Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 17, 29 November 1913 — Page 1

,AJ)IUM 'A AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. No. 17 RICHMOND, IN'D- SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 29, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS COAL TRUST FALLS SINCE NATURAL GAS HIT PUELMARKET One Price Agreement of Dealers Smashed By 40 Cent Competition. MEREDITH ANNOUNCES FUSION TICKET PLAN NICHOLSON REPLIES TO CLUB WOMEN REGARDING REVIVAL INDIANAPOLIS UNDER STRICHOLICE LAW Not More Than Three Persons Permitted to Congregate on Streets. THIEVES GET AWAY ALIENS GET READY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES ! WITH BOOTY FROM j FOR REBEL ATTACK FIGHT SANITARY STORE AND A SHOP Foreigners in Mexico City to 'OF HEALTH' OFFICER Seek Refuge Under j Democratic-G. O. P. Coalition to Defeat Progressive Candidates. British Flag. Editor of Friend Brands Statements As Being Absurd. Conkey Drug Store and Stegall Barber Shop Robbed of Money. Dr. J. E. King Faces Loss of Position Through Board's Opposition. ILIFF ENTERS DENIAL 100 NEW POLICEMEN VILLA MARCHES SOUTH

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Anthracite Offered From $8 to $8.85 a Ton Today By Dealers. Today's quotations on two standard grades of anthracite coal indicate that the introduction of natural gas in Richmond will be beneficial other than slicing seventy cents off the. price formerly paid for artificial gas. Real competition among the coal dealers loomed into sightf today. There is now every evidence that &e local coal dealers' "trust," which bas been maintained for several years to hold up prices under an ironbound agreement, is beginning to break to pieces. Last evening the O. IT. Little Fuel company advertised anthracite coal at $8.25 to ?$.50 a ton, the former quotation for furnace use, the latter quotation for baseburner use. Prices Now Vary. Today the Richmond Coal company is notifying the public through an advertisement that it will sell a standard grade of anthracite coal at $8.00 a ton. The price asked for furnace anthracite was not quoted in this advertisement, but inquiry at the company's office resulted in the information that, this grade of coal was being sold for $8.25 a ton. It was also stated that the anthracite offered for baseburner use was a mixture of No. 1 Chestnut and No. 2 Chestnut, The IT. C. Bullerdick company, llackman, Klefoth company, Independent Ice and Fuel company, Mather Brothers and John Starr company each were today offering the grade used in baseburners at $8.60 a ton and the No. 4 grade for furnace use at $8.35. Other Quotations. However, the J. H. Menke company was quoting the baseburner grade at $8.60 and the furnace grade at $8.50, and the Harsh Coal and Supply company was asking $185 for the former grade and $8.60 for the latter grade. Quotations made by the various coal companies show that anthracite for baseburner use varied from $8.00 a ton to $8.85, and prices for anthracite used in furnaces varied from $8.25 to $8.60. For several years representatives of coal companies which are members of the so-called "trust," and nine-tenths of the companies are in this organization, held monthly meetings during the winter to fix a schedule of prices. Gas Breaks Combine. These schedules were carried out without a break until the establishment of the natural gas service in Richmond. The first monthly meeting held since last winter was Sept. 1, and another one was held Oct. 1, but the best information which the Palladium could obtain today was that no meeting has been held so far this month. This fact is taken as additional evidence that the cheap gas service has struck such a powerful blow at the coal "trust" that it has begun to disintegrate and the coal dealers are now entering the market for business as free lances on a competitive basis. It is also predicted that within a short time there will be a still greater variance in coal prices than noted now. ALLEGESJESERTION Minnie McCann Asks Divorce and Alimony. Divorce, restoration of maiden name and $500 alimony is asked by Minnie McCann from William E. McCann of Cambridge City in a suit filed in circuit court today. The plaintiff alleges her husband failed to provile for her and deserted her in 1910. They were married in 1907, living in Cambridge City.

Commissioners Say Nothing on Road Job

Men Who Will Compose County Board After January 1 Refuse to Express Opinions on Probable Appointee Brown, Beeson and Beall Are Candidates, It Is Said. Those members who will compose t tt.e board of county commissioners after the first of the year. Albert Anderson, Mordecat Doddridge and Barney Linderman, are non-commital on the subject of whose candidacy they will support for the new ofSce - of cpunty superintendent of highways. Up until two or three weeks ago it appeared almost certain that this appointment would go to Robert Beeson. whose term as county commissioner will expire December 31, but there has been so much opposition to Mr. Beeson that it Is believed now he will not be the choice of the new board.

