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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY, AUG. 31, 1914

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CHARITY PLAN Many Cities Watch Results of Experiment Under Way I by Newly Organized Cen- ( tral Board. i s' The leader of Indiana in charity work la the reputation Richmond will earn if its first year under the plan of the Central Board of Charities is successful. It is believed this plan win he known as the plan" hereafter. "Richmond cnarlty This is the opinion White, chairman of of Frederick G. the executive committee, who has for mulated much of the plan out of his own experience and from plans of other cities. The success of the plan is assured, Mr. White said, by securing John Melpolder of Fort Smith, Ark., a charity expert and a writer of some note along philanthropic and corrective lines. Mr. Melpolder has spent his entire working life in the business which he will take hold of in Richmond next Monday. He is forty-three years old. Mr. Melpolder spent a day with Amos Butler of Indianapolis, secretary of the state board of charities and correction, after he had visited the city more than a week ago. He wrote Mr. White a letter, saying that Mr. Butler and others of the state board are watching Richmond closely. If the plan in Richmond is a success, it will mean a re-organization of charities in every city In Indiana after the plan Richmond has adopted. Has Much Experience. Mr. Melpolder was educated for sociological work in New York. He attended lecture courses of the New ftTork School of Philanthropy for two ears. He was neighborhood house director of Harlem, N. Y., for two t ears. He held the same position and that of chief probation officer of honkers, N. Y., for five years. The establishment of the juvenile and probation court systems of Yonkers and of Birmingham, Ala., are credited to him. For some time, he was manager of the Indianapolis Boys' Club association. During his entire career he has tlone special work in tabulating statistics such as the tuberculosis statistics which were collected by the Sanitary league of Westchester county, Kew York. He was chairman of the committee on care of children of the 1908 New ri'ork State Conference of Charities and Correction. He served as a member of the committee on housing and recreation of the National Conference of Charities and Correction in 1912. Jle is leaving the chairmanship of the Arkansas child labor committee and the position of managing secretary of the Associated Charities of Fort Smith. Board Highly Pleased. He was recommended through every agency to which he has ever been con nected and in addition received good recommendations from Amos Butler of Indianapolis; James Fieser, super intendent of Associated Charities of Columbus, O.; the Russell Sage Foun elation of New York; Francis H. McLean, general secretary of the Ameri can Association of Societies for Or ganizing Charity. The local board feels highly grati fied in securing the expert and feel that he is accepting the place not because of the salary or conditions but ibecause of his interest in the work Sand because of the field presented Ihere in a plan slightly advanced over iany other plan yet tried. I Represented in the Central Board of Charities are the Associated ChariHies, Penny club. Domestic Science association, Aftermath, school board department of chariety to school children township trustee and Commericial club. The Y. M. C. A. and the kJuest House will be asked to co-oper-iate. Mr. White explained the work which Mr. Melpolder will carry on here as being not only charitable but most 'valuable in other lines. He is able to remove the causes which make deIjnands on charity. He will also do i corrective work. The morals of the icity which the church cannot reach, Kvill be reached under Mr. Melpolder's direction. Much Volunteer Work. Much of the work will be done by ! volunteers. The new managing secretary will direct all work as well as to work in the field himself. The central board will dispense with no Ijnoney In private cases but will keep a complete confidential record of every case in the city, not only in charijty, but in correction. It will keep a set of books tallying with those of f-ach of the organizations affiliated in the work. The work this week will consist in collecting financial data so that Mr. Melpolder can begin immediate preparations Monday for getting out a 1914-1915 budget. He will superintend a campaign for funds which will follow. Part of the plan is to systematize the collecting so that business men are not harried by collectors all through the year. This is expected to have a decided effect upon the donations which firms will make this fall. LONDON WELCOMES WOUNDED SOLDIERS BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 31 Three hundred wounded British officers and men arrived from the continent and were given a reception today. AU we suffering from wounds received while trying to stem the onward rush of the right flank of the German army through northern Belgium and northeastern France. Men, women and children who took part in the ceremonies of welcome gave a frantic exhibition of patriotism. RELEASE DAVIS. Emery E. Davis, who was arrested by a Pennsylvania railroad detective, was released today and permitted to get out of the city. He was taken in after he arrived in Richmond Ion the groat of the engine pulling No. 13,

