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HOME EDITION VOL.XL1I.-.NO. 12Palladium and Sun-Taletfram 'ConanlUUtod 1M7 RICHMOND, IND SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 25, 1916. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

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VILLA FORGE BEGINS NEW OPERATIONS IN JjHIHUAHUA Undismayed by Two Repulses Bandit Leader Hurls Troops Against General Trevino's Stronghold.

BANDIT ARMY LOSES HEAVY IN STRUGGLE Rebels Surround City and Make Attacks That Are Repulsed by General Ozuna's Troopers. BULLETIN JUAREZ, Mex., Nov. 25. The Villa bandits again were repulsed early today by the Carranza forces, according to a message received at military headquarters here. The message said the repulse was evert more decisive than those of yesterday and Thursday. JUAREZ, Mex., Nov. 25. Francisco Villa and his bandit force resumed the attack on Chihuahua City, Mexico, at daybreak today, according to dispatches from the Chihuahua capitol to Carranza officials here, making the opening of the third day's fighting in i Villa's efforts to wrest the capital from General Jacinto Trevino's forces. Repulsed in repeated attacks upon Chihuahua City during the last two days, troops of Francisco Villa arj still encamped near the city today according to Mexican government officials here. The bandit army lost heavily in the attacks made on Thursday and Friday, Carranza declared, adding that the government troops had remained loyal. Villa's latest attack upon Chihuahua City continued until 9 o'clock last night the officials said. General Ozuna, commanding government forc?s, late yesterday was said to have pursued a bandit column for some distance outside the city. In the meantime another body of Villa followers ?ppeared from another quarter and attacked. Later, it was stated, Ozuna returned to the city with his command. There was nothing to indicate that the fighting was on a large scale. TAXES. COLLECTED Total tax collections In Wayne county this year (excluding delinquent tax collections) amount to $1,010,663.11. This was found when the footings of the books in the county treasurer's office were totaled today. The spring collections amounted to $5G6,327.:i8 and the fall payments totaled $433,873.60. The remainder was collected during the summer. DRYS BUSH TO WORK Arrangements for the hasty summoning of the dry forces of Wayne county to attend a dry meeting in Indianapolis Tuesday may be made Monday morning by the executive committee of the Wayne County W. C. T. U. at the Y. M. C. A. Mrs. S. E. Nicholson, oneof the executive committee members, will bring the matter up, he said. TEACHERS ASK RAISE When the Wayne county board of education holds its bi-annual meeting next May, it will probably have to consider a Detition from the common school teachers of the county for an inchease of salary. The petition will probably ask for a general $5 raise. It was learned today that such a petition U under consideration. The present scale ranges from $25.50 to $81 a month for teachers in the common schools. The county scale for high school teachers ranges from $73.50 to $140 a month.

KIRKPATRICK REFUSES TO DO EXTRA WORK IN WEST COUNTY TOWNS

C. M. Kirkpatrick told the county commissioners today that he did not intend to carry out the "extra work" clause of his contract for tementlng the National road through Jackson and Center townships. ' "If you have the law on me, use it," said Kirkpatrick. The commissioners and their attorney admit that they cannot enforce the sub-contract by Jaw, but they contend that the "extra work" clause is a "gentleman's contract" and for this reason Kirkpatrick should live up to it. The question arose because Cambridge City planned extra work along the road through the town. Mr. Klrk: Patrick made it plain that if Centerville makes application for extra work, he will refuse to do it for $1.30 a square yard. Kirkpatrick explained that he had lot appeared before the commissionm to argue the proposition from a

