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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
President Taber of the Amer
lean State Bank Alleged to
Be Short in His Accounts
by $4,000.
CITY AND TOWNSHIP
HAD BIG DEPOSITS
However Public Officials
Are Protected by Bond
Guarantees-Second Bank
Failure in 80 Days.
tNational News Associatlon)

TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Jan. A.
State bank examiners il. l.. Arnold
and G. l.. Howard. Thursday morning
began an Investigation o: the books OF
the American State bank. which late
"Wednesday afternoon closed its doors
with the announcement that President
Taber was short in his accounts to the
extent OF $4,000, and that the out.
standing loans, which could not be rea-
lixed on. probably would add $4,000
to the shortage. Thursday 1t appeared
that the shortage. however. would to-
tai close to $65, 900 as 1t was said by
members OF the board OF directors.
that several weeks ago Mr.. Taber con-
;fessed 10 them that he had appropri-
lated about $500 for his own use.
and that the bank had bad notes to-
falling about $4,000 more. One OF the
heaviest dcpositors was the city Of
Terre Haute, which had 1886, 900 on de-
posit Wednesday morning
Controller Hughes. learning that the
bank was in trouble. withdrew $4,000
before the closed sign was hung on
the door Township Trustee Phillip, OF
Ottercreew township. had $17,5OO on
deposit. and 1t was the failure of the
bank to turn over Phillips pass book
that led the trustee 20 take action
which resulted on the run on the
bank, and the closing OF its doors.
Both township and city, however.
Arc protected against eny loss. as Of
0cials and stockholders Of the insti.
tuition executed a bond guaranteeing
all money deposited b. the oficials
6inoe the closing Of tbs bank, 1t has
developed. Taber a few days ago as
aligned his beautiful residence to the
bank. AZ part payment Of the shortage
The bank suffered heavily through the
recent failure Of the German Savings
and Loan association. whose secretary
Joseph Miller. fled to Germany. leav-
dng $4,000 shortage. The Real Estate
loan and Savings Association. of
which Tabcr was also president, and
which was recently investigated by the
state auditor. also owes the bank $4.-
800. according to the state auditor.
Just few minutes after .he bank had
been closed. Mr.. Taber received news
thai his aged mother. Mrs. Anna e.
Taber. had died at her home east Of
here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
New Election Laws Make No
Provisions for County the
Size of Wayne Meeting
Such Expense.
FEBRUARY II DATE
OF G. o. P. PRIMARY
Aspirants for Republican
County Office Nomina-
tions Want to Close Cam
paign in a Few Weeks.

The Wayne county Republican pri.'
mary probably will be held the second
Monday in February. the 18th. al
though it remains for the new county
committee to fix the date and to
make all other arrangements. There
seems to be q general disposition on
the part of the aspirants for county Of
fices to have the primary take place
at the earliest possible date, after .
reasonable time has been allowed for
the canvass, and, II precedent Is to be
followed. the second Monday in Feb
ruary likely will be chosen.
All Of the candidates for office ~
we'll as those Republicans who have
been in the past or are now identified
with the work Of arranging for the
primary. recognizes in the new India.
ma corrupt practices act sever STUN.
bling block. The general election
laws make no provisions for the pay.
ment of the costs Of u primary election
in county of Wayne's population out
of the public funds, hence it necessari-
ly follows that all expenses incident
to such an election must be borne by
the party organization. and in the past
it has been the custom for the county
committee to make direct assess
ments against the candidates. the
amounts assessed varying with the Of
fices sought-the higher the salary At.
tached thereto the higher the assess.
ment. 49,
The Former Method.
Under the old way of transacting
this business the county committee
was supreme in as much as 1t could
lay down faaas stasthey affect that n can
didate who failed to pay his assess.
! ment could not have his name print.
ed on the ticket. Now comes the
| rub. 1t would appear from casual
reading of the corrupt practices act
that the county committee has no pow.
, er to legally assess q candidate any
sum for any purpose. 1t cannot,
therefor, depend on the old way OF
! raising funds to meet the expenses OF
the primary. The law makes special
provision, however. that candidates
may make voluntary contributions to
a party committee and this provision
may open the way for q satisfactory
solution of the problem. The candi.
dates themselves would have to de-
eide on what aggregate sum would Be
necessary to conduct the primary and
| would then make their contributions
accordingly.
| When the new Wayne county com.
mittee meets to organize On January
20 this will be one of the things that
will have to be threshed out and In the
meantime some of those persons In
terested expect to have attorneys 80
over the law in detail and determine
just what the committee may do and
/, what it cannot do.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
PRY INTO BRIBERY
OF M'NAMARA JURORS
Grand Jury Takes Up Frank
lin Case at Los Angeles
MANY Will Testify.
(Nat;Onal News AssociatiOp)

