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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1915-02-25

promising sort and I knew whal
be done along every line would
make a bachelor set up and take
notice,
Shale Mathews preached al
the meeting house two weeks
ago But I dident get to hear him
Crowd not so great as when Will
Quayle was here Both is good
men at preaching.
We all hope the Ed will pay US
a visit this summer. Cant you
come Brother.
Bro Wiley has charge of force
OF floor scrubbers over at the
state house while legislature are
in session. Earl Mushlitz was
added to the string last week.
The force is ooinx great wor k 80
I understand,
Will Taft spoke here not so
long ago; he is a little thianer, a
little balder, a little grayer and
a little cmarter than once upon a
time.
Old Sister Ruth Green whose
ma is here from the wilds of
Wyoming are i'll at this writing
and Bud has been trying luck in
the kitchen. The sister con-
tracted grip while gettin ready
to fix fur guests and had to call
off her party. I'm glad l wasn't
near when the deal was called off
for whenever anything goes
wrong Sister Green always
wants to up an bust me.
Mrs. Pauline Harrison, ma of
Ruth and ma n.law of Bud, will
be here till she decides to 90
elsewhere, She brought home
breezy tales of tango experiences
out in Cody where I thought
they was still dancing to the
music of six shooters. Cody is
located in a hill side potatoe
patch and the men there are so
wild that they pick their teeth
with bowie knives and a tender.
foot has about as much chance
there as cat at dog show, But
the sister came away reporting
fine time, it may be that she was
some attraction there. When !
begin to talk seriously to her on
advise of Ruth who aspires to
have me as her step father. I
noticed that old Sister Harrison
balked and handed me large
hunks of Indifference.
John Quinn who amt married
the Illinois girl yet intends visit.
ing that place some time this
spring. We still! insist that
John are the right man for the
young lady to accept and if she
don't take him soon the chances
Is that he will marry a local girl
as several have been trailing him
of late. John al ways reads the
Cresset when be Can barrow it,
he bein to tight a wad to send in
! his name hisself, but perhaps he
are saving to buy wedding duds.
!: Booth Harrington has a new
book The Turmoil" which I ad.
wise friends to read,
! Old Jim Riley, town bard, will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
ASSAULT COSTS OGDEN
$40 IN POLICE fines

When Harley koontz demonstrated
with Ivan c. Ogden, because it had
been reported to him that Ogden had
been talking about Mrs. koontz, he
received for his pains a black eye. To
day OGDEN drew fine OF SO and
costs.
1t was brought out in the testimony
that while koontz was south for his
health last winter Ogden was attentive
to Mrs koontz until Mrs. Ogden com
planned to the police about her hus-
bands Filtration.
The case of Norman Thomas, col
ored, charged with beating up his af-
finity. Pearl Johnson, was taken un-
der advisement. The woman was or
dered to leave town. She said Thomas
had attacked her twice lately Thomas
denied this and asked the court If it
was reasonable to suppose that if he
had mistreated Pearl she would buy
drinks for him and follow him around
every place
He said he had just got through
serving 12S days in Jail at Muncie on
account of the woman. He said she
went after him With a gun and he
had to work on her with a knife in
self defense. The prosecutor was
much interested in Thomas testimony
that the Johnson woman had purchas
ed drinks at the home of John Saun
derS.
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Kill Two Women and Injure
Child in Raid on Villages at
the Mouth of the Thames
River.
PURSUED BY BRITISH
Objective of Dirigibles Be-
lieved to Have Been Works
Defending the Mouth of
Thames River.

