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Richmond, Ind., Wednesday Evening, May . 1907.
VOL. XXXII. NO. 103.
Single Copy, Two Cents.
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PROFESSOR HUNTZIKER OF ST. JOHN'S
TAKES THE LEAD IN TEACHERS' RACE
MARIE HODSKHI
ADVANCES AHEAD
OF
Elizabeth Lashley and Eliza
beth Sands Contesting
Fiercely for First Place
Among Woman Teachers.
Elizabeth hershey
increases her lead
The List of Contestants Was
Reduced Today to Those
Who Have Been Given at
Least 500 Votes.
Interest in the Palladium and Sun
elegram voting contest today cen
tered chiefly in the man teacher and
woman shop employe classes. Vro-
fessor Huntziker, of the St. John's (
Lutheran school, by a vote of 6,248,
raised his total number of votes to
13,926 and Rained the lead over Pro
fessor Richter of St. Andrew's school.
Miss Mario Hodskiu, in the. woman
tdiop employe's class by increasing
her total vote to 2,714, regains her
old place at the head of that class.
Miss Elizabeth Lashley with 39.6S0
votes, still maintains Centerville's
lead over Richmond, though Miss
Sands increased her vote to 37,647.
Miss Elizabeth Hershey has in
creased her lead to 26,791 and leaves a
widened gap between herself and her
nearest competitor, Miss Nellie Wil
liams. George Knight, of the Starr
Piano company, raised his total vote
to 16,772. materially closing the gap
.between .hunscf nDd..yilfam Russell.
A new factor has entered in the man
teacher class in the person of A. T.
Elliott of Boston, who increased his
vote from 60S to 3,137,
As has already been announced, the
list of contestants was reduced today
to those who had at least 500 votes
published in this paper. Those left
are the ones who are working with all
their might to win the right to go to
the great JamestowTn exposition
(Continued on Page Two.)
MINERS SURVIVE A
TERRIRLE ORDEAL
Men Entombed Say That Hell
Itself Could Offer No
Greater Terror.
THEY ARE ALL RECOVERING.
HAD BEEN IMPRISONED SINCE
LAST FRIDAY AT NOON IN
DANGER OF BECOMING CANI
BELS UNLESS RESCUED SOON.
Johnstown. Fa., May 1. The seven
men rescued from the Berwind "White
Coal company's mine early this morn
ing, are recovering at the hospital.
The men told of v.hat they endured in
that hole. One said: "Hell itself
could offer no greater -terror than ve
endured In that heading. The tomb
would be a paradise to it. Looking
back over the experience I do not see
how- any of us escaped without our
minds being affected. Our experi
ence was , worse than that of Hicks,
who was imprisoned so long, because
he had food, water and no companions.
This latter only made it worse for we
could talk to each other about our
coming death. Then the spectacle of
our havingr to turn cannibals to sus
tain ourselves presented itself and we
wondered who would be the first vic
tim. But thank God, it is all over
How.
Tho men had been imprisoned sincrj
last Friday at noon. Without food or
water they were able to make known
that they were not drowned by tap
pings on compressed air pipes, signals
that put renewed vigor into the men
working at the pumps to empty the
nine sufficiently to enable the men to
te brought out.
Committee Will Report.
Cambridge City. Ind.. Mar 1. Wil
liam Creitz, M. G. Krahl and Joseph
Moore, the committee of three, will re
port the results of their efforts dur
ing the past week toward arranging
th list of premiums ,und arranging
with the merchants at the business
men's meeting tonight, for bHtb3 t
be used in connection with Home Coin
ing Week next September. ,
MBS
DA EH
How the Vote Stands
WOMAN TEACHER.
MTss Elizabeth Lasniey, Centerville school 39,680
Miss Elizabeth Sands, Starr school...'. 37,647
Miss Fannie Silver, Centerville school ...12,910
Miss Lucile Mayr, Hibberd school 9,200
Miss Daisy Petty East Germantown school .. . 2,619
Miss Mary Lemon, Whitewater school 1,637
MAN TEACHER.
