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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
ATTORNEYS PREPARE
FOR IMPEACHMENT
GOVERNOR SULzER
Executives Counsel Refuse
go Divslge Plans of
Defense.
TRIAE STAGE is SET
Greatest Legal Struggle in
History of New York
is Expected.

ALBANY, Sept. 17-Everything is
in readiness today for the trial of Gov
ernor William Sulzer before the seven
judges of the State Court of Appeals
and the State Senate sitting as a
High Court of Impeachment.
Tomorrow the curtain will rise on
what probably is to be the greatest le-
gal struggle New York State has ever
seen. For the first time in the history
of New York and for only the eighth
time in the history of the United
States, a governor will be placed on
trial for high crimes and misdemea-
nors."
No statement of any kind could be
obtained from Governor SulZer today,
or from any of his counsel, except ex-
pressions of confidence as to the out
come. Governor SulZer appears to feel
that the presence of the judges of the
Court of Appeals and the close atten-
ton of the general public will force
a fair trial.
Ready For Evidence.
The Assembly Board of Managers,
of which Aaron J. Levy, majority lead
er of the assembly, is chairman, is
fully prepared to proceed with the
presentation of the evidence, to be
maze Dy SpeClal cOunSel.
One of the first things the Court
of Impeachment will do is to formu-
late the rules for the conduct of the
business in hand. Chief Judge Edgar
M. Cullen of the Court of Appeals is
to preside and the court crier, Fred
Harris, of Birmingham, will open and
close the court with the familiar
Hear ye, Hear ye." The clerk of the
court of appeals however, will not act
as such in the Court of Impeachment
The clerk of the Senate, Patrick e.
McCabe, of Albany, will be the clerk
of the Court of Impeachment.
1t is believed that many technical
matters will have to be fought out
before the court gets under way. First
of all the defendant William Sulzer
will, through his attorneys, file his an
swer. The attorneys will doubtless ask
that the charges be dismissed as they
were not found by the Assembly when
it was In regular session, but at an
extraordinary session. This matter
will be argued and determined.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
ASKS ASSOCIATION
TO BUILD ADDITION
Glove Company Says Fac
tory Owned by S. S. l. A.
is Too Small.
BUSINESS INCREASES

Consideration will be given by the
directors of the South Side Improve
ment association, to the request of
the Indianapolis Glove company for an
addition to it's present factory at
South Seventh and II streets. The
building is owned by the association.
At the meeting of the improvement
association last night, Charles Zwick,
president of the company, B. Elsey
the general manager, both of Indiana
polls and II. c. Lawson the resident
manager made short talks showing
how it would be profitable to both the
association and the company to en-
large the present factory.
The officials of the company would
like to have the capacity of the plant
doubled by the erection of an addi-
tion two stories high, 40 by 155 feet.
the size of the present plant. They
pointed out that if this addition were
made the working force could be in
creased from 135 to 200 girls.
The glove company has enjoyed a
fine business since its location here.
During the first three months of the
present year, the entire 1913 output
was sold
A special meeting of the organiZa-
ton has been called for September 26
to hear the report of the directors who
will consider the matter in the imme-
diate future.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
A PERMANENT ROAD
POLICY NOW BEING
OPPOSED BY MANY
County Boards Plan is Sure
to Cause a Protest from
the Taxpayers.
WILL INCREASE TAXES
Plan for the Proper Mainte-
nance of Gravel Roads is
Now Being Urged.
WILL INCREASE TAXES

