Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 290, 16 October 1914 — Page 1

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MEETING DATE MOOTED ISSUE FOR TEACHERS

Instructors at Institute May Develop Move to Hold Sessions Apart From Chautauqua Sessions. THREATEN TO DISBAND Younger Members Favor Dissolution of County OrganizationOlder Persons Support Association. With an exceptionally good speaker and with many questions remaining open for argument, one of the best sessions of the Wayne County Teachers' association in years is expected tomorrow. The teachers may start a discussion on disbanding the organization. The members have never agreed on this question, the young teachers standing for disbanding and the older ones for maintaining the organization. At tomorrow's session it is probable that the question will develop a fight which will end in some definite stand. This is due to the fact that the Indiana State Teachers' association will take some action late this month toward organizing district associations. May Change Date. It is proposed to have thirteen district teachers' associations in Indiana which would hold meetings in January, February or March of each year. The older teachers regard this as an unpleasant innovation and argue that the Wayne County Teachers' Association meetings furnish the only opportunity for teachers of this county alone, to get together and settle questions which relate only to this county. The teachers may also attempt to pass on the question of changing the date of the county institutes which are now held during Chautauqua. County Superintendent Williams is the only authority on this and any action would merely be in the nature of a petition. The annual institutes cost under the present plan about $1,000 for a five days' session. By changing the date from Chautauqua, the cost would be increased to more than $5,000. Each teacher would be entitled to the regular salary which for all teachers in the county amounts to $1,000 a day. The speaker for tomorrow, Dr. O'Shea of the University of Wisconsin is the author of the book which the teachers studied last year. He occupies the chair of education and is regarded as one of the leading authorities of the country. He will lecture at 10:15 and 1:30 o'clock at a cost to the county of $100. Immediately after roll call in the morning, the appointment of a resolutions and a legislative committee will be made by the executive committee. These two committees bring up the matters for discussion in the afternoon. DOC WOULD VOTE 10,000 TIMES Dr. W. W. Zimmerman, four times mayor of Richmond and the candidate for the fifth time on the Republican ticket last fall, emphatically denied today the report that he had disqualified btmrelf as a voter this fall by failing t -cgister. i did register and if you don't believe it look at the records," said the ex-mayor. "I .am only sorry that I could not register ten thousand times, bo I could vote that many times."

VETERANS AND BEVERIDGE MARCH TOGETHER IN RAIN

Progressive Nominee lor Senate Leads Column of Old Soldiers Through Muddy, Water-soaked Streets of Warsaw, While Bands Play National Airs and Crowds Applaud.

WARSAW. Ind., Oct. 16. When Albert J. Beverldge, Progressive nominee or United States senator, marched into the Warsaw opera house last night at the head of sixty war veterans, who had marched through a heavy downpour of rain to attend the meeting, a crowd that filled the large auditorium to the doors gave the Progressive leader one of the greatest ovations he has received during his political career. While the bands played national airs the crowd arose to its feet and cheered for several minutes. It was a proud moment for the veterans. Their faces showed their delight. They seemed to realize that the political leader who marched at the head of their column Is one who fights for the freedom t the American people, Just ns the ught for freedom many years ago. An incident that shows Mr. Beveridge's hold on the people occurred here last evening. When Mr. Beverldge left his hotel for the opera house, he saw, after climbing into his automobile, more than a score of old soldiers In line to march to the meet-

W. R. I. A. BACKS E STREET SITE OF NEW BRIDGE President Heironimus Gives Pledge of Civic Body to Work With Southwest Richmond Society.

