Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 81, 15 February 1915 — Page 1

BICHMOHB PAH VOL. XL.. NO. 81 ; Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated. 1107 ' RICHMOND, 1ND., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY lS, 1915. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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STOCKMAN GETS HAN WHO MADE FAKED CONTRACT O. H. Scantland Captures Alleged Advertising Solicitor Who Tampered With Telephone to Avoid Pursuit.

FIRM ASKS JUSTICE American Live Stock Body Denies Authority of S. P. Keel to Take Orders for Directory Space. O. H. Scantland, who lives near Williamsburg, has proved himself to be a pretty good detective as well as a breeder of fancy live stock. Through his efforts S. P. Keel of Percy, Miss., formerly a traveling representative of the Live Stock Men's association, Knoxville, Tenn., Is now en Inmate of the Wayne county jail facing a charge of forging contracts. Scantland tells how Keel tried to throw him off his trail, as the Wayne county stcck man pursued him through Randolph county, by tampering with telephone instruments. Calls for Prosecution. "If I could only get to Knoxville this whole affair would be straightened out. F. W. Huddleston, president of tlia Live Stock association, would fix up the whole thing." Keel Informed Prosecutor Reller, who at that time had in his possession a telegram from Huddleston instructing him to "prosecute Keel to the limit." After representee himself to be an sgent cf the Knoxville company, Keel sold Scantlsrd advertises snace in an association directory for $7.50. Keel filled out a bofnis blpnk contract for Scantland, which Keel hpd had printed for his own use, Prosorutor Reller says. As nuite a few of these alleged bogus ccntrRets have been torn out of the book found on Keel, it is believed that he h?.s defrauded nuite a few live stock men in this prction of the country. Keel at one time worked for the Knoxville companv and was very successful. "Just why he wet wrong I can't fisrure out." snid P. C. Clanr. of Knoxville, who hns arrived in Richmond to represent the Live Stock association In this case. Acts Aroure Suspicion. "After I paid Keel for advertising snace In the directory I became suspicious because he insisted that I make out my check to him," Scantland Informed Chief Goodwin. "I wired to the -association and "was- lrtformedthat the man had no authority to transact business for them and was asked to have him arrested. I telenhoned to vrrious live stock men and finally located him at the home of Will Edwards in Randolph county. I guess Keel became suspicious for he left at once. Edwards accompanied him. however, and they went to the home of Turner Farcuhar. near, Huntsville. When he got there he went ftt once to the telephone and later It was discovered that he had put It out of commission. I called up Farnuhar but could pet no response, so I drove there and found my man. I held him until a Randolph county deputy shefiff placed him under arrest." POWERS TURN DOWN JOINT WAR LOAN LONDON, Feb. 15. England. Russia and France will not participate in a joint loan to pay their war expenditures. Each of these powers will raise its own funds. This announcement was made in the house of commons this afternoon by Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, who represented England at the recent conference at Paris. He said that the conference had decided against a Joint loan, and added that the "conference decided that each country shall raise the money tor. its. own needs within its own market. The joint countries, however, will help the smalled states." Servia and Montenegro', therefore, will be given financial assistance by the tree powers of the alliance against Germany. The chancellor stated further that the expenditures of the allies In the war were expected to reach 2,000,000,000 sterling. $10,000,000,000. The chancellor stated that Great Britain had advanced 32,000,000, sterling, for Russian purchases, Russia having in this country credit, for 40,000,000 sterling, $200,000,000. He said that the British were spending 100,000,000 or 115,000.000 more than their allies, then made this emphatic statement: "Great Britain could finance the war for five years out of the proceeds of her Investments abroad, and France for two or three years, then they would have something to spare." Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Temperature. Noon 36 Yesterday. Maximum 59 Minimum 85 LOCAL CONDITIONS Some cloudiness but mostly fair tonight ' and Tuesday. GENERAL CONDITIONS Stormy weather prevailed over the eastern states thia morning and generally fair weather west of the MlEBisslsslppi river. Aa the eastern storm moves out, fair wAither will follow tonight or Tuesday. " There 1b no Immediate prospect of very cold weather, W. B. MOOR.B. Forecaster,

