Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 126, 7 April 1914 — Page 1

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HOSPITAL DATA READY-TO SHOW AUTHORITIES Commercial Club Will Ask Appropriation of $25,000 in Making County Budget Next Year. PENT PLANS CALL Pt THREE BUILDINGS Statement Shows Per Capita Expense 'of Institutions in Other States Ranges at $1.25 a Day. If the plans of the public health committee of the Commercial club, with the entire club membership behind it, materialize, the county council will Include in its budget next September an appropriation of $20,000 or $25,000 'for a county tuberculosis hospital. The committee has been working on ' the idea a year and now culminated the investigations. Will Quigg, chairman of the committee, reported to the board of- directors of the Commercial club last night, the desire of the committee to bring its work to a climax by presenting the data it has collected to the county commissioners and county council. The board was unanimous in its support of the movement and discussed at length the advantages of the hospital to the community. The committee gave the following plan of a small community hospital with accommodations for about fifty or sixty patients: Plan Outlined. Administration building Twostory building, high basement, tenfoot porch across front with sevenfoot porches along sides, half way back, both upstairs and down. First floor, doctors' and superintendent's office, kitchen, dining room and sitting room, all open, with folding doors leadto hall. Second floor, medium sized j rooms opening on oorch. Cost of building about $15,000. Pavilion for advanced cases. About ; twenty rooms, ten by twelve feet, j fronting on an eleven-foot porch. Big room in center. Cost of building about $10,000 or less. . x I-ean-to for incipient cases. No cellars and plenty of porch room. Slight cost for construction. The committee figures conservatively that there are about three hundred cases of tuberculosis in the county, and showed that there- are annually about sixty deaths from the disease. "Tuberculosis kills more people than any other ten diseases," the report reads. "Every two hours a resident of this state dies from tuberculosis, statistics for the past seven years show.' Data From New York. A score of counties in New York, Ohio and Indiana presented the committee with additional argument in favor of the hospital. The committee expects to have such a strong case apainst tuberculosis when it is presented to the commissioners at their June session, that defeat of the hospital plan will be impossible. The Wayne county Medical Society pledged ardent support in a report submitted to the committee in December, but not publicly presented to the club until last night. In part the report said: "From our investigation at your request, and our personal knowledge, we find that actual experience has shown county hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis to be far supe-rior-to state or city hospitals. One of the primary principles of a county tuberculosis hospital is to protect the community from infection. The aim to cure the patients is of course not overlooked." The report discussed at length the danger of infection, and condemned home curing of the disease. Hospitals in other states have been successful, and the expense small. The per capita expense averaged in a number about $1.25 a day. As many patients are admitted without cost, the institutions are not entirely self-supporting, but there would be little expense on the county, the committee believes. Batchelor Flops to G. O. P. Ranks From Bull Moose MARION. Ind., April 7. James O. Batchelor, mayor of Marion, who was nominated on the Progressive ticket, issued a statement today in which he declares that he has gone' back into the ranks of the Republican party. He says the abuses within the Republican organization have been corrected and that the party again is "the Republican party of Lincoln." He justified his action by the fact that he was elected mayor by the whole people and not by any particular party. ,. In his declaration he said that he was against a "boss ruled political machine" and that he was opposed to methods such as used by Republican national leaders in conventions of 1908 and 1912. "I am a Republican," he said, "but I am a Lincoln Republican and not a reactionary machine Republican." BATCHELOR SPOKE HERE. Mayor Batchelor spoke in Richmond during the wet and dry fight, defending the statement that there were no blind tigers in Marion, in opposition to the declaration of J. Benrett Gordon that Marion harbored many places where liquor was sold. Relatives of Mx. Batchelor lire in Richmond.

