Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 84, 18 February 1915 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY. FEB. 17. 1915

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WORKS FOR LAW TO PAY EXPENSE OF TRUSTEE JOB J. O. Edgerton Addresses Letter to Township Officials Telling Progress of Measure Before Legislature. Working in the interest of the township' trustees of the fourteen townships smaller than Wayne, J. O. Edgerton has returned from Indianapolis where he has been interested in the passage of the trustees' expense money bill. As Wayne township is the only township where the trustee receives a salary, Mr. Edgerton informed the fourteen other trustees that he would continue to work in their Interests, although their offices come under a different division. , He sent the following letter to the trustees today: "Dear Friend: You will be glad, no doubt, to know that H. B. No. 164, passed the House, on Monday, and with an amendment, passed the Senate on Tuesday, and will go back to the House to concur in the amendment which they will, undoubtedly, do then will be signed by the Governor, when it will become a law. "This bill provides for the necessary expenses of a township trustee, in the performance of his duties. Improves System. v "It is graded according to population, and will be as good or better than we have been getting, if I understand the provisions of the bill. I have watched this bill very closely and have . written our Senator and Representative to support the bill, and also have made two trips to Indianapolis at my own expense, so it is certainly a satisfaction to know that we will have this much relief, in an office that pays bo little, in the way of salary. "In two years, we will, I believe, get a bill through for more salary, but there is little to hope for along the line of raising salaries of an officer at this session of the Legislature. "The Trustees of the cities where a salary is paid, have said that they will oot accept any legislation on a salary raise that will not also help the trustees in the smaller townships. "So if we all work from now until the next legislature, we certainly will accomplish something."

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only those ships carrying no contrabands should be conveyed. Though the German government Inclinea to consider every measure pos- ' sible to guard the shipping of neutral nations, there are two circumstances .which demand consideration. "First, the use of foreign flags by British merchant ships. "Second, the carrying 'of contrabands of war In merchant ship of neutral countries. "In regard to the carrying of contrabands in neutral ships the imperial government expresses the hops that the United States government will be induced to observe the conduct which Is in agreement with 'a real spirit of neutrality.' " (Germany's reference to the transportation of contrabands is directed to the shipment of guns, ammunition and other war munitions which have been made to England .and France from American ports since the war broke out.)

It is pointed out that German gave

ample time (fourteen days) for neutral

countries to prepare to meet war zone Britain's murderous method of naval

leave to state how things stand. Until now, Germany has scrupulously observed valid, international . rules regarding naval warfare. At the very beginning of the war. Germany Immediately agreed to the proposal of the United States government to ratify the new declaration of London and took over Its contents unaltered and without formal obligation, into her prize law. "The German government has obeyed these rules, even when they wer diametrically opposed to her military interests. For Instance, Germany allowed the transportation of provisions to England from Denmark until today, though she was well able by her sea forces to prevent it. In contradistinction to this attitude, England has not even hesitated at Infringement of international law if by such means she could paralyze the peaceful commerce of Germany with neutrals. "The German government will be the less obliged to enter into details as these are put down sufficiently, though not exhaustively, in the United States note to the British government of Dec. 29 as a result of five months' experience. Strikes at Neutrals. "All these encroachments have been made, as has been admitted, in order to cut off all supplies from Germany and thereby starve her peaceful civil population a procedure contrary to all humanitarian principles. Neutrals have been unable to prevent the interruption of their commerce with Germany, which is contrary to international laws. "The United States government, as Germany readily acknowledges, has protested against the British procedure. In spite of these protests and protests from othey neutrals, Great Britain could not be induced to depart from the course of action she had decided upon. "Thus, for instance, the United States ship Wilhelmina recently was stopped by the British, although her cargo was destined solely for the German civil population, and according to the express declaration of the German government, was to be employed only for this purpose. Help Great Britain. "Great Britain, on the other hand, is with the toleration of neutral governments, not only supplied with such

goods as are not contraband or only conditional contraband, but with goods which are regarded by Great Britain, if sent to Germany, as absolutely contraband namely, provisions, industrial materials, etc. and even with goods which have always Indubitably been regarded as absolute contraband. "The German government feels itself obliged to point out with the greatest emphasis that a traffic in arms, estimated at many hundreds of millions, is being carried on between United States firms and Germany's enemies. "Germany fully comprehends that the right and the toleration of wrong on the part of neutrals are matters absolutely at the discretion of neutrals and involve no formal violation of neutrality. Changes Attitude. "Germany heretofore did not complain of any formal violation of neutrality, but the German government, in view of complete evidence before it, cannot help pointing out that it, together with the entire public opinion of Germany, feels itself to be severed

