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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
.PURDUE-W|LL|AMS
TANGLE UNSOLV WE'D
Coleman Holds Superintend.
ent Responsible
for Pay.

T. A. Coleman, of Purdue Univer-
sity, and County Superintendent Will
liams failed to come to an agreement
yesterday afternoon as to who should
pay the expenses of lecturers sent
here from the university to lecture on
agricultural subjects. Coleman is
head of the county agents in Indiana
The Wayne county board of educa-
ton refuses to endorse the expense
account of lecturer who spoke here.
on the ground that there is no fund
from which the money can. be taken.
The members contend if they author
iZe the expenditure of the money from
the county fund, the state board of &C
counts will order board members to
pay the money out of their own pock-
cts.
contract signed by Superintend-
ent {. .. Williams, president of the
board. specifying that the board shall
be responsible for the expenses incur
red by the lecturers is binding accord
ing to Coleman. The local officials
said the meeting at which the contract
was signed was a meeting of farmers
interested IN securing an agent and
not meeting of the board
1t was intimated that the work of
the lecturers would be done by Mr..
Cobb in the future.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
NATURAL GAS SOON
PROMISE OF COMPANY
Mains to Reach Richmond
Late Next Week, Say
Officials.
RUSH BIG EXTENSION
Taps City Line at Twenty
third and South A
Streets.
RUSH BIG EXTENSION

The natural gas supply main which
is being laid from the line at Hollans-
burg, Ohio, to Richmond, will be COM
pleted by the latter part of next week,
according to a statement made today
by K. G. Krick the representative of
the Logan Natural Gas and Fuel which
is laying the line from the West Vir-
ginia field.
About a week ago two trenching ma
chimes and large gang of men started
to lay the line to Richmond and since
then have been completing on an aver
age of one mile of the line each day.
The pipe laying gang is about two
miles south of Middleboro. The line
will come into Richmond from the
east and tap the city system at Twen-
ty-third and South A street where the
main regulating station will be placed.
Gas BY December I.
j. B. Wharton, manager of the local
company said today his company was
now negotiating with pipe company
for supply of pipe necessary to COM
plete a belt line around the city. He
said that after the pipe is on the
ground, it will take at least three
weeks to make the necessary changes
and he does not think that the con-
nections and changes can be made be-
fore December 1.
The contract with the Logan COM
pany required that the gas be brought
to the corporation line by November 1
and if the present plans of the COM
pany are carried out the line will be
completed to the corporation line three
weeks previous to the specified time.
Hurry Extensions.
The Logan company completed the
main line yesterday, which runs from
the West Virginia fields to Indiana,
and the company has announced that
Marion, Muncie, Anderson and other
cities in central Indiana will be sup
piled with gas on September 80 which
is thirty days before the time prom
ised in the contracts.
Mr.. Wharton of the local company
said the delay in Richmond was caus-
ed by the delay in the negotiations
and they were doing all in their power
to complete the work before winter
sets in.
The local company has planned to
make the changes in Richmond just as
fast as they can, connecting sections
as fast as the belt line Is completed
and the regulators are established.
The line that is being laid into Rich
mond is a 10 inch pipe from Hollands
burg, the main line from Ohio is an 1S
inch main. The Logan company in it's
contract agreed to lay an eight inch
main line but at the request of the To-
cal company it changed the line to
10 inches.
MIR. Krick said if the local company
would furnish the standpipe for dis
play of natural gas when the gas line
reached Richmond the company would
supply the gas free of charge. He said
this plan was followed at Muncie and
the display was seen for miles.
Mr.. Wharton would not say today
whether his company would accept the
proposition of the Logan company to
make a display on the completion of
the line.
|, Mr.. Wharton, Mr.. Krick and j. NJ.
Barrett of Newcastle, inspected the
line today and stated that the work
was satisfactory to both companies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
MARSHAL WANTS
SCHOOL FIRE DRILL
Principal Pickell to Make a
List of Rules for the
High School.

