Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 56, 15 January 1915 — Page 1

1 VOI Yl MO Palladium and Sun-Teleiraro VWL. AL..1NU, OO. Consolidated. 1907 RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 15, 1915. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS fa IU1 w

THE RICHMOND PAIXABIUM

PREMIER SALANDRA SETS 20,789 AS KNOWN DEAD IN AWFUL QUAKE WRECKING WIDE SECTIONS OF ITALY

Ambassador Page Cables State Department Semi-Official Sources Place Number of Dead at Between 12,000 and 15,000, and as Many More Seriously Injured Stricken Nation Refuses Outside Aid.

RESCUE FORCES SLOWLY PENETRATE STRICKEN ZONE

NEW BANK ENDS SALE OF STOCK; TO FILE PAPERS

Charles Jordan and Ray Swallow to Receive Offices and Direct Affairs of Savings Concern. At a meeting of the stockholders of the German-American Trust and Savings bank last night, the articles of association were approved and signed by the incorporators. The stockholders of the bank now number 100 and no more stock will be sold. C. W. Jordan, one of the organizers, said today, the stock is oversubscribed and no more applications would be accepted. The .stockholders made a tenth payment on their shares last nieht. the neriods of navment be-

about as many more. Press reports considerably larger. I have!ins arranged so that the entire $ioo,expressed our profound sympathy to an informal inquiry whether 1 00,ha1nduth?I$10:0Cl0 premium win be more substantial aid is needed and am told by the government that ;pa& ?eUor45ePSfn?

wiinf ueepiy graunea I or mis inquiry, Italy IS not accepting Oilers ; cations are undecided with the new

Whole Villages Crumble as Earth Shakes and Bury Inhabitants Under Stones and Debris Conflicting Reports Make Difficult Correct Estimate of Fatalities and Extent of Damages Avezanno Mass of Ruins.

washt: Rome today from semi-oi

BULLETIN. OX, Jan. 15. American assador Page at d the state department the latest reports il sources place the number of dead as a result of

the earthquake at between 12,000 and 15,000, and that about as many more were seriously injured. No Americans are reported among the casualties. Ambassador Page's cablegram follows: "Latest reports of earthquake, semi-official sources, place dead at between 12,000 and 15,000 and the seriously injured at

ELECTRIC PLANT REPORTS PROFIT WITH OUT RATES Municipal -Utility Pays Off $7,000 Temporary Loan and Adds New Equipment to Help Service.

NEW SYSTEM USED

Report Includes Interest on Outstanding Bonds as Op

erating Expense Omits Charge for Tax. The annual report of the Municipal Light and Power plant, made public today, shows 1914 was a most profitable year for It, but the system employed in the preparation of the report is not that employed generally in

preparing reports of private business

SPARK FROM FLOE SETS ABLAZE HOME WHILE ABSENCE OF WATER PREVENTS SUBDUING THE FLAMES

MOULDERS FIGHT AFTER DISPUTE; ONE IN HOSPITAL

The Reliance Foundry moulders' strike almost resulted seriously last night when Robert Lampke, a union

moulder, had a fight with another moulder over the Reliance troubles. Lempke is in the hospital and will be there for several days although not in danger. His assailant is a well-known man and after the fight he went to Kelley's saloon where he remained until the police stopped hunting for him. He had been told that Lempke was killed

Loss $3,500 With $2,000 Insurance Structure Owned by Earlham Cemetery Association Caretaker in Nervous Collapse Rushed to Reid Memorial Hospital Discovers Roof Burning.

FURNITURE AND TROPHIES ARE CARRIED OUT

Club Members Gather as Home Is Destroyed Scene of Many Social Gatherings Fire Department Powerless to Cope With Fast Spreading Flames Loss of Building Complete Governing Board Expected to Meet Immediately.

Fire originating from a spark coming from a chimney destroyed the club house of the Country club, on the National road west, today, entailing a loss of $3,500. The fire was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock and at 2:30 o'clock what once had been the

of aid from any foreign countries.

ported among injured.