of prejudices by the the fact that neu-i trals in safe-guardingheir rights, imj legitimate comm&fce''lfnl Germany fl

according to international law, have uy to the present achieved no, or only insignificant results, while thay are making unlimited use of their right bv carrying on contraband traffic with Great Britain and our other enemies. "If it is a formal right of neutrals to take no steps to protect their legitimate trade with Germany, and even to allow themselves to be influenced in the direction of the conscious and

wilful destruction of their trade, on the j

other hand they have the perfect right, which they unfortunately do not exercise, to cease contraband trade, especially in arms, with Germany's enemies. "In view of this situation Germany, after six months of patient waiting.

sees herself obliged to answer Great

THOMAS MUMBOWER DEAD AT EGOMOMY

ECONOMY, Ind., Feb. 18. Thomas Mumbower. 71 years 'old, was stricken with apoplexy Tuesday evening and died a few minutes after the stroke was noticed. He is survived by four children, Al Mumbower of Richmond, Cora and Mary Mumbower of Parker City, and Jim Mumbower of Economy. His wife died a few years ago of the same malady.

who have so far submitted to the disadvantageous . consequences of Great Britain's hunger war in silence, or merely registered a protest, will display for Germany no smalVr measure of toleration, even if German measures, like those of Great Britain, present new terrors of naval warfare. "Moreover, the German government is resolved to suppress with all the means at its disposal the importation of war materials to Great Britain and her allies and she takes it for granted that neutral governments which so far have taken no steps against the trafficking in arms with Germany's enemies, will not oppose forcible suppression by Germany of this trade. Closes War Zone. "Acting from this point of view, the German admiralty proclaimed a naval war zone, whose limits it exactly defined. Germany, so far as possible, will seek to close this War zone with mines and also will endeavor to destroy hostile merchant vessels in every other way. "While the German government, in taking action based upon this over""'"ns: point of view, keops itself far removed from all intentional de&auciion of neutral lives and property; on the other hand it does not fair to recognize that from the action to be taken against Great Britain dangers arise which threaten all trade within the war zone without distincion. "This is a natural result of mine warfare which, even under the strictest observance of international law.

endangers every ship approaching the

mine- area. The German government considers itself entitled to hope that all neutrals will acquiesce in these measures, as they have done in the case of the previous damages Inflicted upon them by British measures, all the more so as Germany is resolved for the protection of neutral shipping even in the naval war zone, to do everything which is at all compatible with the attainment of this object." "In view of the fact that Germany j gave the first proof of her good will in fixing a time limit of not less than fourteen days before the execution of said measures, so that neutral shipping might have an opportunity of making arrangements to avoid threatening danger, this can be most surely 'achieved by remaining away from the naval war zone. "Neutral vessels which, despite this notice, which greatly affects the achievements of our aims in our war against Great Britain, enter these closed waters will bear the responsible for any unfortunate accidents that may occur. Germany disclaims all responsibility for such accidents and their consequences." ,

PUPILS OF COUNTRY SCHOOLS EARLY RISERS ; START BEFORE CITY PUPILS ARE OUT OF BED

STUDENTS AVERAGE CENT FOR BELGIANS

The Belgium fund collected on Lincoln's birthday anniversary in the county schools exceeds by $6 the amount expected from the entire county, although one-third of the schools attended by one-half the entire number of pupils, have not reported. County Superintendent Williams said receipts from sixty-three schools attended by 1,480 pupils have turned in $35.52. There are thirty schools attended by more than 1,400 pupils which have not reported. The primary class at Hagerstown, taught by Miss Edith Weber, sent (1 today. The class consists of thirtysix pupils. The total expected from this county was $29 or an average of a penny from each pupil.

