Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 90, 24 February 1914 — Page 1

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PALLADIUM SURVEY REVEALS HEED OF EXTENDING CHARITY School Teachers Stoutly Maintain Hunger Keeps Children From Attending Whitewater School. POOR PUPILS NEED COVERING FOR FEET Families Live in Houses With Windows Broken and Fight the Cold With Store Boxes As Fuel. Charges that suffering among the poor of Richmond was greatly exaggerated -were quashed today when charity workers were convinced that condition in the north part of the city beggar description.. To ascertain from first-hand Information the true status of the poor, The. Palladium today sent representa tives to the north end schools and ordered a survey of the homes where 1 poverty was said to prevail. ; The Palladium was not able to complete its survey, but cases which came to hand prove conclusively the statement that, there Is absolute want and ; Buffering. k; . . . ..;..-. ... fAnawews rNijjrit Call. ; As City Missionary Candler is snowbound In her home, the cases to which here atteujtipn wa-calhsd by ,The Palladium over the ' telephone, were ordered relieved'by the charity worker. j Calls, came into (The Palladium of fice last, night from persons needing help. Impassable snow drifts in the north end, which stalled a high-power , automobile in which The Palladium representatives were rusneci, compen-; t-u omy Bcaniy renei iasi nigni. Persons with charitable inclinations called the office last night and offered clothing for poor persons. The Palladium has turned the distribution of aid over to the proper authorities. Suffer in Cold House. Huddled together in three small rooms, a family of five little children, the father a paralytic, the mother struggling to provide for her dependents this Is one picture of real life, painted by fate, and to be viewed by persons charitably inclined who visit homes in the north end these days. The floors are uncarpeted, panes in the windows and doors broken, per- j JllilllliPk suun l W MIU 1UIU C railed home. In one stove there is a smouldering fire, and when that dies out members of the destitute family will be compelled to wait until char- ( Continued on Page Ten.) DEALERS IN COAL HAVE BUSY TIME Report Heaviest Business in Years Although There Is No Danger of Famine. With the arrival of the blizzard came the demand for coal, local dealers reporting the heaviest business in jears. The offices of dealers of the city being literally flooded with orders. Practically every concern has put on an additional force of men in an effort to fill the orders. Condition of the streets makes the delivery of coal next to impossible, the heavy wagons proving loo much for the horses to pull, in many cases horses becoming exhausted and having to be replaced before a trip can pe completed. The demand for coal, coming from the poorer districts of the city was never greater, many persons asking for small amounts, as low as 25 cents worth. Inability of the coal compan lea to fill these orders is causing manx, a home to be without warmth, end only a break in the weather will clleviate conditions. There is no immediate danger of a coal famine in this city as dealers Jiave a good supply on hand. FARMER FOUND DEAD IN BIG SNOWDRIFT MARION, Ind.. Feb. 24. Eli BeekInan, 77 years old, was found frozen to death in a snow drift half way between his house and barn on his farm near Panquo today. Beekman, although in a feeble condition started for the barn to do the milking last evening and failed to return

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BUREAU OF CHARITY URGED TO OBVIATE DELAYS OP RELIEF Blizzard Drives Home Necessity of Central Head to Supervise Distribution of Immediate Aid. COMMERCIAL CLUB COMMITTEE TO MEET Jordan Hopes Charity Organizations will Assist in Development of Idea to Systemize Endeavor. Need of a central charity bureau with an efficient head was demon strated by the suffering attending the i blizzard which struck Richmond Sun-1 day and continued without abatement until today. i or I A meeting has been called Thursday afternoon at the Commercial club rooms for the purpose of organizing the proposed bureau. All charitable societies are requested to send representatives, instructed as to wnetner tneir respective organiza tions will join the bureau. Charles Jordan, father of the move ment, in speaking of the plan today, said that It would have three good results: ir "Would assist in the raising of funds. 2. Money would be judiciously expended; there would be no duplications and no indigent persons missed. 3. Study of problems In how to bring about relief in a permanent way. Sees Permanent Aid. According to Mr. Jordan most of i the nrpflni7J(f,inric a-ra honrtilv in fa. : vor of the idea and will co-operate. : It is Mr Jordan.s opinion that it witU brir, reiir.,, ,v, n roo ! of (-haritv norlr nnrt will Ho mrh to. , - ..... . . . . . v wards bringing about temporary and also permanent relief. In this connection Mavor Tfohhina has offered a suggestion to Mr. Jordan which tho former heiievea ran ho '

