Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 161, 19 June 1915 — Page 1

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RUNAWAY CHILD ELUDES SEARCH IN NEARBY HOME Parents, Neighbors and Police Search All Night for Leaon Duvall Hiding From Relatives.

SAYS MOTHER GONE Kind Neighbor Believes Child's Story and Harbors Runaway While All Night Search Is On. After friends and neighbors of the family and several police officers had spent the greater part of the night searching for her and preparations had been made this morning to drag Glen Miller lake, Leaon Duvall, the 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amieal W. Duvall, 207 North Sixteenth street, was returned to her parents about 9 : 30 this forenoon, by Miss Edith Moyer. She said the child had spent the night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Moyer, 209 North Eighteenth street, just two blocks from the Duvall home. The little girl became so hysterical after her return home that she was unable to offer any explanation for running away from her home. After crushing the child to her Mrs. Duvall (wooned. Says Mother Is Gone. "Leaon accompanied my young slser to my parent's home late yesterday 'afternoon," Miss Moyer informed newspaper men. "She told us that her mother was away from home and that she could not get in the house because all the doors were locked. She told us that her mother would call for her when she returned. After supper we waited some time for Mrs. Duvall to call but when she failed to put in an appearance we told Leaon she had better go home. "She told us that her mother was not home, saying she assuredly would have come for her if she had returned. We then decided to keep the child over night. "This morning Mrs. Alonzo Massey called at our home and told us that a child living on North Sixteenth street had been missing from home since yesterday morning and that her mother was almost frantic. We realized at one that Leaon was the missing child and I told her I was going to take her home. She did not want to go at first, raying she was afraid of the policemen." Child Is Nervous. The child is described by some neighbors as being of a peculiar disposition and of an extremely nervous temperament. They also state that her parents, who have two younger children, are quite strict with her. It is generally believed that after the child had been absent from her home several hours she was reluctant to return, possibly fearing she would be punished. "Leaon left home about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, slipping out the back way while I was busy with the baby," Mrs. Duvall said this morning before the little girl had returned home. Mrs. L. E. Price, 206 North Sixteenth street, said that the child came to her home about 8 o'clock yesterday morning and informed her that her mother was away from home. She told her she should return home and tare for the babies. i Seen Near School. " ,About noon the child called at the home of Mrs. Charles Kuhlman, 203 North Sixteenth street, and asked her if she intended to go to Glen Miller ark. Mrs. Kuhlman told her she was lot going and told her she had better return home. She said she would wait until 12:30, when her father went back to work. About that hour she was seen trying to get into a shed in the rear of her home and was sobbing. At 1 o'clock she was playing in a sand pile with a little boy in front of the Starr school on North Fifteenth street. That was the last her parents heard of her until she returned home this morning. A tramp was on Sixteenth street yesterday afternoon and he was very familiar with all the children be met. It was feared by many that this man bad induced the little girl to accom pany him so a searching party of bout ten men was organized and they lisited every part of the northeastern lection of the city last night. OLD TRAILS LEADERS WILL DISCUSS PLAN FOR FOURTH OF JULY Plans for the program, music, parade and other details relative to the Fourth of July celebration in Richmond will be discussed at an important meeting of the presidents, secretaries and chairmen of all the committees in the townships of Wayne county of the Old Trails Road Association which will be held in the Masonic building here Wednesday night, June 23. Townships and county exhibits Mil also be discussed. The officials notice follows: "The president, secretary and chairman of each committee in each township are hereby notified to meet at the Richmond Commercial club rooms Wednesday night, June 23 at 7:30 J'clock, Masonic Building, corner S'inth and North A streets. Plans for .he program, music, parade and all ther features pertaining to the Fourth f July celebration to be held. The natter of township and county exhibits will also be taken up. Let each township be well-represented at this heeling."

