Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 107, 17 March 1915 — Page 1

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Palladium and 8un-TlSTm Consolidated. 1MT . RICHMOND, 1ND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1915. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

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BLOW AGAINST PRISON LABOR Central Council Opens Fight on Policy of Commissioners by Circulating Remonstrances Among Members. WORTHY NEED WORK Secretary Declares Depend able Men Prefer Work Given Prisoners to Accepting Charity in Hard Times. Organized labor took a determined stand against prison work on county roads and Instituted a fight against this policy of the county commissioners last night at a meeting of the Cen tral Labor Council. Blank remonstrances are being made up which will bear the signa tures of 600 to. 700 members of labor unions and many other citizens. The remonstrance will be presented to the county commissioners Monday. The action of the trades council is directed against the purchase of an automobile truck for the county road system and asatnst the use of prisoners on the roads. However any kind of prison labor except stone pile work is made the object of the labor union fight. Kirk Suggest Rock Pile. "If they have to use the prisoners at some kind of work, open a stone pile in the Jail yard and then give the laboring men work placing the stone on the roads." said Secretary Charles L. Kirk at the meeting last night "We agree that it is a saving to the taxpayers to use prisoners for road work, but is It a saving at tnis time, when the laboring men are thrown out of work and forced onto chanty? '.'The laboring men would rather work than accent charity.. We . want men . with families to , support to be elven the work in preference to a lot of jail bums. Furnish the men work on the roads and they will manage to get there some way." The resolution condemning tne use of prisoners on the county roads was passed unanimously after many 01 tne council delegates had spoken in favor of the action. Each of the membes was requested to take back to bis re spective union the result or , tne vote and make : known the fact that the remonstrances will be presented tothe commissioners Monday. , , ; To make the. stand or; organized labor more emphatic, every member r-ho has pppdrtunlty, will call on one of the members of the .board of comntlssloners.'. AFTER DAY PASSES SKEPTICAL FRIENDS FIND FULGHAM DEAD Comrades Discredit Fountain City Man's Complaint of Illness Before He Retired Monday Night. After trying to convince unbeliev ing mends tnat ne naci pneumonia. Carl Fulgham, 65, of Fountain City, re-. tired Monday night, and last night at 7 o'clock was found dead in bed. Fulgham died within a few hours after retiring Monday night, according to Coroner Morrow, who was call ed at once. The cause of death was acute pneumonia and heart failure. . Fulgham was unattended. HIS family has been visiting in Louisville and Cincinnati for the last three weeks He had previously had trouble with his heart, but was considered In good health. The body was found by Thomas Brennan, Thomas Pegg and Oliver Marine, friends, who remembered Fulgham's statement that he had pneumonia. The window shades were drawn yesterday, and the fact that he was not seen by any one lead to tne belief that he had died. The three men entereu tne nouse dv a laaaer last night after prying open a window. FulKham was a retired farmer. . He had been an active lodge member and wa3 interested in politics. He was formerly township trustee and county councilman, and at one time ran for a place on the board of county com missioners. H is survived by his widow and three children, Mrs. Harry Wooters of Columbus, O.,; Emmett Fulgham of Walcottsville, and George Fulgham of Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. CAR STRIKES AUTO In a collision with a Belt line street car at North Eighth and B streets yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the automobile owned and driven by Louis B. Feltman. 207 National avenue, was damaged and the driver bruised. Feltman says he did not see the approaching car, which struck the automobile, crossing from B street, in the middle, smashing the fender and wind shield. ANTI-CANT CLASS TO HOLD MEETING The Antl-Can't Sunday school class will have its regular monthly meeting at the. church Friday night. ' .The hostesses are Mrs. H. C. Endsley, Mrs. I Frank Glesler. Mrs. Laura Gebphart md Mrs. M. T. Fox. A program will se followed by a social.