worked out satisfactorily. The city!wnom Secretary Bryan has commandexecutive believes that a secretary j ed a trial from the Constitutionalist should be appointed for the bureau ! was freed a week ago at Juarez acwho could also perform the duties of j cording to an announcement made by a police matron. i Gen. Villa today. The statement from

Provides Work. "During the winter the secretary could devote most of her time to the work of the charity bureau and in the j summer when there is little charity work sne couid spend her time in look ing after young girls," said the may or. "I have not given this matter much thought but I believe something of the sort would be a good thing. The city and the bureau could pay her salary." The recent cold spell has shown the need of a centralized charity body. This fact is proved by persons who were in dire circumstances and in need of instant aid. Many telephon ed social workers but were referred to others and these in turn told the applicants to talk to some other officer in the charitable society. Temporary relief, consequently, was not obtained in many cases and iu oilier cases it was not received until late today. A charity bureau, it is believed, with a person at its head who is authorized to give instant aid where it is needed, will do much to solve the problem. The Associated Charities, township trustee and school attendance officer were busy today issuing orders for coal and provisions to worthy perAGED WOMEN DEAD Center Township Residents Called to Beyond. CENTER VILLE, Ind., Feb. 24. Two aged women, prominent residents of Center township, died yesterday and today, Mrs. Lucinda Grimes, aged 78, and Mrs. Catherine E. Meek, aged 82. Mrs. Grimes died Monday at the home of her sister, Mrs. McConaha. Paralysis and complications caused her death. She was a sister of Thomas Eliason and an aunt of Walter McConaha of Richmond. Funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Chamnesa will officiate. Burial at Elkhorn cemetery. Mrs. Meek died at one o'clock this morning from paralysis'. She is survived by six children, Dr. L. M. Meek and Charles and Carson Meek of Centerville, Dr. Joseph Meek of Boston, Ind., James Meek of Chicago, and John Meek of Nebraska. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial at Locust Grove cemetery.

