Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 234, 13 September 1915 — Page 7

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UNKNOWN MAN SUSPECTED OF BURNING BARN New Automobile of Miss Mary Ennis and Barn Damaged in Sunday Night Blaze.

CARRIED INSURANCE Fire Does Not Reach Gasoline Although Bursting of Tires Cause Spectators to Fear Explosion. Fire, probably started by an un- ' hidine in the barn where she kept her machine, almost j destroyed the five passenger Davis fear, owned by miss naary mms, mi j. South Fourteenth street, ana so oaaiy J damaged the building ' that a new ' structure will have to be erected. , l i Miss Ennis carried $1,000 Insurance I upon the car and $200 insurance on " the bare, so she is completely protectf ed in her loss The blaze was first noticed about 11 o'clock last night, an 5 hour after Miss Ennis and members of her family had returned from a trip to Kokomo. The entire barn was in flames when the alarm was sent in. Sees Man In Barn. I Miss Ennis informed Fire Chief MilUer that when the family returned l from their auto trip last night her sister took the car to the barn, then jcame running to the house saying that ;he had seen a man hiding in it. She Jwas accompanied back to the barn by other members of the family but the man had departed in the meantime. I Thfl ton of the machine, the uoholsterlng, wheels and tires were cre- ; mated and the body of the car badly I burned. The engine and transmission system were not damaged, how5 ever. One peculiar thing connected with the 'fire was that the gasoline tank In the ;raachine did not explode although ; spectators mistook tho popping of the I tires as the explosion of the gasoline ftank. There was a large tank of gastoline in the back yard but the flames "did not get to it. The blaze was a brilillant one, and east end people aroused tfrom their slumbers thought that a IjHirnber of dwellings were afire, i A lew weeks ac while-climbing the 'Beeler hill south r 'M3 city Miss Ennis lost control ot her machine and it toppled over the embankment, rolling over. The occupants, however, escaped without injury and the machine 5was only slightly damaged. Miss EnInis purchased the machine about four months ago. ASK 13 PER GENT GUT IN INSURANCE RATES ON BUSINESS HOUSES . Secretary Haas made application today of the insurance rating bureau at Indianapolis, for a reduction of 13 per cent in the insurance rates of the business houses of Richmond. The promise of a reduction was made when the city purchased the new aerial fire truck but the demand was made by the bureau for the employment of three additional firemen before the city can be placed in class No. 2. In spite of the fact that the city has refused to employ the additional firemen, Secretary Haas and the insurance committee of the Commercial club believes that the business men are entitled to the reduction. It was learned that it would cost about $6000 for the bureau to resurvey the city. This would be an expensive proposition and for this reason the committee believes that their plan should be accepted by the bureau as a fair proposition. SALVATION ARMY STREET SERVICE Brigadier Simonson, head of the Balvaticn Army work in the state of Indiana, was in Richmond Saturday light with his secretary, Adjutant Bates and had charge of the services by, the Richmond company. On Sunday, Adjutant Munselle of Seabring, Florida, oonducted services. Adj. Munselle will visit in Richmond ior some dme. . Following- is tho out-of-town schedule for the Salvation Army this week: 3ervicoa tonight in Fountain City, tomorrow night at New Paris, Wednesiay night at Liberty and Friday night it Lynn. DISCUSS BRIDGE , PROBLEM BEFORE COMMERCIAL CLUB Every Richmond citizens Interested n the Main street bridge question, has een invited to attend the mass meetes at tho Commercial club rooms this voning. Prof. Hatt of Purdue university, one of the commission of cxerts who made an examination of the ridge two weeks ago, will be present I cith stereopticon slides. The county :ominissioners and other county of finals will be special guests. After the lalks by the engineers and several of he county officials, the meeting will te open for discussion. The meeting 6 called for 8 o'clock. PLEASE COME AGAIN. SULLIVAN, Ind., Sept. 13. Automoklllsts motoring through this city are rreeted at the city limits by a sign 'eading: "Welcome. Please observe he Speed Laws." The last sign that ;reets them when they leave reads: 'Thank You. Please Come Again." "hey do the business and make traffic fflcers unnecessary.

