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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
MAKES CITY CENTER
FOR ELECTRIC POWER
Economy and Other Towns
Look to Richmond to Sup
ply Current.

Fingers of the Light, Heat and Pow
er company, the wires sending current
to surrounding towns, may extend
themselves northward. Citizens OF
Economy, Chester, Fountain City. Will
liamsburg, Greensboro and other small
towns are making an effort to have To-
cal current brought to their towns and
the matter was brought to the atten-
tion Of the Liberty. Light and Power
company today.
The Liberty Light and Power COM
pany is now supplying Liberty and Col.
lege Corner to the south and New
Paris to the east. Lines are being set
to Brookville. Yesterday the Rhein-
heimer quarries at New Paris con.
tracted for electrical equipment which
will replace its steam outfit. This will
require power equal to the biggest fac.
tory in Richmond.
The power for the Liberty Light and
Power company is supplied by the
Light, Heat and Power company, thus
giving Richmond the possibility Of be.
coming a center of supply and distri.
button for electrical current and pow
er.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
C0NSPIRATORS
LOSE HOPE IN
OBTAINING BAIL
"All Aboard for Leaven-
WORTH" Expected Sunday
or Monday for Terre Haute
Fraud Crowd.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April IL
The flame Of hope for freedom on
bonds in the ranks Of the imprisoned
Terre Haute election conspirators ap-
parently had dwindled into a flicker
when Dom Roberts and the other long
term men sat down to their bread, mo-
lasses and coffee this morning. 1T
looks like a trip to Leavenworth,' ~
gloomily remarked one OF the three
men.
Get the big ones out first, was the
word passed out to the people who are
endeavoring to get liberty for the con.
victed Terre Haute officias when noon
arrived today without success. The big
ones referred to are Mayor Roberts
and Judge Redman. It was believed
that with these on the outside their
influence would be a great help in OBJ
tanning bond for the lesser lights.
That the big ones were little nearer
liberty was indicated by directions
given by Roberts to his wife to see
Frank Fox and get him to furnish
$4,000, and then dig for the remain
der
The time for the departure for Leav-
enworth for those confined here who
failed to obtain bonds, has not been
definitely fixed, but the opinion pre-
vailed that "All aboard for Leavon-
worth" would be the call for either
Sunday o. Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
AGED MAN SUES
WIFE FOR DIVORCE

Tottering with infirmities, Jacob E.
Weiss OF Milton, made his way to the
witness stand yesterday afternoon and
testified against his aged wife, from
whom he is seeking divorce. Weiss
is eighty years old and his wife is
sixty-nine, according to their testi-
mony. 1t is understood Weiss wants
the divorce to settle some property
disputes. Weiss tumbled frequently in
his testimony and was confused. He
made charges in his divorce complaint
of events which took place thirty years
ago. Arguments on the case started at
Mrs. Weiss appeared to testify but
made no attempt to fight the divorce.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
NICHOLAS SHOT
BY HIS GENERAL
BERLIN CLAIMS

BERLIN, April 17.-Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief Of the
Russian army, who is reported to be
i'll, was In reality shot by one Of his
generals, who later committed suicide,
it is stated by the newspaper General
Anzeiger. The paper says:
at Is learned from an authentic
source that the reported sickness Of
Grand Duke Nicholas is due to a
wound in the abdomen, the bullet be-
ing fired by the late General Sewers,
commander Of the Ten Russian army,
which was defeated by the Germans.
The grand duke summoned General
SEWERS to explain his defeat, and in
the heated parIey which followed, the
Russian commander struck the gener-
al. General SEWERS then drew his pis-
toI and wounded Grand Duke Nicholas,
after which he turned the weapon on
committing suicide. The fact
that General SEWERS killed himself
was not learned until after he was
buried.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
Representative Commission
of Twelve or Fifteen Per-
sons Will Arrange Pro:
gram for Festival.
AUTHORITY COMPLETE
Governor Places Prof. Har-
low Lindley on Committee
to Plan Celebration for
States Birthday.

Mayor Robbins said today that at
council meeting next Monday night he
would announce his selections as
members of commission which will
have charge of making arrangements
for the celebration of the centennial
anniversary of the founding of the city
of Richmond, to be observed some
time next year.
There will be not less than twelve
members of this commission nor more
than fifteen" Mayor Robbins said,
"and they will be representative men
and women who l know will take
great interest in the work and who are
thoroughly competent to arrange for a
celebration all our citizens will be
proud Of"
The local celebration next year will
be OF two-fold nature, observing not
only the founding of the city Of Rich
mond but the one hundredth anniver-
sary of Indiana's admission to the un-
ion as state as well.
Names Prof. LindIey.
Today Governor Ralston made public
the state commissioners he had select
ed to arrange for an historical and ed
ucationa1 celebration of Indiana's cen
tennial. One Of the eight commission
ers is Prof Harlow Lindley, head of
the history department Of Earlham
college and director of the department
of Indiana history and archives of the
state library. Prof. Lindley is one of
the best informed students of Indiana
history in the state. The local COM
mission in charge Of arranging for the
observance of Richmond's centennial
will probably consult with Prof. Lind
ley in regard to that part of the pro-
gram of the local celebration devoted
to the observance of the states one
hundredth birthday
The commissioners to be appointed
by Mayor Robbins will have complete
auth ority in arranging the program for
the celebration and in carrying it out.
The commissioners will appoint var
ious subcommittee to assist them in
their work and it is expected that by
next fall tentative plans for the big
event will have been formulated. City
council next September is to make a
liberal appropriation to be used as the
nucleus Of centennial celebration
fund. The rest of this fund will be
raised by popular subscription.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
Mrs. Harmon Removed From
Pennsylvania Train in a
COmatOse State Receivers
From Religious Trance.
MOTHER GIVES KEY
Member of Holiness Workers
Failed to Regain Normal
Condition Before Arrival at
Dayton.

