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JORDAN SERVES NOTICE OF PLAN TO LEAVE CLUB Secretary to Retire and Assume Position With Bank at Expiration of Nearly Five Years Work.

GETS PLACE ON SLATE Aftermath Suggests Effort to Convert Pest House Into Hospital for Tuberculosis Sufferers. Completing his fourth year and fifth month aa secretary of the Commercial club, C. W. Jordan will cease to be Identified with the organization In this office and will become an officer of the German-American Savings and Trust company, March 1. Mr. Jordan made the announcement last night at a meeting of the club directors. He expressed his regret at leaving the office he has held and wished his successor the courtesy and good treatment he has received. Mr. Jordan held the office while the Commercial club grew to Its present proportions. He left the office of county superintendent of schools to become Commercial club secretary, the office vacated by E. M. Haas who then became postmaster. Opinions Carry Weight. It lias been during the past few years that the club has become recognized as the largest and most influential organization in the city and an organization whose word had weight throughout the state. Mr. Jordan's reputation at a Commercial club secretary has been statewide and he has had several opportunities to leave the club for more highly remunerative offices elsewhere. The 'last one was the offer of the South Bend club of 13,000 a year. What position he will occupy In the bank has not been announced. He and L. S. Bowman were the active workers in establishing the savings and trust bank and in getting the sale of stock under way. The bank will open its doors March 4. Mr. Jordan was placed on the ticket of retiring directors who are candidates for re-election, replacing D. S. Coe, who had declined to be a candidate because of other business duties. Name Two Tickets. The tickets which will be given the members February 10 follow: Reds. Blues. James A. Carr Edgar Hlatt Henry Gennett W. F. Bockhoff Theodore H. Hill R. G. Leeds Chas. W. Jordan C. D. Slifer Lee B. Nusbaum Dr. W. F. Kreuger Will H. Qulgg Charles McGulre John L. Rupe Joseph H. Mills George E. Seidel L. S. Bowman The names will be printed on the same ticket for the convenience of the members who may all any new names, make an entirely new ticket or other changes. The only requirement is that eight men be voted on. The polls will open at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday night Edward Barrett, state geologist, will bring a model road building exhibit here February 19, the good- roads committee reported. This will be open to the public without charge. May Use Peat House. - The Aftermath society suggested to the club directors that a committee investigate the possibility of using the pest house west of Richmond as a tuberculosis hospital under the county has enough money to erect an adequate building. Thp public health committee will taV- thiB consideration. xtension of express delivery to Bca w will be asked the Adams and Wells Fargo Express companies for the benefit of the factories in that district. STRIKER DENIES SCRAP James Atkins Faces Assault Charge. One prosecution has finally resulted from the deluge of complaints filed by the management of the Reliance foundry since the moulders at that factory went on a strike last December. Today James Atkins, one of the strikers, was arraigned in city court on a charge of assault and battery on Clifford Johnson, a strikebreaker. Atkins entered a plea of not guilty and the case was set for trial for tomorrow morning. It is alleged that Atkins struck Johnson with a heavy beer glass in a north end saloon Saturday night. Atkins denies being In the saloon. SUES DAN G. REID. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. Suit was filed in the Supreme Court today to recover $7,500,000 from Daniel G. Reid rod W. H. Moore, and their associates, this sum having been diverted from the treasury of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway company, it Is alleged, for the purchase of St. LouIs and San Francisco stock. The plaintiffs are The First National Bank jf Ridgeville Park, N. J. The Peoples National Bank of Hackensack, N. J., tnd N. L. Amster of Boston.

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CANADIAN ' RAILWAY BRIDGE DESTROYED NEAR MAINE LINE

German Sympathizers Suspected of Blowing Up Structure and Alleged Teuton Officer Held Line Used to Transport War Shipments to St. John for England.

