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LANDIS PLEADS WITH AUDIENCE

TO OUT DF TOWN Brilliant Orator Declares He Has Met John Barleycorn and Has Seen Lives Wrecked by Use of Liquor. BAYS BLIND TIGER WILL NOT HOLD BOY Dispels Argument About the Saloon Being the Poor Man's "Club House," in a Stirring Address. "You remember why you first went Into a saloon as well as I remember "what first drew men there. Tt was the polished mirrors, the baseball scores, the Jolly, happy-go-lucky attitude of the men outside; the story-telling and loud laughing, the flashing, cut glass. Every one of us bought a drink for the other, until each had fifteen times more th he needed." Fred E. Landis, ot Logansport, used this description as his proof of the statement that the blind tiger will draw boys and young men, and if it does, it will not get them more than jonce. The largest crowd which has 'et attended a temperance lecture in the campaign, almost filled the taberLnaele. , "I call on your patriotism," said Mr. Landis, after a short introduction by Klbert Russell. "Half a century ago Richmond was the center of a hotbed of patriotism. When Oliver P. Morton, of Wayne county, wanted money, Richmond dug down in her pockets for $20,000 more than any other city in the state. When the state offered a prize for the county sending the most money for the relief of the Civil War troops, it was Wayne county that got the flag of honor. Is the spirit of old "Wayne dead, or will you rise up and loin this army? Go down to the Kelly building at Eighth and Main streets end report for duty. Liquor Nation's Enemy. "This looks like a national convention," said Mr. Landis, "and well might it be a national convention for you meet to plan to kill the greatest enemy of your nation. Now is the time to stand up and be counted' for or r.gaint John Barleycorn, and I am j fdad to stand up and be counted asainst it. I'm against it clear across from Maine to Colifornia. "I've met Mr. Barleycorn personally. And I'll say for him that he is a very pprcachable fellow. In fact, more approachable that leavable. I've j?idien on the Barleycorn flyer. That's a great train. It runs day and night end never stops. i "I have not been a regular passenger, but an occasional tourist. 1 rode on it once in a while and I never paid 'much attention to it until about a year ego. "I was sitting in the club car when il thought I would go up and see the engineer and fireman. I found that they were not only running that engine, but incidentally were running the United States government. I looked at their fuel. It was broken up bitts of little, cottages the young husbands could not pay for. Depicts Grewsome Sights. "Then I looked around me to see what else was going on. 1 was getting interested. I went back and looked at ihe ballast of the road. It was the broken hearts of wives and mothers. The rails were human bones. The ties were dead men's bodies. The poles were tombstones. I looked at the telegraph wires. There I taw humanity's shattered nerves. "There was not a happy home in sight. We never stopped to let anyone off to go home. The first stop we made was a big brick building surrounded by walls. It was the penitentiary. Over the door was a bis; legend, 'Welcome to the friends of John Barleycorn.' After several got eff the train and were taken into the rtuilding, we went on. "We stopped at a group of little buildings. It was the insane asylum. Over the door was 'Welcome to the friends of John Barleycorn.' On a big hill in the distance I could see a Hi He scaffold. A young man was standing there, his anus by his sides. On their knees before him were his wife and little child. As I looked I Kaw that the dangling rope spelled 'Welcome to the friends of John Barleycorn.' On the other side of the road, was the Bolter's tield. On some of those musty old tombstones, we read, "Welcome to the friends of John Barleycorn.' Liquor in Politics. "I was sitting there in deep thought. I glanced up. The train was approacha beautiful home. There was a widu lawn, well kept, and the verandas held the sons and daughters of fashion. I looked over the door for the legend of welcome, but I could find none. That was the home of John Barleycorn. We whizzed by. That set me to thinking again, and while they were taking on more passengers, 1 got off. "I never liked John Barleycorn anyway. He's always bragging about how rich he is, and how much he owns. He's always reaching in his inside poi kei and pulling out a governor. 'Look at this fellow. Isn't he a dandy? 1 picked him up the oilier day.' Or he pulls out a supreme court judge. 'What do you think of this? I bought this one yesterday. I think he's a peach.' Then he always carries a lot of small change politicians around in his pocket. "I am not a reformer: I've just sim ply come to. I am against John Bar-

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MISS GLADYS HINCKLEY WEARING JEWELED BUG. Miss Gladys Hinckley, popularly known as the most beautiful girl in Washington society, has given her friends a new fad that is likely to become a rage. She now appears at the homes of friends or in her own drawing room, with a tiny, jewelled bug dangling from her dainty left ear. The bug is of platinum, studded with jewels and hangs from Miss Hinckley's ear by an almost invisible chain.

