Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 71, 3 February 1917 — Page 10
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, FEB. 3, 1917
ELECTRIC PLANT WILL HELP MEET SALOON DEFICIT
I" At the city ball today It was estiMuted that an Increase In the city tax 2rf of from 7 to 8 cents could be anticipated for next year as a result of the prohibition law.' Last year the city government received 13,800 for liquor licensee, 64 saloons each paying- (260 Into the city treasury and three 'wholesale liquor concerns each contributing $100. - As the city's Income now 1b lees than Is actually needed the loss of $12,800 revenue would financially cripple the city. Each one cent levy brings In approximately $1,600 per year; It would require a nine cent Sncrease in the tax rate to make up the pending deficit. Such an increase rwould mean a tax rate of 91.19 on leach $100 of assessable valuation, . Will Effeot Some Saving It is believed that some savins in Idty expenses can be made under pro
hibition, such as reductions in the leoEt of feeding' prisoners and other incidental police department Items, ibut there is also a possibility that (the lrst year under prohibition will result in Increased costs in the operation of this department by reason of the fact that numerous attempts at violations of the prohibition law are Jto be anticipated. Probably by the end of next year the Richmond Municipal Electric )lant will be in a position to contribute a part of its earnings to the general municipal fund. This should result la a reduction In the tax rate. This year the city plant will pay toff a bonded indebtedness of approximately $96,000 Incurred through the purchase of the L. 11. & P. plant and for plant betterments. Leaves Only Building Debt i .Then the plant's only bonded lnBobtednecs will bo that incurred several years ago for tho construction of khe utility. This bonded debt Is l$18G,000. A state law permits a municipal Stlllty to pay Into the municipal genral fund annually any amount not exceeding tlx per cent of the plant's valuation providing safeguards have ibuen provided for tho paying off of all (bonded Indebtedness of the plant It was pointed out today that at the close of next year all the plant's curplus earnings could be paid into Its sinking fund. It is believed such earnings, plus two per cent, compound interest on the amount placed In the finking fund, would provide a fund Bufl'clent to retire the construction bonds when they mature, about 11 years hence. The construction bonds having been provided for at the close of 1918 under tho above sugjrrstcd plan the city the following ye:ir, could receive a )art of tho plant earnings to meet general municipal expenses.
FORD RECOMMENDS RECREATION GROUND AT RICHMOND PARK
LABOR COUNCIL WANTS ONION MAN ON BOARD
Central Labor Council in its meeting last night decided to take an active part in the city campaign. Although it will put no ticket in the field, the organized labor body will support men who are sympathetic to laboring people. Robert B. Graham, prominent in affairs of the labor body, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for councilman from the fourth ward. "We will support no man for mayor who does not promise that he will place an organized labor man on the board of public works," said Graham, today. Teamsters will organize a local next Jlonday night at a special meeting in Carpenters' hall. A central council of all building trades locals will be organized, Thursday night. A legislative committee was appointed to work towards securing favorable city, county state and national legislation.
In submitting his report for the past year, Charles Ford, superintendent of Glen Miller park, took occasion today to " again urge the board of public
works to make the park useful as well
as ornamental.
Supt Ford urged that a certain sec
tion of the park be dedicated to whole
some, outdoor sports, such as baseball
and tennis, and that a play ground for children be provided, equipped with
some playground apparatus.
Ford advised the placing of a base
ball diamond In that part of the Glen
known as Roosevelt field., .' He ; sug
gested that the elk pen be removed
from its present site and located near
the deer park, and that the present cite of the elk range beb laid out Into
tennis courts. In another section of Ihe park Ford would place a play
grounds for young children. , Sum of $600 Available.
He pointed out that there is now a
considerable sum available for pro
viding recreation places at the park,
$800 received from the railroad com pany for a sale of a strip of park prop
erty and about $500 in the Chautauqua
fund. The board of public works has con
flistently Ignored all suggestions to
provide recreation at the Glen.
