Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 267, 21 October 1915 — Page 1

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RICHMOND 1ND.. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1915. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

FOR 3 HOURS JURORS LISTEN TO OLD DILLS

The long and tedious work of reading 117 bills, alleged to hare been pest doe at the time of the death of Miss Bentlage, was resumed this morning by H. C. Hasemeier. He took the 'stand at 9 o'clock and for three hours red the bills and cancelled checks, which Indicated that the bills had been paid after Miss Bentlage's death. , All of the bills read by- the plaintiff ' win f ntmil - wnnnMl In a. Bintr and had been placed in the bottom shelf l of her desk. The Jury which spent all Wednesjdsy sfterncca listening to a mass of ! detailed figures read from the records 'by Jesse Par shall, the present bookkeeper; Everett .Parmalee and H. C. Hasemeier, seemed restless this morning whn It anneared that another day of bearing nothing but figures, checks and bills was oerore it. some 01 me r Jurors leaned back -!; in their chairs listlessly. ' 'v.'.. '" -A aV "We will require at least two more days to present the figures we have, ; showing the condition of the records of Miss Bentlage," said one of the attorneys for the plaintiff. Because of the amount of detailed ' examination, a large blackboard, fifteen feet long and eix feet wide, will ' be used on which the total amount of " the alleged shortage In the accounts will be displayed before the Jury. The attorneys then asked Mr. Hasemeier whether he had found any letters from firms to which bills were overdue. ' a "I found no letters anywhere among Miss Bentlage's files which indicate that bills had not been paid," said Mr. Hasemeier.' "I made searcn or an books as far back as 1890. I searched office and basement, where old books were kept I found all books except cash books of 1904, 1905 and 1906! It is believed that these three books were the ones Miss Bentlage ordered destroyed, according to the testimony of Mr. Hasemeier. "Sunday afternoon after Miss Bentlage's death, Henry Bentlage gave me a key Miss Bentlage had," said Mr. Hasemeier. "I did not know that she had another key. Ralph Parshall -was, called to the stand. "What was the total amount of the bills found after the death of M1b3 Bentlage that were past due?" asked Mr. Johnson. - "The total amount of bills past due was $12,718.32," said Parshall. "Is that the actual amount cf past due bills?" ask Mr. Johnson. "Yes, sir ; they f were. added, on- an adding machine? The-plaintiff has placed 139, exhibits on -record; .At noon today 47 p these exhibltJ.arecoltocUoasof: UU e(ged to have been past due; at the time of the death of Miss Bentlage. ... Wilbur Hasemeier was called to the stand shortly before - noon and asked to testify relative to the receiving of mail at the store. "Most of the -mail was taken to my father first," said the witness. He testified further that several employes of the store in addition -to Miss Bentlage received the mail,-and that many times other members ' of the firm received the mail before Miss Bentlage had a chance to look at it. RABID ANIMAL ATTACKS. MEN Farmers living along the Boston pike, south of Richmond, and in the Immediate vicinity, searched in posses last night and today for a dog which attacked two men and a horse on the farm of Harry Gilbert, on the Boston pike. r ' County Health Officer Krueger would like to have the animal captured alive If possible. The dog, owned by Conrad Zwissler, a gardener, appeared at the Gilbert farm last yesterday afternoon and immediately attacked Jesse Drew, grabbing a leg of his trousers. Drew escaped by vaulting a fence. The. animal tben attacked Elwood Fulton. It first seized him by the ' coat sleeve, then fastened its fangs in the palm of his right hand. When Fulton jumped into a wagon filled with apples the dog released his hold. TLe do; then leaped at the horse, seizing it by the nostrils. The terrified horse arose on its hind legs, shook its antagonist loose then came down upon the dog with its two front hoofs. Howling with pain the dog fled. BULGAR ARMY CUTS NISI! LINE NISH, via Paris, Oct. 21. Bulgaria's army has cut the Nish Salonica railway by recapturing Vranje. The Servian war office admitted this today. Weather Forecast United States Report Fair tonight and Friday. Temperature 1Noon ........49 ........7 Yesterday Maximum Minimum Local Forecast Continued cool tonight. Friday fair. . General Conditions Fair weather is now general through the Mississippi valley and western states but it is raining over the Atlantic coast. .. A decided rise in temperature occurred last night in the far northwest, W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

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The picture shows a scene near the French front just before the recent allied offensive during which millions of rounds of ammunition was used. The men in the picture are fitting percussion caps on to 150 millimetre shells. These giant shells are sent to the front without the percussion caps in order to run no risk of premature or accidental explosion. The caps are fitted just before the shells are to be fired.