LONDON. May 27.-A fleet Of Zep.
pelin airships delivered an attack
against the British works defending g
the mouth of the Thames river early
today, but were driven off by high
angle guns and British aeroplanes be-
fore they could do any extensive de-
struction.
The attack centered about South
End-on-the Sea in Essex on the north
ern side of the Thames estuary. about
80 miles from the center of London.
Twenty incendiary bombs were
dropped at South End causing great
excitement and killing a girl Another
girl and woman were wounded and
several other persons were less SER
iously hurt
Four Ships in Fleet.
There were reported to be four Zep-
pelins in the fleet which was first
sighted at 11:15 last night The great
dirigbles maneuvered, keeping high in
the air. but at the height of the at
tack they descended until they were
within range of the anti-air craft guns.
1t was reported from Sheerness that
a Zeppelin was seen speeding toward
London.
| MS was the sixteenth air raid or
the Germans over the east coast. The
balloons are believed to have crossed
the North Sea from Zeebrugge.
Two of the Zeppelins flew over Burn
ham-on-Crouch. seven miles north of
South End, but no bombs were
dropped there
AdniraIty's Statement.
The admiralty issued the following
statement through the government
press bureau:
"A Zeppelin visited the east coast
at South End last night. The casual
ties were two women killed and one
child injured The damage done was
not material The Zeppelin, upon be-
ing pursued by our air craft, fled
toward the east
A second Zeppelin appeared after
the first had disappeared and dropped
bombs for half an hour.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
AV|ATORS RAID RHEIN

PARIS, May 27-A fleet of nineteen
French aorOplaneS raided the Rhein
valley of Germany carrying their at
tack 100 miles inside the German bor-
der, says an official statement Of the
war office This is the second raid by
the allies within fOrty-eight hours.
The statement says all German
counter attacks along the northern end
of the battle front have been repulsed.
At Ludwigshafen in Bavarai on the
Rhein river, the great plant Of the
Sadinsche Chemical works were de
stroyed by French aviators. Ludwigs-
hafen is 80 miles east of Metz.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
WAR fever CROWS;
CITY TURNS ON FLY

new method of promoting fly
swatting will be announced in a few
days by the public health committee
of the Commercial club. The commit
tee met last night and discussed plans
to increase interest in killing off flies
before they lay eggs. They fly swat
ting campaign has not been vigorously
pursued this season. Various mem
bers of the committee report activi-
ties in the past month, including DR..
David W. Dennis. who has been con-
Quoting a publicity health campaign
through the newspapers.
The committee discussed the arrival
Of DR.. Parry from Washington to make
g sanitary survey of the city and de-
cided that DR.. Parry should be prop
erly guided to the city health office
commencing work, as he will be ex,
pected to keep in touch with the
health office most of the time he is
here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
TeutOnic Allies Rush Season.
ed Soldiers and Heavy Ar
tillery to Check Victor
Emmanuel's Army.
KING GOES TO FRONT
Austrians Hide Strength of
Armies and Prepare to
Strike Heavy Blow Against
Former Ally.

ON THE ITALIAN FRONTIER. Via
PARIS, May 27.-Twenty thousand
German troops have passed through
Salisbury towards the Italian frontier
during the last twenty-four hours.
These forces come from the western
war theatre. Other German troops
from the eastern theatre are rushing
to the southern front to innsbruck
An entire Austrian corps is enroute
from Silesia. whence thirty batteries
have been transferred to Trentino.
German 1l-inch guns have been placed
in position near Gradisca and the sur
rounding districts.
King Victor Emmanuel arrived at
the front today and assumed supreme
command of the Italian armies that
are pressing into Austrian territory
along the entire frontier from Switzer-
land to the Adriatic sea.
Expect Battle Soon.
The first clash between German and
Italian troops is imminent if il has not
already occurred. A German army
corps is concentrated on the Trentino
frontier and is strongly entrenched 4
dispatch to the Nossische Zeitung
states that the main Italian army is
approaching, the army being only two
miles from the trenches when the
message was sent
King Emmanuel announced his as
sumption of the command with the
following decree. issued as an order
of the day:
'Soldiers-On land and see the SOL
emn hour of the vindication of our ma
tional claims has sounded
"Enllnu-iro he ,nIo g
ancestor | assume today the supreme
command of the land and sea forces
with sure confidence of victory which
your valor, self-sacrifice and discipline
will bring.
ForeteIrs Victory.
The enemy whom you are to fight
is seasoned and worthy Of YOU. He is
favored by the ground and by scien-
tific preparation. He will offer OBJ
stinate resistance. but YOUR indomit-
able dash will certainly defeat him
soldiers. yours is the glory of hoist
ing the tri-color of Italy upon the sa-
cred bounds which nature places as
the confines of our country Yours
the glory OF accomplishing the work
undertaken with so much heroism by
our fathers
Austrans Hide Strength.
The offensive campaign of the Ital-
ian armies has opened auspiciously.
but the Austrians. Withdrawing slowly
to their first line of organized trenches
are yet to strike their first blow. Their
preparations are known 10 he com
plete. however. and even those most
confident of the ultimate success of
the Italian forces admit that they will
win only after desperate fighting.
OF course. il is impossible to see the
strength of the Italian armies. but il
is said at the Italian war office that
the Austrian and German forces con-
centrated along the line number about
400 600. Most of them are seasoned
veterans from the western and east
ern theatres OF war
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
HERE'S APPLICATION
OF SCHOOL TEACHER
FOR JOB IN WAYNE
Believes He's Worth SIS a
Month and Says Ohio's S55
Salary Too Small for
Ability.

