Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 107, 16 March 1914 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1914

DRY HEADQUARTERS SCEHEJTACTIVITY D wiggins, Nicholson and Maccy, in Charge of Work For Election.

FINGER JMPUTATED Cambridge City Man Hurt in Factory Accident.

With the opening of another dry headquarters in the KeUy-Hutchinaon building today the temperance forces how have three offices. Two are in the Second National bank building, with William Macey and S. Edgar Nicholson in charge, and the third in charge of I. C. Dwlggins. of Crawfordsville. Mr. Dwiggins will have charge of the polling and personal work amon gthe drys. Owing to the fact that the campaign in being waged along highly systematized linos and ir"eh eround hart to covered, the Citizens' committee (UM-itied tnat an organization man should be employed to assume active charge of the polling. This led to the selection of Mr. Dwlggins, who headed the dry organization in the Muncie tampaign. The headquarters in the KellyHutchinson building will be used for the distribution of the polling books and the compilation of statistics regarding the voting population of the city. Although an attempt has been made at various times during the past wpek to make a complete survey of the sentiment of the voters, it is expected a more thorough organization will be able to gain more accurate results. This organization will be formed under the leadership of I. C. tlwiggins. S. Kdgar Nicholson, however, will till continue as the manager of the iry campaign and will have active abarge of the bureau of speakers. He will have charge of the tabernacle Meetings.

A mass meeting of the Earlham College men resulted in the adopting of resolutions favoring a dry Richmond and the announcement, that a delega-1 tlon of 150 would attend the tabernacle services tonight. S. Edgar Nicholson, President Robert U. Kelly and Prof.

Elbert Russell, and the Rev. Frank Anscombe gave brief speeches at the noon mass meeting today.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.. March 1C While at work Friday in the iron department of the Teetor Mfg. Co., at Hagerstown, George Steiffel, .of this city, had the second finger of his right hand so badly lacerated that amputation was necessary. Miss Ruth Williams of Indianapolis, spent from Friday until Sunday evening with her mother, Mrs. Louise Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Fubrman returned today from ConneraTille after a visit with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mts. E. D. Mills. Mr. and Mrs. William Bolan, residing north of town, were also guests Sunday. The little granddaughter of Mrs. M. Myers, is quite sick with scarlet fever at her home on Mulberry street. Avery Long of IndianapaHs has been the guest of W. D. Bond and of Milton friends. C. R. Beard of Chicago, is here on account of the serious illness of his brother Harry Beard. Mrs. W. L. Garrettson of Knightstown, was a visitor in the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. J. Scudder during the week end. A business meeting of the Loyal Woman's Bible class of the Christian church, following by a pie social, will be held tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs. T. II. Bird. Rev. Charles Schultz of New Castle and Mr. and Mrs. John Parrish were entertained Sunday at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Wilson, north of town. A pie social and dance for the benefit of Mrs. Mate Stonecipher will be given Wednesday evening in Red Men's hall, by Mataoka Council. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lawrey 1 and children returned today to their home in Cincinnati after a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. James Clark.

PRIESTS MURDERED BY MEXICAN REBELS Church Property Also Desecrated, Say Two "Priests, Who Flee For Safety.

NEW ORLEANS, La., March 16. Priests are being murdered and church property destroyed by rebels in Mexico. Father Joe Madina and Father Raymond Gonzales, who arrived here from Brownsville, Texas, said today that five priests have been slain in the state of Tamalupais since November 18, last, three held for ransom, a eonvent burned and other churches pillaged for the plate. "About three weeks ago soldiers under Captain Cavaliero came into our monastery and demanded money," said Father Madina. "We gave them all we had Vat they were not satisfied. They plundered the property, carrying off all the gold and silver utensils and wrecked the interior of the building. A statue of Jesus Christ and other sacred statuary was smashed under foot. "The Archbishop Guzam and his aged aunt were thrown into the street. Archbishop Guzam died two days later as result of rough treatment and when we left Mexico we heard the aunt was also dying. "Maurauders burned a convent. At Tula another church was wrecked in the same way."

GOOD MARKS SET IN FIRST WORKOUT

Great orator at tabernacle tonight. Hear him.

CITY STATISTICS

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FIRE DESTROYS MT, AUBURNJESIDENCE Blaze Caused by Defective Flue Results in Heavy Loss; Fire in Cambridge.

