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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
S. Edgar Nicholson Charges
Vets Offer Money to Buy
Votes, Also Intimidate VOt-
POLLING WILL SPE EAK
Tuesday Evening Men Will
Hold Mass Meeting to Dis
cuss Situation of the Dry
Work.

Announcement was made yesterday
at the prohibition mass meeting in the
tabernacle that I. Z. Honeywell. evan
gelist, would deliver an address here
next Monday evening in the interests
of the dry forces Mr. and Mrs. Clase,
leaders in the musical feature of the
revival campaign, will accompany Mr.
Honeywell. Mr.. Clase asks that the
entire chorus be present at the meet
ing.
Chairman Nicholson today made the
following statement:
Reports have been reaching us for
several days that the vets are offer
ing money both to whites and blacks
for their votes as we'll as for some
sort of services which they are sup
posed to render There are reports
also of attempts to intinidate voters.
Evidently the vets have concluded
that the only way they can save Rich
mond is to buy up the voters, but they
will find there are two things in the
way: in the first place, the voters are
not for sale. and in the second place
there is law against it, which VIII
be enforced to the very letter, and
which provides for the severest penal
ties in vote buying and vote selling.
Tonight Hon. Daniel A. Polling, Df
Boston, Mass, will speak. 1t is claim
ed that he is a star on the platform,
and while yet a young man. the tenn
perance forces of the country are pre-
dieting brilliant future for him. The
Y. NJ. c. A. GIee club will furnish the
music along with the Honeywell cho-
rus.
Mems Mass Meeting.
''nn TnncHoC QUanjpo tho hir6 Of
the series of mems mass meetings will
be held at the tabernacle. There will
be one or two out of town speakers
and the balance of the evening will
be given over to a free far all discus
sion about the situation in Richmond,
Every local option man in the city,
and every man what wants further in
formation on the question is asked to
be present.
"On Wednesday evening a Roman
Catholic priest in the person of the
Rev. Father. John Kubacki, of South
Bend, will bt the spea 1er at the tab
ernacle He membership of something
like twelve hundred members, and re,
Gently nearly every member of his
church took a stand against the sa
loon.
THE colored people of the city will
have numerous dry meetings during
the week, and they will be strength
ened and organized under the leader
ship OF the Rev. G. w. McColl, Attor
ney Richardson and others.
THE balance of the week will be
! devoted to other lines of work. but on
Sunday there will be two meetings at
the tabernacle One in the afternoon
and one at nigh. which will be great
rally of the local option forces?"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
Tells Why He Wants
Richmond to 90 Dry

The appended letter of B. B. John
son. secretary to overnor Ralston, was
read at the tabernacle mass meeting
yesterday:
Dear Mr.. Nicholson-Since writing
YOU yesterday, | see by the press OF
Richmond and this city, that | am adj
vertised to preside at next Sundays
meeting. was in hopes this might be
avoided when | wrote you Wednesday
morning that the governor had asked
me to remain over SO as to assist him
in his work preparatory to the com
ing state convention. OF course his
wish is to me equivalent to COM
mand but I do regret not being able
to attend the Lands meeting, because.
aside from the profit and pleasure OF
hearing the truth from that eloquent
young man, there were a few things
| desired to say myself. And as cir
cumstances prevent my attendance,
shall regard it as personal favor II
you will read this letter before that
meeting.
For thirty years l was liberal
on the saloon question. | now desire
to stand up and be counted for the
"drys." My former position was based
on theory rather than experience.
None Of my family had ever suffered
from the liquor traffic, and | simply
stood upon the old-time theory of per-
sonal liberty, that man had right
to eat and drink what he pleased; that
it was only when that right was abus-
ed that the law had any right to in
terfere; and that the only effective
kind of temperance reform was by ed
ucation and moral suasion.
| now believe the old personal lib
erty doctrine to be false in theory and
fatal in practice. | have always be
lieved the treating" custom attached
to the American saloon was evil: |
,QoM heUeys- the inevitaba, tendencx-of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
SEVENTEEN FAIL
IN EXAMINATION