OF hundreds of applications for po-
each year in the office of the county
superintendent, one which is proving
itself most puzzling arrived in today's
mail. superintendent Williams ad-
mitted the unusual application has
stirred his curiosity and whether to
follow it up or not, he is undecided
The application came from Glen
Roy, Jackson county, Ohio. 1t follows
in part;
Mr. County superintendent, Good
morning to you. The sun is shining
again after the long wet SPELL the
birds are singing, my appetite is very
good. and why shouldn't I be optimis-
tic this May morning? | don't even
know who you are but | am writing
to you just like I'd known you always.
I'm just a school teacher seeking a
better job and living wages. Since
our new law went into effect, Wea k
schools receiving aid from the state
are limited a. to the wages they may
pay No school below the high school
and receiving state aid may pay more
than S55 without forfeiting their right
to state aid. | think my services are
worth SIS and that is what | am ask
ing.
Il am 81 years old (but no 'fogyD,
16o pounds, feet 10 inches tall was
born and raised in farm. attended the
country school till | was 16 years old
then taught country schools near home
several wears
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
FOR SPEEDWAY RESULTS
WATCH THE PALLADIUM

Returns of the Speedway race at
Indianapolis Saturday, will be re-
ceived by The Palladium over
special leased wire running from
the Speedway track directly to The
Palladium office.
Beginning at 10 o'clock in the
morning and continuing until the
race is over. The Palladium will
announce results through tele-
phonic connections from its office
to the site of the Dickinson Trust
company building on the northeast
corner of Main and Eighth streets
A megaphone man will shout out
results. lap by lap, tell of acci-
dents to racers, detail the position
of each contestant. as the speed de-
mons grind out the 500-mile path
to victory or defeat.
There will be no delay in the
transmission of the results from
The Palladium office to Main and
Eighth street. as the news will be
reported to the megaphone man
over a special telephone as each
incident takes place.
If you want to keep posted on
the race. watch The Palladium bull
letin station. Provisions will be
made SO that the position of each
contestant will be given whenever
asked for.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
WIRE CLICKS PAPA'S
CONSENT TO WEDDING

Telegraph wires played a new role
with Cupid's activities Yesterday and
saved the day. AS a result Wednes-
day, May 26, was the wedding day of
Earl Hutte, 20, of West Alexandria, O.,
and Ruth Study, 19, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arva Study of Williams sburg.
Miss Study was a bCokkeeper here
Hutte brought his bride-to-be to the
court house Yesterday for marrias &c
license. Unfamiliar with the Indiana
Ws, Hutte was dismayed to learn
he had to have his fathers consent to
the marriage before a license could be
issued
After a few minutes delay, Hutte
and the marriage license clerk. Gus
Hafner, solved the dilemma and Huttc
telephoned to his father in West
Alexandria. asking him to step to the
telegraph office and perform a simple
service. Within a short time a tele-
gram arrived with the following mes
sage: Il give my consent to the mar
riage Of my son, Earl Hutte, to Ruth
Study, F. A. Hutte." The telegram
was attached to the license application
and the license was granted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
AGED WOMAN STRUCK
BY SWITCH ENGINE

Mrs Mollie Gibson-J Johnson. wom-
an over fifty years old. living at North
Nineteenth and + streets, was struck
by g switch engine early last evening
while walking along q track near the
Twenty-secCnd street crossing. She is
deaf and did not hear the engine ap-
proa ching and was not noticed by the
engine crew. She was thrown several
feet and her head badly cut One rib
was also broken. She is at the hospit-
al and is expected to recover. A rail-
read detective informed the police to-
day that lately he has had to order the
woman away from camp of Italian
ta borerS two or three times
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
CAN'T PAWN COATS;
COLD WAVE STAYS