No Americans so far as yet re-

BY BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE, Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. ROME. Jan. 15. The toll of dead claimed bv the earthnuake

in Central Italy stead 'y increased today as troops penetrated the e fiban stricken district and s- -jrht to free thousands still buried alive in ; Jordan

uit' ruins or ineir nomr.s. Up to 8 a." m. today Premier Salandra had received reports officially listing as dead 11,139 men, women and children in sixteen towns. The premier received word at noon that 1,300 persons had I'een killed at Maglianomarsi and 50 killed and 100 iniured at

"Vipistrello. This increased the official list of the known rlpnrl in I

bankers. There are several places for temporary locations but permanent Main street locations are more difficult to find. The incorporation papers will be filed with the state auditor within two or three days. After they are accepted

bankers will elect their officers.

executive officers to be C. .

and next under him Ray Swal

low.

of any kind

Interest paid on outstanding bonds and he left the saloon late, not statis not figured, in as a fixecl charge, for1 intr his destination.

instance, but is figured into operat-1 Both men were intoxicated, witness- scene of many a social frolic was a scene of wreck and ruin. !BScoXtaedn said- and arguing when lhey slart'' Mrs- Mary Lindley. who with her son and daughter, lived at city plant is non-taxable it is general-led to fight. Lempke was the aggres- e club, discovered the fire while she was cleaning in the second 2 b1v preparatory to a dance scheduled for club members this

poses; also because every taxpayer in

of his blows,

CLUB HUNTS NURSES

A meeting of the Domestic Science

0l4fcf). ThO following Statement Was issued at the ministry Of today by the chairman, Mrs. Roach, the interior: !whp has bee,trng..tp.jjeciH-e a nurse

iho uports of dead and injured are ,fl rnn Rermer is eainine

strength rapidly on a farm near Lancaster, O., the home of her parents. She will return to Richmond February 1, and will take charge of the work in a supervisory capacity. Miss Tracey Parker of Indianapolis who took sick Christmas day with pneumonia, has returned to her home and will not continue her work here after she recovers.

RESERVE ARMY COUNTS 16 MEN REPORTS LODGE

Whole Regular U. S. Army j Is Only Twice as Large! as the New York Police Force. j

ily fragmentary. It is pos'!c i.p.d we hope this to be the '- :iii;t U10 number will be greatly 'need when the advices being reeevf ' 0111 different sections are com- ( 1'.. Oil" instance alone shows the ..fush.n that it ill prevails in the rfhquake zone. "A report received this forenoon ?aid that l,3oo had been killed at Capelle. Later advices said that the dead and wounded there numbered hui.i, most of them being injured." Shortly before 10 o'clock he received an official dispatch stating that rescue forces from Sulmona and Trivoil had penetrated to Capelle, Pescina ind San Benedetto and found the three towns in ruins. The total loss of life in these towns was S.300 increasing to

19,439 the number known to be dead.1, At San Benedetto more than 100 per- NEED MORE SOLDIERS sons buried alive were rescued. "After careful investigation," said; .

the dispatch received by the premier, 'the original reports of the destruction of Capelle, Pescina and San Benefit to have been confirmed." "The casualties at Capelle were 1.300 out of 1,500 inhabitants. Pescina v. as almost razed to the ground, the dead being estimated at 4,000. San Benedetto was totally destroyed with 3,000 casualties. At San Beneletto more than 100 persons were reswed after belnc entomhed for m.inv

hours. They had suffered intensely fully inadequate or wholly lacking," and some were so badly injured that declared Senator Lodge of Massachutt.oy will die." ! setts, in a speech in the senate today Refugees from the district of; . ..... . - A,lfl t thi. .i . .i ureing the addition of 2,000 to the Avezzano say that not more than ten,8"6 per cent of the population escaped. 1 army and the strengthening of the

caused Lempke to fail evening. She saw a hole that the fire had burned through the

badly cut face roof and ceiling.

The auto truck responded to a telephone alarm sounded by the caretakers, but, with only chemicals and a garden hose to fight the flames, there was no chance to save the structure. Caretaker Sent to Hospital. Mrs. Lindley suffered a nervous shock which caused her removal to the Reid Memorial hospital. Several months ago an explosion of coal eras in the furnace severelv burned Airs. Lindlev.

