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Bride Torn From Millionaire's
~ Arms in Aid of Greed.
KERN HER MINISTERING ANGEL
Democratic Nominee for Vice-Presi
dent Leading Council for Elma
Rhodius, Whose Husband Is Held
Under Restraint in a Sanitarium
at Instance of Relatives.
Heartbroken because denied the
companionship of his young wife,
George Rhodius, a millionaire of In
dianapolis, Ind., whose sensational
marriage nearly two years ago at
tracted attention all over the coun
try, now frets at restraint in a sani
tarium in that city, and it is the
law invoked by cupidity that has
brought him to these straits. Strange
what the law can do!
Strangely enough, John W. Kern,
candidate for vice-president on the
democratic ticket, is the ministering
angel in all this trouble. It was to
John W. Kern that Elma Dare Rho
dius, the millionaire’s bride, turned
in the most heartbroken dilemma of
ber life. John W. Kern is attorney
for the wife and his rise to political
promgfence has not swerved him‘
from the determination to establish‘
Elma Dare Rhodius in her full right
as the millionaire’s wife. Even now{
he is preparing for the legal battle
brought about by suit for marriage
annulment.
Two years ago George Rhodius
was in full and complete possession
of property estimated at over one|
million dollars. Since that time, and
without one voluntary act on the
part of Rhodius or his wife, thou
sands of dollars have gone to attor
neys, physicians, nurses and private
detectives. Rhodius has been hus
tled from his palatial hotel in Mon
ument Circle, which he owns, to a
country home and later to a sani
tarium, and he is denied the liberty
possessed by the man who works by
the day.
George Rhodius and beautiful El
ma Dare, whom he rescued from the
under world, were married at Louis
ville, Ky., Janauary 4, 1907. Con
sternation spread in Indianapolis
when the news became public. There
were those who wished (o share in
the Rhodius estate and they saw that
a legal wife offered complications.
Private detectives went on the trail
and traced the bridal party to Louis
ville, and thence to New York and
finally to quiet Meadeville, Pa.
In the mountains of Pennsylvania
Rhodius and his bride were bhappy.
They had money; they were molest
ing no one. They were merely en
joying themselves in a quiet way.
How, under the circumstances, could
they be harmed?
It was easy. On application a’
guardian was appointed both for|
Rhodius and his estate. The law |
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tmust be executed, and it was the
county sheriff who was the Neme
sis of the bridal party. Gov. Hanly
issued a requisition, and in addition
to other officers, half a dozen private
detectives pounced down on Rhodius
rand his bride. Elma Dare Rhodius
was arrested on the charge of kid
naping her husband, and since that
time litigation has not ceased.
There were suits to declare Rho
diwrrs insane, suits to annul his mar
riage, and various other suits. In
addition, and with full legal permis
sion, physicians and nurses were
hired to bring back to the millionaire
the health which it was said he had
lost. Private detectives were em
ployed to see to it that he did not
again run away, as he had done on
the day of his wedding.
Attorneys who filed suits against
Rhodius supplied all demands.
Twenty-three thousand dollars was
the volume of the Rhodius pie sliced
at one time. It was used in paying
nurses, physicians, detectives and at
torneys from Pennsylvania and In
diana. Twenty-three thousand dol
lars and Rhodius knew nothing about
it And meanwhile Rhodius was
haled before the famous Judge Art
rman, whose decision that a saloon
is a nuisance attracted attention all
over the country. The judge heard
witnesses and visited the country
house of Rhodius, and asked the
millionaire prisoner many questions.
Finally he declared the wealthy man
insane, and so it is that George Rho
dius is separated from his wife and
held under guard in a sanitarium,
and so it is that the wealthy man
is dying of a broken heart.
Strange, that a man should be so
helpless when greed and graft invoke
laws supposed to insure justice and
equity! |
SEES HIS FIRST STREET CAR.
Marion County Man Gets a Peep at
the Outside World.
Three-quarters of a century old,
“Uncle” John McCarthy went to Co-
Jlumbus from Marion county, Georgia,
one day last week and had the time
of his life. The object of his visit
was to run a foot race with some
swift Columbus youth on the local
race track, and he was much disap
pointed when his challenge was not
accepted. He has run a mile in four
minutes and twenty seconds, and
says that although he is in the sev
enties he can still make it in at least
five minutes.
