Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 111, 22 March 1915 — Page 1

big: PAIXABIUM La "I Yf MfV 111 Palladium and 8un-Tlram VU- AL., HU. 1 1 1 - consolidated. 10T RICHMOND; IND., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1915. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS Y JV 30 of 47 Residents Oppose South A: Improvement

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reeves dwellers ASK PAVED STREETS;

BUT BOARD SAYS NO Members of Board of Works Believe It Foolish to Permanently Improve Streets Before Service Mams Are Laid Post- - pone Consideration of Reeveston Resolution. Lot

Owners in Attendance.

SOUTH A STREET DELEGATION FILE ARGUMENTS 31aim Financial Stringency Creates Hardship on Property

Owners Bavis Ineffectually Pleads Useless Expenditure of $10,000 for Street Repairs Henry Otte Cites Expense of Improvements to Laboring Man.

Hearing were given today by the board of public works on resolution for the paving of South A street from Fourth to Sixteenth street, and for the paving of certain streets within the Reeveston addition, South Seventeenth, C and D streets and Reeveston road. The 8outh A street Improvement remonstrance, signed by thirty of the forty-seven property owners, was referred to the city engineer for Investigation, and action will be taken on It Thursday. A delegation of remonstrating property owners attended the meeting. The Board's determination not to authorize any permanent street Improvements In Reeveston until arrangements can be made to have service pipes and mains put down In that section caused the postponement of consideration of that resolution. Property owners In Reeveston are-

ery anxious to have a number of the treets paved. The board holds that would be the height of folly to make aese streets now, and then later have hem ruined by being torn up to lay lalns. City Attorney Bond has given the pinion that the city has no authory to order main extensions unless tie service companies are guaranteed In income of 10 cents a foot a year - Last week he suggested an ordiance which would give the city powr to order such extensions by providlg that property owners pay for the xpense, to be reimbursed by the invested companies whenever such nes become revenue producers. Three Oppose Suggestion. Edgar F. Hiatt. Paul Comstock and 7. H. Swaynie emphatically declared leir opposition to such an rrrangeient. "We will not finance any such proposition for corporations which an well afford to make such Improveents," declared Mr. Swaynie. That as pipes could be placed In the street arkways was suggeted by Captain om stock, but opposed by Mr. Swaynie lecause leaks might kill all the trees. aptain Comstock opposed the suggeson of Mr. Hiatt that gas mains might le placed in the rear of properties. Practically all the property owners rant concrete street pavements. In opposing the proposed paving of louth A street, spokesmen for the Ijmonstrators advanced practically the une arguments as were heard against :ie resolutions for paving North A reet and other streets recently. The Inanclal stringency would make such la improvement a severe narasmp to (Continued on Page Eight.) ELEPHONE EXPERTS INSPECT PLANT OF RICHMOND COMPANY Members of the Ohio Automatic lelephone association were pleased lith the Richmond plant where they hid one of the association meetings Iday as guests of the local company. Uniform system of switches and unirm methods of recording trouble; lore taken up at the meeting this lorning. The minuteness of the sysIm for recording trouble is surprisIg to those not acquainted with the Ilephone system, and some time was ken in discussing the various headss for trouble desk operators. Inspect Plant. Some of the telephone men arrived psterday and made an inspection of le plant. As much of the matter is Ichnical dry matter, the inspection mmlttee departed from the equiplent and examined every detail of the wilding, offices and other matters. linging into the report some humorIs criticism. The criticism in generwas favorable. I Among the telephone men who regisred were W. M. Bailey, Richmond; Imer A. Thomas, Richmond; Guy latklns, Newark; Charles E. HollandI. Newark; T. S. Snyder, Akron; Irli Geitgey, Van Wert; R. K. Judy, St. iry's; a party from Columbus. O., Insisting of Charles H. Babbert, F. B. oody. C. A. Swoyer, H. E. Whitlach; py Owens of Chicago; G. V. Evans, lyton; Thomas Swayner, Richmond; J. Anderson, Richmond; R. A. Mclelland, Richmond, George R. Ross, Ichmond; George H. Davis, Rushle; A. W. Surrell, Dayton; M. B. ans, Chicago; M. Schwartz,' ChicaI; R. A. Folson, Dayton; A. E. Jelley, kyton; H. C. Self, Dayton. rhe party took lunch at noon at tne lllngton hotel, and resumed the meetat 2 o'clock this afternoon.

