Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 148, 4 May 1915 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1915

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COUNTY ORDERS INJUNCTION SUIT TO TESHATES Hoelscher Predicts Defeat in Contest Over Power of Utility Commission in Interurban Case.

After a conference, the county commissioners decided last evening to institute a suit for injunction against the Street Car company to prevent the operations of Interurban cars In Wayne county unless the rate specified twelve years ago in the franchise, one and two-third cents a mile is adhered to. County Attorney Hoelscher said today he would file the suit Thursday or Friday asking Judge Fox to enjoin the T. H. I. & E. Traction company from operating its cars on lines in Wayne county under the schedule of rates wihch took effect Saturday. Mr. Hoelscher was given instructions to use whatever means necessary to prevent the car company from charging the new rate, two cents a mile, which the public utilities commission of Indiana fixed recently. Two Points Involved. This involves two points: the extent of power of the public utilities commission, a state body, over local affairs; and the validity of unexpired franchises since the public utilities commission law became effective. The county commissioners are uncertain of the outcome of the suit, and they are engaging in it, they said,, in response to the sentiment of farmers and citizens of the western parts of the county who use the interurbans frequently. Commuters into Richmond are also included in this group, as the slight extra charge daily, which they are required to pay, will mean a large amount each month. "I mn certain the commission will 1 ""-Id." said County Attorney Heels' ' "1 am going to prepare the si'. .. ; ciully, but I feel In the light of ct'nt;- cases of similar nature, that there is no chance of acting contrary to the order of the state commission." CARPENTERS STRIKE FOR 5 CENT HOUR INCREASE IN WAGES Members of the local carpenters union walked out today and building operations all over the city have been considerably hampered as a result. There are about ninety members of the carpenters union and all responded to the walk-out order. Refusal of construction contractors to sign the new wage scale demanded by the union, a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour, which is an Increase of five cents over the existing scale, was the cause. There are thirty-five or forty nonunion carpenters in the city and all were employed today to take the place cf striking union men. Secretary Charles Griffey of the union told us to lay off work today and we all did so," said one union man. "Whether the strike is permanent I do not know. I suppose that will be decided at a meeting of the union this evening. We have not been satisfied with the present scale. In other cities union carpenters have been receiving from 50 cents to 75 cents per hour." It is understood that every construction contractor in the city has refused to sign the new scale demanded by the union, asserting that business conditions do not justify such an increase. RECEIVER NAMED FOR PROGRESSIVE CLUB INDIANAPOLIS. May 4 Clarence E. Weir, former judge of superior court, was today named receiver for the Progressive club of Indiana. The liabilities are about $10,ti00, which can be met in full, if prominent Progressives who are said to have made pledges of money do not fail to keep them. It is considered doubtful if the pledges can be collected. TERRE HAUTE MEN LOSE APPEAL CASE CHICAGO. May 4. The appeal for a reduction of bond made by the eleven Terre Haute convicted officials was denied today by the United States court of appeals. The case was brought here in an effort to secure the release of the men who now are in Leavenworth penitentiary, their bonds remaining at $10,000 for each year of sentence. Judge Francis Baker in handing down the decision suggested that the attorneys for the Terre Haute men should have appealed first to Judge Anderson at Indianapolis before the case was brought here. DEMANDS OF ITALY GIVEN TO TEUTONS ROME, May 4. Italy's minimum demand has been transmitted to Berlin and Vienna. An answer is expected within four days. The demands were discussed at a secret conference Sunday night at the Austrian embassy in .vhich the Baviarian, Prussian and Austrian ministers participated. PECK WILL UMPIRE. Roy Peck has been chosen to umpire he game at Rushville next Sunday, Fred H. Parkhurst, chairman of the lepublican State Committee of Maine, J vill be a candidate for the nomination i tor governor in the June primaries. '

