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AFTER WOUNDING HIS WIFE AND SHOOTING HER RELATIVE ISAAC FLOYD KILLS HffiLF

Mrs. Floyd, Blood Streaming From Deep Flesh Wound in Her Neck, Runs to Telephone to Summons Medical Assistance for Her Aunt, Mrs. Charles Howard, Whose Wounds Are Expected to Prove Fatal-Would-be Murderer Turns Gun on Himself After Driving Charles Howard From the House, Who Came to Rescue With an Ax.

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Isaac Floyd, 35, a factory workman residing in the Beallview.

addition, after shooting his wife and her aunt, Mrs. Charles Howard, probably fatally wounding the latter, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head,' the ball entering the forehead and penetrating the brain. Trouble which occurred between Floyd and his wife last night

was the cause of the tragedy. The shooting took place this morn

ing in the Howard home, which is a poorly constructed, one-story shack standing on a hillock near South Fourth and M streets, a short distance west of the Richmond Adding and Listing Machine company's plant.

Neither Leave Children. Mrs. Floyd 1b about 25 years old. Her aunt, Mrs. Howard, Is about 32 years old. Neither the Floyds nor the Howards have children. Floyd fire dtwo shots at Mrs. Howard, both taking effect One ball entered the right shoulder deflected downward and, It Is believed, penetrated a lung. . The other bullet struck Mrs. Howard on the right side of her nose, penetrating it, forcing the left eye ball out of its socket and coming out close to the left temple. , Only one bullet struck Mrs. Floyd. It made an ugly flesh wound on the right side of her heck. After sMhad been shot Mrs.' Floyd," blood streaming from her wound, ran from the house to the residence of James Earnest, nearby, and telephoned to a physician to care for her aunt. It was Continued On Page Ten.

Cyclone Causes Another Mishap

HAGERSTOWN, Ind., March 14. Two women were Injured yesterday In n accident near here, traceable to the Sunday cyclone. They were Mrs. Ellas Hoover and her sister, Mrs. Carrie Rohrer, who were thrown fom a buggy when the horse they were driving ran away. The horse became frightened when the buggy struck a telephone wire, blown down by the storm. The wire caught in the buggy top and forced it off. Mrs. Hoover was injured seriously, receiving cuts on the head.

NAVY OPENS BIDS ON SCOUT CRUISERS

(By Associated - Press) , WASHINGTON, March 14 Bids were opened at the .navy department today for the construction of six 35knot scout cruisers, to cost 16,000,000 each, exclusive of armor and armament.

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TO INCREASE WAR SUPPLY FOR RUSSIA

(By Associated" Press) WASHINGTON. March 14. American Minister Reinsch at Peking today reported to the state department that China had eeverad diplomatic relations with Germany and that the German minister had been handed his passports. The immediate effect of China's severance of relations probably will be a greatly increased output of munitions for Russia. China is Japan's source of iron and has provided much of the raw material on which the latter's immense munition trade has been built up. China also has 6iz large arsenals, which, with her mines, will add large resources against Germany. China Sends 100,000 Coolies. China has already sent 100,000 coolies to France and Russia and can Continued On Page Eight.

30,000 SALOONS CLOSE IN LONDON AS WAR MEASURE

(By Associated Press) LONDON, March 14. Thirty thousand saloons in Great Britain will probably be closed during the next few months, according to the Mail. The measure Is proposed as a solution of the difficulty with regard to the compulsory restriction of the beer output and brewers are stated to be in practical agreement with the government in regard to the remedy. The closing of the saloons Is said to have been suggested by some of the brewers them

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CHARTERS LOST BY 2 SCHOOLS; DUBLIN IS ONE

