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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
ODD FELLOWS
PREP are PLANS
FOR RECEPTION

Practically all arrangements have
been completed for the joint-meeting
OF the lodges OF the l. o. o. F. which
will be held on Monday afternoon and
night in the Odd Fellows hall Reports
OF the progress OF committee work
were made last night at the regular
meeting of Whitewater lodge.
The district deputies meeting will
be held in the afternoon at the hall
Two representatives from each county
in the Sixth congressional district will
be present at the session. DR.. r. A.
Chattin and George Bishop will repre-
sent Wayne county.
A public reception to members Of the
lodge and their families in honor of
Jesse Macbeth Of Fort Wayne, Grand
Master, and Fred Stewart, Grand Chief
Patriarch, will be held in the evening.
Speakers at the meeting will include
the state officers and Charles Jordan.
A musical program being arranged by
DR.. Chattin will consist of selections
from Hicks orchestra
All the lodges will participate in the
event. These include the Oriental En-
campment and the subordinate lodges
of Whitewater, Woodward and Her.
man and the Eben Rebekahs and Her
mania Rebekahs. Elmer Hawkins
with DR.. Chattin and George Bishop
are members Of the reception commit
tee.
Besides the hearing Of reports rela-
tive to this meeting and the transac.
tion Of routine business, Whitewater
lodge last night had initiatory work
for Winston c. Hayes, the only candi-
date
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
S529 APPROPRIATED
FOR RELIEF BRIDGE

An additional appropriation of
$529.16 was made by the county coun-
Gil to cover the expense Of the tenn
porary bridge at Main street. Changes
in the original plans of the engineer
which necessitated the removal of
tracks from one side Of the road to
another and the construction of a
wider approach on the west end, made
the additional expense necessary. The
county council is in receipt of let
ter from Superintendent Jeffries of
the T. H., T. and E. Traction company.
in which he agrees to pay the COM
pany's share in the additional cost.
The council also made an appropri-
alton of $4,000 to cover bridge repairs
in the county during the past year. An
Of $929.9O. proposed by
the county commissioners. was turned
down by the council. The appropria-
tion was for bridge repairs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-Continuing
their search for Germans accused Of
having plotted in the United States
to destroy the Welland canal, the
police today arrested Frederick
Schleindl, young German employed
as clerk in the commercial depart
ment of the National City bank, the
Rockefeller institution.
The arrest was made by detectives
led by Captain Tunny after four other
men alleged to have been implicated
in the plot had been taken into Gus.
tody.
The arrest Of Cchleindi is regarded
as the most important made by the
police since the German bomb plots
were first discovered. In his home.
1865 Bryant avenue, the Bronx, the
police say they discovered great
quantity of kilograms, cablegrams and
confidential messages stolen from the
vaults of the National City bank.
Handles Allies Business.
The bank is the largest in New York
and IS generally supposed TO have
ranked next to J. P, Morgan & Co, in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
OFFICIALS DoWNCAST
AT AUSTRIAN CRISIS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Charac'
terizing the Austrian crisis as Every
grave" administration officials declar
ed today they are prepared for any
eventuality Secretary Lansing sent to
the president before II o'clock mem
orandum of what he believed our an
swer to Austria should be. The presi
dent will examine it and afterward
hold conference with the secretary
The answer will probably be started
to Vienna before midnight tonight. OF.
ficials who know all the circumstances
declare they saw nothing in the infor-
nation in the possession of this gov
ernment to warrant the optimism pre-
vailing in Teutonic circles. 1t is made
plain that unless Austria meets the
wishes of the United States break
will follow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
BEVER|DGE'S MOTHER
Near DEATHS D0OR

SULLIVAN, ILL.,. Dec 1S.-MrS. Fan
ME E. Beveridge, mother of ex-senator
A. J. Beveridge, was stricken with par
alysis Wednesday night at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. E. G. Eden of
this city. Mrs. Beveridge is 81 years
old. She has made her home with her
her health has been good until recent
ly Senator Beveridge was located in
Boston and hurried to his mothers
eridge's condition owing to her ex.
treme age, is very grave.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
Boys ADVENTURE
HALTED BY STEEN

