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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
MEETING
WILL Be BUSY ONE
Session Tonight First Held
Since the Second Mon
day in December.

lnasmuch as council has not met
since the second Monday in Decem.
Der. the meeting this evening prom.
ises to be busy session. This is the
second regular meeting night of this
month, but as the first meeting night
occurred on New Years day, the sess
ion was postponed.
The water works and gas questions
will probably be discussed. as the
council decided some time ago to take
up the water works matter the first
Of the year, and the mayor will ex
plain In detail the meeting between the
board Of works and the Light, Heat
and Power company's representatives
on the matter of new franchise fol
that corporation.
At this evenings meeting Mayor
Zimmerman will either appoint anoth
er member of council to the chairman
ship of the contract and franchise
committee or ask Councilman Waidele
W lOAuoA a. tAc hc0u ol tAc
tee. He stated this morning that he
has been studying over this matter
since Mr.. Waidele asked to be releas
ed as a member Of the committee, and
that he would not decide what he
would do until this evening.
Mayor Zimmerman believes that in
asmuch as this Is one of the most i'm
p0rtant committees of council, es
pecially so at this time, when the
question of granting new franchises te
public service corporations is being
discussed, great care should be exer
cised in making the appointment.
A bill for an ordinance providing
for the paving of West Main street
from First to Fifth street will b.
presented to council for first reading
This step is necessary as the board o.
works is unable to push the improve
ment through, inasmuch as more sig
natures have been placed to the re
monstrance against the improvement
than were placed to the petition fol
It.
Reports of all city officials for thu
past year will be submitted tonight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
FEAR COLO WEATHER
Waterworks Company on the
Anxious Seat.

Officials of the Richmond Water
Works company will consider the COM
pany very fortunate If the present
cold snap passes without the COM
pany being greatly inconvenienced by
frozen mains, entailing the possibility
of them bursting. A sudden warm
spell will be looked upon with as
much apprehension by the company
as a continuation of extreme cold
weather.
The frost is perhaps deeper in the
ground now than in several years, and
steadily going deeper as the cold
spell continues. The mains of the
company are, on an average abou,
four and a half feet under the sur
face of the street, but in some places
only three feet. The depth Of the
frost depends on the character of the
ground in which the mains are laid
and the kind of street surfacing.
In event it should turn warmer thu
frost will be driven deeper into thu
ground, as it, is q peculiar fact that ai
the atmosphere moderates the fros1
goes down. The more rapid the rist
Of the temperature. the deeper TIN
frost will 60.
In order to thaw out frozen mains
the company does not have to dig VI
the street, unless the pipe has burstet
and has to be repaired. The methot
pursued in thawing out the pipes is t.
attach high voltage wires to fir,
plugs between which the frozen plac.
in the main is located. In event ther,
is a break, which is located by ;
sounding instrument. the workmei
must of necessity dig down to tn,
main in order to repair the broker
part.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
Brief Respite from the Wig
ors of Extreme Cold Spell
Not Long Enough for One
to Thaw Out.
SATURDAY WAS NOT
COOLEST RECORDED
Its Minimum Temperature of
Is Below Exceeded by the
Minimum of February l3,
1899, of 81 Below.

True to predictions the warm wave
arrived Saturday night and remained
in our midst only a few hours, as
the accurate weather man had pre-
viously informed us it would. About
1:3O Monday morning King Winter re-
turned from short vacation at Medi-
cine Hat, seized Warm Wave by the
scruff of the neck and cast him into
the discard. At seven O'Clock this
morning the mercury at the govern
ment weather bureau, at the water
works pumping station, registered two
below zero. 1t was still cold this at
! ternoon and the indications are it will
remain cold for some time to come.
However, everybody is used to it now.
Saturday night the government
thermometer at the pumping station
registered seven below between eight
and nine O'Clock. Then the mercury
began to ascend gradually until 1t
! reached 25 above zero at o'clock
Sunday afternoon. At sunset Sunday
afternoon the mercury registered %
above. Later in the evening it began
to snow, which continued until l 80
Monday morning. Then King Winter
! got back on the job again.
! Record Of Past Week.
! A record of maximum and minimum
temperatures for the past week fur
nished by Weather Man Vossler, al
the pumping station, follows:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
Postmaster General Announ-
ces He Intends to Recon-
mend Government Owner
ship of the Telegraph.
RECEIVES SUMMONS
FROM AMAZED TAFT
Surprise Expressed that the
Cabinet Officer Should at
This Time Express View on
the Subject.
(National News Association)