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c(nJJn r,..tlnns !n VwV. UtrVlHnci Thp fichf t.OOK t) WCe On .UIIU J ..U 1 1 i.,i- 1 C 1 1 ..11 11 1

and power rates, the paying off of a i street in the shadow of the GruDD. J , , - 87 000 temnorary loan contracted In Grocery company building at S o clock when today S fire again sent her back to the hospital.

tha r i t v tnu'nchin Qtirl - mi n r v Vine t r

i,iv, , to the ground. With a

plant is non-taxable. j Lempke arose and rushed at the smallPlant Shows Profit. I er fighter who downed him with one In analysing the 1914 report of the j blow. Lempke s head struck the curb municipal plant by the general busi- j sidewalk with a blow which could ness system it is shown that the net' , , , 4. !n he crowd profit of the plant for 1914 amounts to ! heard above the noise in thecrod $20,528.93, or 8.5 .per cent, on the city's ! which surrounded the fighters. He was net investment in the nlant. This is : unconscious for two hours. loaaj the best showing ever made bv the ! Lempke refused to make a statement

plant, and was accomplished notwith-lto tm? police.

1913, a considerable amount of plant j last night, betterments and first payments on the i

new street lighting system. Last year the city for the first time in several years paid for current used for street lighting and tha business of the plant was almost doubled by reason of rate reductions. A revision of the 1914 city plant report is as follows: Total receipts, $126,035.94. Operating expenses minus bond interest, $51,306.95. Gross profit, $74,728.99. Fixed charges: Depreciation, 10 per cent, on $318,000, estimated cost to reproduce plant, $31,800.00. Interest, 4 per cent, on $139,000

The origin of the fire is traced to the furnace which was go

ing full blast to heat the building for the social affair this evening.

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DEI T PAR H1T TRIIIiR llt; is believed that a spark from the vigorous fire fell on the dry

UUUI Unil IIIIW lliww.. suiT1rW nllirWv icif tl,P rn

shingles, quickly ignited the roof, and spread to the woodwork

beneath. N Members of the club and neighbors were able to carry out almost all the furniture, personal effects and trophies of the organization, and the loss to the club is not expected to be heavy. The Earlham Cemetery association, which owns the grounds and building, earned $2,000 insurance on the structure. The blaze was a spectacular one. Scores of club members

the street, and the fall caused his in juries. No bones were broken.

Lack of Aeroplanes, Airmen and Scout Cruisers Declared Deplorable in a Speech to Senate. BY LEASED WIRE.l WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. "Our means of self-defense are either woe-

3 Traction Magnates Charged With Manslaughter in New York

They are unanimous in declaring that

the disaster was greater than that which overwhelmed Messina seven; years ago. i King Victor Kmmanuel who arriv-' rd at Vozzano yesterday afternoon

navy. He would build scout cruisers, torpedo boats and battleships. The senator quoted figures to show the regular army "is not much mor? than twice the size of the police force

spent hours inspecting the ruins and of the tity 0f New York" and said:

"Surely it is not necessary to do

more tnan repeat inese usuies iu bhv

comforting the survivors, some of

whom were extricated in his presence. Thp kinc rlimhpd nvpr thp UTpekflLrP

Afterwards he sent a telegram to the utter inadequacy ot our leguiar Rome asking for more soldiers to army. The reserves which we have carry on the relief work. Hundreds ! of soldiers who have served in the of men, wome n and children were ; army and who are liable to be called buried alive and the work of rescue i back to the colors, amount to sixteen ivnu riuvhfirl irk trio nttnnst in trv n lllPTl. In other words, we have no

save their lives.

Weather Forecast

FOR INDIANA Unsettled. Snow or rain tonight or Saturday. Warmer tonight.

Temperature

Yesterday

Noon 41

Maximum Minimum

U 25

reserves with which rapidly to enlarge

the army if we were attacked. "We are also short of officers, and the instruction of the organized militia suffers woefully from the lack of officers available for that service. 'Yet we are doing nothing toward increasing our supply of officers, although we have the best military academy in the world ready to give instructions to any number of oficers that we may need." The worst naval deficiency now is in scout cruisers, he said, and added: "We have only three scout cruisers, I believe, to protect and give warning of the approach of a hostile fleet, for six thousand miles of coast on the Atlantic and Pacific."

The lack of aeroplanes and airmen

Local Conditions Increasing cloudiness with snow or rain tonight or Saturday. Warmer tonight.