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ACTOR HELD AS SPY WILLIAM GILLETTE. William Gillette, the American actor who has appeared in at least one of the plays taken from his writings, was saved from jail by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, when he was arrested as a spy in London. Gillette was arrested after detectives broke into his room and found among his papers the plans of the British embassy in Paris. The actor explained, through the author of "Sherlock Holmes" that the plans were a part of the play "Diplomacy," in which he is to appear in the United States. L. H. P, TO REMAIN SAME DESPjTEJXPENSES Johnson Says Plant Will Charge Improvements as Depreciation Instead of Increased Value. Improvements which are being made at the Light Heat and Power company's electric plant which cost approximately $0,500 will not be included as increased valuation of the plant should the public service commission of Indiana make an appraisement to refix rates, according to the general maanger, Nirnrod H. Johnson. in answer to the belief of the city oificials that the company's plant will be required to produce electricity as efficiently ana as cheaply as the municipal plant, Mr. Johnson had little to say. He stated that the object of the improvements is to bring the plant to this basis. A new steel well, the only one of its kind in the city is being made ready for use. This steel sectional , tube thirty feet long and twelve feet wide was driven piece by piece into the solid ground with a two and one-half ton steam driver. The dirt is being taken out now. Many veins of cold clean spring water were struck. The bottom will be concreted at a distance of eleven feet below the level of the low river mark. A thirty inch gravity pipe line will feed the well. This improvement cost $3,000. Mr. Johnson said that this improvement and others will be included under depreciation and the lack of water for cooling and condensing purposes is what has hampered the plant in the past. He expressed the belief that the commission will approve the action of the company in going over the plant and that there will be immediate action on the petition which was nled last week asKing for a rate revision. City Attorney Bond was officially given the city's work in refuting the charges made in the petition. The board of works voted this morning to turn over the matter to him entirely. He had no statement to make to the board relative to the document. It was placed on the city records by the clerk. MRS, FUNK DEFINES OF t While agreeing that woman's place is in the home, Mrs. Antionnette Funk in her address at Chautauqua Saturday afternoon, said the home today extends beyond the walls which shelter the family even to the national government in whose hands rests the welfare of the family. "And every woman who is not using her influence to bring about the vote which will give her the opportunity to better conditions, is not doing her duty as a wife, a mother or as a citizen. "Your Indiana taking system is bad, as is the system in Illinois," she said. "There we found the poor seamstress paying more taxes on her sewing machine than the millionaire paid on his 16,000 car. To Overcome Indifference. At the conclusion of her address, Mrs. Funk answered questions concerning the indifferent woman, the full franchise and the attitude of the congressmen. "Ask the indifferent woman not if she wants to vote but if she wants her child to have diphtheria or typhoid or if she wants to pay exorbitatn taxes," she offered as a suggestion to overcome indifference. She warned the people at the proposed constitutional convention not to consider the old one sacred because their forefathers had created it. That she said was no reason for perpetuating their errors. Following the address the Franchise League recruited a number of new members

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LUTHERANS PRAISE REV, JOSEPH BECK FOR LONGSERVICE Congregation and Ministers Pay Tribute to Veteran Pastor at Golden Jubilee Services. His entire congregation sang praises yesterday to Rev. Joseph Beck at the Trinity Lutheran church in honor of the pastor's fiftieth year in the Lutheran ministry. v The Golden Jubilee of the ordination of Rev. Mr. Beck brought forth to both services church members who filled the pews. Rev. Mr." Beck did not preach at either service but in making announcements again repeated the thanksgiving he gave Friday night that he is able to continue as pastor to the church. The church was decorated in green with yellow flowers. Over the pulpit in big decorated letters the dates 18641914 were hung. The programs were eight page booklets with covers of tan and gold. Pictures of Rev. Beck and the church appeared inside. The morning service was conducted by the Rev. R. E. Golladay of Columbus. In the evening Prof. Carl Ackerman of Columbus delivered the sermon. Dr. Ackerman conducted the alter service in the morning. Rev. Golladay chose for his theme

