Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 43, 31 December 1913 — Page 1

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or nnnminiTP ur urrmio AS OF. ASSERTS CHURCHES WERE BORN FROM REVIVAL MEETINGS Honeywell Defends Spiritual Awakenings From a Historical Standpoint. EVANGELIST OPPOSES FACTIONS IN CHURCH Pays Respects to Those Who Have Failed to Endorse Movement. MAKES NO STATEMENT ON MONEY CONTRIBUTED Contrary to custom in other places where revivals of the Honeywell type have been conducted, there will be no daily announcement of the amount of money contributed by those attending the meetings. The Committee of One Hundred feels that such action would lower the dignity of the work that is being done, sinking It to the level of commercial enterprises. No statement on the amount of money that has been raised will be made public for at least a week. Evangelist Honeywell last night paid his respects to those vho have failed to line up behind him in his work and made a general defense of revivals from a historical and etymological standpoint "The most effective way any one can j show his utter insensibility as a citi zen and his indifference to the moral and spiritual welfare is to oppose a wornHik this-that has lor a omJUai l the saving of men from hell. 'This holds true whether the enemy lurks In the pulpit, the pew or the editorial chair. "We have revivals in dress. We have revivals in politics. Every four years political evangelists go up and down the land preaching their own pet doctrines until the country is all aglow with political revival. We have revivals in business, pleasure and pig iron. Tells of Pentecost. "Revivals originated on the day of Pentecost. Some people argue that revivals are only temporary. Pentecost was only temporary, but there is not ft church in Christiandom that does not feel its effect. A rainstorm is only temporary, but who does not feel its abiding results? The evangelist then turned to the

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foundation of the various religious New Year celebrators are usually quite denominations and showed how the easily controlled, so no Worry wrinLutheran church was born of a revi- kles are darkening the countenances va! under Martin Luther, how the Con- of the guardians of the peace and no Rregationalists sprang from a Puritan one in search of a good time will be revival in England, and the Presbyter- interrupted unless the bounds of prolans from a religious awa'kening'under priety are too greatly overstepped. Calvin and Knox. j Amusements Open Thursday. "The Quakers rose from the revival ' More dignity will mark the celebratinder George Fox. Methodism was tion of the new year tomorrow. Good born from the great Welseyan move- resolutions for 1914 will be working ment and the Baptists sprang from the overtime by then. The water wagon persecution and revival which gave will squeak under its cargo and its

Ji Rnivnn and Pilgrim's Progress to the world. j Many Join at Revivals. j "Millions have been fitted for Heaven in work of this kind were in fact trophies of revivals. The man who obJects to revivals slanders two-thirds of the Christian people of the city as at least that number came to the charch In a revival "It frequently happens that the church Bpends more energy in money making business than in soul saving. The Bible way of raising money for the Lord is clean, that of offering. But wo fail to do this and resort to every clap trap on the face of the earth, from a hissing frolic to a cake walk to get money for the Lord. I would rather have some folks' prayers than other folks' dollars. "Church membership alone will not save you. Some people act as though i church membership gave them a thorough ticket to heaven in a Pullman ; palace car ana mat tne porter naa instructions to wake them up when the train reaches the pearly gates. But they will be side tracked one of these days with a hot box, long before the train reaches its destination. Membership Not Enough. "You can go to hell just as quick from the church as you can from a saloon or from a house of shame. Mr. Honeywell then called upon his hearers, practically all of whom were church people to straighten out their differences at once as the revival can be productive of no good as long as there are factional differences in the churches. "The trouble with the church is that it is running after the world. The church is all right when it is in the world, but it is all wrong when the world is in her. The world has gotten Into the church and brought reproach on the cause we profess to love. My friends, you will never win a soul to God until you are right with Him and right before the world." Congregation Patient. Fully an hour before the evangelist took the pulpit the seats were occupied by 2,000 people. While the services begin at 7:30, the Rev! Honeywell thus far has not commenced his discourse until an hour later, continuing it until after 9:30. The patience of the congregation (Continued on Page Eight.)

