Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 124, 6 April 1915 — Page 1

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BIBLICAL DEPARTMENT HEAD FIRM IN REFUSAL TO RECONSIDER ACTION

College Board at Meeting Tomorrow Expected to Accept Resignation of Popular Biblical Scholar Dispute Over Relation of West Side Friends' Church and College Church Given as One 'Reason for Action of Prominent Teacher at Institution.

DIFFERS WITH PRESIDENT KELLY ON VIEWS

Well Informed Friends Say Members Elected to Earlham College Board to Oppose Liberal Theological Views of Russell and to Eliminate Him From Faculty-Either President Kelly or Professor Russell Must Go, as Opinions of Men Differ Radically.

Tbe long smouldering differences be--tween Elbert Russell, bead of the Biblical department of Earlham college and, until recently, the college pastor, have been fanned into flame by the resignation of Mr. Russell from the college faculty, - which will be acted upon at a called meeting of the board of trustees of the institution to be held Wednesday morning. According to Earlham authorities, the matter has been brought to a head through the clash of activities of the West Side Friends meeting with the college faction in that congregation, which caused the resignation of Murray Kenworthy as pastor of the West Side meeting, and Elbert Russell's resfiliation a ro11eA nnntnr nitnrful n.

Opposes Movement. It is alleged that Mr. Russell does not believe in the separation of the college from the West Side congregation, and that if the latter erects a church off the campus the students should look to that as their church home. The board of trustees cf the college has long been opposed to the union of the college religious activities with that of the West Side Friends, alleging that the two can not work harmoniously for apparent reasons. ITie trustees want the college to return to the former custom of holding Sunday services in the college chapel for the student body. The fact that Elbert Russell is the only available person who can act both as college pastor and as head of the Biblical department, and that his resignation as the former makes it impossible to keep up the Biblical department separate from the college pastorship, on account of the limited finances of the college, has. caused the college authorities to intimate to Mr. Russell that if he insisted upon his resignation as college pastor, his resignation as head of the Biblical department would have to follow. Refuses to Reconsider. Much pressure has been brought to bear upon Russell by his friends and friends of the college to get him to reconsider his determination to resign in both capacities, but he has refused to withdraw his resignation. This, it is alleged by the college authorities, is Ihe only reason for the rupture. It is a well-known fact, however that, on account of Russell's liberal1 religious tendencies, he has been the mark of the ultra-conservatives among the Friends in the two yearly meetings Indiana and Western having overBight of the college affairs, and it is positively alleged that two of the present trustees of the college, Leander Woodard of this city, and Edward Woodard of Western yearly meeting, were elected to the board for the only purpose of eliminating Russell from ihe faculty. E A Cause of Action. The college authorities deny, however, that there are any "doctrinal" reasons for the present break, stating that it is merely the result of the muddle the two factions in the West Bide Friends meeting have found themselves. It is further alleged that, while both Dr. Robert L. Kelly, president of the college, and Professor Russell, deny absolutely there are any personal reasons for this action, that the latter's resignation is based on serious differences between the two in the matter of college administration, and that since Dr. Kelly is employed by the trusees to administer the affairs of the institution, and since he is doing o without any protest from the trustees and that, hence, he must be icting in accordance with their plan Df administrative procedure, that Professor . Russell's opposition to certain phases of Dr. Kelly's administration, makes' it Imperative that some decisive action be taken, since it is not possible for the two to act longer in harmony. Either Kelly or Russell. It is, in fact, alleged, that it has come to the place where either Russell or Kelly will have to go. It Is further alleged that Professor (Continued on Face Three.)

CITY MAY FIX BREAD WEIGHT BY MNANCE Proposed Measure May Boost Price of Ordinary 5 Cent Loaf to 10 Cents to Consumer. .... .-l.Xi'..

