Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 69, 31 January 1916 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31-At noon today the White river had reached stage of 19 feet and was still rising rapidly. The high mark In 1913 was 29 and 5-10 feet. Police are still collecting all boats that can be found for patrol work along the river. Residents of West Indianapolis, the district devastated In 1913 are moving to the hills, a half mile back from the river. Part of Riverside park was flooded. At Broad Ripple, a suburb to the north, the river went over the ievee at the Moaon bridge, but the levee is holding.

MARTINSVILLE FLOODED. MARTINSVILLE, Ind. Jan. 31. Half of this city is flooded and the Vandalia tracks are out at Camels today as a result of the rapid rise in White river. FORTY FAMILIES HOMELESS. TIPTON, Ind., Jan. 31. Forty families are without homes in the Cicero creek bottom. EAST MARION FLOODED.

MARION, Ind., Jan. 31. Part of the

east section of Marion Is under water.

Merchants are moving their goods from their stores. Missinnlnewa river has not broken over the levee,' but

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TAKE FREIGHT GAR FOR JOY RIDING

Andrew Gunsaulia and Albert Sturgis, two Cambridge City youngsters, have been arrested, on a charge of using Pennsylvania railroad freight cars for roller coasters. It is alleged the lads would take a car, release the brakes and then enjoy a wild ride down the steep hill leading into Dublin.

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Preferring death to being returned to the Ohio Girls Reformatory at Delaware, O,, from which institution she was recently - paroled, Mrs. Gladys Weiser, aged.19,, attempted to commit suicide at a boarding house In this city late Saturday night when a police officer called to take her into custody. After the young woman, who is

quite pretty, had been called to the door of Mrs. SUlwell's boarding house, North Eleventh and E streets, she was informed by the police officer that she would have to accompany tlm -to the Home for Friendless Women. "She asked the officer to wait for her until she went to her room to pack her clothing. The girl failing to return Continued On Page Ten.

TO TOP MARK

After reaching the highest level since the devastating flood of 1913, the waters of Whitewater river began gradually receding today. Damage, which could not be computed in dollars today, was done in the vicinity of Hawkins' place, where Morton lake and smaller adjacent ponds overflowed their . banks, washing out foot bridges between Glen Miller park and the bathing beach. A dam, too, was washed out near the fish pond. Little Damage Done. 4-

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or at other points along the banks of Whitewater were irt danger Sunday or this morning of being flooded, yet the uneasiness of residents of those sections was not allayed by the strong, threatening current of Whitewater river which continued throughout the day. As the water receded however possibilities of a forced removal from the homes was eliminated. Intermittent but heavy rains for the last week served to swell Whitewater river along its entire course. That it had gone on a rampage at some places Continued On Page Ten.

Weather Forecast

United States Report Partly cloudy and colder tonight. Tuesday fair. Yesterday. Noon . .. 40

$8,000 DAMAGE DONE TO ROADS BY HEAVY RAINS

Temperature. Maximum 59 Minimum 49 For Richmond Cloudy tonight. Tuesday probably cloudy. Falling temperature with conditions favorable to enow flurries. General Conditions The storm of the last few days is central northeast 'of Richmond and is moving clowly, causing heavy rains and floods in its path. A very unusual phenomena occurred in the Missouri valley there being a sleet storm with the temperature at 4 degrees above zero. Decidedly colder weather is following the atorra. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

County Road Superintendent Jones estimates the damage to the county roads and bridges at $8,000. Most of the damage, he says, was caused by washouts in the roads. In many places where fresh gravel had been placed on the road it was almost completely washed off. Most of the damage, he said, was In the northwestern part of the county. Several of the smaller bridges were unmined by the water making it necessary to strengthen the foundations.

FIX TRACTION'S SHARE

Final apportionment of the expense of the temporary bridge at Main street, was made by County Auditor Bowman this morning and the T. H. I. & E. Traction company, which agreed to pay one third of the total cost, will be asked to pay immediately Its share, ?2,118... The total cost of the bridge proper Is $5,395 but' additional piling and strengthening of cross beams makes it necessary for the traction company to pay more than one third of the actual cost.

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PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT BY THEATRE LECTURER

DRAWS WILD APPLAUSE

Reference to President Wilson and his preparedness program by Dr. Lincoln Wirt brought out wild applause which lasted for several moments from more than 400 men attending the men's meeting at the Gennett theatre Sunday afternoon. The war correspondent and lecturer, who has recently returned from the war zone, had discounted the possibilities of an attack by any nation upon the United States but supported the president's measure to the extent of "a certain protection but not a European standard."

Applause Repeated. When he said "we will continue to

MISS BERHEIDE ASSUMES VEIL

Miss Mary Berheide, daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Berheide, 244 South Fif tkceet, will take thaJiahit, at Urn Order of Poor Clare at Evansvllle,

Wednesday. The ceremonies will be

gin at 8:30 o'clock in the morning and

will be conducted by Father Provencial, Franciscan father of St. Louis. Miss Berheide has served a novitiate of two years and has assumed the name Sister Bannavantura in the Poor Clare Monastery. Her mother Mrs. E. Berheide, her sister Miss Helen Berheide, and her brother Frank Berheide of this city, will attend the services. The Rev. Father S. O. B. Berheide of St. Melurad, Ind., also will be present.

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PARIS. Jan. 31. The German Zeppelin which flew over Paris last night was pursued by French aeroplanes until early today, but succeeded in making its escape. It Is learned that thirty-one men, women and children were killed in Saturday night's Zeppelin raid and twenty-nine were wounded. Three more deaths occurred today bringing the total death list up to thirty-four. The following official statement was

given out through the government press bureau about the second raid: "A Zeppelin flew in the direction of Paris from the German lines last night It arrived over the city about II o'clock where it was shelled by our special batteries and attacked by aeroplanes. It threw bombs before re-flying northward but latest reports show that no damage was done." That the loss of life in Saturday's Continued On Page Six.