2 Ym. G. A. Walkers Reach Richmond

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E. J. Smith and C. A. Miller of New York City, arrived in : Richmond Saturday afternoon. They stopped over in town on their way across America to Los Angeles. They did not blow into town in a big touring car, neither did they violate the city speed regulation. But they quietly strode In behind their unique "Fordlet." . A great, love for the outdoors prompted these young men to take this trip. Hemmed in for many years by the walls of a great city like New York, they took this opportunity to get out and come near to nature. America Is their school, nature their books, and the people their teachers The boys have actually walked only thirty-five days. The remainder of the

G. 0. P. WILL WITHHOLD SUPPORT OF CANDIDATE

"There will be no endorsement of any candidate at the meeting at Rushville Wednesday," said Pat .Lynch in a long distant telephone call to L.S. Bowman, Wayne county chairman. Lynch is chairman of the Sixth District Republicans and has charge of the love feast and barbecue to be held at Rushville. The inquiry was made by the local committee after it was learned that Jim Watson was to announce his candidacy at the meeting. Charles Shiveley, who Is chairman of the local committee, insisted upon Chairman Lynch that no action whatever be taken on any announced candidacy and that the meeting will be purely in the nature of a "get together meeting. " The committee for Wayne county is composed of Gath Freeman, Denver Harlan and Paul Comstock and any persons desiring to go are asked to notify the committee as soon as possible. The committee announces that at least twenty-five machines will leave Richmond Wednesday morning at 7:30 a. m. NEW COMMANDER AT NAVAL ACADEMY Capt. Edward W. Aberle, IT. S. N., who has succeeded Rear Admiral Fullam as head of the Naval Acadaemy of Annapolis, following the recent "cribbing" scandal among the midshipmen. SCIENCE LECTURE. There will be a free lecture : on Christian Science at the Murray theatre Thursday evening at ; 8 o'clock. William D. McCracken, C. S. B., of New York, will be the lecturer, he being a member of the board of lecturship of the. First Church of Christ, Scientist, cf Boston,-Mass. -

time they have been visiting the different places of interest on their journey. The wet weather has held them back a little. While In Dayton they were caught In the cloudburst Thursday afternoon. Saturday evening, after the Salvation army meeting was over the walkers gave a talk to a large audience on Main street. They will be at the same corner toi.ight' with their Fordlet. Both young men are Y. M. C. A. members and will stay at the Richmond Y. M. C. A. while here. They had dinner Sunday and will take supper tonight at Mr. Von Peln's home at 703 South J street. The boys will take a trip through the Starr Piano company's plant today.

'ine following persons have now made known their intention of attending the "love feast." Isaac Dougan, F. S. Bates, W. A. Sample, Charles Shiveley; Charles Mcguire, Paw Comstock, Gath Freeman, Orville Boyd, Denver Harlan, James Carr, Harry Patti, Robert Boyd, S. K Morgan, L. S. Bowman, Albert Chamness, John Dieiz, Ed Swayne, Clarence Jessup, George Seidel, Lou Knopf, Ben Butler, George Matthews, William Matthews, George Cates, Morris Hay ner, Ed Cates, Harry Maag, Frank Jones, Linus Meredith, Will Eikenberry, Rome Shurley, Jesse Bailey, A. M. Gardner, Charles Jordan, Willam Hendricks, Will Starr, Harry Land Louis Iliff, E. N. Campfield. James Knapp, David Nicum, Frank Whitesell, Hagerstown. Harry Macy, Economy. Joe Pyle, Will Porterfield, Boston. Walter Farlow, South of Richmond George Thornburg, Dalton township. JLouis Hampton, Fountain City. Frank Mosbaugh, A. L. Feemster Cambridge City. MINISTERIAL BODY DECIDES TO PROBE CONDITION OF JAILS Jail conditions and treatment of prisoners in Richmond will be investigated by the evangelistic committee of the Ministerial association within the next two weeks and a report, containing practicable suggestions to improve methods now employed by the police, will be made. The investigation will be conducted as a result of a letter written to Rev. E. G. Howard from C. E. Grove of Cincinnati, and read to the members of the association at their first winter's session this morning in the Y. M, C. A. Grove writes that he was held in jail for 35 days during the latter part of spring and released without a hearing on the affidavit filed against him, charging the issuance of a fradulent check. Grove was employed by an insurance company and it was also held that a shortage had occurred in his accounts. He was released on his own recognizance and the charge remains against him. Rev. J. J. Rae will probably head the evangelistic committee this year. CHILDREN ESCAPE WITHOUT INJURIES IN HACK ACCIDENT Fourteen children, just starting to school, narrowly escaped serious injury this morning when the school hack in which they were riding overturned on the National road, east. The team, driven by Samuel Culbertson, became frightened by an interurban car and an automobile, which were speeding down the road. - The horses bolted to the side of the road. The hack struck . the curb, throwing the driver out and pinning the children inside the hack. Several of the windows of the hack were broken and all the children scrambled out without as much as a scratch. They all had their little dinner buckets in their hands and it was a frightened looking lot as they crawled out of the broken windows. None was injured.

