Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 110, 20 March 1915 — Page 1

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Smashing Through Dardanelles, Allies Hope to Take Constantinople From Porte

JWo la JHTEfiKttlQIUL.MEWi?. Constantinople, the goal of llhe English and French Fleets BOARD TO TRY IUNCIES' PLAN TO OIL STREETS Aiy Places Application and Guarantee Blanks at Engineer's Office So Work Can Start Soon. MUNCIE MAN TALKS Bays Oiling Done at Little Expense Often Costing the Property Owners as Little as $1.00 Each. The plan proposed by Mayor obbins to the, board of Dublic porks yesterday for street oilng has been a complete success n Muncie, the clerk of that city aid today. "In Muncie the city purchased its wn street oiling equipment and has een oiling every street petitioned for iroviding the property owners guarintee to pay to the city the cost of he oil placed on the street," the Munle official Raid. "The greater part of the streets in Muncie have been oiled each year at total cost of between $1,800 and $2,l00. The average cost for oiling one lock of Btreet is between $12 and $15 hhich is all the property owners have . Tk ' 1 iv yajt. iuo yjujjcuj' uvvueiB aits cuIvays willing to have streets oiled unler such an agreement as it costs hem much less than if the oiling was Bone by some private contractor." Oiling Costs Little. On a block where twelve houses are bcated the cost of street oiling to ach property owner, when the work b done by the city, would be a little ver $1, taking the highest estimate ost made by the Muncie city clerk, 15, as a basis. Mayor Robbins is urging the adop(Continued on Page Two.) HOW LOGANSPORT OILS ITS STREETS Logansport sees to it that its streets are oiled, and this is the way it is done. The property owners furnish the oil and the city street commissioner and his men spread the oil, the only expense to the property owners being the purchase of the oil. The agitation for the oiling of streets in that city -has begun. Logansport newspapers believe that property owners and city officials will see to It that an unusually large, number of streets will be oiled this year. "With this plan followed," says the Logansport Pharos-Reporter, "the city can be kept free-from dust"

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PROSECUTOR RELLER FILES CHARGE AGAINST UNDERHILL FOR SHOOTING

Prosecutor Reller today filed a charge against Alfred Underbill, badly beaten yesterday by John Weidenbach and McClellan White, farmers living on the New Paris pike, after Underfill! had tried to shoot Weidenbach, of drawing a deadly weapon. This charge resulted from the alleged action of Underhill Thursday of pulling a revolver on Weidenbach and threatening to shoot him. This, afternoon Prosecutor Reller began the Investigation of Underbill's action yesterday of shooting at Weidenbach with a double-barrel shotgun. If the prosecutor decides that Underhill wilfully provoked trouble with Weidenbach and then attempted to shoot him, the more serious charge of shooting with intent to kill will be preferred against him. . Underhill was so badly beaten by Weidenbach, aided by the young man's father-in-law, McClellan White, that he is still confined to his bed and Is under the care of a physician. He says that Weidenbach wilfully assaulted him without provocation, and that he did not attempt to shoot until he had to do so in self-defense. After he had finished his Job of mauling Underhill young Weidenbach came to the city with neighbors and reported to police headquartes to surrender himself if any charge was to be preferred against him. Ke was greeted like a conquering hero by a number of people who had congregated at headquarters expecting the police would bring Under, hill to jail. Weidenbach's arms were almost numb when the men In the crowd ceased shaking hands with him. .When told there was no charge against him the young man returned home.

