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nn ICHMONB PAJ H H I H -d J" AND SUN-TELE1RAM RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, NOV. 24, 1913 -y SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS VOL. XXXIX. No. 12 Board of Works Postpones Action on $5 Deposit Rule Enforced by the Light, Heat & Power Company Principals in White House Wedding HUERTA'S CABINET CONCEALS DEFEATS FROM COUNTRYMEN

Federal Reverses Officially Announced As Glorious Victories.

DICTATOR NEEDS CASH Increase in Taxes and Duties on Mail Order Goods Ordered. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 24. Every, effort within their power is being utilized by General Vlctoriano Huerta, the dictator, and his cabinet ministers to conceal from the Mexican public the disastrous straits of the government. The defeats of the federal forces in the field are turned into glorious victotles in the "official" announcements and the explanations accompanying drastic financial relief measures are of such character as to make it appear that they are being taken lor the good of the populace. General Blanquet. speaking for his chief, declared today that the government is confident .luarez will be recaptured by the government forces within a week. The papers, which are under strict censorship, received this information from minister of war: "General Villas rebels were defeated at Samalyuca, state of Chihuahua and were in retreat when they received reinforcements from Juarez." Battle Is Raging. General Blanquet declares 'that another fight is going on about thirty-five miles south of Juarez. The dictator, who must raise money at once if he intends to keep the government living and troops in the field against the constitutionalists, gave notice today of another increase in taxation. It was said at the national palace that a bill increasing duties on all mail order goods has been prepared and will be put up to congress together with other measures designed to increase the revenues. General Huerta was much elated at the ovation he received at the bull light which he attended Sunday afternoon. If the dictator intended to give the impression that there were no threatening dangers hanging over his government and his authority he was mistaken. VILLA LEAVES FOR FRONT. Three Federal Commands Ready to Give Battle. EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 24. General Francis Villa, leader of the victorious Constitutionalist army, which captured Jaurez from the Federals last week, left here early today on a special train to" join his troops already drawn np fr battle at a point twenty-five miles south. Three Federal commands are at lhat point with strong hope of defeating villa's army and recapturing Jaurez. The special train was made up of ten cars. Nine of these were loaded j with provisions and supplies for the i soldiers and horses, and ammunition. I G. 0, P, SPENDS $316 IN CITY ELECTION Report Shows That Democrats Organization Have Deficit of $1.26. Reports of campaign expenses submitted by the Republican and Demo-1 crane cuy comimuees snow mai me as expense money from the finance committee. The report dos not mention the names of individual contributors. Dr. W. W. Zimmerman who was defeated for re-election hi his report fll ed with the city clerk declared that his total campaign expenses amounted ) to $79. fit). He donated ?26.40 to the campaign fund, spent $40 for cards and $13.20 for newspaper advertising, lie declared that he made no pre-election promises. The Democratic war chest was filled to the extent of $188 coming from forty-five contributors whose names are given in the report of Harry Daub, treasurer of the Democratic city committee. The expenses of the organization amounted to $lS9.2t5 leaving a deficit of $1.26. The largest contribvitors were T. J. Study, John Bayer. William Haberkern, Adolph Blick- - 1.1 J T-t T- T , . . vun uuu o. ix jonuson, secretary 10

jvepiiDiicans spent ftib in lining up i of the helping hand, and this coming "crew ' of distributors, and when they j and .Mrs. Wilson for a quiet wedding, Jiirie'e rOX Sentences Win-'

me pany vote, waiter jonnson, treas-1 Christmas the lodge is prepared to dis- report for work early Christmas morn-1 a" - partly to the tact tnat Miss ii-; '' i r , . , , ,,

tirer or the liepuMiean city commit- , tribute the largest number of Christ- ing the pilots of each car will receive I son has not been in Washington long ( Chester Slaver tO LdlC I y , ,k lr tOf KflVQ ttlA f'nminittno rociivtxl 'M7 . .T ; . . 11 . , ... ,1 r-.r.i r-, ) 1 J .. rt f , ; 1 ; , , .. Va V- , . . trt onnnch T t ha pr.mu uoTiorQlIv ufniiflint. 1 I guarantees Ot I U I T gOOT