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E Members Perform for High Students Rapping Police For Failure to Enforce the Laws on City's Books. BESCHER ADVOCATES MUCH LARGER FORCE Ventilation of Picture Shows . Described As Foul, Vile, Rancid and Impure No Action Council sat up and scratched its head. "We'reup against it. What are we going to do? We've got a bushel of ordinances, most of them half dead. They cover everything, but they're not enforced. Every meeting or so we add a few more, fill up our council records and earn our money, but as soon as the ink is dry on the ordinance books, what's in them is forgotten," said the tone of the meeting. Then council jumped in, cleaned up on the police department, took a swat at the public, and sourly and sarcastically berated and scolder the city in general. . The meeting opened in a pleasant sociable way and council was at its best before forty members of the high school civics class, with Prof. W. O. Wissler and a number of spectators. When six former councilmen filed in, the city dads of today waxed almost jovial, still retaining their dignity. The usual complaints passed by with grace; ordinances were discussed without fight; resolutions were adopted and the business went forward smoothly. Then everybody made a little speech, including Prof. Wissler and the ex-councilraen. Bond Starts Rumpus. City Attorney Bond spoiled the whole meeting when he became peevish over the fact that the fly and garbage ordinance, in which hours of hard toil had been put, was not being enforced. "If it is not out of order to repeat and repeat and repeat, I would like to know about that fly and garbage ordinance. Why is it not- enforced?" Bond demanded. "If city ordinances really amount to anything, why are they not enforced? "I sometimes think that what the police department needs is to be given a" "good schoolirig'Th "city "'ordhfariceS and state laws. Teach what ordinances are in effect. Teach them that they are there for something Continued on Page Six. - FATHERS AND SONS BANQOETTOGETHER Hear Purdue Professor Deplore Lack of Moral Efficiency and Church's Failure to Keep Pace. COULTER URGES DUTY Pettijohn Pays High Tribute to Boys of Presbyterian Sunday School for Manliness. "Although the world has made more progress in the last decade than in the last twenty-five years, the moral efficiency of the people has not kept apace with the progress in other lines" asserted Prof. Stanley Coulter, of Purdue University in an address before the participants of the Father and Son banquet at the First Presbyterian church, last night. Approximately one hundred fathers and sons of the church attended. "The reasons that may be assigned for this state of affairs are lack of loyalty and deep convictions, failure to see duty in the light of a personal thing." The lack of loyalty of church members was deeply scored by the speaker, who assigned this as one of the chief failings of the church today. "It was the deep convictions of the members of the church of the olden days that caused them to meet the emergencies and obstacles of those times. Without their deep convictions in the work they undertook, their efforts would have been unsuccessful." Pettijohn Speaks. H. Pettijohn, boys' secretary of the Y. M. C. A., in speaking on behalf of the boys of the church, lauded the work that has been done by the boys of the Presbyterian Sunday school. J. H. McAfee, superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school, spoke concerning the work of that department. He urged that the father and son movement be encouraged and that the ad,3r$SaTte interest in the work' of the boy's. WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Unsettled tonight and Wednesday. Probably rain or now. Colder tonight In south portion. Colder Wednesday. TEMPERATURE. Noon . 52 Yesterday. Maximum 53 Minimum ............ j......... 22

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Listen! USES WIFE'S KIMONO DEER WRECKS HOME CLOWN TO PREACHER FRIGHTENED BY DOGS, A DEER bounded into Albert Spangler's kitchen in Cold Springs, N. Y., wrecked the place and escaped. WILLIAM McCLUNG PAXTON, 94 years old, of St. Louis, won the state-wide contest for continuous Sunday school attendance when he produced certificates from ministers to prove he had not missed a Sunday for sixty-four years. . WILLIS E. BARNES, A LEGLESS chauffeur of Hackensack, N. J., was arrested for speeding through two tollgates. Barnes "was carried into court. He declared his employer, F. H. Herman, wanted to keep an appointment. Herman was fined $20. JOHN -Wi LK ERS -WAS-FORCEO-TO go to the Philadelphia police station "in his wife's kimono to testify against. Ralph Scott, charged with stealing clothes valued at $200 from Wilkins' home. WORKMEN AT CHARLESTON, S C., repairing the propeller of the old cruiser, Olympic, Rear Admiral Dewey's flagship at Manila, found a penny embeddel in the blades. It was dated 1893. "DARE-DEVIL" HAWES, FORMER circus clown and high diver, has begun his duties as a minister, taking charge of the pastorate of the Richmond (Ohio) Baptist church. HAAS ANNOUNCES INSTITUTE DATES Head of County Sunday School Body Arranges Series of Township Meetings. Dates for township Sunday school institutes, have been announced by B. M. Haas, president of the Wayne County Sunday School association. The township meetings are in preparation for the county convention which will be held in Hagerstown May 21 and 22. George W. Burnie, secretary of the State Sunday School association and Miss Pearl Weaver, head of the temperance department, will be the two state workers at the county convention. The committee on the convention will secure a special train to Hagerstown from Richmond on one of the convention nights, if possible. The township meetings are as follows: April 19th. Clay, Greensfork, Rev. Chamness and Rev. Commons. . . April 26. Williamsburg, Green, E. M. Haas. Economy, Perry, Judge Boggs. Fountain City, New Garden, Harry Reeves. May 3rd. Dalton, Dalton, Harry Reeves. . Hagerstown, Jefferson, E. M. Haas. Franklin Township, Freeman Haisley and Edna Smith. E. Germantown, Jackson, W. c. Hasemeier and Miss Bertsch. May 10th. Harrison Township, Ed Jones. Abington, Judge Boggs. . Boston, Haisley & Smith. Centerville, Rev. Zerbe and Rev. Commons. May 17th. Milton, Washington, W. C. Hasemeier. Wayne Township, Rev. Leonard and Miss Bertsch. TRUCK REPAIRED The big fire truck at the central station has had a two days vacation. but with some of its vitals removed. It will be put in commission some time today. Sunday, while responding to a fire one of the cam shafts broke, dis abling the fire 'fighter. The mechanics in charge of 'the machine . have been at work since that time overhaul lu the truck,