RICHMOND CLAIMS TITLE AS "PANIC PROOF CITY" IN THE STATE OF INDIANA With Population of 25,000 and Strategically Situated as a Trade Center, the "Quaker City of the West" Invites the Commercial Representatives of Cleveland to View Her Factories and Interview Her Merchants on the Financial Strength of the Community and Her Enterprise in Pushing Forward Industrial and Mercantile Enterprises. ANNUAL OUTPUT OF FACTORIES $30,000,000 ' Richmond is the "Panic Proof City of Indiana." It demonstrated its right to this title when its banks were able to weather the panic of 1907 without resorting to clearing house certificates. Throughout Indiana and western Ohio it carries the proud distinction of being a conservative and yet wide-awake city, whose prosperity is rooted so deep that storms of financial disaster can not shake it. It is the county seat of Wayne county, and has a population of 25,000. It is the trade center of eastern Indiana and western Ohio, around which are clustered other cities: Indianapolis being 68 miles west, Fort Wayne 80 miles north, Dayton 40 miles east, and Cincinnati 67 miles south, and within this circle of larger cities are about 350 cities and tewns ranging from 15,000 down. Around Richmond lies some of the most valuable agricultural land in the great Mississippi valley, divided up into fine farms and splendid gardens, which furnish all the farm produce, vegetables and fruits adapted to this climate. i Richmond is located 1,000 feet above the sea level, and has an area of 3,000 acres, 75 miles cf improved streets. 14 miles of street railway, 400 hydrants for fire protection. Resources of Banks Attest Its Strength Its three national banks and its one trust company show total resources of $7,764,506, to which soon will be added the strength of another savings bank, organized with a capital of $100,000. To this must be added assets of $719,000 shown by thre loan and savings associations. In 1907 the combined resources of the three national banks was $4,432,732, showing a tremendous gain in eight years. In wealth, Richmond is the richest per capita in the whole state of Indiana. . ,

Here We Lead the World. We have a factory that turns out a high-grade piano every fifteen minutes. We have the largest and best equipped retail hardware store in the United States. In manufacturing lawn mowers. In manufacturing roller skates. In manufacturing grain drills. '. In manufacturing safety elevator gates. In manufacturing burial caskets. In manufacturing ventilating apparatus for greenhouses. In manufacturing fire flighting helmets. In manufacturing derailing devices for railroads. In manufacturing picket and wire fence. In growing more flowers for the market than any other city. Points in Which Richmond Excels The most beautiful shaded streets. The largest and most delightful parks. The finest banking buildings. The most noted art center. The second largest public libraryin the state 40,000. The greatest abundance of the purest water. The finest churches. The most complete high school building. The best annual Chautauqua. The best equipped hospitaL The most modern sanitary factory buildings. The wealthiest per capita in the state. The best fire fighting equipment. The most magnificent half-million-dollar court house. The greatest hardware jobbing center. The safest and most reliable banking institutions. The most law abiding citizenship. The moat delightful residence districts. The home of one of the best colleges in the west. The most satisfactory labor conditions. Richmond has 150 factories with a capital stock of $7,500,000, an annual output of $30,000,000, employing 5,5000 persons, and with annual payroll of $4,000,000. The total annual pay roll of the city for all purposes is $7,000,000. VeryTittle foreign labor is employed in the factories here, and strikes and labor difficulties are unknown. Some of the leading factories and their products are given:

CHICAGO ALDERMEN TRY TO END STRIKE CHICAGO, May 4. A committee of five city councilmen today added its efforts ot those of Mayor Thompson in trying to end the strike of 16,000 carpenters which has rendered idle more than 150,000 members of building trades unions. The committee met with the mayor this afternoon to discuss plans for getting the carpenters and their employers together. I COUNTY SHERIFF REFUSES TO PAY INCREASED FARE ' Sheriff Steen and Albert Anderson. I president of the board of county commissioners took the 9:40 o"clock interurban to Centerville this morning. ! Steen refused to pay more than ten i cents fare when the conductor de manded twelve cents. After threatening to eject Steen from the car, the conductor continued to argue the question until Centerville was reached. I No arrests were made although a number of passengers engaged in the i argument between the sheriff and the I conductor. DON'T STAY FAT Let Us Show You FREE How to Be Reduced to Normal Weight 50c BOX FREE This shows the effect our treatment has had in hundred of case. We want every reader of this paper who is too fat, to write us for a free 50 cent box of ADIPO. a simple, harmless. Home treatment for Obesity, as we want to prove that we can reduce your weight and prevent its return, no matter how fat you are. and no matter where the excess fat is located. ADIPO will soon reduce you without exercisine. dieting, or in any way interfering with your usual habits. Rheumatism, Asthma. Kidney and Heart troubles, that so Renerally come with surplus fat, will promptly improve as you are being reduced. Write to-day for the .free 50c. Box of ADIPO and enclose 10 cents to help pay distribution expenses. Addresi ADIPO CO.. Ashland Bid's. New York City

FIRST WOMAN MAYOR IN ILLINOIS STATE Mrs. A. D. Canfield of Warren, III., is the first woman mayor in the state of Illinois. She was elected to office in Warren, which has a population of 1,500. She Is 74 years old, a widow, and runs a millinery establishment. In her campaign she promised to do away with pcolrooms, the liquor traffic and gambling, and to "clean up Warren as it never had been cleaned before."

