Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 333, 5 December 1914 — Page 6

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1914.

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JUDGES PRIZE

TO

HAND

FOR

$10 STORY

MRS

M'IMS

Belgian Red Cross Kitchen and Cooks

Reading of Plots by Head of Zenith Picture Company Delays Announcement of Winners. MOVIE CONTEST WINNERS. Firtt Prize, $10 Mrs. Anna McManus, 227 Richmond avenue. Second prize, $5 Melvin Addington, R. R. NO. 1.

Announcement of the winners in the

motion nicture story contest conduct

d by the Palladium and the Zenith Motion Picture company, has been de-

lnvori until today. Although the

names of the persons receiving first and second prizes are given, the five to receive the next highest grades and honorable mention can not be made public until next week. " Shortlv after the judges, Charles Jordan, Prof. F. G. Pickell and Miss Ileitis Elliott, submitted their gradlngs. the stories were turned over to Otto Brinner. manager of the Zenith company, who took them to Chicago with him for examination. Failure of Mr. Brinner to complete his reading as soon as anticipated delayed the announcement. Uses Second Story. Although the story submitted by Mrs. McManus will receive the highst award, Mr. Brinner considered the plot by Mr. Addington more adaptable

for production in a motion piciuir. The story which has already been jiartlv filmed, while Mr. ;Brinner and his camera man were here last week, tells the romance of a young hunter who first meets his future wife -while she is sketching at Morton lake. The girl's father who is the proprietor of a local automobile plant learns of the voung man's love for his daughter and discharges him, the young man formerly being employed in the plant. Many Richmond scenes and business houses are used as backgrounds in working out the rest of the story. Miss Marie Bockmeyer and H. J. Kelly of this city, are taking parts in the production. Pretty Star Here. Miss Elizabeth Wahl, movie star, who takes the leading part in the play, has been In the city the last of this week completing arrangements for re.Hnninc n number of business

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CHICAGO

CLUBS ASK MAYOR TO KEEP CHILDREN OFF CITY STREETS

Miss Carrie Lesh and Mrs. F. W. Stephens, the two representatives of the Federation of Women's clubs on the mayor's advisory board and among the few who faithfully attend its meetings, requested Mayor Robbing at the meeting last night to have the police department enforce the curfew more strictly. They said this law had been so la- ' enforced in recent years that they had almost forgotten its provisions but they know that boys and girls ranging from ten to sixteen years

of age had no business ranging tne

IPcCTOR PRAISES VOCATIONAL WORK

SHOWER CLOTHING ON RUNAWAY BOY

Little Billy Stone, who walked all the way from his home in Hartford

City to Richmond to escape the abuse !

of his father, whom, the lad said, "was drunk all the time and beat me awful," has found that this is not such a bad world for a boy to live in after all and if his uncle, George Stone, a Cincinnati blacksmith, cannot find a place for him in his home he wouldn't mind living in Richmond a bit. The only time he appears worried now is when the name of his father is mentioned.

in the film The play when streets after 8 o'clock at night unless tional work, that I feel that I have leted will be exhibited at the accompanied by older persons. wasted my time here where I can do

houses

Palace threatre and will then be shown

In a number of the neignooriiiB nu and towns. Manager Brinner and his photographer will return to Richmond to finish taking the pictures Monday.

FRIENDS ASSEMBLE FROM TWO STATES

About 00 delegates to the Whitewater quarterly meeting gathered in the Kast Main Street Friends' church today to conduct the religious services and business of the meeting. Delegates from Dayton, West Elkton and other Western Ohio cities and from Eastern Indiana cities, except Vmintain City, are in the. city. The

meetings are held in Marcli June, Sep

tember and Decemncr. The only visiting minister who cnnl;f was Rev. Walter W. Brown of

Paoli. Ind.. field agent for the American Friend. He delivered u sermon on the importance of stewards being faithful to their trusts and said that fverv member of the church has some duty" which he should perform faithfully. After the regular business this morning, Rev. Brown spoke on the American Friend. He was followed by Timothy N'ifholson, who praised the paper, which is the only national Friends' periodical. Thomas Clark of Hagerstown made a short speech. Yesterdav the meeting on ministry and oversight was held. Ministers, elders and overseers of the churches in the district of the Whitewater quarterly meeting gathered to discuss business.

Miss Lesh said that it was startling

the number of children who roamed about by themselves at night. Change Collections. Mayor Bobbins said that he would call the attention of the police department to this matter at once. The mayor also reported a change in the system of collecting ashes. He said the wagon drivers were no longer assigned to certain districts. They

now go out in squadron formation under the command of a foreman and clean up one section of the city at a

time. As a result, lie said, many more loads of ashes were now being collected and very few complaints were being made. President Bavis of the board of public works informed the advisory board members that a systematic effort to discourage the throwing of paper in the streets and alleys was being undertaken. Besides the two women members James Do vie, representing the Cen

tral Labor Council, and Secretary George Guyer, representing the West Side Improvement association, attend

ed the meeting.

