Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 100, 7 March 1914 — Page 1

Offl) JLAJDIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS VOL. XXXIX. NO. 100 RICHMOND, IND SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1914 F ront Bustle Gown and Bell Coat, Parisian Sensations Here to Stay WELL KNOWN MEN WILL TALK BEFORE MEETINGSJJF DRYS Advocates of Saloonless City Will Hold Meetings Every Night Until Day of Local Option Election. THROW OPEN CHURCH DEMAND OF YOUTH PROMOTERS LACK ABOUT $9,000 TO BY PASSENGER ID OUT TO Guest House Workers Meet Monday to Outline Plans For Future Action on the Project. PAY CAR FARE

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DR. LYONS EXPLAINS STAND OF PREACHERS President Kelly Points Out Advantages of Drys to Help Welfare of Earlham College. Declaring that Earlham college will lose several score of students if Richmond goes wet at the local option election March 24. President It. L. Kelly, addressed the crowd waiting for Bishop W. F. Anderson at the tabernacle last night. Local statistics showing why, in their belief, Richmond should go dry, will be given at every temperance meeting at the tabernacle herafter, S. Edgar Nicholson, chairman of the dry forces, announced last night, and read a police court report showing that half of the arrests in the city for 1913 were for intoxication. Bishop Anderson, who was the speaker at a banquet at the First M. church, was loudly applauded by the audience Kelly Speaks. i While awaiting him, S. Edgar Nich- j oison, t'ror. is.euy ana me kc-v. s. k. Lyons made short talks, Mr. Nichol son turning the chair over to Presi- j dent Kelly. ! "The schools. churches, wives mothers, brothers and sisters, physicians and manufacturers are for a j dry town," President Kelly said. "I believe that the intelligent labor fac-1 Tion will vntn rtrv T rtori't lrnnw what to say about the business men. But j jou people must siana up ana snow them where to stand. "The business side of the wet or dry town has been much emphasized In this campaign. The fact that there will be fifty or more empty store rooms has been played upon. But if this town goes wet and Earlham loses i 5 w.ntJ Jde.sra-d. !L'nUle 1 na.l niuvn L Liu-L II U lllUt I III". will lose far more by them than it will by the fifty empty store rooms." Explains Ministers' Stand. Dr. Lyons proclaimed the stand of the Ministerial association, and said i the ministers hud been criticized be- ! ause they had taken too little part j in trie campaign. The reason, he said, j vas the fact that in the campaign of j several weeks ago, the ministers had ! been severely criticized for taking too j great a part. i President Kelly, Dr. Lyons and S. ? Edgar Nicholson asked the people to ; read an afternoon paper which has j openly declared itself dry. "We want you to get that paper and read every thing in it, President Kel

ly said. "We thank God there ia an I dency of Mexico in return for the reeditor with the moral courage to come j peal of the clause in the Panama ca-

forward for the drys. Read that let ter from a Winchester man, signed by fifty of the cream of Winchester's merchants, and see if that is a dead town because it's dry. Read the communications and editorials. We want you to get everything in it that is dry." Bishop Anderson's speech was kept ehort because of his late arrival, but the minister made an impression on the audience. Saloons Expensive. "The American saloon is the most expensive institution that the American people can support,' the bishop said. "Men addicted to liquor waste their substance. Here are some of the results. There are 100,000 paupers being supported by this country, many of them in that condition because of drink. There are 150,(100 in institutions for feeble minded, many of them hecav.se of the use of intoxicants. There is an insane population of about 200,000. The prison population numbers about 100. OHO. During the past year a half million came and went from the prisons. "On Monday, February IS. a Cincinnati paper printed a story which no one could believe. It declared that from 7 o'clock Sunday morning until 7 o'clock Monday morning there had ! rot been a single arrest in that wicked j city of Cincinnati. The people were , so astonished that they telephoned to police, headquarters to verify the story, "A Covington minister asked one of the oldest men on the force if he had ever seen anything of the kind be - fore, and if ihe closing of the saloons on Sunday had anything to do with i . . i i . . i. . . ..... i . . . . . . i : . i . . i . Jl. I licit litis PVI.UIlHJg tU UU Wll.II 11, the policeman told him. 'No, I have never seen anything like it before.' Example of Kansas. "Kansas is a good example of what the shutting out of the saloons mean to a city, county or state. Out of 103 Kansas counties. i nave no insane, have no inebriates, 65 have no prisoners, 98 county poor farms have no inmates. 53 jails are standing empty. The Illiteracy of the state has decreased to less than 2 per cent. It is the richest state in the union. 'Business at Steubenville, O., the biggest town in Ohio to vote dry. is booming. The town has a population of 30.000 and a Personal Workers' lea cue of one thousand men. "If the people spend their money for rum instead of for wholesome things, so much depreciates the standing of the community. What does the saloon do for the moral well being cf a community? "What does the saloon mean for the tnoral efficiency of the workmen of a

