Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 108, 17 March 1914 — Page 3

page TTfnirn HATIVE OF WAYHE COUHTY IS CALLED Pennsy Bulletin Gives Account of Work Done by Officials Here

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1914

EATON, Ohio, March 17. Tha result of pneumonia and other oompIVaations, Catherine A. Stannah, 77. xmHcl at Samuel Stannah, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George T. Longnecker. North Beech street. Her condition had been serious for several days, and her death was not unexpected. The deoeaaed born in Wayne county, Indiana, near Richmond, but for fifty years had resided In Baton. Besides the daughter at whose home she died, she Is Burvired by three children, who are Ohmer Stannah, of Eaton; David Stannah, of Dayton, and Harry Stannah, of Cambridge City. Fnneral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Longnecker home, conducted by Rev. Henry Cramp ton. Interment will be made in Mound Hill cemetery, A damage estimated at $10 was incurred Sunday morning to the the home of A. L.. Borradaile, Bast Main street, by a blase thought to have originated from a uefective flue. The flre company responded, tut the zlazo was under control and no water was thrown. Mrs. C. L. V. Locke, of Richmond, spent Sunday with local relatives. Georjre J. Kline has returned to Eaton from Lo An!e, Cal., where he went several months ago. Prof. J. S. McDivitt, of CampbeUstown, was an Eaton visitor Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Scheid will leave Wednesday for Los Angeles, Cel., where they expect to remain for an indefinite time. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stannah, of Cambridge Cfty. Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. David Stannah, of Dayton, are here, having been called by the death of their mother, Mrs. Samuel Stannah. E. C. Green and daughter, Miss Mary, of Richmond, spent Sunday with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Green. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Toney gave a party at their home Wednesday evening in honor of relatives from Missouri. After games a luncheon was served. About thirty were present. LawTence Weadicb has purchased an automobile. Miss Edna McWhlnney entertained the Concord Sunday school clasB of which she is teacher, one evening the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Ryan are the parents of a te7 pound boy which arrived last week. Mrs. Joe Finish, who has been ill for some tir:v" hns shown little improvement of late. Mrs. Kate Dillon has announced that she will sell her property at public sale the latter part of this month and move to Boston.

The Pennsylvania saOsoad.

issued March 14, contains sketches of three prominent officials who wars formerly connected with the Richmond division. B. R. Coleman, who ! was division freight agent, was transferred to Cincinnati, O., as the drrtsIfon freight agent; P. C. Sprague, for- ' merry division freight agent at Cambridge, O., sweceeded Coleman at the Richmond offices, and G. S. MeCabe, who tn the years from 1898 until 1M was division freight agent wth headquarters in this city, has been promoted to general freight agent. Speaking of Mr. MoCabe, the bulletin says: "Guy S. McCabe, was born in Sewickley, Pa., July 28, 18T8. In 1889 he entered the service as messenger rn the Columbus offices. He was appointed dork in the office of the division freight agent at RVchj mond In 1894. Two years later h ; became traveling freight agent with headquarters in Rlehmond. Near the end of the year 1898 he was promoted to division freight agent at Richmond. In 1908 he received the appointment of general western and division freight agent at Chicago. From that post he was promoted to general freight agent with offices in Pltts- ; burg." i E. R. Coleman was born in Jersey : City, N. J., March 24, 1870. When srxteen years of age he entered the Vani dalia offices as clerk In South Bend. Ind. Mr. Coleman served as check, clerk, expense clerk, bin clerk, soliciting agent, commercial agent and di

vision freight agent on the Vandala system. In 1908 he was transferred to Richmond as division freight agent P. C. Sprague, who succeeds Colaman, was born in Salem, O., Jus a, 18S3. He was employed by the Pennsy system as messenger in the telegraph office in 198. In 190S he was mada rata clerk In the Pittsburg offices and two years later was appointed tariff elark. Two years ago ha was made special agent. In 1912 he was appointed division freight agent a Cambridge, O., and a few Asps ago transferred So Richmond.

PILES CURED IN o TO 14 DAYS Draggista refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching. Blind, Blooding or Protruding Piles. First application gives relief. 50c.

JAPANESE VOLCANO KILLS 600 PERSONS TOKIO, March 17. The voloamo AsamaYama, which burst into eruption Sunday, following an earthquake that shook the west side of the Island of Nippon for a distance of 250 miles, poured forth streams of lava today that burned or overwhelmed villages m their path. Reports received by the gevefABient up to a late hour this sjftsnmoji indicated that the deadliest would ton over eight hundred. Thousands of persons are homeless.

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A rabbit a Winsted (Conn.) rabbit cU veriy Hudd capture by a dog one day when he rolled down hillside inside of of a huge ball of snow, thus throwing the dos off the scent.

