Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 246, 27 September 1915 — Page 1

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VETERANS A6AICJ AROH THROUGH CAPITAL CITY AFTER 50 YEARS PAST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. The national capital today is the maneuvering .ground of the men who fifty years ago fought the battles that resulted in the preservation of the union. All day yesterday, last night and today veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic have been arriving in Washington to attend what may be their last , reunion, and today there are at least forty thousand of them in the capital, garbed in faded blue suits, with bravely shining ;' brass buttons, walking slowly but proudly through the changed streets. Sam Veterans March. , Fifty years ago these same veterans marched down Pennsylvania avenue in the .grand review, that celebrated the fall of Richmond and the end of the

HUNTINGTON RETURNED TO PENITENTIARY FOR VIOLATION OF PAROLE

Having completely failed to accomplish his reformation, after resorting to every known , remedy of modern criminology, the police today turned over Earl Huntington of this city, to an agent of the Indiana state prison, Michigan City, and he was token back to serve eight years, the unexpired period of his term, one to fourteen years, which has twice been interrupted by paroles, violated both times by Huntington. ' 1 " ? Huntington once served over three years at the Jeff ersonville reformatory. Released from there he soon began to drink again, and it was not long (fpft!" wan,4trp. , For stealing Junk' valued at about fifteen cents, the price; of a, whisky and a drink of beer, Huntington was convicted -on; a ,ebargef petit larceny and sentenced to Michigan City for an indeterminate period. Prior to this period he had spent at least eight years of his life, . at various times, in the county jail for misdemeanors. Given Parole. After Huntington served three and a half years at Michigan City prison, he was released on parole to William Eversman. president of the Richmond police board. Eversman thought Huntington could be reclaimed as a useful citizen. H was provided with em'ployment at wages sufficient to support himself, his wife and two children. For a time he followed the straight and narrow path, but later he began to drink hard again and was returned to Michigan City. About a year ago Huntington was paroled a second time, to Howard Ridge of this city,; He secured employment again and - the police interested themselves in his welfare. , . -"""""Breaks Into Car. Early last spring Huntington began to listen to the voice of temptation again. For two months in succession he neglected to make his required monthly report to the prison officials, LINDEN OSBORNE, DIES AT HOME FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind., Sept. 27 Linden Osborne, the last of twentyseven goldseekers who left Fountain City for the California goldflelds, March 30, 1850, is dead. He answered the final call Sunday afternoon at the home of Major M. M. Lacey, after suffering for many weeks from a complication of diseases. Mr. Osborne was born in Fountain City of old Quaker stock, and remained a member of that church all his life. The funeral will be held from the Friends meeting house Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, the Rev. Leanna Hobson conductir the service. The last days of JVlr. Osborne were spent

GOSPEL AND NOT FADS NEEDED IN OUR CHURCHES; REV. STOVALL EXPLAINS

"People should be induced to attend church services . without having ; tea served to the women and cigars to the men at the close of the worship In payment for their consenting to be bored by the formal part of the meeting," said the Rev. W.: O. Stovall in his talk before the Ministerial association today. In discussing "Why Go to Church," the Rev. Mr. Stovall denounced the minister who had so yielded to popular clamor for entertainment that be had established a "Love Court" in connection with his church. Persons, he said.

