Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 146, 30 April 1914 — Page 1

PJk AND 8UN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 146 RICHMOND, IND, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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TO CLEANSE CITY DF VERA CRUZ Residents Wonder Why Soldiers Insist Upon Sanitary Measures Navy Turs the City Over to Army. BY THOMAS P. COATE, Special Correspondent of the International New Service. VERA CRUZ, April 30 Brigadier General Frederick Funston, commander of the Fifth infantry brigade of the United States army, today took supreme commany of the American army Of occupation and assumed the title of military governor of Vera Cruz. The transfer of shore duty from the bluejackets and marines to the combined forces of marines and soldiers took place today, the infantrymen taking up the task of policing the city rand upholding the authority of the civil government appointed by Admiral Fletcher. The sailors were returned to the American warships, taking their light artillery and machine guns with them. General Funston announced that he vould follow the plans of Admiral Fletcher. Throw Up Ent nchmenta. Marines and soldiers are co-operating 1n guarding the western outskirts of the city. Side by side the khaki-clad men of the sea, soldiers and sailors too, as Kipling called them and the khakiclad men of the land are extending trenches and piling up barricades of sand-filled bags on the northwestern ,and southwestern limits to prevent .any surprise attack. Entrenchments are also being thrown up along the railroad tracks to prevent the federals from trying to run by with armored troop trains. Elaborate ceremonies were arranged to make the turning over of the control of the city by Admiral Fletcher's forces to those of General Funston. These included an exchange of courtesies, between representatives of the army and navy forces in the presence of the staffs of Admiral Fletcher and General Funston and a salute. Bands Play. Orders were given for three lines of soldiers, bluejackets and marines to" be drawn up along the wnarT, ana marine and regimental bands were early on the scene playing a program of music. For purposes of defense and administration the city has been divided into three sections by the naval and military authorities. The marines are to occupy and defend the northern part; the Fourth infantry will have charge of the center, and the Seventh infantry will guard the southern and southwestern part. The Twenty-eighth and Nineteenth regiments will watch the harbor front and act as a reserve lorce. Patrol Duty Arduous. When the soldiers and marines took lip their posts today they saw that . jeven if there was no fighting, their Job was not going to be a snap. The plains which stretch between the city and the barren hills of sand on which nothing grows but cactus. At dawn a fog which speaks of malaria and ague, covers the sand. In .the daytime the tropical sun heats it until it burns. It is not a hard, firm sand, but is loose and shifts, and "when one walks in it he sinks over liis shoetops. Of course, there is no fresh water to be had on a desert waste, so drinking water and water for bathing purposes must be carried by hand to the outposts. Establish Sanitary Rules. The sanitary corps has established frigid rules to keep up the good health cf the Fifth brigade, for it has just come from one of the most salubrious posts in the United States. Mexicans for the first time in their lives have been stopped from throwing their garbage into the gutters, and with looks of wonder upon their faces are asking why. The American troops have behaved admirably in every way. Only two cases of intoxication have been reported. The soldiers have acted with the greatest consideration toward Mexican non-combatants. During the heat of the fighting the strict punctilio of .disipline was slightly overlooked, and pome of the machine gun operators in the thick of bullets calmly smoked big black cigars while they worked the levers which rained lead against the Mexican barricades.

MEXICANS

Enlist School Pupils to Clean Up Streets

Enlisting students of the schools in the movement to clean up the city, the following persons visited the various buildings today at the request of the committee appointed by the Commercial club to have charge of the work: Mrs. F. W. Stephens, Garfield and high school; Dr. A. J. Whallen. Warner and Vaile; Mrs. J. F. Hernariay, Baxter; Mrs. P. T. McLellan; Mrs. Monarch and Mrs. Hayes, parochial schools; Mrs. Hole, Sevastopol; Proi'. N. G. Heironimus, Starr; R. C. Leonard, Hibberd; E. M. Learner, Finley; Mrs. Ricey, Whitewater. The students in these buildings with the exception of high school and Garfield, were asked to become members of civic leagues, by signing of the following plede: "I wish Richmond to be a clean and beautiful city, and I will work to make it so, by keeping my own yard clean; by planting flowers, vines and trees; . bv protecting private and public prop-iefty."