Out of twenty-three teachers exam
ination papers sent to INDIANAPOLIS
from here for grading. seventeen are
absolute failures, four made a pass
ing grade and two will pass if a good
success grade is made, according to
the report returned to County Super
intendent Williams today. No report
has been returned. as yet on the ex-
animation papers graded in this
county. but it is indicated that the
majority of the seventy will be fail
ures. The examination was held
February % in the high school build
ing and was participated in by many
of last years high school graduates
some Of whom are only seventeen
years old
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
SOFT COAL TRUST
GETS DEATH BLOW

COLUMBUS. O.. March 16.-The
special United States district court.
composed of Federal judges Warning
ton of Cincinnati. knappen of Michi-
gan and Dennison of Indiana, handed
down today a formal decree debating
the method of dissolution of the alleg-
ed soft coal trust"
The Hooking Valley. Chesapeake
and Ohio and Lake Shore railroads
were given sixty days to dispose of
their holdings in the Sunday Creek
Coal Company. upon the penalty OF
having received or commissioner ap-
pointed at the end of that period TO
make the sale
1t was ordered that either the stock
of the c. and o railroad in the Kanaw.
ha and Michigan railroad be purchased
by Lake Shore at once or the interests
of both companies be sold at once.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16

explaining to Mayor Robbins that he
was under the impression that one
'ould carry a gun if he didn't shoot
It. Some how or other Mike took a
notion to fire a salvo to salute some
patriots birthday as he was passing
through the Italian colony, near the
Pennsylvania railroad Saturday night,
and from the reports the son Of Italy
was making the air hum with the
bullets. When arrested Mike had S65
in a pocketbook.
John Cheatum, colored, gave evil
dence of a hand to hand conflict with
razor when arrested Saturday night
on a charge of assault and battery.
Cheatum's head was badly slaShed
and his face slightly disfigured.
Cheatum will be brought up for trial
tomorrow morning.
Harry Kelley. who was arrested last
Wednesday on charge Of assault
and battery filed by Mrs. Charles
Harrison, pleaded guilty and owing to
the fact that he had a wife and three
children depending upon him. Mayor
Robbins gave him the minimum of 81
and costs. He told the mayor that
Mrs. Harrison knocked his hat from
his head and as he raised his arm to
catch the flying skypiece he struck
the woman's arm. Mrs. Harrison,
however. told the police that for the
past two or three weeks Kelley had
been making overtures to her as she
passed along f street going home
from work in the evenings Kelley
brother-in-law stayed the fine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
Mrs. Rebecca' Edwards Was
One of the Most Widely
Known Women in Wayne
County.
FUNERAL ON TUESDAY
Pioneer Survived by Seven
Great Grandchildren and
Four Great t-Great-Grand
children.

ECONOMY, March 16.-Mrs. Re-
becca Edwards, we'll known all over
Wayne county, died Saturday night OF
senility She was ninetyfive years
old, and had been a cripple for num-
ber of years. Among her survivors
are six children, thirty grandchildren.
seven great grandchildren and four
great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Edwards was born in Dayton.
O.. in 1913. and was one of thirteen
children of George Pierce. Although
she lived in Wayne county for short
time while a small child. she did not
make Economy her permanent resi-
dence until she was fourteen years
old. Two years later, in 1885, she
married Temple Edwards.
Telephone girls of Centerville.
Economy. Greensboro and Williams
burg sent a large box of lilies with
the card:
In sympathy. Echo Wooley. Gladys
Faucet. Maggie Ragan. Ella Nichol-
son. Ida Lamb, Mary Starr. Mary Ra,
gan, Minnie Chamberlain. Ida Gaylor,
Anna Hadley ana Grace Hunt"
Funeral services will be held at the
home tomorrow morning at 1890
o'clock A Greensboro quartet will
sing. Some Day and the Rev. Mr..
Martin will give scripture reading
The Rev Lee Chamness will deliver
the prayer. The obituary and sermon
will be given by the Rev. Lester
Wood Following the song. "Beauti
full Isle of Somewhere" there will be
short talks on the life of Mrs. Ed
wards by several persons. Burial will
be made in Sugar Grove cemetery.
The surviving children are Annul
Edwards, Mrs. Matilda Martin. Mrs
Ruth Fenimore. of Economy. Mrs. r
w Routh. of Richmond. and Nathan
and L. p Edwards. who made their
home with Mrs Rebecca Edwards.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16

