Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 46, 3 January 1914 — Page 1

RICHMONB PAIXAJDIUM jl jni. AND SUN-TELEORAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 46 RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 3, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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POLICE CHIEF NOTES ABSENCE OF CRIME IN CITHMNS 1913 J. Oivev Attributed to Efficient System anl Faithful Of fioers. CALLS ATTENTION TO RED LIGHT SYSTEM Retiring fe? Praises Good Judgment ef Metropolitan Police Board.

The unusual good order of the city, the now rod light signal system and the law abiding manner in which tho city's saloons arc conducted are commented on by Police Chief Gormon, in bis annual report to the- board of metropolitan police commissioners. To increase the efficiency of tho department Chief Mormon recommends the purchase of at least one motorcycle and an auto patrol and ambulance. The report shows 918 arrests for the year, compared with 84H for 1012. Half of the number who were placed in the city jail, 495, were charged with public intoxication. Statement of Chief. chief Gormen's statement of the department's activity to the board is: "To the Honorable Board of Metropoltal Police Commissioners: "Gentlemen: I herewith submit to you report of work done by the police department for the year ending Dec. SI. IfUH. I fake pleasure in calling to your attention the quietness and order i which has prevailed during the last ' V( ar. I am proud, too, of being Chief of Police in the best city of its size on ' onr'h. I want to mention in this re- i port the Fall Festival. In my opinion from (he last thirty-five years in crimir.al work, it was the largest crowd I ever saw m a city of its size and not a pocket reported picked, but one fight and only fifteen arrests for intoxication. "''"'-edit is due to tho Police Department for order. Officers have been fa'fhful to me in my efforts to make the city a model one. They are entitled 1o their share of credit for the excellent order we have had. Saloons Are Orderly. "The saloons, as I have said in former reports, are above the average in the way they are conducted. The men conducting them are men of some standing, and their families are good neighbors and respected in the corfirainity in which they live. "Our Red Light: This T feel proud of as it is my own idea and put into effect by the Home Telephone coina7v. This is the only city in the United States that has one like it. We have thirteen districts and three lights and boxes to signal or call from on each i ; di?fricl. "For tho efficiency of the department I would recommend at least one motorcycle, dispense with the horse and wagon ambulance, and put instead fin auto patrol. After the first expense it woiib be cheaper and give better service t.haa the horse and wagon. Lauds Police Board. " For more complete information relntive to tho activity of the department di:"'!!1? the last year, I respectfully re--' ; to 'he tabulated reports which follow: conclusion T take pleasure in sp. :tking of the Police Board. The manner and style and good judgment in matters of which they were supreme rulers, which they handled with credit tii themselves and satisfactory to all interests. "In conclusion 1 wish to thank all officers and officials, both city and county, for the -ssistance rendered." "Respectfully, "1. A. GORMO.V. "Superintendent of Police." 134 Arrests for Assault. Next to intoxication as the reason for the most persons landing ir. the city jail comes assault and battery. (Contained From Page ) PUBLIC MUST BEAR BURDEKOFDAMAGE Judge Says Hipskind Must lie Paid For Road Construction. ROAD COST $16,0 00 Snecial Judge John Smith, of .lav cot; 'i , : ' r.;.t the mi. compel (! by in an oial opinion today held the county commissioners in brought by .loioi Hipskind to acceptance of a road con struct -him. and whieii -a;is damaged spring lloitis b rare the comers h-.d fo i ma I !.' accipied i;. Smith ri.i',',1 u,,,t the burden damage :iek.! . In a case of by i.ii. i n ' lot it,.' 1 :rs v.. '. true; out hniil shoe'd fali upon the public : i. .; the cor.tnw,..r. as the Conor had fulfilled In; pari, of the 'act iVien the waters destroyed ; nn of the work. Road is Accepted. The judge in his opinion said the !.ol:.'Mi ot tli" elements .v;e; beyond the on;ioi of the contractor, and that it was wroii't for the- i 5 ', . m e him to repair iiuis-iiioners to rr.e road. The lea:! iias ' I- i d accepted. t unt At'orney v"r.;te said he o. I,'. ;. write of exception and i ' ; I ti :!. and requested that ii b w . ; ioil::. '1 bo j-.eige then orcovi : i clerk to make an entry ov-rrr.llng the motion, w hen it is l'otJ.':l!J filed. Tiie road was built at a cost of $p;,oiMi to the country, 'flie damage a used hy the flood was estimated a'- S1.3V0.

