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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
MEX|CANS TORTURE
VICTIMS OF ARMIES

The most cruel and barbaric forms
of torture used by Indians or by saw
age tribes are no worse than those
described in letter to Perry Williams
from his cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Gro
yer, who lives in San Rafale, New
Mexico.
The letter in part reads:
I guess things are in a dreadful
mess in Old Mexico, and the cruelties
practiced there are more than we can
believe 1t seems the warriors catch
people, cut their ears and toes off,
and then turn them loose. They often
torture them beyond human epdur-
ance, burn the bottoms Of their feet
and the palms of their hands and their
tongues and then turn them loose to
live as they can. -
"Everything is shut down there now
and the stores are selling off what
they have but not buying more for
fear the soldiers will come and take
all away from them. My brother has
returned, and he says that in the in
terror many are hungry now. The
last three days he worked there, the
soldiers shot at them if they got from
behind trees OF cover"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
HONEYMOON FUNDS
FROM FIRING HOUSE
Former Richmond Woman
and Fiance Arrested for
Unique Method.

Mrs. Grace Brown, a former Rich
mond woman, and her fiance, Harold
Smedley, were arrested at Lafayette
yesterday on an arson charge, it be-
ing alleged they set fire to their home
in that city to collect $500 insurance
so they could go on honeymoon trip
Both confessed to the crime They
were to have been married next week
Mrs. Brown lived in Richmond un-
til about four years ago, when she
was divorced from Ernest Hoffeiner,
whom she married in this city. Later
she married man by the name of
Brown, from whom she was divorced
only two weeks ago. She has never
been in trouble before, but one of her
local relatives says members of the
family have had little to do with her
in recent years.
Her mother is Mrs. Wasson of this
city, and she is a sister of Mrs. Jo-
seph krick, who lives near Richmond
Members of the woman's family are
greatly shocked over her escapade
A dispatch from Lafayette says that
after Smedley and Mrs. Brown set fire
to their home they went to moving
picture show to await developments
The property was partially destroyed
They were arrested shortly after the
flames had been subdued.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
Continued on Page Six)
MOORE MAY HEAD
W. s. l. A. IN 1915
West Side Man Mentioned to
Succeed DR.. E. B. GrOs-
venOr, Retiring.

The years business of the West
Side Improvement Association was
closed last night and the association
adjourned until the first Friday in Sep
tember. A nominating committee of
George M. Guyer, Levi C. Peacock and
P. c. Hubbard will prepare ballots and
candidates for an election at the Sep
tember meeting. DR.. E. B. Grosvenor
will retire from the presidency at that
time.
three years and has taken upon him
self large amount of the associa-
tion's work. He has attended every
meeting during that time while in the
city. AS it is not customary for a
president to hold office for more than
three years, Charles Moore is spoken
of as the next officer.
The work of the association for the
past year was gone over. Members
feel well satisfied with the showing
made, especially insecuring public i'm
prOvements. There are several street
repairs now going on and when these
are completed, the entire West Side
will be in good condition. The Ma
tional road hill, which has been the
source Of trouble for two years, since
it was first tarviated, will be repaired
soon. The association was the influ-
ence which caused the purchase of
tarvit and other necessary material to
restore the road.
In case of any business during the
summer, DR.. Grosvenor, who holds Of
fee until September, will call spe-
cial meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
''w SECRETARIES
SAY WORK BASED
ON CHURCH TRUTH
Barbour and Latshaw Tell
Richmond Men How to
Combine Into Efficient
Force Religion and "Y."

