Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 319, 19 November 1914 — Page 1

ric FAIXABIUM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 319. gffEr' Telegram RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1914. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

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CATTLE PLAGUE WAR RECEIVES ATTENTION OF WAYNE FARMERS

Under Auspices of Palladium Farm Service Department, Chester G. Starr, Purdue Expert, Lectures to Agriculturalists at Court House on Methods of Keeping Foot and Mouth Disease Outside County Farms Tells How Quarantine Order May Be Obtained.

EARLY ACTION PREVENTS

Dr. C. 0. Wagoner Sends Communication Praising Farmers and Butchers for Attitude in Fighting Plague Volunteers Service as Federal Inspector at Local Plant to Give Information and Make Inspection of Herds Suspected of Having Dreaded Malady.

Over one hundred farmers assem-1 tied in the circuit court this afternoon j to discuss ways of keeping the foot and : mouth disease from the borders of Wayne county. Representative farmers from remote parts of the county vere present and took active part in the discussion. Harry Macey, former president of the Wayne County Better Farming association presided and introduced Chester Starr, speaker, from Purdue university. The following resolutions were prepared: 1. That we, as a body of representative farmers, ask the county officials, as well as all the railroads and stock yards operating in the county, to cooperate with us in keeping the foot and mouth plague from gaining a foothold in Wayne county. 2. That farmers refrain from hunting except on their own premises, and that they prohibit any one else hunting on their farms. 3. That the week of November 23 be pet aside as "clean-up week," during which week all pigeons and rats be destroyed throughout the county as Jar as possible; and that during this week all farmers living in the county clean up and burn all rubbish and trash arouud their barns and feed lots. 4. That a committee be named in each township to carry out these resolutions, and immediately report all i i : i . e ii. BUSpiClOUS BICKUeBB Ol livraiutu, auu j all mrractions or me quarantine iaw to the proper health or veterinary officials. "Preventative measures on the part of the farmers in this community, will do more to keep the foot and mouth disease out of Wayne county than any other action you can take," said Chester G. Starr of the Purdue university veterinary department at a mass meeting of fanners at the court house this afternoon. "If the situation merits it, your county commissioners have the power to quarantine the county and appropriate money to maintain the quarantine. If this is not done you farmers can establish a very effective quarantine and enforce it," said Mr. Starr. He told of the measures that have been taken in other counties against the disease. In Tippecanoe county the county officials appropriated $1,000 to fight the plague. In Allen county a email army of deputy sheriffs are guarding the county borders and stopping every person who attempts to ALLIES DEFEAT TEUTON ATTACK BEYOND A1SNL French Statement Claims Troops Hold Lines in Argonne Forests Against all Assaults of Germans. BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. PATHS, Nov. 19. Defeat of the Germans in their operations against, the allies In the vicinity of Tracy-Le-Val on the north bank of the Aisne, is announced. The French positions in the Argonne forest, it states, have been maintained The official statement follows: "At the north, the day of yesterday was marked by a repetition of activity on the part of the enemy's artillery, particularly between the sea and the Lys. There was no attack by infantry. "Between the Oise and the Aisne, 1he operations around Traey-Le-Val have terminated very favorable for our troops. It must be remembered that we took that village a few days ago. Day before yesterday the Germans attempted to recapture it after having taken our first trenches. They advanced as far as the central crossroads of that locality, but a vigorous counter attack by our Algerian contingent threw the enemy back, took from him all the ground that we had lost and inflicted heavy losses upon him. "In the Argonne we have maintained our position. On the rest of the front there Is nothing to report." CEASE HUNTING. EATON, O., Nov. If. That Preble f ounty sportsmen have obeyed the law which prohibits hunting in Ohio this fall is seen in the fact that no arrests liave been made or complaints registered with local authorities or members of the County Fish and Game Protective association. Authorities in Eaon announced their intention of flromptly filing charges against all violators.

