Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 58, 17 January 1914 — Page 1

MOOT) PUL AB AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 58 RICHMOND, IND SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 17, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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EVANGELIST EMPHATICALLY CONDEMNS CARD PLAYING, THEATRES AND ALL DANCES

PREACHES SERMON ON "AMUSEMENTS" TO LARGE A0DIE1ICE Crowd of 5,000 At Tabernacle Breaks Into Frequent Applause. NO REFERENCE MADE TO ROLLER SKATING Says Terpsichorean Art Immodest and Decidedly Unhealthy. Is "Tha parlor card table is the kindergarten of the gamblers' hell. Statistics say that 80 per cent of the . . ' , 0 . , r men I ever met was an actor. I refuse to be entertained by an immoral j crowd. I choose my company. 'Ifj you lie down with the dogs you will ! get up with fleas.' I don't even men-' tion the theatre in my sermons; it dignifies them too much. The dance i Is the most immoral institution on j God's foot-6tool." j This is the gist of a sermon which Evangelist Honeywell hammered into an audience of five thousand at the , tabernacle last night. His discourse began at 8:05 o'clock and lasted until) 9:50 o'clock. The crowd packed the! great auditorium from the rear wall to the front and filled every nook and cranny oAt. The evVnSiuIt ?Sptafned that his hearers did not respond ! during the first half of his talk, but found them warm up to him and break into frequent applause toward the close of his arguments, with a number of stories realistically told. The revivalist denounced practically every form of amusement, with the exception of roller skating. This amusement, which has been the object of attack by many evangelists, was not mentioned by the Rev. Mr. Honeywell last evening. One of the features of the evening was the attendance of several hundred pupils from Garfield and the high fchool. The latter marched into their Places with nennants flvlne and horns tooting, while the audience clapped anrl cheered. Both delegations gave Feveral yells for Honeywell, which f ' r td up the enthusiasm of the meeting. McCombs Leads Devotion. The devotion of the preliminary services were lead by Mr McCombs. In his prayer he said, "We thank Thee, O God, for this magnificent crowd. We thnn.t Thee for the disappointment of tlie forces of evil who expected our failure. There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over these sinners who are repenting. Grant that this may be a great service. May we go steadily forward from tonight until we sweep Richmond for God." The Rev. Mr. Honeywell's sermon vhs on "Amusements," and his text was taken from II Corinthians vi:17: 'Come ye out from among them and be ye separate. " "Many of the strongest arguments pgainst the theatre and the dance cannot be discussed with propriety before a mixed crowd. Manv of mv strongest arguments must be left out. "There are two classes who favor these things. The first is ignorant find dishonest and couldn't he convinced by all the arguments and facta in the world. I don't expect to prevent that class from dancing, playing cards and attending theatres. Describes Other Class. "But there is another class of honest, conscientious defenders of those things. They see no harm in them. I do not teach that they will be eternally lost. I would not dare to teach Fiich a thing. I don't say that the church member who indulges is not n Christian. Such persons have some degree of religious experience. "Hut frotn what I can see and hear nhout these things I can say that the Christian who cheerfully sacrifices them will he a thousand times repaid In experience and influence. "The grent question is not whether these things are hurting you personally or not, but whether they exercise a Rood or bad influence on the community. Wants Influential Class. "If yon are so small you can't study tiie question except solely in your own little circle, I have no message for yon I want to reach the people with interest and influence in the community. "Many men are able to take a glass of beer without injury to self, but who can not see the withering, blighting, damning influence of the rum traffic? "Why are worldly people the very first to damn church people for doing these things? "N'o member of one of the great Orthodox Christian churches can indnle in these amusements without violating the teachings of the church. I do not refer to such liberal churches ns the Universalist and Unitarian denominations. They don't count. Last year the Unitarian church lost 250 pre.irhers, and the Uni versalist church did not gain a new member. They are dead or dying. But I refer to the great evangelical Orthodox churches. They unanimously oppose these amusements." The Rev. Mr. Honeywell then quoted in support of this contention, a letter by bishops and archbishops of the Roman Catholic church, the "Laws end Usages" of the Presbyterian church. Bishop Cox of the Protestant