Nine Law Violators Face Mayor Robbins

The first two " real spring days l brought nine law violators before' Mayor Robbins in police court today ' They showed four charges of intoxi cation, two assault and battery, car rying concealed weapons and begging, and suspicion on each. The police slate after the grind resembled this: Leonard Treep, intoxication, guilty, $1 and costs; stayed fine. Mike Dorcey, begging, lectured and fired out of town. George Bakley, suspicion, fired out. of town. George Sloan, intoxication, guilty, $1 and costs: paid fine. Mike Naperaill, carrying concealed weapons, guilty, $5 and costs; paid fine. John Scherman, intoxication, guilty, $1 and costs; went to jail. Harry Kelly, assault and batterv, guilty, $1 and costs; paid fine. Ray F. Gellens. intoxication, guilty, $1 and costs; paid fine. John Cheatum, colored, assault and battery; case continued. "You foreigners are a trifle ignorant of the laws regarding the carrying of concealed weapons," said Mayor Robbins, in talking to Mike Naperaill, one of the Italian colony, who was arrested on Saturday night on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. "Me no shoot one, me no shoot one," persisted the Italian laborer in

Tells Why He Wants Richmond to go ' Dry

The appended letter of B. B. Johnson, secretary to overnor Ralston, was read at the tabernacle mass meeting yesterday: Hear Mr. Nicholson Since writing you yesterday, I see by the press of Richmond and this city, that I am advertised to preside at next Sunday's meeting. I was in hopes this might be avoided when I wrote you Wednesday morning lhat the governor had asked me to remain over so as to assist him j in his work preparatory to the com1 ine state convention. Of course his wish is to me equivalent to a com mand: but I do regret not being able to attend the Landis meeting, because, aside from the profit and pleasure of hearing the truth from that eloquent young man, there were a few things I desired to say myself. And as cirj shall regard it as a personal favor if you will read this letter Deiore mai meeting"For thirty years I was a "liberal" on the saloon question. I now desire to stand up and be counted for the "drys." My former position was based n theorv rather thau exnerience. i None of my family had ever suffered I from the liquor traffic, and I simply : stood upon the old-time theory of per- ! sonal liberty, that a man had a right to eat and drink what he pleased; that it was only when that right was abused that the law had any right to interfere; and that the only effective ; kind of temperance reform was by education and moral suasion, i 1 now believe Jhe old personal libi fatal in practice. I have always b?- ! lieved the "treating" custom attached j to the American saloon was evil; I

