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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-06
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
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Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, o.
Halls NCatarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Hauss Family Pills for constipation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
APHASIA, DEFENSE
A FORGER ENTERS

Claiming that he had an attack of
aphasia and remembered nothing
about the act, Frank LIE Grand, who
was arrested Saturday Afternoon for
attempting to pass a fraudulent check
upon Samuel Lubensky, a shoe dealer
on Fl. Wayne avenue, defended him
self in police court this morning. LIE
Grand said that he had been drinking
but was not intoxicated Saturday. Lu'
bensky testified that LIE Grand was not
drunk and seemed to possess his men.
tai faculties when he attempted to
force Lubensky to accept the check
in payment for a pair of shoes.
lie Grand was fined 500 and costs
the minimum fine for the charge.
The check was made out by LIE
Grand, payable to himself and endors
ed by him to Lubensky. The amount OF
the instrument was IS.
When LIE Grand gave the check to
Lubensky, the latter asked the former
to wait until he ascertained IL the
check was good. LIE Grand insisted
that it was good but Lubensky semi
the check to the Second National
bank. upon which institution the chech
was made and he found it to be worth
less Patrolman Lawler was called and
|ArrestAd La GIAnA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETING TONIGHT

Report Of the nominating commit
tees on their selections for directors
will be the chief business to come be-
fore the members of the Richmond
Commercial Club at their regular
monthly meeting this evening in the
Masonic Temple. The committees will
name candidates to hold the executive
positions in the organization during
the next fiscal year. and will report
recommendations for a method Of con
Quoting the election in February.
Benjamin w. Kelly, head of the
Richmond high school physical depart
ment. will be the leading speaker OF
the evening. Mr.. Kelly will talk on
meteorology, and will discuss the i'm
rortance and significance for the av
erage business man of being able to
tell in advance what the weather is tc
be.
Isaac e. Neff, principal of the high
school, will tell the club the purpose
and prospects for the public night
school which has its second session
this evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
CITY ENCOURAGES
SKATING AT PARK

That ice skating is becoming more
popular In Richmond each year il evil
denced by the fact that more than 800
lovers of this sport enjoyed skating on
the Glen Miller lake yesterday after.
noon, while in former years not ha1t
as many took advantage OF the privi-
lege Last evening $50 persons skat-
ed on the lake. The ponds north OF
the park have been converted into ice
skating rinks and quite q number OF
skaters used them yesterday.
A request was made of the board Of
works this morning by supt. Hollarn.
of the city parks, to be permitted to
turn On the arc lights around the Glen
Miller lake on nights when skaters use
the pond. Mayor Zimmerman said that
his request would be granted. and he
gave orders to the superintendent of
the light plant to place five arc lights
around the banks Of the lake and 10
have them lit each evening until II
O'Clock
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
REMONSTRANCE HAD
BUT SMALL EFFECT

demonstrators again appeared be.
fore the board Of public works this
morning in regard to the proposed
paving of West Main street. from the
bridge to West Fifth street Another
remonstrance signed by fifty-three
property owners was presented to the
board but 1t had little effect as the
board decided to present the case to
council at it's next meeting with q
recommendation that the improve
ment be forced through.
Between ten and fifteen persons
who signed the petition for the paving
of the street also signed the remon.
STRANGE. Property owners who signed
the remonstrance had about two-thirds
majority over those who signed the
petition.
The board confirmed the resolution
calling for the improvement of South
west Fourth street from the National
road to Southwest E; approved the
plat of F. T. Dunham and wife; order
ed the assessment roll prepared on the
Washington avenue railroad crossing
and adopted resolutions providing fol
minor inurovemantA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
RECORD MADE FOR
APPEALS FOR A|O
People Who Never Before
Charity Call on the
Trustee.

