Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 61, 21 January 1916 — Page 3

PAGE THREE CHICAGO SUBURBS DAMAGED $200,000 BY HEAVY DOWNPOUR

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 1916.

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CHICAGO, Jan. 21. More than twelve hours of steady rain Inflicted 1200.000 damage in the suburbs of South Chicago and the territory within a radius of forty miles. Hundreds of store basements and cellars In scores

of homes in Chicago were flooded,

Water from Lake Michigan blown in by a high- wind backed up into the

sewers and Inundated the streets.

Jollet flounders in six feet of water

in the streets. Several hundred families were driven from their home.

Damage ' was estimated at one half

million.

Factories employing more than 5,000

men were compelled to shut down on account of flooded engine rooms. Warnings were sent out from Aurora this afternoon along' the Fox river that there was danger of a great flood and it was feared it would do great damage to property and cripple the water supply everywhere in the region.

CAPTURE FORGER WANTED IN CITY

Bascom Boiling, a youth who recently secured about $80 in Richmond by passing worthless checks on two banks and three or four mercantile cencerns, has been arrested at Omaha, Neb., and will be sent to Lexington, Ky., for trial on a charge of obtaining money under false pretense. It Is stated that Boiling made a very rich haul in the Kentucky city.

POSTPONE SEATING CATHOLIC KNIGHTS

Postponement of the installation of the newly elected officers of the Catholic Knights of America until the third Thursday night in February was made at the monthly session In the lyceum last night. Sickness of some of the officers was the cause. The officers are as follows: President, George Marrer; vice president, Michael Shinn; financial secretary, Ed Jelly; recording secretary, John Lawler; treasurer, Henry Menke; trustees, Casper Jelly, sr., Morris Carroll and John Flannigan.

LYONS WANTS PLACE IN MILITARY SCHOOL

iRoss Lyons, until recently,. a. resident of Richmond, now assistant physical director of the Fargo, N. D., Y. M. C. A., has petitioned Rep. Finly H. Gray for an appointment as a cadet in the United States Military academy at West Point. Several Richmond people have advised Rep. Gray to appoint Lyons. Recently Lyons secured an appointment as physical director at Roberts college, Constantinople. The ship on which he sailed, however, was destroyed by fire a few days out of New York and passengers and crew had a narrow escape from death.

WANTS CERTIFICATE WITH RELIEF PLEAS

Township Tru3tee Edgerton believes that there should be a law making it necessary for every person who applies for charity, giving the excuse that they are sick or that some membets of their families are sick, to have a written certificate from a physician. He said today that the excuse of sickness is the most common one and that he believes in many instances that the person giving this excuse is mlsrepsesenting the facts.

COUNCIL WILL ACT ON ISSUE OF BONDS

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Special meeting of the city council will be held this evening for the purpose of acting upon the sale of bonds in which monies of the municipal electric plant's sinking fund have been invested in such securities, being for the most part special street improvement bonds.

LEAVES INITIATIVE TO COUNTY CHURCHES

"Unless the churches of the county take enough interest in the question of bible study in the school to petition for its installation in the various schools, it will not. be introduced," said County Superintendent Williams. I am in favor of the plan but it cannot be successfuly operated without the co-operation of the churches. The schools have taken the first step and it Is now up to the churches."

HOLD ANNUAL DEBATE

For the purpose of picking the team which will debate at Albion college on March 19, the annual debate will be held in Lindley hall at Earlham college tonight. The question is "Resolv

ed that the city of Chicago tax personal property Improvements." On the affirmative are Cecil Cloud, Elgar Pennington, Lloyd Reath and on the negative are James Hoerner, Clyde Little and John Lewis. The judges will be Professors Holes, Shoup, Lawrence, Mendenhall and Coffin.

,()JiibyilNTERIWTIONAtFtLMSEHVicEINC

., The Pictures at the top, received in Chicago by the International Film Service early today, show more graphically than columns of reading matter have told it in the last week the horror of the tragedy at Santa Ysabel which has stirred America. They show the victims of the tragedy, stripped of most of their clothing, lying

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SENTENCES WOMAN TO CAMBRIDGE CITY

Mrs. Isabelle Willis, woman hobo, told Mayor Robblns this morning that if she was not prosecuted she would go to Cambridge City. "I sentence you to Cambridge City.' said the mayor and Mrs. Willis departed. Before going she said that she came to police headquarters Wednesday night under the Impression that it was a hotel.

OVERTHROW OF THRONE PREDICTED BY RDSSELL

Pastor Russell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle and New York city temple, who is taking a short jaunt through the middle west, delivering lectures under the auspices of the Young Men's Bible association will speak tonight at the Gennett theatre and the message that he brings will without doubt draw a large audience. "The war will end without a crown left in Europe," gravely declared the evangelist today, "and the whole people will come to realize that the words

CLUB ELECTS LEADERS

A club of young men formerly known as the" T. N. O. club will be known hereafter as the Phi Tappa Ka's. The members have rooms In the Colonial building, which are being election was held at a recent meeting, resulting as follows: President, Herman Brown ; vice president,' Walter Vogelsong; secretary and treasurer, Irl King. The charter members of the

fraternity are Messrs Paul Davenport, Irl King, Charles Greenstreet, Henry Cole, Forest Jordan, Jesse Townsend, Robert Jordan, August McGhee. New members are James Woods, Isaac Kennedy, Herman Brown, Wilbur Vogelsong, Walter Vogelsong, Roy Stafford and John Burris.

of God as handed down for generations are true. The Bible speaks of Amageddon. It is here."

ANNOUNCES SUBJECTS

Harold Clements will play a violin solo at the revival services in the East Main Street Friends church tonight. The sermon by the Rev. William J. Sayres will be on "Jonah." A mass meeting for boys and girls will be held Saturday afternoon with a boy singer as the special attraction. Regular services will be held at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. For Sunday morning and evening, respectively, the evangelist has announced the subjects. "The High Art of Appreciation" and "Damaged Goods."

WILL HEAR REPORTS

Consideration of the report of the engineering department which was reviewed by the executive committee yesterday, will be made by the various sub-committees at a luncheon in the Y. M. C. A. at noon Saturday. All the chairmen, vice-chairmen and secretaries of the six sub-committees are urged to be present at this luncheon.

Greek Prince Wears His Monocle Too

STRIVE FOR MASTERY ADVISES DR. BRIDGE

Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Grace M. E. church in speaking before

the students of the high school at

chapel this morning told them to as

sume responsibility, work hard, strive for mastery in all things and with the help of God, achieve success.

RICH OPENS CANVASS

Willis D. Rich, better known to his friends as . "Will," . for many years in the dairy business, has begun his campaign for the Republican nomination for sheriff, t Others in this contest are Sheriff Steen, Clem Carr, Oscar Mash(meyer, Howard Ridge, Jacob Bayer and Samuel Squires. -

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TAKES VENUE CHANGE.

The bias and prejudice of Judge Fox toward the defendant Is the ' basis of a petition filed ln circuit court this morning asking for a change of venue in the case of John Clements against

Llllie Clements, asking ' for a divorce. The case will be tried In Wayne county although another judge will be appointed by the court. The hearing will be held Jan. 31. ...

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