Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 269, 28 September 1916 — Page 1
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CITY EXPECTS TO GIVE $2,500 FOR BIG FUND
Board of public works today went on record as favoring a contribution of 12.500 from the funds of the Municipal Electric plant to Richmond's factory fund providing the city attorney ruled that such action was legal and the state board of accounts permitted city plant funds to be used for such purposes. In event of favorable reports by the city attorney and the state board of accounts the board will submit an ordinance to council providing such an appropriation, to be paid into the factory fund at the rate of $625 a year for a period of four years.. If the proposed appropriation Is authorized it will be charged against the plant's business promotion and advertising accounts. Sees Selfish Action "I think it would be an extremely selfish action on the part of the city to refuse to make a contribution to the factory fund from the municipal plant if the city has the authority to make such a contribution," President Bavis said today. "No institution in Richmond would be more benefited than the municipal plant by establishing more manufacturing industries in this city," Bavis added. "More workmen means more homes to be wired for electricity and more factories means more electric power customers for the plant. Incidentally the city would also be directly benefited by this Industrial expansion project through an increase in taxable values." Prior to the board meeting the question of the city plant's contribution to the factory fund was discussed with( the city officials by an industrial Development committee composed of L.I S. Bowman, Albert Chamness and Charles W. Jordan. STOLLE REFUSES TO PAY SHARE OF BRIDGE SITE Anton Stolle and his son, William Etolle. have refused to pay their assessments for the condemnation of land to be used as the site of the South G street bridge until South G street, between the new bridge and South Fifth street, has been improved, City Controller McMahan Informed the board of public works today. He advised that the city attorney bring action to compel the payment of these assessments. The board referred the matter to the city attorney. Anton Stolle was assessed $168.04; William Stolle, $33.28. "These men were among the most active in promoting the construction of a south end bridge," McMahan remarked to the board members. Another Claim Filed A claim of $42.30 arising from the condemnation of property for the south end bridge site, filed by Frank Bcheibler, was refused by the. board on advice of the city attorney who held the claim could not be legally honored. Scheibler was awarded $350 damages. Later he asked $42.30 more to reimburse him for the cost of water mains and taps in the property. Mrs. Alice T. Ranks' petition for the city to construct a retaining wall in the rear of her property where an alley was recently improved, was also refused on advice of the city attorney. Park Superintendent Ford was authorized to expend $175 for a heating plant in the superintendent's residence at the park. ASK WILSON'S STAND ON LIQUOR QUESTION GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Sept. 28 J. Frank Hanly and Dr. Ira Landrlth, prohibition candidates for president and vice president, today made a second effort to get President Wilson on record regarding his stand on the liquor question. Having received no reply to a telegram sent a week ago from San Francisco, the campeigners again called to his attention the alleged use of his name by the California "wets" and asking permission to use his name in denying claims of saloon advocates that he is opposed to state wide prohibition. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Overcast and colder tonight. Friday fair and colder. Temperature Today Noon 63 Yesterday Maximum ' 84 Minimum 64 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy and colder tonight end Friday. Fresh south winds will shift to northwest. General Conditions The present storm continues to move slowly eastward and is causing general rains from Canada to the Gulf. The Rocky mountain cool wave has advanced 1,500 miles during the past 24 hours land will cause still lower temperafuires tonight and Friday.
MORE UNIONS VOTE ON GENERAL STRIKE
' NEW YORK, Sept. 28 While unions having . a total membership of 164,500 were preparing to vote today on a walkout in sympathy with the striking traction workers, there were bursts of rioting in the streets in which many persons were hurt. Surface and elevated trains were bombarded. At some points the police had to draw their revolvers to restore order. Many arrests were made. YOUNG DEMOCRATS FORM DRUM CORPS WITH 15 MEMBERS To start with, Richmond's Democratic club will have a drum and bugle corps of fifteen members. Fenimore Cooper, bugler, announced at the meeting of the organization last night that he has a drum corps well under way. It will consist of three buglers, nine snares, one base drum and two cymbals. Among others, the members of the drum corps will be, Fenimore Cooper, James Gordon, .Don Gordon, George Kern. Leslie Williams, M. Pitcher, Charles Carroll. Don Crouch, Roy Mobley and Alphonso Toney. Complete Organization. To complete the organization, another meeting of the club will be held at the Democratic headquarters, at 7:30 o'clock Friday night. The time at the meeting last night was taken up with arranging for committees and officers. The