Babyless Families Ask For Forsaken Children

City Missionary Must Use Solomonic Wisdom in Placing Little Ones in Good Homes; Investigates Moral Tone of Applicants. How to select a good home for a little parentless child after the case has been given publicity through the newspapers, is one of, the biggest problems Mrs. Candler, probation officer and city missionary, has to contend with, she says. The pleadings of some families, worthy, but unable to bear the burden of supporting an extra member, to be allowed to adopt children, are all heard by Mrs. Candler. She sits as impartially as a judge hearing a case in court. There is a little two-year-old boy whose mother is" lying at the point of I

Dr. King Loses Fight; Hunt Probable Choice County Commissioners, in Caucus, Decide Not to Consider Application of Present Health Commissioner Trustees Seemingly Satisfied With Selection of Dr. George B. Hunt Appointment to Be Made By Board Next Monday.

Following the defection of Commissioner Linderman, who had supported Dr. J. K. King for re-appointment as county health commissioner, a caucus of all members of the board was held this morning and it was definitely decided that Dr. King's application for re-appointment would not be considered. With this action by the commissioners the meeting scheduled for this afternoon by the board members to hear arguments for and against Dr. King's retention, was automatically called off. Following their caucus the commissioners said they were verv well sat isfied with the manner in which the i doctor had managed the affairs of his i office, and that under ordinary condi tions would have been entitled to re-! i appointment on his record. j I The commissioners then explained : j that they thought no health officer, : i however capable, would be able to: nu tne omce in an efficient manner: unless he were given the united sup-; port of the township trustees. This Dr. King could not receive, as the, trustees of tile county were almost' unanimously against his re-appoint-; ment. J I'niess there is a radical change in' sentiment on the part of the majority ; of the board 01 county commissioners between now and .Monday, Dr. George! B. Hunt, 21 North Seventh street,' will he appointed county health commissioner at the board's session Monday, ending a lively fifht in which the township trustees played an ae-! tive part. The trustees went out on ' the warpath after the sc.lp of Dr. King, as a result of a long feud existing between the health officer and j the trustees. The hosillity against! Dr. King on the pa rt of the trustees! was occasioned by his frequent and' public tailoring of many of them fori acts whi'h did not meet with the ap-. proval of Dr. King. 1 Points to Record. I Dr. King said he was justified in!

see-King reappointment hecause of his j Dr. Hunt, who is the favorite in'tlie record as health commissioner, and j race for the healt.i commissionership recently through the columns of the is a young man and r.as formerly a Palladium, made a sensational attack school teacher. At one time he was upon the trustees, in which he charged an ambulance surgeon in Indianapolis thpt be was compelled in many in- i His candidacy was well indorsed Be-st.-nces to take drastic action against j sides Dr. King, three other physicians the township officials to force them contested with him for the appointto observe the regulation of the state i ment, Dr. F. W. Krueger, Dr s Fdboard of health. j gar Bond and Dr. Fonts! of ("enterThis statement, made by Dr. King, j ville. It was reported today that Dr called forth a sharp broadside from I Fonts submitted applications for two the trustees, who in a statement pre- j appointments, either as county health

paren ny trustee totiemyer ot Jet-iotlicer or superintendent of the ferson township on behalf of all thejty infirmary.