Points of Interest. Earlham College with 600 students. Reid Memorial hospital with its splenid equipment. Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane with its beautiful grounds and thirty buildings. Glen Miller park and Morton lake park. Our Ped Sped in Black Elk, White Ivory Soles, and they wear Men's, price PJQ Ladies', price QQ Boys' price $3 QQ Youths' and fl9 ETA Children's.. ou

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THORNBURG ESTATE SOLD AT AUCTION

The $20,1000 estate left , by William R. Thornburg, who died August 30, 1914, will be sold at auction, according to an order made in circuit court today. The estate consists of 327 acres in Dalton township. In the suit of Walter M. Thornburg against Rachael E. Weaver, Emma J. Weaver, Ella N. Adams and Lulu Thornburg, the defendants filed an answer to the complaint declaring that William Thornburg had given Walter Thornburg. plaintiff, $13,000 in cash and had transferred to him previous to the death of the senior Mr. Thornburg, $3,Q00 piece of real estate. The defendants asked that this be taken into consideration In the partition suit filed by Walter Thornburg. The court order said it was not possible to divide the land and named the Dickinson Trust company commissioner to dispose of it. RUNS TO BURNING ROOM TO RESCUE SLEEPING COUPLE With burning embers falling from the ceiling onto their bed, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sullivan slept calmly in an upstairs room of their home at Centerville. Frank Henderson, 20, dashed through smoke-filled halls and awakened them, and scantily clad, the two were led to the street before they were fully aware of the cause. It is believed sparks caused the roof fire which ended in the total destruction of the house. Mr. Sullivan's insurance policy of $400 expired a few days ago. His neighbors, who knew of the fire shortly after it broke out, saved most of the furniture. The Centerville fire department could not stop the blaze. ALLIED TROOPS LAND AT CITY OF EPHESUS ATHENS, May 4 Allied troops have landed at Ephesus, thirty-five miles southeast of Smyrna, to co-operate with the warships of the Anglo French fleet in their attack on that city. Another dispatch from Mitylene states that four British warships bombarded the Smyrna fort yesterday and that the bombardment of the forts along the Dardanelles was resumed today. BARNES LOSES JOBS AFTER PLATT FIGHT SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 4. When William Barnes lost out on state printing in 1899 he complained bitterly to Boss Piatt. He denounced Lemuel E. Quigg and fell out with the whole G. O. P. organization. This was brought out today in the $50,000 libel suit when Edward Piatt, son of the late senator, produced letters from Barnes to Piatt. The introduction of these letters, however, opened up an almost endless new line of evidence for the plaintiff. Mr. Ivins succeeded in getting permission to have Piatt produce all other Roosevelt-Piatt correspondence that was not. read during the cross examination. AGED, WRINKLED FACES EASILY REJUVENATED An aged face is often only a mask to a comparatively youthful person. Beneath is a countenance young and fair to look upon. It's a simple matter to remove the mask. Ordinary mercolized wax, to tie had at any drug store, ; gradually absorbs the worn-out surface of the skin; in a week or two the user has the loveliest pinky white complexion imaginable. An ounce of the wax i usually is sufficient to complete the i transformation. It is put on at night like cold cream and taken off in the morning with warm water. This remarkable treatment is invariably effective, no matter how muddy, sallow or discolored the complexion. Freckles, moth patches, liver spots, pimples, blackheads and other cutaneous blemishes naturally vanish with the discarded skin. To remove wrinkles, here is a recipe that can not be too highly recommend ed: Powdered saxolite, 1 oz., dissolved in i-pint witch hazel. Use as a wash lotion. It acts instantaneously, and is wonderfully effective. Adv. The Call of the BAREFOOT SANDALS In Black and Tan Prices 90c to $2.00 E9S

CREW DECLARES SHIPS IDENTITY PLAINJO WASP U. S. Consul at Plymouth Probes German Attack on American Vessel Gulflight, Off Scilly Islands. PLYMOUTH, England. May 4 United States Consul Joseph G. Stephen, who is investigating the attack upon the American oil ship Gulflight by a German submarine, interviewed Second Officer Paul Bower and other members of the crew today. Testimony secured from seamen on the Gulflight will be made part of Ambassador W. H. Page's report on the incident to the state department at Washington. Members of the crew of the Gulflight. while admitting that the weather was foggy off Scilly Islands on Saturday, were insistent in declaring that the nationality of the Gulflight could not be mistaken. Although no submarine was seen at the moment when the American ship was torpedoed, one had been 6een about twenty-five minutes previously. The Gulflight was in convoy of two British patrol boats when she was attacked. Second Officer Bower said that the Gulflight had been followed all the way across the Atlantic by a friendly warship, which kept out of sight but maintained constant wireless communication with the oil ship.

