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VOL. XXXII. NO. 95.
Richmond. Ind, Monday Evening, April 22, 1907.
Single Copy, Two Cents.
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RICHMOND CROWDS CENTERVILLE OUT OF
FIRST PLACE IN
MISS SANDS ONCE 1
MORE SECURES A
LITTLEADVAHTAGE
Woman Clerks' Race Livens
Up by the Spurt Miss Emma
Johnson Makes, She Going
to Second Place.
PROF. RICHTER MOVES
UP TO SECOND PLACE.
Pro Davis Crowded Out After
Holding First Position for
Several Days Contest Is
More Exciting Than Ever.
Richmond today regained her, pres
tige in. the Jamestown contest, when
Klizafceth Sands, of the Starr school,
went above Miss Elizabeth Lashley, of
Centerville. The Misses Sands and
t .
Lashley are hard after the Jamestown
trip privilege, not to say anything of
several more women teachers, and the
race gives every indication of being
the best of .any.
The contest is developing into n
good natured affair .out of which the
candidates are getting .ah kinds of
fun. One teacher today said: 'I
would like to go to Jamestown and in
tend to make a hard fight for it. If I
am beaten, however. I won't regret the
effort frr 1 am enjoying the race
thor y. . I W e to see the candi
dates i o e up and down and .ret much
pleasure Out of' hiding my real
btrength from ihv otlieivcontestants..
The tame fever is catching all con
nected with the contest. Even the
contest editor can hardly wait till the
count for the day ls made. The affair
lias now reached a point, where one
cannot tell what a day will bring forth
and there Is real enjoyment in watch
ing the candidates run.
Prof. Richter Is Second.
In the man teachers class Prof.
Richter of the St. Andrew's school,
crowded Prof. Davis, of the high
school, out of second place. Prof. Da
vis has fallen, in the past two days,
from first to third, having been passed
by Prof. W. O. Wissler, Saturday.
An event of a great deal of interest
in the woman clerks race was Mis3
Emma Johnson increasing her vote.
f3be jumped from less than a hundred
to 3,700. The other races can be fol
lowed best by looking at the vote.
A mistake was made in Sunday's
vote. Miss Sands was given credit for
but 15.002 votes, when It should have
been 16,602. The count today is made
on the basis of 10,002 and is correct.
(Continued on Page Two.)
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
Exact Cause of Miss Flood's
Death Unknown.
TWO OPINIONS ARE HELD.
Dublin, Ind., April 22. The funeral
of Miss Leona Flood, who was aspbixi
uted at her home last week took place
Sunday afternoon and was well at
tended. The exact cause of Miss
Flood's death will perhaps never be
known. There was so much excite
ment on finding her body that the cir
cumstances attending death are not
fully clear. .Some say death resulted
from the woman breathing the fumes
from a burning gas stove, while others
eay the gas jet was not fully turned
off after the light, had been put out.
Miss Flood had finished a washing on
the day before her body was found,
and it Is thought she was so fatigued
that she was careless in attending to
the tas.
RETIRES OJTAPRIL 27TH
Edna May Confirms Report of
Approaching Marriage.
London, April 22 i'm going to be
a lady in a box, said Edna May to
day, "I shall retire from the stage on
April 27th to become the wife of Os
car Lewisohn, of New York and we
are going on a tour of the world. If
I ever go back on the stage it will be
to play straight comedy as that has
been my ambition. But I never ex
pect to see my ambition realized."
Suffers With Carbuncle.
Walter Ratliff Las .been
much with a carbuncle on
Arm. ,
suffering
his right
WOMAN
How the Vote Stands
WOMAN TEACHER, .
