Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 82, 14 February 1914 — Page 1

ICHMOM) FA1XAJD AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 82 gym RICHMOND, IND, SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 14, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

DEMOCRATS TO

PREPARE WORK

IN PRECINCTS Executive Committee Meets West County Workers in Session at Cambridge City, Yesterday. EAST PARTY MEN WILL MEET HERE Republican Fusion Overture Spurned by Members Foreseeing Strength in Standing Aloof. A departure In the -workings of the Democratic county organization took place yesterday afternoon when the county executive committee went to Cambridge City to confer with Demo crats of the western part of the coun-i ty. The object of the meeting was merely to get into close touch with the general conditions in that part of "Wayne county. In addition to the executive committee, more than half a hundred Democrats attended the session. Precinct committeemen told of conditions In each precinct. The suggestions of prominent western county leaders were safely stored away in the secretary's minutes, and will be used at the official meetings. Tonight the east half of the county will meet in the Richmond Commercial club rooms to discuss problems pertaining to organization, and conditions in the Becond division of the county. The executive committee will meet at 7:30 o'clock. The same rules that applied to the Cambridge City meeting will be in force tonight. Decries All Fusion. Dr. J. J. Grosvenor, secretary of committee, in talking of the coming campaign said: "There seems to be no Indication of fusion between the Democrats and Republicans. At the Cambridge City meeting there was no expression of fusion." Within the next few days there will be a meeting in each precinct for the purpose of nominating delegates to the state, congressional and county conventions. Under the ruling of the state committee that one delegate be chosen to every 150 votes and one for every fractional part greater than 75, Wayne county will have a delegation of twenty-six members. On or about March 3 the county committee will issue a call to ratify the proceedings of the primary meeting, and the delegates ratified will compose the delegation. For the county convention there will be two delegates from each of the sixty-four precincts. Town Wants Convention. irawracy nas seni a j 1 1 lill I VP I I 1 kit ft 1 1 1 II i V HXPC VH committee asking that the convention for Wayne county be held at that place. NO definite information has , . - been divulged by the committee. It ha? heen offiriiilv derided that Jt has been officially decided J.nat n. o.omnlete r.niintv and tnwnshiri tick-1 et will be placed in the held. Despite I the rumors that fusion, combination ( , - i and other comnroinise tickets would1 be placed in the field jointly by the Democrats and Republicans, it is the general sentiment among Democrats that a full-fledged, rockribbed Democratic ticket will be pitted against the progressive line-up. Two Booms Launched. it- iha Two booms were launched at the Cambridge City meeting. One was for j Dr. Khle. of Kast Germantown, who! made it known that he had announo ed his candidacv for trustee of Jackfon township. His announcement was follow ed bv Dr. Littell of Cambridge i t'itv, who claims to be an aspirant for the trusteeship of Jackson township. The east county Democrats have proposed an organization which will be composed of more than one hundred members and will be a Democratic chib. It is not the aim of the promoters to orpose the Wayne county organization, but it is merely a campaign working organization. As i yet no officers have ln en chosen, and j the organisation if merely tentative, i This club will have active charge of the campaign in that section of the county. B, B, H TELLS HOW HE WILL VOTE Secretary to Governor Rals f nn Writes in Fflo-or ion wiues 10 o. rasar Nicholson About Stand.

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j tomobile in a shed just back of the Nicholson, chairman of the 'store. The blaze was promptly exeommitteo of one hundred, I tinguished and the damage was small.

s. E. otii.rens Las received a letter from Hon. B. B. i Johnson, a resident and citizen of I Richmond and secretary to Governor Jtalston. announcing his purposu to i vote "dry" at the coniinK city option j election. A, note from Mr. Johnson i expresses his willingness to have thej letter published, if desired, and the j committee hns given out. the letter fori publication ns follows: Hon. S. K. Nic holson, Cl.Mrni&n Com- i mittee of One Hundred. Rich-! mond Tne Dear Mr. Ni.hols:n---I noto by the Vsillariinni Hi : v-.. hir Ii.-e!i choven bv the citizen'' committee of one hun-1 dred to lead tiie "dry" forces in a campaign against the perpetuation of ealoons in Richmond. As you may recall, I have heretofore been a liberal on this question, Viewing it rather from a theoretical than a practical point of view. In truth, its practical., not to say tragical, ide had never obtruded itself in my (Continued on Page Eight. )