WALL WANTS OFFICE Files Application For Highway Superintendence'. The last man to file his application for road superintendent, is George ('. Wall, a well known resident of this city. Mr. Wall came to Richmond twenty years ago when he had the contract for building the grade for a road to this city from the vicinity of Cincinnati. He has had many years of experience in cons) ruction work and is considered to be very well qualified for the position. HAYNES WANTS CHILD Asks Court For Custody Little Daughter. of Vjilter G. llaynes, who was married yesterday to Mrs. Albert Ryan, wife of the man with whom his wife eloped last spring today brought action in the circuit court to regain the possession of his two-year-old daughter, Mary F.li;;abeth, who is now in the care : of her mother. I llaynes was granted custody of the child, but permitted her to live with her mother as he had no place to keep her. Now since his marriage, he desires to have her placed in his charge. J Judge Fox today issued a w rit of haj boas corpus commanding the mother j to bring the child into court Monday I afternoon when the claims of the parjeiits will be decided.

death at the Home for Friendless Women. The little boy Is one of the most cheerful and intelligent of children Mrs. Candler has had under her care, she says. She is looking for a good family in which to place the child, and she has not received many applications. However, the boy will be kept under her care for some tlie, and all applicants will be considered until the time comes when the child will be placed in a home. Every application received for a child is carefully investigated. The moral tone of the home, the intellectual qualities of the applicants and the financial condition as well, are looked into. In almost every case the unfortunate children who are left parentless or who can not or do not take care of them, are greatly benefited by being placed in some home which Mrs.

Candler selects for them. trustees, charged that Dr. King was incompetent and had hampered them in the performance of their duties. The trustees in their fight against the re-appointment of Dr. King, main tained a neutral attitude toward those who were candidates against him. They informed the commissioners that they did not care who was appointed health commissioner, providing it was not Dr. King, and they were prepared this afternoon to defend their action against Dr. King at a special hearing of the coaunty t board. The trustees had retained At-1 torney John F. Robbins to speak for them. Had the meeting been held Dr. King would have had his case' presented by Attorney Henry IT. John-! son. Sacrificed for Efficiency. Dr. King anticipated his defeat several days ago, and cnarged that he was being sacrificed because of his vigorous methods in performing the duties of his office. A short time ago he announced that he had received the indorsement of tne Wayne County Medical socity for re-appointment, but those who opposed his retention made a countercharge that there were less than a dozen members of the society in attendance at the meeting when this resolution was passed, and three or four physicians who were in attendance voted against it. Dr. J. X. Hurty, state health commissioner, figured prominently in the fight over the appointment of a ooun-

i neaiui commissioner. following : terest from the fact that it is iilutDr. Kings attack on tne township trated bv John A. Sea ford, a leading trustees Dr. Hurty wrote to the Pal-1 Indiana artist, long a resident in liichladium urging Dr. King's re-appoint-1 mond. mem and praising his as ten efficient j This book is a de luxe eiTition. iso! iCe!'- j sued as a souvenir by tie Associate'! Hurty Opposes King. banks, trust companies and bankers .otwihtstanditig Dr. Hurty 's letter of Boston at the time of the recent to the Palladium indorsing Dr. King i convention of the American Bankers' and his record, it was stated todav

i ' " iimu p Trustees were l-rmmrpwi to submit correspondence from Dr. Ilurty in which the state health officer is said to have sharply criticised his subordinate in Wa counT0 TALK ON THEATER! Rev. Truman Kenworthy Announces Theme of Sermon. "The Theatre's Place in Society" will be the subject of Rev. Truman Kenworthy's sermon at the East Main Street Friends' church tomorrow morn- ! ing. The Rev. Mr. Kenworthy said he r would probably repeat parts of his talk I of last Sunday morning, which dealt. with the relation of the coming of the : Sayles Stock company to the Honeywell revival. Members of the company nave neon inviten to attend the service, and it is probable that some of them will be present. The Rev. Mr. Kenworthy's allegation that stock company was brought to the city to kill the evangelistic campaign was refuted by Francis Sayles, owner of the company. DEETS COMMANDS LOCAL G. A .R. POST Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R last night held its annual installation of ofj ficers. The following were placed in I the various offices to serve for the i coming year: Commander, John 'Deets; senior .vice commander. John P. lancaster; junior vice commander. ! John Klliot ; adjutant, John A. Mark- ; ley; quartermaster, Thomas Fagan; Miippuu, .louii vara; cnapiain, v . t. Young; officer of the day. L. M. White: officer of the guard, Fred Ba rtel. The following were elected delegates to the state encampment to be held some time in May: Michael Griffin, T. S. Fagan, Timothy White, and John lancaster. Lewis Miller, Oscar Johnson and Gus named as alternates. Meyer were j I

