Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 60, 20 January 1915 — Page 1

ABUJM VOL. XL , No. 60. Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated. 107 1 RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1915. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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"Y" HOLDS OWN DESPITE DEFICIT ON RE-DUILDING Only Expenses for New Boys Quarters and Re-decoration of Institution Swell Expenditures.

MEMBERS ELECT HEADS Louck, Wilson and Gardner Receive Places on Board of Directors y Spa Serves 400,069 Meals. H. R. Robinson and Fred S. Bates were re-elected members of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A., and E. B. Louck. Folger Wilson and A. M. Gardner were elected new members at the annual meeting last night. Adam H. Bartel and Henry Gennett were re-elected members of the board of trustees, and Pettis A. Reid was elected to fill the place of John B. - Dougan, deceased. The board will meet for organization and election of officers in two. weeks. Will H. Romey, vice president, is the only office whose term as a member of the board has expired. The report of Richard Sedgwick, president of the board, shows that 1914 was a year of prosperity and expansion for the association. While there was a deficit in the treasury for the year, the expense of improvements to the property were met, and adding to this the other extraordinary expense it was 6hown that the association has more than held its own. Receipts Total $25,017. The total receipts for the year amounted to $25,017.58, and the operating expenses of $23,534.51, added to the extraordinary expenses of $3,661.70 made a total disbursement of $27,196.21. The annual report shows that 763 men made the "Y" their home during 1914. A total of 400,069 meals were served in the spa, which was operated at a profit of $1,237.14. The religious work committee held 115 noon shop meetings during the year, with a total attendance of 6,598 men. The attendance at the ten Sunday afternoon threatre meetings was 5,389. The sum of $2,100 was expended for building changes. . The president took occasion to compliment the staff of executive officers in the management of their departments, calling' especial attention to the success of J. J. , Somervllle and Arthur Roach, who assumed charge of their departments after the work had been started by other men. The interest of the dormitory men in giving the Christmas entertainment for worthy poor boys was also commended, and C. A. Hughbanks was complimented for formulating the plan. The new board of directors consists of Richard Sedgwick, George H. Knollenberg, E. M. Haas, A. L. Smith, A. Li. Bramkamp, F. S. Bates, Harry C. Doan, H. R. Robinson, H. W. Deuker. H. A. Dill, C. E. Thomason, J. H. McAfee, E. B. Louck, P. P. Wilson and A. M. Gardner. The board of trustees includes Adam H. Bartel, Clem Carr, John F. McCarthy, Henry Gennett, John H. Johnson, James A. Carr and Pettis A. Reid. Those whose terms expired and who were not re-elected were W. H. Romey, W. W. Gifford and John F. Hasemeier. PLEDGES INSURE PAPER. The required number of subscriptions have been received to insure the publication of the Pierian, the high school annual. The price of the annual will be eighty-five cents and anyone outside of school who wishes to obtain a copy can do so by obtaining a subscription blank from any student. The staff had a meeting last week and everything is being pushed to make this annual one of the best. British CZMS

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The former Hamburg-American liner Dacia, photographed at her berth in Galveston as she was Deing loaded with 12,000 bales of cotton, consigned for Rotterdam. The Dacia was purchased by Edward N. Britung, Ltd., of Marquette, Mich., and now bears the name of that city on her stern. The British have announced that they will sieze this boat and make a test case of her if she sails for Rotterdam with a cargo ostensibly bound for Germany;

POLICE ANSWER COUNCILS FIGHT ON AMBULANCE Eversman Says He Refuses to Worry Over Situatoin if Poor, Service Pleases Richmond People. It , made the mayor quite - peevish, and council regarded it as an exhibition of supreme gall when a petition, obviously the handiwork of Billy Eversman, president of the police board, asking an appropriation for a combination motor ambulance-patrol, came up before council Monday night. Council, aided and abetted by the executive, railroaded the petition back to the police board. Today President Eversman took his trusty pen in hand and when he got through writing he had informed council and all concerned that if every one Is satisfied . with poor ambulance service now rendered, he should worry. He writes: Editor of Palladium The police department understands that at council meeting Monday night it was censored

