Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 290, 17 November 1915 — Page 1

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Local ' Tcsspsnuice Leader Tells Tndianapclia Omni-' Partisan - Meeting "Dry? Witt Flint. That KELLY LEADS PRAYER Editor of American Friend Named on Reflation Com- ! mitfeeHaiu 4 to Form NewPmrty. Reviewing hia life-long fight againat the liquor interests and recalling ex ' pertonces - with prohibition forcee la Indiana and of the , eueceea he and other workera have achieved againat the aale of in toxicanU. .Timothy Nich olson, president of the Antl-Saloo - tieague, while presiding over the opes inc. session of the state-wide, omnipartlaaA ..prohibition - convention la Tomtlnson , hall, IndlanapoMa, : yeater day afternoon, conciudea - ms - speecn bv asserting that he would continue to wage war- against ; liquor until ha - died or until the state or Indiana waa '-dry.-.-.' :.- V i " ': : ' , Mr. Nicholson's address was the first of the afternoon session. Last night the convention heard'J. Frank HanlyV , former Republican governor- of Indiana, threaten tot lead In the founding of an antl-liquoe party unless one' of the old parties puts -a state-wide-prohibition plank In its platform next year. Hla declaration was cheered, and the entire number of delegates arose to approve his sentiment. , Names 8. E. Nicholson. 8. E. Nicholson, editor of the American Friend, who ,1s a member, of the Richmond delegation attending , the convention which closes tonight, was 4 named -a member of the resolutions committee. : The , committee probably will draft resolutions . favoring state and national .nrehlMtioa. President Bbberr ji JCaUy of .Jrlham college.; delivered tha, prayer at the opening session una morning -Timothy Nicholson! in addresalag the delegates yesterday afternoon, said hi part'.i ' t "In 1840, when 1 1' was twelve years old. at a temperance : meeting in. a school house in North Carolina, my father and his si sons : Signed the pledge to abstain from the use of all iatoxicathlg - Hqutxrar beverage. TMa,, jjledge : wa scrupulously- aa: ' " '' (continued Ort Pagin'iii. v HOWELLS WANTS UOOREijilil Councilman Howella today gave out a statement In which he asks that, the teachers of this city have Prof; Moore of Muncie, an expert on the teachers' pension bill, appear before council and the school board and explain. the. provisions of the measure. .? v Mr. Howells said . his resolution, adopted by council, was intended only ; ID give council wu, iuiuinuuii the school board has on the pension question.- ' "I believe that public interest ought to be taken in every movement of this . kind. - Council members want to vote ' Intelligently, but they can not do so until ! they have been informed - on ' measures. Public meeting, at which f proposals are discussed, give the council and the city an insight into pressing matters. In that way the public knows what Is going on, and . later, after council has acted, will not condemn that matter. "I believe every councilman is anxious to understand the problem . of teachers' pensions, and for this reason I am very anxious that Prof. Moore appear before us and explain the measure. In this way we will get an exact understanding of the measure. , "The city council does not want to control the affaire of the schools. It is seeking knowledge of a measure, such as the pension proposal is. We will welcome a discussion of the matter." ARTILLERY. ENQAQEMCNT8 . PARIS. Nov. 17. Three night rtillery duels were reported -In -today's statement from the war off which- follows': , "Nothing was reported in . the ; course or the nignt except some arinlery engagements In the valley of the Alsne, around Fontoy in Champaign and in the Woe v re region." ,. Weather Forecast United States ReportCloudy and warmer tonight and Thursday. Probably rain. Temperature. Noon 49 Yesterday Maximum Minimum 46 21 . Local Forecast Fair tonight. . Increasing .cloudiness. Warmer" Thursday followed by rain. . , I General Conditions An extensive storm lis moving In the United. States front' Canada and is expected to cause rain i and "snow during the " next 48 hours. I Cold weather continues in the sonth. Freeslng - temperatures in Birmingham, Alabama,;-and- Atlanta, 'Oa.-. ; v '.V' - r i. vr..w.K. MOORE;1-' .- " Wanther Forecaster.

