Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 58, 19 January 1917 — Page 1

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GOODRICH SITS ON PLATFORM WHILE BRYAN BAKES SPEECH TO ASSEMBLY OF INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 19. William J. Bryan spoke two hours upon current Issues In the Senate chamber of the Indiana general assembly this morning. He emphasized woman suffrage and prohibition in particular. The galleries were packed as were the corridors and floor of the Senate Mr. Bryan was escorted to the rostrum by a special committee of the Senate and Governor James P. Goodrich who 6hared the platform with Lieutenant-Governor Bush during the address. He said: "Economy is a subject that is to be sure talked about during the campaign and very likely to be forgotten pfterward. I think you are very fortunate in this state, in having a governor who is willing to Join with those out of power to reduce the number of those in power." Discuss Housing Conditions Mr. Bryan then discussed the housing questions in which he advocated steps to make all public buildings BESCHER ENTERS SMELSER AND B. A. Bescher, now serving his second term as city clerk, said today that he would be a candidate for re-election subject to the Republican primary election. Bescher, who has been one of the most efficient clerks the city ever had, was at first disposed not to neck the office again but numerous friends prevailed upon him to reconsider his decision. Thomas Cale, who has been "running

WEST VIRGINIA SOLON PROPOSES TO CONSERVE SUPPLY OF GAS BY TAXING DISTRIBUTING FIRMS

CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 19. Efforts to conserve the natural gas supply of West Virginia for the domestic and industrial use of the state appeared In the senate today when Senator S. L. Cobun of Masontown, in the heart of the gas producing district, introduced a bill imposing a tax for export The bill also provides an additional tax for any corporation or individual operating a pump or compressor station by which gas Is transported under artificial pressure. The measure has the support of important manufacturing Interests and many householders as the charge is freely made that communities in adjacent states

INDUSTRIAL BOARD HEARS CASES FOR COMPENSATION FOR INJURY

Judge Edgar A. Perkins, chairman of the Industrial Board of Indiana, heard two appeals for compensation for Injuries rpcfelvel by employes in factories in the Wayne circuit court room thi3 morning. Lanse Newman, 12. petitioned the board for compensation from the local branch of the Indianapolis Glove factory for an Injury received while in the employ of the factory last 6ummer which he claims necessitated the amputation of part of the little finger on the right hand. The facXory contended that the injury had resulted from "horse play" on the part of the boy and that he did not take proper care of the Injury. The case was taken under advisement. If the board finds for the boy, he will receive $5.50 for fifteen weeks. The other case heard was Wilson vs. the Mal-Gra Casting company Cambridge City. Wilson claims that SPANISH SHIP LOST LONDON. Jan. 19. Lloyd's announces that the Spanish steamer Valle has been sunk. Weather Forecast For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair and somewhat warmer tonight Saturday overcast Temperature Today. Noon 22 Yesterday. Maximum 29 Minimum 15 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Fair and not so cold tonight Saturday increasing cloudiness probably followed by snow. General conditions Cold weather 'i "which has prevailed for the past several days is slowly breaking up. Snow Tias been general over the north and central portion of the United States cast of the Rocky Mountains.

Are proof and urged a strict supervision of private dwellings if owned by other persons than the occupants. Referring to the primary election law which Is pending, he said, during a previous visit, Mr. Bryan endorsed the second choice idea, and expressed the hope that the legislature would not "take a step backward" by repealing this provision. Continued On Page Seven. SLIDE HURLS CARS TO RIVER CHANNEL LONDON, Jan. 19. A wreck on the Vienna-Trieste railrpad line near the town of Sagov is reported in Vienna telegrams received by the Exchange Telegraph company. Seven dead and fourteen injured persons have been extricated from the debris. A mail train was buried by a fall of earth and several cars were said to have been hurled into a river below.