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. The . center picture - show ,in ' American made motor truck being ' placed on board the British. steamship Bilgray at a pier In Brooklyn. : Jt la to be used In the war., ., Below is a view of a 16-inch gun ; lashed to the deck of the steamship Transylvania, showing .the . manner in which this heavy piece . of ordnance, made in America for one of the Allies, is securely fastened for protection1 against the ! pitching and tossing of the vessel. Above to the left, J. Pierpont Morgan, whose .firm is now the ' buying agent for the British government; and, to the right Charles M. Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel company, who-has obtained more than $50,000,000 : in war 'orders, ! some of which he has given out to i other firms. ' .., , ' NEW- YORK, - March- 17. A -common estimate of the. war's length is three years. In the first six months of the conflict the United- Statesfsold about 400,000,000'in war supplies, not MAN SOlD FROpyCE THEN LEAVES TOWN William Galloway . Promises , to Refund . Cost of Goods - Given Him to Sell on Commission. How one effort, of Secretary Melpolder of the Central Charity bureau to reduce the . list of perpetual "dependents by assisting a man,, who has a wife and seven children,- to become self-supporting, met with failure,' was revealed in pity court Tuesday. William Galloway, John street, was arraigned before. the mayor apparently for general shiftlessness. Prosecutor Reller explained that this man had been given a quantity of potatoes and cabbage by -the- central -bureau for the purpose of selling them. He-was to pay back what it had actually cost the bureau to purchase the vegetables. The profits on the ' sales were to ' be his - - - - v Leaves Town With Cash. After selling seven bushels of potatoes, for which - he received - $4.20, Galloway left town with the money; leaving his wife and children without any support. . He said he went away to get a" job, and was successful, but offered no satisfactory explanation for . giving ' up his job and returning home, except that his wife -wanted -him. . He - said that he would pay off the debt to the charity bureau as, soon as he got, the money. Galloway was released after a lecture by the mayor. It '-is- doubtful, however, if what the mayor-had to say penetrated the man's well-developed self-pity. ' ''.: Secretary Melpolder says that-Galloway has., been in. the habit of leaving his family every time the stork "has been due to arrive at his home. r

GONZAGA COUNCIL PLANS EXERCISES HONORING ANNIVERSARY OF Y. T.1. 1.

Laying of plans of the Y.- M. I. minstrel show April 7. and 8, is bringing about a rejuvenation In the organization and active members are preparing to make the local council one of the strongest in .the state. - In the ..past two months, activities have started in every line. Dancing parties 'will be added to the social features. This 'is the result of the organization, of the ladies auxiliary which held its initial meeting three weeks ago.. It, started with forty-two members and last week took In the eightyfirst member and closed the charter. Members who join in the future will enter the auxiliary by the. regular processes. r :.- . . To Honor Anniversary. Although the minstrel show after Er.ster is occupying- most of the time of the active members of Gonzaga council,', tentative plans are .already laid for a big anniversary celebration in June. - ' " State officers of the Y. M. I. prob ably will be brought to Richmond at

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taking, into consideration food stuffs designed for, civilian populations; but only army materials. By August 1, our trade ' will ." reach " $i,00p,b00j000; and unless something occurs to check this phenomenal business three billion of dollars will hare poured into the United States before the treaty of peace, is signed. , Even if the war should stop . right now, our trade' in the materials of war would' soon reach a billion, for. most of the great contracts are written to be' fulfilled without regard to the course of the war and run for two years, or even longer. j ... Nothing for Teutons. Our gain would be even larger could we supply both . sides. As ; it .is, almost nothing is going to the .Teutonic allies. , ' :" -i, . : The United States , government officials are "unable to give anything like correct figures of the trade . in war supplies. A large proportion goes to Canada first, and Is shipped from, there to England, France, Russia, or one of their allies. '