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sentence on the charge -of neglect., of m, UU.,y utt iMtaruyratvcnua was. taken , say from ,pss-ent, and Mrs. Candler, probation officer waa toid .to;fn4 tt i;hoB.: 'i ; . -Tom WBson, w,hoj 'tt, if Alleged,, la the. farther of the chiM; Is serving, time at the 'county 'Jau' ahd 'Sinless "some one pay hir f toe of ;$25 and .costs." he uss .iweniy-uve mom oBjAw wHre. - lira. Bennett broke djown in teara lastievenlng when the-child was taken away from her by-order Pf the?court. She assisted-MrsSchroeder.. assistant injttrbp - at the home. .in. packing: tB aby' s clpihee.) UTIUIMARO BROLIISES ORDER Dupcan" Tels Bond Murphy ' Gaye, Corporation Copy of City's fBrieY jWittiout His Consent. . A ruling on the petition .filed by the City' of Richmond several 'months ago for the .establishment; of a purchase price for the electric, plant o the Richmond Light, Heat fc Power company will , be made , by the ' Indiana Public Utilities . commission before 'the first of January. ' ' This assurance was given! to City Attorney Bond by Judge Duncan, chairman of the commission, when'Bond en tered' a" protest' against the.'commis-' sion's persistent delay in acting upon the.. matter.' - '.' ' ' ond -jcalled. fto the ; attention of Chairman 'tnincan the ; fact that after the introduction of teaUmony in the case, last June the commission order ed that briefs be submitted : by the counsel for both city and company' not ater than, the 'first eek in September, then reminded' the chairman that the company's, brief s hW net -beeM snbmit t&mfrMrStor&ir,: also renjon. strated- against the action of ter MBmission' to' supplying tteBompanrs counsel .within eony.of thabrfef Bond had submitted in behalf of the city. declaring tnat. such action was manifestly unfair to the city. Judge Duncan, it is -understood, in formed the 'city attorney that the copy of his .brief had: ben -given '''t a representative of the L4gbt.:Heat Powf company? by Commissioner Murphy without .the-knewledgsiof -tbe- cl)aJr man -and rwhtter theTjodge wasonrhls vacation. . . ..y-'j-S . Judge Duncan," when questioned as to how much longer the commission Intended to tolerate the dilatory tactics of the counsel of the. Light. . Heat ft Power company, declared that a ruling in : the case .would' be made before the first of next year even if the company: had not submitted a brief.-' GIRL TRUANT FREED , FROM JERSEY JAIL - Fifteen year old Unite Cassellor, who was sentenced "to1 twenty-days' in -Jail for truancy ' under- ; the-, strict New Jersey la w. -has- been released through the intervention of prominent news papers, who prevailed' upon , Mayor Elmer King to secure " the release of PROTESTAeAINtT WIRELESS WASHINOT6NNot 1---Tbe -British embassy today made informal representations; to ' thef state department regarding, a. powerful wireless station located In . or-neat Portland; Me. ; The state department : immedfclely : turned the matter over to the department of wmimeree-Kithra rexjueiir that; an in" vestlgatlon'be 'msfde. .S ", : "