the whole liquor business is evil, and
that continually.
There may be men who can drink
when they please, and let it alone
when they please, but the only way
any man can prove that statement is
by quitting and staying quit Occa-
sional drinking leads, as rule, to
moderate drinking and that leads to
steady drinking. and that leads to
drunkenness, det ErioratiOn, destitution
and destruction.
What made me change? Experience
ard observation. First, my experience
in the governors office gave me a
new and startling point Of view 7 was
for the first time confronted by a
condition instead of theory" on the
saloon question. AS most of you know
the most trying experience in that Of
fee is that Of reading the pathetic let-
ters and listening to the personal
pleas Of men and women and even
little children, in behalf of husbands,
brothers, fathers, sons and grandsons,
who are confined in the reformatory
of the state prison. In these simple,
touching and heart-rending appeals we
find the crushing answer to mans
personal liberty ''to eat and drink
not interfere with the rights of 9th
ers." There. in that Office, facing that
stream of human sorrow, that endless
procession of misery, composed of the
innocent victims of the wrong doing
Of others-there facing the damning
fact that the innocent continually suf-
fer for the sins of the guilty by this
exercise of the personal liberty to
drink what you please-there you
find the refutation of that falsehood,
that the man who drinks Injuries no
body but himself. There, in such A
place. If nowhere else on earth must
any normal man. any human being, re-
(Continued from Page EiyeA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
Nine Lam ViOlQtOrS
Face Mayor Robbins

-sss-. -
The first two real spring days
brought nine law violators before
Mayor Robbins in police court today
They showed four charges Of intoxi
cation, two assault and battery. car
rying concealed weapons and begging,
and suspicion on each.
sembled this:
Leonard Treep. intoxio alton,
guilty, 81 and costs: stayed fine.
Mike Dorcey. begging, lectured
and fired out of town.
George Bakley, suspicion, fired
out of town.
George Sloan, intoXication,
guilty, 81 and costs: paid fine.
Mike Naperaill. carrying con-
cealed weapons. guilty, IS and
costs; paid fine.
John Scherman, intoXication,
guilty, 81 and costs; went to Jail
Harry Kelly, assault and bat
terry, guilty, 81 and costs; paid
fine.
Ray F.. Gellens. intoxication,
guilty, 81 and costs; paid fine.
John Cheatum, colOred, assault
and battery; case continued.
You foreigners are trifle ignor
ant of the laws regarding the carry
ing of concealed weapons sale
Mayor Robbins, in talking to Mike
Naperaill, one of the Italian colony
who was arrested on Saturday nigh
on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons.
ME no shoot one, me no shoo
one" persisted the Italian laborer il
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
LATE EL|HU PARKER
WAS AUDITOR HERE
Served Eight Years AS Coun-
ty Official and Fought in
the Civil War.

Elihu NJ. Parker, 70, whose death oc-
Cured a few days ago in indianapolis.
formerly was a citizen Of Richmond,
and served eight years as auditor of
Wayne county. His period of incum-
bency was in the seventies. and he
was conspicuous as a Republican par
ty worker. Mr.. Parker served in Of
fee during the old fee system, long
since relegated. and it is a part of the
political tradition of Wayne county
that he enjoyed larger compensation
for his eight years service than any
many who ever served as public
officer in the county. He was a man
of exceptional abilities. exceling as
an accountant and achieving fame as
a penman His records, transcribed in
a clearcut. steel plate style, are still
the wonder of court house attaches.
who, by chance, come upon them IN
their work. During his term as audi
tor the county commissioners decided
that it was necessary to collect, class
ify and index all records pertaining to
the commissioners office, dating from
the organization of the county, and Mr..
Parker was designated as the officer TO
perform this service. 1t was la
borious undertaking and it is said that
it consumed year or more. The com
missioners' records practically were
compiled in complete form, new in
deXes were made, and they became a
valuable reference library. These
records are still in good condition for
the most part. So far as known Mr..
Parker has not been in Richmond for
many years, and few of his old-time
friends know much concerning him
other than that he was residing in
indianapolis. His death occurred at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hucke
meyer, he made his home for several
years. In the Civil War Mr.. Parker
was member of the Nineteenth Indi
ana regiment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
Assailant, Badly Wounded in
Cutting Fray, Makes His
Escape Before Police Ar
rive on Scene.
POLICE WILL WATCH
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
Beer Bottle Used Over Vic.
TINS Head-Dispute Pre-
cedes Fight Between Angry
COlOred Persons.