AS a result of the insp ection of a
number of permanently improved
highways in the vicinity of Ft. Wayne
and about Detroit, Mich, the board of
Wayne county commissioners has
practically decided on a policy of per-
manently improving the principal
highways in Wayne county
The plan of the board members at
present is to permanently improve
such roads with concrete, width of
sixteen feet. The rest of the roadway,
which on the average pike would be
about the same width would be of
gravel.
Under the law property owners have
the right to select the kind of paving,
but the commissioners advocate con.
crete because 1t is much less expens-
i've than the brick paving.
Not Popular Move.
There are large number of tax
payers in the county, however. who
are out of sympathy with the commits.
sioners' plan for the permanent i'm
provement of a number of the princi-
pal roads. This opposition is espec,
tally noticeable in Wayne township,
whose taxpayers have borne by far
the greatest part of the expense OF
the macadam roads so far built under
the three mile road law.
This sentiment has been ignored by
the commissioners, however. and they
are about to authorize the concreting
of three mile stretch on the Middle,
boro pike, from the city limits north,
at cost of $48,O00, which means an.
other increase in taxes for Wayne
township taxpayers. Plans for con-
creting a section of the National road
from the city limits to the driving
park are also being considered.
'I think that the county board Is
embarking too hastily on this policy
Continued on Page Three.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
lnn1an Family Gets
Every Help Possible

Touched by the story recounted in
the Palladium of yesterday. of the
struggles of Mrs. Ida Inman to pro-
vide food and clothing for her family
and keep her children from being
separated or sent to an orphans
home, huge baskets of food with Of
fers of assistance were sent to the
little four room cottage on South
Sixth street today.
Persons who had not heard of the
family before were as liberal as some
who lived close by.
The landlord, who has a rent bill of
seven months against Mrs. Inman.
says that he win not press her for a
settlement of the back rent but would
be satisfied il the mother merely pays
the rent as it comes due from month
to month in the future
Ensign Vaudeville, of the Saliva
ton Army, and the deputy township
trustee, called at the home this morn
ing and found that while the family
was not actually suffering from lack
of food, clothing was badly needed.
The truant officer will be instructed
to provide shoes and other necessary
articles for the children, so that they
may attend school.
The visitors suggested to the moth
ler the advisability of staying with her
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17

family and letting the oldest girl work
in the factory in her stead, but the
mother objected on the ground that
she could earn more money than her
daughter and the family needed all
the money that 1t could get.
Mrs. Margaret Warfel, of the Penny
club, has been informed by a friend
who knew the Inman family when they
lived in Winchester, that the mother
is industrious and deserving and
should be given every assistance pos
sible.
Mrs. lnman applied to the Penny
club when the family first came to
Richmond, and this organization as
sisted her in finding a home.
1t was stated by officials of the As
sociated Charities today that that body
would make an investigation of the
case at the earliest possible moment
The Inman family is not the only
one in the city in need of assistance.
says Ensign Vaudeville. He says
there are number of other homes in
the city where even more desperate
conditions prevail
The Salvation Army is the only or.
ganiZation so far as known in the city
that has kept in touch with the In,
mans. A few weeks ago the army ex.
tended some much needed assistance
to the family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
CORMON OPPOSES
FOREIGN MISSIONS
Police Chief Says Richmond
Presents Good Field for
Charity Work.
FAVORS FAIRGROUNDS

Richmond presents a good field for
charity work among children" declar-
ed Chief of Police Gormon this morn
ing. Mr. Gormon says that the chill
dren of Richmond need attention and
declares against foreign missions"
There are hundreds of cases in the
city where the children are not get
ting the proper care and training,
said the chief. I'm many cases, it is
the fault of the parents. have found
after years of study and contact with
the problem that many children who
are inclined to do right are actually
led wrong by the parents.
eff the citizens of Richmond went
to other cities and found conditions
existing which exist here, they would
gladly lend not only financial assist
ance but personal aid. There are many
cases here of where drunken fathers
are arrested and brought here. BY law
we are forced to send them to jail. TX
we do that, the family suffers. They
are robbed of what little the father
did contribute towards their support.
"On the other hand. if We release
these men, they are not as apt to stop
drinking as if we had sent them to
jail -..- .-.-..
The chief declared he has .unearth-
ed cases of where women actually
lead their children to, wrong. He cited
one arrest where woman had given
her daughter liquor until the child
was intoxicated. The girl was fourteen
years old.
Chief Gormon says there is much
opportunity for charity among desert
ed wives and families here. There are
many cases which are on record at
police headquarters of where hus-
bands left their families without sup
port.
The chief is an advocate of the play
grounds plan for children and would
have a public ground in the center of
the city where the children could col
lect at night. He declared that almost
every girl who has gone wrong in
Richmond did so because she was al
lowed to walk the streets at night
Chief Gormon declares that for
eign missions" should not be given the
attention they are, but that the citi-
zens to do worthy acts, should attend
to the conditions in their home town
first. He says that much charity is mis-
placed and should not consist only Of
money donations.
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over an hour they were unable to
reach him by telephone.
Both Well Known.
Both men are very we'll known in
the neighborhood about Webster and
though they are known to be high
tempered, neither has been in trouble
before
The cause of the shooting is said
to be the result OF trouble which
Starr had with James Brown, father of
Richard Brown. Starr formerly resid-
ed in a house in Webster owned by
the elder Brown.
Starr, according to witnesses. called
Brown a liar, while the men were
standing near the tool shed owned by
the company. Starr followed Brown
out Of the tool shanty, but before they
arrived at the station Brown shot at
him, the bullet taking effect above
the heart, and coming out through his
shoulder blade. DR.. Griffis was unable
to ascertain the extent of the wound.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17