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ur ntvivAL CITIZENS PREPARE TO OBSERVE BIRTH OF "INFANT 1914' II Parties of Every Character Are Arranged for 12 O'clock Tonight. BELLS AND WHISTLES TO SOUND IN YEAR Good Resolutions For Coming Twelve Months Will Work Overtime. There is every indication that there will be any number of headaches tomorrow, also stem resolutions to "never again." This prediction is based on the fact that today a large per centage of the population of Richmond was preparing I to observe the birth of the new year j in the most approved fashion with a i number of extra numbers added to the ; usual program for this annual event Hence tne neaaacnes ana stern resolutions, v As usual the thirst parties will do a land office business Mid the dance J halls will groan under- their burdens I of tangoing, beac-cating and bunnyhugging humanity, open house will be ! observed in all the clutis and the social editor reports thac. she believes see-the-new-year-in parties are on the social programs of ibout every other home in the city. Engage Cafe Tables. Several parties of new jear celebrators have engaged tables at the Arlington cafe. 5 The first signal of the downing new year will be received by wireless at the Dickinson Jewelry stre tonight while the old year still has an hour to live. As usual the time wiU be mark ed by the dispatcher at Arlington, Va axacuy sl iz . o ciock wnen wi ana 1914 meet for a fleeting sc6hTlhe time will be flashed from th government station. Owing to the difference in time that will only be 111 o'clock here. The usual program of permitting every whistle and all the bell of the city to run amuck promptly when both hands of the clock point to the midnight hour will be closely adhered to. And at precisely the same second there will be strange noises coming forth in chorus from a multitude of throats, well' irrigated by the enthusiasm-inspiring contents of innumerable flowing bowls of landlords and others. In the central district of the city the police are anticipating handling large crowds of good-natured revelers at that mystic hour when Father Time groans, "what, another?" but these skipper will be old Captain R. E. Morse. All day tomorrow open house will be observed at the Y. M. C. A with an unusually interesting program. Special services will be held at many of the churches and special amusement features have been provided by nearly all the theatres. In the evening the Entre Nous club will hold its annual banquet for members and invited guests. The Elks, Eagles, Druids and Moose clubs will also appropriately observe the holiday for their members. j PASTOR DECLINES REPLYJO SAYLES The Rev. T. C. Kenworthy Reserves Answer Until Next Sunday. The Rev. Truman C. ' Kenworthy, pastor of the East Main Street Friends' church, declined today to issue a statement in reply to the communication of Francis Sasles, leading man in a stock company here, in which he denied that his appearance was to counteract the effect of the Honeywell revival. . i The Rev. Mr. Kenworthy said, in substance he had been quoted correctly by The Palladium, and that le would reply to Mr. Sayles from his pulpit next Sunday. Information refading the statement of the Rev. Mr. Kenworthy in his sermon last Sund" was given a reporter of Tie Palladiuti oy tne pastor nimseii over me leit-1 Phone, and the subject of Mr. haylel appearance here was the topic of a d bate between the two men. The pastor said his reference wai not directed against the Sayles company in particular, but against thk booking of a stock company in thi city during the Honeywell revival. H did not specify what company he ha in mind, and inquiry in theatrical cir cles elicited the information that no stock company, excepting the Saylesi was contemplated at any time.