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cross from the Whitley county side. Fourteen counties in the state are quarantined because of outbreaks of the disease, and more than half the counties have formed organizations to prevent its spread. Measures Check Plague. Mr. Starr said these measures were proving effective, and that the disease was being checked, with only a few new cases reported this week. He warned the farmers that any lack of vigilance might be the means of bringing about a new outbreak at any time. "It will be a long time before the last traces of the disease are removed, and it will be several years before the farmers of the state recover from the losses incurred," he said. He explained the symptoms of the disease, and the danger from it to animals and human beings, also showing the ease with which it spreads, by the most unexpected agencies. "In one respect," said Mr. Starr, "this outbreak has been a boon to the farmers in Indiana, because it has taught them that disease germs really exist, and the measures that have been taken will bring about a greater advance in the fight against hog cholera than anything that has been done for years. Every railroad stock yard and car, and all slaughter houses In the state have been cleaned and disinfected, and the quarantine coming at a time when cholera is prevalent has served to prevent shipping of sick hogs. The farmers have been treated to a genuine scare, and have learned a lesson that they will not soon forget." Dr. Wagoner Absent. Dr. C. O. Wagoner, federal venterinary inspector for this district, was unable to be present at the meeting, but sent a written statement covering the government's attitude in fighting the plague. He also sent copies of the federal regulations which have been issued, including interstate shipping regulations. Dr. Wagoner also asked that the railroad officials, butchers and farmers of the county be commended for the attitude they have shown since the disease broke out. He said that every precaution had been taken by them to keep the disease out of Wayne county, and they deserve credit for the work. He volunteered his services to any farmers who wished information or help in checking the plague. GE MANS REPAIR YSER DIKES FOR NEW MOVEMENTS Construct Pontoon Bridges to Cross Inundated Country and Meet Emergency Without Fear of Outcome. BERLIN, Via Amsterdam, Nov. 19. Though temporarily halted in their campaign to gain the French coast, by the floods caused by the cutting of dykes in the Vser valley, the Germans are meeting this emergency as they have met others, with forces provided for such an occasion. Bodies of engineers numbering seven thousand men have been taken to the Dixmude front during the last week and are engeged in clocing the gaps in the dykes and constructing pontoon bridges on which the infantry can cross the inundated country. Brief details of a heroic exploit by a company of German cavairy were received here today. Soldiers swam their horses for miles through the icy water at night and took by surprise a body of English troops guarding a position near Dixmude. Though astonished by the sudden appearance of the German troopers, the British soldiers fought desperately to hold the position. They were finally driven out, however, and the Germans have "dug themselves in" at that point and are holding it against every attack While the floods are interfering with operations along the front from the coast to Ypress, the German troops are strengthening their positions from Ypres to Arras and farther south. West of St. Quentin and Roye they have gained ground, it is announced here, by continuously hammering away at the allies' line. This has been bent at several points, but no smashing attack on any one position has been made as piercing of the enemy's front in this region would have no somplete result, while the French and British troops maintain their positions on the Ypres Armentires front.

DEAL REPORTED FOR PURCHASE OF GAAR-SCOTT Rumor Says D. G. Reid and Local Capitalists Negotiate Buying- Old Threshing Machine Plant.

