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VOL. XXXII. NO. 1 14.
Richmond, Ind., Tuesday Evening, May 14, 1907.
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EICHMQM)
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JUMPED HIS BOND
BUT SMITH IS III
AT INDIANAPOLIS
Notorious Crook Caught Here
And Released on $300 Cash
Bail, Is Badly Wanted Else
where. COLUMBUS, OHIO, GETS
FIRST CHANCE AT HIM.
Smith and His Wife Are Known
-
Far and Wide for Their Op
erations Latter Held for
Loitering.
Frank "Crooked Neck" Smith, no
torious pickpocket, after being releas
rd from custody here Monday on $300
lend, furnished by his wife, alao a
clever "dip", jumped his bond but
vas arrested later in the day at In
dianapolis. Mrs. Smith was also tak
en into custody. Shortly after Smith
liad been released on bond Chief of
Uetectives Dundon of Columbus, O.,
arrived in the city and asked the po
lice to turn Smith over to him as he
Is badly wanted in Columbus for the
theft of some valuable diamonds.
Smith could not be located and it was
then learned that he had left for In
dianapolis. Word was immediately
pent to the Indianapolis authorities to
leep their eyes open for the crook.
Arrested Saturday Night.
Smith was arrested in Richmond
Saturday night for picking the pocket
of Walter Burden, colored, while on
a street car returning from the circus
grounds. After lifting $7 from the
colored man Smith jumped from the
car but was followed by Burden and
other men. Smith ran into a blind
alley in the rear of the First National
lank and was easily captured. Mon
day morning Ilattie Smith, his wife,
whose picture adorns many rogues
galleries and pages of police maga-
frs. .'She was not taken into custody
by the police and secured the ser
vices of Attorney J. F. Robbins to de
fend "Crooked Neck." Mr. Robbins
waived preliminary examination and
had Smith's bond fixed at $300 Mrs.
Smith put up $300 in cash as security
for Smith's appearance when his case
was called in the circuit court.
Comment at Indianapolis.
Speaking of the arrest of Smith and
liis wife the Indianapolis Star prints
the following:
Far in' advance of the day when the
big show" is to be in Indianapolis,
when "crooks" and pickpockets are
expected by the police, Detectives
'.Askin and Duncan Monday preceded
their brother officers in the prelimin
ary skirmish by arresting Frank
Smith, known as "Crooked Neck"
Smith and his wife, Hattie Smith,
"both of whom are said by the police
to be pickpockets, notorious from one
rnd of the country to the other.
When arrested Mrs. Smith had
onore than $400 iu money, a pair of
diamond earrings, a solitaire diamond
Ting and two diamond set lockets, all
valued at more than $1,000. Smith
Jiad only a watch and 40 cents in
jnoney.
The two detectives looked for the
couple when the Richmond train ar
rived at the Union station Monday
"but only Mrs. Smith came through
the gates. They followed her, and
the met her husband at Delaware and
Washington streets.
Greeted by Detectives.
"Hello Smith," said Frank Duncan,
lis the two detectives approached the
couple, "l guess we want you."
"That so, Frank?" replied Smith,
who, had been introduced to Duncan
cn several different occasions.
"Well, 1 will go home and take our
luggage, and then I will come back,"
eaid Mrs. Smith. But the officers
were of a different opinion and she
also was taken into custody. The
charge against her is loitering.
Smith had nothing to say when he
was locked up. Word was at once
sent to Columbus and Richmond that
the couple had been arrested and an
officer is expected this morning from
Columbus to return 'the alleged pick
pocket. From time dating far back in the
memory of police officers Smith has
been known to them. lie was sen
tenced from Monticello, I ml., eight
years ago. on a grand larceny charge.
le has been arrested in Louisville,
Ky., together with his wife, and sever
al times he has been pictured by the
BertiUion clerk in New Tork. His
picture decorates two places in the
rogues' gallery of the Indianapolis po
lice department.
At present the Smith home is in
this city, the wife owning a small
grocery at f3l South Delaware street.
She gives little of her attention to the
grocery, it is said. No bond was fix
ed for "Crooked Neck." His wife's
bond was fixed at $500.