JONES USES GRAVEL TO REPAIR HIGHWAYS

FOR WHITER TRAFFIC A new road repair system Is to be tried : by Road Superintendent Jones next spring 1 if his . present - plans are carried out. -. v- . "If the Chester- pike is turned over to the county,"Jsaid Mr. Jones, "I Intend to repair, it '-with gravel.' I , have found that when, a macadam road gets in as bad condition as that is in gravel is better, than stone for repair. The only way to use "crushed : stone in ; repair work is to scarify the roads' and practically put on a new crown. This will cost at least $1,000 per mile while, the same : work - can' be done with gravel at much less expense." Mr. Jones isstrongly in favor of gravel in . preference to macadam on any reads. He says that it , makes a better road for automobiles and for heavy traffic.4 "-:x '''-.'--; ::: -v-.-. y With' practically the same amount of money on hands as was spent last year. Superintendent Joneses planning on doing even - - more to the roads. During the past year, the maintenance of the county roads has cost approximately $105 a mile. This includes all the expense of; material and work. Inl913, the township roads cost the tax payers" approximately $9a and in 1914 this was increased to $100. The figures for this year are not obtain able. There will be approximately $33,000 to spend on : county roads next year. Mr. Jones' propgram includes gravel ing every road in the county this fall and winter; so that by next summer the highways will be In better condi tion than ever before. PROGRAM IS OUT FOR HOSPITAL EXERCISES Programs for the graduating exer cises of the class of 1915 of the Reld Memorial Hospital Training school for nurses, which will be held in the High school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock Wed nesday night, have been issued. The graduates are: Misses Nellie M Stevens, Audra E.; Fisher, Besta C. Davis, Hulda J. Smith and Edna L. Thompson. Dr. S. C. Markley will preside. John L. Rupe will present the diplomas and Dr. Frank B. Wynne of Indianapolis, will deliver the principal address. Fol lowing is the program: March. Invocation Rev. E. G. Howard. Vocal Solo: "I-Hear a Thrush at Eve," Cadman Mrs. Charles Igleman, Miss Knollenberg, accompanist. Address Dr. Frank B. Wynne, of Indianapolis. "Overture Stradella," Flotow Mr. F. H. Hlcta, violin, Miss Helen Hadley, piano, Mr. Royden Park,; flute. Administration of Florence Nightin gale pledge. Presentation of Diplomas Mr. John L. Rupe, president board of trustees. Vocal Solo: "Good Bye," Tosti Mrs. Igleman; Miss Knollenberg, accompanist. Benediction. SPANISH MONARCH SEES MORE WARS King Alfonso does not believe that the end of " the : present war ' will see the disarmament of nations.. On the contrary he asserts that they will increase their defenses more than ever. He is quoted to this effect in an interview by Senor Cevlllier, an Argentine writer. : PRIZES FOR WORK HORSES. K VANSVILLE, Ind., Sept.- 13. Owners of work horses . in - this city who take the , proper care of their steeds .will l)e awarded prize ribbons by the Evansville , Humane society. Mayor Bos6e ; will present the first. second and third prizes .when the horses are paraded: before; him, Saturday, September. 18.- . ...

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GAIIG FIGHT URIflGS THREE INTO COURT

As a result of a "gang fight at North Eighth - street and Elm place Saturday night, three young men were arraigned In city -court today on a charge of assault and battery Joseph Smith. William O'Connor and - Paul Drudy. 'AU pleaded not guilty and In the absence of the prosecuting witnesses their cases were postponed cntill -tomorrow , morning. ; Smith is charged with assaulting Mell Drable; O'Connnor "and Drndy with assaulting Elmer Berg. One of the arresting officers in, his written report of the bat tle states that Berg "had hell beaten out of him." . STARTS LIFE OVER AGAIN AT EIGHTY FIVE At the age of eighty-five, George W. Cram is enjoying his first sight of a trolley car, his first, ride in an automobile, and the delights of modern fashions. Mr. Cram, who despite his years is known as "Kid Cram" has! just been released from Sing Sing pris on, where he has been serving a sentence since 1894. He was an old man when sent to prison for killing his wife. Governor Morton thought him unbalanced ' and commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. Cram was the first man in New York sentenced to die in the electric chair. The big buildings of New York and the feminine fashions have proved to be a revelation to the aged ex-convict. "If the women In my day dressed like that they would have been arrested," he said. ONE OUT OF EIGHT OBTAINS CHARITY CITY OF RICHMOND The annual'report of Secretary Mel-! polder of the social service bureau, which wiii be submitted to the execu-1 tive board this afternoon, states that ' 3,000 persons have received help from i the charity bureau during the last year. A total of 784 families have ' been helped through the agencies of I the bureau, the township trustee and j the organizations affiliated with the , central bureau. ' i This means that one out of every ' eight inhabitants of the city has re- j ceived charitable, aid. More that $10.-: 000 has been expended on the poor in Richmond during the last year. The survey of health conditions of the city shows that there were fewer deaths due to tuberculosis during the last year than for many years. A survey of Industrial conditions of the city made during the year, shows that there were 1,180 less persons em ployed in the city than the year previous. In spite of this fact, the report goes to show that there was less suf-; fering ambng the poor. j FINED FOR STEALING George Novah, an Hungarian, the police say, charged with stealing a number of . articles from the Kresge five and ten cent store, told Mayor Robbins through a woman interpreter this morning that he did not know whether he was guilty or not guilty j because be was very drunk Saturday night. Franklin Dickinson, assistant manager of the store, and two women employes testified against Novah. He was fined $10 and costs and given a five days', jail sentence. The Young Woman's Christian Association has a world membership of 600,000. , TELL THE RIGHT STORY AT THE RIGHT TIME. . Conditions vary in different parts of the country and the manufacturer, who uses newspaper advertising is able to give his" message the value of timeliness. He is able to take advantage of opportunities. He can make his appeal along local lines of thought. He can eliminate waste energy and waste money. He can sell where the selling is good. Manufacturers will find much of interest in the booklet "The Newspapers," issued by the Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association, World building, New York. -