FLASHES VOICES ACROSS OGEAW WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i Officials 0flhe'aeiianmetft?Jafitr'n1ghra& tempted for the first time In histcry to flath the , human v0ir acrQa"the 4t lantic -"ocean it was loarqedj today, lnt'-he'rfMgton'wlreless .station near here, a' message was sent to .the wireless Btation on the Eiffel tower in Paris.' The success of the attempt has not yet beeh learned. The French officials-were notified several days ago that the attempt would be made. They were asked to send word by cable whether they heard the message. . ' r PARIS ARRESTS 19 FOR TREASON PARIS. Oct. 21. Nineteen persons have been arrested for treason within the past few days because they conspired to secure exemption. for men of military age, according to disclosures made today. A considerable number of physicians of good standing are involved and it is not known yet how far reaching is the scandal. TEUTONS STORM FRENCH TRENCH PARIS; Oct. 21. A mighty effort to break through the French line east of Rheims is being - made by the Germans. Following a terrific bombardment three infantry attacks were launched, but all were repulsed, according to the French war office today. The Germans suffered enormous losses, the statement' says.

BURDEN OF FUTURE PEACE RESTS ON U. S. ATTITUDE SAYS HODGKIN OF LONDON

Declaring war to be a symptom of a "curable disease," Dr. Henry T. Hodgkin,, general secretary of .the board of foreign missions of the London (England) yearly meeting,' speaking before the First International Conference of Men Friends, suggested five methods which could be successfully employed in bringing about a permanent international peace. .The pro1 gram, he said, should be opened by the Society Of Friends, and its members should do most in it's fulfillment. His recommendations were: . A more thorough study of the whole problem of peace in , relation to economic," political and i religious" condi-. tions; , discovering scientific, methods of international service and. giving a truer conception of the idea of the world peace ; exposing the fallacy of the arguments advanced t to convince people that was is an inevitable part of life, - thereby intelligently combating the campaign for increased armaments ; moral ' and spiritual ' prepared

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the B&iica shells. ATKIN TO SPEAK C. B. Atkin, the campaign director fcr the Y. M. C. A., in its campaign to a thousand members, will arrive j in Richmond Friday evening in time ; fcr the worker's booster supper at C:."0. , - , , , ' R. Boumg-or Hamilton, wno -win make e the main address : of the , eveDANUBE CLOSED TO NAVIGATION BUCHAREST. Oct. 21. All navigation .on the Danube from Belgrade to the Roumanian frontier has been suspended on account, of mines. Before the Servians were driven from the Danube front they mined the stream wherever it touched . Servian soil and the Germans have not yet been able to clear it. SERVIAN CITY FALLS PARIS, Oct. 21. A dispatch from Athens states Bulgarian troops have captured, the Servian city.-of Radujevatz, on the Danube, near the Roumanian frontier. RECLUSE MURDERED CHICAGO, Oct 21. A - squad of picked detectives today were working to trace the murderers of Joseph Osborne, an aged recluse who lived in a small hut in a southern suburb of Chicago for fifty years. The old man's skull was beaten in and his head, face and neck were hacked in a dozen places . by men who apparently . had tortured him to make the recluse divulge the hiding place of his wealth. - ness to enable nations to express, in their national life the spirit of Christ, and. promotion of a better understanding throughout the world-of the Ideals of the various nations. ' ; ; i ... . Has Special Duty. v'-The- Society -of Friends-has a. unique position in its relation to the problem," said Dr. Hodgkin, '.'because its members have, always held war forbidden to Christianity. It has a special duty in the solution, though it is absurd to think that as one sect It can complete the task. The Friends society was : born ; when religion was a formality and there must now be another rediscovery of Christ : The deepest cause of the war disease is the heglect of Christ." . i . Dr. Hodgkin was interrupted by loud and - spontaneous applause; the; : first demonstration accorded at the meeting to any speaker, when he declared that upon the United States should rest the f "" Continued On Page Eight

