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SCHOOL DOARD UST CUT TO "BREAK EVEN" Reduction of $3,000 in Current Expenses Necessary Despite Additional 5 Cent Boost in Taxes. EXPENSES GROWING Increase ' in Salaries, Addi- ' tional Teachers and Institutes Force Up Expenditures in Schools. Reduction of $3,000 In the current expenses must be made by tne Doara of education during the ensuing; year to "break even," notwithstanding the additional 6 cents In the school tax. ac cording to Superintendent J. T. Giles ' of the city schools. In a statement explanatory of the board's recent action 1 in raising the Richmond rate of taxation to 95 cents. Three reasons were given by, the suDerlntendent for the, additional tax, ' first the horizontal Increase in salaries ' of grade teachers amounting annually to about 11,500; . second, the employment or rour new teacners, two m " Garfield school, one in the high school, and one in Baxter school, their- sal aries, for .the next . year making approximately $3,600; third, the going into effect of the state law providing ", for - monthly city institutes. Involving an expenditure of about $5,440. Items Causs Boost. These three items, declared Mr. Giles, . made "' a' necessary ; increase in the budget of approximately $10,500. ' 1 rcfii taxation brings in, about $186,- , ' 000 and $35,000 is received from the r r! ' t'aiury." ' - "'T-i-h rrrVo't taxation." said Super- ' ; ? it f5llesk-"brings In about $1,500 r-'Z lo lncronne of 5 cents, which be-c-r.!-fPe6srk will result in $7,500 i-.-eitnK received to meet the $10,P00 ; rtriditlonal ' expenses. . The board twUl reduce its current .expenses about $3,000 to meet the difference." Richmond can well affdrd" to congratulate Itself, Mr. Giles declared, on the fact that the tax rate here is lower 'even ithan the average! and Is much lowerjthao some of the cities of Indiana. , (The average rate of taxation, he - jsaldj "eighty-three -cities in Indiana wltb a pbpulation of more ihan 9,500, f l.00. i jfek RatfiiSMiMrwl 1v. i taxliites IjtiMM tai ettfes t fThe are as follow: Valparaiso, $1.60; De catur, tl. 60; runkirk. $1.40; East Chicago, $166; Marion, $1; Muncle, 8? rnts: Lafayette, $1.0$; Gary. H5; Tie .jCastle, $1.15; - Richmond, 95 cets.' I , -. Thcr total, bonded Indebtedness of Richmond is now $100,000, and to this r mount $20,000 is being paid annually, Mr. ..Giles said. The board of education) has reached no , decision in the ruestlon of bonds to be Issued to defray the expenses of the construction of the addition to Garfield high school. . The board ' can either arrange for the immediate payment of the bonds, thereby, increasing the payment of in- . feres t or provide for- the meeting of the installments at the expiration of , the present bonded ; Indebtedness at 1 he end of eight or . ten years. The : latter arrangement would eliminate 'additional interest, at present, the superintendent said. 6, 0. P. NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY IS ASKED BY PENROSE SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Not. 18. The hat of Boles Penrose, United States senator from Pennsylvania, was in the ring today, following his announcement here that he would be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency. He declined to dlscusb his plans, saying he would make a formal . announcement later. Senator Penrose is one of the party of Pennsylvanlans accompanying the Liberty bell from San Francisco to Philadelphia. FRIENDS TO MEET S. Edgar Nicholson leaves Friday fcr Wilmington, O., to attend a meeting to be known as the Wilmington Yearly Meeting of Men Friends. The meeting Is the result of the international convention of men Friends held in Richmond, and the Wilmington delegates will make the yearly meeting a permanent event. Mr. Nicholson will deliver an address at the convention. Weather Forecast United 8tates Report Rain tonight and probably Friday. Colder Friday. Temperature. Noon . . 50 Yesterday Maximum 51 Minimum 22 For Richmond Continued unsettled tonight with rain. Friday rain or snow and colder with southeast winds shifting to brisk westerly tonight General ' Conditions The western storm is central 'over Illinois and is causing rains over the . central . and southern states. An area of high barometric pressure and cold wave covert the Rocky mountains and will cause a fall in temperature tonight. Another great . storm . is - moving into the United States from the Pacific fcoast. , , . .W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

