The Muncie Daily Herald from Muncie, Indiana • 1

Ftr r-T 4 ORAILIB. TWENTY-SECONIYEAR NO. 9. Ml.WIK, KIUDAY, lllX'KM UKK 14. lOOC.

ONE DOLLAR YEAR F.OOTIfiG FOR SOUTH 0 0) IH SAW CARRYING THE BODY Of DONA Lovers Near SpotWhere Dona Gilmans Body Was Found, Make a Startling: Statement Girls Arm Said to Have Been Upright When She Was Found. IB; Bcrippg-Mcliag, Ptcm Association.) ATLANTA, DEC, LT. -TJVO AUltKSTH ARK EXPECTED TODAY AS THE RKHILT OITHE KILLING OP A VARY BY AX IX-DIANA lXION TKACTIOX CAR XORTH OP HKRK EARLY THIS BABY HAYING BEEN PLACED UPON THKTUACK FOIt THK PlUPOhK OP KILLING IT. THK BABY WAS COMPLETE-LY 1KCA PlTATEI Miiw Flora Harbaugh, 17 jrJ-arr old, who refuses ibnoliH to Mjr who til? chilli fustn-r it, admitted that the baby waa her and pressed no regret our Itg ihatli. bli said ahe had no Mea how tlie baby came to be on the track an ahe did not pat there, la telling of the accident, the motorman aaid that he at Hot thought he aaw a newspaper lying on the track, bat a he came toward the object rapillly, thoughfJbe heard a acreant.

However, he paid no at cation, regarding it aa imagination and harrying on through tlie dark neaa with the car, speedily forgot the incident. lliw Harbnngli lu nut yet been arrested, but if in known that ahe Is one of the two who win be taken into custody and the man suspect of being the bnby'a father probably will be the other. By Scrlpps-McRas press association.) Dayton. Dec. 13.

At last evidence which baa been, through fear of notorlety. long Oppressed or kept secret-. Is coming to the fore that will cause Dayton to gasp, notwithstanding the fact that the town Is weary-worn with excitement caused by the Gilman murder and other crimes, The scramble for th reward. as well as the credit of having brought to Justice the slayer or slayers of Dona Gilman, has added phase of selfish baseness to the situation deeply deplored by percentage of the citizens here. -A woman, or girl rather, who waa passing with her lover on Wednesday night, November 31, nt about II oclock In the neighborhood where Dona Gilmans body waa found, has consented to tell what ahe knows to the authorities at the -proper time.

This recital will cause some faces to blanch, for, according to her statement, ahe and her escort heard whispers ia the dark and thinking they were being pursued by Tin tow a negroes, who have the wont reputation, turned to look In the direction from which they heard the sibillant sounds and witnessed spectacle which they did not give deal of consideration, but which after the murder, appealed to them aa being most significant. They aaw figures carrying a form which they thought might -be that of a big -dog, th darkness preventing them frota seeing only the blurred silhouette as it moved along slowly. Ban Away in Pear. The couple ran, not knowing what was going on, hnd got away from the neighborhood as quickly aa possible. The couple agreed the next evening after the news of the murder came out that they would say nothing, at least for a time, not dealring to bo mado conspicuous by tbelr testimony.

Finally they concluded that some innocent person might be made to puffer and rattier than eee anything of the kind occur will take the stand and testify when they are called. Forearm Uplifted. Evidence waa brought out today that when the body was found Dona Gilman's forearm stood Up In the air. Physicians insist, that this condition could not well exist had sb died la the position in which her body waa found. A promlnent local physician, who waa present at the second inquest and autopsy, will Insist that, on assisted, the limbs of tho dead body wilt assume a lag position whilo the flesh la atilt' pliable, and If the forearm waa found In the position claimed after rigor mortis has not la the body had been ehang-in its position between the time of death sad Its discovery.

Testimony la at kail showing that when found ah advanced state of decomposition hnd taken place, la the body. Evidence will be brought to bear upon the point as to whether la the cool outdoor air and raln' this condition has been pa advanced. It will then be shown that the body In reality was Inside some building tipU was heated, -GIRLS III A PANIC AT CLATPOOL OVER FIRE 20 Years Ago Today II TT.n,...4 It was decided to hold a mass meeting to solicit the sale of stock in the first- natural gas company here. Said the Liberty correspondent of I the Herald; One thing we would I like to sjieak of and that is think I it very disgusting to see a young I man go to church and carry a Twenty five cent whip In the house that reaches half way to the ceiling when he goes to church." -1 Brtftwlmew in Mimwaptlit JnimaL The Associated Charities 9 Work In until In 1906 give. material kelp to an unknown person, the troable is not that yon give too wuuch, but that Toiit give- ''fie little; If be needs anything pt all he needs more than a chance quarter.

