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PArt'of plotters' 'arpenal. "The police seized - vWalter Jj. Scholz -twocans of giant powder, a bottle of nitrogly- Scholz was Fay's 'assistant, cerin, several sticks of ' dynamite ' arid a large He admits his loyalty to Gerbox ; of ' perdussiori ' caps when they arrested . many, despite his ;f irst ; papers Robert Fy-and Walter Scholz. j , , - , for American citizenship.

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former Secretary of State Point$ Out That Military Prepared--ness Rests on Temperate Men -Pleads that All Political Parties Unite to Drive Liquor Out of Ohio ; ? and intimately Out of Whole Nation.

f BY L. FRANCIS-ROSS. f EATON. O.v -Oct.- 30; Adyocjtcy of national irolUbitlon .as junwana of. preparedness jto safeguard the', country from the attack of any foreign power InBtead of enormous Increase of nayal and military armament was expressed last -sight - 1 by WUHam : ' Jennings

SICK TEACHERS DRAW NO PAY; WILL ASK BOARD TO ALTER RULE

It was learned today that Richmond teachers are contemplating petitioning the school board again for the' restoration of a rule regarding, payment of : teachers when absent - from . duty because of illness. The rule was established .when the board ' .comprised Charles Jordan. S. S. Strattan and Lee B. Nusbaum.- , When the board was re-organized -with Charles Jordan,' Dr. M. F. Johnston and Miss' Sarah Hill a members, the rule was rescinded. Later this , board was appealed to to establish the . rule again 4 but without success. ' :')''-: ' . ' - : ' -. The question, it ia stated,. has never been raised with ther present hoard, comprising Dr.' Johnson, Miss Hill and Pettis A. Raid. x Lose Pay -for Illness. rv ; The rule In question provides that if a teacher was absent from duty less than '.. two i consecutive days .. ;at r anv time she would be paid in . full, ft was also provided that' whenever a teacher was absent from duty because of the death of; a member of the im TORPEDO DESTROYED . STEAMER HESPERIAN NAVAL EXPERTS FIND ( iWASHINQTON, OcC:30. Navy derjartment experta. today reported ' to (ha state department . that the fragment of steel found on the liner Hesperian after an explosion occurred on hat vessel, in the Irish; sea were parts ft a torpedo and not a mine, as first reported. Thia report caused a -Bmall sensation in the state department: It wag v stated that representations ? will b made to Germany at once on- the matter.- ' f- '. ' f I c The Hesperian was attacked, off the Irish coast the evening of September 4. The ! ship was' : kept afloat' until " the j next day, and sank as it was being i towed to port. t , " . . , . - - ;

Bryan; former secretary of "state in' a 30-mlnute" speech here in the interest of the-"dy" cause which will be voted upon at the election in Ohio on Novembers. ' '-Mr: Bryan's drawing powers were attested to by the hundreds of people . (Continued On Page Two. mediate family her pay would not be "docked" fort the "time she was off duty. This custom has also been dispensed' with, it is stated, and the teachers now only receive pay for the actual number of days they work. -? Teachers, con tend that in every line of business, almost without exception, where people' Work on stated salaries and . are ; not, paid by the hour, payment in full of salaries Is made, for a - reasonable length of tlmej in the event . of incapacity by illness or injury, i They believe this humanitarian policy should , be ' applied to members of their profession. - , -'- : Teachers,, it is contended, are constantly being exposed to the maladies their pupils suffer from. . .-.- Action by the school board in establishing .a- teachers' -pension system in' Richmond is being anxiously, awaited by the public school, teachers. They are pessimistic, however, believing the board is not favorably Inclined to authorize the establishment of the system. IDAHO MAN KILLS 4 OF HIS RELATIVES BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 30. Posses were searching the hills about Carey, Idaho, today, in an effort to capture William Ca'mmeron, who last night - shot and killed Mr.' and .Mrs. John Adamson, hia wife's ; parents, their son, W. L. Adamson; and his own baby, aged 18 months, at the Adamson home and escaped. ; - i., ,. ' t ; j vi ' & . '- Cameron, it is said, blamed the Adamson family for hiB wife's action in suing him for divorce recently. . ' , Cameron went to the Adamson home and when he did not find his wife there began shooting at every' one in the house: Mrs. Cameron had left . with her three children just before her husband arrived." xr .

STEEL WIRE CO.