"I have wasted a week here that I might have spent where I am needed," declared Miss Georgia Finley, Indiana university domestic science expert, when she paid the Wayne county schools the compliment of saying that

the pre-vocational work has a better start here than in any county she has visited. Miss Finley spoke before the domestic science teachers at the township institute today. The intention was to have her sum up her criticisms to the teachers. "I have nothing to offer in the way of suggestions," Miss Finley said. There are so many counties in the

state where almost no headway has He says if he is sent back to Hart-

! been gained in starting the pre-voca-1 ford City he will run away again.

Following the publication of the boy's pitiful story, as he told it to Chief Goodwin, in the Palladium last night one woman sent him an overcoat; another family sent him a suit of clothes and then he also got a cap, clean underwear, a pair of shoes and a shirt. To cap the climax a woman offered to give him 50 cents if he

carried the ashes out of her home, which work the police permitted the lad to do. After he had earned his money Police Chauffeur Wenger took Billy to his home for dinner. Before he wrent with Wenger, Billy got a bucket of hot water stripped

himself off and took a sponge bath. Then, smiling with joy, he put on his new "duds." No word from the boy's uncle has yet been received by the local police.

FARMERS MAY SHIP

HOGS FROM PREBLE

Ohio Modifies Quarantine to

Prevent Threatened Spread of Cholera.

ACCUSES RICH MAN OF SERIOUS CHARGE

BY LEASED WIRE. PROVIDENCE. R. I., Dec. 5. Colonel Charles Alexander, the capitalist

and Republican, indicted in Chicago

for alleged violation of the white slave act, today refused to discuss the

allegations made by Miss Jessie Cope, of Los Angeles. He expects to leave

here for Chicago to answer to the charge. Colonel Alexander is nearly 70 years old, and maintains several luxurious home for his family, now consisting of his wife and an unmarried daughter,

who is engaged to marry a Philadelphian in February.

He has a home in this city, at Rus

tic Point, R. I., and at Williamstown,

Mass. It is intimated here that the

local authorities showed great hesitation in arresting Colonel Alexander,

and failed to do so until mandatory orders came from federal officials at Washington, Chicago and New York.

Even after his arrest his name was kept secret for three hours, not being revealed until 8 o'clock last night. Friends of the accused man say that he was advised to make a clean breast of the matter to his family, but he refused, saying, "No, I would shoot myself first." Beyond the declaration that his accuser is a blackmailer, which he made when he was arrested, Colonel Alexander has refrained from comment on the case, following the advice of his lawyers.

NICHOLSON CALLS MEN TO CONSIDER llATIOIIAISESSION Richmond Members of Committee Hope to Set Date of Friends' Conference Early Next Year.

A consultation of the four local members of the national men's conference committee of Friends, S. K. Nicholson, Folger P. Wilson. E. Gurney Hill and President Kelly of Earlham, was called today by Chairman Nicholson to decide on a method, of procedure. Mr. Nicholson said today he probably would call the members of the committee from the Wilmnigton, Plainfield and Indiana yearly meetings to confer on ways and means of preparing for the national conference. Practically all of the committee members from Maine to California

j have responded to Mr. Nicholson's let

ters regarding to important wor Before the committee. A national meeting will not be called at this time but the work will be continued by correspondence for the present. Every detail will be worked out before the comittee calls the conference. It may be possible to hold it in spring

or delays may cause the date to be set in October.

little good.

Miss Finley had the teachers write questions on papers which she collected. The questions were taken up separately and answered from the platform. There was some discussion about teaching both sewing and cooking in the Seventh and Eighth grades. Miss Finley said it is not advisable to per

mit pupils to take Dotn suDjects in those grades.

TO LIFT

QUARANTINE

EATON, O., Dec. 5. Granting the

i prayer of a petition presented by an

organization of farmers formed a few days ago, the Ohio agricultural commission has modified the quarantine restrictions which have been in effect in Preble county. The removal of stock from any point located at not less than ten miles from the Infected district has been allowed, and as a result Prosecutor Gilmore is being overworked granting permits to farmers. Applicants must make affidavit that their stock is healthy and has not been exposed to the hoof and mouth disease.

HELD IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. Hidden somewhere on the south side, under guard of United States secret service men. Miss Jessie E. Cope, a former social favorite, of Los Angeles, today is awaiting to testify against Colonel Charles Alexander, of Providence, R. I., when his trial on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act opens in Chicago.