In accord with the state fire mar
shal law passed at the 1912 session of
the state legislature, Marshal Longley
has issued notices TO all deputies and
fire chiefs in the state requesting that
the schoos at once take up a system
of fire drills. This applies to all insti-
tutions of learning, including public.
private, parochial and business schools
and colleges.
Notices will be posted in all the
schools giving the fire drill rules. Ev-
cry grade school in Richmond has a
fire drill which is practiced about
three or four times a term. The new
law requires that the drills be held at
least once a month and recommends
that they be held at more frequent in
tervals.
Although the high school has not
held drills, Principal Pickell will make
out list of rules at once. AS the high
school students are often in differ
ent room during every hour of the day,
this will be difficult matter. Ii will
be necessary to make our rules for
every room in the building, as the
state fire marshal expressly says there
should be no confusion. II is requested
that the boys precede the girls, as
they might trample the girls if the
lines should not move rapidly enough.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
M'MAHAN CHECKS up
ON HYDRANT RENTALS!
Supt. Dill Prefers Settlement
of Problem Outside
of Court.

City Controller McMahan has not
completed checking up the Iigures in
the report of City Attorney Bond on
the alleged over payment of $1,49S
for fire hydrant rentals. 1t is under
stood, however, that the board of pub
lie works is determined to deduct
from the hydrant rental bill for the
last six months whatever sum has
been overpaid the Water Works com.
pany.
Superintendent Dill, of the Water
Works company, stated today that his
company had not decided on what
course of action would be pursued in
the event the city deducted any
amount from its hydrant rental &C.
count.
The question is now in the hands
of our attorneys and we will await
their report before we reach any de-
cision in the case" said Mr.. Dill. I'VE
do not want to bring suit against the
city in this matter and would much
rather have it settled satisfactorily
outside of court.
We believe our Interpretation OF
the fire hydrant rental ordinance is
correct, for our Interpretation has
been accepted without dispute by ev-
cry city attorney since 1892 until Mr.
Bond was appointed to that Office"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
DRUNKEN LABORERS
CAUSE EXCITEMENT
Two Macedonians Report a
"DOuble Murder" in Camp
at MiddlebOrO.

Reporting a free-for-all fight in
which two persons had been killed and
several laborers fatally injured, drunk
en- Macedonians recited vivid details
of an awful tragedy, which caused Po
lice Chief Gormon and half the night
force to rush to the camp near Mid
dleboro, where over 200 foreigners are
laying a gas line Investigation show
ed that the fight had originated in the
alcohol inf1amed brains of Frank Nytra
and John Sias, who were fined 81 and
costs each today
Orders Police Out.
At $50 last night Nytra and Sias
entered the saloon of Henry Schell
500 North Twelfth street, and weep
ingly recounted a tale of double
murder, pleading for assistance
Schell reported the matter to the po
lice and Chief Gormon, with half the
night men, went in automobiles to
New Paris, where the Macedonians
said the trouble occurred, and then
to the camp at Middleboro.
More than 200 Roumanians, Hun
garians and Macedonians, working fol
tne Logan Natural Gas company
swarmed out of the tents The two
Macedonians pointed out two Hungar
ians, George Purica and Nick Loui
whom, the Macedonians claimed, com
mitted the murder. Both were ar
rested and held until this morning.
murder" is a Fight.
Finally the murder story dwindled
down to an assault with pick handles
When Nytra and Sias were sober. both
showed marks, which they claimed
were inflicted by the two alleged
"murderers" Until sfteen minutes
before court today, this story was be
heved. but the foreman of the labor
ers, E. y. Butler, gave the police an.
other story.
Nytra was injured some time ago
while working for the railroad. but
wound" was a large birthmark on the
shoulder Both were fined 81 and
costs for intoxication, while the two
men who were charged with the as.
sault were released
When arrested Nick Loui was found
to have a money belt on him contain.
ing almost $500. He has acted as
banker for five or six of his country
men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
PALLADIUM'S BIG
FESTIVAL EDITION