ITALIAN AEROPLANES RAID ALONG LINES

ROME, June 19. Italian aeroplanes and dirigibles have raided the southern part of the Austrian crown land of Gorlzla, doing extensive damage to railway lines and military camps. News of the aerial attacks was contained in an official statement Issued today by the Italian war office. The fighting near Plava on the Isonzo river front, Is growing Into an important engagement. Further damage has been done to the great Austrian fortress at Malborghetto, where the guns were silenced. Italian attacks along Ayrol, Trent and Cadore fronts are proceeding with good results. BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL SERVICE WORK FOR CITY Broadens Scope of Central Charity Bureau to Include Not Only City But Also County. OUTLINES PROGRAM Wants Juvenile Court Investigation of Large Number of Children Sent to White's Institute. A program of social service work for the general betterment of the city, was adopted last night by the governing board of the Central Charity bureau on recommendation of Secretary Melpolder. The board also accepted a recommendation to change the name to "The Social Service Bureau of Wayne County, Indiana" in order to broaden its scope and divorce the bureau from the limited field suggested by the name "charity." Some of the recommendations follow: Crime Prevention. "Improvement of conditions of dependent, defective, delinquent and helpless of the city and county and investigation of their cost of maintenance, which for last year exceeded $100,000, with the farther cost ef employing means of prevention. Want Juvenile Court. "Establishment of - an up-to-date juvenile- court holding regular Saturday sessions with the development of an efficient probation department as provided for by the legislature for the protection and correction of children and the punishment of those who neglect, treat cruelly, or contribute to the delinquency of children. Dependent Children. "That we inquire about the twentytwo children at present maintained in the Home of the Friendless. That we make similar inquiries with reference to the relatively larger number of Wayne county dependent children committed to White's Institute, the cost of whose maintentance exceeded $4,000 for last year. And further, that we inquire why there should be an increase of 87 per cent of Wayne county dependent children upon pubContinued On Page Six. SICK WOMAN FIGHTS ASSAILANT IN HOME NORTHEAST OF EATON EATON, O., June 19. Even though she is weak and in poor health from the effects of an operation performed only a few weeks ago, Mrs. Jacob Laird, about 35, succeeded in fighting off an unknown man who made an unsuccessful assault attempt Friday afternoon In her home at Euphemia, 9 miles northeast of here. The woman, alone in the house, was reclining upon a couch when she was awakened by a touch upon her shoulder. When she looked up she was startled to see the assailant standing over her. She screamed, but was cautioned to be quiet. The man whispered that she would not be harmed. The woman gave fight and succeeded in beating off the would-be assailant. Angered at his unsuccessful attempt the man drew from his pocket a quantity of iodine and threw it into her face, and then fled from the house. Neighobrs were soon attracted, and when the details were made known all the roads leading from the village were searched. Searchers also scoured the villages of Euphemia and Lewisburg, but no trace of the assailant was found. Authorities here were notified and Sheriff Werts went to that place to assist in the hunt. Officials in all the surrounding cities and towns were notified. The assailant was unknown to the Laird woman, but she believes she could identify him if she saw him again. So far as can be ascertained no one had seen him in the village. SINK TIMBER SHIP LONDON, June 19. The British steamship Ailsa, bound from Norway to Leith with a cargo of timber, has been torpedoed and sunk in the North sea by a German submarine. The crew was saved, being landed today. The Ailsa was a vessel of 876 tons, hailing from Leith. She was built in England in 1SS4 and was a freighter. The British , steamship Dulcie, 2,000 tons, was sunk off Suffolk today by a German submarine. One life was lost

Map of Laby

This map, taken from the Paris Matin, is a sketch of the famous "Labyrinth," the strongest German fortification which bars the French advance on Lens, north of Arras. The sketch is based on the reports and sketches of French aviators, together with those of French engineers who already have mined their way about half through the vast work. When the French, in May, started their advance on Lens they attacked not only from the west and the Lorette Hills, but also along the direct railroad line from Arras. On this side, however, they ran up against this great fortification, more than a mile square, which the Germans had constructed to withstand such an attack, and to serve as a buttress for their whole line in this region. Since that time the French have been slowly working their way through it. Hundreds of French guns have been bombarding this great German stronghold. The square mile or more of fortifications is one enormous labyrinth of trenches, intersecting at all angles and connected with communication burrowes and fitted with concrete bomb proofs. At almost every angle is a concealed machine gun, and the circles shown are armored supolas, where filed pieces and howitzers are mounted. The whole work contains several miles of trenches. In the northern corner of the map is Souchez and the famous sugar refinery, at the point of the French Salient, and the nearest point of the French lines to Arras. The French now hold the refinery. The shaded portion shows territory held by the French. INDICT JOHN BURK ON " GRAFT" CHARGE

INDIANAPOLIS, June 19. John Burk of Indianapolis, former manager of the commisary department of the Panama Canal railroad, and Ricardo Bermudez, former government of Colon, republic of Panama, were indicted by a federal grand jury here today for alleged frauds against the government and it was announced that Burk and Pascal Cannazagio, prominent merchant of Colon, were indicted by the grand jury in its first special session ten days ago. All three men are under similar indictments in New York and all are at liberty under $10,000 bonds. They will be re-aarrested. Both indictments charge conspiracy and allege that Burk received a total of about $28,000 "graft" in the form of commissions from large supply houses while he was buying for the commissiary department. A New York indictment brings the total of the alleged "graft" of the Indi

