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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
.CONV|CTS FIGHT
OVER ABUSE
Of BOYS
Life-Term Slayer Stabs Atlanta
Safe-Cracker. at Sumter
Changing.

AMER1CUS, Feb. 21.-In a fight be-
tween Henry Summers and Luther
Gloer. white convicts, in the Sumter
County chaingang, Summers inflicted
4 dozen dangerous knife wounds
Summers resented a statement by
Gloer regarding Summers abuse oil
boy prisoners.
Gloer was sent up from Atlanta for
safe cracking. Recently he escaped
and after several months was recap
tured in Cincinnati and returned here
Summers is doing life sentence for
murder, Recently he was made q
teamster, and as such escaped the
gang, but was subsequently recap
tured and shackled.
Gloer's wounds are not considered
fatal
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
ThoughtD ears,
Arrested on Return

PAsSAIC. n. j.. Feb. 21.--Stephen
Wokan, supposedly drowned two
years ago. came back to his wife and
three children and was arrested for
failing to provide for her and the
children during that time.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Woman Arrested Not
Of ]. L. Culver Family

Annoyance has been cased the fam
lily of j. L. Culver, of No. 1 Angler
avenue, through the arrest of Mrs. K.
L. Culver on the suspicion of being a
shoplifter. The similarity of names
has led to embarrassment to Mrs ]
L. Culver. Mrs. K. l.. Culver gave
her address as No. 329 East Fair
street.
81 wish The Georgian would make
1t clear" said Mr. Culver, that the
woman under arerst is not member
of my family. 1t will save me a lot
of explaining"
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21

Reduced to $500 per ton.
Best high grade Jellico
Coal. Carroll & Hunter.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
DR.. Coburn to Tell of
Finding Bible Relics

Archaeological discoveries by DIR.
Charles M. Coburn, in the sands Of
the Arabian desert, which are ex-
pected to help further to establish
the authenticity of the Scriptures, will
be told about by DR., Coburn at the
Atlanta Bible Conference next SUM-
day.
Among the things DR.. Coburn dug
UP recently are an amethyst necklace
As inches long; oil paintings, pottery
and inscribed tablets in Hebrew, men,
tioning Biblical chara cters. These
discoveries are said to date from
about 200 years after the death oi
the Apostle Paul
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21

B. McElhoes. a travelling salesman of
Vancouver, started toward the rob-
bers and two shots killed both of
them.
The conductor of the train hearing
the shooting signaled the engineer
to stop. As the brakes were applied
the bandits emptied their revolvers
into the ceiling of the car, and the
one who had committed the three
murders started forward to where
his companions were guarding the
door. As he passed down the aisle
half dozen women and several men
passed up their purses He kept a
double handful of them as he and his
companions jumped from the train
and ran into the darkness.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Convict Who Defed
Guards Eludes Dogs

Slipping his chains and defying a
guard to shoot him. Willie Ward, a
negro convict, escaped Friday from
the Rosyln camp ehaingang, working
near Hapeville. Bloodhounds have
been put upon the trail.
Ward, it is said, had refused 10
work and had been chained to wag-
on. He managed to loosen his bonds
and made off I'm leaving here" he
called to the guard. despite the threat
of the latter to shoot him. He dis
appeared in the underbrush.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21

holdup and a party of searchers went
by boat to the San Juan Islands.
The three men boarded Great
Northern passenger train No. S5S,
bound for Vancouver, B. c., at Bur
lington. a few miles south OF here.
The train was running full speed
when they came out of the smoking
car, stopped in the vestibule to ad-
just handkerchiefs over their faces
and entered the day coach. One OF
the robbers went to the farther end
OF the car and started to lock II. r.
l.. Lee, a passenger from Bremerton,
Wash. leaped at the bandit and was
shot dead. Thomas B. Wadsworth, a
Canadian Pacific conductor, of Van
couver, who was a passenger, and M.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
TRAIN ROBBERS
SHOOT DOWN 8
PASSENGERS
Trio Slain Resisting Holdup Of
Bandits-Posses Have Small
Hope of Capture.