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Evangelistic Pointers

The parlor card table is the dergarten of the gambler's hell. kin One of the vilest men I ever met was an actor. If you He down with dogs you will get up with fleas. The dance is the most immoral Institution on God's foot-stool. against the dance and the theatre can not be discussed before a mixed , ! audience. Why are worldly people the first to damn church people for doing these things? No member of the great Orthodox Christian churches can indulge in these amusements without violating the teachings of the church. The Universalist and the Unitarian churches are either dead or dying. 1 It is the mothers in their own homes who often pave the way for , .ui. u- nt tk. n9mki. hell. Cards were Invented to amuse an idiotic French kin. Silly people have been Dlavine with them ever since. I Your boys right here in Richmond have their clubs where they are gamblmgI woudn't have a Sunday school teacher in my church who uses cards, If i were rricjyur ui nicnmwnu ciria yu asked me to 8t0P 9a""l.ng, I; 8tP in homes of ! asked me to stoD aamblina. I i un.r,s"dn PeoP,e wnere lney Tor You can't play for prizes without violating the law of the church. Eighty per cent of those upon the stage are corrupt and immoral. I have three quarrels with the ! dance:. First, ft Is unhealthy; second, ' it is immodest, moral. and third, it is im- ! You women know as well as I do ' that you are compelled to give men on the ballroom floor liberties that you wu'd tolerate any place els I in the world. Some of you women get shocked at my plain speech; it is nothing compared with the immodesty of the dance. The dance is yard of women. the immoral graveIt is to the women what the saloon is to men. Men go to dances not for the dance, but to get the hug that goes with it.

Clifford Price Heads Bull Moose County Central Body Roy Fry Named Secretary Without Opposition, 0. D. Hall, Cambridge City, Is Vice Chairman, and Edward F. Warfel, Richmond, Is Treasurer.

J. Clifford Price of this city, a well known young man, was today elected chairman of the Progressive county central committee. The other officers of the committee elected today were: O. D. Hall, Cambridge City, vice chairman ; Roy Fry, Richmond, secretary, and E. F. Warfel, Richmond, treasurer. Mr. Price succeeds Mayor William J. Robbins of Richmond, as county chairman. The meeting was held in the circuit court room this morning.

.Through a misunderstanding on the part of the committeemen, who were elected last Tuesday, as to whether the meeting would j be held in the afternoon or morning, only half of the 64 members

i were present when Mr. Robbins

Two candidates for chairman were nominated Mr. Price and Mr. Fry, the former receiving 24 votes to Fry's 7. Fry was elected secretary, howrever, without opposition. For vice chairman, 0. D. Hall, R. J. Wigmore, Richmond, and Luke Hatfield, Clay township, were nominated. The vote was as follows: Hall, 15; Hatfield, 12; Wigmore, 2. E. F. Warfel was unanimously elected treasurer.

When Mr. Price assumed the chair he made a brief address, thanking the committeemen for the honor bestowed upon him and announcing that he was ready to "get down to hard work for the best interests of the party" and soliciting the active support of all members of the committee. "We can roll up another victory for the party if we all put, our shoulders to the wheel," he said. The executive committee, by the adoption of a motion made by E. F. Warfel, will consist of the four officers, two committeemen and two members appointed from outside the committee. This committee will be announced later by the chairman. Chairman Price called attention to the fact that no committeemen had