for recommending the purchase of a combined police patrol and ambulance. We want each and every councilman to understand that we dc not care If they purchase an ambulance or not, because the ambulance is not under the supervision of the police department, but comes under the supervision of the health department, and that is the reason the police department does not feel the public is justified in criticising it for the rotten ambulance service it is receiving. Last week when Robert Lempke was hurt at North Ninth street and Elm place the officers put in a call for the city ambulance, and we waited for a half hour and no ambulance, and all the timewe were being criticised, by the crowd. So 'we put Lempke in the police car and took him to the hospital. Now the reason that the police department recommended the purchase of a combined police patrol and ambulance was so we could keep It In the patrol shed and give the citizens of the city quick service; but we find there has been one mistake made, and that if we would have had some reliable insurance company to recommend the ambulance no doubt council would have appropriated the money. But it Is the same old story the people of Richmond will continue to be hauled in an ambulance that is not fit for a dog. WILLIAM F. EVERSMAN. JOFFRE IN ALARM HURRIES TO AISNE TO CHECK TEUTONS BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK Staff Correspondent of The International News Service. PARIS, Jan. 20 It became known today for the first time that the situation upon the Aisne was regarded so critical, as a result of the German assaults last week, that General Joffre, commander-in-chief of the allied armies, hastened there In person to direct operations of the French troops. Now however despite the massing of German reinforcements south and southwest of Laon, the French military authorities are confident that the invaders have shot their bolt north of Soissons and that the next operations there will see the allies upon the offensive in an effort to retake the ground that they have lost. Great importance is attached here to the French gains in the forest of La Pretre, north of Pont-A- Mousson. The French forces lying southwest of Metz have strongly entrenched their positions and report the repulse of all German counter attacks. Artillery engagements are in progress in Upper Alsace where hard snow storms and cold weather have interfered with infantry operations.

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KEEPS DISCREET SILENCE Former President, During Short Stop in . City, Refuses to Comment on Business Depression or to Forecast Prospects ' of Republican Party ra 191 6 Fellow Travelers Enjoy

Companionship. There Is milta dlf foreman hntwecn being president of the United States ana an ex-president. ; : x ' : This was ' antlv illustrated ' In - the Case of Prof. William Howard Taft. of Yale university; former- president of me united states, wno came tnrougn Richmond at noon today on a Pennylvania train enroute to . Bloomlngton, Ind a. mmtt rtpmnr-rntlo unti innrniuh. able passenger on an ordinary Pullman car. Among the small crowd at the station there were people who recalled the fact that two years ago, while president of the United States, Mr. Taft arrived in Richmond in a special train, surrounded by secreta ries and secret service men. A solitary reporter greeted Mr. Taft on nis arrival nere although a few passengers who boarded the train strpped to shake hands with him. "I am going to do all my talking when I lecture tomorrow at Indiana university " said th eT.nreiMunt "Then I will touch on a number of subjects." War Causes Depression. He declined absolutely to discuss business conditions In the country. "You say that the industrial situation in Richmond is unsatisfactory?" he remarked. "Well that la not. a lnrnl enn. dition. It is general throughout the country, me war has bad much to do with this, perhaps." "But the industrial depression was noticed here before the war," he was told. "What are its underlying causes, and what are the prospects for better times?" "I cannot discuss this maflar now T will refer to it in my address at Bloomlngton. I am going to talk on "Modern Tendencies' and in my address I will touch upon quite a few subjects," Mr. Taft answered. "I will take up legislation, the growth of the fraternal spirit, labor unions, industrial conditions and other things. What suggestions I will have to make I do not care to discuss now." Taft Avoids Politics. The former president skillfully avoided all questions pertaining to the future of the Republican party and his own political future. He merely grinned the famous Taft grin and shook his head to signify that these topics were headliners on his taboo list. . ' . The ex-president does not appear to be as heavy as' he was while, in ; the white house but he - - -- w ww 34 STUDENTS MAKE GLASS AT GARFIELD The following students of the 7B class at the Garfield school have qualified for the 7A special class, -which includes, only the students who have set a uniformly high standard of scholarship in their previous work: Robert Abrams, Kenneth Chappel, Warren Elliott, Morris Fisher, Marlus Fossenkemper, Paul Heironimus, John Livingstone, Ernest Mendenhall, Ivan Pinnick, Oakley Richey, Harold Ruble, Malvern Soper, Joseph Stevens, Joseph Swearinger, Marie Bage, Jeannette Banks, Mary Louise Bates, Mary Brumfiel, Ruth Cox, Tresa Crebb, Helen Eggemeyer,. Helen Hill, Edith Hollingsworth, Florence Kerlin, Mil dred Klotz, Ada Lammott, Mary Lur ing, Hildred Martin, Helen Poineer, Irene Swain, Elizabeth Turner, Lor en e White, Edna Whitton, Helen Young. BOYS CLUB ELECT. Boys of the Baptist Boys club who met at the church Monday elected the following officers for their basketball team : Bordon Hale, captain, Russell Lee, manager. fff Off. vC s ft iS- 'A

