Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 140, 29 April 1916 — Page 8

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A record breaking crowd is expected at the union Railroad Brotherhood meetings that are to be held in the Coliseum tomorrow; afternoon at 2 o'clock and at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, railroad men say today. " The railroaders say "that their reasons for expecting large crowds are because of the well kno-wn speakers that nave been secured to "address the meetingsThen also as the time draws near, for1 the employes to answer in regard to the demands of the employes for an eight hour working day, the public is taking more Interest in the contest, the men ot the brotherhoods say. ' ' The question of the eight hour working day will be the dominant subject of discussion at the meetings tomorrow. Men of almost every'profession have been secured as speakers. . John McNamee of Indianapolis, who spoke here at a union meeting of the brotherhoods a few Sunday ago, will act as chairman of the meetings tomorrow. Other speakers are A. M. Adair, James E. Watson, Lew Shank. Charles J. Orbison, and W. S. Stone. Weisbrod's BAVIS BELIEVES FEW OF IRISH BACK REVOLTS Alfred Bavis, president of the board of public works, is greatly Interested in the" Irish situation. While an English subject he was a member of an agrarian commission appointed by the late premier William Gladstone, to tudy Irish conditions. While engaged In this work be became very familiar with the always complex Irish situation. "I do not believe the majority of the Irish people support this revolutionary movement," Mr. Bavis said today. "I think the trouble can "be traced in this instance to the same source of most all other Irish troubles religious bigotry." . ADD NEW MACHINE. Officials of the Richmond Adding and Listing Machine company announced today that machinery and dies costing over $20,000, will be installed within the next few weeks. The company, it was announced, has been successful in its efforts to sell additional stock, making it possible to increase the output. IRELAND PRO SI LWtS0N, April 29. Ireland has been proclaimed Republic by the Sinn Feiners. Peter Pearce head master of St. Endas' secondary school has been named provisional president. News of the action cf the rebels In declaring Ireland free and independent of the British government was sent out from the revolutionary headquarters in the Dublin postofflce via wireless. The message follows: "Peter Pearce, head master of the St. Enda's school, has been nominated president of the n-pi:b!ic of Ireland. James Donnolly - - bean nominated commander in chief of the Irish volunWOMEN IN DUBLIN FIRE LONDON. -April or of women were burned to death in fire resulting from fighting 1n the streets of Dublin. A big area in the business district was wiped out. The postoffice was partly destroyed as well as Eden Quay, the Hotel Metropole, the Coliseum, Music hall and a large number of business houses and dwelling houses. The Duke of Manchester is much worried over the safety of the duchess, formerly Miss Helen Zimmerman of Cincinnati, and children, who have been visiting Mabel Grenard, formerly Miss Beatrice Mills, of New York. MINES ARE SUCCESS. BERLIN. April 29 Successful mining operations by the Germans in the Artois district are reported in the official statement issued by the war office today. Further progress has been made by the Teuton forces in the sector of Givcnchy. ' ENTERTAINS LODGES. . ' Oriental Encampment I. O. O. F. will entertain alt cncanipments of the county tonight. The. time will ; be largely taken up by the conferring of degrees on candidates from Dublin and Ceuterville by the Germantown encampment. , Even the-youth who claims to have finished education has a lot to learn.