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"Lieut." Robert Fay, leader of the . alleged gang of German bomb plotters who planned to destroy ships carrying war cargoes has declined to plead guilty to the charges against him . and turn

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Dr. Thurston shows what eugenics will do in his - amplification of statements relative to the Chicago baby in the following: Editor Palladium: . Referring to the Chicago baby born mentally and physically deformed, and

CLARENCE MASON TELLS HOW RAIDS OF ZEPPELINS START FIRES IN LONDON

Clarence Mason formerly of Economy, In a letter -to friends at Modoc, describes the destruction done to London by Zeppelin raids. Mason resides in London. His letter follows: London, Eng., Oct. 18, 1915. My . dear., cousin.: Was indeed surprised and very, glad to receive your letter. It was delayed by going to my old address. You must have bad a typical English summer in Indiana this year. You know it rains every ' day on this island and never gets very warm here, so I also feel FOULKE CRITICISES OHIO CIVIL SERVICE DAYTON, O., November 18 "The Ohio civil service is not the best system." said William Dudley Foulke, of Richmond. Ind., president of the National Municipal league in addressing tue. first annual convention of the Ohio Civil Service Association at the Hotel Miami here Wednesday-afternoon. "The Ohio civil service law is defective in these particulars:' First, It provides for the removal of a civil service commissioner . by the governor without proof or trial. Secondly, it does not assure sufficient independence for the commissioner. . . , ' "The laws at present provide for ac cepting a list entirely too long. There is, further, no need for accepting secretaries or assistants, clerks, stenographers or deputies or of. allowing city solicitors or even heads of departments to take office without civil service examination., i ' ,.j "To except civil war veterans from the civil service examinations is also an Imposition: if the country- desires to show its gratitude to the soldiers it should do-so in some other way." ORCHESTRA TO APPEAR A concert by members of the high school orchestra under the direction of Ralph C. Sloane, supervisor of mu sic will be - given at - chapel m tne auditorium at " 8 o'clock r tomorrow morning. . - - -

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? the writer's statements as published In yesterday's issue of . The Palladium, permit a ' brief explanation lest; the statement might be construed as m human, which it will be the uninform ed, as to which we are totally indiffer- '" Continued On Page Eleven as though I had missed one summer. All, I regret about it is the good swimming-1 have missed. I tried it "once in the Thames but it was too cold so will have to stick . to the indoor swimming pools.' Since the last few air .raids -London is about as brilliantly, illuminated at night .as Economy was the-last time I was there. Most of the street ; lights ' are out and the rest have - their globes painted over until they make a little less light, than a candle. Even autos, busses '.. and Continued On Page Eleven. CAR AXLE BREAKS Traffic on the T. H., I. & E. line was delayed for a short time this morning when the rear axle of one of the cars snapped in two near Earlham college. No other damage was done and the car was taken to the shop for, repairs. 40 ANG0NA REFUGEES ARRIVE AT NAPLES NAPLES, Nov. 18.-7-Forty passen gers and many of the sailors who survived wben the liner Ancona was sunk in the Mediterranean sea by a submarine arrived here from Tunis this afternoon, but were held on board the steamer Cagliari while a government commission conducted an investigation as to the' destruction of ; the Ancona and the rescue work carried on by the crew. . . . '. - - DO CONCRETE WORK - The concrete - work of tle bicycle shed which: is being constructed entirely by boys of the manual ' training class .of .the high' school, adjacent to the building, is about one-half done and lumber has been ordered for the carpentry work. '. The shed will be 26x 14 feet with a lean-to to be built near the engine room. .'The shed will house the bicycles ridden by student to school - hereafter. - -r- -

THURSDAY. EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1915.