Lyon Liston in the City.
Lyon Liston. one of tlw best known
traveling freight agents in tli Central
states and who is with the I'nion and
Southern Pacifies, was - In Richmond
Monday calling on local railroad of
ficials and shippers.
ISAAC M. PITTS DIES
AT HAGERSTOWN HOME
Veteran of Civil War Passes
To Last Rest.
HE WAS 79 YEARS OLD.
Hagerstown, Ind.. May 14. The
death of Isaac M. Pitts occurred this
morning after a sickness of more than
two years. Mr. Pitts was 79 years old.
He was a native of North Carolina, but
has lived in Wayne county many years.
He joined a Wayne county regiment
and served honorably in the civil war.
His widow and a number of grown
children survive.
COL JOHN F. MILLER
VISITING JIT ARKANSAS
Is Guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. D.
Scott.
SONS GREET HIM THERE.
(Van Buren, Ark., Press.)
J. F. Miller, of Richmond, Indiana,
formerly connected with Pennsylva
nia railroad system and later one of
the National commission to the St.
Louis World's fair, arrived in our city
Sunday night to pay a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. P. D. Scott. He was accom
panied this far by his son and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Miller of Chi
cago, who had been on a three weeks
tour down the Mississippi river to
New Orleans and through Texas to
Brownsvil'.e. H. I. Miller is president
and general manager of the C. & E. I.
railroad and his trip was a combina
tion of business and pleasure. He
and his wife spent Sunday night and
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Scott and
left Monday night in his special car
for Chicago. J. F. Miller will remain
longer as he is much interested in
farming and wants to become better
acquainted with the lands and crops
in this section. The fruit industry
and its shipment will occupy a good
part of his time and he will soon be
familiar with every phase of the eitua-
ed to have him with them and hope
it will be convenient for him to come
to Arkansas frequently in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Miller and son,
John, will come here from St. Louis
to meet him Saturday morning and
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Scott.
OLD RECORD IS BROKEN BY
ANOTHER AVALANCHE OF VOTES
Monday's comparatively light voting
was evidently the calm before the
storm, for an avalanch of votes de
scended upon the Palladium and Sun
Telegram office today, completely
breaking any previous day's record.
As a result of this extraordinary vot
ing, several of the contestants have
How the Vote Stonds
- WOMAN TEACHER.
Miss Elizabeth Sands, Starr school ..7 91,723
Miss Elizabeth Lasiiley, Centerville school 75,412
Miss Fannie Silver, Centerville school 25,465
Miss Lucie Mayr, Hibberd school 10,213
Miss Daisy Petty, East Germantcwn schoo! 2,619
Miss Mary Lemon, Whitewater school ... ... ... 1,799
MAN TEACHER.
Elza Stevenson, Economy school 37,256
J. F. Huntzier, St. John's Lutheran. school 27,021
W. O. Wisr.ler, Garfield school.'...- 26,449
Joseph M. Richter, St. Andrews school 25,302
Orville Brunson, Garfield.. . 16,143
Walter S. Davis.. High school 4 15,694
Joe Burgess, Whitewater 5,093
A. T. Elliott, Boston school 3,231
B. W. Kelly, Fountain City school 3,221
L. B. Campbell, Business College.. 3,250
Jos. H. Blose, Jacksonburg 3,038
Lawrence Smelser, Abington school 1,544
WOMAN CLERK.
Miss Elizabeth Hershey, Mary Brothers f.691
Miss Nellie Williams, Singer Sewingmachine office ...24,78
Miss Emma Johnson, milliner at Noider's 12.351
Miss Hazel Hoffman, Model Dept. Store 1,203 .
MAN CLERK.
