Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 210, 15 July 1914 — Page 1

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CHURCHES SEEK TO HELP PETTY LAW OFFENDERS Presbyterian and Friends Propose Reform Work : Through Central Charity Organization. Mayor Robbins ' Opposes Compulsory Church Attendance for Persons Convicted on Petty Charges. ' There ia to be no compulsory church attendance for petty offenders brought ' before Mayor Robbins In city court. Instead, church workers are to be interested in a more practical plan. They are to co-operate with the central charitable organization, now in process of formation, with the purpose Df assisting men and women upon whom stern justice has frowned In obtaining positions and otherwise re-establishing themselves in the good graces of their fellow citizens. Tuesday evening a committee of church workers, Darrell Thomas, E. E. Davis and the Misses Ruth A. Bradley, Emily Plummer and Mary B. Howes, representing the Second Presbyterian church, and Frank D. Boone, representing the East Main Street Friends' church, consulted with Mayor Robbins. Mayor Opposes Plan. Mayor Robbins informed them that he was absolutely opposed to compulsory church attendance, and the church workers did not take a vigor

ous stand in favor of this method of reformation. Instead they agreed that the mayor's plan of co-operation with the central city charitable organiza tion was more feasible, and also ar gued for a more general application of the probation plan for first offenders. Mayor Robbins said he favored probation for first offenders so far as it was practical. A general rule of releasing such class of offenders brought before him could not be established because each individual would have to be studied to determine whether his release on probation would be the Wisest course. Action Engenders Hatred. "The church is society's greatest agency for good, but Its influence would not extend to those persons who might be compelled to attend church," said Mayor Robbins today "In most cases I believe persons who were required to attend church services woulu. view such action as punishment. They would go away hating the institution which was trying to benefit them. Also they would be looked upon as curiosities. . i "I told the committee which, waited tn me last night that 1 believe the church would extend the greatest aid to these people by working with them through the central charitable organization. They seemed to be greatly interested in this plan and announced that they would discuss it further with Secretary Jordan of the Commercial Club. "One young lady asked me about the social evil in Richmond and frankly told her there were many young girls running the streets who (Continued on Page Seven.) SNAP SEWER DIGGER IN MORTON TRENCH Amateur Photographers Use Yards of Films on Gigantic Machine. Probably the most photographed piece of machinery In Richmond, is the trench digger at Morton park. The ponderous machine eating its way through fifteen feet of ground at the rate of little more than a foot an hour has been in the park since last Friday, taking place of dozens of men digging trenches for the Morton park sewer system. The trench digger resembles a big threshing machine. It is supported by two trucks with the digger directly behind, but a part of the machine is supported by a third. With its belt throwing out a ceaseless fall of dirt, the machine seems to have somewhat of a fascination even for grown people. The Morton park sewer, at the point where the digger is working is laid at a depth of fifteen to eighteen feet. The work of making the excavation is done with remarkable nicety by the digger. The trench is smooth walled and fits almost like a jacket around the three foot cement sections which are being laid at the bottom. About twenty feet behind the digger are two or three men who are putting the sections of the sewer together as rapidly as the digger moves. The endless chain of scoope dragging up the gray clay soil and throwing each load on another endless chain working at right angles to throw the dirt in a pile evenly capped and about eight feet high has been .spaRPed by amateur photographers many times a day workmen sayv F TO MEET Columbian Association Will Hear Cobb. Members of the Columbian Farmers' Association, District No. 6, will bold the regular meeting Thursday evening, July 16, at the Smyrna school building, District No. 7. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Cobb have been asked to take charge of the program. Each will give a short talk, the subject of which has not been announced. Fred Davis will discuss the subject, "Why Organize?" He will be followed by Mr. Conrow with another short address. The Middleboro quartet will sing. After the program a business