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MASONIC ORDER TO GIVE DEGREE . . Nexts. JMguday .will be a red ; letter day for 'members ; of King , Solomon chapter. No. 4, Royal .Area Maaoaa of o elock-the most excellent master de gree will be conferred upon three can didates and the work will be witnessed by the grand inspector of the state, John Glendenning of Indianapolis. At 6 o'clock refreshments will be served. At 7:30 in the evening there will be work in the degrees of Wayne council, No. 10, which will aUo be inspected by Mr. Glendenning. Invitations have been Issued to all local Royal Arch Masons and to sojourning Royal Arch Masons. HAVEN TRIAL DRAGS NEW YORK, Oct 21. The New Haven conspiracy trial dragged painfully today. Up to luncheon recess Charles S. Mellen, former president of the road, was still reciting the geography and railway history of New England around 1890 and had not yet got to the "meat" of his story. The session was enlivened slightly by two or three sharp tilts between Assistant General Attorney Swacker and Arva Lindabury, consul for William Rockefeller. WIFE'S LETTER DIRECTS POLICE TO BEN MILLER . The wife of Ben F. Miller, charged with burglary, has from tho first been suspected of being responsible for his escape from the Wayne county jail on the night of September 14. If, as the authorities suspect Mrs Miller did smuggle into the jail the saw her husband used in cutting through' the jail bars, she has been, with no Intention on her part, 'the means of effecting his capture in Milwaukee yesterday. Officer Vogelsong left for Milwaukee last night to return Miller to Richmond. -Miller sawed out a bar in an opening to a jail chimney, then climbed, through the chimney. . Immediately after Miller's - escape Chief Goodwin wrote to the chief of detectives at Louisville, where . Mrs. Miller lived, to keep her under surveillance. The Louisville - department notified Goodwin that Mrs.' Miller had gone to Indianapolis. . - - --Chief - Goodwin . then requested : the Indianapolis detective bureau to keep her under-surveillance. He was notified that Mrs. Miller had left the. city but that she had sent a letter containing . keys to - "Ben . Kaufman, Milwaukee, Wis." X ' . With this valuable information at hand ; Goodwin requested the Milwaukee detective, bureau; to ascertain who had claimed the letter addressed to "Ben Kaufman." Yesterday s afternoon the chief ; was notified - by telegram that Miller was held in custody at' Milwaukee.-'-.v A t ; , Miller : shortly,; after hie arrival in Richmond . . last " August attempted . a daylight robbery of - the home of Benjamin Bartel. ' r v , '

SLEUTI1 EVEOSnftU i LAUDS SOOTHSAYER

; George Dewitt, who undertook to go into the' fortune telling business In Richmond, without obtaining a license, under the name " of ' Prof.' 8aro, "one of the ' world's greatest' wonders, a master mind," drew s fine in city court yesterday afternoon of $26 and costs, which he paid by pawning his diamond ring. He announces that he will now secure a license. Evidence that Dewitt was illegally fleecing the' "boobs" was obtained by President Eversman of the police board, who, posing as a gullible rustic, called upon the "professor" - Tuesday evening and had his fortune told for the price of one dollar. KERN DEMANDS MEXICAN POST FOR IIOOSIER WASHINGTON. Oct 21. Because the then Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan promised the ambassadorshln to Mexico to "an Indiana Democrat" Senator John . W. kern came to Washington today to demand the office for a Hoosier. When, the question of a successor to Henry Lane Wilson was under consideration Secretary Bryan agreed to name John E. Lamb obf Terre Haute, for the job. Mr. Lamb died, however, and shortly afterward Senators Kern and Shiveley visited Bryan and he promised them that when an ambassador was named he would be an Indiana product. GRAY SECURES ROUTE CHANGE "Well, 1 got what I went after," is the word received from Finly Gray by Postmaster Beck with reference to his recent visit to Washington for the purpose of Inducing the postofflee officials to retain rural routes out of Fountain City, Centerville, Milton and Greensfork. As a result of bis conference with the high officials of the postofflce department. Congressman' Gray says that they have agreed to reconsider their action of tow weeks ago and allow the four' towns to retain one route each.- y CONCERNS HONOR INVENTOR This Is Edison day at the PanamaPacific exposition and Richmond firms who handle the products with the Edison name are doing all honor to the greatest inventor the world has ever known. Thirty-six years ago the incadescent lamp was given to the people and It Is the celebration of that wonderful event that Is arousing so much enthusiasm. "Accept congratulations on this day, your anniversary of incadescent lighting, was the message by the Richmond Heat, Light and Power company. JAPAN SENDS RUSSIA ARMS VIENNA, Oct 21 (by German wire less). Great quantities of Japanese arms and ammunition are being used by the Russians on the eastern front. The : following official announcement from the Austrian war office bears upon the. subject: "In the vicinity of Putllowa, Rus sia, our troops destroyed an armored Russian train. We captured two machine guns, a great amount of Japan ese arms and ammunition and other material." COMMISSIONERS BACK FROM EASTERN TRIP After viewing several different types of bridges which were built to meet conditions slmlllar to the conditions at the Main street bridge here, the county commissioners with County Engineer Mueller, County Auditor Bowman ana Mark Stevens, a mem ber of the county eouncil, returned last evening from Pittsburg, Pa, ' '

