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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31
VETERAN OF TWO WARS DEAD
/ Drioadier General Robert Fall, RI
tired Succunbs in Chicaoo.

tired, succumbs in Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 31-Brigadier Gener-
al Robert Henry Hall, retired, veteran
of the Civil and the Spanish-Ameriean
wars, is dead. He was born in De-
troit seventy-seven years ago, went
to West Point from Illinois and was
graduated lin 1861. He emerged from
the Civil war with the rank of cap
tain.
He was colonel at Fort Sheridan,
Chicago, at the outbreak of the Span.
ish-American war and entered field
service as brigadier general of volun.
teOrs, .- .-....
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31
Theatrical Manager Fails.

New York, Dec. 31.-A voluntary
petition in bankruptcy was filed in the
United States district court here by
Harrison Grey F1ske, theatrical man
sger and producer. Liabilities were
given as $4,000 and assets az $4,000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31

Attorney George Campbell return
ed to Bemidji this morning from the
twin cities where he spent yester-
day on legal business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31

Mrs. Maude Sheppard returned to
her home in Minneapolis Tuesday,
after spending week with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Wilcox.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31
WILL RETURN TO FORT MEADE
Troop Of United States Cavalry Order.
ed to Leave Colorado.

ed to Leave Colorado.
Washington, Dec. 31.-Troop l. of
the Twelfth United States cavalry, on
patrol duty in the Oak Creek district,
Rout county, Colo, since last May,
has been ordered to return to it's home
station at Fort Meade, S. d.
Orders for the gradual withdrawal
of the other federal troops sent into
. Colorado to quell the mining disorders
sre in preBasatinu
An Englishman has invented ma
chine which splits the most knotty
remnants of wood into evenly sized
kindlings.
Born To Mr.and Mrs. A. o. Akre.
Of Nymore, daughter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31

1T Paris, Dec. 31.-Fighting which
is reported increasing in intensity, is
in progress along the entire French
center and right. In the north op-
erations are still retarded by the bad
weather.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31
CLAIM GERMANS
LOSING GROUND AT.
SEVERAL POINTS
(American Press)

Petrograd, Dec. 31.--Today's re-
port from the front declares that the
Germans are, being driven back at
several points on the Vistula and
Rawka rivers, following series Of
attacks and counter attacks in which
both sides lost heavily. g.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31

day, May 80; Sundays after Trinity
are twenty-five; Advent Sunday, No.
vember %.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31
Omen During Morning

Bemidji barber shop proprietors
have announced that the shops will
close as usual this evening, but will be
open until noon tomorrow.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-31

Need any neap? Try a want ad.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
NOT MORE CLOTHES
BUT LESS, WORRIES
TailOrs Decide on Percy's
Garments, But in This
Heat -

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July Ii
o splash! What do you think is COM
ing off now? Nothing less than shapes
for men. Shapes for men is the latest;
even later than votes for women. They
say the tango is responsible, but even
tango could hardly be responsible for
a low-down trick like that.
The National Association of Cloth
ing Designers went into session at the
Royal Palace today to devise plans and
specifications for next seasons gar
ments for men, and the proper kind of
shapes that men should put on them.
Listen. Montmorency! Your vest
pardon-waistcoat- going to be con-
vex at the top; your suit is going to
fit snugly; your sleeves are gcin to
taper; your shoulders are going to be
padded into classic lines; and last of
all, deah boy, you are going to have
"a waist line. Honest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11

Unearthed among hundreds Of old
photographs which were being prepar-
ed for the scrap heap, the above pho
tograph, taken by Wesley Hirshburg,
photographer of Atlanta, Ga, who is
well known here, was discovered by
his brother, John Hirshburg, a local
photographer, while visiting in Atlanta
The picture is one of James Whitcomb
Riley and Joel Chandler Harris, two
famous dialect poets of the United
States.
Realizing the great value of the pic
ture, which had been discarded, John
Hirshburg asked his brother for it..
His brother readily gave him the pho
tograph and thought nothing of it.
This occurred in the fall of 1908.
.,-...-- Printed ears-Aao.~-.-,...
The following spring, Uncle" Joel
Harris died, and Mr.. Hirshburg at
once realized the great value of the
picture. He sent it to the Century
Magazine company, which offered him
large sum to have a photo-engraving
made of it. He accepted the PROPOSE
ton, and in the Century of April, 1909,
the picture was published with a long
account of the life of Uncle" Joel
Harris, and history of his literary
works. The picture was taken by
Wesley Hirshburg in 1900, and is con-
sidered one of the best ever taken of
the great negro dialect poet Be
cause of his close association with
James Whitcomb Riley, the dialect
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
VAUDEVILLE STUNTS
FOR MORTON PARK
Directors Favor Races and
Contests for Amusement
Resort on Lake.