J. F. Huntziker, St. John's Lutheran school ... ... .19,926
Joseph M. Richter, St. Andrew's school 19,184
Elza Stevenson, Economy school ..18,208
Walter S. Oavis- High school 15,650
W. O. Wissler, Garfield school 15,105
Orville Brunson, Garfield .14,873
A. T. Elliott, Boston school 3'157
Lawrence Smelser, Abington Sihoo 1,C38
B. W. Kelly, Fountain City school 631
WOMAN CLERK.
Miss Elizabeth Hershey, Mary Brothers 26,791
Miss Nellie Williams, Singer Sewing Machine office 20 454
Miss Emma Johnson, milliner at Nolder's 7,950
Miss Hazel Hoffman, Model Dept. Store 1208
MAN CLERK.
Harry Buntin, Fox, clothier - 36'S?
Howard Smith, Model Dept. Store 10.842
Howard Thomas, Emmons Tailoring Company '?J4
Joe Weseel, Lahrman's - .2,758
Ulam Lamm, Hassenbusch's 1,207
Ben Hiser, postoffice '" 1,231
WOMAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
Miss Marie Hodskin, Barters Overall factory, Cambridge 32.744
Miss Go'die Danner, Seidel Buggy Co 31,659
Miss Essie Ellis, Adam Bartel factory 5,169
Miss Bessie Shute, Watt and Keelor Casket Factory 812
MAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
William Russell, Hoosier Drill , 23,173
Geo. Knight, Starr Piano 16,772
George Matthews, Gaar Scott 12,531
Fred Reynolds. Starr Piano 4 4,263
Abraham Schissler, Wayne Works 614
Frank Newland, Seidel Buggy Co i01
THREE WILLS FILED
FOR COURT RECORD
Margaret McCoy Leaves $500
To a Cemetery.
TWO EGGEMEYER WILLS.
The last will of Margaret McCoy, a
former well known resident of Center
township, has been filed for proof and
probate. Under the terms of the will
Hannah Sealock and David Xanagan
each receive $500. The sum of $200
iswilled to Bryan's Chapel with the
provision that the money be placed
at interest by the trustees and that
the interest shall be used In maintain
ing the chapel cemetery. The remain
der of the estate Is to be divided equ
ally among the heirs of the late John
McCoy, father of the testator. Harri
son Gabei is named as executor of
the estate and his bond has been fix
ed at $3,000.
Mrs. Eggemeyer's Will.
George H. Eggemeyer has petitioned
to be appointed administrator of the
estate of the late Anna Maria Egge
meyer. The petition states that the
estate is probably worth $3,000. Mr.
Eggemeyer's bond has been fixed at
$6,000. The deceased left no will.
E. H. Eggemeyer's Estate.
George H. Eggemeytr has petitioned
to be appointed administrator of the
estate of the late Eberhart Henry Eg
gemeyer, who left no will. The estate
is only valued at $50. Mr. Eggemey
er's bond has been fixed at $500.
CUPID GETS BUS);
RECORDJS IMPROVED
Big Increase Shown in Mar
riage Licenses.
CLERK IS WELL PLEASED.
During the past month Dan Cfpid
woke np and took notice that Wayne
County, Indiana, is on the map. Tak
ing his bow and arrows out of moth
balls the little god got quite .busy, and
as a result thirty-one couples, whose
hearts had been pierced by the darts
of Master Cupid, applied to County
Clerk Harry E. Penny, for marriage li
censes. All of them were accommo
dated. During the month of March
only seventeen marriage licenses were
issued and Mr. Penny was quite surly
with Master Cupid, but he is now say
ing nice things of him. Tho marriage.
license business started out briskly for
the month of May, when at an early
hour. Henry Filgrim. years, an-1
Elizabeth K. Koehriug. J1 years, both
residents of this city, were granted a
license.
JOSEPH HITTLE WAS
GIVENjlS RELEASE
Case Against Him Was Not a
Serious One.