"Let the vocational and provocational education laws alone," la the advice educators are giving to legislators. County Superintendent Williams said today. "There is more in the law passed two years ago than we can work out in ten years," he said. "In ten years few of the counties will have even bad opportunity to take advantage of the state aid for county agricultural high schools, provided for in the 1913 law. "If I were a wealthy man, I would purchase twenty acres of ground and donate it for an agricultural school named after me. Such a school will be a monument to the giver years after he has gone. If such a thing would happen in Wayne county, we could open a county agricultural high school next year and have it in practical working condition the following year.

"The

Wayne

centralization of schools In county Is about completed.

Most of the townships have centralis

ed their schools as much as they can. The centralization process and the elimination of small schools is limited by distance. "We are governed almost entirely

in working out centralization plans by the length of time the pupils must ride In the hacks. We do not want to take in a radius greater than four miles. This is about one hour's ride for the most distant pupils. "There are sixty-three hacks in use in the county now which travel more than 200 miles every morning starting after the pupils before the Richmond school children are awake. The hacks are all in good condition, well heated and well ventilated and the drivers and trustees are keeping them up to the standards asked by Dr. Krueger."

City Statistics

Marriage Licenses. James W. Barnett, 48, laundry worker, Cambridge City, and Rosa E. Boden, 40, Cambridge City. George A. Weller, 20, farmer, Wayne county, and Mabel F. Davis, 23, housekeeper, Wayne county. Larkin H. Revelee, 21, trimmer, city, and Nancy E. Carr, 16, seamstress, city. Deaths and Funerals. STANTON The funeral of. Henry A. Stanton, a former resident of Richmond, who died at Detroit Tuesday, was held at the Jordan, McManus & Hunt parlors today at 2:30 o'clock. The burial was in Earlham cemetery. NEANEN Patrick Neanen, 67, died last night at his home, two miles east of New Paris. He was a former well known resident of Richmond and had served as a foreman in the Gaar-Scott plant for twenty-five years previous to

his retirement to the farm. He was a member of the Altar society of St. John's church at New Paris. He is survived by his wife, Mary Neanen. a daughter. Miss Nora Neanen, two sons, Thomas and William, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ireton and Mrs. Pat Hanen of this city, and three brothers, John and Morris of Terre Haute, and Henry of Logansport. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock from St. John's church at New Paris. The burial will be In the parish cemetery. Friends may call at any time.

CLUBS EULOGIZE LIFE j OF FRANCES 7lliARD Mrs. W. A. Mendenhall Talks at Mass Meeting of Local W. C. T. U. The life of Frances E. Willard was

eulogized by Mrs. W. A. Mendenhall at

the Willard Memorial service held by the local W. C. T. U. at the Third Methodist church last night Mrs. Mendenhall told of the nn tiring efforts of Frances Willard which culminated In the organization of a world's Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1883, and of the vast work that had been accomplished by the organization which she founded. About 150 persons attended the meeting. A collection was taken to Increase the Willard Memorial fond which Is used to defray the expense of extending the work of the Union. Mrs. H. S. James explained the use to which this fund is placed. The organlzation In West Richmond was point? ed out as being one of the most recent accomplishments of this extension work.

THROWN OFF WHEEL

FEAR FOR VESSELS BOUND TO EUROPE

BY LEASED WIRE. SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 18. Shipping circles are anxious over the British steamer Brika and Norwegian steamer Belvernon, which sailed from here more than two weeks ago for Europe. Neither has readied her destination and it is feared both have been sunk.

George Mendenhall, 15. will be able to return to his classes at high school in a few days, as he Is recovering from injuries received Tuesday night when he was thrown violently from bis bicycle on the pavement on Main street. No bones were broken.

FOLLOWS UP BILLS.

Township Assessor Howarth went to Indianapolis yesterday to Inquire Into the status of several bills which have been Introduced affecting his office. In the afternoon he attended a matinee performance of HankyPanky. Palladium Want Ads Pay.

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which have sailed for English waters since the German proclamation was posted, have voluntarily accepted responsibility for the dangers attending the voyage. Germany's Stand. The German reply goes on to say: "In order to exclude all doubt regarding these cardinal points, the German government once more begs

warfare with sharp counter measures. If Great Britain in her fight against Germany summons hunger as an ally, for the purpose of imposing upon a civilized people of seventy millions the choice between destitution and starvation or submission to Great Britain's commercial will, then Germany today is determined to take up the gauntlet and appeal to similar allies. "Germany trusts that the neutrals

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