Utilization of the open water cours-
es in slightly populated districts of
the city for the construction OF sew
ers, will be advocated by B. A Kenne-
pohl, president of the board of works
Mr.. kennepohl believes the entire
south and southeastern section OF the
city can be drained by a new system
which can be installed at low cost
A valley runs from Reeveston place.
across the south side of the city and
joins the Whitewater river on the Lib
erty pike, south of the city. The CEN
ter of the valley was formerly used for
drainage, there having been an open
water course through il, flowing into
the river.
Part of this water course has been
destroyed but part of il is still used.
Mr.. Kennepohl would lay six or ten
foot pipe through this ditch at only
the cost of ttsSIe pipe and construction.
me largest part of the cost of the
laying of q sewer, the excavating.
would not be necessary.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
Big Saving to City
in Kennepohrs Plan

The president of the board says that
this would not only relieve the condi-
ton u the South c street sewer but
would provide drainage for Beailview
which ultimately win come into Rich
mond as part Of the city.
Nr Kennepohl says that II the rest
of the board Is in harmony with the
plan, action should be taken at once
as the part Of that city is rapidly
growing and as houses are being built
parts of the water course are being
filed He viii breach the matter at
an early board meeting
He claims that IT would not be necr
essary 10 fill over the sewer as the
residents of the section at present
have no place to dump earth in excar
waiting and this could be used as q
dump. He says that q sewage system
for this portion OF the city in ten
years will cost more than ten times
what it win cost If installed at once
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
INSPECT FLUES IS
M|LLER'S WARNING
Fire Chief Says Users of Soft
Coal Should Clean
House Flues.
CAUSE OF MANY FIRES
SCOT Collects and Blaze May
Spread to Roofs of
Buildings.
CAUSE OF MANY FIRES

users of soft coal must inspect the
flues in their house and see that they
are clean and in first class order be-
fore kindling the first winters fire."
This is the order issued by Fire
Chief Miller today as precaution
against flue fires. He urges not only
the soft coal users to attend to the
flues but says that in every house.
flues should be inspected annually to
see that they are clean and in good
condition.
Most of the fires in the city are
caused by dirty and defective flues. OF
the class of fires known as "flue" fires,
dirty flues are the cause of most of
them. Little trouble is caused from
defective flues although there are
numbers of fires from this cause.
The SCOT collects in the flues and
when the heating stoves and furnaces
are burning briskly, the SCOT catches
fire, spreading to the roofs in many
cases.
The chief will probably issue
proclamation for Fire Prevention"
day, which will be observed October
by a general hauling away and de-
stroying of all inflammable materials
and objects and the inspection of the
flues.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
Agent Cobb May be Recalled
Unless County Board
Acts FavOrably.
TRUSTEES GIVE STAND
Education Board and State
Accountants Clash Over
Expense Account.

