Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 65, 26 January 1914 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, JAN. 2G, 1914

NORTH D CHANGES

TO BE POSTPONED i . New Sidewalks Asked By Residents Before Works Board.

EST IMATES ORDERED

Widening of Street in Abeyance After Resolution Is Tabled.

There is every prospect that the proposed expensive improvement of North Third street by widening it from a point near the C. & O. station to a point on North D street half way between Third and Fourth streets, will not be attempted by the city this year. When this improvement was brought up for final action today the board of public works, after considerable discussion, passed a motion to table the resolution. The board objected to it because the city is short of funds for public improvements, and property owners protested that they did not think it fair to shoulder the burden of the expense because the widening was of no especial benefit to them, but would be to the city as a whole, particularly ' those business interests which do a large amount of shipping. Sidewalks Needed. North Third street is badly in need of paving, but it is deemed unwise to pave the street until it has been widened. Cement walks and gutters will be provided this year to the point where the widening of the street will begin, and this improvement meets with the complete approval of the resident property owners, who declared the present walks a disgrace to the city. City Engineer Charles was ordered to prepare plans and estimates for cement walks on this street nnd a petition for the improvement

will be circulated at once. Ralph Weller, one of the resident property owners, speaking in behalf of the other property owners, told the KirvarH thrf. t Vi f V thfinfht thct VmlV rtf

the expense of the street widening should be borne by the railroad, the shipping interests and the city. He said the sidewalks on the street were very had and for the most , part covered with mud. He urged the construction of walks and gutters this year, street widening next year and later the paving of the street. To attempt all these improvements at once, he said, would be unfair to the affected property owners. President Bavis of the board declared that the street widening this year was not essential and 'he said the city could use its improvement fund to a much better advantage. Engineer Charles said that the widening of the street was desirable but no hasty action should be taken and the question was then laid on the table indefinitely.

December Fire Losses Increase 35 Per Cent. Over Month Before

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 26.December fire losses show an increase of more than thirty-five per cent, over those reported for November, according to figures compiled at the office of the state fire marshal. Since the total number of fires causing this loss, however, is ten less than the number occurring in November, the greater loss is not due, the fire marshal saya tot an increase in hazards, but to the more serious nature of all December fires.

For the last three months in 1913 the fire losses are reported for each month have been in an increasing scale. In comparison with October, the losses for December have increased more than one hundred and twenty-'. five per cent. A rise which the fire ; marshal explains is due Jo the increase in fire hazards during the winter months and to the more serious nature i

of the fires occurring in the state during the past few weeks. The chief hazard for December causing an increase in the number of fires

over the month preceding was the defective flue. From this source alone a total of one hundred fires occurred in the state throughout December. Sparks from chimneys were responsible for eighty-five fires reported last month, and caused a total loss to property" holders of 111,837. Other causes of December fires, with the number respiting from each source, are as follows: Adjoining fires, 34; askes against wood, 5; burning rubbish, 8; carelessness with matches, 14; careless smokers, 6; carelessness with candles, 5; children with matches, 4; Christmas trees, 6; defective furnace, 6; defective wiring, 9; defective grate, 2; drapery fire, 5; film, 1; gas, 2; gasoline, 5; gasoline stove, 3; hot iron, 4; incendiary, 11; kerosene, 5; kerosene lamp, 9; kerosene stove, 12; overheated stove, 5; sparks from locomotives, 3; tramps, 2, and spontaneous combustion, 5. More than 161 fires were reported in December as occurring from unknown causes.

PROSECUTOR TELLS OF NESTOR ASSAULT

Trial of Young Man, Charge of Murder, Starts.

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UNDERWOOD RAPPED WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. A nationwide campaign against the caucus system in congress the National Voters' league today issued its first bulletin, "The Searchlight on Congress." "The old Hanna system and the new Underwood system"' declare the bulletin "were alike based upon the caucus, and yielded the same results the subordination of the many to a few bosses."

