Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 333, 5 December 1914 — Page 1

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ALLIES' AIRMEN DROP 4 BOMBS ON BADEN CITY Emperor William Elated Over Prospect in Eastern Theatre Where Teutons' Annies Smash Russians.

NO GAINS IN THE WEST German Clergymen Ask Permission to Join Army and Fight Against Foes of the Country. BULLETIN. BERLIN, Dec. 5. (By Wireless) The following official announcement was issued this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock: 'Headquarters reports that all French attacks In West Flanders and south of Metz on Friday were repulsed. We have made progress near La Bassess, in the Argonne district, and southwest of Altkirch." BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent The International News Service. ...BERLIN, Dec. 5. Foreign airmen are showing great activity over the southwestern border of Germany. The commandant at Muelhausen reports that aeroplanes, believed to be French, Bailed over Freiburg, a city of the Krand ducky of Baden, and dropper four bombs. fFrieburg lies about forty miles couth of Strassburg, and twenty miles Inside the German border. The city lies about eleven miles from the Kheln, but forms a part of the German line of defense down the Rhein valley. It Is surrounded by the beautiful scenerey of the Black Forest, and contains a cathedral which was started in the nineteenth century. Emperor William is elated with the prospects in the eastern theatre of war. " Preachers Active. One hundred and seventy-two clergymen have signed an appeal asking the government to rescind the law which prohibits ministers of the gospel from fighting with the army. The German military authorities that the French have made any appreciable gains, in the lower reaches of the Vosgcs. Lower Khoin headquarters announce that "The French took only one post at. Upper Aspach, which the Germans abandoned voluntarily." The Germans still hold Lower Aspach, it is said. Lieutenant Commander Briggs of the British royal flying corps, who das recently captured during the raid over Freiderichshafen, has been interned in the fortress at Ungolstad. MINISTERS APPROVE BELGIAN WAR FILM Indianapolis Men Branches of Praise Pictures. in All Activity INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5. Men from many walks of life, including business men and ministers, had words of praise for the pictures that are being shown this week for the benefit of the Star Santa Claus fund and the Belgian relief fund. The vividness of the war, as brought, home to Indianapolis from Europe, received favorable comment from those who saw the films yesterday and last night. Following are a few comments heard in the lobby of the theatre after yesterday's performances The Rev. .T. I). Stanley, rector of Christ Episcopal church The ruins wrought to cities by shells from the battlefield is shown as nothing eleso can picture give us only rors of war. very much. Hurry t 1 enjoyed t!i is a splendid it. But even that can a faint idea of the hor1 enjoyed (he pictures llendrickson, attorneypictures very much. It agency through which to nhow the suffering dreii who are the women and chilreal sufferers in this terrible war. The Rev. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of the Meridian Street Methodist church It is remarkable how this terrible war is brought home to us. The terrible sufferings of the Belgian women and children is brought, home most vividly. The pictures are truly remarkable. Eben H. Wolcott, member State board of tax commissioners- The pictures nro splendid. After seeing them one can not but be impressed with the conditions in this country where we have peace and plenty. I was very much Impressed with the heroic work of the lied Cross. Its members seem to be always where there is the most danger. The pictures are wonderful. Edward L. McKee, former president of the Merchants' Heat and Light company The pictures are splendid; J enjoyed seeing them immensely. SUES TO COLLECT. John V. Taylor entered suit in circuit court today against T. E. Short and David T. Tail, his surety, for the collection of $90 principal and Interest on a $ 75 note issued In April, 1913.