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FRANK TANNENBAUM. The clergy of New York are considerably agitated over the movement started by Frank Tannenbaum, a 20-year-old I. W. W. leader, who nightly leads a procession of unemployed and homeless men to the various churches of lower Manhattan, demanding that their edifices so that his unfortunate I followers may have shelter from the ; col dan dstorm during the night. Some j of the churches have acquiesced to the j demands of the youthful leader, even t serving breakfast to as many as could j crowd in the buildings. "William H. ; Havwood, foremost among the 1. W. W. Headers has declared thatTannebaum's movement will soon assume nationwide proportions for the purpose of compelling every church in the country to offer shelter to the homeless during bad weather. PACT WITH ENGLAND DENIED BY WILSO Repeal Of Toll Exemption Bill Gets Great Britain's Promise to Oust Huerta Rumor's Gist. BRYAN NON-COMMITAL El Paso Reports Soldier of Villa Shot Benton and Will Be Executed by the General. ABOARD PRESIDENT WILSON'S TRAIN, BALTIMORE, Md., March 7. Absolute denial was made today by Joseph Tumulty, secretary to President llson, of reports that Great Britain had agreed to get General Huerta out of the provisional presi' nal administration bill imposing tolls on foreign ships that pass through the canal while American coastwise ships are exempted. He classed the story as "ridiculous on its face." BRYAN NON-COMMITAL. Declines to Enter into Discussion Of Reported Agreement. WASHINGTON, March 7. Secretary Bryan declined to confirm or deny the report that Great Britain has agreed to side with the United States in ousting Huerta and to recognize Huerta's successor. "This is one of those reports upon which I cannot comment," he said. "I cannot undertake to discuss all state ments concerning our foreign policy." I CREEL LEAVES OIL CONCERN I t0 j Former Ambassador Expected Leave Mexico. MEXICO CITY, March 7. Much importance is attached to the action of Enrique Creel, former Mexican ambassadorto United States, who resigned today as managing director of the Eagle Oil company, the chief Mexican enterprise owned by the Pearson syndicate of England. It is believed that Creel is winding up his affairs, preparatory to leaving the country. j Panic was caused in financial cir-1 j cles today by an announcement that i President Huerta will issue $300,000,- j 000 in currency through the medium i ; of a new federal bank that is to be j I established in April. The first issue i will be for $50,000,000. SOLDIER SHOT BENTON. EI, PASO, March 7. William S. Benton, the British citizen whose death has aroused two continents, was shot by a member of General Francisco Villa's bodyguard and then destroyed to hide the crime, accord ing to a statement attributed to Capt. Jose Alcalde, a member of the Constitutional army in Juarez. It is believed that the soldier who shot Benton will "be put to death in order to placate the British government, if he has not already been exe cuted to prevent his exposure of the I actual facts of the case LODGE GIVES SMOKER EATON, O., March 7. An enjoyable meeting was held Friday night by Eaton lodge, No. V,0, 1. O. O. F. Work in the first degree was exemplified by the team of the lodge at Camden. A number of visitors were present Following the session a ban-

quet and smoker wer enjoyed.

