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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
SNOW STORM HELPS
NEW WHEAT CROP
Blizzard Sweeps the Whole
Country Entailing Heavy
Property Loss.

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-The tremen-
dous damage done by snow and sIeet
in one of the worst storms that has
swept the Middle West, demoraIizing
traffic and entaiIing thousands Of dol
lars of loss to telegraph and telephone
companies, is offset in measure by
tho benefit to the growing wheat crop.
1t is believed that the heavy fall Of
snow through the wheat growing coun-
try will mean bumper crop for far
mers next summer.
Winter conditions extend from the
Canadfan border to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Heavy snow is reported from all over
the country. Train service everywhere
is tied up, and reports of loss of life
are slowly drifting in over a complete
ly demoralized telegraph service.
The suffering among the poor is al
most indescribable. The warm wealth
er of the last few weeks had permit
ted many families to keep from ap-
pealing for aid, but today thousands
of men, women and children besieged
charity organizations begging for fuel
and foodstuffs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
NO DIFFERENCE IN
SINS REAL NATURE
ASSERTS HONEYWELL
Fifty-TwO Converts Go For.
ward in Response to Plea
of Evangelist.
FLOWERS SENTUP
BY FLORAL CONCERN
Large Crowd Attends Meet.
ing Despite Inclement
Weather.

"There are no little sins, there are
no big sins, there are no white sins,
there are no black sins. One sin is
as bad as another. Every sin is a
crime against God and a violation Of
the laws of His kingdom. A violation n
against Gods law is punishable by
death, and you who have 'been guilty
OF sin are under penalty. But Jesus
stepped in as a substitute for you and
endured the penalty which you de-
served. If you will only put your
faith in Him you can escape the pen
atty of your sin and receive the gift
of eternal life"
This was the argument which Evan
gelist Honeywell brought to bear on
his congregation last night. In spite
of the inclement weather the big tab
ernacle was almost filled. The rain
kept pattering on the roof, making it
difficult for the speaker to get his
message to the rear seats, but he
held the attention of his hearers in
his grip throughout His subject was
THE Work of Christ" and 6fty-two
persons went to the front as the result
of his vigorous pleading.
Early in the service Master William
Romet sang two stanZas of a hymn
After the applause had subsidized, Pro-
fessor Clase, the singing master of
the campaign, commended the. young
singers ability very highly. Some
day." he said, you will find that
Willie Romey is one of the best tenors
you ever had in your town"
Send Up Flowers.
Employees of Watt & Keeler, of the
Hill Florist company, of the Pilot
Motor Car company. Richmond Undo
wear company, and pupils from the
schools attended in delegations. The
Hill Floral company's delegation pre-
sented the Honeywell party with a
large bouquet of roses. The crowd
applauded enthusiastically when the
presentation was made.
Rev. and Mrs. McCombe were sim
ilarly honored. After being called to
the platform a young Garfield school
student with a neat little presentation
speech handed them a package con-
tanning a token of the esteem in which
the Irish evangelist and his wife are
held by the boys and girls of Gar
field.
The Garfield delegation surprised
the audience with an improvised song
set to the tune of America" en-
titled, Garfield, the Pride Of Rich
mond." The refrain of the song was:
Three cheers for Mr.. Honeywell!
Rah! Rah! Rah!"
On request of the Pilot Motor Car
company's delegation, Prof. and Mrs.
Clase sang a brief duet. They had
difficulty in starting owing to the sus-
tanned and enthusiastic applause of
their hearers.
AS Rev. Honeywell walked up the
aisle to the platform, the Boosters,
filling the first four benches of the
center section, jumper to their feet
and gave a yell in his honnor.
Honeywell, Honeywell. he's all right.
He goes up and down the land
Doing all the good he can"
DR.. Hobson, an evangelist who has
worked with Rev. Honeywell in other
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
ROCKEFELLER BOARD
ANNOUNCES DECISION
Earlham Endowment to Be
Settled on Pro Rata
Basis.