The ambition Of Roy Shumaker, IA,
to "see the world suddenly came to
an end yesterday after he had travelled
only forty miles from home. The boy
is the son of Mrs. William Burden.
554 North Thirteenth street, and when
informed this morning by Sheriff
Steen that the boy had been arrested
at Greenfield, Ind, she said that she
did not want the authorities to take
any criminal action against him al
though he has attempted to run away
from home several times.
For the past few years he has been
living with relatives near Fountain
City and he had not seen his mother
for. over a year. Sheriff Steen in
structed the sheriff at Greenfield to
hold the boy until some arrangement
was made to return him to his home.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
SELLERS HOLDS
OFF COMMITTEE
ON FIRE Rates
Promises to Consider Plan to
Motorize Fire Department
in Connection With Re-
ductiOn Asked.

Assurance was given the special
committee composed of George Egge-
meyer and <. NJ. Haas, of the CONNER
cial club and Alfred Bavis. president Of
the board of works that the Sellers
rating bureau. which has refused to
lower Richmond into Glass for insur.
ance rate classification. would report
by the middle of next week regarding
the effect the proposed rnotorization
OF the fire department will have E. NJ.
Sellers. head Of the rating bureau.
held a conference with these men Fri
day afternoon and the proposal TO in
crease the fire fighting efficiency of
the city was presented to him.
Mr.. Sellers agreed to take the mat
ter before his engineers immediately
and report by Wednesday or Thursday
of next week. He said. however. that
looked favorable to him and that II the
plan were carried out consideration
would undoubtedly be given.
Ask Immediate Action.
I'VE want to hear your decision be-
ore the first of the year" said Mr.. Eg-
gemeyer. The merchants here are
considering the proposal to organize
Merchants Mutual or join a mutual
company already organized.
At the last meeting of the CONNER
cial club. action was taken fayoring
the forming OF mutual insurance COM
pany to take over the business Of the
old line companies. which 1t has been
alleged, have been charging exhorbit-
ant rates in consideration of the fire
fighting facilities Of the city.
Mr.. Sellers. who is demanding that
the city employ five additional fire
men, will undoubtedly accept the pro-
posal on the part of the city to motor
ize the department as satisfactory
substitute for the additional men. This
is the belief OF Mr.. Bayis and the menu
bers of the insurance committee The
motorization of the fire department
would probably Justify a decrease in
the number Of men although an In
crease Is now demanded by the bureau
before Richmond can be placed In
Class 2.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
CONGRESS AOJ0uRNS

WASHINGTON. Dec 1s.-With
members of both houses homeward
bound for the Christmas holidays the
capitol building today was practically
deserted. Congress will reopen Jan.
IA to take up in earnest the admin
istration program Of national defense,
finance and a merchant marine One
Of the last acts before adjournment
Friday night was the passage by the
sente by party vote of As to 90 of
the house resolution extending the
emergency revenue clause until Dec
81, 1916 .,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
| WILL WAGE CAMPAIGN
TO CARRY ON FIGHT

ed several weeks ago; Elias D. SAILS
bury of Indianapolis. vice chairman
and H. s. Rominger. Indianapolis. treas
urer. The chairman will appoint
secretary.
State Meeting May "a.
Wednesday. May "a. was decided on
as the date for the state convention
to nominate all state candidates, ex-
cept governor and United States sena-
tor. Plans were made for the circula'
ton OF petition placing the names
of Progressive aspirants for president,
vice-president, governor and United
States senator on the ballot tor the
primary, March Z. Just who these can
didates will be has not yet been dis
closed.
For the past week Wayne county
[continued On Page Five.1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
|DEFENSES OF SAL0MlkA.
EXPECTED TO BATTLE
STRATEGY OF GERMANS

known to the art Of war. To the east.
which presents the easiest route for
an attacking force. the Bardar river
serves as a barrier. On the north and
swinging around the arc Of circle a
substantial mountain defense runs all
the way to the gulf of Salonika. The
gulf of Salonika with the allied war
ships supplies a complete defense to
the south.
The British military experts say
that this condition makes it apparent
that the Germans and Bulgarfans
would require more men for the taking
OF Salonika than the result would JUS
tify.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18