Church and Y. M C. A. are two
great organizations working hand-in-
hand to lead men to the kingdom or
God, not separate institutions working
to selfish ends, DIR. C.. A. Barbour and
DR.. D. G. Latshaw, international secre-
taries Of the association, told eighty
eight men of Richmond, who gathered
at banquet table at the Y. M. c. A.
last night.
The aim Of the association, DR.. Bar
bour said, is to administer to the
whole boy, to his integrity. Products
of the association should be we'll
rounded and not fractional A frac-
ton, he said, is made by something
under the line and something over the
line. THE greater the number under
the line the smaller the number over
the line"
An institution which enjoys the rap
id growth of the association during
the last ten years is in danger OF
becoming ''institutionized," DR.. Bar
bour said. By "institutionalized' he
meant it might grow of itself, by IT.
self and for itself. This. he believes,
should not be the case either in the
church or association.
Church Primal Order.
"The church." he said, has a right
to expect the association to recognized
it's primacy. The Y. M. c. A. is not
trying to build up church within Its
walls, but is working in connection
with the church and not trying to take
it's place.
"The church has a right to expect
that the association will lead men
and boys into it as rapidly as possi'
BILE. The church has a right to ex'
pect that the Y. M. G. A. will do work
which the church can not very well
+ do with it's building and equipment
but which is necessary to produce
well-rounded men, physically, morally
socially and mentally.
The church has right to expect
the association to teach in its men
and boys Bible classes the evangelical
truth of the institution which gave il
BIRTH
Calls for Evangelism.
After the outline of the relations
citation and the church by DR.. Barbour
association men to go out to the "un
churched" men, who are found in all
classes and take the truth to them
They would respond, he said, with a
wonderful hearing. The message fol
which they called from coast to coast
he said, was "The Word of Jesus"
When this is taken to them on their
own time, of their own accord, on their
own working grounds, they have re-
spect for the men bringing the mes
sage.
More than this, he said, the country
needed a demonstration of brotherly
love, not condescension.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16

handling and delivery of milk. espec-
tally on the part of the women. The
public learned the necessity of such
regulation, when non-sterilized bottles
delivered by one dairyman resulted in
serious epidemic of typhoid fever
and several deaths.
The principal feature OF the propos-
ed ordinance, against which the dairy
men have dared council to pass. pro-
vides for the tuberculin testing of all
dairy herds; the proper sterilization
OF bottles; the delivery of all milk in
quantities of a gallon or less in bot
ties; the delivery of milk at a temper
ature of SO degrees or less; thorough
sanitary arrangements for all dairies.
a score card system for all dairies;
the licensing of all dairymen and 9TH
er less important features.
Increases His Business.
One of the dairymen who has joined
in the protest against the ordinance
has established most lucrative busi-
ness in this city because for the past
two or three years he has been volun-
! tarily conducting his dairy along lines
identical to those provided in the ordi-
nance, and he has never found ii nee
essary to increase the market price
of milk, as some of the dairymen have
contended would be the first result of
the adoption of the measure.
Councilman Frank Howells. a men,
ber of the ordinance committee stated
today that he believed the pending
ordinance in it's revised form properly
safeguarded the public so far as IT is
possible to do SO by legislation and
at the same time was fair to the dairy
men. He favors council calling the
dairymen's bluff
Mr. Howells says that Councilman
Weishaupt who showed an antagonis-
tic attitude toward the measure while
1t was trimmed into shape. was sur
prised to learn from a friend in Fl
! Wayne. to whom he had written for
Information, that the ordinance in that
city, which has been closely copied in
the drafting of the local ordinance,
had no effect on the price of milk and
that it was being inforced satiSfac-
| torily.
Council Is Lenient.
In their dealings with the dairymen
councilmen have been very lenient
| and considerate. city officials contend.
and have incorporated into the revised
ordinance the majority of their sug
gestions.
The section o. the ordinance per-
| tanning to ice cream manufacturers
has now been adjusted to their entire
satisfaction. One provision has been
changed by the ordinance committee
~ permit ice cream dealers who pur-
chase pasteurized and sterilized milk
outside the city to have their supplies
shipped without any fixed tempera-
ture limit. No ice cream manufacturer
ships in a sufficient quantity of milk
to have it transported in a refrigera-
tor car.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
ENTHUSIASM
ROUSES SLEEPY CITY
Supporters of Winning I. O.
A. Orator Parade Main
Street and JOllify.