WITHOUT HOME

GETS TRUSTEE'S AID Edgerton Alleges Omer Staley Obtained Supplies Un? der False Pretenses. Four times did Wayne Township Trustee Edgerton Vfall" for the pitiful tales related to him by Omer Staley; of how Mrs. Staley and the two children were almost starving; how the children had only a few clothes to protect them from the fierce wintry bU sts, and how all the members of the family would freeze to death unless coal was provided. But after Stafey had made his fifth application for relief the trustee learned that Mrs Staley has not been living with her husband for several months, that there were no children and that Staley was not maintaining a home of his own. Today Prosecutor Reller filed an affidavit In circuit court charging Staley with obtaining goods under false pretenses. Trustee Edgerton hopes, by prosecuting Staley, to discourage other attempts of similar character. Staley secured shoes for himself, w'fe and the two "children," orders for groceries and 500 pounds of coal. Seme time ago Staley was arrested on a charge of forgery but a less serious charge was finally preferred against him and he got off with a jail sentence. FARMER CAPTURES MAN WHO LOOTED NEIGHBORS' HOUSE H. S. Goble Finds, Silver, Jam, Meat and Bread in Colored Man's Pockets After Expedition. When Elmore Jackson, colored, was first discovered in Richmond he was almost naked, possessing only a battered pair of shoes, trousers torn to ribbons, and a very dilapidated shirt. He was given a complete outfit of clothing and sent on his way again. When an irate farmer, H. S. Goble, living two and a half miles . west of Boston, captured him Saturday, following Jackson's raid upon, the home of Charles Bailey, a mile west of Boston, a search of Jackson's new clothing re-t vealed the following loot: Four silver knives, five silver forks, twelve silver spoons, a silver gravy ladle, a sweater, a hat, a union suit, a jer cf jam, a cut of meat, and a loaf of bread. All Pockets Filled. In fact every pocket was loaded with articles stolen at the Bailey home during the absence of the family. No pocket was large enough for the sweater, so Jackson stuck it under the belt of his trousers. After recovering the loot Goble told the nego he would release him if he would depart in a certain direction. This Jackson failed to do, so Goble went after him again and caught him at Witts' station. He was brought to Richmond by Sheriff Steen. Mrs. Meyers, a neighbor of the Baileys, saw Jackson enter and leave the Bailey home three times, then notified Goble. He thought at first Jackson was working with another man, but a search did not confirm his suspicions. Squares in

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In the last five years nearly two hundred people have died from tuberculosis in Richmond. The above map of the city shows the blocks in which these "plague death houses" are located. Unless the health officials are vested with authority to properly renovate these houses after a death from tuberculosis occurs in them,. they will claim many more victims In the years to come. It will be noticed that the disease has claimed heaviest toll in the first ward, where the majority of the houses are old.

