Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 321, 21 November 1914 — Page 1

PAIXABITJM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 321. &XrT,,lw'im RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1914. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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f EACHERS HEAR WOMAN DISCUSS SUFFRAGE ISSUE Vliss O'Hair of Indianapolis Says Opposition to Franchise Based on Conditions in Past.

Explains wage need Speaker Shows High Requirements Placed on Instructors Which Demand Study and Expense. "All the arguments against the en franchisement of women are based on 1 conditions that no longer exist," declared Miss Belle O'Hair, of Indianapolis, a teacher and suffragist of national reputation in an address before the city federation of teachers last evening in the auditorium of the high school. Miss O'Hair preceded her talk on the benefits and necessity of organization on the part of the instructors in the public schools, with a convincing argument for woman's suffrage, which, she stated, was directly related to the question of concerted action among the teachers of the public schools of the state and country, since the majority of the latter were women and the propaganda they waged for the betterment of social and economic conditions among the grade teachers especially, was only to be effected through legislation. Base Opposition on Past. "The time is as extinct as the dodo when woman's part in the scheme of life is her biological function in the bearing of children." said the speaker, "or in the purely domestic occupation of their care." While Miss O'Hair did not decry the part of the woman in the conduct of the home, she emphasized the fact that the whole social system had been so revolutionized by the inventions of science, and the natural evolution that followed their adoption by the social body, particularly within the past fifty years, that woman no longer occupies the position she did formerly through the action of these changed conditions. Miss O'Hair took up all the timeworn objections to woman's enfranchisement her lack of supposed intelligence in dealing with public questions through the vote, her neglect of the home through the exercise of this privilege, her loss of feminity through an interest in politics, her alleged representation by the men of her household, and the various others generally Adduced and disposed of them forcibly and logically. Votes Mean Home Life. "The whole industrial system would collapse." stated Miss O'Hair, "if women should go back to the conditions of a half century ago. This change is not an evolution, it is a revolution. However the enfranchisement of women would result, often, in sending them back to their homes, since they could settle social questions, which they now have to go out and coax men to remedy, by the simple process of voting." Referring to the necessity of federation among the grade teachers of the public schools, a movement which is very general all over the country, Miss O'Hair said : "The purpose of the teachers federation is not. to antagonize the heads of the school system, but to put the profession on a more dignified financial basis. "Teachers who are not competent to organize are not fit to teach. "Because "much of the work we have done which is best known to the public is the agitation for better salaries," said Miss O'Hair. "many persons think we are organized for the mere purpose of raising our wages. "This is not the case. Teachers cannot live on ideals alone, however, and from the point of humbly receiving any salary that was offered, the profession has now come to see the necessity and the logic of the teacher, nor the public, fixing the salary. "With the high cost of living, teachers salaries have either remained stationary or have gone down, while the price of everything has advanced. "On the other hand the public demands constantly increased proficiency. The teacher nowadays must net the part of mental and moral sponsor for 0.000,ouo school children, must assume entire responsibility for their development along every line. At the close of the address, Miss; Whitacre, president, of the city federa-! tion, invited all those present to meet! Miss O'Hair. Miss Mildred Schalk preceded the address with a piano solo. MRS, W, I BRADBURY DIES UNEXPECTEDLY Mrs. Elizabeth li. Bradbury, wife of Vilber K. Bradbury, died at her Iioine. SOS North Fourteenth street, at 3 o'clock this morning. She had been pick for several days, but her condition was not considered serious. Her death came as great surprise to her many friends. Mrs. Bradbury was a member of the most prominent clubs iu the city, bnd was active in all of them. She was born in Richmond in 1851, and spent her entire life in this city. In 187" she was married to Wilber JC Bradbury, junior member of the Jinn of William H, Bradbury &. Sou. She iH survived by two children, Clifford and Anna Bradbury; her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lupton; three sisters, Mrs. Eleanora Shute, Miss Anna .upton and Miss Jean R. Lupton, all of this city. Private funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, and the burial will take place in Earlham cemetery. Her friends mar call at the home at any

Administration Circles Worry About U. S. Cruiser in Trouble With Turks in Smyrna Harbor

