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FORECASTS STIR in CITY SCHOOLS DUE TOPENSION B. F. Moore of Muncie, Says That New State Iw Will Enable Corporations to Hold Teachers. ' OPERATION IS CHEAP Provision Made for Comfortable Living for Persons ' After Devoting life to Society. Predicting an upheaval In public school circles became of the pension law within the next few years, B. F. Moore, superintendent of the Muncie 'schools, in pointing out commendable 'features of the Indiana state teachers' retirement law before the Wayne county Institute Saturday afternoon In . the auditorium of the high school, said 'that hereafter the communities having the law would hold out best inducements to good teachers who would 'leave those places where the law Is not in force. "There will be the greatest stir up in ' the next three years in the state that Indiana has ever known." he said, '"and this pension law will be the cause. rThe abler - teachers will move to the communities holding . out ' the greatest inducements. ........... Superintendent Moore is president of the board of trustees which has charge of the administration of the law. He explained that the law has gained so much favor in the state that the . board was busy granting appllcatlons to units seeking to come under the orovisions of the legislation;- that,

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an attempt-to unauiy persuaae jmcn-1 ttiond to Join. '..' ' ' 1 mum Injured WHEN MACHINES RUN TOGETHER Wfll Brown, 42. North Fifth street, Tiding a motorcycle and accompanied by Mrs. George Peel, 24 North Fifth street, . as a passenger, while going .south on' North Eighth street Sunday afternoon, drove his machine into the front part of an automobile operated by Horace Logan while the car was crossing eighth street, going east on North C street. . Mrs. Peel was severely Injured and Mrs. Harry Keelor, 'one -of the occupants of the automobile; was slightly Injured. It. is understood that neither the driver, of the motorcycle nor the driver of the automobile noticed the approach of the other vehicle until it was too late to avoid a collision. The motorcycle smashed through the doorway leading to the front seat of the automobile, hurling Brown and Mrs. Peel to the floor of the car. Mrs. Peel struck with such violence that she rebounded to the brick paving. Mrs. Peel Bruised. Mrs. Peel was severely lacerated about the chest, and right hip, and her Tight arm was .painfully bruised. She Is confined to .her bed. Mrs. Keelor had one of her arms bruised. The motprcycle was driven at a fast rate! The automobile', a heavy eightcylinder touring car, was driven upon the sidewalk. .. Another motorcycle accident probably was averted yesterday by the arrest of William Weaver. While intoxicated Weaver decided to take his 6-year-old son an a joy ride to Dayton. The machine fell over at the corner of Sixteenth and Main streets, but neither Weaver nor the child was Injured, and he was taken into custody before he could start the, machine again. Weather Forecast UNITED 8TATES REPORT Fair and much colder tonight and Tuesday. Temperature. Noon ...'.n ...:65 Yesterday Maximum 73 Minimum ....42 , FOR RICHMOND Partly cloudy tonight . and Tuesday followed by fair. Decidedly cooler tonight and Tuesday and during the next 36 hours. GENERAL CONDITIONS Tne storm now central over the Great Lakes is moving rapidly eastward 'and Is causing rain ' in the northern part of Indiana. A Canadian cold 'wave is due here tonight, but will be pt short duration. Because of storms coming into the United States from the west there will be no more Indian summer weather. W; E. Moore, Weather Forecaster. -

