Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 57, 17 January 1916 — Page 1

TIE 1 JD PAIXAD HOME EDITION HOIS EDmon VOL. XLI., NO. 57Palladium and 8unTelegraae RICHMOND, IND. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1916. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

sons PLOT MURDER OF 2 PARENTS

Chicago Men Plan to Kill Rich Father and. Mother While Sleeping at Their Home. MOTHER RELENTING Forgives Wicked Deed and Sends Words of Cheer to Boys Held in County Jail. CHICAGO. Jan. 17. Mother love welled up In the heart of Mrs. Furman P. Updike, of Oak Park, a suburb, today. Although she was included in the murderous plot alleged to have been hatched by her two sons, Irving and Herbert a plot that intended the murder of their father, mother and their sister the mother today was willing to forgive the boys and "give them another chance." Furman P. Updike, millionaire retired commission merchant, close to death from cancer, and Mrs. Updike were to have been kjlled at 10 o'clock last night by the two Updike sons. The plot also included the murder of their sister, Miss Florence Updike. By means of a dictagraph rigged up In the garage, two detectives listened to the two brothers planning the crime. Irvine and Herbert were arrested. The mother could iot find it in her heart to bis me hr boys. After they were locked up last night she sent their pajamas to the Oak Park jail. Today she said: "I am ready and willing to forgive them both. I cannot believe my boys could have planned such a deed. I am willing to forgive, forget and give them another chance." Thirty-five years ago, A. E. Crocker was one of the leading merchants of Richmond. He was rated the most progressive dealer on Main street.' . One day last week his body was hipped to this city and quietly buried at Earlham cemetery. -So far as can be learned one son accompanied the body. ' '. - f Mr. Crocker had been confined to a St. Francis hospital at Cincinnati for a number of years. The cause of death could not be learned. Yeare ago Crocker conducted the Petland store, dealing in general notions. His establishment was one of the leading business houses on Main street. It was located between Seventh and Eighth streets where the City restaurant now stands. Crocker began bis career driving a MONTENEGRO ASKS PEACE OF HUNGARY VIENNA, Jan. 17. Montenegro has sued for peace, it was officially announced today in the Hungarian parliament by Count Tisca, premier of Hungary. This announcement was greeted with Joyful shouts. "Both King Nicholas and the Montenegro cabinet have asked for peace terms," said the Hungarian premier. "Montenegro has agreed to lay down arms and stop fighting. Word has Just been received to such effect from the front." DISTRIBUTES REPORT Hundreds of copies of Dr. J. C. Perry's report on the health situation in Richmond have been received by E. M. Haas, secretary of the Commercial club. Any person in the city debiring to own a copy may have one by calling at the Commercial club rooms. ASK FOULKE PAGEANT OF DEPICTING William Dudley Foulke has been asked by the Wayne County Centennial committee, which is making arrangements for the centennial in this county, to write the pageant which will be one of the principal features of the celebration. Although Mr. Foulke left the city Thursday for a prolonged Visit in the south, it is understood that he will accept the proposal. At the recent meeting of the centennial committee. L. S. Bowman was appointed to act as a committee to ascertain whether or not Glen Miller park can be used and whether or not the committee will be allowed to charge admission fees to the events that are being proposed.'

CROCKER QUIETLY BURIED AT EARLHAM

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REVIVAL HAMPERED BY GRIP EPIDEMIC