The record of appeals for assistance
was broken today at the Office of Trus-
tee Haworth in the court house. The
poor families which have long been on
the list of the trustees were not the
only callers. Heads of families who
rarely ever, if at all, are forced to ask
public aid, found themselves unable
to longer cope with conditions and
were given assistance. Though the
number of men out of work in Rich.
mond is not large, there are some who
have been unable to make both ends
meet and the cold weather has finally
driven them to call on charity Trus.
tee Haworth whose policy has been to
carefully investigate every case that
comes to his attention before admins
tering aid, said today that heshad been
forced to decline but two appeals and
in all others had provided as gener
ously as possible, fuel and provisions
both being sent to the homes of many
persons. The chief cry, however, has
been coal and wood, and much has
been provided during the last twenty
four hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08

Brought in Secretly Sunday
Night, the Officials An
nounced Today.
National News Association


INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. S.-Ortie Nc
Manigal, self confessed dynamiter,
was today comfortably quartered on
the second floor of the federal build
ing in a cell room especially prepared
for his accommodation.
McManigal arrived Sunday night on
the Big Four train No. Is, in company
of five detectives. He left the train
unobserved and was taken to the Clay.
pool hotel. where the party remained
until midnight when the transfer was
made to the federal building. McMani
gal. forty pounds heavier than when
arrested last spring, and dressed in
an Oxford-gray overcoat and wearing
a derby hat had every appearance OF
prosperous business man. Only a
few persons actually knew he was in
town until the authoritative announce
ment was made today. About twenty
witnesses will be examined by the
grand jury before McManigals stor,
will be heard. In the meantime he
will be utilized as a coach for the in
vestigation. Indications point tc
twenty indictments, including labor
leaders ina dozen cities throughou,
the country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
NO PLUM FOR TOMMY
Norman Mack Gets Job Tag
gart Sought.
(National News Association

(National News Association)
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Thomas
Taggart will not be chairman of the
sub committee on arrangements of
the Democratic national committee.
Norman E. Mack, national chairman,
will be authorized as usual, by the res
olution, to appoint the sub committee,
and following precedent will be ex Of
ficio chairman, if he desires it, and it
is understood he does.
Taggart's friends declare that he
never desired the place. He is busy
with certain extensions on his French
Lick hotel, which will keep him busy
this summer. He is also trying to raise
a little popular interest in the Harmon
presidential boom, which is uphill
work
John E. Lamb of Terre Haute and
Thomas Taggart of French Lick are
the only prominent Indiana Democrats
outside the congressional delegation
who are in attendance at the national
committee meeting. Lamb and Taggar,
are not occupying the same quarters
however.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
new FRANCHISE Is
TO Be DISCUSSED
L. H. & P. Company and City
Officials Will Hold a
Meeting Tuesday.

A new franchise for the Richmond
Light, Heat and Power company will
be discussed at the special session OF
the board of public works tomorrow
morning, when John Beasley, of Terre
Haute, attorney for the gas and cleo
tricity corporation, will present it's
side of the question. 1t is understood
that the Light, Heat and Power com
pany is anxious to secure q contract
for gas and electricity now, although
its present contract does not expire
until April 20, 1915.
The meeting tomorrow will not be
private, according to the city attor
ney, A. NJ. Gardner.
Some time ago Mayor Zimmerman
made the statement that he would
exert his influence and authority to
ward giving the corporation a fran
chise for furnishing gas only 50 the
city plant would have monopoly or
electrical business. When questioned
about the matter today the mayor sale
that he would make no public state
ment until the meeting of the boart
tomorrow.
| Attorney Beasley was in this cit,
a few days ago talking with Mayol
Zimmerman and John Robbins. loca
attorney for the company. He has al
SO held a conference with member,
of the city legal department in regart
to the granting of a franchise.
| When the matter was brought be
fore council some time ago nothing
was done because some aldermen be
lieved the water works question
should be disposed of first.
Other city officials are reticent IL
talking about the demands which th'
city will make before granting a nev
franchise. saying that they Arst wisl
to hear what the corporation wants.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
LA PENNA MURDER
TRIAL IS NOW ON
Italian Charged with Killing
Cousin - Many Jurors
Oppose Execution.

