Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 114, 24 March 1914 — Page 1

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RESIDE IN CITY SAYS SPEAKER Honeywell Takes "Shots" At Wet Leaders and Pleads Cause of Prohibition at Meeting. AUDIENCE CHEERS TALKER FOR DRYS Evangelist Urges Men to Go to Polls and Register Vote Against the Licensed Saloon in Richmond. When Evangelist I. E. Honeywell fitepped upon the platform at the tabernacle last evening he was given an ovation which lasted longer than any during the six weeks' revival campaign he conducted here. Cheer after cheer from hundreds of the evangelist's followers was given and many men and women jumped to the benches and waved hats and handkerchiefs when he entered the building. During the course of his address the Jlev. Mr. Honeywell took several "shots" at J. Bennett Gordon, describing him as a "whisky writer, an idiot, an imbecile, an ass, all of which Is gross flattery." The evangelist then launched into an attack upon Gordon's writing, apparently much to the amusement of the audience. Evangelist Honeywell waded into the issues of the campaign, and was frequently interrupted by prolonged anplauso and cheering and shouts of "Go after them. Honeywell." 5,600 Drinkers Here. In part he said: "The best, statistics prove that every saloon now has 20 men made drunkards and 100 men regular drinkers," declared the evangelist. "But you say that the saloon helps to pay our taxes. Where do we get our Laxes? Do not the property owners pay the taxes? Take two men, one a Jrinker and the other an abstainer. The drinker takes his pay check and tpends most, of it across the bar. He pays no taxes, owns no property and is of no value to the community. "The abstainer owns his home, Bonce pays taxes. Of the 5,600 regular drinkers made by the saloons of your city, at least 50 per cent of these would fail to accumulate property, and therefore remain non-taxpayers. Your ioss on taxes from these 2.X00 nonproperty owners would he about $70.0(0. A conservative estimate is that your city loses $2,S0O annually on the drunkards made by the saloons and at least $70,000 on the regular drinkers or an annual loss of $9.000 in taxes caused directly by the saloon and this must be made up by sober, industrious people of your town who are property owners. "Wherever the spirit of anarchy prevails it is breeded in the saloon. Chicago policemen are informants to the effect that in every meeting they were called to dispel, the meeting place was a saloon. When Saloons Are Closed. "Another trouble with our country is our strikes and mobs. When they become uncontrolable in any city, the first thing the mayor does is to order the saloons closed. He goes to the fountain from whence the mob springs. "Again look at the corruption of our political life and every man knows the infernal liquor traffic is back of it all. The significant fact, of closing the saloons on election day shows how dangerous they are. It is folly to talk of a free ballot and a fair count when the brewers and distillers of the United States have throttled the country and bought many of our political leaders. "The drink bill for last year was $220,000,000. It" all the silver and gold were accumulated we would have but $1X0,000.000. The capital stock of all the National banks is only $200,000,000. So you see that none of three above mentioned questions are as appalling as the liquor .question. "Trace the effect of alcohol in the world's history. What is history after all but the record of a sad procession of world tragedies. Nations and empires in turn have risen to greatness only to fall. But. before the death blow was struck from without, the evidence shows in every case the ravages of a titanic destroyer from within, under whose operations the vitality and strength of nations was submerged in a general degeneracy. What Kaiser Says. "The British and German governments both have decried against the use of liquor. Emperor William says: 'The next great battle of the world will be won by the country using the least amount of alcohol.' "The Army War College at Washington recently completed a survey to find the total number of men killed by the different wars of the world. From the Japanese-Russio conflict to 500 B. C. It was found that about 2.800.000 were killed and wounded but that only about 700,000 were killed. Something over 2,000,000 were wounded. The alcohol is killing our people at th rate of nearly 2,000 a day, or about 680,000 which is almost as many as were killed in 2, 300 years of world's progress. "The insurance companies say that take three men each 20 years of age. The heavy drinker will live until about "1 years of age, the moderate drinker 44 years of age and the abstainer will live to an age of 61. "But you say that money is money Continued on gage seven

Sir Edward Carson. Ulster Leader r Fighting Home Rule Bill in Ireland

Sir Edward Carson, sixty years old. ex-Solicitor General of England, famed as a public speaker, witty, of commanding personality, and always a bitter enemy of Home Rule, who is now leading the men of Ulster.