DUMP ISSUE ALIVE Endorsement of the E street location for the third bridge across the Whitewater will be given by the West Richmond Improvement association tonight. President N. C. Heironimus said the association had always favored the E street site and would pledge itself to help in the effort to have the county commissioners choose that location. Members of the Southwest Richmond Improvement association, the youngest of the city's civic bodies, have been invited to outline the progress they have made with petitions which have been circulated throughout the city and county. The demand for the removal of the unsightly West side dump will be revived by a report which the special committee is expected to give. While no immediate action will be taken, said President Heironimus, the association will continue to plan for the park and playgrounds which it hopes to get eventually. STUDENTS COLLECT TUBERCULOSIS DATA FOR CHARITY'S USE Wright and Thornton of Earlham Make Survey of Homes Where Deaths From Plague Occur. Karlham students have started their work of co-operating with. the Central Bureau of Charities to secure the record of tuberculosis deaths in Wayne county and the city of Richmond from January 1, 1909. The county record shows 357 deaths for the five years ending December 31, 1913, including the deaths in the city of Richmond. In 1909, there were 71 deaths; 97 deaths in 1910; 66 deaths in 1911; 57 deaths in 1912; 67 deaths in 1913. In 1909 the number of deaths in the city of Richmond was thirty. The record for other years has not been completed. Securing the record of deaths from tuberculosis is only the beginning of the real work. Every death In the city for five years is being placed on a file card. When the record is complete, every case will be investigated. It is believed that housing conditions have much to do with the spread of tuberculosis. Over-crowding, poor ventilation, not enough light, bad condition of sewer systems and sinks, methods of heating and other vital living conditions will be delved into to ascertain if the disease as a rule is hereditary or contractor!, or if hereditary, it might have b. cured under other conditions. It is believed that housing conditions also effect persons to make them susceptible to the disease. There are thirty questions relative to living conditions in addition to the information which is secured regarding social conditions. This work will be done under the direction of Prof. W. O. Mendenhall of Earlham. and Secretary Melpolder. Two Earlham students, W. Russell Wright and R. Allen Thornton, will act as agents to probe into the cases. They will be given credit for the work at college. "What do you think of thatl" he said. "If those old soldiers who wear that yellow button of glory in their button holes can march in this rain to that meeting, it 1b a sure thing I can and will walk with them." He left his car and took his place with the veterans, who applauded his action. Leaders of the two old parties openly admit that Mr. Beveridge is sweeping this part of Indiana with an unprecedented wave of political enthusiasm. A person does not have to be a trained observer of political affairs to realize that the crowds that are greeting Beveridge are not attending the meetings out of curiosity. The people have been clamoring for admittance into the halls In which he has spoken in many instances, and when once inside they listen to every word of Ms In all of his meetings yesterday he proved that the crowds are with him in his fight against the bosses by asking his hearers if they will support the Progressive cause. Whenever this question has been asked it has been answered with cries of "yes" from all parts of the crowds.

Queens on W horn Hand of War Bears Heavy in Crucial Hour

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Here are four of the royal women who must wear brave, smiling faces before their -people while they'know their relatives fight, some on one side' and some on the other side of the general dreadful conflict in Europe. From right to left above, ihe Kaiserin of Germany and the Queen of Italy ; below, Elizabeth of Belgium and Mary of England. The German Empress has six sons at the front. Queen. Elena's father, the doughty old King Nicholas of Montenegro, is fighting fiercely with his handful of mountaineers. Her native land is Bavaria and Bavarians and Belgians slay each other on Belgian soil. Queen Mary has seen the Prince of Wales march off with the Grenadier Guards, a sickly youth whom she has carefully protected. Her other son, Albert, was aboard the warship Collingswood when he was stricken with appendicitis and put ashore for a dangerous operation.

W. C, T, U, WORKERS MAY GATHER HERE FOR 15C0NVENTI0fj Richmond Unions Boost City Among Seven Hundred Delegates at Last State Sessions in Brazil. Through the efforts of Richmond's six branches of the W. C. T. TJ., the state convention, which would bring more than seven hundred women to the city, may be held here next year. The city's fourteen delegates to the convention, which closed at Brazil recently, did much personal work amoug the visitors boosting Richmond for the 1915 meeting. Although the selection has not been made, there is a strong sentiment over the state that the sessions will be held here, as Richmond has not had the convention for seventeen years. To encourage the women who fear the entertainment will be too big a task for the six unions and the seventeen churches to undertake, Mrs. S. W. Hodgin will present the following let ter from Mrs. Ella C. Fall, chairman ! of the entertainment committee which i had charge of the convention at Brazil: "Please find the woman real quick that said we would be three years in paying our debt for our convention, for the delegates were not all out of our little city until every cent of our debt was cleared, even to our Janitor, with a crisp ten dollar bill in his hands and with ten dollars left in our treasury. I couldn't help telling you so you would feel encouraged and I would.be working all next year to be a delegate to the Richmond convention in 1915. I hear you say Glory for us now." Mrs. Hodgin believes the presence of so many visitors from every county of the state would be a big advertisement for the city. She said Richmond, a city twice as large as Brazil, would have no trouble entertaining the guests without leaving the treasury of the union In debt. TRAIN HITS HORSE A horse belonging to the Crystal Ice company was killed yesterday afternoon by a C. & O. train at the J street crossing when the team hitched to an ice wagon ran away and attempted to cross the tracks in front of a slowly moving locamotive. The wagon was not damaged to any extent The animal was rained at 9126.