A jury composed entirely of farmers, was sworn in from a special venire late this afternoon to hear testimony in the case of Donald Nestor, 21, who was indicted by the January grand jury for the murder of Richard Cook. After the selection of the jury. Prosecuting Attorney Reller related the story of the assault following the quarrel between Nestor and Cook as to whether Richmond was or was not a "good town," and the subsequent stabbing of Cook with a pair of scissors. The scissors were displayed as evidence, the broken blades having been removed from Cook's brain November 1. The Jurymen are: .T. C. Burris, Centerville; Caleb Wilson, farmer, Pennville; George W. Davis, farmer and stock buyer, Williamsburg; George W. Henseley, farmer, Boston; Lewis E. Kinsey, farmer, Fountain City; Elmer Lumpkin, farmer, Dalton township; Charles Dally, farmer, Milton; Samuel Robinson, farmer Wayne township; Mark Stevens, farmer and banker, Centerville; John Boyd, farmer, Jackson Park; Charles Rothermel, farmer, East Germantown; Walter M. Harris, farmer, Union pike, Wayne township. All of the jurymen are big men and all except three are six feet tall. Many names on the special venire were those of relatives of the two attorneys for the defense, Joshua Allen and Denver - Harlan. One juryman, K. Denver Cofield, was discharged because he said Denver Harlan was his namesake.

WEATHER VARIED IN LAST 1 DAYS

Difference of 23 Degrees Between High and Low Temperatures. A varied assortment of weather was on the books of the official weather observer last week. There was a difference of twenty-three degrees between the lowest and highest temperatures. Friday was a small sample of a real spring day for the mercury sallied forth to 55 degrees and the sun broke through the clouds for a few minutes at a time. Thursday was the coldest day of the week. The thermometer made the register of 22 degrees at its lowest point. For seven days the records showed cloudy with but few hours of sunshine. The largest amount of rainfall was .28 of an inch, on Saturday. Friday and Monday were two of the days the rain failed to make its appearance. The records for each day are as follows: Highest Lowest Sunday 33 23 Monday 46 33 Tuesday 46 32 Wednesday 32 24 Thursday 30 22 Friday 55 30 Saturday 4S 28 CAUSES A FLURRY NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Secretary of State Bryan made a short call on Mayor Mitchell at the City Hall today. His appearance caused some excitement there in view of the fact that the city is negotiating with Col. G. W. Goethals to become commissioner of Police.

INSTALL HEW SYSTEM IN RICHMOND OFFICE Western Union Men Contract for Current From Local Plant. '

Manager Ryan, of the local Western Union Telegraph office, will soon have one of the model plants of the state, a

force of workmen from company headquarters having ben here for the last two weeks installing new apparatus. The old-style gravity battery system, calling for hundreds of jars that generate electric current through the agency of jsinc, copper and blue vitrol, will be entirely done away with. The current is to be supplied by one of the local electric power plants, a series of dynamoes just installed in the office to be propelled by this power and the dynamo current in turn to provide the current for the telegraphic apparatus, as well as supplying this office's quota of general power for the lines in and out of the city. The big switch board in connection with this dynamo system has been put in place and will be tested out this week. The lighting system of the office has been improved by the installation of the indirect system of illumination, a dozen inverted globes attached to the celling, flooding the room with light. New furniture also is to be put in place and allin all Manager Ryan will find things strictly up-to-date within the next week or two.

FULGHAM TO ATTEND JERSEY ASSOCIATION O. E. Fulgham, of Richmond, will attend the annual meeting of the directors of the Polled Jersey association at Springfield, O., Wednesday. The Jersey association consists of owners of polled Jersey cattle and is national in Its scope. Only directors will attend the January meeting, the annual convention being held later in the year.