Miss Elizabeth Sands, Starr school.. t 21,613
Miss Elizabeth Lashley, Centervillle school ..20,887
Miss Fannie Silver, Centerville school 7,535
Miss Lucile Mayr, Hibberd school 6,201
Miss Mary Lemon, Whitewater school 599
Miss May Lamb, Greensfork school 97
Miss Blanche Coffman. Hagerstown 65
Miss Daisy Petty, East Germantown school 52
Miss Ruth Schooley, Sevastopol school... 47
Miss Rosa P. Shank, Culbertson school -. 41
Miss Daisy Leavell, Dalton Township school ... .. 31
Miss Zona Grave, Franklin Township school.. .........29
Miss Ethel Thomas, Centerville schools 13
Miss Blanche Kerr, Greensfork school..., 13
Mrs. J. F. Reece, Cambridge City ... 1
Miss Carrie Lesh, Garfield - . .- 1
MAN TEACHER.
W. O. Wissler, Garfield school '. . ... 13,805
Joseph M. Richter, St. Andrew's school 11,718
Walter S. Davis, High school... 10,360
J. F. Huntziker, St. John's Lutheran school 8,395
Orville Brunson, Garfield 3,876
Elza Stevenson, Economy school 2,853
Lawrence Smelser, Abington tchool 419
A. T. Elliott, Boston school 250
U. C. Heironimus, Garfield school - . 161
, L. B. Campbell, Business College .- .. ... .. .. 152
B. W. Kelly, Fountain City school 142
W. S. Hiser, Garfield school ... 120
A. M. Tschean, Williamsburg school 80
Aionzo Daugherty, Hagerstown school 78
C. C Hyde, East Germantcwn school ... 75
Everett Hunt, Franklin school 51
Lee Reynolds, Greensfork school 48
Joseph H. Slose, Jacksonburg scnoof 38
J. C. Burgess, Whitewater school ... ... ... . 31
Elmer Oldaker, Centerville school 23
Forest Kempton, Centerville school 19
Albert O. Andrews, Earlham ... .. ... 1
WOMAN CLERK.
Miss Elizabeth Hershey, Mary Brothers 13,233
Miss Emma Johnson, milliner at Njder's 3,700
Miss Nellie Hiatt. dentist's clerk rr--- 820
Miss Anna Saxton, Nixon's..... 435
Miss Hazel Hoffman, Model Dept. Sttore 501
Miss Anna Kenley, clerk Bee Hive 75
MAN CLERK.
Harry Buntin, Fox, clothier I ....,,.....22,796
Howard Thomas, Emmons Tailoring Company... .t. 1,450
Ben Hiser, postoffice 309
Ray Lichtenfels, Loehr &. Klute. .' ... 284
Ulam Lamm, Hassenbusch's . 131
Joe Wesserj Lahrman's '"" ."i". .". '- . .-. 93.-.
Rudolph Hill, Gaar, Scott & Co ... 80
Edwin Wilson, Panhandle railroad office.;. 25
Walter Runge, Meyers Cigar store 14
Herbert Taylor, Cambridge City ... 12
Fred Torbeck, Price's... ... 11
Thos. Fryar . ... .... 8
Chas. Greenhoff, Barters grocery 5
Chas. Holton. Gaar Scott i Co 2
WOMAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
Miss Marie Hodskin, Bartel's Overall Factory, Cambridge ......10,011
Miss Goldie Danner, Seidel Buggy Co ; 9.479
MAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
William Russell, Hoosier Drill.. . 8,287
Geo. Knight, Starr Piano ... 7,210
George Matthews, .Gaar Scott .. '.. 6,220
Fred Reynolds, Starr Piano i 2,656
Franklin Moore, . Wayne Works 198
Frank Newland, Seidel Buggy Co........ 180
Everett Lichtenfels, Starr Piano 138
Willjam Threewits, Starr Piano factory. 119
Dean Jacques, Starr Piano ... ... ... 118
Louis Suffrins, Starr Piano factory 58
Charles King, Richmond Baking Company 54
Edmund Stidham, Safety Gate Co .. 33
Richard Allen, F. & N 29
Chas. Fryar, Robinson's .., .. 18
S. A. Lott, cabinet maker 14
Karl Pierson, Starr Piano Factory 13
Howard Harrison ... 13
Charles Marlatt, Gaar Scott &. Co...... 10
William J. Toliver ... 5
Ralph Spencer, Seidel Buggy Co 1
Wm. Tomllnson, Gaar's. , ... . 1
Roy Kirkwood, Gem Bakery, Cambridge City... ,1
KARL KEPLER SAW
EXECMOF HAUGH
Richmond Newspaper Man
Has Grewsome Experience.
