Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 140, 23 April 1921 — Page 2

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WATERWORKS DECISION IN NEW ALBANY CASE OF LOCAL INTEREST : A-; city - water company,, operating under an indeterminate franchise tin ner me pudiic service commission aw, is liable to any Individual property owner whose property is destroyed by nrethrough negligence of the water company in failing to provide water for .extinguishing the Sre. This decision-was handed down by the appelate court of Indiana Friday and is of interest to .local people and concern, because of its application to conditions in Richmond. The case which brought the decision did - not arise in Richmond, but the law. would apply- to- any like case that might arise here, for the reason that the Richmond water works is operated under the same kind of permit that the water company that was defendant in the suit just decided was operating. - ? Reverse's' Former Ruling. . " The 'declslon "was made in reversing the Washington circuit court decision in sustaining a demurrer to the complaint of the trustees of the Jennie DePauw .Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, of -.New Albany, seeking to recover $25,000 for the destruction of their church. - The trustees asserted that the New Albany water works was negligent in x failing to keep its fire hydrants in condition to supply water for fire protection. It asserted that the flamee wre discovered in time to have been extinguished if the water had been available It is held in the decision that while at common law, under special charter from the city, an individual property owner could not recover damages for the los3 of property due to failure to provide water for the fire hydrants, where the company has surrendered its special charter and has elected to operate under an indeterminate charter, as provided by the public service commission law, the company will be liable to the individual owner for any of its negligence which causes a loss. )' Under State Permit The Richmond water works company surrendered its charter granted by the city and took an indeterminate franchise under -the Indiana public utilities commission a few years ago. It is now operating under "this franchise. This being true, under the decision just rendered, should: a Richmond property, owner suffer loss of property by fire, through the negligence of the water company failing to provide water for the extinguishing of the flames, such property owner could hold . the water company responsible for MS lOSS. v , , ; . No case of the kind has arisen' here, according.'lolocarofficlals, and there has been.f irtually ! no complaint that ihe Richmond, water -works company fails to keep its mains and fire hydrants in condition to meet emergencies, or that it fails to supply adequate pressure - or ; sufficient - amount of water in times of fire. REHEARSE MONDAY . FOIIMAYESTIVAL Every' member, of the Richmond May' Festival ' chorus is expected to be in attendance at rehearsal Monday evening, it is announced by the committee. The Symphony orchestra will be present and the rehearsal will be held in the Coliseum instead of the high school. Everyone is asked to report at 7:30 o'clock promptly. Three rehearsals remain and there is still much work to be done, it is reported. In order that it will not be necessary to entail any extra work and expense of extra rehearsals in the various programs as far as the adult chorus is concerned, it is requested that everyone report. Plans are being drawn for the erection of an immense platform at the Coliseum to accommodate a chorus of 1.000 children and the orchestra participating in the" coming May festival, it is Laid. The seating capacity of the Coli seum, it is expected, will be taxed to capacity at the four festival perform ances, aa more than half the hous is taken up by holders of tickets, and it wal decided at a meeting Thursday of the -finance committee that other seats in the house should he sold for each performance at from 25 cents to $1, including reservation. All seats, i!has been stated, will be sold from "VCeisbrod's music house. Full details ai to be announced later. 'Members ' of the Rotary, Kiwanis ami Young Men's Business clubs and the Richmond Symphony orchestra who have not yet made reports on concert tickets given them for the Richmond Symphony Orchestra association are requested to give this matter their attention at once so a full report may be compiled by the secretary, Ray Weisbrod, who has charge of the tickets. RICHMOND RESIDENTS i TO APPEAR IN MOVIES Thousands of feet of moving pictures are to be taken of Richmond very soon. Arrangement with the Trisdale Industrial film company of Chicago, have been made by manage iell of the Washington theater. Mr. Bell is to show the completed pictures at his theater fcr one week. It is said that $17,000 worth of moving picture equipment will be necessary for the "shooting" of Richmond. ATcamera car truck, with a director and camera man to man it, will com? into play during the filming. The pictures are to be educational in character, showing schools and pupils, churches, clubs, societies, city officials, public buildings, boy scouts, and the police and fire departments in action. Operations of local industries are tQybe shown to the public. Methods used in making articles seen or used daily, and which are made here, will be exhibited. The advance agent for the film company was in town Saturday. He said that 99 per cent, of ev- . etf one in Richmond will want to see thSise pictures because if a person is nOf in it himself, he will have a friend oe: relative in them. WOULD JOLLIFY WITH PERU t WASHINGTON. April 23. The . T"Tnftri States vnuM ttA renresentpfl hv a. commission at the coming centen",nfkl celebration of Peruvian independ- ' elite under a resolution reported favofibly by the senate foreign relations