If the weather permits and the sickness of members of the congregation does not Interfere evangelistic services will continue nightly at the Second Presbyterian church for the remainder of this week. Rev. E. E. Davis, pastor, of the church will conduct the services in the absence of his brother who has returned to his home in Illinois. Rev. Davis preached the sermon at both services Sunday. About 200 members were present Sunday night. mm fires CAUSED BY COLD SNAP PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17. Two hundred children were marched to safety this morning when fire broke out in the North Versailles township school at Turtle Creek. The sixth room school building was burned to the ground. An overheated stove is believed to have caused the flame. $125,000 IN COAL BURNS. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Fire today destroyed twenty thousand tons of coal and threatened pockets containing eighty thousand tons more in the Williamsburg coal plant of the A. J. and J. J. McCollum Company. The loss is estimated at $125,000. HIGH 8CHOOL DESTROYED. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 17. Fire which broke out early this morning in the Chlcopee high school group of buildings has practically destroyed the structures. The loss will probably be $150,000. NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNS. ASBURY PARK, N. J., Jan. 17. Fire destroyed the buildings of the Asbury Park Press and the Asbury Trust company today, causing damage estimated at $100,000 to $150,000. wagon and selling goods for John A. Bridgeland, one of the early tobacco dealers of the city. " Later he opened his own store. He left the city after he had made some unfortunate investments in mining stock. BERGEN FIRE BRINGS DEATH ' TOJHILDREN Thirty-Three Freeze to Death and 17 Men and Women Suffer Same Fate in Blaze in Norway. CHRISTIANIA. Jan. 17. On a special train that shattered all records for speed on Norwegian railways, King Haakon arrived at Bergen today and took personal charge of the relief measures In the city that was swept yesterday by a fire that caused $9,000,000 'loss and made nearly 3,000 persons homeless. Martial law was declared in the stricken city today, not because of any outbreak of disorder, but to facilitate the relief measures. Though no lives were lost in the fire, thirty-three children and seven teen men and women were frozen to death or died from exposure before they could be given shelter. Supplies for the homeless are lacking because all the storehouses in Bergen were destroyed by the fire, which swept over the business section and the poorer residential district surrounding It, A regiment of Norwegian pioneers began the erection or temporary shelters last night. This work was well under way today while other troops were clearing away the debris in the section where the flames destroyed banks, hotels and business houses. The city was in darkness last night owing to the destruction of the electric light ing system. TO WRITE CENTENNIAL COUNTY LIFE The centennial committee has form ed a permanent organization, outlining the plan to je promoted. The follow ing tentative program has been pro posed : Name The Wayne County Centen

nial and Pageant Committee. Time Week of June 19-24, 1916. Duration Two to five days. Location Roosevelt field,, Glen Miller park. Program Addresses, parades and pageant. Cost (Estimated) $3,000 to $5,000 to be paid by admission fees. Expense To be guaranteed by the r Continued On Page Ten.

Monkey Whips Mate Just to Keep Warm

Members of the Richmond Humane Society would have been Interested in a report made to the board of public works this morning by Park Superintendent Ford that te heating system in winter quarters for park animals is so deficient that the mercury seldom goes above the fifty degree mark. Most of the animals kept in this shed, attached to one of the greenhouses, are tropical and have actually been suffering from the cold. Ford was Instructed to obtain prices on a generator to be used in connection with the hot water heating system used for the greenhouses and the animal shed. The mon':eys have been suffering most from the cold. Their cages have been placed next to the heating coils ard have been heavily curtained but today the temperature in these cages registered only 39 degrees. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17. Commissioner Murphy of the Indiana Public Utilities commission announced this afternoon that gas rates for the city of Richmond will be based upon the physical valuation of the gas property of the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company, as demanded by City Attorney Bond, and that the case will be given a hearing before the commission on June 20. In the Interim the commission engineers will make an appraisement of the Richmond gas property for rate making purposes. The Light, Heat & Power company recently petitioned the commission to authorize a seventy-five per cent, increase in Richmond gas rates. The commissioners today asked Mr. Bond when the city of Richmond expected to notify the commission as to whether it Intended to purchase the electric-plant of the. Light. Heat. & Pdwet company In compliance with the provisions of the commission's order, issued last month. Bond reGRAY ENTERS RACE AGAINST JOHN LONTZ A dispatch from Washington this afternoon announced that Finly H. Gray, representative from the Sixth Indiana district, would be a candidate for renomination subject to the Democratic primary election, March 7. Gray, the dispatch states, today filed his formal declaration of candidacy. It had been reported that Gray might withdraw from the Demoocratic congressional contest because he did not desire to compete against John M. Lontz of Richmond. It is generally believed that Gray will return to his district in a short time to look over the political situation. The strength of the Lontz candidacy is giving him much worry.