RACE FOR RE-ELECTION AS CLERK; BOBBINS TRY TO EFFECT AGREEMENT

for mayor" the past two years, Is the first man to file a declaration of intention of being a cand'date. Reading in the morning papers that the lower house of the legislature had practically killed the plan of postponing the primary election until next August, Cale hurried to the city clerk's office this forenoon and signed a statement which sets forth the fact that he is a have West Virginia natural gas in abundance while consumers within the state suffer from pronounced Ehortage during cold weather. The proposed tax Is one-fifteenth of one per cent for each 1,000 cubic feet of gas for each 25 miles it is transported within the state, and one fifteenth of one per cent on each 1,000 cubic feet passing through pipe line pumping stations or compressors. TO CONDUCT SERVICES Services at the Christian church in Jacksonburg will be conducted next Sunday morning and evening by the Rev. Charles E. Shultz of New Castlf. while in the employ of the company a heavy door came shut on him and injured his sides. The company contended that the injuries complained of resulted from a fight. This case was also taken under advisement. The maximum compensation which Wilson could receive would be $10 a week during disability not to exceed 500 weeks. BANQUET IS POSTPONED FOR SECOND TIME The banquet of the Purdue alumni association scheduled for tonight has been postponed indefinitely.

"CHARITY SWINDLER" ORDERED FROM CITY; TALE Of WOE MOVES WOMEN TO TEARS

Henry Manley and his wife, the former listed as a "charity swindler," have been banished from Richmond with the threat that if the edict is ignored Manley will be prosecuted on a charge of having obtained goods under false pretenses. In company with Secretary Melpolder of the charity bureau one of the city's most prominent women went to the "Beehive" tenament. North Nineteenth and F streets, yesterday, and there she Identified Manley as the man who had moved her to tears by J a dramatic recital of a "hard luck" story. Manley finally conressea tne tale of woe with which he had duped several sympathetic women was nothing but a fabrication of falsehoods. Fails to Locate Swindler. For the past six weeks the charity bureau has been frequently Informed by women that they have given food and clothing to a man who represented himself to be married .and the father of three children, the youngest three weeks old; that he had been injured and could not work; that the charity

NOTE FALSIFIES TEUTON MOTIVES BEFORE HISTORY

AMSTERDAM, (via London), Jan. 19. The Cologne Gazette, commenting on the note of Arthur Balfeur, British secretary of foreign affairs, says, "the note is a falsification of history apparently aimed to wipe out the bad impression made in large circles of Americans and neutrals by the entente's rude reply to President Wilson. Naturally Balfeur suppresses the fact that England possesses a world empire which certainly was not brought together by peaceful means. He suppresses the fact that a ring was drawn around Germany which was designed to exclude us as far as possible from the distribution 6f colonial territory still to be disposed of. He invents for this purpose a story of Germany's lust for world empire without giving the least proof of his charges. "We now know exactly the aim of jthe entente and our answer will be by deeds. We do not want peace such a3 they offer, not even by neutral mediation. We ourselves will secure such a peace. Our sword will prove stronger than their lies." candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination. , Cale Exhibits Smile. Cale flashed an expansive grin when informed by Clerk Bescher that the law which requires a fee from all candidates for public office had been declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. The cities and towns committee of the house having decided not to make any report on the two bills changing the primary election date it is now taken for granted by local politicians that the election will be held, as usual, on March 6. And there was many an office seeker groaned miserably over the prospect of campaigning in midwinter. Today Mayor Robblns and Dr. S. G. Smelser, city, health officer, both pr spective candidates for the Republican mayoralty nomination, "held" a conference at city hall, at the conclusion of which each official announced that he had not reached a decision as to whether he will make the race. Friends of the two men hint that each one is reluctant to enter the mayoralty contest if the other intends to make the race and that their conferences have been for the purpose of reaching some mutual understanding. COUNTY HESITATES OFFER OF William Cheesman, president of the board of county commissioners, said today that no definite action will be taken on the offer of the $21,000 Smith homestead for the establishment of a county tuberculosis hospital for some time. David Esteb will go before the board tomorrow morning and make the offer for Mrs. George H. Smith. The commissioners will be asked to bring condemnation proceedings against the property in case the two grandsons refuse to sign away their claims. Mrs. Smith will pay the boys the damages NINE AMERICANS ON LOST VESSEL WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Nine Americans were among the crew of the British sb,ip Saint Theodore, taken by the German raider and landed with other survivors at Pernanbuco on the Japanese ship Hudson Maru. Counsel Stewart today reported they were all safe and that so far as reported no other Americans were on the other ships. bureau had refused to give him any relief and that he was afraid his wife and children would starve. Secretary Melpolder vainly attempted to locate the "charity swindler" but failed principally because of the varied descriptions of the man. One day this week after an East Main street woman had complained to the bureau because it bad given no aid to "the injured father of three starving children" Secretary Melpolder secured quite a comprehensive description of the man and finally located him in the "Beehive" tenament. He asked the East Main street woman if she would aid him in identifying the man who had duped ier. She accompanied Melpolder to the "Beehive." Seeing Manley she said "that is the man." When Mrs. Manley was questioned she said that she had no children but had greatly enjoyed the food her husband had secured for the three "starving" offsprings. "You have until Monday to get out of town," Melpolder Informed Man'ey, who stated that he and his wife would depart at once.