.Harry Buntin, Fox, clothier 67,066
Howard Smith. Model Dept. Store... 10.842
Howard Thcmas, Emmons Tailoring Company . 3,314
Joe Wessel, Lahrman's .' . . . s 2,738
Ulam Lamm, Hassenbusch's .. .. 1,210
WOMAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
Miss Marie Hodskin, Bartel's Overall factory, Cambridge 82,230
Miss Goldie Danner, Seidel Buggy Co 60,853
Miss Zssie Ellis, Adam Bartel factory 6,296
Miss Bessie Shute, Watt and Keelor Casket factory ... 817
MAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
William Russell. Hoosier Drill. . . .w . . . v... . . .50,280
George Matthews, Gaar Scott 19,410
Geo. Knight. Starr Piano ...19.214
Fred Reynolds. Starr Piano -.- 6.763
Edmund Stidham, Safety Gate Co ... 6.320
Abraham Schissler, Wayne Works 614
WAS TIED TO
RAILROAD TRACK;
GDT SEVERE SCARE
West Side Lads Imitate the
Actions of Students at Ken
yon College, Ohio, a Year
Or Two Ago.
COMPLAINT TO POLICE
AND ARREST FOLLOWS.
Claude and Lee Nicholson and
Howard Mitchell Are Held
To the Juvenile Court for
Mistreating Delbert King.
Imitating the actions of some stu
dents at Kenyon college a year or two
ago Claude and Lee Nicholson and
Howard Mitchell, all aged about 13
years, captured Delbert King, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles King, 133 Wil
liams street, Sunday 'afternoon and
tied the lad to some extension ties
on the G. R. and I. railroad near
school street, Fairview. Young King
was almost frantic with fear but after
his captors had given him a severe
beating and then tied him to the ties,
he succeeded in releasing his hands
from their bindings and then untied
the ropes which bound him to the
ties.
Had Terrible Experience.
The lad ran immediately to his
home where he collapsed from his
terrible experience. The lad is now
fully recovered from his nervous
shock. The father of the boy entered
a complaint with the police and the
Nicholson brothers and Mitchell ap
peared at police headquarters where
they told how and why they had tied
King to the ties.
Sunday morning young King and
another boy, Paul Reese, walked out
to the farm of a friend and while
returning home Sunday afternoon
along the G. R. & I- tracks they were
young Mitchell. Reese took to his
heels and escaped but King was easi
ly captured. One of the Mcho,son
boys told King that they had been in
structed by a yard foreman to cap
ture and punish him for molesting
(Continued on Page Two.)
taken great upward leaps. From now
on the voting ought to be rather
strenuous every day. The end of the
contest is almost here and many of
the contestants will probably not put
off till the last moment casting a
number of their reserve votes.
(Continued on Page Two.)
OY
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Showers and thunder
storms Tuesday night and Wed
nesday; much colder, brisk south
erly, turning to northwest winds.
OHIO Showers and cooler Tuesday
night and probably on Wednesday.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
MONDAY
" ' (May 13)'
Total Circulation .....j..,..,7 n7Q
Net Circulation
6,861
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION. :
- - ' ,
LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
RECEIVE BIDS Oil
HEATING PLANT
Earlham Board of Trustees
Get Ready for Making An
other Improvement.
4 FIRMS AFTER CONTRACT.
BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETED
IN TIME FOR FALL TERM AND
WILL FURNISH POWER, LIGHT
AND HEAT.
The board of trustees of Earlham
college are in session today viewing
plans and receiving bids on a central
heating plant. The representatives of
four different firms were at the col
lege to bid on the building and its
equipment. The board may not come
to a definite decision in regard to let
ting the contract, yet today but it is
likely that it will do so some time this
month, as it is necessary that the plaut
be put in this summer, in time for the
opening of school this fall.
".TBfe"j)'lknt "win -furniaE' heat; power
and light for all the buildings on the
campus. The probable cost will be
$-30,000. At present Lindley, Earlham
and Bunday halls are using the entire
capacity of s'team heat furnished by
boilers in Earlham hall. The site of
the new plant will likely be in the rear
of the present dormitory building and
will contain four large boilers.
Bunday dormitory and the Carnegie
library now building, are to be com
pleted by September and they have no
facilities for heating other than will
be furnished by the central college
plant. oFr this reason it is impera
tive that the improvement be made
this summer. When trie plant is done
Earlham's campus will contain eight
buildings in addition to the grandstand
on Reid field.
OHIO AUTHORITIES
T TWO OTHERS
Detective Dundon Lays Claim
To Tom Johnson and Geo.