DECRIES CHARGES MADE AGAINST WOMAN AFTER DEATH CLOSES LIPS

"The plaintiffs in this case will find when this trial Is over that It is impossible totake away the fair name of Miss Louise Bentlage on a trumped up charge like this," said John F. Bobbins In his closing argument for the defense in. the Hasemeier-Bentlage trial. - His argument was . almost devoted to a scathing attack upon H. C. Hasemeltr president of the plaintiff corporation, which seeks to recover $9,374.84 from the estate of Miss Louise Bent, lage for an alleged embezzlement of funds. Mr. Robbins talked for two hours .this morning before the largest crowd that has ever been present at a trial in the Wayne. circuit court.Hundreds of persons could not gain admission to the room and many of them left the court room unable to get within good hearing distance of the speakers. The corridors were packed with persons" eager to hear the closing argument in a case that has attracted more attention than any case ever tried in-Wayne circuit court. Speech of Robbins. "I listened with more than passing interest to the argument of Wilfred Jessup." began Mr. Robbins. "I listened that I might hear him present some deductions from the mass of figures he placed on the board to prove in some measure the grave charge against this dead woman. "I am forced to conclude that the arguments of Mr. Jessup were the case of reason sacrificed to sound. I do not ' say that '. witness Schlautterbach Is corrupt or rotten. In. many respects I admire him and he Is a promising young man. I cannot' believe that he constructed fM figures.-' A Describes .Action. -, "What is th4 action seeking to recoyer .money that has never been stolen This claim Is on ' nothing: tint-a hook shortage, -z.t:";--' i-. "What -was the ddty of the president of this corporation? This must have been his duty the duty of the president-is to stand in ambush; he shall trust the bookkeeper to finance the store and pay the bills. I wonder if this isn't Included In the corporation papers. "This is not merely an action for money received. It is charging the crime of embezzlement not larceny. They must prove that ' before they make this case. They proved, at first that the president of the company was a 'mess.'. "They proved he robbed the store of the money not Miss Bentlage. - They have proved that he came up there to upper desk and fondled, the. money. They have proved that he loved money so well he overdrew dividend and salary accounts. "They proved that he was not content with overdrawing salary and dividend accounts, but he also had to raise his salary. "Who did everything in that store? Louise. Whatever was done by that corporation is the act of Chris, not his brothers. Chris is a man without a conscience and without a heart He took Louise, eighteen years before her death, and drove her like a slave In a quarry. He let her bear all the weight of the business in order that he might live luxuriously. Dead Woman Accused. "Would any of you have the nerve to do the thing Chris Hasemeler did come into court and swear charges against a dead woman, who is unable to defend herself? John (Hasemeler) swears that Chris lied while on the stand, when he told you about that Sunday afternoon conversation "Chris said that he told the Bentlage brothers that .their dear sister confessed. John said that Chris told them that he bad lost between $15,000 CLUB WILL FORGE BUREAU TO LOWR INSURANCE RATES Angered by a letter received from the Sellers Insurance Rating bureau at Indianapolis, the Commercial club will bring pressure to bear to force the bureau to keep promises made early in the year. Secretary Haas said Mr. . Sellers promised on hiB visit to the city in the spring that Richmond would be rated as a 2 class city when ordinances were passed which would require better preventative measures and would be placed in class No. 1 when additional firemen were employed to man the aerial ladder truck. The letter today demanded that the firemen be employed before Richmond rates would be arranged under class 2. 'Retaliatory steps will be taken. Mr. Haas said outside agents from Chicago, Columbus and other cities could be found who would write insurance under rates of the local agencies. When the business began to go out of the city and state, representatives in the city would bring pressure to bear on the Sellers .bureau which would force it to keep promises of reductions made on innumerable occasions.

and $20,000.' Chris denies It, but the four Bentlage boys said he did. I would believe any one of the Bentlage boys over Chris' word. i : "The only significance is that he lied on the witness stand. Although ! do not say that Chris is a' thief, but I do say he Is a liar. They : proved merely a book shortage, A book shortage Is not a money shortage. Fall to Prove Charge. T am not going to. contend that Chris or John took the money, and 111 say right here, I know Ed (Hasemeler) didn't take it. He isn't that kind of a man, and I don't think John is either. They, failed to prove that Lizzie stole or embezzled a dollar.. They failed to prove anybody stole It. Every dollar she said she placed In bank was found on the bank book. It may not have been shown at the time the books show, but it got there. Even Schlautterbach swore that he reconciled the bankbook. "This Is not a question to compromise. There must be a verdict one way or the other. It is only a case of the honor of Louise.' We are here because Lizzie is charged with a crime. We are here . because we hold her name sacred. We are here to protect an untarnished' name. I tell you there is no chance for a compromise. Book' Shortage a Guess. - "Can you jurymen tell me how much money H. C. Hasemeler took that is not on cash book? A book -shortage Is merely speculative and guess work. "There are three theories on which this case, is based. ... The first Is 'that Lizzie stole the money. The second Is that somebody else stole It, and the third is that nobodyc4 '-nmtmSSSt that the last one is true and that the shortage Is merely' book, shortage. Chris roist have taken !ttt there hviMT'e flihjuce to-yrove H.'1 r "They must show fnat all tM ftoney came Into her possession exclusively. Let us : see bow exclusive ; this was. Who opened the safe in the morning? Chris. , Who had a right to have It?