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Upton Sinclair Goes on Hunger Strike to Evade Fine

BY LEASED WIRE NEW YORK, April 30. Upton Sinclair, novelist and Socialist, and the four women "mourning pickets" who were arrested with him for parading in front of the Standard Oil offices at 26 Broadway, as a protest against the treatment of coal strikers in Southern Colorado, were today found guilty of disorderly conduct by Magistrate Sims and sentenced to spend three days in jail or pay fines of $3 each. Sinclair and two of the women, Mrs. Donia Leitner and Elizabeth Freeman, the latter an English suffragette, refused to pay fines and were locked up. PREACHER GETS $200 FOR SWEARING FALSE Atlanta Minister Bribed to Switch Murder Charge From Frank to Negro. BY LEASED WIRE ATLANTA, a., April 30 The Rev. C. B. Ragsdale late last night, confronted by a committee from his church, confessed that for a bride of $200, he made an affidavit swearing that Jim Conley, the star negro witness at the Frank trial, had said that he had murdered a girl at the National Pencil factory, where Mary Phagon was killed, and for which Leo M. Frank stands convicted and sentenced to be hanged. The church committee, after hearing Ragsdale's statement that he was in dire straits when he accepted the $200 bribe, accepted his resignation, and made up a month's salary for him. Ragsdale would not say who paid the $200. but declared the affidavit was made in the presence of Detective William J. Burns and two other detectives. Detective Burns could not be found here today, and it is reported he has gone to Oklahoma on a government case. Prosecution and defense are ready for the arguments in the extraordinary motion for a new hearing of Leo M. Frank, which will open tomorrow morning. Burns' report has been made to the lawyers for the defense and probably will be submitted at the hearing for a new trial. - - NSANITARY FEDERAL BUILDINGS RAPPED BY LEASED WIRE WASHINGTON, April 30. Severe criticism of the federal government's policy of renting buildings unqualified for the uses to which they are put, is made in the report of the public buildings commission, Submitted to congress today. The criticism applies particularly to Washington The commission, which has supervi-

sion of the expenditure of appropria- j coiony sought shelter, was under fire tions for such public buildings as post-1 during most of the day. The physieffices. court and custom houses, rec- i clall exhibited a white flag which he

ommends "that towns and cities, in which a building has been authorized, be required to agree to provide sidewalks, curbing, street lighting and street sewers, beforee- ja contract for the construction of the building is entered upon." ULSTER EAST COAST UNDER NAVAL PATROL BY LEASED WIRE BELFAST, April 30. All the east coast of Ulster province is now under the patrol of British warships, which are keeping up a vigilant watch to prevent filibusters from landing more guns and ammunition for the anti-home rule forces. The eleven warships which reached Bangor Bay yesterday and were immediately ordered on police duty, began early today to steam up and down the coast. The commanders are under orders to stop all suspicious looking craft. Detachments of the Ulster volunteers, and the anti-home rule army, were on duty throughout the night in a number of towns in Ulster province to prevent the seizure of arms and ammunition by government troops. win prizes is printed on the back of the pledges: "Clean your own yard, back and front; clean your own walks, dig weeds; secure signatures to citizens' pledges; count clean yards in your block and the children you see keeping their pledges; beautify your yards. The time limit for work is two hours each school day during cleaning week, and eight hours on Saturday, May 2. For five hours honest work a plant will be given. The school making the best record secures the beautiful silk flag won last year by Whitewater. The cleaning week committee is reaping the benefits of the industrial departments, the printing of citizens' and children's pledges is the handiwork of Garfield students. The pupils' report blanks were printed by the high school. RUN3 GYROSCOPE. LONDON, April 30 M. Shidowsky's two-wheeled gyroscopic car, weighing three tons, was successfully operated through the streets here.

