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BECK ASKS TWO MORE OF ROUTES Postmaster Says Week of Motor System Proves Ter ritory Too Large for Satisfactory Service. SUBSTITUTES FAIL 'Because Elliott Becomes 111 Patrons Go for Two Days Without Mail on His Route. One week's operation of the new motorized rural routes has proved to Postmaster Beck that radical changes must be made before the system can be made a success in Wayne county. The four carriers out of Richmond have experienced all sorts of trouble and complain that their routes are too long and that they have too many boxes to serve. Postmaster Beck said this morning that there should be at least two more routes out of Richmond and that ' he would ..fe.hrAfcrea. ent there are fout routedrcoering a total of 220 miles. Each route serves from 300 to 350 boxes. ; Route Too Long. "It has been proved that theee routes are too long for practical service," said Mr. Beck. "We should have at least two more carriers out of Richmond so that the routes out of this city may not have to be more than thirty-five miles in length instead of .fifty. In the smaller towns, where the boxes are not bo congested as they are around Richmond, the fifty-mile routes seem to be satisfactory. In the county outside of Richmond, there Continued On Page Five. LABOR UNIONS ELECT LEADERS TO PUSH WORK Delegates From Different Trades Assume Seats in Central Council May Give Hatters' Relief. Plans for an aggressive campaign by organized labor to increase the membership, secure closer co-operation among the various trades unions and mak- the organization a more potent factor, commercially, in Richmond, were launched at the regulalr meeting of the Central Labor Council in Carpenters' hall last night. Preliminary work along general lines is being done br a committee, temporarily appointed, under the direction of President Charles Graham. That satisfactory results had been attained thus far and prospects indicated successful culmination of the campaign which is expected to be in full swing during the ensuing six months' term, were contained in the report of the committee. Officers Re-elected. Most of the officers were re-elected. The personnel of the council as it npw stands is as follows: Charles Graham, re-elected president; B. F. Williams, newly-elected vice president: A. C. Allen, re-elected secretary; C. E. Deichman, re-elected secretarytreasurer; Elmer Sauer, newly elected sergeant at arms; Louis Studt. Dan Dooley and John Lunsford, newly elected trustees. . Election of an organizer and a statistician was postponed until the next meeting. All of the trades affiliated with the organization reported satisfactory conditions, with the . exception . of . the Brewery Workers, who announced "a little trouble with certain local concerns" and this union was requested to furnish full information Tor consideration at the next session of the council. Union leaders declined to comment on the situation or intimate the source of the trouble. Council went on record favoring Ihe plan of Samuel Gompers. presileat or the A. F. of L.; to observe Continued on Page Nine

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FALL DOWN SCHOOL STAIRS SERIOUSLY HURTS HISS TOMS

Miss Maude Toms, kindergarten teacher at Hibberd school, was seriously injured this morning when she fell down a short flight of stairs at the high school, striking her head against the sharp edge of one of the steps, cutting a deep gash above her left eye. She was removed immediately to Reid Memorial hospital, and after a more minute examination by the physicians, it is believed she suffered a slight fracture of the skull. Her right arm and hip were also bruised. She was unconscious for sev PROGRESSIVES TO RUN Edwin M. Lee, chairman of the state committee - of the Progressive party urged that Wayne county Progressives put a full ticket in the field for the coming campaign in Indiana before a meeting of twenty-five of the sixtyfive members of the Wayne county central committee in the court house this afternoon. Mr. Lee was Instructed by County Chairman Clifford Price, who in calling the session, together stated that the purpose of the meeting was to decide whether or not the local Progressives should put a ticket in the field. He said the question had been repeatedly made to him. Mr. Lee in opening his remarks, said he had been busily engaged in looking after the affairs of the party in the state, but because of the importance of Wayne county In the- state and national affairs of the Progressive party, he had taken time to meet the committee here. He urged that immediate organization of Wayne county Progressives be made and the placing of a strong Progressive county, ticket.in. the. field. Mr. Lee said that 'as a matter of fact the county central committee had no t.uthority to! dictate whether there should or should not be a county ticket, that the district committee had no authority to dictate whether there should or should not be a congressional candidate and the state . committee had ao authority to dictate whether there should or should not be a state ticket. " - - . The speaker - declared that the