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Junior Life Saving Corps -' Starts Lessons Wednesday Junior Life Saving corps of the Y. M. C. A. will hold its first class under the direction of T. P. Wilson at 3:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Y. Mr." Wilson stated that the first lesson would be nothing but general instructions as to what to do and what not to do when in the water. The class will not enter the water this lesson and all the members of the class are to bring their cote books. COMPLETE PLANS FOR BIBLE SCHOOL RALLY; EXPECT LARGE CROWD - Annual , Rally Day of the Wayne county home departments of the City Bible schools, which opens at 2:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon, in the First Presbyterian church, with representatives of the departments from all parts of the county. Is expected to be one of the largest rallies in the history of the organization here. Informal discussions In which everyone will take part, including a large number of visitors, not members of the departments, will be one of the features of the afternoon. Special music has been arranged for the occasion, as well, and a number of speakers from the city and county will appear on the program. i Mrs. Jessie Cornell, county superintendent of the organization, will be among the township speakers, it is announced. Xo collection will he taken, it is said. The program as it will be presented follows: Devotional and Opening Exercise Dr. J. J. Rae, of the First Presbyte- , rian church. Holy, Holy, MOiy congregation. "The Pastor's, Visitors' and Members View of the Home Department" Mrs. H. S. James. Solo, "Great Peace" Marie Deuker. "The Home Department and Missionary Enterprise" Discussion lead by township representatives. Quartet Mt. Moriah Baptist church. "The Home Department and the Message of the Gospel" Township speaker. "Work, for the Night is Coming'Congregation. Miss Helen Nicholson, organist of the First Presbyterian church, will preside at the organ. MINER'S DELEGATES MEET; WILL CONFER WITH LLOYD GEORGE (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 23 Delegates of local unions of the miners' federation of Great Br' tain met here today,., but it was understood before the meeting that no definite decision relative to the controversy .with mine owners, which caused the miners" strike on April i would be reached until after leaders of the federation conferred again with Premier Lloyd George on Monday. Mr. Lloyd George conferred with the miners yesterday' and at the close of their conversation the situation was considered quite hopeful. It was said the prime minister had appealed to both sides in the mine controversy to renew negotiations regarding the wage question, and that the government was disposed to agree to a sort of a national wage pool, one of the chief demands of the miners. Frank Hodges, secretary of the miners' union, who had been in a rather delicate position since the breakdown of the triple alliance strike, received a vote of confidence from the miners' Federation yesterday. RAIL FREIGHT LOSS $104,000,000 IN 1920 (By Associated Press) ATLANTA. Ga., April 23, Railroads of the United States lost $104,000,000 in 1920 from robbery of freight and damage caused to freight, the latter due chiefly to negligence of em ployes and defective equipment, ac cording to figures presented here today at a conference of 75 freightclaim agents and operating officials of railroads in the southeast. Loss in robberies alone amounted to approximately 532,000,000 a month in the United States during 1920, it was declared. Chaancey M. Depew Honors 87th Birthday (Bv Associated Prssl NEW YORK. April 23 Eighty-seven years old today, Chauncey M. Depew said he did not think the occasion worthy of much comment but that he looked forward "with enthusiasm" to entering his one hundredth year. The former United States senator, who now is chairman of the New York Central railroad board of directors, planned to make his usual trip to his office and to receive a few of his old friends at a dinner given in his honor by Mrs. Depew. New York Bank Reserve Shows Decrease This Week NEW YORK, April 23. The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $9,59,320 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $6,847,860 from last week. Albert 5. Burleson Sails For Antwerp, Saturday (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 23. Albert S. Burleson, former postmaster general, who now registers as a "cotton planter of Austin, Tex.", was listed as a passenger aboard the steamship Zeeland, sailing today for Antwerp. He said be would visit Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Czecho-Slo-vakia. Dr. M. Oka and K. Ojima, Japan's representatives to the meeting of the League of Nations at Geneva in May, were among other passengers. Many single blocks in New York city contain retail stores in larger number" and of greater variety than are to be found in many whole towns of considerable size.