lists will be completed Friday. Efforts will be made today and to morrow by the fifteen young men who were present at the meeting to get every young Democrat in the city to Join the club. It was decided to leave the charter open until after the meeting Friday. One-hundred charter members is the goal which has been set. SCHOOL FACULTY WILL BOOST HIGHT SCHOOL AT SHOPS In order to acquaint the factory men of Richmond with the plan of vocational shop courses to be offered at the high school night sessions, members of the faculty will make visits to the different industrial concerns of the city to outline in detail the plan of vocational work. ' The vocational courses will be under control of an advisory committee of Richmond men chosen from the trades and vocations. Mr. Helman, head of the commercial department has been delegated to visit offices and other places of administration where clerical men and women are employed. Mr. Kelly, who will have charge of the electrical course of study, will seek to interest the employes of different electric establishments of the city. Mr. Towle will seek out the printers. Messrs. Mays, Vickery, Hybarger and Sipple of the industrial arts departments will make the rounds of the factories and industrial concerns. COMSTOCK AGREES TO DRILL COMPANY Paul Comstock announced today that his volunteer military training company would be reorganized this winter if Richmond young men want It. Mr. Comstock said that there are plenty of places where the company might drill and guns for such practices can be secured from the patriotic organizations of the city. Before Mr. Comstock will start the company again, it will be necessary for several young men to promise that they will be regular attendants at drill practice. WAYNE LEADS STATE Wayne county ranks above the state average in the number of miles of improved roads. The average number of miles of improved roads in each of the ninety two counties is 326 miles. Wayne county has 410 miles of improved roads. There are 30,088 miles of improved county roads in the state. WILL REFLOOR BRIDGE Work of repairing the floor of the Gaar bridge which extends oVer the east stretch of Morton lake on the New Paris pike will be started by County Road Superintendent Jones within a few days. Mr. Jones would have repaired the floor before now only he was waiting for the county to let a contract for lumber. This was let Saturday. BOND GETS DISPLAY Two private soldiers, an officer's tent with latest equipment, one of the latest models of cannons used by the United States army, and a full line of rifles and supplies have been assigned to Recruiting Sergeant Bond for an exhibit at the Fall festival, October 16-21. A space on the exposition grounds has been granted the army.
BOOST HARD TO PUT OVER THAT $100,000
The final effort In the "big push" to land the $100,000 Industrial Fund will be made today and tomorrow. The $100,000 It almost in sight. Committeemen are making a heroic effort to put across the biggest undertaking Richmond ever has tried. Under the outcome of this effort depends whether Richmond It to be In a position to cope with other cities that are trying to land big Industrial eoncerna. The welfare of the city it Intimately bound up in the tuceett of the venture. .For that reason, every one owet It to himself and hit city to meet the committeemen with generous response. Public tpirited men are behind this effort. From all quarters have come cheering newt. Contributions have swelled the total near the detired goal. There it no reason why the whole turn thould not be raited. The ragged edge of a few thoutand. dollars ought not stand between hard work and $100,000. In the final hours of the campaign, the men who are boosting the movement have redoubled their efforts. Citizent should, encourage the mn. Success it possible If all do their share. ' TIN-CAN MUSICIAN JUST PLAYS HIS WAY OUT OF PADDED CELL Taken into custody on the suspicion that he was crazy it developed later at police headquarters that James Dunford was merely an eccentric musical genius. After an officer had escorted him to headquarters Dunford's battered suitcase was opened. Included among its contents were several tin cans. "What do. you do with that junk?" asked Chief Goodwin. "I'll show you," replied Dunford. Thereupon he thrummed with thumb and finger tips upon the jagged edges of two cans producing music similar to that of the guitar. In a few minutes police headquarters was filled by an appreciative audience. Dunford produced "Annie Laurie" by pressing together the palms of his hands. Then he took a can to which a wire was attached, placing one end of the wire between his teeth. Upon this wire he played several tunes producing beautiful harmony. Before Dunford left he collected over two dollars in small change. "Why don't you go Into vaudeville?" he was asked. "I don't want to work. I'd rather tramp around the country." he replied. He said his home was in Virginia. MAN AND WIFE DIE WHEN SPEEDING TRAIN TEARS INTO MACHINE NEW MADISON, Ohio. Sept. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Crawford were instantly killed at the main crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad at 8:53 o'clock last night when the automobile in which they were hurrying to their home two and a half miles northwest of here, was completely demolished by fast mall train, No. 11, which was running two hours late. The bodies, both mangled and bruised, were found about If ty yards from the crossing. The machine which was a complete wreck had not been dragged quite so far. - The bodies were taken to the R. B. Bennett undertaking establishment here and the daughter, Mrs. Diller Howell of Otterbein notified. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford were speeding toward their home to escape the heavy rainstorm which had just begun. It is believed that the falling rain and the absence of lights here which would enable them to tell when they were approaching the railroad tracks prevented them from noting the approach of the mail train, due here at 6:18 o'clock. HAROLD PROTESTS AGAINST POLITICS ON HIGHWAY DAY In answer, to the many suggestions which have been made that President Wilson be asked to make a political speech in Indianapolis, the night of October 12, after he makes an address to the State Highway association in the afternoon, Dr. I. S. Harold, president of the good roads association, has written an open letter of protest "Neither Republican politics nor any kind of politics will have recognition on this' day in the coming of our president," the letter says. "He is coming not as a Democrat but as the President of the people, and will speak I in a non-poljtical way." j
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The People of Richmond are again reminded of the call of Reid Memorial Hospital to the community as Tag Day comes around on Saturday, the last day of September. Reid Memorial Hospital is our most valuable community philanthropy. Try to fancy conditions if it were closed. What would happen in accident and emergency cases, now so alarmingly frequent? To people, in case of severe illness, who are homeless, or whose homes are not located or equipped to care for the sick properly, what a serious loss its closing would be. Its value in maternity cases is being more fully appreciated every year, and hundreds' of babies have come into their homes through the doors of Reid Memorial Hospital. Not the least of its value is the fine training and instruction given to young mothers in the care of the infant, which saves endless pain and trouble in later months, and assures a happy family in place of one torn by anxiety over a fretful, uncomfortable child in willing but untrained hands. The Hospital has had a full year, has been well administered, on a careful financial basis; the Ladies' Aid Society has been untiring in work for the Hospital, and always on the alert for improvement in every line. They are deeply grateful to the people of the community who have so loyally come to their support each year; again they ask your liberal contributions, but let no one fail to give, even if they can spare but a trifle. It is seemly in giving that we all remember Mr. D. G. Reid's generosity in his beautiful memorial gift to the city, as well as of those other large hearted citizens who assisted him so nobly.
PENNSY PUSHES PROJECTS LARGER THAN NEW SPAN
While the city and county are continuing a ten year squabble over.bridge levels and three mile roads, the Pennsylvania railroad is making an' improvement next to the city limits and partially inside them, which would build: A concrete bridge at Main street. Three concrete bridges like the new Twelfth street bridge. Five solid earth fills big enough for roadways across the Whitewater valley. " . .... Six miles of concrete road. . One hundred and five miles of dirt road. . WTien completed, the yard, repair shop and running - tracks extended would make a single track railroad to Dayton. ;- ... - - ' ; . , , The highest 'elevator in Richmond, 145 feet, is being installed In the highest structure In Richmond, including stacks, to distribute concrete. Another, 125 feet high, has been built. Remove Circus Ground. The entire circus grounds are being levelled. ' y , . - - These figures,-partially. supplied by W. C. . Wolfe, engineer in charge on the Pennsylvania improvements, indi
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cate the magnitude of the work,' which gains additional distinction in engineering circles by being built entirely, except bridges, by company forces. F. T. Tower, one of the landmarks. back of Glen Miller park, will be abolished and interlocking plants at Nineteenth street and at Richmond Junction, opposite the water 'works Continued On Page Ten. INSTALL REV, KILL The Rev. J. S. Hill will be formally Installed as pastor of the Reid -Memorial church at 7 : 30 o'clock tonight The Rev. J. Campbell Bailey of Fairhaven, O., will preach and preside, proposing the constitutional questions to the pastor and congregation. Rev. Ralph A. Jameson of Morning Sun, O will address the people of the congregation. The Rev. J. G. C. Webster will address - the . pastor. Practically the entire membership of the church will be in attendance.
RICHMOND WILL JOLLIFY WHEN COMMITTEES BEACH GOAL OF $100,000
Despite the dismal drizzle which greeted members of the Industrial Development company committee today and the $16,000 which remains to be raised for the $100,000 factory fund, preparations went ahead for a great public demonstration to be held next week at the Coliseum, celebrating the opening of a new era for the city. Almost every citizen It interetted in the project. The public celebration will depend upon the ability of committee workers to fill out the $100,000 fund, to which $84,000 hat been pledged. The plan for the celebration it to have everyone interetted in a greater Richmond contidered themselves personally invited to attend.