Colored persons drinking in the Cos
inopofitan club, over TT Fort Wayne
avenue, became embroiled yesterday
afternoon, and police found John Chea-
tum. one of the club members. with
his head cut from a blow with a beer
hottie, and his throat badly slashed.
Cecil Rhoades is accused of the act.
He escaped.
Cheatum is held in jail. charged with
assault and battery, to which he plead
ed not guilty today. He will be tried
Wednesday.
AS to how the fight started, other
club members will not talk. but they
say that Cheatum and Rhoades were
at loggerheads some time before blows
We're struck. 1t is said Cheatum drew
knife and slashed Rhoades, who re-
turned with cut across Cheatum' S
throat. Cheatum again slashed at
Rhoades. and after some fighting be-
tween the two, in which both receive ed
several bad cuts, Rhoades floored
Cheatum with a beer bottle.
When Patrolman Lawler entered the
club he found the place in an up
roar, and number Of excited colored
persons trying to give assistance to
Cheatum. whose wounds were bleeding
profusely. Although there was evil
dence Of drinking. no intoxicants were
in sight, and no search was made at
that time.
Rhoades left by back stairway.
and has not been found. He is believed
to be badly injured, as the knife Chea-
tum had in his possession is covered
with blood. Cheatum says the knife
became bloody from his own wounds,
and that he did not cut Rhoades.
Cheatum probably will be tried We'd
nesday, whether Rhoades is found or
not. The Cosmopolitan club will be
watched by the police in the future,
it was announced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
GRANTED
Understood That Rumely
Company Can Go Ahead.

LAPORTE. Ind. March 16.- While
the official information has not come
to the Rumely offices in this city to-
day from New York, it is known that
the note extension plan of the COM
pany has been approved and that the
corporation will be given all the mon
ey needed for seasonal requirements.
This will enable the company to OBJ
tain loan of s4,0OO.0O0 to pay the de-
faulted interest and carry on its oper-
atiOnS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS
COAST OF RUSSIA

ODESSA. Russia, March 16.-Thir
ty towns along the shores of the
Black sea and Sea of Azoy. have been
destroyed Or wrecked by tidal waves
blown up by a terrific hurricane that
has been raging for forty-eight hours
More than Il dozen large ships have
been wrecked and many small craft
have been sent to the bottom with
the loss Of AL On hoard.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
EIGHTEEN APPLY
FOR MEMBERSHIP

Eighteen persons yesterday made
application for membership in the
East Main Street Friends church.
This makes a total of 13S persons
who have asked membership in this
church since the close of the Honey
we'll revival meetings. The attend
ance at the Sunday school yesterday
MAS 220,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
WILSON ExONRATES
AMBASSADOR PAGE

WASHINGTON. March 16.-Presi-
dent Wilson today exonerated Ambas-
sador Walter Hines Page, the United
States envoy to the court of st. James
and held that Pages address on the
Monroe Doctrine was without a single
phrase at which the government
might take offense.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
WALK 13 MILES

Mr. and Mrs. J. f. Healy, accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. John Lantz
walked to New Paris and back yes
terdav. covering a distance Of more
than thirteen mileA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16

THE MOON is OVERALL-SHAPED
according to Prof. Shatteri, the
famous Italian astronomer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16