Amateur vaudeville and other at
fractions for Sunday afternoon at Nor
ton park is plan being worked out
by concession holders, and if possible
the first of series of Sunday after
noon entertainments will be started a
week from tomorrow.
The crowds at the lake on Sundays
have been growing smaller the last
few weeks owing to lack of amuse-
ments and the fact that there are
so few benches on which to sit.
The concession holders will try to
secure the bandstand for amateur
stunts. Roy Peck, a well-known min
strel man, has been chosen to take
charge of the Sunday afternoon pro-
grams. and the matter will be broach-
ed to him as soon as other arrange
ments are completed.
Not only vaudeville, but races, con-
tests, concerts and other amusements
have been mentioned. The directors
Of the park company favor the plan.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
NEGRO BOY CLAIMS
CARMAN HAD GUN
Lad Asserts Doctor Showed
Revolver to Wife and the
Members of Family.

NEW YORK, July 11.-Nassau coun.
ty officials found important new
evidence in the murder case OF
Mrs. Louise Bailey at Freeport, L. I.
when they learned today that negro
boy employed by DR.. Edwin Carman
shortly before last Christmas said that
bre always loaded at his his house
where 1t might be seen at all times by
members of the family, including Mrs.
Carman, who is charged with the mur.
der.
The evidence caused the search for
the weapon to be redoubled. A box
of 38-calibre cartridges was found hid
den in the attic of the Carman home
before the physicians wife was ar
rested. 1t was 3S-calibre bullett that
killed Mrs. Bailey.
DR.. Carman has denied possessing
any 38-calibre revolver. declaring that
the only weapons he had were q %
calibre gun and an old rusty revolver
kept in the garage. .
Sheriff Petit today received a Sec
ond letter from the woman who wrote
him yesterday confessing that she
killed Mrs. Bailey. This letter. like
the first one, was mailed at Station
l. in Brooklyn. and read as follows:
why don't you take some action?
Why don't you attempt to find me?
Dr. Carman can give directions"
The writer of the letter apparently
found a way to mail 1t without arous-
ing suspicion of the detectives who
are looking for her in that section Of
Brooklyn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
.NUSBAUM SPRINGS
PLAN FOR ARCADE
WITH CLUB HOME
Project ! for Commercial
Building in Heart of City
Ar0uses. Enthusiasm 1T
First Fish Bake.

