Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 181, 7 June 1913 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELIJGRAM, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1913

COUNTY VISITED BY ELECTRICAL STORM Telephones Put Out of Coramission Lightning Strikes Fire Box.

One of the severest electrical storms of the year caused a email amount of damage In the city last evening. Many telephones and some telephone cables were put out of commission by the lightning, causing a considerable loss to the telephone company. The city light plant suffered a small damage from burnt out transformers and other efTects of the electric discharges. A number of circuits were rendered useless for a time but are being repaired as rapidly as possible. Lightning last night at 10 o'clock, caused an alarm to be rung in from Are alarm box Nnmber 35 at Fourteenth and South C streets. It is believed that lightning struck the pole to which the box was fastened, entering the box and causing the mechanism to Iferk. Three companies responded to call in the drenching rain. Several tree and some sheds were truck by . lightning but in each case the damage was small. The rain accompanying the storm was not heavy, but the wind was high. BARN WAS BURNED. William Reptogle of Hagerstown Suffers Loss of $4,000. (Palladium Special.) HAGERSTOWN, Ind., June 7. The large barn owned by Will Replogle, east of Hagerstown, was struck by lightning and was burned to the ground last night. The loss amounted to $4,000, including stock and farming implements. It was partly covered by Insurance. MUST USE SAND ON ROAD IMPROVEMENT Commissioners Take ViewOpposite to That of Contractor. John Hipskind appeared before the county commissioners this morning to remonstrate against the specifications of the contract which was let on the improvement of the Liberty Pike, providing a cushion of sand on the lower bed of crushed stone. Mr. Hipskind stated that it was not the proper way to make a road bed and was a detriment to the improvement. "There is no other county in the state where such demands are made of contractors. ,1 believe when the plans were drawn up by former County Surveyor Horton, a mistake was made. It will put the contractors to an extra and unnecessary expense," he said. Right to Change Refused. The commissioners refused to grant any of the contractors who are now constructing roads in the county the right to violate the specifications In this respect. Commissioner Beeson 0M he would show the contractor where it was not a detriment to the roads and that a sand cushion was being used in road construction in many other counties about the state. The commissioners have conferred with the bureau of good roads, an affiliated body of the agricultural department of the United States government, and will only alter the specifications of the contracts should the report from the government officials recommend that this action be taken. ranriir .issued High School Book Dedicated to Board. " The "Pierian," the annual publication of the Richmond High school, was distributed yesterday and is one of the best numbers ever put out by the high school students in this city. The last issue of the book was in 1911. The book this year is dedicated to the members of the Richmond school board, which rendered valuable service to the staff in making the book a success. (The staff Is composed of Eleanor Gifford, editor-in-chief; assistant editor, Kent Morse; faculty consulting editor, Will O. Conrad; business manager. Paul Miller; circulation manager, Robert Jackson; faculty business manager, Monte Torrence. City Statistics Births. Mr. and 'Mrs. Charles Pout, 210 Lincoln street, boy, first child. 'Mr. and Mrs. Russell Minor. 126 South Third street, girl, second child. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Austerman, 806 South Eighth street, girl, first child. Real Estate Transfers. Dickinson Trust Co.. to Elizabeth Enoch, lot 39 of the II. T. addition. Consideration $198. Elim Osborn to Jennie O. Ballinger, Pt. 64 addition to Economy. Consideration $1,500. ' Transfers 2; consideration $1,69S. SAUNDERS IS FINED FOR STRIKING GIRL John Sanders, colored, was ined $1 and costs In police court this morning for assault and battery on Louisa Bell, colored, Sunday evening. Sanders pleaded not guilty, but witnesses, including his wife, saw him strike the cll slrl .with his 0a hand.