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ROUTE CHANGE jflftOTiiiTtL": f!EXT JANUARY ' The new rural ronte- system will not go .Into, effect, until January ' 8. 1916, according' to an" order received f : by PnstiaaMer 'Beck', today. Thbi" is the thtrd.' time -He proposed change fcMj , '.As a result -of the postponement. old carriers will, have to handle ' the; Christmas rush. "The ioUi'vimlbrd Laew motox-icaxrlers has, mat haane ms4e first time th department ;nouned ttii motbrixatloa of ) the routes 4nthfs county, November 16. was. the, date for the change. This was later postponed to DeeemeW' irv-i.;--,, . , I ' The;' certified list of eligibles has not been- annovneed by - the- postoffice 'department, " according to ,. Postmaster ; "I cannot understand . the delay in making ; the ;apiolntwenU," said Mr Beck today. "I presume ..that the reason for postponing.the time' for installing the new system is that more time can be secured before the carriers are- appointed. Since the appointments have,; not been made at this time, it would rush matters to have the new carriers .-take , up their duties by December 1 for they would have to. purchase; cars and get acquainted- with the routes." . - : : i ' i ' By reason' of 'the postponement "to the. first of the year, the post office department will 'gain two days on the alaries of the carriers. The services f the old carriers will be dispensed " 1th on December 31 and since , New Year's day is pd Saturday,: the motor arrlerB. will not begin work' until the 'oUowlng Monday' and : consequently heir salaries will not begin until that ime. This is 'one of the reasons asigned by the local postmaster for the -hanging,' in the time for the Una'ugi ration of thehew system. ; .

INVITE PERJURY V SUITS! BY its! Ifi TIGER CASE ': ". -r r. ! ; Following the plda oi ' Attorney C. R. Richardson befpre Special Judge F. T. strayer In city 'court, this mornlpg for i postponement of the hearing of the ilind : tiger charge against 1 Theodore '""rane, colored, ' Prosecutor 'Relief ,enered vigorous' opposition to"; such ac- . iori, alleging that he had Information bat certain , witnesses for.,the ftate ad been tampered with, ; ;' "I don't want to be compelled to prosecute any many for perjury, jwhich means ' a penitentiary sentence; upon. conviction,' who has . been fltunptered with solely to. save a blind, tiger operator from a deserved jail sentenceof thirty days.", the -prosecutor said. i When Richardson .heatedly relented the charge made -by the" rpseevtor; the latter absolved 'Richardson,' frojn having made -any effort' to , influence state witnesses: " . i , Jpdge Strayerv was apparently- Impressed with the Assertion Of the: prosecutor that a prompt -trial -was p$cefr sary. for he only granted a ' postponement ofthehearlngef the ease until 1 o'clock this afternoon, He-took the usual . precaution ; of placing i all i witnesses under oath before, adjourning the morning session , of the oourt. ; Attorney; Richardson, when tcbnrt convened - this - morning v with Mayor Bobbins on the bench, entered a plea to naveltB :;case:he3We!lh' Judge. , - - t "

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.While-Europe seethes and bolls Inn riot ' of bloodshed - and horror, Richmond Jn the battle ground of an nterstrife. between Chinese factions, . So far Vfifstv warfare conducted , here has eenslifHof' verbal-vltufersjtktts in the lanziage of the CtrtenL aad active politicals tactics by the nfcsnsors; to remove the mva4r, who have firmly ntabllshed- themnetvea . In trenches of local territory. ; - .. ":;;'H?-.' .--i ' Wh tatarnSjWonal ; law, f diplomatic - WESFrZT.:fT eats, the Rfchamnd conflict Tsasss7r axcinaj, CTite 4rs bolved.v - - - vnonsv proprietor ot in bouu ploying t a half ' dosen of his country men is commander-in-chief of one fac-' tibtf which is disputing the right of Charlie Poy, generalissimo of the Invaders; to" enter the laundry 'business here-thereby gnMlng- control ef part of the -former's business. ?-, :