Ton pay him to beg, you are not uiakltfl; better man of him. We are glad that the day is faSt passing away when the poor are thought, of as a class uhiu whom we may bestow aims indiscriminately- and think of thenr again. Now an applicant for help Is recognised as an IndlvldtLU- with Individual, needs and that the treatment must be individual if it is to be permanently helpful. Prevention is tno key-note of modern chai liable effort. The tBHScrlppa-McRae Preaa Indianapolis, Dec.

13. -EmokeYroma abed In the rear of the Claypool hotel, today, caused a panic among employes in the hotel and resulted In several girls being slight Jx. hu rt, The smokfLiUleilAhehalls. and rooms of the hotel. About 130 girls ar employed in the place and all of them tried to rush out at the same Ume.

Tact yat required to manage A. number jumped to a neighboring roof and were injured, but none seriously. VONNEGUT IS DEAD Well Knon nfndianapol is Merchant Passes An ay. Bjr 'Scrlpps-McRao Press Association.) Indianapolis, Ind jig. 13.

Clemens Vonnegut, founder of the Vonnegut wholesale hardware store here died, today the result of n-posure. He was 83 car old. A few days ago be wandered away from home and was found the next day in the eoun'ry beside a railroad trark with a broken arm. He was one of fbe best known business men of Indiana and possessed a large estate. LICENSE IS REFUSED Major Withholds I let ail Liquor Priv- lieges Krom John Indfcatious are that the John Swelgart saloon on South Walnut street will not ho veonened, at least la the name of Swelgart, and otherwise, the place cannot be ppened for the sal.

of Intoxicating liquors for several weeks, since considerable time Is required to obtain a new license. Although Swelgart has deposited 1350 with the city controller, and asked for a license, the same has been refused him by Mayor Guthrie. The attitude of the mayor indicates that the place will not be reopened soon as a saloon. WELL KliDVJIj HCTOR TfillS Illl-BB And Rankin Duvall Probably Cannot. Survive.

After Being Saved From Car Wheels, Eaters Saloon and Disembowels Himself With Knife, if ibW-hrltu toll a wrist loo.) New York, Dec. Rankin Duvall, a portage of Edwin Booth aad member of David Beiascos company, attempted hari-kari ta a down town saloon today. He entered the saloon. bought drink, stepped up to the lunch counter, picked up big cheese knife and asked the barkeeper If ke could uaq IL The latter thinking he meant to cut piece of cheeae, nodded nssentl Immediately Duvall felt the sharp edge of the kaife, placed the point nt big abdomen and pushed himself forward, falling on the floor. The knife nl- most dlsembowled him.

penetrating through bis back and ke will die. Duvall for hundreds of performances had played' a part la "The Darling of the Cods," Belascos greatest play where Tosea and her lover Join each other la -death by falling upon swords. Earlier, in the day. Duvall tried to throw himself ia front of a car but waa saved. Cheated at that method, he aaid it waa aa accident and entered the sa-tuoa where wts more successful.

ALMOKT BIT TO.NGlK OFF. Wade Gazelle, the eltfit-year-old non of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gazelle, of South Walnut street, fell yesterday afternoon while playing football at the McKinley school and almost bit off the end of his tongue. Dr.

Rollta Bunch, who attended the lad, found necessary to take several stitches In order to sew, up the wound. TODAYS MARKETS fit Boyc Boyce Block.) Company, Chicago Gram rradacav Wheat Open. May July Corn May.J,,. July ..44 Oats May i ..25 July ..33 High. 78 77 Low.

78 77 43 44 Clone. 73 77 -43 44 3C 83 35 34 '33 Pork- May $13.83 $13.83 $13.80 $13.33 Hogs Receipts, steady to 3c higher. Mixed, heavy; C.XS; rough, $3,759 5.85; light. Cattle Receipts, slow, weak. Sheep Receipts, iteady.

SPILL III THE SIX-DAY BIKE By gcrlppa-MuIlae Prssa Association.) New York, Dec. 13. The six-day bicycle race baited for nearly two boors, (his morning, aa the rasa it of bad ap)ll of eleven of the thirteen racers which occurred la a wild sprint. Hollister was severely hurt sad lay uncwosrloua beside the (rack for two boors. Tbs other riders were only silghiljr bruised.