A chamber of commerce for Rich
mond has become q possibility since
the suggestion last night by Lee B.
Nusbaum that the Commercial club
erect either an office building at Main
and Eighth streets or an arcade from
Seventh to Eighth street, north OF
Main.
Mr.. Nusbaum made the suggestion
last night as toastmaster at the ban
quet served the Blues by the Reds in
the membership campaign. which was
held recently. 1t was received with q
demonstration and an outburst of en-
thusism.
1t was after the former presidents
Mccarthy, and the present head.
experiences with the Commercial club
and it's growth and prosperity. that the
tOastmaster made his remarks.
1T is time this club was getting
into a building of its own" Mr.. Nus
baum said. We have grown and pros
pered, and we have become influential
because the club has a reputation for
square dealing.
Suggests Arcade.
"My plan is to buy the property
north of the Second National bank, be-
tween the two alleys. from Seventh
to Eighth streets. There we could
build commercial arcade, with store
and office rooms. This is not only an
improvement, but it is an investment.
1t would furnish us with q permanent
home and it would bring in money"
Enthusiasm for the plan had already
started to grow, and some one at the
tables suggested Eighth and Main
streets as a site for a business block.
The idea was Immediately taken up
and suggestions came from all direc-
tions
Should the project be gone into far
ther, it is probable a company would
be organized as the Comercial Build.
ing company. Shares of stock would
be sold to members of the Commercial
club in small or large quantities.
The building matter will be discuss
ed informally by members and brought
up at the next meeting of the board
of directors. 1t is probable that q
committee will be appointed to draft
plan of operation for the building.
Charles Thomason and George Bal.
linger, leaders of the victorius Blues,
made short talks. They were followed
by Fred Kennedy. leader of the Reds.
The campaign was rehearsed and the
result announced. The result so far
is 119 new members. bringing the to
tai membership to more than seven
hundred -,~---'s- ---s- s-s-a-s .: ---
The fish bake, new idea in the
club, pleased the one hundred mem.
bers present. The serving was done
under the direction of John Zwissler
and Charles Slifer. Whitefish were
brought in big pans and were steaming
hot when placed before the feasters
Word was passed around that the
fish had been caught in Morton lake,
and almost all believed it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
UNIT ADDS $56,0OO
TO PLANT VALUATION
Kleinknecht Reports on the
Growth of City's Utility
Since Early Fall.

The valuation of the Richmond mu-
nicipal electric light plant has increas-
ed from October l, 1913, to July l, 1914.
over $56, 900 as shown by the inventory
of valuation of the plant just COM
pleted. This inventory, announced by
Superintendent Kleinknecht today,
places the present valuation of the
plant at $318,014.21. The first of last
October the plant was valued at $780,
900.
Since that time new unit has been
placed in operation and there have
been other improvements. Also the
plant. since the establishment of the
new joint rate schedule, has increased
its business over one third, and today
is one of the most successful munich
pal enterprises in the United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
MAY BUY MACHINE
FOR SCHOOL MOVIES
Whitewater Social Center
Directors Will Act After
First Exhibition.

Children attending the Whitewater
Social center Monday afternoon will
be given a treat consisting of moving
pictures, stereopticon views and music
The executive committee is working
out plan to purchase phantascope,
as the moving picture apparatus in
vented by Francis Jenkins, a Rich
mond man, is called. This machine is
especially adapted to school purposes,
and may be used for stereopticon
slides as we'll as movies. In case of
the purchase it will be installed in
the school permanently.
The exhibition Monday and the de-
gree of interest shown will determine
whether the machine will be pur-
chased.
Miss Carolyn Hutton will give a vic.
lin recital in connection with the pic.
ture program. She will be accompan,
led on the piano by Miss Mildred
Schalk. The public library will fur
nish a series of stereopticon slides.
The cooking class, conducted by
Misses Larsh and Laws, will have its
first lesson in the basement recently
fitted up for the purpose. Miss Fletch-
er's sewing class and the Neighbor.
hood Women's Sewing circle will both
meet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
Photo by Hirshburg.

poet of the north, the picture became
of especial value.
Joel Chandler Harris was born in
Putnam county, Georgia, December 8.
1S48. His education consisted merely
of that which was offered in the vii
lage school, but he was a great lover
of books, and much of his learning was
acquired at home. When a boy he
was employed on several of the news
papers in Atlanta, and finally became
editor of the Atlanta Constitution. He
was considered the foremost newspa-
per man in Georgia.
Idol Of Coiored Folks.
He was the great idol of the col
ored people. During the years follow
ing the war, he was the one white
man the colored race had respect for.
He was. called Uncle JOEL by his
negro friends. His activity as a poet
extended over a large number of years.
He is rated in the south as James
Whitcomb Riley is in the north. He
was so loved that a statue has been
erected in Atlanta by the colored
people of Georgia. &
He was a great friend of Riley, the
two visiting each other frequently. The
picture was taken while Riley was a
visitor at the Harris home in Atlanta
They kept in close touch witt each
other, and in many ways the poetry of
| one resembles that Of the other. No
one has portrayed more successfully
the humorous side of the negro char
acter and imagination than Harris.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
ELEVATE SP|LLWAY
To DEEPEN WATER
ABOVE GAAR BRIDGE
Directors Propose Addition
of Two Feet to Permit the
Passage of the New Motor
Boats.