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WILLIAM H. TAFT. Fellow passengers on Mr. Taft's car enthusiastically declared him to be a most, sociable and entertaining companion "He's -a prince of. good fel low, as sertedU one ! rotund 1 traveling saJesmanT " DACIA WILL LEAVE DESPITE PROTEST OF GREAT BRITAIN BULLETIN. GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 20. The steamer Dacia about which there has been much contention will leave with her cargo of 11,000 bales late today. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 President Wilson is determined to fight Great Britain's stand against the right to transfer ships from Germany to Amer ican register. While no official state ment was issued from the White House, it was learned the president is determined to fight for the . principle involved. Senator Stone, of . Missouri also approves the administration's stand. "It seems to me that if the steamer Dacia was clear and clean and there was no ulterior purpose or implied understanding in the bargain as to the ultimate restoration of the ship to her original owners, or her employment for purposes dictated by her original owners, there can be no excuse for a seizure." GLOBE IS BITTER. LONDON, Jan. 20. The International News Service learned from high authority today that the complete British reply to the United States note of protest against interference with American commerce will be delayed for some time. The Globe, which -is steadily Increasing in bitterness in its editorial utterances against America, is further incensed today by the announcement that the steamer Dacia will sail from Galveston. SMELSER SAVES $1,800. In submitting his report for the year just closed Dr. S. G. Smelser, city health officer, estimates .that a saving of $1,800 was effected in his department last year without impairing its efficiency. Fifteen of the typhoid fever cases were traced to three wells and all of them have been condemned. Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Partly cloudy and colder In north and east portion. Fair Thursday. Temperature Noon 24 Yesterday Maximum Minimum 29 24 Local Conditions Mostly fair and colder tonight. Thursday fair. General Conditions The great era of low barometric pressure with storms ia slowly passing - eastward, followed by high barometric pressure and fair weather.. It will be colder. Wilming ton, Hatterae and Charleston, S. C, report heavy rains. W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

FEDS BEGIN LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST 0. B.

"National Agreement is Club to Drive Threatened Opposition Into line," Asserts Attorney. BY LEASED WIRE. CHICAGO, Jan. 20. The big court battle between organized baseball on one side and the Federal league on the other began in Judge Landis' court today. The court room was packed to the limit and a great crowd of baseball men and fans stood outside In the corridors unable to gain entrance. Immediately after court was called to order Judge Landis asked the attorneys on both sides If there might be a question as to his Jurisdiction in the matter. Both sides Immediately waved on this and agreed to abide by the judges decision in the matter. (Continued on Page Two.) GERMANS TAKE MORE TRENCHES ABOUT ARRAS In Forest North of Sennheim Teutons Continue Advance Against Lines of French Army. By FREDERICK WERNER Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. BERLIN, Jan. 20. (By Wireless) The capture of two hundred yards of French trenches northwest of Arras and of 500 yards of French trenches in the Argonne, is announced in an official statement issued here this afternoon. It shows that operations have been resumed in Alsace, saying that the German troops have made good progress in the forest north of Sennheim. The official statement follows: "In the western theatre of war, in the district between the coast and the river Lys there were only artillery duels yesterday. We took 200 yards of French trenches at Notre Dame De Lorette. northwest of Arras. We also took a few prisoners and two machine "In the - Argonne we took a few French trenches. The ground we have gained at one place, in the last few , days amounts altogether to 500 yards. "Our attacks made good progress in the forest north of Sennheim. We took at Airzstels (Hirtzen stein) also two officers and forty mountain chasseurs. "In the eastern theatre of war, the situation is unchanged." FRENCH STATEMENT. PARIS, Jan. 20. Signal successes for the French artillery In its duels with the German guns at various points along the great battle front are announced in an official communication issued by the war office this afternoon. It also tells of a violent conflict in the forest of La Grurie, where the Germans at first gained an advantage, but were later driven out of trenches by the French counter attacks. The French are now holding their positions there firmly. BRITISH DEFEATED. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 20. Via Berlin and Amsterdam Defeat of British troops in Arabia by Turkish soldiers is announced in an official statement issued today. The scene of the fighting was at the Shat El-Arab river, a stream formed by the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris riv- ( Continued on Page Two.)