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F OBTMJ OIL

:. On the thirteenth day of the month, thirteen women, all residing on Richmond avenue, and all Teterana ot the west side dump war last year, stormed the office of the board of public work this morning and won another victory, notwithstanding the double jinx that handicapped them. . "We came to get Richmond avenue oiled so that the dust won't kill all of us in that neighborhood, and the board is going to oil the street," remarked Mrs. Reuben Richmond as she and the twelve other women left the city hall. ' For some time Clerk Bescher has been suggesting the advisability of having a petition circulated for the oiling of West First street. His suggestion has never been acted upon because the board hesitated about buying another carload of oil this late in the season just-to oil one street. The board, however, decided ,to purchase the oil in a very few minutes after the Richmond avenue women opened their verbal bombardment. They told the board that they and other property owners on the street were ready to reimburse the city for the cost of the oil providing the city did the 'oiling and the board members lost no time in calling this proposal a bar gain. Richmond avenue, since the closing of the Main street bridge, has been one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city and the clouds of dust raised by the hundreds of vehicles which pass along the street daily have almost driven the residents insane. Yesterday 150 automobiles passed along that street in one hour. Councilman O'Neal petitioned the board today to have South Fifteenth street macadamized between South C and E streets. The board informed him that if there were sufficient funds in the street improvement fund after other street work had been completed CROWD DECREASES. The crowd at the park yesterday afternoon to hear the concert of the Richmond concert ' band was not as large as usual. The afternoon was Intensely hot and many persons feared to venture from their homes. I $1.50 100 Q-l Dresses !EI Values to 55.3S The remainder of our high grade stock of Summer Dresses to he closed out. Every, dress a prize. TAILORED SKIRTS A countless assortment to select from in all wool and silk materials. $1.98 to $7.98 SILK WAISTS Values unexcelled. In all fashionable silks, rrepe de chine, chiffon tafieta. lace and chiffon, china silk, etc 98c, $1.98 & $3.98 CHILD COATS CHILD DRESSES CHILD Everywear At Great Reductions 'TRUE SAVINGS

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this street would bo cared tor. Tho board Is to macadsmlze.North E street from Sixteenth street to tho park. Lib. erty avenue. North Sixteenth street and South Eighth street, south of . J street. .,., " The board was Informed that one ot the old covered bridges in "Happy Hotlow", was believed to be in a danger ous condition and the building inspector was ordered to Inspect It. FAMILY FOOO Toothsome and Requires No Cooking. Crisp. A little boy down in N. C. asked hU mother to write an account of how Grape-Nuts food had helped their family. - She says Grape-Nuts was first brought to her attention where she visited. "While I was there I used the food regularly. I gained weight and felt so well that when I returned home I began using Grape-Nuts in the family regularly. "My little lS-months-old baby shortly after being weaned was Tery HI while teething. She was sick nine weeks and we tried everything. " She became so emaciated that It was painful to handle her and we thought we were going to lose her. One day a happy thought urged me to try GrapeNuts soaked in a little warm milk. "Well, it worked like a charm and she began taking it regularly and Improvement set In at once. She grew well and round and fat as fast as possible on Grape-Xuts. "Some time ago several of the family were stricken with La Grippe at the same time, and during the worst stages they could not relish anything In the shape of food but Grape-Kara and oranges, everything else was nauseating. "We all appreciate what your famous food done for our family." "There's a Reason." . Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. : Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. -Adv.

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