GIRLS IN FACTORIES DONATE LIBERALLY

Committee Meets Late Today to C a nvass Collections Made Yesterday By Solicitors. Promoters of the Richmond Guest House movement today announced that the five days campaign to raise $20,000 to secure the $10,000 conditional offer of Mrs. Mary T. R. Foulke would not be successful despite the vigorous efforts of a large number of enthusiastic women solicitors, but, they added, this did not mean they were in the least bit discouraged. Monday night there will be a meeting of the Guest House board of directors to discuss future policies and ia almost c.ertam that a decision will be reached to renew the campaign for contributions at some later date. The promoters have until the first of next year to raise the fund required to secure Mrs. Foulke's pledge. That the working girls of the city are in thorough sympathy with the movement to secure an institution de-1 voted to their interests was shown by j the liberality of their contributions to i funds raised for the Guest House at j several local factories which depend for the most part on woman workers. Girls Are Liberal. Out of their modest wages the girls working at the Richmond Underwear factory voluntarily subscribed $102, and were assisted by nearly all the men employes. This company itself was a generous subscriber to the fund, knowing how beneficial such an institution would be to many of its employes. A voluntary donation of $39 was made by the women employes of the Beebe glove factory. The girls employed at the Indianapolis Glove company's factory raised $83.50 and the girls employed at the Adam H. Bartel company's factory contributed $67.30. This made a. total of . , $291.80 received today from the working girls as their financial encouragement to the movement. Of course the movement has had their whole-hearted moral encouragement from the first. The executive committee in charge of the campaign for contributions will hold a meeting late this afternoon and until that time it will not be known just how much the campaigners lacked I of securing the desired $20,000 in their j five days of activity. Friday evening $11,000 of the de- j sired $20,000 had been pledged, so it would have been necessary to raise $9,000 today, the last day of the campaign period. Reports received by the executive committee members at noon indicated that this amount could not be raised today. BULGARIANS RIOT PARIS, March 7. Scenese of the wildest disorder attended the general; election throughout Bulgaria, accord-1 ing to dispatches received today from Sofia. In some districts troops had j to be called out to put down dis-1 order. One Socialist candidate for parliament named Enne, was stabbed through the heart in an election riot. Scores of arrests were made and hundreds were hurt in the fighting. GET FIRST DEGREE About 250 members of the Whitewater and other Odd Fellow lodges were present last night at a meeting I in which Harry Layman, George Brenizer, Wm. F. Lavenstein. Lewis E. DeArmond,-R. Garland Willett, Dale E. Martin, Harry G. Wright, Jesse Clark and Henry Campbell were given the first degree. There were also five from Cambridge City and three from Lewisville, making a class of seventeen. They will be given the second degree next Friday night. TO HOLD INITIATION Several new members will be given the initiation work in the Quaker City Council, No. 27, United Commercial Travelers tonight. The meeting will be held in the hall on the second floor of the Masonic temple. Several matters of importance will be considered at the business meeting to follow the initiation. WEATHER FORECAST j ; FOR INDIANAday cloudy. Snow tonight; SunTEMPERATURE. Noon 33 Yesterday. Maximum 41 Minimum 25 FORECAST FOR RICHMOND. By W. E. Moore. Occasional snow this afternoon and probably tonlghL Sunday partly sloudy and unsettled. SUMMARY. The storm is now east of the Mississippi. Fair weather prevails west of the Mississippi. Unsettled weather w-ill continue until the slow moving i ctnrm fiiHlcofi thA Atlantic nrAan

LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT BUSTLE GOWN AND THE BELL COAT. The latest fashion importations from France, displayed in the windows of a fashionable modiste on Fifth avenue, has caused even the women passers-by to gasp with astonishment. Two of the creations that attracted the most attention were the front bustle gown and the bell coat. In the former creation the skirt was cut as to permit the wearing of the bustle in the front instead of the back, the resulting effect being most unusual. The Rell Coat starts from a Raglan shoulder, very narrow in effect. An unusually tight skirt is worn under this coat.