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Givil war. Next Wednesday they are to re-enact that scene, and with Colonel David J. Palmer of Des Moines, la., at their head will march again from the capitol building to the white house where President Wilson will review them. Colonel Palmer- led the grand review at the close of the war, but next Wednesday Is expected to set a slower pace. . There was no set program to be followed today. Time was allowed to permit the veterans to become settled in their lodgings and for registration. Registration has been made an important part of the reunion. Registration Is Complete. Owing to the fact that at the Gettysburg reunion in the summer of 1913, Continued On Page Ten. and finally, the police say, he broke into a box car and looted it of a considerable amount of its contents. He fled the city and remained away three months,, returning Saturday. In the meantime the prison officials had demanded his return for parole violations. Saturday ' evening Officer Longman noticed Huntington talking, with his wife at the corner of South Fifteenth and A streets, ; but pretended 5 not to recognize him. Huntington left his wife and hurried west. . Longman got into an automobile and caught up with him on South Twelfth street. Huntington, showed flchti wharavpon Longman told htm he had authority" to bring him In "dead or alive," , and Huntington surrendered.- " - Claims Frame-up. : Huntington today insisted that he was sent to Michigan City on a "frameup," as he was not guilty of stealing junk as had been charged. He also denied that he had robbed a boxcar Continued On Page Nine. BRITISH WARSHIP SUNK BY GERMANS BERLIN, Sept. 27 Official announcement was made here today that a British warship was sunk and two others damaged off the Belgian Coast on Saturday. A British squadron was engaged at the time ; in bombarding the Belgian coast batteries - at ;: Zeebrugge and other points, but retired owing to its losses. . - : British warships are still lying off the Belgian coast throwing shells into the German positions. The bombardment on Friday was the heaviest yet directed - against the coast. Many shells fell in Zeebrugge. OLD GOLD SEEKER, IN FOUNTAIN CITY at the home of Major Lacey, his brother-in-law. A wagonmaker by trade, Mr. Osborne followed this pursuit all his life. During the last thirty years he had not been ten miles from Fountain City. Friends and relatives were unable to engage Mr. Osborne Into a discussion of his experiences in California. He and his twenty-six companions set out for California on the overland trail. Four of them died on the way out, and four stayed in California After three years Mr. Osborne returned to Wayne county. He had many friends in Fountain City. His age was 87 years. 7 months and 24 days. who went to church merely to hear someone sing or the minister preach lost sight of the true purpose of the church. . Blame was placed on the pastor for failing to "impress on the members sufficiently that they go to church to worship God. He asked how outsiders could be expected to be led to the services : if the members were not activelyinterested. - Much of the difficulty, the Rev. Mr. Stovall said, was due to the clamor of the world for what . it likes. Continued On Page Two.

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Sixty-ninth at Economy Cheers J. H. Newman. Orphan Adopted by Regiment in South, Now Noted Educator and Lecturer.

Fifty years ago John Henry Newman was a dirty-faced, ragged little bootblack, shining shoes for . members of the Sixty-ninth Indiana regiment at Mobile. Today John Henry, Newman is an educator and eioremv CttaiKju; janu tor. i ' . '.. V "The Son ot the Regiment," as New man is affectionately called by members of the Sixty-ninth,' who" observed the fiftieth ' anniversary of their muster out at Econdmy Saturday, forfeit ed a , Chautauqua date, and traveled day and night to be with the veterans to whom he gives credit for the change in his life. . . The story of how Mr. Newman came PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATIONS SHOW INCREASE In the total assessment of the property of all the public utility corporations . in the county, as fixed by the state board of tax commissioners, an increase of $31,956 was shown during the past year in Wayne county. - This rate of increase in the corporation assessments is - not as large in proportion with the increase shown in the valuation of other property In the county as reported by the county assessor last spring. The total value of the property of public utility corporations in the county in 1915, for 1916 levying purposes, is $4,077,255. Last, year the assessment was $4,045,299. Only a few of the corporations show decreases. All the townships with the exception of Jackson and Jefferson townships reported increased assessment. The value of corporation property in Jackson township was reduced from $494,824 in 1914 to $492,206 in 1915. In Jefferson township the reduction ' was from $280,349 to $278,587. A general decrease was shown in the town and city corporations of the county in the valuation of their public utilities. The corporations in Richmond, however, increased in value from $638,249 in 1914 to $649,688 in 1915. Table Shows Assessments. . The . following table shows the assessment of public utility properties in all the townships and corporations of the county: i s 1915 3,759 77,396 679,170 161,037 28,427 10,728 92,058 12,344 492,206 278,587 123,734 58,783 128,086 822,378 68,202 ' 157,628 52,405 63,452 15,715 868 13,282 14,962 14,774 57,549 649,688 37 ' 1914 3,397 77,077 Ablngton .... Boston ...... Center ...... Clay Dalton Franklin Greene .... ,.. Harrison Jackson Jefferson .... New Garden. . Perry Washington . . Wayne .... Webster Camb'dge City Centerville . . . Dublin ....... E. Germant'wn Fountain City. Greensfork Hagerstown . . Milton , Mount Auburn Richmond Whitewater . . 678,300 ! 160,627 i 26,496 10,268 90,144 11,888 494,824 280,349 118,543 56,586 124,693 817.470 64,961 156,999 51.876 63,526 15,770 1.126 14,032 15,340 14,726 57,906 638,249 36 Total 14,077,255 $4,045,299