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Oovernor Ralston, each of whom gave . , " jq mercial club will preside as toastmasHenry Farwig in his statement de- ter. at the annual banquet of the orclares that his expenses in making ganization to be held Tuesdav evening. 6 TeJL n,ayor amoun,Ki to 18-75 jThe following toast list has been anof which $2 was spent for car fare . , nnd the balance for cards jnounced:

Isaac Burns, the candidate for citv clerk lares that he spent $20.45 for cards j i.cn r t nc find $1.60 for car fare. J. W. Rethineyer. candidate for councilman-at-large declared that he got by on a two dollar bill. All the candidates stated that they made no promises of any kind. I WEATHER FORECAST ; FOR INDIANA Fair tonight. Tues- j day fair and slightly warmer. TEMPERATURE. Noon 51 YESTERDAY. Maximum 67 Minimum 43 RICHMOND, BY W. E. MOORE. Continued fair weather xs expected tonight and Tuesday, and below freezIng again tonight.

Left to right: Miss Margaret Wilson, sister of the bride, who will act as maid of honor; Miss Jessie Wilson the bride, and Francis B. Sayre, the bridegroom. Washington society is in a state of excitement today for the wedding of the president's daughter tomorrow.

Christmas Aid For Poor

Bv "Good Fellow" Elksl

Arranged by Kditor's Note Conforming to its policy of giving publicity to movements alleviating the suffering of the poor, the Palladium this year again will wage a campaign to acquairt the public with those worthy of assistance. The Elks' lodge this year will again distribute baskets. Its committee has made a systematic study of the needs of poor families and will supply the particular needs of each. The "Good Fellow" movement bring Christmas cheer to the worthy j poor of the city, w hich was inaugurated i , . ..j . .., - , ! by Richmond lodge of Eiks a few years j ago, has no been placed on such an j effective working basis that this year 1 the lodge will not have to depend upon '

other charitable organizations, such as ! members. A few days before Christ- j the weddings of Miss Nellie Grant and the Associated Charities, Salvation 1 mas volunteer Santa Clauses will pack! Miss Alice Roosevelt took place. Army and Penny Club, for lists of the I the baskets, and when this work is j Society here is in a ferment of exdeserving poor families to whom aid i done the baskets will occupy all the I citement. Last minute preparations should be given. available space in one of the largest are being rushed on all sides. Only a "The Elks' lodsre. throueh the efforts . rooms in the club house. small percentage of Washington resi-

Uf individual members amiointed to supervise this work, now possesses an j accurate list of all people deserving ; ization in Richmond. This aid to the poor will be entirely practical, for no time is to.be wasted; in the distribution ot useless guts, , and so complete are the arrangements ; - .for this distribution that the commit-; SWAYNE TO PRESIDE AT ANNUAL Commercial Club Official Announces List of Toasts For Tuesday Affair. o t- o ,.,; t v. n j "The German and the Quaker," Dr. j ! vm T Koto - "CommarCo : "i J- uuDDins, commercial t o-oper-

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ation." Harry Wheeler; and "Our licensed saloon and various other civic Ideals." William Dudley Foulke. The I evils. ' subject of Governor Ralston's talk has i He also touched upon the social side 1 not been announced. Music for the ev- of the work of the church, together: eninc will be furnished by Runge's ' h its greater mission, that of saving orchestra. souls. In conclusion he urged upon More than 5"i0 persons are expected j hls hearers the desirability of the vato attend the banquet which will start 1 rious churches lending their united at 7 30 o'clock suppo-t to the Honeywell revival cam-!