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CODIFICATION WORK City Attorney Wants Street Department Bill Passed Next Monday. CREATES TWO OFFICES Council Appropriates $500 to Compromise Suit Against City. To expedite the work of codifying the city ordinances, Councilman Waidele, upon recommendation of City Attorney Bond introduced a bill for an ordinance creating the offices of street commissioner and assistant street commissioner at the final session of the Zimmerman council last night. No action was taken, the measure being referred to the committee on offices. With the introduction of the ordinance, Councilman Bartel asked why it was brought up at that time rather than before the new council Monday night, and how it differed from pres ent regulations. , By placing the proposed measure beI fore council and having it referred to a committee last night, City Attorney Bond said he hoped to secure its passage Monday night. It does not change the present laws, but covers in a brief space previous ordinances which take up page after page in the old ordinance books, Bond explained. The only object he claimed was to hasten the work of codification. Must Give Bonds. The measure provides for the creation of offices for street commissioner and assistant street commissioner at salaries of $1,200 and $840, respectively. The offices are to be filled by appointments by the board of public works, which has power to suspend and fill vacancies. Officers are not removable for political reasons under the proposed ordinance. The repeal of all conflicting ordinances is provided. Both officers are required to give bonds for $2,000 and $1,000. On recommendation of City Attorney Bond, council appropriated $500 to compromise the $3,500 damage suit filed by Mrs. Jennie Taylor, who fell and was injured on the Doran bridge, August 7th. Councilman Burdsall's complaint regarding the iron strip through the center of the Doran bridge was referred to City Engineer Charles. . BUREAUMNSPECTED Local Delegation Gets Information For Use of Commercial Club. Dr. L. D. Upson, secretary of the Dayton Municipal Research Bureau, was favorably impressed with the workings of the Commercial club and the Municipal Research Bureau in Richmond, as explained to him by Charles W. Jordan, N. C. Heironimus, Alonzo Gardner and Edgar Hiatt, a delegation representing the Commercial club municipal committee, to investigate the methods and expenses of the Dayton bureau, yesterday. A report of what the delegation from Richmond learned at the Dayton bureau will be made before the Commercial club municipal committee as soon as Pettis Reid, chairman, can call a meeting of the committee. Dr. Upson believes Richmond can succeed in such a venture and profit by the work, although a municipal "research bureau has never been tried in so small a city as Richmond. The smallest city now operating a municipal research bureau is Springfield, Mass., with a population or 90,000. Receives $4,800 Salary. Dr. Upson receives a salary of $4.800 a year, and employes five assistants. He is an expert from New York, and without an expert at the head the value of the bureau would be small, Dr. Upson told the Richmond men. The assistants Dr. Upson employes are not retained throughout the year, but work only long enough to collect the information necessary to the bureau. Dr. Upson and his assistants have just outlined the city budget for next year. Work on a new bookkeeping system will start soon. Street building, the purchasing of supplies and all other matters which come before any part of the city government is investigated from every angle and expert advice given the city officials on the matter. Cites Improvement. As an -example. Dr. Upson said before the bureau was opened the city was paying $1.15 a foot for ire hose. The hose is. now secured at 67 cents a foot. Pettis Reid, chairman of the committee, was notified of the return of of the delegation last night, and said he will call the committee together as soon as a report of the Dayton bureau's work is ready for presentation. The other members of the committee are Edgar Hiatt, William Dudley Foulke. Rudolph G. Leeds, W. d. Wissler. N. C. Heironimus, Edgar A. Fisher, Alonzo Gardner and Timothy Nicholson. DISCUSS METHODS FOR ASSESSMENTS How shall the property on either side of Main street at the approach to the bridge be assessed in case the proposed paving is laid? is another question which is puzzling - City Engineer and City Attorney Bond. On bother sides of the section of the street which would be paved is a narrow strip which was formerly Main street and the old National road. The city officials are uncertain whether the city should be assessed because of this land rr place the assessment on the light and power companies.

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POLITICAL ACTIVITY TO MARK BEGINNING OF DAWflG YEAR Three Parties Perfect Organization For Effective Campaign Work.

ANTI-TAG G ART FORCE PREPARES FOR WAR Republicans Will Hold Precinct Meetings Here on February 6. The new year will open with much activity in political circles, for all the parties will reconstruct their organizations, county, district and state, early in January. Pursuant to the call issued by the Republican state committee at its meeting at Indianapolis yesterday, precinct meetings will be held in Richmond Friday evening, February 6, and in the county the following day, in the afternoon. At tnese meetings precinct committeemen will be chosen, also delegates to the district convention for the election of a district chairman. The Sixth district convention will be held at Cambridge City, February 10. On February 9 the newly elected precinct committeemen will meet in Richmond and reorganize the county central committee by the election of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer. Lynch Seeks Chairmanship. It is reported that P. J. Lynch, of New Castle, who held Chairman Linus Meredith's proxy at the state committee meeting yesterday, is a candidate for the district chairmanship, and that that Mr. Meredith will not seek reelection. Two prominent Republican leaders of Richmond are being mentioned for ! the county chairmanship, Paul Cornstock, the present incumbent of that office, and City Chairman Edgar Iliff. One of the promient figures at the state committee meeting yesterday was James E. Watson, former congressman. There was opposition among the members of the committee to the adoption of a resolution indorsing James P. Goodrich, Republican national committeeman, in his support of an extraordinary national convention, and for indorsing the stand taken by the committee on that proposition. The resolution was offered by Charles