City Chairman Believes Republicans Will Enter Own County Ticket.

W. R. POUNDSTONE. Linus P. Meredith, member of the Btate Republican central committee as chairman of the Sixth district, today declared that a Republican-Democratic fusion ticket would be placed in the field against the Progressives at the county election next year. "All arrangements for placing such a ticket in the field have been made and have been agreed to except by a few Republicans and one faction of the Democratic party which was responsible for nominating Henry Farwig for mayor. This faction is interested in the success of one of the Progressive candidates for county Office, " said Chairman Meredith. "The nominations for only three county offices will be asked by the Republicans. What they are I will not announce now. Democrats will be nominated for all the other places on the fusion ticket." Iliff Opposes Scheme. Republican City Chairman Iliff when asked today what he thought of the plan of putting out a fusion ticket said he was opposed to it. "If the plan is merely an office grabbing scheme, or a plan to defeat the Progressives at any price, it is all right, but I would not be interested in it for it would have the effect of causing the Republican party to lose its identity," said Mr. Iliff. "I believe in Republican principles now as firmly as I ever did, and I believe the Republican party must make its fight all along the line to maintain these principles, not to see how many offices it can obtain for its followers." He said he knew nothing of any negotiations between any Republican and Democratic leaders to place a fusion ticket in the field, but he did not believe such a plan would meet with the approval of the rank or file of either party. ODD FELLOWS HERE FOR B1GBANQUET Oriental Encampment to Entertain Patriarchal Branches of County. What is expected to be the first of a series of similar entertainments will take plate tonight when Oriental Encampment of this city will entertain the five other encampments of the Patriarchal branch of the I. O. O. F. A banquet will be served in the Odd Fellows' hall at 8 o'clock. There are 330 members of the Patriarohial branch of the order in Wayne county, with encampments located at Hagerstown, Dublin, Cambridge City, Last Germantown, Richmond. At least expected to attend night. Centerville and two hundred are the banquet toAmong the out-of-town speakers will be S. O. Sharp, of Indianapolis, grand patriarch of the state encampment, and R. H. Hollywood, past grand master. L. II. Ilandley will preside as toastmaster. Demas S. Coe is chairman of the committee on arrangements. All members of the encampment living in the county are invited to be present. FORTY RESCUED FROM BURNING TENEMENT GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 29. Thirty persons, firemen and spectators, were injured by explosions of i gasoline, dynamite and powder followj ing a fire in a tenement house early today. The explosion occurred just after the firemen heroically had rei moved more than forty persons from ,' the burning building and had warned people in adjoining buildings. The i force of the explosion broke glass in i many buildings and shook that portion i of the city within a radius of one mile. ! The loss is about $200,000. A. l Brown, a well known Clay township farmer, who was mentioned as a prospective candidate for superintendent recently, was in Richmond yesterday and announced that he was out ior the office, and had so informed the commissioners. "I am no expert road builder, nor am I an engineer, but I believe I could fill the office satisfactorily and become thoroughly familiar with its duties by giving close attention and study to the work," he said. Mr. Brown said he has assisted in road work since early youth, and knew the fundamental principles of road construction. Casiius Beall of Richmond, it is said, is another candidate for the new county office. At the per diem salary of $4, It is possible for a road superintendent in Wayne county to make a little more than $1,200 a year, but out of this must come his transportation expense. There is a general sentiment that the salary attached to this important office, which to be administered in a most efficient manner, would require tae appointment of a civil engineer with experience in road construction, is entirely too sma.lL

