Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 49, 8 January 1918 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, JAN. 8, 1918.

HEAD OF RETAILERS WILL SPEAK HERE

David Meyer, president of the Indiana Retailers' association, will address Richmond and Wayne county retall dealers at a meeting in the Commercial club rooms Wednesday night. All dealers in the city and county are urged to attend the meeting by Wayne County Food Administrator Weidrer. The meeting will begin at 7:30 o'clock.

Bought Government' s Bonds But Failed to Support Wife, She Says Charles Crocker, Richmond printer, bought "government" bonds but h8 failed to buy even food for his wife, Mrs. Fredericks, according to her complaint for support filed in circuit court Tuesday. Mrs. Crocker alleges that her husband is the owner of "government" bonds valued at $4,000 and personal property valued at $2,000. She alleges that he deserted ber on April 14, 1914, and since that time has failed to contribute anything for her support. She asks the court to compel him to pay her $10 weekly.

Court Records

Marriage Licenses. Edward Simpson, railroader, Richmond, to Grace Elizabeth McConlogue, Richmond. Eva M. Sparks against John Fuson, edmlnlstrator, action to set aside letters of administrator in estate of Ella J. Vincent, dismissed Tuesday for want of prosecution by the defendant. The claim of William Steddon against the Claude Miller estate was dismissed Tuesday at the cost of the estate.

CAPTAIN'S DIARY REVEALS HUN INTRIGUE

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MRS. ELLEN LAMAR DIES

Mrs. Ellen Lamar died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Shoemaker at Modoc. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Abbie Bowman of Richmond and Mrs. Shoemaker of Modoc, and two sons, E. L. Lamar, of Toledo, and A. J. Lamar of Pony, Mont. Burial will be at Hagerstown Sunday morning.

Bessie Webb Sentenced For Selling Liquor Bessie Webb, hotel keeper, was found guilty of selling intoxicating liquor in circuit court, Tuesday. Sh9 was fined $50 and costs and given thirty days in jail. The case was appealed from the City court where she was found guilty and given fifty dollars and costs and ninety days in jail.

5,000 Railroad Men are Wanted at Camp Grant Five thousand experienced railroad men between the ages of 31 and 41 are needed at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., according to word received by Sergeant Wright of the Richmond army recruiting station. Railroaders of all classes are want

ed but they must be able to furnish reference that they are experienced men.

Leslie Hornbeck. 223 South West

Fourth street, enlisted at the Army recruiting station Tuesday.

HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 7. Revelations recently by the naval intelligence bureau gave to Hawaii the first inkling of the vast scope of German intrigue and plotting carried on" right under the noses of government, civil, military and naval officials while the German gunboat Geier and German merchantmen were interned in Honolulu shortly after the world war broke out. Based on the diary of Capt. Karl Grasshof, comander of the Geier, the revelations are an expose of the violation of all principles of international law and a disregard for the hospitality and refuge extended by a neutral nation. All the time the plotting was going on a Japanese cruiser was lying in wait outside the three-mile limit to Eend the Germans to the bottom if they ventured outside the harbor. Centering on the gunboat Geier, the conspiracy was notable chiefly for the dissemination of propaganda destined to work up enmity between Japan and America, the Geier's wireless being worked constantly, though she was interned, to carry orders from agent to agent, to listen in on and to plot to send home German interned sailors by means of forged passports. Bernstorff Is lo Diary. Too names of Bernstorff, former ambassador; Captain Boy-ed and von Pa pen, sent home by Washington be-

Officers of the German gunboat Geier.

1 cause of their pernicious activities and numerous secret agents of the German espionage system figure prominently in the diary. The plot stretched from Washington to Shanghai, Manila and Hong Kong The officers of the Geier in the photo are, reading left to right, standing: Paymaster Gagclmann; Second Lieut. Jacobl-Miller, First Lieut. Metzner; First Lieut. Pustkuchen, First Lieut. Portwich. Sitting: Dr. Guestchow, Capt. Grasshof, commander and leading figure in conspiracy to violate .American neutrality; Capt. Lieut. Eissmann, Engineer Hildebrand. Arrow points to Grasshof. The expose shows chiefly: 1. That an attempt was made to get men from the Geier home to Germany by use of forged passports. 2. That A. V. Kircheisen, quartermaster on the steamer China, known as German secret service agent K-17, carried orders and information to and from San Francisco and the Orient. 3. That the Geier's wireless intercepted government messages and filed them away for reference, using her wireless in violation of the internment regulations. . 4. That desperate efforts were made by the Germans to start trouble between Japan and America by the dissemination of false rumors, calculated however to cause a feeling of suspicion on the part of the United States