THREE DIRTY D'S

"Dirt, Disease, Death." A Richmond man suggests that such placards be placed on each of the trash hauling wagons of the city street department "A little sign like that brings home to everyone who reads it the great Importance of maintaining a clean city," this business man said. "I got the idea in New York. Each street department wagon In that city has such a sign on it.." HOUSE BREAKER GIVEN PAROLE Benjamin F. Miller, who was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of two to fourteen years, has been paroled by Governor Ralston. The police received notice today that Miller was paroled so that he could assist his wife and child, who need his support. He had a good prison record. Miller's case was an interesting one last year. Mrs. Ben. Bartel heard him trying to enter the Bartel home through a cellar window. Chief Goodwin speeded to the residence in Fire Chief Miller's car In time to see Miller taking a short-cut toward Glen Miller park. He was chased all over Glen Miller park and when captured was taken to the county jail. He made his escape there via the chimney. He was sentenced to the penitentiary, October 25, 1915, and has served just thirteen months. LEVEL BRIDGE MEN ABANDON STRUGGLE Level Main street bridge advocates notified the county commissioners today that .they are willing to accept the report of J. L. Harrington, Kansas City bridge expert, on the Richmond bridge situation as final. The notification in writing, stated that the level bridge men still believe that a moderately high level bridge would have been better. It states, however, that refusals of the C. & O. railroad company to alter the grade of its tracks makes the erection of such a structure impossible and leaves as the only alternative, a bridge on the present level. FRIENDS HOLD SOCIAL WITH 200 PRESENT Proposal that monthly social meetings of the congregation of the South Eighth Street Friends church will be held during the remainder of the winter was made by the Rev. Francis Ancombe at the annual church supper last night. The two hundred people present agreed that such a plan should be adopted but no definite action was taken. The Rev. Mr. Anscombe reported that the past year ha 3 been a very successful one. Two new young people's societies have been organized, the Young Friends' Fellowship group and the Christian Endeavor society. , The Rev. Charles M. Woodman, pastor of the West Richmond Friends' church was one of the principal speakers of the evening. Gurney Hill acted as toastmaster. Other people who had parts on the program are: Miss Ruth James, Mrs. F. J. Bartel, Benjamin Johnson, Dr. N. S. Cox, Dr. Charles Marvel, Edward Bellis, Dr. Allen D. Hole, Mrs. Naomi Harrison Jay of California, John H. Johnson, Mrs. John H. Johnson, Mrs. Allen D. Hole. Mrs. Frank Spekenhier was chairman of the social committee. SEEKS TO FREE DAVIS H. L. Rush, an attorney of Green ville, Ohio, notified Sheriff Steen last night that he was going to get Forest Davis, Lynn, out of the prison sentence which Judge Fox in circuit court yesterday Imposed upon the boy after he had entered a plea of "guilty to having stolen three automobiles. Rush had a long conference with Davis last night. legal standpaint but that he had come to explain his stand. "I have been in contracting business for 26 years and have never been sued nor have I ever sued anybody. I wduld have given $500 if thi3 trouble had not come up. "Cambridge City did not come to me and ask me to contract for the extra work until two months after I had contracted for the road improvements. In this time, prices had advanced a great deal. "If I were taking the contracts for the National road improvements now, I would have to ask at least ' $8,000 more than my bids called for this summer. " "In taking the contracts for' the National road improvements, I saved the county $7,600. The nearest bid to mine called for that much more." .