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-Investiga.
ton into the inner workings of the
Mcnamara defense and circumstances
surrounding the alleged payment of
bribes to Mcnamara jurors by Bert II.
Franklin was scheduled to begin today
by the county grand Jury ----- ~
Detectives working under orders
from assistant district attorney Jos
Ford have summoned many witnesses
among them being l.. H. Russell, for
mer secretary to Clarence Darrow and
Mrs. Ann Hartenstein, former stenog
rapher in Darrow's office.
Russell, DarroW's former secretary
has also been subpoenaed to appear
before the federal grand jury relative
to certain letters passing through his
hands while employed by the defense
With the summoning of his former
employees it was rumored that Attor
ncy Clarence Darrow and the other at
torneys for the McNamaras may be
summoned to appear before the coun
ty probers. The attorneys, however
state that they have not been served
as yet.
The investigation, which will be con
Quoted before the grand jury by assis
tant district attorney Ford has fol
it's object the discovery of persons in
volved in the alleged bribing of jur
: |ors in the Mcnamara case.
Efforts ade also to be made by
the authorities to secure possession o
a certain affidavit said to have import
ant bearing in the bribery cases. Thi:
affidavit has been in existence for sew
erai months and was made prior tt
the alleged bribing of jurors b,
! Franklin
Mr.. Ford has refused to discuss the
, investigation. Yesterday he held {
conference with U. S. District Attor
, ney Mccormick. at which Russell, for
mer secretary of Darrow was present
The officials went over the testimon,
of the witnesses and conferred in re
gard to the bribery probe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
ACCUSED CONSPIR-
ATORS WILL FIGHT
(National News Association)


LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-Asserting
that if necessary they would carry
their fight to the supreme court Of
the United States, the labor leaders
indicted by the federal grand jury for
alleged participation tn a dynamite
conspiracy are preparing for their de-
fense. The trial of the three men,
Olaf A. Tveitmoe, Anton Johannsen
and J. E. Munsey, who were arraigned
yesterday, will begin January II.
1T will be a fight to finish," said
Tveitmoe. Il will carry the cases to
the supreme court if necessary. l
am not worried about money for the
defense" The indictments charge a
general conspiracy to send dynamite
from Indianapolis to other points out
side the state in violation of the feder-
al statutes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
THE WEATHER
STATE AND locAl-Fair toniaht
and Friday. Slightly colder.

HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY.
Forecast for Richmond and vicini.
ty: Fair and colder tonight and Fri
day. Highest temperature in last -
hours % at p. m. Wednesday. Low.
est temperature in last "a hours IL at
3 .. m. Thursday. temperature at
1880 p. m. today Is. Barometer high
and falling. DIRECTION and velocity Of
wind: 8. W.. 10 mile pre- hour.
Note-The present cold area covers
the entire United States with the ex-
ception Of Florida. and it is expected
that the orange groves in that state
cold. accompanied by high winds, Is
expected to continue Tor at least thee
or four days, as there is no relief in
sight
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
DEMOCRATIC CLASH
IS NOW EXPECTED
Clark and Folk Expected to
Mix at the Jackson
Day Dinner.
(National News Association)