UYS FACTORY - A deai whereby the plant of Jthe defunct : Richmond Manufacturing company,- west f Richmond, was disposed of by James Judson, formerly of this city, to the American Steel and Wire company of Chicago has been put f through, It iwas learned thla afternoon.! The purchasing corporation-will at once enlarge the plant and employ a large force of mn In the manufacture .'of .ateel . wire. Another Richmond concern, the Elll-ott-Reld Fence company,: has. for several years been selling its entire output to the American Steel and Wire company. ' ; 7 Thia deal Is one of the most;lmportant transacted in Richmond in a number of years. It is understood that 'complete detaila concerning the plana for the local plant of the big wire company will be 'announced -soon. . BRYAN IS IN. CITY j . BUT SAYS NOTHING William Jennings Bryan, thrice canr didate .lor -the presidency, on the tDemt ocratic ticket : and former': secreUry of state.-Jvisited - in - Richmond,! or,. a...f ev? minutes last night. The "Special'.' train carrying him , on his whirlwind tour of Ohio; in the ' Interests , of prohibition, brought him here about X oIclock.'The train came, from' Eaton where Bryan delivered a ,30 ' .minutes speech , and stopped here only t while arrangements were made' to make the trip on to Dayton where he spoke later In the evening. ";- ' .'. WILSON WEDS NOVEMBER 15 WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Monday, November 15, '3,916,' six o'clock in the evening; the. home of . Mrs.Norman Gait, 1308 Twentieth; street, Northwest Washington, D. C, will be the date, tinie. and place 'of . the wedding of Woodrow Wilson, president' of the United. State's, and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait,' according to intimate friends of both .families who discussed the matter In confidence today. ""':f in advance'' of an ' off icial announcement which is expected "soon, no official statement was available. , Many facts. - however,- seem to-bear on - the date, especially the flat statement that Dr. Cary T. Grayson, ", the -president's most j Intimate -friend-, and -physician, has cancelled an engagement .to ad: dress a medical society in Dallas; Texas, the -week before. . ' V :.!.'.." . At the .White House' it was said:'; "No announcement - concerning ' the time, or place, of the wedding has yet been "authorized. 'The'; president ;: will not permit any statement at this tiflpfe. ;, .Despite ' this non-committal ' : statement, 'leading Democrats who are arranging for . th e meeting of the . National' Committee here December 7, made it plain that, they .have learned that one of" (he biggest features of. the meeting will- be a reception ait '.the White House by. the president and , the new first lady of the land at that" time.

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. Robert Fay ' ' A tree that was used for bomb experiments. Fay and Scholz used a loneFay is a lieutenant in the Ger- !Jy spot : on 'the ; Palisades on ; the Hudson to experiment with giant powder and man; army- and I confessed origi- other explosives. They tried. out various forms of bombs on trees and stumps nator.of the conspiracy-ta blow 'taking copious hotes of the results. The above stump was shattered by dne up munition ships.; ;j . J , j. . of the bombs. V! ; , " - -VV. - : .' V .

WHEN TO HEAR v -NOto;SPEAiRiS ' CAT CONFEBENCE L;hiwto;4ti..tbei program; . for the-" HtatBctwrtties- caaifeTTOceV' whwih, befok lS eTttjimi aiiksi? loain1 . 'Opening Sewlon, -7:45 'Tonight.-, , .Conference called to. order. - Prof. vj.-' T. Giles, chairman loeal-executivfe com-: mittee: ''" . '." . V7";" ' . ".Invocation: s ; ' ' .-v .. . . : - HlcVs'rloProt P. K Hicks? Miss Helen iJiallejr and Mr. Royden Parks. Address of r' Welcome Hon. W. ;. J. Robbins, - mayor of "RlctimoQd.' : J.' H. Johnson, ' president ' Richmond Commercial club. . ; Response; on Behalf ; of the Conference Thomas F. Moran, professor' of history 'arid .economics, Purdue university," Lafayette. - . ; : Hick's Trio. ' - - - - -' : President'sTAddressAt , the End . Continued'On Page Three ; RING GEORGE; BETTER ; : . , ' ) ' 1 ' ' " ' --,' - ' j ' . : LONDON Oct ;S0.-Thecondition of King 'George,- who- was , thrown from his. horse and', injured .while .reviewing troops on Thursday morning,, is" satisfactory. The' attending 'physicians announced, today that' the , king; is progressing in a satisfactory manner, and that he will soon-be-out -and about un less complications develop i' ' " '"";. -rWeatbeKFdresist' United 8Utes Report Fair tonight. Warmer north and central ; portions. Sunday partly. cloudy', and warmer.' ' " ', j .. '.Yesterday. '. Noon . . . . . . . 59 ' Temperatura ". Maximum '. . Minimum '. '. V. . ... .. ...". . ; ' '. . . 61 .'...". 32 - m-' 'rj. . ' ''- V f - . . For . Richmond-Falr- tonight, and Sunday, followed by Increasing cloudiness. Warmer Sunday ' . . ..." . General ' Conditions Excepting "., for a rstorm.' over r the Florida ' peninsula, fair, weather .prevails all over the United . States. ' , Warm ' weather " prevails west 'of ' the Mississippi and as far north as Southwestern Canada.' The temperature at Medicine Hat, Canada, Is' 70" degrees.". , T ' '. . ' W. E. Moore, Weather . Forecaster. FIRST PRIZE AT THE ' - - v.-'.-' ' The Mary.T. R. Foulke annual. prize for. the: most - meritorious painting by aftyj ; resident" .Indiana artist, i raS f awarded tb JVajman. Adams, of .IndianapoliB.". ; He" received the prize ; on two pictures ' ".War News", and ,"Ppr-4 trait Of 'Mrs. H." The opening of the