Karl Kepler, a well known Rich
mond young man, formerly connected
with the staff of the Palladium, and
now on the staff of the Dayton, O.,
Herald, witnessed the electrocution of
Dr. Haugh, the triple murderer, at the
Ohio penitentiary, Columbus, last
Thursday. Dr. Haugh. was a former
Dayton man and Mr. Kepler was de
tailed by the Herald to get an account
of the execution. In a letter to a lo
cal friend he stated that the only time
he felt nervous during the tragic scene
was when a Cincinnati newspaper man
fainied and fell over on him. Mr.
Kepler stated that he has no particular
desire to witness another scene of that
kind.
STEAMER GOES ASHORE
Mongolian Has Mishap Trying
To Avoid Collision.
Tokio. April 22 Tho steamer Mon
golian is ashore on the Japanese
coast. It went aground trying to
avoid a collision with another vessel.
TEACHERS' RACE
IS WILLING TO TAKE
THE TAINTED MONEY
Rev. Allen Jay Dedicates
Church at Wabash.
T abash, Ind., April 22. "If any one
has any tainted money, give it to me,
I will put it to good use. It is not
wrong to accept money improperly se
cured, but it is wrong to encourage se
curing money that way. I am not op
posed to accepting money secured in
any way."
These were the words of the Rev.
Alien Jaf of Richmond, Ind., in dedi
cating the Friends' church yesterdav.
The utterance was important, for Earl
ham college, for which the Rev. Mr.
Jay has raised more money than any
one else, recently- discussed refusing
tainted money offered. Enough mon
ey and more was raised to place the
twelve thousand dollar church out of
debt.
Has Located at Liberty.
Dr. E. P. Weist, late of Indianapo
lis, has located in Liberty for the
practice of hi9 profession. Dr. Welst
formerly resided In Richmond where
he was reared. He is a graduate of
Earlham College, and "of the Central
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Indianapolis. He has been in the
practice of medicine for sereral years.
WILL ABSOLUTELY
IGNORE
MAJORITY
STATE'S N EW LAWS
Big Railroad Lines Are Not
Inclined to Comply with Cer
tain of the Indiana Stat
utes. BASE THIS ATTITUDE
ON INTERSTATE GROUND.
Up to This Time the Two-Cent
Measure Is the Only One
That Is Being Observed
Complaints Are Made.
Indianapolis, Ind.. April 22. From
a source that can not be questioned
comes the positive declaration that the
big railroads having lines traversing
Indiana will absolutely ignore most of
the legislation enacted by the last
general assembly, for the purpose of
rurhtnc the transportation companies.
. , , . ... . .
Refusal to comply with the new laws
and to obey their provisions will be
grounded on the contention that the
statutes affect interstate tramc.
There is no doubt that the railroads
are hard hit by the legislature, hard -
er than ever before and harder than
the carriers were hit by legislatures
or otner states. it oeeanie apparent
early in tne session mat any qui aimea
at the railroads woum nave a spienaia
chance of becoming a law.- As a result
of the anti-railroad sentiment there
were spread on the statute books the
2-cent-fare law, the "full crew" and
sixteen-hour laws, a law requiring a
$1,00 license for selling liquor on
trains within the boundaries of the
state, the shippers' law, regulating the
question of car service, the railroad
commission enforcement law, giving
railroad commission almost absolute
control of the railroads with .all the
power needed to enforce its orders and
rules, etc., etc.
- -3 Complaint to. .Commission.
Complaint has already been laid be
fore the railroad commission that the
big roads of the state are ignoring the
."full crew" law, which provides for an
extra member of a freight crew, to act
as flagman on all trains composed of
more than fifty cars. The complaint
came from the brotherhood of locomo
tive trainmen, which was responsible
for the enactment of the law and also
(Continued on Page Two.)