TWO CENTERVILLE LIEN, LEESON AND EARL, DIE; DOTH LIFELONG FRIENDS

Pals for 75 years since they were boys in Centerville, two men were claimed this week by death, which came to Henry C. Leeson, former postmaster at Centerville, last night, the day before the funeral of the other, Simeon Earl. Both were residents of Indianapolis where Mr. Earl's body was buried this afternoon. The body of Leeson will be forwarded to Centerville Monday morning for burial. It is believed the death of Earl was such a severe shock to Leeson that it caused the stroke of apoplexy which kille.d him. He died when playing chess in the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. lobby. He has been in the butter business until recently. He owned a summer home . near Indianapolis where he and Earl spent much of their time. Leeson had a grocery in Centerville and was postmaster four years until he moved to Indianapolis in 1893. Leeson and Earl were born In Centerville in 1841, Leeson August 5 and Earl five" days later. The two boys grew up together, attending the same school, and were inseparable companions. When the civil war broke out the two twenty-year-old boys enlisted BEASLEY ARGUES GAS RATE GASE Declaring that if the city's complaint against the state's commissioners' seventy-cent gas rate is justifiable under the commission law, that the law Is unconstitutional, John Beasley, attorney for the United Gas and Electric company, of which the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company is a subsidiary, presented a comprehensive argument before Special Judge Fred Gause In Wayne circuit court this afternoon. ; "The complainant must show that the rates are so unreasonable as to convince a court that in establishing such rates, the complainant's constitutional rights had been trampled upon and that the legislative body had exceeded its constitutional authority in creating the law." '"I doubt if the city is competent to complain against the enforcement of all the rates in the schedule which the - utilities commission established for the company. " If the company's conception of the theory of the act Is right and the-city's-" wrong," then tM law is unconstitutional as . it would place the administrative and legislative power in the hands of the court." EARLHAM WINS GAME Earlham won from Wilmington this afternoon at football 20 to 0. COMMISSIONERS ASK $365,000 FOR SPANS Appropriations, of $185,000 for the proposed South G street bridge and $180,000 for the Main street bridge, turned down in September by the county council, will be asked for again Wednesday by the county commissioners at an emergency session of council, Commissioner Seaney announced after a star chamber session of the board this afternoon. The board accepted 9.87 miles of township road for thhe county.' FORTUNE TELLERS INCREASE PRICES Cost of living question is daily becoming more serious. Drivers of merchant delivery wagons, who do a large business hauling family washings, are authority for the statement that a number of washer women are now charging $3 for a washing that formerly brought to them only a $2 revenue. The price has gone up because of increased water rates and increased laundry supplies. It was also learned today that even the cost of having your fortune told has doubled recently. One woman, a "palm reader" and probably the best patronized fortune teller in the city has advanced her charge from 25 cents to 50 cents a reading. EXAMINERS FINISH WORK Field examiners for the State Board of Accounts, W. H. Glidewell and Bernie Spradling, have finished their work on Wayne county and Richmond books. They have started examinations of the books of officials in the small towns of the county. DEATH RATE IS 15.4 The death rate in Richmond for October was 15.4 per 1,000 population. The average death rate for cities of the state fdr this ' month was 14.3. These facts were made public today in the monthly report of the state board of health. Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and probably Sunday. Rising Temperature. Temperature Today. Noon -30 Yesterday Maximum 37 Minimum .....24

on the same day. They served ia Company D, Eighth regiment, Indiana volunteers, and shared the same tent for four years, being mustered out together in the summer of 1865. ; Leeson is suryived by two 'daughters, Mrs. Frank A. Thomas and Miss Mabel Leeson, both of Indianapolis, and by a sister, Mrs. Clara Leeson Smith, of Brookville, O. The funeral will be held at the home, '3009 North Illinois street, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Rev. E. L. Day, of tha North Park Christian church, officiating. The body will be taLen to Centerville at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning, and funeral services will be held at Centerville r at 10 o'clock at the Christian church.