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was under the impression that one ould carry a gun if he didn't shoot ;t. Some how or other Mike took a notion to fire a salvo to salute some patriot's birthday as he was passing through the Italian colony, near the Pennsylvania railroad Saturday night, and from the reports the son of Italy was making the air hum with the bullets. When arrested Mike had $65 in a pocketbook. John Cheatum, colored, gave evidence of a hand to hand conflict with a razor when arrested Saturday night on a charge of assault and battery. Cheatum's head was badly slashed and his face slightly disfigured. Cheatum will be brought up for trial tomorrow morning. Harry Kelley, who was arrested last Wednesday on a charge of assault and battery filed by Mrs. Charles Harrison, pleaded guilty and owing to the fact that he had a wife and three children depending upon him, Mayor Robbins gave him the minimum of $1 and costs. He told the mayor that Mrs. Harrison knocked his hat from his head and as he raised his arm to catch the . flying skypiece he struck the woman's arm. Mrs. Harrison, however, told the police that for the past two or three weeks Kelley had been making overtures to her as she passed along E street going home from work In the evenings. Kelley's j Drotner-in-taw stayea me line. the whole liquor business is evil, and that continually. There may be men who can drink when they please, and let it alone when they please, but the only way any man can prove that statement is by quitting and staying quit. Occasional drinking leads, as a rule, to moderate drinking, and that leads to steady drinking, and that leads to drunkenness, deterioration, destitution and destruction. What made me change? Experience and observation. First, my experience in the governor's office gave me a new and startling point of view. I was for the first time "confronted . by a condition instead of a theory" on the saloon question. As most of you know the most trying experience in that office is that of reading the pathetic letters and listening to the personal pleas of men and women and even little children, in behalf of husbands, brothers, fathers, sons and grandsons, who are confined in the reformatory of the state prison. In these simple, touching and heart-rending appeals we find the crushing answer to man'3 personal liberty "to eat and drink what he pleases, so long as he does not interfere with the rights of others." There, in that office, facing that stream of human sorrow, that endless procession of misery, composed of the innocent victims of the wrong doing of others there facing the damning fact that the innocent continually suffer for the sins of the guilty by this exercise of the personal liberty to drink what you please there you find the refutation of that falsehood, that, the man who drinks injures nobody but himself. There, in such a place, if nowhere else on earth must any normal man. any human being, re-XConXinued-from Pe Five

HONEYWELL COMES TO DELIVER SPEECH

S. Edgar Nicholson Charges Wets Offer Money to Buy Votes, Also Intimidate Voters. POLING WILL SPEAK Tuesday Evening Men Will Hold Mass Meeting to Discuss Situation of the Dry Work. Announcement was made yesterdav at the prohibition mass meeting in the tabernacle that I. E. Honeywell, evangelist, would deliver an address here next Monday evening in the interests of 'he dry forces. Mr. and Mrs. Clase, leaders in the musical feature of the revival campaign, will accompany Mr. Honeywell. Mr. Clase asks that the entire chorus be present at the meeting. Chairman Nicholson today made the following statement: "Reports have been reaching us for several days that the wets are offering money both to whites and blacks for their votes as well as for some sort of services which they are supposed to render. There are reports also of attempts to intimidate voters. Evidently the wets have concluded that the only way they can save Richmond is to buy up the voters, but they will find there are two things in the way; in the first place, the voters are not for sale, and in the second plac there is a law against it, which w;!l be enforced to the very letter, and which provides for the severest penalties in vote buying and vote selling. "Tonight Hon. Daniel A. Poling, f Boston, Mass., will speak. It is claimed that he is a star on the platform, and whi'e yet a young man. the temperance forces of the country are predicting a brilliant future for him. The Y. M. C. A. Glee club will furnish the music along with the Honeywell chorus. Men's Mass Meeting. "On Tuesday evening the third of the series of men's mass meetings will be held at the tabernacle. There will be one or two out of town speakers, and the balance of the evening will be given over to a free far all discussion about the situation in Richmond. Every local option man in the city, and every man what wants further information on the question is asked to be present. "On Wednesday evening a Roman Catholic priest in the person of the Rev. Father John Kubacki. of South Bed,"'rvlllDt-"fh6"pe8gr-t tlrtf tabernacle. He membership of something like twelve hundred members, and recently nearly every member of his church took a stand aaainst the saloon. "The colored people of the city will have numerous dry meetings during the week, and they will be strengthened and organized under the leadership of the Rev. C. W. McColl, Attorney Richardson and others. "The balance of the week will be devoted to other lines of work, but on Sunday there will be two meetings at the tabernacle. One in the afternoon and one at nigh, which will be a great rally of the local option forces?" LATE ELIHO PARKER WAS AUDITOR HERE Served Eight Years As County Official and Fought in the Civil War. Elihu M. Parker, 70, whose death occurred a few days ago in Indianapolis, formerly was a citizen of Richmond, and served eight years as auditor of Wayne county. His period of incumbency was in the seventies, and he was conspicuous as a Republican party worker. Mr. Parker served in office during the old fee system, long since relegated, and it is a part of the political tradition of Wayne county that he enjoyed a larger compensation for his eight years' service than any many who. ever served as a public officer in the county. He was a man of exceptional abilities, excelling as an accountant and achieving fame as a penman. His records, transcribed in a clear-cut. steel plate style, are still the wonder of court, hougia attaches, who, by chance, come upon them in their work. During his term as auditor the county commissioners decided that it was necessary to collect, classify and index all records pertaining to ihe commissioners' office, dating from the organization of the county, and Mr. Parker was designated as the officer to perform this service. It was a laborious undertaking and it is said that it consumed a year or more. The commissioners' records practically were compiled in complete form, new indexes were made, and they became a valuable reference library. These records are still in good condition for the most part. So far as known Mr. Parker has not been in Richmond for many years, and few of his old-time friends know much concerning him, other than that he was residing in Indianapolis. His death occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Huckemeyer, he made his home for several years. In the Civil War Mr. Parker was a member of the Nineteenth Indiana regiment. TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS COAST OF RUSSIA

