Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 53, 6 January 1912 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AT SUN-TELEGBAft, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1912.

POLICE HUNT FOR A TRAVELING MAN John Wigger, Salesman for Greenville Firm, Alleged Short $1,200.

Upon the request of the Dayton police department, the local police have been searching for clues which will reveal the whereabouts of John Wigger, of West Alexander, charged by the WestiTfleld Brothers Wholesale Grocery firm, of Greenville. O.. with a shortage of $1,200, and who was reported to have come to this city, but who had not been heard of since Monday. With the exception of finding Wlgger's suitcases at the Westcott hotel and learning that he was in this city Wednesday, the local department hos secured no clues in the case. Wigger, who is well known in Richmond and Dayton, as well as other t itles in this part of Indiana and Western Ohio, held a conference with a member of the Weaterfleld firm at Dayton last Monday. Wigger, it is alleged, acknowledged to Westerfleld that he was short $1,200 which belonged to the Arm. Westerfleld advised him to make up the deficit and Wigger promised to do so, according to Westerfleld. When they parted Wigger was to come to this city and Westerfleld returned to Greenville, but upon falling to hoar from Wigger, the Dayton police was asked to attempt to locate him. The superintendent of the Dayton police notified Police Chief Gormon, and the latter has done everything in bis power to ascertain Wlgger's whereabouts. Very little information l.i given out regarding the case, and clerks at the Westcott hotel seem to huve no record of Wigger being at the hotel. Wigger has been with the Westerfleld company for about four years. Prior to that time he was prominent In business at West Alexandria, his home, being a member of the RoseHut and Ehler firm, which is engaged in the general merchandise business. Wigger started in the firm as a clerk nnd shortly afterward became a member. It Is one of the largest stores In West Alexander. The missing man is 33 years old. Is married and has two children. For some time he operated an electrical supply store lnr West Alexandria. As far as Is known Wigger had few bad habits and his mysterious disap learance Is a surprise to his relatives v. no reside , in West Alexandria, and to many business men In this city also, : j Men and Religion meeting at Y. M. C. A Sunday, 2:30 p. in. ,y , ; .

HUNTING FOR NAME ; F0R THE NEW PARK ' Directors of the Richmond Lake and Park company are trying to decide on a name for the new park. At least a rioicn different names have been proposed as being especially appropriate for the place! Today word Is received from Connersvllle to the effect that the Fayette County town is Just building a park to be called Hawkins Park, and consequently that name has been stricken from the list of local possibilities. Directors of the Richmond Lake and Park company will defer action' In the matter of selecting u name, In the hope that, other towns will use some of the superfluous cognomens, thus simplifying the situation.

A FORGER ARRESTED Tried to Pass $5 Note on a Shoe Dealer.

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After futile attempts to cash a fraudulent check a man giving the name of F. LaGrand was arrested this afternoon about 1:30 o'clock by Patrolman Lawler at the shoe store of Bamuel Lubensky, on Ft. Wayne avenue. Ia Grand entered the tstore and states that he desired to purchase a pair of shoes and overshoes. Lubensky, true to his native instinct, asked if the check was good and requested to wait until he had investigated. The check was made out for $5, made payable to La Grand, signed by himself and endorsed by himself also. Im Grand insisted that Lubensky accept the check for the shoes, the cost of which was $2.50. He said he owned a farm of 348 acres north of the city, but LubeiiHky doubted the validity of the check all the more for he believed if this were true La Grand would buy his shoea from Main street merchants. George Johnson, a negro, was sent to the Second National bank to ascertain if La Grand had funds in that institution. At thiB juncture Patrolman Lawler appeared and entered the store just as La Grand had contemplated replacing his old shoes and was starting for the door. Lawler detained the man until he learned that the instrument was fraudulent and then took La Grand to police headquarters charging him with attempting to pass a fraudulent check.

TO DISCUSS BRIDGE County Council to Take Up Matter Monday.