BY LEASED WIRE. PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 2 It is reported here that a German officer named Horn has been arrested in connection with the blowing up of the railway bridge over the St. Croix river near Vanceboro early today and that he has practically admitted his guilt. Horn was arrested on United States soil near Vanceboro . by State Game Warden George W. Ross. He was taken to Vanceboro, where he was examined by officials of Washington county. Acting District . Attorpey Chapman of Portland, was at once notified of Horn's arrest and. at the same time the federal authorities were appraised of the situation. It is likely that international complications will ensue. Horn, the prisoner, was asked why he had dynamited the bridge, and made answer, according to the police, that his . country was at war with Great Britain and Canada was a part of the enemy's country. He stated, according to the officers, that he came from New York Saturday and put up at the best hotel. He returned to'the hotel, the police aid, immediately after the explosion, but was out long enough to suffer a frost bitten thumb. Apparently he fell in the river, for his clothing had been soaked through and froze on him. - The suspect Is being held. in close custody. He told the authorities in broken English that his full name, is Werner Van Horn. It is believed that the plot was hatched in New York as a sketch of the bridge, together with a German flag, was found in the prisoner's pocket. WRECK WHOLE BRIDGE. VANCEBORO, Maine, Feb. 2. The steel bridge over the St. Croix river from Vanceboro, Maine, to McAdam Junction, N. B., an important link in the Canadian Pacific railroad over which most of the war shipments of food and horses have been sent to St. John, N. B., was blown up shortly after 1 o'clock this morning by Germans or German sympathizers, according to the belief of the railway officials. The eastern one of the three stone piers which support the bridge was destroyed by some high explosive with a detonation which rocked the houses in Vanceboro. The steel girders of the last two spans at the Canadian end of the bridge were strained out of shape, held together by. the fragments and by the steel rails. : Not only was the third pier, that toward the Canadian end of the bridge completely wrecked, but It is believed that the straining of the steel structure has damaged the standing piers. Suspect Sympathizers. Neither the Maine Central nor the Canadian Pacific can advance a motive for the destruction of the bridge other than one arising from the war. There has been no guard of Canadian soldiers

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on duty at the bridge. .Railroad men intimate that Germans or German sympathizers seized the opportunity on a stormy night, at a time when traffic over the bridge .was slack, to cut into the transportation line over which Canada has been -shipping most of its provisions to its open port at St. John. Notifies Authorities. James Hawthorne, constable, the only Canadian official near the bridge requested the telephone operator to notif. the Canadian Pacifir authorities at Fredericton, N. B. Assistant General Manager A. Price of the Canadian Pacific, at Montreal, ordered out several pile drivers and wrecking crews. He sent an official notification of the explosion to the governor of New Brunswick, with a request for an international investigation. Governor Wood at New Brunswick said: "I shall at once take the necessary steps to secure an investigation of the destruction of this bridge. It will, of course, follow that we will take . precautions to prevent any more bridges being destroyed, while we are trying to secure the punishment of the guilty in this affair." AGENT TAKES HORSE Fails to Return Rig to Rich Stable. Trouble is coming in bunches for William A. Rich, who conducts a livery barn at 15 North Seventh street. Sunday part of the rear wall and roof of the barn collapsed under its burden of snow, damaging several vehicles. Yesterday afternoon a man giving the name of Fred Johnson rented a horse an . phaeton to make a canvass of the city to sell "feather beds" and up to noon had neglected to return the horse and vehicle to rich. The police are now looking for Johnson and the missing outfit but so far have failed to secure a clue as' to his whereabouts. USES CLAY IN TALK MILTON; Ind., Feb. 2. The Rev. F. M. We6thafer, pastor of the M. E. church here was Invited by ' the Rev. Mr. Propst, to give his noted sermon lecture, "Clay in the Potter's Hand," at the Friends church Saturday evening. The sermon " lecture is founded ing. The Rev. M. Westhafer's father was a potter and the facts were learned by experience. The sermon is illustratedwith clay,, in various stages by pottery. . From each - was drawn a spiritual lesson.

