Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 63, 11 January 1911 — Page 1

FAIJLABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 03. RICHMOND. 1ND.. WEDXESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1911. SINGLE COPY CENTS. STOIIE CRUSHING ART HOW TAUGHT JAIL PRISONERS Principal Figures In Baffing Poison Mystery DATES SELECTED HOUSE MAJORITY HAD SPAT OVER ACCOUNTS BOARD TOBACCO CASE IS ARGUED TODAY IN HIGHEST TRIBUNAL

THE BICE

MOM)

FOR ENCAMPMENT OF STATE G, A, R. ndiana Veterans Will Hold

( zz-z iV

Large Supply of Boulders Arrives at the Bastile and Joyful Inmates Work 10 Hours a Day.

LIMESTONE SUPPLY HAS BEEN ORDERED Action of New Sheriff Has Greatly Endeared Him to His Boarders, Who Have Longed for Work. Prisoners confined la the Wayne county jail have been net to work by sheriff Albert Steen. They are learning the trade of cracking stone and they are working ten hours a day cracking boulders, the sheriff Buys. The change in administration at the Jail has not entirely pleased some of the older boarders because of the reforms enacted by the new official. Recently Sheriff Steen caused conslderable alarm in the prisoners' ramp when he informed them that if they came back they would live on bread and water during their term. While this wholesome diet has not been served any of the prisoners, one or two who were inclined to disobey the Jail rules were promised such food unless they changed their tactics which they did. Sheriff Steen expects to put the reform on a profitable basis. Stone cracking by, the prisoner! was dlscon tlnued several years ago because the county commissioners found the coun ty was paying more for the stone than It was receiving in return. ' k Objections Overcome. The commissioners hesitated to again Institute this form of employ TnentTBeeiMMe -they -. said they had found it cheaper for the county to al low the prisoners to remain Idle than to work them aa atone crushers. The sheriff, v however, gained his point and declared there would not be a load of crushed stone removed from the Jail yard but which would be accounted for. When he ran not give the matter personal supervision. his assistant at the Jail, Frank Demaree, will keep the records. Shipments of limestone will arrive within the next few weeks and after It Is crushed sold to the county or townships, or probably the city for use in road im proving and building. ' Stone to be crushed will be of good limestone quality. It Is probable that the county will secure most of its sup ply from the quarries at New Paris, al inougn ii is understood mere are a number of other quarries anxious to supply the county. Several loads of "nigger head" boul ders have been unloaded In the Jail yard and the prisoners are employed at cracking these until the county makes arrangements to secure . the limestone. Stones of the kind now on hand are exceptionally hard, but do not make aa good road beds as the limestone. They crush up Into sharp rocks which often cripple horses and also are much harder to crush to the smaller sizes than limestone. A VERY DELICATE . POINTJS RAISED "Can You Get a Jag on Two Bottles of Beer?". Sets Officials Guessing. "If you drink two bottles of beer re you Jagged V Mayor Zimmerman leaned back In his chair and scratched his head, rrosecutor Ladd was staggered. Superintendent Gormon "'lowed" it was possible, but the reporters believed not. This delicate question which set the jollce court a'thinklng this morning waa "popped" by Kate Goodwin, 72S North D street, who was arraigned for petit larceny. It is alleged the woman stole a' Dickinson Trust company bank containing $11.09. and on this charge she was fined 91 and costs and one day In Jail. When asked if he had been drunk, she hurled the puzxllng question referred to, to the court. It was set forth In the testimony that Laura'Nakcr came to the Goodwin home, partly Intoxicated. She placed her bank book on the table and It soon disappeared. The Maker woman stayed all afternoon and during this time there was some drinking. Mrs. Goodwin went riding with two young men, Oscar Hart In and Herbert Moore. 22 and 23. respectively. They were both fined $1 and costs for drunk. The police arrested the crowd on a raid last night about 11 o'clock, con ducted by Patrolmen Hebble and Longman. It was nearly a drunken brawl when the officers arrived.

Principal figures in the baffling poison mystery of Cumberland. Md. Upper row from left to right: Lewis P. Elosser, father of Miss Grace Klobser who died mysteriously; Maurice Wahoner, first cousin of Charles Edward Twlgg, Grace's fiance and one of the victims of the tragedy, and Grace EIosBer. Below on the left Is Mrs. Carrie See, youngest of the EIosBer sisters, and to her right. May Elosser, who, It is said, fainted from a dose of the same poison that killed her sister.