Impaneling a jury to sit in the case
of Michael La Penna, an Italian,
charged with first degree murder of
his cousin, Antonia La Penna, at the
Elliott Reid fence factory, West Rich
mond, November Z, occupied the entire
morning and greater part of the aft
ernoon sessions of the Wayne circuit
court. Monday.
Conscientious scruples against in.
flicting the death penalty on the part
of several of the regular petit jurors
and many of the special venire of for
ty. made the filling of the jury box
very difficult, ~naa-,as> each prospec
tive juror was challenged on this point
and admitted he would inflict the
death penalty under any circumstanc
es, Judge Fox excused him from serv
ice In the trial of the case which be
gan late Monday afternoon, the state
alleged that La, Penna. who already
AeAo DCCh IIOASlCu III LII Sl uC6A &C LII uA
der by the grand jury, killed his cous
in in the spirit of malice and without
provocaton. Although the defense
has not been revealed, it has been I'm
derstood from the first that it would
be on the ground of self defense. This
since 1905 when the defendant has en-
tered a plea Of not guilty to the charge
The court was late in starting the
case owing to trains and interurbans
being delayed, preventing the regular
jurors and those summoned on thu
special venire arriving in time for th'
regular hour of opening of court.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney r. X
Shiveley made brief statement of tn
case and began the examination o
! jurors.
Among citizens examined who wer'
excused for conscientious scruple
against inflicting the death penalt.
town; Charles Neff, East German
town; John w. Taylor. Perry town
] ship; Albert r. Swain. of New Gardel
township; Lawrence Fleisch, of Bos
ton township: John Mercer, of Four
! tain City; and r. O. Bailey, Of New
Garden township. George H. Egge
meyer, formerly first vice president o
the Second National bank. avoide
jury service because he has formed a.
opinion as q result of conversation
with witnesses to the crime.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
,lEW WEATHER
RECORD MADE
HERE SUNDAY

With all atmospheric registrations
since 1894 broken Sunday morning.
when thermometers registered fiji
teen and twenty degrees below zero,
and another cold wave in prospect
within the next twentyfour hours,
Richmond and community shivers and
wonders when relief will come.
Accompanying the savage cold came
misery and suffering to rich as we'll as
poor. but more particularly to the
poor and unemployed. But for the
fact that the charitable organizations
of the city have lent every effort to re-
lieve the conditions among the poor.
it is generally presumed that such
day as Sunday could not have passed
without several fatalities as a result
of exposure.
Since Thursday the charitable or
ganizations have been devoting all
their energies to supplying food, fuel
and clothing to unfortunates. More
than hundred and fifty families have
been given coal in five hundred pound
lots by the township trustee, and the
Associated Charities. In even greater
ratio the demand for food prevailed.
When Sunday, which probably will
go down as the coldest day in hun
dred years history of the country. ar
rived, the conditions among the needy
had been much relieved, though there
were several appeals attended to on
that day. All day Sunday, the mer-
curies is exposed instruments were
| settled below the zero mark. Despite
the cold there were no serious cases
of exposure reported to the officials
| Business has been affected by the
severe cold and railroad and interur'
ban schedules have been jolted galley
west.
One p. r. r. freight train went
dead west of Jackson's Hill and try as
they might the engineer and fireman
could not get up enough steam to pull
the ordinary load. They could do nc
more than keep the boilers from freeZ
! ing.
| Some of the trains from the west
and north were from three to 81,
hours late. The interurbans in some
instances were taken off because O
inability to maintain schedule time
Considerable wire trouble was report
ed.
Sunday was ushered in with tht
thermometer two above at midnight
It quickly fell and at 7:30 O'Clock
which seems to have been the coldes
period during the day, the official in
strument at the high school registered
1872 degrees below, while at the pump
ing station, the mercury registered Il
degrees below. There ware othe
thermometers which registered as low
as twenty and one dairyman main
tains it was twenty-three below at hi
home. At 2:3O o'clock on Sunday aft
ernoon it was one degree below Zer'
at the pumping station.
The temperature modified some
what Monday and at o'clock was l
degrees above. But the weather con
ditions are such the instruments ind
cate another cold spell will visit thi
community within comparatively fe,
hours. In 1894 it is reported the the1
mometer got as low as "a degrees bt
low However, there is no recor
which equals that of Sunday when tn
temperature never was warmer tha
one below zero.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
Star Witness for the Govern
ment Says Secret Meetings
Were Held After lnjunc-
tion Issued.
EFFORT TO EXCLUDE
EVIDENCE OF PLATT
Was Bitterly Contested by
the Government Judge
Makes a Ruling Favorable
to Prosecution.
(National News Association