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r ll ill uibuiui tuiui uiiui. mi. i o,a withdrew his resolution before a vote was taken. The state committee will be re-organized with the election of a chairman and other officers at Indianapolis on Lincoln's birthday, February 12. Democrats to Organize. No date for the reorganization of the Democratic county committee has been set, but County Secretary Joshua Allen said that precinct meetings for the election of committeemen would be held early in January. The organization of a county Democratic club will also take place next month. Insurgent Democrats from all over the state met at Indianapolis yesterday and took the oath of the great horn spoon to capture the goat of one T. Taggart. The organized what is known as the Wilson and Bryan League of Indiana. The meeting was not very well attended. The only representative from Wayne county mentioned in the dispatches was E. C. Harris of Fountain City. Earl Crawford of Fayette county, who was joint representative from Wayne and Fayette counties at the last legislature, and who was an active enemy of the Taggart machine, which rode over him repeatedly, also attended the meeting. Progressive Meetings. Precinct meetings will be held by the Progressives all over Wayne county on Tuesday, January 13. The same week these committeemen will meet in Richmond to reorganize the county central committee by the election of officers. So far, Roy Fry is the only announced candidate ror chairman, but Gus Hoelscher, a local attorney, has been mentioned for that office or for secretary. The state Progressive committee will issue a call on January 2, and it is expected it will provide for the election of delegates to the district convention at the same meeting at which precinct committeemen are chosen. Mayor-elect Robbins is reported to be a receptive candidate for the district chairmanship. R. G. Leeds of this city, the present district chairman, is not a candidate for reelection. Mr. Robbins is one of the two vice district chairmen. The place for the holding of the Sixth district convention Is not known bu Richmond or Cambridge City may be selected. CAT KILLS SNAKE. B A YON E Y YE, N. J.,Dec. 31. A pet cat at the Bergin Point iron works killed a four-foot rattlesnake. I WEATHER FORECAST j FOR INDIANA Cloudy tonight and Thursday not much change in temperature. TEMPERATURE. Noon 28 YESTERDAY. Maximum 30 Minimum 25 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. Under the influence of a low pressure area of great energy now" moving into the United States from the Pacific ocean, mostly cloudy and unsettled weather is expected to continue for several days with thawing, foggy, rainy weather, followed by snow. Much colder weather is expected to follow the storm, the change to colder being 't expected about the first of next week.

PAST MASTERS GIVE CANDIDATES DEGREE Richmond Lodge of Masons Hold Largely Attended Session.

BANQUET IS SERVED Many Visiting Members Add Dignity to Impressive Exemplification. Past masters of Richmond lodge. No. 198, F. and A. M., took the regular stations they once occupied, and conferred the Master Mason degree upon Elmer Iserman at a meeting last evening, which was said to have been the most successful gathering the lodge has held. There were 181 present, many of them visitors'. After the degree work a banquet was held. Luther E. Bruch, the retiring master of the lodge, presided as toastmaster. Responses were made by T. Mason Byer, H. R. Marlatt. W. S. Ratliff, E. W. Traum, Ellwood Morris, George W. Piehl, Lew Hampton, Earl E. Thomas, Wiliam F. Baker. C. B. Walker, Charles E. Marlatt. C. E. Caldwell, Elmer Iserman. H. C. Chessman and J. T. Giles. More members were in the lodge room during the conferring of the degree than ever have assembled there on a similar occasion. The past masters had complete charge of the work. Past Master of Lodge. The past masters of Richmond lodge who were present were H. R. Marlatt, Ellwood Morris, Walter S. Ratliff, G. W. Piehl, Frank W. Wilson. George L. Smith, J. B. Russell, Arthur P. Hodgin and Alfred Anderson. Frank Peer and Otis Karns were unable to be present. The visiting masters and past masters of other lodges present were: Joseph Blose, Whitewater; A. R. Howser, Decatur, III.; C. S. Keever, Fountain City: George W. Piehl and E. T. Carson, Cincinnati; R. T. Davis, Webb lodge; T. Mason Byer, Webb lodge; A. W. Rees, Webb lodge; William G. Baker, Whitewater; Charles E. Marlatt, Webb lodge; George R. Gause, Webb lodge; W. D. Fancher, Lewisville, Ind.; L. H. Schepman, Webb lodge; C. D. Caldwell, Auburn, Ind.; Nimrod Provost, Centerville: Joseph I. Heluis, Centerville; John K. Shroyer. Cambridge City; H. C. Chessman, Webb lodge; Lem Hampton, Fountain City; E. D. Neff, Webb lodge. Other visitors were Douglas Monger and John Beck, Centerville; John M water; George L. Thornburg, Ha gem town; Charles P. McVay, Indianapolis; H. E. Whitlock. Piqua; Russell Cummins and Charles Warfleld, Mechanicsburg; Homer L. Welch, Whitewater; C. W. Caldwell, Auburn; J. C. Hampton, Fountain City; Orville Bromger and F. D. Boyer, Dayton; W. H. Gipe, Cambridge City; Harry Garrett, Whitewater; William H. Middleton, Harrisburg, O.; George B. McC. Reber, Reading, Pa.; E. B. Markey, Ithica. N. Y., and O. A. Dorman, Walex, O. USE JPQUAKER" Friends' Board Study Bill Which Opposes Commercial Use of Word. Concerning the plan of presenting a bill before Congress providing for the prohibition of the commercial use of the word "Quaker," S. Edgar Nicholson, editor of the American Friend, says a bill has been drafted and copies sent to all members of the board, which is examining the question. "It probably will be two weeks before we hear from all members of the board, and until that time, nothing further can be done. As far as I have discovered, the present draft of the bill is entirely satisfactory, and only a few minor changes will have to be made." PROSPERITY AHEAD SAY LOCAL BANKERS "Business for 1913 compares very favorably with that done in previous years," said A. D. Gayle, president of the First National bank. Present indications point to 1914 as being the best year for business that the county shall have experienced in a long time. "Unless all indications fail the country will witness a rejuvenation, of business conditions during the coming year that will surpass popular expectations," said Geo. Cates, president of the Union National bank. "Everybody, high and low. will welcome the New Year 1914, as the old one was featured with natural disasters never to be forgotten, the spring floods in the Ohio Valley, the withering drought in the West, the fall floods of Texas. We trust 1914 for better things, the winter wheat-prospect, the new currency and banking laws and other good things afford us a basis for our faith." Business for 1913 has been very good, according to SamueJ Gaar, president of the Second National bank. "The holiday business was very good," he said. 'We ought to do considerably better next year." Edgar F. Hiatt. of the Dickinson Loan and Trust company, issued the following: "We are closing the best and most successful year in the history of our bank, all lines of our business showing excellent increases. We confidently believe 1914 will be a most prosperous and successful year in all lines."