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LIBRARY HOURS The library is open on week days for the delivery of books from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and on Saturdays from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m., In the adults department. Reading room is open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. on all days with the exception of holidays when it is closed and on Sundays from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Who is familiar with the face of the late Poet Laureate of England? Or, who can mention a solitary poem he has written, or repeat a line of his verse? How different from his predecessor, Alfred Tennyson ! Alfred Austin was made Poet Laureate in 1896, four years after Tennyson's death. The question arises as to whom the honor shall be given now. The name of Kipling naturally comes to mind and strangely, that of the Irish poet Yeates has been mentioned. But Poets Laureate are not chosen on account of their ability to write excellent poetry to order, else Swinburne or William Morris would have received the honor instead of Austin, but they are selected on account of their political tenets. Mr. Austin was a Tory. He was a typical English country gentleman, fond of family traditions, landed estates, trees and flowers. He was more at ease when he wrote of Neronica's Garden" and "The Garden that I Love," than when he sung of "Arms and the Man." No one has been so famous upon such small capital. Few people have read anything he has written. His poems were seldom reproduced on this side of the water. Before his appointment he ridiculed and lambasted his confreres, so that he himself was not spared by literary critics. His task was a difficult one at best. Even Dryden and Tennyson sometimes had to face the music, but Austin at Swinford Old Manor could write nothing more than indifferent pastorals, and was not capable of anything so virile as Kipling's "Recessional." To the average person a "government document" suggests something to hold back a swinging door, or a good press for botanical specimens, DIVORCE SUIT FOLLOWS HAjEAS CORPUS Louetta Miller Turns Tables Demanding Freedom and Custody of Child. Forty-eight hours after Frederick Miller filed a petition for a habeas corpus wrrit to be issued and served on his child, Tampa La Salle Miller, less than one year old, Louetta Miller filed suit against him for a divorce and the custody of the child. Miller in his complaint said his wife was retaining the child against his wishes and that she took the child away from their home, 952 Butler street, and deserted him. He further alleged that she is now living on the Abington pike, a mile and a half from Richmond, with William Pugh and is threatening to take the child to Illinois. Mrs. Miller in her complaint for a divorce makes severe charges against her husband. According to the complaint Miller struck, choked, scratched and pulled his wife's hair on June 2. He promised never to do so again if she would forgive him. The following day in spite of his promises, he ordered her out of her home and ordered the furniture dealer who sold them their furniture to take it back, as he refused to make any further payments on it. On a previous occasion he is alleged to have beaten his wife in the face with his fist until she became insensible. OBSERVE FLOWER DAY 200 Bouquets Distributed Among the Sick. Flower Day was observed by the Mary F. Thomas and Francis E. Wil-1 lard W. . T. U. organizations yesterday afternoon by distributing over 200 bouquets of flowers among the sick of the city, and of the various city and county institutions. The two organizations met at the home of Mrs. Mary Belford yesterday afternoon, and starting from there the city and county jails, Home for Friendless Women and county infirmary were all visited, and services were held at the county infirmary and the county jail. All members of the two organizations are urged to attend the meeting Monday afternoon at 2 : 30, o'clock, to be held in the public library. INSPECTED WORK The commissioners of Rockford county, Indiana, visited the court house here yesterday afternoon for the purpose of ascertaining tne caliber of w ork being done by the contractor who has in charge the work of redecorating. The interior of the court house has nearly all been decorated. The Wayne county commissioners recommended the contractor for his services here and it is probable that he will be awarded the contract for decorating the lower floor of the local court house. SUIT FOR snppoRT i ii Martha A. Lruv suit for sup port from Zeri Brown. The plaintiff alleges that her husband refused to live with her and deserted her without cause, December 12, 1912. She further states that she is unable to support herself and her husband receives a salary of $75 per month.

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or in fact, anything but a book to read. This has been true in times past, to some extent, because the right book has never fallen into your hands when you needed it. I An effort is being made to make the government publications more accessible. The catalogues at the library have Just completed the arrangement of the bulletins and circulars from bureau of animal industry. This : covers the field of domestic animals and all that pertains to them cattle, hogs, horses, sheep and goats, and poultry, their diseases, food and the animal products. 1 The pamphlets have been classified and placed in cases, and catalogued so that it is a question of but a few minutes to find one. Farmers, veterinary surgeons, dairymen, butter makers will find most interesting and valuable reading In these papers. Among the papers mentioned above i is a series upon the subject of ! "cheese." j Cheese as an article of food has j never been used in this country to i the extent that it is used abroad. We ! use it rather as a condiment. In fact, to many of us, cheese is a synonimous term with indigestion. It is maintained by government experts that cheese : taken in large quantities with bread and fruit is an extremely digestible ; and nutritious food. Particularly is ' this true of "cottage cheese," so eas- , ily and cheaply made in any home. 1 In these treatises minute and scij entific directions are given for the ' making of all varieties of cheese for is cold curing, ripening and storing. For making those cheeses considered foreign Roquefort, Camembert and Emmental largely made in this country and exported from here. Altogether- it is so interesting one wonders that in this rich farming country we are not all making and eating cheese. The circulation for the month of Ma'y in the general department showed and increase of 483 over the same month Ia6t year. In the juvenile department there was a falling off, probably due to the prevalence of scarlet fever. All library books known to have been exposed to infectious diseases are burned. ALLEGED SWINDLER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Guards in Jail At Cincinnati Save Life of Fred , Meyer. . Fred W. Meyer, alias George Du Pont, alias Rheinhart, who was arrested at Hamilton, O., by United States Marshal McGuire and identified by Otto Sprong, a local mail clerk, and Chief of Police Gormon as the man who swindled Semit Amit, a Turk, out of $130 May 5, attempted to hang himself in the county jail at Cincinnati yesterday. Meyer was arrested Tuesday after defrauding Tony Pole, of Hamilton, out of $35. He is being held on a federal warrant at Cincinnati. He will be tried on the charge of using the mails to defraud, and other charges which Pole, of Hamilton, and Amit, of this city, have against the man will be dropped as minor charges. Meyer tore a blanket into strips and made a rope which he tied around his neck. When almost unconscious he groaned, atracting prison guards to his cell. An electric brush was applied to his body by the prison doctors and he regained consciousness. When he was returned to the jail Meyer told Deputy Jailer Seiter that he would try it again as soon as possible. He was assigned to a room instead of a cell, and a prisoner detailed to guard him. Meyer said that although he was innocent of the charge he had disgraced his parents and his wife's parents, and he desired to die. A letter was found in the cell where he tried to end his life, addressed "Dear Emma" and signed "Fred," In uhich he protests his innocence of the charge against him, and says he is taking his life because of the disgrace, assures here of his love for her, and tells her to confer with the German ambassador in Washington in regard to obtaining his property. HAS LITTLE TROUBLE IN GETTINGDIVORCE John Billheimer Claims That His Wife Had Another Sweetheart. John Billheimer had little trouble in receiving a decree from Rena Billheimer this morning in divorce court. He was married in 1906 and his wife deserted him the following year. He told the court that he was operating two stores at the same time of his married life, one of the stores being located at Bucyrus, Ohio, and the other at Gallion, Ohio. The couple lived at Gallion and while he would be attending to his business affairs in Bucyrus his wife's sweetheart would call on her, he said. He returned unexpected on Thanksgiving Eve and found his home locked with his wife and her friend at home. T. RILEY MARSHALL RETURNS TO STATE (National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, June 7 Vice President Marshall arrived in Indianapolis today from Nashville to be present at the dedication of the Richard Dale Owen monument at the state house Monday. '