NEVER HELD OFFICE BUT BEAT "UNCLE JOE"

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, Frank T. O'Halr, new Democratic congressman from the Eighteenth Illinois district, never before held a public office, but he defeated "Uncle Joe" Cannon for congress at the last election. He is to have strong competition for re-election, for "Uncle Joe" says he will come back. Mr. O'Halr was born in the district he represents, and is 44 year old. Not long after he arrived in Washington, and really wanting to represents his constituents he wrote to most of the voters in his district and asked their wishes. One of his replies read "Dear O'Halr If you don't know any more than I can tell you, you had better resign and come back." E WILL TESTIFY IN HISJM BEHALF Blind Senator to Go on Stand in $50,000 Personal Damage Suit. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 14. The defense in the suit of Mrs. Minnie E. Bond against United States Senator Thomas P. Gore for $50,000 damages expected to score heavily today and Senator Gore will go on the stand before adjournment. W. H. Sicklider, secretary of the Ministerial alliance, testified that shortly after the Gore incident, Mrs. Bond and Jacob appeared before the Ministerial Alliance and asked to have the charges Investigated. A committee investigated, said Sicklider, but reported that the matter was not in the province of the Alliance. Mrs. Bond is still a member of church but is not in good standing because she has not attended regularly for two years. NO FRICTION OVER GAS DEPOSIT RULE Members of the board of public works were both amused and irritated J today over a report published yester- j day that friction among the board j v V.nHr , -U .. r-. ' ixif iiiut?j r Litiu ucvriuptu v j v i tuc qurs tion of the Light, Heat and Power com-! panv.s deposit rule; that President Rav1o wnnM rieTnnnd further modifier - Tl" i -t i is wiiii in (i - n i :a t i l 1 1 1 ii iu' i Til f ii l u BUU1,mi " ,uc v-w,u panv but that McMinn and Marlatt fav- ; ., . .. ......... nrf'fi rne rn p ns it was now nrarrpn ; .ul ::" :r;h" " " Qhcn. , , members are abso-1 . wn nui. , Fuoil it..." "'- .. .... i have been- considered by us, declared j Mr. Marlatt, and Mr. McMinn concurred in this statement. I The only stumbling block in the settlement of the deposit rule question is the minimum amount of deposit, the board demanding $.3, the company noiaing out 101 . Company officials are now waiting orders from the eastern corporation management on this point and the board members feel confident that an agreement will be reached by the comPany yielding to tne cu s aemanas, CURSES! WOMAN FORGETS TO TELL LOCATION OF FIRE The telephone rang at the. central fire station about 10 o'clock last night. An agitated woman exclaimed over the wire: "There's a fire," then put up the receiver and the fireman who answered the call cursed softly and called the telephone exchange to request the location of the phone over which the report was madu. In a fc-w minutes central sweetly informed Chief Miller that the phone was on a party line and j could not be located. Just then anothI cr report came in that, the fire was somewhere on North Eighth between Main and A. The companies made a quick run and were informed that the fire was in a millinery store. Chief Miller and his blaze fighters entered the store but could find no ! b,aze- although there was considerable . smoke xhe chief then made a tour the rear a,'er and t fi"a11 saw flames issuing from the hood of an auA robe had been placed over the hood and a lighted electric lamp placed on t!K; hood. The heat ignited the robe. The machine is the property of Mrs. Cora Brehm. J priVrrnrp vnv CI 1 r A 1 i t IJ M .101' FTIR PITARTTV WORK" ruiv VOftftUl .V V1VIV . . it . . At a meeting of the charity concert uuinmiuee or ueorjee I'jfiseraejer mun day afternoon, all expenses incurred I at the concert held in the tabernacle Ff'br"ar: 5 win be Pa,d and Jt is ex pected that $1,150 will remain to be turned over to the Associated Charities. The Associated Charities now has funds enough to last only a week or ten days so heavy has been the inroads made on the treasury. Before the ready money of the organization will have been expended, the money from the charity affair will have been turned over to its account.