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FROM BRAKEMAN TO SUPERINTEIIDEI1T J. F. Miller Celebrating Anni versary Thursday, Recalls Early Days on Railroad Lines of Middle West. A story of the gradual rise from a brakeman on a freight train to general superintendent of the largest railroad system in the United States is one taat can be told as an actual experience by John F. Miller, 220 North Tenth street, who celebrates his eighty-fourth birthday anniversary to morrow, j Mr. Miller began his career as a rail roader when railroads were just being built and when there were only a few miles of rails in the entire country. He knows more, perhaps, of the actual growth and expansion of the railroad system In the United States than any other man in the country. Although he has been retired from active service since 1900, he has kept in close touch with railroad affairs and can talk interestingly of experiences which have meant much to the railroad . development of the country. In 1850, Mr. Miller, a carpenter by trade, applied for a job on the Cleveland and Columbus railroad, then the first railroad built west of the Appalachian mountains. This was the beginning of his railroad career which led eventually to his election to the highest position in railroad circles of the west. Cars Like Boxes. "This road was a crude affair," Mr. Miller remarked this morning. "The rails were the old style strap rails and the cars run over them more nearly resembled dry goods boxes than the present day coaches. Like everything else, the railroads had to have a beginning and this was practically the beginning." During the first few years of Mr. Miller's life as a railroader, his ambition continually urged him to do more and more and within a year he secured the position as freight conduc tor, in 1854 he became a passenger conductor on the same railroad. In these early times, the telegraph was (Continued on Page Seven.) STATE TAX SOCIETY HIRES FREDJ, SIMS Chooses Former Secretary of State to Act as Permanent Secretary. Auditor Bowman, who is vice president of the Indiana State Tax Association, attended an officer's meeting yesterday at Indianapolis. The officers consider it a stroke of good fortune that they have secured as permanent secretary Fred A. Sims, former secretary of state. Mr. Sims was instructed to prepare to open an office in Indianapolis at once. A second meeting of the officers will be held in a week or two to decide definitely what line of educational and legislative work will be taken up as soon as cool weather arrives. Mr. Bowman is also a member of the committee on taxation of the Commercial club hese. The Commercial club committee has held no meetings for six weeks because of the excessive heat and the fact that several members of the committee have been out of the city on their vacations. When the vacation season closes the committee will take up Its educational campaign which was partially planned last spring. METHODISTS PLAN FOR ANNUAL PICNIC First Church Arranges to En tertain Five Hundred Persons Friday. Extensive plans are being made by the committee of the First M. E. Sunday school for the picnic to be held at Glen Miller park Friday afternoon. Races and games will be features of the day's outing. The committee met last evening and completed the details of the affair. L. H. Bunyan, who is chairman of the committee on transportation, announced this morning that arrangements have been made to furnish automobile transportation to all members of the church and Sunday school or friends who are not able to walk to the den. It ia the committee's plan to have all the baskets brought to the church -and taken out In a wagon. A baseball game between the Men's Bible class and the Kappa Sigma PI, an organization. of young men in the Sunday school, will open the festivities of the- afternoon. . This will be followed by potato races, a fifty-yard dash, a sacf race,- tug of war and quoit contest for the boys. For the girls has been arranged a whistling contest, potato race, indoor baseball game and quoit contest. Prizes will be awarded in all of the contests. A tug of war between the members of the Men's Bible class and the other men in the Sunday school, will be one of the features of the afternoon's program. Persons desiring free transportation are asked to call Li. H. Bunyan by Thursday evening. More than 500 persons wili attend the picnic this year. JURY AWARDS $175 A jury gave Essie Paul $175, or about half of what she demanded for work she performed during the life of Moses Myers in his services. The case was two days in the hearing and the jury returned judgment last night. AlJbert Albertson was the foreman,

