The day book. [volume], March 02, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 26

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THE $67,700 IS STILL RESTING IN
A VAULT
Mrs. Potter Palmer will leave Chi
cago today, bound' for her Florida
home. She refuses, to say anything
further concerning lier-jcontroversy
with Harlow N. Higginbotham over
the $67,750, left over from the
World's Fair, which has suddenly
been remembered after 21 years.
It is evident that Mrs. Palmer is
greatly pained over the unpleasant
publicity that has attended the pub
lication of the fact that there was
$67,750 left from the fund which was
to have been used" to aid working wo
men, but which, after 21 years, has
been allowed to. lie somewhere with
out any plans being made for its ex
penditure. For the last week or so Mrs. Palmer
has been sending out frantic expla
nations as to the whereabout of the
money, but for each question she
would explain Harlow N. Higginbot
ham would ask another.
'The questions that still remain un
answered are:
1. Who owns the money which
Mrs. Palmer is keeping in a vault at
the First National Bank?
2. For what purpose is the money
to be used?
3. When will the money be ap
plied to the purpose for which it was
gathered?
No answer is forthcoming on any
of these three questions. Mrs. Ma
tilda Canse, who was a member of
the board of lady managers, is very
anxious that some practical use be
made of the money.
"I can't understand why the money
should be left to he in a safety deposit
vault all these years," she says.
A committee of clubwo'men is urg
ing that the money be used to build a
working women's forum, but nothing
has been said of this by Mrs. Palmer.
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YOU BET NOT
There is nothing so disappointing
as a dead sure thing that refuses to
come to life.
SAYS MILITIA INTERFERED WITH
THE COURTS
Trinidad, Col., March 2. That the
state militia now in the coal fields in
terfered repeatedly with the local
courts and court oflicials was testi
mony of D. M. Ralston, deputy dis
trict attorney, before the congres
sional committee. He also asserted
that for years the coal companies
have been active in politics.
At 24 of the 30 inquests into mine
accident deaths recorded in the books
of Coroner B. B. Sipe in the last two
years, the same man, J. C. Baldwin,
was foreman of the jury and W. W.
Jones served on every jury, accord- .
ing to testimony of Deputy Coroner
Roy Campbell.
Examined by Rep. Evans, Camp
bell said he couldn't recall a single
verdict of this jury holding the com
pany negligent or responsible for any
death.
Reading the coroner's record, Ev
ans cited a notation on the case of
Wyatt Buckner, killed in a rock-fall,
which said no inquest was held be
cause Buckner "had no relatives and
damn few friends."
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FAIRMAN DEATH A MYSTERY
The death of Cassius M. Fairman,
whose mangled body was found on
uie iurui western xvanroau intuits
near West Chicago Saturday night,
still remains a mystery.
Elizabeth Davidson, who was to
have married' Fairman, will arrive in
town today from Springfield, Neb.
She comes with the conviction that
her fiance was murdered and his body
thrown on the railroad tracks in an
effort to cover up the crime.
Fairman was to have left Chicago,
at 6:05 Saturday night .to meet his
sweetheart in Omaha. His body was
found about 7 :30 that night.
It is believed that when he started
for the train he had' a large sum of,
money on him. Only $8 was found'
on the body.
Fairman was a wealthy Oak Park,
grain broker.