Club Hears Reports on Results in Year

Reports of all committees of the Commercial club were made at a board of directors' meeting last night. The public service committee probably did more for the city than any of the committees. The work has been in securing natural gas for the city and in endeavoring to secure a lower water rate and to aid the city officials in water works controversies. The committee on steam railroads aided Richmond merchants by prevailing upon freight officials of the railroads to give better freight service in and out of Richmond. i - . ..in......... . . . . .... ....... done little, but the chairman said there is much ahead in securing lower fire insurance rates when the new water main to the city is completed. The house committee has brought a good income to the club through subrenting the rooms of the second floor of the Masonic temple. The work of the Good Roads committee has had its effect, according to the report. An expert was secured a year ago from Washington and pointed out the needed improvements in Wayne county roads. A good membership was started in the National Old Trail association. The Municipal research committee gave the idea a firm root in Richmond and the members reported that in all probability there will be a municipal research bureau established as the result of the investigations. The entertainment committee has given successful smokers and has provided for all club entertainment during the year. The retail merchants committee reported on the credit rating book while the press and printing committee has given various matters publicity and has handled all printed matter of the club. A membership campaign was recommended by the membership committee after the complete reorganization in March and the club expects to in'SUGAR TIME" HERE What old residents call "Sugar snow" fell this morning and in a few days a number of small sugar camps will be opened in this county. It is not probable that any farmers will devote their entire time to sugaring, as most of the big groves which formerly existed in this section have been cleared away. The big maple grove at Greensfork will not be used for its sugar water this year.

The membership is now about COO. j The public health committee has i the civic improvement committee dealt with beautifying parts of 3f the city and encouraging the planting of trees, shrubs and flowers. The penal farm bill was passed j through the efforts of the committee j on legislation and taxation. The com1 mittee has plans which will make 1914 a busy year in anticipation of the 1915 session of the state legislature. Dr. Sevarence Burrage, A. F. Martinez, Finly Gray, E. H. Wolcott, F. M. Smith anH inanv r.f Vi or inetT wr orougnt to rue ciuo meetings lor speeches by the program committee, the report said. A number of prominent local mc-n also lectured. The new industries committee has several factories In line which would come to Richmond if a sufficient pecuniary consideration were made, that committee reported. ORCHESTRA DELIGHTS EATON AUDIENCE EATON, O., March 7. The Richmond high school orchestra of sixty five pieces, in concert here last evening, delighted about two hundred music lovers. The concert was given in the opera house under the auspices of Edwin Price, a well known musical promoter of this town. The school musicians presented a varied program of sacred, classical and popular mu - sic. The organization was well balanced and the melodious blending of the various instruments was a feature of the evening's concert, directed the orchestra. Prcf Sloane TO HOLD MEETING AT BAPTIST CHURCH The first colored dry mass meeting : will be held in the Mount Moriah Baptist church at Ninth and South B j streets next Wednesday night. Rev. ! C. W. McColl. a colored temperance i evangelist of Indianapolis, will be the! leading speaker and a number of local ministers will give short talks Those who will participate in the program are Rev. (. C. Sampson of the Bethel church; Rev. C. C. Goius of the Baptist church; Rev. 11. C. Pierce of the Wosleyan church: and Kc-v. A. H. Ward of the Bethel church. The meet

crease the membership to 1,000.

ly ing will opan at S o'clock.

LANDIS TO BE HERE WEEK FROM SUNDAY

Women's Dry Organization Appoints Various Committees to Assist in Work tc Hold Prayer Meetings. Sunday afternoon 2:30 o'clock. Tabernacle. Mass meeting. Rev. Tilman Hobson, of California, speaker. Monday evening, 7:30 o'clock. North A Street Friends church. Mass meeting. Oliver W. Stewart Chicago, speaker. Tuesday evening, 7:30 o'clock. Men's mass meeting. Local speakers. Wednesday evening. 7 o'clock. North Fourteenth street Mission. Mass meeting. John S. Rutledge, Cleveland. O., speaker. Wednesday evening, 8:30. Third M. K. church. Mass meeting. John S. Rutledge, Cleveland. O., speaker. Wednesday evening. 7:30. ML Moriah Baptist church. South Ninth and 3 streets. Colored mass meeting. The Rev. C. W. McColl, Indianapolis, speaker. Thursday evening. 7 o'clock. Second Lutheran church. Mass meeting. John S. Rutledge, Cleveland, O.. speaker. Friday evening, 7:30 o'clock. Tabernacle. Mass meeting. John S. Rutledge, Cleveland, Ohio, speaker.