If two ordinances given first reading in council last night are passed Richmond will be a motor-noise-proof oity, and there will be no more Sunday afternoon joy rides In Glen park, under the provisions of one of them; under the provisions of the other bakers will be required to produce standard weight loaves of bread, which if flour continues to remain at its present figure, may cause a general charge of 6 or 7 cents for a loaf which would retail for five cents with a normal flour market. The motor ordinance prohibits any abnormal noises by automobiles and motorcycles, this being aimed principally at the discordant "open muffler" racket; it also provides that dimmers shall be placed on the headlights of all automobiles and motorcycles, to be used when machines are operated with in the city limits; the prohibition of the use of skid-chains on machines operated in . Glen park, and prohibition of the use of Glen roads by motor vehicles on Sunday afternoons between the hours of 1 and 6 o'clock, when the, park is generally over run with pedestrians. Stipulates Two Sizes. Section 1 of the bread ordinance provides that all bread shall- be -made into loaves of two sizes, one large size and one small size, as follows: Small loaves of wheat or rye bread, any brand, to weigh 16 ounces; large loaves of wheat and rye bread, any brand, to weigh 28 ounces; a small loaf of pumpernickle to weigh three pounds, and a large loaf of pumpernickle to weigh five pounds. These weights are to pertain to newly baked bread when offered for sale.' The city sealer of weights and measures is given full authority for inspection and seizure of bread not up to requirements and for each violation the offending baker may be fined not less than $1 and not more than $10. For a time this year local bakers reduced the size of bread loaves from the standard size, 16 ounces, to 12 ounces to avoid increasing the price. They said they were forced to do this to avoid manufacturing at a loss as the price of flour had increased over fifty percent. At this time flour still remains at a very high figure and it is quite probable that if the bakers are required to manufacture 16 ounce loaves they will boost the price of such loaves one or two cents. Weather Forecast For Indiana Fair tonight. Wednesday increasing cloudiness. Temperature. Noon 72 Yesterday. Maximum ' 66 Minimum 40 Unsettled tonight. Wednesday increasing cloudiness; continued cold. . General Conditions. Center of high barometric pressure has now shifted to the southeastern states, and in connection with a storm of great energy now over the western states is the cause of the present warm weather. It is probable that with the advance of the western storm rain will fall in a day or two to be followed by decidedly colder weather. W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.-

MAHAN HALTS EFFORT TO BUY OIL EQUIPMENT

Controller Refuses to Sign Ordinance Appropriating $1000, Thus Delaying Ac tion Two Weeks. CITY SPENDS FREELY Guardian of Treasury Decries Free-Handed Expenditures Council Will Pur chase Street Oiler. An ordinance re-appropriating fly 000 which had been set aside for the purchase of a 6team roller so that the fund could be used for the purchase of street oiling equipment, did not go through at council meeting last even ing because City Controller McMahan refused to sign it before presentation. And thereby hangs a tale. "City is head over heels in debt," explained the controller today, "and I dont favor spending this money for such a purpose when there have been petitions and guarantees filed for only about twenty-five blocks.' It don't look like the people wanted the city, to do any street oiling." Mr. Marlatt of the board, and City Engineer Charls declared that they did " not know who had prepared the ordinance, but they presumed it was jPresWeat Bavie p Jhe board.- t ' McMahan Acts Slowly. : Controller McMahan. said be was not abowntbe . ordinance untii.about the time It i was to be presented, and at that time he was not prepared to sign it. "I dohfc like to be bull-headed and contrary," he informed reporters, "but neither do I like for anybody to pull one over .on. me." Council stands for municipal street oiling, however, and Councilman Carter's motion that an .ordinance be prepared appropriating $1,000 to purchase an oil springier and sweeper was unanimously adopted. Council did not know when this motion was adopted, that the bill which Clerk Bescber had announced McMahan had refused to sign, and, therefore, could not be presented, was for such a purpose, because the clerk had failed to explain its provisions. City Spends Freely. Controller McMahan is very much concerned over the free-handed expenditures of municipal funds in vogue this year. He said after the council meeting that ordinarily the city by curtailing expenses can live within its income from the first of the year until the spring tax collections are received, but this year, he asserted, the city has been compelled to negotiate two temporary loans, each for $5,000, and has drawn in advance from th.e. county treasurer $10,000 from its share of the spring installment of taxes. "So you see," the controller stated, "the city, which began the year with a small amount in its general fund, has already expended $20,000 more than its income up to the ' present has been. There has been a considerable amount spent for improvements at the city building and for the construction of the new crematory, and in thirty days the city will-have to pay out $5,000 more as its share of the Morton park sewer system, and the latter part of May or the Middle of June the city will have to pay out $10,000 more for a aerial ladder truck. Yesterday I negotiated tbe second $5,000 temporary loan, about three weeks after negotiating tbe first loan for the same amount." Favors Assessments. Councilman Waltermann, while expressing himself as being in favor of the city, oiling streets, the property owners paying only the actual cost of the oil used, declared that his con stituents were against that feature of the oiling play requiring at least one resident property owner on the block to be oiled to guarantee the city reimbursement of the cost of the oiling. He said his constituents favored the city doing the oiling and then assessing every property owner Lis share of the cost. It was explained by the mayor that the assessment plan . had been - tried last year and abandoned this year because many people, declined to pay their assessments. It is quite probable the board of public works will anticipate the passage of an oiling equipment appropriation ordinance at the. next . council meeting, and will proceed at once to negotiate for an oiling , wayon and a sweeper so that no time will be lost in piling the streets. COMMITTEE TO MEET. A meeting of the " Religious - Work Committee of the Y. M. C. A. will be held at the association building at live o'clock this evening. Matters pertaining to the shop meetings and other activities conducted ; by the committee will be discussed; ' i-; - .