TWO DAYTON GIRLS SEEK ADVENTURE; FIND WOE

Set Out on Foot But Blisters and Worry Force Couple to Return Quickly to Ohio Homes. This story opens with a moral the shoe merchants and sporting goods dealers can capitalize on. Moral: When hiking wear broad spring heel shoes and wide skirts of durable material. The moral was what Marion Meyers and Elsie Judkins of Dayton did not know. Unsophisticated, but eager to learn by travel, they left their homes three weeks ago equipped with French heel shoes, pretty lawn dresses of narrow bottoms, eighteen dollars, and an apparently unquenchable thrist to investigate the unknown. "Why stick around- Dayton? We're going out to .look them over," they told their friends. So they decided to take a three months hiking trip and to sell post cards to make expenses. Leave for- the West. . Bright and early on the chosen morning they left their home, not deigning the street car to the city limits, but striking out boldly across the city on foot towards the west. They packed a few extra clothes in one suit case and took turns carrying it. Within a short time they found out the moral they did not know. Across Dayton the sun Was shining beautifully. But the sidewalks were hard and the heels high. " When they reached the Soldiers' Home their feet were blistered and they were too tired to proceed. Resting a minute, they

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anapolis man to over $35,000. Cannazagio will be tried in federal court here next fall and it is likely that the cases of both Burk and Bermudez will be transferred and tried here. Among the witnesses was Maj. Gen. George Goethels, builder of the Panama canal and several prominent Indianapolis bankers. The indictments were brought here because drafts for much of the money Burk is charged with receiving were sent to Indianapolis banks and deposited in his name. Burk pleaded sot guilty in New York but testified for the government against Jacob L. Salas who was sentenced to serve thirteen months in prison. Burk declares he thought he did no wrong in taking the "commissions" so long as he bought the supplies as cheaply as he could any other place. Burk is said to have been in Indianapolis recently, but attorneys refused to state whether he testified before the grand jury. saw that clouds were forming. Shortly it began to rain. A way out suggested itself when a west bound interurban stopped beside them. They boarded it and came to Richmond rather than return to their homes and suffer the penalty of their boasting. Return to Richmond. The girls stayed in Richmond several days and finally abandoned the walking trip. They decided to get jobs in Indianapolis and more inroads on the purse were made. Marion was too far from home in Indianapolis and told Elsie so, and they agreed to return to Richmond to work. They reached here again a week ago Friday and paid for their room in advance. They told the rooming house keeper they had been visiting in Indianapolis and were returning to Dayton. Saturday there was an invoice of funds; $3 represented the capital of the party and they were still $2.10 worth away from home by rail. So they went to a five and ten cent store, purchased a bread knife, and a set of knives, forks and spoons. At a grocery they bought a loaf of bread and some ham and then they shouldered their suit case and walked to Glen Miller park. After eating a sandwich at noon, they hid thes uit case and at noon, they hid the suit case and It was late in the afternoon and they decided to sleep in the park for the night and spice their trip with another little adventure, satisfying although a creation of the Imagination. Dupe Young Boy. Then in stage whispers they told two small boys that they were Dayton society girls visiting a tyrannical uncle Continued On Page Two.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SPEAKS FOR G. W. JORDAN