Captain B. C. Decker, Commander of Tennessee, and the Cruiser ordered to leave Turkish Waters After Her Launch Was Fired on by Turkish ports in Gulf of Smyrna. RECEIVING AGENTS ED FOR RELIEF OF POOR BELGIANS The Palladium is in receipt of the following letter: "By request the Commercial club has appointed a committee to act as Receiving Agents for any persons desiring to contribute to the Belgian Relief fund. "The committee has been appointed and is making its arrangements to handle whatever provisions or money the people of this community desire to contribute. No soliciting campaign will be undertaken just voluntary contributions, and in order to make it convenient for the persons desiring to contribute money the committee is advising that the four banks and two newspapers will receive money for this purpose and turn it over to the committee at the close of a given period. "In accordance with these plans the following persons have been appointed to receive cash contributions where they are voluntarily offered: Messrs. E. H. Harris, Dwight Young, A. D. Gavle, S. W. Gaar, George L. Cates and E. V. Iliatt. "Respectfully, ADAM H. BARTEL, Chairman W. J. ROBBINS, li. R. SIEKMANN, C. W. JORDAN, Committee. CHURCH JIDS RELIEF First Presbyterians to Assist Belgians. Rev. Scott F. Hershey, acting pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will preach a sermon on the European war, dealing particularly with the condition of the Belgians at a 4:45 o'clock Vesper service Sunday. A collection will be taken to be sent to suffering Belgian families. All the people of the city are invited to attend " meet-hut

WASHINGTON VIEWS TRIBUNE WAR FILMS Naval and Military Officers See Pictures From War Zone, Palladium Will Show Here Next Month to Aid Charity Cause in Richmond.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. Tribune's war pictures was given

night. These pictures, taken in Belgium by Edwin F. Weigle, staff photographer of the Tribune, are now being shown in this country for the benefit of the Belgian Red Cross. At the exhibition here staff officers of the army and navy, as well as Secretaries Garrison and Daniels, their assistant secretaries and aids, were present.

Dr. E. Havenith, the Belgian minister, accepted an invitation extended by the club to attend. Other officials of the Belgian le- i

gation, as well as officials connected with the embassies of the triple entente, witnessed the exhibition. The films were brought to Washington by a staff correspondent of the Tribune now enroute to London. When it was learned they were here newspaper men and army and navy officers requested the privilege of seeing thm.

MAYOR REMEMBERS POOR IN PREPARING CITY XMAS TREAT Robbins Plans to Repeat Mu nicipal Celebration Palladium to Aid With Proceeds of War Pictures. The poor kiddies of Richmond will have no complaint to make after Christmas that Santa Claus forgot them. Mayor Robbins said today that right after Thanksgiving he would give his attention to plans for a municipal Christmas tree, which last Christmas brought happiness to many a ragged little boy and girl. j The municipal Christmas tree idea ; originated with Former Mayor W. W. Zimmerman and several newspaper men, and it was such a distinctive success that it is now to be a regular Yuletide feature in Richmond, j The Palladium is also to raise a fund ' to provide good cheer for the poor children of Richmond on Christmas . day. This fund will be raised from the proceeds derived from displays of the remarkable Belgian war picture , films at the Murray theatre December j 9 and 10, afternon and evening. These j films were obtained by the Chicago Tribune staff photographer under a I contract made with the Belgian gov ernment Thoco fl1YlQ o m (ha nnk' officialwar scenes shown in America. Half of the amount of royalty, under the terms of the Tribune's contract, goes to the relief of the Belgian refugees. All the Palladium's profit from these performances will be used exclusively to gladden the hearts of poverty's youthful victims in Richmond. It is expected that several thousand Richmond and Wayne county people will witness the display of this great film, so it is anticipated that quite a large children's Christmas fund will be realized. FOUR APPLICANTS FOR WEBSTER P. 0. Examination under civil service rule will be held to determine the next postmaster at Webster, according to an order received by L. A. Handley, examiner. The examination for the fourth class postmastershlp will be held Saturday. There are four applicants. The office Is now being run by the widow of former Postmaster Halsley. who died torn time ago.

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at the National Press club last OF GAME PROTESTS KILLING OF YOUNG OUAILS Deputy Commissioner Will Advise Stringent Legislation to Protect Birds in Next Legislature. Deputy State Fish and Game Commissioner Bravey of Anderson was in Richmond today on business connected with his office. He took occasion to enter a vigorous protest against a feature of the game laws which he said was encouraging the slaughter of quails, one of the best game birds in this section of the country and now becoming exceedingly rare because of the ruthless killing of them. "I have advised Commissioner Miles," Mr. Bravey said, "to recommend to the next legislature that the game laws be: amended so tha once more only water fowls can be hunted irom October 1 until November 10. During that period rabbits may also be hunted under the existing statute, end that feature has done more to hasten the extermination of the quails than any other one thing. "People who go out hunting after rabbits frequently stir up a covey of quails and the temptation to shoot them is in most cases too strong to be resisted, therefore I would like to have the law changed so that only water fowls may be hunted from October 1 tc November 10. "Quail hunting season is now on but this game is exceedingly rare In this section of the state." Mr. Bravey states that violations of the game laws have been exceptionally numerous in his district this fall and that he has been kept busy prosecuting such cases. Mr. Bravery thinks that the prohibition of hunting in many sections of the state to prevent the spread of the foot and mouth disease among the live stock has been a good thing. "Wayne county is getting its share of benefits from the money derived from hunting licence fees," Mr. Bravey asserted. "Our department employed several men to secure the blue gills which were placed in Morton lake and we are also maintaining a fish hatchery in this county." POSTMASTER RETURNS. Postmaster Beck has resumed his duties at the post office. He returned from Loganaport after the funeral of Ida father who died Tuesday.