LOAN SHARKS HOW J Bill of Rep. Maas, if Passed, Will Put a Crimp in Their Business. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Jan. 11. A crimp will bo put in the highly profitable loan shark business in Indiana by the present legislature. Representative Charles F. Maas of Marlon county has been unable to find any opposition among members to. his bill regulating the methods of loan brokers and he expects it to pass practically as presented Tuesday. "Having been driven out of other states loan sharks of the worst var iety are overrunning Indiana," said Mr. Maas. "They are attracted by the laxness of Indiana laws which permit them to prey on the victims of misfor tune and poverty. Their average rate of Interest is 10 per cent a month and the worst feature or the evil is that their victims are the people who can least afford to pay such exorbitant rates. I want it made possible for a poor man in need of money to borrow it at a fair rate of interest." A Maximum Rate. By the Maas bill 8 per cent a year Is fixed as the maximum rate of interest and it is made unlawful for any loan broker to exceed the statutory rate by charging a commission or other fee. The bill further provides that no chattel mortgage bill of sale or assignment of title executed by a married man shall be valid unless the loan broker first secures in writing the consent of the wife. The same shall apply In the case of a married woman. All instruments of this class must be recorded in the office of the county recorder if the bill becomes a law and foreclosures can only be made in courts of record. Heavy penalties are provided for violations of the law, a fine of not more than $1,000 or not less than $500 and imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year. or more than three years, being the punishment fixed. DETECTIVE NAMED A DEPUTY SHERIFF John C. Trump, connected with the detective .bureau of the Pennsylvania railroad company with headquarters in Richmond. . has been appointed a deputy sheriff by sheriff Albert Steen. He is empowered to make arrests in any part of the county. THE WEATHER STATE Snow in North portion; rain or snow In South portion; much colder with cold wave in North and Central portions. Thursday fair and colder with cold wave in South portion. LOCAL Rain or snow, much coWer tonight. Thursday fair and colder; cold wave will cause temperature to fail ten degrees or more.

OVERRUI

NDIANA

PLAYING OF POOL " BOTHERING CHIEF Where Should the Line Be Drawn Between Private and Public Playing. As to where the line should be drawn between private and public pool rooms, is a question now puzzling the police and Mayor Zimmerman. The chief reason for the question arising is the alleged use of the Y. M. C. A. tables by boys under fifteen years of age. It is not so much the evil connected with the playing of , pool and billiards at the Y. M. C. A., but Superintendent Gormon feels that as soon as a desire is created in the young boys for the sport, the police will be continually having to watch the pool rooms of the city to keep the boys out of them. The chief has been looking up the law on the matter but no distinguishing line is drawn between private' and public rooms. All legislation prohibiting minors congregating and playing in pool rooms refers to public places. It is possible the city attorney will be asked to investigate the matter. Secretary Weed stated this morning that boys under the age of IS years were restricted from the use of the tables, and that they are not permitted to congregate in the pool room under any consideration. He said the assoriation is a private club in the eyes of the law. Mr. Weed states that there Is an uncommon prejudice toward pool playing in the Y. M. C. A. by many Richmond citizens, and that he particularly noticed this fact when he came to Richmond. "We do not encourage boys to play pool." said Mr. Weed. "The fact is the pool room is not the place for boys but for young men. The boys are sent up stairs. Very few boys who play pool in the Y. have any other congregating place." USE DYNAMITE TO WRECK WAREHOUSE f American News Service) Mt. Sterling. Ky., . Jan. , 11. The night riders partly wrecked the tobacco warehouse of A. R. Robertson early today with dynamite. The explosion shook buildings all over town and aroused the citizens, but the culprits escaped. SUIT TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE IS FILED Suit to foreclose a mortgage, demand $576.57 was fled in the circuit court on Tuesday by Mary J. Eliason against Harriet J. Wyatt. The mortgage was given by the Wyatts on November 14. 1908, Richmond property being the surety. Emanuel Wyatt and the defendant were divorced and since then no effort to continue payments on the mortgage or to keep the interest paid up has been made and the complainant now wishes the mortgage to be foreclosed.