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FEW ADJUSTMENTS MADE ON OUTSIDE MAIL ROUTES

Only a few changes are provided in the re-arrangement of rural routes out of the postoffices at Cambridge City, Milton, Hagerstown, Greensfork, Centerville and Fountain City. In some of these territories there has been very little complaint on the part of rural route patrons. There has been considerable dissatisfaction over the service out of Fountain City and Hagerstown. Saturday night a mass meeting of Williamsburg citizens was held and a resolution was adopted, addressed to Representative Finly H. Gray. Since the first of the year Williamsburg has been served out of Fountain City and Williamsburg people are up In arms over the service. Briefly related the changes in the routes of the county, outside of Richmond, outlined in the order just issued, are as follows: Route Cut Shorter. Centerville Lenth of one route reduced from 60 miles to 55.5 miles. Patrons taken off Centerville route will be served by Route B out of Richmond. MILTON Rout out of Milton to remain practically the same as provided January 3. It will be 52.5 miles. Cambridge City Route to be shortened a little and Route A increased a little by the transfering of some patrons of route B to route A. Hagerstown A few changes in the one route out of this towu by the transfer of patrons to a Cambridge route. Fountain City Williamsburg and

Bridget, the Rhesus monkey purchased by the park last summer, became so fretful over the cold Sunday that she gave her ancient mate, Mike, such a severe whipping that it was necessary to remove him from her cw and place him with the ringtail femily, with whom he lived before Bridget arrived. The ringtails gave him an enthusiastic welcome home because they have not the least use for Miss Bridget, whom they look upon as an entirely too fresh interloper. Jim, the handsome Ocelot cat. has also been giving voice to his disapproval of the heating system u-ed in the animal quarters. Supt. Ford said today that the park had been offered a young buffalo cow for $240. a moderate price for one of this scarce species, but so far the board has not approved of the purchase of the animal. Ford Is negotiating for the purchase of a buck deer.

plied that the city would purchase the plant as soon as necessary ordinances had been passed by the city council. LONTZ RECEIVES WARM WELCOME OVER DISTRICT The Hancock Democrat, a newspa per published at Greenfield, Ind., has joined in the opposition to Represen tative Finly H. Gray. This weekly newspaper, in its current issue, has come out strongly in support of the candidacy of John M. Lontz of this city, candidate forthe - Democratic nomination for representative In con gress. Recently the Shelbyvllle Dem ocrat announced that It would sup port the Lontz candidacy. Lontz was in New Castle Saturday sizing up the political situation and received a hearty reception rrom a number of Democratic party leaders in that city. Lontz will lose no time in getting all over the district and in tends to carry on a most vigorous cam paign until the primary nominating election, March 7. Party workers from all over the district will attend the "love feast" which is to be held by the Richmond Democratic organization on Feb. 7. It is probable Lontz will. deliver his first address of the campaign at this meeting. John A. M. Adair will also speak at this banquet. 150 U. S. CITIZENS "LOST" IN MEXICO EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 17. The tension on the border has been reliev ed by news that all Americans in western Chihuahua are safe. Considerable anxiety is still felt over 150 citi zens of the United States on a train reported "lost" on the Mexican des ert between Parral and Chihuahua City. vicinity taken off the Fountain City route, which will be served out of Greensfork, and Bethel and vicinity added to the fountain City route. The Bethel territory has been served by a Richmond route. The new route will be 64 miles, a mile longer than hitherto. Greensfork Route shortened from 55.7 miles to 53.1. Some patrons transfered to Hagerstown and Richmond routes. Williamsburg territory added. Weather Forecast United States Report Fair tonight and Tuesday with slowly rising ternperature. Yesterday Noon 7 Temperature Maximum Minimum 32 1 below Local Forecast Fair tonight and Tuesday, followed by increasing cloudiness. Continued cold tonight. General Conditions The western Btorm moved rapidly eastward and caused yesterday's snow. A great area of high barometric pressure moved southeastward from Canada, causing the cold wave of the past twenty-four hours, being thirty-six hours -head of its schedule. Another great storm is covering the far west, causing rains and snow.