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ASK CHIEF MILLER IF HE WILL VOUCH FOR THIS FIRE YARN TARRYTOWN, N. Y., March 24. Two weeks ago fire destroyed the North Tarrytown Are house. Water played on the blaze flooded the house of Charles Minnerly next door, and a box with a setting hen and fifteen eggs floated around the cellar. The hen, however, stuck to the job while the flames crackled around her. The eggs were due to hatch Friday, but no chickens appeared. Minnerly spoke to some of his friends and they told him they were fire chickens and if he wanted to hatch them he would have to sound an alarm with a bell. Minnerly went to the coop and rang an old dinner bell for fifteen minutes. To his surprise the eggs began to open and in less than an hour every one of them hatched. The chicks would not stay with the mother as long as Minnerly rang the bell. He solved the problem by tying a small bell around the mother's neck. ASKS $10,000 BALM FOR LOVEJF WIFE Frank C. Hale Files Damage Suit Against Frank L. Street. Demand of $10,000 for his wife's affections, alleged to have been alienated by Frank L. Street, a real estate agent residing at 610 North Tenth street, was made in circuit court today by Frank C. Hale, an engineer living at 803 North H street. Hale says that Street maliciously made false statements to Mrs. Hale, his wife, while he was working on the railroad, and as the homes of the two are within a few feet of each other, Mrs. Hale and Street visited each othMr. and Mrs. Hale have been married since July 15, 1889. and came from Schuyler county, Illinois, about twenty years ago. Hale says Street's attentions began in into, and by showing numerous marks of affections and kindness to Mrs. Hale, caused her 'o love him and denounce her husband. He alleges that she left him and spent the most of her time with Street since Jul', 1912. TRAIN HURTS FARMER R. L. Stanford Struck by C. t & O. Engine. Russell L. Stanford. 43 years old, a farmer living near Boston, was struck and tossed twenty feet by a C. & O. train yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, while he was walking on the track. His injuries are not serious. Mr. Stanford was walking from his farm south of Boston in to the town and did not hear the train approaching him from the rear. However, he was seen by the engineer, who applied the brakes, but not in time to prevent the accident. The. train was stopped and Stanford picked up and taken to Richmond,

KING GEORGE SEEKS RECONCILIATION OF PARTIES IN IRELAND

P r o p o ses Six Additional Years of Exclusion From Home Rule Bill for Ulster Men. SIR EDWARD CARSON PREDICTS VICTORY Unionists Force Government to Show Hand and Bring About Resignation of Army Forces. LONDON. March 24. Unionists reopened their attack upon the government in the House of Commons this ifternoon forcing Secretary Seely to promise to lay before the house tomorrow all the documents in connection with the resignation tendered by Gen. Hubert Gough, commander of the third cavalry brigade in Ireland on Saturday when hostilities in Ulster seemed inevitable. Premier Asquith announced that the documents would include the written instructions to Gen. Sir Arthur Paget commander in chief of the royal forces in Ireland. The virtual suspension of military preparations on the borders of Ulster province by both the crown and the anti-home rule forces today acted as a reflex to concentrate the public attention upon the next move of the government in the Irish crisis. King George's Proposal. According to a belief prevalent in many quarters, King George has resumed a role of activity and authority in the present situation unknown in the limited monarchy for many docades. From this same source it was reported that the king has placed the following program before the cabinet for the conciliation of all factions in Ireland: 1 That Ulster counties be given an additional six years, making twelve in all, during which they might be excluded from the operations of the home rule bill. 2 That all army officers who resigned when civil war in Ulster seemed inevitable be taken back without loss of merit. "If the orangemen continue their protests with threats of war, home rule is dead," declared some of the radical newspapers. On the other hand liberal organs claim that the Irish policy of liberal government has been vindicated. CARSON 8EES VICTORY Home Rule Fighter Believes He Has Won His Fight. BELFAST, March 24. "We believe we have won a great victory and it is evident that the liberal government has lost prestige with the people because of admission by Premier Asquith that a blunder has been made." This brief statement was made here today by Sir Edward Carson, the man of the hour in the home rule crisis. He was also in telegraphic communication with A. BonarLaw, leader of the opposition in the House of Commons. It . was admitted by the Unionists that they have practically ceased their war preparations as a result of the dej velopments of the last twenty-four jjiours.