3GD HEAR TALK j More than three hundred persons i gathered at Ninth and Main streets j j Saturday evening for the second meet-j ing held by the Salvation Army since! Captain Leo Sanford took charge of i the nost last w eek Cantain Sanford .says he is much pleased with his re- j ! ception in this city and believes there; is a great field for Salvation Army iwork in Richmond,

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I tee in charge of the work knows just ! what each family on its list stands most in need of. a : 1 1 r . . I . . will OUfJfJl liccuo If the smallest boy in one of these i families needs a good sweater to protect him from the gnawing winds of ! winter, that sweater will.be in the ! Christmas basket, which some "Good ; Fellow" Santa Claus will carry into the house. These baskets, besides containing clothing most needed by the I various members of a family, will have j in them enough good things , j proivide a most appetizing Christmas dinto I ner and a few other meals on the side. Members of the Elks' lodge are now subscribing to a fund which wiH be uged tQ j much of the food an(j Cl0thing to be given the poor, and. as usual, a great amount of these'sup plies will be contributed by the lodge The sifts will be distributed in auto-! mobiles of the lodge members. Each auto driver will be assigned a special take Yuletide cheer and brotherly love. . If there are any unfortunate people in Richmond wnose hearts win not be gladdened next Christmas day, it will not be the fault of the Elks. COMMUNITY UPLIFT NICHOLSONJUBJECT Speaker Says Church Can Accomplish Many Things. Community" was the subject of a talk by S. Edgar Nicholson at the First M. E. church last evening. The address was in the nature of a stimulator of interest in the Honeywell evangelistic campaign. Mr. Nicholson rehearsed the many things the church can accomplish for

before the altar a : assisting in the campa.gn against tne,.. ... . ...

paign. as throught this campaign they: will all reap material benefits, both in increased membershin and a auicken - ANNOUNCE SUPPER There will be a supper at the Mid - s dleboro school Thursday evening to ; obtain funds for the decoration of Go shen cemetery. The ladies having chair of the affair promise a bountiful spread, and invited the public to at - tend.

HEAVY SATIN

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FOR MISS WILSON

! that arrests will be made soon. Alex- j but stated that he intended the deposit I ander, who is a Palladium carrier, goes irU(je (which reads: "In case an appliRare Old Lace, Heirlooms in t0 higK scho1' cant for gas is not considered nnan-

Family, Embellish Bride's Dress. EAST ROOM READY 6C0 Guests, Including High Officials, to Witness White House Wedding. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Everything is in readiness for the thirteenth

wmte nouse weaumg. At :au o ciock ; congregation of the church will obtoinorrow afternoon Miss Jessie Wil- i serve Thanksgiving day with special son, second daughter of the president, i services at 10 o'clock.

and Francis B. Sayre vill be married in the magnificent east room, where dential and official society will be rep- , resented among the guests, however. aue paruy to me aesire or rresiaeni j ed with its residents. j The members of official society who j will attend the wedding are the memcers 01 me diplomatic corps, tne vice j President and Mrs. Marshall, the chief justice of the supereme court and the I associate justices and their families; the speaker cf the house and his j family, the members of the cabinet and their families, and a small representation of leading members of the house and senate, and their families. Family Friends. A large proportion of the guests will come from among the many out-of-town friends of both branches of the Wilson family, and from the circle of friends of Miss Wilson and I Mr. Sayre. It has been planned to j make the wedding as quiet and as I much of a personal affair as possible. I In the historic East Room of the White House at 4:30 o'clock on next Tuesday afternoon the wedding will If.kP Plauce wVlh th Re Y"" W Beach pastor of the Prebvterlan church at Princeton New' Jersey which the president attended when he was at the head of Princeton Universtty officiating n altar has been erected before the broad window at the eat de of