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KELLY REPRESENTS SOUTHWEnJECTIQH Earlham President To Act on Committee for the Location of New Bridge. Robert L. Kelly, president of Earlham college, will represent the Southwest Richmond Improvement association on the advisory committee to the county commissioners in the effort to decide on the most suitable location for the new side bridge. The civic body appointed Dr. Kelly at a called meeting last night. The appointment is in accord with the plan proposed by the Improvement association through its attorney. President Kelly will serve with representatives of the South Side Improvement association, the West Richmond Improvement association and the Commercial club with County Auditor Bowman as the fifth member of the committee.

I LOSE LIVES IN LAKE GALE Steamer and Two Barges Reported Foundered in Lake Superior Storm. BY LEASED WIRE. GRAND MARAIS, Mich., Nov. 21. ' Eight bodies, two of them women, were brought in today by the life sav-1 ing crew here, and it is believed that 1 the Steamer Curtis with two barges, j A. M. Peterson and Z. K. Marvin, have . gone to the bottom, wreckage is piled : all along the shore. Part of the debris has been identified as belonging to the j A. M. Peterson. There were no women on the barge, however, so that the finding of the bodies of the two women indicates strongly that the Curtis herself was wrecked. "There were fifty men and women on the three lumber ships missing in the storm on Lake Superior," said an official of the Edward Hines Lumber company today. "We have teen notified by an undertaker at Sault SteMarie, Michigan, that he has the bodies of six men and two women, supposed to have gone down with the Peterson, but we have no official notice that the Peterson or the other two ships were lost." No word has been received from them however. CHARITY APPEAL FAILS TO BRING AMOUNT NEEDED Canvassers Get Many Small Subscriptions and Will Continue Work of Raising $7,000 Fund. WOMEN GIVE DIMES Partial reports of charity canvassers in the campaign of the central bureau, indicates that $2,300 is still" needed to fill out the $7,000 for which the bureau workers have solicited. Mrs. Roach, manager of the financial campaign, said today that much of the best territory in Richmond is un solicited and a number of the'workers j who started out inursday morning have not reported. The pledges turned in by workers so far amount to $1,000 while Mrs. Roach has in addition $695. Cash was also turned in at the Dickinson Trust company. Few of the workers have said they will stop working. Nearly all said their territories could not be covered ; properly in less than three days and that they would work until they had made every home. The solicitors did not have difficulty in securing money pledges for small amounts but the big pledges and cash gifts were few. Many who were solicited discussed charity conditions in Richmond and gave their reasons : tor giving or refusing. Many Quakers said they are assisting worthy families in person. Ae1 cording to the secretary of the bureau, the amount of personal charity work in Richmond is so large that few families need go hungry. A man who refused to give his name for publication, secretly pledged himself to furnish 100 children with shoes and stockings on Christmas day. A woman who said her husband has been out of work for four months, gave tec cent

1), S, ASKS TURKEY FOR EXPLANATIONS OF SMYRNA AFFAIR Captain of Tennessee Reports Firing of Shot Not Intended as Hostile Act Against Country.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. That ex planations have been asked of the ( Turkish government of the Smyrna Incident was stated by the Secretary to President Joseph Tumulty today on behalf of President Wilson. A full investigation of the matter is being made, declared Mr. Tumulty, and judgment is being suspended in the meantime. The statement from the white bouse follow 8: "The public already knows what happened; namely, a boat from the Tennessee tried to enter a harbor which the Turkish government has declared closed. A shot was fired across her bows to stop her. The captain of the Tennessee reports that it was not intended as a hostile act. Now a full investigation of the matter is being made, and explanations have been asked of the Turkish government. "Previous attempts to communicate with Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople have led to delays of as much as a week." Secretary of the Navy Daniels stated at 12:40 p. m. today that the original message from Captain Decker of the Tennessee, which arrived here on the 18th, contained the words "act not hostile, but unfriendly." No explanation was made of the holding for three days of this vital content of the message. Denial was made that the department had ever stated that such words were not in Captain Decker's telegram. CREDITORS DEMAND PAY FOR MATERIAL BOUGHT BY HARRIS Supply Houses File Mechanic's Liens Against Owners of House Built by the Missing Contractor. Mechanics' liens amounting to J2,609.23 have been recorded at the court house by building supply dealers who sold materials to Moses . W. Harris. Harris, who received payment for the materials, left his home, 601 West Main street, last Saturday, and has not been heard from since his departure. The liens are against seven properties. The owners built homes and have lived in them, in most cases, only a few months. It is said that the properties against which liens have been filed do not represent much more than half those on which Harris took money, but failed to settle with his creditor. George W. Slick, who built a home at Twenty-first and North E streets, is most heavily affected by Harris' dealings. Six liens amounting to $977 have been filed against his property. Three liens amounting to $580.02, have been filed against the property of George T. Brady, a railroader living at 400 South Sixteenth street, and three amounting to $205 were filed against the property of Ona Stotlemyer, a nurse, who recently built a double house at 130 South West Ninth street. Dealers Present Claims. Brady says that dealers came to him with $1,800 in claims, which Har ris failed to pay. After going over all accounts, the claims were reduced (Continued on Page Seven.) The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and Sunday. Warmer tonight. TEMPERATURE. Noon 29 Yesterday. Maximum 23 Minimum 9 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. LOCAL CONDITIONS Fair tonight. Sunday fair and warmer. GENERAL CONDITIONS Fair weather now covers practically all the United States. Snow was general yesterday over North and South Carolina and Northern Georgia. Ten degrees above zero in Ashevllle, N. C. Freezing temperature at Palm Beach, Fla. Spring like weather exists in the. middle west. Sixty-eight In the shade in Denver, Colo. Fifty-four at Havre, Mont.