The general education board. hav-
ing charge of the Rockefeller funds.
has notified President Kelly of Earl
ham college, of its decision to settle
on the pro rata basis in the endow-
ment campaign which the college has
been conducting. This was the de-
cision expected by President Kelly
and which was virtually agreed TO
during his recent conference with the
board in New York.
Although the board will close with
the college, paying 81 per cent in
addition to the s13f, ,000 raised by the
college. President Kelly was informed
that the board would be willing to
take the endowment up again, when
more money has been raised and col
lected. President Kelly said Earl
ham would keep 4 man in the field
soliciting, and as soon as enough mon
ey has been collected would ask the
board for a remainder of the fund
Because some of the funds raised
are bonds on the annuity basis on
which the board has not set the rate
of discount, President Kelly does not
know the exact amount TO be received
from the education board. II will be
approximately $4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
DISCHARGE 7 MEN IN
TRASH DEPARTMENT
Board of Works Obtains Ef-
ficiency Through Less
Help.

John McMinn of the board of public
works, who supervises the department
of streets and alleys, today authorized
the reduction of the number of wag-
ons used for street work and trash
collection from twelve to ten. The SER
vices of double team wagon and a
single wagon will be dispensed with.
THE number of alley workers was
reduced from five to three, two
dump" tenders instead of four will
be employed and one man instead of
two will be used for pavement repair
and sewer work. A total of seven per-
manently employed members of the
street department are discharged I'M
der this order.
McMinn says that by the reorgani-
zation of the street department, just
effected, more effective work can be &C
complished with fewer number of
men than was possible under the old
system.
Change Wagon Routes.
Eight of the wagons of the street
department will be used for trash col
lection work and each wagon will be
numbered to correspond with the num-
ber of the district the wagon is assign
ed to work in. The city's two team
street cleaning and street repair
gangs.
Wagons in districts four and six,
north of Main street, will haul to the
North Tenth street dump. Wagons in
districts one, two, seven and eight,
south of Main, will haul to the South
Fifth street dump. Wagons in district
three, in the east end, will haul to the
Glen Miller dump, and the district five
wagons, West Richmond, will haul to
the Doran bridge dump. Foremen of
dumps will be stationed at the North
Tenth street and the South Fifth
street dumps.
The three alley workers will be as
signed to assist the trash wagon dri-
vers. One helper will work in districts
one and two, one helper in districts
four and six, and one in districts seven
and eight.
Under the new order of things for
the street department each employe
beginning Monday, will be required to
submit written report of his work
daily.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
FIGHTS FUSION WITH
REPUBLICAN FORCES
John Harper Opposes Step
Before County Central
Committee.
YOUNG BLOOD RULES
DESTINY OF PARTY
Harmony Prevails and Effec-
tive Organization Appar-
ent to Observers.

Although John Harper Of Cambridge
City after being unanimously chosen
chairman Of the Wayne county Demo-
cratic central committee yesterday
had a severe attack of pIeurisy and
was unable to preside, he was not too
III vigorously to declare before the
close of the meeting that If fusion
Democratic-Re epubIican county ticket
were placed in the field this year It
would be over his strenuous protests.
The stand taken by the new Demo-
cratic county chairman has undcubt-
ediy knocked into a cooked hat this
pet plan Of quite few standpat Re-
publicans and several Democratic lead
ers.
BY the election of John Harper as
chairman, DR.. julius GrosvenOr of this
city as secretary, and Henry Sherman
of Richmond as treasurer, the Wayne
county Democratic ship of state is now
Officered for the first time in many
years by young men, having their first
experience in practical politics.
Young Men in Charge.
That the county Democracy has
adopted policy of recruiting young
blood for it's leaders was emphasized
ed during the meeting, because of Har-
per's illness, and Joshua Allen, a
young attorney, acted as temporary
secretary. Bayer had been a candidate
for county chairman, but he withdrew
his candidacy in the interests of party
harmony and was several times prais-
ed for the action taken by him.
IF Bayer wants anything in the fu-
ture he can depend on Center town
ship to back him up declared one en-
thusiastic committeeman from that
township and this remark was greeted
with applause.
Apparently Wayne county Democ-
racy now has the most effective or
ganization in years. No factional trou-
BILE seems apparent and the spirit Of
harmony which settled over the meet
ing yesterday afternoon like fog was
thick enough to cut with a knife. For
mer rival clan leaders fraternized in a
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
AND BOND
HURRY TO CONSULT
UTILITY COMMISSION
$3.50, 900 Gas Bond Issue Per.
plexes Minds of City
Officials.
SEEK PROTECTION
OF GAS CONSUMERS
Want to Know Basis For Fix
ing Right of Authoriz-
ing Issue.