Twelve teams, are still tieo fur first place. MCNC1H MKX DOING WELL. Harry Bishop, a wladowgladk worker, who has been at work in 1 West Virginia for some time, la home i for a week. He reports that aa ac- eldent to one of the furnaces there caused a psrtlos of the plant to be closed for a week or tea days. A number of Muncfe workmen who are 1 engaged there this firebars sal to be doing well.

1 SAYS ROOSEVELT HELPED MORMONS Senator Dubois "Gort "After" President in Smoot Cist. (By Bcrippu-MeRau IT as Association.) Washington, D. C-, Dec. 13. Senator Dnboia, of Idaho, In speech in the Senate, this afternoon, urging that Reed Bmoot bo expelled, charged" that President Rooeevelt now I ngly and aided! he Mormons in the recent Idaho election.

He declared that Governor odln. the Republican Candida' for Governor, waa the Mormons candidate, and. that President Roosevelt sent Secretary Taft Into Idaho to help elect Gooding. UUGHLIH CHOSEN TO Popular ynarlrriinrk Will Be Cap lain of Next Year's High Reboot Football Eleven. At a meeting of the High school fool ball eleven last night, Lee Ijinghiin, quarterback of the champion team of 1)06.

waa elocted captain for 1)07. Laugblln. who la junior, has been one of the reliable ground-gainers during the past- year and is fast and sure In handling the ball, la addition he has a wide knowledge of (be rules and la quick to take advantage of the Weaknesses of si opiMinent. The 1)04 team promises to be even stronger than the one which brought the eastern Indiana honors to Muqcle this year. Bparks and Cramer, half-back and end, wilt graduate this year and of course will be out of the 1)07 lineup, but there are promising subatputeu to take their places, and with almost the entire squad to begin practice next autumn, a winning team ia expected.

ANDERSON IS COMING Madison Coaafy Boa ices WIU Be Here For Games Touight. Tonight at the St. John alley, Anderson and Muscle will zgala do battle for bowling supremacy. Recently a picked team from Muncle went to Anderson and was-' badly defeaed by the strong Pastime five there, losing three straight games. A determined effort will be made by Muncle to win back her lost laurels tonight and be team representing this ri'or will be composed -bf heart Walsh.

Brown, Morris. Meseall and Klnert. The game will Htarf at 8 ocltw k. -r- 10 Years Ago Today Ernest Small. 1 5.

killed by a Dig I btation. One Year Ago Today 5 I Charles F. Rood's, ex-county treasurer of Delaware county, was Rued for $15,500 alleged to be due he county. THREEAWARDS TOMORROW IN W0RDC0NTEST Nobody having found all the miss-1 ing words in the contest in last evenings Press the same words will be missing tonight andHhcrc will be three awards. For the first, second and third correct lists under the conditions $1 each will be given.

'DIPHTHERIA ABATING I tailed ork of Physiriatas 1 Steadily. ll'llAJtntllease. Since the return of Dr. Hugh A Cowing, rountv health officer. front Mexico, he has been very busy with City.

Health Oflleer Harry Spicker-mou. -In the crusade against diphtheria. In some localities the disease shows signs of aba'ing and the physicians aye the opinion that they will soon be masters of the situation. The fight on this 'disease has been more pronounced during the past fall than for years and tlie hcarsyft o-o iteration of the physicians of the city and county has added greatly towards the success which has been attending the work. at Anderson.

parents, Jiringin baby wiih her. One evening last summer as she vat mar a window at her father's home, a shot rang out and bullet came through the window into the rooin. Mrs. Handy suspected that her husband had fired the shot, and a few; days later he was arrested and brought to Mubrie for triaL Whea he arrived he was almost Immediate-, ly released, there being no evidence sgsinst him. Subsequently he brought salt sgsinst Dr.

Coffman, who filed the affidavit against him. for 15.0 Ad damages, claiming that his arrest and temporary lararorratinn in jail was wi.houl warrant or justification. Following Is tho de'niled report of the Associated Charities of Muncte for the, year Decegihcr 1, 1866: (fly T. F. Hose, President.) To help people who have asked public or private assistance fn meeting their is, as always, the work of the Associated Charities.