"WATCH US GROW"

Population Jan. 1.. ...27.450 Population yesterday 27,461 Gain today...,. 11 Loss today 6 Present population 27,466 FOREIGNERS BEGIN STUDY OF SCRIPTURE Bible classes for foreigners are being held at 2:30 o'clock each Sunday afternoon at the North Fourteenth Street Union Mission. The project was started two weeks ago and it Is reported that the foreign population of the city has readily taken advantage of the class. The Rev. Mr. Probst said today that tha Roberts' system of teaching English to foreigners which is used extensively by the various Y. M. C. A.'s of the country will, probably be used in connection with the class. COAL BLOCKADES YARDS AT TOLEDO COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 19 Orders were issued yesterday by M. B. Connors, general manager of the Hocking Valley that no cars of that company chould be loaded with coal for shipment to points requiring transfer at Toledo to the Pere Marquette, Michigan Central, Lake Shore Line, or the Ann Arbor, until the present congestion on those four lines is relieved. The Hocking Valley has 12 cars of coal in the Columbus yards and 1,400 cars in Toledo, the bulk or wnicn is for delivery to the four connecting lines. POLITENESS CLASS REDUCES MISHAPS NEW YORK, Jan. 19. A marked dimunition in minor trolley car accidents within the last few weeks in that section of Long Island traversed by the New York and Queens County electric railway is attributed largely to the training received in the "politeness school" recently established by the railway company. An official said today that this alone would more than pay the expenses of the school which are approximately $2,500. J TWrMl?la "DPAfU'QT LOWER-RATIONS LONDON, Jan. 19. The Berlin Vorwaerts says that four miners' federations have , telegraphed the war feeding department protesting against the reduction of the weekly potato ration from five to three pounds. The telegrams say that turnips are not a substitute for potatoes and ask the authorities to re-establish the former rations. IN ACCEPTING HOSPITAL GROUND awarded them in case condemnation proceedings are found necessary. Relatives of Mrs. Smith believe that the boys will sign away their right to the property voluntarily in the next few days. Would Call In Council. Mr. Cheesman said today that the commissioners appreciate the offer but that several details must be carefully considered before they can accept it for the county. Last fall, It was found that the upkeep of a county tuberculosis hospital would amount to about $12,000 a year. County council in its annual meeting last September appropriated $3,000 to be expended by county commissioners on a tuberculosis hospital. BeContinued On Page Two. HIS MAJESTY SPUD HAS BODY GUARD GREELEY, Colo., Jan. 19 Armed guards arriving in every car of a special train of forty-five cars, loaded j with potatoes which today is speeding eastward. It is "made up of extra choice tubers loaded from points in this district. The guards are required to tend stoves placed in ever car to prevent freezing as well as to prevent loss by theft. ' PNEUMONIA LEADS TO 2,030 DEATHS PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 19. Figures compiled by the department of health and announced today show that 2,030 of the 10,101 deaths which occurred in Pittsburgh during 1916 were from pneumonia. BOSTON ATTORNEY WILL REPRESENT HOUSE IN PROBE WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Members of the House Rules committee Investigating the alleged "leak" on President Wilson's peace note apparently were confident today that Sherman L. Whipple, noted' Boston lawyer, would accept the committee's ' invitation to act as its counsel in the inquiry. He will come to Washington tomorrow to confer with the committee and definite announcement of his acceptance is expected to follow. Mr. Whipple was agreed upon by the committee last night.