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TO PREVENT There is no task too great for the I International Sunday School associn-1 tion to undertake,' in the opinion of it? j president, ,E. K. Warren . of Three j Oaks, Mich.j multi-millionaire manu-! facturer "of feat.herhnnea. Mr .Warrpn headed the party of association work- j ers who visited Richmond today. "I feel supremely confident that the Sunday school organization, v-ith its thirty millions members, will bring powerful influence of the world's gread Svnday school organization, with its thirty million . members, brought to bear at the propitious moment.; will be the great actor.'in bringing to an end the terrible war now raging over twothirds of j the-world, ' Mr; Warren briskly -remarked. . "In the short space of time when the Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Fair - -Thursday. -; tonight ' and Temperature. Yesterday,' , Noon ..... Maximum ' Minimum' 31 41 27 Local Conditions Fair tonight and Thursday. V"; :" '".:.Vlr i'.-X , General Conditions The present unusual speH -of i-fine'weather-for March is due to rapid .succession of areas of high barometric., pressure ; that has moved southeast in . Canada. The storm" that covered the eastern states yesterday, pow moving out to sea. caused snow yesterday-and, last night at Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee. Very - cold .weather -covers ' WesternMontana, and Idaho. .Temperature is fiear zero over the Dakotas." ; " W. E. Moore, Forecaster.

that time and all other councils in the state will be given invitations. Whether the meeting will be extensively advertised in ; other cities to -make it a state meeting, has not been decided. -Because, qf he rebirth of activities in the council, a policy has been adoptedto "keep- a continuous round of events iu'the "spring ; 7 V . Bowling, teams have, been -organized and bay e , formed a league, Preparations are under way to support a baseball ' team ' either for the Saturday After : noon lieague or ' to 'play independent ball with other local teams or teams from outside councils of Y. M. I.; -. ". - - x Nohrs Teach Dancing. Mr.' arid Mrs."' Robert Nohr have been secured to teach dancing and weekly '. dancing - parties are made a feature of the. organization's activities. The dancing will be brought to its bejghth by an Easter dance Which will be . held 'probably the second week in -. y- , (Continued -on page six.) ' - ' -. . .... . .. t. .... -

'There is no penalty for misbllllng exports. Much gunpowder is going oiut in cases - marked sugar or salt estcially through Pacific ports to Rus l by war, of Vladivostock. .1 ;:in the most authoritative circles it is estimated that the principal items lit the four hundred millions of dollars worth ordered here in the first six mouths were: Motor cars, $25,000,000; arms, explosives and the like, $105,600,000; - iroa and steel, $65,000,000; uniforms, , socks, sweaters, etc., $30,000,000; chemicals - and . hospital supplies, $6,000,000; soldiers shoes, harness and other, leather products, $18,000,000; miscellaneous, including food supplies' known to have gone to the armies $160,000,000. " ' - ' Get Whole Output. It can be said without fear of con tradiction that the Allies have con tracted for the -entire output, of the arms and ammunition factories of the United States, while scores of concerns are enlarging their plants and (Continued on Page Ten.) LIQUOR belligerent, nations hesitated between war and peace we acted promptly to prevent the terrible tragedy, but the crisis came so quickly, so unexpectedly that our efforts were unavailing. The assnriatinn'a mnt Imnnrfon miaoln.i now is to bring about restoration of world's peace and our peace army with us tnirty million soldiers will give a gocd oTt of itself." The remarkable growth of. the Sun day school movement in recent, years is due in a great part to the executive ability, ambitious daring and determin ation of this shrewd, practical business man of the little town of Three Oaks, Alien. The temperance movement, in the opinion of Mr. Warren, must go hand-m-nand with religious extension work. And to play his individual part In pro moting temperance this very interest ing man holds a license to operate a saloon in the township in which Three Oaks is situated. Stops Liquor Sales. . But .the, ambiguous position"' of . an ardent temperance advocate being the possessor of a saloonkeeper's license is easily explained by .Mr. '.Warren. 1 nree -Oaks township is entitled to one saloon which yields a revenue of $250 a year to - the township. The arguments advanced by the "wet" workers that the loss of this revenue could not be afforded, by the township had an Impressive ? effect on its thrifty citi zens. "Issue the license to me. I will . (Continued on Page Six) KAISER'S WASPS SINK TWO MORE ENGLISH SHIPS Six Members of Crew Lost in Attacks Made at Widely Distant Points Along the Coast. . By. HERBERT! TEMPLE. . LQNDON. " March 17 The British Admiralty, today announced the sink ing of two more ships by German sub marines. They were the Atlanta and the Fingal. -Six members of the crew of, the Fingal were lost. The Admiralty's announcement, which was made through' the government press bureau, says; "The Bteamships Atlanta and Fingal have been torpedoed, and. sunk. Six of the Flngal's crew were lost." . Both vessels were of British nationality. The Atlanta was sunk off Imish Turk islands in the Atlantic ocean, off the west coast of Ireland on Sunday. The Fingal was attacked and destroyed ...the following day. in the North Sea,' off the coast of Northumberland. The attacks were made at widely distant points on 'opposite sides of the British Isles showing that the German submarines are operating in all British waters. . ? , v