MAKE NO GUARANTEE

Says Program For Better Conditions Will Get Impetus. S. Edgar Nicholson, editor of The American Friend, today made a reply to the various local club women who are opposing the Honeywell revival meetings, to be held in Richmond in January. He branded as absurd their statements that such meetings would interfere with the reorganization of the health department and other plans for improving living conditions in this city. He said what the club women proposed was admirable, but that the revival meetings would not conflict with their program and stated that these meetings would not take a large amount of money out of Richmond, for no guarantees of any stipulated amount had been made to Mr. Honeywell and his associates. "It is to be regretted," said Mr. Nicholson, who is chairman of the Committee of One Hundred having in charge the Honeywell evangelistic campaign, "that anyone in Richmond should find it necessary to oppose this effort to bring about a revival of religion in this city. Especially is this true when the opposition conies from any of the women of the city. "Evidently these good women of the clubs allowed their caution to get the better of their judgment, when they decided to oppose an effort already decided upon by the ministerial association and seventeen of our city churches. It Is hard to see what purpose they expect to serve. The campaign is already under way, and the only effect if any would be to hamper and discourage a united effort to raise the moral and religious tone of our people. Needs Moral Awakening. "But why should Richmond not have a revival of religion? And why should it not use extraordinary efforts to bring it about? There come periods in the life of every community when the better elements need to combine to bring about a religious and moral awakening. Whatever the causes may be, there is a large portion of every community that does not come within the circle of the ordinary gospel influence. "Shall the religious forces be barred from an effort to reach these, because forsooth it will cost something? Must the eternal destiny of men and women be weighed by dollars and cents? A genuine religious awakening is worth any cost. It might be well for those who feel troubled over this aspect of the question to read Mark xiv: 3-9. "who are they who require the help of charity? For the most part they who suffer because of the reign of vice and the saloon and sin. Why is the public health endangered? For the most part because religion is shut out from so many homes and so many districts. The breed of sin and disease can not long flourish where the light of the gospel has shone. "It may be well to say now that the churches that are most concerned about the after effects of a revival stand ready to do their full share in taking care of the matter." Meetings Successful. The Srst week of cottage prayer meetings in the pre-revival series has been fairly successful despite the fact that last evening and Tuesday night the rain greatly interferred with the gathering of the crowds, announced the leaders in the movement today. As last week was the first week of the meetings, those in charge were well pleased with the outcome of the new venture. Similar meetings will be held each Tuesday and Friday evening until the time of the Honeywell revival, December 28. As the meetings becorm more widely known the interest will heighten, is the opinion of those interested the work of preparation. The ministers who have taken active charge of the prayer services say they realize that it will take time to spread the news of the services to the populace and are not disappointed with the showing made during the past week. The list of homes for the meetings Tuesday will be announced later. ARMY PLANS FOR TIME Charitable Organization to Arrange Big Christmas Tree For Poor. Mindful of the fact that Christmas to the children means more than something to eat and wear the Salvation Army will have a Christinas tree for the children of the city in addition to its gifts of food and clothing to the poor families of the city. The Salvation Army every year, remembers the needy at Christmas time. Captain and Mrs. Stanford have a long list of needy families in this city who will receive baskets of food on Christmas morning. Two or three weeks before the holidays the Salvation Army kettles will be placed on tripods in the streets and every one will be invited to contribute toward the happiness of others less fortunate than themselves. Captain Sanford, who recently took charge of the local post has been twelve years in the service end has had charge of a number of Salvation Army Christmas celebrations. He hopes to make the one this year tie best he has ever had and one of the best ever attempted in this city.