PLANT'S ADDITIONS DURING LAST YEAR COST CITY $81,625

Annual Report of Light Plant Submitted Today, Is Encouraging. REDUCTION IN RATE PROMISE OF BAVIS Board President Hopes to See Installation of Luminous Arc System. At the close of 1913, the Richmond Municipal Lighting and Pnwor nlnnt Vinrl a hnlanrp on hand Ot $320.13 to show for the activities at tViP nlant. . The annual report 01 tne plant was submitted to the board of public works today by Manager Clarence Kleinknecht and it is regarded as exceptionally good. During the year a new addition was built to the plant and a new generator installed, increasing the plant's capacity from 1,250 k. w. to 2,250 k. w. These improvements cost $81,- ' 625.69. Other expenses in the item of building and equipment hrnno-Vit thp total Pxnpnditiirs u: m-io for this purpose in 1913 Up to $92,072.21. i Disbursements tor Operating 'expenses totaled $49,017.64, j while $7,920 was paid into the ! sinking fund, which is to pay i off the bonded indebtedness of the plant -r i -i n V. ij Aiiciuuuig tut; neiiis ui uuuu.u Ing and equipment, operating expenses and amount paid into the sinking fund, the total disbursements last year amounted to $149,009.85. Necessary to Borrow. On December 31, 1912, there was a balance of $46,144.13 in the municipal or general fund of the plant. Into this fund was Daid $96.18.1.85 dnrine the last year, also the S7.000 which was found necessary to borrow from the Union National bank to meet the abnormal expenses incurred through the many improvements made in the course of the year. The total amount paid into the municipal fund in 1913. therefore, amounted to $149,329.98, leaving a balance of $320.13 on Te eember 31, 1912, after deducting the total disbursements amounting to $159,009.83. It is interesting to note that if the city had paid its bills for current used last year for street lighting and public buildings, which it has failed to do since January 1, 1910, amounting to $18,105.27, .t would have been unnecessary for the plant to borrow $7,000 last year, and would have had a balance of $11,425.40 in the municipal (Continued on Page Two.) called the meeting to order. been elected in Center township and in the second ward of Richmond. He was instructed to issue a call for meetings in these two places, which he will do the first of next week. The action of the candidates for nominations on the Progressive county ticket in voting In favor of holding the primary election on February 9, was ratified by the committee. It was also decided that the chairman should have the authority to appoint alternates for the precinct committeemen who could not attend the district convention as delegates. This convention will be held at Cambridge City next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. New headquarters for the Progressive organization will be in a room over the City Restaurant, Main street.

Dedication Exercises of School Subject of Civic Controversy

JOSEPH MOORE SCHOOL

G.A.R. Memorial Arch In Glen Miller Park Plan of Bavis

Wants To Beautify Twenty-third Street Entrance with Granite Structure Honoring Memory of Wayne County's Veterans of Civil War Fame.

"What I would like to see is a beautiful memorial arch of gran ite, not cobblestones, at the entrance to Glen Miller park, Twenty

third and E streets, as the city's and county's tribute to its veterans who fought in the Civil War," said Alfred Bavis, president of the board of works, today when the question of improvements to and beautification of the park was being discussed. This statement met with the hearty approval of the other board members and if the plan meets with public support it will probably be carried out before the close of the present administration. Mr. Bavis said that there was now about $800 in the Chautauqua fund which was available for beautification of the park and he believed it would be a very popular move if a part of this money was to be placed in a fund for a memorial arch. "I must confess that this plan is not original with me," Mr.

Bavis said to newspaper men. Lawrence Handley of this city,

Sons of Veterans, in a newspaper article written by him two or three years ago; and I have always wanted to see it carried out." "Mr. Ba vis's suggestion for a memor- bers of the board of public works and

ial arch is an excellent one," remarked . Judge Henry C. Fox, a veteran, "and I hope it will be adopted. I will co-;

operate enthusiastically in any move- lake spillway. ment along that line." "I have figured out that we will Judge Fox also approved of the sug-1 have onlv $4.10 a day for the upkeep gestion made by Mr. Bavis that the . Qf fh k nQt including the payroll, arch be of granite surrounded oy flower beds and with one or two old so no very elaborate plans for imcannons nearby. He also thought that provements at the Glen can be formua site near the arch should be set : lated this year," said Mr. Bavis. aside for the proposed heroic statue ; Board members take a keen inter-

of Ol iver P. Morton Wayne y's most U1M Lnp,lllMlf U nun V iikj " t.o " o-Ai-orti av r f Tnrlinna Those who were informed of the memorial arch plan today all suggest

ed that the fund for its construction . time over the bars at the yuletide 2 oclock at the residence. Prof. El- end the arrangements for the dedibe raised by appropriations from the season. This practice will be brought ; bert Russell of Earlham college and cation out of their hands. Dr. fc. B.