Joseph Hittle, charged with improp
er conduct with Mrs. Mary McFarlan,
and also with wife desertion, Is ofce
more a free man. The charge against
Mrs. McFarlan has also been dismiss
ed. In the city court Prosecutor Jes
sup stated that he had thoroughly in
vestigated the case of Hittle and Mrs.
McFarlan and that it is not so seri
ous as he had at first thought. He
stated that. Hittle had promised to go
back to his wife and child and that he
would recommend to the court that
Hittle be released on his own recog
nizance. 1
ENCOURAGING NEWS
TO -LIBERTY PEOPLE
President Henry of the I. & C,
Frankly States the Needs
of His Road.
DR. BEARD COMPLIMENTED
CONNERSVILLE KNIGHTS OF CO
LUMBUS RAY LIBERTY A VISIT
TO COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR INSTALLING ORDER THERE.
Libert3 Ind., May 1. President
Henry of the I. & C. road frankly stat
ed before the state tax -board at Indian
apolis last week that his road would
not pay until it was completed
through to Hamilton, Ohio. This
will be good news for Liberty people,
as the uncompleted portion of the road
between Connersville and Hamilton,
will pass through this city, and Presi
dent Henry's statement plainly shows
how necessary this line is to his road.
There is seme hesitancy, however, to
ward pushing the completion of this
line owing to the tightening up of the
money market and the corresponding
difficulty in floating new issues of
bonds.
At the annual meeting of the Union
District Medical association at Con
nersville last Thursday, Dr. E. R.
Beard, a prominent Liberty physician,
was highly complimented on a fine pa
per which he had prepared and read
before the assembled physicians.
A large number of the members of
the local lodge of Foresters held an in
formal reception last Sunday after
noon at their hall in the Kennedy
block, for some twenty members of
the Connersville lodge. Knights of Co
lumbus, who crime over on the noon
train to pay a social visit and inci
dentally to complete arrangements for
the installation of a lodge of their or
der in this city.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Fair . Wednesday night,
probably Thursday, slowly rising
temperature, light frost Wednesday
night.
OHIO Fair and. warmer Thursday;
light to fresh northwest winds.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
TUESDAY-
(April 30)
Total Circulation .......... ,J Qgg
Net Circulation 6 834
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
TAKEN FROM TRAIH
IN A DAZED CON
DITION ; MYSTERY
Peculiar Case of Joseph Werts
Who was on His Way from
Milford, Ind., to His Home
At West Alexandria.
HAS NO EXPLANATION
OF THE OCCURRENCE
It Does Not Appear that
Werts Had Been Drinking
His Father Has Been Told of
Situation. .
Joseph Werts, a young man twenty
one years of age, was taken off a Pan
handle train arriving here about 4:30
o'clock this morning in a stupified
condition. He was unable to walk and
ifter- he - had . beetf '-'taken - jpolico
headquarters Dr. Charles Marvel was
summoned to give the young fellow
medical attention. It took consider
able work to bring Werts out of his
dazed condition.
At headquarters it is stated that Dr.
Marvel expressed an opinion that
Werts was not drunk. It is thought
that drugs are responsible for his
condition but he can offer no expla
nation. His memory seems to be a
blank. In talking to Prosecutor Jes
sup, Werts stated that his home was
j in West Alexandria, O., and 'that his
father was Wesley Werts, a carpenter,
j Young Werts stated that he had been
at Milford, Ind., for the past seven
months and that he had been employ
ed by a minister. He decided to go
home Tuesday and started out with
$12 in his pockets. He purchased a
ticket and a suit case at Warsaw, Ind.
This was all he bought, Werts stated.
and according to his statement he
should have at present at lea6t $S but
all that was found on him when two
unknown men carried him off the
train at the local station was $2.71.
Has no Explanation.
Werts cannot account for the miss
ing money. He cannot give any ac
count of how he happened to gt in
his present condition. He denies that
he took anything to drink Tuesday.