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eral hours after the accident, but was reported resting easier this afternoon. The accident took place as Miss Toms was walking down stairs in company with Miss Mabel Ellis. It is believed that her foot caught on the top step, throwing her headlong down the flight leading to the landing. She was attending the township teachers' institute, which was in session at the high school. The wound bled profusely when first aid was given her by Physical Director Nohr. Miss Toms lives with her mother at 1828 Main street. URGED FULL TICKET authority was vested solely in the rank and file of the Progressive voters in Indiana. Mr. Toner, the former chairman of the state committee, he said, thought he could usurp such authority when he tried to place on Continued On Page Eight. SERVICE BILL FOR ENGLAND LONDON". Jan. 8. Further modifications in the military service bill are likely. The Chronicle expresses the belief that the measure will undergo further attenuation in its committee stage to meet some of the objecions now leveled against it, particularly by the labor element. The possibility that parliament will be dissolved and a general election called still exists; in fact, that contingency will not have passed until the conscription bill is a law. But the supporters of Premier Asquit'i , are taking under consideration the suggestion that has been made that the Question of compulsory military service be submitted to a referendum as an alternative to a general election.;

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MORE OUTBREAKS FEARED ' AFTER NIGHT OF HORROR AT YOUtJGSTOOT. OHIO

YOUNGSTOWN, O.. Jan. 8. Despite the presence of the state militia more rioting was momentarily expected in the steel mills strike today. Four Cleveland companies of troopers are marching on the hill opposite the plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company, around which raged the worst of last night's rioting. Two companies are inside the plant stockade to defend it from attack by bayonets. Members of last night's mob of strike sympathizers are gathering on the hill in great numbers making ready to march on the hill. The crowd was estimated as approaching one thousand men. Four are dead, forty injured, probably half of them seriously; more than one hundred rioters under arrest, and a fire swept area of half a mile square, entailing a loss of $1,600,000, is the result of last night's rioting. The city is under complete control of the national guard with its armed members instructed ' to "shoot, and shoot to kill" if the disorders of the last twenty-four hours are not effectively stopped. Throughout the city with a lull of only a few hours in the earliest hours this morning, Youngstown was Invested with drink-crazed mobs; mobs acting as individual units. POSTPONE SELECTING NEW OFFICERS AGAIN County appointments -were postponed again today on account of the absence of William O. Seaney, Democratic member of the board of commissioners. Mr. Seaney has been confined to his home near Whitewater with an attack of the grip and the other two cortmissionerB said today that they would hold up the appointments until Mr. Seaney will be able to attend the meeting. Although the appointees are supposed to take office January 1, all of the county employes whose place is to be filled again this year, are applicants for reappointment so that a delay will have no effect on the work. MRS. LARKIN REMEMBERED. The maiden name of Mrs. Catherine Hard wick who died Thursday at Reid Memorial . hospital .was Larkin, and she will be remembered ' by many Richmond people under that name as she had lived oat oi toa Svr jweral years. , , '

each with a determination to do all the damage possible. The rioting broke out in an East Youngstown saloon. It was looted and the torch applied. The liquor confiscated by the mob was distributed, and under its influence the rioters marched from place to place applying the torch and looting. Within half an hour the half-mile area was a sea of flame. Firemen from Youngstown were called but were held back by the mob. The rioters continued their work' and every time there was any indication the fire might die down the torch was applied. The plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company today resembled a penitentiary. Early in the morning two of the Cleveland companies of the Fifth regiment were ordered inside the big plant stockade to help the one hundred men who, with repeating rifles, had guarded the company's property through a night of terror. There was fear that some of these guards, unnerved by loss of sleep and the tension on their nerves might unintentionally commit an act that might cause fresh and more serious outbreaks, so General Speaks, in charge of the national guard, decided it ould be safer to put the plant under Btate Continued On Page Eight. BECK APPEALS FOR QUICK AID IN MAIL TANGLE In an effort to secure Immediate relief for the rural route condition, Postmaster Beck this afternoon wired the postoffice department at Washington to inform him immediately what action can be taken. Mr. Beck also conferred with Representatives Finly Gray and John A. M. Adair, asking them to appear before the postoffice officials immediately on behalf of the local, postoffice. Mr. Adair promised to see the fourth assistant postmaster general tomorrow. Mr. Beck expects that as soon as the authorities hear of the conditions here an inspector wiU be sent. OFFICERS INSTALLED. The United Order of Foresters installed the recently elected officers last night and enjoyed a supper which was served by the ladies after which they listened with deep interest to addresses made br several local members of the order and grand lodge officers. -

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OPTIMISM CHARACTERIZES CAMPAIGN INAUGURATION BY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS State Officials in Addresses at Cambridge City Rally Boost

Candidacy of Rep. J. A. M. Adair but Ignore Leonard B. Clore of La Port; Liquidation of State febt by Ralston Administration Brings Applause From Party Workers in Trenches Lawrence Bertsch is Receptive Candidate for Nomination to Succeed Rep. Finly Gray J. M. Lontz Reiterates Refusal to Make Race for Congress Despite Pleas of Friends.

