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AND SUN-TELECiRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 63 RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 23, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

HONEYWELL HURLS WORDS OF WARNING TO 4,000 WOMEN

Declares Woman Blesses or Curses Eveything She Touches. EVANGELIST RAPS FASHION'S ANTICS Tells Mothers to Keep Eye on Young Man in Parlor. Striking straight from the front without regard to social cast, Rev. I. E. Honeywell last evening hurled his words of warning to about 4,000 women who were gathered in the tabernacle. Previous to his sermon a song service was held. Mrs. Ray Longnecker sang a solo and Mr. and Mrs. Clase gave a vocal duet. In his preliminary remarks Mr. Honeywell asked that 500 women call up Chief of Police Goodwin and thank him fcr sending an officer to the tabernacle each evening. Rev. Mr. Honeywell took for the keynote of his sermon a verse from Proverbs 31:10: "Who can find a virtuous woman? Her price is far above rubies." "An old painter of Sienna," he said, "after standing before his canvas in silent meditation, with his hands crossed meekly on his breast and head bent said 'May God forgive me that I did not do it better.' Many women as they come to the close of life and look back on their wasted life and lost opportunities and what they are leaving as a memorial can only say with like sadness, 'May God forgive me that I did not do It better. Must Avoid Pitfalls. "Many women say if they had just known about this and that they might have avoided all these mistakes. We cannot now get the benefit of our after experience but we may learn from the experiences of others. "Especially should we learn from the word of God. The religion of Jesus has something to do with the life of every woman and girl, in every relation on every day. in every experience of life. Solomon, the author of the text has much to say about women. No one has a better right to speak about women than Solomon for he had 700 wives."" " ' '- "Now he word " vfrtuons's really means strong so that the text may read. 'Who can find a strong woman?' Blessing or Curse. "A good woman Is the best thing this side of heaven, a had woman the worst thing this side of the pit. A woman touches the limit both ways. She rises and falls lower than a man. A woman blesses or curses everything bhe touches. The most degraded character on earth today is a woman; the purest character on earth a woman. Eve damned the world. Mary gave it a Saviour. Incipient Rome rotted for want of women. Imperial Rome rotted on account of her fast women. The stage and the hall room never cursed this town, but women cursed them. The homes in this town are on a level with the women and your town is on the level with your homes. Nothing hurts a woman like sin, and nothing destroys sin like a woman. "No wonder it has been said that the price of a good woman is beyond rubies. Christ and woman can save th world, the devil and woman can damn it. "Look here young women! Do you know that favor is deceitful and beau- ( Continued on page six.) Evangelistic Pointers The devil gets Into the tongues of babies and breaks up a meeting, it gets into the tongues of women, but I wouldn't stay to see what would happen. Some women are like a river, alv ays emptying at the mouth. Others are like a bell, nothing in it hut the tongue. A woman in Chicago sued for a divorce because her husband hadn't spoken to her for three years. He told the judge he did not want to interrupt her. Fashion is the damnation of the human soul. Give up the idolatry of fashion or give up heaven. A town never falls below its worst woman and never rises higher than its best woman. Woman with souls to be saved, are passing the hour in wondering where the other woman got her hat and dress. The strife with many a woman is to see how near she can come to the verge of indecency without falling over it. The tide of masculine profligacy will never turn back until there is a decided reformation in womanly costume. Incipient Rome rotted for the want of women: Imperial Rome rotted on account of her fast women. Woman seems to be the battleground for all good and bad forces. Wanted: 50,000 Christian mothers, sweethearts, sisters and wives in this land. The stage nnrt ballroom never cursed this world until women cursed them.

