Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 105, 20 March 1916 — Page 13

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BOARD ORDERS PAVEMENT FOR SOUTHWEST NINTH

Petition for the Improvement of Southwest Ninth street from National road to Southwest A street was approved this morning by the board of works. Advertisement for bids providing for grading and paving of the roadway with concrete, bituminous macadam, bituminous concrete or brick wlllbe made. Provision is also made for a five foot pavement on both sides of the street with cement curb. After the routine business had been transacted Mayor Robbins called the members of the board into executive session to which City attorney W. A. Bond was Invited for legal advice but the nature of this meeting was not disclosed. Petition Approved The board also approved a petition for a cement roadway In the alley between Boyer and Ridge streets from School street south. The primary assessment roll for the proposed opening of the alley between South Twenty First street and Twenty Second street from South A to the north line of Tract 537 was approved. Oscar Dickinson will appear at the

RECLUSE ENDS LIFE

INDIANAPOLIS, March 20 Despondent as the result of being robbed of $605, Andrew Jackson, 60, a recluse, committed suicide this morning In a dark dingy down-town room which was his home.

next meeting with a petition for the widening and improving of the first alley south of West Main from Southwest Fourth street running west. Swayne-Roblnson company through a written communication called the attention of the beard to the fluctuating market in metal and suggested that the board either purchase its entire supply of castings for the following year now or enter into a contract for six months only. The board decided to buy the number of castings which It now has use for and buy others needed at the market price. The price of pig iron the company stated has advanced to $18.50 from $13 a year ago.

HIGHLEY SELECTED TO DIRECT T. P. A.

J. P. Hlghley -was named president and other officers were selected at

the annual meeting Saturday night of

the T. P. . A. Other officers are: Vice president, H. C. Lawson; secretary-treasurer, M. A. Hasty; board of directors, Theodore H. Hill, Thomas Tarkleson and John Zwissler. About 125 members were present. Installation of officers will be held Saturday night. Delegates will be selected to attend the state convention at Kokomo.

AUTO DEALERS PLACE AUTOMOBILES AT SHOW

Local automobile dealers began the work today of arranging their exhibits at the auto show, which opens in the Gaar-Scott building and continues until Saturday. Everything is in readiness for the opening Wednesday afternoon. The decorations that were completed today surpass anything of the kind ever attempted In Richmond. Expert decorators from Cincinnati had charge of the work.

HOLLAND FILES PROTEST.

AMSTERDAM, March 20 Holland has sent a strong note to Berlin relative to the sinking of the Tubantla. An immediate reply Is requested.

The motorcycle exhibits -will be features of the show, and all of the local dealers will have displays.

HAY BILL ATTACKED

. WASHINGTON, March 20. For nearly three hours today the House debated the amendment of Representative Kahn of California to the Hay military bill which would make the war strength of the regular army 220,000 men. Strong Republican support was brought ' forward for the amendment, many of the leaders Insisting that the present provisions of the Hay bill, which fixed the limit of the army at 140,000 men, was "ridiculous."

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EARLHAM ORATOR REPEATS HIS TALK

Donald Snyder of Earlham college addressed a large audience at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church Sunday night, when he delivered his oration, "Preparedness," which won for his college first honors in the state oratorical contest at Indianapolis recently. Snyder has delivered the address a number of times here.

PLANS FOR CANVASS

Preliminary plans for the "Every Member Canvass," which will be conducted next Sunday afternoon, March 26, by the Second Presbyterian church were formulatedyesterday. A committee of twenty Tnen, yet to be chosen, will meet at the church at 1:30 o'clock and cover the city, which will be divided Into districts, in an hour's time.

VERLIN FOLAND ILL

TO CHANGE PRECINCTS

Because of the unequal s??;es of several precincts in theFourth and Fifth wards, county commissioners ordered a poll to be taken in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twentyfourth and Twenty-seventh precincts. The polls will be used as a basis of changing the boundaries of the Fourth and fifth w'ards.

CANVASS COMPLETED.

Verlin Foland, carrier on Rural Route B, has been confined to his home with serious illness and will be unable to bo at work for several weeks his physician announced today. The Toute is being carried by Harry Pittman and Fred Wicket t.

WILL MAKE SURVEY OF GARDEN SPACE

The department of agriculture has been asked by Dr. R. J. Leonard, head of the vocational survey, to send an expert here to co-operate in a study of home gardening. Dr. Leonard said today that there are many places in Richmond which should be used for gardens and that a survey of this kind would be great benefit to the citizens.

PAY INHERITANCE TAX.

Inheritance tax on the estate of Mattie B. Clark was paid to the county treasurer today by Lida Goble, a sister of the deceased. The estate amounted to $1,023 and the tax was $7.45.

BROKE UP DISHE3.

When he promised to pay for the dishes he broke Saturday night in Gabriel Anderson's restaurant on Fort Wayne avenue, Kellywood Burton, colored, had his fine reduced to police court this morning to $1 and costs. Burton was arrested Saturday night charged with intoxication.