HANDLERS VERSE REVEALS HUMOR IN PAVING SCRAP TO COUNCIL: . Just go : ahat and pave "i the streets ' with asphalt,., blocks, or bricks, and never halt or worry because some fellow kicks. To make the city beautiful and pleasant to the eye .you've got to spend some money, nor heed the measly cry of those who kick or yell because they have to pay; improvements we have got to make in spite of all they say. But we dont want OUR street paved, there'd be no sense In that; the city should 'tend to OUR street, and that's our opinion flat. Our street .was made for pleasure, and churches line the way; we're all of us amply able, but none of us want to pay. Pave all the streets you want to, and pay no attention to kicks, but don't ever think of OUR street, we don't need any bricks. L. A. Handley.

CHEESMAN OPPOSES PURCHASING TRUCK TO CARRY PRISONERS Lucius B. Harrison, entrusted with the remonstrance of the labor unions against the purchase of an automobile truck for use on the county roads and against the use of prisoners for road work, failed to appear Saturday afternoon before the board of county commissioners and state the case of the Central Labor council. The commissioners did not cast their votes to order advertisements for a truck. Commissioner Anderson and Doddridge tried to avoid a split vote but the new member of the commission, William Cheesman, was firm against the purchase and the arguments of the other two in favor could not swing him. Cheesman Stands Firm. As the situation now stands, Cheesman alone is holding fort for the wishes of the union men while Anderson and Doddridge are giving more time in an effort to have the vote unanimous. Albert Anderson, president of the board, said the members of the county council had been interviewed and were in favor of the purchase of a truck. Many prominent business men who understood the situation were also behind the two affirmative commissioners. "We will hold the vote off and give the union men a chance to present their remonstrance," President Anderson said. "This will give us an opportunity to find out what the viewB of the union men are and then we will have opportunity to explain our reasons for wanting the auto truck. I think the union men do not understand that all available money is spent for wages and machinery and that the prison labor is extra work we are getting practically for nothing and which we would not have done otherwise. The truck is not for the transportation of prisoners, but it has been spoken of in that connection because it will save us some money on livery bills. The auto will be used In all kinds of road work and will be a great money saver."

More Old Persons Insane Now Than 25 Years Ago--Dr. Smith

That the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane le seriously overcrowded is the statement made to the governor by Dr. S. E. SnuJi, medical superintendent, in bL twenty-fifth annual report. , Dr. Smith asks for the erection of additional cottages especially In the wards for women, where the overcrowding is worse than among the men. According to the report, it .was found necessary to encroach on the hospital for additional room, and by taking some of hospital beds and opening the colony farm, the overcrowding among the men was temporarily relieved. Overcrowding Necessary. "The statement of capacity includes all beds in the hospital cottages, heretofore reserved for the sick. Owing to the strong pressure for the admission of new cases, it has been found impossible to protect this reservation longer. Overcrowding is unavoidable, even at the expense of the institu TURKS CLAIM WARSHIP SUNK OFTTENEDOS French Battleship Gaulois Reported Destroyed as Result of Damage Suffered in Dardanelles Fight. AMERICANS DROWN Seas Swamp Boat Containing r United States Navy Commander and Sailor Returning to Ship. BY LUDWIG VON KLEIN Staff Correspondent the International News Service. CONSTANTINOPLE, Via Berlin and Amsterdam, March 22. An official statement issued at the Turkish war office today claims that the French battleship Gaulois sank off Tenedos as a result of damage suffered in the attack of the Allies fleet on the Dardanelles forts last Thursday. "Our observers report" says the statement, "that the French battleship Gaulois retired in a badly crippled condition to Tenedos with the other hostile iron-clads after the battle of March 18 and subsequently sank. The members of her crew Were rescued by other warships. "It is believed that more than 100 French sailors were killed by our shells when they exploded on the Gaulois." The French battleship Gaulois was built in 1896. She carried 631' officers and men. Her armament consisted of four 12 inch, ten 5.5 inch and eight 3.9 inch guns, together with twenty 3 pounders and four torpedo tubes. Americans Drown. While rowing to the United States converted yacht Scorpion in the Bosphorus, Lieutenant Commander William F. Bricker, U. S. A. and three American sailors named Ford, Dowel and Leverington, were drowned on Saturday night. Their boat was swamped by heavy seas thrown up by a south gale. Lieutenant Herbert S. Babbitt, U. S. N. and a fourth sailor who were in the boat, were saved. Lieutenant Commander Bricker arrived here six days ago to take over command of the Scorpion. FLEET RESTS SUNDAY. TENEDOS, March 22 Operations by the allies' fleet in the Dardanelles were rendered impossible Sunday by bad weather. It was learned today that the crew of the British steamer Ocean were rescued by other vessels before she went down. Weather Forecast