toward Japan. One rumor concerned the purported dispatch of a Japanese army of 300,000 to a Mexican seaport Tried to Frighten Ally. 5. The deliberate attempts also were made to give rise to the belief that Germans in America were planning an invasion of Canada, evidently with the intention of frightening the Canadians into i keeping their armies at home. ' The Honolulu consulate was Instructed to spread this story. 6. That following the sinking of the Lusitania preparations were made by the Interned Germans to disable their ships, believing war was imminent and in fact the Geier did destroy her guns because Bernstorff's message not to do so arrived too late. 7. That Boy-ed in a message from Washington ordered the Germans to spread the story of a German submarine operating in the south seas, a falsehood calculated to frighten Pacific coast shipping men. Captain Grasshof, following the discovery of his duplicity, was examined by a military court and held in solitary confinement until his removal last summer to Fort Douglas, Utah. One item the diary revealed was an attempt to stir up trouble for the British in China. Another reference was to "7,000 rifles buried In the environs of Manila."

Two Wives Dismiss Their Divorce Suits

Two suits for divorce were dismissed in circuit court Tuesday by wives who have settled their differences with their husbands. The suits were those of Mrs. Gracell Schafer against Ulysses S. Schafer and Mrs. Laura Carr against Lee Carr. Mrs. Muriel Williams' suit against Ben W. Williams for support was also dismissed.

Mrs. Miles of Ft. Wayne, and two sons Paul Wilson of Marlon, III, and Lieutenant Scott Wilson of Fort Boise, Texas. She was a member of First Christian church.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Rev. L. E. Murray will officiate. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at any time.

Small Pox Patience Tried to Play Santa Claus at City's Expense

Bills for groceries bought by smallpox sufferers in Richmond continue to be received by the board of works and present indications are that the total cost of the cases in Richmond will amount to $8,000 or more. ' Already $4,600 has been paid for groceries, physicians fees, and coal for the sufferers. Bills . amounting . to $1,009.93 have been received sine January 1. It is claimed that the city is forced to pay the bills. - The smallpox sufferers, there were 248 during December, did not suffer for want of food according to bills being received The bills tend to show that many of the sufferers took advantage of the city In obtaining groceries. . - . On one bill, a charge tt $4.80 was made for tobacco- furnished by one of the leading grocers of Richmond. The charge was not allowed by the city

however and the tobacco user will have to pay, or the grocer will be "oaf -One woman attempted to play Santa Claus to herself and family at the expense of the city.. The bill baa jnst been tiled. A chicken costing $1.20 was bought Sixty cents worth of nuts, fifty cents worth of candy and thirty ''cents worth of oranges. And all charged to the city's accounts, although the family was able to pay, It la said. : i Several others who were Quarantined for smallpox also bought chickens, the bills sent to the city. One woman bought a broom and the city charged ninety cents.. Several bought candy. :',-,) , j However these "Santa Claus" bills have not been allowed and will be taken up by the board of public works.

Albus Devianxtrcttt

Hva to Inject "Pep

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Secretary Albus gare a demonstration on bow to Inject "pep" into a dead merchant by the means of advertising and becoming affiliated with club organisations of Richmond, Tuesday at the Rotary luncheon. . Plaas were made for an evening entertainment Tuesday, January 15 for wives and Mends of the members. Lee B. Nnsbaum presented a service flag to the club.