With this issue The Palladium
presents to its readers the largest
issue ever attempted by a newspa-
per In eastern Indiana. 1t COM
prises slxty-two pages. replete with
accounts Of the business, indus
trial, educational, social and cuI-
turai growth of the city.
The publication of this number
ls an exponent of the growth of
The Palladium and of the high es-
teem In which It Is held by more
than $500 subscribers. and hun
dreds of advertisers who find in it's
columns the best medium of bring
Ing before the public the merits Of
their goods.
The Palladium Is rated the best
newspaper in eastern Indiana and
inasmuch as the Richmond Fall
Festival Is the biggest event in this
part of the state this season, The
Palladium takes pardonabie
amount Of pride In offering its read
ers this evening an issue commen-
surate with the worth of the Fall
Festival and indicative of the en-
terprise The Palladium always has
shown when Richmond and its
manifold interests were to be pro-
NOTED.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
DOCTORS DENOUNCE
SPLITTING OF FEES
At STATE MEETING
Pass Structure on Members
Guilty of Disgraceful
Practice.
PATIENT BEARS COST
Surgeons Secretly Give Prac-
titiOners Percentage
of the Fees.
PATIENT BEARS COST

The splitting among physicians and
surgeons was unanimously condemned
in a bylaw amendment by the house
of delegates of the Indiana State Med
ical Association which met Thursday
and Friday at West Baden. 1t was ar
gued by those who introduced the
measure that the practice of fee di-
vision works against the interests of
the public and the regular profession.
Fee splitting was explained as a sur
geon's offer to a practicing physician.
secretly, of a portion of his fee for
operation. This share is given as an
inducement to the practitioner to refer
cases to the surgeon for operation.
Where two surgeons are competing for
the surgical business of a community,
one, in order to get a larger share wifi
make a private agreement with physi-
clans whereby he agrees to give them
percentage of fees charged on all
cases referred by them.
Method Explained.
1t was pointed out that this inevita-
bly, paves the way to corruption in the
medical profession. In order to secure
| the income from split fees, practi-
toner will sometimes recommend op-
Grafton where the case does not need
it. The surgeon will charge, in some
cases, an eXhorbitant fee in order to
be able to divide with the practitioner
who has referred the case. 1t may
mean that an incompetent surgeon will
secure a monopoly of trade in a COM
munity because more competent man
may refuse to divide fees.
Where fee splitting obtains" said
one delegate with emphasis, "a sur
geon will auctioneer himself off to
those physicians who are willing to
send him the most business and the
physicians auctioneer themselves off
to the surgeons who will pay the big.
sest per cent. The patient meanwhile
is merely a pawn in the doctors game
of making as much money as posi-
BILE"
Discuss Problem.
The question of fee splitting held
the center of the stage at the conven-
tion and was constantly discussed by
the delegates. A number of leading
physicians and surgeons of the state
felt the evil had grown to such proper
tions as to justify drastic action on
the part of the profession by way of
open publicity. The intensity of feeling
on the subject was reflected by the
amendment made to one of the by
laws and passed unanimously in the
house of delegates:
This association does not counte-
nance or tolerate fee splitting, division
of fees. or commission paying directly
or indirectly and any member found
guilty shall be expelled from member
ship
1t is said that the friends of the prac-
tice did not have the courage to de-
fend it openly, but opposed the action
of the association secretly.
1t is believed the matter next year
may be recommended to the general
assembly for stringent legislative &C
ton.
DR.. David w. Stevenson of Rich
mond was reelected treasurer of the
association.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
Attire Main Street
In Mass of COIOrS
For Large Festival