DONN M. ROBERTS AND WIFE.

KUTTER RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE OF POLICE BODY Chief Goodwin Refuses to Make Statement in Case of Third Man Dismissed in Year. CITIZENS COMPLAINED Commissioners Raised Age Limit Five Years to Make Former Patrolman Eligible For Force. Patrolman Alphonse Kutter, who has been patroling a west side beat on night duty for several months, was asked for his resignation last night by the police board, and Kutter com plied with tbe request, his resignation to become effective April 15. This is the third member of the force who has resigned under pressure in about one year's time. Charges of incompetency and misconduct : were preferred against Kutter. This fact is known, although Chief Goodwin made no statement today concerning the request for Kutter's resignation. Quite a number of complaints have been made against this officer, who received his appointment last' June. Once, it is understood, he was "brought on the carpet" for assisting about a saloon while off duty. Not very long ago, while off duty, he visited a saloon and offered to shoot a trapful of rats with his revolver, at the same time brandishing the weapon in an alarming manner. " Drops Investigation. " It is understood tLe latest action of Kutter, called to the attention of the police board, was reporting to headquarters .that he had heard shots fired on Newman's Hill, in Fairview, and re questing that assistance be sent him. Officers were not available at that time and, it is said, Kutter made no further effort to investigate the trouble. To. provide a place for him on the force the age limit of officers was Increased by .the police' board from '45 to 50 years, Kutter being 47 years old at tbe time of his appointment. About a year ago an officer was dis charged from the service for drinking on duty, and . a short ' time later, an other officer was dismissed following trouble created by him in . a Main street, apartment bouse. This officer demanded that singing and piano playing cease, and in the dispute which followed drew his revolver on a wom an striking a crippled man. ' The irate husband chased - him : to police head

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JOHNSON CALLS CLIENT COWARD DURING DEFENSE Underbill's Attorney Declares His Assailants Knew Characteristic Before Attacking and Beating Him.

LAWYERS IN CLASH Defendant May File Civil Action for Damages Following Disposition of Suit Charging Provoke. Indications are that the introduction of evidence in the case of the state against Alfred Underbill, begun yesterday morning in city court, charged with drawing a deadly weapon a revolver on John A. Weidenbach, will not be completed until some time tomorrow. . It is also understood that civil action for damages will be filed by Underbill against . McClellan White, Clem Carr and John Weidenbach as a result of the attack they made upon him the day following Underbill's alleged action of drawing a revolver on Weidenbach. These men gave Underhill a beating after he is alleged to have attempted to shoot Weidenbach with a double barrel shotgun. Circuit Court Reporter J. F. Holaday is attending the trial In city court tamng aown me evidence for the defense. Attorneys Clash. Yesterday afternoon and all today the city court room was filled to capacity, a number of the spectators being women. The hearing of the case has been featured by several sharp clashes between Prosecutor Roller and Henry U. Johnson, attorney for Underhill. Shortly before court adjourned yesterday afternoon Mr. Johnson greatly amused the big crowd by referring to his client as an "arrant coward," intimating that the men who assailed him, one at a time, were well aware of this fact before they attacked him. "Rest assured, if Alf Underbill was in this court indicted for cowardice, you would not see me here defending him." shouted Mr. Johnson at the jury. Prosecutor Reller enthusiastically indorsed Mr. Johnson's opinion, and added that in his own opinion Underhill was also a 'despicable cur.'t The court had to rap vigorously for order. . Underhill Makes Admission. ' In his opening statement to the jury Prosecutor Reller declared that be would prove by Weidenbach that on March: 18 -Underhill met Weidenbach at the junction. of the Gaar and New Paris roads, : both being in vehicles, (Continued on Page.Tbree.) .

U. S. JURY CONVICTS 27 OfMUDICTfJlEHTS FOR FRAUDS AT ELECTION

Men Found Guilty and Those Entering Pleas of GcHty to Be Arraigned in Federal Court Monday Jury Deliberates Two Hours on Question of Conspiracy and Whether Defendants Were Involved in Conspiracy as Charged by the Government in Its Indictment

DEFENDANTS DOWNCAST BY JURY'S FINDING

Donn Roberts Loses Hope, While Other Convicted Men Have Nothing to Say as They File From Court Room Trial Was First Attempt of Government to Prosecute Perpetrators oi Election Frauds Men Out on Bond Not Taken Into Custody Defense Will Appeal From Verdict.