ECONOMY ROBBERS

TAKE AWAY CANDY ECONOMY. Dec. 5 Rohhera who entered the Ira Jacobs grocery store uere jasi nignt carried away goods valued at $25. Money in the cash drawer was not touched. The thieves took three buckets of candy, some cigars and tobacco. It is believed the burglary was committed by Economy persons between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning. GAS EXPLOSION BURNS 2 HANDS OF YOUNG BOY Russell Hoover Lights Match in Kitchen of Home and Escaping Gas Lets Go With Damaging Effect. BLAST JARS HOUSE Front Wall Shoved Out and North Tenth Street Neighborhood Jarred by Detonation. Russell Hoover, 16, is today nursing two burned hands and a slightly burned countenance as a result of a gas explosion at the home of his par ents, Air. and Mrs. George Hoover, C36 North Tenth street, the north half of a double house. The explosion was so violent that it shoved out the front wall of the frame dwelling about half a foot. The explosion occurred about !) o'clock last night. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover were not at home. Members of the family of Edward W. Burns, living in the south Bection . of the house, .were greatly alarmed, but none was injured. The strange part of the explosion was that not a window glass in the front of the building was broken, and, in fact the only window shattered was in the Hoover kitchen, where the explosion occurred. Rubber Hose Drops. In some way the rubber hose connecting the hotplate with the gas pipe came off during the absence of j the members of the family, and in a : ; short time the house was filled with j gas. Young Hoover, who is a messenger i ! boy, returned home first, about 9 j ' o'clock, entering the door of the sum- j mer kitchen. The door to the other I kitchen was locked, and he struck a ! match to place his key in the lock. , When the door opened there was an I ' explosion that was heard all over the north end of the city, and the boy was hurled a distance of eight or ten feet against the west wall of the summer kitchen, stunning him. Furniture in the front of the house j was bowled over and the front wall pushed forward from the foundation a distance of at least six inches. A 1 fire started in some washing drying in the kitchen and a fire alrm was sent I in. The blaze was extinguished with j small loss. Only the front of the building was badly damaged. Young : Hoover's injuries were slight. Ei LEARNER EXPECTS CAPACITY AUDIENCE Rev. Robert A. Ellwood who will deliver his speech ' Under Three Flags" at the Y. M. ( A. meeting tomorrow afternoon at. the (Jennet t theatre, is expected to attract a capacity house. Secretary Kllis Learner said. "Rev. Scott Hershey told me that Mr. Klwood would deliver a stronger lecture than any other man we have on our list," Mr. Learner said. "We have invited the G. A. R. members to attend in a body and also sent invitations to other patriotic orders. We will have the association double male quartet with us at the meeting." Monday night Rev. Ellwnod will deliver another lecture before the men of the First Presbyterian church at the annual men's supper given by the brotherhood. The Weather FOR INDIANA Rain tonight and probably Sunday. Temperature. Noon 40 Yesterday. Maximum 44 Minimum 38 LOCAlr Cloudy tonight, with light rains. Unsettled Sunday with probable rains. GENERAL CONDITIONS The Southern storms central over South Carolina remains practically stationary causing light and heavy rains south of the Great Iakes and east of the Ninety-fifth meridian. The Western storm Is mpving slowly. There is no zero temperature anywhere in the United States. W. E. MOORE,

Afghan Ruler Marches on India

Habibullah Khan, ruler of Afghanistan, the buffer state between Russia Asia and British Asia, is here shown on horseback. Dispatches from Berlin, concerning which London is discreetly silent, say he is about to invade India with an army of 170,000. The Ameer has long regarded the Russian-British entente as a huge joke, since for a century the representatives of the two great empires have fought for the right to exploit his own land. He has kept his seat and his independence by taking bribes from both sides and maintaining a balance between them. In Afghanistan it is taken as a matter of course that Russia and Great Britain will war on each other again some day.

EXPECT TO HEAR RUMELY PLANTS' FUTURESHQRTLY Employes Believe Few Days Will Determine Whether Factory Will Close or Operate Extensively. OLD PATTERNS GONE Stories Tell How Invention After Merger Altered Equipment Installed for Making Gasoline Tractor. Among employes and former employes of the Gaar-Scott branch of the si. Kumely company, this city, it was generally reported today that by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week it would be definitely known whether operations at the local factory would be resumed on a larger scale or whether the plant would be, to all extent and purposes, abandoned. For some time it has been generally reported in Richmond that the local plant was to be abandoned. This report has several times been denied by company officials but at no time has an announcement been made as to the nature of the plans formulated for the factory. At the present time there are about fifty people employed at the plant, including members of the office force. Employes Fear Outlook. In the opinion of many of the local emnloyes of the company the officers have reached a decision to close up the factory. They think if it is continued in operation only foundrymen will be employed to make repair parts for the various kinds of machinery manufactured by the company at its sevecal plants. At the present time a few corn shredders and hay balers are being made here. One traveling representative of the company is the authority for the statement that this year he had orders not to try to find sales for any of the Gaar-Scott makes of Rumley products then in stock, and it is known that (Continued on Last Page.)