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Confer With Shiveley, of Foreign Relations Committee, Relative to Killing of British Subject. ACTION IS DEMANDED Certain Well Known Sena tors Urge Administration to Take Drastic Steps in Mexican Controversy. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24 A discussion of the Mexican situation between President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan delayed the conference meeting today. When the conference ended Senator Shiveley, acting chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, was summoned to the white house. The execution of William S. Benton, and the disappearance of Gustave Bauch were the chief subjects of discussion between the president and I Secretary Bryan. Senator Shiveley was summoned as a result of threats made by certain senators to demand from the administration more enegetic action in Mexico. NOT TO ACCEPT PLEA. The State Department to Investigate Villa's Statement About Killing. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. General Villa's plea of "not guilty" in connection with the disappearance or Gustova 'Roiir-h will nnt hp accented bv the state department unless the miss ing man is found, according to information secured from an authortative source today. Discrepancies between the statement of Villa and his officers at Juarez, who admitted that the American had been taken to Chihuahua for trial, leiiiciiu LU ub ciuiamcu. 1 uia s !- i ure to send the body of William S. i Benton across tha Jmri upon her request, lias tended to strengtnen tne Deuet tnat.an examin-i ation of 'the body would show that j Benton was not executed by a bring squad. The excuses that Benton's grave i was unmarked and therefore could not be located, as put forth by officers at Juarez, will hardlv hold water, accord J I. vnA. AVnWAr.c.n Km- fn cials today, SAYS BAUCH WAS FREED. Villa Declares He Knows Nothing of Other Three Men. CITY OF CHIHUAHUA, Feb. 24. Gustav Bauch, the American for the rebel leader was received with reservation here because rebel officers at Juarez declared last week that the American prisoner had been taken to this city to stand trial on charges of being a spy. Villa also declared that he had no knowledge of three other men Law - rence, Curtis and Compton, whose friends at El Paso fear that they have met the same fate as that of W. S. Benton, the Englishman who was put to death. CALLS VILLA "LIAR." EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 24. "Villa is a liar. He knows where Gustave Bauch is. It would not surprise us to learn that the American has been exe - cuted secretly." This bitter comment was made today by a leading citizen of El Paso, who has been helping Mrs. J.j M. Patterson. Ranch's sister, in her M. Patterson, Bauch's sister, in her efforts to find the missing man. STEAMERJREAKS ICE North Atlantic Sea Is Frozen Say Dispatches. SYDNEY, Nova Scotia. Feb. 24. While wireless inquiries, were incessantly flashing out over the frozen North Atlantic today the government ive breaking steamer Stanley set off down the coast in searcn ot tne jjominion Coal company's Lengen with 40 men on board, which has not been heard from since she left. Everett, Mass., last. Tuesday for Lewisburg, Cape Breton. T WEATHER FORECAST f - FOR INDIANA Fair and not so cold tonight and Wednesday. TEMPERATURE. Noon 11 YESTERDAY. Maximum 12 Minimum 2 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST FOR RICHMOND. Continued fair tonight and probably Wednesday. SUMMARY. Cold wave is passing southeastword. A storm is developing in the far west and should bring warmer weather after the middle of the week with snow or rain.

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Despite Cola, Snow and Blustery Wind, Women Tramp Around Streets Rounding Up Workers and Cohorts. LIEUTENANTS SERVE COFFEE AND ROLLS First Ballot Is Cast by Aged Woman, Mother of Mrs. Julia Agnew, An Aldermanic Candidate. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. Seven women today entered the political . list with nearly two hundred men iu the pri-; mary fight for seats in the city coun cil. Despite cold, snow and wind, the women made a remarkable battle. Standing about in the snow in front of the polling places, the women workers electioneered for their favorite candidates, challenging suspects and insisting on their rights. Strenuous efforts were made to bring out women Voters, but most of tnem pleaded for time to "dress. The presence of women at polling places was responsible for the fact that during the first five hours of voting there were only three small fights. Miss Sarah M. Hopkins and Marie Gerhardt, Democrats, were fighting for the nomination against two male Democrats. In five other wards wornen canaiaaiea werw uyyuoeu. mi a. j it J-a. -.v.t HiTm. T. lia Agnew, the Thirty-first ward, was tramping through the snow this morning at t:-5U OCIOCK. lining up ner cuuuiib. ; "My lieutenant has been perfectly,. lovely," said Mrs. Agnew. Mrs. Marlon H. Drake, who opposes "Bath House John" Coughlln In the First ward, started on a round of polling nloiio at K nVlnpV in an automo bile. At nearly every polling place J she had her lieutenants serve coffee and rolls to cold and hungry men and WUIUCI1. i The first ballot of th day was cast

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Gray's Committee Favors j Pennsylvania officials at Indianapom r4-lu:-. tji lis announced that their St. LouisTwo Battleship Flan or.New York line had been opened all