(National News Association)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Predictions
were freefy fnade tUday of thesprobsb
ility of a clash between Speaker Clarh
and Former Governor Folk at the
Jackson Day dinner here, aJnuary 8
following the declination of Oscar W
Underwood to speak ut that political
gathering, an action said to have beer
taken by him to avoid a clash with
Bryan.
The Democratic horizon is scloudine
up and the realization here that Mr.
Bryan is daily becoming a stronge,
factor in Democratic national politics
is reported to have been strong fac
tor in bringing this about.
That the Nebraskan is steadily gain
| ing favor in the west, is the belief ol
Fl. H. Hughes of Springfield, Mo. and
this view is fostered by the attitude Ia
ken by many Democrats here that thu
boom of Gov. Foss of Massachusetts
will hurt Woodrow Wilson, and indi
rectly aid Mr.. Bryan.
| Almost all of the presidential boom,
in the country are represented herr
| by supporters, each of whom is work
ing hard for his candidate. Those WHIT
profess to see disaster to Wilson il
the aspiration of Gov. Foss declar>
that the outcome of the matter will b.
the division of New England states
which were regarded as solid for Gov
Wilson, by the support which will b,
given to Foss.
Again they point out that Connect
cut will complicate the situation still
further when its delegation declare
for Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin, to sa.
nothing of what the effect of tn
Maine situation may have when the,
set up for Gov. Plaisted. 1t is the min
or boom from which the vice-presiden
tial candidate may be drawn which ar,
complicating matters.
When the National Democratic com
mfttee meets here Jan. 8. one of tn
most interesting of the state situation
presented will be that Of Tennessee
represented by w. O. Vertrees. Nj
Vertrees replaced r. e. ldountcastle O
Knoxville as national committeeman
when Mountcastle opposed the regu
lar Democratic state organization il
the nomination of the last gubernatoI
ial candidate, Senator Taylor, in 81,
ing his support to Vertrees, Will
Luke Lea, his conferec, Is supporting
Mountcastle, a Bryan man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
A new FRANCHISE
TO Be CONSIDERED
Richmond Light, Heat &
Power Company Asks
for a Renewal.

Consideration of the renewal OF the
franchise under which the Richmond
Light. Heat and Power company oper-
ates in this city and which expires on
April 20, 1915, will be given by the
board of public works and John Beas-
ley. of Terre Haute, attorney for the
gas and electricity corporation next
Tuesday morning at 10 O'Clock An
nouncement was made Thursday at
ence already had been neld between
Beasley and Mayor Zimmerman, and
that John r. Robbins. local counsel
for the light and power company. has
discussed the proposition with the
city legal department.
At the meeting Tuesday It 10 antici-
pated steps which have been infor-
malIy taken and in private conferences
will be revealed for the approval Of
the administration. The proposition OF
q new franchise will be discussed in
detail the city making Known its de-
mands.
Among the matters discussed b.
tween the mayor and the representa-
tive of the company vas that of the
heating and lighting quality of The gas.
The city has complained of the pres
ent standard Of artificial sas. claiming
that it does not have samcient heat
units and II will demand among other
things that the standard or EAs under
the new franchise shall be Of the htGA-
e1f So s@##5szS@s sss#@sss
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
LA TOILETTE
IN THE RACE
HOUSER SAYS

CHICAGO. Jan. 4.-Denial was
made at Senator Robert NJ La Fol-
lette's Chicago headquarters that he
will withdraw from the race for the
Republican presidential nomination In
order that Theodore Roosevelt may be
the nominee.
Walter l.. Houser. in charge OF the
La Toilette campaign. said it is untrue
that La Toilette has withdrawn from
the race. Mr.. Houser had prepared a
longer and more detailed denial Of the
reports, but was unwilling to make 1t
public until he could get into commu,
nication with his principal by long dis
tance telephone.
Later at the direction OF Senator La
Toilette, Houser issued the following
statement:
"Once for all l wish to set at res,
the reports and rumors that Senator
La Toilette will withdraw or that hi.
friends will withdraw his name as Z
candidate for president. Senator Ii
Follette's name will not be withdrawn
The campaign for his nomination will
continue until the gavel falls, declar
ing who is the nominee of the Repub
lican convention for president. Their
need be no speculation indulged in II
regard to this fact.
| WALTER L. HOUSER,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
TO REAL BUSINESS
The Federal Grand Jury
Got Down Today.
(National News Association,