NEW FIRMS ASSIST INDUSTRIAL FUND Support given by new arms In Richmond to the industrial promotion fund campaign, has been one of the many topics about which interest of canvassing committees has been centered. Every new business is included. The list follows: W. H. Hood Co., wholesale grocers, established two weeks, pledged $500; United Refrigerator company, not yet manufacturing, pledged $1,000; Atlas Underwear company, pledged $1,000; Indianapolis Glove company, pledged $500; Beebee Glove company, pledged $500; Hayes Track Appliance company, donated check for $250. Three of the firms received assistance from the Commercial club In getting started. The other three did not, Secretary Haas of the Commercial club said. WILSON PUTS MORE POLITICS - IN HIS TALKS SHADOW LAWN. N. X, Sept. 28. President Wilson will speak at Buffalo and New York City before the campaign closes, it was announced today. From now on the president will inject more politics into his speeches and beginning with his talk to the young Democrats here Saturday will spiritedly discuss the issues raised by Charles E. Hughes, his Republican opponent. HENRY WILSON WILL ADDRESS G. 0. P. RALLY Henry Lane Wilson, former United States ambassador to Mexico, who speaks this evening in the circuit court room under the auspices of the Republican central committee, is in great demand all over the state as he is proving to be one of the most popular speakers now stumping Indiana for the Republicans. Mr. Wilson is thoroughly acquainted with the Mexican situation and in his address toinght he will expose the weak, vacillating policies pursued by the American government in its dealings with Mexico in recent years. He will show the great price of American life and property this policy has exated. There will be elevator service at the court house this evening to accommodate those who desire to attend the meeting. GET MEMBERSHIPS FOR BIBLE WORK . Twenty-three boys will be awarded memberships to the Y. M. C. A. for efficiency in the Bible study work last year at the Bible study banquet, Monday night The names of the boys i follow : j Lester Leiter, Talbert Jessup, Rus- ! sell Parker, John Livingstone, Robert I Longman. Noel Deem, Nelson Sin ex, Earl Tnomas, Kennein wnunacK, juilus neiz, jveren unniey, L,awreace Shisler, Roland Oeborn, Clifford Lewis. Malvern Soper, George Shellhorn, Clifford Droke. Francis Edsall. Frederick Clark, Wayne Hill, Richard Jessup, Ralph Bradey and. Frank Crowe. BRITISH LOSS LOW , LONDON, Sept 28 The extraordinary smallness of the losses suffered by the British in their great victory at Thiepval and Combles on the Somme front was the feature of the official report issued by the war office today. REPRESENT REID CHURCH D. W. Scott as lay delegate and Rev. J. S. Hill, pastor, will represent the Reid Memorial church at a called meeting of the Ohio Presbytery to be held At Mnrnlnff Sun thn nn TnuHi an A
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Richmond Will Jollify. "This meeting will be on the order of the great $100,000 dinner a week ago Monday night but on a much enlarged scale," said Manager McFarland. There will be speechmaking and a general jollification over the new Richmond spirit "Today the subscriptions to the Industrial fund stand near $85,000. It is admitted that it is going to be difficult to raise the remaining $15,000, for the town has been most thoroughly canvassed, but there Is not a member Continued On Page Ten. FUND CAMPAIGN GETS PUBLICITY RICHMOND NEEDS The industrial promotion fund campaign has already borne fruit for Richmond in the form of advertising,' according to E. M. Haas, Commercial club secretary. There have been about 40 applications from factories, big and little, established and proposed, of good and of poor standing, seeking information regarding the factory fund and Richmond's facilities for taking care of new factories. Six of the applications are being Investigated and may result in immediate action toward their establishment in the city. Newt Spreads Rapidly. Where and how the news of the industrial fund gained as wide circulation as the territorial locations of the applying factories indicate, is unexplained. It is evident that many cities have become acquainted with the general plan, Mr. Haas said. Piqua is raising a fund to bring factories there employing no men, in order to bring more girls to the city to furnish help for the textile industries there. "We can get all the Industries we can take care of, employing only female labor," Mr. Haas said. "But such factories and mills will not establish themselves in cities unless they are assured a plentiful supply of girls. Richmond needs to bring girls here." TEUTON FORCE CHECKS MARCH IN VOLHYNEA PETRAGRAD, Sept. 28. A big air fight over the German aerodome at Loke Angern, in which battle planes and sea planes took part was reported by the Russian war office today. The official statement told of numerous German attacks and . admitted that the Russians advance in Volhynea is being hindered by the Teuton assaults. GERARD SAILS FOR AMERICA COPENHAGEN, Sept. 25. James W. Gerard, United States ambassador to Germany and Mrs. Gerard sailed for New York tody on the liner Fred erick the VIII. WASPS RENEW WORK LONDON, Sept 28. Germany's latest burst of submarine activity continued unabated today. A dispatch to Lloyds from Berwyck reported the destruction of two more vessels, one a neutral. They were the British ship Statahe, and the Swedish ship Perguela. The telegram said the Swedish crew was saved. HOLD AUTO THIEVES Chief Goodwin was instructed by telegram received today form the Cleveland police to hold Hugh Jacobson, 14, and Maurice Caldwell, 17, charged with having stolen an automobile in Cleveland. The boys were arrested here yesterday. Both have agreed to return to Cleveland without extradition' formalities. A Cleveland officer is expected to arrive here tomorrow. ;