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FOR THE EOf PROSPERITY REIGNS THROUGHOUT TOWN DURING LAST YEAR Richmond Not Affected By Business Stagnation in Year Closing Today. DEPOSITORS INCREASE SAY BANK OFFICIALS Churches, Fraternal Orders and Educational Institutions Show Activity. Contrasted with the business stagnation affecting many Indiana cities in the year closing today. Richmond looks back upon twelve months that. as a whole, has seen prosperity and happiness smiling on its citisens. Business conditions, generally ac cepted as a true barometer of prosperity, have been good, and merchants maintain that their sales in the latter part of 19 IS far exceeded in expectations, and were larger, all other things being equal, than those of other Indiana cities the size of Richmond. A review of the financial district shows that banks and saving institu tions are on an exceedingly sound basis and that deposits, instead of de clining as in many cities, have increased. Workmen Satisfied. Although the Gaar-Scott plant of the M. Rumely company practically was shut down in the latter part of the year, its employes readily obtained employment in other industrial concerns, so that the year, from the stand point of ' the workingman, had its bright sides also. It is expected that the Rumely plant soon will be running with a large force of men. The addition of a number of factories and the steady employment given by the American Seeding Machine plant," the Starr Piano company, Ihe Wayne Works, the Automatic Tool Works, the Robinson company. The Standard Pattern and Manufacturing company, the two lawnmower factories, the Hayes Track Appliance company, three casket factories, ElllottReid Fence company, three automobile companies, Miller-Kemper company, and other large industrial concerns, have offered opportunity for work. Churches Are Active. Religious life has shown progress. The most notable event of the year in church circles was the dedication of St. Mary's Catholic church, one of the most handsome churches in the community. To accelerate congregational activity, the Ministerial association engaged Evangelist Honeywell who is now conducting a revival in a large tabernacle constructed especially for his use. Municipal enterprise has been stimulated by the practical work of clubs and societies, interest centering in the (Continued on Page Nine.) GOVERNMENT EXPERT CRITICISESJGHWAYS Administrative System in Wayne County Declared Lax One. That Wayne county's system of road administration is wasteful and unsatisfactory and the ability of road supervisors to get votes counts more than their ability as road men, is pointed out in a government report submitted to the Commercial club by Herman L. Arbenx. senior highway engineer of the United States department of agriculture at Washington. Mr. Arbenz completed a survey of the roads, bridges and topography of Wayne county in Mar, 1913. Mr. Arbenz adds that "the county roads are really in fair shape," consiaering the poor administrative system and other defects which he points out, such as- the labor law. by which taxpayers receive credit for working on the roadways. Club to Study Report. The government expert was brought here by the county commissioners and the Commercial club. The Commercial club will take up the report in detail and study suggestions which are submitted for the correction of road evils in the county. Among his recommendations Mr. Arbenz suggests that the road tax, which was cents on $100 valuation for each ten miles of free gravel road in the county, should be raised to 10 cents, which would net the county about $160 for each mile of county road. With this sum. he says, the county roads could be put in excellent shape and the taxe again lowered. "On account of the great amount of auto travel in the county, macadam roads will prove unsatisfactory unless treated." the report says. "The most Important main roads should be paved with brick or concrete. Cement curbs and cutters on county roads are luxuries, and those who want these refinements should pay for them them-

