Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 102, 10 March 1919 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1919.

MILLIONS TO BE EXPENDED FOR IMPROVEMENTS

Every County in State to Spend Money on Buildings This Year.. Bjr AMoelta Press) INDIANAPOLIS, March 7 Millions of dollan will be spent this year In Indiana In the construction of prlrate and publla ImproTements according to plans now contemplated. The state council. of defense sometime ago started a sunrey of public improvement in the way of unfurnished buildings, contemplated buildings, and cost of roads, streets and sewers to be built this year. While not complete answers to questions Indicate that approximately $18,000,000 is to be spent for such work. . Reports of private improvements are by no means complete, and some of the reports are rather indefinite. In Indianapolis, however, it. is estimated that $5,040,000 will be expended in construction work. That includes two classes of work projects planned by the city, and construction work planned by private capital. Approximately $2,000,000 of construction work is planned by the city, although all re

ported to the state council of defense totals but $745,000. Track elevation is expected to cost about $1,500,000. A building campaign under consideration by the city board of school commissioners calls for about $1,000,000. One new sewer planned by the city will cost about $300,000. Expenditures on a new sewage disposal plant are expected to be about $750,000. New buildings on the state fairgrounds, which have been proposed would cost about $300,000. Totals of different classes of public work reported to the state council of defense show: "Unfinished building. $1,974,710; contemplated building. $6.394.831, and roads, street and sewer Improvement costs contemplated, $9,418.529. Blackford, Cass, Jefferson, Perry, Pike and Scott county have made no reports of any kind. W'hitley County Leads In unfinished buildings reported Whitley county led, with $291,000; Montgomery county reported $255,283;

Hay county $175,000. and Lake county: $153,945. Other counties reporting $100,000 or more included, Fountain,! $153,150; Marion, $100,000, and St. Jo-! seph, $100,000. I Under the head of contemplated! buildings reported to the state council! were the following of more than $100,flOO: A11n. $110,500; Glay, $179,000; j Clinton. $181,000; Davies. $227,600;! Elkhart, $460,000; Grant, $315,000;

Oreene. $155,000; Hancock. $107,431; Howard, $323,000; Jay, $151,000; Kosciusko. $105,000: Lake. $615,000: Montgomery. $159,500; Noble, $155,000: Parke. $107,000: Randolph. $232,900; Spencer. $175,000; St. Joseph, $118,000; Tipton. $160,000; Wayne, $283,C0O. ard White. $150,000. Twenty-one counties reported roads, street and sevifr work thin year will

cost more than $100,000 esch. Among; the larr reports were Lace county,: $1,885,000: Laporte county. $726,100; i Marion county, $591,000. and landolph county. $436,417. Among other coun-: ties reporting under this head were , AUn. $84.3f,0: Bartholomew, $200; Paviets. $12,000; Elkhart. $80,600: j Grant. $.000: Howard. $236.771 ; Hunt-I infeton. $113,000: Knox. $60,000; Kos-! cuisko. $244,770: Madison. $206,000; j

St. Jnseph. $3,300: Vanderburgh. $2.. 900: Vigo. $110,000; Wabash, $42,200 and Wayne, $40,000.

Hi-Y Club to Entertain " v Load Basketball Men The Richmond basketball team, winners of the sixth district tournament, will be the guests of the Hi-Y club at their regular weekly meeting at the Y. M. C. A. tonight. Coach Eckels and Manager Vernon will also be guests. . Special music will be furnished by the HI-Y quartette and the Hi-Y orchestra will make its . first appearance. 3hannon Neff, of high school teaching corps, will give several whistling numbers. Secretary Orvllle Brunson will give a short talk relative to the Hl-Y 'organisation. Sidney Watt Is chairman of the committee in charge of the meeting.

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WiTH THOSE IN ARMY AND NAVY

This column, containing news of Richmond and Wayne county soldiers and sailors, will appear dally In the Palladium. Contributions rill be welcomed.