McCarthy, who is a typical Irish
man, saw a street car in Columbus
for the first time in his life, and had
the first shave he has enjoyed in ten
years. He saw an Irishman for the
first time in thirty-eight vears. The
Irishmen of the city made much of
him, and when he returned to his
home in Marion county, fourteen
miles from Buena Vista, he was
laden with presents.
The old man had a ride in an au
tomobile, but confessed prejudice
against ‘‘those autobilius machines.”
McCarthy cultivates a small farm,
pulling a plow himself, the plow be
ing guided by his 87-year-old wife,
who is partially paralyzed.
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CHILDREN BURY 2,000 BIRDS
FEATHERED SONGSTERS SLAIN
BY STORM PUT IN ONE GRAVE.
With Childish Rites and Genuine
Solemnity the Feathery Bodies
Were Laid to Rest,
‘“We are very sorry, O God, that
all the poor birds had to di;. for
we would like to have them stay
around in the trees. But we need
rain, and we guess You know what
is best, and we hope that You will
take them all to heaven.”
Two thousand birds were killed by
the storms of the last few days in
the groves, and all the children in
the neighborhood paid their last
tribute, including the foregoing
prayer, to their little friends that
would sing no more, says a Chicago
dispatch. With childish rites and
genuine solemnity the 2,000 tiny
feathery bodies were laid at rest.
About the wide grave the children
stooa with bowed heads, sobbing as
they they strewed simple flowers.
The funeral of the birds indeed was
a serious affair to those boys and
girls, for the ceremonies contained a
thought of eternity.
“I had to turn my eyes away at
one time,” confessed an adult spec
tator, who at first had smiled at the
gravity of the little mourners.
The storm, which brought relief
to Chicago., exacted a terrible toll
from the bird kingdom, and when
the last shower had passed hundreds
of bedraggled little bodies floated
about beneath the trees that had
been their last home or were massed
about the roots where the songsters
had sought refuge from the deluge.
When the time for the funeral
ceremony arrived the boys, who had
been active during the preparations,
became bashful, so it fell to the girls
to show the’grief all the youngsters
felt.
‘“‘B-boys ain’t sup-posed to c-cry,”
murmured one little fellow, as the
youthful procession started for the
grave.
But the tears of the girls flowed
freely, and they led the long line
as it moved slowly forward to the
grave dug beneath the shadiest of
the willows.
HOTEL HAS DOG ROOM.
Fitted Up Sumptuously for the Fidos
of Childless Women.
The fashionable Hotel Wolcott,
in New York city, has endeared
itself to childless motuners by an
nouncing that it has a sumptu
ously fitted up dog room so that they
can go to sleep with the comforting
thought that their pet Fidos are
sleeping under the same roof with
them and are ©being carefully
watched over by a French maid.
Heretofore the fashionable hostel
eries have not permitted pets of any
kind to be brought into wie hotel un
til the Wolcott devised this means of
preventing the tearful separations of
a mistress and pet. Dog bhiscuits are
to be provided by the management
and cushioned wicker baskets are
supplied. The dog room is in charge
of an attendant who is continually
on the job and a veterinary surgeon
is constantly in call.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
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WOODPECKS DESTROY POLES
In Some Sections Telegraph and Tele
phone Posts Are Riddled With
Holes by These Offenders.
Birds are destroying the telephone
and telegraph poies in the south and
southwest, particularly in Texas,
Arizona and California. In some
places 50 per cent. of all the poles
along the right-of-way have been rid
dled by these innocent offenders,
which belong to the wcuodpecker
family.
One of the Western Union officials,
who has recently returned from an
inspection through the west, report
ed having seen twenty-five telephone
poles with two or three hundred
holes drilled clear through them.
Some of the holes were three or four
inches in diameter.
An officer of the Illinois Central
railroad counted the white cedar tel
ephone poles along the right-of-way
near Covington, Tenn., which had
been affected by woodpeckers, and
found that out of 288 poles 110, or
41 per cent., had been bored.
In some cases destruction of the
pole takes only a few months and
the weakened " condition makes it
dangerous for a lineman to climb the
stick.
