Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 52, 11 January 1915 — Page 1

PAIXABITJM VOL. XL., NO. 52. Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated. 1907 RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1915. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS ,

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VON MOLTKE CLAIMS ENGLAND WANTS TO WIPE OUT GERMAN SHIPPING, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY In First Interview Given to Press, Chief of Kaiser's General Staff, Says "European Civilization at Stake" "England Simply Wants Our Trade for Herself."

RUSSIAN ARMIES ARE DISAPPOINTMENT TO ALLIES

"This War Means Nothing to England" "Her Pretext Is to Free the People of Europe From the So-called German Militarism" Exclusive Interview for Palladium Readers.

BY ANSEL E. WALLACE. Special Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. (Copyright, 1915, by the International News Service.) BERLIN, Dec. 25 (By Mail to New York) "In this war not only Germany's existence, but also European civilization is at stake. "This war means to England nothing, but the extermination of our shipping, commerce and industry. She simply wants our trade for herself. Her pretext is to free the people of Europe from the so-called 'German militarism.' "The Russian armies have been beaten. They disappointed utterly the hopes a their western allies." These striking .- tatr.ients were

rTr'r to me today by Goneral Helmuth Joannes Ludwlg ion Moltke. chief of the German general staff, in the first interview that he has granted to any representative of the press, since the war began. General von Moltke is on temporary sick list here. Shortly after my arrival In Berlin the head of the greatest military organization the world has ever , seen, kindly consented through his adjutant to give me an Interview exclusively for the International News Service. This, however.

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SOCIETY ALLOWS MEN ROUND-TRIP FARESJO HELL Clifford Roe at "Y" Theatre Meeting Blames Double Moral Standard for "White Slave" Traffic. . . .

UTILITIES BOARD RESCINDS ORDER ON CITY'S PLEA

Members Hold Murphy Order Applicable Only to Liberty and New Paris Order Plant Inventories.

HOSPITAL'S FATE DEPENDS ON ACT OF LEGISLATURE Committee Delays Further Action Until Assembly Votes on Bill for Proposed State Tuberculosis Colony.

HURTY OPPOSES PLAN

GETS FIRST INJURY AFTER LONG CAREER

The city of Richmond won .i decisive victory today in another tilt with the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company when Commissioners Clark, Murphy, Edwards and Duncan of the Indiana Public Utilities Commission, ruled that the wholesale rates recently provided for the Richmond Light, Heat, and Power company could not be applied to Richmond, and were applicable only -to the Liberty Light and Power company and

Supporting a single standard of , ' " V"-""

morals for both men and women, op-1 purcnasea current irom tne 10poBing the theory that the unfortu- cal independent company.

nate woman is a necessary part of the Saturday. Mr. Murphy, who wrote social fabric, condemning the public! the order, declared it was applicable dance halls, asserting that the-social ' to Richmond because there would be evil is every man's problem, and mak- discrimination if only the Liberty and Ing a strong plea for the obliteration New Paris companies were beneflciarof commercial vice, Clifford G. Roe, j ies of the order. The way the order of Chicago, addressed 500 men on Mr. Murphy wrote was worded would

'The New Moral Awakening," at the I also indicate that it was applicable to

Gennett theatre yesterday afternoon.

In his exposition of the "white slave" traffic, Mr. Roe advanced as pauses of the social evil, ignorance on the part of the public as to the pur-

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ROMEY'S FIGURE CAUSES PROTEST FROM NEW BANK Stockholders Object to Placing Large Per Cent, of Capital in State for Institution.

No permanent location for the recently organized German-American Trust company, this city, has been decided on by the stockholders. The company holds an option on the Ro mey block, corner of Ninth and Main streets, which expires March 4.

It was admitted today by one of the I

stockholders in the new bank that

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tut-, ...... viv.ic!iin,M UJ IUC JMItchase of this building because the price asked for it represented a considerable part of the bank's capitalization, $100,000. Remodeling and equipment of the building for banking purposes would also amount to a considerable sum of money. County Treasurer Chamness, one of the incorporators of the bank, admitted today that there was opposition to purchase of the Romey building at the price asked for it. "This matter has been threshed out to a considerable extent." Mr. Chamness said. "We have

until March to reach some decision on ill

Richmond, so the commission has ap

parently overruled Mr. Murphy. Board Orders Inventory. The commission today also ordered both local plants to file with it inventories of their property within fifteen days and further announced that engineers of the commission would appraise the valuations of the two plants without further delay and that after this had been done joint power and lighting rates for the two plants would be formulated by the commission.