Not in many years has the month Of
May been so cold in Richmond and vi
cinity while other sections of the coun-
try report similar cold waves. Today
the temperature stood at Al degrees
above zero. May 10 was the coolest
dav of the month, when the tempera-
turc registered So degrees above. On
May II it was 50 degrees above zero.
New York dispatches today report
that this is the COldest May - in the
history of its weather bureau The
temperature dropped to II at > a. m
The cold wave extends over New Eng
land and the eastern states, killing
frosts causing heavy damage in the
northeastern states last night.
Heavy damage to fruits and vege-
tables was done throughout Northeast.
orn Ohio and Western PcnnSy ylvania
bN frOStS last night,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
TRY. COLORED WOMAN
FOR SELLING LIQUOR
AGAINST STATE Law

Bruce Bennett, colored. former
scholar of Mayor Robbins when the
latter was teacher of an Arlington
township school, was star witness for
the state today in a case against Jen.
ME Boone, colored, charged with sell
ing liquor unlawfully The case was
heard before a jury and Mrs Boone
was represented by Attorney Rich
ardson, COlOred.
Richardson in questioning Bennett
intimated that Bennett was police
informer, or "stool-pigeon," and con
temptuously referred to him as the
'black hope Of the police department.
He also attempted to bring out the
fact that Bennett had "squealed" on
Mrs. Boone because he had trouble
with her over a board bill and also
to secure immunity from being prose
cuted on Ch irge of having attacked
woman with a knife
A woman testified that she had
spent the night OF March 81 with Ben
nett at Mrs. .Boone's home and the
following morning she had purchas ed
two bottles of beer from Mrs. Boone
with money given to her by Bennett
One man summoned for jury duty
was disqualified because he did not
think it was wrong to sell liquor with
out license. He said that in his opin
ion there should be no such restrict
ions upon its sale. The jury is com
posed Of the following: w. II, Romey
Elmer Smith. Frank Stems, James A
Villa ms, George Scott, Robert Boyd
Silas Zeller. Ben c. Hill. Ambrose La
fuze. William Waking, Ray Robinson
E. h. Hasemeier.
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have proved a stumbling block to the
French and the Germans alike. These
two mountain lines Of battle cannot
be turned-except by violation of
the neutrality of the Swiss.
BY cutting across a little corner of
southeastern Switzerland, Austria
could pour an army through the En-
gadine and suddenly emerge on the
plains of Milan. dealing 4 blow at the
heart Of Italy. BY invading a few
miles Of northwestern Switzerland the
Kaiser might hope to approach the
French fortified district of Belfort
from the south
The same advantages would accrue
to Italy or to France by using the ter
ritory of this mountain people to flank
Germany and Austria's S forces and thus
avoid the costly and slow frontal at
tack
Would it be worth the cost to the
! belligerents? That is what Switzer-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
Engineers of Utility Board
Examine Books to Deter
mine Whether Rates Allow
Reasonable Profit.
THE CITY ECONOMIES
Unexpected Action Cuts
Down Returns Below Esti-
mated Amount - Higher
Figures Expected as Result

Engineers of the Indiana Public
the books of the Richmond Water
Works company for the purpose of de-
termining whether the rates establish
ed for this utility by the commission
would bring in an estimated annual re-
turn of Ss6,O00. a sum sufficient to pro-
vide the company a reasonable profit,
The water rates established last
year have been operative a little over
eight months and the company now
asserts that the returns for the twelve
months will be $4,000 less than an
tic;pated by the commission.
At the time the local water rates
were established the company appealed
the commissions order to the courts,
where the appeal is still pending. The
company has not petitioned the COM
mission for an increase in rates, Supt.
Howard Dilr states, and the investi-
CATION now being made of the com
pany'S business is purely voluntary on
the part of the commission.
Rates May increase.
If the commission engineers report
that the company's returns on its in
vestment are considera bly, less than
had been anticipated by the commits
sion the company officials are antici-
pating an increase in rates. They
have intimated that if the Contem-
plated increase meets with the ap-
proval of the company the appeal case
now pending will be withdrawn.
Company officials say that one
reason why there has been less re-
turns than had been anticipated by
the commission was the fact that the
city has not been using as much water
as it was thought il would use.
City Attorney Bond stated today
that no action in the re-invest!gation
of the water works situation would be
taken by the city unless it developed
that the rights of the city and patrons
Of the company were to be infringed
upon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27