Earlham's two athletic teams, the Maroons and the Whites, held regular workouts Saturday afternoon, on Reid Field. The track artists showed a lot of ginger and set good marks. The scores did not count in the regular standing of the two teams.

RA1 LSBACK David Railsback, 68. died last nixht at his home five miles southeast of Boston. He was a prominent farmer. He is survived by his wife, Susis, three sons, Alva, of Preble county. Ohio, Walter, of Boston, Mass., and Kniest, of Nohlesville, Ind.; three daughters. Miss Muriel who reside at home, and Mrs. Walter Dunlap. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning. Short services

will he held at the o'clock and another Concord church at 1 : in Concord cemetery was a member of Co. volunteers, in the Ci

LARGE ATTENDANCE AT SUNDAY SCHOOL Attendance at the Central Christian church Sunday school yesterday came within three of the five hundred mark. This is the largest attendance ever recorded at the Sunday morning Bible study hour. It surpassed the previous Sunday's record by more than forty.

ADVERTISEMENT.

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By J. BENNETT GORDON.

TO THE SANE PEOPLE OF RICHMOND t REGARDING STATISTICS: In a fight of this kind where the morality and prosperity of theentire community is at stake it is necessary that some standard of authority be established regarding data and statistics. It is fair to both sides and necessary to the truth that this standard be absolutely free from bias or prejudice and absolutely accurate. In order to make my figures absolutely unassailable I have quoted statistics only from two sources: either OFFICIAL REPORTS put out by municipal, state and United States governments or the data contained in the World Almanac, which is recognized and used in every library, college, university and statistical bureau as standard authority. I have also quoted the latest available government statis ics in every case. I have given my authority in eac i case, which I surely wouldn't have done had my figures been crooked. Thrown into a panic by these fig ires the "drys" are trying to discredit them by various methods. First, "Less Boisterous" S. Edgar Nicholson, who changed his mind over night at Harrisburg, is trying to discredit then by announcing he is in receipt of private letters which give the lie to the government figures. Of course anybody can get a private letter and we have given S. Edgar's record as a private letter writer. Second, the Item is trying to discredit them by claiming they are juggled. Any man of intelligence can go to our library a id see for himself that the data I have furnished is not juggled, except in the devious and sinuous mind of the Item's editor. Elsewhere on this page I take up two examples of this. t I make this statement to the san3 and thinking people who are desirous of knowing the facts in this contest. I submit nothing can be gained if data furnished by such authorities is to be discredited simply because it doei not suit the bias and prejudice of the "drys." It is absurd, vicious and venal to assert that the United States government in all its departments, that all the various state governments of this nation and all the various municipal governments of this state, and the World Almanac are all in a crooked, lying conspiracy to make Richmond "wet" and that for years they have been in the employ of Minck's Brewery compiling false statistics.

MAN'S CONDITION HAS NOT IMPROVED

residence at 10 service at the I o'clock. Burial The deceased A. 13;?rd Indiana vil war.

IlOLtilNURR The funeral of Cordelia Holsnfc"r will be held Wednesday afternoon ai 2 o'clock at the Bethel A. M. K. church. Burial will be in Karlham cemetery. Friends may call at any time. KKMP Margaret L. Kemp, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lilbert Kemp, died at the family residence, northeast of Chester, Sunday afternoon. She is survived by her parents and a sister and brother. The funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at lu:3o o'clock at the late residence. Interment will be made in the Goshen cemetery.

LLOYD- llllen Lloyd, fcu. one of the best known octogenarians in this county, died at her home, ',' .North fifth street, this morning at 3:15 o'clock. She is survived by three daughters, Dessie Martin, of Indianapolis. Cta Lloyd, of Indianapolis. Mrs. Charleta Tangema'n, of Richmond; two sons, Leroy, of Indianapolis, George, of Richmond. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon Ht 2 o'clock from the late residence. Interment will be made in the Karlham cemetery.