Just what action the county council will take on Monday when it meets to re-appropriate money for county contracts on the proposition of appropriating funds for the South End bridge over the Whitewater river is problematical. That the question will be considered, and perhaps in all its phases, is practically assured. It is interesting more people than any other single Dubtic improvement, and members of

ine council reei inai me uoouer me council begins its consideration of the proposition, the better it will be. A concrete bridge will not cost less than $100,000 and is likely to run way over this figure. The cost depends on the location of the bridge, as different conditions are met at the proposed locations of South L, H and

K streets, such as height and length of the bridge. Engineer Jack Muel-i ler has not completed his estimates of j expenses and all of the proposed Io-, cations, and until he does the coun- j cil can not take any formal action in j appropriation of the needed funds.

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COUNTY BAR ASSOC'N TENDERED BANQUET The Dickinson Trust company entertained members of the Wayne county bar association at an elaborate and enjoyable dinner In the Westcott hotel Friday evening. Following is a list of the guests. ' William Dudley Foulk, Daniel Cornstock. Henry C. Fox. Thomas J. Study, Abel Study, Thomas Jessup, Henry U. Johnson, William Bond. Adam H. Bartel, John F. Robbins, Edwin H. Cates, Ray K. Shiveley. Perry J. Freeman, Roscoe E. Kirkman, P. W. Smith, Wilfred Jessup, Alonzo M. Gardner, Cecil Clark, Denver C. Harlan, Gatah Freeman, Paul Comstock, Hub HoelRupe, Joseph J. Descher, Byram C. Robbins, George Eggemeyer, John L. Rupe, Joseph J. Dickinson, A. C. Lindmuth, Benj. F. Harris, Charles W. Jordan', Ralph Husson, Frederic O. White, Edgar F. Hlatt, Everett R. Lemon, Jesse A. Wiechman, Wilbur C. tlibberd, Robert Wiechman.

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Deaths and Funerals. ELLIOTT Jubea 11. Elliott, aged 73 years, died at his home, 512 North Seventeenth street, this morning. The funeral will be from the house 2 p. m. Monday, burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at ' the heme any time. EXGLE Katherine P. Engle, aged 64 years, died yesterday at Reid hospital. Mrs. Engle is survived by ber brothers, Joseph H., Edgar, and Will Iliff of this city. The funeral will be held fnfm the parlors of Wilson, Pohlmeyer and Downing, Monday morning at half past ten. Interment will be at Earlham cemetery. Friends are asked to call at the home Sunday afternoon or evening. Building Permits. J. W. Dunn, 465 Southwest Fourth street, frame, $600.

Folger P. Wilson Henry J. Pohlmeyer Harry C. Downing Harvey T. Wilson FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone 1335. 15 N. 10th St. Automobiles, Coaches, and Ambulance Service.

Report from the headquarters of the oung Men's Business club today states that a committee, led by Fred Krone, has secured the names of nearly every Main street merchant to a petition to present to the board of public works ndvocating cluster lights in

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MAKING A LAWYER.

It Took Patrick Henry Six Weeks to Prepare For the Bar. Patrick Henry when be was a young married man of twenty-three was a complete failure. He had tried clerking, farming and keeping a country store, all with equally negative or disastrous results. "Best of all," he said cheerfully to himself, "I will become a lawyer." Six weeks be allowed himself as a matter of formality to prepare for the bar. During this time he read one book, "Coke Upon Littleton," supplemented by an equally strenuous perusal ol the "Digest of the Virginia Acts." His examiners, Wythe, Pendleton, Peyton Randolph and John Randolph, hardly knew whether to be more amazed at bis Ignorance of law or his profound knowledge of history. After no little deliberation he Received bis license. "Mr. Henry," John Randolph exclaimed enthusiastically after bis examination of the young neophyte, "if your industry be only half equal to your genius I augur that yon will do weft and become an ornament and an honor to your profession." Green Bag.