Fredericks, Now in Jail.
THEIR OFFENSE SERIOUS.
DUNDON LEFT FOR INDIANAPO
LIS TO GET FRANK SMITH AND
WILL PICK UP JOHNSON AND
FREDERICKS ON WAY BACK.
Chief of Detectives Dundon of Co
lumbus, O., was in the city again for
the purpose of returning Tom John
son and Geo. Fredericks, two crooks
arrested here Saturday for stealing
cologne from the Quigley & Babylon
pharmacy, to Columbus.
Mr. Dundon saw these two men at
the county jail, where they are held
for a hearing in the circuit court, aud
he states that he thinks they will
consent to return with him without
the necessity of securing requisition
papers.
Mr. Dundon says he knows nothing
about the past records of these two
men but that he wants them for a
serious offense in Columbus. The na
ture of this offense was not stated
as he has not yet secured the testi
mony he desires to introduce against
them. Monday in a spirit of bravado
Johnson stated that he is one of the
cleverest confidence men in the coun
try, and-that he is known to the po
lice all over the country as "Big Tom,"
He and Fredericks have been follow
ing the Barnum & Bailey show for
three or four weeks.
Has Gone After Smith.
Mr. Dundou left for Indianapolis
where he will secure Frank Smith,
the pickpocket arrested here but who
escaped by jumping his bond. On his
(.Continued on Page Two.)
WAN
CORIIEFi STOIIE
FOR
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
TO RE LAID FRIDAY
Appropriate Exercises Will Be
Conducted to Mark Begin
ning of This Important
Epoch at Earlham
OCCASION TO BE MADE
ONE OF IMPORTANCE.
Short Talks by Representa
tive Men Will Feature the
Occasion Building Will Be
A Model Public Welcome.
Laying of the cornerstone for the
new Carnegie library at Earlham col
lege next Friday afternoon will be
marked by appropriate exercises. The
day will be a gala one, featured by
speech making, the singing of college
songs and a base ball game between
the Quakers and Antioch college.
The program in full follows:
Invocation Allen Jay, of the board
of trustees.
College songs, under the direction
of Miss Lucy Francisco.
Short talks:
Faculty Prof. D. W. Dennis.
Alumni Prof. T. A. Mott, Superin
tendent Richmond schools.
Richmond business interests Shar
on E Jones.
Students Oliver M. Frazer.
Historical sketch Prof. Harlow
Lindley.
Laying of the cornerstone Timothy
Nicholson, member of the board of
trustees for 43 years.
Open to the Public.
The exercises which are open to
the public will be held on the foun
dation of the library building. After
the cornerstone laying the bunding
will be hurried to completion. By the
opening of the fall term both the li
brary and the . Bundy dormitory
should be fully built The dormitory
is i "rapidly assuming form. -"The" brick
layers are now working on the third
story. The college authorities are
particularly pleased with this struc
ture. The walls, which are of com
mon brick, are almost as perfect as
if constructed of pressed brick.
Building to be Model.
The library building is to be a
model of its kind, two stories in
heighth and a deep basement. It will
accommodate 75,000 volumes. The
cost of the building will be $40,000.
In addition to the space allotted to the
library proper there will be a lecture
room with a stereopticon, five study
rooms for research work and a room
for an art collection. : This is an un
usual feature for a Friends institution
as the Quakers have never given
much attention to art in the past.
That Earlham is to have a new library
is largely due to Prof. Harlow Lind
ley, the librarian who had charge of
soliciting the funds for the endow
ment. Prof. Lindley who has been
appointed to revise and collect histor
ical data on Indiana for the state li
brary is very proficent in his line and
his ideas have been followed in draw
ing the library plans.
COMMENCEMENT
SEASON IS NEAR
It Will Be Inaugurated at Earl
ham College on Thursday
Evening of This Week.
THIRTY-EIGHT GRADUATES.
THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF
CLASS REUNIONS, A NOTABLE
ONE TO BE THAT OF THE CLASS
OF 1887 GIFTS ARE IN DOUBT.