NEW PARIS

PUBLISH DEATHS

WIDE SKIRTS NOW

BY LEASED WIRE. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 5 The ninety-first official casualty list brings the losses in killed, wounded and missing up to 658,485. The list, however, does not include the 69th Wurttemburg, 67th Saxony and 88th Bavarian lists. Among the dead are General Henning. General von Grumkow and General von Oswald, all of whom were killed in action.

WEDS FIFTH TIME

3 CHICAGO POLICE INDICTED FOR GRAFT

CHURCH PROTESTS PROHIBITION LAWS BY LEASED WIRE.l TUCSON. Ariz., Doc. 5. Based on the contention that the prohibition measure adopted at the November 3 election is unconstitutional, Bishop Henry Granjon, head of the Catholic diocese of Arizona and New Mexico, has engaged Attorneys Eugene S. Ives and John B. Wright to contest the validity of the amendment in the courts. It is declared bv the churchman that

the sweeping terms of the prohibition amendment would prevent the use of wine in the sacrificial ceremony of the mass, and thereby contravene the fundamental rights of religious organizations.

3Y LEASED WIRE.l INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 5. Dr. W. G. Butler, United States Inspector for The Animal Industry Bureau today wired Washington for further definite instructions regarding rules that are to go into effect in thirty-four Indiana counties, where the hoof and mouth disease has existed. Orders from Washington already received provide for the lifting of the government quarantine on Monday in fifty-eight counties where the disease has not existed.

TOLEDO., O., Dec. 5. The tight skirt has been doomed. The style committee of the National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers today decreed that it must give way to fullness below the waist-line. Coats and skirts will be shorter and almost entirely

there will be a tailor-made season in , 2S

1915 for American women.

BY LEASED WIRE. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5. Captain Frank H. Kutnp, Civil war veteran and millionaire brewer, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., and reputed to have been four times wed, secretly wed Mrs. Edith Off, of Geneva, N. Y., at San Diego Tuesday. She gave her age as

They are now on their honeymoon

here.

Compels Girl to Marry Him

PRETTY ITALIAN TRIES TO ELOPE

Ignatz Reising and his wife, Sophie Relsing, peasants, residing in Giesselbai h. Bavaria, sent their six sons and three sons-in-laws into the war.

EIGHT HOUR LAW USED IN NAVY WORK BY LEASED WIRE.l WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Violations

of the eight hour law affecting employes on work done for the navy have been few anil generally unintentional. Graham Edgerton, solicitor of the navy department, stated in his an

nual report to Secretary Daniels to"Considerable progress is believed to have been made toward the establishment of universal eight hour work days under the influence particularly of the act of June 19, 1912," said the report. The annual per capita fire waste in the United States is $2.54, while in Europe it is only $.33.

BY LEASED WIRE. EVANSV1LLE, Ind., Dec. 5. Pretty and dainty, Mrs. Ida V. Salcini. aged 23, wife of an Italian minister at Herrin. 111., and Roy Heeler, a young man also living at Herrin, were arrested today and locked up. It is alleged they eloped from Herrin last Thursday night. C. M. Wilson and F. W. Settlemeir, deputy sheriff, of Franklin county, Illinois, followed the couple here and assisted the local police in locating them. Mrs. Salcini refused to talk about her plight except to say that she would never return to her husband.

ENRAGED ITALIANS CLAMOR FOR WAR

CHICAGO. Dec. 5. Six indictments, charging bribery and operating a confidence game, were returned today against Police Captain .lolin J. Halpin, formerly chief of detectives; Lieutenant John Tobin. and Walter O'Brien, detective, recently discharged. The indictments followed the confession of Bernard P. (Barney) Bertsche, convicted head of the "Clairvoyant Trust." that he had paid protection money to the officers for years.

How Kaiser This Picture

Directs His Troops Taken at Maneuvers

BY LEASED WIRE.l ROME, Dec. 5. Since Premier Sal

andra announced in Parliament that there have been no new developments

to cause Italy to relinquish her policy

or neutrality, tne war party is clamoring more vigorously than ever for the

entrance of Italy into the war.

Some persons who have been well

acquainted witn inside attairs go so

far as to set a date for the beginning

of hostilities. They declare that Italy

will take up arms in behalf of the

allies by Dec. 16.

. f " THFRIC OF SILENCe'l &

NEW PARIS. O., Dec. 5. The program of services in New Paris churches for Sunday follows: St. ohn's Catholic Rev. Father Joseph Hyland, pastor. Morning service at eight o'clock. Christian Rev. II. R. Bixel, pastor. Bible school 9:30 a. m. Sermon at 10:30 a. m. Y. P. S. C. 6:30 p. m. Sermon at 7:15 p. m. A series of meetings

held nightly are now in progres sat the church and much good is being done. Miss Elizabeth Bailey of Dayton is assisting the local pastor. Methodist Rev. E. Kneisley, pastor. S. S. 9:30 a. m. Ep worth League 6:15 p. m. Leader Dorothy Kessler. Preaching at 7:00 p. m. Theme, "A Severe Test of Faith."' Presbyterian S. S. 9:15 a. m. Goes To Centerville. C. H. Marshall made a business trip to Centerville Friday.