KAUFMAN LETTERS REPORTED TO BE BORNEO; JURORS FIND CHILD-LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS; UNDERHILL IMPLICATES PROMINENT CITIZENS

Eight more Indictments were returned to Judge Fox today by the grand Jury of the Wayne circuit court making a total of twenty-three since the investigation of law violations started, January 10. The indictments were for burglary, embezzlement, receiving money under

TWELVE BRITISH VESSELS SCOUR SOUTH ATLANTIC FOR RAIDER TO PROTECT LINES QF TRAVEL

NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Noth withstanding the known activity of British warships, eleven of which are hurrying from many directions into south Atlantic waters in search of the German commerce destroyer which sank the Voltaire, Goergic and other entente vessels, increased apprehension was felt in marine circles today owing to undented credence which the shipping world in general has placed on overnight reports that the black raider, believed to be the famous Moewe is not operating unassisted. According to these reports this fugitive raider carried several sets of armament and has furnished guns to at least two of her captive ships, the St. Theodore and "the Yarrowdale, which in turn became preying rovers. The Yarrowdale, British, is reported CENTERVILLE MAY CABINET SHOP Negoations for the organization of a kitchen cabinet manufacturing company, which were brought almost to the point of consummation, jvithia-the past few days have had a set-back and Richmond probably will lose a factory which would have been backed by Richmond capital. The chief parties in the proposed organization were George H. Dilks and George Kemper formerly of the Louck and Hill company. Kemper was tc have taken the output of the factory and dispose of it personally. Fails to Get Contract. It has been announced on good authority that the capital for the company, represented by Dilks, failed to get a contract for the factory's output from Kemper and the factory would not be started on Kemper's promise to take the entire production. The factory was to have been started in the plant of the Raymond Porch Shade company, the old chandelier works; South J street and C. and O. railroad, in February or March and

RUMOR SAYS THAT CHARLES POTTER MAY BE OFFERED STATE JOB WHICH C. 0. WILLIAMS MAY REJECT

Although he admitted that he has made up his mind concerning the offer which has been made him of the position as deputy state superintendent of public instruction in Indiana. County Superintendent Williams declined to! make public his decision today. "In case I announced that I had turned down the offer, the state super intendent-elect would be swamped with j applications for the place," he said. . 'I have promised to make no public statements for a few days. CONVENTION BILL AMENDED SLIGHTLY INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 19. The bill providing for a constitutional con7entlon was passed In the House to engrossment this afternoon after an amendment, offered by Representative McGonagle, Republican and seconded by Democratic floor leader Cravens, had been adopted. The amendment provides that the representaion in the convention shall be based on the legislative instead of the senatorial districts, but does not change the number of delegates to the convention. BOBB WILL SPEAK BEFORE JOBBERS Jdhn N. Bobb, president of the Manufacturers and Jobbers association of the Columbus, O., Chamber of Commerce, has accepted the invitation of the jobbers section of the Commercial club to speak at the first general meeting, Feb. 2, following a dinner. Bobb is one of the most progressive wholesale grocers In Columbus and is serving his second term as president of the association and director of the chamber. The 33 jobbing firms eligible to enter the Richmond section are expected to have representatives at the meeting.

false pretense, grand larceny, assault and battery and petit larceny. Manzella Conway, principal witness subpoenaed by the grand jury for the investigation of the disappearance of letters written by J. Valentine Kaufman, Pennville, before he shot himself after he had killed his wife, noti-

to have arrived at the Cape Verde Islands with the crews of eight of the ships which were sunk. Her early departure on a raiding mission would cause no surprise among shippers. Reports as yet unconfirmed place the present whereabouts of the Moewe a considerable distance north of the Ireland-tcBrazil sea' lanes, where he havos was accomplished. Meanwhile the entente war vessels, aside from hunting down an active raiding squadron, are keeping close watch on several merchant vessels suspected of supplying the Moewe and her allies with food and of assisting them in other ways. As a precaution against an illegal use of Brazilian territory as a base of operations for the German ships a portion of the Brazilian navy is maneuvering off that country. WREST LARGE FROM RICHMOND would have given employment to 50 men at the start, most of them skilled wood workmen. The company expected to get some assistance from the Richmond Industrial Development company which is said to have agreed to terms suggested by Dilks but to have withheld final judgment on Kemper's proposition. Kemper then announced that the factory would go to Centerville.Centerville Makes Offer. "We were offered $6,000 by Centerville citizens to start our factory building and a site to build it, on," Kemper said. "We can get the money at six per cent, with an option to pay off the debt any time." J. A. Dunbar, head of the Dunbar and Sons Lumber company at Centerville, was asked for information regarding a $6,000 fund offered to Kemper. "There has been some talk of it here," he said. "I do not know now who is behind it, or the details of the offer." "When the story is released It will make good reading for Wayne county people." Mr. Williams was asked if another Wayne county man was under consideration for the place of deputy state superintendent. "I will make no comment on the question." replied Mr. Williams. The work requires a man who has bad experience in dealing with rural schools but It. does not require a man with teaching experience. It was rumored today that Charles Potter, former Wayne township trustee, is being considered for the place. Mr. Potter said that he knew nothing of it. DARING ROBBERIES BLAMED ON WAR AND PROSPERITY NEW YORK, Jan. 19. The larger number of daring robberies that have occurred in this city recently is said by Police Commissioner Woods to be the natural result of war time prosperity "which has brought so much money and so many pleasure 6eekers to New York." Confidence was expressed however, that the great majority of the criminals prosecuted, generally were afraid to come back and that those now operating here soon would be rounded up.