SUBDUE FIRED ON AOTJA VJilEf VESSEL STOPPED Dr. Cecil Greil, American . Womsn, in an Affidavit, Swears to Killing of Passengers by; Shells. U. S. STILL WAITING Woman's Testimony Not Conclusive, Secretary Lansing Says, . After Reading Dispatch From Consul. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Dr. Cecil Greil. American woman passenger on the Italian liner Ancona, swore in an affidavit given, to the American consul that the vessel was fired upon by the submarine after it had stopped. A . summary of her affidavit was received by the state department today. The consul reported that her affidavit did not clear up definitely , whether the vessel attempted to escape. The state department handed out the following announcement: "The department of state is In receipt from Consul Mason at Algiers, of the following telegram: " 'Cecil Greil, intelligent. Impartial witness, deposition not conclusive as to whether any effort was made to escape by Ancona. , First intimation of danger was wben she was in dining saloon. Disturbance on deck, stoppage on blowing of whistle, followed shortly by shock which struck vessel. Testimony proves that bombardment lasted forty-five minutes and was continued after vessel had stopped, killing and wounding many persons. She saw destruction of vessel by torpedo; saw red and white flag and six cannon on submarine. Noticed nothing as to other Americans.'" Secretary Lansing made plain that her statements were not conclusive. Consular and diplomatic agents will continue, to get all the Information they can on the facts surrounding the sinking of the vessel. , AUSTRIAN AIR BOMB DROPPED ON BELLUNO ROME, Nov. 18.---Only one of five bombs dropped yeattrdy t An trtan wfater on fiellno, mil north, of .Venice. explodesV'rt waa -announced today No material damage wat.done and only-three person were slightly Injured. -The enemy aeroplane was forced to flee to escape capture by the Italian aeroplanes which rose to attack it. TAX COLLECTION SHOWS INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR An increase in tax collections . of $15,386.25 compared with the collection a year ago, is reported by County Treasurer Chamness. The' total amount of taxes for December settlement was $422,388.51. The amount . of delinquent taxes, however is believed to be greater than last year. This is accounted for because the tax rate was Increased. Since June, 1915, however, delinquent taxes have been collected to the extent of approximately 112,000. This is included in the total tax collections. The system employed by the county auditor and treasurer In carrying forward all of the delinquent taxes instead of merely carrying the amounts no the books for the respective years, has enabled the county to save considerable money as the collections of delinquent taxes have been larger than in previous years. The total taxes charged against the county treasurer which, if collected, would leave no delinquency for this year, is $509,648.39 (including the delinquency of the past four years). This leaves a total delinquency for the past five years of $87,259.88. Last year $407,002.26 was collected in taxes for December settlement with a total delinquency of $72,215.16.- In event the treasurer reports as least $12,000 as delinquent . taxes collected since June, the total amount of. taxes gone delinquent this year will be approximately $27,000, which is much below the average yearly loss. BAYONET MAKERS DEMAND . AN INCREASE IN WAGES PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18 Machine shop workers employed at the Fayette tool works at Frankfort, where bayonets are being made for Russia and the allies, went on strike today. The men say they are getting 18 cents an hour and they" want 30 per cent more. DIVORCE WANTED Drunkenness and 'failure to provide are charges preferred in a divorce complaint filed in circuit court by Alice L. Bennett against Thomas Bennett. She' alleges that her husband has refused to support her for the last" three" years, and that he is an habitual drunkard. MEMBERS' ADMITTED New members who were taken Into tho Gleaners, Richmond Arbor, which met at the Columbian school No. C on the Mlddleboro ' pike Tuesday " night, were: Edgar Bennett, William Kolb, Bert Kolb, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hayden, " r .' ' .

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Kitty Gordon and Her Prize Dog "Pekoe" Wearing Skates . To be strictly up to date, you must glide across the shimmer-

ingr ice with the gracefulness of a swan. - In fact the skating fad has become so well established that Miss Kitty Gordon, the actress

has taught her prize French bulldog, "Pekoe to skate.

