Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 48, 6 January 1914 — Page 1

n RICHMOKD PAIXADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 48 RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 6, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

"Constantly Watch the Treasury" Warns Mayor Robbins in Inaugural Speech Our financial condition is such that we will have to hew close to the line, cautiously watching our treasury to see that we do not overstep the mark and thereby get in debt. We will have to say "NO" many times when demands are made upon us to do things which require the expenditure of our funds. We fail in some respects to live up to the highest conception of our duty as citizens in regard to our public health. For some reason we allow our death rate to creep along at the same old figures, considering to a certain extent that life and death are somewhat of a lottery and that it is luck or chance if we grow up to maturity. Do you know that the time has come when we are going to be held almost criminally responsible for the death or weakened physical condition of every one who has come in contact with the microbes of any contagious disease? Do you know that the high death rate of infants during the summer months to a great extent is criminal? There should be an expert sanitarian, his sole duty to look after the health interests of the city. There should be a health survey made of our city, showing whereby we might remedy any evils which by general observation we would fail to discover. A visiting nurse would work a great advantage to the health conditions of our city. It is no reflection on the health department to say that the collection of garbage has been done in a hap-hazard manner. Our crematory should be enlarged and the old part repaired so that the entire garbage of the city could be consumed. The question of a new milk ordinance will soon be placed before council and it is of the utmost importance that the same be very slowly and carefully considered. In cleaning of streets, especially brick streets, we are using the same antiquated methods as have been employed in the past. In the repairing of streets the old adage, "A stitch in time saves nine," will be adopted as the policy we will try to follow. The hauling of ashes and rubbish from alleys shall be done m a systematic manner.

DIRECTORS WANT CITY TO INSTALL CLUSTER SYSTEM Commercial Club Board Believes New Administration Favors Proposed Lights. SPRING FLOOD ECHO HEARD IN REPORTS Committees Appointed t o Prepare For Annual Election of Officers. Installation of cluster lights by the city instead of by business men was recommended by the board of directors of the Commercial club last night and placed in the hands of the cluster : light committee to open negotiations with the new administration. The committee on public improvements of which E. M. Haas is chairman, met yesterday afternoon and decided that there was a popular demand for a cluster lighting system, especially on Main street and therefore,

the city should give the movement im-;yur nieil. petus by installing the system oh at I All the department c hiefs have inist th h..Kin. nart of Ma,n tr....t ' dorsed the plan and its adoption will

Richmond was termpd h dark city by directors who called attention to the greatest criticism visitors Have .

against Richmond the lack of good bofml of works m,rtp). jUj vnn wi lights. Members of the board believe flpleear this authority to the departthe lighting system of the entire city mPnt heads. is inadequate and that Richmond is j Mr. Ford was told to beautifv Glen far behind her smaller neighbors. j Mnier park to the extent permitted The first plans were to recommend by the park's appropriation, and he the installation of the lights from ; dropped the remark that he thought West Fifth street to North Twenty- j the tooting, squeaky merry-go-round pecond street and later from the Main j "would have to make its escape." street bridge to North Twelfth street. : No objection to riddins the park of The plans also included the lighting of ; this eyesore was registered by the Kighth street. E street and Fort board members. "Wayne Avenue There was a question today as to Expects Co-operation. whether the S29144J4 in the general As the new administration has gone fu"d ,th irsl ot ear would be , . . , , . , sufficient to operate the city governon record as being favorable to the mpnt unti thee(.elpt of tlie flrst in. cluster lighting system the commit-; 8tajlment of the 8,irlng taxes without

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ting me co-operauon 01 omciais. j xhe fears of lne board members The flood committee reported that ; were set to rest by Controller Mc Mali bout $15,000 in money, clothes and ban. who said that the city could food had been distributed during the j "tide over" by drawing small monthBpring floods most of it to Dayton, j ly tax advances. There is an appro-