THREE OKLAHOMA BANDITS SLAIN CY CITIZENS POSSE

OKMlfLGEE, Okla., Jan. 19. A , v. v i v i posse of ten men which left here early today in search for alleged bank rob-

fled , Prosecutor Strayer that h would be able to appear before thei jury, Mpnday morning. Letters Reported Destroyed. j It was rumored today that other wit-' nesses who have appeared before the ' jury testified that the letters have! been burned. This rumor could not bo 1 confirmed, however. The testimony of Mrs. Conway will !

end the probe of the Kaufman case and the jury will be free to make its decision. Several houses alleged to be of ill repute were placed under the grand Jury "X-ray today. It had been tha plan of the prosecutor to dismiss the ' jury last night for a recess until Febru-1 ary 1, but other developments have caused him to change his mind. Judge Fox instructed the jury to adjourn to- i night until Monday. Finds New Violations. "It is likely that the probe will con tinue through the remainder of January and part of February," said Prosecutor Strayer today. "Gross law violations are daily coming to the attention of the jury and the jurors are free to continue their Investigations until all business is completed." Alleged violations of child labor laws by some local industries will come to attention of the jurors Monday. It la claimed that some startling condition? have been discovered and that some surprising facts will be revealed if evidence warrants the return of indictments. Men prominent In civic and Industrial affairs of the city will be affected by the probe of child labor conditions, it is reported. It is said that children under fourteen years of age whom the law requires to attend school are working long hoars under bad conditions. Petty Admits Forgery. Everett Petty, 16. Hagerstown, entered a plea of guilty to the Indictment which was returned against him for forgery in circuit court today. It was explained to the judge that the boy had been an orphan for eight years and that he deserved lenient consideration. Judge Fox let the offender go on his own recognizance. The boy promised to take employment on a farm and to behave. Gus Kroma was arrested today on an indictment for non-support returned by the grand jury. John Underhill was brought Into the grand jury by Sheriff Carr upon the order of Judge Fox. Underhill had been excused earlier in the week because he sent in a physician's certificate stating that he was ill. Underhill Resists Sheriff. Underhill and the sheriff had a little disagreement in the corridor on the second floor of the court house when the witness sat down In a seat and declined to go any further. With a littles force the sheriff got Underhill to the court room where Judge Fox censured the witness for misconduct and Btated that he was laying himself liable for contempt of court. It is understood that Underbill's testimony is considered especially valuable by the grand jury as it implicates a number of well-known married men. The investigation of alleged houses If HI renute is causing considerable I nervousness among certain classes of young bloods. At the same time, several small towns of the county are protesting vigorously against the publicity they are getting out of the investigations The jury is paying no attention to these protests and is taking tip every law violation which comes to its attention. HORTON PROPOSES TO REDOGE GRADE NEAR HOSPITAL SITE Surveyor Horton will ask county commissioners in session tomorrow to petition county council for an appropriation to cut down the steep bill ou the Liberty pike five miles south of Richmond near Elkhorn. The hill which extends south from a deep valley is extremely dangerous because of curves in the road and tho narrowness of the grade. Several years ago a man driving an International Harvester company truck up the hill lost control of the machine and was killed. Other minor accidents have occurred on the grade since theu. The improvement is of especial interest because of the proposed donation of Smithdale for a county tuberculosis hospital. TAKE SPECIAL OFFERING The Jehoiada chest will make its appearance at the Second English Lutheran church Sunday morning for the special offering. bers returned about noon with the bodies of three men. The three killed e en'aged In a Bklrmish wIth posse southwest of the city. ; . ,