P. 0. FAILS TO ORDER MORE ROUTES: CHANGES W PROVIDE SOLI RELIEF: OLD SYSTEM RESTORED AT BOSTON

PETITIONS ASKS RETURN OF OLD RURAL CARRIERS Petitions are being circulated for the re-lnstatement of three rural route carriers by patrons of the men who lost their positions when the motorization order went into effect. ' Farmers living on the National road east have circulated a petition asking that Henry C. Pitman be named car rier for the route that covers that ter ritory. Petitions asking for the re appointments of Joe Pelts and Harry Fisher also are In circulation. H. . B.- Cooper, owner of Cooper's Dairy farm, voiced a bitter complaint today. He asserted that formerly he received his mail at 8:30 o'clock in the morning, but that now it is 11 o'clock and some times late In the ev ening before the mail reaches his box. He said he believed the. old horsedrawn vehicle system was superior to the motorized plan.

RURAL ROUTE CHANGES UNDER HEH SYSTEM

The following are the names of the patrons that have been transferred to the Fountain City Route from Route B, Richmond: Alonzo Farmer Charles Staley Harry Hill Frank White Ira Addleman Edgar Hill E. W. Carmen Manford White Clem Moore C. E. Anderson John Harding Eliz. Heironimus W. E. Harlan T. Constable John Wright Wenzor Wiggs Lucy Spornhouse Eli Hyde Harry Welsenborn S. K. Cofield L. F. Anderson A. D. Horn Alistus Bond Celia Anderson A. L. Wiley J. S. Endsley John Bonn Milton Harlan Homer Welsh Isaac Van Nuys Sarah Hill Perry Case William Hyde Oliver Spencer GOES LOT TO IMPROVE HAjLHUSS "I will go the limit to make that service the best in the state." These were the words used by Mr. Wood to a Washington representative of the Palladium in discussing the rural route situation in Wayne county. Mr. Wood is the chief of the rural delivery post office department. His statement follows: "We have two of the best inspectors in the service in Richmond and have had for two days, Swain and Garius. They report that they want authority to correct the service by putting: in more routes and changing existing routes. I wired them to go the limit. I have instructed them to make Richmond service the best in the state. I regret the situation that arose there. It is simply awful. It ought not to have occurred. You may make it as strong as you like that I will go the limit to make that service the best in the "state." FRIENDS TO START REVIVAL CAMPAIGN Evangelistic services beginning tonight will be conducted by Rev. William J. Sayers of Muncle. an evangelist, at the East Main street Friends church and will last until Jan. 30. The series of meetings will be held nightly, the services opening at 7:30 o'clock and will be featured by special mnslc consisting of chorus choir numbers, solo, duet and quartette numbers. In the absence of the pastor. Rev. Mtlo Hinckle, President Robert L. Kelly of Earlham college preached the sermon at the Sunday morning service. Rev. Hinckle is confined to bis home with grip.

Confirmed Recommendations of Inspectors Call fer DhruSea of Richmond's Four Routes So Each May Be Carried byTwo Men Daring Stormy 7 either Length of Territory Remains Same and Requires Re-loadiag at Poitoffice Few Boxes Removed From Local Office and Added to Routes From Other Towns Beck Refuses to Coraaest on Department's Failure to Add Mere Routes But Ictbntes Fears That Additional Changes May Be Necessary.

Changes in the motorized rural route system in the county will be inaugurated tomorrow as a result of recommendations made today by Inspectors Charles Swain and A. C. Garrius. Whether or not the changes will relieve the situation remains to be seen but it is the general impression that the measures are not drastic enough to afford material relief and that further protest will be made by the irate farmers.