uruuu us:a, uu wuii.ii n:e unuai pari --' ... .- . . . . - . will stand ha been erected ment having been overruled, the pris- Attorney Wilfred Jessup for the j The window through which he enFather to Give Her Away. oners a: c. his attorney held a confer- Light, Heat and Power company, after tered is entirely enclosed by walla flfMiss Wilson, attended bv her maids, ence and decided to appeal to the su- making the charge that the rules of ; teen feet high, which he had to scale will enter th room leanins on th preir.e court. Should the supreme the Ixgan company had been prepared to make his escape, as the doors wre arm of her father Mr Sayre Dr. court deride that the indictment was by the city attorney and sanctioned by locked Sunday morning just as Mr. Wilfred T Grenfell, of the ilabrador true. Circle's Seht will be lost. the president of the board of works. Barth had left them when he doed Mission, the best man and the Rev. After hearing Circle's siar?men of stated that when his company took ; the store at 11 o'clock Saturday night. Sylvester ' - Beach" will await her his innocence. Judge Fox told him that over the Iaan company's contract it No arrests have been made, at the altar. To one side will be th" "as not for the court to decide in was under the impression that these

diplomatic corps. Opposite them will 1 be the guests cf the senate and house In arscther group, the personal fiHtmrlc of tha W'lann fnmilv and the rem-eent?tive of Washington resi- ; dential society. ! The decorations of the East Room ; are naturally suited for weddings. The ppkcral tm are cream white and dull gold. The eolden brocade . curtains will be drawn and the three 1 (Continued on Page EteixJ

ALEXANDER LOSES EYESIGHT Boy Struck in Left Optic By! Shot From An Air Rifle ASSAILANTS ESCAPE Police Receive Description of Colored Boys and Expect Arrests. The sight of the left eye of Russell Alexander. 210 North Kighth street, was destroyed as the result of an attack made on him and Clyde Sissman bv two colored bovs, who shot at them with air rifles, a large hh shot lodged in the left eye of the AKauder boy. killing the nerve of the optu-. Young Alexander and sissman had made a canoe and were using it on the river. At dusk Saturday, they rernoved it from the water near the lootbridge in Happv Hollow. They carried it part of the way up the hill when they saw two boys at the foot of the hill. I Alexander thought thev were Italian 1 boys who had annoyed them earlier i ! in the dav. and threw a stoue at them. I

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Neither was struck, but the smaller of ; As a matter of fact, the bond of the Logan company was regthe two who had an air rifle, pointed ularly filed and accepted by the board, but the company's rules the weapon at Alexander and shot. The were not approved at that time, nor never have been since. rifle was taken from him by his coin-!

panion, and he took careful aim at Alexander. He fired and the first shot struct tne boy in tne ieit eye. umer shots were tired but they did not ' strike the two boys. Alexander was hurried home and

then taken to a specialist, where the been prepared by the city attorney and j ball was removed. The shot passed agreed to by the company, had throueh the pupil and lodged near the!. . , . ,K

f nerve. The boy suffers no pain. i High School Student. Neither of the two boys was able to tell who the colored boys were, but were able to give the police a good description, and it is expected

ciany responsioie, me company rePREPARES SERIES serves the right to require a reasononrmnvD irro able safe guarantX or a cash deposit Ut SERMONS rOK (equalling to the average gas bill for Tvr.pi'V'p CI? Gnf - a six wtelts Period, etc.") to be interiUVrjl oijAoU1 jpreted as refering only to transients ! who might possibly defraud the comA good sized audience at the First i pany, or people whose credit was English Lutheran church heard the j known to be bad. Kev. E. G. Howard speak on "The Dy- j ne said he knew a public service namies of. Christian Efficiency." Speak-: corporation was required to serve all ing of the power of the Holy Spirit, people who demanded Its service and. the pastor said gives renewed life to j therefore, should be protected against the weary, frees us from sin and death, : those people who might defraud it,

imparts pleasing gifts, imbues us with ; but he said he most emphatically dispower for service and is to be had by i approved of any corporation obtainall .at the price of obedience to the ; ing such protection at the expense of haster's decrees. f j all non-property holding patrons whose The Rev. Mr. Howard is preparing a 'credit was good, series of advent lectures, the subjects j Krick Attacks Interpretation, of which will be announced later. The! In replv to this Mr. Krick stated