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G YEAR CLOSING YEAR HELD HAPPINESS IN STORE FOR WH0L1 WORLD No Great Catastrophe Shocked Security of World's Myriad Dwellers. MORTUARY ROSTER INCLUDES NOTABLES Democrats Hold Control of Political Power in the United States. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Taken all In all. the year 1913 has been a happy and fortunate one for the world in general. It was not marked by any great catastrophe, such as the San Francisco earthquake or the Titanic disaster; it saw the end of the wars in the Balkans, it witnessed the Inauguration of a Democratic President in the United States followed by genuine tariff reduction without financial panic, and the adoption of a new currency law. The death roll for the past year has hit the financial world rather hard, including such notable figures as J. P. Morgan, Henry M. Flagler and James R. Keene. The Roman Catholic church also lost two of its .-roost venerable Cardinals. Oreglia, Dean of the Sacred College, and Rampolia. once Secretary at the Vatican and who would have been Pope Instead of Piux X. had not the Emperor of Austria voted araint him. , Democrats Victorious. In the United States, political dev opmenta hare been extremely in estlng. bat not startling. Every tt seems to nave gone the way of Democrats. Democratic victories " won last November in New York C the State of New Jersey and Stat Massachusetts. Congress hat pa the Currency bilL and the ban' interests of the county are adjir themselves to meet it. As alarmed as high finance . i have been when It was learned t President Wilson believed the S man law should be "clarified." business and financial interests have apparently become convinced that the President's attitude is not one of opposition, but rather an attitude in which he would consult and confer with business and finance to remedy evils generally admitted to exist. Mexican Development. - South of the Rio. Grande developments have been startling and rapid. The year 1913 saw In Mexico th as sassinations of President Francisco Madero, Vice-President Pino Suarex. and Gustavo Madero, brother of the President, the usurpation of the Presidency by General Victoriano Huerta. boosted into that position by General Felix Diaz. Then came the rupture between Diaz and Huerta, with the practical banishment of Diaz. Later in 1913 came the rise of Venustiano Carranza. leader of the Constitutionalists In the north of Mexico, with the result that the powerful northern states of Mexico are now. under his control. Scarce ly had Carranza became famous than Francisco "Pancho" Villa, former bandit, with a price on his head, leaped into the lime light as a rebel leader serving Carranza. and it is now questioned whether Carranza or Villa is the stronger in the. leadership of the Constitutionalist forces. ... In its relations with Mexico the United States has stood firm. Early In his administration President Wilson announced his determination to withhold recognition from the Huerta administration, and although much pressure has been brought to bear the President has refused to ' change his attitude. Important Marriages. There have been several important marriages in the past year, and a number of engagements of prominent per(Continued on Page Four) WEST SIDERS ASK ENGINEER'S REPORT - Seek Elimination of Steep Grade of Main Street Hill. Members of the West Richmond Improvement association will go before the county commissioners Saturday afternoon and ask a thorough Investigation and estimates on the elimination of the Main street hill. They will ask that a staff of engineers make a study of conditions. This action was decided upon yesterday afternoon when the executive committee approved of Dr. E. B. Orovenors plan for doing away with the' grade and making the C. tc O. railroad place its tracks under the street. If the county commissioners grant the association's request. Dr. Grosrenor said the executive committee would ask the board of works not to order the paving of the hill until the investigation has been completed. Monday morning has been set for the j final hearing In the case.

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