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Francis Sayre. Note the smile admiring the. youngster.' CRONIN ACCEPTS PLACE ON BOARD TO RUN CHARITY Father Cronin of St. Mary's church was appointed the fourth qf the president's members of the board of directors of the Central Charity bureau today, filling the board with twelve members. Members of the board were gratified at Father Cronin's acceptance which was of a nature to indicate that he would take a deep interest in the affairs of the charity bureau. The appointment was made some time ago by President F. G. White but delays in seeing Mr. Cronin in person made it impossible to secure his acceptance. The next meeting of the board will be held in a few days. Father Cronin's activities for the time he has been in Richmond have been confined largely to the organization of the church which has done much building in the past few years and which required close attention. At Rushville where he was located formerly he was prominent in Commercial club and civic work of all kinds. TOWN ASKS RE-TRIAL Hagerstown Citizens Object to Morton Verdict. A public meeting of citizens of Hagerstown last night instructed the town's attorneys to file a motion for a new trial in the suit' of Catherine Morton who was allowed $2000 damages for injuries she received in running an automobile into a wire. The town people understood that the first vote of the jury stood eight to four in favor of Hagerstown and later ballots stood eleven to one in favor of Hagerstown but the one dissenting vote was so persistent that a compromise of $200 was agreed on. SOUTH BEND TAKES POLL ON OPTION TBY LEASED WIRE. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 2. The taking, of a poll to determine whether an option election is to be held here was begun today by dry leaders. Goshen, another wet city, has already taken the steps for a special election in March, while the dry forces are also prepared for sights in Elkhart, Knox and Plymouth. PREACHERS OPPOSE JOHNSON BATTLE EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 2. Branding the scheduled Jack Johnson-Jess W1Ilard championship fight at Juarez as "a monstrous infamy which can only bring shame and reproach on the fair name of our city," a committee of ministers today circulated a protest to city officials against permitting Willard to train on this side of the river.

FIERCE BATTLE DEVELOPS EAST OF LOWICZ CITY Germans Launch Another Drive Against Warsaw to Divert Russians From East Prussian Field.

6,000 MEN WERE LOST Counter Attacks by Czar's Forces Drive Teutons From Positions Gained in Fighting on Sunday. BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY, Staff Correspondent The International News Service. PETROGRAD, Feb. 2. Another great battle has developed east of Lowicz in Poland, where furious attacks and counter attacks have been in progress for three days.. In an official statement issued today it was admitted that on Sunday the Russians holding the front near Bolimow were driven from their first line trenches, but later they regained some of these. The forces of Field Marshal von Hindenberg drove their furious assaults against the Russian army despite the pounding of Russian artillery. The fighting in that region indicates that the Germans are trying to launch another drive against Warsaw to divert the Russians from their operations in East Prussia. Lose Six Thousand Men. German prisoners report that the Germans last week lost over six thousand killed and many prisoners. In the Carpathians the Russians captured seventy-eight officers and 4,065 prisoners, and took ten rapid-fire guns and ten cannon. "On Sunday the Germans concentrated a great force with artillery in the region of Sochaczew, Borjimow and Bolimow (east of Lowicz In Poland) and developed an offensive of great tenacity which compelled us to retire to our second line of tranches. "Counter attacks by the Russians turned the Germans out of all the trenches they had ocupied, causing them colossal losses. Simultaneously with the Borjimow attack, the Germans carried out a series of determined assaults along a front from the village of Gouime to the hamlet of Moghelj, these being supported by heavy artillery tire. We repulsed all these attacks partly by artillery and rifle fire and partly" toythe bayonet."" Carry Trenches. "Between noon and 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon the Germans, thanks to the activity of their artillery against our trenches, succeeded in carrying a part of them. At 2 o'clock we began a general counter attack with the result that toward evening on Sunday, the enemy retained only a small part of the advanced trenches and a castle. Thus the German success on Sunday in the vicinity of Borjimow was insignificant compared with the losses sustained by them through our fire and bayonet attacks." THOMPSON DECLINES ADVANCES OF WIFE Fined For Assault, Husband Refuses Invitation to Return Home. Charles V. Thompson, the man who broke a long period of domestic serfdom by assaulting his wife, hitherto boss of the household, changed his plea to guilty this morning, on advice of his attorney, when arraigned in police court on a charge of assault and battery. He was fined $5 and costs. Mrs. Thompson, with a badly swollen eye, was one of the spectators. "I could pay the fine out of my pocket, or I could raise $1,000 in five minutes, but I want to pay the fine out of the $39 my wife took from me and locked up in the house." said Thompson. He was told to pay his fine first and then attempt to secure the $39 later. Leaving the building he was accosted by Mrs. Thompson who urged him to return home with her, but Thompson spurned her advances. He said that he would see that she had enough funds to maintain herself but that he did not intend to return home; at least not for a few days. Although he pleaded guilty, Thompson still insists that be did not srike his wife. He says he was merely trying to take the key to the cupboard, where his money was, away from her. Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Cloudy tonight and Wednesday; probably local snow or rain; colder In south portion tonight. Temperature Noon 34 Yesterday. Maximum 44 Minimum 32 Local Conditions Continued unsettled tonight and Wednesday. General Conditions The storm that has caused the unsettled weather of the past few days continues to move very slowly eastward and is now central over the Ohio valley with a diameter of about 2,000 miles. Thunderstorms occurred last night between Richmond and Connersville and also in other parts of Indiana. Another storm over 1,000 miles in diameter is moving east from the far west and is expected to cause mostly unsettled weather during this week. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