Three hours pent-up college enthus-
iasm is one hundred Butler college
students broke out and surged through
the Coliseum last night when Law
renee Bridge, the Indianapolis college
man, idol of the students in the capi-
tol city school, carried off first honors
in the interstate oratorical contest
against six other speakers.
No more had the words of Howard
McMinn left his mouth until fifty lusty-
voiced young men jumped to the plat
form, headed by the cheer leader, and
began the famous Butler song of vic
tory. Round and round the platform
stamped the procession. joined by
scores of colleagues in sympathy.
Then the unexpected happened.
Bridge, hearing the cheering emerg-
ed from the door leading to the stage.
Five stalwarts of the Butler delega-
tion grabbed their chief. swung him
high on their shoulders and chanting
the victory song, started parade,
which woke the sleeping Quakertown
at 11:30 o'clock.
Filled with enthusiasm, the march
ers took possession of Main street,
and headed by Bridge, went to the
Westcott hotel where a reception had
been scheduled. At the hotel fifty
guests slumbered in silence. few
might owls remained in the lobby.
Suddenly the doors opened to a throng
mad with joy. Over the smooth tile,
up the grand staircase went the re-
lentless mob. Guest, suddenly torn
from sleep, wondered at the demon
stration. But the Butler youths could
not sleep. Their special cars left the
city triumphantly bearing the public
speaking idol of the middlewest.
To Bridge is accounted the words,
Boys, it's great"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
FLY CATECHISM

The following questions and
answers were prepared by the In
diana State Board of Health. Ev-
cry word is true. We urge you to
read all this carefully. 1t will save
you money. 1t may save your
baby's life.
1. Where is the fly born? In
manure and flth.
2. Where does the fly live? In
every kind of filth.
3. Is anything too filthy for the
fly to eat. No.
4. (a) Where does he go when
he leaves the surface closet and
the manure pile and the spittoon?
Into the kitchen and dining room.
lb) What does he do there? He
walks on the bread, fruit and veg
etables. He wipes his feet on the
butter and bathes in the milk.
5. Does the fly visit the patient
sick with typhoid fever, consump-
ton and cholera infantum? He
does-and he may call on you next.
6. Is the fly dangerous? HE Is
MANS WORST PEST, AND
MORE DANGEROUS THAN
WILD BEASTS OR RATTLE
SNAKES.
Z. What disease does the fly
carry? He carries typhoid fever,
consumption and summer COM
plant. How? On his wings and
hairy feet. What is his correct
name? Typhoid fly.
8. Did he ever kill anyone He
killed more American soldiers dur
ing the Spanish-American war than
did the bullets of the Spaniards.
9. Where are the greatest num-
ber of cases of typhoid fever. con-
sumption and summer complaint?
Where there are the most flies.
10. Where are the most flies
Where there is the most filth.
II. Why should we kill the fly?
Because he may kill US.
12. When shall we kill the fly?
Kill him before he gets his wings
kill him when he is maggOt In
the manure pile-kill him while he
is in the egg state.
13. How? Keep the stables dry
and clean and don't allow any
manure to stay on the premises
longer than one week. Have all
other filth and trash accumulated
on your premises removed or burn
ed at least once a week
IA. If your neighbor fails to COM
ply with these rules and allows
flies to breed on his premises TO
visit you, screen your doors and
windows and keep them out.
Let us all work together to
make Richmond flyless city.
The Fly Committee.
Supt. J. T. Giles,
Chairman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
CHILDREN
IN COUNTY SHOW
INCREASE OF 143
City Gains 1876, While Coun-
ty Outside Shows Loss of
Fifty-three for Last Year
in Report.

In the city of Richmond where more
than one-half of the school children
of the county live, gain of 1876 chill
dren is shown while in the county
outside of Richmond a loss of fifty
three is recorded, according to the Of
fetal school enumeration report of
County Superintendent Williams.
In the county there are 1929
school children Of which 5,304 are
white boys, 5.O17 are white girls, 1877
are colored boys and 211 are colored
girls. The total gain is 294 with loss
of 151 making net gain in the on
143 school children
In Richmond there are 5,sO3 chill
dren of school age. These figures are
divided among 2,S12' white boys, g.
69S white girls. 1876 colored boys and
157 colored girls. An additional report
shows that 691 of the 5,SO3 children
are between fourteen and sixteen
years old.
Following are some of the figures
shown in the enumeration report:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
Seek High Standards
in Teachers League