city and county, part of the Chautau- j to a sharp halt. Beginning next year qua fund .and by popular subscription. it is probable provision will be made "I am glad to hear of Mr. Bavis's j for a steady increase of the menagaction, and I heartily approve of the ' erie. plan," said Mr. Handley. "I would j ral-TOc-

further suggest that the Board oi Works send a communication to Rep. Gray, asking him to secure two cannons to be placed on the hill at the rear of the arch. I would also suggest that a large statue of a soldier surmount the keystone of the arch and that the arch be lighted with electricity so that it will be visible for incoming aud outgoing visitors." A thorough inspection of Glen Miller park was made yesterday by meniM. Rumely Bond Issue Considered NEW YORK. Jan. 17. In connection with the proposed plan to extend until March 1, 1918, the maturity of the ten million dollar issue of M. Humely two years six percent bonds, which are due March 1, 1915. a committee was named today by John W. Prattien, president of the United States Mortgages and Trust company. This committee will receive deposits from note holders. Solomons Advice "You two go back together and try to make a home for your four children," Mayor Robbins instructed Robert Saine and his wife, May Saine m police court today. "There may be unpleasant things come up, but try to live together and make the best of it for the children's sake." May Saine had filed an affidavit charging her husband of assault and battery. Saine pleaded guilty and was given a suspended judgment as long as he and his wife lived together. The assault followed the finding of Mrs. Saine in a saloon with another man. GRAHAM PREACHES IN FARGO CHURCH Rev. T. J. Graham, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, has returned from Fargo, N. D., where he occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church last Sunday. Members of the Fargo church, which is looking for a minister, visited the First Presbyterian church of this city recently. The Fargo church has not issued a call for any minister to fill the vacancy.

It was first suggested by former state commander of the they found it to be in very good condition. Probably, however, $100 will have to be expended for repairing the i est , the G1 -s , zoo and If pWh&lUtl t UUC Uff I Hi UV pUl V-llCLStTU : ' tViic no y Tlta no rt- rnlv hoc rra i j stag deer at present, most of the herd having been served from time to I "At the Farce Police

Herbert Green Is Fined for Provoking Francis Sayles Stock Company and Using Language Unbecoming the Time, Place and Occasion.

"At the Stac-e Door" was the " by the police department today, t

Sayles Stock company, and Herbert Green, transfer man, in the

leading roles. The cast arranged for the presentation by Police Chief Goodwin was well coached, and went through the production without a hitch. Members of the cast: Francis Sayles Plaintiff, who was provoked by the defendant's language. Herbert Green Defendant, alleged to have approached the plaintiff at the stage door of the Murray theatre on the morning of Jan. 15, and attacked Sayles with sulphuric language. Mayor Robbins who acted as police judge and fined Green $1.00 and costs.

Mrs. Thomas, John G. Smith,

saw the trouble from different angles. Wilfred Jessup, W. W. Reller attorneys, who argued legal technicalities, and urged the repetition of the foul language for the benefit of the judge.

Others in the play, patrolmen, police sergeants,- spectators, both black and white, reporters, and others taking the parts of city officials. Scene Police Court in the city building at Richmond. Time Saturday morning, at 8:30 o'clock. Time of presentation, three hours. The spectators were pleased with the work of Mr. Sayles whose reproduction of the incidents at the stage door showed his histrionic ability. In the scene in which he appeared on the witness stand Sayles changed his voice when reproducing parts of the conversation which he attributed to the defendant. In Mr. Green.' scene on the witness

WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HOLDS ALOOF FROM SCHOOL DEDICATION

HORACE C RATLIFF CALLED Bf DEATH Prominent in Wayne County Affairs As Agriculturist. OF PIONEER STOCK Special Agent of United States Department of Agriculture. 4 Following an Illness of several weeks, Horace Crawford Ratliff, 66 years old,. died at his home, three miles west of Richmond early this morning. Mr. Ratliff had been seriously ill for the past five weeks. He was born November 2. 1857, pn the farm on which he has resided during his entire life with the exception of six years. He was one of the best known men in Wayne county. For the last few years he rented his farm and was engaged in carpenter work, having contracted a large number of barns and homes throughout the country and having superintended the building of many homes in Richmond. For eighteen years he was In the roofslating business. As an agent for the German-Baptist Tri-county Insurance company, guardian of lnsaae wards for the bureau of statistics United States department, and special agent for the division of pomology, U. S. department of agriculture, in this section, Mr. Ratliff formed a large acquaintance. He also was a member of the Wayne County Horticulture society. He was a memj orth -Fxiend Of Pioneer Family. He was the second son of the late Joseph C. Ratliff and a grandson of Cornelius Ratliff, the latter having been one of the early pioneers of the county. Cornelius Ratliff was te first secretary of the Indiana Yearly meeting of Hickslte Friends, which was organized in 1S28. On December 24, 1S78 he was married by Evelyn Rich, daughter of William C. Rich, northwest of the city. He is survived by the widow, two daughters, Florence, a teacher in the Anderson schools, and Clara B. Stim- - Bates of LIb'ert and t two brothers, Benjamin, pf Stonlng-to-"V and l ic,h,mtTdThe funeral will be held Monday at

Esther Wallace of the North A Street j Grosvenor, president of the body, disFriends church will have charge of " charged the committee, with the inthe funeral services. Burial will be i te"tlo.n f leaving the plfes to the

in the Earlham cemetery.