FOX FINDS FOR ROAD IN TRAIN GREW CASE

Judge Declares Spurlock's Violation of Statute Only Technical Offense. Attorney General Mllburn who prosecuted the' Casa Of tha stntp orglmt the Pennsylvania railroad for alleged violation or tne full crew law, lost his case when Judge Fox announced in circuit court today that he found for the defendant. Judge Fox stated first that he did not believe in a policy of upholding such statutes as the on a frnm whirh the affidavit was drawn when the charges are strictly technical violations. He also went into the duties of brakemen and porters on railroads ana saia ne believed Trainman Spurlock was performing a set-of duties outlined for him by the railroad company when he acted as brakeman and also swept out the cars while the train was moving. SWALLOWS BILL PLACED ON BAR; CONNOR IN JAIL Prisoner Declares Theft by Swallowing $5 Purely Accidental Later Admits Taking Watch Last Fall. Did John Connor actually swallow a five dollar bill belonging to a young man, by the name of Brown, or did he practice magic, causing the bill to disapear mysteriously? Chief Goodwin Is trying to solve the problem today. Brown swears the last he saw of the bill was when Connor put it in his mouth, and Connor asserts that he accidently swallowed the money. Shortly after the currecy swallowing stunt occurred Waldo Weatherly, Camden, O., entered the saloon of "Red" Beall' Main street, and became an interested auditor to the hot argument in progress. He scrutinized Connor closely and finally recognized him as the man who had stolen his gold watch in a local hotel last fall. Admits Stealing Watch. Weatherly accused Connor of this and Connor admitted it. "What did you do it for?" asked W'eatherly. "If I hadn't someone elso would." replied Connor. "Well it would be better for you if some one else went to jail," was the -comeback.' Connor then - told Weatherly that he bad pawned the watch a few weeks ago In a Main street pawnshop, and the delighted Weatherly recovered it today. After Connor confessed the theft of Weatherly's watch the indignant Brown decided the best place for Con nor was the city jail, so he led him captive to the city building. Brown says he was trying to per form a trick with the five dollar bill. In doing so he placed It on the bar. whereupon Connor seized it and plac ed it in nis mouth. Brown says it is possible Connor swallowed it for a detailed searcn of his person and the premises failed to reveal the highly prized currency. While Weatherly was waiting for the case to be called at city court, the sheriff of Union county drove up in a machine and informed Chief Goodwin that he was looking for Waldo Weatherly. "There he is," replied the chief pointing to the prosecuting witness. The Union county sheriff had a warrant charging Weatherly with assault on Dan Roser, a resident of Union county. Weatherly denied the charge but the official compelled him to go to Liberty with him, after the hearing in the Connor case. Connor received a fine of $23 and cost and sixty days in jail. WERNLE ENDOWMENT AMOUNTS TO $19,000 Board Expects Gifts to Add $5,000 to Fund in a Short Time. With a total of $19,000 in the endowment fund and $5,000 in view, the Rev. L. H. Ridenour of Lebanon, Ohio, head of the endowment fund of the Wernle Orphans home, at a meeting of the board of control today, submitted one of the most gratifying statements of the session. During the last quarter, $1,178 was received in legacies. The board is making a strenuous effort to swell the endowment fund in order that the orphanage may become self-supporting. Reports by John Schultz, treasurer, and Frank Kehlenbrlnk, financial secretary, showed receipts of $2,760 and expenditures of $2,694 in the last quarter. Thirty-six boys and thirtythree girls are at the home. The following members attended the meeting: George Deuker, Frank Kehlenbrink, John Schultz, Rev. A. J. Feeger, all of this city; George Hagelsberger, Anna, Ohio; Rev. L. H. Ridenour, Lebanon, Ohio; Rev. L. M. Baum, Dayton, Ohio, and Harry Rogge, Dayton. SON OF VON KLUCK KILLED IN BELGIUM BY LEASED WIRE. COPENHAGEN.. Feb. 2. Lieutenant Egon von Kluck. eldest son of General von Kluck, commander of one of the Geerman armies in France, was killed at Middlekerke, in Belgium, during a bombardment of that port by British warships, according to information received here today. Lieutenant von Kluck was 28 years old and was attached to the naval service.