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BY W. R. POUNDSTONE. CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Jan. 8. The Democratic campaign in Wayne county was formally opened here last night in a most auspicious manner at a Jackson Day banquet, in which Cambridge City party workers played the role of hosts. John M. Adair, probably the most popular Democrat in Indiana, leading candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and representative in congress from the eighth district, was the principal speaker and he received a splendid ovation from the three hundred party workers who attended the banquet. State Auditor Dale Crittenberger and State Treasurer George Bittler also spoke and were as cordially received by the enthusks- -tic Democrats as was Mr. Adair. -I- Ignores Leonard Clare.

PARENTS FINED; CHILDREN STAY FROM SCHOOL A effort to discourage truancy on the part of public school pupils was i dertaken today when two parents were arraigned in city court, each charged with having permitted their children to remain away from school. Those arraigned were Mrs. Ethel Patterson Smith, colored, 80S North Eighth street, and John Wolfard. 253 Chestnut street. A charge of the same nature has been filed against Mrs. Daisy Moss. 405 North Thirteenth street, but she was unable to appear this morning because of illness. Mrs. Smith and Wolfard each entered pleas of not guilty. The woman was fined $1 and costs. Mayor Robbins first took Wolfard's case under advisement then decided to fine him $1 and ygts. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR LASHLEY CENTER VI LLE, Ind., Jan. 8. The funeral of Samuel Lashley, ZS. who died at his home here at 11:15 Friday morning, after severar mont" . illness, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the residence. Burial In Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Lashley was bora and rr red In Center township and had lived his entire life in this part of the county. He was the last member of the Lashley family, known throughout the county as owner and manager of the Lashley hotel. He Is survived by his second wife, two brothers. John I .shley of Centerville, and Edward Lashley of Puehlo, Colo., and two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Wolverton and Miss Rachael Lashley of Muscatine, la. ORCHESTRA PLANS . TO GIVE CONCERT A concert will be given by the Richmond Symphony orchestra in the high school auditorium In February it has been announced. The date has not been selectc" but the orchestra is rehearsing every Thursday night for the event. A mixed program will be delivered with classical and semi-classical music. Weather Forecast United States Report Fair tonight and Sunday. Slowly riaiag temperature. Yesterday Noon. 29 Temperature ' Maximum . 30 Minimum .'. 1J

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RESIGN HIS POSITION Much significance was attached to the 'boosts" given the Adair candidacy by Auditor Crittenberger, one of the most influential members of the present state administration. Incidentally it was noted that Crittenberger completely ignored the recently announced gubernatorial candidacy of Leonard B. Clore of La port e. In his address Adair eloquently dofended the present state and national administrations, declared the country was entering a golden era of prosperity, made a savage attack upon the Indianapolis News, pledged himself to an economic administration of state affairs and a progressive l?glslatlve program if elected governor, and made a strong appeal to Progressive voters to support the Democratic ticket this year. State Treasurer Bittler made one of the pronounced hits of the evening when he announced that the present state Democratic administration had liquidated the entire indebtedness of the state. He contended that such an accomplishment should rhrystalize the determination of the Indiana voters to succeed the Ralston administration with another Democratic administration. Party is in Harmony. Judging from the large attendance of Democratic workers and the har mony and enthusiasm displayed at the banquet here last night, Wayne county's Jeffersonian organization will present a solid front in the campaigns which are to be waged thl. year. It Is predicted that as a result of the successful meeting here there will be a larger number of announcements of candidates for places on the Democratic county ticket within the next few days. Ha 'per to Resign. It ts generally understood that County Chairman John Hal per or Cambridge is to tender hU resignation of this office within a few days for business reasons. After his successor has been appointed by the central committee organization work will . be Immediately begun and the call for candidates for places on the county , ticket will go forth. George Bayer of Richmond, is a candidate to succeed Mr. Harper. Benjamin Drischel or Richmond, has also been mentioned as Harper's successor but, it Is said. Drischel may decide to announce bis : candidacy for nomination as sheriff. John M. Lontz of Richmond. B. B. Johnson, private secretary to Governor . Ralston. B. F. Wissler of Cambridge City, Frank Mason of Hagerstown. the Rev. Father Gorman of Cambridge City. District Chairman Walter Chambers of New Castle, Walter Cook of Centerville, and Benton Wilson. Cambridge City, were among the promt- -nent Democrats who attended the love feast. Mr. Wilson presided as toast- -master in a most approved manner. Lontz Is Besieged. If John Lontz never knew before how popular he was with Wayne county Democracy he must have made such 'a discovery Jut night; Before , uie mcding u ivuvio n ne was - besieged by party workers from every m. w-urc i.vuui.y. VQiuiunuiK ll I in wn reconsider hL determination not to enter th contest for the congressional , nomfeMUlon against Finly 1L Gray. He

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