in the morning, the conception of the Christian ministry by the laity. Prof. Ackerman in his sermon spoke of the blessing and the reward which has come to the Rev. Beck. The blessing has been personally, bodily and spiritually, he said. The rejtard has been by the blessings and by the realization tnat he has been blessed bodily, spiritually and personally and fitted to carry on the work in the ministry for fifty years. Ministers Pay Tribute. Rev. M. L. Bsim of Dayton spoke for a few minutes in the evening. Remarks were made by Rev. Tressel of Dayton, at the same service. Rev. Mr. Beck made announcements in which he said he is preparing for the work of the fifty-first year of his ordination. He is training two preparatiory classes of young people for confirmation next spring. He will meet these classes Saturday. The Junior Luther League Was asked to meet in the parsonage Tuesday night. Rev. Golloiay of Columbus, declared in the morning service that the conception a Christian minister includes a strategist, a sociologist and an executor. "It is not so important that he be a sociologist," Rev. Mr. Godley said. "It is not so important that he be a strategist or a man of extraordinary executive ability. He must be able to teach the heinousness and the atrocity of sin. He must proclaim the word of tne living God. He must be able to reprove, rebuke, comfort, compose and bless with the words of Jesus Christ. Meets Difficulties. "The Christian ministry has much good work to do and many difficulties to meet. We are not true to the work unless we realize the difficulties of tiie ministry. The ministry is often hampered by a small salary. While the minister has great deeds to do, he may at times lose patience. "To deal with his people, the minister must have sympathies which are theirs. His sympathies must be greater than theirs and they should be as broad as humanity. "This is the material age. The people must be able to see and to feel things in order to realize them. Results must be tangible to convince them. But a minister's labor is largely intangible. His work is moral and spiritual. The tangible labor such as building of churches and the building of congregations numerically is only a small detail of the work. "His real intangible work is in build ing of character and the uplift and Christian progression of his individual church members. These results cannot be seen by the world and they are often slow fruitage. Beck a Gentleman. "Brother Beck as we have learned to know him, is not the kind of a man who carries a chip on his shoulder. The man who is always trying to engage some one in controversy is not our conception of a minister. But the Rev. Mr. Beck has been a gentle man. He has been a Christian gentleman. Perhaps he has made the mistake made by many. He has been too gentle. It is necessary at times to say a word of rebuke. "But Brother Beck has met the difficulties of the Christian ministry. He believed God's word when he entered the ministry and be believes God's word now. He is firm in the belief that His cause will triumph. And A Brush for Every Purpose a Brush for Every Purse. There is an advantage in buying brushes where there is a full assortment of kinds at various prices. Our stock affords all of the good kinds the newest kinds, and the economical kinds. HAIR BRUSHES" COMPLEXION BRUSHES CLOTH BRUSHES HAT BRUSHES BATH BRUSHES TOOTH BRUSHES HAND AND NAIL BRUSHES SEE US FOR Sanitary Drinking Cups, Hay Fever and Summer Complaint Remedies, Canning Compound, Stock and House Fly Knockers, Dollar Spex, 69c Alarm Clocks, Straw Hat Cleaner, Camping Medicine of all kinds, Thinoids Flesh Reducer, Perspiration Deodorants in short "If it's advertised, it's at Conkey's." WE Thank You. Cameras, Films and Finishing. Razor Blades Sharpened. WE DELIVER FREE AND FREELY. MainSt.Gor.Ninm

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BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 31. Writing from Amiens W T. Massey, a correspondent of tne Daily Telegraph and correspondent of the International News Service says: "Great care is being adopted to see that the wounded, who are brought here do not discuss war affairs with civilians. . Those who do not feel themselves bound by this restriction have little to tell, for they only know what occurred within a limited area. A wounded British hussar told me that tne British cavalry was compelled to change its position constantly by the quickness of the German movements. Many trenches were dug which were never occupied. This hussar described the German uniform as hard to pick out at long range, even with field glasses. "All through I have been told that the fighting of the French and English in northeastern France has been against odds. For instance a week ago at Marville, a French force of 5,000 men of the Second Army corps not merely stemmed the strong German tide, but rolled back a force of 20,000 men for twelve hours.: j, . Dynamite Bridges. "All down the Mens the French had destroyed the bridges. More than thirty-three were blown up with dynamite. Charleville, an important position on the Meuse, and close to Mezieres was evacuated by the French. "As the civil population left a small party of French riflemen marched in to town to play a part worthy of the traditions of their army. They were sent to occupy houses which controlled tne roads through the town. These houses were marked out to the French artillery when the guns got into action but the lives of the grave little band were already in danger. "Around Charleville is a semi-circular sweep of Lills. On these the French artillery posted their guns, the cannon being placed in holes scooped out on the hillsides, so that they would not be visible to the enemy. Finally the German advance guard was seen approaching over the bridges leading into the town. Suddenly three bridges which they had crossea were blown great rewards are in store for him. "Wealth and honor for a minister are rare. A Christian minister may never be known outside of the communities in which he has preached. He may never have more in money than he requires to live from day to day and from year to year. But he is a leader in the things which make for progress and uplift of the world. "This, after fifty years of faithful labor, is one of the chief sources of joy to Brother Beck. He is bringing his people to a state where they shall share the crown of righteousness with him. God shall grant him entrance into his mansion some day together with the people who have conscientiously followed him and his teachings." r? To