MARSHALLJCNAPP DEAD
Worked at Gaar Scott's in the
Early Days.
WAS MOLDER BY TRADE.
Hagerstown, Ind., April 22. Mar
shall Knapp, aged 87 years, died at the
home of his son. C. T. Knapp, in Ha
gerstown, Saturday evening.
Mr. Knapp was a molder by trade.
In his early life he was associated
with the then struggling factory of
Gaar. Scott & Co. Later he was em
ployed by the late Mark Reeves when
he was the owner of extensive car
shops and foundry in Hagerstown. The
aeed widow and several sons and
daughters survive. Funeral on
Tuesday.
MANY CHICKENS STOLEN
Those Who Love Fowl, Get
Busy at Hagerstown.
Hagerstown, Ind., April 22. About
a dozen fat ehickens were stolen from
the coops in the rear of Niccum &
McCherley's grocery, and the same
number from Dan Fist and John Mil
ler. Cashier Hicks lost several cher
ished hens, and other coops about town
have been raided during the past week.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Fair north, showers south,
tonight; cooler.
OHIO Tuesday fair; fresh to brisk
southwest winds.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
. SUNDAY
(April 21)
Total Circulation
7,034
6,801
Net Circulation
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
RECRUITING STATION
TO OPEN TUESDAY
f
Several Wanted for Service at
Jamestown.
MEN OF GOOD QUALITY.
Sergeant Bard. In charge of the
United States recruiting station to be
established here Tuesday, has received
a telegram from the war department
in Washington authorizing him to en
list ten Richmond men to serve in the
23rd New York infantry at the James
town exposition.
According to Sergeant Bard ,the gov
ernment established a station in this
city, because in the past the quality of
men enlisting for service in the United
States army from this city, has been
of the best, and it was thus that the
war department thought the station
would be a paying investment.
The recruiting station will be opened
at the corner of Ninth and Main
streets. -
JOS. EGLI'SJVILL FILED
Frank J. Egli Named as Ex
ecutor. I The will of the late Joseph Egli has
. ... . , - , . . .
been filed for proof and probate in
the cJrcUjt court. Under the will,
. Nina Egll reCeives $50, and the lots lo-
j cated at lllO and 1112 North J street.
, in tne town of Northern Liberties,
jnow within the limits of the City of
Richmond," are to be divided equally
among tne five children, Elizabeth
westenberg, Emma Egli, Margaret j
; -pieman, Frank J. Egli and Nina Egli
Frank J. Egli is named as executor of
the estate.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
TO BE REDUCED
UHDERJEW LAW
At Least Four Will Be Aband
oned in Wayne Township as
A Result of the Recent
Legislature's Work.
TOTAL IN COUNTY
IS PROBABLY FIFTEEN.
Conveyances Must Be Provid
ed for Pupils in Districts
Affected There Will Also
Be Fewer Road Districts.
For several years there have been
fifteen district schools In Wayne
township. The next school year, be
ginning September next, there will
only be eleven schools In the town
ship. The abandonment of four
schools has been made necessary by a
law passed at the last session of the
legislature which made it compulsory
for township trustees to abandon all
schools where the average daily at
tendance for the past year was twelve
or fewer. Under this new law it is
optional with the trustees to abandon
schools showing an average daily at
tendance the past year of not fewer
than twelve pupils or more than fif
teen pupils.
It is not known at the present time
what schools in tb3 township will be
abandoned, as the final reports of the
teachers of the various schools have
not been received. Superintendent
Charles Jordan of the county schools.
states that he estimates the new school
law will necessitate the abandonment
of about fifteen schools in this county.
Must Provide Conveyances.
Pupils living In districts where the
schools have been abandoned, will be
sent to the nearest school in hacks, the
township paying the expenses for
maintaining these hacks. The reduc
tion of school districts resulted from
the law passed at the last session of
the legislature, increasing the salaries
of school teachers. The object in
view was to reduce school expenses,
but it is the general impression of the
trustees and teachers of this county,
that the expense of operating hacks
will equal the money saved by the re
duction of the number of schools.