ODESSA, Russia, March 16. Thirty towns along the shores of the Black sea and Sea of Azoy, have been destroyed or wrecked by tidal waves blown up by a terrific hurricane that has been raging for forty-eight hours. More than a dozen large ships have been wrecked and many small craft have been sent to the bottom "with ite los& al all m iiaard.

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A NEW OBESITY CURE MOON'S NEW SHAPE HARD ON THE WOMEN BEN CULLEN, JACK McNAMARA and John Butler, of Chicago, went into M. Pinokowski's store and helped themselves to -the peanuts and bananas. The proprietor had them arrested for impersonating policemen. GEORGE WINGFIELD, MILLIONaire mine operator, gave out an interview in which he said that if women were allowed to vote in Nevada he world sell his mining, farming and banking interests and leave the state. POLICEWOMAN MARY BOYD made a record "pinch" when, without assistance, she arrested four men and two young women for starting a fight on a street car in Chicago. "FORESWEAR CHAIRS AND SIT on the floor," is the advice of Dr. E. H. Bradford, of Boston, to persons suffering from obesity. THE MOON IS OVERALL-SHAPED, according to Prof. Shatteri, the famous Italian astronomer. NEGRO COTS CLOB MEMBER IN FIGHT Assailant, Badly Wounded in Cutting Fray, Makes His Escape Before Police Arrive on Scene. POLICE WILL WATCH COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Beer Bottle Used Over Victim's Head Dispute Precedes Fight Between Angry Colored Persons. Colored persons drinking in the Cosmopolitan cltftf, oVeT"lT7 Fort Wayne avenue, became embroiled yesterday afternoon, and police found John Cheatum, one of the ciub members, with his head cut from a blow with a beer bottle, and his throat badly slashed. Cecil Rhoades is accused of the act. He escaped. Cheatum is held in jail, charged with assault and battery, to which he pleaded not guilty today. Hj will be tried Wednesday. As to how the fight started, other club members will not talk, but they say that Cheatum and Rhoades were at loggerheads some time before blows were struck. It. is said Cheatum drew a knife and slashed Rhoades. who returned with a cut across Cheatum's threat. Cheatum again slashed at Rhoades, and after some fighting between the two, in which both received several bad cuts, Rhoades floored Cheatum with a beer bottle. When Patrolman Lawler entered the club he found the place in an uproar, and a number of excited colored persons trying to give assistance to Cheatum. whose wounds were bleeding profusely. Although there was evidence of drinking, no intoxicants were in sight, and no search was made at that time. Rhoades left by a back stairway, and has not been found. He is believed to be badly injured, as the knife Cheatum had in his possession is covered with blood. Cheatum says the knife became bloody from his own wounds, and that he did not cut Rhoades. Cheatum probably will be tried Wednesday, whether Rhoades is found or not. The Cosmopolitan club will be watched by the police in the future, it was announced. WILL BUy SEWER Board Overrules Remonstrance on Improvement. A remonstrance against the construction of a trunk sewer in Morton park was overruled by the board of works at the session today. A. C. Underbill and A. C. Lindemuth, circulators of the remonstrance, are nonresidents and their names were not counted with the seven resident remonstrators. Because of tRe unhealthy condition of the alley running west from North Eighth street in the rear of the Second National bank and to other Main street business houses. President Bavis ordered a resolution referring the alley to the board of health. A declaratory resolution for a sidewalk on North J street, from Tenth to Twelfth street, was passed. The demand of residents of North Third street to reduce the width of the proposed sidewalk along that street from seven to six feet, was de - nied by the board and the walk will be built according to its original specifications. A petition for. the improvement of an alley from Fort Wayne avenue to North Sixth street, and commouly known as B street, was referred to the city engineer for figures as to cost and specifications. WALK 13 MILES Mr. and Mrs. J. E. . Healy, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John Lantz, walked to New Parts and back yesterday, covering a distance of more than. - thirteen mllst,