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Named in Legislative indictments

Those against whom indictments were returned last night by the Marion County Grand Jury, conducting the legislative inquiry, were as follows : LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILLIAM P. O'NEILL, Mishawaka ; presiding officer of the senate in the 1913 general assembly. HOMER L. COOK, Indianapolis ; speaker of the house of representatives in the 1913 general assembly and now secretary of state. SENATOR LEVI P. HARLAN, Indianapolis ; chairman of the "plunder committee" of the senate. JOHN J. KEEGAN, Indianapolis; member of the house of representatives in the 1913 session and chairman of the house "plunder committee." WADE H. FREE. Anderson ; clerk of the senate. GEORGE M. RABB, Mishawaka ; assistant clerk of the senate. SAM N. QUILLEN, Indianapolis ; clerk of the house. PAUL D. HILL, Greencastle ; assistant clerk of the house. JOHN D. (JACK) SHEA, Indianapolis; chief doorkeeper of the senate in the 1913 legislature and now custodian of the state house. GEORGE W. SANDS, South Bend; a representative in the 1913 legislature. MASON J. NIBLACK, Vincennes; parliamentarian of the house in the 1913 general assembly; a representative-elect and a candidate for speaker of the house in the 1914 session. GEORGE C. STELHORN, Indianapolis; engrossing clerk in the house in 1913. DOUGLAS BOLZER, New Castle ; principal doorkeeper in the house in 1913.

FOURTEEN ATTEND AT "V" The first of the monthly "new members' " banquets was held last night at the Y. M. C. A. Outside attractions cut the attendance to fourteen. The new members, however, became acauainted with each othpr anH with thp purpose of the the association. Those present were George E. Sheffer, George Wells, Charles II. Sualding, Harry Snyder, Earl Kinley, A. W. Roach, Claude Addleman, Oscar Boner, Harley W. Noggle, Russell L. Brown. Joseph J. Deiser, Carl B. Shaw, Harry llaner and William T. Sample. C. E. Thomason, chairman of the Y. M. C. A. membership committee, and Ellis Learner, association secretary, gave short talks. Mr. Learner annouced that the banquets would be held the tirst Wednesday or each month, complimentary to the new members of the preceding montk.

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PORTUGUESE CABINET RESIGNS OFFICE

t BY LEASED WIRE. LISBON, Dec. 5. The Portuguese cabinet resigned today. The collapse of the government was caused by Portugal's proposed intervention in the war. Premier Machadea announced the resignations at the close of the sessions of the cabinet. OBTAIN MURDER CLUE AURORA. 111., Dec. 5. Chief Michels at last believes he is on a genuine clew to the identity of the slayer of Miss Jennie Miller, daughter of former Mayor Holmes Miller. The description of a man who had a heavy pipe wrench similar to the one with which Miss Miller was struck down in the shadow of the Free Methodist church, has been obtained and sent broadcast with otters of reward for hit arrest.

FALSE CLAIM STATUTE BASIS OF RETURN OF CHARGES AGAINST MEN Mas Niblack, House Parliamentarian, Samuel M. Quillen, House Clerk, Douglas Bolzer, House Doorkeeper, Wade Free, Secretary of Senate, John D. Shea, Senate Doorkeeper, and Other General Assembly Employes Included.

PAID LOBBYISTS SCORED

Earl Crawford's Testimony Helps Indict Democratic Members for Misuse of Funds of State Methods of Handling Bills Receives Attention of Probe Body Keegan and Sands of House Plunder Committee, Included in Findings.

BY LEASED WIRE. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 5. At liberty today under their

own recognizances, the 13 officers, members and employes of the 1913 Indiana general assembly whose names appear in the thirtyfour true bills returned by the Marion county grand jury, accusing them with presenting or signing false claims against state funds, declared that the same methods and customs were followed during that session as those in vogue for the last twenty years. Only one of those named, Mr. Stelhorn, is accused of receiving payment of state funds. He is alleged to have received $25 more than was legally due him. Homer L. Cook, secretary of state, is named in eleven indictments, and O'Neil in five.