"I will go on a hunger strike," cried Sinclair, as he was led from the court. "I do not care whether they carry me out dead or alive; I won't eat." Sinclair acted as spokesman when the party was arraigned. Addressing Magistrate Sims, he said: "We do not desire any counsel, for we have done no wrong, but I personally will examine the state's witnesses." When Policeman Frank G. Wilson, who made the arrests, declared that the defendants had used "threatening and offensive language," while parading, Sinclair protested. "That is absolutely untrue," cried the novelist.

HOSTILITIES CEASE IN COLORADO STRIKE U. S. Troops Cow Miners, but Disorder Expected to Break Out as Tension Grows. BULLETIN WASHINGTON, April 30. SECRETARY OF LABOR WILSON ANNOUNCED TODAY THE APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM R. FARLEY, OF ALABAMA, AN OFFICIAL OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS, AND HYWEL DAVIES, PRESIDENT OF THE MINE OPERATORS OF KENTUCKY, AS HIS OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING ABOUT AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE MINING TROUBLES IN COLORADO. FAIRLEY AND DAVIES ARE NOW ON THEIR WAY TO WASHINGTON AND WILL LEAVE FOR COLORADO AFTER THEY HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS HERE. DENVER, Colo., April 30. Hostilities practically ceased throughout the strike region with the taking over of control by United States troops today. Among the first to turn over their weapons to the authorities were the 650 strikers who for eight days have been battling the militia in the vicinity of Walsenburg. Although under the terms of the itruce, the strikers were not taken nTnto custody they will be subject to prosecution In the courts for the killing of Major P. P. Lester, of the hospital corps, who was shot down while assisting In the care of the wounded. While government troops aided by the militia and state authorities were endeavoring to establish peace throughout the strike zone an inquest over the bodies of the victims of the Ludlow battle, was under way. Militia Fire Tents. Dr. A. S. Harvey, physician of the union, testified that after the fire had virtually subsided and while the women and children lay in the "safety" pits, the militiamen applied torches to the canvas. He testified that he and Frank Bayes, a ranchman, witnessed this deed. Harvey also testified that the ranch house in which many womftn an(i children rpfiieees from th camea wim mm doing reiiei worK during the battle. The flag showed the marks of five bullets. Revised figures of the two battles at Forbes, fourteen miles north of Trinidad, and at Walsenburg, show thirteen dead and many missing and believed slain. Fears were openly expressed today that the present reign of quiet would not last long but that the miners' would renew hostilities in districts where federal troops were not stationed. ITALY WANTS EXPLANATION. WASHINGTON, April 30. That Italy may ask the United States for indemnity should it be found that Italian life or property had been illegally taken or destroyed in Colorado because of the mine strike there, was indicated when Marquis Cusini Confalonieri, the Italian ambassador, called at the state department today. Samuel Gompers, president of the American' Federation of Labor, commenting upon the appointment of Farley and Davies as arbitrators, said that the indignation of the Colorado miners is such that they are threatening a country-wide strike which only can be avoided by the greatest effors of the miners' executives. RED CROSS HELPS CLEAN VERA CRUZ BY LEASED WIRE1 WASHINGTON, April 30. Miss Mabel. T. Boardman, head of the Red Cross, today took active charge of the relief work at Vera Cruz. Authority was cabled to Civil Governor Kerr to draw on the Red Cross for $5,000 for this work. Dr. A. R. Goodman, chief surgeon of the National Railways of Mexico, was designated to act until Charles Jenkinson, director of the Atlantic division of the Red Cross, can reach Vera Cruz. He now is on hjs way there. Miss Boardman cabled to Admiral Fletcher advising him of this action in response to a message from the admiral stating that there was urgent need of Red Cross work at Vera Cruz. WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana Unsettled tonight and Friday; probably showers. TEMPERATURE. Noon . . . . ... 45