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E OF BRYAN .AROUSES C.B. BECK Postmaster Disapproves Publicity Given Use of Frank Due to Carelessness. Postmaster Beck expressed extreme disapproval that publicity was given the fact that Secretary of State Bryan communicated with Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the Commercial Club, with a government franked envelope on purely personal business. Mr. Beck gave assurance that Bryan was not trying to save two cents by failing to place a stamp on his personal Chautauqua letter to the Richmond organization. That the silvertongued champion of Democracy and international peace should be criticised was the cause of the postmaster's feelings. "That was the littlest, peanutiest trick of making public that little error or oversight that I have seen," was the way Mr. Beck expressed his indig-1 nation. Mr. Beck stated that he has received letters from Finly Gray on official business bearing both the stamp and the frank. He believes that the statesmen's mistakes are probably due to carelessness on the part of clerks who inadvertently throw franked or stamped envelopes in the wrong pigeon holes. FAMILY OF HUERTA LEAVES CAPITAL ON GUARDED SPECIALS Dictator Spends Night With Army Officers After Departure of Wife and 1,300 Picked Troops. VERA CRUZ, July 15. Every courtesy will be shown by the United States military authorities to the families of President Huerta and War Minister Blanquet and every possible measure of protection will be offorded. Although dispatches, from Mexico said that the refugees were coming to this city, General Funston was of the opinion that they might have their tram switched to Cordoba and go to Peuerto Mexico instead. rV A number of prominent Mexicans who fled from the capital have gone to Puerto Mexico in stead of to Vera Cruz and taken passage from Havana for Europe or the United States. But even If the members of the Huerta and Blanquet families rtjo1 go to Puerto Mexico and go on board a ship there, they will eventually touch this port as the steamers from that city all put in here. Family Leaves Capital. The departure of Senora Huerta and her children was taken as a sure sign that President Huerta would follow as his wife has said from time to time that she would never desert her husband. It is now reported here as absolutely certain that the next fortyeight hours will see the end of Huerta's reigime in Mexico. The fact that Huerta and Blanquet sent 1,300 soldiers, many of them members of the crack Twenty-ninth regiment, to guard the train carrying the Huerta family, was regarded as significant. Huerta has been holding the Twenty-ninth regiment in reserve for the defense of the capital, and it is believed that he would not weaken the capital garrison if he intended to remain and fight. The members of the refugee party were Senora Huerta and children, Colonel Luis Fuentes, son-in-law of the dictator; Senora Fuentes, the family of War Minister Blanquet; the family of General Liberio Fuentes, members of the Aguilla family, of which Senora Huerta is a member, and Eugenio Paredes. Following the departure of the special, which was preceded and followed by troop trains, Huerta returned to his residence in a limousine, accompanied by two officers. The officers spent the night with Huerta "to keep him company." If the train was directed to this point it is believed that it would arrive about noon, but the American military authorities were at a loss to understand what disposition would be made of the 1,300 troops. ADVENTISTS DECIDE Seventh Day Adventists who expected to hold their annual meetings in Richmond August 6 to 16, have decided on Logansport as the encampment site. The Adventists wanted to use the Chautauqua grounds but as the date was set for the ten days meeting to close the same day Chautauqua opens, it was impossible for the association to give up the grounds. At least a week is required before opening, to set up the Chautauqua tents. The Adventists who participate in the camp meeting number between 800 and 1,000. Will Vore of this city, was negotiating for them for, the use of the park grounds. However, it is probable the adventists will change the date of their meeting slightly next year in order to bring the convention to Richmond. The Weather

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FOR INDIANA Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. TEMPERATURE. Noon J 76 Yesterday Maximum 79 Minimum 67 I

BAVIS GUARANTEES SUPPORT OF BOARD j TO RIVERSIDE PARK President of Works Body I Promises West Side to Ask Resolution Recommending Site's Purchase. Degrees of uncertainty attending the plans of West Richmond people for the conversion of the west side dump into a riverside park are dissolving Into thin air. . - At a meeting last night in which the attendance was double that of any previous meeting and where enthusiasm was running high, city officials spoke words which have caused westsiders to have no fear that within a