ANSCOMBE REVIEWS RISE OF EIGHTH STREET CHURCH

Friends' Pastor Tells of Spiritual Awakening in 1860 Which Gave Birth to New Congregation, Drawing His Material From Diary Kept by Benjamin Johnson, Charter Member Jubilee Marks New Era of Progress.

A history of the foundation of the South Eighth Straet Friends church and events leading up to its foundation, was read by Rev. Francis C. Anscombe, at the final services of the Fiftieth anniversary jubilee, last night. The history was compiled from information gathered from the charter and other older members of the congregation. Benjamin Johnson, one of the charter members of the church, has kept a diary of the events associated with the growth of the church from the time of its founding. This story shows that a great spiritual awakening swept over the Friends of the community during the sessions of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of 1860, and that soon afterward the custom of holding evening meet-' ings was established. This resulted in the Prayer Meeting which was continued for four years. Ask for Church in .1864. The first petition for a church on the south side of town was presented to the Whitewater Monthly Meeting on June 22, 1864. The committee reported favorably, in Eighth month and the request was

6 KILLED BY BOMBS IN GERM AIRSHIP RAID OVER ENGLAND

BRITISH AIRMEN RETURN AFTER VAINPURSVIT Aerial Scouts Unable to Find Trace of Germans Raiding Towns 100 Miles From London. PRESS SCORES SCOUTS No Warning Given of Hostile Approach and Invaders Fade Away After Successful Raid. BY HERBERT TEMPLE. LONDON, Jan. 20. The British fly ing squadrons that were sent in pur suit of the German airships which raided the English towns a little more than one hundred miles from London last night, returned to their stations this afternoon after a fruitless chase out over the waters of the North Sea. All the Germans escaped. As the result of the German attack there was considerable indignation expressed here today over the failure of the flying guardians of the British coast to give warning of the Germans' approach. Nothing was known of the attack until it was actually begun. No word had been received and not a single aviator sighted any of the German airships, either coming or de parting. Reports received here up to a late hour this afternoon list six persons as killed and twenty-two injured in the German raid. The enect of the raid was felt chiefly by civilians, only two of those killed being soldiers. Three of them were women and another a boy. Thirty houses were destroyed in the various towns and villages that suffered from the attack. ENGLAND REQUESTED TO EXPLAIN HOLDING SHIP GREENBRIER Master of Vessel Through Ambassador General Says Flag Hauled Down by British Captain. BY LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Secretary of State Bryan today requested Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, to obtain from his government an explanation of the "improper interference" by a British warship with the American steamer Greenbrier, while en route to Bremen with a cargo of cotton from New Orleans. This action was taken after the receipt of a cablegram from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, stating that Captain Farley of the Greenbrier complained that the steamer was subjected to a series of detentions and interruptions off the German coast, and that despite the fact that her cargo had been certified by the British consul at New York, a British prize crew had hauled down the American flag and convoyed the ship to Kirkwall, a British port. forwarded to the Quarterly Meeting in Ninth month. That meeting appointed a committee to visit the Monthly Meeting and "take the sense of Friends." They did so in Tenth month and reported favorably to Quarterly Meeting in Twelfth month. This information was received by the Monthly Meeting the same month and it authorized the setting-up of the Meeting in the First month of 1865. Thus "Richmond Preparative Meeting," as it was then called came into being. Uses Vacant Building. A vacant German Methodist church buildiag situated near the corner of Marion and Market streets (now South Sixth and "B streets) was rented, and the first meeting was held on Fifth Day, 19th of First Month, 1865. A committee was appointed by the Quarterly Meeting to attend this first meeting and of these Friends Josiah T. White, of this city, now in his 91st year, is the only survivor. The following Friends were chosen to sit at the head of the Meeting: Levi Jessup. Charles F. Coffin, Jos(Continued on Page Five.)