(National News AssociatiOn)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The great
,est condemnation in political circles
lin many years resulted today over the
announcement by Postmaster General
Hitchcock of his intended recon-
tmendation to congress Of government
Ownership of telegraph lines. 1t ap-
pears Hitchcock never consulted the
president on the matter. President
Taft summoned Hitchcock to the
White House at noon for explanations.
Several senators and representatives
andeavored to reach Hitchcock with
the view to bring pressure against the
contemplated movement. Notwith'
standing this opposition government
ownership Is likely to receive serious
confederation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
PLAN CENSORSHIP
OF THE THEATEbS
Local Ministers Think that
Uplift in the Moral Tone
Is Needed. n

The moral tone as we'll as the quail
ty of acting in the Richmond theaters
need revision. according to the deciss.
ion reached by the ministerial associ-
alton at it's meeting in the Y. NJ. c. A.
this morning A discussion of the
shows staged here especially at the
Gennett theater, occupied large
share of the time at the gathering to-
day, ending with the unanimous ver-
dict that something must be done to
"clean up" the show houses. The mat
ter was referred to the good citizen
ship committee, which will investigate
the theaters, and determine at once
what position the pastors shall assume
regarding the shows produced here.
Rev. Haywood, the new Universalist
pastor, opened the controversy by out
lining the work done by the Dramatic
League of America, and offering the
opinion that the Gennett was a fit
place for censorship. This theory was
enthusiastically received by his broth
er pastors, as all agreed that Rich
mond's morals need more attention.
LAS far as moral persuasion is con-
cerned, you might as well argue with a
hitching post as with theatrical man.
ager." asserted Rev Haywood. in des-
cribing his proposition, but if you can
cut into his box Office receipts. he will
pay attention" Rev. Haywood recon-
mends that the matter be placed in
the hands of women's clubs of the city,
who can study the various shows and
report on them prior to their local ap-
pearance
When informed by a representative
Of the Palladium of the action taken
by the ministers. o. G. Murray, mana
ger of the Gennett. stated that minis
ters are welcome to come and pass
judgment on my shows if they pay the
price of admission" He admitted, how
ever. that he would give no private re-
hearsals for them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
Two Government Revenue
Cutters Today Sent to the
Rescue of the Crews and
Valuable Cargoes.
INDIANA WOMAN is
CRAZED BY HUNGER
Hammond Mother Attempts
to Slay Her Children-TwO
Kentucky Towns Nearly
Gutted by Blazes.
National News Association)

WASHINGTON. Jan. 15-The reve-
nue. cutters Gresham and Roscoggin
have been ordered to proceed at full
speed to the Bay of Islands on the
Maine coats to the rescue of thirty
American fishing vessels .icebound
there. Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts called on Secretary of Treasury
MacVeigh today after receiving a pri-
vate message from Gloucester asking
that he take some action for their
immediate relief. Lodge told the secre-
tary that hundreds of Massachusetts
fishermen were in peril aboard the
ships. and the secretary directed Capt.
Cherthols to rush as many cutters as
could be spared to the Maine coast.
The cargo of the fishing fleet is valued
at 100000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
c, & 0. OFFICIALS
WILL MEET BOARD
To Consider Local Improve
ments Tuesday Other
Matters Up Today.