LACKS CONFIRMATION M. Rumely Company Sends Cards to Employes Asking Them to Register Names and Addresses. A report in general circulation today that negotiations were on for the purchase of the Gaar-Scott plant of the M. Rumely company by a group of Richmond men, the deal to be financed by D. G. Reid of New York, excited much interest and comment. What reliable information obtainable, however, failed to furnish complete substantiation of this report. One well-known manufacturer stated that he had heard the report from various sources, but had received no authentic information. He expressed a doubt as to its reliability. "I understand that there is a considerable demand for the type of machines manufactured by the Gaar-Scott company prior to its merger with the Rumely company, but I do not believe there is a deal on for the old Gaar plant, because it is antiquated. Furthermore, when the merger took place the patterns of the old Gaar-Scott machines were sent to Pittsburg and scrapped. If a company was organized a new type of machine would have to be devised," this manufacturer stated. Lines Up Employes. Inquiry at the local branch of the Rumely company, where a very small force of men has been employed for several weeks, elicited the information that future plans for the operation of the plant were not known. It is known, however, that post cards were mailed to many of the former employes asking them to report to the factory and register their addresses. This is taken to indicate that operations at the plant on a fairly large scale are contemplated in the near future and that the men are being registered so that their services could be readily obtained. Business conditions in Richmond, from a manufacturing standpoint, have, on the whole, become brighter the last few days, and the prospects are that the new year will start with fairly satisfactory prospects. Wayne Gets Busy. The Wayne Works, which has been operating with a small force for several days, will in the near future resume operations with almost a normal force. Business is picking up satisfactorily with the Starr Piano company and Henry Gennett, the president, said today that by January he expected the payroll would be up to its normal standard. "Last week we had one of the largest payrolls for some time past," he said, "and it will be equally as large this week. January and February Is when the men will need the most work and we expect we will be able to work our usual force. We will do our very best to do so anyway. Orders are coming in very satisfactorily now." Hoosier Employs 400. At the local branch of the American Seeding Machine company the report made was not so optimistic. "We are employing about 400 men now," Willard Carr stated, "and we hope to retain this number of men throughout the winter. Orders have been slow coming in and prospects for next year's business is a hard forecast to make. We have been getting out a small South American shipment but that has been about the extent of our operations. Under normal conditions we could give employment to 700 men." The two lawn mower factories, the P. & N. and the Dille-McGuire, have enjoyed an unusually good business for several weeks and are working their full forces to fill the orders they have been receiving. Both plants report that prospects for next year are very satisfactory. The Elliott, Reid Fence factory is also doing an excellent business and several of the smaller manufacturing concerns report that the outlook for better business is becoming brighter. NEW CASTLE POSSE SEEKS ASSAILANTS OF RICH FARMER BY LEASED WIRE. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Nov. 19 A sheriff's posse6 with bloodhounds is tracking a bandit who last night assaulted David Edwards, a retired farmer, and left him for dead in his home here. This was the fourth attempt to rob Edwards, who lived alone and was reported to have a large sura of money in the house. In previous attempts Edward, who is 78 years old, frightened the robbers away. His injuries are serious. FOHLKE ELECTED HEAD OF LEAGUE BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 19 The National Municipal League Convention today elected the following officers: President, William Dudley Foulke, Richmond, Ind.: Treasurer, George Burn ham, Jr., Philadelphia: Secretary, Clinton Rogers Woodruff, Philadelphia. Vice-Presidents, Miss Jane Addams, Chicago; J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Penn., Chester H. Rowell, Fresno, Cal.

AFRAID OF PARENT, BOY ASKS OFFICER FOR POSTJII ARMY Recruiting Officer Rejects Application of Young Man Who Wishes to Escape Censure for Conduct. Routine work of the recuiting office is occasionally brightened by some unconscious comedy on the part of mistaken individuals who for various mistaken reasons think they wish to enlist. Not long ago a well dressed young man entered the office and blurted out, "Is this the place you join the army?" "Yes, this is the place," said Corporal Abbott, who already had his man sized up. "Well, I want to join," said the