PALACE OF TRADE

GUTTED RY RLAZE Beautiful Cincinnati Build ing Burns-Eight Men Believed to Be Cremated. (American News Service) Cincinnati, Jan. 11. The police de clared their belief at noon today that eight persons perished in the fire that destroyed the Chamber of Com merce last night, entailing a loss of a million dollars. The missing and be lieved dead are: Charles Sibbold, sec retary of the grain firm of Early and Daniels; Brent Marshall, vice presi dent of the same firm; , Fred Helm, engineer; Chris Monts," a watchman1; Leslie Buchanan and Harry Leslie, colored porters; Harry Stegman and another waiter, known as William employes of the business men's club Black Walls Stand. Nothing but the blackened walls to day marked the pride of commercial Cincinnati and these were warped and twisted by numerous explosions which marked the progress of the fire. They were believed to have been caused by broken pipes convey ing natural gas. The damage is est! mated at approximately $1,500,000. The offices of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange and the Louisville & Nash ville R. R. were in the Chamber of Commerce building and valuable rec ords were destroyed in the fire. The fire which was discovered short ly after 8 o'clock last night, raged un til late in the night before it was com pletely under control and before threatened destruction to adjoining structures was averted. There were numerous hair-breadth escapes to the 300 banqueters in the club-rooms, all of whom were compelled to flee for their lives leaving behind coats and wraps. ATTACK ON SENATOR Corrupt Practices Against Wisconsin Solon. ' (American News Service) Madison, Wis., Jan. 11. The senate committee appointed by the legislature two years ago to investigate the alleged "corruption in the election of Isaac Stephenson, the multimillionaire lumberman, to the United States senate today filed a report bitterly attacking Stephenson, charging a violation of the corrupt practices act and many specific irregularities. The recommendations of the committee in brief follow: That a transcript of the report with testimony be forwarded to the United States senate; that a copy "be sent to the district attorney of Dane county, in which the state capital is located, with a recommendation that he act as he deems proper; that a copy be sent to the state attorney general, that he may take what action he may deem proper. This latter recommendation is use less as the attorney general is himself scored in the report for his issistance to Stephenson two years ago when me present attorney general was speaker of the assembly. He is accused in the report of concealing the manner in which he himself expend ea oiepnenson s money. Tne committee was composed of senators who were antagonistic to Senator Stephenson. Mystery in the handling of the Stephenson campaign fund of $109,000 is charged, and though report says the senator so handled his funds as to pre vent tracing, there is evidence that It was illegally expended.

Their AnnuaTTfteeting This Year in Richmond, May 16, 17, 18 and 19.

GOVERNOR CERTAIN TO BE ON PROGRAM Richmond Committee Visits Indianapolis Today and Made Preliminary rangements for Event. Ar--us .(Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11. The dates for the thirty-eighth annual en campment ol the Indiana department, G. A. R., and its various affiliated organizations which will be held in Rich mond were fixed today for May 16, 17, 18, and 19. Col. J. A. Fessler, Assist ant Adjutant General of the state G. A. R. department, was called on today by L. A. Handley, chairman, and D. S. Coe, secretary of the Richmond committee this foremoon and the dates were decided on. Col. Fessler said the department expected the Rich mond encampment would be the greatest in the history of the organization. Means a Big Crowd. The Sons of Veterans, the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ladies of the Grand Arm', and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans, will hold their state conventions in Richmond simultaneously with the Grand Army and this will be the first time that all five affiliated organizations will have had their annual sessions at one time. Governor Marshall was today tender ed an invitation to address the veterans during the encampment and Secretary Thistlethwaite gave the Richmond committee almost positive assurance that the governor would accept. Among the prominent civil war veterans who will attend will be John Gilman of Boston, Mass., the commander of the National Grand Army. Itwili be some time before the details of the"" encampment? plans , arc worked out, but the Richmond" committee expects to go to work immediately on the big task. On January 31, Commander Asbury of the Indiana department and the chief officers of the other organizations interested will go to Richmond to hold a conference with the executive committee, at which time plans will be discussed. SUED FOR GAMBLING Wheat King Patten Gets a Rude Shock. (American News Service) Chicago, Jan. 11. James A Patten wheat king and cotton manipulator of yore, received a rude shock at Hot Springs today when he was informed that he had been sued for $6,000,000. He is sued for this sum by Dr. Paul Burmaster, president of the Chicago Anti-Gambling league, and. the action is based on an old law which permits the recovery of turns lost in gambling, together with a penalty of double the amount. The suit was brought by Burmaster as a citizen and is an action in debt to recover $2.000,000 the other $4,000,000 being tacked on to make up the penalts'. Burmaster a sliort time ago became acquainted with a North Side broker who, he says, told him of the methods of the Board of Trade. The broker, conscience stricken (and '"having his") urged Burmaster to do something. He did. He sued Patten. NEGRO CONFESSES TO BRUTAL CRIME (American Xews Service) Providence, R. I., Jan. 11. Confronted by the pearl handled clasp knife found near the body of Mrs. Minka Fine, who was murdered and mutilated Saturday, Clifford Thompson, the negro accused of the crime, broke down and confessed earls today, that he had killed the woman for her money and had secured $45. When Thompson learned t wo of his acquaintances had identified the knife as his property he lost his nerve and throwing up his hands in despair, de clared he had committed the murder and would tell all. Then he confess ed in detail. Palladium's Total Daily Average Circnlation (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary lists, for Week Ending Jan. 6, 191L 6,577 City Circulation snowing set paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does sot include sample copies. 3,641