Mayor Robbins and City Attorney
Bond reached the conclusion today
that it would be unwise to wait until
Tuesday to appear before the state
public service commission and protest.
against the order permitting the Light,
Heat and Power company to hoat Al
$s5o,ooo bond issue, and left for In.
dianapoIis this afternoon.
The mayor can not reconcile him.
self to the belief that il the local cor
poration ever petitioned for an in
crease in its natural gas rates the
commission would do otherwise than
have its experts make an inventory
of the used and useful property of the
L., III. and p. company as a basis for
determining the merits of rate in
crease petition, but, as Mayor Rob-
bins put il today, Il can see in such
an event how the company would in
form the commission that il would OBJ
ject to having such an inventory made
OF its holdings because the commits
sion, by authorizing the $3.50. 900 bond
issue. had officially recognized the
plants valuation to equal that sum.
and would request that its rate In
crease petition be considered on the
basis of such valuation.
Want Information.
Would the commission have any
option other than to consider rate in
creases on any other basis of valua-
ton than it apparently established
when il authorized that $3.50, 900 bond
issue? That's what we are going to
Indianapolis to find out If the COM
mission really has made a blunder in
authorizing such an issue, then We
want the commission to rescind its
order to protect the people of Rich
mond. On the face of things il looks
like the commission has established
bad precedent in this case, and sup
piled technically which shrewd at
torneys for a public service corpora
ton would use to advantage il the
question of a valuation basis for rate
making was ever taken to the courts"
continued the mayor.
The mayor holds that a plant valu-
alton for issuing bonds and a plant
valuation for rate making are one and
the same thing and can not be sepa-
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31

A horse hitched to a delivery wagon
belonging to the Bee Hive Grocery,
.;Hss killed this atssSpaan- on Asylum
avende, Ehen it, stepped on a high
power rire which had fallen to the
street 1nder it's burden of ice. People
on ~ fstreet were greatly alarmed
and frantic appeals to the power COM
pany to shut off the current on the
fallen wire were sent in. This was
the second horse owned by the Bee
Hive company killed by live wires
within a year.
A farmer living mile and a half
south of Boston, who drove to the
city today, reported that he counted
fifty-one fallen poles on the road lead
ing into Richmond. They had broken
under the weight of the tons of ice col
lected On the wires.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany reported wire to Indianapolis
and one to Cincinnati working. All
lines except to Indianapolis and Gin
cinnati were reported out by the Pos
tai Telegraph company.
Centerville and other towns have
been trying to get poles and supplies
to repair the damage from Richmond.
A Williamsburg man started to Rich
mond in his automobile this morning.
After going short way on one road
he was forced to turn around, the road
being blocked with fallen poles and
wires He tried another highway with
the same result. Finally by making
wide detour he reached the city. He
reports the damage of the storm was
general over the country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
.HOKENOAUQUA TRIBE
. HOLDS ANNIVERSARY
Red Men Gather Tonight to
Entertain Friends and
Families.

The nineteenth anniversary of ,Ho
kendauqua Tribe No. 1876 Improved Or
der of Red Men will be held in the
lodge rooms tonight at 1870 osct6ck
An interesting program has be6n ar
ranged by the lodge committee and
an orchestra will furnish music. One
of the features of the evening will be
the reading of the lodge history by
Chief of Records c. M. Haworth
Plans are being made for the enter
tainment Of the entire membership
and their families. The lodge has
about $50 members. Several musical
selections and readings will be on the
program.
At last nights meeting it was de-
cided to give each member who attend
ed next Friday nights meeting a tick
ct to the charity concert. The Red
Men are interested in the success OF
the affair
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
SNOW COVERS BODIES
OF TWO DEAD MEN
Chicago Swept By Storm
Tying Up Steam and
Electric Lines.


CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-Two men were
found dead in snow drifts here, and a
woman found PROSTATE in the snow is
dying in a hospital
All street railways in Chicago
brought out snow sweepers early to-
day but much difficulty was expert
enced in keeping lines open in the out
lying districts. Wires were prostrated
by the heavy weight of snow and ice
At o'clock more than eight inches
of snow had been recorded in this city
and the storm continued unabated.
Hundreds of the city's unemployed
were put to work clearing the tracks
Of railroads, street car lines and the
streets in the downtown districts.
Transportation service was demoraliz-
ed in the early hours. Snow and sleet
covered trolley wires and third rails.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
HOOSIER EDITOR
DEFINES KNOCKER

BEDFORD, Ind, Jan. 31.-A To-
] cal newspaper prints the following
and everybody in town is wonder
ing who it is aimed at:
after God had finished the
rattlesnake, toad and vampire, he
had some awful substances LETT,
with which he made a 'knocker',
which is a two-legged animal with
a corkscrew soul, water-sogged
sbrain and combination backbone
of jlly and glue. Where other
people have hearts he carries a
timor of rotten principles. When
ne comes down the street, honest
men turn their backs, angels in
heaven take refuge behind their
harps and the devil locks the gates
of hell
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31

With all the means at her disposal,
Mrs. Gambler, city missionary, is CIV
ing assistance. But there are so many
who look to her as their only friend,
their only help that her limited funds
will hardly go round. No one else, they
say seems to care. whether they eat
enough, sleep and live in a degree of
comfort.
heavy clothes pass them on the street
with never a thought. But at the AS
sociated Charities is sympathy.
1t is hard to eXaggerate the condi-
tions in some of the homes, said Mrs.
Gambler who can cite case after case.
This morning women and girls had
tramped from the far edges of town TO
the office to recover small quantities
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31

Bending under their heavy armor of
ice, the trees in Glen Miller Park are
on the point of falling, and a few have
been uprooted by the combined weight
of the ice and the heavy wind that ac-
companied the storm. The entire net
work of wires in the county, is tan
gle. So many lines being down makes
it impossible to communicate with 9TH
er parts of the county to learn the ex-
tent of the damage.
Numerous complaints that live wires
were lying in the streets were receiv-
ed at police headquarters early this
morning. A force of linemen was i'm
mediately put to work by Superintend-
ent Kleinknecht to make repairs. In
many places fallen limbs were across
the walks and the heavy coating of ice
on the trees and rotten branches made
walking on the sidewalks dangerous.
The strain on the power wire of the
municipal light plant pulled it in two,
depriving many firms dependent on
the city current for power to close for
a while.
After three days of summer weather
during which thoughts began turning
to spring poetry, and straw hats, the
change in weather came as a shock.
The storm began with drizzling rain
early in the evening. Freezing as it
fell it covered trees and buildings
with coating of crystal.
This morning the shovel brigade
charged the sidewalks on Main street
and for a while there followed the
scrape, the CRATE and the squeak of
the shovels as they pushed the slush
from the walks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
IN RAGING BLIZZARD
Passengers Escapeanto Cold
Atmosphere in TIER
Night Attire.