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l vim r I i 1 them. . .. to the regiment and was adopted by the soldiers, and later brought north with them, was told today , by Colonel Oran Perry of Indianapolis, president of the association of the Sixty-ninth. ffWWlt? were encamped at Mobile, during May and Jane at the close oi me war, sam ; uoionei ferry. ' dirty rsgd, little boet-Wack came to The nine-year-old boy. waa alone in the world, and was -trying; to keep himself from starving. His father.-a Confed erate soldier, had been killed. Grief over the loss of her husband had killed the mother,' while the sisters had beontinued on Page Five :.. GREEKS IN AMERICA CALLED TO COLORS WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Greek r v servlsts in the United States between the classes of 1892 and 1911'have been called home. The Greek legation here today received notification from Athens and immediately wired the information ; to ' Minister ; Bouros In New York. . It is estimated that 55,000 Greeks in the United States are affected by the order. BULGARIAN ARMIES TO FRONTIER PARIS, Sept. 27. Two Bulgarian armies are - already moving, one to invade Macedonia, the other to remain on the frontier of Serbia and strike that country if it opposes the Bulgars' occupation of territory wrested from it after it defeated Turkey, according to a dispatch from Milan, today. The French censor still refuses to pass dispatches describing the preparations made to meet the Bulgars, but the publication of the following statement by Piechon, ex-foreign minister, was permitted today: "At this moment the French and English must , already have troops at the terminus of the Servian line of supplies." Railway service between Bulgaria and Servia has been suspended by order of the Bulgarian government. Twenty merchant ships were taken Over by the Greek government for the transportation of troops. .Thirteen others have been ordered to await instructions. .. ; . . . . Weather Forecast United States Report Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably . rain. Cooler extreme south portion tonight. Temperature . Noon ............ 53 - Yesterday . Maximum -.'. 77 Minimum 52 i' . '. For Richmond Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.' v Probable occasional rains. - ; .' General Conditions During the past twenty-four hours strong winds and heavy rains have been general over the Mississippi . valley due - to - the slow eastern movement of the center of the great western storm. The weather will continue cool at least for .the . next thirty-six hours.' ' - W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