MAYOR OFFERS PLAN TO CLOSE MOLDERS FIGHT Robbins Suggests Appointment of Three Persons to Serve as Arbitration Committee. Mayor Robbins announced today that be would undertake to effect a settlement between the management of the Reliance Foundry company and striking moulders formerly employed by that concern.' The men have been on strike since the middle of last December, and the fonudary has been picketed ever since. "I hope the differences between the company and the strikers can be arbitrated and a satisfactory settlement be obtained," the mayor said. "I have already suggested arbitration to the Reliance management, and tonight I will attend a meeting of the moulders' union, and urge the men now on strike to approve my plan. Suggests Arbitration. "I suggested to the Reliance management that the board of arbitration include one man appointed by the com pany, one man appointed by the strikers, and a third man to be appointed by the first two men selected. One of tbe officers of the Reliance company today intimated tht the mayor's suggestion was not a welcome one, and that no heed would be paid to it. Just what attitude the moulders' union will assume is problematical. Since the Reliance strike has been in progress there has been quite a little disorder, three or four strike breakers having been quite badly beaten. CITY TO SPEND ANOTHER $1,000 ON LIGHT CASE About a month ago council appropriated $1,000 for employing an engineer to prepare an inventory of the municipal electric plant and for the expenses incidental to preparation for the electric rate hearing case before the state public utilities commission. Although at that time it was declared that this amount would be sufficient to defray all such expenses council was somewhat surprised last night when another ordinance, providing for the appropriation of a second $1,000 for the same purpose, was introduced. However, council passed the measure under suspension of the rules without asking City Attorney Bond or Superintendent Kleinknecht for any explanation. Nor was any explanation to council volunteered. Protests About Results. "Pretty expensive when you don't get any results," meekly remarked Mr. Williams, tbe only comment made by any of the. councilmen. It is stated that all that remains of tbe original $1,000 Is $20.35. It is known .that the request for the second $1,000 appropriation did not originate with the committee of citizens recently appointed by Mayor Robbins, who declared, that this body would have complete control over all details connected with the preparation and presentation of the city's case in the rate making hearing. This committee has had one organization meeting to date.

INDIANAPOLIS. April 5. Mayor Donn M. Roberts. County Judge Eli H. Redman. Sheriff Dennis Shea, and the other Terre Haute politicians today were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States In illegal acts at the last general election. Of tbe original 116 men caught in the federal drag net. ninety pleaded guilty, tbe others have been on trial before Federal Judge Albert E. Anderson for nearly three weeks. Fred Morrison, one of the defendants, changed his plea of not guilty to guilty last week. . As soon as the verdict was read, the court announced that the men had been found guilty and that those that bad entered pleas of guilty would be arraigned-at 9 o'clock" next Monday morning for sentence. Out On Ball. None of the men except Alexander Aczel, who was uable to give' bond will be taken into custody until after the arraingment of all tbe others who are under bond. The verdict was received quietly by all the defendants and there was no demonstration.' Council Stanley for tbe defendants announced that the verdict would be appealed. Tbe conviction of the Terre Haute men marks the first attempt of tbe federal government to prosecute perpetrators of election frauds. Tbe defendants at the start of the trial disputed Judge Anderson's jurisdiction in the case, but be held that federal laws obtained because a United States senator and a congressman were being. elected. In Session Two Hours. Tbe Jury deliberated only two hours, and then took two ballots and went to bed. Tbe first ballot was on the question: "Was there a conspiracy?" The second was as to whether the twenty-seven defendants were involved in the conspiracy. . "Well, we did . not hang." mused Mayor Donn Roberts after court adjourned, but the "muse" was only in spirit. To all appearances Roberts was deeply worried, as were all the defendants with the exception of a few of the reputed gamblers. Prior to tbe appearance of the Jury, the group of twenty-seven defendants presented a strange appearance.' Worry was written on all faces, despite their attempts to look hopeful. Roberts could find 'little to say in whispered conversation to his wife and 'wo little daughters who were present. Watch for Jury. Mrs. Edward Driscoll and her daughter sat with Driscoll, the child playfully tossing an orange. Several of the defendants joked while Joe Strauss, liquor salesman, provided amusement lor the others by losing his temper. As the jury filed in, a hush fell over the defendants, as a "hope against hope" look beamed from their eyes. There was an audible sigh of relief when Judge Anderson announced that the standing bonds would prevail until the convicted men appear for sentence Monday. No sooner had court adjourned than a hasty consultation was held by the attorneys for Roberts Redman and Shea. Congressman Stanley had announced to tbe court that the case would be appealed just after the verdict was rendered. Believes It Unfair. Mrs. Roberts was beard to remark: "That was the worst case of justice I ever heard of. It wasn't fair. That's all there is to it." Judge Redman said: "Well we might have expected it, but this is not the end of it." A majority of tbe convicted men hastened from the court without making any comment. . The court was late In convening because of the tardiness of Judge Anderson. Of the immense crowd that sought admission only a small portion could be accommodated. Vice and Politics. The government's evidence. Including that of more than eighty confessed conspirators In election Irregularities.

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