Officers of the recently organized
Federation of Teachers Of the Rich
mond public schools today issued a
statement regarding the purposes of
the organization, declaring that it was
solely to promote higher standard
of the profession.
ut is not the purpose of the organ
ization to work for better salaries for
teachers; that will come with the
raising Of the standard of our profess
sion," declared Miss Martha Whit
acre. "The interests of the teachers
will be promoted and We want to get
in closer touch with the parents of
school children"
The statement in full is as follows
For some time the teachers Of
Richmond have contemplated forming
federation, but no definite steps were
taken until early in the present school
year, when at a meeting Of the super
1ntendent and principals a committee
consisting of Miss Thompson, Mr..
Pickell and Mr.. Steely was appointed
to investigate the federation in other
Indiana cities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16

Last week a preliminary meeting
of all teachers interested in the Pro
ject was held at the high school build
ing and a committee, consisting of
one teacher from each building was
appointed to draft constitution and
bylaws.
AT called meeting at 4 o'clock
Friday this constitution was adopted
and the following officers were
elected:
president. Miss Martha Whitacre,
hight school,; vice president, Miss An
ma M. Lupton, Starr; recording Sec
retary, Miss Emily Walker, Warner; !;
corresponding secretary, Miss Kath.
crime Cox. Starr: treasurer, Mr.. E. D.
Stevenson, Garfield.
"The purpose of this federation as
stated in the constitution, is to ad.
vance the interests of the teachers OF
the Richmond public schools and to
bring the teachers into closer connec.
ton with the parents and general pub.
lic."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
BQpiS rs Gents
to Good After
Visit by Robbe1

A burglar broke into the home
of Alfred Bavis. president of the
board of public works, All North
Thirteenth street, last night,
while Mr. Bavis and other mem
bers of the family were up town,
and when the city official returned
he found he was just 25 cents bet
ter off because of the thief's visit.
The man took no valuables from
the house, because, Mr.. Bavis
says. there were none to take, and
in making a hurried departure,
dropped quarter out of his pock-
ct.
A boarder at the Bavis home, a
young man, returned to the house
early in the evening. He knew
the members of the family were
not at home and a light in one OF
the upstairs rooms attracted his
attention. He called but received
no response. He then telephoned
to police headquarters. While he
was doing so the thief beat it,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
HOLD MEETING OF PROTEST
Decide to Refrain From Selling Milk
in City For Thirty Days if Council
Passes Ordinance Now Pending

Dairymen who furnish the milk sup
the gauntlet to the city council and
have dared that body to pass the milk
inspection ordinance which comes up
for third reading at the council meet
ing Monday.
1t was learned today that over thir-
ty dairymen held a meeting in this
city last Tuesday and passed a reso-
luton, declaring that If the milk in.
spection ordinance was passed they
would not sell milk in this city for a
period of thirty days.
Such action on the part Of the dairy
men would of course cause a milk
famine in Richmond and the results
would be serious.
Ordinance Is Stringent.
Since the introduction of the ordi
nance, which the councilmen have all
| along recognized as a live wire," ii
has been handled with gloves and two
| special sessions were held for the ben
eft of the dairymen for the purpose
of obtaining their opinions on the
measure. The ordinance has also been
radically changed, being made less
drastic, but still an effective measure
and a big improvement over the exist
| ing milk ordinance.
With the latest revision of the or
dinance the majority of councilmen
/ were satisfied with it's terms, and i,
| was the general opinion that there
| was not much opposition to 1t on the
! part of the dairymen. Consequently
| the action of practically all the men
| who supply milk to the city in threat
| ening a boycott if the measure is pass
i ed comes as surprise.
! What effect such action will have
on the councilmen who have hereto
fore championed square deal for the
| dairymen is not known, but it is be
lieved the majority of the members
! believing the dairymen are unjust In
| their attitude toward the measure
will resent the apparent effort to co
cree them into voting against an ordi
nance deemed fair to both the public
and the dealers, and will support its
| passage.
Threaten Boycott.
| 1t was learned today that the dairy
men resent any attempt on the part OF
the city to provide through restric
tions for the milk business in city
and have threatened boycott or
such grounds rather than opposition
to any particular provisions of the or
| dinance 1t is also known that some
of the dairymen have no particular
objections to the measure but have
| Joined in opposition to it for the pur
pose of being in harmony with those
dealers who are most strenuously op
posed to it.
! While the dairymen have stamped
the pending milk inspection ordinance
with their disapproval, the majority
of councilmen admit there is public
| demand for thorough regulation of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16