ECONOMY MAN IS INDICTED BY FEDERAL JURY Raymond Daugherty, Former Postmaster, Charged With Embezzlement Released on $1,000 Bail. Y " 5 Action of the federal grand jury, now in session at Indianapolis, in returning an indictment , against Haymond Daugherty, former postmaster of Economy, Ind., charging embezzlement of government funds, recalls two post office robberies at Economy, the first about a year ago, the second about two months later. ' ' 5 Daugherty has been released on $1,000 bond. He resigned his position last spring, declaring at the time that his work was "too confining." For a short time he served as extra rural mail carrier out of the ) Hagerstown post office and recently has been employed as a motor truck driver. Arrest Causes Sensation. -; Daugherty is one vt the best known residents of. northern Wayne county, and the announcement of, his arrest created a sensation in Economy. Following the" first robbery of the Economy post office, when $340 In cash and stamps were taken, Daugherty blamed yeggmen with the crime. He said that the door to the post office had probably been unlocked with a skeleton key and declared that the safe door had not been locked. $400 in Stamps Taken. About $400 in stamps was taken at the time of the second robbery of the post office. The door to the building had been pried open and the safe door blown off with nitroglycerine. It was claimed at the time that yeggmen were responsible for this robbery. It is generally understood that the information secured by the post office inspectors who investigated the two Economy robberies indicated that it was a case of a postmaster robbing his own post office rather than the work of professional post office robbers. The post office Inspectors charge Daugherty with the embezzlement of $547 of money order funds and assert that the former postmaster used the money to meet personal obligations. HERE'S NEW MENU Another menu for a day in homes without large incomes has been suggested by L. E. Rauchman. steward at the Westcott hotel, bringing into use commodities not suggested in yester day's menu. ' Baked oxheart was one of the new meats. This is nutritious, palatable and cheap. The menu follows: Breakfast. Apple Sauce Rolled Oats Creamed Codfish One Egg Mutfins Coffee Dinner. Hame Croquettes Mashed Turnips Boiled Potatoes Bread Pudding Tea Supper. Baked Oxheart Carrots and Peas Baked Sweet Potatoes Corn Bread Apple Pudding Coffee. ASK BRIDGE RELIEF With a request that work begin on the proposed South G street bridge across the Whitewater Valley, two representatives of the South Side Improvement association, J. Henry E. Bode and John Niewoehner, today appeared before the county commissioners with a suggestion they said would relieve traffic from the temporary bridge below Main street and provide for adequate passage between two sections of the city while the Main street bridge is under construction. MAKE NO CHANGES Because they were afraid to in any way' alter their contract with C M. Kirkpatrick. for making the National road improvements through Jackson and Center townships the county commissioners today turned down the proposition of the Gallion Iron company. Gallion, O., to allow the contractor to use iron sewers in the 1 place of corrugated metal. ,

TORPEDO BOATS MAKE RAID ON BRITISH COAST

" LONDON, Nov. 25. A raid by six German torpedo boat - destroyers on the English coast which took place Thursday night was announced in an official statement today. The raid was ineffective, according to the statement, which declares that the six German destroyers steamed away quickly after firing a dozen rounds, one shell striking a vessel but causing little damage and no injury to the crew. YOUNG FRIENDS' DAY TO BE HELD SUNDAY Young Friends Day will be observed tomorrow in three Friends churches here. Emphasis will be placed on the Young Friends movement, which has been carried on throughout Canada and United States. At West Richmond Friends church, Helen Hockett, president of the Christian Endeavor, and Helen Ballard, will be special speakers. Rev. Charles M. Woodman will preach an appropriate sermon of which his subject will be "A Dreamer and His Dreams." At 2:15 o'clock, a Christian Endeavor meeting will be held for the study of the Young Friends movement. At South Eighth Street Friends church and Whitewater Meeting of Friends, special speakers will present topics of interest to young Friends. Donald Snyder of Earlham will speak at the South Eighth Street church. Because of the absence of the pastor, Rev. M. S. Hinckle, East Main Street Friends church has postponed Young Friends day until December 10. MOVE AGAINST JUAREZ EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 25. A band of about 150 men mounted and armed were Been moving along the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande early today in the direction of Juarez, according to United States army officers who watched them closely through field glasses. The Juarez commander was notified. v 4 SAILORS KILLED -- SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25. Four United States sailors met death here today and half a score were injured when a launch carrying thirty-five men of the supply ship Glacier, was swept under the paddle blades of the sternwheel river steamer Appache. 4 BOYS BURIED ALIVE BALTIMORE, Nov. 25. Five boys were buried alive by the caving in of a sand bank in West Baltimore last night. Four were taken out dead, and the fifth lad is not expected to live. LOVES HER CHILDREN The love that a mother has for her children was demonstrated in juvenile court today when Mrs. Joseph Barbarosa, whose husband is a fugitive from justice for having killed another Italian, made a plea to Judge Fox that she be allowed to keep her four children. The probation officer wanted the children made wards of a Catholic home at Terre Haute. Through her interpreter, the Italian mother said she could make enough money keeping boarders to keep her family together. Judge Fox gave the mother a week to prove that she was able to give the children proper care. NEW. CITY CHARTER ACCEPTED BY LEAGUE William Dudley Foulke, former president of the National Municipal league, submitted a model city charter at the league convention in New York last week and disbanded the model charter committee of which he has been chairman. The model charter was accepted by the league. In the opening address of the president, Lawson Purdy of New York, the best way of retiring bond issues and the subject of pensions in city service were two subjects which might be of interest here, Mr. Foulke said. Another subject discussed by the president was that of limiting the height of and area covered by buildings. OLD RESIDENT DEAD Catherine M. Westerkamp, 60 years old, wife of Christian Westerkamp, died at the home, 132 Liberty avenue last night at 10 o'clock.. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Besides her husband, she is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Dora Hawkins, of near Bethel; Mrs. Louise Brumfield, of Cambridge City; Mrs. Catherine Hopkins, Indianapolis; , Mrs. Anna Trouse, Mary and Helen Westerkamp, of Richmond; and two sons, Henry and Walter Westerkamp, both of Richmond. The funeral will be held from the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Lutherania. Friends may call at any time. -