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In a Chicago hospital there-has. jnst come Into the world a little unfortunatd "baby" that, 'If permitted to' llve'l .would, always be a mental defective. i This baby could be saved by a surgical. operation, but the attending physician, J Dr. H. J. Haiselden; chief, of , the hbs-l pitaitaff, is not going to perform thel operation, and the anguished mother? has consented to - have the infant die naturally.' The child, suffering no patn.1 Tr expected to die, within the next foy-eight-hours! " ' "Tltree. : well-known Richmond, physicians were asked today , what 'they thought of the .position, taken by Dr. Halselden, pertaining to his refusal 'to make -an effort 0 save the life of this defective Infant. -Two of -them approved of theraction of the Cbleago physician.One intimated that he approved the. coutsl Dr. Halselden is -pursuing, but' declined to comment on the case at this time. ' t . ' :, . : , i-.Thelr Positions' . k . ; The three Richmond physicians interviewed were Dr T. Henry Davie, former president' of the state -board of health i Dr. J. M. Thurston, one; of the city's oldest practitioners and ' Dr." F. W. Krueger,. county health officer. Their statements follow : 'T ;- Dr. Davis God ' Almighty, sent . this SUBMARINE SINKS ITALIAN STEAtH '4 v . IN MEDitERRANEAN -i -. f.- : ...M SYRACUSE? Italy; TiTorpi oeVr bya submarine ii Tthe Medina: deedneanth& Italian steamer, Bormlda has been sunk, it was announced here today. ;AH the passengers were saved. No Information-as to -the' fate- of the tcrew;. has .been received bw, U la beIlaved, that the sailors also have heen rescued..- : The submarine which .sank 'the! Bormlda is said to have been an Austrian vessel ; It Is stated that the captain of the, steamer was glyen, full, warning before, ja torpedo was fired,, and had time to get .hhl-Passengers off.; I ; ; -The -Bormlda -is the third Italian steamer -sunk by a- submarine,--the others being the Ancona and Firense. Built in. 1684, the Bormlda dUplaced 1SS9. tons-and., iraa owned by s the SoeteiA Itallana df Sarrbja MartttUnL It Ml fetlona; and S7 feetln width. H home 'port was Venice.

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bomb throwers. They can be , - - Poy.. however, has- established the Eagle laundry in a . room' on Main street between; Ninth and Tenth, and saye his business is dally! Increasing, notwithstanding this 'energetic efforts of the-oppositlon to' make 7 him leave the city. , . " . . - Chlnainaawho ltres in" Indlanapolls and who speaks, EngKah more flu ently-' than his . countrymen In 1 Rich mond,' was' brought here1 about two weeks ago' by Long Chong, and inter- ! WWM WII. WII11 W U' ' was unsuo--XBLnaV naan- understood that i-X Chong la oantampiating opening a, bwrtness In. the launadtate Bichbar.sritfWBinatt; offices , ; The newcomer declares that he is satisfied, wlth the situation and intends . to' stay. Peace overtures will never be made by Long Chons. how ever., until the enemy withdraws, his followers asseru REFUSES AID child .into. the. world. If he sees fit to call it home, He acts for the best, I'-have prepared a naner in which i discuss the very question raised In the case of this defective Chicago Infant, and I will read the paper before the institute of ' state health officers at Indianapolis In a few days. I can not comment oh - this ; case 1 until '' I ' have read1 this paper, '-t--paper. -Dr. Thurston--The " theory of eu genics calls for. the action being purfuva- in'xne-caseormM Chicago Infant. , Eventually, I believe, there will be: a, law .requiring . a 'humanitarian death .for. alk defectives at birth. If the best interests of the race are to be served; -mental defectives - must be eliminated. t , Dr. Krueger What course should be pursued - in " dealing - with sub-normal infants '.depends, almost entirely upon the individual cases. . I presume, from reading newspaper accounts, that this Chicago, Infant must be a . hopeless monstrosity, else, , I should Imagine, the mother would never have given her consent -to making no effort to sAve its life. Such being the case. I , believe the decision to 'permit it to die .without making an effort to save it; is ndt only wise,, but t the only huImariitarlan procedure to follow." HOLIES $5,000 SUIT RECEIVED DY JURY rrhe case Jof Cleo Holmes against the Tfrre . Haute, Indianapolis and East:tfattoimpiiny. went to the Jury rnoon-at 2 o'clock. The trial has been in progress since Monday I; morning: ' ilh the testimony of several eye wit nesses to tne acciaent in wnmn tne plaintiff ' suffered - Internal injuries when she fell from the step of a street car at First and Richmond avenue, it was shown by , the defense that the plaitKf stepped; from the street car after- It had started. John Foster and wife who testified this morning, said the car was in motion after making the stop, at the -corner and that .Mrs. Holmes started to get off the car after the conductor had- given- the signal to start, x Patrolman Manning - testified this morning that the car had gone about forty feet from the corner when Mrs. Holmes staged to get oft ' The plaintiff Is asking $5,000 damages. Ex-Judge Engte, of Winchester, is -presiding. .- . - "' -