. Lecturers will not be sent here to
speak on agricultural work until the
Wayne county board of education
comes TO the terms of the officials of
Purdue University.
This announcement was made today
by County Agent Cobb, who cancelled
the lectures which were scheduled for
Purdue representative on seed Sc
lection and scoring of corn, Septem-
Der 80 and October l.
The Wayne county board of educa-
ton at its last meeting declared the
expense account of Morris Douglas,
lecturer from Flat Rock, sent here by
Purdue University officials, would not
be indorsed by the board. The board
held there was no fund from which
the money could be taken.
Trustees Dissatisfied.
That the township trustees in Wayne
county are almost unanimously dis
satisfied with their offices and are
merely holding the positions because
the legislature extended their time
two years at the 1911 session, was
declared by a prominent Wayne coun-
ty official
The attitude of the board toward
the expense accounts of the lecturers
is the outcome of alleged controver-
sizes between the state board of ac-
countants and the trustees. The lat
ter were compelledsto pay back to the
county the So received because they
sat on the election board. The ac-
countants said the trustees could not
receive a salary from two sources, if
they held a township or county office.
The law makes the trustees members
of the election board.
Remit Payments.
Several of the trustees had paid the
township teachers in full, though there
were several days that the schools
were not in session. Unaware that
the teachers were to be paid per diem
the trustees paid them money which
they had to return to the township, ac-
cording to the ruling of the state
board officials who examined their
books few months ago.
1t has been customary in many of
the townships for the trustees to sell
grammars and spoilers to the school
children. sszThe, books were secured
from local book agents and the trus-
tees were granted a ten per cent re-
duction by the agents for the books.
The ten per cent profit was illegal.
the state officials contend. After es-
timating the profits made by the trus-
tees for handling the books, the trus-
tees were ordered to pay back the ten
| per cent profit into the township
funds.
The trustees had sold the books be.
cause of the convenience rather than
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
WEST RICHMOND
NAMES NOMINEES
Elect Officers of Improve
ment Association at
Meeting Friday.

Nominations for the election Of
West Richmond Improvement Asso-
ciation's officers were made at the
meeting of the nominating committee
last evening. The meeting Friday will
be held at Baxter school. Nominations
were made for president, secretary
treasurer and four vice presidents,
who will be heads of the main COM
mittees of the organization. The COM
mittee consists of e G. McMahan.
Thomas Elleman and Frank Waidele.
The nominations are as follows:
President. E B. Grosvenor. Chas. III.
Moore; first vice president, Harry
Gibbs. Murray Kenworthy; second
vice president, Frank C. Roberts, w.
n. Johnson: third vice president A.
NJ. Gardner. Carl Baker: fourth vice
president, B. A Bescher. Chas- o. VII
liams: secretary. Will J. Robbins. y.
c. Heironimus: treasurer. Levi G.
Peacock. Thos. Hubbard.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
OUTLINES REAL LIFE
Giles Lets Pupils Draw Own
Conclusion.

The first chapel of the year at Gar
field School was addressed by Super
intendent Giles this morning. To give
the students a philosophy of life and
to emphasize the necessity of setting
up rules by which to govern their &C
tions was the purpose of the talk.
Superintendent Giles explained the
PHILOSOPHERS that have been formu-
lated from time to tire and left the
students draw their conclusions as to
which was the best attitude to adopt
toward life. To enjoy life was the sub
stance of the Epicurean philosophy,
the stories took everything just as it
came, meyer worrying; Plato taught to
choose things on high plane, as
truth and beauty. Aristotle's philoso-
ply was more practical, although he
advised his followers to choose for
themselves the best.
Christ taught that one of the best
things in life was social service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
OFFICIALS AWAITING
LIGHT RATE PROBE
OF MUNICIPAL PLANT
State Commission MAY In 4
vestigate Alleged Unfair
Discrimination.
TO TAKE UPVALUATION
Johnson Refuses to Accept
Valuation if Purdue Men
Make Ii.
TO TAKE EQUALIZATION