Reller Ready to Act on Election Frauds

Last night Prosecutor Will Reller issued a statement in reference to the position he had assumed during the wet and dry fight, just brought to a spectacular clpfce. His statement was in reference to certain charges made by I. C. Dwiggiu, campaign manager for the drys, who asserted that,,' the prosecutor refused to act on certain information pertaining to alleged expenditures by the wets for the naturalization of foreigners. The prosecutor's statement follows: "It was not my intention to enter into any controversy with the leaders of either the wets or the drys concerning any prosecutions which might have been suggested prior to the election, but from this time forward I intend to use my office to ferret out and prosecute any violations of the law connected with the option election. "Feeling is very high now, and sone radical charges have been made. If they can be substantiated I will ask the court to call the grand jury immediately after the election fully to investigate alleged violations. I have asked the leaders on both sides to report all alleged violations to me." Wet leaders deny illegal use of money prior to the election and today, and they further charge that one of the dry leaders was active in having foreigners naturalized. Notwithstanding the immense crowd at the tabernacle last night, the streets were crowded early in the evening, and in the central business district there was a wet and dry argument on every street corner, in cigar stores, pool rooms and saloons. The saloons closed at 9 o'clock last night and will not reopen after the polls close this evening. At the corner of Eighth and Main streets was one particularly boisterous option debate in which about twenty men were taking part, each trying to raise his voice above his fellows. This discussion attracted such a large audience that the police finally had to disperse the crowd. The men promptly broke up into smaller groups and the debate was continued. On another street corner one very enthusiastic wet pulled a decidedly original argument in favor of the regulation of the sale of liquor, which caused a gale of laughter from his audience. "Prohibition has been a failure since the time it was 6tarted," he yelled. EVANGELIST ASKS. ESCORTJF POLICE Honeywell Accompanied to Pennsylvania Station By Patrolman. I. E. Honeywell, evangelist who delivered an address last evening at the tabernacle, was escorted to the Pennsylvania station by a member of the city police force. The Rev. Mr. Honeywell left the city shortly after the closing of the meeting at the tabernacle. When asked as to the report that the evangelist had asked police pro tection, Chief of Police Goodwin said: "Someone telephoned me last evening and asked that Patrolman Fee be permitted to escort Mr. Honeywell to the Pennsylvania station. I then ordered Fee to accompany him." ELIZABETH JURGENS SUMMONEDJY DEATH Pioneer German Resident Succumbs to Acute Attack of Heart Failure. Mrs. Elizabeth .lurgens. years old, one of the oldest and best-known German residents of the city, died last, night at 11:15 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lee B. Nusbaum, 110 North Eleventh street. She had been ill for several months, but her death was precipitated by an acute attack of heart failure. She was one of the oldest members of St. Paul's Luj theran church, and was active until her death. Several months ago she became afflicted with rheumatism, but had improved greatly, and it "was believed she practically had recovered. Advanced age, however, greatly weakened her condition. Mrs. Jurgens came to the ' United States from Germany in 1845, with her parents, six brothers and a sister and moved to Richmond. Her brother, Charles Knollenberg, 43 South Fourth street, is the only member of the family who survives. Besides her brother, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. John Igelman, Mrs. George Mashmeyer, Mrs. Lee B. Nusbaum and Mrs. William C. Seeker, all of this city. She leaves eleven ! grandchildren and six great-grandchil dren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Friends may call at any time after Wednesday noon. 1 WEATHER FORECAST i For Indiana Fair and warmer tonight. Wednesday unsettled. TEMPERATURE. Noon 61 Maximum 41 Yesterday. Minimum 27 v. . '

t "Is that so? Is that so? Well, when j did they start it?" replied his indlgI nant dry. opponent. I "They started it in the Garden of I Eden, when Adam and Eve were proI hibited from eating an apple. Look