So confident were the officials of

j the Light, Heat & Power company ! that the rates provided in the MurI phy order were applicable to Rich-

j mond that they offered them to var

ious large power consumers in this city and entered into contracts with four of them. These contracts are now null and void and the rates established last summer for both plants will remain in effect until formulation of the rates determined after valuation of the plants. The L. H. & P. was represented by Wilfred Jessup, N. H. Johnson and Robert Ashe of this city and Mr. Britt and Mr. Selig of New York at the hearing today. The city was represented by W. A. Bond and Clarence Kleinknecht.

Auditor Bowman Says Single

Tax Lew Would Raise

Sufficient Funds for County Institution.

The first report of a committee to j determine the needs and cost of a tuberculosis hospital for Wayne county was made late Saturday to the county commissioners, and while it was agreed that the county's financial condition would make it impossible to start work now, a general plan of building a modern hospital of a capacity of thirty patients in 1916 and 1917 was laid. The committee report was made by Dr. A. J. Whallon, Dr. S. Edgar Bond, John Melpolder, Wilfred JesBup and Auditor Bowman. Auditor Bowman pointed out that the main drawback now against such a hospital is the county's financial condition and the fact that a bill will be introduced In the state legislature providing for a state tuberculosis hospital for Which Wayne county will have to contribute her share of taxes. In the latter case, Mr. Bowman said that Dr. Hurty, state health officer, is fighting the state hospital idea, and

advancing the county hospital plan for the reason that it will prevent patients from becoming homesick and give relatives more opportunity to visit the hospital inmates. For this reason the committee will become inactive for sixty days. At the close of the legislature or at the disposal of the state nospital bill, if it is against a state hospital, the committee will again become active and report to the commissioners. The county's lack of funds can be gotten around by building the hospital with a bond issue. The county will have the half-million-dollar court house paid for in 1916, the year when the last 6-cent levy will be placed on the tax duplicates for that purpose. This furnishes an opportunity for the county to issue short-time paper to,ge$J,he cash" for a hospital. "-''i - The estimated cost of the highest priced hospital plan submitted by the

committee 1b $17,000. A single. 6-cent"

tax levy brings $19,200, c $3,200 for each cent. The other plan submitted costs $7,000, and was agreed to b entirely inadequate and unsuitable. Dr. Whallon said there are annually seventy-one deaths from tuberculosis in Wayne county. As closely as the

William Russell Receives Blow in Abdomen at Seeding Machine Plant. William C. Russell, 1518 North C street, was seriously injured Saturday for the first time in his thirty-five years' employment at the American Seeding Machine company, Mr. Russell was feeding a planer when the knives struck a knot in the board, throwing it backward with great force. It struck the lower part of hia abdomen and stunned him temporarily. The pain Is being eased with hypodermics, and Mr. Russell is resting more easily today. The extent of his injuries can not be determined for a few days. It is probable he will be unable to return to work for some time. It was the first Saturday he had worked for several mouths, and the first serious injury since he started

to work for the old Hoosier Drill company thirty-five years ago.

BANK HOLDERS CALL ELECTION TO PICK HEADS

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CITY HEARS MEANS TO FIX CREMATORY

Huntington Man Asks to Install Three New Odorless Furnaces.

H. H. Wagner of Huntington, Ind., has made an attractive preposition to the board of public works for increasing the capacity of the municipal crematory without constructing a new building, and the proposition is being seriously considered by the board. Mr. Wagner says he can install three furnaces in the building, each with a daily capacity of seven tons and operating separately at a cost of a little more than $1,500 for each unit. His system is odorless, he says, and has been proved a complete success. With a capacity of twenty-one tons a day the crematory could reduce all the city's garbage. The only improvement he would make to the building would be to extend the smokestack

about fifty feet higher.

was formerly city engineer of Huntington.

Stockholders to Assemble at Different Institutions for Annual Selection of Direc

tors Expect Few Changes

Stockholders of the four Richmond established banks will meet today and tomorrow to elect directors who will

elect the bank officers from their num bers.

No changes are anticipated in any of the banks, at least none which will

make any difference in the active of

ficers of the institutions. In the Sec

ond National bank, the death of John

B. Dougan last summer caused some changes and it is said the re-arrange

ment made then will stand. Samuel

W. Gaar, formerly vice president

filled Mr. Dougan's place as president

and W. C. Seeker, cashier, became a

director.