POuICEWOMAN MARY BOYD
made a record pinch" when, with
out assistance, she arrested four
men and two young women for
starting a fight on street car in
Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16

w. z. MoORE's FORECAST FOR
RICHMOND.
Partly cloudy followed by fair wealth
er tonight and Thursday. Colder to-
night :
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16

"FORESWEAR CHAIRS AND SIT
on the floor is the advice of DR..
f. H. Bradford, of Boston. to per-
sons suffering from obesity.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-16
Listen!
A NEW OBESITY CURE
3.>.S. i.>.S.
MOONS NEW SHAPE
.4->.s. .i.>.i.
HARD ON THE WOMEN

BEN CULLEN, JACK MCNAMARA
and John Butler, of Chicago, went
into M. Pinokowski's store and
helped themselves to the peanuts
and bananas. The proprietor had
them arrested for impersonating
policemen.
GEORGE WiN0FIELD, MILLION
aire mine operator. gave out an in
terview in which he said that If
women we're allowed to vote in Ne
vada he would sell his mining.
farming and banking interests and
leave the state.
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TEN Pc RATuRE G
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
FOUND CORPSES
IN THE RUINS
Elevator Manager and Book
keeper Left In Flames
by the Safe
Robbers.
FEET WERE WIRED
DiaboI.l Deed Of Bandits Who Set
0uiidins on Fire After
| ~ Lootine the
Vault.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
SIOUX CITY. Iowa, April IA
telephone messages from Geddis.
South Dakota, today says that, the
bodies of w. II. Menzie. manager of
the Farmers Elevator company and
his bookkeeper, Miss Blanche Signal,
were found in the ruins of the build
ing. following a fire last night.
The hands and feet of the man and
woman had been tied fast with wires
and they had evidently been gagged.
The bodies were not discovered un-
til nearly noon. The fire started
about midnight and destroyed the
building and lumber yards. Menzie
did not appear at the fire and his
family said he and his bookkeeper
had worked late at night at the of.
fee. Then the search was started
which uncovered the bodies. The
safe was found open and police think
robbers captured the pair, gagged and
tied them and then set fire to the
place to conceal the crime.
Detectives from here have been
sent to the scene.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
Six Story Rooming House De-
stroyed and Many Occu-
+. pants Were Trapped in
the Building.
SEVERAL ARE MISSING
Ten Dead and Many Are in the
Hospital Suffering Agony
From Their Burns
and Bruises.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, April 17.-Ten persons
were burned to death, another Is
dying and FIVE more are suffering un-
told agony in the polytechnic hospital
here today as the result of fire
which swept a six story roomlns
house in Eighth avenue, trapping the
tenants like rats. but causing only
s25, 900 damage
The dead:
EDWARD WALLACE, 46. sutrocat,
ed.
NELLIE WALLACE, his wife. 30
sufYocated.
MRS. NELLIE SPENCER, IS, cioas
model
MURIEI. DAVIS. 4.
SIX MEN burned beyond recogni
ton.
The injured:
Joseph Messsr. seriously burned
Martin Welsh. face and hands
burned.
Edward ]. McNally, face and hands
burned. 80
Chas. Burke. face and hands burned
/ Mrs. George c. Davis, not expected
to live.
/ Forty of the rooms in the building
located at 74l Eighth avenue wer
rented to theatrical people and cloa
models.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
VINCENT ASTOR
RECEIVERS SLOWLY
Wedding is Set for April 80 and It
May Hav. to be Post
poned.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
STAATSBURG, n. Y. April IL
Despite the slow recovery OF Vincent
Astor. who has been i'll at the home
OF Robert P Huntington, father OF
his fianc se. the wedding set for April
80. had not been postponed today. 1t
was said at the Huntington residence
that the family would not decide for
a few days whether to postpon 1t.
Physicians were still in attendance
at the young milllonaire's bedside to-
day At the morn 'ng consultation
they said he was gradually improving
and tha. the crisis was passed. None
Of the Huntington family would ad'
nit that the wedding would be poss
poned. They said plans for the IN
mediate future were being held ul
until Astor begins rapid strides to
wars recovery. Nsither have definite
ARRANGEMENTS been made for
southern trip, member OF the fam
lily said.