Temporary pandemonium reigned
when one hundred Butler College stu
dents realized that Lawrence Bridge,
1ndiana's representative, won the in
ter-state oratorical contest, at the coli
scum, last evening. Norman Cawley,
of Wisconsin, was second, with John
w. Scott, of Kansas, third.
With the Interstate Oratorical con-
test, the greatest public speaking
classic in the Middle west, in progress
at the coliseum, less than five hun
dred people, according to the authori-
tative statement of one connected
with the contest, heard the orators. In
the audience of less than half thou
sand there were scores of townspeo-
pie, almost a hundred Butler college
students, while Earlham college, with
its 426 students, was for the most part
in the background.
Bridge Veteran Speaker.
Lawrence w. Bridge, the Butler or
ator, who carried off the premier hon
ors of the evening is a veteran public
speaker. His style is terse and eff
fective while his delivery is slow
forceful, clear with little or no inflec.
tion for dramatic interest Despite
the momentary hesitations he held his
audience throughout his grafton deal.
ing with the prime factors of war
Bridge at one time won the Ohio
Peace Contest while student at
Hiram College. He is now in his
| senior year at the Indianapolis col
| lege. He breaches at small church
| in New Paris, o.
Who could take the ordinary Jewish
citizen, raise him above common re-
prOach, set him high on the stand
ards of wealth, art, genius and con.
vince an audience that the man de.
spised by the Gentle has had his
hands in every great movement for
the past three centuries? This is
what Norman Cawley, of Lawrence
College, Wisconsin did at last nights
contest. Although awarded second
place his Grafton was one of the most
| convincing of the seven submitted
Pleads for Jew.
| In art, music and drama, the Rubin
stein, Meyerbeer and Mendelssohr
had their place and rank among the
worlds greatest geniuses. In finance
| there is the Rosenberg, of Chicago, in
politics the Strauss, of New York, and
it is said that in Columbia University
every second man is a Jew. Cawley
pleaded for reformation in the Gen
tile attitude of the deposed Jew.
p, In a broad comprehensive manner
| John w. Scott, of Fairmount college
Kansas, told how industrialism claim
ed a toll of 100000 workmen annual,
from the shops and factories of the
| (COntinnp0 on Papo Cjv1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-16
BY J. L. ROBERTS,
Special STAFF Correspondent Of the IN.

SPcCidI Std' SOTT OTTcSPoUOCnS VI kfC iU-
ternationaI News Service.
CONSTITUTIONALISTS' HEAD
QUARTERS, Paredon. Mexico, via Ell
Paso, Texas, May 16-Fighting has
begun in the Constitutionaiist cam
has been won by General Villas
troops.
A Federal force of five hundred men
was surprised by a body of Constitu-
tionalist scouts near Reita Junction.
north of Paredon, and routed with
great slaughter. The Huerta troops
left fifty dead on the field when they
fled The Federals are said to have
been the garrison which evacuated
Monclova.
There is wild rejoicing here over the
fall of Tampico, news of which has
just been received. ConstitutiOnalist
officers declare that now they will
have an opportunity to get all the am
munition that they need for the cam
paign against Mexico City.
Army in Motion.
The great Constitutionalist army is
now in motion. Trainloads after train
load of troops, ammunition and artil-
lery is being sent out of this great
concentration camp. General Villa is
giving his personal attention to the
transportation of troops, supplies and
water trains, and small arms and am
munition While General Felipe An
geles devotes his time to the shipment
of his artillery. He will have sixty
nine guns which will lombard Saltillo
and a plentiful supply of ammunition.
Forty-three machine guns and ammu-
milton have been sent with the infan-
try. 1t is believed the trains will be
able to reach Ramos and Arizpe. nine
miles north of Saltillo, without inter.
ruption.
For several days large bodies of
troops have been sent to the front to
protect the railway repair gangs from
foraging parties which have been max.
ing sorties from the Federal garri.
son.
Supply Trains Move.
Three supply trains of thirty cars
each, laden with food and other sup
plies reached Paredon from Torreon
last night and more were rushed to the
front following the troop trains.