With meetings some place in the ', Tnlcn resuuea in uram s release irom , .. durance vile this morning, city each evening next week, starting ,t ,s algo possiWe that Grant s specSucday, the drys are preparing the : tacular action will result in some first stages of their whirlwind cam- action by the city requiring cars to paign, which will onlv close with the ; stop at all street corners, local option election, March 24. j Conductor Dk-kinson has police ,,.,, powers and could have legally ejected Speakers of national and local repu- j Grant from ,he cal but DickinSon tation will be on the programs for j onco banished one of the company's talks and lectures. j patrons from a North E street car Two of the top notchers in the cam- 11113 wa8 reprimanded for his action, paign are Fred Landis, of Logansport J Calls the Police, and Daniel A. Poling, of Boston, Mass. j Consequently Dickinson decided not Both speakers are widely known ' to la? hands upon Grant last night. Inthroughout the central states and the stead he stopped his car at Fifteenth east. Landis was the Progressive anl Main streets and telephoned potaniidare for IrrotenantrgoTemor andJ,HeeheUuarter5to-sena arr officer to" at one time was Eleventh District con-'take charge of the acute situation. By gressman. He speaks at an afternoon 'the time Officer Schroeder arrived on mass meeting Sunday, March 15. (the scene there was a blockade of Daniel Poling is a well known tern-; three street cars and a large crowd on perance orator. For a number of hand awaiting with interest future deyears he was engaged in anti-saloon velopments. The patrolman dragged work in Columbus, O.. but recently the calm but obdurate Mr. Grant from moved to Boston, where he has head , the car and sent in a call for the quarters. j patrol. Women Are Active. j In the in'rim between the calling With the appointment of commit-1 for and the arrival of the patrol largo tees by the women's dry organization and exhilarating action took place, comes the announcement that they Jeff Cox approached Schroeder's catwill be actively engaged in the fight tive, who stood on a street corner puffto make Richmond dry. ing a pipe. and. according to one witTo head the committee which will ness. advised him that on his arrival

have charge of the canvassing among the different homes Mrs. Roscoe Kirk man was chosen. She will have six assistants, who will plan the work of visiting every home and talk with the housewife and distribute literature. As a second means of furthering the campaign Mrs. John Johnson, was selected chairman of the committee of five to conduct mothers meetings in ' , "V V,," .V l" c . V. . . , . " o speakers will address the women of the neighborhood. The work among the children will be headed by Mrs. Clara Graves. It is understood that she and her two assistants will visit the children and j give taiks on the results of the use of alcohol Appoints Committees. The committees selected are as fol -

lows: Canvassing. Mrs. Roscoe Kirk-! I:e also aclea u"1- wnicn is not to, man, chairman, Mrs. Adam Bartel. be expected of any officer, whether Mrs. Mather, Mrs. Joseph Beck. Mrs. veteran or cub. Cecilia Rollman, Mrs. Watt O'Neil and ' Schroeder requested -some one to. Mrs. McCurdy. j hold Grant for a minute, but Grant Mothers meeting. Mrs. John John-' sai(1 this unnecessary and the ofson. chairman, Mrs. G. A. Steelv, j ficer took him at his word. Next. Mrs. D. D. Ramsey, Mrs. J. T. Giles Schroeder assaulted the aged Mr. Cox. and Mrs. McCurdy. either with fist or "black jack," and Children's Meetings, Mrs. Clara pie slipped and fell into the gutter Graves, chairman. Mrs. N. C. Heironi-1 ih a blow on the shoulder. Then mus and Miss Jean Dunlop. j Schroeder seized him and a number The first move to be made among 'of men instantly made a rush for the the colored people is that of holding a I patrolman. Cool heads at this crisis special mass meeting for them at the ! took a hand in the affair and by much