SENIOR GIRLS WIN j

The girls interelass basketball I championship of the local high school j has been won by the Senior team, with i

the Junior girls running a close second. Games were played throughout the school year, the matches being held every Friday afternoon. The winning team was composed of the following players: Anna Nicholson, forward; Genevieve Kamp, forward; Beady Kaufmann center; Isabelle Crnbb, guard and Gertrude Pardieck, guard.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, March 16. The property of Charles Lembarger, in Mt. Auburn, occupied by Wiley Cook and family was destroyed by fire on Thursday. The fire was caused from a defective flue. There is six hundred dollars insurance on the house, but no insurance on the household goods of Mr. Cook. The fire department was called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Speed on West Church street, Friday morning, between the hours of eight and nine. The flames started from a defective flue. The burning of a hole in the roof was the extent of the damage. Albert Barnard of Liberty, is the guest of Fremont Freeman and family. George Hormel has returned after two weeks spent in Martinsville, little improved by his stay. Mr. and Mrs. George Butler have returned after several days spent with lriends in Indianapolis. A local physician and an Indianapolis specialist were in consultation Friday regarding the case of Harry Beard. Miss Margaret Johnson, of Indianapolis has been installed as nurse. Mrs. May Boden spent Friday in Centervtlle and was a guest at a club meeting at the home of her aunts. Mrs. Katherine Myers and Miss Alice Medearis. A musical entertainment was given Friday afternoon in Room No. 4 of the Cambridge City schools at which time a pleasing program of piano solos, VicIrola music and songs by the school was given. The proceeds from the entertainment will he applied on a payment for the Victrola. Mrs. .1. K. Brooks is repapering and making other improvements on her property on West Church street. Curtis Falls and his mother, Mrs. I. X. Falls spent Friday in Indianapolis. H. L. Keller of Montpelier was the guest of Miss Gertrude Kdgington,-Thursday.

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Mrs. F. M. Murray has returned after a few days spent at Grensfork. Oscar Werking of Hagerstown was in Cambridge City Friday. Mrs. Harry Shipman of Indianapolis spent Thursday with friends in this citr.

The condition of Walter Leavell

colored, a tenant on the B. W. Sheffer i

farm, near Elkhorn, who was accidentally shot in a scuffle with hi3 wife Friday afternoon, has not improved. No attempt has been made to probe for the bullet. The surgeons at the Reid hospital are preparing to make an X-rav.

PRAYER MEETING

Prayer meetings will be held tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Sprong, 21 North Twentieth streets, and on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Addison Parker, 123 South Fifteenth street.

SIX INJURED IN RAILWAY CRASH

RICHMOND, Ky., March 16. A fast Louisville and Nashville passenger train from Cincinnati to Jacksonville, Fla., by way of Knoxville and Atlanta, crashed into a string of runaway cars near here today and six passengers were injured.

K. Mason spent Friday in

MILLARD COX DIES

HOLD FINAL SESSION

Nothing was accomplished by the "Wayne County teachers who assembled for the last time this school year at the meeting of the towns and township institute Saturday In the high school. The teachers discussed manymatters but no definite action was taken.

Easter April 12th. Order. your spring suit now. Emmons, corner Ninth and Main.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 16. Millard F. Cox. secretary and legal adviser of the state board of accounts, died at his hime here today. He had been ill since Christmas, when he suffered a general breakdown.

GRANTS PERMISSION TO CARRY FIREARMS

Ml'.N'ClK. March 16. Following a third attack on dry workers of the recent local option campaign, the prosecuting attorney today advised all persons who had receive, I ; injury to carry fire arms and shoot if attacked. In a statement he said he would not prosecute one for carrying concealed weapons under these circumstances. Charges were prepared today against, the motion picture show men, druggists, tobaccoists, livery men and others who violated the Sunday closing law yesterday.

PRESBYTERY MEETS HERE ON THURSDAY The Whitewater Presbytery will hold a meeting in the First Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Delegates from twentyfive churches will be present. The Presbytery will take up the resignation of the Rev. T. J. Graham and his transfer to Fargo, N. D. The Rev. K. E. Davis, the recently chosen pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, will be officially installed.

