Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 37, 23 December 1912 — Page 1

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rm RICHMONB FAIXABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 37. RICHMOND, 1ND., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3. 1912. SINCiIjE COPY 2 CENTS I? v "1 ATTEMPT Suffragettes Hiking from N. Y. to Albany i mi? iin n XMAS MAIL BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD POLICE HAVE NO TRACE OF JOE SYNDER lilUIHiia Lflll nCLU TO EE VALID OKL ON THE LIFE 3 Collection of Taxes on Stocks in Foreign Corporations Is Not Illegal. i E Post Office Is Swamped with Letters and Packages Extra Clerks. 11 OF 1

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Bomb Thrown at Viceroy of j India While Making State!

Entry into Delhi on Back of Elephant. GOVERNOR INJURED, A SERVANT KILLED Lady Hardinge, Also on the Elephant, Escaped Uninjured Bomb Was Thrown from a Housetop. (National News Association) DELHI. India, Dec. 23. An attempt was made here today to assassinate Lord Hardinge, British viceroy of India during his state entry into Delhi, the new Indian capital. The viceroy was wounded in the shoulder by a fragment of an exploding bomb but at the hospital where he was taken for treatment it was said he would recover. Lady Hardinge was riding with her husband upon the back of an elephant and was unhurt but a native servant who was walking beside the elephant was killed. The attempted assassination was made during the procession of Lord and Lady Hardinge from the railway etation to the official viceregent residence, which has just been established here. A man believed to be a member of the Indian nationalist secret committee threw a powerful bomb at Lord Hardinge from a housetop just as the equipage was moving through Chandnichowk. Was Bad Marksman. As a result of the throwers bad aim the bomb struck the edge of the brilliantly caparisoned Howdah in which Lord and Lady Hardinge were seated. Immediately the infernal machine exploded with a loud roar which threw the procession into confusion. The trtmpetings of the frightened elephants mingled with the shouts of the soldiers and natives and several sepoys dashed into the house from whose roof the bomb had been hurled. Lord Hardinge fell to the bottom of the Howdah with the blood streaming from his shoulder and a moment later Lady Hardinge fainted. The wounded viceroy was hurried again to a hospital where an examination was made. This revealed that the injury would not be fatal unless blood poisoning developed. The police have learned that the plot to assassinate Lord Hardinge was hatched shortly after the Durbar, when King George moved the capital to Delhi. , Thousands of visitors were in Delhi today for the ceremonies attending the state entry. Capital is Changed. The ceremonies today marked the transfer of the Indian government from Calcutta to Delhi and were accompanied by scenes of unusual oriental splendor. In the procession were hundreds of soldiers and natives in georgous uniforms. Indian notables in costly robes which glittered with pracious : jewels accompanied the viceroy on elephants. A number of arrests were made by soldiers and police. Lord Hardinge. or the Hon. Charles Hardinge, as he then was, was second secretary to the British embassy at "Washington from 18S5 to 1SS7. He was appointed viceroy of India in the summer of 1910. "When it was found that Lord Hardinge's injuries were less serious than at first supposed the orders for the cancellation for the afternoon's seremonies were revoked, and the visits and receptions took place as scheduled, except that the viceroy was absent. It is understood that Lord Hardinge. who at no time was unconscious, asked that this be done.

Help! What Shall 1 Get HER For Christmas ?

"I've gone through every 'dop-goned' shop in town. I'm tired out. And I"m near-sighted from looking at things. There's nothing new: This great annual swap affair has me beaten to a frazzle." ' Every time I try to buy her a gift it's the same thing over again. The very thought of Christmas gives me fifty-seven varieties of gloom. The stores are packed. I never saw such a mob in all my life. This Christmas mania is worse than an epidemic. "But I've always given her something, some way something nice. She always knows just what I need and like most of all. It's intuition. Every woman has it. They don't seem to mind shopping. She has been preparing for weeks and has a trunkful already. f "Women have the right idea; they certainly can buy gifts. She reads THE PALLADIUM every night goes through those advertisements in no time. She always finds the very thing for Harry, just what mother has longed for. and the cutest little presents for those Darrow children. "By George! That's the idea! Wonder I never thought of it before. If she can pick and choose all her gifts so satisfactorilr in THE PALLADIUM, so can I. I ll choose her gift from THE PALLADIUM'S Christmas advertisements tonight and then get it in no time tomorrow."