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Is there a scarcity of labor in Richmond ? Are morehants looking for clerks? Are the factories putting on man? If so, then the thought of 250 regularly employed men earning $181,000 a year, being forced into the ranks of the unemployed within ninety days by the closing of 56 saloons and Minck's brewery should not alarm either the merchant who sells them goods, the landlord who rents them houses or the shop hand or clerk who now has a job. The shop hand and clerk who now have jobs know this to be true: the more idle men there are, the lower the wage scale. Idle men competing for work pull down the scale of wages. Work competing for men pushes up wages. That's why idle men make hard times. It doesn't make any difference whether the idle man was a moider, a carpenter or a bar tender so far as his competition wtth men at work is concerned. It doesnt make any difference what st is that throws 250 working, wage-earning men on the market the closing of factory or the closing of 56 saloons and the Minck brewery they have to find some other means of employment, either in Richmond, or somewhere else. If they find some other jobs in Richmond, some 250 fellows who now have jobs will be thrown out of work unless someone can show where there is a demand today for 250 men. Do you know of any such demand for laborers in Richmond? How about that fact? Would 250 idle men within ninety days be an asset or a liability? How about it, Mr. Merchant? If a shop of the city employing 250 men and with an annual payroll of $131,000 were to close down forever and dump these men out of work, would you think it was a liability or an asset? If these men leave town, is their going an asset or a liability? Will their going and the loss of their trade be an asset or a liability? And if they stay and get some other fellow's job, he will have to go and so it is as broad as it is long. How about it, Mr. Property Owner, Mr. Real Estate Dealer? These 250 men now regularly employed either own their homes or they rent homes. If they rent homes, will their going from Richmond be an asset or a liability? Will 250 empty houses m addition to 56 empty business places injure or benefit the value of property? If they own their own homes, and they can't get work here, what will happen? They will leave. If they can't get work here, then it stands to reason there isn't any demand here at present for 250 more employees, and nobody will move into the town to take their places and rent their houses, which must then stand idle. 250 empty residences means two things. It means a depreciation of all rentable property. It means a slump in the build ing trades, for men are not going to build new houses in a city which is full of empty ones. This slump ut the building trades

means a direct loss to every carpenter, brack layer, plasterer and painter. Is all this an asset or a liability? Why fool yourself, merchant, landlord, working man, clerk? You ask the next "dry" speaker or the next "dry" man who asks you to throw 250 employees out of work by abolishing their jobs, if they will give these 250 idle men work in Richmond? If you are an employee yourself, ask thee "dry" advocates if they will guarantee to give these 250 idle men work and at the same time not take your job away from you or lower your wages? Talk about hysteria! Why this flap-doodle about throwing 250 idle men on this labor market, or else driving them out of town and thereby emptying 250 houses and wiping out an annual pay roll of $131,000 being an asset, is the quintessence of hysteria. It is lunacy! The Anti-Saloon League can't suspend the law of supply and demand as it affects wages, jobs, houses and rentalsWhy, men, in the name of common sense, stop and think of it ! If throwing 250 men out of work, if cutting off $14,000 of the municipal income, if wiping out a pay roll of $131,000, if forcing 250 men and their families to leave the city and empty that many

houses, if wiping out the expenditure of another $100,000 wfwt bakeries, meat shops and other local concerns if all these thins are an asset to a city, if they help a town, then we are all craxy

and have been for generations. Do the shop men and clerks of Richmond want 250 men in Richmond looking for work?

THAT "DRY" CITY OF KOKOMO AS A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

That "Citizens' Committee" which conceals its kkeutltjp, hS been printing columns of letters from "drys" in other etties tailing with what abundant prosperity "dry" towns have been Yisited. Two or three have been printed from the "dry" toa cfl Kokomo. But none of them contained the following facta: When Kokomo voted "dry" in 1908, its tax rata was $1, mmOf

it was out of debt. After two years of crippled finances

of lack of revenues, the tax rate was raised to $1-15.

year of "dry" prosperity and the tax rate was raised to Sl-25.

Business got so good under dry regime and property

valuable that this year it was compelled to boost the tax rata i

The tax rate of Kokomo this year is $1.30. "Dry Kokosno bssfc raised its tax rate from $1 to $1.30 in five years. The first sight that greets one who gets off fb train att Kokomo is an immense frame building just opposite the Pbxbv sylrania station which is empty. It was once used for a hofcsli , "Dry" prosperity!