(Continue on Last Page) DISM.ISSESJ CASES Judge Fox Opens January Court Term. There were few lawyers in court today when the docket for the January term was called. A small number of cases were called and two were dismissed. The dismissed cases are a divorce potion brought by Stella Moon against Thomas H. Moon, asking for custody of a child; and a divorce action and restraining order brought by Namie Stanley against Roy Stanley. s. S, I, A, INSTALLS OFFICERS TONIGHT Luncheon and Smoker Will Follow the Annual Meeting. Installation of the newly elected officers will be the feature of tonight's meeting of the South Side Improve;isso iation. The association members "will meet in the old engine house and ;i luncheon will be served, followed by ;i smoker. The new officers chosen include Adolph Blickwedel, president: liaris Koll. first vice president; Conrad Zwissler, second vice president; B. A. Kenncpohl. third vice president: C. C. Beall. secretary and Anthony Stolle, t reasurer. The new board of directors will be composed of the following men, John killing. Edward Temme, Fred Miller. August Sturm. Conrad Zwissler. J. C. Dayer. Fred Hnckman, A. P.. Kennejiohl. Hans Koll. Anthony Stolle, C. C. JSenll and Adolph Blickwedel. Tonight's session will be devoted to the installation of officers and the discussion of plans for the coming year. It is expected that many important topics will be brought to discussion j rs the members of the association are j nnxious to negotiate some improvements in the South Side. The officer were chosen at the final meeting o the year in December.

Collection of Trash Simplified by McMinn Divides City into Ten Districts and Assigns One Wagon to Each. Foreman Stationed at Dump to Keep Strict Account of Work Done by the Drivers.

John McMinn, member of the board of works, came to bat today with a plan which will greatly simplify the trash collection

question. Under his instructions

a map dividing the city into ten trash collection districts. A wagon will be assigned to each district and if possible the driver will reside in the district assigned to him. Both wagon and driver will be numbered to correspond with the number of the district they have charge of. The foreman of the trash collection gang will be stationed at the city dump and will keep a strict account of the work done by each of his wagon drivers, recording them by their numbers as they bring a load to the dump. Under this system there will be little chance for the drivers to "soldier" on their jobs. Fights Against Patronage. "This administration is not for the purpose of building up a political machine, therefore it will have nothing to do with the

patronage question. which is an

machines. Mayor Robbins wants the head of each department to have the authority to hire and fire all of his subordinates. What do you think of the plan ?" This was the query shot at Charles Ford, new park superintendent, by President Bavis when Ford appeared before the board

of works today. "Flvrfllont " nniwmwl Pnrrl department efficiently if you do be ordered by the board Thursday The law requires that the board shall hm-n tVin .infnfitir .F a v r 1 , . i cr mi"I fi;,.r, uQrp:n(x u minnr nffirinlQ hut the naving r(,COurse to a temporary loan, i ' rirhitinn nf $5 000 due to the Kliecial street improvement fund, but this can MOTHER RETAINS CUSTODYJOF CHILD Mrs. Haynes-Ryan Gets Verdict in Former Husband's Suit. Details of the husband-and-wife "swap" of Esther Haynes, Albert Ryan, Walter G. Haynes and Sarah Ryan, were heard again in circuit court as the result of habeas corpus proceedings brought by Mr. Haynes against Mrs. Haynes for the custody of his three-year-old son. The judge decided the case for the defendant, Mrs. Haynes retaining the child. The former Mrs. Haynes is now the wife of Albert Ryan and the former Mrs. Ryan is now the wife of Walter Haynes. After the elopement of Mrs. Haynes and Ryan, the deserted husband and wife got together and a romance was started. Mrs. Haynes took the child with her when she and Ryan eloped and Haynes brought action through tho prosecuting attorney to secure the child. PLAN BIG BANQUET Methodist Men Elect Officers For Coming Year. Plans for a big banquet of the Methodist Brotherhood sometime during February were made at the annual election of officers last night. A definite date has not been set, nor have the speakers been announced. F. R. McFail was elected president for the coming year. Other officers were: O. II. Wilson, first vice president; John Starr, second vice president; L. H. Ritiiyan, third vice president; Drufy Brammer, secretary; William Conrad, treasurer; Will Russell, Chaplain.

the city engineer has prepared

excellent lubricant for political ' "Kn nct trvirxr tr. rvmn-jo-o vnnr ! not have full authority over be paid over any time during the year. ' Last year there was a surplus of over $40,000 in the general fund, i Police Board to Meet. The new board of police commis-t sioners will hold their first business session Wednesday evening and it is

expected that what changes in the heven years ran k .m. an. piespersonnel of the department will be i(,ent of ,he International Association made at that time. Even the few pa-, of Bridge and Structural Workers, trolmen believed to be marked fori six earR imprisonment Michael the ;,xe will feel relieved Thursday ! J- Voting, Boston; Frank C. Webb, morning for the suspense will be over i Hoboken, N. J ; 1 hilin A. Cooley. by that time. Every cop will know Orleans: J. P. Butler. Buffalo; J. w .-ther he is or is not to remain on K- Mnsey. Salt Lake City ti :i city's payroll Four and a half years imprisonment .loiin'Tavin'r se.nW nf Tvoit-htB ar,i Eugene A. Clancey, San Francisco.