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j. Four interurban lines out of IndiaWASHINGTON, Feb. 24 The house i napolis were still out of commission, naval affairs committee today ordered j these being the Crawfordsville, Dana two battleship program for the fis-; ville, Rushville and Richmond sys-

cal vear 1914-1915. Besides two bat-j tleships at 1 15.000.000. there will be six destroyers at $1,500,000 each: one seaeoinK submarine at $1,100,000; three coast defense submarines at $630,000 each and four harbor defense submarines at $375,000 each; while; $140,000,000 is fixed as the approxi- ! mate cost of the service during the j next year. j Representative Gray of Indiana, who i was pledged against the program was absent. "PALL" CARRIERS DELIVER ON TIME Despite the many feet of snow and I frenuent drifts in the outlying uis1 tricts the Palladium carrier boys were j able to make their deliveries on scheduled time. An automobile was ono-ao-eH to tnke the naners to the varengaged to take the papers to the var ious sub-stations. This gave the Palladium carriers a chance to make their deliveries long before any other newspapers were in the same territory, in addition to the fact that it saved them a long walk to the city office. Clothes Freeze to Firemen , Not in years have train crews on tne pPnnsvlvania lines suffered as they did yesterday and today. Brakemen on freight trains nearly collapsed when their trains reached Richmond, while firemen were unable to descend from their cabins without aid. Unable to make any other motion but that required to swing a shovel of coal into, the firebox, the fireman on the first engine of No. 20, which crawled into Richmond at 7:30 o'clock last night, hours behind time, was lifted from the cabin and carr eidinto the waiting room. Muscles in his body refused to do their duty, and no will power of the half frozen man was strong enough to compel action. Constant swinging of the shovel had kept the muscles of his back and arms limber, while the intense cold and fatigue had completely enervated other muscles. Supplies Clothing. When the fireman of No. 14 arrived with his engine, his clothing was stiff as a board. The railroad company supplied him with a complete new outfit before It permitted him to continue the run. A fireman from an eastbonnd pas

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Whole Country From Atlantic to Rockies Covered With Snow Blocking Rail and Electric Lines. 5 DEAD IN CHICAGO Indianapolis Reports All the Traction Lines Preparing to Resume Normal Running Schedules. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. The entire upiper Mississippi and Ohio valley regions were storm bound today as the result of the fiercest blizzard of the winter. The storm was milder today but recovery from the effects of the blizzard was difficult. Practically the entire country from the Atlantic coast to the Rockies and Tennessee to the Canadian borders was covered with snow. In Chicago where snow has fallen nearly every day since February 1, snow again began falling at 6 a. m. today with promise of heavy precipitation. Trains from all directions entering Chicago today were delayed for hours Death Claims Fivo. Five deaths in Chicago were attributed to the storm. In all parts of Ohio railroad and interurban trains were blocked by jQn H-fto nrta fmn. nhi.-. ; I cities told of the demoralization of hardest hit. A fuel famine being ! . . . . . . i T tl.cnrl : . ..,, hinpkoi 1 ' " " " by great snow arms. TRANSPORTATION TIED UP. nterurban and Rail Service DemoralIzed by Blizzard. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 24. Although the bliziard and accompanying snow fall had anllralr haf.ri snri a Virioht 1

prevanes over inaiana toaay, trans- wuem!gbt have been a heavy loss to portation facilities continued in a eadf j merchant ly crippled condition. W Prompl steps were taken by city. Newcastle reported two fast trains irfli'Bad and interurban officials today New York to Chicago and Chicago tof to alleviate a conditions with which Cincipnatl and two local passenger! they have not coped for many years, trains on the Pennsylvania system t Blizzard Intense, were still in the snow drifts on with- f yew people could be found today or side of Newcastle, where they had who remembered a blizzard which so been stalled since early yesterda completely tied up railroad traffic and

and twenty-nine nours nave eiapsea since a tram naa eniereu uie cuy over the way and that the Chicago line i would be open by noon. terns. Headway was being made on ; all other electric systems to state j points and promises of schedule time being restored by nightfall were made. GRANTS NEW TRIAL Court Gives Becker Another Chance For Freedom.

at oamv XT v r v .1 i aged ee.?. ?' , I ' and four engines sent from Richmond. ALBAN Y, N. Feb. 24.-Charles enous appetites of wolves when res-; cars f tne snowbound traln were . Becker, the ex-heutenant of police, . cued j trlrated one at a time and hauled now in the death house at Sing Sing. ; Open Schedule. back to Rlohmond. This work was under sentence to be electrocuted for Effort to open a schedule was made completed late iast night. After the the murder of Herman Rosenthal in , by the Terre Haute. Indianapolis & bi . low pa8sed through HaNew yortL city, was today granted a Eastern Traction company at 6 o clock serstown this afternoon No. 47 was renew trial. The decision was today this morning, when it sent a car to ki i. .