In his 1916 report Ford shows that
the park expenses totaled $7,176.67.
He cites numerous park improvements.
The zoo, the report indicates, is quite
a pretentious one now, Including three
bears, four elk, three ringtail monkeys,
cne rhesus monkey, four alligators, one ocelot catfl four polecats, ten Mus
covy ducks, four Pekin ducks, two pea
fowls, four deer, five guinea pigs, one
grey eagle, two baldheaded eagles, six
rabbits, two raccoons, two red foxes,
six coyottes, one fox squirrel, and one
groundhog.
The groundhog, Ford reports, peeped out of his dwelling yesterday, saw his
ehaddow and hurried back to cover.
COAL SUPPLY WILL LAST ABOUT WEEK
DIPLOMATIC BREAK CAUSES BIG RUSH
TO ARMY'S OFFICERS
Bulletins announcing that diplomat
ic relations between the United States
and Germany had been broken caused
several young men to seek lnforma
tion concerning the United States
army, Recruiting Sergeant Warner
reported today.
"A patriotic fervor similar to that
which swept over this recruiting dis
trict during the Mexican crisis last
summer and which caused dozens of
young men to enter the service, settled down on the community today," Sergeant Warner said.
"Many interpreted the breaking of diplomatic relations to mean that war
had been declared and they were leady to offer their services. I look for recruiting to increase over two
hundred per cent, next week even if
no special appeal for volunteers is made."
BLUEBIRD PLAY AT WASHINGTON
Followers of Bluebird photoplays will remember the splendid natureBettings in all of Lynn F. Reynolds' pictures in that popular series the giant redwood trees of California, the placid lakes and mountain scenes in the Sierras and the other natural grandeurs recalled in "The Secret of the Swamp," "The Girl of Lost Lake," "The End of the Rainbow," etc. There will be a pleasurable anticipation for those who love pictures of Tugged out-of-doors in the promise that another Lynn R. Reynold's Bluebird is coming to the Washington theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday, when "God's Crucible" will be the attraction.
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
The Ministerial association will not meet Monday morning. A week from Monday, F. G. Pickell, principal of the high school, will address the ministers.
LEARNS TO SWIM ON SHORT NOTICE
Hector Sarno couldn't swim a single stroke when he was cast for the part of "Hamuka," an Hawaiian, in the new William Fox production, "The Island of Desire," at the Washington Sunday and Monday. To be -An Hawaiian and not swim would be an anomalous thing anywhere; but it would be especially anomalous in this particular photoplay which has to do with the sea and shipwreck. Sarno had to learn to swim and do it mighty quick. He weut to a swimming instructor at a plunge in Los Angeles, told the instructor his needs and asked anxiously if he could get quick action.
AT THE WASHINGTON SUNDAY AND MONDAY
"If this cold spell lasts a week, there will be a serious coal famine," a leading coal dealer said today. "We are able to fill part of all orders to enable people to keen their fires going. We coal dealers get a car from the mines occasionally." Low gas pressure will cause an Increase in the demand for coal. - Although it was difficult to keep some of the rooms at Earlham college warm yesterday because of the ctrong wind, President Kelly reports there is plenty of coal on hand. Dr. S. E. Smith reported that fifteen cars of coal are on hand at Easthaven.
GIVE BATTERIES CARE.
"To keep the cost of electricity down, the owner of an automobile must take proper care of the battery," said members of the Richmond Electric company, today. "He should give the battery the same attention that he does the engine. It should be torn down' at frequent intervals."
RATLIFF REPORTS LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE WORLD
Richmond! tes who ; have shivered during the below-zero weather of the last two days should consider these figures: On February 13, 1899, the lowest temperature In Indiana was recorded at Purdue university. It was 31 degrees below zero. Tobacco Garden, N. D., had the lowest recorded temperature in the Unit
ed States when the mercury stood at
64 below. Siberia claims the distinction of the lowest temperature. January 15, 1885, a thermometer in that frozen land registered 90 degrees below. : These figures were furnished by Walter Ratliff. His thermometer this morning registered 8 degrees below. Yesterday morning it was 5 below.