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Further details of the annual memorial services by the Eagles lodge which will be held Sunday, April 9, were decided upon at a committee meeting, yesterday morning. The committee of which Charles E. Potter is chairman will meet again next Sunday morning to complete the program.

Good paper, It Is said, can be produced from refuse hops that have hitherto been thrown away In breweries.

Ten members of the Fairview M. E. church partly completed Sunday afternoon the "Every Member Canvass" to increase the church attendance and raise the budget of $1,000 for the next year. The city was divided into districts and the canvassers work at the direction of Rev. Joseph Chamness the pastor. The work will be completed today.

ART EXHIBIT OPENS.

The Pratt art exhibit under the auspices of Miss Maud Barger, supervisor of art in the high school and Miss Williams, county supervisor of art, was informally offened in the art gallery of the Richmond Art association in the high school this morning. The exhibit consists of designs anJ paintings from the Pratt institute at Brooklyn, N. Y.

FORM NEW LEAGUES.

With the close of the American Seeding League season, two industrial concerns of the city, the Westcott Motor company and the National Automatic plant, are to form leagues of factory employes to finish out the season at the Y. M. C. A. Complete plans and personnel of the teams that will make up the new circuits have not been announced.

BEST BOWLERS MEET.

Interest in the Martin-Dickinson trophy match at the City bowling alleys is expected to attain Its maximum tonight -when Art King, conceded as one of the city's premier pin artists, meets Bert Martin, holder of the tourney lead to date. Accommodations are available for a record crowd.

ACTION ON BRIDGE COMES WEDNESDAY

Order for construction of the south side bridge is being held in abeyance by county commissioners until they have conferred with the state board of accounts relative to legality of the contract with John W. Mueller as bridge engineer. No action was taken on Mueller's proposal to make plans and specifica

tions for the bridge for a fee of 2

per cent, thus placing the inspection in the hands of the commissioners. Commissioners, however, are in favor of the proposal, which would allow one per cent to pay for inspection. The commissioners will meet Wednesday morning to take final action on the south side bridge.

PEACOCK RECEIVES SOME BRIDGE WORK

County commissioners instructed County Surveyor Peacock Saturday to make plans and specifications for the

Dalton bridge and the Ellabarger

bridge, both in Dalton township. Commissioners probably will give other small bridge work to the surveyor's office. Bridge Engineer Mueller saii

he has been insisting for the last two

years to have commissioners give some of the work to Peacock. The surveyor said today he would accept the work.

WOODMAN PREACHES TRIAL ADDRESSES

Rey. Charles Woodman, pastor of the Friends' church at Portland, Maine, who has been offered the pastorate of the West Richmond Friends church, was in Richmond Sunday and today. He met with the pastoral committee of the church to discuss phases of the work before definitely deciding to accept the pastorate. Members of the committee are A. M. Jenkins, Harrison Scott, J. R. Unthank, Mrs. Mary A. J. Ballard, Mrs. E. P. Trueblood and Mrs. Martha Lindley. Rev. Mr. Woodman, it is understood, will wait until he returns to Portland before accepting or rejecting the offer. He leaves tonight for Chicago with his family. He preached at both morning and Vespers services at the church, Sunday morning.

PAPER SUPPLY LOW

Serious ' shortage of raw material I

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mond Commercial club by a notice from William C. Redfield, secretary of the department of Commerce, Washington, D. C, and notices will be posted in conspicuous places in the city calling the attention of the citizensto the demand for rags and old papers.

CALLS CONFERENCE

Action to promote further the Bible study plan for students in the Sunday schools of Richmond will be taken at a meeting Tuesday night in the Y. M. C. A.. All Sunday school superintendents, ministers and persons interested in this movement will be in attendance. Rev. E. G. Howard will preside.

ORPET DENIED VENUE CHANGE.

FOUR BABIES KILLED IN NURSERY FIRE

NEW YORK. March 20. Four babies were burned tc death today in a fire in a day nursery at 47 East One Hundred and Third street. Six families were forced to flee from the building, several persons having nar

row escapes from death, The nursery

was used by negro families living in the neighborhood.

CHICAGO, March 20 Judge C. C. Edwards, in Waukegan, today denied the motion of attorneys for Will H. Orpet for a change of venue for his trial on the charge of killing Marion Francis Lambert.

LIQUOR DEALER GETS JUDGMENT OF $1.09

Default" judgment was taken In circuit court today by Ben Freiberg, wholesale liquor dealer of Indianapolis who brought suit against John Sidel, saloonist, of Richmond. The" complaint was on account demanding $100. Payment for the-entire amount had been tendered by the local saloonist, so that Judgment was entered for $1.09 as interest in addition to the principal that bad been tendered.

FILE EXPENSE BILLS

Statements of expense at the primary election campaign were filed by the following candidates today with the county clerk: Isaac Winburn, Republican recorder, $14.45. Luke Gentle, Republican coroner, $20.64. Fillmore Riggs, Republican treasurer, $107.16. William Cheeseman, Republican commissioner from middle district, no expense. Skaife Reed, Progressive recorder, no expense.