Fewer Road Districts. j
Trustee Charles Potter of Wayne
township, states that under a law pass
ed at the last session of the legislature
it will also be necessary for him to
reduce the number of road districts in
this township. This township cotu-
prises 52 square miles and at the pres
ent time there are seven road dis
tricts. Under the new law all town
ships having 35 or more miles of ter
ritory are limited to six road districts.
Mr. Potter will make arrangements at
once to reduce and. reapportion his dis
tricts.
SOLDIER BO! IN CUBA
SENDS TO Y. M. C. A.
Max J. Ford Wants to
Along the Cause.
Help
TELLS OF ITS BENEFITS.
The Palladium and Sun-Telegram
received the following letter from Cu
ba, which is self-explanatory;
"Camp Columbia, Havana Cuba.
"April 16, 1907.
'"Editor Suu-Telegram and Palladium
"Dear Sir: I am greatly interested
in the idvancement of my home city
aud for a place wnere a young man
can spend his leisure hours without
standing on the street corners. Since
coming to Cuba I have become a mem
ber of the Havana Y. M. C. A. It is
always useful to a man in a foreign
country for the man in charge gener
ally speaks English, and I have found
it a pleasure and a great benefit to
me. I would like to add my subscrip
tion of $5 to help the noble cause
along. Even a little bit helps, is the
old saying. Yours for the Y. M. C." A.
building success.
'MAX J. FORD,
"Pvt 1st Class Hospital Corps, Base
Hospital Camp, Columbia, Cuba.
"P. S. Please, notify me through .your
paper when I shall send the subscrip
tion." 110 DAMAGES VET
FOR HIS INJURIES
Edward Ellabarger Spurns
Lawyers and Deals Direct
ly With C, C. & L.
WAS HURT A YEAR AGO.
UNUSUAL CASE OF A MAN WHO
BELIEVES A RAILROAD COM
PANY WILL SETTLE. JUSTLY
WITH HIM.
In Edward Ellabarger, Richmond
has an unusual ease of a'manrinjured
badly In a railroad wreck who has
never brought suit against the rail
road company, and yet has never re
ceived any damages from the company
for his injuries.
Mr. Ellabarger was hurt in the wreck
of the Red Men's special on the C, C.
& Im, over a year ago. He was per
haps the worst injured of any and is
now compelled to use a cane. Many
of those injured in the accident set
tled with the company soon after the
wreck and others who brought suit
compromised their cases.
Although sought by lawyers to bring
action against the C. & L, Mr. El
labarger never did so and although
he was approached by the road's claim
agent, he spurned his efforts to settle.
Settlement Is Likely.
Instead of jumping at an early
chance to get some money from the
railroad company, and instead of put
ting the matter in the hands of an at
torney, Mr. Ellabarger is waiting and
dealing directly with one of the head
officials of the C, C. & L. Mr. Ella
barger has his Idea of how much he
was damaged by the wreck, and the
company has its. Both are friendly
in their attitude and an amicable set
tlement is likely at an early date.
When it is made Mr. . Ellabarger says
it will be he and not the lawyers or
the courts which will profit.
The injured man has a most sensibe
explanation of the stand he has takeh.
"You see, the railroads are much Im
posed on," he said in talking of the
matter, "lots of times fhey are held
up. You can't blame the claim agents
for settling for as little as possible.
That is their business As for the
lawyers, their first point is to get their
fee and I figure that a man with ordi
nary intelligence can come to an agree
ment with a railroad company about
as readily as a paid hireling who
fights by means of a law suit."
LOCAL M ANON PROGRAM
Prof. N. C. Heironimus Will
Read History Paper.
The History section of the Indiana
State Teachers' association will hold
its tenth annual meeting Friday and
Saturday, April 20 -and 27, at the
Claypool hotel, Indianapolis. Fiday
night the teachers will hold a joint
session with the Indiana Historical so
ciety. 5
"What is the Relative Importance of
Text-Book, Collateral Readings and
Statistics?" has been assigned Prof. N.
