Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 311, 10 November 1914 — Page 1

big: MOOT) PAIXABIUM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 311. Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated. 1907 RICHMOND, 1ND., TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1914. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS EFFORT TO CREATE JOBS FOR UNEMPLOYED ARMY GETS MORE MOMENTUM GROISER EMDEM SUNK BY AUSTRALIAN SHIP IN THE GOGO ISLANDS

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PROMINENT MEN APPROVE STEPS TO AID JOBLESS .George Seidel and Two Former Mayors Praise Administration's Efforts to Create Work.

CITY OUTLINES PLAN Heads of Departments Prepare Tentative Schedules of Improvements Needed Before Next Year. The movement launched yesterday y R. G. Leeds to provide prompt and ffectlve relief for the unemployed of Richmond by giving as many of them ! work as is possible, has met with the i hearty indorsement of the public. That the city should set the example to the business interests of Richmond by extending the helping hand to those of Its citizens upon whom the blow of the nation-wide Industrial depression has fallen the hardest, was almost the universal opinion expressed today. The suggestion that the city government could lead the van in this undertaking by anticipating much of the Improvement work contemplated for next spring, summer and fall by having it done during the winter, the expenses being met through a temporary loan, as generally declared to be a most excellent and practical idea, two of its Indorsers being former mayors of the city. Dr. W. W. Zimmerman and Dr. Jlichard Schillinger. Bavis Outlines Plan. President Bavis of the board of T.orks said today that the cost of the work for which appropriations have been made for next year, and which would be done this winter Instead of next summer, could be applied to the loan after the spring taxes come in. There would be other work done, this winter, it Is anticipated, which has not been provided for in the 1915 budget but the expense for this can also be met out of the temporary loan, which could be carried by the city with small interest charges until November, 1916, vhen the city will pay off the last of Its bonded Indebtedness. This done a jiew bond issue could be floated and the temporary loan paid off. Under such an arrangement it would not be (Continued on Page Two) GOTHAM TO HOLD UNIQUE FUNCTION MRS. SUFFERN TAILER. To assist southerners who are in distress, women prominent in society are working for the success of the Cotton Hall, to be given at the Waldorf Astoria. Prominent among the interested !iostesses is Mrs. T. Suffern Tailer who ias suggested that all women who attend the ball should wear gowns made 1 1 cotton. The ballroom will be decorated to represent a Southern cotton field.

WANTED Every man who is out of work to report his name and address to the Palladium office. The Palladium will not guarantee work, but will advertise the fact that a certain number of carpenters, mechanics or farm hands want work. No names will be used, and names listed with this office will be treated in confidence. The Palladium merely offers its service? in assisting the men who are now out of work to locate a position. The service is absolutely free.

CLUB ENDORSES CITY'S PROGRAM TO MAKE WORK Members Adopt Resolution Urging Municipality and Individuals to Put in Needed Improvements.

ALFRED BAVIS TALKS Outlines Repairs to Streets and Plans to Provide Jobs For Many Men With Double Shifty Commercial club members did not at tempt to analyze the "kind of improvements and building which should be done this winter to furnish work for ine unemployed population or tticnmond but adopted a resolution at last night's meeting advising the city and all persons contemplating building to begin as soon as possible. The following resolution was adopt ed: "Inasmuch as there are a great number of men unemployed in the city at this time and the winter season near at hand we would respectfully urge the City Administration to push forward at this time as much as possible all public improvements which have been planned for next year, thus providing labor for the unemployed and If necessary issue public improvement bonds with which to secure funds for making these Improvements at this time. "Be It Resolved, That we urge all persons contemplating Improvements or buildings for next year to begin these improvements as soon as possible thus affording labor for a part of the number of unemployed. "We would urge this for the reasons: "That there Is a large number of men in the city that need the work and need it now, perhaps worse than they will next summer. "It would be easy to secure sufficient number of laborers at this time." Alfred Bavis, president of the board of works declared that the administra tion is thoroughly in sympathy of the needs of the citizens. "We believe it is a good business policy In this case to negotiate a temporary loan until 1916 to make anticipated improvements. By this means, we need not increase the tax rate. The city will be out of debt in. 1916 and we can issue bonds then to pay the temporary loan which will mean that we will be forced to keep the sev en cent bond levy against city property. "The city Is sadly in arrears In its work. With such a condition, we believe It is a wise policy to borrow the needed money and serve the double purpose of placing the city in better shape and giving citizens work. Many to Get Work. "We can increase the number of employes by working alternate shifts of men, giving every man it is possible for us to employ three days work a week." Mr. Bavis said that while he was speaking the heads of city departments were carrying out the suggestions of R. G. Leeds who submitted his communication to the board of works yesterday morning. He said a program will be made including every needed Improvement the heads of all municipal departments can anticipate. S. E. Swayne, former president of the Commercial club, said the club does not ask them for unwise expenditure of money. Mr. Swayne, Mr. Rupe and others declared that so many men have not been out of work at one time in Richmond for years. PLANT BUYS HOME Nicholson Company Pur chases Building for $15,000. The building occupied by the Nich olson Printing company was pur chased yesterday from Mrs. John Dougan. It is said the purchase price was $15,000. The building has two rooms a half block deep and is one of the pretentious structures on Ninth, street. The printing company has occupied it for several years. LEMON WINS PRIZE Chrysanthemums exhibited by F. H. Lemon and company at the national show in Indianapolis won the E. G. Hill prize for the best of the Chieftian variety. Mr. Lemon and the G. R. Gause company, both Richmond ilorists, exhibited chrysanthemums at the show.