SICK TEACHERS NOT ENTITLED TO DRAW PAY Letters from State . Superintendent Charles A. Greathouse and Gilbert Hendren, president of the state board of accounts, giving the legal authority for withholding salary from teachers who are sick, were read at the meeting of the Richmond Federation of School Teachers yesterday afternoon. Over a year ago the local , school board refused to pay teachers 20 per cent of their salary when the were absent from class on account of sickness, ruling that the 6tate law would not allow such practice. Learning that teachers in other cities still received tills pay, local teachers inquired of the state authorities to learn if such payments were legal. The letters read yesterday showed that the local board was observing the law, and that the payment of salary to teachers while absent fom duty, was illegarl. The scbool board having requested that a committee from the Federation be appointed to meet with them at their board meetings, Miss Ada Woodward, Miss Anna Bradbury and Mr. Ramsey were appointed on this committee.. Mr. Steeley was appointed to fill the vacancy on the nominating committee caused by the resignation of Mr. Tschaen. Papers were read by Misses Emma Newman, Carolyn Salter and Elizabeth Foulke. At the close of the meeting the members of the Federation went to the high school dining rooms where luncheon was served and then to the gymnasium,, where Mr. and Mrs. Nohr led in a frolic in which all the teachers heartily took part. , .

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to be on the verge of capitulation the Dardanelles to attack the city "Y" TO CANVASS FOR $3,000 FUND TO MEETJDEFICIT Board Accepts Recommendation of Financial Committee in Fixing Budget at $25,450 for 1915. The financial campaign to raise $3,000 to meet the estimated deficit for 1915, will be conducted by the Y. M. C. A., on April 21, 22 and 23, announced Secretary Ellis M. Learner today. The decision was reached at the meeting of the board of directors yesterday afternoon. The financial committee submitted the budget for 1915, estimated at $25,450.00, which is smaller than in previous years, because the committee believed the necessary repairs would be smaller than usual this year. In recommending the financial campaign, the committee pointed out that each year the regular receipts of the association failed to meet the expenses, and an annual deficit was incurred. Hold Similar Canvasses. Similar campaigns are held in many other cities of the state, and in doing this the committee hopes to be able to close the year without having the books show an overdraft. In connection with this ' campaign, subscribers will be given a chance to help in the 6tate work. , Following the -Suggestion, of Fletcher S. Bockman who spoke at the Y. M. C. A. last week, the board determined to raise funds to support a (Continued on Page Ten) ,

century. Sea to and open the Black PENNY STARTS iffltF HOLIDAY IN ALL STORES New President of Merchants' Section Renews Agitation Dropped Without Action Late Last Summer. MERCHANTS DISAGREE Body May Place Ban on Advertising in Special Programs of Church and Ledge Affairs. With the election of W. M. Penny as president of the Retail Merchants' section,, came the announcement last night that the section would meet every month instead of semi-annually. Mr. Penny announced immediately after he was elected that he would call a meeting in April. He asked the members to think over the best plan of inaugurating a weekly half holiday in all retail stores in the city. This proposition will be taken up at the next meeting. The membrship is divided and a fight is expected. Whatever the outcome is all members will abide by it, Secretary Haas said today. Oppose Saturday Holiday. A few favor closing on Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. Others want the stores to close at noon on Saturday. Some object to this because the farmers are usually in the city on Saturday and say if Saturday is the day chosen, 4 o'clock would be a better hour for closing. All of the biggest merchants in the city are members of the section. The attendance last night was unusual. The membership is almost filled, there being only eight more credit rating books for sale. These books are sold (Continued on Page Two.) Weather Forecast For Indiana Cloudy tonight; Sunday fair. ' Temperature. Noon .j.. 37 Yesterday. Maximum , 42 Minimum ....... 23 Local Conditions Occasional snows tonight; Sunday partly cloudy but mostly fair. General Conditions The storm that prevailed east of the Mississippi river the last ' thirty-six hours is moving very slowly and as a result the weather conditions remain practically unchanged over the central states,, but a large area of big barometric pressure moving southeast from Canada Is expected to cause a gradual break in the unsettled weather by Sunday. Zero weather now covers southern Canada. W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

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TURKS DESTROY 3 BATTLESHIPS IN DARDANELLES 750 French and British Sailors Perish When Attack on Forts Is Repulsed by Land Batteries.