Sergeant McManus states that
he could not detect any odor of liquor
on Werts' breath and is of the opinion
that some person or persons have rob
bed him. Others state that if young
Werts was drugged for the purpose of
being robbed that all of his money
would have been taken from him.
A newspaper man who talked with
Werts states that he could detect the
odor of absinthe on his breath and is
of the opinion that the young fellow
became intoxicated drinking this liqu
or. His father was notified by the po
lice and he Is expected to come to
this city to investigate the case.
Young Werts objected to his father
being summoned as he stated that his
father had driven him away from
home. Werts is still in a -stupefied
condition and he will be held until
the mystery surrounding his case has
been cleared up.
PHIL RILEY DOES NOT
SHOW MOVEMENT
Injured Fireman Remains in a
Critical Condition.
BEARS PAIN PATIENTLY.
Phil Riley, the fireman who was in
jured in the runaway accident on
North Eighth street, Monday, is still
in a critical condition at the hospital.
He has shown no change for the better
since the accident and it is feared that
his injuries are of a worse nature than
had been supposed. Riley is bearing
his suffering patiently.
ARE GOING TO CANADA
Wayne County Soon to Have a
Colony There.
Cambridge City, May 1. Mrs. Char
les Hockett and son Russel and Miss
Miller, a relative left for Alberta, Can
ada yesterday morning where she
will join her husband at Calgary, near
which Mr. Hockett has farming inter
ests. They will make their future
home on the farm owned by Wm. A.
Doney of this city, which Mr.. Hockett
has charge of. The farm consists of
200 acres of fine farming land situat
ed within twenty miles of Calgary.
In the Christian Church.
Boston, Ind., May 1. The Boston
township commencement exercises
will be held in the Christian church
Thursday night. May 2, instead of in
the M. E. church as announced.
DAVID HERBERT IS
AGAIN IN TROUBLE
Alleged That He Abused His
Family.
CHARGE IS INTOXICATION
David Herbert was arrested Tues
day evening by Officer Golden and ar
raigned on a charge of intoxication.
Herbert entered a plea of not guilty
and the hearing of his case was con-
inued until Thursday. Herbert stat
ed that the police had it in for him.
Officer Golden states that Tuesday
night Herbert became badly intoxicat
ed and started a reign of terror at his
home In the east end. Golden states
that the man first chased his daugh
ter out of the house and that he then
beat his wife. The racket attracted
Golden to the scene and he promptly
took Herbert into custody.
Just why a charge of assault and
battery was not placed against the
man is unexplained. Herbert states
that he intends to prove his innocence
by the testimony of his wife and child.
Several weeks ago the man was ar
raigned in police court for participat
ing in some domestic troubles and
was given a stiff fine.
' Birthday Surprise Party.
Cambridge City, May 1. Last Mon
day Mrs. Freemont Freeman was
agreeably surprised at her home by
a number of her friends, with a birth
day surprise party. Mrs. Freeman
was presented with a beautiful hand
painted cake plate.
Poster-Tea a Success.
Cambridge City, Ind., May 1. The
poster-tea given by the senior Queen
Esther society, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hageman Tuesday
evening, was largely attended and was
a financial as well as a social success.
FOULKE IS PLEASED
WITH THE DOOMS
Richmond Man Impressed with
Progress of Russia Toward
Constitutional Regime.
VALUE IS EDUCATIONAL.
JUST AT THIS TIME, MR. FOULKE
SAYS, THE DOUMA TENDS
MORE TOWARD THIS THAN TO
WARD REAL LEGISLATION.
St. Petersburg. May 1 "William
Dudley Foulke of Richmond, Ind.,
former chairman of the special com
mission of the National Civil Reform
League, who has been studying the
methods of the Russian Parliament,
left Tuesday much impressed with the
progress of the country toward a con
stitutional regime, as indicated by the
convocation of the second Douma.