GATHER DATE FOR ELECTION TO NAME Bull Moose Aspirants Favor Nominating Election on Feb. 9. HOELSCIJER SEEKS COUNTY POSITION Six Men Ready to Make Hard Race For Clerk's Job. It was learned today that County Attorney Fred White, who is a candidate for reappointment, will have a hard fight on his hands to retain this office. Mr. White is a Republican and is said to have the support of County Auditor Bowman for his candidacy, but many Progressive leaders are bringing their influence to bear on the county commissioners to have (Jus Hoelscher, a well known local attorney, appointed. Hoelscher's prospects are said to be excellent. Hoelscher is also being boomed for appointment as Progressive county chairman. The other candidate for this office is Roy Fry, who is to be one of the members of the new board of police commissioners. Candidates in Session. At 2:30 this afternoon practically all the men who are candidates for nominations to the various offices on the Progressive county ticket held a meotj ing at Progressive headquarters, j which was presided over by City Chairman Howard Brooks, who is the ! only candidate who has so far au ! nounced las candidacy for the nomina tion as auditor. This meeting was for the purpose of deciding on a date for the holding of the Progressive primary nominating election. As campaigning in midwinter is no joke the majority of the candidates are anxious to have the primary election held as early in February as (Continued From Page S

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UNAPPRECIATED IN CITY, RECEIVES HONOR IN BOSTON

John A. Seaford Paid $2,500 For Illustrating de Luxe Edition of Hub City Banker's Souvenir. The Morrisson-Reoves library cently has added to its shelves an teresting bock: on certain phases the life of Boston, which has local inof inB. Humphrey company of that city. The text was written by Henrv P. Dowst. a newspaper man or Boston, but the most notable feature is the

ENVOY LIN D TELLS WILSON HIS MEXICAN PLAN IS O. K.

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., Jan. 3. President Wil6on will maintain his present policy with regard to Mexico. His conferrnce with Special Envoy John Lind has more firmly convinced him he is pursuing the right course. The president made these facts known tcday in a formal statement. The elimination of General Huerta is the sole solution of the Mexican problem that will be tolerated by the American government, and it is understood that Lind brought with him information Indicating that Huerta's downfall is imminent. , The President indicated that he had a most satisfactory interview with Lind and that his impressions gained by cable dispatches had been verified. President Wilson thought that the importance of his conference with Mr. CANDIDATES ACTIVE C. E. Roller and James Hew arth Distribute Cards. Two candidates for oflice have already had cards printed announcing their candidacy and were busily engaged today in circulating them at the court house. They were C. E. Roller, a candidate for the Progressive nomination for clerk and James Hovvarth, who is seeking a re-nomination for trustee of Wayne towns'iip on the Progressive ticket. WILLIAMS APPROVES COURSE OF STUDY County Superintendent Williams today approved the course of study laid out by County Agent Cobb for agricultural work in the country schools during the remainder of the school i term. January will be devoted to a ' study of clover and clover seed, February to live stock judging. March to! corn testing and grading aud April to the study of alfalfa, I