Dublin and Whitewater high schools

will lose their charters when the school year expires. Only chartered high schools are recognized by colleges and state school authorities. The commissions of these two high

schools will be revoked as the result of the visit of J. B. Pearcy, Indianap

olis, state high school Inspector, in Wayne county, Monday and Tuesday. Trustees of Jackson and Franklin townships will not be notified until tomorrow that the charters will be revoked. The Palladium gained author itative Information through confidential sources. Leaves Fountain City Charter. It had been thought that Fountain City high school would lose Its charter because of crowded conditions. Continued On Page Ten. Drenching Rain Adds to Sadness at Gray Funeral HAGERSTOWN, Ind., March 14 A little knot of mourners stood on a hillside in a drenching rain yesterday and watched an undertaker lower a double coffin into a grave. The knot was composed of relatives of- Robert and Marlon Gray, the child victims of the tornado Sunday, whose bodies were placed in a single grave. Next to the fresh grave was another, still new. In which rests the body of the children's . mother, who died less than a-year ago. The burial was In West River cemetery; north of ' the city. - . . Ernest - Gray, father. -of the little ones, and the two children' that were Baved from the storm's fury, were among the mourners. ,. Mrs. Sarah Engle, the victims' nurse, who is recovering from effects of the cyclone was unable to attend the funeral. Ora Smith, who was injured in the storm, is recovering. .

WILSON NAMES TARIFF BOARD

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 14. President Wilson has selected the following men as members of the tariff commission: Prof.' Frank W. Taussig, of Harvard University, former representative David J. Lewis, of Cumberland, Maryland; former representative William Kent, of Kentfield, Cal.; Daniel C. Rope, of McCall, S. C; E. P. Costigan, of Denver, Col.; W. S. Culbertson, of Emporia, Kansas.

TO RE-STOCK FRANCE

(By Associated Press) WOSHINGTON. March 14 American manufacturers will have every advantage over their competitors in restocking France with hardware at the end of the war, according to a special report today by the Bureau of Foreign and domestic commerce. '

Cold is Better; Wilson is Up

(By Associated Press) " WASHINGTON, March 14. President Wilson was so near complete, recovery from the cold with which he has been suffering for more than a week that he attended to public business today in his study. He is not expected to leave the White House for several days.

CENTER VILLE TO DONATE GROUND FOR NEW SCHOOL

Centervllle is preparing to make a proposition to Wayne county for the establishment of a county vocational high school in Center township. . The proposed location is between Centervllle and the poor farm. It is understood that Centerville expects to furnish the ground. A meeting of trustees and teachers of all townships surrounding Ceater and of all school people in the county interested In the proposition has been called by-Tbomas Jessup, Centervllle, .for next Wednesday night. The meeting will be held in Centervllle. A general policy of procedure will be outlined. All corporations, in Wayne county' will be invited to join Continued .On Page Five. . ; ' -r'v TEBBETTS VISITS MEXICO ,

Secretary Charles E..Tebbetts of the Friends' Missionary board is going to take a trip into Mexico next week. He will attend a missions conference In Mexico City. Next Sunday he will spend at Southland, Ark., college. From Mexico he will go to his home In California.

Weather Forecast

For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair and colder tonight Thursday fair.

Temperature Today. Noon 38 Yesterday. Maximum 45 Minimum ...32 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight Below freezing. General Conditions The strong east wind and the heavy rain of the past 36 hours was due to the southwestern storm which has, been slowly moving toward the Great Lakes. Rain fall is general over the Ohio and Mississippi valley. .Very warm weather continues over southern. Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. Winter -weather prevails west of the Mississippi river. Temperatures below zero. Ten below in sections of Montana and Wyoming. Weather will clear and reaction to warmer weather will reach this section about the last of the week.