BOARD MEETSTOHIGHT Central Christians to Go Over Church Plans

To decide on the details of the tab-! ernacle for the Central Christian church the board will hold a meeting tonight. Members of the. board expect to start work on the temporary : structure the last of this week or the first of next A tabernacle similar to the Honeywell meeting house, only smaller will be erected until the,

church is financially ame 10 rjuna a more expensive structure. COMMISSION STILL ELIMINATES SITES It will be several weeks before the commission for the selection of a state penal farm, of which Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent of Easthaven Is president, will announce its selection of a site. The commission has eliminated all but a few farms and is making further eliminations as rapidly as possible. Citizens of Greencastle were told that the site near that city would be dropped from the list unless they would comply with certain conditions specified by the commission. An option was asked jn eighty acres of ground in addition to the 705 already under option; the extension of an eight inch water main to the farm, two switches from the Big Four railroad, a station at the farm, and the prohibition against disposing of sewage In the river above the farm.

Tabernacle

Happenings

Ministers of the city say that Evangelist Honeywell should be credited with 100 conversions which occurred as the result of the tabernacle meetings but were made in churches yesterday morning. At the First English Lutheran church, seventy-seven, who had not before gone forward, became converted, through the influence of the Honeywell meetings, it Is said.

At the Central Christian church there were forty-three conversions, forty-five at the First M. E. church and forty-two at the First Christian church. However these were not new as many of them had gone forward in the Honeywell meetings and only expressed their desire of becoming active church members by going forward the second time. The number of new conversions in the churches was estimated at more than 100.

TRACTION OFFICIALS'. " .THROWN IN JAIL T. H I. and E. Men Charged With Violating Terrt ' Haute Ordinance. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Jaifc 2 T. F. Grover, general manager of th local division of the T. H. L B. Traction company with Superintendent Nash and three laborers were arrested today by order of Don M. Roberts, mayor, for cutting Into a paved street without getting a per-

i mit as required by ordinance and j were In jail for a Bhort time, whea I habeas corpus proceedings were start 1 ed before E. Cox, judge of the circuit court.

MUST REMOVE HATS. NEW YORK. Jan. 26. Members of the Central Congregational church, Brooklyn have decided that women shall not wear hats during sermons.

About $151 was collected at the men's meeting yesterday afternoon while the collection at the women's meeting amounted to 546. The night meeting was a disappointment when only $81.03 was collected from almost 6,000 people. The committee is short of the $300 it has set to raise, by little more than $20. It has not been decided how this will be raised.

MAYOR TO ASSIST IN LIBRARY WORK At th suggestion of H. L. Haywood, chairman of the special committer named by the Commercial club to Investigate" affairs at the MorrissonReeves library, the board of public works today named Mayor Robbins as the city's representative on this committee. President Bavis of the board is also a member of the committee, but Is serving as a representative of the Commercial club.

RETURNS HOME Miss Lula B. Smith, of Princeton, Indiana, Mrs. J. E. Harper, of New Albany, Mr. Thaddeus Smith, of Indianapolis, returned home after attending the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Sarah Carter. Mrs. John Ward and daughter, Mrs. James Elroy, of Newcastle, have returned to their home after attending the funeral of their sister.

PUNCH BOARDS GO INTO SCRAP PILE

Punch boards are going from the Counters of drug and cigar stores, following Police Chief Goodwin's order that they be abolished as soon as the ones now open were closed. Po. lice Chief Goodwin said, for the most part, the men who had been running the boards were perfectly willing to co-operate with the department, realizing it was a bad practice.

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A COSTLY MISTAKE UTICA. X. V., Jan. 26 Two children are dead and three others are in a critical condition as the result of the mistake of a new nurse at the Utica Orphans Home giving them doses of deadly eressoline instead of casoara. Kroderick Gilniore, aged four, and Julia Vincent, aped three, died in convulsions today.

VERSUS RIP VAN WINKLE. DUQVESNK. Pa., Jan. 26 Michael Youhouse, a mill worker, who has not slept since he took a drink of queer liquor a year ago. enjoys good health and works every day. Physicians are puzzled.

EOOTY WAS BIBLE. CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Three men were arrested for holding up John Skolaski and it was found that the only loot they obtained was a pocket Bible.

! SAYLES TO GIVE ! LIVE BABY AWAY

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