MANY SHIPS ARE HIT Allied Admirals Confer and Decide to Make Further Attempts to Force Passage of Straits. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 20 (Via Berlin and Amsterdam) More than 750 French and British sailors perished as a result of the unsuccessful attack made by the Allies' fleet upon the Dardanelles forts Thursday. The heaviest loss was among the crews of the French battleship Bouvet and the British battleship Irresistable, both of which were sunk. Of the crew of the Bouvet, numbering more than six hundred, men, (Continued on Page Two.) W. R. I. A. BACKS MOVE TO ABATE DUST NUISANCE Members Offer Support to "Anti-Tuberculosis Society to Throttle Menace to City's General Health. COMMITTEE REPORTS J. W. Rethmeyer Says Works Board Favors Purchase of Land Along River as Playground Site. That the board of works favored the purchase of property lying along the river bank, forming the eastern boundary of the West Richmond dump, out of the special budget of $1,000 set aside for the special purpose of relieving the dump situation, was the substance of the report submitted by the civic improvement committee of the West Richmond Improvement Association last night. J. W. Rethmeyer, chairman of the committee, reported that the committee had met with the board of works, and had received the assurance of its members that every effort would be made to purchase the property lying between the two bridges. He said the committee was not in favor of the city buying the property at the high price asked by some holders, but that it had urged the board to use condemnation proceedings to secure some of the land. The committee recommended in case the property was purchased, that fresh dirt be pushed over the edge of the dump, and flowers and vines planted over the bank to make a natural beauty spot. The association passed a formal vote approving the action and recommendations of the committee. Levi C. Peacock and Frank Waldele, were appointed to appear before the school board and ask that the board purchase certain lots east of West First street, and next to Richmond Avenue, for a school playground. It was pointed out that the westside had no provisions made for a public playground, and was not receiving equal privileges enjoyed by other parts of the city in this respect. Resolutions were adopted favoring Immediate action by the city to abate the dust nuisance, and offering the support of the association to the Anti-Tuberculosis Society in its fight to have the dust question settled. The association also went on record as favoring the filling of the old National Road gulley at Its eastern terminus near the west bank of the river. TWO AUTOS COLLIDE BricSer's taxi-cab smashed into the rear of an automobile owned by George Austerman. living south of Richmond, on South Eighth street at 11 o'clock today when Bricker turned his , machine into the Austerman car to avoid hitting -' a street car. Although no one was Injured, the accident caused considerable damage to Austerman's car. The rear axle was bent and the rear part of the body wa3 partly crushed. The radiator was bent and broken from the colision with the tree.

HOSPITAL NEEDS WARD TO TREAT DRUG USERS CRAZED BY APPETITES Physicians and Pharmacists Describe Pitiful Condition of Fiends Following Enforcement of Anti-Narcotic Law, Forbidding Sale of Habit-forming Drugs Without Prescription

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CRAVING PROMPTS TEARFUL APPEALS FOR "DOPE"

Frenzied Slave of Cocaine Threatens Violence to Druggist and Declares Intention to Wreck Building Police Keep Close Guard to Prevent Execution of the Man's Threat-

Far-sighted Laid in a Supply.

Crazed by the enforcement of the federal anti-narcotic drug act, which in their drug-produced visions haunts them as a relentless demon, "dope fiends" In this city, and there are many of them, are desperately attempting to secure from druggists, physicians and dentists morphine, cocaine and other drugs to which they are addicted. When Informed at the pharmacies that no habit-forming drugs may be sold except upon the order of a physician the effect the edict has on many of the unfortunates Is pitiful In the extreme, druggists report. Some of the drug victims when denied narcotics become greatly enraged and even threaten the druggists with personal harm or damage to their property. One pharmacy Is now being watched closely by the police as a result of a threat of a man aroused to a point of frenzy because he had been unable to satisfy his cravings for cocaine. When several physicians had refused to give him an order for the drug he went to this particular pharmacy and In tears begged the clerk for "Just a little coke." His pleadings were In vain then In a fury he told the clerk that if he persisted In his refusal he would attempt to break Into -the store and steal cocaine, and If unsuccessful In this effort he would wreck the building and kill himself. . J v -T"; "Last night a young citrr came to