CORRESPONDED WITH GOOD LOOKING GIRLS Mrs. Martin Alleged Husband Was Not True to Marriage Vows.

That shortly after their marriage the defendant inserted advertisements in matrimonial publications, stating that he desired to "correspond with a good looking girl," was the statement made by Jennie M. Martin during the hearing of her suit for divorce against Oliver M. Martin in the Wayne circuit court this morning. The plaintiff declared that Martin received several answers to the advertisements, some of which were found by his wife and were introduced as evidence in the suit. The plaintiff further alleged that she was deserted by the defendant. She was granted a decree. CONTRACTS FOR 3 BRIDGES AWARDED I. E. Smith to Build Wasson Ford Bridge At Cost of $4,835. Contracts for repairing three bridges were let this morning by the county commissioners. The contract for the Wasson Ford bridge was awarded to I. E. Smith, the bid being $4,835. This was the most valuable contract. The Lockley bridge, one mile west of Richmond, will be repaired by William R. Payne, who submitted a bid of $680. Elmer Hodgin was awarded the contract for $185 for repairing the Milton Hodgin culvert. MAY OPEN SALOONS FOR THREE HOURS Saloonists will have but three hours in which to sell their wares Monday, the date of the Progressive city election. The city attorney and prosecuting attorney have interpreted the law to prohibit opening the saloons in the morning before the opening of the polls, but that the saloonists may open up their places one hour after the polls close. The saloonists therefore, will have the legal right to open their saloons at eight in the evening and must close again at eleven o'clock, the usual hour. SERVICES AT ECONOMY (Palladium Special) ECONOMY, Ind., June 7. Memorial day will be observed tomorrow afternoon at West River at the Friends' church. Rev. Truman Kenworthy of the East Main Street Friends' church, of Richmond, will deliver an address. Sunday school and church service will be held at the usual hour Sunday morning. The Decoration , day services will commence at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. A gold medal contest will be held in the West River Friends' church, Wednesday evening, June 11. There will be a large number of contestants and a large crowd of spectators is expected. A chunk of ambergris, said to be worth $5,000, was found i& few days ago on the beach below her home by Miss Ethel Terry, of Cayville, Long Island, New York. The following la the list of subscribers to the Relief Fund of the recent Flood Relief Work sent in by Webster and community: Mr. Commons $ 2.50 O. L. Voris 5.00 Mrs. Voris 2.50 Miss Wilson 2.50 Edna Voris 2.50 Miss Mallony 2.50 Herbert Crowe 2.50 General Collection at C. E 1.50 Mr. Beeson 1.00 Mr. Markle 1.00 Mr. Hunt 25 Mrs. Bond 25 Mr. Null 25 Mr. C. Palmer 50 Mr. -indenhall 1.00 Mr. Coltrane 1.00 Mr. Jehiel Bond '.. 2.00 Mrs. Haisley 50 Mrs. Miller 25 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burg 1.00 Henry Lawrence 50 Oscar Lamb 50 Mr. Ryan 1.00 Cash 2.00 Mr. Vernoff 2.00 Mrs. Vernoff ; 50 Mr. Tice 1.00 Will Flatly 1.00 A. L. Baldwin . 1X10 James Brown 10.00 Cash 50 Total $50.50 To the Progressive Voters of the City of Richmond: Owing to my inability to see every voter as my time for making the canvass was limited, I would most sincerely and appreciately solicit your vote on Monday, June 9, 1 9 1 3 for the Nomination for City Clerk. Very sincerely yours, GEORGE A. McKINLEY.