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t. . """"'," iv. , , A -. A M ! No. 41. wuien lert Kichmond yesBecker in December 1913, and revers- was stalled in the cut below Earlham ! terdav morning at 7 o'clock for Chied the conviction. ! college when it ran into a snow drift j

The decision of the court caused no surprise. Judge Werner dissented from the decision of his colleagues reversing the conviction, which was reached before Justice Goss. Bodies of and 'Engineers senger train that had fought its wayall day yesterday through drifts, staggered into the waiting room late last night to file a message to his family, with his clothes frozen stiff to his body. He said he had no sense of feeling in feet, hands and ears. No cab was able to protect engineers and firemen from the snow which drove onto them, melted from the warmth of the body, and soon coated the luckless men with a sheet of ice. Firemen were forced to work nam to Keep up steam in tne Doners ana neat m me coacnes. uoin engineers ana uremen wouiu not risk coming into warm places at the station, but contented themselves with walking through the waiting room and then going to the platform where they rubbed their frozen limbs with snow to prevent frost bites. Extra call boys were on duty all last night to bring supply crews for A. A. iL.i 11 a 1 A. T" the trains that limped into Richmond hours behind schedule. Switchmen and brakemen asserted that yesterday's blizard caused more suffering among railroaders than any other storm for many years.

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STREETS PASSABLE AFTER TWEMI1 HOURS OF BLOCKADE Snowbound City Emerges From Worst Blizzard Felt in Eastern Indiana in 20 Years. INTERURBAN TRAFFIC ASSUMES SCHEDULE Street Department Clears Away Drifts Eight Feet High and Opens Sidewalks For Residents. Richmond today Is recovering from 1 the worst blizzard It has experienced . , ! In twenty years. After an isolation j of almost twenty-four hours with in- i terurban and railroad lines blockaded by storms, streets impassable and -.i.h ih .... v.u v. .... itnsi ui&u iu iiim-cra, mtr K iiy idle luis afternoon was emerging from the mantle of snow that began to fall Sunday morning. Complete cessation of business majk4 the growing intensity of the storm jester&ay.and even today there was little acuity In Main street ern.n. TO.. . i. . . I cjty tra nsportation as the storm which ay held Wayne county in Its yesterday neld Wayne

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inunicauon eunereu comparau njr m- , . ,A . . , , , . here at 10 o clock this morning, after tie from the storm The fine driving twentjr.two hour8 of hard vork. Th( snow dry and hard, did 1 not : cling .to crew h the wires, and permitted communica- l hen uken from tne train ne tion all over the state p,,, exhausted. The big flanger It was noon today before traction , . to Logansservice between Richmond and Indi -: . . t 4 . .