HERRESHOFF SEEKS

ENGLISH HONORS FRED HERRESHOFF I I-red Merreshott. wno carriea narold Hilton to the thirty-seventh green i in the litll Afnerican golf champion ! ship tournament, plans to try for the j Itritish amateur chuimionship in 1914. i He and Mrs. Herreshoff will leave with Jerome O. Travels, recent American champion, on March 1. illustrations by Seaford, each page of the text having opposite one of the artist's drawing of the ramous New Enrland capital. While the edition was limited, and the copy in Morrisson-fieev es library i is iue om o!i- uc m in luicity, the book attracted na - tion-wode attention and has given Mr. Seaford prestige as one of the first artists of his class in the i nited states The drawings possess all that delicacy of line and poet ry of con - ct ption for which Mr. Seatord is known, and for v.hich he is not sur - passed by any contemporary artist. For this commission Mr. eatord received $2.r,.n. ir. soaiom is at present at worn on aiioiuer series iim a uuu rtiiuu in i similar character soon to be issued, and has alio 1h- n doing notable work for eastern publications, including both magazines and new paners. Many of Mr. Scaford's pictures of 'did Kichniond." done by him the past decade when in this city, are held by art lovers resident here. I Lind had been greatly exaggerated and explained that the meeting was , held merely for an exchange of impressions. He referred to Envoy I Lind's coming to Paes Christian as a neighborly call." j Mr. Lind's general viefes gathered at first hand in Mexico coincided with these cf the president as to the wisdom of the present "hands off" policy maintained by the administration. Mr. Wilson seemed anxious to impress the fact that no untoward developments in Mexico caused Mr. Lind to come here for a conference. President Wilson was asked how Mr. Lind was enjoying' his "involuntary imprisonment" in Mexico. The President indicated that Mr. Lind is so deeply interested in the Mexico situation that he wiU remain indefinitely in Mexico in behalf of peace. REPORTS 236 DEATHS Davis Says Births For Year Total 517. Although there were TfiX cases of contagious diseases in the city last year, according to the report of City Health officer Davis, there were only 28 deaths, an average of about twenty-five a month. Diphtheria was so controlled that there were two cases. In October during the typhoid epidemic, 40 cases were reported. Through the efforts of the health department this was cut the next month to 6 cases. Births for the year exceeded the deaths by 'S-il. totaling ."17. Dr. Davis' detailed report shows the following cases of contagious disease: Measles, 400; chicken poz, 16; diphtheria, typhoid. : scarlet fever, 312; small pox. During four months ()f in ct vo;ir ("- 1 tiii i v Mari'h .nril ! all() June there was no typhoid fever. The report for December gives Torty births and fourteen deaths, with three cases of measles, two of typhoid fevtr and fourteen of scarlet fever,

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HONEYWELL FLAYS SOCIETY FOLK NEGLECTING WORK OF

SERVICE IN Evangelistic Pointers I fear that crowd in the wealthy home w lie re cards are played for prizes more than I fear the crowd in the corner saloon. I would rather have my boy o to' the latter place because he is ' sure to end there sooner or later, if he starts with the jjanjj on the ! boulevard. The son of handicapped. a wealthy man is If there's anything that makes me sick it is to see a society . woman kiss and hug a pet dog. We are turning out more I damnable young men each year. It is largely due to the parents, j In many homes we can find a I deck of cards worn thin and vou can write the word ' on the dust which Bible. damnation" Covers thej j I'm against the liquor bus iness. I'm going to fight it till Hell freezes over and then I'm going to get a pair of skates and finish the work. I'm running a wholesale religious shoe factory. If the shoe fits, wear it. I've let my bucket down into your well and you say it has ..w.pv. . . uucKei ana your mua. owine ptri&uiis are so narrtv minded that a fly could sit on one eye and kick out the other. Nowadays it is all outward show, pomp and fashion. That's what we have to deal with. Oftentimes there is more real religion in a ton of coal or a sack of flour than in a sermon. The world wants Christianity , . . , . tanu nui uiuiuuoav. iU ail nave our iailltS. ,UV . fault is my temper. But I have j managed to keep it under con-' ; tro, amj ! havet spoken a cross ' ; . . . ' ' word to my wife for the last lour J years. Tie Bible says that if you are . smitten on one cheek then turn jl TV,;. ;. u, he .thei' . 1 hlS ls, ne f thel j hardest things to do. Suppose) ! some old neighborhood gossin! i slandered vour cood numo It would be awfullv hard to jjet down on your knees and pray fori that old hussv The boy is the juvenile edition of his mother and father. Some of our best men smoke. Some of the best Christians do. I hold no grudpe ajrainst the man who uses the weed. Mv own grandmother smoked a clay j pipe, and she was a true Chris-, tian. But wouldn't you be a bet - ' ter Christian if you didn't smoke ? You bet you would. 1 What would you think of me if I came to the Tabernacle with a corncob pipe in my mouth? Vou would say that the Holy Spirit 1 may hover around me. but vou would pity the Holy Spirit. V We don't like to have ourselves rebuked. But the reason for this is because we know it is the truth. The truth hurts. $250,000 BLAZE AT INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 3. Fire, of unknown origin, in the heart of the retail shopping district, resulting in over a quarter cf a million dollars' loss, was brought under control at midnight, after six hours" fight on the part of firemen during a snow storm. The heaviest lossers are: E. O. Langen company, women's apparel and furs. $90,0CC. L. S. Ayres & Co., department store, on stock. $75.0C0. L. S. Ayres & Co.. building, $80,000. W. K. Stewart Book company, stock, $50,000. The fire started in t hPsp-- - the Langen company's store. Langen Sl Co. suffered a $lb,ouo me iu actly thirteen months ago. LUTHERAN PASTOR TO ASSAIL REVIVAL. In continuation of his series of sermons dealing with the revival momement, the Rev. A. J. Feeger, pastor cf St. John's Lutheran church. Sunday evening will deliver an English sermon on the theme "Modern Evangelistic Movements Tried by Scriptures." He will discuss the topic from tvo angles the results of some revivals and the principles on which revivals work.