The Dickinson Trust company will

hold a stockholders' meeting at

o'clock this afternoon to elect the di

rectors who will elect officers imme

diately. The Union National bank

stockholders' meeting will be held tomorrow. The time has not been set. The Second National stockholders'

meeting will be at 1:30 oclock.tomor

rovy af ternoonu nd the . First -National meeting at 2 o'clock. Thei forty-eight directors chairs of the four Richmond banks are filled by forty-one different men. The First National has eleven directors; Second National, sixteen; Union National, nine, and the Dickinson Trust company, twelve. Two directors of the Second Nafonal are directors of either the Dickinson Trust company or Union National bank; three directors of the Union National are directors of the one of the other banks; and seven directors of the trust company serve on boards of one of the other banks. The German American Trust and Savings bank elected directors recently and will elect officers soon. This bank has a board of eleven directors. The bank will also announce in a few days the temporary location in which it will open March 4.

MAYOR'S OPPOSITION TO BOND PROGRAM SUGGESTED BY WORKS BOARD PRESIDENT

FORECASTS HEATED DEBATE AT COUNCIL

HOW BAV1S PLANS TO FLOAT $150,000 CITY BOND ISSUE

The following is the clan outlined by President Bavis of the

board of public works for floating a $150,000 bond issue for permanent improvements, without increasing the tax rate.

There is paid into the sinking fund $11,000 annually trom tne

seven cent lew. This bears interest at the rate of 3 per cent an

nually, but inasmuch as this money is not all paid in at one time, it nets interest for about six months, or 14 per cent.

At the end of the first year following the bond issue the iy

per cent interest on the $11,000 in the sinking fund would amount

to $165. The bonds would bear 34 per cent interest, so at the end

of the first year, $5,250 interest on them would be paid out of tne $11,165 in the sinking fund, leaving a balance of $5,915 in this fund. The same process would be followed year by year and at the end of the fifth year, $30,000 of bonds could be retired. The table follows:

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II Scenes on War Front

Seen by Nellie Bly Homeside and Battle in Blood-Soaked Galicia.

unm -.lari-n iu rencii some decision on the purchase of a building but lately we have only been discussing some temporary location for the bank." KOENIGSBERG SUNK ON AFRICAN COAST

I Special Correspondent of International News Service I Firing Line Near Przemysl.

Visits Austrian

War Through a Woman's Eyes.

Like the story of Cinderella was the testimony of 14-year-old Eihel Crickmore against her father, Sam Crickmore. 823 North Sixteenth street, charged with assault and battery as a result of a severe spanking he gave her. The father was given a fine of $10

Mr. Wagner : and costs and ten days in jail by Mayor

Rob!: ins. It had been previously testified by a neighbor living in the samo tenament, Mrs. Lydia Thatcher, that the child had done much of the household drudgery, some times going out at daylight to gather wood, and Mrs. Thatcher and another neighbor, IS. F. Treeps, told Mayor Robbins that Crickmore had not worked for about three years, his wife supporting the family. Shields Father in Story. Ethel Crickmore, small for her age, and an intelligent looking child, told frankly the brutal attack made on her by her father, but at the same time attempted tq shield him, saying he had not been able to work because of ill health. "Papa always had it in for me. He Continued on Page Three.

BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Jan. 11. The German cruiser Koenlgsberg, which was bottled up In a river on the coast of Africa several weeks ago, has been sunk, according to a dispatch received here today. It quotes Captain Willet, commander of one of the blockading vessels, as saying that the Koenigsberg was destroyed five days after she was bottled up, an aeroplane giving the range for a rain of shells upon the German boat.

The following dispatch was sent by Miss Nellie Bly, special correspondent on the Austrian firing line near Przemysl, the Austrian fortress now invested by Russians. The dispatch was written on board the Prince of Croy's hospital train as it was proceeding from Przemyl to Budapest. ENROUTE TO BUDAPEST, Jan. 11. I did not tire of the long day, though a worm could have crawled our way and won the blue ribbon. To think of a snail's trot in comparison is to think of the snail as a schnell-zug. Every moment had its new interest. The trains we met, filled with happy, confident soldiers in new, fresh uniforms, their cars decorated with the Austrian and Hungarian colors and branches from pine trees, made my throat contract. Fine looking, healthy, frank-eyed, splendid fellows, all just at the early threshold of manhood. With flowers in their military caps ' but convinced, like the first Chris-

and songs upon their lips; with faith and confidence In the justice of their cause; with a love for all minkind,

tions, of the righteousness of their cause, they go joyfully into the hell

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Weather Forecast

FOR INDIANA Cloudy and colder tonight. Tuesday fair.