The real object of the birds in
drilling the holes is uncegtain. One
telephone man said that® the hum
ming of the wires was mistaken by
the birds for insects excavating be
neath the surface of the wood, and
that they drilled the poles in quest
of these imaginary insects. It is
very probable, however, that the
holes are excavated for an entirely
different purpose. The woodpecker
is a provident bird. At the proper
season it stores up a supply of acorns
and other foods for tuture consump
tion. In the summer these holes are
often found stored with acorns.
TRYING TO HATCH OPPOSITION.
His Atlanta Organ Can’'t Get Over
the Defeat of the Governor.
From the Macon Telegraph.
The Atlanta Journal has been
quite busy trying to find a candidate
for Hearst's party to run against the
democratic nominee for governor in
Georgia. First, it found J. T. Graves,
but that gentleman declined the
proffered distinction and accepted
the nomination for vice-president.
‘Then the Journal brought forward
Judge Reagan, then Pope Brown,
then Judge Hines, and lastly Yancey
Carter.
In this connection The Dawson
News says: ‘‘Judge Reagan is now
holding a high office at the hands
of the democratic party of the state,
Mr. Brown has recently done so, and
only a few weeks ago Judge Hines,
who was supporting one of the can
didates for the democratic nomina
tion for governor, announced in an
open letter that he had returned to
the democratic party in good faith,
and would henceforth affiliate with
it. Mr. Yancey Carter, the fourth
man mentioned in connection with
the Independence party's guberna
torial candidacy, has been a populist
and an independent a number of
years, and is in line for Mr. Hearst’s
favors.” And our contemporary adds
that the Journal is probably doing
these gentlemen an injustice by pa
rading their names in this connec
tion, to which we agree. We have
heard that some of them feel indig
nant, and justly so.
In the first place, there is no “In
dependent Party,” so called, in
Georgia. In the second place, if
Hearst and the Atlanta Journal suc
ceed in inducing some one to iy it
he would not get a corporal’s guard
vote. The Journal knows it, but it
would like to see some man sacri
fice himself in this fashion in the
hope that it would annoy Brown, and
cost him something. Why doesn’t
the Journal put one of its able and
numerous staff out for the sacrifice?
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Begins ét the Savings Bank. Patiently and regu}ar.ly a §m3ll
portion of the income is added to the Home Building Fund,
so, figuratively, the building process goes on at the _Sa\'mgs
Bank before the brick layers and the carpenters begin their
work.
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The Dimes and the Dollars
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as they aure added to the fund represent so much of brick,
lumber, plaster and paint, which will eventually t'a.ke ghe
material form of a cozy home. A great advantage in using
the Savings Bank as the depository for the Home Buxlgimg
Fund is that the savings are drawing interest all the time.
Another is that small amounts—§l.oo and upward—may be
deposited—weekly, monthly or at any time desired. Interest,
compounded quarterly, paid on all deposits.
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IT'S WHAT YOU SAVE, NOT WHAT YOU EARN, THAT
MAKES WEALTH.
This table shows the vesult of steady, systematic saving of
small sums for only Five Years.
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Daily Saving for Amount Interest Total
Five Years Deposited Earned Arount
b cents per day.....] $§ 91.95 $ 10.66 |s§ 101.91
10 cents per day..... 182.50 21.32 203.82
15 cents per day..... 273.75 31.98 305.73
20 cents per day..... 365.00 42.64 407.6§
25 cents per day..... 456.25 53.30 509.55
30 cents per day..... 547.50 63.96 611.46
40 cents per day..... 730.00 85.28 815.28
50 cents per day,.... 912.50 | 106.60 | 1,019.10
75 cents per day.....| 1,368.75 159.90 1,5628.65
$l.OO et aay.. ... 1,825.00 213.20 2,038.29
1.26 per day. .. .. 2,281.25 266.50 2,647.95
1.50 per day.., .. 20787 Ea 319.80 3,057.30
34056 PEr ÜBY. ... 3,193.75 373.10 3,666.85
2.00 por aay... .. 3,650.00 426.40 4,076.4&
The above is on a basis of 4 per cent. per annum.
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Savings Department
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J. MERCER BELL, Pres. L. O. HILL, Cashier.
J. E. MORRIS, Asst. Cash.
The News ob Rooms for Best Work
AUGUST 24, 1908