C. Heironimus of, Richmond.
REVIVAL COMES TO END
The U. B. revival closed Sunday
night. There were four accessions' railroad, who was killed Saturday at
and six baptisms in the morning. Dr. J Hartford City, Ind.,' being run over by
Pruner preached two stirring sermons, j a switch engine, had a number of ac
Two large congregations were present j quaintances among local ; Penusvha-
Xj hear him.
DEAL FOR GAAR
RESIDENCE HAS
BEEN COMPLETED
Richmond Lodge of Elks, No.
649, Has Purchased the
Handsome North Eighth
Street Property.
PRICE IS NOT GIVEN
DEFINITELY TO PUBLIC.
Place Is Admirably Designed
For a Club House and the
Changes Will Not Necessar
ily Be Great.
Tho home of Mrs.
North Eighth street,
chased by Richmond
J., M. Gaar,
has been pur
lodgo of Elks,
No. 649. The deal has been complet
ed and is announced" by F. I. Braffett.
chairman of the Elks home commit
tee. Immediate possession ; of tho
property will not be taken by tho
Elks as Mrs. Gaar will be given a cer
tain length of time to seek other
quarters. The price ' ' paid for th
property by the lodge is not known
but is is said to.be something be
tween $25,000 and $30,000. At the
next meeting of the lodge, Thursday
evening of this week, the report of
the home committee will' be made
and all particulars in connection with
the purchase of the Gaar property
will be announced. It is expected
tbe're will be a large attendance.
Reach Satisfactory Terms.
Mr. Braffett when asked to con
firm the report that the Gaar prop
erty had been purchased stated:
"The Elk have arrived at satisfac
tory terms with Mrs. J. M. Gaar for
the purchase of her home on North
Eighth street, which will be utted
as the Elks' club-house. The terms
are not public yet but Mrs. Gaar will
occupy the property until she finds
satisfactory quarters elsewhere."
Will be Glad News.
Negotiations for the Gaar property
have been bnTTdr ibomcrtlme and th
announcement that a deal has leen
completed for the property will be
bailed with delight By every Elk in
the city. All tho stock for the new
home has been raised and as soon
as Mrs. Gaar finds other quarters
the work of changing the residence
to meet the requirements of an up-to-date
club house will immediately
begin.
Is Admirably Designed.
The Gaar property is centrally lo
cated and admirably designed for a
club house. The third story of tho
house will be fitted out for the lodgo
room. The first and secoiid stories
will not be materially changed and
will be used for various social pur
poses. When tho new Elks' home is
completed It will be as fine as any
Elks' home to be found In this part
of the country. v '
GIRL DAIICED FOR
HAPPY DAIIQOETERS
Attired in a Veil She Was Ap
plauded by Bowlers and
The Mayor.
CAPITAL CITY SETS A PACE.
'LITTLE 1 EGYPT" AND "SEELY
DINNER" HAVE NEW RIVAL AT
INDIANAPOLIS A STAG PARTY
REVELS.
Indianapolis, April ."Little
Egypt" of Seely dinner fame, had a
close rival In Indianapolis the other
night, when a young womau from the
Empire theater appeared In a costume
that was the thinnest sort of an excuse
and exploited her "art" before the
members of the Indianapolis Bowling
league at the Grand hotel.
A delightful sense of security per
vaded the dining room where the an
nual "stag"' party of the league was
in progress, for the "fun" following
the dinner nd all that went with it,
is said to have received the personal
approval of Mayor Bookwalter.
The Streets of Cairo in their prime
held no more accomplished performer
than the young woman from the Em-
Ipire theater. The dance that would
have put the blush to Little Egypt and
would have sent her cowering to the
shadow of the pyramids, was put on.
SAMUEL LATZ WAS
KNOWN IN RICHMOND.
Samuel Latz, supervisor of the Lo
gansport division of the Pennsylvania
nia - trainmen.