GET YOUR YELPERS

. George A. Schwenke, 422 South Fourteenth street, has a number of rabbits and lately south end dogs have been trying to get at them. Last night Schwenke placed two steel traps near his rabbit pen and during the night he heard the agonized yelps of dogs. Investigation showed two trapped dogs, both Airedales. Schwenke is holding them for their owners but if they are "not claimed promptly he will turn them over to the police for execution. WAR REVIEW FOR THE DAY Tho process of squeezing Roumania between the jaws of the military machine of the Central powers is proceeding with remarkable rapidity. Pushing eastward after their capture of Cariova and the conquest of Little Wallachia, General Von Falkenhayn's troops have broken Roumanian resistance in the valley of the lower Alt. A crossing of the Alt in this region is reported by Berlin. Concurrently Field Marshal Von Mackensen operating the other jaw of the nut cracker has forced another passage of the Danube near Zimnitza, giving him a footing on Roumanian soil twenty-flve miles in the rear of the Danube end of the Alt line. The official statements from London, Paris and Berlin agree in reporting quiet on the Franko-Belgian front. The provisional government of Greece headed by Former Premier Venlzelos has formally declared war on Bulgaria, according to news dispatches from Athens. , BOY PREACHER HOLDS SERVICE Geron Roberts, 9 years old, the youngest preacher in the United States will conduct services and deliver a sermon Sunday morning before the members of the Sunday school of Nazarene church, North Fifth and A streets. The boy's father, the Rev. John F. Roberts, and his uncle, the Rev. C. E. Roberts, his mother and his aaunt, who are also ordained ministers, are now conducting revival meetings at the Nazarene church. . , , America's youngest preacher comes of a family of ministers. The boy's grandfather for years preached the gospel. When he retired from the pulpit he pledged, in prayer, that he would consecrate his six sons to the service of God. These sons are now ofdained ministers and their wives- are all preachers. Revival services will be conducted at the Nazarene church, Sunday morning, 10:30, Sunday afternoon at 3, and Sunday evening at 7:30. . XMAS DECORATIONS JEOPARDIZE HOUSES Building Inspector Hodgin today issued a warning to merchants to be careful in decorating their stores and show windows for the Christmas holiday season, citing the following section of the building code: "It shall be unlawful to use cotton batting in the show windows of stores for decorating purposes, and in no case shall combustible material , be allowed in contact with lighting or electric appliances." The penalty for violation of this section is not less than $10 nor more than $100. HOWARD WILL GIVE RECITAL ON DEC. 21 Returning to Richmond with all the honors that can be bestowed upon a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music where he graduated in June and is now taking post graduate work. Wesley Howard, the well known colored boy of Richmond, will give a recital in Richmond, Dec. 21, according to the announcement made today. A special committee composed of some of the leading musicians in the city is now making final arrangements for the event and will announce details later. The recital is expected to attrace more widespread attention than any musical event of the season. Young Howard, in addition to receiving high honors at the Conservatory, has been declared by the press of a number of Eastern cities to be the greatest colored violinist in the country. He has given recitals this month at Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. - The recital here will be a benefit recital to assist Howard in completing his post graduate work at the Conservatory. BROOKS ARRESTED Frank Brooks was arrested today on a charge of having sold two buckets of coal to Hattie Rowald for 50 cents without having weighed the coal by standard weight. . The complaint was filed with Prosecutor Reller by Weights and Measures Inspector McKinley. READY TO RUSH WORK "Work of cementing the National road through Jackson and Center townships will be started in earnest at both ends as soon as spring opens up,' said Contractor C, M.jKirkpatrick today. - .;..-