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Sunday School Worker Out lines Growth of the Adult Classes in United States in Last Decailt. The appeal oL 'V E. Pearce. dean of the International Trainine school. brought tears to the eyes of many of tne two hundred men who attended the noon luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. today. He told of the waywardness and sin that comes to men who have never had the teaching of Jesus Christ in their childhood. , - "We are mobilizing the men of America today, under the Adult Bible class movement," he said, "and are getting them ready 4o do something. Twenty-five years ago, a meeting like this would have been impossible, for we used to have the idea that the Sunday -school was only for women and children. "Since this work was started, there has been a net gain of four and one half million members in our Sunday schools, and we consider that the work has just begun. When we get adult classes In all the Sunday schools of America we will have an estimated net again of 12,000,000 men. "The characteristics of this movement are fraternity, comradeship, its relationship to the Bible, its reform character, and its evangelism. Its fraternity is the watchword of the hour. 1 1 yearn for the day when every man who is out of a Job will turn to the hquse of God, and the men's committee on employment will be ready to help him." A 'storm of applause from the men greeted Mr. Pearce when he said. "The two I great political parties of the country must declare themselves on the liquor question at the next national election, and the one that declares against prohibition will go down to everlasting defeat. The men of these Bible classes will see to It that the streets of our cities are clean, and they will kill the business of the red light districts forever, and will make our streets safe for our young girls and our children. t "I wasted a great deal of time, years ago trying to work reforms against the use of cigars, and the theatres and dancing, but I am now convinced that all these are superficial, and that we must go deeper, to accomplish a real work. "To declare yourselves for reform Is not sufficient. You clapped your hands a moment ago. when I spoke of national prohibition, but if you want to ftrrpmnlnh nnvthinr mmi i stop clapping in time to go into the booths and vote against it at election time. Some men are too mean to drink whiskey, but stay sober in order that their heads will stay clear that they may commit more meannesses." Marion Lawrence, secretary of the Internation Sunday School Association took occasion to introduce the other members of the party, who would not appear as speakers. They were;G. W. Bond, official photographer. Dr. Lau, musical director, and Bert Cashman, private secretary to - Mr. Lawrence. Mr. Cashman 6aid that so far Richmond had outdone all other Indiana cities in her reception to the party, and the gathering of 200 men at the noon luncheon was the largest of its kind that they had addressed in the state. Speaking to the' business men, Mr. Lawrence made organization bis theme. "We cannot stand without organization," he said, "and we must have it In the home and in our religion and in our business. Every state in the union is organized in this work, and when the church of Jesus Christ gets organized like politics are organized, they will get men. Go after the men and you will get them." President E. K. Warren told of what hiB life as a Sunday school worker had done for him. "We want a man's Job for the men of the church." he said. "Every one of us can get under the pastor, so as to boost him up and make his work better and more efficient." M'CLELLAN GETS PLACE WITH BANK P. T. McClellan, formerly with the Jones Hardware company here, was elected cashier of a new bank at Mooreland last week. The election Wfcs a surprise to Mr. IcClellan, who knew nothing of the promotion of the new bank. He left Richmond to -open a grain elevator in Mooreland. . He will continue to operate .tne grain elevator in connection with bis banking duties. ON ST. PATRICK'S SEND GREETINGS Irish leaders today through the In ternational . News Service extended, messages of greeting to the Irish people. . . . JOHN REDMOND. LONDON.. March 17 "Gisetings! ThiB is my St. Patricks Day message: Ireland is. taking a noble and worthy part in a war which she feels is a- war for liberty and humanity. - - Ireland is practically united on this -issue.'? BY T. P.. O'CONNOR.'- - LONDON, March . 17.-r-"Ireland has definitely turned. to. prosperity and to liberty, and. neither, is more welcome nor more beneficient than the splendid unanimity with which. Ireland . has taken her share in the present great struggle' for the Allies, and for. humanity." ........... BY JEREMIAH M'VEIGhJ '. LONDON,. March 17.. "The. political truce which obtains in these countries at present includes, of course. Ireland ; and for the moment the voice of triumph from nationalist Ireland Is silent