BELLTNGHAM, WASH, Feb. 21.-
Deputy sheriffs and railroad detec-
tives searching the country about
here for the three men who held up
a train and killed three persons who
resisted admitted to-day that they
had small chance of capturing the
bandits. Several posses were scour-
ing the wilderness for a radius Of
several miles from the scene of the
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Two Bell Telephone
Men Get Promotions

T. r. Gentry and S. B. Mathewson
have assumed their new duties as
manager and assistant manager, re-
spectively, of the Atlanta Exchange.
They were promoted to these import
ant offices when the Sothern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
was reorganized recently.
Both have had wide experience in
their business and have made rapid
progress.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Postal Cards Cost
Uncle Sam More

WASHINGTON. Feb 21.-Forty
thousand dollars to meet increased
cost of United States postal card
stock Is requested of the House by
Postmaster Geneari Burleson.
Postal cards have risen from 30 Ia
cents per thousand to 36 cents per
thousand since the Postofice appro-
priation bill was passed, says Mr..
Burleson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
LOIS KELLY EDITS
ARTISTIC P|ER|AN
High School Annual Reflects
Credit on Staff From Sen
iOr Class.

The Pierian, the annual senior pub
lication of the high school. made its
appearance yesterday, and the artistic
manner in which it is edited and as
sembled reflects much credit on the
staff approximately five hundred
were distributed.
The issue contains cuts of the diff
ferent classes, instructors. athletic
teams, musical and dramatic societies
and short stories, original jokes,
stories and illustrations of school life.
Members of the staff were: Editor
in-chief, Lois Kelly; assistant editor,
Glenn Ferguson: faculty consulting ed
itor, Anna l.. Finfrock; circulation
manager, Wilson Taggart; business
manager. NARROW kluter; associate ed
itors. Helen Kenworthy, Kent Lemen.
Rhea Swisher, Elizabeth Mclaughlin,
Louise Mather, and Benjamin Null /;
organizations, Lawrence Jessup, Ma
rie Kaufman, Mabel Loehr. Robert
Gentle. John Beisman; music and art.
Esther Coate, Hazel Dafler. Ralph c.
Sloane, Alice Lock; artists. Fred Watt.
Clarence Holly. Alma Getz, Mary Can
by; athletics. Florence Porter, Alfred
Lanning. Robert Nohr; calendar. Mary
Converse; chapel Wilson Smith; per-
sonalS, Anna Nicholson, Hilda Kirk
man, Charles Curtis. Ewart Bavis;
staff stenographer, Ernest Parks;
staff photographer, Robert Nohr.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
INDIAN MUST STAY
WITH C|NCY TEAM
Superior Court Prevents
Johnson From Playing
With Federal Organization

CHICAGO, June 3.-A hard blow
was handed the Federal base ball
league today when Judge FOell of the
Superior Court held that Pitcher
George Johnson, the Indian, must re-
main with the Cincinnati club of the
National league. Johnson jumped
from the National league and signed
contract with the Kansas City club
of the Federal organization although
he was under contract with the Gin
cinnati Reds. The Cincinnati man
agement was granted an injunction
restraining the pitcher from playing
with the Federals and it was on a mo-
tiOn to dissolve this injunction that
today's decision was rendered. The
temporary injunction was made per-
manent. Judge Foell specifically up
held the ten day clause in organized
base ball contracts.
While johnson cannot be COM
PEELED to perform his services for the
Cincinnati base ball club, he can be
restrained from performing for any
other club declared Judge Foell.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
GARDEN PLOTS
Associated Charities Assists
Worthy Citizens.

The Associated Charities has agreed
to plow and harrow the seventeen city
lots which have been placed at the dis
poSal of Mrs II. l.. Monarch for public
use as garden plats. All of the seven
teen have been taken by families who
expect to raise potatoes for the win
ter and d few late vegetables for the
summer.
Because most of the lots were taken
by people who have neither time nor
tools to dig for their gardens, the
charity organization volunteered to
break the ground into planting con-
dition This will be completed in a
few days and when the lots are turn
ed over to the city gardeners they
will be ready for the seed.
1t is said that an additional thirty
five lots will be offered as gardens
in Beallview This will afford to as
many more families, the opportunity
to make some provision for the winter.
Potatoes will be the favorite crop be-
cause of the lateness of the season for
planting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
New Arrivals Agitate
Zoo Family
at Glen