SALONIKA, Dec. 18.-Creece will
refrain from interference and main
tain policy Of the strictest neutrality
liz the Allies are attacked on Greek
Territory. General Serial, command
|er Of the Anglo-French forces received
formal notification to this effect today
Iron Colonel Pallis, official represen-
|tative of the Greek war office at Sa-
lonika.
Military experts today expressed
doubt as to the proposed attack of the
|German and Bulgarians upon the al
lied forces at Salonika. They pointed
|out that the city is flanked on all
sides by the best natural defenses
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
(srAFF CORRESPONDENCE

(9TAFF CORRESPONDENCE
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18.-There Is
to be a Progressive party in the field
in Indiana again next year. This deci-
sion was reached late yesterday after
noon at q meeting Of the Progressive
chairmen Of the various districts.
There were some who desired peace.
They had tired of the fight and were
inclined to favor disarmament Of the
Progressives forces, but the clarion
voice Of Edwin M. Lee Of Muncie, state
chairman in 1912. rang out, you talk
OF peace and there Is no peace" so, at
ter a protracted discussion, 1t was de-
cided to effect a reorganization OF the
party In the state, the districts and the
counties next year and take vigorous
part in the campaign.
Nr. Lee was elected state chairman
% succeed Jackson Boyd, who resign
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
LINDERMAN IN RACE.

Barney Linderman. former county
commissioner. announced today that
he would be candidate for county re-
corder subject to the Republican nom
nation The county recorders race
is running close second to the sher-
ifs contest, and eight candidates
have announced themselves.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
PAY CAR ARRIVES.

The PerrSy pay car arrived here
this morning and began paying off the
men at an early hour. With 1854 men
on the local payroll it will take all day
to complete the work which will put
thousands OF dollars In circulation for
Christmas shopping.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
TRUCK RAMS TAxIcA1

A collision between H. v. McLe-
lands auto truck and Glen Miller
taxicab at Tenth and Sailor streets
at II o'clock this morning resulted
in the bus getting one wheel smashed
aud the side of the car badly dented.
No Damage was done to the truck
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18

Local Forecast-Unsettled tonight.
and Sunday. Conditions favorable for
snow. 49,.
General Conditions-The storm of
the past three days now covers the
Atlantic coast and the northwestern
storm has moved southeastward to the
north plain states. Temperatures be-
low zero in South Dakota and Nebras-
ka- 20 below zero at Minnedosa, Can
ada. Unsettled weather will continue
for the next 36 hours.
W. E. Moore, Weather, Forecaster.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
wE|DNER MAKES RACE.

E. J. Neidner gave out q statement
today in which he announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for county treasurer. His entrance
into the race Will make that eo0tast
one OF the most interesting In he
whole campaign. !
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
SOMERSON TO LECTURE.

G. L. SomersOn. will deliver an ad
dress at Socialists headquarters at s
o'clock Tuesday evening. No charge
will be made for admission.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18

Amount BY Townships.
Next Monday the auditor will make
a distribution to the various trustees,
corporation treasurers and school
treasures Of Wayne county amounting
to $234.229.54, less $1O3,500 which has
heretofore been given as advance pay
ments. The amounts by township are
as follows:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18

Either The Palladium or the Even
ing Item will receive contributions to
this fund.
A liberal response on the part Of
Richmond citizeps will be appreciated
az TITS necessary Y6f TIE general pub
lis to finance the project, the city gov
ernment having no authority to do 80
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
BOWMAN DISTRIBUTES
$422,869 OF TAX money