LEADERS TO PUSH ANTI-TRUST BILLS

Senate and House Men Say Opposition is Rapidly Disappearing. FRET UNDER DELAY Alaska Bill to Be Passed Before Adjournment, It is Expected. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Senate and house leaders today pledged themselves to push to an early conclusion as possible the anti-trust legislation desired by President Wilson. They said the opposition, felt In certain quarters when the president made known his program, was rapidly disappearing and said the president's idea should be enacted into law more quickly than were current and tariff plans, and by even greater majorities. With four or five brother bills drafted and ready for consideration, the legislative wheels were greased today for prompt action. The only delay in the senate was caused by consideration of the Alaska bill. It was expected that before adjournment the Alaska bill would be passed and the bill for an interstate trade commission Introduced. This bill fathered by Senator Newland will be considered by the senate committee on interstate commerce of which he is chairman. He said a favorable report would be made by the committee at the earliest possible moment. Trade Bill First. The interstate trade commissipn bill will be the first passed by congress. Then in rapid order will follow those forbidding interlocking directorates, denning certain sections of the Sherman bill and marking trade relations. The fifth measure, which has not been drawn, will empower the interstate power commission to regulate the financing of railroads. Attorney General McReynolds held conferences today with various members of the senate and house hurrying up matters of law on which they were in doubt. Individual right to institute inquiries into alleged restraints of trade will be demanded as an amendment to the interstate trade commission bill now before congress. ROBBERS HOLD UP PASSENGER TRAIN Relieve Occupants of Money, But Do Not Molest Express Car. $10,000 IS OVERLOOKED MARSHALL, Mich., Jan. 23 Michigan Central passenger train No. 7, westbound for Chicago, was robbed by four men early this morning between Jackson and Parma. Two of the robbers covered the conductor, brakeman and porters with revolvers while the other two went through the sleepers, taking the money and valuables of the passengers. The four worked without masks and the robbery was accomplished without a shot being fired. Little booty was obtained. The engine crew had no knowledge of what was going on, as the fast train sped through the darkness. Two miles east of Parma, the robbers pulled the cord, stopped the train and disappeared. Among the passengers was Court- - land Cramp, president of the Cramp Ship Building company at Philadeli phia. He had $10,000 in cash and ne- ' gotiable instruments with him. He , was not molested. Disarm Train Crew. The robbers went about their business, waiting until the Pullman conductor, brakemen and the porters were in one car. Then two of them corralled the train crew, backed them up along the wall and informed them if they made no resistance there would be no trouble. The trainmen being unarmed raised their arms in the air and kept them there while the bandits went through the train. Sleeping passengers were disturbed by rough hands that parted curtains, jerked clothing and grips to the floor and made a hurried search. There were several women in the cars but they made no outcry. Several men in the day coach knewr nothing of the robbery until it was all over. HEIR TO $250,000 Railroad Clerk on the Way to Prosperity. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22. Harry Watkins, 58 years old, clerk in the- Frisco railroad offices, St. Louis, resigned today and arranged to go to New York to perfect claims for $250,000 worth of Standard Oil stock. He is the only living son and one of four heirs of the estate of L. S. Watkins, who before the Civil war was rated among the richest men in St. Louis. A telegram from Watkins attorneys in New York, received last night, reads: "On March 18. 1914, you will receive an offer from the Standard Oil company for $250,000. Accept it, or if you fight they will beat you."