J year the JU-smelling, unsightly dumping ground with its fires and odors will be transformed into a grassy park with a driveway along the survey of th'afc portion of the Whitewater boulevard and plenty of young shade trees well scattered over the grounds. President Bavis of the board of works said he will ask the board tomorrow to . pass a resolution recommending to council the appropriation of money or the issuance of bonds, if necessary, to buy the land. gBavis Sees Way. Mr. Bavis said he believes enough money can be appropriated out of various funds on which the Robbins administration has saved to buy most of the land. The price is now estimated at $10,000. Some of the land probably will be condemned, but Mr. Bavis believes that options should be secured on the ground which property owners would dispose of for park purposes at a reasonable price. "I am even in favor of issuing bonds," was the assurance Mr. Bavis gave the west side residents that he is for the park, "up to his neck with the west side people," according to his own expression. Mr. Bavis explained that the city Is not bonded excessively and that a small issue such as may be required, would make little difference to the city's finances. Charles Jordan, secretary of the Commercial Club, and George E. Seidel, president, pledged the support of the club. Clayton Hunt, John Rethmeyer, John Fosler, A. W. Gregg, W. A. Bond, Frank Waidele, T. C. Hubbard and many others were speakers. Council to Consider. Council will hear officially of the park proposition from both the board of works and the Seventh ward coun cilman, Frank Waidele. Mr. Waidele will present a resolution in council next Monday night as an official introduction of the subject. City officials assured the meeting that'' council is in favor of .the park. The matter was brought up and discussed at Columbus when most of the councilmen were present at the Munic ipal League meeting a short time ago The expression there was heartily in favor of the park So certain are west side residents that they will have a park on the bank of the Whitewater that last night the matter of setting out of three hundred shade trees was seriously discussed. It did not come to a vote, however. Other members wanted to wait until the buildings have been re moved and the dump fires extin guished. It is thought the dump should be allowed to remain In its present con dition without dumping additional trash on it for six months or a year in order to allow the ground to settle. Considerable money will be required to put the ground in shape for use as a park, and parts of it must be leveled and plowed. Seidel Defends Dump. In his address last night President Seidel of the Commercial Club, caused a sensation when he told his audience that he had come to defend the dump against the attacks made on it by other speakers. "If the dump had not been there. there would never" have been an agitation for a park, and probably the ground would have become a residence section long before this," he explained. "Something good often comes from such things as this." Mr. Seidel and Mr. Jordan in assuring the people of the support of the Commercial clu, said the park would be purchased, not especially as a West Richmond park, but as a city park. This gives the city officials a broader field of consideration than if the park was wanted only by West Richmond residents, they asserted. Another meeting of the residents will be called after council meeting Monday night to determine what action to take. COMMISSION MAN E BY GAS Charles Zuttermeister Suffocated While Trying to Rescue Horse From Well. While rescuing his horse that had fallen In a twelve-foot well in the rear of T. C. Taylor's livery barn on North Eighth street, Charles Zuttermeister, commission merchant, was overcome with gas, which had accumulated in the bottom of the well, and was unconscious for about a half hour Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to No. 1 hose house and later was removed to his home. He soon recovered, however, and was at work this morning. In the attempt to rescue the horse, which was standing in three feet of water, straw was placed in the well. A number of men were trying to pull the horse out while Zuttermeister was lowered into the well to arrange the bales of straw. Qas arising from the stagnant water in the well is believed to have caused suffocation. With the exception of several cuts, the horse was not. injured. It fell through the board which had been placed over the well as a floor. The well was not used, and the proprietors of the livery stable were not aware that their was any wter in it

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RUSSELL TO ATTEND PROGRESSIVE FEAST Congressional Candidate Will Take Part in Barbecue at Vincennes.