FOR INDIANA Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Temperature. Noon 34 Yesterday. Maximum 36 Minimum 24 LOCAL Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Occasional snows. GENERAL CONDITIONS Barometric pressure remains low over the central and eastern states with occasional snows. Low temperature for the season of the year exists over the southern states with freezing temperature at Atlanta, Ga. High barometric pressure; over the western states will cause temperature considerably below freezing. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster. t . - -

tion's efficiency," is the statement in the report. . "More aged persons are declared insane now than formerly, and this fact explains in some degree, at least, the apparent increase in insanity. The familiar conditions formerly recognized as the dotage and childishness of advancing years, are becoming more and more regarded as manifestations of mental disease." Twenty-two Per Cent Recover. The report shows that in twenty-five years 22 per cent of the .patients admitted were discharged as recovered, and almost a third died while under treatment. Since the opening of the hospital, August 1, 1890, 3,742 patients have been admitted, of whom 1,881 were men and 1,861 were women. Of this number 820 were discharged as recovered, 630 improved, 79 unimproved, 12 idiotic, 16 not Insane, 220 transferred and 1,101 died. A total of 148 patients were admitted during the year. Only 67 were discharged, and 45 per cent of the popu

Forges Drug Order to Obtain Morphine

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MissDorothy Russell daughter of Lillian Russell, has been arrested, charged with forging the signature of a physician to a nrescrirjtion callincr for morphine. The case is one of the first

that has come up since the new Harrison bill governing the sale of narcotics went into effect on March 1 in New York. Miss Russell said the physician left her a prescription for a hypodermic syringe to inject morphine for her nervousness, and . I . . . I 1 1 - -.1 1 1 - i

lorgot to aaa tne arug to tne prescription, one saia sne wrote it down herself, ignorant that she was violating a law.

7-YEAR-OLD WAIF STARTS LONG TRIP TO CANADIAN HOME Leaving Richmond Wednesday, Wilbur Shumate or Shoemake, aged 7, will be passed on from hand to hand until he reaches Claire, Saskatchewan, Saturday, where he will be met by his mother. An allowance of $40 was set aside by order of juvenile court a few days ago at the request of Mrs. Candler, secretary of the board of children's guardians. The Central Charity Bureau is making out a route list and writing to all charity organizations along the way, enclosing money orders for lunches. The boy will make a twenty-three hour stop in Winnipeg. From there he will proceed directly to his future home. Although only seven years old, the lad is regarded as unusually intelligent and no trouble is expected unless his curiosity and adventuresome nature gets the better of him. He is the boy who was turned adrift three months ago without a home after a local woman held him as security for a board . bill his mother owed. , His case was brought to light when he asked Henry Vogelsong to find him a home. 1 DISMISS SUIT The replevin, suit of. Joseph T. Ratliff, North Ninth street jeweler, against Murray McLain and Samuel VIgran to recover a diamond ring bought on the installment plan, was dismissed in circuit' court today after McLain's mother came to the rescue with enough money to pay the balance on the ring. , ?