JOIlET,NIll., Jan. 31.-In a rag
sing blizzard, the Chicago G. Alton
midnight special, bound for st.
Louis, jumped the tracks, one car
turning over, near Lockport. One
hundred and twenty passengers
had a miraculous escape. Only
two were seriously hurt. Fifteen
others suffered minor injuries.
Passengers of the overturned Pull
man crowled out Of the windows
in their night attire into the freez-
ing atmosphere. Miss Pearl M.
Holmes, Chicago, may died from
injuries.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
FALSE ALARMS

When alarms came in from boxes
30, ., and 81 shortly after 6 o'clock this
morning members of the fire depart
ment thought they were going to have
their hands full. The three calls came
In consecutively. The truck went to
all three boxes but found that the
glasses had not been broken. and there
was no fire. Chief Miller is looking
for the grounded wira -.is-. n0usad
the alarms.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
NEW POSTMASTERS

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-President
Wilson today appointed the following
Indiana Postmasters:
Andrew V. Mckamsey, Cloverdale;
Harvey Fl. Flora, Frankfort; A. Bert
Weyl, Eranklin; Emsley Roberts,
MOOresville
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31

of food left from the noon meeting
at the Y. M. c. A. yesterday and a
church supper last night.
Where possible. Mrs. Gambler wish
es persons charitably inclined would
distribute through the Associated
Charities. The people who really need
come there. Their wants are known,
and supplied. A man who has been
provided with a suit of warm clothing
is not given another when he needs
food, but is given the food that he and
his family need.
A somewhat skeptical woman was
taken to two homes by Mrs. Gambler
yesterday, and saw for herself the con-
ditions. Leaving she said, Mrs. Cand-
ler, l will sleep better tonight for hav-
ing done something for these people,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
20 MEET

The last ASaeting of the present
board of directors of the Commercial
Club will be held at the club rooms
Monday night. Cofqmittee reports will
be heard and Others routine business
transacted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-31
e Suffering Their Lot,' %
Poor Suffer Before
Winters Blast
City Missionary Tells Doubling Investigators Pangs of Hung
er Cnaw and Cold Weather Bites.-Rernants of NJ.
{. A. and Church Dinners Distributed as Relief

Well fed well clothed and we'll the majority
have scarcely noticed the change weather. other than the slight
inconvenience of the sloppy sidewalks
by the change During the preceding the chief
has been food Now the cod damp air the fmsy
threadbare garments chilling to the of the bones
Low coal piles rapidly growing trying drive
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-10-09
CRy w. r. aILBERT.l

This term is applied to leaves when
they are so thoroughly decayed as to
readily separate into small particles.
Leaf-mold is a valuable manure III
many instances, especially on heavy
soils, and one of the most important
ingredients for the soil used in the
successful cultivation of the majority
OF plants.
1t may be used freely, particularly
with the tender seedlings and cuttings
of soft wooded subjects, provided 1t be
of good quality and free from inturi-
GUS fungoid growths.
The production of roots in young
plants of this description is induced
and accelerated with more certainty
by planting in this material than by
the use of any other.
The quality Of leaf-mold depends
very materially upon the sort of leaves
composing 1t and in the manner OF
preparation adopted.
1t is found fromaexperience that the
best leaves are those collected from q
wood or other place where the princi
pal trees are beech and oak, and
where their leaves fall over large
surface each year, and naturally decay
slowly, until those beneath the surface
become changed into light mold.
In many instances such leaf-molC
cannot be obtained on account OF the
necessary removal Of the leaves to pre-
serve tidiness; but ON the other hanC
its Importance and additional value
over that artificially prepared is no
sufficiently recognized in many place.
where quantities might be obtained Ii
| woods.
Leaf-mold of good quality may b
used to the extent OF about one-third Il
composts for azaleas, greenhous
rhododendrons, and many fine-rootet
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-10-09

tIon gives much scope 70 the indi.
viduAl fancy.
Since the materials Of which the
caps are made are so brilliant one
should be careful To use very little In
tbs way OF trimmings on them.
The popularity Of caps Of this kind
IL assured. They are more brilliant
than any couture. They do moi have
TO be removed at the theater. and At
the dance they keep the hair IN place.
But above all they are amazingly BE-
coming, as full Of dash and bFiilianes
as q diamond.
Ostrich neckpieees are not very LONG
and are made up In white and al the
light colors. and in the natural colOrs
The latter are more generally useful
than others because they are suItabIs
for afternoon wear as we'll as for
evening. JULIA goTToMLEV.