Panama Engineer to Head Police Department of New York City

COLONEL RICHMOND SCHOOLS WILLJET $45,10 Auditor to Make Distribution of County Fund Tomorrow. Richmond school corporation will reCfiiEfiJ&iftAOZJO of the $79,65L75 whicji Auditor Bowman will distribute as the balance for January tomorrow. Spring Grove, credited with 24 school children, will receive only $98.33. The total number of school children credited to all school cities and townships in the county is 10,586, of which Richmond has 5,607. Liquor licenses furnished $5,600 of the money distributed, while local taxation made up $51,363.91. In the apportionment made recently of state revenue by the state auditor, Wayne county received $20,536.84 which is part of the fund to be distributed. Congressional interest, the fourth source, amounted to $2,151. Wayne township with 980 school children receives $5, 429.23; Abington township, 130 children, $970.92; Boston township, 211 children, $1,501.65; Center township, 381 children, $1,657.74; Clay township, 188 children, $2,154.80; Dalton township, 117 children, $629.46: Franklin township, 269 children. $3,475.64; Greene township, 223 children, $1,793.73; Harrison township, 110 children, $740.31; Jackson township, 251 children, $1,787.87; Jefferson township, 223 children, $1,441.85; New Garden township, 325 children, $2,033.63; Perry township, 191 children, $1,470.67; Washington township, 212 children, $1,392.05; Webster township, 139 children, $1,383.92; Cambridge City, 217 children. $1,263.06; Dublin, 145 children, $1,018.77; HagerBtown, 179 children, $1,219.22; Milton, 111 children, $863.19; Spring Grove, 24 children, $98.33; Centerville, 217 children, $1,263.06. PEW IMPROVEMENTS SCHEDOLEDJR YEAR County Auditor Says Treasury Will Be Guarded With Eagle Eye. Wayne county's pocketbook will be tightly clasped during the first part of 1914 and probably through the entire year and no big improvements will be made, says County Auditor Bowman. The floods of March, 1913 are assigned as the cause of the money stringency in the county, although the Haas and Barton road contracts, by which the county will spend about $85,000 makes a big figure. There are no road petitions in sight but it has been reported that residents of the northern part of the county have a petition ready to present to build a road which will cost not less than $15,000. The county commissioners carefully cut all appropriations in making out the list several weeks ago. It was said then the big balances in many fund's from last year, helped matters greatly or the commissioners would have had very little improvement matter to take up this year. Road Superintendent Jones will have between $17,000 and $20,000 at his command for road work this year. This money will be-spent under the new law creating the office of county road superintendent. The routine expense of the county will not be greatly increased over previous years.

GOETHALS.

"I'LL SHOOT YOU," CRIES E, WILLIAMS Filled to Brim With Cheap Whisky, Estey Causes Disturbance. Although without firearms of any kind, Estey Williams' yesterday afternoon threatened to shoot everyone he met in the vicinity of the C. & O. station where he was put, off a train. Williams, who said he was going from Marion to Cincinnati where he had a job, was given a chance to continue on his way, with the promise of a stiff sentence if he appeared before Mayor Robbins again on the charge of public intoxication. Lee Leon, printer and alleged veteran of the battle of Gettysburg, was given $5 and costs for public intoxication. Leon was released two days ago when he appeared before the m.oor on a similar charge. ADMITS INDENTITY AND ENDS SEARCH Judith Klassner, 17, Believed to Be in Richmond, is Found in Chicago. Search for Miss Judith Klassner, daughter of a rich manufacturer of Duesseldorf, Germany, whose disappearance from the home of relatives in Chicago, caused an investigation that led to Richmond, ended last night, when the girl of her own accord reported to the Chicago police. Writh her name was linked that of Claus Schaub, a traveling representative of a Chicago packing house, who worked here before the Christmas holidays. Letters from Schaub to the girl were found in her rooms by the Chicago police, and the theory was advanced that she might have eloped with him. Cleveland and Chicago newspaper., appealed to The Palladium yesterday in an effort to find Schaub. The Palladium dispelled the early reports that Schaub was a local man, and enabled 'the Chicago police to learn Schaub's whereabouts through the packing plant with which he is connected. , Miss Klassner told the "Chicago police she was living with a cousin who had intimated that she find work. Miss Klassner left her cousin's home, and said she was mejly carrying out the relative's wish wjLvJr she left, and that she had no desirei gaining notoriety. The girl is only Seventeen years old and has been accustomed to all the luxuries of a rich home. There is no need of her working for a living. T WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana Rain and colder tonight; Saturday cloudy and colder. TEMPERATURE. Noon 52 YESTERDAY. Maximum 30 Minimum 22 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. A low or storm area was central this morning over the middle west and is rapidly moving toward the Great I.akes. It is expected to bring rain or snow tonight and Saturday and will be followed by a cold wave,