young man whose eyes were bleared and whose hand shook as he lighted a cigaret. "I've been drunk for three weeks, and I'm ashamed to go home to my folks. They tell me they keep you in the army four years, do you think I could get sober in four years? And say, officer, won't you send me south, it's too cold here." "If you join the army you'll go where they send you," said the corporal, "but I don't think you want to join the army. You can't go on big drunks there you know. You go to bed somewhere and sober up and then come back tomorrow, and if you wan't to go then I'll examine you, and if you pass tho examination, I'll send you on." After the young man left, the corporal said, "He'll never come back." And he never did. BUREAU TO PICK NEEDY PERSONS FOR CITY WORK Charity Body Will Advise With Mayor and Works Board in Engaging Men for Jobs. At a meeting held this morning be tween Mayor Robbins, members of the board of public works and Secretary Melpolder of the central charity bureau arrangements were made for giving municipal work to as many ablebodied and deserving men as is possible. "We only want deserving men who can give a dollar's worth of service for every dollar paid them," Mayor Robbins said. "And it is my intention to recommend only such men as can give this service," Mr. Melpolder replied. Under the arrangements made George Knollenberg, street commissioner, will receive applications for work and in such cases where there is doubt as to whether an applicant is deserving of employment Mr. Melpolder will be consulted and upon his advice will depend whether such an applicant is assisted. Advises Short Hours. For street work, common labor, 20 cents an hour will be paid. Each working day will be from five to six hours. This was advised by Mel" polder. "It is better to have the work .-. ! . . .1 1 ,.,.,! Kl M. TA1 polder said Just when the work of street and alley cleaning, which will require a force of fifty extra men, will start deriOTirtB nnnn the weather. So lone as the eround is frozen solidlv it will be impossible to attempt this kind of work. Work of shingling the roof of the market house is indefinite. Building Inspector Hodgin called attention to the fact that the market house Is within the fire limits and if the building code is observed a shingle roof Plans are being considered for the painting of the two iron bridges, which work, if undertaken, will require quite a few men. City to Employ 100. Altogether the city hopes to provide temporary employment for at least one hundred men. Applicants for work should call at the city building and consult with Commissioner Knollenberg. One man who called at the board's office yesterday had a crippled arm but said he would take any kind of work he could secure. He is married and has several children. He had been working as a janitor for two business houses, receiving $4.50 a week from one and $3 a week from the other, a total of $7.50 a week for seven days work. He asked the man paying him the most money for an increase of one dollar a week and was discharged. Now he is trying to keep his family on $3 a week although he found it almost impossible to support them on $7.50 a week. City hall has been besieged the last few days by men seeking employment. Some it was learned were property owners, and in Buch cases the cold shoulder and icy glare was given. The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair and colder tonight with cold wave. Extreme south portion. Friday fair not so cold. W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. LOCAL. C O N D I T IONS Fair and continued cold tonight. Friday fair with rising temperature. GENERAL CONDITION S The storm is now moving down the St. Lawrence valley with high winds and snow. A rainstorm is moving into the United States from the Pacific ocean. Elsewhere fair weather prevails. Freezing temperature was registered yesterday at Mobile, Alabama

RELIEF CONCERT MEETS SUCCESS AT FIRST SHOW Capacity House Hears Songs and Witness Drills by Members of German Maenner-chor.

YOUNG TENOR SINGS Leroy Albrecht Adds to Muscial Program With Solos Militairverein Drills in Uniform. A brilliant and unqualified success was the concert given last evening in St. John's hall on South Fourth street by the Richmond Maennerchor, assisted by the Militaireverein, for the benefit of the Red Cross fund, under the general auspices of the German Aliii ance of this city, a branch of the Nawhich is making generous contributions toward the relief of the warstricken districts in Europe. A crowd which tested the capacity of the auditorium applauded the program, as published, which was carried out in full with additional numbers given by St. John's orchestra, under the direction of Professor Zimmerman, head of St. John's parochial school, and Mr. Leroy Albrecht, a young vocalist from Cincinnati, who is a guest in the city. Acts Describe War. The arrangement of the formal program was progressional and was designed not only to illustrate the songs given by the Maennerchor, but as a series of pictures showing the war from inception to the close through the activities of one soldier, typical of the entire army and its relation to the Fatherland. The first number, sung by the full membership of the Maennerchor, directed by Will H. Duning, Jr., whose unceasing work contributed largely to the success of last evening's entertainment, was made up of German Volk songs illustrative of national and personal sentiment, the four following songs being given behind the scenes with illustrative pantomime by the Milltalre Vereln in view of the audience. The first of the latter, "Weh, Das Wir Scheiden," whose free English ! translation is, "Farewell to the Solj dier's Sweetheart,' was accompanied by a living picture in which the prin(Contlnued on Last Page.) CRUSHING OF STONE WILL PROVIDE JOBS FOR LABi itl NEED Road Superintendent Jones to Purchase Outfit Expects to Aid Unemployed and Save Money. County Road Superintendent Jones will purchase within the next few ! weeks a crushing outfit which will give winter work to fifteen or twenty I men. In planning his work in advance, the highway superintendent said he believed he could help to support fifteen r twenty families by buying the crushing outfit now. He will have a supply of stone on hand by spring which will be sufficient for almost all of next year's road work. If the stone crusher is purchased, it will mean that Wayne county will have approximately two and one-half miles of rock macadam roads next year and in subsequent years, for the same price it is paying for one mile under the three mile road law and the present system of road building. Jones Plans Saving. "The stone on the average macadam road costs about $3,000 a mile," Mr. Jones said. "If I used the same system the contractors use and crush my own stone instead of buying it for $40 a car, I could furnish the stone for $1,500 a mile. "I will introduce into the county next year the Ohio system of road making. Instead of tearing up the old road beds and removing them, the ; Ohio road builders use the same i material which has been the foundations of the roads for fifty or sixty ,) Cells.