TUBERCULOSIS GERMS FOUND AMONG PUPILS

One-fifth of Schol Children in City Have Swollen Neck Glands, Predicting Infection. "One-fifth of the school children of Richmond are afflicted with scrofula, or swollen neck glands, and that spells in nearly every instance tubercular infection," was the startling statement made today by Dr. David W. Stevenson, one of the most prominent physicians in eastern Indiana. "Neglect in caring for children who have tuberculosis in its primary stages is the real cause for the steady Increase of this deadly disease." Dr. Stevenson expressed the hope that the present agitation In Richmond and Wayne county to formulate some plan of campaign against the menacing scouTge would not cease until some definite action had been accomplished. Approves Plan. Dr. Stevenson gave his approval to the proposed plan for the scientific treatment of tuberculosis cases in the homes. He also advocated the estab lishment of a tuberculosis colony on the grounds of the Reid hospital, and the appointment of at least one nurse, by the school city, to regularly visit the homes of children in whom the school physicians have detected symptoms of the white plague. "It has been suggested that the civil city appoint a physician and a trained nurse who would devote, their entire time to the work of waiting upon tu bercular cases and spreading the gospel of prevention among members of all families in which there are tubercular cases," said Dr. Stevenson. -"I think it would be unnecessary to appoint a special physician to care only for tuberculosis cases. If the bill which Dr. Hurty is supporting is passed, which provides the employment of health officers at adequate salaries so they can devote all their time to their official duties, this official will have time to do all the supervising of tubercular cases as is necessary. Trained Nurse Necessary. "But a trained nurse working under the direction of the health officer is an imperative need if tuberculosis is to be fought scientifically. Tuberculosis, you know, is a disease easily cured if the patient is properly treated and instructed In the first stages. A good nurse can be depended upon to do the bulk of this work, teaching the doctrine of clean living, fresh air and wholesome food to the patients and those dtrectlyresposedrto .them. - ' "My plan would call for the employment of " a nurse by the civil city, as an assistant to the health officer, and the employment of a nurse by the school city, working under the school medical examiners. Duty of Nurse. "The duty of the school nurse would be to visit the home of every child whom the medical examiner suspects of having tuberculosis, find out If the child gets enough fresh air, if it receives wholesome diet, if It is properly clothed and if it gets sufficient rest. She can prescribe the proper treatment for such children. "I will venture to say that If hundreds of parents could be made to appreciate the value of plenty of fresh air, good food and lots of sleep meant to their children it would not be long until the pale, sickly child with scrofula would be an oddity in our schools. "The city nurse, working under the direction of the health officer, would confine her work to homes where there were adult victims of the disease."

Which Tuberculosis Deaths Occurred in City in Last Five Years

N February. 18," Admiral J Von Tlrpitz's threat; made several months' ago, that eventually Germany would find it necessary to "starve out England," will go Into effect Or at least the Kaiser's dogs of war will try to make the blockade of English ports effective through the use of the Kiel fleet, the destroyer flotillas and the huge submarine boats of unrevealed cruising radius. BAKERS REDUCE BREAD'S WEIGHT OUNCE ON LOAF Did you know that your bread is two ounces lighter today than it was at Christmas time? This is the case, the bakers announced, and has been for two weeks. It has been kept quiet to see if the customers would notice the difference. No one did. Bakers say the citizens of Richmond are now bearing about one-fourth of the increased cost of production and the bakers the other three-fourths. "We are scaling our dough at four teen ounces," a baker said. "We are still using $5.80 and $5.90 flour and we hope it will last until the price comes down. I believe the price will go down in late spring and will enable us to- add to -the weight ;againr-al though our customers will not know it. We cannot buy flour now for much less than $74 a ton where we formerly paid $45 a ton." There are 12,000 loaves of bread sold in Richmond every day. The fourteen ounce weight before baking produces a thirteen ounce loaf. One baker said loaves scaling at sixteen ounces could be sold for six cents, but the bakers believed the citizens of Richmond would rather have five cent bread an ounce or two lighter. LODGE HUNTS ROOM FOR NEW QUARTERS Richmond Court No. 42, of the tribe of Ben Hur, is trying to secure rooms for permanent headquarters. For sev eral years the lodge has been meeting in the Commercial club rooms, but the members feel that the lodge should have its own rooms. The trus tees have been instructed to look for suitable quarters. A preliminary re port of the trustees will be given at the regular meeting Thursday night.

