Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 116, 27 March 1915 — Page 1

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MACHINES EASY TO MANIPULATE Expert Mechanic Says Vot ing Devices Used at Terre Haute . Show Signs of Tampering. GOVERNMENT. RESTS U. S. Attorney Declares Ma chines Were Doctored .Defense Planned to Show Crookedness Impossible. INDIANAP0LI8, March 27 A Milcation wa . sprung In the Unltad 8tates- district court Just before the government rested Ita case today when District Attorney bailey demon, strated that a voting, machine brought Into court for us by the defence had been tampered with and that it could be manipulated to fool the voters, aa the government ' alleged Mayor Roberta, on of the defendants In the 1 err Haute election, fraud cases, had Instructed the Inspectors to do. .The manner In which the voting ma chine had been "fixed", was discovered this morning by Harry Barker, a mem. ber of the Taylorvllle election board. Immediately County Auditor Wal lace, summoned by the defense, was subpoeaned , by the government to name the keys of the different party tickets. George Greenleaf, expert mechanic, was called by Attorney. Dailey to explain tbe machine. He showed that the lever could - ordinarily ' be moved about 14 inches without casting a! vote, but by removed two screws controlling tbe rachet over which tbe lever moved It could be pushed over the entire distance without registering tbe vote after the keys had been turned down. Greenleaf examined the screws and said that a screw driver had been used on them before. The government alleged that the machines used in Terre Haute were tampered with in this way. The defense had planned to use the -machine to prove that manipulation, as alleged, was Impossible. : ' ' "Tbe government rests," saia tne district attorney at 10:20 this morning, the sixteenth day devoted to the introduction of evidence after five ' witnesses for the prosecution had been examined. ' v.,...,;-.-,, fc .S -exBOATS CONTINUE EFFORT TO LIFT SUBMARINE F-4 UAMrtl III II March 97 Great dif ficulty la being encountered In getting chains about the sunken submarine FA and It. may be Impossible to. raise her before this afternoon or evening, according to a wireless report to the navy yard today. It stated that the officera engaged In the salvage work believe some if not all the 21 men in the submarine are still alive. The reason for this belief le not given but -it Is thought that a signal may have been given from the submarine. Little by little the naval tug Navajo and the steamer Makaala "edged" towards shore dragging with them the sunken submarine, to which their lines had been attached as soon as the boat was definitely located. Finding it impossible to pull , the submarine to the surface, tbe Navajo flashed a call to the Pearl Harbor naval station for derrick and crane. This was sent at full speed by the station commandant. . In the meantime the' Navajo and Makaala dragged the F-4 toward shallower water. This ' was , necessarily slow work as the sea bottom where the submarine sank ; is rocky and extreme precautions had to be taken to keep the little boat -from smashing against these and crushing in her sides. ' -- - DIVORCE GRANTED.Mabel C. Daugherty was granted a divorce in circuit court today from Raymond F. Daugherty on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Grace Engle was given a decree from James Engle for non-support. Clara Johnson was granted a divorce from Edwin "L. Johnson. None of the cases were contested by the husbands. WeatherForecast For Indiana Fair tonight and SunSay; warmer Sunday, and In north portion tonight. Temperature. Yesterday. Noon Mamimum Minimum . ,.23 Forecast for Richmond Fair tonight and Sunday, warmer Sunday ' afternoon and Monday. Increasing -cloudiness Sunday afternoon. General Cand It Ions Fair weather prevails over the United States east of the Mississippi river, with, the exception of along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where it is raining. The storm central over the Rocky mountains is causing rain and snow in the states west of the 100th meridion. An area of low barometric pressure gradually approaching from the west is causing a reaction -which will bring warmer weather Sunday and Monday.' Unsettled. ' W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

DRAMA LEAGUE PLAY DEALS DL017 TO AVAR Proceeds of Performance by Players of Little Theatre for Peace. ' - . The fatuity of war. the sustained lamentation of the wives and mothers, the unforgettable cry of helplessness