lation was recovered or improved. The age periods of the admitted cases were as follows:' Six were under 20 years, 26 between 20 and 80 years, 28 between 30 and 40 years, 39 between 40 and 50 years; 27 between 50 and 60 years, 18 between 60 and 70 years, and 4 over 70 years. The financial report shows that more than $156,000 a year is spent in the maintenance of the institution. The monthly expenditures average $13,000 of which $5,000 Is spent by the institution in Richmond or within a short distance of Richmond. In addition, part of the wages of $5,000 monthly is brought to the city. What it costs for separate items of food is shown by a classified report. The bill for coffee in the last fiscal year was $1,800. Canned goods cost $1,800; meat cost $14,776. Buttermilk used in the institution in a year costs $249. Bedding cost more than $1,000, and $310 was spent on toweling. Salaries for the year amounted to $60,000.

MEMEL RETAKEN FROM RUSSIANS BERLIN, March 22. The city of Memel, the German seaport on the Baltic occupied by the Russians last Thursday, was re-captured by German troops Sunday, according to an official report frorn the German general staff today. There was sharp fighting in the streets before the town was re-captured. The report states that private property was looted by the Russians. The official report also announced repulses of Russian attack In the eastern theatre and of French attacks in Champaign and Alsace. STORM KILLS 300 PERSONS MADRID, March 22. At least three hundred lives have been lost in a terrific storm that has been sweeping the southern coast of Spain for three days. Four Spanish emigrant ships have been wrecked. More than one hundred vessels have been driven to Algezinas bay. Reports from coast points state that all those aboard the four wrecked steamers were lost. WOMAN DRAWS $25 Nancy Gibbs was fined $25 ' and costs in city court this morning. This middle-aged colored woman was soliciting men in the north end recently. A white man testified that she approached him and asked him to accompany her. He reported her to a policeman.

AFTER SEVEN MONTHS FORT FALLS BEFORE MUSCOVITE FORGES Twice Austrian Relieve Garrison and Drive Back Invaders, but on Third Invasion Czar's Troops Throw Cordon of Steel About Fortress and Teutonic Allies Unable to Escape MEMEL GIVES RUSSIANS AN IMPORTANT NAVAL BASE

German City on Baltic Sea Cuts Distance From Russian Naval Base at Sveaborg to Danzig 315 Miles City Possesses Ship Yards and Iron Foundries. ' , i PETROGRAD, March 22. Official announcement was made today that Przemysl, the strongest Austrian fortress In Gallcia had fallen. Ths cap. ture of Przemysl came after three campaigns, the first of which was launched September 2. For more than seven months, fighting has been In progress near Przemysl and In the district near by. Przemysl was Invested three times during the seven months that mark ths Russlsn operations In Galicla. It was twice relieved by the Austrlans, but on their third Investment the Russians threw about It a cordon of steel that could not be broken. The fall of Przemysl caused great rejoicing here, where the victory Is regarded as of the utmost Importance, opening the way for a determined advance against Cracow and thence to Silesia, the "Gateway to Berlin." 1 Memel. the cantnred Rrmin nrt