Temperature. Noon Z Yesterday. Maximum 42 Minimum "19

LOCAL Unsettled and colder tonight. Tuesday mostly fair. GENERAL CONDITIONS The western area of low barometric pressure is slowly moving over the lake region, caused rain and snow in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys. As the low barometric pressure passes in the next thirty-six or forty-four hours, there 13 prospect for very cold weather. W. E. MOORE. Weather Forecaster.

$11,000

165 11.165 5,250 5,915 177 11,165 17,257 5,250 12,007 360 11,165 5,250 18,282 548 11,165 29,995 5.250 24,745 742 11,165 36,652 5,250 31,402 30,000 1,402 42 11.165 12.609 4.200 8.409 252 11.165 19,826 4.200 15,626 469 ,11,165 27.260 4,200 23,060 692 11,165 34.917 4.200 30,717 921 11,165 42,803 4,200 3S.603 38,000 603 603 18 11,165 11.7S6 2,870 8.916 267 11.165 20.348 2,870 17.478 524 11.165 29.167 2,870 26.197 789 11,165 38,251 2,870 33,381 1.061 11.165 47.607 2,870 44.730 44,000 730 22 11,165 11,917 1,330 10,587 318' 11,165 22,070 1,330 . 20,740 622 11.165 32,527 1,330 31,197 936 11,165 43,298 1,330 41.968 38.000

Received from taxes first year. Received from interest first year. Paid Interest on bonds, first year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of first year Received interest, second year Received from taxes and Interest second year Paid interest on bonds, second year Balance In Sinking Fund, end of second year Received interest, third year Received from taxes and interest, third year Paid Interest on bonds third year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of third year Received interest fourth year Received from taxes and interest, fourth year Paid interest on bonds fourth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of fourtJ year. Received interest, fifth year Received from taxes and interest, fifth ear Paid Interest on bonds fifth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of fifth year Pay on principal; retire bonds - Balance remaining in Sinking Fund; bond debt .. Received interest, sixth year Received from taxes and interest sixth year Paid interest on $120,000 bonds, sixth year Balance In Sinking Fund, end of sixth year Received interest, seventh year Received from taxes and interest, seventh year Paid Interest on bonds seventh year Balance remaining in Sinking Fund seventh year Received Interest eighth year Received .fiomtaxea and intrst, eighth year Paid Interest on bonds eighth year Balance in Sinking Fund end of eighth year Received interest, ninth year Received from taxes and interest, ninth year Paid Interest on bonds ninth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of ninth year Received Interest; tenth year Received from taxes and interest, tenth year Paid Interest on bonds tenth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of tenth year Pay on principal; retire bonds

30.000 120,000

Balance of bond issue. Balance in Sinking Fund, end of tenth year

Received interest, eleventh year Received from taxes and interest eleventh year Paid interest on $82,000 bonds, eleventh year Balance In Sinking Fund, end of eleventh year Received interest twelfth year Received from taxes and interest, twelfth year Paid interest on bonds tweifth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of twelfth year Received interest thirteenth year Received from taxes and interest thirteenth year Paid interest on. bonds thirteenth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of thirteenth year Received interest, fourteenth year Received from taxes and interest, fourteenth year Paid interest on bonds fourteenth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of fourteenth year Received interest, fifteenth year Received from taxes and interest, fifteenth year Paid interest on bonds, fifteenth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of fifteenth year Pay on principal; retire bonds Balance on bond issue . . Balance in Sinking Fund Received interest, sixteenth year Received from taxes and interest, sixteenth year Paid interest on $38,000 bonds, sixteenth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of sixteenth year Received interest, seventeenth year Received from taxes and interest, seventeenth year Paid interest on bonds, seventeenth year Balance in Sinking Fund, end of seventeenth year Received interest eighteenth year Received from taxes and interest eighteenth year Paid interest on bonds eighteenth year Balance in Sinking Fund.end of eighteenth year Received interest nineteenth year Received from taxes and interest, nineteenth year Paid interest on bonds nineteenth year Balance in Sin'.ving Fund, end of nineteenth year Pay balance of principal; retire bonds

. 38.000 82,000 .$ 82,000

44.000 38,000

38,000 000,000

3.96S Balance remaining

TREE TRIMMER FALLS Henry Tangeman, living on North Second street, fell from a tree in the court house yard aturday and was very painfully injured. Th attending physician says it is remarkable that he was not killed. Tangeman is employed at Glen Miller park. Saturday he was assisting City Forester Spray. While standing at the top of a ladder working a limb, he had sawed through, broke, falling against the ladder and knocking it over. Tangeman fell with great force on the right side of his head, and it was necessary to take seven stitches to close the wound.