In order to discuss the question of
stationing watchmen at all railroad
crossings of the {. 4 O.. widening the
north end of North Third street. con-
structing a switch leading to the light
plant. and the probability of construct.
ing an undergrade crossing on North
Third street. j. W. Fox. superintend-
ent of the c. 4 o. Railroad of Indiana,
and other officials of the road. were to
have met with the board OF public
works this morning. But they were
unable to come to this city today. They
will come tomorrow.
AT the meeting OF the board this
morning a petition was presented. ask.
ing the board to order the alley
running from South Fifth to South
Sixth street. between B and c streets
vacated. The petition. which was
taken under advisement was signed by
Francis Silas Chatard, bishop of In
dianapolis: Frank A. Roell, rector OF
the St Andrews church. and several
others. st. Andrews parish is desir
Gus of having the alley closed in order
that it may erect a new school build
ing on the ground.
Remonstrance was filed against the
proposed improvement Of National
avenue from Southwest Third tc
Southwest Fifth by constructing side
walks on the north side of the ave
| nue.. A remonstrance was also filet
with the board against the proposed
| improvement of the National roa(
! from West Fifth to West Eighth b,
constructing cement sidewalks.
! The board received an invitation
from the kanawha Chemical Fire En-
/ gine company to witness the exhibi
! tion of chemical fire engines at De
catur, Indiana, January 10. The boar'
will receive bids for a combination
| chemical and hose automobile mex
Thursday.
The report of the City Light plan
for the month of December was sui
mitted to the board this morning. Th
receipts were $1O,521.35; operating ea
penses, $2,5O5.s4: building and equiv
ment, $423.34; paid into sinking fund
$3.50, making the total disbursement
$3,58918. The total in the municipa
fund of the plant is s19,666.45; in til
sinking fund, $9,39173. The excess Q
receipts over operating expenses wa
$S,024.52.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
WAYNE GIVES AID
TO POOR COUNTIES

The inequality and injustice of the
system In vogue In distribution of the
state school fund among the ninety.
two counties on the basis OF the school
enumeration ID shown in the reports
Just made by the state superintend'
end Of instruction. For instance
Wayne county pays in tax into the
fund 921.253.79 and received In return
but $lo,0Sl.4S. The reason for this
10 that the state school officials be
lteve NO more state revenue should be
spent ON children in rich communi'
ties In the state than in the poorer
counties. The result is that Wayne
county. being one OF the richest In
the state helps pay for the education OF
children In other counties.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
CAUSES A SURPRISE.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-Political
developments Of national importance
may follow close upon the announce
.ment made by Postmaster General
Hitchcock that he will shortly recon-
acquisition and ownership by the gov
ernment of all telegraph lines. He
would have them operated by the post
office department.
That the postmaster general should
have chosen this time to publish his
views ON this important subject before
communicating them either to con.
srsss o. the prssident officially 10. =
matter Of general surprise. Senators
and representative when they first
learned today Of the postmaster gen.
erals new policy inquired II President
Taft had embarked on policy Of gov.
ernment ownership. Chas D. Hilles.
secretary to the president was called
up and declared 1t was the first he
had heard Of any such proposal.
Asks For Details.
Later he asked for details as to how
kuV 0S0VOAACuL WOo oAv0h ouSs ~ ""c
evident the White House had not been
advised. With few exceptions. the post
master generals plan condemned by
Senators and representatives some of
them insist 1t was not proposed in
good faith but merely to divert atten-
tion from parcels post and side track
that promising measure. But most in
teresting IL the consideration given
here to the possible effect on Hitch.
cocks ohhcial and political future. He
has been under suspicion for some
time Of getting In readiness to set
from undtr the Taft administration
possibly to cast his fortunes with the
Roosevelt movement. The question to-
day 10: 'ls Hitchcock deliberately
seeking to break with President Taft.
II the postmaster general has planned
to ally himself with the revolt move
ment very necessary preliminary
would be to get out Of the Tart cabi-
net For year the postmaster gener-
nj has been out Of political tune with
his chief. The political estrangement
dates from the appointment Of Chas.
W. Hiles As secretary to the president.
He and Mr.. Hitchcock do not agree
politically. Repeatedly they have clash
ed in politics and each time Secretary
Hilles has been upheld. The last en-.
counter was at the meeting Of the Re.
publican National committee when
Hitchcock opposed the appointment of
Harry New as chairman Of the com.
mittee on arrangements and was turn.
ed down BY the president
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
KENTUCKY SUFFERS.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. Thames
Compton, farmer near Henderson.
while returning after. delivering tobac-
CO. This makes the tenth life lost in
Kentucky during the cold spell. Fires
in two kentucky towns did great dam
age because the water supply was
frozen. At Pembroke fire swept the
business section with loss Of SO, 600.
At Blandville the business portion of
the town was destroyed with q loss
OF $50, 900. An ice gorge in the Ohio
river is feared. -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
Maddened Mill Workers,
Whose Wages Were Re-
duced. Storm Mills and
Several Persons Injured.
BAYONETS USEDBY
THE STATE TROOPS
While Firemen Train Hose
on the Attackers, Who Re-,
treat-Lawrence, Mass, Is
Under Martial Law.
National News Association