measures under the Zimmerman administration, surrendered his office to his successor, George McKinley today. Evidently Mr. Taylor had contemplated some opposition to the change, for yesterday he removed the offic al weights and measures from the market house to a livery barn. Today, however, he graciously received McKinley and then requested his assistance in carrying back the weights and measures to the market house. McKinley was equally gracious in complying with the request. G, 0, AT P, WILL MEET IE CITY Sixth District Republicans to Elect Chairman February 10. Sixth district Republicans will meet at Cambridge City, February 10th to elect a district chairman, pursuant to a call issued yesterday by Fred A. Sims, state chairman. The state committee made up of the district chairmen elected February 10, will meet in Indianapolis February 12 to complete the reorganization by the election of a state chairman and secretary. The formal call for the election of precinct committeemen and delegates to the congressional district conventions was sent out from Republican headquarters at Indianapolis today. The number of delegates from each of the counties in the Sixth district is as follows: Fayette, 11; Franklin, 7; Hancock, 10; Henry, IS; Rush, 14; Shelby, 15; Union, 5; Wayne, 26; total 106. FIRST NATIONAL THE FIRST TO APPLY The first, bank in the state to file application for stock in the reserve bank of this district was the First National of this city. Blank forms for formal application were mailed to the banks last week. Replies have just begun to be received by the treasury i department. Late yesterday after- ! noon seventy-six applications had been received. T WEATHER FORECAST t , FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and Wednesday. TEMPERATURE. Noon 30 YESTERDAY. Minimum 23 Maximum 30

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NEW TRIAL GRANTED SIX "DYNAMITERS" IN FEDERAL COURT

Houlihan, Under One Year Sentence, Will Be Given Freedom. NEW TRIALS DENIED TWENTY-FOUR MI :n President Ryan Must Serve Seven Years in Federal Prison. CHICAGO, Jan o. 1 ne l niteri States circuit court of appeals today granted, the appeals of six of the men : convicted in the Indianapolis dyna-j mite trial, for a new trial and denied I new trials to twenty-four other uppli-. cants. In the case of Frank M. Ryan of the International association of bridge and structural ircm workers, sentenced to serve seven years imprisonment, the upper court affirmed the sentence Richard Houlihan of Chicago, sentenced to serve one year, will be liberated. His case was reversed. The , following other .sentences were reI versed and the cases were ordered back to Indianapolis for trial. I Alfred A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco, six years; W. A. McCain, Kansas City, three years; James E. Ray, Peoria, (three years; Fred Shireman, Indianapolis, W. Bernhardt. Cincinnati. Those Who Must Serve. The iron workers who must serve terms in the Federal prison are: Four years P. J. Smith. Cleveland; John H. Barry, St. Louis. Three year terms Henry W. Legleitner, Pittsburg; Ernest W. Basse, Indianapolis; W. L. Pennell. Springfield, 111.; Charles N. Beam. Minneapolis; George Anderson. Cleveland; William E. Redden, Milwaukee; Michael J. Cumane, Philadelphia; E. W. Smythe, Peoria, 111.; Paul L. Morris, St. Louis; Michael J. Hannon, Scranton; W. J. Brown. Kansas City: Frank Iluggins, Boston; Frank I. Painter, Omaha. One year terms Fred Monney. Duhith: William Chupe, Chicago. With reference to President Ryan, the opinion said: "This plaintiff in error was presi(Continued on Page Six)

Essays on Seed Corn Test Swamp Office of County Agent Cobb

A deluge of corn essays from all parts of the county flooded County Agent A. D. Cobb, who has charge of grading the papers and choosing from the writers, three boys to be given free trips by the Palladium, to the Purdue short course for farmers at Lafayette next week. It is expected tomorrow and Thursday will be the days when most of the essays on corn growing are received. Any essays mailed to Mr. Cobb before midnight of Thursday will be eligible. The pupils in almost every country school in the county have been made familiar with the details of the contest which the Palladium is conducting through Mr. Cobb. Since schools are again in session, township trustees have spoken to the pupils on the contest and interest is at a high pitch. With the interest of the teachers behind them, the boys are making every effort to make not only the technical points explained in their themes correct, but also to improve the grammar and spelling.