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GERMANY WILL HOLD OFF BLOCKADE IF GREAT BRITAIN QUITS SEIZING SHIPMENTS OF FOOD TO CIVILIANS

CHURCHES OBSERVE CENTURY OF PEACE WITH BRITISH ISLES The celebration of a century of peace between the United States and England was observed by the Friends churches of the city yesterday. Addresses were given at the West Richmond Friends church by Prof. Lindley and Prof. Elbert Russell. Dr. Lindley said that in the years following the last war with England feeling developed that both sides were willing to give and take, and the country has had one hundred years of peace' because of friendly negotiations. Prof. Russell showed how the policy of arm ament along the' frontier between the United States and the British posses sions of Canada had gradually been allowed to die. From this he inferred that without arms and preparation for war nations are not tempted to fight. At the South Eighth Street Friends church an elaborate program was given by the Bible school. A dialogue by Ralph Nicholson, Juanita Wickett and Dorothy Lebo showed the relations between England and America. Ralph Nicholson represented "History," and the two girls England and America. "The nations now at war in Europe are acting contrary to God's will," said the Rev. Milo Hinkle in his address at the East Main Street Friends church. Rev. Hinkle, however, expressed the opinion that good would come out of the present war, and that an ultimate world-wide peace would be the result of the conflict A short talk on peace was given by Profi Arthur Childs in the Bible school. FARMER READS MORE THAN CITY RELATIVES C. O. Williams Says Average Rural Citizen Keeps Well Informed on Issues. Farmers jure better informed on current happenings and conditions than city people, according to C. O. Williams, county superintendent of schools. "If I were advising newspapers I would tell them to watch the farmers' inteiests more closely," Mr. Williams said. "I have found that the farmers read more closely their one or two pa pers than city people do their four or six. "Farmers read every word and discuss what they read. For that reason I believe they are better Informed on every matter of public interest than the average people. People of the city depend on the head lines and the first paragraph of an ordinary story to keep them informed and many residents of the city look for certain things every night and read them only." FORTY HENS STOLEN. Report was made to the police this afternoon that forty Plymouth Rock hens had been stolen from a farmer living between Whitewater and Hollandsburg, O.

Berlin Presents Note to Sec. Bryan Asserting War Zone Declaration Aimed Only at England VON BERNSTORFF EXPLAINS MOVE

Kaiser Claims Allies' Trade Ships Mount Guns to Prevent Search by Teuton Submarines

BULLETIN. LONDON, Feb. 15. The cargo of foodstuffs, intended for the German civil population, which was seized by Great Britain when the Wilhelmlna entered Falmouth harbor, will be disposed of by a prize court It was announced In the house of commons today. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The German government in a note to the United States submitted to the state department today through Ambassador Bernstorff, declared that Germany Is willing to recede from its announced policy to attack British merchantmen if Great Britain will cease interference with shipments of foodstuffs destined for the non-combatant population of Germany. The German note asserted that the war zone proclamation was a retaliatory measure, adopted as a result of Great Britain's departure from rules of international law and her purpose to starve out Germany's civil population. Explains Note. Ambasodar Bernstorff, who delivered the note to Councillor Lansing, said that the communication was of intermediary character, and was not to be regarded as Germany's reply to the recent United States note upon the war EC'ae decree. The German government sets forth In its note today that Great Britain had already armed many of its merchant vessels with guns, and was continuing to so arm them with the avowed purpose of having them proceed through; the war rone . area in group to resist attack, and that under these circumstances visit and search of such vessels by German warships was not to be expected. It was declared that the arming of merchants carried with it the presumption that Gerat Britain had aban doned the rule of visit and searcn lam down by the laws of the nations. Germany, referring to the use of neutral flags by British merchant ships, again warned United States shipping to follow the course around the north of Scotland.

UNMARRIED GIRLS TEACH SCHOOL TO MAKE MONEY BEFORE MARRIAGE Average Tenure of Wayne County School Teacher Is Five Years, Then She Becomes Wife Twenty Per Cent of Young Girls Quit Profession Each Year to Marry.