RIDES PLOW MULE TO SUDDEN DEATH DYERSBURG, Tenn., May 4. Mrs. Chester Keith, a bride of two weeks, made a wager with her husband that 6he could ride a plow mule from the barn to the cornfield. The mule became frightened, ranaway and dragged Mrs. Keith several hundred feet with her foot caught in a trace chain. She died today. REPLEVIN GRANTED. Sheriff Steen was ordered today to seize from William Ray Barton and Kenneth Barton "one light colored Jersey milk cow with dark points, about 8 years old and weighing about 1,000 pounds," and deliver it to Floyd S. Cook. The order was given by the circuit court on a replevin suit filed by Cook against the Bartons. AN ORDINANCE. To prescribe the kind of lights and signals to be used on, and to modify noises incident to the operation of automobiles, motorcycles and other selfpropelled vehicles operated within the city of Richmond, Indiana, and providing penalties for the violation of its provisions. Section t. Be it ordained by the com mon council of the City of Richmond, j Indiana, that it is hereby declared un-j lawful for any person or persons to ; run, drive, use or operate any automo- j bile, motorcycle or other self-propelled ' vehicle in, upon or along any street, j alley or other public thoroughfare i within this city, unless such vehicle is j provided with a suitable and proper muffler which will deaden or silence the sound of the exhaust gases from the motor of such vehicle; and such muffler, on any and ever such vehicle, must be closed or otherwise adjusted so as to deaden or silence the noise from all exhaust gases from the motor thereof, at all times, when any such vehicle Is run, driven or operated, or I en or operated, in. upon or along any street, alley or other public thoroughfare within this city. Section 2. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to run, drive or operate any automobile, motor-cycle, or other self-propelled vehicle, during the night time, in, upon or along any street, alley or other pub lie thoroughfare within this city, with out the use and application of a suita ble dimmer, or other appropriate apparatus which will prevent all glare. glisten and dazzle of the lights on such vehicle; or to use on such vehi cle, during such time, only such lights as will produce only a subdued, soft, mellow glow, free from all glaring, blinding and dazzling effect. Section 3. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to i run. drive or operate any automobile, I motorcycle or other self-propelled vehicle in any of the public parks of this j city with the wheels of such vehicle I equipped with skid chains or any sim

ilar device to prevent such vehicle from sliding or skidding. Section 4. The only kind of warning signal that can be used on automobiles, motorcycles or other self-propelled vehicles within this city shall be a "Reed Horn," hand operated with rubber bulb, which will emit a single note of low tone, or an electric or other bell not larger than five (5) inches in diameter, or a horn or whistle which emits only notes of low, regular tone; and in no event shall the "Siren Horn," or any other horn, bell or whistle be used which emits shrill, screeching or irregular tones. Section 3. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to any motor vehicle used in suppressing fires or to any ambulance or police patrol vehicle. Section 6. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined in any sum not less than one ($1.00) dollar nor more than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, for each violation thereof. Section 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication for two (2) successive weeks in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, a daily newspaper printed in said city. Passed by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, the 3rd day of May, 1915. Approved and signed by the Mayor the 4th day of May, 1915. Attest: WM. J. ROBBINS, Mayor. (SEAL) B. A. Bescher, City Clerk. In effect May 19th, 1915. 4-llJ

PETROGRAD DENIES GERMAMMTORY BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY International News Service Correspondent. PETROGRAD, May 4 Austro-Ger-man claims of a great victory in western Galicia were denied by the Russian war office today. It was stated that the recent offensive undertaken by the Teutonic allies at the Dunajec river had resulted in some gains for them, necessitating n rA-erniinlntr cf

the Russian forces, but that the latter all the lost ground. An official statement issued today ridicules the German announcements of great gains in the Kovno Kourland district of northwest Russia and tells of the repulse of German attacks at different points in Poland. The statement follows: "There have been German demonstrations at several places. On a front six and one-half miles long the Germans fired 18,000 projectiles on our trenches near the Pilica river. Beyond the range of artillery we observed the arrival of several battalions of the enemy. The Germans in the advanced trenches unable to contain themselves shouted : 'We've received reinforcements.' " TOWNSHIP COMMENCEMENT. Commencement of the Wayne township school tonight at the Richmond high school will be open to the public. The speaker will be John I. Huffman, deputy state superintendent. The exercises start at 8 o'clock. 66 MATT ST. Great

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