the box, almost tearing it apart, and
then Rex nipped the finger Of a small
boy who thoughtlessly protruded it
through the screening. Just as Rex
and Nellie were in this bad humor
BoscOe and Rexol came to visit them
and for several minutes there was a
rough house which caused Mr.. Ford
and his assistants great anxiety
Peace was finally restored, however
but Boscoe and Rexol will be sent
back home tonight for fear of another
riot. Their den will have been re,
paired by then.
Young Wolves Arrive.
The arrival Of seven young wolves
caused great excitement in the park
ZOO and great sorrow when the little
fellows died because they could not
be properly nourished, About year
ago when the first addition to the
wolf family arrived an attempt was
made to raise one of the youngsters
on bottle but without success.
The two young elk are healthy and
vigorous youngsters and are already
so mischievOus that they have caused
their proud and stately daddy much
annoyance. Their arrival has increas-
ed the elk herd to ten
The complaint of the little buck deer
that it is too lonesome to live alone
in the big deer pen is to be needed
and negotiations are now on to pur-
chase for him a harem. A Henry
county farmer has offered to sell
three does for SIS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
HONOR SYSTEM" BINDS RING
Work Of County Superintendent Bound,
While Cobb'S Fate Hangs on Word
Handed Down by Trustees System

about his township canvassing the
farmers to find out their stand on
the Cobb matter. | believe that
next week a meeting will be called
and the whole thing will be threshed
out. Whatever the majority decides.
will be the stand of every member OF
the board of trustees. II is a mutual
agreement. There will either be fif-
teen votes for Cobb or fifteen against
him in the county board of education
meeting
ITO the public. the trustees appar-
emily have no differences Their fights
are all made in executive session, and
it is there that the fights take place.
II ii SO happens that seven trustees
are on one side and eight on the other,
at the end of the meeting, the seven
constituting the opposition vote with
the eight, because they entered into
the gentlemen's honor system when
they went into the organization. There
are no laws binding the organization.
and it is entirely informal, but ii is
at those meetings that everything for
the whole county is decided.
Believes Farmers Want Cobb.
Il conscientiously believe that il the
farmers of Wayne county want Cobb
10 return, ana II tncE make enough or
a showing with their trustees. Cobbs
retention will be asked. The trustees
are public men. and they are in poll
tics: thus they are not in a position
to act contrary to the wishes of the
men back in their own townships"
Mr.. Williams absolutely refused to
make an exposure of the causes for
the action taken by the trustees, but
admitted that trustee had notified
the others that the June meeting
would be postponed for the reason
that they feared deadlock on the
Cobb question.
Il know what their reasons are for
taking every action" Mr.. Williams ad
mtted, but | can not expose anything
they say or do in their meetings. l
am bound with their gentlemen's hon
or system | am in their hands. What
my own convictions are | can not make
public. because they may or may not
be in harmony with the trustees"
Takes No Fart.
Mr. Williams acts as president of the
informal board of trustees. and says
he takes no part in any action or any
resolutions He is previously instruct
ed by individual trustees TO introduce
before the meeting for discussion any
proposition that they may desire to
promote This usually consists of one,
two or three men drawing him to one
side and broaching the subject. He is
then given his instructions and carries
them out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
CAILLAUX TRIAL
SET FOR JULY 10

PARIS, June 3.-The trial of Nine.
Henrie tia Caillaux, wife of Joseph
Caillsux, former minister of finance,
for the murder Of CASTOR Calmette,
will begin on July 10. according to ali
announcement in LIE Figaro today.
Calmette was editor of lie Figaro and
was In the office of that paper when he
was shot down by Nine. Caillaux.
Preparations for the defense of the
beautiful prisoner have been COM
pleted and she is confident that she
will be acquitted,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
FARMERS TO RAISE
ALFALFA THIS YEAR
Success of Tours Directed by
Agent Cobb Brings Imme-
diate Results.