PROGRESSIVES EXPECT HELP

ROOSEVELT Third Party Leaders Sees Wilson's Defeat in Handling of Mexican Imbroglio and Panama Tolls. BY LEASED WIRE CHICAGO, April 30. Theodore Roosevelt's entrance into the Progressive campaign this fall was forecasted today when Progressive leaders from fifteen states gathered in Chicago to discuss organization plans for the country-wide fight they are to launch within tne next few months. In addition to Btumping Illinois, Colonel Roosevelt is expected to take part in the campaigns in New York, Massachusetts, Maine and possibly a few other states. President Wilson's attitude on the Panama canal toll exemption for American coastwise shipping and his handling of the Mexican imbroglio were declared by some of the conferees to have cost him much support within the past three months. In it they saw advantages for the Pressive party. The leaders expressed flattering reports concerning the party's prospects in various states and were unanimously in favor of naming candidates in every congressional district, full state and county tickets and the perfection of precinct organization. Oscar King Davis, secretary of the national committee, said: "We expect tremendous gains In both houses of congress this fall. One reason is that we have perfected our organization practically throughout the country. The other is due to President Wilson's steady loss of popularity through his fight on the toll question and his handling of our foreign relations. He is not as popular now as he was three months ago." Among those present was Albert J. Beveridge. MEXICANS INSTALL DYNAMITE MINES UNDER RAILROADS Refugee Brings Report of F e d e r als Preparing to Blow Up Troop Trains of American Invaders. BY A. M. JAMIESON. Special Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. VERA CRUZ, April 30. Dynamite mines have been planted by Mexican Federals along the tracks of the Mexican railroad and the Vera Cruz and Isthmus railroad at a number of points between this city and the capital. Dr. P. A. Monday, who was among the latest refugees arriving from Oaxaca, went to Admiral Fletcher and told him of the mines and advised that the utmost precautions be taken If the Americans found it necessary to transport troops over the railway lines. Fresh news of attacks upon Americans was brought here today by refugees from interior points. Among them was A. W. Elliott, an Indiana man, who was struck in the face with a stone during the anti-foreign demonstrations in Cordoba. Elliott was nearly blinded, a sharp corner of the rock tearing through the pupil of one eye. Eighty Are Marooned. Frank Dlsbrow, of New York, was struck in the neck with a missile during the Cordoba riots and is under the care of a doctor here. It is known that there are eighty Americans marooned at El Burro, but their fate is not known. W. W. Canada, the United States consul, is trying to get in touch with them. The number of refugees in Vera Cruz has been increased by about 300 Mexicans. Spaniards, French and Americans who arrived here on a train which had been sent out ten miles to meet a Vera Cruz bound train which could not get past a break in the tracks there. Dr. Monday was among these refugees. "Information was secured from Mexicans hostile to the Huerta government that the Federals have been active for a week planting mines along railway tracks for the blowing up of American troop trains," said Dr. Monday. "An abutment and several bridges on the Vera Cruz and Isthmus railroad have been heavily charged and electric wires strung so that the mines can be safely exploded from a distance of a quarter of a mile. Other bridges on the line to Mexico City have been drilled and charged." The' Alvarado Construction company has been engaged on harbor work at. Alvarado, which is about thirty-five miles down the coast from this city. When news reached that district of the taking of Vera Cruz by Americans anti-foreign feeling flamed up. The Americans decided to flee. A Mexican skipper was bribed to carry his passengers to Vera Cruz, and demanded a sum of passage money that was staggering. The Americans were cheered when they saw the fleet of United States warships anchored off the harbor of Vera Cruz, and the Mexican, who feared the confiscation of his craft, hurriedly turned and sailed away.