CONGREGATION

BOULEVARD HOMES SHOVE YOUNG MEN IN HELL'S MOUTH Evangelist Prefers Saloon Card Game to Play in Wealthy Homes. CITES LONG LIST Of" PET DOG STATISTICS Denounces Lodge Men Who Refuse to Take Interest in Church. Ap raste is the oure of India ft caste is th curse of American life foI nay and because of this society, rathor than the liquor traffic, is do'nc more to damn the world, declared the Hev. I. K. Honeywell in his sermon preached last evening to about fc'"i person at the evansrelists tabernacle. Asking no quarter, as he put it, th revivalist went after the so called four ( hundred, and asserted that before j three weeks of his campaign had closed he would open th even o? many wealthy persons and forcp thfm ; to see that he gnoke the truth M pictured a dinsy dirty card room in (the rear 01 a saloon wh four j habitual drunkards, were gambling for men. a tew paltry r 'inies and nicL-les nn.t then he shifted thf scene to a palatial home where inn and women fn evening clothe? were sitting aro-md card tables playing for an expensive cut glass dish. Assails Palatial Homes. "I tell you I would rather have my son go to that saloon and play cards there than to that boulevard residence,' he declared. "In the latter place is where hundreds and thousands of yovtftg men are started 0:1 their road to Hell and in the latter place is where hey are shoved info Hell. The boulevard home is the worst of the two. "The b'st pofjty in Richmond is not the four hundred. The best society in this Quaker t ity is composed of true Christians -nu-n and womn who do not possess the fattest pocket bonk but men and women who do their best to live a right lif. "In this community you wouldn't dream of invitinc persons to a socia! function whom you believed lonethan yon in the social world You sar i you would he ridiculed and that thev f Continued From Page OUTLINES DUTIES OF WORKS BOARD Mayor-Elect Says Each Member Will Supervise Department Kach member of the new hoard of public works will be responsible to th n st of the board for the conduct an-l g'-neial supervision of m certain d -partmr:t of work done iy th board. ; said Mayor-eleet Kobbin toiay. Th ! board has rb-i ided on thi.- system of sper-ialjat ion. j One man ill make a spe lal study of the lifcht plum, and will work in connection with the new superintendent. Claren.-e Kleinkne ht. ith th J v iew of assist ing in every possible i among the three members of the board. v. ill devote his time to n work of the street department. wMJe the other will specialize on other -ity business, such as the market hru4 and crmatory. With this well defined plan in mind. Mr Robbins believes th board will be abl to work efficiently. How the work will distributed among the thre members of the board. Alfred Ravis. president. John MoMinn and Charles K. Marlatt. has not been decided. THUDS ARE HEARD AIJOYE RUMBLE OF THE WATER WAGON One by one the passengers of th lf14 water wagon, which started on its maiden voyage Thursday are being thrown overboard because of crowded conditions. In the mad scramble for berths, many were able only fo crct a hand hold. Wearied they wilffall by the wayside, as milestones to mark the wagon's route. Arnold F. Wainwright was the sacrifice, who is destined to mark the first lap of the journey. In police court today Walnwrighi pleaded guilty to public intoxication and was fined SI and costs. ! WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Generally fair tonight , and Sunday. Colder tonight. j TEMPERATURE. ( Noon 32 j YESTERDAY. Maximum 34 i Minimum 23