With a musical recital by Miss Ma
mie Hough of Richmond, on Thursday
evening of this week, the commence
ment exercises at Earlham college for
this year will begin. The exercises
will continue through the remainder of
May and until Wednesday, June 12,
when the class will make its final
bow. There are thirty-eight members
of the class this year.
There will be a number of class re
unions, notable among which will be
that of the class of 1SS7. This class
which has been gone from the college
twenty years, contains many bright
minds. Atty. Wilson S. Doan of In
dianapolis, who has lately been lead
ing a legal crusade against the sa
loons throughout the state, was a
member of '87: Rev. R. J. Wade has
been secured to make the address be
fore the Christian Associations on
Sunday evening, June i.
President Kelly says that he can
not say with certainty whet her there
will be announcement of any real big
gifts at commencement time. Last
year's commencement was notable for
the liberal donations mad 9-
. J. HIATT STRUCK '
BY A STREET CAR
Well Known Man Has a Very
Narrow Escape.
NO BONES WERE BROKEN.
A street car struck the rig in which
Wm. J. Hiatt was driving late Moudav
afternoon near the Hoosier Drill
works, and he was thrown from the
buggy, receiving several' very painful
bruises and cuts. He was picked up
in a semi-conscious condition and re
moved to his home on South Fifteenth
street, where medical attention was
summoned. '
Mr. Hiatt was driving in a closed
top buggy and before attempting to
drive across the tracks looked ovit, but
did not see the fast approaching car.
The horse had cleared the tracks when
the car crashed into the rig complete
ly demolishing it and hurling Mr. Hiatt
to the edge of the gutter, where he re
mained motionless. It was .thought
for a moment that he had been killed
outright. His head was badly cut and
it bled profusely. After being remov
ed to his home a closer examination
was made, and although Ir. Hiatt was
suffering intense pain. no broken
bones were found. His back and shoul
ders are badly bruised. It is consider
ed extremely fortunate that Mr. Hiatt
was not killed outright.
ONLY A FEW ABLE
TO PASS THE TEST
Four Applicants for Service in
Army Out of Thirty-three
Got through.
COLLEGE MEN ENLIST.
CHOICE IS GIVEN BETWEEN
HOME AND FOREIGN SERVICE-
THERE ARE 410 VACANCIES AT
THE PRESENT TIME.
Of the thirty-three applications re
ceived at the local recruiting station
since Sergeant Bard has been in
charge, only four have successfully
passed tHe examination laid down by
the war department. It Is a most sin
gular fact that a majority of the men
refused were not accepted on ac
count of afflicted eyes. The recruit
ing officers always have to deal with
a large number of men who are af
flicted with eye troubles, but the per
cent, of applicants refused here on
account of such, is exceptionally large.
None but the very best men physical
ly and mentally are accepted for the
service.
During the past year 693 college
graduates have been enlisted in the
army which shows that. Uncle Sam is
making a strong bid for the xvery
cream of America, to take places in
his guards. , The old theory that ev
erybody and anybody can enter the
service has long been exploded. The
20th infantry to which all the Rich
mond boys have been assigned, to
service, along with the 21st and 22nd
infantry and 4th cavalry, has been as
signed to foreign service. All the lo
cal recruits will go "to Honolulu
where they will be stationed until fur
ther orders from the War department.
Have Choice of Service.
Men enlisting In the service at the
present time have , their choice of
either foreign or home service, the
order having just been issued.
CapL- Carroll Power, in charge of
the Indiana recruiting district, as
in the city Monday making an inspec
tion. An order has also been issued by
the war department granting all ac
cepted applicants the privilege of im
mediately entering one of the army
schools for a six months term, or en
tering the ranks and taking the school
work at a later period. School work
however is not compulsory.
Sergeant Bard has been notified
that there are vacancies for 22 signal
electricians at a salary of $75 per
month each; five vacancies for engi
neers in the artillery corps and four
sergeant majors, junior grade, in the
artillery corps. All told there are 410
vacancies in the line of the army.
IS INTERESTIH TENNIS
High School Students Given
Use of Courts.