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ANNOUNCE SESSIONS OF FRIENDS BOARDS FIVE YEARS MEETING Friends' Five Years boards will hold their annual sessions in the : South Eighth street Friends' church, j the week beginning May 8. First sesnoon, when the Indian affairs committee of the home mission board convenes. Probably 50 persons representing the executive committees and boards which are to meet, will be present at some time during the week. Annual reports of the year's work, and plans for the coming year's activities will comprise the business meetings. While definite hours for each session have not been announced it is i believed that the committees and boards will hold sessions as follows: Monday Indian affairs committee, and the opening session of the execu tive committee of the American Friends Board of foreign missions. Tuesday Indian affaire committer; the entire personnel of the foreign mission board; first meeting of the home mission board. Wednesday Sessions of, foreign mission board and that of the home mission board, both continued. Thursday Home mission board concludes sessions; first meeting of the executive committee of the Five Years meeting of Friends. Friday Sessions of Five Years meeting executive committee continued. If necessary, this committee wl also meet Saturday. , it is planned for three sessions of each committee or board, daily morning, afternoon and night Important decisions, affecting the entire Five Years meeting, comprising 13 yearly meetings, are often reached -at these annual board and committee meetings. The executive committee of the peace association of Friends in America, will meet on one day during the week. SUSPEND SENTENCE IN ASSAULT CASE A pathetic scene was enacted in circuit court Saturday afternoon when Judge Bond suspended a sentence of two to 14 years against Julia Nohecs, Hungarian woman, who assaulted Morics Varga in her home last Tuesday. George Nohecs, husband of the indicted woman, appeared in court Saturday morning and informed Prosecutor Beckett that he was ready to forgive his wife and take her back to their home. After a conference with the two in the courthouse and an investigation leading to the assault, Prosecutor Beckett recommended that the sentence be suspended. Judge Bond agreed on this course. Morics Varga, Hungarian man, who was the victim of the assault by Mrs. Nohecs, and whom she charges violated her confidence, Vas fined $25 and costs by Judge Bond for associating. He stated that he had been in this country only four months. Coliseum Box Office Opens at 7:30 o'clock Mamie Smith's jazz revue at the Coliseum Saturday night will open at 9 o'clock. Doors will open at 7:30 o'clock. Plat is open at Weisbrod's music shop until 6 o'clock Saturday evening. Seats can be secured at the Coliseum box office from then until the curtain raises. Odd Fellows Auto Caravan Journeys to Greenshurg Local Odd Fellows left in a body Saturday afternoon for Greensburg, where they are to confer degrees Saturday night. The trip is to be completed in automobiles. Each car leaving here had some kind of banner or flag with the name of the local lodge printed upon It. The delegation Is to stay over night in Greensburg, and visit the Odd FelIowb home at that place Sunday morning. They are to return to Richmond Sunday afternoon. Special Council Meeting Will he Held April 30 A special meeting of the county council will be held in the court house Saturday, April 30 to select a successor to' David Hoover, of Hagerstown, who died Thursday. The state statutes provide that a meeting of the council shall be held within 10 days after a vacancy occurs. Howard Brooks, county auditor has issued that call for the meeting. Home Brew Explodes While Lawyer Defends LEAVENWORTH, Kas., April 23 While defending Richard Coppersmith in court on a charge of manufacturing home brew, B. V. Enders, picked up a bottle as- he questioned a witness. "Would you call this " began the attorney. He was interrupted by a loud report. Flying glass from the bottle cut an artery in his wrist and broke a lens of his glasses. The defense had entered the trial with the contention that the beverage did not contain enough "kick" to come within the state bone-dry law. Short News of City . Automotive Men Meet Wayne County Automotive dealers association will meet in the salesroom of the Wayne county Nash motor company, Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. To Address Ministers The Rev. Frank A. Dressel, pastor of the First English Lutheran church, is to give a book review at the Ministerial meeting, to be held at the Y. M. C. A. between 10 and 11 o'clock Monday morning. Observe Jewish Passover Observance of the Jewish Passover was held in the K. of P. temple Friday night. There were 54 present at the dinner, 18 of whom were from out of town. Rabbi Engiander of the Hebrew Union College, of Cincinnati, conducted the religious services. " Gelke Sues Bethagc. Suit to collect $150 on account was filed in the Wayne circuit court Saturday by. Edward Gelke against William H. Bethage. "