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ROAD SUPERVISORS OlSCUSHiDITIONS Meet With County Superintendent Jones to Talk Over Opening for This Spring's Work.

EDGAR NORRIS TALKS Speaks on "Grading and the Maintenance of Roads' Saying Efficiency Can Be Brought About Easily. Good roads for Wayne county were discussed by the nine assistant road superintendents and W. O. Jones, county highway commissioner, at the first meeting of its kind hld In this county. Auditor Bowman met with the road men and showed the methods of record keeping, several of the records having been worked out by him to be used until the state board of accounts completed uniform records. The appointment of the last two su- i perintendents was announced today, E. P. Doran of Richmond, will have charge of district No. 7 which comprises southern Wayne and Boston townships and Albert P. Wilson of Mil- ( ton, will be the superintendent of the j ninth district consisting of Jackson i and Washington townships. The road staff of the highway commissioner is now completed and ready for work. Edgar Norris, who is in charge of Northern Wayne township roads, the most compact road district in the county, spoke on "Grading and Main- ( Continued on Page Two.) E B. WHEELER WILL LECTURE HERE Prohibition Leader of Ohio Scheduled for Tuesday .ivmiug at xaucmatic.

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i Noble Grand and during all that time The citizens committee of one hun-' bas been absent on an average of two dred today announced its program for ; nights per term. He probably has atthe mass temperance meeting next tended more Odd Fellows funerals Tuesdav night at the tabernacle. It is i than any other man in the state. He

expected that there will be a large i

attendance. The. principal speakefT Starr since mati'wmk was mauguratwill be Wayne B. Wheeler, of Colum-! ed. He has been a member of the iic n xja a a loirvor anH nna nf ; Rranii T.nde'ft of Tndinna sine 1R6R.

the most practical and effective men j connected with the anti-saloon move- i ment in the country. i He has been manager of the dry I fights in Ohio for a number of years,! i and it is is due largely to his heady i management tnat so large a part or the territory of Ohio is now without 1 the galof)n kis address be outside of th. h ir.ArV of tn ori,,ns,rv : I temperance address, and will be one i v" ;S"tP" fL to u'ith , ""e. n.! p mnn or woman can profit, regardless of . .i i. . i wnat 18 now tnougnt aDout tne expe diency of cense or no license. Mr Wheeler will have some Mr- " neeier win nave tome . c i . . . . lo Sily OI vwuimi mit'ii iu eve.y merchant m the caty as well as the iaDOring men in me lactones, ana win . answer iuny me siuuk ui guuivui iuhi there is more liquor drunk in a "dry" town than in a "wet" one. There will be 6plendid music by the Honeywell chorus, and some special music besides. The public is generally invited.

Hearts Aflame Dictate Missives Commemorative of St. Valentine

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Legend has it that birds began to mate on Valentine's day. That is rather a pretty idea, but if it is true, few of them did it in Richmond today. With eight inches of snow on the ground and spring styles still on the way, girl birds would have found it impossible to get a trousseau ready at this time of the year. The day commemorates the memory of Saint Valentine who was put to death for his faith during the persecution under Claudius, February 14 270. The custom of choosing valentines on this day is of considerable antiquity. On the eve of Saint Valentine's day, young people used to meet, and each of them drew one by lot from a number of names of the opposite sex. Each gentleman thus got a lady for his valentine, and became the valentine of a lady. The gentlemen remained bound to the service of their valentines for a year. Young blades in Richmond observed the sentiments of the day by sending flowers and cards to their friends, and school boys, experiencing the first twinges of puppy love sent epistolary missives. "Schoolmarms" were the recipients of comics from lads seeking to avenge themselves for some fancied wrong.