The Richmond high school students
have been gives use of the two east
tennis courts at the public play
grounds four evenings a week. On
Mondays and Wednesdays the Ioys
will play and on Tuesdays" and Thurs-.
days' the girls. Monday eVtuing taere
were two games with Ralph Smith
and Howard Ashley against Paul Fish
er and Robert Thornburg and Stanley
Shaefer and Carl Ecsemeyer against
John Clements and Robert TallanL.
WM
0 AT O S
GOOD
FOB TRANSFER OF
FREIGHT LOCALLY
Indiana State Railroad Com
mission Is Showing Activi
ty in Reference to the Sit
uation in Richmond.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE ON'.
BETWEEN THE ROADS.
Officials Hope to Reach an
Agreement Without Servic
es of the Commission
Shippers Will Benefit.
Richmond will soon have a common
transfer point for freight business, be
tween the ,C, C.'iV- L., and Pcnnsylvc- '
nia railroads; or at least that is the
I'uiiuva ai lilt; irwui linn-, ill . iiiclt,
the Indiana State Railroad commis
sion has asked reasons of the differ
ent superintendents of the railroads
interested," why the junction cannot be
built, and has also cited the Indiana
state laws to them, laws which require
a transfer of car load freight from one
line to another where it will greatly
aid manufacturers and others fchippiog
and receiving freight. It is under
stood that the officials of the two rail
road conmanles ar now rnrrpsnnnrt.
ing In an endeavor to come to some
agreement, as to the cost of the con
struction of a spur between the two
roads at a point convenient to both.
This will probably be west of tho pres
ent Pennsylvania freight station, near
the junction of the two lines. The
Pennsylvania railroad controls all
property on which the spur would have
to be constructed, and the railroad It
self would not be to any great expense
so far as this feature is concerned.
An amicable agreement between the
two roads is expected at it Is under
stood they do not want to have the In
diana commission settle the affair, and
adjust the differences as they stand,
among themselves. . The commission
has notified the superintendents ..that s
under conditions existing In Richmond,
they'can be forced to Interchange
freight. There probably will be much
"dickering' before a final agreement
between the roads Is drawn up, owing
to the fact that both will want to get
off with as little expense as possible. .
Manufacturers Are United.
The manufacturers of the city stand
In a body for building of the spur, for
the interchange ! of freight, as It will,
they say, work to the advantage of all
shippers in the city, who have had o
reach different towns by roundabout
circuits because the freight could not
be exchanged at this point. The rail
roads are not .so .greatly in favor of
the move and particularly Is'Jhis truo
of the Pennsylvania company. , It Is
thought a portion of the freight from
the factories which the Pennsylvania
has been handling exclusively, will be
sent over the C, C. & L., giving an ad
vantage to that road. It is argued,
however, that the factories on the C.
C. &. L., that have never before, been
able to ship any kirge quantity o
freight over the Pennsylvania, will
send a large percent of It over that
road, and it is through this that the C,
C. & l. is not favoring the move. But
notwithstanding this, the spur will bo
built by the two roads ultimately.
After Local AdjustmenL
The superintendents of both lines are
going about the matter in a systematic
way and are trying to get an adjust
ment made locally, and not through
the state railroad commission. As
soon as the local superintendents get
the papers drawn for the arrangemeat,
they will be forwarded to the higher
officials of "the companies where they
will be approved or rejected.
, In case the connection is made, ship
pers on either line can consign freight
to points on the other road, and the on
ly charge that will be made by the "
road first handling the freight will be
the transfer toll from the factory to
the point of transfer.
MRS. JANE PARSONS
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Well Known Hagerstown Wo
man Is Very Low. ,
HAS A SON IN RICHMOND.
Hagerstown, Ind., May 1L Mrs.
Jane Parsons, mother of Benjamin V.
Parsons, of Richmond, Is critically 111
at the house of her on, George V.
Parsons, three miles north of here. Sh3
has been in feeble health for severaj.
years.
WILL RETURN TO WORK
. WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Wm. Hutchinson, a local Pennsyl
vania conductor, who has been ill fur
the past thirty days with rheumatism,
has signified his intention of return-
ins to work Wednesday, moral;-