KOENIGSBERG NEAR

British Cruisers Find German Vessel Hiding Six Miles Up Luwego River and Block Entrance of Harbor Teutons Pre

vent Capture of Ship and Prepare to Fight

BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Nov. 10. The German cruiser Koenigsberg has been imprisoned by British ships off the coast of German east Africa and cannot escape because of obstructions placed in the channel, it is officially announced by the government press bureau. The following official statement was given out relative to the fate of the Koenigsburg at the same time that the destruction of the Emden was announced : "The German cruiser Koenigsberg has been imprisoned near Mafia Island, off German East Africa by the sinking of colliers in the navigable part of the channel. The Koenigsberg is now unable to do further harm to our shipping." The press bureau announced that the whereabouts of the Koenigsberg were revealed by her attack upon the Pegasus off the East coast of Africa on September 19. "A concentration of fast cruisers cruisers was arraigned at once by the Admiralty," the press bureau further HEAVY INSURANCE PUTS PREMIUM ON FIRE, JAYS, MILLER Chief Objects to Large Amounts Placed on Some Properties Asks Street Car to Clear Way. Fire Chief Miller informed the mayor and other city officials last night that in his opinion fire insurance agents were placing a premium on fire losses by insuring buildings and con tents too high. He frankly said this fact might have been responsible for some fires. The chief also demanded that street cars and traction cars be compelled to stop when fire wagons on a run approach them. One motorman failed to do this Saturday night, al though ordered to by a policeman, and as a result a collision was narrowly averted. Dairy Inspector Clem reported to the mayor that Wayne county was free of the new live stock scourge, the foot and mouth disease, and that rigid precautions were being taken to prevent the spread of the disease into Wayne county. He said the closest proximity of the disease to Richmond was Logansport. City department reports for the month of October, submitted at the mayor's cabinet meeting last night are, as follows: Municipal Light Plant. Expenditures Transformers ,S 778.38 Meters 1,738.53 Meter repair parts 8.14 Premises charges 2.43 Line material 556.80 Office supplies 3.64 Lamp repairs 3.00 Street arc materials 48.74 Material at plant 1,431.43 Total $4,663.14 Engineer's Report. Improvement work for the year practically completed; work still be ing done on the Morton park sewer system and on street making at North Twelfth and J streets. Health Department. Vital Statistics Scarlet fever, 6; typhoid, 8; diphtheria, 1; chickenpox, 5; measles, 1. Deaths, 27; Births, 40 Dairy Inspector Visits To dairies, 32; to groceries and meat markets, 45; to hotels, restaurants, bakeries and ice cream factories, 24; to stock yards, 8. Professional calls, 6. Tests sent to state laboratory, 3. A total of 25,048 gallons of milk sold in the city last month. Meat Inspector Cattle killed and passed, 173; calves, 57; hogs, 206; lambs, 35. One hog and parts of other carcasses condemned. Total killed, 472. Crematory Garbage consumed, 548 yards and 38 animals. Sanitary Fourteen houses carded, 7 fumigated and five vaults ordered cleaned. Parks Department. Thirty-four trees planted In the three small parks and 54 at Glen Miller. Street Department. Hours of work, 6851; loads hauled, 2,511; cost of operations, $1,707.05.