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IS ARRESTED ON PRAUD CHARGE ITold Brother-in-law that He Had Money on Deposit in Brookville Bank. j Raleigh Hahn, of Arlington, Ohio, ;was arrested there Sunday night by j Patrolman Vogelsong of the local poi lice force on an affidavit sworn out i by William Rich, this city, charging ' Hahn with issuing a fraudulent check, i Hahn came to this city two weeks ' ago and informed Rich, his brother-in-law, that he had $138 on deposit in the First National bank at Brookville, Indiana Rich readily consented to indorse a check for $10, and vouched for Hahn at the Second National bank. Hahn left the city after he received the cash. The Brookville bank refused to honor the check, and informed the local bank that Hahn had no money on deposit there. Hahn admitted to Patrolman Vogelsong that he was guilty, but in police court today he pleaded not guilty. The case will be heard tomorrow. HUNGER IS HELD 01 SERJOIB CHARGE Brakeman Brought Dayton Girl to this City, Claiming They Were Married. Bringing a young girl to this city and introducing her as his wife is "bad business." This is attested to by Elmer Klinger, of Richmond, a young railway brakeman. Klinger, who first resided at Hamilton, is now behind he bars in the Dayton, Ohio, jail, pending sentence on a charge of inducing a sixteen-year-old girl to leave her home. Klinger was arrested late Thursday afternoon by Juvenile Officer Dill, and when taken before Judge Baggott, of the Dayton Juvenile court. Saturday morning, pleaded guilty. Klinger will not be sentenced until the court looks further into the case. It is said that Klinger came to Richmond last Wednesday with the girl, and upon hi3 return to Dayton, was arrested.

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SWICKER MADE HIS LAST STAND TODAY Told Board of Works He Will Fight to Prevent Street Extension.

"I am beaten but not whipped," said Harmon S wicker when the board of public works today awarded him $1,200 damages for the property the city needs to xtend South Seventh street from J to I street. "I wish the members of the board and Mayor Zimmerman a merry Christmas," was his farewell word, spoken in all sincerity, a few minutes later, as he and his aged wife left the office of the board. Today's action of the board increases the damages awarded him from $1,000 to $1,200. Neither Swicker nor.his wife were satisfied wtth the ultimate decision of the board, how ever, and Mrs. Swicker paid her compliments to the officials in no uncertain terms. "For God's sake Anne," interrupted her husband, "Don't pay any attention to them. Please take my advice and go home." Although Swicker may file a remonstrance against the action of the board, it is not probable that he will resort to this measure, which would transfer the case to the circuit court. Of Fighting Stock. Mayor Zimmerman said that if Swicker remonstrates against the amount awarded him today, he will let the matter take its course, as he is convinced that Swicker was given an eminently fair price for the land. Swicker informed the board that he believed that the South Side Improvement association was bent on extending the street, and he censured that organization bitterly. "I am the last of the Swickers," he exclaimed in his argument. The Swickers were fighters and the last of their name has fighting blood in his veins. I will stand on the highest point in my land, and defend my property with my life. I will fight until I am killed. "I am seventy-four years old. My wife and I have no children to look after our declining days. If you force this street through our land we will be forced into the street." APPROVE PETITIONS ! Board of Works Passes Fav orably on Two Requests. Plans and specifications for the improvement of a part of South G street and for six blocks, of South West A street, were ordered made by the board of works today. It is expected that these improvements, which are held to be more necessary than others included in the improvements recently approved by the board, will be made in 1913. The Hackman, Klehfoth and Company asked the improvement of South G from the first alley east of Sixth street to the second alley east of Sixth street with a brick roadway, cement sidewalks, curb and gutter. City Attorney Gardner urged the board to approve the petition asking for the grading and graveling of South West A street from West Fifth to Eleventh street. Cement sidewalks, curb and gutter are also asked. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Snow tonight and probably Tuesday. Warmer in North east portion tonight.

SITTLOH WANTED TO BEJMPRISQHED Sheriff Could Not Deter Him One Night Was Sufficient for Prisoner.