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CHICAGO.'Nov. 18.Angust Weeghman. aged 65. father of 4 Charles Weeghman, millionaire restaurant owner and owner of the Chicago Federal League club, committed suicide today, according to a report to the police, by cutting his throat with a razor. His body was found in the bedroom of the Weeghman home with the '-razor beside it. At the urgent solicitation of his son, Mr.' Weeghman had retired from business seven years ago. He had complained considerably of late of being dissatisfied because he had nothing to do. "I know -of no other 'reason that would have caused him to end his life," said Charles Weeghman, who was called to his father's home. "Often he complained that the idleness got on his nerves, but his health was such that he could not have returned to active business." It was believed that his depressed spirits were further downcast by the gloomy weather that prevailed in Chicago today. WELL KNOWN HERE. August Weeghman was for many years a well known resident of Richmond. Many of his relatives reside in this city. Those who were Informed of his death this afternoon were Bhocked and were, unable to offer any explanation for his action ..unless he had become depressed over 111 health and the fact that he had never become reconciled to living in Chicago GEORGIA GOES DRY ATLANTA, Nov. 18. The work of making Georgia dry after April 30 was completed this morning when Governor Harris signed the anti-shipping amendment, advertising bills,' and the measure repealing the taxes on nearbeer saloons and locker clubs. A large crowd was present at the signing and cheered the governor. The omnibus prohibition bill already has been signed by the executive. ... RETTIG GETS PATENT ON GASOLINE ENGINE Georege Rettig. of Richmond, vice president of the . Union. Ice company, has been granted a patent on a gasoline tractor for plowing corn, and wUl try to interest local capitalists in the manufacture; of . the machine. Reports say he has perfected a trac tor far superior to any 'now1 on the market, and that the cost of .operation Is low. Mr. Rettig would like to get established in Richmond, but . if he can not raise the necessary funds here to install machinery and a. plant, he will seek elsewhere. He -has . been working on the machine for a number of years.' r . " " r"

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his old friends. About a year ago. It Is stated. Mr. Weeghman returned to Richmond and announced his determination to take up his residence here again, stating that he wanted to live . where his friends were. He said at the time that he did not like Chicago; that It was too big to suit him. .After remaining here a short time, '.however, he went back to Chicago to live with his fam ily. - . ' An Old Pioneer. Mr. Weeghman for over twenty-five years was engaged In the blacksmith business in this city, operating a shop at the corner of South Eighth and E streets. He sold this business when he and Mrs. Weeghman went to Chi cago about three years ago to make their home with Charles Weeghman, one of Chicago's most successful young business men. .For a time Mr. Weeghman worked for his son Charles in one of his restaurants but eventually was compelled to retire from active work because of ill health. Members of Mr. Weegh man's Immediate family who survive him all reside In . Chicago. They are bis wife and sons. Charles, Albert and Herbert, and his daughters, Mrs. Walter Craighead. Mrs. Harlan Simmons and Mrs. Coral Bunchbauck. Richmond relatives are the sisters of Mrs. Weeghman. Mrs. John F. Ackerman, Mrs. A. F. Kemper, Mrs. Hen ry Erk and Mrs. Henry Loebr, and his own sister, Mrs. Henry Hasecoster. SIGNAL SUPERVISOR PROMOTED BY DOARD , W. P.Halstein of the Pennsylvania, who! has been signal supervisor here for-the last eight years, has been promoted to the office of signal supervisor of the western division, and has gone to Fort Wayne where be will have his headquarters. His family will follow him shortly. Mr. Halstein began work at Pittsburgh as a draftsman in the office of Signal Engineer William McCrafton Two years later. In 1904. he came to the Western division as signal repair man under Supervisor Hill and In July of the following year he was appointed assistant Signal supervisor. In September of the same year he was transferred to the Louisville division as fore man in the installation of a manual block system, remaining there . until July, 1906. In May, 1907, he was pro moted to signal supervisor of the Rich mond division of the Panhandle. - DENY ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN SHIPS i LONDON, Nov. 18. While dispatches from Copenhagen and Chris tiana today reiterated reports that a squadron of nineteen German warships had passed into the Cattegat yesterday it was stated at the admiralty that no information had been received to Indicate that . any engagement had been fought In the North sea or was impending.