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Vitni SIMPLE RITES TUSKEOEE. Ahx. Nor. 17. Simplic ity marked the funeral of Booker T. Washington, noted , negro educator, race leader and author, which took place here this .morning at the institution which he made famous and which played such an Important Dart In the elevation of ' the negio arcs. Fully eight thousand people', came to Tuskegee to pay the last tribute of resepct to Dr. Washington, only 2.500 of whom) could get in to the chapeL The Use -of march was formed In fronts of..' the administration building and waa headed by members of the board of trustees. The trustees were followed by members of the faculty and the executive council of the Institute and a number of distinguished visitors, educators and students. The simple service which was read was' broken into only by the singing of old plantation songs, which Dr. Washington loved so well, and the reading of a few of the thousands of telegrams of condolence from all parts of the country. Prominent men In all walks of life, as well as colored people attended. ' CITY OPPOSES WATER PLANT'S RATE INCREASE Bavis and Bond Collect Data to Present at Hearing Before Public Utilities Commission. City Attorney Bond and President Bavis .of the board of publio works have been busy for several days preparing for the hearing of the case instituted before the state commission by the Richmond City Water Works company for an increase In local water rates, a petition the city intends vigorously to oppose. . "Data on water main extensions has been compiled by City Clerk Bescher. for the purpose. It Is understood, of ueieaxing any effort on the part of the company to attempt to collect from the city revenue on certain main extensions which, the company contends, the city is obligated to pay. ' Under the regulations provided for the water works company by the com mission the company Is entitled to a revenue of ten cents a foot per year for every' main extension ordered by inn imro M. NMia worhL and can expansion, must be at least 500 feet In length. Extensions of such length call for n firs hydrant, the annual rental for which,' $85, provides the company us roquirea extension revenue. On sotte extensions the company has not been receiving its required ' revenue and tbe city has refused to pay the company revenue for the same .because, it alleges, they -were not ordered by the board. - . The commission, it Is also - antici pated, will be called upon for a ruling as to whether the city must pay annual rental for each of the twenty-nine 'in termediate fire hydrants. For a year the company has billed the city for these hydrants and the claim now amounts to $1,295. The city has refused to pay, asserting that the commission verbally announced that the city was not expected to pay for such hydrants. The company bases its rent al charges for such hydrants on the order of the commission entered hut year establishing local water rates, which sets forth that the city shall pay for "all" fire hydrants. CAPTURE 2,000 SERBS BERLIN, Nov. 17. The capture of 2,000 more Serbian prisoners was announced In today's official report from the general staff. It stated that the pursuit of the Serbians in their mountain defenses was proceeding satisfactorily. An other machine gun and' two cannon have been taken by the Germans. In the eastern theatre of war Russian . battleships have bombarded Petragge. a town of northern Coureland now held by the Germans. RU83 SHELL BULQAR COAST PARIS, Nov. 17. A newg agency dispatch from Bucharest states that a powerful Russian fleet, consisting of three superdreadnoughts and thirteen other " warships are bombarding the Bulgarian Black sea cost.