Miss S. A. Hill, Secretary, Defends Candidate Against Attacks Made in Circular Attacking Candidacy. EXPLAINS ACTIONS Miss S. A. Hill, secretary of the school board, has submitted the follow ing" defending Charle3 W. Jordan's work on the school board: In reply to the charges made in the circular described and reported in the Palladium of June 18 and said to have been distributed for the purpose of defeating Mr. Jordan's re-election to the School Board, I find that each charge is inaccurate, or is so. stated as to prove misleading; as the president of the board is in California and as this is Mr. Jordan's busy day, the secretary takes it upon herself to make corrections as follows: 1. "The salaries of the primary teacher have been reduced $400 per year." The facts are that the office of "Assistant Principal" was discontinued in 1914 and the salaries of these teachers who had held this position, eight in number, were, in consequence, reduced from $800 to $750, while other grade teachers of similar qualifications received a salary of $700, the eight teachers noted above being still paid Continued On Page Five. SECRETED CASH BOOSTSJHE TAX Assessment of W. Thornburg Estate Increased Becasue of $8,600 Found When Homestead Burned. The burning of the William Thorn burg homestead in Dalton township, north of Hagerstown after Mr. Thornburg's death, which put into circula tion $8,600 cash, which has been se creted, will make the county and town ship richer by $202.36. An additional assessment was made out today for the cash and charged against the estate. The 1914 tax, payable in May, .was immediately paid by the executors,--.the- Dickinson - Trust company. The farm has not been sold as yet. The estimated value of the land is $70 an acre and bids received by the exec utor are considered too low. It was on this farm that $8,600 in gold and currency was found six months ago when the house burned to the ground. The money has been di vided among the heirs of William Thornburg. MAENNERCHOR LEAVES FOR SAENGERFEST AT NEWPORT TOMORROW German Singers of City Com pete for Honors Against Societies From Ohio, Indiana and Kentcky. Practically all arrangements have been completed for the departure of the Richmond Maennerchor, which will attend the Saengerfest in Newport, Ky., tomorrow and participate in the musical program which will be rendered by hundreds of German singers at Weidemann's baseball park in that city. It is expected that approximately one hundred persons from " this city will attend the event. A special car attached to the Pennsylvania train leaving here at 5:50 a. m. Sunday morning will carry the Richmond delegation to Newport. The concert will be given at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Sing Campfire Song. The local society will render one special selection, Von Kredes' 'Krieges Nachtlied, a campfire song, and will also take pare in the five ensemble songs with a joint chorus of 350 voices. Albert Blaesser is delegate and Gus Pfafflin alternats, to attend the busi ness session to be held on Monday. He has been instructed to have the word Indiana included in the English name of the organization. Following is a list of the names of the Richmond singers: Director Will Duning. First Tenors Joe Wessel, Charles Hirshfield, Christian Fulle and Charles Drifmeyer. Second Tenors Henry Nichter, Edward Issen, Henry Eggert, Casper Jelly and Fred Wiehmeyer. First Basses Gus Pfafflin, Christian Bullinger, Harry Pilgrim, Robert Corvis and H. T. Pilgrim. Second Basses James Hastings, William Schneider, Albert Blaesser, Charles Wessel and Urban Gauseohl. WILLIAMS HONORED BY STATE TEACHERS Charles O. Williams, county superintendent of schools, was elected secretary last night of the Indiana County Superintendents' association. Mr. Williams is the first young man to be elected in office or to an important committee. He was named chairman of the committee to set the time for high school examinations for the state and to prepare questions. This is regarded as an important body in view of the evolution through which parts of school courses are passing.

NEW YORK HEIRESS

WILL' MARRY SOON New York' societv is intratri in the informal announcement of th en gagement of Miss Olga Wyborg, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wyborg to Mr. Sidney Webster Fisher, youngest son of Mr. Stuyvesant Fish and the late Mrs. Fish. It is understood that owing to the recent death of Mr. Fisher's mother, no formal announcement will be made for some time to come. Miss Wiborg is one of the prettiest and most popular of the younger society girls. She and her two older sisters have occupied prominent places in the social whirl of Cincinnati, their former home, and in New York and London. Mr. Fish was graduated from Harvard in 1908 and is a member of the most prominent clubs in New York. He is a grandson of the late Hamilton Fish and a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant and Nicholas Fish. FRENCH FORCES MEET REVERSES BERLTSTATES German War Office Alsd Asserts Efforts British to Advance in La Basse Are Checked. RUSSIAN ARMY AT BAY Ponderous German and Austrian Howitzers Being Rushed to Front for Bombardment of Lemberg. BERLIN, June 19. Another reverse for the French north of Arras is reported officially by the German war office today. Further attempts by the British to advance in the La Basse area of operations were checked. The Germans had captured the village of Embremeuil, where sixty French soldiers were taken. Two hundred more French prisoners were taken from Glen Ridge. South of the Nestor river in Galicia, the Russians have been given back. In the northern part of the eastern theatre, German attacks are continuing. The village of Wolkowinzy was taken by storm. Russians At Bay. The Russian army defending Lemberg, capital of Galicia, is making its last stand upon the Grodeck lake line. At bay before the forces of General Von Mackensen. the Russians are fighting with the desperation of despair along the line of the Wereszyca and Szkto and Laubczoka river, where they have entrenched. Ponderous German and Austrian howitzers are being rushed to the front for the bombardment of the forts defending Lemberg. An Austro-German force is reported to have captured Tarmograd, Poland, upon the Tanew river. The Russian troops from the east of the San swept by Tarnograd in their retreat before the advancing hosts of General Von Mackensen. Admit Defeat. It is now admitted by the war office that part of the Russian army east of the San river in Galicia has retreated across the border into Poland, near Tarnograd, before the assault of the Austro-Germans under Gen Von Mackensen, but other sections of the Russian force retired to the Grodeck lake line, where they are entrenching to check the drive against Lemberg. Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Fair tonight. Sunday Increasing cloudiness. Probably showers. Temperature. Noon 70 Yesterday. . , Maximum 82 Minimum .-. 5$ For Richmond Fair tonloht Rhnu. era Sunday or Monday. j General Conditions The storm that caused yesterday's rain has passed off to the east and a storm is following it. Unsettled weather expected this afternoon and tonight Followed by more rain, w. B. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