OBSERVE THEIR BIRTHDAY
MILTON. Ind., Feb. 3. The Groundhog club of Mffton, celebrated Friday. The members are Dr. Sweney, who leads the van; being 82 on that day. Then there are Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. F. C. McCormick and Mrs. Flora Ferguson.
"BIRTH OF A NATION" COMING
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Scene from Stirring Production Coming to Washington.
COMING TO THE LYRIC, SUNDAY
NORA TALMADGE
AT MURRETTE
Nora Talmadge, who is the star of
"The Social Secretary," the Triangle-
line Arts release to be shown at the Murrette theatre, Monday, made her theatrical debut before an audience
which paid one cent each for tickets.
This, Miss Talmadge says, occurred
quite a number of years ago, when
she was attending primary school in
the place of her birth, Jersey City. At
a very early age she developed a desire to act, and these initial perform
ances were given in the cellar of her home, with shawls for stage gowns. Her mother always occupied a seat on
a rickety chair in thefront row, and a school chum sold tickets. .
debut as the younger girl, and others in a cast of well-known Fine Arts. players are Ralph Lewis as the father, Loyola O'Connor as the mother, Carl Stockdale as the judge and Alma Reubens as the stepmother. Murrette Wednesday.
"TRUANT SOUL" IS STRONG FILM
LILLIAN GISH
IN NEW FEATURE
Lillian Gish in "The Children Pay,"
new Triangle-Fine Arts play, adds an
other portrait to her rapidly-increasing gallery of screen heroines.
Lillian Gish is said to do very con
vincing work in the rather difficult
role of girl who is both spoiled and saddened by the tragedy of her youth. Violet Wilkie makes her Triangle
"When Henry B. Walthall said his role of Dr. Lancaster in 'The Truant Soul' at the Murrette Thursday and Friday was his best effort, we who remembered The Avenging Conscience" and The Birth of a Nation' smiled dubiously and thought it was one of those remarks the press agent often demands from the most truthful star. But Mr. Walthall was too modest. For straight dramatic value we cannot expect better on the stage or screen. That sounds like a strong statement, but when an audience large enough to fill the Studebaker theatre at Chicago sits tense and still for two hours and the voice of a little child in the balcony tells all of us to 'look at the little mouse' we know we have seen a masterpiece."
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COMPULSORY MEDICINE
IS RAISING TAXES
The Legislative Observer must be impressed with the many nice bills being
imroaucea in our uenerai Assembly lor tne increased employment of the medical profession at the expense of the public. In some quarters people have thought' that there would be an end to compulsory vaccination, but inspection of these bills would indicate that what has been true of the past is but a beginning. 1, H. B. 112 Denies trial by jury. 2, H. B. 115 Provides for compulsory medical examination of school children at an expense of almost $208,000.00 yearly and pro
viding berths for 1506 physicians. j 3, H. B. 151 Makes it compulsory upon county commissioners to j buy and keep constantly fresh a supply of tetanus anti-toxin. ; 4, H. B. 162 Makes obligatory the appointment of 123 or more ' city and county health commissioners at $1800 to $2500 each per year, with power to open laboratories and employ help to run them all at ! the public expense. - . j 5, H. B. 242 Gives health officer the right to issue a special license to a licensed physician to embalm the bodies of those dying 1 of contagious disease, the only excuse necessary being that the reg- i ularly licensed embalmer could not be reached in six hours. i 6, H. B. 270 Provides for compulsory disinfection of premises where physicians report tubercular infection before tenant may reoccupy. Work at public expense. - 7, H. B. 269 Provides for the compulsory calling of an election on petition of 200 voters asking a county tubercular hospital, such election to be at public expense, and such hospital to be manned by physicians , and maintained at county expense. The above does not include those introduced in the Senate and doubtless there are more to come. The way the people take care of the doctors must be annoying to the lawyers. But so long as it does not annoy the people, the Knights of the Germ and Hypodermic Needle will doubtless continue to burn gasoline going about the business of forcing medical service upon you, whether you will or no, AND ROBBING YOU OF YOUR FREEDOM ! ! ! I
NICHOLSON STICKS TO HIS GUNS FOR HE SEES JOB AHEAD
Indianapolis Artists Win Honors , at Exhibit of Indiana Art
Timothy Nicholson does not feel his
work against the saloons will have been finished with enactment, of the
prohibition measure. !