When fifty-two men were asked
whether they would raise alfalfa this
year, fifty-one raised their hands in
the affirmative and one made a state
ment that he did not have the farm
space This was the result of yester-
days alfalfa trip.
Today's trip was just twice the size
of yesterdays and J. c. Beavers and
Maurice Douglass. the two speakers,
expressed their pleasure of the inter
est that is being manifested Both
men said that the trips have been a
great success.
Yesterday seven fields were visited
and a noon meeting held in Williams
burg Last night at the meeting in
Hagerstown, there were l25 adults OF
whom more than seventy were farm
erS.
Mr.. Beavers who talks on the cul-
ture of alfalfa. occupies most of the
time in the fields. He points out the
errors in raising alfalfa or shows why
farmer is successful with his crop.
points them out are well drained soil,
sewet soil, sweetened with lime or
mari innoculation. prepared fertilizer
is not necessary, available plant food
Other requirements are the selection
of good seed. the sitting OF weeds and
Ordinary farm sense.
Both the speakers show that alfalfa
will produce a net profit of ten per
cent on land valued at $500 an acre
with every possible item of expense
including interest on land. labor and
incidentals, deducted.
"One farmer fattened 240 head OF
hogs and saved forty Eight loads Of
hay on a fourteen acre patch" Mr..
Beaver stated.
The farmers who made the trip to-
day stopped at Cambridge City for
lunch at noon and held an hours
meeting before proceeding. Following
the National road to Cambridge City,
the automobiles turned south and
made a tour of the southern town
ships.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03

County Superintendent of School
Williams came to his own defense tC
day in the matter of the retention o
a. ID. Cobb, county agricultural agent
and exposed the System" under whicl
he is working
His points are:
The county board Of education
In reality is a name, but is in
control Of eight of the fifteen trus-
tees.
A "gentIemen's honor system"
exists by which the wishes Of
eight, or any majority, stands AZ
the vote which is cast by the en-
tire fifteen.
The majority Of the farmers
who are Interested in county
agent at all, are for Cobb's reten-
tion.
That he (WiIiiams) 10 tho tool
Of the board Of trustees, or eight
Of them, who are absolute mon-
archs with more power than tho
president Of the United States,
and that he can not carry out his
own convictions Of what is right
because he is in the absolute con-
troll Of the board. or eisht men,
bers, constituting a majority.
A system exists which should
be broken up, and which ties hand
and foot every one who 10 under
the dominance Of trustees.
Action taken by the board Of
trustees at any of Its monthly
meetings is not legally binding,
but under their "sentIemen's honor
IL in Nvhirh
not be broken.
Mr. Williams is between two fires
he says, and because Of the System
he can not support Cobb unless q ma
jority of the board of township trus
tees can carry the action of the board
the eight members rule the board o
education of twenty-five members un
der the system" known as the uni
rule" system. Thus, whatever is t
come before the county board of edu
cation, is previously decided by tht
trustees who are ruled by eight mem
bers and whatever eight members de
eide fifteen members vote for, what
ever their convictions may be.
Williams Between Two Fires.
Il can not move one way or tn,
other" Mr. Williams declared. Il have
no power in the schools. My bread anC
butter lies with the trustees, and tn,
future of the schools of the county
lies with the trustees. II l oppose
them in this one thing. they can MAKE
me a worthless object in the count,
as far as the good of the school sys
TEN is concerned.
This week every trustee is goint
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
CHURCH MEMBERS
MAKE CANVASS

Working in pairs, members of the
st. Paul's Evangelical Luth era n
church are making thorough canvass
of the entire membership. Rev. Con-
rad Huber, pastor, said the visits
were not being made to raise funds
for any purpose but to increase the
bond of friendship among members
of the congregation. The visitors will
endeavor to complete their calls by
June 10, when they will meet, give re-
ports of the number of calls made and
the results,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03