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Is the saloon an asset or liability ? Would their closing hurt the city in a commercial way? To determine this one must first determine what they spend in the city ; then what they cost the city ; then what would be the loss or gain to the city if they were not in existence. There are 56 saloons in Richmond. Thirty-three of them are located in strictly business districts of the city. Here are their assets from a commercial standpoint; all figures being on yearly basis : License fees and taxes $ 14,211.64 Annual rentals 34,104.00 To Municipal Plant and L., H. & P. Plant for light and power 7,682.72 To ice dealers 12,320.00 To fuel dealers 10.051.00 To meat dealers (for lunches) 21,220.00 To bakeries (for lunches) 14,144.00 To wages for employes (250 men) 131,210.00 Total $244,942.36 In addition to this the closing of saloons would close every cigar manufactory in the city, of which there are twelve, with the exception of possibly two, and would compel a reduction of forces in these two. The reason of this is that practically all the output of local cigar factories is sold in saloons. So the saloon is an annual asset to the city of more than a quarter of a million dollars. This is the direct and immediate asset. What would be the first direct loss to the city if these saloons were closed? There would be the loss of license fees and taxes amounting to $14,211 and the city's proportion of the $7,682 paid for light and power. If the city votes "dry" all saloons must close within 90 days. Those who have been granted a license MUST, UNDER THE LAW. HE REFUNDED THEIR PRO RATA OF THEIR UNUSED LICENSE FEE. The city's books show this would mean the IMMEDIATE REFUNDING OF $3,550.25. Of course, saloons whose present licenses have not expired would not renew, which would, before the year is up, mean an additional loss to the city's income of $10,450. All budgets for this year have been made with the expectation of this income. In making this budget the city officials kept it down to the minimum, allowing but a few thousand dollars leeway, in order to take care of emergencies. Already $5,400 of this leeway has been eaten into by an unexpected damage suit being decided against the city, purchase of a new patrol wagon, the cost of litigation before the State public utilities commission and two or three other incidentals. IN EVENT THIS $14,000 INCOME IS CUT OFF BY VOTING "DRY" ONE OF TWO THINGS IS IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY. EITHER A LOAN MUST BE NEGOTIATED OR SOME OF THE PROPOSED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ABANDONED. NEXT YEAR, EITHER ANOTHER LOAN MUST BE NEGOTIATED OR THE TAX RATE RAISED AT LEAST 10 CENTS. An important bearing on the taxes is the effect of the sudden emptying of 56 buildings, thirty-three of which are in the business district. There can be no doubt of the effect it would have on the buildings emptied. It will decrease their value, for the value of a building is determined by its rental value. The property along a street filled with empty buildings is not as valuable as property on a street where every building is rented. Empty buildings in a business district not only decrease the value of the buildings actually empty, but they decrease the value of buildings occupied, for the empty building is a competitor of the occupied building for tenants, just as the idle man is a competitor of every working man who has a iob. EMPTY BUILDINGS BEAT DOWN THE RENTS OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE OCCUPIED. That is why when a "boom" bursts, a town is dead. Money has been invested in buildings with the expectation of renting them and getting a return on the investment. Lack of business concerns to fill the buildings causes the bottom to fall out of ALL property values. The result of this is plainly visible in the tax rate. Such buildings must be assessed lower. THIS BRINGS DOWN THE TOTAL

OF TAXABLE PROPERTY. It takes just so much to run a town dead or alive. City officials must be paid. Police and fire protection must be afforded, even to the empty buildings. Sewers must be built, streets kept in repair. IF THE VALUE OF PROPERTY DECREASES, THEN THE ASSESSMENT DECREASES. IF THE ASSESSMENT DECREASES THEN THE TAX RATE MUST GO UP, FOR THE MONEY MUST BE RAISED. Of course the "drys" will answer that all of these empty buildings will be immediately refilled. I will take that argument up in detail later, but if you are a taxpayer or a landlord think on this : You KNOW THESE BUILDINGS ARE OCCUPIED NOW. You DON'T know they will be occupied if you drive their present occupants out of business. You may THINK so. You may HOPE so. But vou don't KNOW so. IS IT A GOOD BUSINESS PROPOSITION TO EXCHANGE A CERTAINTY FOR AN UNCERTAINTY? HASN'T RICHMOND BEEN PROSPEROUS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS? HASNT IT, IN THAT TIME, EARNED A STATE-WIDE REPUTATION OF BEING THE BEST CITY IN INDIANA? DIDN'T "DRY MARION SEND A DELEGATION HERE TO SEE WHAT MADE THIS TOWN SO PROSPEROUS WHILE THEY (MARION) WERE LAGGING BEHIND? HAVE ANY BUSINESS MEN LEFT HERE BECAUSE BUSINESS WAS BAD? ON THE OTHER HAND, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, HAVEN'T NEW BUSINESS CONCERNS COME TO THIS CITY BECAUSE THIS WAS A LIVE CITY? AND DIDN'T THEY COME FROM "DRY" CITIES? Think it over. You don't need any speakers from California or Massachusetts or Cleveland, Ohio, to inform you about the condition of your town. You know. But you don't know what the conditions will be if you drive out 56 concerns that are an annual asset of $245,000 and throw 250 men out of work, not to mention the destruction of the cigar manufacturing business and driving the experienced cigar makers out of town in order that they may find work in their trade somewhere else. DOES IT APPEAL TO YOU AS A BUSINESS PROPOSiTWNC