Mr. Foulke said he thought this body
was more valuable as an educational
institution than an actual legislative
body its powers were so greatly re
stricted and its authority so depend
ent upon the Emperor's will that It
seemed more like the shadow of a par
liament than a real legislative assem
bly. But .the mere fact that a repre
sentative body could be chosen and
could, without censorship, deliberate
on political affairs, was a great step
on the road to constitutional govern
ment. On account of the great number of
parties represented in the Douma,
each having its own separate aims,
and the difficulty of effecting combi-i
nations of them, it seemed' Impossible,!
Mr. Foulke declared, to expect valua-j
ble legislation. I
The Douma itself did not leave a
bad 'impression with Mr. Foulke, al
though he was present at one of its
most exciting sessions. "With regard
to the manners of the members and
the decorum of the Douma Mr. Foulke
said they compared well with the leg-
islaturcs in. some American staUi. s
MO D
Y. M. C. A. TO
Enthusiastic Mass Meeting Held At
the Coliseum Resulted in a
Most Satisfactory Vay.
GREAT REJOICING WHEN
FACT IS MADE KNOWN
Telegram of Appreciation Was Ordered Sent3
To Daniel C. Reid A Message From
the State Committee.
Richmond is to have a $1X,000 Y. M.
C. A. At the great meeting held
Tuesday night at the coliseum all con
ditional pledges were redeemed, and
with the sums reported by the various
young men's committees, and the ex
ecutive committee, the total amifnt
for the cause, in this city rose to $1M,-
1G7.01. The campaign did not close as
was expected, as the young men ftlt
that the campaign should continue for
at least ten days, for it is thought that
In that time the complete $KK,0m. will
be raised.
When Chairman Sharon E. Jones
stepped to the edge of the plaform
Tuesday night, and read the grand to
tal contributed to the Y. M. C. A. cause
in this city pandemonium reigned for
several minutes. People yelled and
cheered, while the members of the ex
ecutive committee, men who have dur
ing the past few years, fathered the
Y. M. C. A. movement in this city, and
one which has been very dear to them,
jumped to their feet, and cheered loud
and long. Tears showed in several
eyes, as an expression of the great
joy which dwelt within their breasts.
Audience Was Moved.
The sight of the gray haired men on
the platform cheering, further moved
the audience and the coliseum rever
berated with the loud huzzahs of the
happy people, who have watched the
campaign with particular interest.
Hands. jKcre shaken on .allsidea as. tfce
association was assured in Richmond.
Although the crowd attending the
meeting was not as large as was ex
pected, probably not numbering more
than five hundred people at any one
time, the enthusiasm shown was gen
uine and the cheering real. It was an
epoch in the history of the city and
the beginning of greater and better
things for the young men.
Henley Reduces Number.
Up to Tuesday night there were $;2.
2o: in unconditional subscriptions and
$18,000 in conditional subscriptions.
The varjrus young men's committees
reported $3,SCt.G2, a record breaking
mark for one day's work. The execj
utive committee reported that M. C.
Henley had made the proposition, if
five $2,500 subscriptions could be rais
ed in addition to his. he would let the
offer stand. John B. Dougan, Geo. H.
Knollenberg, Richard Sedgwick, the
Starr Piano company and the execu
tive committee as a whole, subscrib
ed $2."y0 each to the cause. Other
subscriptions secured Tuesday made
the total which the executive commit
tee handed in at night, $7,848.00. The
total reported above the conditional
offers, was $12,1X33.31, by all commit
tees. The young men's committees made
the proposition to the executive com
mittee that it would give $1,000 more
to the cause, if the executive commit
tee would take charge of raising the
remaining six thousand dollars need
ed for the. completion of the $100,000
fund. This proposition met with
hearty approval and was greeted with
long and loud cheering.
Voluntary Subscriptions Made.
Following this, propositions were
heard all over the large auditorium
FINES ARE ASSESSED
IN TWO OF CASES
C. R. Duncle and Thomas Mar
tin in City Court.