Pianist and Tenor Present Most Pleasing Joint Recital

Those who permitted the weather to keep them from the joint recital Monday evening at the Coliseum robbed themselves of a pleasant , evening. The recital was given by Yolanda Mero, the pianist, and Lambert Murphy, the American tenor. Murphy proved to be a delightful performer. He came practically unheralded, to fill Herbert Wltherspoon's place on the program and there were no regrets at the change. His affable manners, as well as the charming quality of his voice, won the audience. While he is not possessed of a socalled "great voice" he handles his altogether adequate organ with artistic precision. His outstanding poseseion in the mind of the reviewer, is the singing quality of his voice and the superb Interpretations he gives to even the simplest of Irish ballads. Program Is Popular. Madame Mero demonstrated her right to be known as a leading pianist. She displayed fire and emotion of a high order and ber technique was above reproach. Her program was selected with a view to its popularity. Her Liszt's Rhapsody No. 2 was presented in a high:y authoritative manner and she played the Agghasy "Etude en Octaves," an endurance test, in admirable style. Murphy opened his program with a dramatic aria from a Massenet opera, in which his exquisite Interpretative perceptions were displayed. His first group was of old Irish airs, including "Kathleen Mavourneen," and his last was of English and American origin. Horsman's "Bird of the Wilderness" and Cadman's "I Heard a Thrush at

Eve," were appropriately given. He bang an encore to both groups, the

Community Sing on Washington' s Birthday Washington's birthday will be celebrated In Richmond with a community sing at the High school auditorium under the direction of the Teachers' Federation. The High school orchestra will play and there will be a number of songs, including patristic numbers. Next Tuesday evening a sing will be given at West Richmond Friends church and will be In charge of representatives of the Joseph Moore, Baxter and Sevastapol schools. The sing was to have been held at the church before the holidays but was postponed on account of an epidemic.

WIDEAWAKES TO MEET

first one being "The Sunshine of Tour Smile."

The next concert on the People's;

Music Course will be the postponed appearance of Alma Gluck one week from Friday night She will be assisted by Salvatore de Stefano, celebrated Italian harpist. YD. A Plttsfield lady recently won a prize of a box of cigars which she Is now selling as wanted to ber husband at 25 cents each, putting the proceeds in war stamps. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First application gives relief. 50c.

The Wide Awake Bible class of Second English Lutheran church will hold Its monthly meeting Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hazeltine, 216 Northwest Third street. Members and their friends are invited.

Keeping The Quality Up.

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE, the World-Famous Cure for Colds and Grip Is now 30c per box. On account of the advance in the price of the six different Medicinal, Concentrated Extract and Chemicals contained In LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. St was necessary to Increase the price to the Druggist. It has stood the test for a Quarter of a Century. It Is used by every Civilised Nation.

General tide tables for 1918 have been published by the United States coast and geodetic survey The figures given cover the entire maritime world, and embrace full predictions for all tides at eighty-one ports, and tidal differences for several thousand stations.

WIDOW OF LEADING DENTIST IS DEAD

Susan B. Wilson, 75 years old, widow of Dr. C. S. Wilson, for many

years a leading dentist of Richmond.)

died at her home, 115 South Fourteenth street, Monday afternoon. She- is survived by two daughters. Miss Ruby Wilson of Richmond, and

Nurses Restore Victims of Infantile Paralysis

HUNS USE CATHEDRAL AS HOSPITAL

German Hospital at Laon. PARIS, Jan. 4. There have been ! ministrations

any number of Instances of the disregard of the Germans for anything which anyone also holds sacred in their war of f rightfulness, so the treatment accorded the magnificent cathedisl at Laon does not stand out. There la something human, though, in the uso to which the boches have put the famous old edifice. It is a military hospital. Where the titvout J renchman went In war-times for the

his soul needed the

Fritz is now taken when his body is Beds have been placed in the aisles and over the pew. tops wherever they could be crowded in and wounded Germans lie about gazing up to the high magnificent ceiling and watching the light play on the historic windows. The old cathedral was erected In the thirteenth century by Bishop G. de Mortague and its beauty of architecture is known all over the world.

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By Muscle Training They Save Children From Being Helpless Cripples.

There was probably not a mother er father in the country in the summer of 1916 who did not follow with anxious interest the accounts of the epidemic of infantile paralysis. Many of them may hare wondered since what became of the little victims of the disease and thought of them per

haps as helpless cripples. It will be encouraging to them to know that thousands of these children who were on their backs a year ago; with every prospect of remaining there perhaps for the rest of their lives, are now, thanks to physicians, nurses and masseurs, in school with normal children of their own age. In New York city alone 7,000 children who would have been helpless cripples are being cured by "muscle education." administered by trained nurses and masseurs. In one month these children . receive 22,000 treatments. Each one is under the care of a nurse, who sees that it attends a clinic If able. If not. the nurse administers the muscle training in the home. It is literally impossible in most cases for one of these children to escape being cured, according to; physicians In charge of the Committee on After Care of Infantile Paralysis of New York city, which Is co-operating with 60 hospitals and clinics In directing the work. If one fails to '

