who is believed to be in France with her two sons. Major Taggart was summoned before a courtmartial at Fort Portetr, on charges made by former Captain Robert H. Peck of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, who was dismissed from -the- - service- becau'ee of charges brought by Taggart. At the trial startling . allegations were made by Peck concerning strange doings in Taggart's household, in which his cook figured prominently. A TERRIBLE ORDEAL Lord Kitchener Today: Acted as "Best Man" for Old Comrade-in-arms. KITCHENER WfjMAN-HATER (American News. Service) - London, Nov. 1. London was much interested today in the: wedding of General Sir Archibald Hunter . and Mary, Lady Inverclyde, which took place In St George's Hanover Square, in the presence of a large and fashionable assemblage. Public " interest in the marriage was not due so much to the fame . of the bridegroom ,or the wealth and social prominence ot the bride as to the fact that Lord Kitchener attended . his old . comrade-in-arms as best man. The hero of Khartoum is renowned throughout the - United Kingdom as a confirmed bachelor, even -a woman-hater, and it is probable thatwiever before did he appreoch so near the matrimonial altar. ' - The wedding ceremony ; was performed by the Archbishop of York, assisted by the Bishop of - Ripon, and Prebendary Anderson, the rector" of -St. George's. Following the ceremony there was a reception at the home of the bride. In upper Grosvenor-street. The bride .is the widow of Lord Inverclyde, who was the " chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company and was a particular favorite of the late King. CASE IS DISMISSED. The case of Alice Shew of . Cambridge City against Lee Pitman, an Ice dealer at that place, to replevin a horse, has been dismissed from the circuit cor as the costs have been paid and 'the matter settled satisfactorily to both, parties out of court. Pdlcifca's Tdri Daily Average Orcalatioa - (Except Saturday) ' Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending October 29th, 1910. 5f2Q showing- net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not include sample copiea

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6W A HALLOWE'EN CRIME Man Called to His Door at Portland, Ind., and Shot by Two Masked Men. ONE HALLOWE'EN ROMANCE Portland, Ind., Nov; 1. Davis Karney, thirty-eight - a . storekeeper, at Corkwell,- Indiana, was called to , his door . and .. shot thrice., and. instantly killed in the presence, of his wife by two masked '-men just after closing the store last night- There' was a desperate struggle. No'robbery was committed. Personal enemies are, suspected. . The slayers escaped in a buggy. Karney at first apposed v the " men were playing a Hallowe'en prank. He leaves a widow and five children. No trace-of the murderers has yet been received. "I 1 v - Three shots- were fired -by the- assassins, first bittiag Karney in the hand the , second' in the back and the fatal shot piercing the heart , " ; Mr and Mrs. Karney had just closed the store and had counted their receipts." A knock at the doorwas followed by a request for tobacco. Karney stepped : to the dcor and admitted two - men, masked with bandana handkerchiefs, believing they were perpetrating a Hallowe'en prank. One leveled a revolver' at Karney 'who jumped at the intruder instantly, receiving a bullet in the hand, severing a finger. 1 A" desperate struggle ensued, Karney endeavoring to retreat to the . kitchen, but was killed in his tracks. ' :- ' Mrs. Karney .was .bewildered at the suddenness of the attack, but soon regained her senses and threw bottles and a hammer at her husband's assailants as they fled. She was able to furnish a good description of the men and the sheriff is on the trail today following the tracks of a buggy drawn by newly shod horses. One of the men remained on guard at the store door while the other attacked Karney. , Corkwell is seven miles northwest of Portland. A HALLOWE'EN ROMANCE. ' Bluffton, Ind., Not. L For the sixth time Xew.ton Clarke, aged seventy,' a prominent Baptist minister, was married last night the bride being Mrs. Nellie Kern, aged seventy-three, also three times previously married and prominent socially. A HALLOWE'EN TRAGEDY. Clarka HilL InL, Nov. 1. William K. Reed was arrested today for firing ballets into Hallowe'en celebrators wounding Harry Sllger and necessitating the amputation of a leg.

FEW MISTAKES BY COUNTY OFFICIAL WEREJISCOVERED Through Bookkeeping Errors. Former Recorder Mosbaugh Is Declared Indebted $165 to the County.