m CHRIST'S VICTORY THROUGH BIBLE CLASS EARLY If CHILDHOOD Marion La wrance of International Tour Party Tells Pasten Days of Youth Foip Battlefield (Jpon Which They Hast Fight Battles Against vil Influences. DELEGATIONS ARRIVE FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS Adult Class for Scripture Form Recruiting Station for Churches Calling Men to Serve Under Christian Colors Warren Describes Prayer as Indispensible Wireless Instrument .

GERMANS TAKE FRENCH LINES ABOUTfARRAS British Lose 10,000 Men in Three Day Battle at Neuve Chapelle, Including 200 Officers. nfi.ni iv i7 4, BERLIN. March 17. After a three day battle the Germans have succeeded in their effort to capture an important cliff northwest of Arras. An official report from the general staff, issued here this afternoon, states that the battle has been decided in favor of the Germans. The official report also announces the repulse of the French at Vanquoise and northwest of Pont-A-Moussan, where they made attacks in force. In Northern Poland the Rus sians have been repulsed in a flanking movement directed against, the German left wing. BRITISH LOSE 10.000. PARIS, Itarch 17. Heavy casualties among British officers was a-feature of the terrific fight at Neuve Chapelle, where the Germans were forced to retreat four miles. It is estimated that the British lost 10,000 in killed, wounded and missing, and of these about 200 were officers. It has been reported that the German soldiers were under special orders to pick off French and

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of rank is their reckless bravery in battle! which leads them to expose themselves frequently. England now has the largest army in France that has ever been put upon foreign soil. It is estimated that more than one million British soldiers are on French soil, but not all of them are on the firing line yet. The Germans have evacuated some of the territory between Ypres and Dixmude in Belgium. TURKS ADMIT LOSS. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 17 Th first Turkish admission that AngloFrench warships had forced an entrance into the Dardanelles and were operating against forts was made tonight by the Ottoman officials in the following statement: "There were no further operations against the narrows on Tuesday. The enemv's warships continue to watch the entrance to the Dardanelles." Previous announcement has spoken of attacks against the forts defending the entrance. REVENUE COLLECTORS TO QUESTION INCOMES Revenue collectors for the government will be stationed In Richmond during June to investigate return on income tax. Inheritance tax, special revenue war tax and other federal Income, according to information received from the treasury department by Postmaster Beck today. Mr. Beck said he would arrange to give the collectors office room in the post office. The information sent to thf postmaster was meager in detail, but it is believed the chief purpose of the collectors will be to see that the recent federal war revenue law is strictly obeyed and to discover if Incomes are being correctly 6tated. DAY LEADERS FROM AULD SOD whilst the threatened anger of the unionist majority of northeast Ireland has also been overshadowed by greater happenings. Ireland is now strong whereas she was weik ' before the war.V . . BY DR. ARTHUR LYNCH. LONDON, March 17. "This war has a good side in the sense that it has brought together Irishmen of the various classes, but it has also produced deep fissures : of . disunion amongst those who were formerly more closely united in the national cause. There has been a wave of reaction produced by the war, as there nearly always is by all wars, and the upholder of democratic -freedom and democratic expansion will have strenuous work before him if he wishes to hold bis position even at the level at which it was before the' war. .These tendencies have filled me with deep anxiety as to the prospects of Ireland in the near future and as to how Ireland will emerge as a political entity from the fearful turmoil " . '',; ..; '-' ... . -u