The grand jury's report, so far as It deals with the two so-called Lake county "salary grab" bills, which got on to the statute books without having been passed by the legislature, admits that these measures may have gone through by mistake owing to a loose system of checking up bills passed or killed by the legislature. Attacks Lobbyists. After pointing out the great need for penal legislation to curb so-called "lobbying" in which vast sums of money are spent in influencing legislation, the report deals with the alleged unlawful expenditure of state funds through payments to unauthorized employes and otherwise. The investigation revealed that in the senate $29,000 was paid out to persons designated as employes, as against $20,573 for the members of that body. In the house $37,000 more than the total per diem and expenses of the members was paid to persons called officers and employes of that body. "Plunder" Committee. The representatives and senators indicted were members of the legislative committee commonly known as the "plunder committee." The indictments were returned under Section 2586, Burns' Revised Statutes, which deals with false and fraudulent claims in connection w ith the receipt or payment of state, county, city or township funds. The penalty on conviction is two to fourteen years' imprisonment and a fine of from ten to one thousand dollars. The jury started its investigation October 8 at the instigation of Governor Ralston, who in a letter to Marion County Prosecutor Frank P. Baker pointed out that certain charges and rumors were being made in connection with the affairs of the last legislature which he thought should be cleared up by the grand jury. Crawford's Work. Among the matters referred to at the start of the probe were statements

made by Larl H. ( raw ford of Milton. ; me indicting of Homer L. Cook, formInd., who represented Fayette and ! pr speaker. William P. O'Xell. lieuten-

Wayne counties in the last legislature. Crawford made charges of misconduct against Homer L. Cook, speaker of the house, and during a speech he read what purported to be a letter from Cook to a school book dealer asking under what terms a school book company might handle certain books. Crawford also hinted at other questionable deajings. Two so-called "salary grab" bills for officials of Lake county, signed by Speaker Cook and recorded as having been passed, when no final vote was taken on them, were also mentioned before Governor Ralston wrote his lefter to Prosecutor Baker. There also were statements made concerning pay ments made to certain persons employed by the last legislature who were not entitled to them. Appear in Court. The thirteen indicted officers, members and employes of the Indiana general assembly of 1913, appeared in court today, either in person or through legal counsel and were subsequently released on their own recognizances. State Democratic Chairman Bernard Korbly, representing Secretary of State H. L. Cook, made a plea for a speedy trial, and Prosector Baker intimated that the case might be set for a date at the present term of court. In which case the present Democratic, judge, Joseph M. Markey, would preside. Lieutenant Governor O'Neill of Mishawaka, was represented by Attorneys Winters, Stotsenburg and W. A. McInerney the latter of South Bend. Grand Jury Report. The indictments returned by the grand jury in the legislative investigation were based on one section of tne Indiana statutes Section 2586,

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which has to do with the presenting of false claims. The law provides for a certain number of employes for both the senate and house, the number for the senate being forty-one and the number for the house being forty-five. It is the understanding that certain additional employes could have been employed, but to make such employment legal it "ould have been necessary for the branch of the legislature making such employment to adopt a specific resolution, applying to such additional eni(Continued on Last Page.) CRAWFORD ASSISTS LEGISLATIVE PROBE OF IRREGULARITIES Former Democrat Calls Attention of Voters in State to Machine Rule in the Lower House. DISPLEASES RALSTON Takes Stump for Progressives and Openly Charges Cook and Tag-gait with Boss Domination. Earl Crawford, who lives near Milton, and who served in the last legislature as joint representative from Wayne and Fayette counties, being elected a a Democrat, was to a great degree responsible for the erand 1nr j investigation, which has resulted iii ant governor, and others who served in the 1913 legislature. During the campaign last fall. Mr. Crawford, thoroughly disgusted with the conduct of the Democratic state machine, took the stump for the Progressives and he told frankly and bluntly what he knew of the inside workings of the last legislature, which was dominated by the Taggart machine. Charges Irregularities. In the opening meeting of the Progressive campaign in Richmond Mr. Crawford was one of the principal speakers. In his add that the reports of irreenlarit lea rn the part of Speaker Cook and nthr

Democratic leaders in the 1913 assembly, which were just then helng generally circulated, were based on actual facts for the most part and that charges had been preferred against Cook and others with Governor Ralston himself during the last session of the legislature. Crawford said that he knew what he was talking about because he was one of the men who had appeared before the governor and had entered complaints against the alleged unlawful acts of Speaker Cook and other party leaders. He said tha&tbe governor had absolutely ignored these charges. Ralston Aroused. When Crawford's speech was published in the Indianapolis newspapers Governor Ralston was greatly aroused and he caustically denied Crawford's assertions. The governor also called a special grand jury to make an investigation and Crawford was one of the principal witnesses to appear befor this body. Mr. Crawford was not at his home today so it was impossible to secure a statement from htm regarding tha action taken by. tog grand jra . .".1 TTi 1 4