HANDLEY APPROVES plan of pensions FOR CITY TEACHERS

L. A.' Handley. councilman, whose statements regarding the teachers' pension proposal have been misinterpreted generally, Issued ,a statement today in which he 'declared bis support of the plan, provided.lt doea not cost tbe taxpayers more than enough to pay for the clerical help to administer it. ' .The councilman. In hla statement, shows that bis remarks were not an attack on teachers' pensions, but were made to show that the public should take a -vital Interest In matters of public .concern before they are finally disposed of by the legislative bodies of the city and county. The motive of hla whole speech. Mr. Handley asserted, was to show how the public la Indifferent . to Important problems while they are pending, and how caustic the public Is m

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Officials Instruct Giles to Draw Estfcn&tes of Proposed Addition to Gsrfidd Structure. CONSIDER PENSIONS Authorities Deckle to Set Date for Auction of Buildings Standing on Newly ; Acquired Site. Superintendent J. T. Giles of the city - schools was instructed at the meeting of the Richmond Board of Education last night In the superintend's room of the high school, to obtain an estimate of the cost of the proposed new school building which will be erected next year adjacent to the Garfield school at the corner of South Twelfth and A streets, to enable the board to determine the else of the bond Issue which will be made to meet the expenses of the construction. ' It Is probable. Superintendent Giles said today, that the total coat of the addition, will exceed $100,000 though he waa unable. to estimate how much It will exceed that figure. - Discussion of the new addition waa the principal matter considered by the board though some time was devoted to the proposed teachers pension system. The five cents Increase in the tax - rate which Councilman Handley protested against at the most recent meeting of council, did not enter into the conversation. Superintendent Giles said. Reaches No Decision. The board has not reached a decision relative to the pension law and Its adoption In Richmond. Facta, both In support of the proposal and against It, will be submitted by Superintendent Giles until the members feel that they can either decisively approve It or reject It. With the prospects of unforeseen contingencies arising, delay In the construction of the building will prevent Its completltion until the dose of the 1916-1917 school term In June. Superintendent Ones said that It might be possible to have the building finished by February 1917, hut It is unlikely. - The bond issue will bamade as soon aa the school superintendent famishes the estimate 6f this cost and the bonds will bo floated aa the expenses which their sale will defray, arise during the course of construction. Immediate issuance of the bonds will not be naeess ary because of money which the board has on hand and the proceeds to be derived in the sale of the three houses on South Twelfth street occupying the site upon which the new addition will be erected. Will Auction House. Overtures , have been made by persons -to pnrobsse Individual parts of the houses-but the school board Baa determined to sell all of the houses at publio auction. The date of the sale has not been selected. In accordance with the original plan, the six years course of high school study will be Introduced in Richmond with the completion of the building. There will be six years of elementary study in the grade schools, three years in the Garfield school and three years in the high school. Some changes In studies will be Involved. Garfield school with the addition, will be twice as large a school building as it is at present and will be larger than the present high school. Though It will be modern In every detail, the exterior of the addition will be plain and simple. An auditorium with a seating capacity of 1.000 persons will be built and two gymnasiums, one for the boys and one for the girls, will be made. INSANE EAT TURKEY Thirteen hundred and fifty pounds ( of fowl will be consumed by the patl-' ents at the Eastern Indiana hospital for the Insane Thanksgiving. Including; 650 pounds of chicken and 700 pounds of turkey. This Is In addition to two barrels of cranberries, other vegetables and meats. its criticisms after these measures have become statutes and laws. His reference to the teachers' pension measure was used merely to Illustrate his point. ' Stand la Approved. Tbe explanation of his attitude caused approval among teachers and citizens who are Interested In the establishment of pensions for teachers. Mr. Handley gave out the following statement: "As a result of the printed reporta of the proceedings of the city council Monday night I fear that some misunderstandings may arise aa to the at titada of the council toward matters relating to the actions or posed actions of tne scnooi soara The remarks concerning thin ter came as n result of n motion a j I Continued On Page Three, 1

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