A senate bill which will affect young girls who teach school to fill In time before they are married, was taken under discussion by County Superintendent Williams today. "This law provides that licenses cannot be granted for more than three consecutive yearB to persons not qualifying for better than a one year license," Mr. Williams said. "This means that there must be more than the twelve weeks professional training many of the Class A license teachers now get. "Most of the young ladies who hold these licenses take the short course and get the position to fill In time until they are married. Twenty per cent of our teachers quit every year which would make it seem that there is a new set of teachers every five years. This is not the case however. As a matter of fact there are about twenty per cent of the teachers who have been teaching much longer. Five Year is Tenure. "I cannot say that the new bill which Senator Elsnor introduced Thursday will affect many teachers. The figures in this county Indicate that the life of the average teacher as a teacher is five years. I have not prepared figures but I believe that THEATRE MANAGER SUES MARION MAYOR fBY LEASED WIRE.1 MARION, Ind.. Feb. 15. Suits aggregating $2,000 have been filed by Goldie and Howard Spun, owners, and Vernon Voke, motion picture machine operator of a local picture theatre, against Mayor Batchelor, Chief of Police Phillips, Police Captain James J. Thompson, Desk Sergeant James McFadden and five patrolmen, in circuit court here. The suit is brought on charges of false Imprisonment and refusal to allow bond on Sunday, following their arrest and detention in jail for Sabbath desecration. The mayor could not be found on the Sunday when the theatre owners and operator were arrested.

After delivering the note the ambassador made this statement: "The note delivered today was upon instructions from the foreign office In Berlin, and it clearly points out the fact that Germany is willing to give up absolutely its declared plan to destroy British merchantmen if Great Britain will return to an observance of the rules of civilized warfare and of humanity. Germany is willing to accept the declaration of London aa the lair of the seas, but when great Britain falls to live up to It and starts a campaign to starve out our non-combatants by shutting off our shipments of food, we are forced to retaliate In such ways as we may deem most explicit.' Indicates Relief. The United States government was warned that If It would protect its ships from attack by German submarines, such immunity from attack could only be gained by "bringing pressure to bear upon Great Britain to permit foodstuffs on neutral vessels to be shipped to German without seizure. It was made plain that if Great Britain does pot modify her position, Germany will enforce her war zone order after February 18, with all the power she can muster. Ambassador Bernstorff intimated strongly that Germany would disregard the demand made in the recent American note that German war vessels visit and search merchant vessels before making attacks unless there is sudden and definite change in England's attitude. Germany, he said, would like to see England abandon voluntarily the right Bhe has assumed to detain and seize .neutral cargoes, but he emphasized that the United States as well as other neutral nations which would not suffer their shipping interests to be endangered, should persuade Great Britain to modify her stand. The Wllhelminia cargo case, the German ambassador said, is highly important as an issue at this stage and he renewed the suggestion made previously to the state department that the United States take a firm stand in urging England to release the cargo and permit It to go through to Germany.

if a teacher teaches for. three or four years she usually teaches for a much longer period. "About twenty per cent of our teachers will quit at the end of the spring term this year and the majority of them will be married. Most of these teachers have been teaching for about two years. The bill In senate would not affect them. "The bill also unifies many odds and ends of laws and changes a number of them. It does away with the extra two trials which are given when a person pays $1 to take a teachers examination. The bill provides that a charge of seventy-five cents be made for extra examination and that no extra trials.be given. This will greatly simplify matters In the office here and in the office of the state superlitendent of schools. It also provides four examinations intead of eight a year. "The bill would forever exempt from examination college graduates who have taught for three years and then qualify for another three years license. There are some good points and some bad points about this. It depends on the circumstances of granting the license and on the holder." OTTAWA FEARS RAID FROM HOSTILE PLANES BY LEASED WIRE-1 OTTAWA. OnL, Feb. 15. -Excitement reigned in this city last night and early today, following the receipt of a message from Brockvillo stating that three aeroplanes had crossed the St. Lawrence river, presumably from New York state, and were headed this way. The military authorities could not occount for the presence of the aircraft, unless they were hostile machines, bent on doing damage to government institutions or harm to government officials. Although strict watch was kept, the machines were not sighted over this city. Ottawa was in darkness all night, even the royal mint being dark for the first time in history.

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