CIRCLE MAINTAINS PLEA OP INNOCENCE Imprisonment. Al'l'tiAL. 1 rSU llrvL,! Maintaining his innocence to the ' last- U1!liam s- 'rcie. convicieu 01 ' lne niurder of Mrs. Iva May Brown, of Winchester, was sentenced to life ini - prisonment by Judge Fox in circuit court, today. After the judge had overruled a motion of Attorney John Newton to arrest the judgment and had sentenced the prisoner, he cautioned Circle to become a model prisoner and added that any leniency that is shown by the board of pardons will be augmented by his influence. "I have only to say that I am inno- ' 'nt of the crime, was the statement Circle made, when asked if he had any reason wnv sentence snouia noi oe mane. Newton was given sixty days by Judge Fox in which to file an appeal 011 th? grounds of the insufficiency of lhe indictment but to the surprise of Judge Fnx no motion was filed for a new trial. Tn Anneal Cate. Newton's motion to arrest judgment t th .,ffir-icnrv r,f rh inHir.r. tnat cas- mr innocence or ruin or ine prisoner as tr.e jury had returned the verdict ot guilty or second aegrce murder. uraer. Jucge tax expresses p ty ior .irs. Circ'.e. who is in poor healrh and almost penniless and for the eighteen y.'-ar o.'d son. Wilbert. who is almost blind. Attorney Newton w;Ii have until Jan- 25 to furtht-r papers for the ap.peal of his motion to the supreme

Rule Drafted by City Attorney Bond and Approved by President Kennepohl of the Board of Works None of the Company's rules Formally Approved by Board, As Provided in the Natural Gas Franchise Which the Local Corporation Took Over From the Logan Company Board Accepted the Bond But Not Rules Company Prefers Guarantee to Cash Deposit.

BOND EXPLAINS DEPOSIT RULE INTENDED FOR TRANSIENTS AND NOT FOR RESIDENTS

BY W. R. POUNDSTONE. In a lively tilt this morning at the board of works meeting between representatives of the Light. Heat & Power company and the Lojran Natural das company, on one hand, and the representatives of the city government on the other, the city's forces, including the mayor, members of the board and the city attorney, did not make a very impressive showing. The question debated was whether the Light. Heat & Power company had the authority to require deposits or guarantees from non-property holding natural gas users. At noon the meeting ad-

journed without any decision. In the course of the discussion is was brought out that the rule under which the company has txiken this action was, with other rules, drafted by City Attorney Bond and approved by President Ker.nepohl of the board of public works, Ho;ird j)id Xot Act on Ru,e x. , A. , e ,, , . .. u of the company s rules was formally approved by the board public works, as provided m the natural gas franchise

wnitn ine local corporation iuok uver liuiu me ian i-umpanj, but it was shown that the franchise provided that the board of

worKs snouici eitner approve or disapprove sucn ruies oeiore approving of the bond the company which originally obtained the