Did you ever ask a county sheriff to lock you in jail? Frank Sittloh did so, and he liked the accommodations for one night only. Sittloh believed that it was his duty to go to jail, against the protestations and arguments of the sheriff. The sheriff, having a warrant for Sittloh on the charge of wife desertion, went to Sittloh's home. Sittloh was not in. Upon returning to his office, the sheriff found Sittloh there awaiting him. "Well, I'm ready to go to jail," was Sittloh's opening remark. "It's not necessary, Frank," the sheriff replied. "You can furnish bond." "No, but I must go to jail," the man came back. "I want to do what's right." "Well, you're able to furnish the bond and' it wouldn't take a minute," the official informed him. "You certainly don't want to spend any time in behind the bars when it is wholly unnecessary." "Well, I want to talk to a fellow down there," doggedly asserted Sitti loh. The sheriff, seeing that he could ; not dissade him, told Sittloh to "come along." The next morning the officer asked him if he were willing to go home. "Yes, I've had enough of this place, I'll go." Bond was furnished and Sittloh will answer to the charge of wife desertion in circuit court January 6. L TAX LEW HERE JSJOT HIGH Ninety Cents on the Hundred Is the Levy in Richmond for Its Schools. A survey of the total tax levies for all school purposes in thirty-five cities of Indiana, made by City Superintendent Mott at the request of the city school board, shows that levy in Richmond is not higher than that in other Indiana cities of its size. The tax levy per hundred dollars in S Richmond is ninety-one cents. This includes the' school bond tax. . The present levy w ill enable .the school board to retire the high school bonds in 1919. The appended list shows the tax levies' in " thirty-five cities of the state. The figures were reported by the superintendents of the schools for their respective cities, and do-not include taxes for library purposes: New Albany, 54 cents on each $100; Jeffersonville. 50; Indianapolis, 60; ; Evansvilie. 65; Logansport, 68; Fort I Wayne. TO; Greencastle. ; Terre ; Haute.72.15; Vincennes, 77; Columbus, 78; Washington. SO; Rushville, SO; Kokomo, 80; Shelbyrille, 82; Crawfordsville, 88; Lafayette, 90; Lebanon, 90; Frankfort, 91; Richmond.-91; Anderson, 92; Muncie. 95; Portland. 100; Marion. 100; Elwood 100; Alexandria, 100; Gary, 100; Mishewaka, 104; Greensburg, 105; Michigan City. 107; Winchester, 110; Brazil, 110; Boonville. 110; Bedford. 117.5; Elkhart, 122; -Hartford City. 125; Blufton 125; I Eioomicgton, 125.

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AN IMPORTANT RULING

U. S. Supreme Court Also Hands Down Decision for Telegraph Companies. (National Xn-s Association) WASHINGTON. Dee. 2S. The In diana law authorizing the collection of taxeB against residents of the state on shares of stock in foreign corporations t was upheld today by the supreme j court of the United States in the case j of Henry Y. Darnell against the state I of Indiana. Darnell was assessed $12.- j 271 as taxes due for several years on ' stock in the I. M. Darnell Manufactur-1 ing company, located at Memphis, Tenn. The right of the state to col- j lect the tax was contested on the ' ground that the Indiana law was un-1 constitutional, constituting an interfer- j ence in interstate commerce. The right of municipalities to im-1 posce a license tax upon telegraph companies was denied by the supreme court today in the case of D. G. Wil liams, local agent for the Western ' Union Telegroph company, against the city of Talladega, Ala. Williams refused to pay the license fee and was arrested and fined. The telegraph company claimed it had obtained a federal license and was immune from a state tax. The state court was reversed in the decision. The supreme court today adjourned until January 6, when it will haid down a decision in the Minnesota rate case. KIDWELL AND MILLER WILL BE ARRAIGNED James Kidwell and John Miller, indicted for larceny by the grand jury, will be arraigned in circuit court tomorrow morning before Judge Fox. Kidwell is alleged to have stolen eight tire casings and five or Bix outer tubings from the McKee Auto Service. Miller is -charged with having stolen a gold watch belonging to Payton Lytle, a guest at the Westcott hotel... Miller was a waiter in the employ of the hostelry. Kidwell has served & term in the penitentiary.: TWO RIG RAILROAD SYSTEMSJHDICTED Conspiracy Between Grand Trunk and N. Y., N. H. & H., Charged. (National News Association) NEW YORK, Dec. 23. United States grand jury today returned indictments charging conspiracy and violation of the Sherman anti-trust law against Charles Mellen, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway company; S. E. Chamberlain, president of the Grand Trunk railroad, and Alfred W. Smithers, chairman of the board of directors of the Grand Trunk. The indictments are based on the traffic agreement entered into between the New Haven and Grand Trunk railroads as a result of which, it is alleged, the Grand Trunk abandoned its plan to build the Southern New England railroad into Providence and other New England points. It is charged that this agreement constitutes a conspiracy in restraint of trade and the officials of the road who confessed they made the agreement were Indicted after an exhaustive inquiry during which many witnesses were called. The grand jury investigation was begun shortly after it became known that the New Haven and Grand Trunk roads had entered into an agreement. At the same time Governor Pothier. of Rhode Island, who was a prime mover in the agitation to have the deal investigated, appealed to President Taft to instruct the department of justice to begin probing the deal. A congressional investigation was proposed. However, the federal grand jury here was thought sufficient. COLLUSION CHARGED Between Cummins and Post Office Department. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. With the ! . I . A - , A jurat assistant pwiiBisirr general v. ( P. Granfield on the stand to identify (correspondence that passed between his office and the B. F. Cummins comi pany, whose relations with the post j office department are under Investigation by the house Committee the committee went forward today with its investigation. Dozens of letters that passed between Granfield, his assistants and Cummins, relative to the award of contracts for canceling machines were produced. It is charged that there was collusion between the post office department and Cummins and that other bidden were treated unfairly!