'WITHOUT NURSING CAfcE THERE IS NO HOPE AHEAD FOR - THIS LITTLE. ONE.

report at a clinic, committee aeadquarters Is immediately notified and the nurse goes to the child's home the following day and takes it to the hospital. The mother or some other member of the family is taught to assist in this muscle training. The work of after care in infantile paralysis is not confined to one locality. Wherever the epidemic raged in the summer of 1916 and wherever public health nurses are employed it is being carried on along the same lines. Here is a good example of the treatment: One of the 7.000 cases of the Committee on After Care is a fouryear girl who 13 months ago was paralysed from the neck down and strapped to an iron frame. She was so young that her training had to be given In the form of play. Every day for U months the nurse has called at her home and nut her

through play exercises, combinine

them with massage and electrical treatment. Each exercise has been designed to educate the hardened muscles. When the nurse began her wort every muscle in the child's body had lost what the doctors call its "work ing brain" and was practically dead. Today these muscles are beginning tc live again. The iron frame to whlct she was strapped has been discarded. The little patient can now move about and stretch her arms. In twe years the doctor promises her mothei she will be well and, like other children, able to go to school with sturdy youngsters of her own age, not compelled to hobble on crutches to a school for crippled children. The after care t victims of the poliomyelitis is only one phase ol public health nursing which is today calling young women from the best homes and the best schools of the country into the nursing ranks.

Report of Condition of The Second National Bank at Richmond in the State of Indiana, at the Close of Business on December 31 , 1917. RESOURCES Loans and discounts $1,842,967 63 $1,842,96762 Overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured, $5,662 82 o,C2 S2 U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 250,000 00 U. S. bonds and certificates of Indebtedness pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) 7,000 00 257.G00 00 Liberty Loan Bonds, unpledged, 3 per eent and 4 percent 106,550 00 Liberty Loan Bonds, ZVt per cent and 4 . per cent, pledged to secure IT. S. deposits....... 35,000 00 Liberty Loan Bonds, 34 per cent and 4 per cent, pledged to secure State or other deposits or bills payable 141,550 00 Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure U. S. deposits 105,000 00 Bonds other than U. 8. Bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits 15,000 0 Securities other than U. 6. bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged 67,900 85 Total bonds, securities, etc $177,900 85 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of subscription) 16,500 00 Value of banking house 85,000 00 85,000 00 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank.... 130,000 CO Cash In vault and net amounts due from national banks 511.228 66 Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank 6,414 09 Total of Items $ 517,642 75 Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bsnk and other cash Items.... . 18,945 69 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 12,500 00 Interest earned but not collect approximate on Notes and Bills Receivable not past due. 2.500 00 Total $308173 74 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in $ 250,000 00 Surplus fund 300,000 00 Undivided profits 108,701 60 103,701 60 Interest and discount collected or credited, in advance of maturity and not earned (approximate 2,500 00 Amount reserved for taxes accrued 7,269 58 Circulating notes outstanding 250,000 00 Net amounts due to National banks 1.790 17 Net amounts due to banks, bankers, and trust companies 25,634 77 Total of items $ . 57.424 94 Individual deposits subject to check 1,146,863 37 Certificates of deposit dut in less than 80 days (other than for money borrowed) 411,546 24 Certified checks 555 00 Cashier's checks outstanding 317 45 Dividends unpaid 7,500 00 Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve $1,566,782 06 Postal savings deposits ......... 4.441 13 Other time deposits 535,029 38 Total of time deposits subject to Reserve ....$ 589,470 51 War loan deposit account 100,000 00 Other United States deposits, including deposUs of U. S. disbursing officers 9,227 03 109,227 03 Liabilities other than those above stated. Contingent Fund ........ , .21,801 02 Total I.. i ' $3,208,172 74 State of Indiana, County of Wayne, ss: I, D. N. Elmer, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. " ' D. N. ELMER. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of January. 1918 JOHN L. RUPE, Notary Public. Mycommission expires June 6, 1921. . L - , Correct Attest: E. O. M'OUIRE, J. M. LONTZ. SAM U W. GAAR, Directors.