(National News Association) DANVILLE, 111., Jan. 6 Senator La Follette didn't look much like a sick man when he greeted the reception committee in Uncle Joe's town today. Despite the biting cold, the program was carried out in full, the senator speaking at the opera house on conservation in Alaska, after holding a short reception at the Plaza hotel. State Senator Jones, Progressive candidate for governor of Illinois, and State Senator H. S. McGill, candidate for the United States senate against Cullom, joined the La Follette party here, and will accompany him through Indiana. The party will leave Terre Haute at 3 oclock, passing through Indianapolis about five o'clock enroute to Richmond. La Follette in his address created a sensation by a sensational attack on Col. Roosevelt, who, he said was "bluffed" by Wall street during the panic of 1907. He said there was no excuse for the panic, as there was prosperity on every hand, and he said it was a manufactured one. He said that if he had been president he would have stopped the ranic by threatening to appoint receivers for the big New York banks.

TWO BIG VICTORIES Captured by Local Teams, Friday Evening.

REPORTS WERE MADE At Annual Meeting of Y. M. C. A. Directors.

Queen Bess' Wardrobe. Royal annals have never recorded a more varied and extensive wardrobe than tbat which belonged to the "virgin queen." Even at the age of sixtyeight, when she might be supposed to have outlived her youthful vanity, she possessed 00 complete official costumes, 102 French gowns. 100 robes with trains and 07 without. 126 anUque dresses. 130 bodices. 125 tunics, not to mention such (rifles as 06 mantles, 85 dressing gowns and 27 fans. It is possible that she bad an ugly foot, for she possessed only nine pairs of shoes, which, considering ber extravagances in otber articles of apparel, must have some meaning. At her death 3,000 articles were found duly catalogued in her wardrobe which bad adorned ber proud person.

HIGHEST RAILWAY. This Cloud Piercing Read Crosses the Mountains of Peru. To the question, "Which is the highest railway in the world?" the answer is the Central Railway of Peru. In other words, the highest point reached by any railway line Is touched by this road, where the altitude of the rails roadies 15,865 feet above sea level. To reach this point from sea level the line passes through fifty-seven tunnels, over a dozen principal bridges and utilizes thirteen switchbacks, but has no gradient up to 4Vi per cent, nor does It resort to rack propulsion. A hand car started at Ticlio will run unaided to Callao, the seaport, and, as a matter of fact, such a car, equipped with safety breaks, runs before each passenger train, carrying an inspector on the lookout for fallen rocks or other dangers. Ticlio, above referred to, is the highest station in the world, with an altitude of 15.G65 feet. The next highest line in the world is that from Antofagasta, Chile, to Oruru and La Paz, Bolivia. This line has also the distinction of being the narrowest gauge line (two and one-half feet) for such a long distance. The highest point is at Collahuasl, where the altitude is 15,809 feet, fifty-six feet lower than the Peruvian lineNew York Press.

In the opening game of the season. Earlham handed the fast basketball team from Cincinnati university the

small end of a score, 28 to 17, in the ( Coliseum last evening. j The game opened with two field' s goals for the visitors before the locals ! realized that the game was on. Gil-;

bert then tied the score with two pretty goals from the field. From then on to the first quarter the two teams played neck and neck, the quarter ending 7-4. In the second quarter the Quakers made a fast start which took the visit ors off their feet and at no time after the first period did the Buckeyes have hopes of winning. Their greatest weakness was their lack of team-work. Coach Thistlethwaite took advantage of his opportunity to try out several new men. McMann and Trueblood relieved Rowe and Berry at forwards, Johnson took Woirs place at guard and Browneli went into the pivot position relieving Gilbert. Furnas was the only man remaining the whole game. This is his fourth year on the varsity and he is putting up a great game. In a curtain raiser the local high school defeated the New Castle High School in a fast game by a score of o3 to 21. Caster, forward for the locals, and Crandell, center for the visitors, starred throughout the game.