Stage Door; Comedy in

Court of title of the farce-comedv offered with Francis Sayles, head of the Edward Callis witnesses who; stand he presented in pantomime the motions Mr. Sayles was alleged to have made. The ease with which he feinted and punched the empty air in the court room was that of a trained pugilist. The story of the play: Mr. Green was alleged to have approached Mr. Sayles at the stage door relative to seventy-nine cents that had been deducted from an account for a broken vase. Mr. Sayles refused to consider the affair, whereupon Green is alleged to have cursed the actor. Provoked by the language, Sayles was restrained from attacking Green by a member of the company. Green will appeal the case to the circuit court

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ACTION OF SCHOOL BOARD jlESPONSIBLE Dr. Grosvenor Alleges Board Told Association to Make Arrangements. CIVIC CENTER IDEA WEST SIDE'S PLAN Jordan Replies Board Wanted to Co-operate in Dedication of School. Shall or shall not the West Rich mond Improvement Association provide the program for the dedication of the new Joseph Moore school? This was the question considered and answered in the negative by the association at a meeting last night. The condition of the Main street bridge was the subject of discussion, it being reported that the structure was unsafe and might collapse at any time. The action of the association in refusing to participate in the dedication of the new school, after extensive plana had been made, was caused by alleged unfair treatment by the school board. September 1$, according to Or. Grosvenor, the school board authorized the association to take complete charge of the arrangements for the dedication. Committee At Work. With this permission, a committee was appointed with E. P. Trueblood as chairman. Plans were made to launch the movement for a civic center in West Richmond with the opening of the new school building. The committee ordered a lot of printing done, and had enlisted the women to serve a luncheon. Every home in the city was to j have been visited this week, given an invitation to tne ceremonies, and literature explaining the meaning and purpose of the civic center movement. Following a meeting of the school board last week. Mr. Trueblood was called into conference with Superintendent Giles of the public schools, relatives to the dedication. Superintendent Giles submitted a tentative program to Mr. Trueblood and asked his approveal. Abandons Plan. The West Richmond Improvement Association construed this action to mean that the school board had takEcnooi Doara. After a session of the school board yesterday afternoon, members of the association were notified to proceed, that the board did not wish to interfere. Charles W. Jordan of the board said today the board had no Intention of taking the matter completely out of the hands of the association, but merely to co-operate. After discussing the whole affair at some length last night the association decided it was too late to undertake the dedication, plans for which had been abandoned more than a week ago. Wtfkher the school will be dedicated at 1 now remains a question since the association left it to the school board, and the board has referred the plans to the West Richmond people. That the Main street bridge might be expected to collapse at any time seemed to be the opinion of members who had made an examination. The entire structure has slipped four inche3 to the Th 11 :a? Plnt ; ea out. meant tnat me upngnt supPorts had given somewhere. Some . i V I J t I M . it was claimed, had sprung in the middle, while many had slipped four inches on their bases. Witj this condition, and the bridge slipping more, the association complains that it is not safe. Recently the county commissioners told the association they had no money with which to make the improvement. Members of the West Richmond body feel that when the bridge has fallen, the money will have to be found, so it might as well be got together now. A letter from John W. Mueller, a bridge engineer, of New Castle, showed that the iron supports were eaten almost through with rust, because of the seven years the structure has stood without painting. No action was ! taken, however, relative to the bridge. WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and Sunday. TEMPERATURE. Noon 36 YESTERDAY. Maximum 49 Minimum 34 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. The second Pacific coast storm of the week moved rapidly eastward. It was central last night over the eastern Great Lakes. It proved to be only a wind storm and is now passing into the Atlantic. Another storm of great energy is developing In the far West and is expected to effect this part of the country next week. No tero weather is in any part of the United States.