AN EXAMINATION WAS MADE BY ACCOUNTANTS On $164 of the Amount He Owes He Will Be Allowed 30 Pet. Commission Robbins' Books Are 0. K. Finding that during the four years which Frank C. Mosbaugh of Cambridge City served as county recorder he became indebted to the county through small bookkeeping errors in the sum of $165.18 and that during the first year in which County Recorder Will J. Robbins was In office that his records were correct is the substance of the reports of the field examiners of the state board, who inspected the records of the office, to the state board? ' John M. Joyce and Jacob M. Winters, the field' examiners who inspected the records, had little criticism to make of the administration of former recorder Frank Mosbaugh. Their commendation of the manner in which Will Robbins has administered his office during his first year were even less noticeable, as only bare statements of facts are given. In making his settlement with the county treasurer, Albert Albertson, Mr. Mosbaugh will be credited with a commission on $164.95 of the amount which he turns over. 1 This commission, at 30 per- cent is declared by the field examiners to be $49.48. Of the, total shortage $37.S0 was due to the fact that he had not charged the proper, fee-in-recording plats in the plat book. r Collection of Fees. He collected during his administration $13,059.25 In fees. This amount is shown in footing up the business done in the office each day. - Settlements were made to the county treasurer, Albert Albertson, each quarter, and it was in making these settlements with the treasurer that Mr. Mosbaugh made his greater number of mistakes. The examiners said they were due to errors In addition and also In overlooking, in some cases entire pages. The examiners made a comparative table of the cash book statements with. the amounts paid to the county treasurer and recorded those, in which discrepancies in the settlement either in favor of Mr. Mos baugh or the county, were discovered The total amount which is due the county as a result of .these mistakes made in the settlements is $127.35. In one instance Mr. Mosbaugh allowed himself 23 cents too much in commis sion. This made the total amount due the county $165.18. The county recorder receives a salary of $2,000 a year, and a commission of 30 per cent on all fees taken In, which amount to more than $2,000 a quarter. The field examiners were sent to the county on August 6. Their in structions from W. A. Dehority, chief accountant of the state, was to in vestigate the records of County Re corder 'Mosbaugh from January 1, 1905, to December 31, 1908, at which time he surrendered his office to Will Robbins. The records which have been kept by Mr. Robbins . from the time when he entered the office until Peoember 31, 1909, were also Includ ed In the Investigation. In regard to the report on the first year of the administration of County Recorder Will Robbins, the examiners state the total amount received by him in sal ary and In commission was $2,538.81 He paid over to the county treasurer $3,779.33 in., fees, which was the amount due after his commission had been deducted. A Articles of incorporation of the Teeter Keagy Farms company were filed in office of county recorder. Will Robbins, on Tuesday. The capital stock of the corporation is placed at $50,000, the shares of stock having a par value of $100. The oficers of the company are located in Hagerstown, Indiana. The company declares its purpose to deal In farm lands and develop them, as well as grow produce on them. The directors for the first year Include John M. Teeter. Charles N. peeter, Henry Keagy, Henry C Teeter and Joseph Teeter. The company has purchased about 1,600 acres In Arkan sas. DAN CUPID ACTIVE. During October Dan Cupid was ar active as usual and forty-five mar riage licenses were Issued by county clerk Harry E. Penny. There were only thirty-eight hunters licenses issued although the open season for quail will, begin on November, id.

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Wayne township trustee James Ho wart h was called to Starr school, about four miles northwest of the citv on Tuesday to make arrangements tor the repair of the building, it be ing greatly damaged by vandals on Hallowe'en. Shutters and every movable piece of, furniture in the building was removed. The damage will be considerable. The other dis trict school buildings in the county were visited but the damage done was not nearly so great as at the Starr building. FROM PARK TO JAIL The only real Hallowe'en celebrator in Richmond yesterday was James McDonald. Jim started fairly early and was well "polluted" by afternoon. In the evening he was pinched In the South Tenth street park. The man was sleeping on the ground with his head on a bench. This morning Mayor Zimmerman sent him to jail for 65 days. MEDALS GIVEN TO AMERICAN HEROES '.V ' ' . . Deeds of Every Day Pluck Rewarded by the Carnegie Hero Commission. KENTUCKIAN LEADS LIST BRAVERY OF CHERRY MINE RESCUERS IS NOT FORGOTTENLIVING AND DEAD REAP JUST AS THEY SOWED. Pittsburg, Nov. 1. The Carnegie Hero Fund commission last night announced 58 awards, the largest number ever handed wo.n Thete were 28 bronze medals, 30 silver medals and $40,250 disposed of ia the awards of the day. ' - -v The yearly pensions awarded total $10,380 per year, and the . awards stretch from Southern California to the Atlantic coast. .- Thirteen who took part in rescue work at the illfated Cherry, III., mine disaster, No vember 13, 1909, are, among those crowned as heroes. I. Wood Miller, aged 34, liveryman, Waterford, Ky., saved John H. Eggen, Jr., aged 28, painter, from drowning at Taylorsport, Ky., February 23, 1909. In darkness Miller, wearing rubber boots, swam 185 feet in the rushing flood waters of Brashear's creek to the corner of a picket fence 11 feet from a lamp post to which Eggen was clinging. , Standing on the top fence rail he broke off a section of the fence and swung it around to Eggen who missed it Stuck Doggedly To It. Then he grasped a plank to extend but it was swept from him.' He broke off another section of the fence and as he swung it out Eggen dropped on his chest upon If and Miller did like wise, keeping his feet on another floating section. They were carried 135 feet to a tree. Eggen grasped the tree, and Miller pushed him up on it and then swam 25 feet to a bouse and securing a rope one end of which was held at the house, swam back with difficulty to Eggen, and grasping Eggen's hand, was pulled to the house with him. Miller received a silver medal and $1,000 toward the purchase of a farm John H. Thompson, a locomotive fireman living at Ashtabula, O., re ceived recognition for his saving Jas, H. Ray, an engineer, from drowning at Rock Point, Beaver, Pa., March 1, 1910. After his right wrist had been badly sprained and his back injured when his locomotive plunged into the Beaver river which was swollen and in which the ice was running fast Thompson swam out 18 feet to Ray, who had three broken ribs, and towed him into shore. Thompson is award ed a bronze medal and $1,000 to pur chase a home. ' . Black Man With a White Heart. James L. Smith a colored puddler at Sifctersville, is rewarded for his heroic saving of Francis R. Hetrick, aged 2, from burning to death Octo ber 28, 1909. Breaking away from men who tried to restrain him. Smith crawled through a door, under a blaze of beat and smoke - and occasional flames, and into the hall of a burning cottage and then entered the living room, which was so dense with smoke that it could not be entered through the windows, found the child and ging it outside, collapsed. He soon revived. His hands and arms and the back of -his head were burned, disabling him for two days. The child was un injured. The Hero. Commission awards Smith a ' Silver medal and $1,000 to purchase a farm. The : mine - disaster at Cherry, .I1L, In November, 1909, flgures promin ently in the hero list with the recogni tion of the heroism of 13 miners. Eleven, of these died from injuries in rescuing an unknown number of miners, and besides silver medals,: monthly stipends were made to the families in these cases. Two that survived were awarded the silver medal and $1,000