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Citizens Lay in Provisions in Anticipation of General Lockout.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. Indianapolis awoke this morning to find that orders had been issued to the police department by Mayor Wallace and the new board of safety to prevent more than three persons congregating together at any point -unless w aiting for street cars or because of congestion of traffic. The order applies only to congregating on the streets and does not apply to public meetings of any kind that may be held indoors. These extraordinary plans were made at a secret meeting which lasted until after midnight in which members of the board of safety and others participated. It is understood, however, that the squads of police on duty in the downtown districts will be permitted to exercise their judgment as to whether three or more persons stopping are union men or persons persuing their ordinary daily activities. 100 New Policemen. A hundred new policemen have been sworn in and by night it is expected an additional one hundred will have been recruited. This will give the police department a force of 500 men. Any refusal of citizens to disperse will be reported to headquarters and reserves will be rushed to the scene at once. Two hundred night sticks, larger and heavier than the ordinary mace, have been distributed, and Indianapolis today was declared to be under airtight police protection. Wliether a teamsters and chauffeurs strike of city wide proportions will be declared depends upon action to be taken at a meeting of the unionists Sunday. The Commercial Vehicle Protective association, team owners, has flatly turned down all propositions to arbitrate with the union men. Meanwhile persistent rumors are in circulation that instead of a strike there will be a lockout by all members of the Vehicle association, which controls ninety per cent of all kinds of hauling vehicles. In anticipation of either a strike or lockout the households of Indianapolis are laying in coal, provisions, etc., to withstand a reasonable siege. DAN G, REID PARTY TO FEDERAL SUIT Government Brings Action to Dissolve American Can Trust. BALTIMORE, Nov. 29. The department of justice today, through John P. Hill, United States attorney for the district of Maryland, filed suit against the American Can company and the subsidiary concerns under the Sherman anti-trust law. The complaint alleges that the defendants restrained interstate and foreign trade in tin cans and are attempting to monolize the same. In the latter part of 1901, the petition alleges, a conspiracy was formed among J. H. Moore, William Moore, Daniel G. Reid, Fred S. Wheeler, Henry W. Phelts, T. W. Graham, George G. McMurtrie and D. Wiley McCoughey, for the purpose of restraining trade in the United States by creating a single corporation with large capitalization and buying the greater portion of the can making machinery in the United States. The American Can company was incorporated with a capital stock of $88,000,000 to carry out this plant and shortly after the competing plants were acquired. IMPORT DIAMONDS WORTH $57,000,000 WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. The American woman's love of diamonds was responsible for the importation of $57,000,000 worth of those precious stones during the year 1913. The department of commerce announced today that this is the highest mark ever reached, being $12,750,000 better than the record established in 1906. Milady wants only the real thing in diamonds, according to the department's report. Imitations constituted only about two per cent of the total importations. WHAT SEALS DID "You would have laughed to see the fellows look at me when I went back to work after being away five months." said a rugged and healthy looking boy after his flrst day. back in the factory. Undersized, a victim of tuberculosis, pinched and thin, with a bloodless spin, and apparently half dead when he quit work, there was little wonder that few knew him when he reappeared tw-enty-three and one half pounds heavier and some inches taller, with a healthy color in his face. During his absence he had been at the tuberculosis sanitarium. The company paid half of his expenses and Red Cross seals-has provided the resL Was it worth while?

i Police Have Few Clews Recent Robberies in City. to Two more burglaries, both successful, vvese added last night to the list which is growing rapidly, when it was s.t i,.., k i riiur ihnn i

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had left with about $50 and eight ! a threatened massacre, all foreign res-' schools, will not be reappointed to ofwatches Thursday nielii and an un- i idents are expected to take protec tion ' flee, if the influence of the majority

detected person entered the Conkey a .., vi.ik ,.i M.in t..to uiug oiui rzt . 1 1 1 1 lj tutu .'lain purrio, tocanine with $2 in small chanue An unsuccessful attempt to enter the home of John Ackerman, 135 South Eighth street, was reported Two men trying to force an entrance at the rear door were frightened away by passersby This is the fourth of a series of ' burglaries in the last two nights, which bega with the attempt of Kdward Hurts, colored, to enter the .lames ! Carr residence at Fourteenth and Main I streets Hurts was camured. due to i the bravery of Burton Carr, who received an ugly cut above the left temple while holding the colored man until patrolmen arrived. Enters Front Door. With booty amounting to $22 in I .-,.,,,11 V, ., . . . n r ii,.iial and tobacco, the thief who entered Conkey's drug store between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, escaped, running west in the alley south of Main street between Eighth and Ninth streets. The money was taken from the stamp drawer and cash register. Drawers back of the counter were opened ! and ransacked. Three old watches ly- j ing on the counter at the watch repair j shop were thrown on the desk but not taken. i There are no clues to The burglars" identity, although a fleeing man was seen by employes of the Itvery stable at the rear of the Conkey store 6hort - nfttr ' nVlnrlr Thsv wpfA ririvine in with their cabs, when their attention was attracted to the man who ran down the alley west of the stable. Rear Door Locked. When Patrolman Wierhake passed the store at 2 o'clock, the door was locked. Passing about twenty minutes later he saw the front door open. Chief of Police Gormon is puzzled over the method of entrance to the store. No signs can be found to indicate how the thief entered. Doors and windows were closed and locked. The only rear door to the store opens into a barber shop, but this was locked. Several persons were questions by Chief Gormon this morning, but no arrests have been made. The family of John F. Ackerman. 135 South Eighth street, enjoyed a perfect rest last night, not knowing until this morning that two men were seen late at night trying to force an entrance to the rear door. Ackerman did not know of the attempt until friends began to call over the telephone this morning and ask if the robbers frightened them or got anything. The men were frightened away by persons passing on Eighth street. $50 and Watches Taken. The theft of about $50 and eight watches from the Ora Stegall barber shop, 420 North Eighth street, is attributed by Mr. Stegall to Harry Wiggs, an employe, who was seen in the shop several times that evening, and who bought a ticket for Dayton and left on the Pennsylvania train at 12:30 o'clock. A pair of pliers in Wigg's overcoat pocket which he left behind had the points strained and had evidently been used to open a little savings bank, which Stegall believes contained $23. Another bank, kept behind the mirror, in which money was put from time to time to meet the shops running expenses, was opened. This contained about $15. Earlier in the week Wiggs had drawn $10 advance salary. Mr. Stegall also does watch repairing and had his case full Thursday. Friday morning eight watches were missing. At the railroad restanrant where Wiggs ate lunch about midnight, employes saw him look at a watch which bore a tag, such as Stegall used to mark them. Persons who saw Wiggs earlier in the evening said he had been drinking heavily. Wiggs had been working at the Stegall shop since the Fall Festival, having been employed previously at the Sanitary shop. 'CHI" REMAINS WET CHICAGO, Nov. 29 By a vote of 34 to 32 the temperance societies of the city bave decided not to attempt to make Chicago a Iry city in the spring campaign of 1914. WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Rain tonight and probably Sunday. Slightly cooler in west and South portions Sunday. TEMPERATURE. Noon 57 YESTERDAY. Maximum 55 Minimum 47 RICHMOND BY W. E. MOORE. Continued unsettled tonight and probably Sunday, with occasional rains and somewhat colder by Sunday night. SUMMARY. inB and the western low is advancing and as the center of the low passes by somewhat colder weather is expected. but the aoeaarance last nioht of an - other low of qreat eneray just off the