Prof. Elbert Russell, Progressive candidate for congressman from the Sixth district, . and several other Wayne county . Progressives are planning to attend a Progressive rally and barbecue at Vincennes, Ind., Wednesday, August 12. ' Among the speakers will be Albert J. Beveridge, Bainbridge Colby, of New York, Miss Jane Addams, of Chicago, Judge James B. Wilson, Bernard B. Shivelly and W. D. Headrlck. Nearly every candidate for state office will also attend. On the morning of August 12 there will be a big automobile parade while the rally and barbecue will take place at the fair grounds in the afternoon. MILLHIZERS STAGE LIFE ACT IN COURTOF MAYOR Irate Husband Tells How Wife's Eye Was Bruised While Spouse Tells Reason Why. 'Married Life the Fortieth Year," If the fortieth year of matrimony of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Millhizer, West First street and Richmond avenue, is typical, is about as calm and peaceful as the Atlantic ocean in a gale. A domestic upheaval occurred at the Millhizer home yesterday afternoon. In police court this morning, Mr. Millhizer, the defendant to an assault and battery charge, referred to it as a "fuss." Mrs. Millhizer, a large woman af flicted with rheumatism, called it a fight" and showed a bruise near her left eye to support her testimony. Millhizer was fined $5 and costs. Cites the Reasons. He asserted there were extenuating circumstances In his favor because he had been provoked while innocently playing with his two grandchildren, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Cal Stephens, that he had not struck his wife but only shoved his fist in her face, and that he regretted exceedingly that he had called her a bad name, because she was really an admirable woman, a remarkable housekeeper and unsurpassed as a domestic economist. -Perhaps the court 'was - Influenced against him because informed that forty years ago, the first week of his matrimonial venture, he struck his wife with a spoon, and because the daughter, Mrs. Stephens, testified that her father frequently lost his temper and created "scenes." She said she was at her mother's home yesterday when the row started, but anticipating another "scene" departed with her two children! Cause of Trouble. Mrs. Millhizer's horror of untidiness in her home, undoubtedly one of those numerous homes where a misplaced ashtray causes as much trouble as the Mexican question, brought on the domostic deluge. Mr. Millhizer, playing "bear" with his romping grandsons, twisted a lace curtain awry. Before the indignant verbal volleys fired at him by his wife, Millhizer said, he retreated to the veranda with the two youngsters and his faithful pipe. Mrs. Stephens, who is said to be very nervous, followed him, took the two boys and went to her home across the street. Peeved over the loss of his chubby playmates, Mr. Millhizer demanded an explanation from his wife of his daughter's abrupt departure. She bluntly told him the reason, whereup on he became angry and, he admits, cussed her. She shook her fist under his nose, then she got her eye bruised, bjr a blow, she says; by a shove, he says. PEOPLE OF ULSTER SMUGGLE IN ARMS BELFAST, Ireland, July 15. Al though normal conditions prevail today throughout Ulster province and there is no sign of threatened hostilities, smuggling of arms and ammunition for both the Unionists and Nationalist forces continues. The customs authorities learned today that a small sailing vessel had landed a cargo of war munitions early today near Inishowen Head. The arms are carried away in automobiles, no effort being made to conceal the operations. It is believed that the arms were bought either in France or Germany. Sir Edward Carson, who came here to preside at the Orange Day celebration, has returned to London. SINGER'S DAUGHTER TO WED HUBERT GUY SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 15. The engagement is announced of Marie Schu-mann-Heink, daughter of the famous opera singer, to Herbert Guy, grandson of the late B. F. Guy, of Washington, D. C. ARREST RUNAWAY Bevington Bogart, young son of John Bogart, 219 Killman street, Dayton, was arrested at Glen Miller park last night. The boy confessed that he had run away, from his home and had beat his way to Richmond on a freight train. The Dayton police have been notified and the local officers are waiting to be instructed what to do with j. the boj