ODD FELLOWS CONFER JEWEL ON G. BISHOP

Whitewater Lodge, at Annual Roll Call Honors Man Who Has Been Member for More Than Fifty Years. SECRETARY REPORTS RESOURCES $66,024 Report Also Shows That the Order Spent a Total of $3,417.21 for Charitable Purposes During 1913. With five of the eight members who have been Odd Fellows for a half cen tury or more present, annual roll call of the Whitewater lodge, I. O. O. P. passed off last night as the most successful of the lodge's history, George Bishop, the honor man of the evening being presented with a gold and diamond Honorable Veteran's jewel for fifty years of work in the degree staff. The Jewel was presented by Lawrence A. Handley and came as a complete surprise to Mr. Bishop. The honor never before has been confered to a Richmond man. The jewel is a masterpiece of the jeweler's art. It is issued by the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World and is universal. On the bar appears the letters I. O. O. F., and directly underneath is suspended th.e figures "&0" worked out In small diamonds. The pendent represents the globe, across the center of which is the word "Universal." The back is engraved with Mr. Bishop's name and the year of his initiation. Initiated In 1864. Mr. Bishop was initiated February 12, 1864 and has been a regular attendant all the fifty years of his membership. He has held various offices in the lodge, having passed the chairs in 1867. For 37 terms he has served In the 0ffice cf Right SuDDorter to the has worked constantly in the degree

He is also a member of Oriental En-1 " HITEW ATLR Ind., Feb. 14. This campment No. 28 and Eden Rebekah'1"1 J"" have its annual turn-out lodge No. 30. He is now serving as next Saturday for the double purpose

district deputy grand patriarch. Mr. Handley closed his presentation! speech with a poem dedicated to Mr. tiisnop. ine recipient oi tne jewei of honor responded with a short talk, in which he expressed his gratification of treatment he received and of the signal honor which was conferred nnon him There were about 300 Odd Fellows!

present and about 225 responded toi"clPe- Ce l . u "al aa? " JS the roll call of Whitewater lodge. : 4tne biggest event of the year in the

Sixty who had been members for , i. . ai iweniy-uve years or more, responueu and nineteen who had been members tor more tnan torty years answerea

roll call. Each of these was presented larra OI aienune nituaruson p asi oi with a carnation as a badge of dis-! hereD rought in $6,800. Several huntinction bv Dr. Robert A. Chattin. , dred Persons were at the sale Wednes-

Each of the five present who have been members fifty or more years, (Continued on Page Eight.)

H. J. ALLEN ATTENDS BULL MOOSE FEAST Progressives Rally to Hear Leaders Speak At Conference and Attend State Banquet.

BEVERIDGE PRESENT Foulke Presides Tonight Price and Party Workers Represent Wayne County At Gathering. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 14. The Progressives of Indiana assembled at 10 o'clock today at the Indiana Progressive club rooms in the Hume Mansur building for a rally which will terminate in a banquet at the club room tonight. Edwin M. Lee, chairman of the Indiana Progressive state central committee, is presiding at the conference. Henry J. Allen, editor of the Wichita, (Kas.) Beacon, will come in this afternoon with former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge and will be entertained at the Beveridge home. Mr. Beveridge is just returning from the Progressive rally at Topeka, Kas., and induced Mr. Allen to come to Indiana with him for the rally and banquet. Congressman W. H. Hinebaugh, chairman of the Progressive congressional committee came in from Washington at noon and is being entertained by George L. Denny. The dinner will open at 6:30 and the program will begin at 8 o'clock. Following the banquet the club rooms will be thrown open to the rank and file of Progressives of the city. More than 200 out state progressives were on hand at the Indiana Progressive club headquarters when the conference opened. FOULKE TO PRESIDE. William Dudley Foulke will be toastmaster at tonight's banquet. Cliff Price, Progressive county chairman, is in attendance with a number of Wayne county workers. TOWN'S POPULATION TO ATTEND JUBILEE Whitewater Will Celebrate Washington's Birthday en Masse to Get Funds. luuu.-.uU,(.uuR iu Washington and to raise funds for the -"emoriai nay ceieDration next .May. j --. M J -kh-;. . j nic sPead speaking, singing, danci auu. ul ol"er IO,riU8 OI emercainment will start with the opening of i lnf, ariernoon garnering. "'r'-"""" " ,n I'"- " '- ulBlu ""' uau aua partown. SALE BRINGS $6,800. MILTON, Feb. 14. A sale at the j aay. wnen mos OI ine property was soia. a restaurant was openea oy John Ingcrman and a flourishing business was done.