ROBBINS STANDS

FIRMLY OPPOSED ! TO BOND ISSUES McMinn and Marlatt Line Up With Mayor After Swerving From Allegiance to Head of Board.

BAVIS EXPLAINS PLAN

City's Executive Favors Tem

porary Loan to Purchase Auto LadderTruck Council to Decide Question. Mayor Robbins broke his silence on the question of the proposed $150,000 bond issue today and lined up squarely agaln:t it with 'to of the three members of the board of public works. John McMinn and Charles E. Mfc.'stt, who at first signed the statement to council, drafted by Board Presldeut Bavis. There will be a "round table" meeting of tho board and council members and Mayrr Robbins at the city building this evening fpr the purpose of " cussing this question. At this meeting Mr. Bavis will outline his pUna wher-s-by, he says, a bond issue of $150,000 can be floated without increasing the tax limit, and be paid off in eighteen years out of the $.1,000 paid In mz nuall. tc the municipal sink'ug fund. Robbins Gives Stand. "I do not approve of the proposed

bond issue. I think the city can get along without it." Mayor RoMins said today. "There are a number of improvements which could be made !ut I favor providing for them from time to time as the city can afford to and witnout floating any bonds to provide for them. "I think one -thing the tltv stand most greatly in need of at the present time is an automobile ladder truck for the fire department. I feel uneasy every time our old ladder truck goes out. am afraid it will break down and injure some of the firemen. Also this truck does not have the eq;;i; ment to cope wl'h any large fire. I would favor.

a temporary loan, about 113.000. tr

purchase this truck, and. if legal.

would favor Le city borrowing tbii

money frf-z. u.e kinking fund of th! municipal it ant. This loin coulJ

be paid off insi-ls of three years. j Suggests Fund Transfer. "Another plan I have to uggest Is the transfer of about $3,000 of the tS.000 appropriated for crushed Eton!, to be used this year, to the fund for lermanent improvements, which would then total about $15,000. That amount was appropriated for permant-nt 1mprovem nts but half of it is to be paid out for improvements made last year. "With the permanent Improvement tund increased again to $15,000 quite few permanent improvements could be made this year. I would favor the

I bricking of a part of North Fifth street. the first siuare of South Sixth and the ! first square of North Ninth s"ret. ! There has been an insistent demand , however, for two or three yf-ars fot j the remaking of sections of nearly al i the macadam streets and In respontu

to that icmand an unusually rge an propriat'.on for crushed stone was pre vided in this year's budget. The ma jority of councilmen. it is believed would oppose any reduction. -s;pecialh such a large one as suggested by th mayor, 'n the crushed stone fund. They h;ve to bear the brunt of kicks made by property owners on the condf-

t;on of streets and they are anxious j o have as many of these Find of j streets resurfaced this year us is poI sible.

FRAT WILL BANQUET Phi Delta Kappa to Install Officers.

Arrangements were made at a meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity yesterday for a six-course banquet at the Arlington hotel Thursday night to follow the installation of officers for the first half of 1915, The fraternity probably will hold

I Its first open house In its new quar

ters in a week or two. A six-room house was leased December 15, and has been occupied . but not formally opened. The formal opening and open house will be held Jointly, the date to be announced at the officers' banquet.

NOTES FALL DUE PUTTING RUMELY PLANT IN CRISIS

BY LEASED WIRE. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. The enrlr issue of $10,000,000 six per cent note of the Rumely company, of which al but $1,300,000 were extended last yea? to March 1. 1918. will fall due Marcl 1 next unless the holders of the $1, 300,000 consent to an extension. The five year extension agreement f last year was contingent on al the notes being extended. The minority noteholders are holding out per sistently in their refusal to accept the agreement, and as a result the big agricultural implement company la again facing a crisis in its financial affairs. The company has a sufficient cash balance for immediate needs, bat It has no means of raising $10,000,000 to pay off the notes. Nor would It pay off the $1,300,000 notes nor extend them even if it had the cash on hand, for the entire issue must re

, ceive the same treatment. ! The Rumely foreign trade has bees i curtailed by the war. Shipments ta i South America have been most diffi

cult to finance, and business with Ros s.a has been below normal In agricn tural machinery.