what the result has been." retorted the wet, and his chagrined opponent retired in confusion. There were no disturbances on the streets last night, despite . the high ! feeling engendered by the campaign, and Chief Goodwin said this morning that he did not anticipate there would be any election troubles. To show the intense interest being taken all over the state in the result of the election here today, delegations of both wets and drys from Logansport, Marion, Muncie, Newcastle and other cities arrived last night to see the close of the blistering hot campaign, which has stirred Richmond as no other campaign in its history. Whatever the result of the election in Richmond today, it will have a pronounced effect throughout the state. A wet victory will be a particularly hard blow to the Anti-Saloon League, which has used all it "big guns" in the fight to make Richmond, a city which has had saloons through the century of its existence, dry territory. S. Edgar Nicholson, secretary of the National Anti-Saloon League; Timothy Nicholson, president of the Indi-fli-ia Anti-Stalrtrm I.papiip And T P. j Dwiggins, one of the most prominent dry leaders in the state, have been most prominent on the dry firing line. They have received the active support of B. B. Johnson, secretary to Governor Ralston; Attorney Minton. counsel for the Indiana Anti-Saloon League; I. E. Honeywell, one of the most prominent evangelists in the country, and distinguished public men from various parts of the country. Moral encouragement to the temperance cause in Richmond has been extended by the governors of several dry states. Notwithstanding the large majority received by the wets five years ago, they promptly realized that they had the fight of their lives on their hands and they did make a remarkably effective fight, depending solely upon newspaper publicity and the formation of an excellent organization. Vote Cast at Last Option "Etectio'h Here is the vote cast at the option election in Richmond in 1909. flip it for the purpose of comparing the results of the election today: FIRST WARD. Precinct. Dry. Wet. No. ; :',; 192 No. 7 5:1 211 No. S 31 177 No. 9 :U 177 Wet majority, 611. SECOND WARD. Precinct. Dry. Wet. No. 10 21 127 No. 11 57 106 No. 12 20 95 No. 13 49 109 Wet majority, 280. THIRD WARD. Precinct. Drv. Wet. No. 14 84 88 No. 15 49 104 No. 16 51 138 No. 17 74 107 Wet majority, 179. FOURTH WARD. Precinct. Drv. Wet. No. 18 48 70 No. 19 88 89 No. 20 33 142 No. 21 73 167 No. 22 45 217 Wet majority, 398. FIFTH WARD. Precinct. Dry. Wet. No. 23 63 84 No. 24 98 119 No. 25 84 193 No. 26 131 115 No. 27 121 157 Wet majority, 171. SIXTH WARD. Precinct. Dry. Wet. No. 28 88 97 No. 29 127 104 No. 30 64 152 Wet majority, 74. SEVENTH WARD. Precinct. Dry. Wet. No. 31 90 90 No. 32 110 98 No. 33 93 133 Wet majority, 17. EIGHTH WARD. Precinct. Dry. Wet. No. 34 63 124 No. 33 53 131 Wet majority, 139. Total wet majority, 1,869. WAYNE COUNTY IN NEEDJ0F TEACHERS Wayne county is short of teachers. County Superintendent Williams discovered this when he tried to fill several vacancies which have occurred in the last two. weeks. Three of them were filled with teachers from other counties. Two of the imported teachers were from Lynn, where the schools dismissed last week, and one, Miss Ethel Peterson, of Huntington, filling a vacancy in the Valle school. Grace Riley, of Lynn, replaced Miss Mary McLellan, a teacher at. the Abington pike school,: who resigned because of nervous trouble. Mary Maria tt, who wasappointed to the primary class at Williamsburg a few weeks ago, took sick with measules last week and her place has not been filled. -Teachers at two other township schools resigned within the laBt two days.