Chris. Who owned three-fourths of it? Chris. When he wanted it, who could get 'it? Chris. Who Get the Money? "I admit that we- have not presented conclusive, evidence that - she did not take It we ' didn't' have to. ' The court , instructions tell . us ' that. We could have done it, but it was not necessary In this case. ' Chris never kept the books, we - admit it, but ' he kept the money. - "We have thrown open every door to Miss Lizzie's family affairs. Her name and fame Is fair and bright, and we had nothing to fear. No human being dared say one word against her except Chris and that after she was dead." " Holds Up Pictures. Mr. Robbins then held before the jurymen the two pictures of Miss Bentlage, one of them . taken when she started to work for Mr. Hasemeler and the other a few months before she died. "There she is," shouted the attorney, holding the pictures In' his hand. "Does she look like a thief. She grew grey and worn oof in the service of that ungrateful man. I never knew a more contemptible character than that of Chris Hasemeler as shown by the evidence. Miss Bentlage was con sidered the most honest woman In this county. "Character is what counts in this case. A heart like Lizzie's had no capacity to steal and nobody but contemptible Chris would accuse her. of it. - - "If she stole $11,187.00, what did she do with ' it ? The only property she Continued On Page Eight. PIONEER WAS BORN IN PARK LOG CABIN Born and reared in the log cabin which today ' stands in Glen Miller park, an object of .curiosity to the many visitors, John Hawkins, 79, truely a pioneer of Richmond, died at Spartansburg, Ind, early today. Late in life Mr. Hawkins moved to Spartantsburg where he has made his home for the last 14 years. He was a member of Company l,-57th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served three years during the' civil war. He is survived by a daughter and four sons and four brothers and one sister. Funeral services will be held it Spartansburg at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. ' STEPPED ON BY MULE James Allen had a rude awakening from his slumbers in a barn on North Tenth street, north : of the ' railroad, yesterday morning. Another Inmate of the barn, a ' large mule, becoming restless started out to take some exercise, and in so doing ; walked, over Allen, breaking both of Allen's arms. He is being cared for at the. hospital.

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4. Monastir. evacuated by Greek frontier. W0 FAINT IN PACKED HALL DURING TRIAL . The circuit 1 court room this noon resembled a dining hall. Practically every seat in the room was occupied by -women who 'had brought their noon day lunches so that they might get choice seats for the closing argument :' In' the' Hase meier-Bentlage trial,- by - Henry - U. Johnson, attorney -; for the plaintiff. Mr. Johnson talked -for three hours. ' Women began pouring into the court house this morning as - soon as .the janitor arrived to open the; doors. ' A few minutes before the argument started this morning, awoman In the rear of .the room fainted. ' It was the largest crowd-ever attending a trial ' in this ' county. . Hundreds'5 of -people were unable to gain admission and the corridors, outside of both' main doors were packed. By a . large, majority, the audience was composed ' of women, 'y L v Before the argument' Judge Sparks warned the crowd - against any kind of a demonstration. . In - spite of the judge's- .warnings,, several. remarks of the attorneys brought forth audible comments from the audience which were promptly stopped" at the sharp crack of the judge's gavel. OPEN SIXTH STREET WITH BAND CONCERT After being closed to traffic for over two - months South Sixth ' street from Main to South A' will be re-opened for traffic Saturday and the event will be celebrated by a band concert. Merchants, along, the street have engaged the City band of twenty pieces and from 1 until 4:30 o'clock the band will play at different- points in'- the block and. the merchants will receive their customers. . The concert is being given In . a spirit : of good fellowship and to advertise the opening of the thoroughfare among the farmers who have been put to great inconvenience through its closing.'-. i-. ';' '' ', ' Decorations will be put on all the buildings- A special address of dedication will be made by some prominent business manx or city- offWial: The orphans from . Wernle hbne hare been Invited. ;,'- " ;'"'x'' ' BOARD MOVlNO CAR. ; -. " Chester "and Albert Burnett both pleaded guilty in city: court, this morning to diarf e of hating, boarded moving tralm . They were each lined $1 and costs. ' ' .