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1 TV , ; , SAD FEATURES FROWNED UPON BY 69TII BOYS Funeral dirges have no place on the program of the Sixty-ninth Indiana Regiment which observed the fiftieth anniversary of its muster out at Econ omy Saturday. War talk ' j' is also tabooed as is everything that might re mind the veteran's that age and death are creeping; upon them. Veterans of the Sixty-nintb-are still yoeng in spirit if not in years. Sixty-one metohefs, tit tte wetosjnt their, families posed for picture, ate a splendid dinner served by the women of the Economy 'Methodist church and listened to a program full of interesting and unusual features. ., Col. Oran Perry of Indianapolis, was elected president having been honored with that position at each reunion for thirty-three years. Major M. M. Lacey of Fountain City, was re-elected secretary having served In that capacity since the regiment began holding reunions. Appreciate Program. Thanks for the entertainment which had been arranged by Riley Salisburg, a member of the regiment, and his wife , were" profuse. Rev. Preston Polhemus delivered the address of welcome which was greatly appreciated because he did not devote his time to relating to the veterans the history of their regiment. .Miss Dora Pierce presented a male choir of twelve voices which sang "Tipperary" and all the late marching songs, so full of life and youth. .Taylor Sanders recited "Your Flag and My Flag," at the request of Col. Perry. .. Miss. Sells of Hagerstown. also gave a recitation. r Mr. Perry has already begun work on the phamplet which is issued by the regiment each year giving full proceedings of the reunion and other matters pertaining to the veterans. This, Col. Perry declared was a feature which few, If any other, regiments have adopted. ; Economy citizens met the visitors at the station with automobiles and escorted them to the meeting place, where they were entertained in a manner which excited the unstinted praise of Col. Perry. GENti NAMED HEAD OF VESTCOTT AID John Genn was re-elected president of the Westcott Mutual Aid society at a meeting of the Y: M. C. A. Saturday evening. . Reports of the various officers' were read. - The report of the treasurer. Fred Kershner shows that the ; treasury of the society is in a flourishing condition. Charles Wettig was re-elected secretary and Fred Kershner will retain the office of treasurer. James Walter is the newly elected vice-president to take the place of Albert Blaesser. After the business meeting, a short program was given by the A. S. M. quartet. Talks ' were made by various members of the society after which a luncheon was erved. The meeting was attended ' by ; fifty members of the association. V . - " The - treasurer's ' report - shows : Re- i ceipts Balance on band at beginning cf year, $172.51; assessments, $344; from A. S." M. company, $125; total, $641.51. Disbursements Sick benefits, $206.75; funeral, $100; floral offerings, $6; printing, etc.. $13.25; total. $324. Balance on hand, $317.51. " During the. year the society lost two .'members through death, William E. Russell and Frank Rlelage. The organization extends letters of sympathy to any - of - its 266 - members in whose family death enters during the year.

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PARIS. Sept. 27. Parisians frenzied with" Joy. Everywhere . the victory of the Allies is being celebrated with cheers and singing of the "Marseilles." The celebration which began yesterday still continued todayTheatre performances were interrupted frequently. when enthusiastic members of the audience arose and proposed cheers for the French army and Its British ally. ; - BRITISH RUSH LINES. LONDON. Sept. 27. With the full strength ot the Allies engaged In the greatest drive yet undertaken against the Germans in the western theatre of war an offensive which has already

FREM LOSE 40,000 TO fflKE TEMPORARY GAM, BERLIN SAYS

A BERLIN (via Amsterdam). Sept. 27. French losses in the fighting which resulted in the German troops evacuating-part of their first line trenches in Champaign were estimated at more than 40,000 in Berlin today. . The forces of the enemy advanced against the Germans under a terrific artillery and rifle fire, and it was only by sacrificing entire regiments, latest reports . state, that the French were able to gain a tempo rory advantage. AUTOMOBILES Chief of Police Goodwin today said that the anti-parking ordinance was about as poor an excuse of a measure as the recently enacted "dimmer" ordinance. He pointed out that one prohibited the owner ot a vehicle from keeping It standing in the Main street business district any length of time. while the other measure no standard method of dimming auto headlights was provided. "I have decided on what I believe will be a common sense and satisfac AFTER RECOVERING FROM OPERATION MRS. KARCHER DIES Mrs. Tbreasa Karcher, aged 47 years, wife of Julius Karcher, a promtnent north end baker, died- at 7:45 o'clock this morning at her home at 1115 South Eighth street She was the mother of 9 children, all of whom survive. Mrs. Karcher has been convalescing at her home since July 20, when a surgical operation for the amputation of both legs at the knee to prevent further spread of gangrene with which she was affected, was performed. Since the removal to her home, Mrs. Karcher has had the use of a wheelchair and her strength had so far returned that recently she was giving as much attention to household duties as the state of her convalescence would permit. Last night Mrs. Karcher became stricken with a heart attack which made her condition become worse. The physician's treatment prolonged her life until this morning when her death unexpectedly occurred. 4 Mrs. Karcher was well and favorably known in the neighborhood in which she resided. Her husband's bakery establishment is at the corner of North Nineteenth and E streets. Besides her husband, the following children - survive, Christiana. Karl, Margaret, Bertha, Martha Marie, Erna George. Julius and Threasa. ; The last two named are twins. A brother and two sisters also survive.. - The funeral will take place at the residence at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial in Lutheranla cemetery. Friends may call at any time after Tuesday noon. SCIENCE TEACHER ORGANIZES WORK Miss Grace King, domestic science supervisor of the county schools, has her work well organized for .the -coming year, according to her statement today. She has been able to start the work In all the schools of the county coming under her jurisdiction' and lr now busy outlining the future plans. She has divided her work Into three separate departments, cooking, sewing and "food and shelter" instruction.