irancnise was Compelled to 1116. Bond Explain Rule. s. J. Krkk of the Logan company informt,d tho board todav that his ! company did not file the rules with its bond, because the rules which had Itime the company submitted Its bond. '; Mr. Bond frankly admitted drawing ' up tne ruie8f under one of which the Light. Heat and Power company is ' he did not know the city attorney had ever placed such an interpretation on the deposit rule, and If such interpretion was made It would be held discriminatory. He said that to tell one non-property holding patron that he would have to guarantee his gas bills, and to tell another that such action was not required of him would be manifestly unfair. So. Mr. Krick stated, the Light, Heat and Power company was doing what gas companies in Ohio and various other states were doing, placing all people who could not guarantee their t- wii- Jai atat th! AAinc faith through cash deposits or guarantees of respon - cihio r.artioc "h-; u?a, , ti. We do not want to handle cash deposits, nor does your loer.l company. s , : , r.i ir ! would much prefer guarantees of their ! bills, and cash deposits are accepted : only as a last recourse. On cash de - posits we have to pay six per cent in - leresi. wnicn wnn me compi.ra w , bookkeeping system required, makes j , such system of protection undesira- i ble." j Seeks an Agreement. i j Attorney Gus Condo of Marion, rep-j ' resenting the Logan company, urged , the board of public works and the lo-. cal company to get together and reach I some kind of an agreement on the! question under dispute, so that it would not b necessary to take an appeal to the state public utilities com-1 mission. , Attorney T. J. Study, who was pres- j eni on:v in tne roie 01 an interested citizen, towara tne ciose 01 me aiscus- ' sion- took a hand in it. declaring that the deposit rule was a violation of the common law because it was dUcriminatory. "One man who owns no prop - erty but who is financially responsible is discriminated against in favor of a man whose on v ral e?tat ho flin might be a shack and whose credit is vahmiwn" urisimcrt Mr Stndv rues naa r.n acceptea cy tne toara cf worKs with the filing of the Ixgan company s bond, and had proceeded to piac teem in operai:on wnne smi laoormg uncer tnis impression. Assails Attack. He said the first that the L. H. & P. kr.ew that the rules had never been approved by the beard wa when rr. -

ot the lecal newspapers raised a great build the Barton concrete and DrtcK cry of protest over the deposit feature. road for $45.43.20. and F. E. Slick of . charging that a great injustice had (this city was awarded the contract ibeta done Uie people of Richmond acdjfor the Haas road at J 11,349.13.

warning the city officials of the danger which con-fronted the public. Although the discussions at the board meeting were long and spirited no understanding was reached on th question involved and despite Mr. Con do's protest against Richmond's practice of bringing every public utility question before the state commission, it appears quite probable that such action will be taken in this cae. Mr. Bond and the board members expressed themselves as in favor of a "reasonable" deposit or guarantee system for the L. H. & P. company, but what will constitute a "reasonable' rule promises to be a question that only. the state commission can determine. Mr. Krick stated that it was regard ed as very important to thoroughly protect natural gas companies from loss because the margin of profit wt very small and that to make a profit a company had to depend upon a large volume of business. "The average bill for artificial gai is about $2." Mr. Krick stated, "but from now on the natural gas bill for the average user will substitute his coal bill. It will be used in furnaces and grates and stoves in a large num

ber of homes which formerly used coal, so the risk of loss to the company will be much greater now than when it served only artificial gas." Points to Ohio Law. He pointed out that In Ohio the Foster law. .whlrb has never once been contested, Mr. Krick said, requires al) gas companies to accept cash deposit or guarantees from all non-property holding people. Mr. Jessup to place further emphasis on the alleged necessity of extending thorough protection to the L.. H. and P. company in handling the service on which the margin of profit was very small, stated that If tne company m.ade any money off such a service It would be the first time in its history that it had been engaged In a profit able business. , 1 7' " laugh from Mr. Study, but Mr. Jessup This statement evoked a hearty ! heatedly exclaimed that if any on doubted his statement he could pro- . yZ . J,', . ..IZ. rZ h f 1 "We have filed a complete record of !oiir business affairs with the state , . . . . . - , ,, ... , , . . true we can be held liable for per- . . " ' 1 !. 11 inn niim nflfir 1 llliuv 1 1 U r rt Hill 11-1 UL.IIIIUU UILII IIUUI BURGLAR STEALS $2 C1 T UnKnOWTl -ian t.nierS DEim Cigar Store Late Saturday Night. Climbing over the roof, and cutting e,i" i iuw.- w : Barth Cigar store, someone entered - th place late Saturday night and j rifled the cash drawer of 12. 1 Before going over the roof and through the window, the thief tried to cut the panel from the back door whitnine airaosi lorouen ine nara wi ju above the catch and at the center .of the panel. ; AV AKU LU.MMtl?) , nrk . a J run Vrj Iiunuo Work on the first concrete roaaa hn Warn county will begin at once. 1 contracts having been signed by the j struction of the Haas and Barton , roads. W. H. Boyd of Dayton will