GERMAN CRUISER EMDEN.

CAUGHT MAFIA ISLAND says. "These ships were sent in search of the Koenigsberg along the: entire east coast of Africa. Finally on Oct. 30, the Koenigsberg was discovered by the battleship Chatham, Captain Sydney R. Drury-Lowe hiding in shoal j

water about six miles up the Luwego cinct in southern Union county. The river, opposite Mafia Island. J total vote for the propoBal was 2,099, "Owing to her greater draught, theand the vote against it, 8,488, making Chatham could not reach the Koenigs-: 4 , . berg, which was believed to be!the total maJnty against the proaground except at high tide, when she Psalt 6,389. could leave her haven. The crew of The vote In the two Fayette county the German ship was landed, when : townships was: Jennings, 132 for, 150 of the river. j against. "Finding it was impossible to take i The vote in the eleven Union county

the Bhip witb a land party, Captain ururj-uuwe oiuereu a. uomuaroraeni, but owing to dense palm groves flanking the cruiser it was found almost impossible to get the range and the . I shells which did strike near the Ger man ship did little damage, so far as could be learned. It will not be until the ship is taken that the extent of damage is really known." ASKS DIVORCE. Joseph H. Brown today entered suit in circuit court asking that he be grant ed legal seperation from Anna Brown. He charged cruel and inhuman treatment. There is a son, Gordon, aged sixteen.

Put Action in Story Plot to Win Gold Prize of $10

WANTED Action. For action and lots of it, the Palladium and the Zenith Motion picture company are offering two prizes of $10 and $5 in gold. The only requirement is that this action must be written in story form, suitable for production in a motion picture. It must also have as its setting scenes in and about Richmond. Originality of ideas will count much with the judges when they go over the manuscripts that have already been submitted and those that will be entered in the contest before the closing night. But action is the main attribute that the story must have. The person who submits the most original plot with the most action will receive the $10. Producer Wants Plot. No technical knowledge of the regu lar motion picture scenario form is required. All that producer wants is the Tending

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ONLY ONE PRECINCT BACKS MIRTELLE Complete Returns From Three Counties Show Four to One Negative Vote.

Complete returns from all the townships in Wayne, Fayette and Union counties, where subsidy proposals for the proposed Purtelle traction line from Richmond to Hamilton were vot ed on last Tuesday, show that each of these townships turned down the propositions by big majorities, and that Purtelle carried only one preprecincts was 393 for. 1,385 against. The vote in Wayne and Boston township, Wayne county, 1,160 for. 5,133 against. WORTH TO SPEAK. GREENSFORK, Ind., Nov. 10. The Rev. Aaron Worth of Fountain City will preach at the Liberal United Brethren church at Sugar Grove Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. In the evening he will deliver a lecture on temperance. The Rev. Mr. Worth is widely known as a temperance worker and speaker. A large crowd is expected to hear him. story. Can you supply it? If you can one of the prizes is yours. Students at the high school and at Earlham college are interested in the contest and are going to submit their ideas. Practically every person in one of Earlham's rhetoric classes is busy preparing a composition. Remember if you submit one, and later think of a better story, you have a chance to enter as many manuscripts as you care to. There are only a few days of the contest left, so get in your plot early. The date of closing and names of the judges will be announced later. Writers wanting their manuscripts returned should include postage, otherwise no effort will be made to return the great number of stories which are being received daily. Send plots to Motion Picture Contest Editor of Palladium.

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Warship Sydney. Trails German Vessel Into Bay of Bengal, Where the Superior Speed of British Boat Forces Kaiser's Craft to Give Battle Emden Badly Damaged by Shell, Is Run Ashore and Completely Destroyed by Fire.

CASUALTY LIST OF TEUTON

Admiralty Claims Koenigsberg Imprisoned by British Ships Off Coast of East Africa, Near Mafia Island English Sink Colliers in Navigable Part of Channel to Prevent Cruiser From Slipping Out London Rejoices at Naval Victory. BY HERBERT TEMPLE. European Manager of the International News Service. LONDON, Nov. 10. The German cruiser Emden, which has sunk mora than thirty merchantmen, chiefly English vessels, and two warships since the war began, has been destroyed in the bay of Bengal by the Australian cruiser Sydney, it was officially announced by the admiralty today. The announcement was made through the government press bureau. The Emden was driven ashore on Coco Island, and burned. Her fire blackened hull was blown up by the Sydney.