CONDITIONS IN TWO SCHOOLS REFLECT POVERTY IN HOMES

SCHOOL TO ISSUE BI-WEEKLY PAPER Plans Completed for Publication and Work Will Start At Once. Plans have been completed for the publication of the high school newspaper and work will be started Immediately for Its first issue. The paper, the name of which has not been decided upon will Contain four pages with four columns to each page. It will carry all accounts of the school events and also advertisements. Its issuance will be fashioned after) local papers. j Principal PIckell hopes to publish it every two weeks, but it is not known whether this can be accomplished or not because of the inexperience of the pupils. Every two or three issues a magazine edition will be gotten out. The sheet will sell for two cents a copy and it is estimated that out of the 750 students enrolled at the high school, 600 of them will be regular subscribers. Following is the staff: Managing editor, Horatio Land; city editor, Roland Ball; country editor, Marie Bachmeyer; editorial writer Robert Jackson; advertising manager, Herbert Thompson; circulation manager, Wilbur Ball; social editor. Ruth Shera; sporting editor, Eugene Quigg; reporters, Edith Haworth, Jessie Parshall and Ralph Rogers. OLD ICE COMPANY IS TRUST KELLEY Counsel for Wayne Ice Com - pany Says Charge Made several lears Ago Has

Never Been Refuted. "I know of several children who frequently come to school in (ho

WILL MEET DEMAND TWIntro Pnnr Parenna Will UeCiareS rOOr rerSOnS 111 Be Able to Obtain Small a ex r... . AmOUntS Of Ice W ltnOUt I)..,,;-- r,iir. RswOro vuupuu ajuunj. . W. H. Kelley, counsel for the Wayne Ice company, recently organized to compete against the so-called local "ice trust." composed of the lndeptndent Ice company, owned by B. H. John - son secretary to Governor Ralston, jand the Union Ice company, owned by Otto Rettig. charged today that sHl - ing agreement between Johnson and Rettig was a combination in restraint of trade and a violation of the statutes of the state. "That charge was made before a Jury several years ago by Attorney I incnaru jacKson. representing ine v ., ('. & L. railroad company which was suing the Union Ice company for condemnation of property," said Mr. Kelley," and that charge was never refuted. The agreement which existed between the two ice companies at that time has since been renewed and is still In existence." Mr. Kelley also said the Union and Independent companies had enjoyed a monopoly of the ice business in Rich- - mond for several years and that they had maintained a standard price through a delivery company, of which they were joint owners. Formed Delivery Company. "That delivery company purchases its ice from both the Independent and Union companies and pays 2.fi' a ton for it, then this company wholesales its ice at an excessive price, which it has been able to maintain because the 'trust' has no competition," said Mr. eKlley. "To provide competition and insure the necessary supply of artificial ice the Wayne Ice company was organ ized. Our company has as stockhold ers om-nnt.r r lnrn'ncr nooro rf ice in wholesale quantities in the city. l.u... i Among the stock holders are several saloon keepers." Mr. Kelley says the Wayne company expects to secure the bulk of the trade of saloonists. confectioners, meat markets, restaurants and other . . ... J 1 I 11

Dusiness concerns Decause win j inio "nt-i nave Deen the worst its ice at reasonable rates. ,n m" experience," said Prof. Ramsey Mr. Kelley asserts the combined j today. "I have wanted to provide daily output of artificial ice of the luncheons for the children, but the Johnson and Rettig plants is only school board lias no authority to fiforty tons, while an investigation by j nance such a plan so it could not be the officers of the new ice company , established.

has revealed the fact that there is a ficial ice during the five spring and Bummer months. Demand Not Met. "The ice 'trust' has never seen fit to meet this demand by installing additional machinery," said Mr. Kelley, "and it will be remembered that each summer of late there has been an ice shorage, to the great annoyance of those dealers who purchase ice in whWnio Quantities." Mr. Kelly also asserted today that the Johnson-Rettig combination had only recently made an effort again to stifle competition by making overtures to have its delivery company purchase the entire output of the Wayne company's artificial ice machines. When this offer was turned down, Mr. Kelly said anotehr offer to purchase the surplus supply of tbe Wayne company was made, and this was also refused. "The Wayne company is engaged exclusively in the wholesale artificial XCoatiaued. oa Page Two.)