RUSSELL ATTACKS BRYAN'S ACTIVITY IN STATE POLITICS

Congressional Candidate De-j precates Support Given Taggart-Cook Machine by Secretary of State. ANALYZES CONDITION RUSSELL'S .ITINERARY. Tonight Economy. Saturday Night Hagerstown. STAFF CORRESPONDENT. WHITEWATER, Oct. 16. A large audience from here and neighboring towns heard Elbert Russell, Progressive candidate for congress, speak on the issues of the campaign. Delegations from Bethel and the northern part of Franklin township were prevented from attending by the weather. William A. Bond, candidate for circuit court judge, acted as chairman of the meeting. He concluded with a high tribute to Professor Russell, proclaiming him eminently fitted for the congressional work, and one whom the people of the Sixth district should feel proud to have represent them in the halls of congress. Speaking of the number of meetings he had addressed during the campaign in various parts of the district, Professor Russell said It was a gratifying thing to see the number of voters of all political affiliations who turned out in this off-year campaign apparently imbued with the idea of putting patriotism above blind partisanship, and the remarkable results that are coming from an exposition of the principals of the Progressive party throughout the district. Attacks Bryan. Alluding to the recent visit of Secretary of State W. J. Bryan to Indiana Professor Russell stated that he deemed it an unfortunate thing that Secretary Bryan had seen fit to come out to Indiana and tell the voters that It was expected of them, in upholding the administration, that they vote for the Taggart-Cook Democratic state ticket. He feels that no good has been done the cause of the administration by Mr. Bryan's efforts in behalf of the Democratic state organization. Professor Russell said he was a great admirer of President Wilson, but he frankly (Continued em Pace Slgbt.),

NAKED POWER WIRE STARTS SHOO FIRE IN LOfSMARKET Firemen Confine Flames to Single Main Street Room and Save Long Row of Buildings. Fire in the butchershop of Frank Long, 324 Main street, at 2 o'clock this morning caused damage to the extent of $1,000 estimated by the proprietor. Insurance on fixtures, building and stock amount to $1,400. The blaze was confined to the one-story rear addition to the building, which was completely gutted. The front part of the store room and the second story above it were not damaged in the least, nor was the stock in the front room. Mr. Long believes the fire originated from a naked power wire in the roof of the rear addition, which was used as a store room, smoke house, lard and sausage making place. There was considerable machinery in the room and it was all ruined. Twelve chickens were killed, and a large amount of lard and sausage damaged. The firemen fought the dangerous blaze from the front store and jere successful in keeping the flames from spreading into the front part of the building and the adjoining buildings. It required thirty minutes of hard fighting to subdue the blaze. Business houses on the north side of Main street, between Third and Fourth Btreets, are built together and are all old buildings, and if it had not been for the prompt and effective work of the firemen the entire block undoubtedly would have been burned to the ground. The Are was first discovered by tenants of a flat in an adjoining building.

The Weather For Indiana Fair tonight. Saturday partly cloudy. TEMPERATURE Neon t 60 Yesterday. Maximum 60 Minimum 55 W. E. MOORE'8 FORECAST. Local Increasing clouHlnss rain thla afternoon or tonight. Partly leudy Saturday.

GERMANS BREAK RUSSIAN ATTACK AGAINST PRUSSIA Warsaw Threatened by Eight Army Corps and Ivangorod Forts Object of Next Movement.

BERLIN IS SATISFIED BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. BERLIN, Via Amsterdam, Oct. 16. "The Russian attack which had for its object the Invasion of East Prussia, has been broken. There is a German army of eight corps near Warsaw. The Russian attack against the German troops on the Ivangorod-Warsaw line has been repulsed with heavy losses. The claims of the Russian general staff of the capture of German guns' are baseless." This is the gist of an offcial German announcement today relative to the progress of operations in the eastern arena of war. As to the progress of the German campaign in Belgium the war office says: "Five thousand prisoners were taken when Antwerp was captured. An immense amount of booty fell into our hands. It Included five hundred guns, ammunition and provisions, automobiles, trucks, locomotives, railroads and cars of grain, flour, wool, copper, silver and supply trains filled with live cattle." The German general staff claims that the progress of the German campaign in France continues favorable at every point. FRENCH REPORT. PARIS, Oct. 16. Fighting Is in progress along a battle line extending from Ypres, in northwestern Belgium, to the sea, according to the official French statement issued at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The official statement follows in full: "The progress Indicated In yesterday's communication Is confirmed. "At our left wing the action of the allies' forces now extends from the region of Ypres to the sea. "In Russia On the left bank of the Vistula during the day of October 13, Russian troops repulsed the German attacks directed against Warsaw and Ivangorod. The battle is now going on to the south of Przemysl." IL EXPERT FAILS TO VISIT CITY Miss Mabel Wellman, who was expected this week to go over Wayne county schools, as an expert collecting in formation and giving advice regarding domestic science work under the pre-vocational school laws, has not been heard from by County Suuerlntendent Williams. Miss Wellman is expected next week. Mr. Williams believes state authorities will act favorably on his request that she remain in the county for a month as Wayne county has done vocational work in advance of many other schools. Miss Wellman is an expect from the staff of Indiana university. In November a Purdue expert will be here to look after the manual training and agriculture taught in this county. ALLIES BUY GOODS ON CHICAGO MARKET CHICAGO. Oct. 1. Despite efforts at secrecy it was learned today that large orders for all,, manner of goods are being placed in Chicago by the 1 European governments at war. A Russian agent is here to buy 500 auto trucks. A Swiss agent is purchasing 1,000 horses. Ten big orders for canned meats have been placed by British and Fren agents, seven of the ten going to Libby, McNeill & Libby. The canning departments of the packing houses are running day and night.