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nor Asylums Display i Delegates to the twenty-fourth annual Indiana state conference of charities and corrections began -to arrive in ' Richmond this afternoon 'for-the Opening- sessions at- the East Main Street ' Friends church this- evening, when Amos W.; -Butler, - secretary 'j of the state. board -of charities and president .of i the- .conference, delivers -bis annual address. It is-anticipated 'that between seven and eight hundred men and' women-actively interested Insocial work In every 'section of - the state will attend the conference, which prom-; isesto-be the most -successful one ever held.-'.-' : - -Among the early arrivals today;were Mrs.'. Ova : Wei man, Indianapolis,, matron of the colored orphans home; Prof.' George i Bliss,- superintendent of the Indiana School-for-Feeble-minded MORGAN IMPROVES PHYSICIANS REPORT .. y ' .- - -t- '- NEW YORK, Oct. " 30. J. ' Plerpont Morgan," the famous banker' who was operated - on for - appendicitis y este'rday passed" a comfortable -night - and , his condition today is satisfactory : in ; every ; way, according; to an 'official builetln' issued by. the attending physician at Glen Cove,-Ifc l. -' - - ; z - -? " The following was .issued at- Mr. Morgan's office: " . .' - "Mr. Morgan had ' a comfortable night.' His condition this morning is in every way satisfactory. -(Signed) J.' W. Markoe, M. 'D., H. H.' M: Lyle, M. D ' '-' i - ;' :. ' : "Dr. Markoe had charge of the operation', and no longer considered' It necessary : to : remain in constant attendance on "Mr: Morgan." ;- " c ; - ;- ; nineteenth annual .exhibition if . the Richmond Art. association was well at tended, last , evening.; . w ; , -n : -, . ..Geprge Herbert Baker ,of ..this ,clty. was ' awarded a the ' Richmond prize. ;.V .Continued . On Paoe Tjwo. 7': :'

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TO OPEt fsEPOtlT Work in Indiana. r? Youths, Fort Wayne; O. jE. Mohler, general secretary of the Fort Wayne associated charities ; L. - M. Wharton, general secretary, of the Anderson associated charities; Miss' Alice R. Taylor. IndlanapoIls,lrpsldent of the colored orphans' f home;, Mrs. Margaret Seddelmeyer. representing the charity organizations of Tincennes; E. D. Pepple, . president of the charity society, Michigan city; ;Mrsl W. O. Osborn, secretary of "the charity society, El wood; .Circuit -Judge :W. C. McMahan, Crown Point; Dr. James W. Mulligan, superintendent Southeastern Indiana Hospital, for the Insane.' Madison; Mrs. I. MoseBon,. representing the orphans' home; Petersburg;--Mrs. Wava Leeming,' secretary charity organize- ' ' "Continued on Page Two. VILS01I WILL OPEN POLITICAL CONTEST : EARLY: NEXT VEEK ' ., WASHINGTONr . Oct.; 30. With the national commltteea ff the. Democratic and -Republican-parties "called to meet here shortly to decide on. the time and place , for . .the next - national conventions,, great interest was. attached today to President Wilson's speech to be made in New .York next week. " "Although-the president Insists that he 4s -in no sense a candidate for renomination, while all his party chiefs Insist that, he ta. certain . to ; be renomInatedr this speech will be accepted by the Democracy as opening the campaign for- his re-election. .. The- setting- will -be the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the historic Manhattan club,- the oldest Democratic social club in New York, excepting Tammany Hall, ani the speech will sound the keynote of the national-defense program - of . the administration. WOOLWICH ARSENAL Hit BY ZEPPELINS LONDON, (by mail to New York.) Oct: 30. Woolwich -arsenal, one' of the biggest in the United ' Kingdom, was damaged 1 by . the last Zeppelin raid. It is reported that several bombs fell upon the arsenal killing. aa number of men.. The - buildings - had been" darkened In anticipation - of the raid, but the Germans were able to locate it in the dark. v '' ,,';-;.'