REGARDING THOSE GOVERNMENT FIGURES Now comes the Item's editor with a grievance regarding the data I gave on tax rates. He wants to know why I compared Milwaukee with Oklahoma City. Why, brother, simply because Milwaukee is the wettest city in the country and Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city in a prohibition state. He also is peeved because I compared Chattanooga and Wheeling. I took Wheeling because it has the lowest tax rate of any city in the United States and is wet, while Chattanooga has one of the highest tax rates and is "dry." All of which proves the contention that "wet" towns mean high taxes and "dry" towns mean low taxes, is rubbish. Y'ou don't deny the figures, brother editor. You don't dare. Y'ou simply are all fussed because I stuck a pin in your crooked logic. Of course I might have taken other places I might have compared Peewaukee, Wisconsin, and Patalaska, Ohio. I might have compared Grubville. Missouri and Grind Stone City, Mich., but I didn't. I just compared two large, typical wet cities and two large, typical dry cities. Isn't that the subject of all this debate? AND THEN THOSE STATES AND THEIR DEBTS. It seems as if it got on the Item's nerves when I gave the per capita state debt of Kansas and compared it with the per capita state debt of states surrounding it, states which the United States government, not I, put in the same group because they have the 1 J 1 A 1 1 ' 1 A. 1 1

i same climate, Decause mey are Known as agricultural siaies, oe- . 1 11 A 1 1 11.11

cause they are populated oy me same ciass 01 people ana nave ine same economic conditions. I thought I was being eminently fair when I compared "dry" Kansas with "wet" Missouri. Minnesota. Michigan, Wisconsin. Nebraska. Iowa and Indiana. Yet you say I "juggled" figures because I made this logical, natural comparison, instead of picking out the densely populated manufacturing state of Massachusetts, or the Tammany-bossed state of New York, or

j the District of Columbia, which is no state at all. but a federal ter

ritory governed by a committee of congress. Of course, it must be embarrassing to the Item that the data gathered by the United States census bureau doesn't support its campaign of hysterir and fiction.

MORE "DRY" TERRITORY MEANS MORE WHISKY, LESS BEER AND THE EVENING ITEM TRAPPED "In your paid advertisement of Thursday night you quoted figures from the United States internal revenue department showing an increase in the production of distilled spirits in the United States for the years 1909-10-11-12. You secured this information from page 247 of the World's Almanac. On the same page of that book. Mr. Gordon, is the statement that THE CONSUMPTION of spirits, malt liquors and wines in the United States in the year 1912 DECREASED just 40.904,749 gallons from the amount CONSUMED in the preceding year. Why didn't you quote the CONSUMPTION rather than the PRODUCTION?" Editorial in the Item. Because we wanted you to trap yourself and prove our statement that the increase of "dry" territory means increase of whisky joints, which you have done. Let us tabulate it in order to make it clear to you. Decrease in consumption of spirits (whisky) malt liquors (beer and ale) and wines in 1912 as compared with 1911 40,904,749 gallons Decrease in consumption of beer and ale for same year, as shown by internal revenue figures 34,380.570 gallons Decrease in consumption of wines for same year as shown by iaternal revenue figures mm 7,434,521 gallons Total decrease in consumption of beer, ale and wines for Ofar 41,815,091 gallons Difference between 41,815,091 gallons and 40,904,749 gallons equals the INCREASE IN 1912 OF THE CONSUMPTION OF WHISKY. In other words the INCREASE in the CONSUMPTION OF WHISKY alone MORE THAN OFFSET the DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF BEER, ALE AND WINE. THIS PROVES CONCLUSIVELY THAT "DRY" TERRITORY MEANS AN INCREASE OF INTEMPERANCE AND DRUNKENNESS OF THE WORST TYPE, BECAUSE IT MEANS MAKING WHISKY DRINKERS OUT OF BBER DRINKERS. IT STOPS SELLING BEER BY THE GLASS AND IN FAMILY USE AND PERMITS THE SELLING OF WHISKY BY THE QUART.

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