(National News Association)
CHICAGO. Jan. S.-Following an in
junction by which Judge Grosscup In
the United States circuit court res
trained the millionaire packers from
continuing the operations of the alleg-
ed beef trust. in 1902. the packers con-
tinued to hold secret meetings. accord
ing to Jerome Platt, former confiden.
tial manager for Armour 4 company,
and star witness for the government in
the trial of the ten Chicago million
aire packers, charged with criminal
violation of the Sherman law.
Platt's testimony was the most SEN
sational that has been offered against
the packers. 1t came after a bitter
fight by the government to prevent the
exclusion of Platt's testimony, by
which he connected the old beef pool
which the packers admit existed. with
the national Packing company, which
the government insists. is only a con
tinuation in corporation form of the
earlier trust.
Judge Carpenter first ruled to ex
clude from the evidence Platts testi
mony by which he identified the hand
writing of G. Ogden Armour on docu
ments admitting the elimination o.
competition among the packers. These
documents. the government insisted
showed the existence of a beef trus
up to within few months ago. Later
Judge Carpenter announced that h
would withdraw this ruling and holt
it in allegiance, pending the compile
ton of Platt's testimony. Plat imme
diately launched into his story of th'
beef trust as he saw it from the in
side.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
CARS IN BLOCKADE:
TROLLEY WIRE BROKE

Six interurban cars were tiled up
in the snow storm this forenoon at
Cambridge City as a result OF the
breaking down OF the overhead sys.
tenn Nearly six hundred feet of troll.
ley wire was out of commission and
the entire service of the Terre Haute,
Indianapolis & Western Was demoral.
lied for a period of three hours The
schedule was shot to pieces" as one
of the employees declared, but before
noon cars we're running with regular
litE if not on schedule.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
SCHOOLS CLOSED

District schools OF Wayne county
On several instances were closed all
day Monday on account Of the cold. As
there was no fire In the schools on
Sunday and the temperature was be.
low sero al day. the buildings became
regular refrigeratOrs. 1t was impossi.
ble to get them even comfortable in
time for school Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08