anapolis was resumed. Last night. after two snowbound cars at ("ambridge City, one at Dublin and one at ! Dunrieth had been literally dug out : of huge drifts and their passengers put . aboard a Pennsylvania local train aid brought to Richmond, tne work of clearing the line was begun. A big Fnow plow was started west from Cam-; bridge City and went as far as Indi - anapolis. Another plow left Cambridge City to clear the track to Richmond, The four snowbound traction cars I ?di!I"ri fiJTi at night. There were only three or ' c; " . " " ' lour passengers on earn car, uo man - Indianapolis. The car had little trouvi .v. i.-i. k.. .. r i - irntt in cr i no niiT" nmiro rvi l t irt six feet deep. After a gang of men. sent by Super intendent Gordon, had cleared the track, the car proceeded west in an effort to restore communication with Indianapolis. Snow shovelers went along to dig the car out of drifts which traction officials feared would stall the j car between here and Greenfield. Interurban connection with Dayton j and other eastern points is not exj pected all day. There was no power ' to move a wheel on the Ohio Electric l lines this morning. Reports that had 1 drifted Into the city were that power houses at Hamilton. Dayton and West Alexandria were out of commission. City Service Resumes. City street car service, suspended about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, was partially resumed about the same ! hour this morning on the Main street j and Eighth street lines. Street Commissioner Knollenberg early this morning tackled the gigan- ; tic job of having hundreds of tons of ; snow removed from the streets and j sidewalks in every section of the city. : Ten ?now plows were assigned to the f job wbile seven wagons were used In 1 bauling away the snow. A gang of j fourteen men cleaned street intersections and assisted in shoveling snow into wagons. Hundreds of men found employment from householders opening up sidewalks, and by afternoon there was scarcely a street or sidewalk that was impassable, a marked change In the condition of yesterday when the con- ..... . stantly drifting snow.- made traffic practically Impossible, and compelled the annuling of nearly all delivery service. .Continued from Page Five.)

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PEIillSY" RAILROAD STILL FIGHTS SHOW BLOCKING SERVICE Only One Train, TwentyFour Hours Late, Leaves Richmond to Buck Way to Chicago. OFFICIALS SUSPEND FREIGHT SERVICE Flanger From Logansport After Twenty-four Hours Work Succeeds in Bucking Way Into City. After a twenty-four-hour battle belbe "'iT'J?1 -i!!0 .'nd tQe storm king, which buried eastern Indiana and western Ohio under tons of snow, honors stood about even at noon today. Conditions on the Richmond and Indianapolis divisions of the Pennsylvania and on the Grand Rapids ft Indiana, in fact, were about the same today as yesterday, although the fury of the storm abated before 7 o'clock last evening. Today Superintendent Le Boutelller of the Richmond division again suspended freight service, and annulled all passenger trains operating north and south out of Richmond, except" train No. 19. which left at noon for Chicago, just twenty-four hours late. "6."R. I. Operates.". ' Partial traffic wan restored on the G. R. & I., and fairly good passenger servise was established over the line between Columbus, O., and Indianapolis, via of Bradford and f-iqua. No service, either freight or passenger, was attempted today over the Richmond-Dayton branch of the Cincinnati division. X- ZZ V - .Kan8P0.r !el i- CJ!" I1 . T. ..,., I Drift Three Thousand Feet Long. The worst places along the division were at Honey Creek. Sulphur Springs and near Hagerstown. The drift which No. 47. bound fof Logansport. ran into yesterday morning was three thousand feet long, and from six to eight feet deep. It took five hours to ut tlirrkiio-Vi it with ttlA ennn- nlrkm ,nl 1 t of the crew wa8 forced t ut ,n front of ,he outflt and j The ine wouM repeat?dlv back on ' froot 0H thon ,nm lhk . high te of 1 speea. , ',n tniB deep drJft ha,f burled : orw, .v. t, tK. i ttm rntl tnM ; uip i me rear ui me iuukh. . . ... H . (Continued on Page Three) THIEF TAKES CHANGE FROM MILK BOTTLE North Sixteenth Street Resident Gives Chase But Man Escapes. Because milk men could not reach their customers on North Sixteenth street at the proverbially early hour, a number of residents living between A and B streets lost small chance which they had placed In milk bottles on their front porches. A bold and daring daylight thief "stalked" several milk bottles and one by one removed the money In them. The man. apparently not a tramp, worked cautiously as though he had had previous experience or had planned his work. After each theft he sauntered away to await any signs of detection. C. W. Buchanon. 106 North Sixteenth street, saw his neighbor's milk bottles being robbed and approached the Interloper who Immediately took to his heels without suffering an Interview. Buchanon ran after him down North A street where he lost sight of him when the thief hid in the back yards of residents of North Fifteenth stresC

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