PANIC SEIZES INHABITANTS OF BRITISH ISLES County Seat of British King Deserted by Royal Pair Six Hours Before Raid Attacked.

BIRDMEN GET AWAYSix Bombs Dropped on Yarmouth, 280 Miles From Williamshaven, German Zeppelin Base. BY HERBERT TEMPLE, European Manager of the International News Service. LONDON, Jan. 20. rw persona were killed, a number of others wounded and six towns and Tillages wars damaged in the first German airship raid over England. Bombs from the attacking aerial craft fell upon the towns of Yarmouth, Sheringham and Grimston. Six machines are believed to have been in the squadron. The damage to property is estimated at $15,000. Two unezploded cone-shaped bombs were picked up at Yarmouth. They were forty-three inches at the base. Soldier Dies. An Exchange Telegraph company dispatch reports that a soldier who wsa injured at Yarmouth, had died of bis wounds. Sheringham is only half a mile from Sandrihgham the country seat of the late King Edward VII and the home of the Dowager Queen Alexandra, the mother of King George. Sandringham is only six miles from King's Lynn, which is eighty-five miles north of London. It was evidently the intention of the Germans to attack King George and Queen Mary, who have been staying at Sandringham, but their majesties had - left the Sandringham palace - for London only about aix house before the raid was made. Early dispatches stated that two persons had been killed at Yarmouth and one at King's Lyy. Panic Seizes England. In the damaged towns the terror which followed .the . attack was unabated today Gun fire was heard off Hunstanton on the North. Sea, coast shortly after the attack had. been made, and it was reported that one of the airships had been the last oint. attacked. A teleunofficial confirmation. . Yarmouth was the first place attacked. After dropping their bombs there the raiders turned southward in the direction of Cromer. - .1 hen. they turned inland. King's Lynn seems to have been the last pointn attacked. A telegram to the Daily Telegraph from King's Lynn says: "The night was very dark. The first missile destroyed the hydraulic engine house at the docks. The next fell upon a house and went through the roof and two floors to the basement, but killed no one. The worst damage was, done in the central part of the town near the fine of Gothis Grey Friars' tower. Here one bomb totally destroyed three cottages in Bentlck street, killing a lad and madly maiming his sister. A man bad both legs broken. Kills Boy. An Exchange Telegraph company dispatch from King's Lynn gave the following details: "One house which was struck by a German bomb waa demolished, and a 17-year-old boy and his father were completely buried, but both were dug out safely. So far as known seven high-power bombs were dropped. It is believed that the aircraft went toward the east after leaving King's Lynn." A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Yarmouth says: Six bombs .were dropped upon Yar mouth last night. The following ac count of the attack, was given by Arthur Harbord, a member of the municipal council: 'About 8:30 o clock last night, when Uiumbers of persons were in the streets and places of amusement were in full swing, an airship passed over the city and dropped bombs which did consider able damage. One of the victims was a shoemaker named Smith, who was at work in his shop about fifty yards from St. Peter's church, when a bomb was dropped on or .near the building, and his head was blown off. A number of buildings in St. Peter's road were badly damaged. "At Yarmouth and on the town attacked the soldiers turned out and fired volleys into the air with rifles.". Raid Takes Two Hour. The period of time covered by the attack was about two hours and a half. Yarmouth reports that the first bomb fell there about 8:30, and the last misslle was dropped at King's Lynn about 11 o'clock. Yarmouth, where the attack began, is 110 miles from London and 280 miles from Wilhelmshaven. German, the base from which the airship are believed to have come. The Zeppelins had to cross the North Sea. passing over the fleets of British warship patrols. A dispatch from Amsterdam says that airships supposed to be German.' were seen passing Kollum, Vlieland and Terschelllng Islands early - this morning enroute from, the West to the Easf.