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PRICE FAVORS RUSH COUNTY FOR MEETING Progressive Chairman At Connersville, Wants District Convention Set for April 25. G. O. P. ENTERS TICKET Meyers, Secretary of Committee, Says Republican , Candidates to Be Named By Convention. Progressive County Ghairman Clifford prjce.went to Connersyjlle today for the purpose of meeting District Chairman Roberts, of Greenfield, and the various other county chairmen of the district for the purpose of selecting the place and time for holding the district convention. "There is a sentiment among Progressive workers in Wayne county favorable to holding the district convention'in some county where 'missionary work will be beneficial," said Mr. Price, "so I am going to suggest that the meeting be held in Rushville. The Progressive party is weaker in Rush county than any other county in the district, but there is quite a robust organization in Rush, at that." Mr.' Price thinks that Saturday, April 25, will be the date fixed for holding the district convention. This is just a week after the date for holding the state convention at Indianapolis. Karl Meyers, secretary o'f the Republican county committee, announced today that the committee had definitely decided to place a county ticket in the field this year, but that the date for nominating the ticket had not yet been set. "It is my understanding that the county ticket will be nominated at a delegate convention instead of at a primary election, but this question has not yet been settled by the committee," Secretary Meyers said. "It is also my belief that shortly after the Republican state convention, April 22 and 23, a call will be issued for ward and township meetings to elect delegates and alternates to a county convention, and that this convention will be held a few days after these meetings." It is known that Judge Henry C. Fox will again be nominated to the circuit court bench by the Republicans, and it has been generally reported that Denver Harlan and Gath Freeman are candidates for nomination as prosecuting attorney. Prospective candidates for the other places on the ticket are not known. UNDERWOOD DEFEATS H0BS0NJ0R SENATE Majority Leader of House Goes to Upper Chamber March 4, Hobson Retires. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 7. Oscar W. Underwood won the senatorial nomination over Richmond .P. Hobson in yesterday's Democratic primary by approximately 25,000 majority. "Official figures are lacking in . all tbe contests and the count is progressing slowly on account of the lengthy ballot. Enough returns have come in to indicate that Hobson carried . only three of tbe sixty-seven counties. Both Hobson and Underwood will retire from the national house on March 4 next. Underwood entering the United States senate and Hobson private life. Former Governor B. B. Comer, antirailroad man and Prohibitionist, received a plurality over his three opponents for the gubernatorial nomination, and indications this morning are that Reuben F. Kolb, local optionist. will run against him in the second primary May, 11 .for the nomination, though Carhes Henderson ia running Kolb a close race. -

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Chickens Must Keep Off Main, Stringent Ukase of "Coppers" Since Westenberg Caught Fowl