J. D. Brown of ColumDus spent i-ti-day here on business. Frances Bowman, who has been th guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Seter left Friday for New Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson and family attended the funeral services of Claude Cooper at Campbellstown. Friday. Mrs. Jackson is a sister of the deceased. The M. E. social circle and a number of invited guests were delightfully entertained Friday afternoon at the church parlors by Mrs. C. H. Harris and Miss Carrie Whiatker. Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Bice is a victim of pneumonia. The regular meeting of the NewParis high school literary society was held Friday afternoon at the high school building. Car Still Missing. ,

Frank Miller has heard nothing whatever from his five-passenger car which was stolen Nov. 19 from his garage on Pearl street, after Mr. Miller had owned it but two weeks. Miss Mary Porterfield has resigned her position at Finney's, Richmond, on account of ill health. Rev. E. P. Huddle is conducting a successful series of meetings at the U. B. church. Pleasant Hill. C. C. Hawiey is sick, but is slightly improved. He is suffering from nervous trouble and heart weakness. O. B. White of Eaton spent Friday with his sister, Mrs. D. W. Miller. Mrs. Adam Reid. daughter Rilla and son John are victims of mumps. A. O. Eadler recently experienced a runaway with his team hitched to the dairy wagon. The only injury' sus

tained by Mrs. Eadler was an ugiy gash across his right hand, and the wagon was broken, but all the milk bottles, with the exception of a few were broken.

MURDERS TWO

VICKSBCRG, Mich.. Dec. 5. J. L. Edwards and II. W. Light were this morning shot and killed by John Ryan who mortally wounded himself. He had to reload his revolver twice. Ryan and Edwards boarded with Mrs. Light and jealousy is thought to have been the cause.

MARS TUXES CUPID

Mars has subordinated Dan Cupid and is demanding a ten-cent tip for every service performed. In every city in The state, except Richmond, a ten-cent war tax fee is being charged for marriage certificates. George Mathews, county clerk, said today that he was not familiar with the new internal revenue act and would not charge the tax on marriage certificates, until he is ordered to do so by attorneys.

ET was fi startling method of securing revenge, but Tom Plan'.:, ruined by a scoundrel's machinations, was in no condition io thins or act calmly whe" he forced Barbara Ragan to be his wife. The trouble was caused by Bill Leets. whom Barbara was to have nnrried Leets, although one of the Plank workmen, was in the secret employ of a rival manufacturer who was seeking to ruin Plank. Ignorant oi Leets' real reason for urging his fellow employees to strike. Barbara helped him stir up trouble. ,u,c As the result of their efforts Plank was bankrupted. Knowledge of this rame'to the ears of Clara Treadwell. his wealthy fiancee, and she severed their rn-agemont. While returning home from Clrds residence the young man saw two men engaged in a fight. It ended with the older of the two Willing his adversary.

Plank pursued the murderer and discovered him to tx jnun uactn. ham's father. The girl and Loots were listening to the old mnn's story when ,

Plank entered. Here was the letter's opportunity to kih i- onu vol. wuv tone In compelling Barbara to wed him he not only would force her to share the miserv she had helped bring v.pon hits, but he would also strike right U Leets' heart. This was the price of his silence com erning Raman's crime. To save her father from the electric chair Barbara was forced to consent. Her decision almost drove Leets frantic, but the man wa powerless. Strange o sav Plank and Barbara fell deeply in love with each other after their mar-, -Vigo although both maintained a sullen silence. Later Leets endeavored to ivin Barbara back, bnt bis efforts went for nnucbt. ns is shown in Kalem s mm

erestins two act feature of the Alice Joyce Series, "The Pnce ot Mience. 11 star cast of Kalcni players surround Miss Joyce iu this production.

NAME NEW SHIP BY LEASED WIRE-1 LONDON. Dec. 5. A new British battleship and two flotilla tenders will be given the names of Canada, Tipperary and Botha.

CHILDREN GREET FATHER AS SANTA

Periods of time spent by Finley Hicks, colored, in Richmond in 1904, IHOC and 1907 were fixed in circuit court today by his evidence of the Hicks children calling Mr. Hicks Santa Claus. Hicks appeared in court to defend himself against a charge of his wife that he does not support their three children. Hicks tried to prove that he was not in Richmond at certain times and denied the parentage of two of their children. The decision of the . judju has not been made.

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