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saxaphone orchestra will furnish the music. " Programs for the individual meetings have not been issued. Thepeakers will be divided between the morning and evening sessions, but. it has not been made public at which meeting the varfous speakers'wlll talk. CHARITY HEAD TELLS MEETING HOW.. IT'S. DONE , Acting upon the suggestion of John Melpolder, secretary of the Wayne County SocJUil Service bureau, who outlined the organization of charity in Wayne county, representatives of charity in. Wayne county, representatives of the charitable agencies in Lafayette and Tippecanoe county, decided to form an organization modeled after the Wayne county plan. Mr. Melpolder addressed the charity workers there last evening and following the session, leaders in then work held a meeting and decided to plan a similar organization. Wayne county is the first county in the state to organize charity on the county basis and is the only county under that plan. Mr. Melpolder told the Lafayette workers that during the past year, the Wayne county organization saed the tax payers several thousand dollars each year awid that a similar organization in Tippecanoe county would save the taxpayers there at least $5,000 the first year. - The local secretary emphasized the essential independence of management of the various constituent societies and committees, and particularly referred to the improved methodof support resulting from the adoption o. the central budget system, whereby solicits tion by the representatives is made only once a year. THREE VERDICTS FILED Coroner Morrow filed verdicts with the county clerk this morning in thsee cases during the past month. The deaths of Mrs. Bettie Milton, 49, on April 8, and Mrs. Anna Maria Oesting, 57, on the. same day, were due to heart failure, according to the verdict. Suicide is the cause of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller. 58, who took "paris green" on April 20. Mrs. Miller lived on the Liberty pike, opposite the Lutherania cemetery. teer corps, the Republican army, an exchange telegraph dispatch received this afternoon says. "There was every Indication Friday night that the end of the revolutionary Willard Nearon left Richmond two weeks ago next Tuesday to suit to work for his uncle in Dayton, Ohiu, and he has not been heard ot since. The boy never reported for work and his parents are much at loss to know his whereabouts.- The father has, with the assistance of police, made a thorough search of Dayton for the boy without avail. Other places have been searched.

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"Business conditions all over -the country are In first class shape and continued prosperity is; looked for," waj the wor2 Daniel G. Reid of New York broughtwith him on his arrival in thi3 city today. Mr. Reid was accompanied by Mrs. Reid. Monday they will leave for French Lick Springs, lnd. for a week's outing. While in the city Mr. and Mrs. Reid are the guests of his brother, Dr. David Dougan. National road and Southwest Third stret . " This afternoon Mr. Reid spent over an hour in the Second National bank and was greeted by, many of bla friends.' He is enjoying the best of health. Mr. Reid was very much interested in business conditions in Richmond and said Richmond was to be congratulated on. filling the Rumely plant withnew industries. He was a st onRED MEN SELECT BUILDING BOARD The newly appointed building committee of the Red Men's lodyo . fported progress at the meeting last night. Nothing definite has been done and it is uncertain yet whether the committee will report in favor of the erection of a new building or in favor of the . purchase of some . suitable quarters. Gity Statistics Deaths and Funerals. KOENIGKRAMER Fred K. Koenigkramer, 42, died at bis home, 416 South Tenth street, Friday. He was a native of Indiana and had lived in Richmond most of his life. He is survived by four brothers and one sister.. -The funeral will be from the home Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. Conrad Huber will officiate. Friends may call Sunday afternoon from 2 till 5 o'clock and evening from 7 till 9 o'clock. Burial will be in Lutheralna. COHORST John Cohorst, 54, died in Pittsburgh, Pa, Friday evening. Death was caused by heart disease. The deceased Is survived by his wife. Katherine, one son, Harry, and two daughters, Anna and Emma. The body will be brought to this city for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. LENNARD The funeral of Henry Lennard will be held, from the St. Mary's church : Monday morning . at 9 o'clock. Rev. Father Cronin will officiate. Friends may view the body at the home, 117 South Fifth street, at any time. Interment will be in the Earlham cemetery. PRESIDENT movement was fast approaching. Troops are arising in Dublin continually, the fighting of the past twentyfour hours has been only Intermittent." Tomorrow the father will probsbly go to the barricks at Columbus to see whether the boy has joined thn army. He did not-join here and he was advised not to join the army without the parents' consent, however the bey wanted to join the army very badly, and it is thought that possibly he has gone to another recruiting station and joined under an assumed name. Before he left Richmond, however,