Eighty-five Per Cent, of Voters Cast Ballots Before Noon in Host Hotly Contested Election Ever Held in City ARRESTS FEATURE BALLOTING

A remarkably heavy vote, probably j 1 the largest ever cast in ww mj, u considerable disorder at the Twentyfifth precinct polling place, North Fourteenth and G streets, featured today's local option election. Three arrests were made at the North Fourteenth street polling place before 11 o'clock. Louigi Luddio, an Italian, arretted by Claude Knight, sheriff for the drys, charged with attempting to vote illegally,. Released on bond. Charles Way and Matt Schell. arrested by police officers for fighting. Both released on bond. Henry U. Johnson, attorney for the wets, called to the Twenty-fifth precinct because of the arrest of Luddio, engaged in a controversy with the I Rev. W. O. Stovall, pastor of the First Baptist church, but a fight was pre vented by Officer Bundy. No arrests were made. At police headquarters the Rev. Mr. Stovall said Mr. Johnson cursed him and dared him to fight. Stovall's Version. "The language Mr. Johnson used was worse than you would hear in the lowest barrooms. He also told me that 1 was not respectable, and when I told him that he was not always respectable himself, he became enraged." said the minister. The arrest of Luddio almost caused a riot by a large number of foreigners assembled near the polls. When Sheriff Knight arrested him he turned him over to the Rev. Mr. Stovall. and a man named Hodgins, to be taken to I police headquarters. The Rev. Mr. ! c n .. n 11 ....... fAvnAH -... .1 - ..u Luddio away from him. Finally Hodgins started down the street with Luddio. whereupon the foreigners set upon him and released the captive. Clark Makes Charge. They were taking Luddio away from the scene of trouble when Officer Lawler and Officer Bundy arrived and relite 'headcpliart "fs" Oeefl"ciark. atton ney for the drys. says Luddio had hot resided in the precinct the required length of time. Friends of Luddio assert he has lived in the precinct for three years. After the near riot. Wade and Schell gave a fistic exhibition. Wade, a machinist, was working for the drys. At police headquarters he said he had ' made the assertion he had not taken a drink for four months, and that Schell called him. a liar, saying he had seen him drinking in a saloon last Saturday night. Wade said he then struck Schell, and a lively mill ensued, to be interrupted by Officers Lawler and Bundy. A delegation of ministers took the combative dry worker to police headquarters in an automobile and arranged for his bail. Schell was taken to headquarters by officers and also released on bail. Call for Reserves. About 11 o'clock the drys requested additional police at the North Fourteenth street polls. They were told the police auto would bring reserves any time a call was sent in. The Rev. Mr. Stovall told Chief Goodwin squads of men. followed him and cursed him. Dr. J. M. Thurston, working for the J drys at the Fourteenth precinct polli ing place, created excitement by sta- ' tioning himself within the lines and 1 refusing to move. The police patrol, carrying Chief Goodwin. Prosecutor Reller, and President Eversman of the police board, and an officer, responded to a call sent in from that place, and required Dr. Thurston to observe the legal distance. There was a stampede for the polls in every section of the city as soon as 1 they opened at 6 o'clock this morning, land" by noon, it is estimated, between j 80 and 85 p?r cent of the vote cast last fall. 5.900, was in. In two of the ! south end wards, the First and Fourth, nearly the entire vote was in before 11 o'clock, which brought great cheer to the wets. Alfred Cnderhill. a dry worker, was sent sprawling into a gutter at the Twenty-seventh precinct polling place when he challenged a man who bad, replied to Underbill's inquiry that he intended to vote wet. After disposing of Underhill the voter calmly entered the polls and bast his ballot. Drys Challenge Votes. At a large number of polls the dry workers pursued the policy of challenging a majority of the voters, but with small success. Probably less than twenty-five of these challenges were effective. In the Twenty-fifth precinct the dry workers had a list of fifty-two Italians they intended to challenge. Only one on this list. Luddio, had attempted to vote up to 10 o'clock. At noon 200 of the 260 voters in that precinct had cast their ballots. The wets are claiming this precinct by a big majority. At the Seventeenth precinct. 715 North Tenth street, 74 of the 170 voters had balloted by 10 o'clock. Six or seven were challenged by the drys, but later were permitted to vote. 150 in at Noon. At the Sixteenth precinct, 203 North F street, over 125 of the 200 votes were in by noon. Three-fourths of the 200 votes at the Eleventh precinct, city building, were cast by 1 o'clock. , At the Fifteenth precinct, 411 North Eighth street, the drys had challenged many voters during the forenoon ind there were numerous arguments. Practically all th nen challenged. I however, were eventually allowed to