The semi.annual distribution of 1914
axes was made by County Auditor
bowman today and paid into the county
treasury at the November settlement.
The total amount received from this
objection of taxes was $422,869.56 in
ash and $106.65 In road receive. Last
ear the total collection was $407,.
|sO.27, exclusive Of road receipts. This
hows a gain over last years settle
lent Of $14,7S0.25.
The city OF Richmond will receive
|77,521S4, less $4,000 which has been
|iven in advance. being the general
ind in the city. The corporation bond
md Of the city will receive $5.23S.S8.
|>ss $1,000 advanced. Richmond
;hooIs will receive $33. 1880 on &C.
ount OF special school. less $25,000 ad-
anced. Local tuition will receive $22,-
1855, less $4,000 advanced; school
|ouse bond fund receives 1,229.27
,ss $4,000 advanced.
Makes Final Draw.
This ia the final draw except the
|anuary apportionment of common
.hool revenue. which will be made to
he schools on the last Monday IN
as NY 10
The state will receive s73.S14.55 on
|ccount of the various state tax levies.
his amount includes $4,749.31 COM
on school interest: $316.7S perma-
snt endowment interest and $3.50
ocket fees Of the circuit court, due
le state according to law.
The amounts that other funds re-
Live are as follows:
|eneral fund of county. $56 ,S43.39
................ S,350.53
|,cal tuition ............. 45,255.48
|oecial school ............ 61,292.S7
load 459.73
,or ................ 4,197.23
redemption Of bonds and
coupons on three-mile
roads 3O.322.95
|or school house bonds .... 14,599.35
.............. S6.532.65,
bonds ....... 7,124.55
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
XMAS TREE FUND
CROWS SLOWLY

The following contributions have
been received by The Palladium for
the Municipal Christmas Tree fund:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-18
Weather Forecast

United States Report-PartIy cloudy
tonight. Sunday fair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-27
Labor Leader
and the Courts.
.Bv John P. Frey,

BY John p. Frey.
(Ed!tor international Molders' Journal.)
Those who control the mechanisms
by which the labor of others can be
converted into profits and wages have
for centuries given their attention, and
with much success, to the enactment
Of legislation which would safeguard
their property and enable them to so
use and apply it as to secure still more.
Unfortunately there has not been an
equal development of legislative and
judicial protection to the workmen's
rights as human beings and citizens.
That this should be so is not surpris-
ing in view of the historical fact that
the ,workmen have. not framed the
laws which affect them as wage, earn
ers, that they have not had the privi-s
lege of placing an accepted interpreta-
ton upon such legislation, and fur
thermore. nave never been able to
make those judicial decisions: which
would establish precedents for the
guidance Of the courts
.' Legislation for Labor. i
h: While among themselves owners Of
capital have used every legal device
for the accumulation Of wealth regard
less 81. what injury their methods
might impose upon other owners Of
Ewealth they have presented practi-
Eaeally United; ront tof the great mass
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PASS WAGE ORDINANCE
IN CITY OF PORTLAND

PORTLAND Ore. March 26.-The
municipal council has passed a wage
ordinance, despite opposition by the
Employers association, whose repre-
sentative was hissed when he charged
Mayor Albee with playing politics.
because he favored it. The mayor
said:
There is only one basis for solv-
ing the industrial question, and that is
to give a man a decent wage by which
he may have plenty to eat, may edu-
cate his children and may set aside
something for old age. Industrial con-
ditions will never be permanently set
tied until we get on that basis,
In urging the adoption of the ordi-
nance, President Smith of the Central
Labor Council said:
1T is strange that when an en-
ployer cuts the wages of the men
working for him that it is called
business but when these same men
come to the employer and ask for bet
ter wages and conditions it is called
sentiment, and very often if the re-
quests are granted the action is her
aided to the world as philanthropy"
The new ordinance provides that
the city's scale Of wages shall be the
standard for laborers on public work
under contract.
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without capital who were striving to
secure a larger share of the wealth
which their labor had produced. 1t
was not until 1924 that the laws
making labor organizations illegal
conspiracies were repealed in Great
Britain. Collective action by workmen
is still regarded as an illegal con-
spiracy; and decisions by American
courts have shown a tendency to deny
rights to wage earners which; are per-
nitted to owners of capital. .,".'>,
Democracy in. Industry.
If the workers who compose the
great mass Of our people are to make
progress they must work out their
salvation largely through their own
initiative. They must abandon the
individual effort and use their efforts
collectively. They must estab blish
democracy in the industries so that
government in the shop, like govern
ment in the nation, shall: be through
and by consent Of the governed.
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Furhss Public Statement Operators Re-
fused Membership to Man Who Persisted in
- Doing Good ~@.~..:.:: :.