CTORIES DESTROYED

t Negotiations for a lease cf six months to a year on a factory building in this city which could be used for the assembling and manufacture of lathes, are being carried on by a company with headquarters in Cincinnati. Representatives of the firm were in the city today and were satisfied with several locations pointed out to them but because of the limited facilities In Richmond to have machine work done, it is probable that they will be unable to open the temporary branch factory here.

REVERSAL OF FORM BRINGS MORE GOLD

TEETH FOR SALE? HERE'S AN OFFER

Got any old false teeth you don't want? . Got any old wedding or engagement rings that' have outlived their usefulness f 1 Dont throw them away. There is a market for them today. War has created a new business, that of buying up false teeth, crowns,- bridgework, old Jewelry of all kinds. Offers of cash for any of the above articles are- made In advertisements published by an Anderson company. Platinum used In the teeth and jewelry, it is believed, is sought by the advertisers.

After getting in one day of spring practice, the weather had a reversal of form last week and went from bad to worse. Monday the maximum temperature was 60 degrees. Men. shed their overcoats and automobile owners peeked under linen covers to see how the old car was going to look this week. Before twenty-four hours had elapsed snow was piling in the streets while a cold biting wind pinched shivering humanity. The records for the week are: Max. Min. Sunday 5G 29 Monday 60 32 Tuesday 3S 18 Wednesday 22 11 Thursday 30 5 Friday 27 13 Saturday 40 19 EXONERATE SUBMARINE. THE HAGUE, March 20. The German ambassador to Holland has informed the Dutch foreign office that an investigation by the German ministry of marine has shown that there were no German submarines in the1 vicinity of the Tubantia when she was sunk off North Hinder sands last Thursday morning. Before the war there were 6,000,000 more women than men in Europe.

STUDENTS HONOR THEIR MOTHERS

More or less elaborate programs were held in Richmond schools Friday afternoon in the observance of "Mothers Day." Of most prominence was the one given at Warner school where Rev. J. J. Rae, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, gave an address. In all of the schools recitations, poems and songs of "Mother" formed the programs. In accordance with the suggestion of state department of education, the pupils here are donating a penny each to a fund which will be used for the erection of a suitable memorial to mothers. How much will be contributed in Richmond is uncertain.

City Statistics

Marriage Licenses. Cecil Roy Boyer, 22, sheet metal worker, Richmond and Stella Kortright, 20, city. Births. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Reis, 1028 North G street, a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Ferdenard Williams, 818 South H street, boy. Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Huber, 210 South Thirteenth street, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wells, 811 North I street, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde T. Brunton, 412 Southwest Third street, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Miller, 240 Southwest Third street, boy. Deaths and Funerals. COOVERT Word of the death of Mrs. Will Coovert, sister of Mrs. John Klinger of . this city, and a former resident of Richmond was received by local relatives and friends today. Mrs. Coovert died at St. Louis -Saturday. Mrs. Coovert was formerly Miss Katherine Mack and made her home -here up until four years ago when she moved to St. Louis. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

FLOOR COLLAPSES AT A. S. M. SHOP LATESATURDAY When a cross timber connecting the old and new buildings of the American Seeding Machine company on E street gave way at 5: SO o'clock Saturday, part of the third floor about sixteen feet square collapsed under some stock. Crashing through the second floor the load landed on the first floor No one was hurt. Stock on the second and third floors, consisting of steel seats, neck yokes and wood stock was practically undamaged In the fall. Damage to the floors amounted to less than $100. Workmen in the building had left the place an hour earlier. The cross timber which broke was not rotten. It was explained by Willard Z. Carr of the company today but was of Insufficient bearing strength. Work of repair was begun immediately after the accident and continued throughout Saturday night and Sunday. Tody nearly all traces of the happening had been removed.

HARMAN INDICATES GROWTH OF CHURCH

Satisfactory growth and substantial financial conditions were reported by Rev. Harry C. Harman, pastor of tho First Methodist church, last night. The conference year draws to a close next Sunday. Rev. Mr. Harman Indicated that the church had made a 10 per cent grain In membership, that the Sunday-school had enjoyed an amazing growth, and that all church obligations for the year would be cancelled for Sunday. This record Is especially gratifying to the members who are looking forward to increased activity during the coming conference year.

RUSH ARMY MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Majrch 20. By a vote of 183 to 103 the House today rejected the Kahn amendment to the Hay army bill which was designed to increase the regular army to 220,000 men. On the rising vote the amendment was rejected by 173 to 82. Kahn demanded tellers. Speaker "Clark voted against the amendment. Advocates of a big army have definitely abandoned hope of passing the bill.

BEGIN ROAD WORK

County Superintendent of Roads Jones has, taken personal supervision of highway improvements in the county. More than twenty men were at work today getting roads ready for spring traffic.

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