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Huerta and Carranza Will Send Envoys to Washington

BY W. N. TAFT. Special Correspondent of the International News Service at the White House. WASHINGTON, April 30. Mediation conference to decide the differences between President Wilson and General Huerta and General Carranza will be held in Washington, It was announced today by the displomatlc representatives, from Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Carranza already has signified his intention of appointing Senor Zubarron, his chief of interior, to represent him. Senor Zubarron is on his way to Washington and upon his arrival is expected to confer with the three Latin-American diplomats composing the board of mediation. President Wlbon, through Secretary of State Bryan, also will appoint the representative of the United States shortly. John Bassett Moore, former counsellor of the state department, and John Lind, the president's special envoy to Mexico, who obtained valuable first hand information during his stay at Vera Cruz, are SOME TRAMP THIS, TO HUNGER STRIKE Idea of Work on the County Roads Horrifies Police Court Victims. John Martin, a tramp, threatened to go on a regular suffraget hunger strike when informed this morning by Prosecutor Reller that he would have to work on the road gang while an inmate of the county jail, serving fifteen days for a fine of $5 and costs on conviction for intoxication. When Martin heard the word "work" mentioned he turned deathly pale and shuoted that he would not work for the county. "I won't work in the jail nor on the roads; I'll starve to death first. Me work Never." "Well, you'll like to work before we get through with you," replied Officer Vogelsong. "After you get through with this sentence you will be tried for begging, and after you get through your second term you will be tried for public indecency, so the county is going to get a lot of good out of you this summer." This direful threat broke Martin's proud spirit and ten minutes after he was taken fro mpolice headquarters he was cutting grass on the court house lawn under the spervision of Turnkey Miller. In the city jail last night Martin whistled for three or four hours, only beine silenced when Officer Wenger turned a stream from a garden hose on him. ASKS NEWSTAMPS Haas Requests Denominations Just Issued. In his regular requisition for stamps tomorrow, Postmaster Haas will ask for a supply of each of the five denominations issued by the government. Mr. Haas received a bulletin yesterday announcing the issue of new denominations and requesting that all postoffices order enough for the month so that additional small orders would not be necessary. The issues were necessary because of the big parcel post packages which are being sent. They are the same size as other stamps and are valid on all classes of mail. The denominations are 7-cent (black), 9-sent (pink), 12-cent (maroon), 20-cent (light blue) and 30-cent (vermillion). The 7-cent stamps bear a picture of Washington in profile, and the other denominations bear a picture of the head of Franklin. NEEOS HIGHER TAX One Cent Increase Necessary for Library. It will be necessary to raise the library township tax at least one cent on the $100 next year in order to run the library as it has been in the past regardless of the proposed improvements, was the statement of W. K. Bradbury, president of the board, today. "I know that the other members of the board will not vote for an increase from three to six cents," Mr. Bradbury said. Regarding the opposition of Trustee Howarth to any raise. Mr. Bradbury said: "It is understood we will have to raise it to" four cents. Whether our members will Increase it to five cents vy vote I do not know, as we have had no meetings." Mr. Howarth still stands firmly against any tax increase for library purposes. MILITANT HOLDS UP KING OF ENGLAND BY LEASED WIRE CAMBRIDGE. Eng., April 30 A lone militant suffraget tried to hold up King George and appeal to him in behalf of the votes-for-women cause today while he was riding along the street in his automobile during a visit to Leys school. The chauffeur opened up the car's motor to full speed and dashed away from the woman. As the car sped by ber she threw a bundle of pamphlets at the king, but her aim was poor and she hit the chauffeur instead.

among those mentioned for this post. General Huerta has not yet announced whom he will send, but It Is believed that Francisco De La Barra, formerly member of the dictator's cabinet, will be selected. Decision to hold the conference in Washington almost certainly will delay further development in the Mexican situation for several weeks, but the administration intends to keep the American fleet and the army ready for instant action. The "A. B. C." mediators today announced that hereafter they would receive the newspaper correspondents at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and 11