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PACKET OF UNPAID ACCOUNTS Mtl hidden n tmMwsmsm

In an examination of the records of the company and in search for bills, of which duplicates were being received,! a package of unpaid bills was found by H. C. Hasemeier on the day of the suicide of Miss Louisa Bentlage, the bookkeeper, according to hla testimony In court Wednesday, afternoon. He testified that on the day Miss Bentlage died, bills came tn from firms In New York, Boston Chicago' and Cleveland demanding Immediate payment of accounts which the letters said were long past due. Mr. Hasemeier told the Jury that he had been

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; The promotion of Increased spiritual power and efficiency among the Quaker men and the institution of a propaganda to awaken the interest and enthusiasm of Young Friends was emphasised in addresses by prominent ministers and . laymen at this morning's session of the International Conference of Men Friends. . Addresses were delivered in the order named, by- Alex C. Purdy of Hartford. Conn.. Clarence E. Pickett of Toronto, Canada J. Arthur Wollam of Wichita, Kansas, Carroll Brown of Westtown, Pa., Rev. Willard Trueblood of Indianapolis, and Dr. J. Douglas Adam of Hartford, Conn.' Levi T. Pennington of . Whittler, California, presided. Dr. Adam Speaks. - A re-discovery of God and ' a new vision is essential through absolute surrender to God if a change be made In the Christian attitude towards life and the present day problems are suecussefully met according to Dr. Adam.

BOARD AWARDS CONTRACT FOR NINTH STREET LI6C3T

Today, the thirty-sixth anniversary of Edison's discovery of the incandescent lights was appropriately observed in Richmond by the board of public works awarding a contract for the first ornamental street lighting system with the most modern development of the electrical wizard's discovery the mazda-nitrogen lamps. The ornamental lighting system, to be Installed In the first block of North Prince

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At Eton, the famous school on the banks of the Thames near Windsor Castle, Prince Henry has proven himself to King Georcta, brightest son. His progress in his studies and his literary and' scientific accomplishments astonish his masters, it is said. Prince Henry and the Duke of Braband, son and heir apparent i of King Albert of Belgium, both board in the house of Nerflle! Lubbock, a popular master of Eton. The Duke Is a marked figure1 among the boys because for several months he served as a eoeunon ' soldier in the Belgian trenches. Then his father convinced him ' that it would be better for Belgium if her future King had a few ; more years' schooling. He is fourteen years old. J

given to understand ' that all - these bills had been paid. - Testimony Is Tedious. . The testimony taken Wednesday afternoon from Jesse Parshall, present bookkeeper at the Boston store, Everett Parmalee. expert accountant and H. C. Hasemeier. was long and tedious and the Jury, showed the effects of the grind. . Figures after figures were presented' to the court for inspection and the shortages in the accounts kept in the; records by Miss Bentlage, were pointed - out to the Jury.. ' -' ;

He held that nattonaHam was a failure and should be substituted by tmiversallsm. : "There la no cosmic program la the hands of God," said the speaker. "The first element in the Christian attltvde is the " idea of relationship through which everything, finds itself and the second Is concentration of the mind. "It is not the lowest thought which is the enemy of the highest thought It Is the second best thought Through a lack of mental enterprise w follow the lines of least resistance in oar thinking. Rev. Mr. Trueblood declared that the "Society of Friends should not fall ' to set toot some program that shall stem the wave of military hysteria now sweeping our continent and establish' in the hearts of men. international trust - and world-wide brotherhood." - He aNa pointed out the Imperative need of organization within the Friends . Continued On Page Eight

Ninth street will consist of thirteen standards, each surmounted by 1.000 a candlepower-nitrogen lamps. Tho system will be ready for use by Thanksgiving. The contract wss awarded to the Richmond Electric company. The cost will be fl.531.S0. to be paid for by the property owners. The city furnishes the electricity without cost and maintains the lamps. Bright H. C. Hasemeier took the staa at S:S0 o'clock!'. He was ashed by hla attorney to . review the happenings on the day Miss Bentlage died as4 oa subsequent days jt He has net. Seen qualified as a competent witness forj happenings before she died. It is expected that the legal point tsvertsd tej asking him to testify to eocarrsaosa ' before Mies Bentlage's death, wtil result In a lively debate between the opposing attorneys. . Nose of the questions asked Wednesday afterneem perContinued On Pags Six. -