ana nopeiess bomelessness are brought home to the audience la the production which! the' Drama "league will bring to Richmond. April 14, The Trojan . Women of i Euripides, trans lated by Gilbert Murray. ' The play was first acted In Athena In 415 B. C. during tbe Peloponnesian war. , It followed the -close of a ten year siege of Troy. After dealing uesin to tne Trojan men, tbe Greeks led the Trojan women Into captivity. The scene of the play represents a battlefield outside th . wait . nt Tm The action occupies an entire day from sunrise to sunset. The passage of um is represented by lyrical inter ludes by the chorus. The play lasts ninety minutes. 1 Proceeding the performance, a short lecture 'will be given by a representative of the Women's Peace Party. Tbe play was produced at the Little theatre In Chicago. The players receive no remuneration for their services than their living expenses and for that reason, desire to remain anonymous. The proceeds of the play go to the Women's Peace Party., The play will be brought here if $300 in tickets are pledged in the next four or five days.' Trio Will Sleep in Haystacks, if Necessary, anrjjiob Apple ' " .-; Orchards. "We'll foot it to the fair or faint! '. That is the slogan of three bachelor maids who have left- Chicago . for a long journey on foot to the San FranCisco exposition. The girls are Ruth "Harsley, Ethel Rockwell and Maud Bridson, all under twenty-one, and all determined to see the Golden Gate by October.. They are ardent suffragists and scorn the protection of mere man. Instead, they have adopted a ward of the city pound to act as their guardian on their long stroll. He has been given the title of "Frisco Jack," but it was explained he is not as disreputable as his name implies. ' Miss Harsley. : the - ruling', spirit of the trio, acted as spokesman. "This trip was suggested to me a year, ago." she said. "I was reading of the great fair to be held in San Francisco and decided at once to be there. So you see this is a carefully thought out venture and not a momentary impulse. "None of us has ever taken any long walks,, but. we are all athletic and not afraid of anything in the world. We are taking a camera along and expect to pay our expenses from the 6ale of postal cards in the towns we pass through. We are alsp prepared to keep an accurate diary of the trip and may publish our experiences if the trip is a success. "We will travel with very little eouinment and exnect to fdaen in farm houses, hotels or barns most of tne ume. However,-ir a haystack Is all that is available, we will not refuse its hospitality, providing the weather permits." The young woman will carry a note of introduction from Chief of Police Gleason to the. officials of cities and towns along the route. They expect to follow the Lincoln High way. most of the way, passing through Des Moines, Omaha and Reno to San Francisco and San Diego. If they reach the fair in good time they threaten to attempt- to walk around the world. " COUNTY DECIDES - TO MAKE SEWER To avoid litigation, the county commissioners voted today to make a sewer extension on the Mayhew. property, adjoining the baseball park, on South Twenty-third street. The improvement of the street with concrete threw water on the Mayhew property, and a sewer was laid to carry the ; water away. The sewer, line was too short, and will be extended to a branch which runs under the National road, east, and Into Glen Miller parw. .

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GRACE CHURCH SHOWS GROWTH An' increase of one hundred members in. the Grace' M." ET church during the' last conference year, is shown in the report which Rev. U. S. A. Bridge has handed to District Superintendent W. B. Freeland. One hundred and thirty-four new members were received and thirty-four, were lost during tbe year, increasing ' the membership from 475 to 575. The report show that the Rev. Mr. Bridge preached 125 sermons, and made more than 1,100 visits. The Sunday school, shows an enrollment of 377 members, and has had a prosperous. year, with a greatly increased Interest in all the classes. The salary of the pastor was increased to $1,800 a year and the rental of the parsonage. During the last five years the pastor's salary has increased $1200 to the present figure. Part of the increase came when the Fifth street : church was absorbed by the Grace church. One hundred dollars was added to the salary during . the last year. The financial report has not been completed and a fuller report will be mt.de. The budget will include about $3,200. BILHEIMER SUBMITS CONFERENCE REPORT Pastor of Third Church Will Retire From Pulpit to Regain Health. The report of Rev. Sylvester Bilhelmer, pastor of the Third M. E. church for the last conference year shows that tbe church has a membership of one hundred and eighteen members. There are one hundred and seventy-five members in tbe Sunday school. During the year Rev. Bilheimer conducted revival services lasting for two weeks, and eight conversions were secured. - One hundred sermons were preached during. the year by the pastor, and 300 church visits were made. The greatest achievement of the year was the paying of a debt of over $500, ' held - against the parsonage. Credit for the raising of the sum of $580 for this purpose, is largely given to Mrs. Bilheimer, who labored unceasingly to raise the money. Rev. Bilheimer has concluded his service , with the church, at the close of this conference, year, and will retire to his farm near Hagerstown, Ind. The falling, health of himself and his wife,' has' been given as the cause of his retirement