$750,000 STOCK IS INSURED FOR LOCAL INDUSTRY Richmond Adding and List- - ing Machine Company Promises to Be One of City's Largest Factories,

OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN Fred Bethard President and Fred G. White Secretary, Both Richmond Men Machinery Being Installed. Articles of incorporation for the Richmond Adding and Listing company, Richmond's newest industry, were filed today. The company will have a capital stock of $750,000. of which $500,000 is common and $250,000 preferred. The company has purchased the new veneer door factory buildings in Beallvlew and already has a small force of machinists at work. Within a short time its machines will be placed upon the market and the com. pany Is already assured a large demand for its products. List of Officers, The following are the officers of the company: President, Fred D. Bethard of this city, now engaged in the automobile business. First vice president. Curtis M. Wann of Hays, Kan., retired business man and banker. Second vice president, W. J. Rodgers of Evansville, Ind., an oil operator. Secretary, Frederick G. White of the law firm of Gardner, Jessup & White, this city. Treasurer, Fletcher Johnson of this city, president of the Reeveston Realty company. Besides the officers the other directors of the company are: Robert R. Williams, Evansville, president and treasurer of the Indiana Tile company and the Evansville Veneer Door company; William J. Bethard. Indianapolis, president of the Bethard Wall Paper company; Rose Thompson, Wabash, Ind., proprietor of a wholesale grocery concern, and. Wilfred Jessup, a Richmond attorney." A Favorable Outlook. So favorable is the outlook for this new industry that It is anticipated it will be one of the city's largest manufacturing concerns within the next two or three years. The machine which is to be manufactured is a recent invention and has been demonstrated to be a complete success. Fifteen bjgh class mechanics are now employed at the plant and four more machinists of this class will arrive from New York the first of the week. Within a short time about twenty ordinary machinists will be employed and it is exnected thr will h at least one hundred employes on the payroll by tne first of next year. There has been $3,000 worth of machinery Installed to date and $10,000 additional equipment has been ordered. GERHARD MEETS GERMAN KAISER ON NOTE OF U. S. BERLIN. June 19. Dr. Anton Meyer Gerhard, special diplomatic envoy of Count Von Bernstorff. German ambassador to the United States, was invited to imperial headquarters today for his first conference with Emperor William. Dr. Meyer Gerhard will assist In an advisory capacity in the drafting of a reply to President Wilson's second note relative to Germany's submarine war. SUPERDREADNAUGHT ARIZONA LAUNCHED NEW YORK, June 19. With the launching of the superdreadnaught Arizona at the Brooklyn navy yard at 1 o'clock this afternoon, the U. S. Na- , vy receives the most important addition in its history. Without her anna- : ments, the bare hulls of the giant bat. 4 tleship displaces 16,000 tons. When completed she will cost $16,000,000. . Secretary of War Daniels, Secretary of Labor Wilson, United States Senator O'Gormon, Mayor Mitchel and many other notables were at the navy yard. Gov. W. P. Hunt brought from -Arizona a jug of the first water that ever flowed over the lip of Roosevelt dam for the christening, by Miss Esther, Ross of Prescott, Arts. FRANK TO KNOW FATE i ATLANTA, Oa.. June 19. Leo M. Frank will not know his fate until Monday afternoon and possibly not until Tuesday morning. Governor M. Slaton and his secretary, surrounded by hugs volumes of records, stenographic reports, affidavits, court data and published records, when seen today stated that the decision would' j . not be reached before Monday after, j noon at the earliest, and no later I than Tuesday morning. . '

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