5,000 TONS OF COAL IN CARS AWAIT UNLOADING

101 Carloads Stand on Sid.ings of Dealers and in Pennsylvania-Yards Investigation Shows. BUT THE PRICE STILL STAYS AT HIGH MARE Coal Dealers Explain Reasons for Supply and Why Price Remains at High Quotation. Thursday, Friday and today there were 101 carloads of coal standing on sidings of Richmond coal dealers or in the C. & O. and the Pennsylvania railroad yards. In these cars there were approximately 5,500 tons of fuel. One Richmond coal supply company, the J. H. Menke company, reported a large supply of coal on band. Investigation showed the bins at this plant 'to be completely filled and. Thursday, there were six cars fillet with coal standing on the Menke company's siding. Carry Average Stocks. ' Three other large coal supply concerns, the Bullerdlck and Son company, the Klehfoth and Niewoehner company and the Mather Brothers company, reported average stocks on hand. No reduction In the excessively high price of coal was announced today, however. Three dealers who were questioned predicted thatthere would be higher prices quoted before the close of the winter. "If the dealer pays the price he can! get the coal," Mr. Menke 6aiL Buy Supply at Lakes. "We have purchased a supply of coal at the lakes and we have enough stock to last, us at least three weeks but the situation is still a serious one," said Omar Bullerdick. "Only about thirty percent of Richmond's normal supply of coal is being received now. The northwest is short a million tons. By the time the cars sent into the northwest are returned It will be spring.' "It is easier to get coal now but we are not receiving our normal supply. We. have a fairly good stock on band. I do not look for normal prices before spring," said an official of the Klehfoth & Niewoehner company. No Reserve Stock. "We are keeping close to our normal coal supply but have not been able to establish much of a reserve stock," said Raymond Mather. "There is no prospect for reduction of prices in the near future. The mine operators and the retail coal dealers are not responsible for the high prices. The coal jobber is the fellow who is benefitting from these prices. The jobber is getting his coal on contract prices. Our firm is getting only about a third of our supply on contract rates. The rest we have to buy from jobbers at their terms. The elevators at Cincinnati are filled and there are hundreds of barges filled with coal tied to the wharves. Lose on Contract. "Recently, to supply coal on contract, we purchased Jen carloads at a price $2.50 more per ton than we sold it for. To make up losses we sustain this way we have to charge the market price for coal we purchased at tha mines at contract prices, but, as I stated, we are getting only about a third of the coal we contracted for at our mines." Yesterday there were 17 cars of coal on the siding at the Pennsylvania railroad shops and nine carloads were taken to an Olive Hill siding. Thera were fifty cars filled with coal standing on sidings in the east Pennsylvania yards. Today there were sixteen cars of coal, consigned to Richmond standing in the Boston yards of the C. & O . TV0 BOYS INJURED PLAYING FOOTBALL CAMDEN, O.', Nov. 25. Norman Stervenbaugh, of Camden, and Ralph Stout of College Corner, high school students, were badly injured yesterday when the College Corner and Camden high school teams engaged in a football game here. ISABEL SMITH DEAD Mrs. Isabel Smith. 70, mother of James Smith, a Richmond merchant, died at her home in Camden, O., early this morning. Death was due to heart trouble. Besides Mr. Smith, two sous and one daughter survive. The funeral arrangements have not been announced. EVEN TAX RECEIPTS FEEL EFFECT OF WAR No longer are Wayne county tax receipts being printed on golden-rod yellow paper. The reason this color ia almost a thing of the past in the United States. The European war has made it Impossible to get the proper dyea from Germany. The first batch of the new colored receipts were , received at the treasurer's office today. They are printed on canary yellow paper. -