LAUGHS AS COURT FASES SENTENCE Timothy Kelley Says He Was Never Placed in "Dog House."

After sentencing Timothy Kelley to the "dog house" at the county jail for public intoxication. Mayor Zimmerman suspended sentence on the man because Kelley laughed when he was ordered confined in the "dog house." Mayor Zimmerman claims that the order of the court is not obeyed in keeping the men in the "dog house" and that there is no use in attempting to punish some men when jail officials refuse to carry out court instructions. The "dog house" is a small cell apart from the room occupied by the other prisoners and the purpose of placing prisoners there is to keep them in solitary confinement. The mayor charges that se 6ent William McGee and Kelley to the jail a short time ago and ordered them placed in solitary confinement. Shortly afterwards, he found the men enjoying the liberties of trusties. One man who was supposed to have been kept in solitary confinement was arrested for public intoxication with his jail sentence but half over. "If it is not a punishment for these men to be sent to jail," said Mayor Zimmerman, "I will not send them to jail to be fed and kept by the county. While we think they are learning a lesson by being placed in solitary confinement where they are receiving real punishment, they are allowed privileges as trusties." EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION Major Thomas Cowan, commander of the Indiana division of the Salvation Army, today expressed his gratification for the splendid farewell tendered Captain and Mrs. Deuter, in the following words: Chairman, Friends and Citizens of Richmond: On behalf of the Salvation Army authorities, I hasten to join with you in this way in expressing our sincere and hearty appreciation of your kindness to the good Ensign Deuter and his wife. I am sorry that they feel compelled to leave for a few months' rest, but owing to the great strain that has been upon them, especially since the recent terrible flood. It is no wonder they have broken down to some extent. However we sincerely hope that with rest and care, they will soon be restored to their post of duty. I also thank the friends of Richmond for their kindness to the representatives of the Salvation Army, in the persons of Ensign and Mrs. Deuter. Their successors will be named in the near future, and we sincerely trust that the work will go on. Praying God to bless you all, I remain Yours respectfully, THOMAS COWAN, Major of Indiana Div. S. A. BRAZIL, Ind., June 7. Elma, 3 years old, and Cecil, 2 years old, children of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Knowles, are dead from eating match heads obtained from the kitchen cabinet Thursday. evening. '

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STREET CLEANING WOBKJOMPLETEO Cost So Far This Year Is $3,4S3.70 According to Commissioner.

The street cleaning for the sprius was completed today according to Street Commissioner Genn. The street cleaning this year was completed in three weeks less time than was required last spring to do the same work. The cost was $924.75 less than the cost last year, the expense this spring being $3,483.70. Thirty-five men and seven teams have been employed since April 4 in cleaning the streets. On account of the heavy rains in the early spring, one third more dirt was removed from the gutters and streets this year than last. The work of street repairing will tye taken up as soon as alleys which have not been worked on have been cleaned. EX-PRESIDENT IS GUEST OF WILSON (National News Association) WASHINGTON, June 7. For the first time Eince March 4, when he acted as host to the incoming president, William Howard Taft. private citizen, today lunched at the white house as the guest of President and Mrs. Wilson. The former president is In Washington to attend a meeting of the Lincoln memorial committee. Mr. Taft remarked on the few changes which he had observed, either in the white house or the personnel of the president's staff. "It seems natural and homelike," said the former executive. By means of machinery to vibrate the surface of freshly laid concrete pavements crushed granite is forced ; into them to strengthen them. LAGER BEER Can Be'Made at Home For One Cent a Glaea. Cincinnati, Ohio. June 7. 1913. Through a recent invention of an expert Brewmaster of this city a sparkling and foaming Lager Beer can be made right at home for one cent a glass. He has concentrated Barley, Malt and Hops, the principle ingredients of Beer, so that simply by the addition of water and sugar a genuine and pure Laser Beer can be made. Easily made in any kitchen, no apparatus, no experience necessary, a few minutes doea the work. It Is claimed by many that the Beer made by his method is better and purer than the best Brewery Beer, and above all saves the Brewers enormous profits. The question or the legality of his method has been carefully investigated by the highest authorities and found to be legitimate in every respect. He has written a very Interesting booklet giving the "Secrets of Brewing Beer at Home" and by writing to Brewmaster. A. S. Shuh, 1391 Sycamore St., Cincinnati O., he will be more than pleased to mail his booklet absolutely free to anyone sending their name and address (Advertisement A

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