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IS TO BE POSTPONED l IT . i ll -" Just as Estate of Mrs. Julia Miller Was to Be Settled Word from Charles Miller Was Received. RAN AWAY FROM HOME ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO Mother Died Ten Years Later, Mourning Him for DeadHe Now Writes Home Inquiring of Her Health. Like old Rip Van Winkle absent from home twenty years, Charles Miller, formerly living west of Richmond. who disappeared from his homo ono evening late in the autumn Of 1890. will again return to his home within a few months. Miller left homo when . he was 19 years of ago for no appar ent reason and his whereabouts wero not discovered for ten years. A let- v ter has been received announcing bis --: return here. Before he was located. Miller's aged - mother, Mrs. Julia Miller, who owned a farm west of the Eaathaven asylum, died, mourning her lost son aa dead. In settling up the estate every effort was made to And the son.- John Parkerson, a small merchant in the north of Kansas, had employed Miller for about ten years, according to Inform- ' ation gained in the search. It Is be- . lieved Miller went directly to that" place after ho left Richmond. However, in the late fall of the , year Miller's mother died, about the time the search for him was being made. Miller disappeared from the small Kansas - village, never, to bo -heard from there again. He had ' no , -apparent reason for leaving. Miller left after drawing $100 In wages which had been duo to him for' some time. Parkerson said he had been a good. Industrious fellow, noVor'CfisJk-, Ing, gambling or following other vices A , of youth. He disappeared with a ' clear reputation. , An Unexpected Letter. Yesterday Clem Miller, a brother, who now lives on the Miller place west of town, received a letter from the missing , man inquiring for his dead mother, and his two sisters, Mrs. John Wolfe of Richmond evenue, and Mrs. Harrison . Addleman. The ' letter was ' brfef and merely : stated . that he was in North Dakota and that - he would be home soon. The letter told nothing of his wanderings, but the brother and sisters are overjoyed that the prodigal Is returning to his V home. The letter did not state when.' to expect him. The brothers and sisters were Just getting ready to settle np the Miller estate, it is said, when the letter from v the absent brother was received. A sum of between $700 and $800 la now held In trust In a local bank for tho ; absent man. When tho letter was ' received Miller was abont to be declared legally dead. . . . : After his first disappearance the family was at first hopeful of finding him, believing he had only gone on a short, trip "to see the world as ho often said he was going to do. However, after long years of absence no was given up and his mother Clod grief stricken. She had been especially fond of her ton Chariot and years of separation only : served to ; make the loss more keen and tho pain , of separation more sharp. Mourns Loss of Cousin. Miller's disappearance took placo i after a peculiar and unfortunate Ind-' dent He was hunting with a number of boys near his mother's farm when his cousin accidentally killed himself with a shot gun. .. The cousin was aw. particular chum of Miller. He left borne soon after this Incident al- -' though there was absolutely -no suspicion that the death was anything t but accidental. According to the Kansas persons -with whom Miller was acquainted ho 1 left there with considerable money. Then Miller was bettered to have been a victim of foul play, being kf!K ' ed for bis money. , - - - Miller was considered a boy of ex-, cellent charactetr and morals by thoao ' who knew him. The reception when Mlljer returns will undoubtedly be svl warm one. IS DEAU OF RULERS (American News Service) Munich, Nor. 1. At the Berchtes- : gaden today Prince Regent Loitpold, " of Bavaria, the oldest of European ' rulers in point of years, celebrated I ' the seventy-first' anniversary of his appointment as lieutenant of artillery. Next March tho prince will be ninety ' years old. He Is In excellent: health and appears much younger than he really is. He has successfully managea ine anairs ox ine country since 1886, in which year he was appointed, regent for his nephew, the mad KingOtto, who has since been confined in. his palace under the constant

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