942,458.96.
Balance in sinking fund, $9.499.45;
Controller McMahan having redeem
ed $4,000 Of city bonds; balance in
special fund. $3.256.46: street improve
ment fund, $6.1O5.13; Chautauqua
fund. $2.6S5.51: balance in municipal
tight plant fund. $9.s9l.73.
Flock Makes Report.
Marked improvements have been
made In dairy farms during the past
year, according to the annual report
Of Charles Flock. dairy inspector. New
and sanitary milk houses and barns
have been constructed on q number
Of dairy farms. The report says that
nineteen dairies furnishing milk In
Richmond are In fair condition, pro-
ducing 1850 gallons Of milk per day,
making an annual output OF 4l9.65O
gallons Of milk.
The report Of Edward Hollarn, gu
perintendent Of the city parks showed
that numerous improvements have
been made at the various parks dur
ing the year. The net expenses of the
park department amounted to $7.922.'
-. The ZOO" at Glen Miller park con-
tains the following animals: l bear,
8 elk. !: deer, 4 coyotes. 2 red foxes. l
raccoon. 3 eagles, l monaghan pleas
ant. E? pig.tailed monkeys, 3 ring-tail'
cd monkeys, 3 angoria goats. 8 white
ducks. :5 pigeons. 10 CAVES. 2 gray
squirrels. 9 fox squirrels. white rats,
and 1 Mexican monkey
Supt- Hollarn suggested few i'm
provements for this year. among
which is the re-roofing Of the one OF
the three park greenhouses. re-roofing
Of the two barns and minor improve
menta to the houses In the park.
The report Of the crematory for the
month OF December was submitted b!
Supt. Whitacre. showing that 5S1
yards Of wet garbage. 141 yards oi
dry garbage and S3 animals had been
consumed during the past month.
Other city officials, who have sub
mitted the yearly reports for their re
spective departments previously re
ported that everything was in good
condition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08
City at Opening of Year Has
More Money, No Loans
and All Debts for the Past
Year Were Paid.
MUCH IMPROVEMENT
IN LOCAL DIARIES
Inspector Flock Makes Re-
port Highly Pleasing to
the Board Reports on
Crematory and Parks.

With more money in the city's cof-
hers than at this time last year; more
public improvements having been
made in 1911 than in 1910; all debts
contracted during the past year paid.
land no money borrowed. Mayor Zim-
,merman believes that he has made a
good record. The city controllers s
annual report presented at the regu.
liar meeting OF the mayors cabinet
hhis morning was very satisfactory
one.
There was $37,453S7 in the city
Treasury January l. 1911. and $42.-
1885, January =. 1912 The total re-
Iceipts during the past year were $17S,-
1895, making total of $2l6,373.S2.
THE disbursements for the year
iamOunted to $173.914.86.
Controllers Report.
The financial report for the fiscal
lyear Just ended Is as follows:
iAAA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-08

Continued on Page Two)
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-28
DR.. ". F. PROCTOR COMING
After November 1 Prominent Govern
ment Official and Family Will
Be Residents of Bry hn. -

Through recent arrangements the
agricultural department at Washing
ton and the A. and M. College will
work together in the cooperative dem
onstration farm work.. the branch OF
the agricultural department that was
founded in 1904 by the late DIR. S. A.
Knapp, who was succeeded by his soR-
Hon. Bradford Knapp of Washington,
d. C. BY this arrangement Or. w. F.
Proctor will have fall charge of the
work in Texas. Heretofore he has
only had charge of the East Texas
division. He has been engaged in the
work ever since it was founded, and
so efficient has been his work, and so
untiring and honest have been his eff
forts, that he was easily the first
choice for the high position to which
he has been elecated.
DR.. Proctor is no stranger in Bryan.
Part of his boyhood was spent here,
his father having lived here when
Bryan was the terminus of the Hous-
ton & Texas Central railroad. He was
also a student of the A. and M. Col
lege in an early period of its history,
and he has in recent years made fire.
quent official visits to this section.
Bryan may count herself fortunate to
have this very excellent family make
their home here.
1t will be remembered that The
Eagle one day last week gave notice
that DR.. Proctor had come here and
had failed to find house in Bryan
and had been compelled to notify the
department at Washington that he
could not move to Bryan until he could
get house, so by the aid Of the no
tice in The Eagle Mr.. A. w. Buchanan,
county agent for the demonstration
work, has luckily found them good
home and he will arrive this week and
his family will follow early next week
DR.. Proctor's coming to the college
will no doubt be a great stimulus to
agriculture throughout this section Of
the state, and under his efficient man
agement the work will prosper as II
never has before. Let all the people
of Bryan give these good people a
hearty welcome to our midst.