LAWRENCE. Mass. Jan. l5.--Mar-
tial law was practically enforced to-
day following the charging OF mob
of striking mill workers by state
troops. during which one man was
probably fatally bayonetted and many
hurt. Thirty arrests were made Near
ly all those arrested were armed with
revolvers or stillettos. The situation 10
critical. Additional troops have been
summoned from Haverhill and Lowell
Boston responded with police reserves
The fire department did effective work
with cold water. Twenty thousand stri-
kers against a reduction in wages are
pitted against thousand soldiers and
police. Dominica Lecasser. a striker,
had a bayonet thrust almost through
his body.
Following the Aght today several
ambulances were summoned and the
wounded We're hurried to the hospital.
Before the calling of the militia sever
al attempts had been made by strikers
to rush several bridges leading to the
mills. At the lower Pacific mill the mob
found a garrison of policemen guard
ing the bridge. An attempt was made
to rush 1t. Among the defenders were a
number of state police under Capt.
Foster. These charged into the mo
and forced It back. Then came fia1
attack on the strikers from four
of hose It was at this place thsta
shots were fired into the crowd.
shots were Aired into the air. II
lieyed
Mob Driven Back.
Finally after bitter struggle,
which many were injured, the
was driven back. 1t headed up the
nal toward other mills
The militia was called out by the
mayor at 8 o'clock m the result Of m
attack OF the strikers on the Wolff
mills. The militia charged the mob OF
5000 women and men. with baycnets.
Many were hurt and taken to the hos
pital
The soldiers charged the mob In
front of the Atlantic mills. The riot
ers made several attempts to gat q
other mills but were held hack by the
police.
i At the Atlantic mills there was i
sharp clash. Hoses were trained. In
to the crowd and many were moved
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
IN BIG ICE JAM.

HASTINGS-On-T -The-H Hudson, Jan. Is.
-Rescuers battled today to reach two
tugs and four large barges, owned by
the Knickerbocker Ice company. which
with fifty persons aboard them were
marooned on the ice in the middle of
the Hudson river. The crews and
passengers include two women and
four children. Experienced river men
said there was grave fear of the crafts
being sunk by the grinding of ice. The
barges were in tow of the tugs Mac
Gee and Bismark, and were bound
from Rockland lake to this city, laden
with ice, when caught in a jam. The
barges became separated from the
tugs and were powerless. There is very
little food on the barges.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
REPORT OF MERGER =
DENIED BY BANKS

A report current some few days agu
that the Citisens' State bank and the
First National bank Of Haserstown
would be merged has been authorita.
lively denied BY officials OF Aese in.
stitutions. II IL not know by them
how de rumor originated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
CRAZED BY HUNGERA

HAMMOND, Ind, Jan. 15.-The
murder of five starving children by
their mother, Mrs. Andrew Szymanski
of Whiting, was prevented last night
by the providential visit of relative
to the home, who found the mother
armed with butcher knife, a raving
maniac, about to stab her six months
old baby. A desperate encounter fol-
lowed in which the woman was disarm-
ed. The family had neither fuel, cloth
ing nor food for three days. Szymanski
the husband was found drunk in a sa-
loon. Doctors examined the woman
and declared she had gone mad from
starvation. She is now at hospital.
The husband is under arrest. In a
partly sane moment the woman said
she intended killing all her starving
children to end their suffering.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
SIX. DIE, FROM GOLD,

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 15.-Six more
people have been frozen to death in
the Canadian northwest during the Sc
we're weather G. Isbester, a settler
from Minnesota, was one victim. At
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Mrs.
Gardner and Thomas Robinson, were
found frozen to death. The same fate
overlook Stephen Pritt and an un-
known man at Calgary.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
~ SKATERS DROWN.