PANAMA

ENGINEER

TO FORSAKE CANAL The New York Journal Announces Goethal's Acceptance of Police Job. HEADS DEPARTMENT Mayor Mitchel Withholding Announcement Until Details are Settled. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Colonel Goethals, engineer of the Panama canal, has consented to become police commissioner of New York city, according to the Evening Journal. In making the announcement The Journal said today: "On the highest authority the Evening Journal learned today that positive assurance is now in the possession of Mayor Mitchell that Col. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, has consented to become police commissioner of New York. Since his election as mayor, Mr. Mitchell has had Col. Goethals in mind for the police commissionership. "Just after taking the oath of office, Mr. Mitchell sent for George W. Perkins, a personal friend of Goethals, and explained his ambition regarding the police department. Then he urged that Mr. Perkins t,o to Panama and put the situation up to Col. Goethals. "Perkins sailed for Panama on Jan. 7. What took place when he saw Col. Goethals has not yet been made public. It is understood, however, that Perkins told Col. Goethals that Mayor Mitchell believed New York City needed a man of ability and unlimited integrity and activity to take charge of the police department and put it on a sound basis. "Col. Goethals thought over the proposition. Then he gave his answer to Mr. Perkins who returned to New York and transmitted it to Mayor Mitchel. The mayor was elated. He now is waiting only to arrange several important details before publicly announcing the appointment." MUSICIANS PLAN CHARITHONCERT Musical Assciation Comes to the Aid of Associated Charities. DATE SET FOR FEB. 6. Charitable organizations, teachers, preachers, lodges and citizens in general are being asked to cooperate to make the Grand Charity Concert on Feb. 6, a success. The program will be furnished by the Richmond Concert band of fifty pieces, the Richmond Maennerchor, and the Earlham Glee club. The idea of giving a concert was developed yesterday afternoon when representatives of the Associated Charities appealed to the Musical Association for assistance In rasing funds with which to carry on the work of the institution. Committees were appointed to take charge of the arrangements with George H. Eggemeyer, chairman, and R. B. Jones, secretary. As rapidly as the various organizations of the city learn of the proposed concert they are falling in line. At noon today a committee from the Elk's lodge notified Mr. Eggemeyer that the lodge would attend in a body, and asked for at least 200 seats. The men who were asked to serve on committees are: J. H. Nicholson, chairman, A. D. Gayle, S. W. Gaar, finance; 11. C. Hasemeier, chairman. Will H. Romey, N. C. Heironimus, George H. Knollenberg, advertising; O. P. Nusbaum, chairman, P. I. Braffett, Adam Feldman, R. B. Jones, program; Charles IT. Ingelman, chairman, decorations; Dr. F. W. Krueger, chairman, Harry Mather, Dr. Charles S. Bond, Benjamin Johnson, hall; E. M. Haas, chairman. Miss Elizabeth Thomas, Miss Abbie Schaefer. W'alter Doan, James A. Carr, press; Charles W. Jordan, chairman, Howard A. Dill, Jesse A. Bailey, S. E. Swayne, A. L. Smith, tickets. ' trunkIatprove Police Believe Jtfegro, is Thief Many if Homes. ' J Criminal charges will be filed against Charles Miller, colored, and Julia Keeting, colored, following a raid by the police on South Sixth street last night. Nancy Green, who gave her home as Indianapolis, was arrested and is being held while police investigate her record. Sometime ago Miller, who has a police record, rented a room at the house, and since that time he and the Keeting woman have been living there as man and wife. The police seized a trunk of goods which they suspected had been stolen by Miller, but so far have been unable to confirm their suspicions. Nancy Green, who has been in the city since the first of the year without visible means of support is being held, but no charges nave been filed.