Oregon coast, should keep back any j the poles, will appear before council ; the wires, after the poles were removvery cold weather for a while- j Monday night. The ordinance Intro-jed.

Intends to Capture Chihau-

hau City Before Christmas Dav. MEXICO CITY. Nov 29. Plans for the defense of foreigners are being rushed to completion ia Mexico City as a result of the advance of the southern division of General Villa's army and tht- renewed activity of S.000 Zapatists in citW-s adjoining fed eral territory in t h. fwni of h n t i -f nre en riot or ! under tne Hntisii nag. iir i,iouei oarrin rhfi Knclish minister havinir - . c t-. , tended sucn an invitation in a circu-1 lar letter. Herbert Bourchier. general manager 'in Mexico for the Mutual Life Insurance company, and chairman of the committee for the defense of foreign residents, has endorsed the proposal made by Sir Lionel for tne purchase of Provisions, arms and ammunition for use by foreigners in the event they are besieged Reports that the important port of Maxatlan, on the west coast, had been captured by the Constitutionalists, I were denied at the war office. Private : advices say the rebels hold at least a . part of the city. VILLA MARCHES SOUTH Rebel Leader Hopes to Take Chihauhau bv Christmas.

King. "I would not accept a reapKL PASO, Nov. 29 Cheering his ' pointment to the office with the anfollowers with the prosise that Christ-, derstanding that I should pursue any mas probably would see them at Mexi-j other course than what I have been." co City, General Krancisa Villa an-' Township Trustee Howarth refused nouncd today that he would lead in to discuss the situation, but intimated person the army which will try to that Dr. King s name had been before capture Chihauhau City from the Fed-, the board of education, erals. General Villa expects some Dr King admitted that he undoubtfighting before he reaches Chihauhau edly made many enMnle8 amonK thm

vn dim iitmii u ururiai jiuiaiiu urimosillo. who left yesterday at the head of one thousand men, that reb- ! el sscouts had reported the presence of al rage body of Federals near Villa j Ah,una.?,a'. . , I If lIla 8 Prsent P,a,I?are ca"i.ed ! I0" - .tne. campaign at Chihuahua City wili included a simultaneous attack on the four sides of the city. General "