Promised Report by Dehority Failed to Show Up at Appointed Time, and Then There Were Doings.

WELLS RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY HOUSE It Demands Report from the State Board of AccountsMatter Promises to Stir Up Lively Fight. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11. What gave high expectation of a first class row among the majority members in the house Wednesday morning, over the state board of accounts, ended abruptly by an adjournment until 10 a. m. Thursday, after the house, by a vote of 74 to 15, has sustained Representative Wells, (Dem) in his resolu tion demanding a report from the state board of accounts. After Representative Wells introduced his resolution Tuesday demanding the state board of accounts make a report to the legisla ture of what it has done during its existence he was given assurance that by 11 o'clock Wednesday morning the report would be in his hands. Prompt ly upon the hour he arose, moved his resolution be called from the judiciary committee and voted upon. Representative Cravens, the majori ty leader, took the floor and spoke to the point that the resolution was hasty. He said the legislative visiting and investigating committee has been assured by W. A. Dehority, chief of the State Board of Accounts, that the board would have a full report filed with the legislative committee before it made its report to the legislature and this report, when filed, would con tain the information asked by Representative Wells. Cravens added he had tried to persuade Wells not to push his resolution. Immediately Representative Wise asked Jf. this report had not been promised by" "11 a. m. Wednesday, answering the question in the affirmative himself and insisting that further extension of time to Mr. Dehority was not advisable, or necessary in the name of fair play. He urged the house to sustain Representative Wells' resolution. Jump to Their Feet. By this time half the house was on its feet and crowding around the desks of the leaders. Representative Eschbach, minority leader called for ayes and noes and the roll was ordered. By the time the first dozen names had been called it was seen that the Democrats intended to follow Representative Wells instead of Cravens, and Cravens himself voted for the passage of the resolution as did . the speaker. Immediately after the vote was announced Representative Strickland moved an adjournment until Thursday at ten, and it was carried. It was announced later that the board of accounts will hay the report filed with the legislative committee late today. During the roll call Speaker Veneman showed himself to be an observant presiding officer, who has heard of "Czar" Reed. Representative McGinnis of Martinsville was engaged in a conference as his name was called and did not answer, whereupon Speaker Veneman said, "The gentleman from Morgan county . will answer to his name and vote." To Be Hard Fiflht. It is certain that the fight upon the accounting board as now operated will be a hard one as it has given offense all over the state by its treatment of public officials. It will be alleged in the house during the session that the board has been more interested in making grand stand plays than in establishing a uniform accounting system; that it has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars needlessly; that it has kept a small army of employes on the pay roll without cause, and that it has been man handled by an Indianapolis paper, the News, for private and political reasons and in this process the reputations of innocent men have been smirched and the Integrity of whole communities needlessly libeled. It will be alleged that while this board set itself up as the judge of all offices and officers in Indiana and purported to be able to establish a system of accounting, it was unable when called upon by the legislative investigating committee for a report of its conduct, acts and expenses to make such report, although It had 128 expert accountants and examiners at its command and it was the only state office or commission or board that was not able to give the committee a report up to the minute. Among the important bills introduced in both branches Wednesday were: Compelling cities of over 20,000 to have a police matron appointed by the mayor; prohibiting steam or electric roads from using public highways for right of way; establishing a state debt sinking fund and levying a state tax of one and one-half cents to create It; making it compulsory , to have full switching crews; abolishing capital punishment ; prohibiting sale of garnisheement claims to parties or agencies outside the state.