TO HELP THE POOR

The Charitable Organizations Have Plans Worked Out To Relieve Suffering. All records for the receipt of Christmas mail in the Richmond Dost office were broken Sunday and today. Rurt and city carriers were swamped with letters and packages. Mail was piled high in all parts of the federal building and even the office of the postmaster was used to sort the accumulation. Twenty waKonsyight of them devoted to the cityIelivery, were kept busy handling the matter. Carriers were compelled to make two and three extra trips to deliver the mail. The oldest clerk in the office cannot recall the day when there was such heavy receipts as as poured into Richmond today. Extra clerks and carriers were engaged, but they were unable to lighten appreciably the work 1 of the regular men. The post office officials are awaiting with dread the influx of mail Tuesday and Wednesday. The day before Christmas is regarded the heaviest one of the holiday week, and it is believed that many packages will not be deliver ed until forty-eight hours after their receipt. For Their Employes. Evidence of the near advent of the big holiday is also noted in the preparations which big industrial concerns have made to remember their employes. The M. Rumely company, the American Seeding Machine company. the International Harvester company, and other large concerns will give employes tokens of esteem and appreciation tomorrow. Business houses and offices will also distribute gifts to their employes. Never before have charitably inclined persons taken the interest they have manifested this season in the poor and indigent of the city. The Good Fellow campaign of the Palladium resulted in the making of a long list of families that needed aid. The names of scores of families were given to charity organizations and individuals. It is believed that there will not be a family In the city needing help that will not be supplied with Christmas cheer. The Elks and Eagles will follow their annual custom of sending baskets to the poor, and of brightening the hearts of the poor boys .and girls with toys and candles. The charity boards of the denominational churches have listed their poor and will provide for them. At the Institutions. At the Eastern InSiana Hospital for the Insane, the Wernle Orphans' Home, the Home for Friendless Women, the Margaret Smith Home for Aged Women, and at the correctional and penal institutions, inmates will not I be overlooked. Extensive Christmas programs have been arranged, and spe- ! cial meals will be served on Christmas day. j College boys and girls began to arrive home late last week, and were : still coming in today. Hundreds of ; families will hold reunions. Social ; functions in which old friendships wiH be revived and confirmed are schedul- : ed for the latter part of the week, j The Sunday school members of the ! First Presbyterian church brought ofI ferings of money, fruits, candies, vegej tables and toys yesterday. The gifts will be assigned to various charity organizations for distribution among the poor tomorrow and Christmas day. Admission to the Christmas cantata given this evening at the First Chris- , tian church wiU be to buy a toy. or gifts of fruit and candies. These will t be given to the poor. MAY BRING SUIT Relatives of Pons Investigate Accidental Death. A local law firm has been retained by relatives of Joseph Pons, the young soldier who was crushed to death beneath the wheels of an Ohio and Western Electric interurban on South Eighth street a few weeks ago. to make an investigation of the accident and to file, suit for damages against the company if the facts warrant the step. The coroner's verdict has been withdrawn from the files in the county clerk's office Pons, according to the verdict, either purposely or unintentionally fell under the rear trucks of the heavy car. The coroner states that one witness saw the man stoop, elatives believe that he was knocked under the car In some manner. The motorman declares that the track was clear. MISS WHITE ISSUES A CLEVER BOOKLET "Things As They Sometimes Are." a short story by Miss Esther Griffin White, has been put on sale at the Nicholson boos store for the holiday trade. The book was put out by the Nicholson Press and satirical in character and treats of life in a town the