ROBBERY

SOLUTION

REPORT INDICATES WATER CO. IS VERY PROFITABLE BUSINESS; STOCKHOLDERS LIST IS GIVEN

City Water Works Stockholders A list of stockholders of the Richmond City Water Works company, as shown in the state commission's report, number shares held and their par value: Common Stock. Shares. Value. E. H. Cates 576 $28,800 Mrs. Hannah Craighead 636 31,800 M. B. Craighead 12 600 D. W. Dennis 54 2.700 Mrs. Emma Dennis .... 72 3,600 Mrs. Emily 11. Dill.' 1000 50,000 Howard A. Dill 366 18,300 Mrs. Harriet Dill 72 3,600 Malcolm Dill 1 50 W. R. Dill 403 20.150 C. W. Elmer. W. & M. E. 144 7,200 Mrs. Dorothy Graham.. 4 200 Mrs. M. C. Gentry 72 3,600 Mrs. E. H. Gray 24 1.200 Aubrey Hibberd 100 5,000 J. G. Zeller, N. Y 288 4,400 Silas A. Zeller 72 3.600 Laura M. Watt 292 14,600 H. E. Thornburg 12 600 II. M. Hanley. Ind 2 100 J. S. Hanley. Ind 1 50 Camilla Hanley, Ind.... 555 27,750 Mary S. Smith, Phila... 492 24.600 Lestra H. Saxton 100 5.000 M. J. Malsby 33 2.600 Clara Malsby, gdn 75 3.750 Clara Malsby Ill 5,550 J. M. Lontz 36 1.S00 W. J. Hutton 472 23,600 Emily S. Hutton 1800 90.000 W. C. Hibberd 100 5.000 E. G. Hibberd 1003 50,150 Preferred Stock. E. H. Cates 250 $23,000 Hannah Craighead 150 15,000 D. W. Dennis 10 1,000 Emily Dill 100 10.000 Harriet Dill 20 2.000 Malcolm Dill 2 200 W. R. Dill 110 11.000 C. W. Elmer 50 5,000 Mary C. Gentry 10 1.000 Dorothy Graham 2 200 E. G. Hibberd 500 50.000 Dickinson Trust Co 14S5 148,500 J. G. Zeller 125 12.500 Laura M. Watt 125 12,500 H. E. Thornburg 6 600 Mary H. Smith 22 2,200 Clara Malsby, gdn 8 800 Clara Malsby 22 2,200 W. J. Hutton 23 2,300 POLICE ORDER OUT ALL PUNCHJQARDS Screw Down Lid Tight on All Forms of Gambling in the City. Punch boards are a form of gambling; gambling is illegal, therefore all punch boards must go. This was the line of reasoning followed by Police Chief Goodwin, when he issued the order banishing the boards from the counters and drug stores. Patrolmen have been instructed to watch the boards, and to see that they are destroyed just as soon as those open have been punched out. After that time dealers using the boards will be prosecuted for operating gambling devices. The punch boards are the most dangerous form of gambling, according to Chief Goodwin. They appeal mostly to boys of high school age, cultivating in them the spirit of chance, said the chief. During the last few months the city has been flooded with them, the chief observed. Cigar stores have had several boards in operation on the counters at one time. Dealers report that boys and young men have been spending from 10 cents to $10 on a board. One dealer admitted to Chief Goodwin that the prizes received were cheap and not worth the money it cost to get them. At the banquet of the Central Trades Council former Chief of Police Gormon said, "The town is gambling crazy." ARNOLD TO LECTURE ON "AMERICAN FLAG" I. B. Arnold, prominent member of Sol MeWdith post. G. A. R.. will de liver lat lecture on -"The Evolution of the American Flag," at the Masonic temple Saturday evening. Mr. Arnold has more than one hundred different flags, used in this country during various periods of its history. He says if they were placed in one string they would make a strip about four hundred feet long. FRIENDS ASK ADE TO ENTER POLITICS LAPORTE, Ind., Jan. 23. Efforts are being made here to induce George Ade to accept the progressive nomination for U. S. Senator. The playwright and author has made no answer to the friends who have asked him to enter the race against Senator Ben F. Shively, Democrat, and the candidate the Republicans will nominate. If he refuses to make the race for senator propressive leaders of the Tenth Indiana district said today they would nominate him for congress. .