SUE ON WILL DISPOSING OF BINKLEY LAND . Grandchildren Charge Document Probated and Carried Out Is Fraudulent and Unduly Executed. WANT ANNULMENT Plaintiffs Allege Deceased Lawyer Never Signed or Authorized Will Placed on Record in Court. Alleging that a fraudulent will purported to be that of Philip Binkley, was admitted to probate and Its terms are now being carried out, grandchildren of the deceased man filed suit In circuit court today that the probate be made invalid and annulled. 4 The plaintiffs are Margaret W. Stephenson, Robert V. Stephenson, Philip R. Stephenson and Linnaeus Stephenson. The latter is not of age and his suit is entered by his father, Eli Stephenson, as his next friend. The plaintiffs are scattered In California, Florida and Colorado. They are represented here by William H. Kelley. The Binkley estate Is valued at $75,000. The entire estate goes to Edwin P. Binkley, son of Philip Binkley, and the two children, and to Edwin Binkley's brother, Robert, who is unmarried. Provisions .of Will. The will makes the following provisions: To Edwin Binkley, son of Philip Binkley, $500. To Robert Binkley, son of Philip Binkley, $500. To Ida M. Binkley, daughter of Edwin Binkley, when she reaches the age of twenty-four. $200, and $200 for four years thereafter, and the sum of $5,000 cash at the age of thirty. To Catherine Bin&ley, daughter of Edwin Binkley, the same provision Is made. All bonds, stocks, credits, money on hands and on deposit in banks and all (Continued on Page Two.) COLORED BOY SENT TO CANADIAN HOME Wilbur Shumate, eight-year-old colored boy who took the finding of a home into his own hands during the holiday season in December, will now have a ermanent home with his mother. Judge Fox made the child a ward of the board of children's guardians In juvenile court today and ordered him sent to his mother, Mrs. Lottie Burden, who is in Claire, Saskatchewan. The boy will make the long trip across tho Canadian border alone next week.

my store and begged, then demanded morphine. When I refused him he left the store in tears," Bald a Main street pharmacist. Nearly every physician and dentist has had some experience with drug fiends since the anti-narcotic law became operative. A few have been threatened with violence. Most of the victims who are in the most advanaced stages of the habit have threateded to kill themselves. It is known, but for obvious reasons no name can be mentioned, that Just recently one drug fiend did try to commit suicide but was saved by a person who happened into the room shortly after the attempt was made. Provisions Necessary. "There Is an absolute necessity for some provision being made at this time to treat drug using victims at (Continued on Page Five)

PENNY SOCIETY RECEIVES FEW CALLS FOR AID Rapid Decrease in Demands for Charity Indicate Improvement in Local Conditions, Members Believe. Relief given by the Penny club during the first three weeks of March has decreased to less than fifty per cent of the aid given In February, and is less than money expended to help the poor In March. 1914. This is an indication, officers of the club say, that local conditions are improving rapidly and that many men are finding work sufficient to provide for their families without assistance. The decreased demand for relief is shown most strikingly in items of groceries and coaL In February $26 was expended to buy groceries for indigent poor. This month calls have necessitated the expenditure of only $8. Eight orders of coal were provided last month, contrasted with appeals for only one in March. Men Find Employment. "Families are reporting that husbands and fathers are finding work and that they will not need further assistance," said one of the Penny club's officers today. "This is taken as an Indication of better conditions during the summer, because March, 1914. was one of the heaviest months of the winter, although general conditions were not so depressing as during December, Janu- -ary and February. Relief for these months was almost treble that give during the corresponding months of last year. The Penny club's charitable -work will be light from now on until next winter Js the prediction of officials of the organization, who believe only a few persons who are aided the year round will be on the lists during tho summon J