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EHO;; CKE1Y cost the Teutonic armies mora than twenty thousand men . In . prisoners alone, thirty-three cannon and from one to three miles of territory the assaults continue night and day with these as the. chief objectives of the Anglo-French armies: CI). ' Domination ot the Tpres-Menln road in Flanders. ; (2). Recapture of Ulle. . ' ; ' (3) . Destruction of the German salient at La Bassee and Givenchy. ( 4 ) . Retirement of the German lines in Champagne and the Argonne where the French lines of communication to Verdun are threatened. - - (5) . Destruction of the German sall- . ..Continued On Page Ten. . In the positions which they now occupy the French are under the German artillery fire in the second and third line trenches. These can not be rendered tenable without other sacrifices. . It is the opinion of German experts that the allies have opened their offensive once more with 4.000,000 troops in France. They assert that the movement at this time Is aimed to divert the Germans from sending men to the Russian and Balkan fronts. MY PAM llMil tory enforcement of the anti-parking ordinance." the chief said. "I have Instructed the officers to permit vehicles to stand on Main street for at least a half hour. "The demand recently made by the council to enforce the dimmer ordinance Is amusing to me. Wo made twenty-eight arrests for violations of this measure and not one case has been prosecuted. Why should we keep on making arrests under the provisions of this act?" INSIST ON FULL BUSHEL WEIGHT FROM PEDDLER Buy your potatoes by weight Instead of by measure, and be sure to get a full sixty pound weight for each bushel. This advice to Richmond householders was given today - by George McKlnley, inspector of weights and measures. "Many peddlers are now bringing potatoes into the city and they sell by measure in nine cases out of ten. unless the purchaser Insists on purchasing by weight." McKlnley said. "The peddlers who have full measures do not give purchasers their money's worth even If the measures are heaped full, because these measures will not hold the required weight ot a bushel of potatoes, sixty pounds. They will 'short weight between five and twelve pounds. A number of ped-" dlers have been using only seveneighths bushel measures and the average person can not tell the difference' between these and full bushel measures. "If a person wants to purchase about ten bushels of potatoes for his winter supply he will be cheated out of about a bushel and a half on the average, unless he insists on having potatoes weighed." Housewives undoubtedly will take the Inspector's hint. They realize that he has saved them many a dollar by his timely warning In the past. 558 ATTEND CLASSES ' St. Paul's Lutheran church observed Rally day at the Sunday school hour yesterday morning, with an attendance of 558 members and friends. Rev. T. B. Birch of Springfield. O.. made a brief talk. The attendance figure was about 150 better than the year's average. -.-. .-. " . j. - ' . WOMEN IN AFRICA FIGHT FOR GERMANS NAIROBI. East Africa, Sept. ST. It la reported here that the Germans In the If agadi district are now employing Amazons. . Armed native women, accompanied a patrol which made a raid ' southwest of the railway toward the frontier.... , - ,mr"

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