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ished at the low figure this .big plant sold for and declared the purchasers had secured a ''bargain. " YOUNG LUTHERANS MEET AT BANQUET Young men should take advantage of all opportunities and ' should make their own opportunities if necessary. This was the advice of Rev. J. J. Rae at the banquet of the Young Men's class of the St Paul's Lutheran Sunday school last night. The team that lost in . the recent membership campaign of the class had to feed the winners. . Ed. Hasemeier, teacher, told how the average attendance had been increased In the last eight weeks from 14 to 28. He said the class would organize and elect officers soon. George C. Bartel, superintendent of the Sunday school, thanked the young ! men for their support of the school. William Kienker sang a solo and Clifford Piehl played a violiu solo. Speeches - were made by Carl Allen, Raymond Sperling. Dr. Huber, Wm. H. Kienker and by several members of the class. Ed. Hasemeier presided. OPERATE ON GEERS Russell Geers. son of Anthony Geers South Third street, was operated on, at the Reid Memorial hospital for appendicitis. He rallied nicely and is resting well. He was just recovering from a slight attack of typhoid fever. Several times before he had suffered slight attacks of appendicitis but last night he had an acute attack and he was taken to the hospital about 9 o'clock and operated on immediately.

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IN Ten days ago, Marion Wade, the twenty-year-old son of Charles Wade, S27 South F street, died of consumption. Today, the father faces the possibility that his only other child, a son, Lloyd, aged 22, might have been the "Private" Wade, who was reported killed in the recent troop disorder near Laredo, Texas. ..Several years -a so. Lloyd Wade, a resident of Richmond practically all bis life and who attended the grade schools here, left for the west where he thought better advantages were to be had. The last Mr. Wade heard of his son was a letter to the effect that he (Lloyd Wade) had secured work on a ranch in Missouri. Young Wade did not Intimate that he had joined the army or that he had intended to. It is the supposition, however, that when the recent Mexican crisis came to a head, young Wade decided, to join the army and not wishing to incur parental objections, said nothing about, enlisting. In the newspaper account of the Laredo -incident, the name given as he said he had no intention of joining the army until he was twenty-one years of age because his parents objected. No clue has been found of young Nearon's whereabouts since he left Richmond. MORE MEN STRIKE. CHICAGO. April 23. Six hundred and fifty more employes at the International Harvester company's Blue Island plant, struck today. Strike leaders declare there are now over 5,000 employes out. Defense

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Russell Wright, a former teacher in, the Garfield school, who has been acting as principal of the high school at Etna Green is spending a few days at his home here. His school let out Thursday and he will go to Bloomington early next week to take up" work in the Indiana university law school. He has been teaching history and coaching athletics in addition to his work as supervisor of the Etna Green school. REV. TEBBETTS TALKS S. K. Nicholson will return from Washington where he is attending the National Missionary Congress of the Laymen's Missionary Movement some time the first part of next week. Today he took part In the rally meeting of Friends of which Charles E. Tebbetta acted as chairman: Mr. Tebbetts is planning to spend a few days in the East after the conference adjourns tomorrow. "PLAY BAWL SON FOR Monday afternoon at 4:45, out at Athletic park. Umpire George Brehm will amble out to his official station in the middle of the playing neldand with the following will announce the opening festivity of the Commercial Baseball league: Gentlemen: (Ladies don't attend Commercial league games) Battrees for today's game Pennsy. Brunner and Luker: Kay see, (probable) Otten and Sharkitt. Play Bawl!! Then Omer Todd will get out his score .sheet; Ollie Otten will say: "Let's go fellows!" Giliy will enunciate, "'At a boy, How," and the 1916 season of the Commercial Amateur