vote. One hundred and fifty of the 200 hundred votes were in by noon. Few Challenges. At the Thirteenth precinct. 173 Ft. Wayne avenue there were a few challenges this morning by the drys. but they were not successful. 70 of the i0 votes were in by 10 o'clock. At the Tenth precinct. 21 Ft. Wayne avenue, most of the dry workers were from other parts of the city and by mistake challenged three or four supposedly dry workers, to their great indignation and the amusement of tbe wet workers. All were permitted to vote. By 11 o'clock 87 of the 200 votes were in. At the Nineteenth precinct, 148 of the 190 votes were in at noon. There were a few challenges. This polling place is at 11 South Eleventh street . At the Twenty-second precinct. No. 4 hose house, 234 of the 335 votes had been cast at noon. No challenges. At the Thirty-fourth precinct. 215 Charles street, 133 of the 213 votes were in at noon. There were three unsuccessful challenges. At the Twenty-first precinct. 401 South Eleventh street. 182 of the 294 votes were in at 1 o'clock. There were several challenges. Sixth precinct, court house. 17 votes in out of 25"'. One challenge. Eighth precint. South Fifth and C streets. 144 in out of 190 votes. One challenge. Ninth precinct. 632 South Sixth street, 191 votes out of 240. No challenge. Seventh precinct. 19 South Sixth street, 212 vote6 out of 3('i. One challenge. Tmentieth precinct. 242 South Eighth street. 131 in out of 175. No challenge. Eighteenth precinct. K. of P. temple. 122 in out of 136. No challenge. Twenty-third precinct. North A. between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, 133 voted in out of 220. Twenty-ninth precinct, corner Sixteenth and Main streets, 225 voted in out of 30n. Thirtieth precinct. 454 South Thirteenth street. 180 voted in out of 212. Twenty-eighth precinct. Southwest eorner .Thirteenth and -Main streets. 162 voted in out of 233. Twenty-sixth precinct. 233 votesln out of 335. Heavy voting was also shown in the Twenty-seventh, where 328 out of 411 votes had been oast This afternoon the iolice were toM that a blind tiger was being operated in a houe in the Twenty-fifth precinct. The chief of police and the prosecutor made a hurried trip to that locality, but were unable to find any evidence of any violation of this sort.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CAUGHTJEORATIflGi Janitors Chase Lads EnteringBuilding, Arresting Roy Plummer Who Tells Names of Companions. Entering one of the south windows of the high school building last evening, three boys carrying a bucket of paint were surprised by two janitors, who gave chase, and with the assist-! ance of a patrolman captured Roy Plummer, a second year man. who in. company with Leo Medearis and Thomas Murphy had planned to decorate the high school building. The attempted lark was caused by the expelling of seven 1kvs yesterday, for painting in big red letters "square deal" on the sandstone of the building a few days ago. Plummer was taken to police headquarters, where he confessed to entering the building. He told the police who his companions were. and. he was thjen released with the understanding that he was to appear this morning in police court. The matter is in the hands of the school board, but nothing was done this morning 011 account of the election, and the cape was deferred until later. Johnston's View. Dr. Johnston, of the school board, said: "The affair is entirely In the hands of the police, and when they are done with the boys we will take a hand. This conduct on the part of students will not be tolerated and further, and the sooner they find it out the better it will be for them. There seems to be a tendency on the part of some of the students that they are running things, and this must be stopped." Told that students were re-olting on account of their thinking they were not being treated in a square manner, he replied, "It is time boys and girls of that age quit acting like-children, and that is no excuse for such conduct." One of the petitious circulated yesterday among the seniors came to an abrupt end late yesterday afternoon when the circulator of the instrument and two of the signers were expelled. Neil Bly, who circulated the petition, and Horatio I.and. president of the senior class, and Roland Ball were expelled because they would not surrender the petition. It was explained later to Principal Pickell that they did not have it in their possession, and when word was circulated that the three students were "canned" the petition was given to the principal by other students, and the hoys were per mined to come back to schooL