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to Bodyguard DIRECTORS OPEN NEW BANK BIDS Bids for the interior construction work of the , German-American Trust and Savings bank were .opend by the directors at 2 o clock this afternoon. The Western Union Telegraph com pany started moving Its switchboards to its new room on North.Ninth streets. The room at Ninth and Main streets probably will be vacated by April 1. The Main street front will be made wider by about five feet, by tearing out the stairway leading to the east rocms of the Hittle block. The en trance will be placed in the center. The Western Union rooms are be ing remodeled and tbe front will be almost entirely of plate glass to insure plenty of light. It will take a week for two men to make the new connections when the final move is made. WANTED-FIRM TO BUY PLANT Commercial Club Hunts Oc cupant for the Gaar-Scott Warehouses. Wanted some substantial, enter prising manufacturing company to occupy the factory buildings of the Gaar, Scott branch of the Rumely company. This is now a slogan of the Com mercial club and Secretary HaaB said today that within a few days he would call this matter to the attention of the new industries committee of the club, suggesting that It start a campaign to interest some live-wire concern In the proposition. The Rumely company, now in the bands of a receiver, will never again use the local plant for its business and Secretary Haas believes that the receiver for the corporation would be willing to dispose of the plant for a very reasonable figure. : It has been reported that some of the large warehouses of tbe Rumely plant, erected a. few. years ago, are to be Bold - to the F. & N. lawnmower company and -the - Miller -Brothers hardware company if the federal court approves the ', transaction. ' - President George Miller of the hardware com pany and President John M. Lonta of the lawnmover company have not con firmed these reports, however. TO RECEIVE BIDS. Auditor Bowman was' instructed by the county commissioners to advertise for two sets of bids for bridge floors on the bridge between Cambridge City and - Milton today. The -bids will be received April 17.

CIIURCIIESHPLAn DAY OF PRAISE TO DEGIN WEEK Pastors Announce Special Worship as Observance cf Palm Sunday With Harmonious Easter Music. CLASSES CONFIRMED

Catholic Rectors Will Per? form Beautiful and Im pressive Exercises for Con firmation of Children. PALM SUNDAY WOR8HIP ' St. Andrew's and St. Mary's Catholic Churches Blessing and distribution of palms at 10 a. m. St Paul's' Episcopal Holy communion at 7:30; morning prayer and sermon at 10:30. Grace M. S. Sermon, "His Name Wonderful," 10:30. Second Presbyterian "The Tri umphant Entry," 10 : 30. Reception of communicants and children. First English Lutheran Confirmation, 10:30. : Second English Lutheran "His Triumph Begun," 10:30. St. Paul's . Lutheran Confirma tion, 7 p. m. Palm Sunday will be observed In tbe churches of the city tomorrow with elaborate special services, the confirmation of catechumens and the reception of communicants. At the Catholic churches the beautiful ceremony of blessing and distribution of palms will be observed. Regular services will - be conducted at both. St. Andrew's and St. Mary's Catholic' services, with masses at the same hours that have prevailed during the Lenten season. At 10 o'clock the blessing and distribution of palms will take place. Preach Special Sermons. At St. Paul's Episcopal church the Rev.. J. S. Lightbourn will conduct the regular Lenten services, consisting or noiy communion at 7:30 a. m., with morning prayed and sermon at 10:30 o'clock, and evening prayer and ser mon at 5 o'clock. "His Nam Wesderful" win b the subject of a -special sermon adapted to tbe occasion by Rev. U- S. A. Bridge at Grace M.'E. church. - There will be leulal ill us! c at each" awvlcec"-" At the second Presbyterian church the reception of communicants and a class of children will be a feature of Palm Sunday services. Rev. . e. E. Davis will -preach in the morning on "The Triumphant Entry. The newly elected delegates and elders will . be ordained. At 7:30 o'clock in the even ing the Rev. Mr. Davis will besrin a series of sermons which will continue through Passion Week. A catechetical class of fourteen mem bers, will be confirmed at the First Bingusn j-mtneran church at the morn ing service at 10:30 o'clock." Rev. E. G. Howard will deliver a sermon on "Hosannas of Hope, or tbe Jay of Confessing Life." At the Second English Lutheran church. Rev. C. Raymond Isley will preacn on "His Triumph Begun." A class of catechumens will be confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran church at 7 o'clock, and the Rev. Conrad Huber will preach a special sermon on Palm Sunday. Special services will be held at St John's. Lutheran church, and children from the church and Wernle Orphans' home will be confirmed. CITIZENS WANT STREETS OILED Property Owners Take Advantage of New Plan Employed by City. ' Quite a number of petitions for street oiling -have been filed with the board of public works, President Bavis said today. The majority of the petitioners have made no objection to the rule that each petition shall be accompanied by a guarantee, signed by one or more resident property owners, that the city will be reimbursed the cost of tbe oil placed on the block.' . "I anticipate that as . soon as tbe work of oiling Is started there will he a flood of petitions," Mr. Bavis said. " "I also believe this - plan of having the city oil the streets and the benefited property owners paying the actual cost of the oil used, Is the first step toward having street oiling dono ut the entire expense of the city. This could not be done this year because there was no appropriation for such and expense. I think the city could well afford to oil all streets at its own expense because oil is a splendid prerervatlve of streets." GETS 8 YEAR TERM - For stealing brass from the Rumely plant in February, Elmer Griffen, 21, was sent to Jeffersonville reformatory for a term of one to eight years in circuit court today. ' . Frank Sittloh, who wasVith Griffen when Officer Menke caught him with tbe brass is still at .large. Griffen pleaded guilty to Judge Fox and then asked for, clemency, on the grounds that he was Intoxicated when I the theft wna committed.