It is announced that only about twenty of the crew of the German cruiser escaped out of a complement of 361. The destruction of the Emden caused great rejoicing and it is regarded as an important naval feat. The Sydney, which was one of the seventy warships that were on the trail of the Emden, came upon the German cruiser early yesterday. The Emden tried to escape from the Australian warship, which was heavier than the German cruiser, but the Sydney proved too speedy. The Sydney opened fire upon the

German ship and the latter, being unable to out-distance her rival, stood by in the Coco Island group and gave battle. After a sharp fight, during which the Emden was badly damaged by the Sydney's shells, the Emden ran ashore. Cruiser in Flames. The Emden had been set afire by fire shells and was burning briskly when she was beached. The Sydney fired a few more shells into the stranded ship and then drew off. The Emden was completely destroyed and the loss of life on board was very heavy. The casualties on the Sydney were three killed and fifteen wounded. Emden Speedy Boat. The Emden's displacement was 3,500 tons. Her ordinary complement was 361. The Emden' was a very speedy boat, being able to work up nearly 25 knots an hour and this enabled her to escape from pursuit during the long time she was sinking British merchant ships in the Pacific and adjacent waters. She was heavily armored and her armaments consisted of ten 4-inch guns of 40-calibre; two machine guns and two 18-inch submerged torpedo tubes. Since the Emden began her depredations upon British commerce, she has sunk thirty ships and has done millions of dollars worth of damage. The most of the Emden's operations were confined to the Indian ocean. The admiralty announces, with the destruction of the Emden and bottling up of the Koenigsberg, the Indian ocean and Pacific have been cleared of German ships except for the squadron off the South American coast. "All the assistance possible was given to the survivors on the Emden," says the admiralty. The Emden had landed a force upon Coco Island to destroy the wire - less station and cut the cable. While engaged in those operations the Syd ney came up.'

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SHIP REPORTED HEAVY

RUPE DESCRIBES TAXATION LAWS AS ANTIQUATED Repeats Address Which Points to Administration and Restraints as Two Great Weaknesses. POOR REAP BENEFIT Attorney Tells Commercial Club All Legislation Favors Man of Moderate Means in State. The basic principles of taxation in Indiana's constitution can be sufficiently amended without a constitutional convention to revise in part the acts regulating the administration of taxation and assessment laws, was the opinion of the members of the taxation committee at the Commercial club meeting last night. The substitution of W. O. Jones' county road system for the three-mile-road-law was advised as a practical means of lowerj ing taxes. John L. Rupe repeated the speech he delivered as the president's address before the Indiana State Bar association a few months ago. The matter in this speech was taken up sectionally and discussed by members of the committee, although no other club ! members responded to the invitation ; to participate in the discussion. The present tax laws themselves are twenty-three years old, and the basic laws which regulated their writing are 6ixty-three years old, Mr. Rupe j said. He condemned the system as ; antiquated and unsuited to modern ; conditions, written for an agricultural j state and not for a manufacturing or financial district. Fault in Administration. The fault of the laws is in two things, Mr. Rupe said: First, the administration of the law by tne officers. Second, the limitations by the constitutional rectraints which now bind the officers. "There being no standard of assessment or no limit of taxation, only confusion and inequality can result." Mr. Rupe said. "There can never can be uniformity and justice in assessments until there ia a classification of property for taxation and assessment. Every assessor has an inclination to guard the property In his own district, and the rate of assessment has decreased until it is now from forty to fifty per cent of actual value. "If property were taxed at its full cash value under the present laws, the wheels of industry woudl be parcontinued on Page Two.) The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair Wednesday colder. tonight and TEMPERATURE. Noon 63 Yesterday. Maximum 47 Minimum ........,..-!. 28 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. LOCAL CONDITION Fair- and colder tonight and Wednesday. Fresh southwest wind shifting to northwest tonight GENERAL CONDITIONS Fair weather continues over the United States excepting for storms on the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes. The I rapid passage of the lake storm will be followed oy lower temperature probably going below freezing within the next 3$ hours. :-

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