Mt. Moriah Baptist church, Wednes - day evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. C. W. McColl, of Indianapolis will address the colored people. For a series of four meetings Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings John S. Rutledge, a Cleveland, O. temperance worker has been secured. Various women workers of the campaign have arranged a number of i prayer meetings to be held Monday 1 afternoon. The list is as follows: I Mrs. Mary Compton, 348 Randolph t ; street. j Mrs. Earl Parker, 20 South Fourtcenth street. ! Mrs. Ross Robinson, 36 i South Eleventh street. Mrs. Charles Tebbetts, 214 College avenue. Mrs. Henry Zuttermeister, 400 South Twelfth street. Wednesday Aftsrnoon. Mrs. Frunk Veregge. 906 North j Eighth street LECTURES SUNDAY ''Ylctory O'er The Grave." is the j suoject vi iae puuiic rsioie lecture to I bo eiven Sunday, at 3:00 d. m. in tho j Commercial club rooms by J. J. Cooch, of Dayton. Considerable interest is shown in this series of uusectarian lectures. The Scriptures are unfolded Iu a most interesting manner without giving ot- - lense to inose wuo may preier to i hold different views on minor points.

Fred Grant JailedRefuses to Pay Nickel Because Car Does Not Stop at Twentieth Street.

POLICEJIAN CLUBS INTERESTED WATCHER Schroeder Knocks Jeff Cox Into Gutter, While Crowd Threatens Violence to Police Officer. Fred Grant, a passenger on an eastbound MaJn street car at 6 o'clock last evening offered to pay his fare provided the car would slop at the corner cf South Twentieth and Main streets. Conductor Dickinson refused to enter Into such an agreement because hi had orders not to stop at that corner. He said his orders were to flop midway between the "jog" between North and South Twentieth streets. Mhereupon Grant refused to pay his fare. Ihe dispute between the representative of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern traction company and Citizen Grant whether he should or should not contribute a five cent piece toward the maintenance of the corporation resulted in a street car blockade, themacing of Jeff Cox. an aged east end resident, a near rioL considerable projfanity, an arrest and a legal tangle at police headq-iarters to telephone to some one so that his release on bond could be arranged. Free Speech His Plea. This witness states Schroeder advised Cox to "shut up," whereupon Mr. Cox asserted his constitutional ' rights as an American citizen to speak his mind freely cither in public or in private, and informed the patrolman lhat he a"1 not !:avp 10 cease nls con- : versation with .Mr. urant. Also, another witness asserts. Cox told Schroeder' he , d nQ bushew5 ari.e6tlnK Grant. t hnt.nitor Officer Schroeder acted impulsively. as is occasionally to be expected of a cub copper with only two weeks experience of bearing up under the dignity and importance of wearing brass buttons and toting a mace. And all: ! lne rlnPr "7""" agree.; ! eloquence prevented an attack on the officer and also induced him to release Cox, who was half dragged from the scene of the disturbance by his sou. Stays in Jail. A few minutes later the patrol arrived and Grant was taken to police headquarters. He did not ask for a bondsman and refused to discuss his case with the chief, so he spent the night in jail, although Chief Goodwin ise ro return in the morning if he -ere nermitted to snnnrt th nitrht at ! his home. Today Prosecutor Reller sought vainly through the statutes from manslaughter down to the most trivial offense for somo charge to place against (".rant, but In vain and the man was discharged from custody. Grant Informed reporters that he had offered to pay his fare If the car would stop at the corner of the street on which he lived, but the conductor refused to do so and he refused to pay his fare. "Other men living on South Twentieth street have complained because cars would not stop at that corner and 1 just determined to bring the matter to au issue. I have not decided whetSier lu the future 1 will make anoiher test of the ease," said Grant. lie added that frequently car did not stop half way between South and Continued, on Pas TwoJ

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