(Nafionaf News Askoci2tiOnt
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4.-The fed.
eral grand jury got down to real bus.
mess today in the dynamite conspira.
cy investigation. Oscar LawIer, I'm.
tied States attorney was seen going
toward the jury room with an armful
Of documents which came from Cali
three witnesses from Peoria, supposed
to be carrying remnants of the clock
work bombs discovered after explo.
sions failed to wreck the Iron works,
also approached the sacred sanctum
OF Investigation.
President Ryan of the Structural
Iron Workers Union arrived today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
POLITICAL MACHINE
Title Applied to Post Office
Department.
National News Association)

National News Association)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Asserting
the postoffice department has become
q huge political machine Congress-
man Norris (Nebraska) introduced a
bill in the house to place every en-
ploye Of that department except the
postmaster-general under competitive
classified service. The bill also de-
creases salaries effecting a million dol.
lar annual saving
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
LOUISVILLE PLAN
ING MILL BURNED

LOUISVILLE, KY Jan. 4-The
plant of the Louisville blaming mill
and hardwood flooring company was
burned early today with a loss of $120,-
900.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-04
ENDS TOUR HERE,

Senator La Toilette will end his
delivers an address at the Coliseum.
From here he will 60 direct to Wash.
ington.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-18
MARKET REPORT

Kansas City Stock Yards, May ii,
1912. Fed cattle are in strong hands
now, and the shabby treatment ac-
was not allowed to pass unnoticed.
The run there yerterday was cut in
two from recent Mondays, and the
result was a sharp advance. At no
time in the last ten days has the run
of cattle here been more than moder-
ate, and the improved situation at
Chicago yesterday removed sympa-
thetic weight from trade here. Sales
were steady to 10 higher here yester-
day, and the same advance rules to-
day, supply here about 1900 head
each day. Nine dollars was paid here
to-day for prime steers the first time
that figure has been reached this year,
or any other year in midsummer at
this market. Some yearling steers
and heifers brought SS.25. here to-day,
weighing 1872 pounds, and others
some little heavier brought IS. IS.
Some long distance steers were here
yesterday from Baker City, Oregon,
which is 100 miles away. They were
five year old stears, fed through the
winter on oats and wheat in the sheaf,
and alfalfa. They Weighed 1881
pounds, after their long journey, and
brought S7.55. Two or three trains
of good steers from South Texas are
on the road for Thursdays market
here, having picked out this market
as high place to land. The limited
supply now moving from native ter
LIE ~. l~1
of these consignments from afar, to
exc out a moderately respectable
total cattle supply. Stockers and
feeders are firm.
Hogs overran the estimate by two
thousand head to-day, the total reach
ing 5000. Prices were strong to five
higher, top s7.S5, bulk of sales $3.50
to $3.50, though light weights develop
ed some weakness at the close.
Rains Sunday in Kansas and Missouri
postponed corn planting operations
Monday, and permitted owners 70
haul hogs to town, is the way the
swell in the run is accounted for
here. The estimate here for to-
marrow is 1900 head, and dealers
/ look for firm markets later this week
The supply of sheep and lambs to-
day aggregates $1,000 head here, the
greater part of it muttons and goats
from Texas. Prices held steady
yesterday on these classes, but the
situation is weak to-day, though some
extra good Texas wetherS, 102 pounds,
brought. 1915, IA more than anything
brought yesterday. Middle class
| Texas muttonS bring 81 IS TO S5 35,
sold at 50. Is to-day, and clipped stuff
is worth up to $500. Scarcity of hogs
and CATTLE and strength in those
markets now, are helping the mutton
market make good showing.
/ j. A. Rickert.
Market Correspondent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-18
THE SUNNY SOUTH
BY MRS L. d. MONROE, OF TOPEKA
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
Before leaving Oklahoma we MOTTO
ed battered flag flying Take last
look at that rag said he, you'll
not see many of them in Texas. +"
But that fact is due, not so much
that the colors hurt the eyes, as TO the
bigness Of Texas. Texas is SO in the
habit of thinking of itself as an en-
pire. And there is ground too, for
this pleasant hallucination when you
reflect that if you and your friend
should start, at the same rate of speed
from Texarkanu, he going to Chicago,
and you to ElPasO, the extreme west
ern limit of Texas, that he would
beat you to his dertination by about
hours, and that doesn't figure that
you are many hours from the extreme
line either north or south.
We were bowling along in the trop-
ical heat, l have forgotten now what
we were arguing about, when mes
sage at Pyote urged us to stop off and
visit the Biggs Lam and Irrigation
Company at Barstow the next stop.
There was scurrying around, pick
ing up crochet needles and thread,
strapping up of luggage and then the
landing at BarStow. BarStoites
speak of themselvs as inhabiting the
Pecos Valley, you would think them
a seperate and distinct star, or may
be comet Yet come to think of it,
they have right to take on airs
Land that will grow nve crops of al
falfa in one seaSon-pause long and
think of that, it will save time later
on for the Barstowite wants it to soak
in-five crops of alfalfa, cutting
about every thirty days. is in its own
class.
'sOh,n one enthusiastic woman, ''if
1 could have just forty acres under
ditch, where can raise alfalfa, with
a little fruit orchard and garden
about my house, its what we are saw
ing for now
When you look at the musquite
brush, gnarled, knotted with perhaps
not two straight inches of growth in
one direction, centuries. work in
crooks and turns you signature
locoed, crazy for drink of water.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-18
DICTAGRAMS