GENEVA, Switzerland. May 81
Will Switzerland become second
Belgium? Will this little state be able
to maintain its neutrality? Will she
moreover, be able to feed her people
and her many guests when all nations
which surround her are locked in life
and death struggle?
The entry of Italy in the war pre-
sents these questions 1t is an anx-
ious moment for the nation of William
Tell.
Consider the present military posi-
ton of the Teutonic allies. On the
Italian frontier Austria and their enc
mics have betUe cen them a mountain
barrier nine thousand feet high. These
mountains are pierced by only two
railway passes. In addition to the nat
ural defences, both nations have added
an immense system of forts, bastions
and field Notifications.
Similarly on the other side Of Switz
eralnd the Nosges stretching north
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
FOX RECALLS FROST
IN ALL II MONTHS

Judge Fox is not a Climatological
observer, he said today, nor a school
teacher, but he made observations on
the weather from the bench this morn
ing following a long walk he took
without a tOpcOat.
I've seen about seventy eight sum
mers, but | cannot remember the
weather in most of them" said the
Judge This is cold enough for me
in May Still remember a year long
ago when there was a frost every
month, although not heavy enough to
do much damage
Was that when YOU taught school
in Butler county," the Judge was ask
ed
That's still farther back There
was frost every day then" Judge
Fox answered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
RuSSIA'S POOR CREDIT
HAlTS BIG WAR ORDER

CHICAGO. May 21-Failure of the
Russian government to obtain cash in
the United States has cut off the pros
pect for placing a large contract for
freight cars in Chicago. For several
weeks agents have been negotiating
for betw cen $50 oOo. 900 and $4,000. 600
worth of new cars. Today it was
learned that negotiations had come to
a halt because the Pullman company
declined to accept notes in the Rus
sian government
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land is wondering. Switzerland would
fight as bravely as Belgium did-and
she is prepared. However, the few
hundred thousand troops, hardy and
good marksmen though they be, would
probably not suffice to check the great
masses now engaged in the world war
especially as no attempt would be
made to invade the heart of Switzer-
land but only to use a handy corner
a S a roadway.
The entry of Switzerland in the war
on either side would be great shock
to the sympathies of large share OF
the Swiss populace. Here in the north
the Swiss speak German and are Teu-
tonic in their sympathies Other parts
OF Switzerland are French speaking
and still other Italian. The United
States alone presents a parallel to the
unanimity with which these people OF
diverse race stocks have so far stuck
together
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
AERIAL BOMBS FATAL

AMSTERDAM. May 27-Allied
aviators have made another success
ml attack upon Ostend causing ex
tensive damage and inflicting heavy
loss Of life among the Germans. Dur
.ng the latest raid the aviators are
said to have destroyed a street car
tilled with German soldiers killing
fifty and wounding thirty Bombs
dropped from the aeroplane also dam
aged the harbor defense work and rail
road station.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
HEAVY RAINS DRENCH
MIDDLE WEST STATES

OMAHA. May 27.-The drowning OF
five persons in Nebraska was reported
today as the result OF yesterday S
heavy rains. Six inches of rain had
fallen in the tWenty-four hours end
ing at 10 o'clock today and in the east
ern part of the state it is still raining
The heavy rains were general west OF
Chicago. Kansas City had nearly 3
inches of rain. At Fort Smith, Ark
more than one inch of rain has fallen
in the last "a hours
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
APPOINTS llNOLEY.

Prof. Harlow Lindley of Earlham
college has been appointed treasurer
of the WAYNE township Library board
by Township Trustee Edgerton. sue
ceeding w. p. Robinson who resigned
because of heavy business duties.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-27
insult ARMY OFFICER

AMSTERDAM, May 27--TwO Amer
iCan women, Mrs. Harriet BOyce of
San Francisco. and her daughter have
been sentenced to three weeks i'm
pri5Onment at Linsau, Bavaria, for in
cutting a G. German army officer