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VILLA HUNT the soldier killed is termed "Private Wade." Whether or not, this is Lloyd Wade is the question that is worrying the father, Charles Wade. An effort will be made to determine the full name of the soldier killed in the uprising and until then the father, Charles Wade, will be haunted with the fear that "Private Wade" may have "meant Lloyd Wade, of Richmond. SCOn BEGINS BUSINESS PART OF CONFERENCE EL PASO, Texas, April 20. The actual business of the conference between Gen. Obregon and Generals Scott, and Funston will begin this afternoon, according to a statement of the American chief of staff, made at the conclusion of this morning's formal call from the Mexican minister of war. As soon as the Mesican officer has returned to Juarez. Captain Fitzhugh Lee. Gen. Scott's aide, made this statement on behalf of his superior. "This was merely Gen. Obregon's return call. The, issues of the conference ware not discussed. .The real j business of the conference will begin I this afternoon." It is understood that the represen tatives of the two governments will get together at 3 o'clock. ' CALL RETURNED BY CEN. OBREGON EL PASO, Tex , April 29. General Obregon during the morning returned the formal call on Generals Scott and Funston in El Paeon, the incident being attended with considerable ceremony. Obregon was , accompanied by Generals Gavira, Calles, Santos and Trevino and Consul Garcia and their staffs and a host of interpreters. CONSULATE NOTIFIED , OF INCREASED TAX GALVESTON, Tex., April 29. The Mexican consulate here was officially notified today that ' First Chief Carranza yesterday published a decree in Mexico City doubling the amount of taxes of every kind after May 1. J ASSISTS ARMY. CORPS. Brigadier L. M. Simonson will come to Richmond Monday and will conduct the services at the Salvation Army headquarters ; Monday night at . 7:30 o'clock. He is State officer of this division of the army. The public is invited to attend the service ' Monday night. . - A .woman .can adjust her figure to 6how up best at the point she wants it to. ' ' '

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CHARITY Join the honor roll of the National Conference of Charities. . The undersigned has secured the membership fee of three dollars from nearly forty" new members of this great conference to be held In Torallnson hall, Indianapolis, from May 10 to 17. The conference will be free to all persons without tickets but the members will receive, when published, the large Octavo volume of more than 00 pages including valuable papers and discussions. Also the quarterly bulletin for the year. - To maintain the honor and reputa tion of Richmond and the state, there should be at least fifty new members to this conference. Two-fifth of Indiana's members last year were wo men. The president was a woman and a number on this year s program are the names of several distinguished women. But as yet. no Richmond woman has applied for membership. There should be at least one from. WILL OPEN COMMERCIAL with emphasis on the amateur Baseball league will be under way for the second time in its short life of two years. EXHIBIT CURIOS FROM OVER WORLD Trinkets and certificates gathered by J. P. Hiatt on his trip around the world three years ago are on exhibition in the show windows of the Reed furniture store and are attracting considerable attention. Coins of almost every nation may be found there and a set of six spoons made up of one from each of the great continents is especially attractive. His passport is on exhibition as is also his certificate of baptism which he received for being initiated when he first passed the equator on a ship. A letter near by explains the initiation services. He was lathered as if for a shave and then a large wooden razor was used, not to shave him, but to shove him into a bath of salt water. The exhibit also contains an old steamer chair, an engraved emu egg, field glasses, porcupine quills, and trinkets of every description from all parts of the world. DICKINSON TRUST TO MOVE IN JUNE Finishing up work on the interior of what is to be one of the most beautiful and thoroughly equipped bank buildings in the country the new home of the Dickinson Trust company. Eighth and Main streets, is being rapidly corncompleted and by July 1 the building will be ready for occupancy. VOTE ON FEDERATION Whether or not the First Presbyterian church will affiliate itself with the Richmond Federation of Churches will be decided at the Session next Wednesday night, Rev. J. J. Rae announced today. . Besides this only routine business will be acted upon. The Board of Deacons and 'the Board of Deaconesses also meet next week. VESTRY WILL PASS UPON RESIGNATION The resignation of Rev. John Lightbourn will be acted uoon at S. special meeting of the vestry of the St. Paul's Protestant. Episcopal church this evening at 4 o'clock. The meeting will be held in the law offir-e of j John Rupe. Mr. Rupe said this morn ing that no definite action on the resignation was certain. Several members of the congregation have conferred with the vestry men and have expressed their desires. WHITEWATER LODGE CONFERS ONE. DEGREE Whitewater lodge I. O. O. F. conferred the first degree upon Russell L. Cummins at the regular meeting last night. Following the initiation, special services were held in commemoration of the ninety-seventh anniversary of the lodge. A musical program was given under the direction of Elmer Hawkins, and George Bishop and L. A. Handley. . . TAKE SCHOOL CENSUS. ' The school enumeration of Richmond will probably be complete by Monday evening, Superintendent Giles said this morning. The field work is all done and the tabulation of the material gathered is all that remains to be done. GRANTS TWO DIVORCES ' Two divorces were granted by Judge Fox this morning after hearing in circuit court. Drunkeness was the charge preferred against Edward Schaffer by his .wife. Hazel Schaffer, who secured a legal separation. Lydia Sheridan was awarded a decree on a plea that her husband. Homer Sheridan, had abandoned her.. . She was given the custody of her sixteen-year-old son, Mahlon Sheridan.