COmTTEE TO VISIT COIKITY INSTITUTE

The committee appointed by the atate board of charities to visit and comment on county institutions, will hold its first meeting Tuesday. . . - The chairman Is C. B. Beck, postmaster. Other , members are - Mrs. James i . Beeson, Eleanora Robinson, Joseph Commons of Centerville, and Vf. H. Bode and Katherine Calloway of Cambridge City, r - " ... The committee will .make arrangements to visit the county Jail, poor farm. Home for Friendless and similar Institutions. : U. E. CHURCHES SHOW GROWTH ' OF 8 PER CENT District Superintendent Freeland Prepares Report of Congregations in Richmond Division for Tear. SUPPORT 35 PASTORS Centerville and Modoc Mem bers Erect New Parsonages for Ministers Salaries Amount to $40,000. : A gain of at least eight per cent In the membership of Methodist Episcopal churches of tbe Richmond district of the North Indiana conference is shown in the report of the district super intend en t. Rev. W. B.. Freeland, which he is preparing for the conference which meets at Auburn, April 7 to 12. The report shows - that there are about eleven thousand members In the churches of the district, and that dur ing the last year there have been be tween fourteen and fiften hundred con versions. There are seventy-eight Sunday schoolB with an enrollment of 12,130 , members. There are 1.600 Epworth League members and 600 junior members. Supports Thirty.flve Pastors.. - There are Thirty-five Pastors in the district, serving from one to four congregations - each. Twelve churches have increased their' pastor's salary durtna the last year. - During the' year a 'total of approxi mately 99,000 has been raised by th churches of the Richmond district. This sum includes $40,000 for salaries, S15.000 for ' benevolences. $14,000 for current expenses, and 930,000 for build ings and improvements. During 'the year new parsonages were built at Centerville and Modoc A $12,000 church was built at Max well, repairs to the extent of $2,200 on the church at Rehovah were completed, and new pipe organ was placed at Dunkirk. A .new church building will soon be erected at New Dayton. Rev. Freeland 6aid there would be several transfers of pastors at the coming-conference,-but only one will effect Richmond. A new pastor will be sent to the Third . M. E. church to take the place of Rev. Sylvester Billheimer, who has resigned. ILIFF PROTESTS CHICKS AS GIFTS Humane Society Objects to Cruel and Wasteful Easter Custom., The sale of chicks. In less than lots of twelve, for Easter gifts was vigor ously protested against today by Edgar Iliff, president of the Richmond Hu mane society. Mr. Iliff said be would file a complaint with the authorities with the request that tbe practice be stopped for humanitarian reasons. : "There is at least one store where these little chicks are being sold in dividually." Mr. Iliff said. "Children buy these chicks, place them in a paper bag and carry them home. There they play with them a day or two and then the chick dies. It is a cruel and unnecessary custom. Chil dren would be perfectly content with some other kind of Easter gifts. Get Large Shipments. It is understood the managements of the two local five and ten cent stores have been notified that large consign ments of chicks for the Easter trade are to be shipped to them. In one of these stores there are now quite a few chicks offered for sale, Mr. Iliff says. "It is a good plan to stop this practice both from a humanitarian and an economical standpoint," Mr. Iliff declared. ARRIVES IN CANADA AFTER LONG JAUNT Wilbur Shumake. 7-year-old colored boy who left here Wednesday, Is now probably In the keeping of his mother In Claire, Saskatchewan. : Word was received from the St Paul associated charities that the boy had reached there and was given breakfast and lunch with the dollar sent by the Central Charity bureau here. The 'Winnipeg Children's Aid society notified the bureau that they would watch for the boy and keep him on his twenty-three hour watt. . He was expected, to reach Claire early this moraine.