"The average cost of macadamizing . . A a mile of road under contract is al- German aviator squadron encounterd most $6,000. In Ohio it is done for the enemy's aviators while reconnoit$2,500 a mile by contract. I will use ering and cause them to descend. One

the same system and save the county the contractors' profits." Will Buy Crusher. Mr. Jones was invited by W. H. Oxley of the Indiana Good Road Machinery company at Fort Wayne to visit the factory on Nov. 24, and inspect all classes of stone crushing outfits. Only portable outfits will be considered. A good one can be secured for $1,500, which is half the cost Mr. Jones estimates he will save on each mile of stone road he builds next year The commissioners gave him author -

ity Saturday to buy the roller and use j against the Servians are proceeding $3,000 which is the balance in the j with great success. The report folroad fund, to crush rock for next year, j lows: By doing the work in the winter, the "The continued operations of the alcounty can save the cost of renting ! lied armies in Russian Poland, and another engine next summer as the Gallcla are developing conditions that county engtne would ordinarily be idle j are highly favorable to . our troops.

in winter. Mr. Jones will again take up with the commissioners Saturday his plans for employing many men while labor is available. This plans includes the clearing of channels and the erection of a county road building for storing

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BANK MERGER PROJECT CREATES BIG SURPRISE IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES

Consolidation of Banks Anticipated for Months, but Proposal For Alliance of First and Second Not Expected Gayle Admits Rumor but Denies Formal Overture from Second National D. G. Reid Interviewed on Amalgamation of Financial Institutions.

MERGER PLANS KEPT CLOSELY GUARDED BY BANKERS

Second National Bank Stockholders Against Project Wfcich Would Have Given Richmond Powerful Financial Institution Both Banks Big Money Makers and Holders of Stock Unable to See How a Merger Would Be of Benefit Details of the Plan Kept Secret

Extreme surprise was expressed in financial circles last night by the exclusive story of The Palladium telling of how the proposed merger of the First and Second National banks was thwarted by the disinclination of certain stockholders to sanction the amalgamation. So closely had the proposed consolidation of the two big financial institutions of Wayne county been guarded that not even all the stockholders of the two banks had been taken into confidence. Officers and clerks of the banks were nonplussed. A. D. Gayle, president of the First National bank, admitted today that there was a rumor in business circles that a merger of the two banks was contemplated. "The report is not true, however. No formal proposal eminating from the board of directors of the Second National bank has ever been received by the board of the First National bank," Mr. Gayle said. The Palladium today is able to give its readers further details on the merger with the assurance that they are based on the highest authority. Consolidation Possibilities. Rumors of a consolidation of two banks in Richmond have been current for many months, but it was generally supposed that an alliance between the Union National and Second National banks would take place. A Joining of the Second and the First National banks was not believed possible, neither was it considered a logical explanation of ths rumors of consolidation that were current in banking circles. When the First National announced a few weeks ago that it had contracted for the construction of a new building, the belief was strengthened that the business rivalry between It and the Second National would continue. The purchase of the Tremont block by the Dickinson Trust company, giving this institution a Main street location, also was interpreted to mean that if a merger took place, it could be expected between the Union and the Second National. Reid Favors Step. Rumors of a consolidation of the First and Second were current early last week, but they were discounted, and little credence was placed in the ' talk of the street," until it was learned that D. G. Reid was not adverse to the proposed step. FRENCH ATTACK SUFFERS CHECK FROM GERMANS Anglo-French Try to Break Through Teuton Lines on Western Slope of Argonne Forest. BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent of International News Service. BERLIN, Nov. 19. The defeat of a French attack on the western slope of the Argonne forest is announced in an official report from the German general staff received here today. It also tells briefly of a battle in the air between aviators of the Germans and the allies' armies. On aerial scout is missing as a result. The statement follows "The situation in western Flanders and FCnrthprn France in unrhtnrMi of our machines is missing. "A fierce French attack in the region of Cervon, on the western slope of the Argonne forest is reported. "The newly commenced battles in the eastern theatre of war are proceeding." AUSTRIANS VICTORIOUS. VIENNA, Via Berlin and Amsterdam, Nov. 19. An official report from the Austrian general staff announces iiie vadium uiooi . nuwiwis in. uo i licia, and states that, the operations Near Grebok (in Gallcla, north of Rzessow) a .strong Russian cavalry force was dispersed by our artillery, and . we captured X.000 prisoners. . "The Russian advance toward the Carpathians is of no importance at present.- Our troops occupy . positions thitamaf armat mtvammth'1