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need the kind of statesmanship which has been coming out of the white house" the applause broke out afresh. The high spots of his address on "In the Wake of War," included the following: National defense; discounting possibilities of the United States being invaded for many years to come; tributes, rich in eloquence to the bravery of the French soldier, the work of the American Red Cross and wealthy American citizens living abroad, the sacrifices of the women and children of the belligerent counContinued On Page Five.

SUBMARINE DISAPPEARS; SEARCH SEA

K-5 Lost in Fog Fails to Report Six Vessels Comb the Atlantic Coast to Find Ship. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Six vessels of the coast guard and naval service today are combing the waters of the Atlantic from the Virginia capes south to a point beyond Charleston, S. C, for the submarine K-5, missing more than twenty-four hours. The submergible is commanded by Lieutenant R. C. Brady and carries a junior lieutenant and a crew of 18 men. Continued On Page Five. STARR BEGINS WORK ON FACTORY BUILDING

LITTLE DAMAGE CAUSED BY SWOLLEN STREAMS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

Little damage has been reported in any parts of the county as the result of the high waters with the exception of inundated fields. The Whitewater river, both the east and west branch, is higher than it has been for over a year but the Greensfork and Nolan's Fork creeks have not swollen as high as they did three weeks ago.

Preparations for the erection by the Starr Piano company of a new building in which to manufacture the Starr phonograph, the latest addition to the list of the company's products are being made. Small buildings and lumber piles near the administration building, on the site of the new structure, are being moved to make room for the new factory which is to be erected early in, the spring. Announcement of the full details of plans and specifications has not been made by the offi

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RIVER GOES DOWN. GREENSFORK, Ind., Jan. 31. The river here is not as high as it was along the low lands. The river is receding rapidly, being a foot lower to

day than it was yesterday. The water has inundated all the low lands but no extensive damage has been reported. The roads are in a worse condition than they have been for years. The waters of the past few days has softened them so that wagons have cut them to pieces. Some of the roads along the creek are impassable.

WATER FILLS CELLARS. WILLIAMSBURG, Ind., Jan. 31. The river here began to recede Sunday Continued On Page Five.

OBSERVE THRIFT DAY HERE Of FEBRUARY 3 A movement to have the Richmond public, particularly the school children, observe "Thrift Day," set for Feb. 3, has been launched by the Second National bank. The announcement was made today by Samuel Gaar, president of the institution. This movement is in accord with a national propaganda to promote economy, indus

try and thrift on this day.

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tion of the school children to this day Is in the hands of Dudley Elmer, assistant cashier of the Second National bank. He is arranging to send letters to Superintendent J. T. Giles, of the city schools, Principal F. G. Pickell of the High school, .iobert L.' Kelly, president of Earlham college and the heads of the Catholic and parochial schools. These persons will be asked to have the teachers devote some time to an explanation of the day to the children, reminding the latter that .Continued On Page Ten.

BOCKHOFF ELEVATED

TO COUNTY COUNCIL

William Bockhoff, president and general manager of the National Automatic Tool company, was elected a member of the county council to succeed C. B. Hunt, resigned. The nomination was made by Hugh Allen of Hagerstown. Mr. Bockhoff will assume his duties at the next meeting of the council.

The question of whether there will be a Progressive county ticket in the field this year is, at present, in the laps of the gods. William D. Headrick of Indianapolis, addressing thirty ardentProgressives who attended a 'meeting" Sat-" urday which had been called by State Chairman Edwin M. Lee, did not directly suggest but he intimated the state organization would be more than pleased if the rank and file of the party in Wayne county ignored the decision of the county central committee last Tuesday, not to nominate candidates for county offices. May File Petition.

Headrick suggested, very diplo-

matically, that any Wayne county Progressive whor desired to be a candidate for a county office could have his name placed on the Progressive ballot by the filing of a petition. Although nearly every one of the party workers who attended the meeting Saturday afternoon favored the nomination of a county ticket and resented the action taken by the county committee last Tuesday not one of them volunteered to offer himself as a county office candidate on a Bull Moose ticket; nor was any resolution indorsing a Bull Moose county ticket introduced. The meeting adjourned almost immediately after Headrick and District Chairman H. T. Roberts of Greenfield, had spoken. Headrick emphasized the fact In his address that the meeting had been called principally to urge the maintenance of the Progressive party orContinued On Page Six.

BANDITS KILL TWO AUTOISTS NEAR BUFFALO

BUFFALO, N. Y.. Jan. 31. Bandits held up an automobile party two miles outside of Buffalo early today and killed two members of the party a man and woman when they met with resistance. Two others were badly injured. The bandits fled after they had committed the double murder. They are believed to be negroes. Fred C. Teiper, a prominent business man of Buffalo, and his mother, Continued On Page Ten.

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REVENUE LOSS

N. H. Johnson, superintendent of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company, today gave out the figures on the company's 1915 natural gas business which were submitted Saturday to the state utilities commission in support of the company's petition for the temporary establishment of the increased gas rates, petitioned for last month. These figures show the company's gas utility was operated last year at a loss of $32,34536.

Asks Rate Established. The company Saturday petitioned that the increased gas rates be established by the commission not later than February 13 and be maintained

pending the establishment of a permanent schedule, to be determined by an appraisement of the company's gas Continued On Page Ten.

COLORED MEN EKPECT TO POLL LARGE VOTE

C. R. Richardson, a colored attorney of this city, today confirmed the report that at the meeting of colored voters Tuesday night, one of their

members would be selected as a candidate for the Republican nominaUon as county recorder. "I cannot state at this time who out Continued On Page Ten.