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PUDUG FIGHTS EFFORTS TO PUT maCLEY OUT Merchants ' Insbt Ifcst Weights Inspector Held Job Despite Pi Brought by May or. CONFERENCES HELD Clem's Duties Gradually Unloaded on Other Official But Salaries Remain Without Alterations. The very apparent effort of Mayor Bobbins and City Health Officer Smelser to force George McKlnley out of public office by imposing upon him the duty of city food Inspector in addition to his duties as marketmaster and Inspector of weights and measures received general condemnation from the public today. Business men. who from personal dealings have formed an admiration for McKlnley because of his conscientious performance of the duties of weights and measures Inspector and marketmaster.' took occasion today to inform him of their support and to insist that he "stand pat" on his determination not to resign. Several business men wrote to him. pledging their support. One of these men was for a time a harsh critic of McKlnley because of Improvements McKlnley had Insisted should be made at the store this man operates. This merchant said that he could now see that the Improvements ordered were for his own Interests as well as for the public. Hold Secret Session. Mayor Robbins and City Health Officer Smelser held a conference this morning but It is not known what they discussed. McKlnley has come under the ban of these two administration chiefs because they had indicted him for being responsible for the recent exposure of the lax methods which Dairy Inspector Clem had employed In the conduct of his duties. They regarded this exposure as a reflection upon the entire administration. As a matter of fact Continued On Page Eleven. CRANE APPEALS TERM OOSED IN TIGER CASE Special Judge Strayer Asjsesses Fine of $50 on Evidence : Showing Illegal Sales of Liquor. Theodore Crane, colored, former saloon keeper and lately operator of a notorious blind tiger on Fort Wayne avenue, was convicted late yesterday afternoon of a charge of having- sold liquor Illegally and Special Judge Strayer. In city court, fined htm $50 and costs and sentenced him to thirty days in jail. C. R. Richardson, attorney for Crane, appealed the case to the circuit court and Crane was released on bond of $250, supplied by the local agent of an out-of-town brewery. Judge Strayer Informed Crane, after sentencing him. that in his experience as a lawyer and Justice of the peace he bad never participated in a criminal trial in which there had been such a preponderance of evidence against the accused and. he added, he had Imposed sentence without a qualm of conscience or a misgiving as to the Justice of his action. Considers Case Joke. TJp to the time sentence was Imposed Crane took the proceedings as a huge joke and was in high humor while on the witness stand. Crane operated his blind tiger in his own flat on Port Wayne avenue, and at the time the place was raided last Sunday evening nearly all of bis patrons were white men. Not a one of them testified In his own behalf. "Red" Walterman. 19. employed at a local factory where Crane has been working recently; and Earl Hail, 17, a farmer boy. both testified that Crane had sold each of them two bottles of beer Sunday evening. Walterman further stated that after the raid Crane approached him at the factory and urged him to testify that the beer he had secured had been purchased by Walterman himself of a brewer agency and then sent to Crane's home to be used Sunday. Walterman said he had refused to perjure himself. Intimidation Hinted On cross examination Attorney Richardson sought to bring out that the police had intimidated Walterman. forcing blm to testify as be did through his fear that If he did not do so. a charge of carrying a concealed weapon against his "pal." young Hall, would be preferred. Walterman denied this. When arrested as a witness Hall bad a revolver on his person, but being a traveler at the time he had the right to carry a weapon. Crane, testifying for himself, said he had never sold booze at his home; that the beer found there by the police had been sent there by several white men for their own use Sunday. He asserted that two of the men who had sent beer to his home last Saturday' were Jim Ootsey and another man employed at the same factory where Ootsey is employed. These men were subpoenaed but when they Informed Richardson that they had never sent boos to Crane's home, be decided not to ass them as witnesses. They were used as state witnesses, however, and they testified Jtt direct contradiction to the evidence of Crane.