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Newcastle Clews Have Led to No Results. Officers Inspecting Pennsy Construction Camps.

CORONER EXAMINES DAYTON HOUSEHOLD Conflicting Stories Are Told About Relation of Mrs. Dayton and Snyder, by the Familv. BULLETIN. ! Coroner Pierce today, after interrogating members of the Dayton family. concluded that Mrs. Dayton knew of the murder and burial of her husband in the cellar of their nome in North 1 street prior to the opening of tht letter last Tuesday which purports to be a confession of Snyder and exonerates her. The coroner said he believed that Mrs. Dayton was not an accomplice in the murder. Adhering to the theory that Joseph Snyder, suspected of being the murderer of Henry Dayton, has not left the state and is still within fifty miles of the scene of the murder, the police are scouring this section of the state for the alleged murderer. Patrolman Will Lawler and Isaac ! Burns, a Pennsylvania railroad detective. today are inspecting the railroad camps on the Pennsylvania line between Newcastle and Muncle. It is accepted for certain that Snyder left a Pennsylvania train at Newcastle. Conductor John Keyes told the police today that Snyder entered his train at Greensfork Wednesday morning and left it at Newcastle. He wore the same clothes he had on when he left the Dayton home in Richmond Tuesday morning. That Snyder applied for work at the Heller greenhouse in Newcastle Thursday evening is also accepted J with finality by the police. No trace for the man has been found since then. The police do not believe the story that Snyder left Newcastle for Indianapolis on a traction car. The report of Snyder's capture by the Wabash police was declared unfounded by ' Police Chief Gormon. Snyder's adaptability to conform with whatever local conditions he meets is regarded by the police as the strongest factor in his effort to escape detection. Snyder is very uncommunicative. In his residence here he took no one into hjB confidence and practically nothing is known of his antecedents. The police say that If Snyder leta grow a exceptionally heavy beard, which he has. it will be impossible to recognize him in three weeks. He was supplied with enough money to carry him well outside of the state. He received pay for shingling; a house shortly before he disappeared. Added to his mental attainments, which are far above tbe average. Snyder can work at plumbing and carpentering. He dug a number of wells in this city, and installed several pumps that eucitea commendation from persons who inspected them. The police still scout the story 'of Mrs. Dayton that she was not In love with Snyder. Seeking Motive.' In an effort to find a motive for the murder of Henry Dayton, whose skeleton was found in the cellar of his home in North I street last week. Coroner Pierce today interrogated members of the Dayton family and neighbors. Contradictory statements regarding the relation of Mrs. Dayton and Snyder were made to the coroner. Mrs. William Zurwell. a daughter of Mrs. Dayton, testified that her mother treated Snyder as it he were the head of the family rather than a boarder. Mrs. Dayton denied that her relations with Snyder were other than eminently proper. She denied allegations that reflected on her character and impugned tbe good name of Snyder in this particular. Neighbors were emphatic in saying that tbe relations of the two persons were of such nature that they reflected on the character of the neighborhood. One neighbor said the Dayton home was in bad repute. Sticks to Story. The wife still Insists that she is Innocent of any knowledge of the crime. She emphatically sticks by her original story that she first learned of the murder of her husband when she opened a letter purporting to be a confession of Snyder in which he takes tbe whole responsibility of the murder. Mrs. Alice Snyder, sister of Mrs. Dayton, was seen by a Palladium reporter at the Reid Memorial hospital, where she is employed. She said that she bad paid the premium on Dayton'a insurance policy for six years and had made no effort to collect the insur ance. She professed belief in the i noceuce of her sister, and said she believed it wrong that her sister's name was linked with the tragedy. The wife of the murdered man was able to leave her bed today for the first time since she was prostrated by the discovery of the bones of her hus-

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