Deaths and Funerals. Swaynie William II. Swaynle, 57 years old, died of pneumonia at his home, 103 North Fifteenth street, Monday morning at 2:50 o'clock. He was born August 19, 1861, in Cincinnati and has been a resident of Richmond almost all his life. He was a member, of the Webb Lodge of Masons, Whitewater Lodge of Odd Fellows and the St. Paul's Episcopal church. He is survived by his widow, Charlotte,

one son, Frank, a daughter, Maryanna

and one sister. Mrs. J. L. Griffith, of Springfield, Ohio. Friends may call

any time. It has been requested that

all flowers be omitted. Fsneral ser

vices will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence. Services will be private. Burial will be in Earlham. Bell Martha Jane Bell. 54 years old, died at her home. 220 Charles street, of pneumonia Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. She has been a resident of Richmond for many years. She is survived by her husband, Iredell Bell, her children, Milford, who Is in France; Oro, of this city; Mrs. Marie Hawekotte, of Richmond: Audra Bell New Haven, Conn.; and two brothers, J. L. Cox of Oakwood, Ohio, and George Cox of Richmond. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home. The Rev. Irvin Stegall will officiate. Burial will be in Earlham. Friends may call any time. Helms Helen E. Helms died Sunday at St Petersburg, Fla. She was a

daughter of Dr. William Helms for-) meriy of Williamsburg. The body will arrive Wednesday morning and will be taken to the parlors of Pohlmeyer, Downing and Company. Fun-' eral arrangements will be made later. Snyder Mary I Snyder, 65 years old, died at her home, 317 North Eighth street, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. She is survived by one bro-,

ther, W. T. Snyder. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, from the parlors of Pohlmeyer, Downing & Company.' , Burial will be in Earlham. Collins Mary A. Collins. 60 years old, died at the home of her son, John Collins in Chicago, Sunday morning at 9:15 o'clock. She was born in Richmond and was a resident of this city until two years ago, when she went

to Chicago to make her home with her

eon. She had been ill for some time. She was a member of St Mary's Catholic church. Surviving are two sons, John of Chicago, and Clarence Collias of this city. The body will arrive in Richmond Tuesday morning at 4:30 o'clock and will be taken to Pohlmey-

er, Downing & Company where friends j may view the body at any time. The

funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary'tS Catholic church. The Rev. W. J. Cronin will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. Krump Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Krump, who died at her home In Cleveland, were held Monday afternoon at the home of her father, after

which the body was taken to Knightstown for burial. The body arrived m j

Richmond Sundy evening ana was taken to the residence of her father, E. L. Lamb, 17 South Twelfth street.

HOUSE CONCURS IN TAX REPORT

INDIANAPOLIS, March 10. The house this afternoon concurred In the conference report of the. tax reform bill. The report was approved by the senate this morning. Nazarene Church Closes Three Weeks' Revival The three weeks' revival services

at the Church of the Nazarene was brought to a close last evening with nno nf tha hpst services since Its be

ginning. Miss Minnie Morris, evan

gelist, and Rev. and Mrs. m. v. urandyberry had charge of the services. Thinner h revival there have been

90 definite confessions and last even

ing 12 persons united with the churcn. Subscriptions amounting to over $1,000 have been nledged to pay off the

church Indebtedness. Miss Morris left today for Parker City, where she will conduct a series of meetings. The congregation here is well pleased with Miss Morris work while In Richmond.

High Cost of Sport Goods Brings Dejection to

Local Small Boys Richmond "kids' will have a hard

time to get up a game of their favorite pastime, baseball, this year, ac

cording to George Brehm, owner of a

sporting goods store, Monday. Resi

dents of houses, close to vacant lots

on which the Richmond lads mark off

their baseball diamonds will not have

to contend with as many broken win

dows this summer.

According to Brehm the price of

sporting goods is sailing high and Is

outside the pocketbook of the average

boy. Baseball bats, balls, uniforms,

and all other sporting articles are

subject to a heavier tax than real lux

urles according to the revenue bill

passed by congress, he said.

Revival Services Held at 0 Whitewater Friends' Church Much interest is shown In the revival meetings which the Rev. John Ketrell is conducting at the Whitewater Friends church. The meeting Sunday night was well attended. Mr. Ketrell is known as a very forceful speaker. MoetinM are in be held every night

this week, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Would Have Supreme Court Decide Telephone Rates WASyiNGTON, March 10. Steps to have the supreme court determine whether Postmaster General Burleson has authority to fix telephone rates within the state were taken today with the filing of a motion by the state of Kansas asking permission to institute original proceedings in the court against the postmaster general.

Relatives to Demand Prompt

Punishment for Murder

Relatives of W. O. Kittinger, killed by James West on a C. and O. train last Friday night, have started for Ohio to demand quick satisfaction for his death, says a, dispatch from Portland, Maine Monday. Authorities from the eastern city are accompanying them. West was taken to Hamilton, Ohio, to be tried there, as it was discovered by the testimony of the train crew that the shooting occurred in Butler county, Ohio, instead of Franklin county, Indiana, the train having not yet crossed the line.