CATCHES HANDS IN DARN AT EASTHAVEN Employes Leap Frcsn Seccsd Floor Sleeping Quarters to Escape Fire, Which Destroys $7,000 Building. ORIGIN IS' UNKNOWN Institution's Fire Department Unable to Conquer Flames in Haymow Fifteen Animals Saved. An Immense barn on the grounds of be Eastern 'Indiana Insane hospital was destroyed by tire about 1:30 o'clock this morning with a loss of approximately $7,000. Several of the farm employes of the Institution were In their sleeping quarters on the second floor of the building at the time of tbe tire and the flames spread so rapidly that they were forced to Jump out of the windows. William Thompson was painfully bruised and experienced a severe nervous shock. Edward Creaton was quite badly bruised. Tbe other men escaped without In juries. Flames from the doomed building brilliantly illuminated the country side and could be plainly seen by the inmates in the dormatories. There was no panic, however, for the attendants promptly assured their - wards that they were not in the slightest dan ger. Origin Is Unknown. The origin of the fire, which started in the office of the farm manager on the first floor, is not known. There la a stove In this room but It is not believed there was enough fire In It to have caused any damage. Superintendent S. E. Smith Is inclined to the belief that a short-circuited wire was the cause of the blaze. All of the fifteen horses In the barn were rescued and the various vehicles were removed without any damage being done to them. However, most of the grain and feed, of which there was n considerable supply, was destroyed. The fire department of the institu tion fought the flames but with little success as the blaze was under good bead way when - discovered. No call was sent to the Richmond fire- department for assistance. - The building was constructed of brick and its floors were of concrete.OFFERED ACID' MAN REFUSES TO TAKE DRINK Police Cure William Kohlem After He Made Two Unsuccessful Attempts to End Despondency. William Kohlem, an employe of the Starr Piano company, living at the Grand hotel, is being held at the city jail following two attempts he made yesterday to commit suicide by taking crude carbolic acid. Tbe police believe that by Monday Kohlem will no longer be in a despondent mood and he will be released then if he promises' to make no further attempt to kill himself. Yesterday morning he purchased some carbolic acid at a Main street drug store and Jones -promptly notified the police, who took Kohlem into custody. About 10 o'clock tbe man was released, his foreman Inducing him to return to work at the factory. The police suggested that when he left the factory at noon it would be a good plan for some one to follow him. This was done and when he entered another Main street pharmacy two of his fellow workmen took charge of him immediately after he had purchased a bottle of carbolic acid. Kohlem was turned over to the police again. After he had been placed In Jail a bottle formerly containing carbolic acid was filled with water and given to Kohlem. "Now if you Insist on killing yourself here is your chance," he was told, but tbe man did not even take the cork from the bottle. The police are now confident he no longer has any desire to kill himself. The man informed tbe police that he has himself and a son who Is out of employment to keep and he became discouraged. RUSIIVILLE TO TEST oni'cne nc iitiiitv I Ulf LIIO Ur UIILII I Richmond city officials are much interested in the announcement that the council of tbe city of Rushville has decided to test the authority of the Indiana public utilities commission to increase rates. An Injunction suit will be filed in a few days in the Rush circuit court askl. Alt a . .ammIhImi t mm 111 if from increasing tbe rates of the-two Rushville gaa companies, both of which are privately . owned concerns. ' The commission ordered that gas rates in Rushville be increased from IS to 40 cents per thousand cubic feet. . With the high valuation recently established tor' the Richmond municipal electric light plant by the commission's engineers, there la a possibility that the commission may order a s!at Increase) In eleetrio ratea In thla city, ecmaeqnently the RstfhTCle suit will be watched wlta totexeat la Ittckmoad,

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