Immediate steps will be taken by
the directors of lne Richmond Lake
and Park company to add two feet to
the spillway which is holding back the
waters of Morton Lake.
Because of opposition to the con
struction of the dam by utilities and
factories in the river bottom below
the permission of city council will be
asked before anything is done. The
spillway is of such a nature that as
much as five feet can be added with
out altering the dam.
1t was found that with the present
..eighth of the spillway, there is 9
large tract of water above the Gaa1
bridge which is from two to six inches
deep.
Covers Up Weeds.
The directors want to cover uI
these low places and put two more
feet of water over the tops of the
weeds which the water has not yet
rotted down. The lower basin will not
be materially altered because Of the
steep slope of the banks.
Little opposition to the plan is ex
pected because of the special re-en
forcements placed in the dam. Engi
neers pronuonce the dam unusually
strong with almost no possibility of its
giving away.
On the lower side of the dam q
heavy fill is being made for the dou
BILE purpose of making a roadway
across the dam and to weight the dam
as ballast against the water pressure
from the upper side.
Another motor boat was added te
the few at the lake yesterday and still
another will be placed on the water
within a few days. Motor boats have
only a small channel in which to run
above the Gaar bridge and the propos
ed heighth of the spillway will add
enough water to make the entire up
per body passable.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
STRIKE IN COLORADO
TOPIC OF SPEAKER
Noted Socialist Leader to
Explain Situation in Street
Address Tonight.

w. r. Snow. noted lecturer of tn e
Socialist party, will deliver an address
on the tenets of the cause at Main
and Ninth streets tonight. The Colo
rado situation will receive the atten-
tion of Mr.. Snow.
During the mining strike there a
few months ago. miners. their wives
and children were shot down by armed
guards hired by the mine operators.
1t was also charged that members of
the state militia were in the employ
of the mine owners and that the mine
workers had little chance of getting a
square deal
An investigation of the charges was
made by the Colorado state officials.
No single conflict between capital and
labor has received the attention which
the Colorado situation was given all
over the country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
RAINS At 0PPORTUNE
TIMES GIVE BRIGHT
OUTLOOK FOR CORN
Good Weather, Coupled With
Careful Cultivation, Puts
Crop in Fine Condition in
Early Summer.
BY A. D. COBB.

Outlook for a good corn crop in
Wayne county is unusually promis-
ing.
The rains of two weeks ago came at
very opportune time, and SO far the
dry weather has had no bad effect on
the growth of the croE. Early in the
season, many farmers were discour-
aged because it was a hard spring to
get the ground in shape for planting
the crop, the ground crusted badly
after planting, and in many localities
worms and birds destroyed q great
deal of the young corn.
One feature of this years growing
season has been that very few weeds
have grown in the corn, on account of
dry weather. The majority of farm
ers have kept their fields in unusually
good shape, keeping the surface of the
soil loose, and preserving all the
moisture possible.
1t used to be the practice to "lay
the corn by" after the third cultiva-
tion. This season after the corn
reaches such a height that the two
horse cultivators can no longer be
used, farmers are going through it
with a one-horse cultivator, or drag,
and keeping the soil in fine condition
Many are finding it good practice
to drag an old mower wheel between
the rows. This makes a fine soil
mulch and kills late weeds.
The best corn in the county is in
the West River valley, and in the Wal
nut Levels country. Farmers in the
Greensboro valley claim the best corn
ground in Wayne county, and the
crop there is in splendid condition.
Corn on upland soil is growing nicely
but is not as far advanced as in the
bottom land.
In the southern part of the state the
crop is suffering from drouth. Ripley
and Dearborn counties report no rain
since April. Decatur county reports a
very light rainfall until last week.
Northern counties report plenty of
rain and corn doing fine. Wayne
county seems to be in one of the most
favored spots in the state this season,
for the making of a good corn crop.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
TEACHERS ADJOURN
National Body to Meet at
Oakland in 1915.