EMDEN, Germany, Jan. 15.-Twen-
ty-seven men and women were drown
ed when ice in the Ems river, on
which they were skating, broke today.
Several others are missing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-15
THE WEATHER
HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY

HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY
Forecast for Richmond and vicinity:
Fair and colder tonight. Fair with
sliwly rising temperature tomorrow.
Highest temperature in last ~ hours,
90. at p. m. Sunday. Lowest temper
ature in last "A hours, 3 below at q.
m. Monday. Temperature at 1880
p. m. today, above. 30.z
and rising. Direction and velocity of
wind-West. miles an hour.
STATE-Fsir and colder tonight.
Tuesday fair; not much cisan9e in
Temperature.
loCAL-Fa air and eojd tonsahf and
Tsesday. Tuesday fair, slowly
rising Temperature.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-08-31
WORTH EAST

Mr. Raynor Carey left last week for
Sitka, Alaska, where he has a position
as Professor of Manual Training We
wish him success in his new field.
The North East base ball club has re-
covered from their run Of bad luck ana
expects to win Saturday.
Pref. +. b. Fockler spent the week in
LyuchIurg, Va.
Miss Jane A, Croft, of Newark, n. j.,
is visiting relatives here.
All carpenters are busy in this
vicinity. Mr.. Frank Shippers has con-
tracted to build fine mansion and barn
on the Ceilings place, Elk Neck.
Several more hogs have died of '.holera
and every effort is being made to check
the disease in this vicinity.
Mrs. Robert Whitaker and Miss Luc,
Mcdaniel, are spending the balance of
the summer at Shady Beach.
Two games of ball will be played here
on Monday with the Aberdeen Grub.
The Great Chiefs of Maryland will visit
Shawnah Tribe Red Men next Tuesday
evening.
Rev. J. p. Otis is spending TWO weeks
vacation in New Jersey Rev. Isaiah
Biddle is filling his pulpit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lifts, of Will
mington, spent the week with Mr. and
Mrs. s. G, Dunlap.
Miss Rachel Rambo is visiting in Will
mington.
Mrs. p S Terhune is visiting IN Wi
mington.
Miss May Terhure left on Monday for
Oregon where She will be married to Mr..
Cloman Day, formerly of this town, who
is in the lumber business in Prescott,
Oregon. They will be married on Sep
TENDER A.
The colored people are holding camp
meeting in Scotten's woods.
The Holiness Camp, which was great
success this summer, will be made per-
manent and the grounds will be en-
closed next year and every prospect Is
for one of the leading camps in the State.
Titus Algard of Charlestown, who
died on Sunday, was member of Fell
lowship Lodge, x. of p. of this town,
A delegation of the lodge attended the
funeral at Charlestown on Wednesday,
Down the bay are thousands of water
melons and plenty of peaches selling
cheap, yet they are completely shut out
by a law prohibiting boats from selling
without a license, which is placed SO high
that no one can pay it. A law that robs
the consumers and does little good for
the merchants. A Democratic law got
up and passed for a few farmers who
don't raise enough to give every one
here melon or peach apiece, yet they
want four prices for inferior goods.
Lynn Gillespie, who has been in Dr..
Housekeeper's drug store for several
years, has resigned to take a position in
Rising Sun.
Miss Gertrude Shippers, of Philadel-
phia, spent the week with Mrs. S. A.
Sturgeon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-08-31
WOODLAND

The Girls Embroidery Club spent last
Thursday at Betterton.
Miss Lora Thompson has been spend
ing several days at Betterton.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Abrahams, of
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. AbrahamG,
of Topeka, Kan, and Mr.. e. X. Abra-
hams, Of Baltimore, have been recent
guests of their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
S. Abrahams
Ruth Bryde, age seven months, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Bryde, of Glen
olden, Pa, died at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. j. B. Tyson, last Fri
day. Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Terry were at Bet
1erton from Friday to Monuay.
Miss Rachel Nesbitt has gone to Tren-
Jon, ~ j.
Miss Jesse Miller, of Philadelphia, is
the guest of her cousins, Misses Martha
and Lena Miller.
Mrs. Sarah Seager. of Baltimore, has
been visiting Mrs. NJ. l.. Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Mccall, of Phil
adelpha, visited Mr.. and Mrs Clinton
Jackson last week.
Mr.. George Bryde, of Wilmington, was
a week end guest of his mother.
Misses Annie and NJ. o. Jackson, are
guests Of DR.. and Mrs. Simmons, oil
Chestertown.
Miss Florence Rawlings is confined to
to the house with badly sprained an
ke.