While Richmond citizens slept last
night, decorators worked on Main
street. Today flags and streamers are
fiuttering on the trolley wires from
Third to Twelfth street. BY Tuesday
night. they will have transformed the
nine blocks into a long court, lighted
with thousands of electric bulbs, with
the yellow and white Festival colors,
and American flags decorating every
post and wire.
Merchants have begun decorating
interiors of stores and show windows.
Show cases and walls are covered with
Festival colors. The down town dis
trict has lost it's sober. grey appear
ance. To correspond with the efforts
which the merchants are making.
Chairman Will Romey. of the eNecu-
tive committee, has issued an appeal
to the citizens to decorate their homes.
Everything is booming" said Chair
man Romey. Everybody is working
hard, and a number of the committees
have arranged unusual displays"
Wayne Homestead Unique.
An old Wayne county homestead is
being fitted up in the north room of
the library by the historical commit
tee. There. with a spinning wheel
and loom, Mrs. Butts, an old lady
who lives fourteen miles north of the
city, will spin cloth from the raw wool
Mrs Butts will be at the exhibit from
8 to IL o'clock in the morning. and
from l to 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Exhibit First Piano.
The first piano, which was brought
to Richmond seventy-seven years ago
will be a part of the historical exhibit
This instrument was made in Philadel
phia in 1922 for the mother of Mrs
Emma Dugdale. whose father was DR.
Salter, one of Wayne county's pioneer
physicians.
Showing the evolution of music and
musical instruments in Richmond
this exhibit will attract many music
lovers.
Opposite the wide old-fashioned fire
place will stand the four poster bed
with quilts and comforts made nearly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
Make Reports of Evangelis-
tic, Pastoral and Church
Extension Departments.
MANY JOIN DURING 1912
Friends Ministers to Fill Pull
pits in City Churches
Tomorrow.

Reading of epistles from other year
ly meetings and the report of the
evangelistic, pastoral and church ex-
tension committee occupied the at
tention of the Indiana yearly meeting
of Friends today.
Letters were read from California,
Baltimore, North Carolina, Kansas,
Nebraska and other yearly meetings
Probably the most interesting epistle
was from the yearly meeting in China,
which said the last five years meet
ing there has been a desire on the
part of Friends for closer union with
the denomination in this country.
1900 Accessions to Church.
The committee on church extension
reported there have been over 1900
accessions to the church during the
last year. The committee further rec
commended, with the approval of the
board of ministry and oversight, that
henceforth three months notice must
be served between church and pastor
before their relationship may be sew
eieu anu Iudt III ITO case snail Il meet
ing engage a pastor without having
first obtained the approval of the
yearI- meeting.
The board of representatives re-
ported that it did not look with favor
upon the request of the New Garden
quarterly meeting for changing the
time for the submission of statistics
to the yearly meeting. The body rec
ommended the appointment of Isaac
Wilson to take the place of Alonzo
Gardner on the auditing committee.
67 in Spiceland Academy.
At the session this afternoon re-
ports of educational institutions un-
der the supervision of the Friends
church, were laid before the meeting.
The report of Spiceland Academy
showed an enrolment of 81. There
are four teachers, all of whom are col
1ege graduates
Fairmount Has 1879.
Fairmount Academy reported an en-
rollment of 1919 and a faculty of nine
teachers A new school building is
being erected for the use of the school
at Spiceland and until it can be COM
pIeted classes are meeting in pr1-
vate dwelling The new building will
be ready for occupancy some time
next year.
AT the business session Friday even
ing the report of the Bible school
Continued ON Page Two)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27

a century ago. The committee has
also secured wooden plow. a cradle
and legal documents. all OF which have
stories connected with the history of
Wayne county. A member of the COM
mittee will be present all the time TO
answer questions and tell stories OF
the relics.
Prepare Booths
Manufacturers and exhibitors ar-
preparing their booths in the tent. all
of which must be ready for the open
ing of the Festival Wednesday morn
ing. according to Chairman Romey,
who says no one will be allowed 70
move into the Made in Richmond"
tent after Tuesday evening.
A telegram from the NJ. RumeIy
company. of Laporte. today, stated
that the local branch would cooperate
in making the Festival success by
placing a large exhibit in the tent.
Bands Galore.
Several hundred musicians. forming
nine bands, will be playing all the
time, October . The Richmond Con-
cert band OF 6fty pieces, wearing
white uniforms. trimmed in yellow.
will lead the industrial parade. follow
ed by other bands as follows: Coop
ers, Hagerstown. Muncie. lndianapo-
lis News Boys, Lynn and carnival
Milton will be represented by the
Boys Drum Corps. At Eleventh and
Main the carnival company's electric
organ will grind out its melodies The
steam caliope will toot in the rear OF
each parade.
The ladies of the Grace Methodist
church have contracted to furnish the
meals for the musicians
Problem to Feed.
To feed the thousands of the visi-
tors is one of the questions puzzling
the restaurants. hotels and the church
ladies'. While the church women Will
not serve regular meals. many of the
organizations will have locations
among the concessions on the streets.
(Continued on Page Eighty
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
APPEALS FOR HELP
Poor Persons Ask Aid From
t Salvation Army.