Here is a remedy that will cure your cold. Why waste time and money experimenting when you can get a preparation that has won a worldwide reputation by its cures of this disease and can always be depended upon? It is known everywhere as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and is a medicine of real merit. For sale by all dealers. "

MULFORD COMING

Reports of results obtained in the several departments of the association during 1911, were presented at the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. last evening, and some problems regarding plans for 1912 were discussed by the association heads.

No action as taken in the case of A. R. T. Wiujum, the accused assistant physical director, whose resignation has been asked. Presentation of his defense together with a reconsideration of the charges against him, were made, and the directors discussed the situation freely. Their decision was to let the matter rest at present nnd stop all publicity in the affair. It was reported that Mr. Winjum has not yet tendered his resignation. A fear that Richmond is getting cloan wns expressed by the directors following a reading of the annual report of Roy J. Horton, head of the physical department. The number of baths taken at the Y. M. C. A. was nearly a thousand less than in the preceding year. Total attendance at all classes under the direction of the physical department for the year was 74169, three times the population of the city. The number of classes held was 1926, more than double the number in 1910. The reports from both physical and boys' departments showed the most successful year in the association's history.

WAGOIILOAD Of COAL Stolen by a Negro Draws a Fine Today.

In all probability If James McGee. w ho was arrested last evening on the charge of stealing 1500 pounds of coal from the Menke coal yards on Ft. Wayne avenue, had not bad $11 on hid person be would have escaped being looekd in the city jail last evening and also being fined f 5 and costs and given ten days in the county jail by the mayor this morning in police court. But the mere fact that MeGc had $11 of real money caused the police and the mayor to believe that MoGee's story of destitution was not "straight" and upon investigation it was ascertained that he had lied to the police chief. The mayor declared that he probably would not have fined McGee if he did not have $11 on his person. He said that he would have been likely to believe the man's story of poverty and destitution if it were not for this. Coal has been taken from tha Menke coal yards at Fort Wayne avenue and D street for some time past, but atcmpts made to apprehend the thief had been futile. last night about. 9:30 o'clock Patrolman Menke, dutiously patroling his beat, heard n noise which 'listened' like the shoveling of coal. Stopping, instantly he reasoned that the coal was being taken from the Menke coal yards, and stealthily walking near the sheds he watched a man place shovel after shovel of coal into a spring wagon. When Menke thought he had seen enough, be walked from his place ot hiding and quietly informed McGee b was under arrest.

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Ancient Tales of the Law. Of law and the "law's delays" these ancient tales are recorded: A woman vainly pleading her case many times before Philip of Macedonia received at every refusal the reply that he "bad not the time." At last her patience gave out and she said to him, "Then cease to reign." The monarch, feeling that be bad deserved this rebuke, immediately listened to her and rendered the justice that her case merited. Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher, speaking of the laws of Solon, said, "They were like the web of a spidervery good for holding the weak, but allowing the strong to escape." A petty thief was being led to prison. Diogenes said to him: "Fool, why didn't yon rob on a grand scale? Then It would have been you that would be sending others to prison."

Couldn't Bear Sight mt Him. "He's the light of my life, pa." "1 don't like the light in my eyes." New York Press.

A speech on "Running Life's Bases,"

by Rev. Mulford, Jr., of Cincinnati, will be the chief attraction at a supper given for men of the First Presbyterian church and their friends, on Monday evening at 6 : 30. Mulford baa won quite a reputation in newspaper, sporting and advertising circles, and he is expected to give an interesting address. At the same hour, Tuesday night, the ladies of the church will be hostesses at a picnic supper for their friends, at which Mrs. Allen D. Hole

of Earlham will speak.

On the Safe Side. Fond Father Yes, Johnny, when the millennium is come the Iamb can He down with the Hon in perfect safety. Little Johnny (doubtlngly) I s'pose that's so, but I'd rather be the lion, just tbe same.

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