o'clock in the evening to talk the sit uation over with them. This change of sentiment from the strict secrecy of yesterday to the "open door" policy of today comes, it is said, at the instance of President Wilson. Actual developments In the Mexican situation today were few. The re-! ported shelling of Manzanillo was denied. MUST RAISE GRADE UNDER MAIN BRIDGE T. H., I. & E. Forced to Act When Council Orders Paving on Present Line. F. E. Slick was today awarded the contract to pave Main street from Fourth street to the bridge with Peebles block brick, providing that kind of payment is satisfactory to the property owners. In the improbable event the property owners petition for metropolitan paving, the contract will go to Trippier & Sons. The street is to be paved on the standard grade, thereby eliminating the depression under the railroad bridge, made by the traction company to permit its interurban cars to pass under, the board announced today. It was declared by the board that the traction company violated its franchise in lowering the grade of the street under the railroad bridge. Board members cited a provision In the company's franchise which reads that tracks must be laid in conformity to the established street grade so that traffic will not be interferred with or the free drainage of water hindered. Pave on Present Grade. The board in determining to pave the street on standard grade hopes to force the-traction company to enter into an agreement with the C. and O. j railroad to raise the railroad bridge I nineteen inches. If the street is paved j on the established grade and the bridge is not. raised, traction cars cannnf nnee nnrlpr it "We have put the bridge raising question right up to the traction company, and it is their next move," declared one city official. Slick's bods were: Excavation, square yard, 25 cents; foundation, square yard, 49 cents; marginal curb, per linear foot, 18 cents; metropolitan brick, square yard, $1.19; Peebles brick, square yard, $1.13. Trippier & Son's bids were: Excavation, 5 cents; foundation 65 cents; marginal curb. 1 cent; metropolitan brick, $1.21; Peebles brick. $1.19. The latter company's bid for metropolitan brick was higher than the bid of Slick's for the same brick, but Trippier's general average bid was lower if metropolitan brick is to be the paving. John Hipskind and Cronin & Meredith were the two other bidders. Mexican Briefs CANADA FINDS WILSON. WASHINGTON, April 30 Burton Wilson, a lawyer of Mexico City, has been located by Consul Canada, according to the state department advices today. Wilson was removed from a train at LaVilla about two weeks ago with some other Americans and detained by Federal soldiers. A few days ago he was returned to Mexico City. MANZANILLO NOT SHELLED. WASHINGTON, April 30. "Unfounded. There was an incendiary fire .at Manzanillo. We were not even there." This was Admiral Howard s report to the navy department today rel tive to the rumor that the Raleign had shelled Manzanillo. Secretary Tumulty said: "There is absolutely nothing to that story. The Pacific fleet did not fire on Manzanillo nor on any other Mexican town on the west coast." Secretary Tumulty also denied the report that American marines have been landed at Salina Cruz. "No more marines have been landed in Mexico and there is no expectation that any will be landed on the west coast," he said. NORMAN LIND ARRIVES. GALVESTON. Texas. April 30. Norman Lind, son of John Lind, President Wilson's unofficial envoy to Mexico, was one of the refugees which landed from the battlesnip Connecticut today. He refused to discuss conditions about Tampico and Vera Cruz. "Nothing to say," and "have no experiences," were the only statements he would make. He will leave tonight for his home in Minneapolis. PICKELL TO STUDY F. G. Plckell, principal of .the nigh school, will attend Columbia university this summer, after visiting his old old home at Vincennes and Evansvine. Mr. Pickell will remain in this city until . June 10, completing the schedules and program for next year's work at the local school,