With the coming of cooler weather
the Salvation Army is receiving many
calls for clothing and fuel. Large
quantities of clothing and furniture
were distributed by Ensign Vaudeville
yesterday afternoon. The Army has
calls for all the supplies that can be
obtained.
Many of the poor are asking for
coal, which cannot be supplied at
present. Ensign Vaudeville says he
expects to see the coal dealers of the
city and make some arrangement to
provide fuel for the most abiect cases
of poverty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
SCHOOLS To
.SHOW new METHODS
Improvement of Educational
Methods for Festival
Floats.

Display rooms at the Richmond high
school cannot accommodate the ex-
hibits of the township schools of the
county. Their exhibits will be seen
in the corridors and Office rooms of
the court house.
Every form of handicap work made
in the domestic science departments
will be displayed from me suburban
districts of the county. More inter.
est is being taken in the festival in
the schools of the county than ever
before. Grain and garden produce
grown by the children will be exhibit
ed.
Two floats will be entered in the
industrial parade by Dalton, jefferson
and Franklin townships combined
One float will represent the transpor-
tation facilities of the school children
when schools were first instituted in
Wayne county and the other will rep
resent modern conveniences of trans
portation. Men on horses with several
children clinging behind will repre-
sent the olden time method of going
to school and the modern school hacks
trimmed with yellow and white and
otherwise decorated will represent the
present modern methods of going TO
school.
Clay, Center and Green townships
have planned unique floats. one show
ing the old time school room and the
other a modern school room. The
FIRST will show the old fashioned black
board and states. old wooden benches
and other crude school implements.
while the float which follows il will
demonstrate the domestic science and
vocational training departments which
have been installed in the modern
schools.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
GETS NEW PATRONS
City Light Plant Serves 65
More Homes.

Service to 65 new patrons during
the last month establishes a record
for the city light plant. There is a
waiting list of II ON the light plant s
books.
superintendent Johnson says this is
the banner month in the history of the
plant.
The engines for the new addition
will arrive next Saturday and will be
installed the following Monday. The
boilers have been set up for some
time.
The old excitor was sold to Earl
ham College for s225 Its original
cost was s625. 1t had been in use con
stantly for eleven years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27

Henry U. Johnson, attorney and for
mer congressman from the Sixth 1ndi-
ana District following dispute today
over a real estate matter with Abner
D. Bond, one of the best known far
mers in Clay township, struck Bond
three times over the head with a
crutch, badly injuring him and break
ing the crutch. The assault took place
at noon in front of the Colonial build
ing, Seventh and Main streets, and
was witnessed by many persons. Bond
said he would swear out warrant for
Johnsons arrest.
Bond is II years old. His injuries
consist of deep cut on the top OF his
head, blackened left eye and other
less serious wounds about the head.
He was knocked to the sidewalk by
the force of the blows he received
from Johnson's crutch and had to be
helped into nearby store.
Johnson has been on crutches sew
eral days, following an operation on
his foot at the hospital. Johnson walk
ed away soon after the assault and his
version of the trouble could not be OBJ
tanned.
Bonds Version.
After Bond had received medical at
tention he said Johnson struck him ap-
parent1y because he thought his good
name had been impunged.
Bond said that some time ago he
had been appointed by the court to
sell a farm belonging to the heirs of
Mary c.. Black, for whom Johnson is
attorney. This farm is located in Clay
township, two miles south of Green's
fork According to Bond, Johnson
wanted to have the farm sold by some
real estate agent, but Bond says, the
Black heirs objected to this and told