All chickens must keep off Main street. This police edict became known today following the sensational arrest of a very bold and speedy chicken by Officer Westenberg. Westenberg's captive, it should be explained before this narrative proceeds further; was not of the slit-skirt variety; It was a long-legged, befeathered and very Inquisitive Shanghai hen. . Some way Miss Hen got off her regular beat and wandered onto Richmond's busiest thoroughfare and was t M n RAM AftAtNRT UCD (Sketched by Staff Artist) apparently having the time of her life when noticed by an astonished pedestrian. He met Officer Westenberg -in a few minutes and informed him that there was a "chicken up the i street." Can't Shock Westenberg. "Oh. that's nothing. Was you ever on Main street Saturday night?" calmly replied the veteran officer. "Say, I don't mean that kind, Mr. Officer. I mean a regular chicken that has wings and wishbones," the citizen stated. REV. BRIDGE SENT TO GRACE CHURCH Former Pastor, Rev. Mr. Cates, Assigned to Congregation in Tipton. Conference reports from Mishawaka are to the effect that two of the Richmond Methodist ministers will return to this city, -but the Rev. Arthur Cates, of the Grace Episcopal church, was assigned to Tipton, Ind. The Rev. B. Earl - Parker was reassigned to the First M. E. church congregation, while the Rev. Sylvester Billheimcr returned again to the Third M. E. church. The Rev. U. S. A. Bridge received the assignment to the Grace church to succeed the Rev. Mr. Cates., The Richmond delegation will arrive in this city this afternoon. Delay incurred In the assignments by Bishop McDowell caused the conference to be la session two more days than at first was planned. ' The remaining assignments in the Richmond district are: ' Cambridge City, W. M. Hoi lope ter; Centerville, C. A. Mitchell; Charlottsville, H. W. Miller; Deerfield. Clyde S. Miller; Dunkirk, Benjamin Kendall; Economy, Preston Polhemus; Farmland, W. J. Huffman: Fountain City, J. H. Richardson; Greenfield, C. H. Smith; Hagerstown, .M... R. . Pierce; Kennard, J. N. Simmons; Knightstown, R. C. Jones; Lewis ville. R. C. Ballard; Lynn, J. P. Chamness; Markleville, R. J. Older; Maxwell, A. J. Duryee; McCordsrille, H. A. Goening; Millgrove, T. S. Haddock; Modoc, E. H. Taylor; Newcastle, O. A. Trabne; Parker, ; C. B. Sweeney; Philadelphia, J. B. O'Connor; Redkey. 'J. H.1 Runkle ; Ridge ville, R. H. Wekrey; Sahv monia, Arthur Gordon; Saratoga, R. I. Black; Shirley, C. W. Anderson; Spartansburg, O. P. Van; Spicelaad. E, A. Bunner; Union City.'L. J. Naftsger; Williamsburg. J. WTZerte; JWlncneater. F. F. Morria.. ;

An idea of the Immense are of the territory in Northern Mexico that has fallen Into the hands of Constitutionalists,, as a result of the fall of Torreon, is gained by a comparison of the five states now in the rebels' hands with American states. The total area of Sonora, ' Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa and Tamaullpas, all reckoned as Constitutional territory, is 274,946 square miles, as compared with 262,290 square miles, the area of all Texas and "47.260 square miles, the area of the state of New York, or approximately, six. times the area of the Empire state. The shaded portions of the map represent the territory now in the control of the rebels.

YCAT rr s 1 The pursuit and capture of the elusive Shanghai is dramatically related by Sergeant McNally, who received his information from Officer Vogelsong. "Vogelsong tells me that Westenberg again demonstrated his remarkable speed in arresting that chicken, said McNally. "First" he crept so close to it that he almost had It in his grasp, but when he extended his hand the chicken sidestepped, squaked and started East on Main street with throttle wide open. Passes Speeding Automobile. "Then Westenberg showed some sprint fag lhat niade" Vogelsong "tufa green with envy. Taking a full breath like a thoroughbred he went past an automobile as if it were standing still, and before the hen had gone four blocks he was holding her by the legs." "Henry could have got her In two blocks if the street hadn't been so 6lippery," commented Skipper Wenger of the police automobile, who is a great admirer of the veteran officer. Westenberg's exploit today pales into significance Wenger's recent daring arrest of a cow in West Richmond. BUT THIS KINO UNDER BAN (Sketched by Staff Artist) PARTY OF BOOSTERS HERE NEXT MONDAY The Commercial Club Plans Smoker for 100 Business Men From Ohio. A delegation of "Indiana and Ohio Boosters" from Cincinnati, will be entertained by the Commercial club here next Monday. The delegation will come via Lima. 'Ohio and Winchester to Richmond in a special train, accompanied by a band and several speakers. It will remain here for about two hours. There will be about a hundred in the delegation and arrangements are being made by the entertainment committee of the Commercial club to hold a smoker for them in the club rooms. After leaving here, the train will go to Connersville and return to Cincinnati. The trip will last three days, and will cost about 15,000 or $50 a member. Members of the Cincinnati chamber of commerce will be on tbe train. WHEAT JCROP GOOD Government Report Shows Condition 95 Per Cent. - WASHINGTON. D. C. April 7. The government crop report, published today, gives the condition of winter wheat as 95.5. indicating a yield of 660,000,000 bushels.- Last year 525,000,000 bushels of winter wheat were harvested, the largest in tbe history of the country. The increase this year is partly due to the increased acreage under winter wheat cultivation. ' The 36,500,000 acres in wheat this winter Is approximately 5,000,000 acres more than last year.