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PROGRESSIVES RELY Oil STATE SPEAKERS FOR FALUAMPAIGII New Party Orators Will Attack Ralston's Administration and Reactionary Tactics of G. O. P. INDIANAPOLIS, July 15. Indiana Progressives are sending out the word that this year they will make their campaign without calling for outside help. Two Roosevelt speeches will be made in Indiana unless Colonel Roosevelt is nominated for governor of New York by Progressives. John M. Parker of Louisiana, the former Democrat who is breaking up the traditional "Solid South," has promised to make two speeches in Indiana this year. ' Miss Jane Addams of Illinois probably will speak in Hoosierdom. Other speakers will come in exchange for Indiana orators, but the Indiana Progressive organization finds that It has a sufficient number of able speakers to carry forward its own great campaign. No state in the union can match the squadron of Indiana Progressive orators headed by Albert J. Beveridge. It fs a unique fighting organization. It has not only power, talent, experience, training and zeal, but it has absolute unity In principle and harmony in conduct. At a conference of campaign 'speakers held the other day in Indianapolis, the Progressives discussed the campaign and its varied phases from the standpoint of Btump speaking. Many of the well-known sneakers of the organization made talks on the Issues. Fight for Platform. In a general way it was found that

the speakers are agreed that the strongest and most effective fight can be made on the Progressive platform in its entirety. Already the national administration has gone on the defen sive on the Illogical and injurious tar iff law; on the currency law, on its trust policy, or rather, on its failure to show a trust policy, and in the (Continued on Page Seven.) G.O.P. ORGANIZATION STILL JEACTIONARY George Stout Shows How Party Deceives Hopefuls , on Reform PJedge. BY GEORGE W. STOUT. INDIANAPOLIS, July 15 Edgar Iliff of Richmond, Ind., is one of the Republicans who has decided that all talk of redeeming the Republican or ganization is bosh and humbug. Mr. Iliff was one of those Republicans who desired to be re-assured. It was to fool such men as Mr. Ililff that the Re publican stand-pat organization wrote that platform joke in which the organization pledged to the individual voters and to the majority membership of the old party a free and full expression of the majority desire. Luckily for Mr. Iliff and his kind, the chance came to obtain proof of the stand-pat organization's sincerity in this unctious pledge of a return to common decency in party management. Here is what Mr. Iliff, himself, says of the results of the stand-pat organization's first important test as a medium through which the rank and file are to get a square deal. The Sixth district congressional convention was the test, and the stand-pat organization not only refused to keep Its plat form pledge to the rank and file, but went out of its way to double-cross the majority; trick the voters and to seize for one of its members a nomination that had been expected to go to the choice of the party membership, Mr. Iliff says: 'The convention was absolutely under the control of James E. Watson. I was the only member of the resolutions committee not under Watson's influence. One of the resolutions I offered, and which took a stand against machine rule in politics, was rejected by these Watson men. The resolutions that were adopted had been written by Mr. Watson, himself, before the resolutions committee went into session." This interview is taken from the Indianapolis News. It proves that the crowd represented by James E. Wat son has not changed. It is still repudiating platforms and defying the rank and file of its own party. Mr. Iliff and his kind may protest, but until they join a party where they count for decency in addition to counting for mere protest, they will not achieve any definite results. HOLADAY PRESIDES AT STAT MEETING Wayne Court Reporter Delivers Address Before Shorthand Writers' Body. John F. Holaday, Wayne circuit court reporter and president of the Indiana Shorthand Writers' association, left last night for Indianapolis to attend the annual convention of the organization. As president, he was scheduled to make the address of welcome this morning and this afternoon an Instructive address, "Working Tools." Mr. Holaday will exhibit to the stenographers the shorthand notes which he received from President Wilson last week. The convention will view a number of other interesting exhibits. Speed exhibitions and contests will take place tomorrow afternoon. As president of the association, Mr. Holaday will preside at all meetings and functions. He opened headquarters at the Claypool hotel. He is comXnletias; bis third term.