Park superintendent CHARLES Ford
is having his troubles with the big
ZOO family at the Glen The four
bears have been having domestic dis
turbances; the solitary and lonesome
buck deer has been complaining of
batchelor life; Mrs. Wolf lost all seven
OF her offspring because she could
not nOurish them and because an Ordi-
narlly good natured and accommodate
ing lady dog positively declined to
act as foster mother; the elk herd has
been thrown into a state Of extreme
agitation by the arrival of two wob-
bly, legged youngsters, who are hun
CRY all the time and demand atten-
ton with squeals which can be heard
all over the park. To add to all this
trouble Mike, one Of the comedians
in the monkey cake, had to chose this
inOpportune time of eating cigar
stump and getting the stomaChache
Resent Visit to Den.
Yesterday Boscoe and Rexol, Occu-
pants of the east section of the bear
pit, tore up nearly all the cement
flooring just to show how mean they
could be. and today they had to be
placed in the same pit with Rex and
his youthful bride, Nellie. Now Rex
had just undergone the indignity of
having his back sprayed with disin-
fectant to cure his mango Rex OBJ
jected to this cure so violently that
he had to be placed in a box before it
could be applied When released he
anu Nellie vented their resentment on
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
TAKE SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO PAY MOVIE TAX
Centerville Citizens Raise
License Fee When Theatre
Manager Threatens to
Move.

CENTERNILLE, Ind, June 8
Councils determination to assess $25
q year against the Hubert motion pic
ture theatre here. Mr. Hulbert's asser-
tiOn that he would leave town before
paying that much, and the fear of the
citizens that they Will be deprived OF
the movie, have aroused the people,
who are today circulating a subScrip-
tiOn list to pay for Hulbert's license.
When council convened last night,
the members insisted on their pre-
viOusly expressed determine tiOn to
tax Mr.. Hubert s25 a year for oper-
ating his picture show. Mr.. Hubert
said he had no objection to paying a
reasonable sum for the privilege, but
declared he would pack up his instru-
ment and leave town before donating
a quarter of a hundred to the town
treasury.
Regardless of the threatened "mov-
ie" panic council remained obdurate.
1t had served its ultimatum. Hubert
retorted with his, which was to the
effect, LESS assessment or no movie.
Seeing long nights ahead of them
with no place to go and nothing to do,
young men of the city got busy with a
subscription list early today. They
did not have to plead for money.
Nickles. dimes and dollars came readi-
1- from patrons of the flickering
4 Una. Long before night it was be-
Viewed the amount would have been
subscribed and the disaster Of losing
the amusement house averted
Council elected Leroy kimmel to
serve on the school board for a term
of three years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
RAILROADS TO LOSE
INCREASE OF RATES
Five Per Cent Horizontal
Boost Falls, But Increase
on Certain Commodities
Expected.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The In.
terstate Commerce Commission will
hand down its decision on the five
per cent increased freight rates about
June 5.
The commissioners are considering
evidence introduced both for and
against the increase during the recent
hearings.
1t is believed that the commission
will decline the five per cent increase
and also all horizontal increases, but
will attempt to point out way for
the railroads to put their schedules on
scientific basis.
Certain increases in rates will be
allowed on commodities which are
not remunerative now and no de.
creaSes will be made. All services
costing the railroads money must be
charged for and all favors must be
withdrawn.
From persons close to the com
mission it is learned that the com
missioners will follow the general out.
line laid down by Louis E. Brandeis
in his brief opposing the five yer cent
horizontal increase.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-03
JEFFR|ES REPEATS
EXTENSION PROMISE
T. H., |. & E. Superintendent
Sets No Date for Work on
Park Line.

General superintendent Jeffries of
the Terra Haute, indianapolis and
Eastern Traction company, was much
gratified yesterday when he learned
that with the exception of the paving
OF the Main street hill the city has
no improvements under consideration
which would in any degree affect
the finances of the company. He re-
iterated his promise made to the city
officials few weeks ago, that the
extension of the South Eighth street
line into Beallview and the construc-
ton of line on North Nineteenth
street from f street to Morton park
We're to be made.
Mr. Jeffries, who met with the board
of public works at his request, made
no statement as to the time work on
the construction of these two lines
would be undertaken
Mr.. Marlatt of the board Of public
works, expressed the belief that when
President Todd of the company, re-
plies to a letter of inquiry sent him
by President Bavis, he will announce
the date for the beginning of this
work.
1t was learned today that Charles
Fetzer, concession holder at Glen Mil
ler park. has been urging the Traction
company to construct a line from
Twenty-thrd street to the north end
of the park lake. He says that many
people do not visit the Glen because
of poor car service.
The company is expected to make
liberal donation to the fund for band
concerts at the Glen. 1t is also Gus
tomary for the city and for FetZer tC
contribute to this fund. 1t is hoped
to start the band concerts before the
end of this month.