Mr. Nicholson has been president of
the Indiana Anti-Saloon league since its organization, nearly a score of
years ago. At the last annual meeting he expressed a desire to "get out of
the harness." The organization refused to permit this and told him they would re-elect him until Indiana went
dry. , Now that Indiana is dry he believes the fight has only started in a sense. "There will be plenty of work to do in the next two or three years and I have no desire to relinquish my active interest in the fight yet," he said today. Mr. Nicholson is hopeful that the house of representatives immediately will pass the Wright bill as amended by the senate and end discussion.
Women Break Into Church to Ring Bell
How the report of the passage of the prohibition bill by the senate, yesterday afternoon, broke up a social club meeting of West Richmond women was related today by a city official. This official knew his wife was attending the club meeting and telephoned the news to her. Most of the women ran from the house shouting their enthusiasm and two of them managed to secure entrance to the Second English Lutheran church, where they seized the bell rope and tolled the bell vigorously for nearly a half hour.
Indianapolis artists won honors at the twentieth annual Indiana Artist 3 Exhibit which opened last night at tho Public Art Gallery. ' Clifton Wheeler, of Indianapolis, was given first prize of $50 for his landscape "Sunrise on Panther." This prize is donated by Mrs. William Dudley Foulke. Randolph Coats, of Indianapolis, won second prize of $25 for a canvas, "Hours of NightFirst honorable mention was given to Wayman Adams, of Indianapolis, for a portrait Paul Plasche Honored. Second honorable 'mention wa3 awarded to Paul Plasche, of New Albany, for "Ten O'Clock." This is the second time Wheeler has
won first prize. Two years ago he was awarded the $50 and last year was given honorable mention. Wayman Adams won first prize last year. Wilson Irvine, of Chicago, one of the judges, spoke at the opening of the
exhibit He said this showing was su- j perior to former exhibits here with I which he had been acquainted. Art patrons who attended the ex-!
bib it voiced the same sentiment " The gallery will be open Sunday afternoon, Monday and Wednesday evenings and during school hours. The exhibit will be open all during February.
JONES TAKES PLAN J BEFORE TRUSTEES!
COLD DOUBLES DEMANDS Cold weather has doubled the calls for poor relief at the township trustees office. Yesterday, there were seventeen calls for coal and ten calls for grocery orders. There are now about fifty people relying upon the township for help.
JUDGE GRANTS DECREE
Judge Fox in circuit court today granted a divorce to Thomas Rowley, colored, from Julia Rowley, colored.
County Road Superintendent Jones announced today that he will talk over his plan for a 1olnt county road school here some time soon with the township trustees of the county in their meeting at the office of the county superintendent of schools, next Wednesday. The Commercial club and the Automobile association have endorsed the plan.
WILL HOLD CONFERENCE
AH assistant road supervisors of the county will hold a conference at the court house with Superintendent Jones f-ome time during this month to out-1 line plans for the year.
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CONNELL SELLS FARM
William P. Connell has sold his 105acre farm located in the northern part of the county, S. W. 25-18-12, to William A. Hoover of Delaware county, consideration $10,500.
NIEMAN PLEADS GUILTY
Richard Nieman, indicted by the grand jury for embezzling funds belonging to the Iron Moulders' union, entered a plea of guilty in circuit court, today. Judge Fox withheld sentence upon the promise of Nieman to pay back the money.
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