This institution was reorganised in Muncle in 19U0on the princl-ples of modern associations of organized charity, to serve as a center tor the various philanthropies of the city, and to bring them into closer co-operation, in a growing city there is a constant multiplication of institutions for sotial service and unless I herein a center of activity, a sort of clearing-house, there must be mnch overlapping, much underlapping and not a great amount- pf effective service. Although not primarily a relief loriety, the Associated Charities provides emergency relief when the need Is immediate; no family is ul-owed to suffer during investigation or while the proper source bf relief is being ascertained. The sorted is in close touch with the township trusVe, the churches, lodges, the Boardf-CbHdreGnrdla and the public schools, so it is able to deal adequately wlth.all families, be cause it can bring to its assistance any of the charitable or correctional resources of the cliy. When ma terial relief Is needed, the relatives and neighbors and church ronnec-tions are first solicited, and as last resort vpubltc relief is used. lnorder to be sure that relief Is adequate and properly administered a complete registration is maintain cd in our office of all familiea-who have applied for any sort of relief This registration identifies a family immediately and it enables us fo deal with a family In the light of ibimt'eLiillnf than merelythe pres nt asH-et of the case.

We aim not only to assuage the present distress but to provide against its fu lure ret urn nee and so this history of the doings of the family 'proves very useful Without it there could be no extended, definite plan I 2.5 and change with eah new worker. A reglstra tlon tw-wiso maintained phil-anthropie and correctional institu tiona in the' Cnited States as a furth er aid in dealing adequately with needy families. To relieve hunger dues not require a great amount of time or very deep thought, but we are not satisfied when this accomplished: the condt tiona of the family are carefully studied to discover the causes of distress and remove or better them. That a man or woman asks help, proves that he needs something. He may not need money but.

be does need -the attention ot some one capable of deciding what may be done for him that he will no longer ask help Thus, it is always bud to problem of removing the great causes of poverty and wrong is eu-gagingithe lime and best effort of Ihe greatest thinkers of the day. Many bad conditions are remedied by legislation and In this every man baa a part because he helps to mould public opinion. Prevention is so much quicker and rheaper than ure. iliow much belter to make sanitary and bousing londitions ns near perfect as possible so that all sickness Caused by poor surround Tiigs nrar be ellmtnated. than to pro-ide a great force of physicians to rare for distress which should not xtst.

Also, how vasllv belter to train the boy for useful and upright itfe than to try to reform the criminal that we have helped to maky. The Associated Charities of this city, we are glad to say, is moving with the spirit of the times In thU work of prevention. We are expending our best efforts to make the homes of our poor such that the hoys and girls who grow up in them will be men and women of whom we need not lie ashamed. The poor almost always need a friend far more 'hair they-need material re--arrived sud-deniv at the slage where material rclli -u ems necessary It has been a viti gradual (Joanward growth and It must therefore of necessity be a gradual climb to bring them bark a normal condition. This requires personal and long continued interest on the part of one or more persons Thjs phase of our work Is usually kndwji friendly vlslt-ing.

It is most "difficult to tell the results of friendly vbddng. because human bearls change slowly and because the results are often the effects of one personality upon another and sordslhat have been spoken or died dune. The general secretary spends each morning of the week vts-fjng in the homes of those who at some time have applied for public help. To say that during (he year eight hundred and forty-eight aurh tails have been nidde does not tell mu of the story, but we know that Jierc are many families shosc lives are sondefully changed and Seet- (Continued fin Fn ae HANDY MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST WIFE IN DIVORCE CASE Alleged Attempt to Kill Daughter of Dr. J.

S. Coffman Recalled Both merchants and shoppers are a bit slow ta getting down to holiday business. The merchants com in Suit Filed As a sequel to the recent reported attempt to kill Mrs. Ora Handy at the home of her parents. Dr.

and Mra. J. g. street. of Anderson, has brought a sdlt a Anderson for divorce.

Some ot the averments which ho makes In his complaint are sensational In the extreme, one of them charging Mrs, Handy with sustaining illicit reia-tiona wlh an Anderson business man Mr. and Mrs. Hand. of whom are young people, were married several years ago, and have one child. separation occurred and Mrs.

Ilan-ly returned to the horite of her plain that the people are not coming in early and thus avoiding the last few days before Christmas. Tlie sho merchants are by th proper ad There pers insist that the merchants are not showing proper appreciation of the situation vertising of their holiday wares. There should be no difficulty in solving this problem. The Press has in its columns a common meeting ground..