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ENTHUSIASM GREETS ANNA HARRELL MILLER Enthusiasm was great among the gathering of people, who, undaunted by the steady aownpour of rain, attended the concert given . by Anna Harrell Miller, soprano, of Conuersville; Loretta. Heeto, of Cincinnati, and Prof. Albert Glocksin, of Depauw university, for the benefit of Near East Relief at the First Christian church Friday evening. Receipts from the concert, it is said, will probably amount to over $50. Mrs. Miller, who has appeared here before, was said to have been at her best in the performance Friday evening. Hearty applause was given her numbers. Miss Heeb, s a pianist, gave an exhibition of perfect technique and rare interpretative ability, which far exceeded all expectations. Prof. Glocksin was accorded a warm welcome and scored a decided hit in his first appearance here. TO HOLD EXAMINATION FOR NAVY LIEUTENANT An official notice was received at the local post office Saturday announcing that the navy department will hold an. examination for the appointment to lieutenant (junior Grade) civil engineer nma Following-is the notice received iimi , . . I i ue navy aeparcment announces an examination for appointment to lieutenant (junior grade) civil engineer corps. United States navy. Applications for the preliminary test as to general fitness to be accepted is open until May 16, 1921. For complete information1 regarding this examination applicants should address the examining board, bureau of yards and docks. United States navy department, Washington, D. C." Seek Better Train Service Between Indianapolis, Dayton Efforts are being made by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce to secure better train service between Indianapolis and that city on the Pennsylvania trains through Richmond. The Dayton officials are co-operating with the Indianapolis commercial body. The efforts are the result of the recent trip to Dayton by 175 Indianapolis business men. CHARLES S. HAWES DIES CHICAGO, April 23. Charles S. Hawes, 50 years old. of W&Hhirurtnn a member of. the United States dye ' tariff commission, died last night at ' the home of a friend wh rim ha l.oH ' been visiting. Death is believed to have been due to heart disease.

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FOR HIS INVENTIONS fBv Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, April 23. Governor James Hartness. of Vermont, was the guest of honor today of the American Philosophical society, which wiil conclude its three-day general meeting here tonight. He was presented with the John Scott medal, awarded lor useful inventions, in recognition of his flat turret lather, used in making artillery. The medal is provided for in a fund established by John Scott of Edinburgh, Scotland. Addresses on medical science and allied subjects predominated the sessions today, although physicians and archaeologists aiso contributed to the purpose of the society "to promote useful knowledge." Dr. H. Neguhu, of the Rockefeller Institute, told of the fight against yellow fever, declaring use of vaccine furnishes a rapid means of eliminating non-immune pe--50ns from areas where the disease is epidemic. Discussing "Signs of Sanity,. Dr. Stewart Paton, of Princeton University said Bolshevism, radical ism and the tendency to think in terms ot class distinction are "defense reactions of inadequates afraid of facing their own personal problems." Josephine Turner, 31, is Called hy Death Josephine Turner, 31 years old, died at her home, 104 North Twenty First street, at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. She is survived by her husband, Lee Turner, two children. Lestra and Joseph, mother, Mrs. Ida Scott, one brother, Emil Powell, grandmother, Mrs. Hester Powell. Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. Stoakes will officiate and burial will be In Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at any tjme. Martha J. Doner, 76, Called Into Beyond Martha J. Dozier, 76 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Lamb. 31 South West Fifth street Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. She is survived by one daughter. Mrs. Lamb. Funeral services will be held from the home of her daughter at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call Sunday and Monday. AIRPLANE RESCUES PARTY. MIAMI, Fla., April 23. Webb Jay. Chicago broker and sportsman, and his party of tve were brought back from Catkey, 45 miles east of Miama. by an airplane which left this morring in search of them. The party had been missing since Sunday. fi m B"V'MIWB'1'i!;ii.,ii,iimitiimit