GeneraT Condi?ionsllTwo storms of the army also is "deplorable," the ereat size are now west of the Miss- Senator said.

issippi river and north of the 40 parallel moving southeast. They are at

tended bv general rain and snow and Ire being followed by real winter! Rudolph Blick of Kalamazoo, Mich.,

wnnther. Temperature is now consm-1 " " e -----

hh- below zero in northwest and is S cessful store in the

still falling. W. E. MOORK. Weather Forecaster.

BLICK ASSUMES CONTROL.

Grand Leader

1 chain, has assumed the management

of the local Grand Leader store, taking up his duties today.

uinrv Mans, an emDloye of the Ro-

mey wcorapany ,uas Injured TrotcrV rt" the Romey delivery

trr anH a helt line street car collid

ed at Eighth and North C streets. The j driver of the truck, Mr. McArthur was )

not injured. The truck was approacninc from Seventh street, and the ac

cident tood place when it turned the j rv. v. fru ,.1 on1 thp fitrppl '

car were damaged to some extent. ; hurried to the scene in automobiles, but were powerless to check

Mang was thrown some distance to. the spread of the flames, which gutted the entire structure, leav

ing it a mass of charred timber and blackened brick. The fire department, handicapped by lack of water, was unable to do anything to stay the blaze, and while the fire fighters and club members

watched, the building was soon destroyed. The destruction of the club house leaves the Country club ; homeless. The governing board is expected to meet at once to formulate plans for the continuation of the organization, which is ' one of the biggest social clubs in the city.

Fire Spreads Quickly. The fire spread with rapidity. The building was an old one and offered little resistance to the flames. Hardly had Mrs. Lindley sounded the alarm that called the fire department before the roof was a mass of flames. Eating its way downward, the upper stories were soon enveloped in flames, while the falling in of the roof spread the blaze and accelerated the destruction of the structure. For years the club house, occupying a commanding position on the west bluff of the creek, was a landmark. Travelers along the National road never failed to notice it. Many social affairs have marked the residence of the club in the destroyed home. During the summer, the house attracted many members who were active in sports. To many it was a pleasant place to spend an afternoon and evening, after a day of hard work.

BUTLER ASKS FIGHT ON MOTHER'S RELIEF

SHORT COURSE GIVES VALUABLE LESSONS

Commercial Club and Char-1 Robert Morris, Wayne Counity Bureau Receive Litera-1 ty Farmer, Writes of Work ture on Pension Bill. ! at Purdue.

Left to right, above : Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit company, and Frank Hedley, general manager. Below, August Belmont, chairman of the board of HiVpptnrs TVipkp millionaire traction men who control the elevated and subway railway systems in

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New York city, nave Deen oraerea neia Dy a coroner s jury lo. iace a uuaige ui secunu uegiccuwu- i lness is said to be the chief reason itne foot and mouth disease, and therealn ii o-h tpr hfif ore the errand iurv as a result of Coroner Riordan's inquest into the causes of thefnr nnv ,., nh1P(,tinnR The iw is I fore the halls are crowded at all times

wreck on the elevated line at 116th street and Eighth avenue on December 9, when two persons were administered through the juvenile! with farmers and their wives -who are

The Commercial club has been ask-' "A clearing house for valuable, cl-

ed by Amos W. Butler, secretary of entific and practical information," is i the state board of charities and cor- the way Robert L. Morris, a Wayne

' rection to take up a fight against the county boy, describes the Farmers

mothers' pension, bill. short Course, now being held at LaMr. Butler told his views to several fayette. local persons and made a speech on Mr. Morri3 was one of the fifty boys

! his stand at Madison last summer, from Wayne county who attended the i condemning mothers' pensions as the ; course four years ago. and in a letter

laws in other states now stand. He al- received from him today, he remarks so wrote Secretary Melpolder of the on the many changes In the university Central Charity bureau telling him to since his f irst trip several new buildimpress upon the people here that this;ings have been ajded to the campus state need not experiment and waste and the CqUipment has been greatly time and money on the law when oth- j tmprovei. The enrollment of short er states are doing this. course students had reached 1,730 on The Commercial club will take no .Wednesday evening, the largest namstand on the matter until it has been j Der ever attending, placed in the hands of the legislative j Mr Morrls Bays that the farm Is still committee. That Wayne county has j qUarantined on account of the precau-

not tne tacuuy tor nanoung sucn dus- t5ons .hiph have been taken against

killed.

court and the probation officer.

taking advantage of the lectures