: The attention Of the public is:
called to the fact that the Rex and
Lyric theaters do not employ un-
ion labor. Further that the man
ager Of these two houses has
stated but half truths in his state
ments to the public .as will be
shown herein. -
October 8, 1914 the contract
signed by the manager Of the
Rex and Lyric theaters carried
with it a verbal understanding
concerning one Andrew Modin a
motion picture machine operator.
Modin had: previous to- Oct. 8,
1914 filed an application with the
operators local which was not &C.
companied with the usual initia-
tion fee of $40. Pending action by
the local on this application Mo-
din went to work in West End
theater which at that time was
declared unfair to organized Ia
bor. In other words Modin
"scabbed'' on the operators or
ganization. Between this time and
Oct. 8, Modin on two occasions
worked in unfair houses. Conse-
quently when his application was
rendered to the union on Oct. 8
it was rejected. The verbal un-
derstanding with Mr.. Furniss was
that in case Modin was not ac-
cepted to membership the union
would allow him to work in any
capacity about the theater except
in the operating room..
Immediately after signing the
agreement with the union the
manager Of the theaters changed
his mind and retained Modin at
the head of the operating room.
Mr., Furniss states that on sign
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-27

the lives of those engaged in the in
dustrial pursuits, to raise the standard
of living and improve sanitary condi-
tions as well as to bring about a
higher standard Of efficiency in the
particular trade or calling. Yet law
Of itself is a dead thing. Unless the
official charged with the enforcement
Of the law breathes life into it, it will
remain a dead thing upon the statute
books, and the purposes I'd be achieved
by. that piece of legislation will never
be accomplished. -. :.
torney's duty is plain. When a law
is violated, the arrest of the violator
should follow. Yet in the exercise of
his discretion and jud gment, if his
training, his early associates and pre-
vious environment cause him to look
with disfavor upon his class of legis-
lation, If he sticks closely to prece-
dent Of ancient times, in which prop
erty was held of more Importance
than human life, and in which the
freedom of contract was held sacred,
though that district attorney may be
honest in his convictions, he will be
slow to recognize the Importance and
value of that law, and instead of 4
vigorous, enthusiastic enforcement we
may find either weak, half-hearted
support given to the very class direct
ly affected by it's enforcement, or
none at all. = T.. -
There are, also, times when he plays
a. still more important part in, his re-
lntions toward labor; and this arises
when a community is torn asunder
BY industrial warfare between the em-
ployed and the employer It is par
ticularly in times Of industrial disturb
anceee that the district attorney should
take no sides in favor Of one or the
other Of the warring elements. II il
be known that he will view the rights
|5cf tabor az irnp part ally ! 40 the rights
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ROUND TABIE REVIEW OF COURTS AND LABOR

an act of the legislature in 1874 (gen-
orally called the Potter law) which
was passed under the influence OF the
granger movement of the time, reduc-
ing railroad freight and passenger
rates considerably. The railroad COM
panies held that. their charters giving
them power to fix rates, We're con-
tracts with the state, that the law
was a violation of the obligations of
these contracts, and hence unconstitu-
tional This. claim was rejected by
the court and the legislation held
valid under that clause Of the. con-
stitution OF the state reserving power
to amend corporate charters. 49, =
The law was in advance of it's time;
the railroads rallied their forces and
50 amended it in 1876 as to render it.
innocuous, and it was not until 1905
that e railroad commission was Gre
ated with power to ascertain and fix
reasonable passenger and freight
rates. as we'll as service. This. law
vas strenuously attacked because it
was said to delegate legislative power
to an administrative board. The
court, however, sustained the law.
Since that decision was made the
legislature has placed the control Of
all public utilities in the hands OF
the game commission. .G@ =.
!. ! l. }.sg5s: ..,s;:.s New Tax Laws. Il f,55- 7
. Along. the purely economic line two
important laws ought to he briefly
mentioned here, namely, the inher-
itance tax law and the income tax law.
Both are graded or progressive in
their rates; both were violently at
tackled as Unconstitutional and both
were fully sustained by the " court. So;
also the law sub citing raj ilroads to
5ad valorem 4 taxation like other pro-
5z;prtesrty instead OF 81 The III payment OF
license ices was sustained.
I, wisconsin We haye had no laws