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mm bates FOR SERVICE T V '-)! Commercial Club Directors Hold Superceding of Old Contracts Against Law and Constitution.' . n PETTIS REIT) WHIi DEMAND OLD)TtATE Will Demand Schedule Under Old Contract With x Fence Factory, Still to Run Three. Years. . At a meeting of dlrectow of thef Commercial club last erenlmc the I opinion warn frankly expressed that the declaration of the Light. Heat and j Power company and the city officials, ; representing the municipal plant, that1 the new joint rate schedule superceded ! all contracts held by local concerns,; rendering them null and void, was', contrary to law and the state coast!-' tutlon. Furthermore it was the general; opinion that the "readiness to serve" rate. 75 cents per horse power per; month for all motors of more than! two horse power, was excessrro and-ln i many cases prohibitive. Today Pettis Reid, president of the EHJott-Reld Fence company, which Is' one of the largest users of electricity j In the city, said he had a contract! with the Light, Heat and Power com-1 pany which would not expire for three years. Under this contract he get a power rate of 1 cents. "I will Insist on tbe observance of that contract until Its expiration. said Mr. Reid. "Under the new Joint schedules I would have to pay a larger rate, and I think the one we have now is too high." Asked if his company would engage in litigation if an effort was made to cancel Its contract. Mr. Reid said he did not like to go into the courts to settle such questions, but probably would do so If there was no other recourse. "I hope the rates will be re-adjusted satisfactorily, he added. Mr. Reid and other business men admit that the electric power companies are.entllledito fair returns on their equipment and for their readiness to (Continued on Page Five) ASKS 15 PER CENT. LOWER INSURANCE Commercial Club Committee to Present Data Before State Bureau Showing Low Losses in City. MAIN ALMOST DONE Richmond Complies With All Requirements to Provide Adequate Protection in the Business District. With the completion of the additional twenty Inch water main from the pumping station hero in thrtoa weeks, the insurance committee of tb Commercial club will be ready to present its data on the Richmond insurance rates and make application to the Indiana fire insurance Inspection bureau for a decrease in the fire protection rates of this city. George Eggemeyer. chairman of the ' committee, reported at the meeting of the board of directors of the Commercial club last night, that the Indian apolis bureau of insurance has agreed to submit its records and other information relative to insurance rates, to the Richmond club and to assist the city in securing a lower rate. Within three weeks, the last of nine requirements for lower Insurance rates, posted here In 1909 by E. M. Sellers, of the Inspection bureau at Indianapolis, will have been complied with. This will be the connecting of the new water main with the new pump at the water works pumping station. The main has been completed for some time, but owing to delays in the installation of the pump and in building operations, the final connection was not made. Wires Not Underground. Although the . committee has suffi cient data to show that Richmond fire insurance rates should be lowered, it has decided to await the completion of the main.. The only other condition not entirely complied with Is the placing of all wires underground. Conduit systems are In use in the bust, ness district and it is believed this will be sufficient for the present. The committee has back of It In Hs campaign for lower rates the low fire loss of the city last year. Fire Chief Miller has given them bis reports showing a per capita fire loss of ten cents for the year of 1913.- Reports of former years are equally, as favorable. A reduction of fifteen per. cent In the rates on buildings and five . per cent on contents, will be asked. -' , The committee believes a saving of almost $15,000 will ..be accomnUabed for merchants if the -new rates - ar secured. However, there are no figures on which to has the' estimate. It is roughly estimated that IIO.OOO.OCO is carried in fire Insurance by. merchants and manufacturers of thtrcity.

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