The hob of Kokomos business district is the eoort

square. This square and the streets that surround it

jdiate from it for a distance of two blocks either way

! Kokomo's business district. There is only ONE MODERN BUS

INESS BLOCK IN THIS BUSINESS SECTION. "Dry" prosperity The following is a list of the empty business booses wtthbt this district. Room in a one -story frame building at 119 Union stress 1ft

an attractive location. Formerly occupied by a clothing and rented for $25 a month. Two story brick building at 209-211 High street, new.

empty store rooms on the lower floor, second floor for apartment use. Store room in a new brick business block, one story Ugh. Used for a bowling alley for a short time and rented for $45 a month. Location 102 Union street. Store room at 116 Sycamore street, one-half block from court house. A card in the window announced this room was to be used as a dgar and pool room (such business enterprises are plentiful in Kokomo) by March 14, but on March 17 was still vacant, and no signs of occupancy. Store room at 107 Mulberry street, half a block from the St. Francis hotel, block and a half from the court house, vacated a month or so ago by Bailey & Stanbro Hat company, then occupied by another firm, and then vacated by it a short time ago. Store room in the Star theatre building. Railroad and Wain at streets, directly opposite the court house. Store room at 105 Railroad street, opposite the court house. One of the largest business blocks in Kokomo, 210-212-214 Walnut street, owned by Martin Snyder and formerly occupied by the Sailors Furniture company. Mr. Martin began to remodel this building, one large and one small store room on the first floor with apartments on the second floor, but suspended bunding operations. This building has a frontage of 66 feet and a depth of 132 feet. It is one of the best locations in the central business

district. A real estate man said if the building was completed the large store room would probably rent for only $100 a month and the smaller one, which is as large as that occupied by the i Haner jewelry company here for $40 a month.

Store room at 108 Mulberry street, an ideal location for a pool room, barber shop, bowling alley or cigar store. Rents in business district run from $25 to $65 a month, with

I a few as high as $75. 4rDry" prosperity!

"If it can be shown that, in spite of promises made five years ago, the saloon keepers have violated the law, both in letter and spirit, will Mr. Gordon plead guilty for his clients and let the people pass sentence?" The Citizens' Commxtte advertisement. That challenge was answered yesterday and no reply has yet been received. Meantime in order to facilitate matters I herewith give the "criminal" record of Richmond's saloons for the past five years, as shown by the city police court dockets and the county court dockets: 1909, Feb. 15 Selling liquor to minors, Michael Smith, bartender. Found guilty; fined $25. Smith no longer in bisi-

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1910, Oct. 14 Selling liquor to minors, Mike Mitchell, bartender. Acquitted. 1910, Dec 10 Selling liquor to minors, David Bromley, proprietor. Acquitted.

1910, Dec. 24 Violating liquor laws by permitting a person not a member of his family m his place of business fnot to sell or drink) after hours, John F. Dickerson, proprietor. Found guilty. Has left the city. 1911, Feb. 28 Violating liquor laws by permitting a chewing gum slot machine in saloon, George Brooker, proprietor. Acquitted. 1911, May 8 Violating liquor law by permitting person not a member of family in bis place of businejs (not to sell r drink) after hours, Cecil Wintersteen, proprietor. Acquitted. 1911, May 15 Selling to minor, Lewis Parker, proprietor. Guilty. 1911, May 24 Selling to minor, Lewis Parker, proprietor. Guilts'.

1911, May 24 Allowing minors in saloon, Lewis Parker, proprietor. 1913, Jan. 21 Selling liquor to minors, Kelly Hartman, bartender. 1913, Jan.; Selling liquor to minors, William Torbeck, proprietor.

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.

No longer in business.

THERE'S THE RECORD OF RICHMOND'S SALOONS AS LAW-ABIDING PLACES. FIFTY SALOONS IN BUSINESS FOR FIVE YEARS, AND ONLY ELEVEN CASES AGAINST THEM! OF THESE ELEVEN, FOUR WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY, AND SEVEN CONVICTED. EVERY MAN CONVICTED HAS BEEN FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS AND ALL BUT TWO HAVE LEFT THE CITY. Lewis Parker, who ran a notorious place for a little while, was put out of business by the saloon dealers themselves. Minck's brewery refused to sell his place beer because of its disreputable character and he tried to compel it to do so and failed. Then he threatened to sue the brewery for damages. The case against Cecil Wintersteen, still in business, was based upon a legal technicality as to whether his father-in-law was a member of his family, and therefore permitted to enter his saloon after hours. Wilfred Jessup, attorney for the "drys" defended Wintersteen and the case against him was so flimsy it was kicked out of court. Yet for the past few weeks the present licensed saloon keepers of Richmond have been denounced as murderers, cutthroats, criminals, thieves, licensed burglars, a menace to society, an enemy of law and order and men unfit to do business. This campaign of calumny and hbel reached its fitting culmination on last Friday when the "Citizens Committae," whoever and whatever it is, made the anonymous charge that these saloon keepers have been and are persistent law violators . The above record speaks for itself. SO LONG AS LIQUOR IS TO BE SOLD, DO YOU PREFER IT TO BE SOLD BY SUCH STRICTLY REGULATED SALOONS AND BY SUCH ORDERLY PROPRIETORS AS THE RECORD SHOWS, OR DO YOU WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO A LOT OF BOOT-LEGGERS AND CHEAP WHISKY DRUG STORES THAT WILL DLQ1EDIATELY SET UP IN BUSINESS AS SOON AS THE CITY GOES "DRY"?

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