"Childhood is the battleground of the Kingdom of God." Pastors who attended the conference held as the opening meeting of the day's services conducted In Richmond by members of the tour party of the International Sunday school association felt the challenge or this statement by Marion Lawrence, secretary. W, E. Pearce, Mr. Lawrence and President E. K. Warren, who spoke advised the pastors to implant teachings in the minds of the young people which would bear fruit In their later life. Attend from Distance. Sunday 6chool workers from out of the city who attended the conference were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morrison.

Mvuuwy, rtev. Air. oniemus. Kconfcniy; Rev. and Mrs. Le8lie Bond.' Fountain City:- Carson Meeks. Centerville; Omer Taylor. Cambridge City; Rey. Mr. Mitchell, Centerrllle; Rev. Mr. McCormick.' Milton; Rev. Mr. Westhafer. Milton: Rev. J. VT. Zerbe. Williamsburg; Elbert Hudson. Cambridge City; E. P. Jones of Milton. After expressing his high regard for the Rev. L. E. Murray who presided over the conference W. E. Pearce said he believed he knew the problems of the preacher, being the son of one and said he believed he could see many of their weaknesses and their strong points that they could not see. as the spectator often sees more of the fine points of a game than the man who is in the thick of the play. Chinese Field Open. "It takes the force of Christ's teaching to lead the conquest of the world." he said. Here he paused and cited the fertile field of China, asking why Billy Sunday did not go to China and do for that people what he is doing here. Unless some one takes the 'gospel to them they will not have it. "If twenty thousand - persona are not being taught the word of God. there are Just twenty thousand persons who will nof be brought t6 Christ. "I once said in Chicago that 85 per cent, of the Christians grow up in the belief and cling to it because of their early training. This then shows the importance of teaching the doctrines of Christ in the Sunday school. In Detroit there are about 30,000 boys and girls In the Sunday schools but there are more than seventy thousand who will never be taught about Christ. Urges Effective Work. "Men should be satisfied not to aim at the spectacular but should teaeh the things of the Kingdom in a quiet and effective manner." Mr. Pearce urged the ministers to organize adult Bible classes. The significance of the movement is not to be belittled, be told them, because the plan is an old-fashioned one. but is to be commended because, to win for Christ, men must give Him their active partnership and to do so intelligently must know what His teachings are. "Win men to the church work and the Christian life by getting them to help do things," Mrs. Pearce advised pastors. "Let them share the responsibility. Get the men to go where there is responsibility. The organization of the class will make them feel it and they will become partners In the organization and In the study of the Bible. Get Men to Help. "If the Bible class is to be another preaching service, we do not need It, What you want is to have every man taking a part. If your class shows enterprise and is doing things, you can ask the biggest man in the city to come out and speak to you or help you and he will be glad to assist. "The Bible class bears the relation (Continued on page 6.) IN FLOOD OF MILK DRIVER UNWORRIED - - - .... ,.4 Dairy Wagon Occupant Thrown Into Sea of White as Horse Bolts. s Spilt milk, a runaway and a badly bruised face and head featured an accident near Fifth and School streets today. George Blessing, an employe of the Oscar Cook dairy farm near Chester was driving a supply wagon into Fairview - to meet Monroe Kinder, who supplies that portion of the city with milk. On the Union pike near Walter Ratlifrs farm, the end of the shaft worried the horse which bolted.- At a turn of the road the animal did not stop fo the fence but attempted to hurdle It The wagon, heavy with the milk cans, struck the side of the road and overturned. Blessing and the milk cans were violently deposited In a group next to the fence. The unfortunate driver was plentifully annointed with milk, about, half of his supply covering his person. He kept bis composure. The shafts of the wagon were broken -and the front wheels smashed. Blessing's face and head were badly bruised but with assistance hq was able to clear away part of the wreckage and return t his home.