City officials have received no
word recently from the state public
utilities commission regarding its
plans for taking a physical appraise-
ment of the Richmond municipal light
ing and power plant. This is to be
undertaken as a result OF the city's
application TO reduce the municipal
plants rates twenty-five per cent. The
application has been informally ap-
proved by the commission and the
city is prepared TO place the new
schedule of rates in effect the first OF
next year.
However. the fact that this rate re-
duction has been indorsed by the COM
mission. does not mean that a physi-
cal valuation of the plant will not be
taken TO satisfy the commission that
such a reduction is warranted.
Charge DISCRIMINATION.
In appraising the local plant. il was
learned today, the commission will
investigate the reports that certain
l"rge users of municipal current have
benefited from an unfair discrimina-
ton against other patrons OF the plant.
The commission. il is stated, has been
informed that a few manufacturers
have received the same rate for the
current used at their homes as at their
factories. These charges have been
emphatically denied by Superintend-
ent Johnson. but the commission be-
lieves il is warranted in investigating
them.
Superintendent Johnson states that
he will insist that the appraisement OF
the municipal plant be made by com.
petent electrical engineers. He has
said IL such work is undertaken by
hn mis- cQin ha
been employing in some other cases,
their findings would not be accepted
by him as authoritative and he would
be inclined to take an appeal to the
courts.
Bond Not Worrying.
City Attorney Bond is not worrying
over what action the Light. Heat and
Power company may take in regards
to the reduction of the municipal rates
below the rates of the l.. II. and p.
According to the l.. III. and p. COM
pany's own figures the cost of making
their electricity is almost double the
cost to the city. so IL that company
establishes a schedule of rates the
same as the schedule of rates the city
plant will establish the first of the
year, we will have no complaint to Of
fer, for IL would be n most unpro6t-
able venture on the part of our COM
petitor," said Mr.. Bond. 'On the 9TH
er hand. IL the L. III. and p. attempts
to cut its rates under our new rates
we will appeal to the commission TO
make the L. III. and p. prove that IL
can do this and still make the re-
quired six per cent profit on their SER
vice, which / know that company can
not do.
We have put il up to the Light.
Heat and Power company and we are
now waiting TO see what IL will do"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
Station Agent Shoots
CSC. Section Foreman

Following a wordy alteration, How
ard Starr. a section foreman on the
c. and o. railroad, was shot three
inches above the heart by Richard
Brown, station agent at Webster,
while standing in front of the station
house at noon today. Starr may die
The two men have had trouble be-
for% 1t was during the noon hour
when the section men had stopped
work for lunch that the conversation
began which later resulted in a. vio-
lent quarrel terminated by the shoot
ing of Starr.
Fires One Shot.
According to the story told by resi-
dents of Webster who did not see the
affair, the lie was passed back and
forth and Brown dared Starr to come
back to where he was standing AS
Starr started to retrace his steps
Brown stepped into the office, seized
a 3S caliber revolver and coming out,
fired one shot, the bullet taking eff
feet in STAIRS left shoulder.
Call Two Physicians.
DR.. Griffis, of Williamsburg and Dr.
c. S. Marvel of this city, were i'm
mediately called. Starr was not re-
moved to his home at once, but was
kept in the home of G. W. Milton
awaiting the arrival of physicians. He
was taken home at 2:15 o'clock this
afternoon.
Starr is 26 years old. married, and
has one child. He is the son of Ed
Starr, a stock buyer at Williamsburg.
Brown is a man of about the same age
and Is married. He has been in
charge of the station at Webster for
the last seven years
Immediately following the shooting
efforts were made by residents of the
village to notify Sheriff Bayer, but for
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
DOCTOR
HELD FOR MURDER
DIR. Clayton Shoots Man -.
is Found Kissing Wife
i'm His Home.

F. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 17.-With
the death of Joe Stout, at the St. Vim
cents hospital today. Capt. Crane or
dered the rearrest of DIR. Charles M.
Clayton and the charge of murder
placed against him.
Mrs. Stout, when she heard the
news of her husbands death collapsed
When DR.. Clayton returned to his
home about half hour early Monday
noon he declared that he found his
wife in the embrace and being kissed
by Joe Stout, an employe of the Ma
tional Refining Company. When Stout
saw Clayton he ran.
DR.. Clayton pulled an automatic re-
volver from his pocket and fired at
Stout, as the latter darted around the
corner of the house. But one bullet
was fired, as safety device became
turned up and prevented the physician
from firing a second time.