HUNGRY CHILDREN SCARCELY ABLE TO PROSECUTE STUDIES

Lack of Proper Nourishment and Warm Clothing Forces Many to Fall Behind in Work Principals Declare. t crfcfr, rnr onirnnT OLMII! bU 1U aLnUUL WITHOUT BREAKFAST ; Treasurer Jnrtfan nf Qrtinnl AreaMirer JOraan OI SCflOOl Hoard Says it Would Be an Economical Policy to Install Lunch Rooms. Desperate conditions existing la hundreds of Richmond homes are reflected in reports made today by principals of two public schools, one in Riverdale and one in Fairview. "Conditions among the poor peopla in Riverdale are the worst I have ever observed in the seven years I hare been connected with the Whitewater school." declared Prof. D. D. Ramsey, the principal or that school. "A large number of children at the Sevastopol school are members of families which are suffering from abject poverty, and constant assistance h j to be given such children to keep them . in school." said Prof. J. W. Outland. of that school. Investigations made in these two '.'rfrirSSSU'JErS ZZ''J?1? TnJs condition is most noticeable at i the WhltsuDio. -,.1. i I inK without having had any breakuiuuuy saia Pror. Ramsey. School Board Aeti j Tlie school board has been active J this winter in the relief of school chilof Prtytricken families, supplying clothing, shoes and In s-veral capes- fr-. the board ha I10 autnority to Provide food for poor,v nourished children. ! '"-tt,urer . naries Jordan of the , scnooi board, however concnrrwl in suggestion made to him todar that local charitable organization's do n better work than provide ,!ie ''nances for operating small lunch roni in the schools attended bv the greatest number of poor children, ' Not more than $150 or $200 would be required it is believed, to ourrhaso enough supplies for such schools, and 1 ",e wnooi Doard. should such relief be. provided, would furnish evervining necessary to prepare the food for th. children who hav heard th growl of the wolf throughout the wiater. Supply Eye Glasses. "It costs about $40 per year for ea.cn school child s education." said Mr. Jordan. "If for some cause which could have been remedied A child fails in his class work and has to do it over again the next year, then the state is placed at an extra expense for that child's education. We probnblv havexceeded our authority in purchasing eye glasses for some children, but such policy lias leen an economical one, for in neany cery case of this kind the . - ---- V m & ID glasr-es have permitted the child to kp up in its school work." If any child works most of its school day without proper nourishment, it nec essarily falls behind in its studies, therefore from an economical standpoint the best policy for the state would be to provide sufficient food for such a child which fact is recognized by the local school board, but it can not act as it so desires in such cases because the state laws will not n. mit the proper relief." Today a fund of $1,150 was turned over to the Associated Charities for its -u-.i. renei worK the money holrii- ' ' Id-TUL t IIJITIT V COTl. " the tabernacle, and it probably wl be suggested that 0, - VI money be used for feeding school children coming from homes where the utmost destitution prevails. Would Provide Luncheons. "Conditions at the Whit I Cnfltftsxt tKlo K.tnt 1 . ! "There are 315 pupils In mr school now and at least half of them come (Continued on Page Eight.) I WEATHER FORECAST GOVERNMENT SUMMARY. For Indiana Fair and continued cold tonight and Saturday. TEMPERATURE Noon 19 Maximum 15 Minimum 4 11 LOCAL FORECAST W. E. MOORE. Fair weather is expected to prevail tonight and Sunday. Continued cold. SUMMARY. The great Texas storm is now passing into the Atlantic ocean High barometer pressure now prevails over most of the United States and under its influence cold weather should prevail for a while. -V