.'Clean up'' is a good motto but
S'Keep clean'' is a better.
The political traitor always finds a
plausible excuse but never gives the
true reason for his peridy.
Old ST has just caught on to the
definition of ''house party" He says
it means ten-in-a-bed. No house
party for him.
What has become of the old fash
ioned boy who ate raw cooking douph
and teased his NAV for the privilege
of licking the mixing bowl?
Uncle Heck says the Kansas Health
Almanac is great on swatless flies and
cupless drinks but it is failure as a
weather forcaster.
If you think the present fashions
are out landiSh, just take a look at
the fashion plates of only few years
ago and then wonder how you ever
endured the monstrosities of that day
andNage.
Uncle Heck says that man has a
right to cut off his nose TO spite his
face, especially if he has that kind of
face, but when he does it at the ex-
pence of the innocent third parties
he needs calling down.
DICK TAGRAPH.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-18
DAIRY AND LIVE STOCK TRAIN
U. p and X. S. A. c. Special May 27 to
June

Three cows at the Kansas Agri-
cultural College are now giving about
q gallons of milk, every day. These
cows will not be brought out on the
Dairy and Livestock SpecIaF' be-
cause they are on test and they
must be kept free from all excitement.
These cows are not scrubs but one a
Holstein, onother Jersey, while the
third is an Ayrshire. Neither will
the College speakers contend that
every farmer must have such cows al
though they will insist that it always
pays to build up herds by using pure
bred sires of dairy strain, if in the
dairy business, or of beef type, if
raising beef cattle.
This train is not to be run ex-
clusively as Dairy Special but to
advocate greater attention to the
growing of all kinds of live stock and
the improvement of all stock by breed
ing. The College grows some of the
finest Hereford, Shorthorn and Angus
cattle and Percheron and Clydesdale
horses in America, and President
Waters is distinctly a beef cattle
man in personal inclinations. All
Il
these trains are conducted by the
4 Extension Department and J. III.
Miller, Director of College Extension,
insists that each farmer must handle
the kind of stock he likes best, dairy
/ cows, beef cattle, hogs, sheep or
horses, but that Kansas farmers
should grow much more live stock
of all kinds and better stock. He
holds that each community should
organize cooperative breeding
associations for getting and maintain
ing pure-bred sires, and he wants the
farmers Institutes to do this work
within their organization.
The lady speakers of the Live
Stock Special'' will discuss the great
er use of milk diets with suggestions
asto scientific and economica1cookery
| The exact schedule will be printed
next week and will be announced on
posters that will be in every bank
and post office and station on the
proposed itinerary. The first day
will take the Train from Culver to
Plainyille, the second to Sharon
Springs, the third to Ellis, the fourth
to Salina, the fifth from Salina to
Junction City, north to Clay Center
and east to Wheaton, while the sixth
or last days run will end at Leaven-
worth.