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SEHS LOSE : DIG FORTRESS v OH EAST LINE j" m - . Entente Powers, Alarmed ti Situ&ticn, Ask Roumania . to Permit . Passage of . Czar's Army. SHELL BULGAR COAST 9 Residents of Varna Killed in Bombardment of - City by Russian Black Sea Fleet SOFIA. Oct. 30. (Via Amsterdam.) Pi rot. the strongest fortress In eastern Servia, has been captured by the Bnlgarlaaa, It la officially announced. All along the Ttmok valley. In northeastern Servta, the Servians are In retreatr. hotly pursued by the Bulgars. la southern Servia, the advance of the French has been checked, the Bulgarian war office says. Nine resident of Varna. Including three women, were' killed when the port was ahelled by twenty ships of the Russian Black Sea fleet. - - - RUSS ARMY SETS SAIL. . BUCHAREST. Oct. SO. A great fleet of transports carrying Russian troops for the Invasion of Bulgaria has left Odessa and SebastopoL - The Black Sea coast of Bulgaria ta again being shelled by Russian warships tn an effort to open op the - way for a landing. King Ferdinand's castle at Euxtnograd has been bombarded. LONDON REPORTS REVERSES. - IXNDON, Oct. SO. The Anstro-Oer-man and Bulgarian forces are again paying smashing blows to the Servians and advices from the Balkan theatre of war today contained the news of Serb reverses. ' - Kragujevats, the headquarters of the 8errlan general staXf. la being surrounded by CMnnanrAnatro-Hungarian and Bulgarian troops. It Is feared that Ntsh Is doomed te fall within the next few. days. . . The Bulgarian army which stormed Pirot is sweeping westward along the Sofia-Belgrade railway In an effort to surround the Serb forces which fell back from the mountains in the bend of the Danube. - So serious haa the situation become that the entente powers are bringing the utmost pressure to bear against Roumania to allow the passage, of. a Russian, army Into the Balkans. ALLIES SHELL TURK TRENCHES. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 30. (Via Amsterdam) Heavy artillery fire oc both sides marked the fighting at the Dardanelles. The Turkish war office announced today that the allies fired a thousand shells against the Turkish trenches, In the sector of Sedd-El-Bahr during one cannonade. SPEED INJECTED INTO HEARING OF DENTLAGE CASE - ' Judge Sparks Orders Court Opening at 8:30 O'clock and Asks for Quick Work From Now On. . Beginning Tuesday the HasemelerBentlage trial will begin at 8:30 o'clock in the .morning with a recess of an hour and a quarter at noon, and adjournment at 5 o'clock, according to an announcement made by Judge Sparks Friday afternoon. The trial, which began on October 18. was expected. to last, not longer than a week, but two weeks have been spent with the examination of the plaintiff's witnesses. At least two more days will be required before the , case is turned over to the defense. l do not want to hurry this case along too much, but we must eliminate all unnecessary delays. said the judge Friday Immediately before adjournment. I will be unable to arrive here earlier than 9:30 o'clock Monday, but on Tuesday there is no reason why we should not begin at 8:30 o'clock." The afternoon sessions will begin at 1:15 instead of 1:30 o'clock." Despite the fact that the trial has been In" progress for two weeks, there have been , no unnecessary delays, as the-attorneys have been kept en edge throughout the trial by the Judge. No time, has -been given to disputes between - the attorneys, and the gavel has been frequently used by the Rush county judge. - r:e wricss . plant V BALTIMORE, Mdv Oct. 30. Fire early today In the plant of .the Pools Engineering company hare paused eon- -sldcrable dsmnge, It originated in an oil tank in the tenrpsclag room mt t"se machine ahop. TOe-oompany Is making a large number of. shells for th