ST. PAUL, July 11.-Declaring that
the gathering was the most success
full in the history of the organiza-
tion, delegates to the annual conven-
ton of the National Educational AS
sociation departed from their homes
today. The final session was held
last night, but the new board of direc-
lection of Oakland, Cal, as next years
convention city, and fixed the date as
August 1923.
The convention at it's closing session
approved the recommendation Of L. N.
Hines, superintendent of Schools at
Crowfordsville, Ind, and secretary OF
the child hygiene department. for a
public supervisor of health for the
public schools.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
SURVEYOR DENIES
USE OF INFERIOR
MATERIAL ON ROAD
Levi Peacock Asserts Trust
Did Not Prepare Specifica-
tiOns and That Gravel is of
Good Quality.

A. J. Trippeer, one of the contrac.
tors on the Morton boulevard system,
and County Surveyor Levi Peacock to-
day Indignantly denied that a consid.
cradle stretch of concrete roadway
had been constructed by Trippeer out
of inferior material before the mater.
ial had been condemned
Statements to this effect had been
made Yesterday by men who are en-
ployed on the job.
Peacock also resented the assertion
that representative of the so-called
cement trust" had prepared the spec.
ifications for the work. These specifi.
cations. he said, were prepared by
himself and he cited witnesses, includ.
ing the cement man alleged to have
been the author of the plans, to prove
his assertion.
The statement that Sc feet of con-
crete roadway, made of inferior ma
tore the material was condemned, is
not correct" Peacock said today. "As
a matter of fact that section of the
road was made of the very best ma.
terial. The day after it had been put
down l went out to the Trippeer job
and found that about thirty more feet
Of roadway had been laid.
"Some Of the material on hand was
filled with loan and I told Mr.. Trip
peer not to use it and he promptly
complied with my request. OF that
thirty feet of concrete probably six
feet will have to be torn out. That
tlIs small amount of unwashed sand
and gravel was used was not inten
tlonal on the part of Trippeer His
washer had not been acting uniformly
and because of this some of the ma
terial came out with the loan on it
He then decided when this fact was
detected to suspend operations until
the washer worked satisfactorily.
Probably it will be of interest to
note that under the specifications the
contractors are not required to wash
their sand and gravel and have been
doing so in compliance with a request
l made them That alone proves that
they are trying to put down as good a
concrete roadway system as they pos
sibly can"
Surveyor Peacock absolutely denies
that District Representative Franks OF
the Universal Cement company was
brought here on the complaint of an
other agent of that company or that
he made serious complaint over the
nature of the work being done
81 sent for Franks myself because
was anxious to have him pass on the
job" he said. He was very we'll salts
fed with the progress of the work"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-11
man SOUGHT SENDS
REPORTER CAR FARE
TO VISIT HIS HOME

julius Stikeleather, for whom the
police have been searching to answer
a charge of pointing a gun at Patrol
man Menke and threatening Patrol
man Bundy, in letter to The Palla-
dunn today, says he is in Richmond
A few nights ago officers went in an
automobile to Brookville, thinking the
man was there. Since then they have
suspected him of being in hiding
somewhere south of Centerville.
Stikeleather in his letter accused
The Palladium of publishing false ac-
counts of his actions and inclosed a
dime, probably for carfare, for a re-
porter to call on him. Up to 2 o'clock
the invitation had not been accepted
Chief Goodwin, when shown the let
ter, was much surprised and announc-
ed his intention of taking some Off
GERS to the Stitkeleather home this af-
ternoon to ascertain if the man were
there. If he is the chief says that this
time he will be compelled to submit
to arrest.
Stikeleather in his communication
denies he threatened to kill his wife
and children, but Chief Goodwin says
that members of the family told police
officers that Stikeleather did make
such a threat. His letter in part fol
lows:
Richmond, Ind.
Editor Palladium would like to
ask you to not print in your paper
anything you cannot back up. l read
your article in Wednesdays paper
about me, which was a notorious lie.
Menkes report was true. l asked him
to go on and he went. AS for Bundy
ha- no words with him only as a
friend. AS for your assertion in your
'pitiful story that I threatened my
family's life is an absolute falsehood
as l can prove by my whole family
of children. l said l would shoot my
ST and my oldest boy took the gun
and ran away with it. am in Rich
mond now. If you want me, come to
me-"