MUST HITCH HORSES
C. R. Duncle and Thomas Martin
were each fined $1 and costs in the
city court for violating a city oidin
ance which provides for the hitching
of horses on the streets. A. X. Kel
ler, who drives a team for the Elkhorn
mills was also arraigned under the
same charge. At first he entered a
plea of guilty and after he had been
fined he stated that a. man held his
horses while he was transacting some !
business- Judge Converse allowed
Keller to withdraw his plea and con-
tinued the hearing of the case until:
Thursday morning.
City Attorney Study stated to the
offenders that the police intended to I
rigidly enforce the hitching ordinance f'
as a protection to the general jyublic. '
WILL HAVE A
COST $100,
and $273 was voluntarily subscribed
before tho meeting adjourned, ull of
which clinched the conditional offers
and gave the cause an Impetus toward
the realization of the $100,000, original
ly set,, for the mark.
During the evening, 'Wilfred Jessup,
Rev. I. M. Hughes, Dr. S. It. Lyons, It.
B. Johnson, Clarence M Case, Timothy
Nicholson, George H. Knollenberg,
Rev. K. G. Howard, IJev. Conrad Hu
ber, Wm. Russell and Sharon Jones
made stirring short speeches, all of
which predicted a bright future for
the j'oung men of the cits and were
filled with words of commendation for
the young men's and executive com
mittees, who have done such yeoman
service during the campaign.
A rising vote of thanks was extend
ed to Daniel G. Reid for his handsome
gift to the association, and a .telegram
was sent hini in Paris Tuesday night,
apprising him of the success of the
venture id the action the meeting
has taken In regard to his gift.
The Richmond City band and tho
high school drum corps furnished
music for the occasion. The euthus-
iasm manifested by the drum corps
was contagious and many of the floor
subscriptions were directly due to TAa
enthusiasm.
. Money is Coming in.
Subscriptions' have been coming In
to the Y. M. C. A. headquarters all
day, and "the prospctB for tho remain
ing money seems bright Secretary
Brown received a telephone message
from a young woman who is a steno
grapher in one of the down town offi
ces and whose salary is not large,
stating that she would add $33 to her
already exceptionally large subscrip
tion of $100. Of this $35. $10 was to
be credited in tho name of her moth
er. The standing of the young men's
committees as they will remain and be
recorded in the corner stone of tho
new association building follows:
Bartel $5,028.3f1
Howard Dill 4.880.1.";
Levi Peacock 3.433.50
W. S. Hiser.. ..' 3.2S7.4!
Isaac Wilson.. 2,459. 6U
Oliver Nusbaum.. . . .. 2,384.00
L. S. Gay 2,066.00
W. O. Wissler .. 1.919.33
Turner Hadley . . 1,216.62
Arthur Ellis 879.23
$27,560.86
State Committee Pleased.
At the close of the meeting Sharon
Jones read the following telegram
from the state Y. M. C. A. headquar
ters in Indianapolis:
Indianapolis, Ind, April 30.
Sharon E. Jones,
f Chairman at Coliseum,
Richmond, Indiana.
State committee quarterly meeting
greatly delighted with reports from
Richmond today and hopes to hear yet
tonight that you are well started oa
the last fifteen of the hundred thous
and. We all heartily congratulate yon
on this great achievement which will
be a stimulus to the entire state.
JNO. F. WALUCK.
SECOND ELOPEMENT IS
SUCCESSFJUHOS FAR
Liberty Lover Has Trouble in
Keeping Wife.
HER PARENTS OBJECTING.
Leonard Ball a young man from
Liberty, who formerly worked at the
Hoosier Drill works, and while hco
roomed with his brother on Xorflx
Twentieth street, is having much,
trouble in embarking on" the sea of
matrimony. About two years ag
Young Ball married Edith Howren ia
spite of the serious objections of her
parents. The couple thought that they
could easily get forgiveness from the
stern parents, but when the girl re
turned to her home to get some cloth
ing she was forced to remain there and
Ball was refused the right to see her.
Finding it impossible to live with hi
wife Ball came to Richmond. Re
cently he returned to liberty: and,
eloped a fcecond time. Up to date no
has been sti-csful in keeping puse
sion of his wife