GRAND OFFICER TO MAKE TALK DURING JUBILEE Harry G. Strickland Will Attend Social Given by Richmond Commander? of the Knights Templar. , ROLL INCLUDES 150 While No Charter Members Are Living, Several Who Joined Order Early Will Attend. R. E. Sir Harry G. Strickland, of Greenfield, grand commander of Indiana, will be present tonight to make one of the principal addresses at the golden jubilee of Richmond Commandery, No. 8, Knights Templar. The meeting tonight will be purely a social affair.- iRnlghts Templar and their families and.nieinbers of King Solomon's Chapter, R.-A. M., and their families are Invited. An Attendance of four hundred is anticipated. The two past 'grand commanders Richmond Commandery has furnished, John L. Rupe and John H. Nicholson, will be present Mr. Nicholson was grand commander in 1898,' and Mr. Rupe in 1911. Mr. Rupe is on the program for a talk. His address probably will Include much of the history of the organization. In the possession of R. W. Phillips, recorder of Richmond commandery, are records of March, 1865, and subsequent records showing the organization and growth of the commandery. It now has about 150 members. The grand commander of Indiana reached Richmond about March 8, 18to to arrange matters in the organization of the commandery. The charter is dated March 20, 1865. Although there are no charter members living, there are several members who were Initiated within a short time after the granting of the charter. Charles E. Marlatt, LeRoy Land and Samuel Marlatt are among them. Most of the living past eminent commaders are expected tonight. They are Charles E. Marlatt, 1876; LeRoy Land. Sr., 1878; Samuel Marlatt, 1881; William J. Robie. 1882; Joseph L. Smith, 1884;" A. W. Hempleman, 1886; John H. Nicholson, 1887; John L. Rupe, 1892; A. G. Ogborn, 1897; Elwood Morris, 1905; L. E. Browne, 1907; William S. Porterfield, 1909; Henry R. Glick, 1910; Harry C. Keelor, 1912 and Phillip Worrall, 1914. The Weisbrodt Saxophone quartet will pjay throughout the evening, in addition to the special musical numbers on the program. Following the program of speeches, refreshments will be served. PATROLMAN'S WOUND HEALS RAPIDLY

Policeman John Cully, shot In the leg recently by Nathan Hilling, a wife murderer, is now able to be up and in a day or two will be taken to a physician's office to have an X-ray photograph of his wound taken so that the bullet can be located. His wound has healed very satisfactorily. If the Xray photograph shows the bullet Is not imbedded too deep it wil be probed for. ;

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navai oase irom which sea attacks will be launched against other German coast cities as soon as navigation Is again resumed In the Baltic sea. While Memel's fall Is of no great strategic importance from a military standpoint, it Is valuable for naval operations, being only 135 miles from Danzig, Germany's strongest naval base on the Baltic. Sveaborg. which Is the main headquartersof the Russian, fleet in the Baltic. Is 450 miles from Danzig. Witn the capture of Memel. therefore, the Russians have cut off 315 miles that their warships would have to travel to reach Danzig. Memel also possesses large shipyards and Iron foundries. These have been taken over by the Russians and workmen have been sent from Petrograd and Reval to operate them. New Battle In Poland. Another great battle has opened In Poland, according to dispatches received today. The war office admitted today that the Germans had reached Kasidlo, which is only ten miles from the fortress of Ostroleka, but declared that the Russians had halted their foe's advance there. Inflicting heavy losses. The dispatches from Siedlca state that the Germans attacked the Russian positions at Kasidlo with great valor, advancing to the wire entanglements In close formation that enabled the Russian rapid-fire guns to mow them down. ' .'. I SHERIFF'S COAT ENABLES VOTER TO OSMWEP1 Witness in Roberts Election Fraud Case Tells of Voting and Receiving heck at Same Time. INDIANAPOLIS, March 22. Sheriff Dennis Shea came In for a good share of the responsibility for crooked voting and "rough-neck" tactics alleged to have been perpetrated by the defendants In the Terre Haute election scandal now being tried in the federal court before Judge Anderson. According to testimony developed today, Shea acted In the dual capacity of paymaster and instructor, teaching repeaters the names they were to use and paying them In O'Donnell's saloon. Walter Barrett, one of the day's most important witnesses, asserted that Shea sent him to Precinct C of the "Bloody Sixth" with Instructions to start a fight with William Horsley, Republican candidate for prosecutor, who was challenging voters, but Barrett denied starting any fight. Barrett lived In Terre Haute only two weeks before the election.-- He told of Shea's effort to give a man his "name." - He gave up disgusted, exclaiming, "that fellow is a blockhead. It would never do to send him out." Former Chief Here. Former Police Chief Ed Holler and his former assistant, Jack Nugent, are here ready to testify for the government. Robert Rookwood. who pleaded guilty, was the first witness for the prose cution today.- - He admitted voting four times, once under an assumed -name given him by Peter Fleler. He simply entered' a voting place, gave an assumed name and- some one operated the voting machine for him, simultaneously handing him a check forL ; Sheriff Shea also gave him $1 la one - precinct, where he voted, paying bIbq (Continued on Face TwcJ. -