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: ? (By Associated Press) . LONDON, March 14. American steamship Algonquin has been torpedoed by a German submarine. The crew was saved. The Algonquin, owned by the American Star line of New York, was recently transferred from British registry. She was reported to have about eight' Americans in her crew.; She sailed from New York for London on February 20. According to latest advices from Plymouth the German submarine opened fire upon the Algonquin from a distance of 4,000 yards, firing about twenty shells. These were not sufficient to sink the steamer so she was boarded by men from the submarine who placed four bombs and the Algonquin was then blown up. The crew was given plenty of time to leave the vessel. The attack occurred at 6 a. m. on March 12. ONE OF FIRST SHIPS TO LEAVE NEW YORK NEW YORK, March 14. The Algonquin was torpedoed and sunk on March 12, according to a cablegram received here today by the owners. Where the torpedoing took place was not mentioned in the message, which came from Penzance, France. The Algonquin, a freighter, was one of the first American vessels to ; sail from the United States after Germany announced her submarine campaign of unrestricted warfare., v She carried about 2,000 tons of cargo and was commanded by Captain A. Nordberg, a naturalized American of Norwegian birth. ; When she left here on February 20, her' owners expected her to - reach the submarine zone about March 8. It was assumed here today that she went! ! considerably out of her course. , f , :

.--.Was Vessel of 2.832 'Tons'

. She was. a. vessel jaf. 2JkZ2. toffs gross 281 feet long" and 43 feet beam. She was built in -.Philadelphia, In 1890. She was a single' screw steamer and was commanded by Captain Al Nordberg. Among the American citizens on board were William T. Holmes, of Chicago, mate, and Charles Schultz, of Brooklyn, chief engineer. Her owners agreed to give the officers a war bonus of fifty per cent In wages and the crew a bonus of 25 per cent with the proviso that in case the vessel was captured - or destroyed the men were to be paid the bonus with their wages until they returned to the United States. Algonquin Worth $450,000 Officers of the American star line said the Algonquin was worth approximately 460,000, and that the cargo consisting mostly of food stuffs, was worth more than $1,250,000. There were ten Americans including the captain on the Algonquin, the owners announced. Prior to sailing the Algonquin's captain said he had no fear that bis vessel would be torpedoed. "I feel safer in sailing through the war zone on a vessel flying the American flag than I do trying to make my way about. New York streets and dodging taxi cabs," he said.

PENNSY BELIEVES MOST OF MEN WILL DISREGARD ORDER TO STRIKE

Officials of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania railroad are quietly awaiting the result of the conference to be held In New York tomorrow between representatives of the various railway systems and leaders of the four great railroad brotherhoods, a conference which, it is expected, will determine whether there will be a nation-wide strike of trainmen. It can be stated that the Richmond division officials have made no preparations to meet such an emergency as would result from the calling of a strike in the absence of orders rom the general offices of the company to secure men to take the places of those whp would respond to a strike call. . Comoanv Entertains No Fear. '

The fact that the general offices of

the company has issued no emergency strike order is interpreted to mean, by most of the division officials, that the company does not believe a strike will be called. This opinion is " shared by several trainmen who were interviewed today, although officials of the 'brotherhoods have notified the trainmen to be pre- . Continued On Page Five.

PICKETT RESIGNS POST

Dr. Clarence E. Pickett of Toronto, Canada, who : recently conducted a series of devotional meetings at Earlham college, has resigned his pastorate to become president of Pickering college at Newmarket, Ontario.

Secrecy Covers Details of Plan Made by Heads

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 14. Strict secrecy was thrown about the meeting here today between the national chiefs of the brotherhoods of railroad employes and Eastern brotherhood officials to discuss plans for a stride which may be called Saturday if the chiefs at the conference with their railroad managers here ' tomorrow fail to obtain the desired results.

ELBERT RUSSELL SPEAKS

Professor Elbert Russell of Johns Hopkins university was the preacher in a special inauguration service at the Washington Friends church a week ago last Sunday.

NEWCASTLE HOMES CRUSHED BY RAGING MIGHT OF TORNADO, SHOWN A MASS OF TANGLED AND SPLINTERED DEBRIS IN FIRST PICTURE PUBLISHED HERE

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