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GOSSIP COUNT Methodists Decide Mrs. Conkle Did Not Accuse George Ellis of Robbing "Old Man Wicks." In the first church trial held In Richmond in many years, Mrs. Charles H. Conkle, 215 Linden avenue, a member of the Third M. E. church. West Richmond, for a quarter of a century, was, early this morning, acquitted of a charge of "malicious slander," preferred by George Ellis. 1117 North West Fifth street, a member of the same church, by a jury of seven Methodists drafted from the various Methodist churches of this city. Conviction would have meant expulsion from church membersnip or censure. Following the rendering of the jury's verdict, Mrs. Conkle, her husband, who has been a trustee of the church for the past nine years, and the two children, withdrew their memberships in the church. The trial was conducted at the Third M. E. church and members of the congregation and the general public were barred from the hearing. An unsuccessful effort was made by the pastor, the Rev. Sylvester Billbcimer, who presided as judge, to bar Prosecuting Attorney Will Reller from being present at the hearing as one of the counsel for Mrs. Conkle. on the I ground that he was not a Methodist. Call Parker In. The Rev. B. E. Parker, pastor of the. First M. E. church, who had been summoned to the hearing to act as secretary, was drafted as an attorney for the defendant, but as he was unfamiliar with the case and because the trial prosecutor, the Rev. Williams, of Pendleton, Ind., informed the court quite heatedly that it would be unjuBt not to permit Mr. Reller to represent Mrs. Conkle, the Rev. Billheimer finally consented to Reller's participation in the . hearing, provided he did all his questioning through the Rev. Mr. Parker. The charge preferred against Mrs. Conkle by Ellis was that she had accused . him verbally, and by publication of "having assaulted old man Wicks." The Wicks referred to is B. Wicks, an old man who conducts a grocery on North West Second street, and who was assaulted and robbed in his store late in the afternoon of December 30, last year. Wake Wicks Up. Mrs. Conkle when placed on the witness stand, denied she had ever made such an allegation, and her testimony was supported by Wicks hirueu, u wai) ruu eu uii uu wut i" ociock to lesuij, ana oy an. i. B- Mrtinv ad M"- Hart- iUck3 opinion that Ellis knew something about the case and he said that he had never heard Mrs. Conkle made the direct charge that Ellis was the man who had committed the assault. Mrs. Conkle said she had merely repeated neighborhood gossip to the effect that Mr. Wicks believed Eliis had some connection with the case. The other women testified that such was the nature of the gossip which had been circulated. It was explained to the jury that a half hour before Mr. Wicks was assaulted and bis store robbed Ellis appeared in the grocery, saying that be had lost his purse and had last seen it in the store; that when he failed to find it he appeared angry. This fact was the basis for Mr. Wicks expressing his opinion that Ellis had some connection with the robbery and assault. Feud Causes Trouble. It is generally believed that the "churching' of Mrs. Conkle indirectly resulted from a church factional feud. The court was called to order early in the evening with William Scull, Dr. D. W. Stevenson. John Deltz, William Mount, L. H. Bunyon, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Philabaum as a jury. There wer several witnesses for both sides. Including a police officer, but the wrangle over whether Prosecutor Reller should appear as attorney for Mrs. Conkle lasted so long that most of them, including Mr. Wicks, went home. The Rev. Billheimer. as judge, when the court was organized, ruled that Mr. Keller could not attend the heating and that he and all spectators must leave the church. The spectators did. but Reller took a seat with the witnesses. When he was again ordered to leave he explained that he was a witness. The judge then ordered all witnesses to leave. The Rev. B. E. Parker objected to serving as attorney for Mrs. Conkle because he knew nothing about the case and finally the Rev. Williams." as prosecutor, protested that it was unfair to bp indant not to oerrnit her to have the services of Mr. Reller. The judge then permitted Reller to return, providing Reller would do all his questioning with the Rev. Parker a "mouthpiece." Reller finally forgot to nheprva thi order, whereupon tbo Rev. Billheimer bemoaned the fact i he o Pnrltted him to participate in the case. . it was 1 o'clock this morning before the Jury returned with the verdict, "charges not sustained." DISMISS CASE ' 'A charge of assault and battery against Henry Nungesser, a butcher,. preferred by Cecil Clark, an attorney . .. ... . . i and collector, was aismiBseu m u court yesterday with the consent of Clark. Nungesser said he was entering his butcher . shop when confronted by Clark, who astoed him to make a settlement of an ac-n k-. guesser said be was in too big hurry to talk, and to get into the shop uj JjpuBhed Clark uU : ,