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EIGHTS up. The destruction of the bridges was the signal to the French artillerymen to open fire. "Into all the town, except around those houses where the French riflemen had scattered themselves, there was a tornado of bursting shells. Houses collapsed, and the air was filled with smoke and wreckage. Within ten minutes, the town was destroyed. RETREAT OF FRENCH MARKED BY HEROIC DEEDS OF BRAVERY LONDON, Aug. 31. An Amiens dispatch to the Daily Chronicle says: "The French retirement before the German army advancing from Namur down the valley of the Meuse was masterly. The French artillery was posted on the heights above the river, and swept the advancing Germans with a storm of fire. On the right bank tho French infantry was supported by field guns and mitrailleuses. The infantry did deadly work. "The Germans were reckless of their lives. The most disastrous fight ing took place at the bridges, but the French engineers suceeded in blowing them up one after another. Thirtythree bridges were destroyed. "The fighting on both sides of the Meuse and many side-line engagements were fought by the cavalry. There was a memorable encounter at Marville, when 5,000 French cavalrymen resisted 20,000 German infantry. The French dash was so splendid that they beat back the enemy for twelve hours. "The Germans gradually pressed their way southward along the Meuse to Mezieres, near Sedan. The French were determined that there should be no repetition of th 1870 tragedy when the French army was trapped here, so Charleville, across from Mezierez, was evacuated, and the French took up magnificent positions, commanding the towns and bridges. CROWN PRINCE LEADS ARMY OF SERVIANS NISH, Servia, Aug. 31. The Servian war office announced today that Crown Prince Alexander had gone from Valieve to lead the troops that invaded Bosnia after the defeat of the Austrians at Shabats. "The Austrians have attempted to rally several times," says the official statement, "but our determined pursuit has forced them 50 miles from the frontier. We expect soon to be in control of Bosnia."

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FORMER MISTER SPEAKS AT FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN Dr. J. W. Kapp, Organizer and Pastor for Eighteen Years, Returns to City for Short Visit. Dr. J. W. Kapp, organizer and for eighteen years pastor of the First English Lutheran church, preached at the morning services of that church yesterday. The building and parsonage

owned by the church were erected during Dr. Kapp's pastorate and under his direction. Twelve years ago Dr. Kapp left Richmond to become pastor of the First English Lutheran church of Cincinnati. While on his visit to Richmond he is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Adam H. Bartel, 115 South Sixteenth street. The thought that God is waiting for man's response ran through Dr. Kapp's address. He cited the example of Moses, hesitating to do God's bidding and making numerous excuses. He said the ixrd is waiting for the church to answer His call. He is still waiting for the world to carry out his work perfectly that He may come and rule a second time in His kingly glory. , People should bear in mind. Dr. Opening of For Wearing the New FaH Hats is Tomorrow, and men, you won t find a better and more up-to-the-minute display than what we are showing. Our $2 Hats For Fall Wear are the biggest hat values in . this city. See Window Display.

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YOUNG WIFE DIES ATCENTERVTLLE CENTERVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31. Mrs. Nellie Stlgleman. 26. died Saturday evening at the home of her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bertram, south of Centervllle, after an Illness of three years with tuberculosis. The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bryant's" chapel. Mrs. Stlgleman was a graduate of the Centervllle high school and has many friends here. She leaves her husband. Ransom Stlgleman. her par ents and one brother. FREE FAST DRIVER After racing a horse up and down. South Fifth street at its fastest pace for some time Saturday night. Fred Tull was arrested by Patrolman Stephenson and slated at police headquarters for fast driving. Because of the mental condition of the prisoner,, he was released today after Mayor Bobbins and other court officials had lectured him severely and warned him to drive at ai moderate speed hereafter. the Seaso uir

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