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DIES AT AGE OF 95 Mrs. Rebecca'Edwards Was One of the Most Widely Known Women in Wayne County. FUNERAL ON TUESDAY Pioneer Survived by Seven Great Grandchildren and Four Great-Great-Grandchildren. ECONOMY, March 16 Mrs. Rebecca Edwards, well known all over Wayne county, died Saturday night of senility. She was ninety-five years old, and had been a cripple for a number of years. Among her survivors are six children, thirty grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Mrs. Edwards was born in Dayton, O., in 1818, and was one of thirteen children of George Pierce. Although she lived in Wayne county for a short time while a small child, she did not make Economy her permanent residence until she was fourteen years old. Two years later, in 1835, she married Temple Edwards. Telephone girls of Centerville, Economy, Greensfork and Williamsburg sent a large box of lilies with the card: "In sympathy. Echo Wooley, Gladys Faucett, Maggie Ragan. Ella Nichol-l son, Ida Lamb. Mary Starr. Mary Ragan, Minnie Chamberlain. Ida Gaylor, Anna Hadley ana Grace Hunt." Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. A Greensfork quartet will sing, "Some Day," and the Rev. Mr. Martin will give scripture reading. The Rev. Lee Chamness will deliver the prayer. The obituary and sermon will be given by the Rev. Lester Wood. Following the song. "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." there will be short talks on the life of Mrs. Edwards by several persons. Burial will be made in Sugar Grove cemetery. The surviving children are Annul Edwards, Mrs. Matilda Martin. Mrs. Ruth Fenimore. of Economy. Mrs. R. W. Routh. of Richmond, and Nathan and L. P. Edwards, who made their home with Mrs. Rebecca Edwards. WILSON EMIRATES AMBASSADOR PAGE WASHINGTON, March 16 President Wilson today exonerated Ambassador Walter Hines Page, the United j states envoy to the court of St. James and held that Page s address on the Monroe Doctrine was without a single phrase at which the government might take offense. EXTENSION GRANTED Understood That Rumely Company Can Go Ahead. LAPORTE. Ind.. March 16. While

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to the Rumely offices in this city today from New York, it is known that the note extension plan of the company has been approved and that the corporation will be given all the money needed for seasonal requirements. This will enable the company to obtain a loan of $4,000,000 to pay the defaulted interest and carry on its operations. SOFT COAL TRUST GETS DEATH BLOW COLUMBUS, O.. March 16. The special United States district court, composed of Federal judges Warrington of Cincinnati. Knappen of Michigan and Dennison of Indiana, handed down todav a formal decree dictating and Ohio and Lake Shore railroads I eTe liY,V SiX,V d?vs j fspose ofj their holdings ,n the Sunday Creek ! imi v.uiiiiio.111 , uuuii luc Ufiiany Ol having a received or commissioner appointed at the end of that period to make the sale. It was ordered that either the stock of the C. and O railroad in the Kanawha and Michigan railroad be purchased by Lake Shore at once or the interests of both companies be sold at once. SEVENTEEN FAIL IN EXAMINATION oi iweniy-inree teacners exam ination papers sent to Indianapolis from here for grading, seventeen are absolute failures, four made a pass-; ing grade and two will pass if a good ! success grade is made, according to the report returned to County Super - intendent Williams today. No report has been returned, as vet. on the ex- ; amination papers graded in this county, but it is indicated that the majority of the seventy will be fail - ures. The examination was held I i February 28 in the high school build- ! ing and was participated in bv many i of last year's high school graduates. some of whom are only seventeen years old. EIGHTEEN APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP Eighteen persons yesterday made application for membership in the East Main Street Friends church. This makes a total of 138 persons who have asked membership in this church since the close of the Honey-! well revival meetings. The attend ance at the Sunday echool yesterday