INVENTORY BY THE STATE COMMISSION EXPERTSJECEIVED Net Surplus for Company the Last Ten Years Shown . to Be $160,196.46.

HAS NO BOND DEBT, ACCOUNTANTS SHOW j Practically AH Stockholders of Corporation are Richmond People. , A complete inventory of the Richmond City Water Works company is contained in a report issned by the Indiana Public Utility Cora mission and filed today with City Clerk Bescher. It contains 107 closely typewritten foolscap pages. A condensed statement of the company's operating expenses, income and dividends for the ten years ending June 30, 1913 shows: Operating revenue $6R6.570.S7 .Non-operaiing revenue .... fcoa.i Total $741,908.0'$ Operating expenses 238.110.3O Gross income 1503,797.73 For interest on funded and floating debt 120,464.23 jNet income $383,333.50 'Cash dividends 223.125.OJ Surplus 160.208.5a 'Net surplus 160,196.t Per cent of operating expenses to operate revenue, .3468. From 1889 to June 3071913, a rec- ' ord of assets and liabilities is shown: ' Total assets June 30, 1913 $1.2C0.S95.07 I Total liabilities 1.154,683.78 Surplus 106.257.13 One of the interesting facts contained in the report is that the total amount of cash dividends paid by the company from 1894 to April 7, 1913. amounted to $328,125. Dividend Record. During the period extending from 1894 to 190S there were fifteen 2 per cent, cash dividends declared and thirteen 3 per cent, cash dividends. During the period from 1909 to April 1913, there were six 3 per cent ca6h dividends, two 2s per cent cash dividends, one 3U cash dividend, and on 10 per cent cash dividend. The last mentioned dividend was declared December 21. 1910. In reference to the investment account, the report reads: "We have made an examination and an analysis of the investment account from the organization of the company to June 30, 1913. We have made on analysis to June 30. 1909. and on from July 1. lf09. to June 30. 1913. After an appraleement of the plant In 199 the investment accounts in tho ledgers were debted with the appraisement value of each class of investment. We show the value of each class as appraised in the schedules and make reference to the page of the Inventory report, wherein the amounts are set out in detail. "Total appraised value, July 1. 1909 $708.49? W "Ledger acct. of investments, June 30, 1909 588,331.74 Making an increase in the hook value of the plant, which was credited to surplus account , $12165.SS Depreciation Scheme. "Up to June 3o. 1909. no depreciation of the plant has been charged against the operating revenues by th water works company, nor has the value of the plant been charged on . the account of depreciation. July 1. 1909, there were set up five depreciation reserve accounts, which have been carried since said date with the exception of a credit June 30.. 13J-L, to the machinery and equipment ifcount for old boilers - repaired, $3.S04. . and a credit to- the buildings account -for a roof on the boiler bouse, $635.3. " and a charge to depreciation- acerrot for plant and - equipment, - $3,13S.3S. These depreciation t accounts s are 7 In reality credits to' the investment ac-1 counts and are . not reserved which can be used to replace worn, obsolete '. and inefficient machinery and equipment." . "The depreciation to June 30. 1909. on water collecting system was $9.548.28; on reservoir, $3,874.83. The preliminary costs. $6,218.43. The $19.641.54 total, as shown by the Inven-. tory. was credited July 1, 1909, on the ledgers to said accounts and the net value of the same carried as an asset -in the balance sheet. "No deductions have been made from the operating revenues for depreciation from July 1, 1909. to June 30. 1913." . . The report of the commission's experts shows the going concern value of the water plant as $110,825.69, and places a value of $65,508.01 on its service connections. City officials will object to placing service pipes in the list of asets of the company. Company's Common Stock. In .the section of the report devoted to the stockof the water works company, it is shown that the original stock Issue, " $250,000, divided into ,t Continued on, Pao Two.) , :