Mr. Cobb wants to add the three boys the Palladium will send to Lafayette, to the party of farmers and their wives, who are expected to attend during the week. Like the corn essays. Mr. Cobb expects the applications to join the Wayne county delegation to come In on the last day, Thursday. There are now about twenty-five farmers who have agreed to join together as a delegation and "let the rest of the state know Wayne county is on the map." There will be more than 2,000 farmers from all parts of the state at the short course. Sends Out Letters. Indications now are that the delegation will be more than the fifty originally planned and Mr. Cobb is still working to increase the number. He sent out letters to 400 farmers yesterday. A copy follows;

$133,300 OBTAINED FOR EARLHAM FUND College Will Obtain $27,000 Additional From Rockefeller Educational Board

CASH GIFTS ARE $77,115 Local Business Men Contribute $8,360 of Amount For Treasury. With a total of $13:'..:-!00 obtained for the endowment fund of Earlham college, a two-y ears-campaign to become beneficiary of the General Educational board was formally closed today when the executive committee of the institution forwarded a detailed report to the Rockefeller board which meets in N'ew York, January 10. President Kelly issued a statement today in which he said that if the edu-1 cational board accepts the Earlham re-j port on a pro rata basis, the college will receive about 23 per cent, or between $26,CC0 and $27,000 for its endowment fund. Business men of Richmond and members of the board of trustees and facultv of the college contributed $13.?.t0. merchants giving $S,;H"0 of this amount. A detailed statement shows money credited as follows: Cash $77.1ir; cash for annuity bonds issued. $22,sOO; insurance policy, 11.000; notes $ti,000; pledges, $2fi,:JsC.; total Slsn.P.OO. During the special campaign in November and December of last year the sum f $34,000 was obtained. 1 : A. -v ,Vn..A thn W sflT rt.

i u- n ill a i ti .-imv an - - v'l i i jrpti i i ui' lit 9 su i mm itt feller funds extended over two ears. : Xhc City of Richmond: and it was the hope of college authori- .Gentlemen: tips that a larger sum of money would i s the year "1914" ushers in a new be raised. i administration to take charge of the The executive committee which government of our city, it is not hint; closed the books on the effort today. ' more than fitting that said administrais composed of Timothy .Nicholson. ; tion should place before you in its Benjamin Johnson, both of this city. . plans for the work that it is to underAmos K. Halloway. Indianapolis. Dr. I take, and to give you certain susgesMary K. Bruner. Greenfield, and Lydia i tions and present to you certain proltTavior Painter. Monrovia. j lems which it will be your duty to

ROBBER JSES JIMMY Enters Office of O. B. Fulghum At Night. Using a jimmy to open the door of O. B. Fnlghum's office, over 710 Main street, a would-be thief forced his entrance, last night, opened the desk and got the key to the safe. He opened the safe but nothing was missed. The robbery was reported to police headquarters this morning but no arrests have been made. A number of farmers and their wives have planned to go from Wayne county to attend the Farmers' Corn School or Short Course, Jan. 12 to 17. I have the assurance of the tion company that if we can get of t 5i people to go thev will give us a spe - rial car at a rate of $4.00 for the round trip, a reduction of Ct.3.. The program for the week is one ; of the best I have ever seen, and eludes lectures and demonstrations on all subjects of interest to progres sive farmers. If you can arrange to go wnn us. let me know not later man tne mu. anu I will be able to arrange for hoard and I lodging for us in lafayette. Rooms and meals in private boarding houses I can be secured very cheaply. We are going over there to put j Wayne county on the map. Can we I have jour help? Alex D. Cobb.

KEEP DOWN CITY EXPENSES;