Investigation soon showed tliat many stockholders of the two institutions knew nothing of the project, a. fact that aroused the suspicion that perhaps the deal was being manipulated by certain interests in the two banks. The tremendous advantage accruing to both Institutions from a merger quickly appealed to the financial circles of the city and it was pointed, out that the new bank would give. Richmond one of the strongest and most influential banking institutions in Indiana. The combined banks would have had thousands of depositors and connections with the biggest industrial concerns of the county. Herein would have been found the strength of the new institution. Big Men in Favor. It is positively known that some of the big men in both banks were in favor of the merger. What the attitude of the smaller stockholders would have been is not known, although the refusal of some of the stockholders of the Second to combine would seem to indicate that the consolidation would have been wrecked. Only a few of the big stockholders in the First National knew of the proposed consolidation, while John L. Rupe, formerly attorney for the First, now attached to the Second in the same capacity, and George Miller perhaps one or two others In the Second, acting .with the approval of D. G. Reid. pushed the merger in this bank. Mr. Reid. so it was learned, had no objection to the merger, in fact, had approved of it, before the First National was approached on the subject. When the matter was put to certain influential stockholders of the Second National Monday it did not meet their approval. Stock owners voiced their protest in no uncertain terms and at once declared their ability to swing enough stock to check effectively any merger on the part of Second Nations L This opposition, which was anticipated, but was not expected to be so strong as it later showed Itself, proved the hitch that prevented the merger. Stockholders of both banks, seen today by The Palladium, said there was no reason from a business standpoint why the two banks should merge, as both were money makers.

TRIBUTES FALL TO CAREER OF LORD ROBERTS England Buries "Bobs" Amid Mourning of Royalty, Soldiers, Civilians and Refugees of Warring Nations. BY HERBERT TEMPLE. European Manager of International News Service. LONDON. Nov. 19. "Bobs" was buried today while the whole English nation mourned. The funeral services of the late Lord Roberts in St. Paul's cathedral overshadowed even the war news and hundreds of thousands of persons stood silent and reverent in a cold drizzle of rain while the cortege passed through the street Royal tribute was paid to the memory of Britain's best beloved soldiers. j or the "Master gunner." as Kipling ' called him. Kinr r,nr nttsnriari tfi funeral together with high officials of the army and navy, members of the government, diplomats of foreign countries and soldiers of other notables. Before daybreak men and women began gathering along the streets through which the body of Lord Roberts was borne from Charing Cross station to St. Paul's Cathedral. The route lay along Thames embankment which was dense with people. Out of the dense bank of fog which rolled upward with river a steady, cold rain fell, but despite the rain and the cold men uncovered their heads and stood bowed and reverent while the gun carriage, upon which the coffin was strapped, rumbled through the streets. i The impress! veness of the scene brought tears to the eyes of women and men alike. Scene Inspires. The scene was unprecedented. Through the civilian ranks, to each of whom Lord Roberts had endeared himself by his devotion to his country ran a thrill of sympathy and pride a the guard of honor, especially picked for the occasion rolled by with the dead. The coffin was wrapped in a Union Jack, whose livid colors glowed sombre and dull in the gray light. Before the gun carriage Lord Roh-

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