William Polley Guy Anderson Hannah Skinner The following patrons have been changed from Route D to the Boston route: Konroe Rife Forest Rife D. V. Lashley Anna Seaney Will Miller Francis M. Stanley Marlon Stanley Pleasant Seaney John Brattain The following persns from Greens fork route will receive their mail on Route, A "ichmond. (these persons have had their mail addressed to Webster. Ind.): Steve Williams Jebiel Bond Walter Beeson Joe Borton J. C. Plankenhorn Chas. HollingsHenry Atkinson worth Wm. B. Ryan Chas. Plankenhorn Mahlon C. Harvey Will W. Gibson. HENRY COUNTY GIVES SUPPORT TO COMSTOCK Supporters of the candidacy of Judge D. W. Comstock of this city for the Republican nomination for representative in congress are greatly pleased with the messages of encouragement being daily received from Republicans throughout the district who are rapidly lining up behind the Cornstock candidacy. A New Castle newspaper has an nounced that the bulk of the Republican voters in Henry county will withdraw their support of the Henry county candidate for the Republican congressional nomination, P. J. Lynch, and will support Judge' Comstock. This newspaper further asserts that in the event of his defeat by Comstock at the primary election Lynch might have difficulty In securing support in his own county for re-election as district chairman. BATES TO HEAD CHARITY BUREAU Election of officers for the governing board of the Wayne County Social Service Bureau was held Saturday afternoon. F. S. Bates was elected president. Rev. Conrad Huber vice president, Charles Jordan treasurer, and Prof. J. T. Giles recording secretary. The executive committee is to be composed of Mr. Bates. Mr. Jordan, Prof. Giles and Fred White, ex-president of the bureau.

GOVERNOR MAKES REPLY TO GOODRICH'S ADDRESS

Asks Republican Candidate to Explain Criticism of Central Benevolent Board as Economy Measure. Replying to the Liberty speech of James P. Goodrich in which the Republican candidate for the gubernatorial nomination attached the central board plan of management for state Institutions. Governor Ralston has issued the following statement: "This morning there was laid before me what purported to be excerpts from a speech my good friend, the Hon. James P. Goodrich, recently made ait Liberty, Ind. Mr. Goodrich la repre

Makes Recommendations.

A full description of the changes' will be found on Page 2. The changes, in substance, are as follows: Slight reduction In the mileage of the present routes although the new system will leave them all over fifty miles in length. Addition of one twenty-five mile route out of Boston to be covered with a horse and wagon. Division of the fifty mile routes out of Richmond into two parts making it necessary for the carrier to re-load at Richmond. The advantage of this plan it Is said, is to make it possible for the route to be carried by a substitute in case of bad weather. Transfer of thirty-eight patrons of present Route B to the rural route out of Fountain City. Transfer or ten patrons of Route D to the new Boston route. Transfer of eleven patrons from the Greensfork route to Route A. Richmond. Retain Four Routes. Retention of the four routes out of Richmond In the same reneral directions, including practically tte same roads although differently arranged. Demand that all patrons place boxes on right side of road and grouped whenever possible. Demand that names be placed on all boxes. Fountain City route to take in territory three-quarters of a mile north of Whitewater, extending to Bethel; west of Bethel one mile and then two miles south. Ablngton and vicinity placed on Route D out of Richmond. All Routes Divided. The chief feature of the changes Is that they have been divided into two parts, each part ending with the Richmond post office. As a consequence more miles have virtually been added to the routes although the number of boxes to be accommodated has been reduced. Thirty-eight patrons have been transferred to the Fountain City route and ten patrons to the new Boston route. It is the general opinion that these changes will not please the Continued On Page Ten. MOTOR ROUTES MEAN DEFEAT FOR W, GRAY Frank Moorman Discusses Attitude Taken by Farmers With Effect on Patrons Near Greensfork. Frank Moorman, a prominent farmer residing near Webster, owner of valuable Percheron horses, and a stock raiser of wide acquaintance, said Saturday be believed the motorization of the rural routes meant the defeat of Finly Gray tor the Democratic nomination for congressman. Farmers all over the county, said Mr. Moorman, who Is in touch with the Continued On Page Three. sented aa having criticised my party for Its mismanagement of our state institutions, and in support of his charge -of such mismanagement, he la said to have called attention to the fact that the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane was run at a cost of $78 per capita, white at Kasthaven It coat $50 per capita during the same period. He also is quoted aa saying that one of these Institutions paid $4-60 per barrel for flour, and the other, at the same time for the same quality of floor, paid $$.60 a barrel. Believes Figure True. '. "I have not verified Mr. Goodrich' figures. They are probably or , he would not have need them. I have made similar comparisons myself, not, however, with these institutioa; and similar comparisons any be saade aa Continued On Pay Teak