PROJECT TO BUY OFFICE LOCATION PEEVESRODBINS In Huff Mayor Appoints Howells on Committee to Consider Purchase of Dickinson Bank Building

ENGAGES ENGINEER City Gets Expert to Appraise Light Plant Council Authorizes $11,000 Loan For Ladder Truck. Ordinances appropriating a total of $14,330.50 were passed by council last evening under suspension of rules, and a special committee was appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the feasibility of the city negotiating for the purchase of the property of the Dickinson Trust company. South Eighth street, to be used as offices for the municipal plant. Two ordinances providing for the purchase of an automobile aerial ladder truck and improvements at the city building were adopted, one appropriating $11,000 for the truck and $1,500 for the city building, the other authorizing temporary loans for the same. To Employ Engineer. Another ordinance appropriated $1.000 of the funds of the municipal plant to secure the services of a consulting engineer, Mr. Watts, to draft an inventory of the plant for submission to tha state utilities commission, and a further appropriation of $830.50 to be paid J. F. Hipskind, a contractor, who built and addition to the plant in 1913. The $830.50 represents 5 percent of the plant's Indebtedness to Hipskind. held out pending the acceptance of the work. City Attorney Bond said it was necessary to secure the servfces of an expert engineer to prepare an inventory of the city plant. Such an inventory has been ordered by the state commission for reference purposes in drafting a joint lighting and power rate schedule for the two Richmond plants. Mayor Raises Protest. Councilman Howells of the Fifth ward introduced the resolution for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the advisability of the city purchasing the Dickinson Trust company property. As the Trust company has set a price of $25,000 on this property. Howells' action did not make a hit with the mayor. "It would make an ideal location for the offices of the municipal plant," Howells suggested. "Then the committee might inquire why the Dickinson Trust company is moving away from it," sarcastically remarked the mayor. He acted on the suggestion of Howells that Mr. Burdsall be made chair man of the committee, and named Howells, Williams and Waidele as the three other members. Howells was not appointed, however, until Mr. O'Neal remarked that it was customary to appoint the author of such a resolution to the investigating committee. "All right. I'll appoint Mr. Howells. I'll name the whole council if you want me to," said the mayor. Mr. Waidele spoke in favor of locating the offices of the city plant on some side street, close to main street, and near the center of the business district. Superintendent Kleinknecht remarked, however, that the thought the offices should be on Main stret. Needs Side Location. "I think it is time Richmond was outgrowing the idea that no business can be successful unless it is loated on Main stret." retorted Waidele. The controller's report xon city finances for the month ending January 31, follows: Amount on hand January 1. $21.273.83; receipts since then, $1,762.57. total. $23,036.40. Disbursements, $15,317.87. Balance in general fund. January 31, $7,718.53. In sinking fund. $6,582.10; in special fund $9,591.62. in street improvement fund, $7,142.90; in Chautauqua fund, $504.01; in park fund. $1,229.20. A belated report of the school city for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1914, was submitted to council. This has been held in the controllers ofice for several months. It was published in the local newspapers last August. Protests Paving Plan. Councilman Waidele reported last night that the property owners on West Seventh street are not satisfied with the board's plan of improving only that part of the street between Main and the National road. They want the street improved from the National road to the Peacock road. They prefer to have a sewer system before street improvements, however, he said. Many property owners would like to have the street permanently improved with concrete. It was suggested that the property owners file a petition with the board of public works. . . Council Waltermann reported that a sewer at South Sixth and E streets had collapsed and a dangerous condition existed. It was also reported that catch basins all over Fairview were stopped up. Councilman Waltermann report ea that the ordinance committe would rec ommend to the police board that the balance due on the flashlight system b epaid. Sergeant McNally said, how ever, that the system was not yet en tirely satisfactory. TO RATIFY ACTION - A meeting of the Board of Children's Guardians will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock In the Central Charity bureau offices to ratify the action of Mrs. Elisabeth Candler, secretary, in placing the six Welland chil-

ydren In homes. .