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FACTORY MEN PROTEST $50 CHARGE FOR "SPRINKLERS'"

Manufacturers Tell Board of1 Works Water Company! Did Not Pay Cost of Installation. MERCHANTS JOIN IN FIGHTING COST Bond Explains Charge Included Because P u b lie Utilities Hereafter Not Obligated to Furnish Service Free. A committee of manufacturers and wholesale merchants attended the meeting of the oard of public work today to protest against any charge for readiness to serve or for water used, in case of fire, in the over-head sprinkler systems, with which sixteen establishments of Richmond are equipped. The protest arose as the result of the city's proposing a charge or five cents per sprinkler head, or a minimum of Jf.ri per system per annum, in the tentative schedule of water rates recently submitted t the state utilities commission. City Attorney Bond explained that this charge was a tentative one and had been included because the state commission had laid down the dictum that public utilities hereafter would not be called upon to furnish anv free service. Mr. Bavis, president of tne board, further explained that the Hty. feeling the domestic consumers bad been paying too much for water, felt this charge would enable more equitable rates for all classes of consumers to be established. The committee, however, pointed out that under existing conditions, the city paid all the costs of fire protection. Through the general taxes a sufficient fund was raised to meet the expenses of the- fire department, and to pay the water xrk company m return on its investment in mains and hydrants; in othr words, "readiness to serve.' f of prefect Ion against Are. The committee pointed out that all manufacturers and merchants, as well as particularly those who haTe Installed the overhead sprinkler svstem. a.r. heavy contributors to that portion of the fund raised through genera taxation that is used for fire protection purposes. In addition the committee pointed out sixteen manufacturers and wholesalers have used their own money, not the city's nor the water works in installing the sprinkler device in their establishments. In other words, figuratively speaking, they have laid the Iiosa in their plants and. in event cf a fire, they receive no more than their just dues under the taxes thev nir ' from the water that is turned on and goes through that hose which is furThe over-head sprinkler in realitv is a direct benent ;o every neighbor, hood surrounding an establishment in which it Is installed. It consists of over-head pipes with holes at specified intervals. These holes, however, are plugged with a special composition metal that melts at a comparative low temperature. In case of a fire, therefor, in any part of the factory equipped with the device, the head soon melts these plugs and a spray of water coming, as it does, right at the start of the fire, soon has the blare under control and prevents what might otherwise have been a conflagration. Nearly every establishment so eniiinnori in j Richmond has put out fires In this wav j and in most cases the fire department fo,V, r.A 7ZT L , mission aeainst it fhe board was 'impressed with the juee of the committee s contenticn and will mul with Inhn I Rune, who was chosen to represent the commirtee. later in the week, and finally adjusting the matter. TRAIN DERAILED; TRAFFIC DELAYED No. 1. the Cincinnati-Chicago limited on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, was delayed fifteen minutes in the South Richmond yards, owing to the derailment of two empty freight cars which obstructed the main tracks. The yard engine was pushing a cut of cars along one of the sidetracks when a broken car wheel derailed two of the emntr ran. Th : wreck train was maklnK the trio from 1 Peru to Cincinnati about the time the accident occurred, and within a half, hour the wreckaeA was cleared. No i damage other than badly battered I cars resulted. The accident hap- ! pened between 10:30 o'clock and ll o'clock. I WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight. TEMPERATURE. Noon 65 Xipj)tA Maximum Minimum 29 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST FOR RICHMOND. Partlv cloudv followed by fair wather tonight and Thuraday. Colder to.

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