Final Oral Statements Are Made in Great Trust Suit, One of Most Important Ever Before. Body.

UNCLE SAM THINKS COMPANY IS TRUST Suit Was Originally Filed in a New York Federal Court, but Ruling Did Not Please Either. , (American News Service) Washington, Jan. 11. Pinal oral arguments in the dissolution suit of the government against the Tobacco Trust are being heard In the supreme court today. The Standard Oil case will follow. The Tobacco Trust suit was brought by the government against the Amer. ican Tobacco company, its officers, directors, and affiliated corporations for the purpose of seeking to prevent and restrain monopolies in tobacco, and related commodities alleged to be conducted in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, and certain provisions of the Wilson tariff act. Originally the suit was filed by the government in the United States circuit court for. the southern New York district, July 10, 1907. In May, 1908, It was argueB ; before circuit court judges Lacombe, Cox, Noyes and Ward, November 7, 1908, the court handed down its decision, three judges concurring, and one dissenting. The decision dismissed the petition as to the individual defendants, the United Cigar Stores company, the Imperial Tobacco company and Its subsidiaries, but adjudged the other defendants, parties to combinations In restraint of trade and enjoined them; adjudged the American Cigar company, the American Stogie company, and MacAndrews & Forbes unlawful combinations, and enjoined them from interstate commerce. It also adjudged the American Tobacco company, American Snuff company, American Cigar company. P." Lorlllard company, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, Blackwell's Durham Tobacco company, and the Conley Foil company as holding shares in corporations of the alleged trust, and enjoined them from acquiring tobacco plants or business or voting shares of and exercising control over the issuing companies. It fur ther enjoined the issuing companies from permitting control, one t ; another, through ownership of stocks. Cross appeals were filed by the government and the defendants, and the case was sent to the supreme court of the United States, where it was . docketed December 23, 1908. As the Tobacco Trust case went to .'. the United States supreme court, it consisted of two cases. One was that of the government, appellant vs. the American Tobacco company and others, and the other, that of the American Tobacco company and others, appellants, vb. the government. Neither the government, nor the American Tobacco company was satisfied with the decision of the circuit court for the southern district of New York, though the decision on the whole was a decided victory for the government. Attorney General Wickersham, ' in reviewing the findings of the New York court made objections to portions of the decision. It was his contention that the petition filed by the government should not have been dismissed by the court as concerning the individuals, and that the court wrongfully dismissed the petition as to the Imperial Tobacco company, the British American Tobacco company, and domestic corporations controlled by the latter, on the ground that every act done in pursuance of the contracts effected between English and American companies in September, 1902, within the United States, should have been . declared unlawful.' Further it was contended by Mr, Wickersham that the government's petition as to the alleged participation of the United Cigar stores company should not have been dismissed by the lower court. And finally he declared the decree of the court was incomplete in that the defendants were not adjudged parties to unlawful contracts and conspiracies. " . That the case is one of the largest with which the department of justice ' has had to deal within the past few years can be gathered from the standpoint of the capital of the companies involved. There are sixty-gve corporations defendants, the largest eight of which have a capital of more than $300,000,000- Most of the companies were incorporated in New Jersey, two are in Great Britain. The corporations with their capital are the American Tobacco company, $118,931, 500; Imperial i Tobacco company of Great Britain $90,000,000; Havana Tobacco company, $35,000,000; the American Snuff company, $25,000,000; American Cigar company, $20,000,000; American Stogie company $11,855,000; MacAndrews & Forbes company, $7 000,000, and the United Cigar stores company, $1,650,000. All of these are charged by the government with being parties to contracts, agreements, combinations and conspiracies in restraint of interstate and foreign commerce in tobacco and its products. - .