GERMANS REPEL FRENCH ATTACK AGAINST SERVON Teuton Naval Fleet Closes Entrance to Port of Libau by Sinking Ships Across Harbor.

AEROPLANES ENGAGE? Turkish Army Advances in Northern Persia and Crosses Frontier Into Province of Azerbedjan. BY FREDERICK WERNER. Staff Correspondent The International News Service. BERLIN (By Wireless), Not. 21. Violent French attacks near Servon om the western border of the Argonne region have been repulsed with sever losses, it was officially announced at the German general staff headquarters today. The German losses were insignificant. The German naval fleet in the Baltic has closed the entranoe to the port of Libau. it was stated. In West Flanders the situation Is unchanged. "Violent French attacks near Servon, on the western border of the Argonnes have been repulsed by our troops with heavy losses. Our losses were insignificant. "In West Flanders the situation la unchanged. "It is reported that while sooutfng. a German aeroplane squadron forced two armored aeroplanes of the enemy to land. One of the German aeroplanes is missing. "In the eastern theatre of war the fighting is continuing. The Admiralty reports that on the 17th our naval forces in the Baltic closed the entrance to the port of Libau by sinking ships. They then bombarded important military points, destroyers rushing into the interior of the port found that no Russian warships were in the harbor. "Constantinople reports that the Turkish army is advancing in northern Persia, and has crossed the frontier of the province of Azerbedjan." RUSSIANS REPELLED. VIENNA via Berlin and Amsterdam. Nov. 21 The Russian attempt to make a grand assault on Przemysl, the Austrian fortress in Galicia, has been repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy, it is officially announced. The allied German-Austro armies in Russian-Poland also have been successful in their campaign, it was stated. WOMEN SOLICITORS DEMAND PAYMENT Ask Police to Collect Wages Promised by an Agent From Dayton. "We want our money," fourteen indignant women have informed the police. The man who is alleged to owe them, J. F. Straight, Dayton, has left the city. The police have been informed that his actions in this city belie his name. According to the report made to the police. Straight employed the women to canvass the city selling a soap paste, the goods to be delivered after the orders had been taken. The police were told that each woman was to receive 75 cents per day, but Straight left town without making a settlement with them. According to the police. Straight before leaving town placed his local business in charge of a man named Osborne, living at 120 South Third street, with instructions that he waa to pay the women solicitors, nearly all married women whose husbands are out of work. 2 cents for each order they had turned in. This met with their vigorous protests and J. M. Young reported the matter to the police. Chief Goodwin said today that he had instructed Osborne to fill as many ; orders as the stock of goods in the t city permitted and with the proceeds : pay the women solicitors 75 cents for every day they had worked until the money was exhausted. HARVARD DOWNS YALE BY SPEED OF BACK FIELD BY LEASED WIRE. YALE BOWL. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 21. A forward pass from Mahaa to Hardwick on the five-yard line sent the Harvard man over for the first touchdown in the annual clash between the Crimson and the sons of Eli today. Hardwick failed to kick the goal. The score was made near the beginning of the first quarter. In the second quarter the Harvard attack was strong, driving the Yale defense back for two touchdowns. A field goal added three more points. After Mahan had planted the ball on Yale's thirty-yard line, Watson carried it over but fumbled. Franke, the Harvard full, recovered the fumble and counted the second touchdown of the game. Hardwick against failed to kick goal. Following the kick-off Harvard put up an interference that was wonderful. The rapid shifts paralyzed the Yale men who were unable to follow the play. Legore's fifty-yard run returning a punt brought terror to the CCoatlnued on Pace 1 '