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out. KNABE JURY STILL HELD IN ABEYANCE State Will Not Ask Death Penalty For Dr. William B. Craig. SHELBYV1LLE, Ind., Nov. 29 With a bobtailed jury consisting of ten farmers and one railroader, the trial of Dr: William B. Craig, charged with the murder of Dr. Helene Knabe at Indianapolis, adjourned at noon today until Monday. The entire forenoon srssion was devoted to changes in the jury box. 4 The accepted jurors are all married men and a majority have large families. The railroader is Walter Wright The other ten accepted are: Ollie Harrell. Elbert Willard, Alfred Arnold, Lewis Weinantz, James Clark, Elbert Wicker. Prindle E. Barnes, Martin Good, Philip Swinfort and Davis Jones. The questioning of the talesmen today indicated that the death penalty will not be asked for. After a conference of attorneys, it was decided that Ephraim Inman of Indianapolis, will make the opening statements for the state and w ill de-1 clare that Dr. Knabe loved Dr. Craig but that the accused doctor preferred and intended to marry a wealthier woman and that the killing followed a quarrel between the two. TO SEND NOTICES REGARDING PAVING '

i Brumfield, asking divorce, in circuit Property owners w ill soon receive court Tne couple married in February notifications of the city's intention toi$n and the plaintiff charges that she pave with brick the parts of streets i left him in September of the same necessary to connect all the paved . year. streets. The notices are being pre-, Mr. Brumfield is a farmer living on pared by City Clerk Bescher and will rural route 6. while Mrs. Brum field be mailed to the property owners next lives with her parents in Williams-

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Enter Protest Over Proposed Ordinance , j duced by Councilman Jones, two weeks Official Of Companies Using jaS- was Passed to the third reading -r a a a land will come up for final action at Poles on Mam Street to Ap- i the next session. Df :i AT Superintendent Johnson said the pear Before Council Mon-icjty nad to reacn GIe MU!er park dav Believe Tearing Up i w'th ,inKe8- and a,d EOt put th up & i alleys because there were no alleys Of Main Street to Lav Con-! lj rear of the section of Main j ti- u "TT (street affected by the ordinance. To dUllS OUIU Mean Heavy j place the wires in underground con-

T7"..4rlfi:illr -xPenallure V To protest against the passing of ! the ordinance, providing for the remo- : val of a11 "stting and power poles on ; Main street from Twenty-second street ' to the corporation line. Superintendent ! Johnson cf the city plant and repre-' sentatives of other companies, using

ARE SILENT Official Asserts Trustee Stottlemeyer Hampers Discharge of His Duties. lr. J. K. King of this city, county health officer, and the first health commissioner in the United States to make a sanitary survey a sanitary surrey - of rural ; oi low nsmp irusiees nas me nrsary weight with the county commlssioners. The Palladium learned today mat. at a recent meeting of the county board of education, of which the trustees are members, a resolution was put through, setting forth the board's opposition to the reappointment of Dr. Ktng. This report could not be confirmed today for the board member who were questioned had nothing to aay on the subject. However, Dr. King stated that he had been indirectly informed that the board had taken such action. j King Is Nonplussed. I "I have no idea why the trustees I are opposed to my retention as county i health commissioner unless I have i been too drastic to suit them In the performance of my duties, said Dr. trustees, and that he was not surprised at their opposition. "The only ones I have not had to 'call down and 'call down' hard are Trustee Bond of Clay township and Trustee Harris of Center township," he laid. Dr. King went on to tell he had exfenced the most trouble with Dr. C. Stottlemeyer of Hagerstown. trustee ' w mm . i i j He cited as one instance an effort to condemn a school house in that township. He said he had no objection to the condemnation, for a new building was desired by the patrons, but did not care to place himself on record as favoring the action. Stottlemeyer Buys Land. Dr. King said that, after ft had been decided to erect a new building. Dr. Stottlemeyer purchased a tract of land, but not with the township's money, and then called upon the health commissioner to approve of it as a site for a school building. "This land was in a hollow and poorly drained, and to use it for a school site would have required considerable expense for filling," said Dr. King. "I told Dr. Stottlemeyer to have the township purchase a tract of land In the same neighborhood, which was admirably suited for school purposes. He said he did not think the owner would be willing to sell at a reasonable figure. I then told him to make a fair offer for the land and if the own er would not accept it. to bring condemnation proceedings. Stts No Price. "Later I learned Dr. Stottlemeyer had purchased the bottom land for the purpose of selling it to the township for school purposes. I will not say (Continued on Page Six) Walter Brumfield Asks Seperation From Mary Brumfield. Seven months of married life mi enough for Mary Brumf.eld, according to allegations in a complaint filed against her by her husband, Walter , burg. I j au;is unaer .Mam sireei. ne saia. wouio mean tearing up the paving which has not been laid much more than a year and would mean a great expense. The second section of the ordinance provides that all such wires except those of the street railway company shall be placed in conduits. Mr. Johnson said the council might be able to order the companies to remove the poles, bat doubted its authority to prescribe m hat should be done with

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