Red Cross Notes

Red Cross workers are requested to call for a supply of garment material for refugee garments, just received by the local chapter, and all persons having yarn are asked to turn it In.

AT YOUNG FRIENDS' MEETING.

Miss Lillian Hayes, secretary of the Five Years Meeting Young Friends board, went to Wilmington, Ohio, today to attend a series of conferences to be given there during thenext three days in the interest of Young Friends' work.

BRIEFS

Window washer wanted. 115 North 10th.

Meeting for Women of St. PauVs Episcopal Tuesday

The meetings for the women of St. Paul's Episcopal church .will be held at 2:30 and 7:30 Tuesday; March 11. Interesting programs have been prepared. The service announced for Friday mornings ' throughout Lent has been

changed to Wednesday afternoons at I

4 o clock. The Friday evening service will remain as announced.

THE PROBLEMS OF PEACE call for ini elligent pairiotism of llie highest order-"reconstruction,,inihehomeaS well as in business -better food for growing children and for men and women who do the work of ihe world. ,

Shredded Wheat

comes back to the breakfast table with all its crisp and tasty goodness, its body-building nutritive value iimmpaired,unadulteiated. Start the day right by eating it with milk or cream. Ifour grocer can now supply the normal demand foryour favorite breakfast cereal

1,000 DIE IN BERLIN RIOTS.

LONDON, March 10. According to an estimate of the Wolff news agency 1,000 persons were killed in the rioting in Berlin last week.

WILLIAMS RESIGNS.

WASHINGTON. March 10. Joan Skelton Williams has resigned as director of the railroad administration division of finances and purchases.

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FOR INDIGESTION

Indro P. Davis, who was wounded severely in action in France, arrived in Richmond a few weeks and is now with his father at 110 South Third street. Davis was on the Mexican border and later went to France where he took part in some heavy action. Howard O. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Davis of 223 Chestnut ptreet, who has been stationed at Great Lakes, has been transferred to Hampton Roads, Va. Lieutenant Abram Stratton. son of Stephen Stratton, former Richmond man, now of Chicago, is on a special commission with the United States Food Commission in the Balkans. Lieut Stratton was in Constantinople hen the last word was received from . him.

Farns worth to Help Open Army Port in Holland ' Klmer Farnsworth of Boston, Ind., writes in a letter dated February 9 that he is expecting to be sent into Holland to assist in opening an embarkation port for the First, Second and Third Armies. In a letter to his mother, Mrs.B. M. Farnsworth of Boston, he says: "A sergeant and I were chosen to form the personal staff of the lieutenant who is to be sent up there, and we will probably leave some time this week. From what I understand, there are no troops up there so we may have It pretty nice, but probably will have no chance of getting home before next fall. "Started writing this Just after getting in from a 20 kilometer bike with my bunkie. We stopped in a email village called Planden for some supper and had eggs, potatoes, bread, butter, coffee and cider for 3 francs. "I have been a casual since I was transferred from the 86th division, but I will probably be attached to the FJrst or Second Army when I get up Into Holland." INDUSTRY BOARD FORMED. WASHINGTON, March 10. Completion of the personnel of the industrial board of the department of ommerce, together with its plans of proceedure, Is announced.

Boy Scout Exhibition I , To Be Given Tuesday I All persons interested in the Boy Scout work are invited to attend the demonstration which will be given by Troop 3, the only scout organization now in Richmond and the Cadets of St. Andrew's church at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow night from 7:30 to 8 o'clock. Sam Vieran is head of TrooD 3. and

will demonstrate the work of bis J

Doys. The second meeting of the city boys' work council will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow night following the scout work exhibition. Reports concerning the progress of the scout work and consideration of the work to be done in the near future is to be taken up at that time.

THREE NEW STUDENTS ENROLL

Three students enrolled at Earlham over the week end. They were Richard Horner, a former student, and junior of last year, who has been doing government chemical work in Washington; Clifton Williamson, recently mustered out of the navy, and Cornell Hewson, who has been doing Y. M. C. A. work for some time.

WANTED 20 Salespeople MEN & WOMEN Good pay to right parties. Apply at once Railroad Store Cor. 8th and N. E Sts.

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