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PROBE OF ROCK ISLAND SHOWS STOCK JUGGLERY Difference Between "Railroad" and "Railway" in Name Explained is Interstate Commerce Commissioner by Examiner Sharood Rock Island Follows Haven System in Financial Jugglery.

BY LEASED WIRE.1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The dif- , fcrence between the Chicago, Rock lsiana & facmc itauway company and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad company was explained today to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clements by Examiner F. C. Sharood of the valuation division at the opening of the investigation into the financial affairs of the Rock Island system. The railway company merely is a holding company said Sharood, while the roalroad company is the railroad. Chief Counsel Joseph W. Folk of the ( commission asked the witness the in-j side details of the alleged financial! : jugglery which it is claimed baa ! brought woe to Rock : Island stockholders. Sharood testified the Rock Island I company of New Jersey was another

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BY SUBMARINE IN NORTH SEA Only Fifty of Crew of 400 od . Hawke Escape When German Prowler Torpedoa Warship. LONDON IN TERROR Theseus, Sister Ship, Escaped Missile, But British Navy Dreads Further Exploits by Teuton Ships. BY HERBERT TEMPLE, European Manager of International News Service. LONDON, Oct. 16. The British cruiser Hawke was sunk yesterday in the North Sea by a German submarine in another daring raid from the German coast. This Is the sixth British war vessel sunk in the North Sea since war began. Only fifty members of the crew of 400 on the Hawke escaped. Three officers and fifty of the crew have been brought ashore. The Hawke and the Theseus a sister cruiser of the class, were on patrol duty, when the attack was launched. The German submarine aimed a torpedo at the Theseus, but the missile missed and the cruiser escaped. Suvivors Landed. The sinking of the Hawke bad evidently occurred far north as the survivors of that cruiser were landed at Aberdeen, in Scotland. The Hawks was commanded by Captain Williams. It was this warship which was in collision with the Cunard liner Olympic in the English Channel in September 1911. She was built in 1899. The Theseus is commanded by Captain Edwards. The news of this lateBt German naval triumph was given out by the admiralty. The Hawke was a craft of 7,350 tons and her ordinary complement was 644 men. She was 360 feet long, 60 feet in the beam and was capable of a speed of 19 knots. The Hawke's armaments consisted of two 9.2 inch (30 calibre) guns in shields; ten 6 inch guns, four incasements and six in shields; twelve 6 pounders, five 3 pounders, two machine guns and two 18 inch torpedo tubes. London in Gloom. The Germans again demonstrated wonderful possibilities of the small but dangerous submarine when pitted against big men of war. The German sailors also showed magnificent daring in penetrating the North Sea through the vigilant patrols of the British navy. The latest naval loss has brought about a feeling of gloom for it is felt now that none of the big warships of England are safe from the deadly, prowling submarines of Germany. "MYSTERY" SHIP. LONDON, Oct. 16. A mystery ship which was reported to have been a German craft trying to plant mines otf the mouth of the Thames has been captured by British gunboats off Goodwin Sands. Neither the admiralty nor the press bureau would give any Information about the capture, nor the character of the captives. RED CROSS NURSES SENT TO HUNGARY -auiM aasvai as VIENNA, Via Berlin and Amsterdam, Oct. 16 Two detachments of the American Red Cross have just arrived in Vienna. One proceeded to Hungary, where fighting is in progress, and the other will remain here. The government is imposing serious penalties for over-charging for food stuffs. Fines of 1,000 and sentences of six months will be imposed for violation of the decrees. holding company created by the Rock Island financiers. This holding company has a capitol stock of $160,000,000, but only the holders of the preferred stock could vote on its affaira, Follows New Haven. The officers, said Sharood. were practically all employes of the Central Trust company of Jersey City. The same policy -of selection of officers for "barnacle" corporations pursued by the New Haven, seems to have been followed by the Rock Island management, according to Shorood'a testimony. The Rock Island people organised another holding company called the Iowa holding company. This cencern boasted a capital stock of $125,000.000, and it was operating in mucn the same manner as the other holdlns concerns of the Rock Island. .