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civil population, which flees across HARTT.1AN ACQUITTED IN HALLOVEEN CASE Last Monday night, Mrs. Nora Dobbins, a portly, gray-haired woman of middle age, decided to participate in the Halloween festivities, so after attiring herself in man's clothing she went forth, accompanied by her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stewart, both masked and costumed, to join the throng of merrymakers in quest of gay adventures. - -The following morning a plea of guilty to a charge of public Intoxication was entered in city court for Mrs. Dobbins, and today Kelly Hartman, a bartender at Cory's saloon, South Fifth street, was arraigned on a charge of having sold liquor to the woman while she was In an intoxicated condition. ' ' Mayor- Robbins found Hartman not guilty. The witnesses the state had depended .upon to convict Hartman surprised the prosecutor by testifying for the defense." NEW MADISON FEARS RAID OF BOLD YEMEN NEW MADISON, O., Nov. 8. Guards patrolled the streets of this village last night to ward off an attack by yeggmen. which was feared when a stranger arrived in town last night and gave a contradictory account of! himself. ' ; ' . The stranger spent the night in the livery stable while armed men patrolled the premises to prevent bis escape. -Citizens feared he was a member, of the gang which blew open the post office safe at New Paris last week. - Suspicion' was ' aroused when the man said he Intended to work at the blaekankui .shop: TLe proprietor denied he had hired him., - NEW PARIS, Ohio, Nov. 8.That the gang 'which robbed the postof flee here -were members of a band of fifteen with headquarters at Dayton, was the statement of a federal Inspector who Was. here Saturday. He said the department was working on this clue and hoped to break up the gang soon. ' The appearance of a strange man at New Madison.; 10 miles north of here, yesterday, created a feeling of terror here. - - - r

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DREW OF SHIP LOST OFF SWEDISH COAST SUCCEEDED IH LflCJDItJS

Jm BERLIN. Nov. 8 The German cruiser Undine while petroling the waters off the southern coast of 8weden was sunk by a British submarine on Sunday afternoon. The members of the crew. were saved. The Undine's displacement was 2.600. tons. The lost cruiser carried ten four-inch guns, two machine guns and two torpedo-tubes. BRITISH SHIP SUNK. . LONDON. Nov. 8 The British ship Tare. 6,300 tons, has been attacked and sunk in the Mediterranean by two German submarines, the admiralty announced today. 34 members of the Tara's crew are missing. . The Tare hailed from Glasgow and was owned by the British India steam navigation company. " " " SERB ARMY CRUSHED. BERLIN. Nov. 8 German military experts today predicted the collapse of the Servian army because of the capture by the Teutonic and Bulgar forces of the main ammunition and food depots in Seryia. The supplies

II. U. JOHNSON CHARGES EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST FORM BOOKKEEPER

"We are . charging - Miss Bentlage with ' embesslement. and we have proved It," shouted Henry U. John son, shortly, after opening the final argument for. the plaintiff. In the Hasemeier-Bentlage estate trial at 1:30 this afternoon. The former congressman spoke to the largest audience that had ever assembled in the circuit court room and his . eloquent address waa listened to with spellbound attention. "I have no time for useless exhortation and I will go at once to the kernel of this matter,' began Mr. Johnson. "The plaintiff asserts that Miss Bentlage converted to her own use an amount in the neighborhood of 812.000. "This is not a criminal ease. It is a civil suit and we only have to prove it by a preponderance of evidence. The court instructs you that. "If you will be kind and patient I will demonstrate to you that we have shown you this beyond every shadow of doubt "I cannot do this by any reason of my own, but because the truth is with me." Mr. Johnson then assailed Charles Shiveley for what he called an "uncalled-for attack" on Accountant Schlautterbach. "What can be said of your accountant," Mr. Johnson hurled at the at