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CQfMEfJG every woman's organization in the city. Until May 5. John Melpolder and 1 will be glad to secure membership fees. We also have a supply of programs for any who want acopy. TIMOTHY NICHOLSON. EIGHTEEN PUPILS GRADUATED FROM . . . .. BOSTON SCHOOLS BOSTON. Ind.. April 29. Program for tho commencement exercises of the Boston township school was an nounced today by Township Trustee Moore; The exercises will be held In the high school building, at Boston, May 4, at 8 o'clock. There are eighteen graduates from the common schools this year. George W. Winfrev of Alevanrtria will deliver the address and Superintenuent wnilams will present the di plomas. The following is the program: music Orchestra Invocation Music Orchestra Class Address ... Geo. W. Winfrey Alexandria, Ind. fllusic Orchestra r-resentation of Diplomas Chas. O. Williams Music Orchestra Benediction Music Orrhostrn Following are the graduates: George u. l nomas. Kenneth R. Newman. Uiadys Davis. Cleotis F. Owens, Murry n. neims, James u Kndslev, Opal L. Kuhlman, Esther M. Caskey, Orville II. Davis, Mary H. West. Marv L Rear Hervey W. Farnsworth, Hazel Swaftora. orville T. Cooler. Lewis E. Stanley, Howard L. Jennings, Earl B. Druley, Em M. Thomas. EASTER MUSIC TO BE REPEATED The Easter music will be repeated at bt. r"aui s Episcopal church to morrow. Program. Morning Prayer 10:20. Processional, "Welcome llappy Aiornmg calkin C hrist, Our Passover i. Bassford Gloria Palri Bassford Te Deum Parker Jubilate Parkci Hymn, "The Strife Is O'er".. Palestrina Offertory Anthem, "Awake Ud Mv Glory Barnby presentation Sentence. Recessional, "Come Ye Faithful.. Sullivan Choral Even Song. r Processional, "The Day of Resurrec tion" Martin Gloria Patri. Magnificat Garrett Nine Dimittis Garrett Hymn. "Angels, Roll the Rock Away." Offertory, "Awake Up My Glory".. Barnby Presentation .. 40S Recessional, "Hark, Ten Thousand Voices." J. S. Lightbourn Rector Mrs. J. E. Cathell, choir leader and organist. CHANGE IS GIVEN BY NEW MACHINE AT SECOND BANK Two new money counting machines just put in hy the Second National bank are attracting much Interest. One makes change. The other counts either pennies, nickles, dimes or quarters for stacking purposes. The change machine has a keyboard like an adding machine. If the teller wants, for instance, seventy-seven cents in varied change he presses tbs seventy-seven cents key-and the correct change drops into a cup. The stacking machine is like a coffee grind er. The money to be stacked is dumped " into a revolving cup and the spacer is set for the amount to be counted out one hundred pennies,-as an instance. A crank is turned and the onej hundred pennies are counted out m a twinkling into a receiving cup. DENNIS AND RATLIFF TALK AT CONVENTION Dr. D. W. Dennis and .Walter Ratliff were the Wayne men at the meeting of the Indiana Audubon Society at Rushville yesterday. Both men gave talks before the school children of Rushville and Dr. Dennis gave a st'ereopticon lecture before the society. A collection of thirty specie.? of birds was exhibited by MrRatliff. COMPLAINT IS MADE. l Complaint in ejectment was filed in circuit court today by Harley Kcontz against Elizabeth Harris. - It Is alleged thafJ the defendant refuses to move from a house owned by the plaintiff. ... , ; Banana blossoms are purple.