E INAUGURAL SPEECH INDICATES NEED OF L Revision of Health Department Held An Imperative Necessity. jrnpnri IJITT"Vf fV UIVII1. IUHIIx KJr EXPERT SANITARIAN Outlines Changes in Garbage Collection and Street Department The inaugural address of Mayor Robbins attracted the attention of council members and citizens last night, for in it he outlined the policy J of his administration. It follows in its . entirety: ! To The Common Council and the vari - I a - P -v j carefully consider and work out in a : manner that will be for the best in terests of our city. Economy Is Watchword. It shall be the constant aim of each department of the city's government to run its business on as economical a basis as possible, and to weed out anything of an inefficient nature which impairs the good workings of the same. We fully realize that we will be handicapped to a certain extent on ac count of a lack of funds to carry out) certain Ideas In some of the depart-j ments, but hope, perhaps not this year, but later, to be able to make certain improvements In said departments, which is impossible now on account of our financial condition, and also by the restraint placed upon us by state laws. Finance To Be Watched. Our financial condition is such that we will have to hew close to the line, cautiously watching our treasury to see that we do not overstep the mark and thereby get in debt. The increase of our salaries and the payment for street lighting by the city, alone amounts to over $20,000.00, and with the numerous incidentals which are a constant drain on our treasury we will have to say "No" many times when demands are made upon us to do things which require the expenditure of our funds. We will now take notice of our health department, about which I wish to make some suggestions as to certain things which although they cannot now be accomplished, yet may be in the near future. l!ichmnnrl situated as it is. high ahnm tlio imifp nf the White Water ! River, with pure air and an abundant supply of pure water, has natural conditions which would tend to make it one of the healthiest cities of the entire country. Yet with these condi tions and surroundings, we fail in some respects to live up to the high- . est conception of our duty as citizens in regard to our public health, ami for some reason allow our death rate to creep along at the same old figures, considering to a certain extent that life and death are somewhat of a lottery and that it is luck or chance if we grow up to maturity without having come in contact with some dangerus and contagious disease. j Citizens Are Responsible. i j nn Vou know that the time has come ' 1 when wo are going to be held almost 1 criminally responsible for the death or one wno nail tne misioriune, tiiroimn the negligence of others, to come in contact w ith the mi robes of any c on tagious disease yi)o you know that tle - i - j, ifl f 8UI igh death rate of infants during the mmer montns to a great extent, is, criminal, and that they are the inno-, (.t.,lt victims of our own careless meth-1 i 0,s in looking alter ihe health conditjon TT(.p ions which surround them? We kno.x. se things are tr'.ie.Trrrtl we know i that our Health department has done its duty the best that it could in the ' past, but on account of lack of funds J (.Continued on Last Page' J

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ECONOMY

SANITARY WORK; MAYOR ROBBINS

HOLDS OFF NAMING NEW COMMITTEES ONTILJJTER DATE Doctors E. H. Mendenhall and W. G. Huffman Become City Physicians. BUILDING INSPECTOR TO RECEIVE $1,000 - . Post of Street Commissioner Created and Assistant Is Dropped. In the presence of a crowd of interested citizens who filled the large section of the council chamber reserved for the public. 1 V9vnr Rrthhint Iaf nicrM nvocirl ) r W ed over the first session of council under the new regime. The new executive also delivered an inaugural address in which he definitely pledged long demanded reforms in the administration of the city government. At the conclusion of this address he was enthusiastically applauded by both audience and couneilmen, many of whom were having their first experience a city officials and appeared to be keenly enjoying the duties intrusted to them by their constituents. Mayor Robbins showed himself to be well versed in parliamentary procedure although he was occasionally coached by one of the veteran councilman. Otto Williams. A pleasing aroma pervaded the big council chamber, coming from a large vase of carnations reposing on the mayor's high perched desk, and there was a new dignity to the method of presiding over the deliberations of the city's lawmakers, for the executive whenever called upon to make a ruling or to take part in a discussion paid the couneilmen the unusual compliment of arising from his chair and speaking while standing. Cabinet Officers Present. Seated to the right of Mayor Robbins were the majority of his cabinet officers. In his OoiMh Mr. Robbins reminded the eouncnwien of the necessity of jealously guarding the city treasury, pointing out that the city's revenue (Continued on Page Seven.) FORD EMPLOYES SHARE PROFITS HKTROIT, Mich.. Jan. 6 Six thousand men struggled at the entrance of the employment bureau of the Kord Motor Car company this morninK i" a effort to win positions with the concern, which yesterday announced that $10,000.ono in 1914 profits would be distributed to its employes and that it would need four thousaud more men to inaugurate the S hour day in the great plant. The plan announced by Mr. Ford is regarded as a death blow for the Industrial Workers of the World. hive dollars a day is to be the lowest wage paid auy man employe of the Ford Motor company after January 12. The greatest of all profit sharing plans ever attempted by any industry for the benefit of its employes is to go in effect on that day. The Ford company will distribute a fund of approximately ten million dollars the coming year, the amount to be divided among workmen, in addition to regular wages.

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