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ROOM WHEN AUDIENCE HISSES JOHNSON'S WORDS

At 2:40 this afternoon while Henry U. Johnson was in the midst of his argument in behalf of the plaintiff in the Hasemeier-Bentlage estate case he made an attack upon the character of Miss Louise Bentlage. and instantly was greeted with a storm of hissing from the spectators, who filled every inch of the big circuit court room. Instantly Judge Sparks took control of the situation and ordered the sheriff to clear the room, the first time such an order has ever been Issued in Wayne circuit court. As hysterical women and raging men sought the exits they continued to hiss and boo. Mr. Johnson opposed having the room FRENCH LINER AFIRE ON SEA SAYS CAPTAIN NEW YORK. Nov. 8 The French liner Rochambeau, which sailed from New - York Saturday for France is on fire at sea. The French line received a wireless dispatch this afternoon from the commander ' stating . there was fire in one of the bunkers, and that the Rochambeau was putting bsck to Halifax. The dispatch from the captain was: ' - - ."Fire In reserve bunker. This can

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which the retreating Servians carried away are believed to be insufficient for more than a week's campaign. TURKS SHELL TRANSPORT. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 8 (Ma Berlin and Amsterdam) The war office today- announced that . Turkish shore batteries struck an allied torpedo boat and transport near Anafarta Sunday, and both vessels were emitting dense clouds of smoke as they withdrew, indicating that they - were on fire, t - . j . , '. . BULGARS REINPORCEO-; LONDON. Nov. 8. The situation in southern Servla is becoming critical for the allies, according to dispatches from Athens and Salonika today, stating that reinforced Bulgarian columns are attacking the Serbo-Anglo-French forces on the Bulgar-Serbo frontier, not far from the Greek boundary. Anglo-French reinforcements are being rushed to Gievgeil from Salonika as fast as troop trains can carry them. torneys for the defense. . "He sat at your elbows and -advised and what Is more.--be TTSre not show his Yeoe to the Jury.' How different Is that compared with the attitude of. Schlauterbach and Pa rm alee. "As soon as the evidence was In. the attorneys for the defense folded their tents and disappeared. If they had dared they would have placed their accountant on the stand. The defense has admitted that Mr. Schlautterbach made his figures so plain that they dldnt have to put their expert on the stand. "They have ot attacked Perm alee. "I tell you there was no chance for anyone else to take money. We are charging the woman with embezzlement and we have proved It." The crowd this afternoon was even greater than the crowd this morning and it is estimated that over a hundred people left the court house this afternoon, finding It Impossible to get within hearing dlstsnce. The court room was packed all during the noon hour and many of the spectators did not leave the court room for dinner. An enterprising restaurant proprietor sent two waiters to the court room with sandwiches and coffee. Many of the audience who stood up during the morning session were unable to. secure seats this afternoon. cleared. He said that the demonstration did not affect him In the least; that he was speaking solely to the jurors and not to the spectators. Mr. Johnson at the time when he mentioned Miss Bentlage said she had been dishonest in the performance of her duties at the Boston Store, asserting that If she had not been, she would never have committed suicide. Then came the storm of hissing. Fifteen minutes later, so slow was the crowd In getting out of the court room, that Judge Sparks ordered that Mr. Johnson should complete his argument before the Jury in the Jury room. not be controlled. . Will put Into Hallfax. No danger." When the Rochambeau sailed from New York there were 36S persons on board. There were 115 first cabin passengers. 100 steerage passengers and ISO officers and sailors. Shortly after the first report that the boat was on fire it became known that while the vessel was being loaded a bag of sugar was dropped and an investigation proved that the bag con-' tained a bomb. - M, E. ROCKEY IS ARRESTED. Marlon E. Rockey, who ran a Jitney bus service here last summer waa arrested on a warrant Issued at Daytacv Ohio, charging that he had failed to support an 8-months-old baby there. He was taken to Dayton. 7 ; : -