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STORM SEWERS STATE OFFICIALS Members of Works Board Favor Plan to Enable Construction of Modem System Soon. Bavis Proposes Continuance of 7 Cent Tax Levy After Payment of Bonded Indebtedness. Heavy rain storms of the last few days have served to forcibly impress city officials with the fact that one of the most serious questions confronting the city government is the imperative necessity of providing a more adequate storm sewer system within the -next Are years. Already the city has outgrown the storm sewer system put down a number of years ago but it cannot be replaced by a system of larger mains and more numorus trunk lines at pres ent because the city does not hare the funds to make such a costly Improve ment. Charles Marlatt of the board of public works summarized the sewer situation in Richmond as follows today: "When our storm sewer lines were put down the city was much smaller than it is now and the cement curbs and gutters were not then in use. With the growth of the city and the more rapid manner in which streets are now drained by cement gutters our sewers cannot adequately carry off water during abnormal rains. As a result great damage is done to property every time the city is visited by such storms as we had the first two days of this week." Two Troublesome Trunks. Two storm sewer trunk lines whicw always cause great property damage during heavy storms are located in the north and south end of the city, one running under South C street and draining entirely too large territory, and one running under North E street and Ft. Wayne avenue. The South C street sewer until a few years ago met ail demands made upon it but when the additional burden of draining the territory about the Reeveston addition was placed on it, it proved to be absolutely inadequate during any storm of more than usual severity. Last Monday at the heighth of the severe storm South C street was a lake and many contributory streets were flooded, causing a large number of basements to foe filled- and the utreet " surfaces ' badly damaged. Flooded streets and water-filled basements are also the rule along the route of the North E street sewer during excessive rain falls. There are also a number of other storm sewer lines which fail to meet modern requirements. Bavis Has Plan. "In my opinion the city should at once begin to plan for the eventual replacement of our storm sewers with a modern system," said President Bavis of the board today. "I don't know wnether it would be advisable right now to establish a sinking fund to meet this future heavy expense, but I do believe it will be a wise plan, after the city's bonded Indebtedness of $42,500 is paid off, in November. 191. not to suspend the 7 cent tax levy for the fund to meet this bonded debt, but to continue it for the purpose of creating a sinking fund to meet the expense of a new sewer system." Mr. McMinn of the board said today that relief for sewer conditions on North E street and Fort Wayne avenue was to be provided by the construction of more inlets. He also said a plan of relieving the South C street sewer by the construction of a storm sewer on South B street, from Sixteenth street to Sixth street was being considered. HOWARTH APPOINTS ONE HEW TEACHER Trustee Assigns Miss Mary Thornton to Wayne School No. 4. Appointments of teachers for Wayne township schools have been made by James Howarth, township trustee. He has filed the list. There is only one new teacher, Mary Thornton, at School Xo. 4, known as Starr school. The appointments follow: No. 1. Ross N. Lammott, principal; Ruby Schneider, primary. No. 3, Nellie Morrow, principal; Frances Simmons, primary. No. 4, Mary Thornton. No. 5. Cora B. Nolder. No. 6. Ora M. White, principal; Lore, Eldridge. primary. No. 9. Kate Stanton, principal; Alice Vore, primary. No. 10, Clara Potter, principal; Elenida Simmons, primary. No. 11. James C. Starr, principal; Blanche Addleman. primary. No. 12, J. O. Edgerton. No. 13. Mabel Davis. No. 14, Marie Peed. No. 15, Ruby Neff. Grace B. Gorraon, supervisor of music for Wayne township schools. STEAMSHIP RAMS t TORPEDO BOAT PORTLAND. Me July 15. The steamship Governor Dingle y, of the Eastern Steamship company, on her way from St. Johns to Boston, cot lided with the United States torpedo boat Roggers in Portland harbor today. A large hold hole was stored In the Roggers when the plates well forward and below the water line were ripped off. The steamer stood by. to give aid but the torpedo boat succeeded In reaching Brown's wharf under its own steam, ,