The mystery concerning Mrs. Della
Harmon, who has been in a semi
comatose state at Reid Memorial hos
pital ever since she was taken from a
Pennsylvania train ten days ago, has
at last been solved. She has been in
a trance.
When Mrs. Harmon joined the Holi.
ness workers, peculiar and fanatical
religious sect, at New Martinsville,
w. Va, one of the first things the
brothers and sisters taught her to do
was to divorce her mind from her body
as she willed, permitting the mind to
wander with gladsome freedom into
the realms of space, where the har-
mony of spheres sounds sweetly But,
1t appears. Mrs. Harmon forgot the
combination necessary to bring the
mind back to her lonesome
body, the first time she attempted the
stunt on train en- route to Dayton,
Ohio.
When the train reached her destina-
tion she was apparently in an uncon
scious state, and upon arriving in
Richmond the perplexed conductor de.
[continued On Page Eisht.]
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
HEAR BARNES
CASE AGAINST
Ex-PRESIDENT

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 17-Today
the stage is set in Syracuse for per-
haps the most bitter political battle in
the history of the Empire state. On
July %, 1914. Theodore Roosevelt,
then leader Of the Progressive party
saw fit to accuse William Barnes, Jr.,
chairman of the state committee of
being a CRATER, corruptionist and 9TH
er things like that Barnes, perhaps
the best known boss in the country,
retaliated by sueing the former pres
ident for $4,000. Roosevelt answered
by filing a bill of particulars giving
the instances when Barnes was cor
rupt and appended a statement that he
never said anything he could not back
up.
Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Barnes
Many witnesses have been summoned
for each side.
The Roosevelt evidence is supposed
to go to show, among other things,
that members of the Lincoln league
were henchmen of Barnes and that
when the boss failed to get them
state appointments they supported
themselves by levying tribute from
the underworld at Albany and by be-
coming dealers in the gambling re-
sorts Of the capital. Among other lin
en- washings that the suit is expected
to bring out is the alleged combina-
tion of William Barnes and Charles
Murphy. boss of Tammany, whereby
William Sheenan was ditched and
James O'Gorman was elected United
States senator. Roosevelt will allege
that Barnes and Murphy made the
deal between them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
Wave of Terror Spreads Over
England as German Avia-
tors Begin to Edge Nearer
to London. I
WARNINGS SENT OUT
British Critics Believe Teu-
tons are Spying Out Loca-
ton of Arsenals and Mill.
tary Depots:: :
~ HERBERT TEMPLE,

LONDON. April ia third Ger
man air raid within twenty-four hours
was reported from Suffolk and Essex
on the North Sea coast early today.
Seven bombs were reported to have
been dropped near Colchester, while .
German air raider, probably q Zeppe-
lin, was reported to have been seen at
Felix-Sloe one of the places attacked
Friday morning. The damage of all
raids is estimated at 100000.
While no fatalities resulted from
the latest burst of German aerial &C.
tivity over Eastern England, the dair-
ing raid of Zeppelins northeast of Lon
don yesterday morning followed by the
bold daylight attack by German aero
planes southeast of London in the
afternoon are causing an unparalleled
wave of terror.
Fear Night Raid.
The expected attack on London did
not develop last night, but extraordi-
nary precautions have been ordered by
Secretary of War Kitchener, for the
German aircraft are edging nearer and
nearer to this city.
Stong warnings were issued to the
people of London by the newspapers,
especially the Time, to take every pre-
caution possible.
Look for Arsenals.
Belief was expressed in official cir
cles that the raids on Friday were
for the purpose of spying out the To-
cation of British arsenals, artillery de-
pots and naval stations for the real
big raid that is to follow later. The
most important of the British naval
dock yards for the building and re-
pairing of ships, are at Devonport.
Sheerness, Portsmouth and Chatham,
all on the south and southwestern
coast of England, and accessible to
German aircraft.
The Yarrow torpedo works, one of
the most important armament fac
tories in the United Kingdom, is on
the Thames, between the sea and Lon
don. Shiswick and Thornecroft, where
there are important torpedo boat de-
stroyer yards, are also on the Thames.
The great Woolwich arsenal. the big
gest in England, is south of London,
not from the scene of yesterdays aeri-
al activity.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
MAYOR LENDS
MORAL FORCE
TO VISITATION

Home visitation which is being con-
Quoted by J. Shreve Durham in this
city with the cooperation of pastors
and business men of the city has re-
ceived the endorsement of Mayor Rob-
bins who has issued the following
proclamation:
April 16, 1915,
To the People of Richmond:
The Richmond Home Visitation, en-
bracing persons of every religious
faith and denomination, will on the
afternoon of Thursday, April %. 1915,
between the hours of two and four
o'clock visit every home in Richmond
for Religious Home Visitation can
vass.
This systematic visitation is endors-
ed, I believe, by representatives of
every known religious faith and de-
nomination, and is therefore non-sec-
tartan and interdenominational 1t is
a movement in which all people, with
out regard to creed or denomination,
have united
/ believe that a movement of this
systematic character and brotherly
spirit for general betterment will COM
mend itself to all Of our citizens, and
therefore recommend 1t publicly to
the attention Of the people Of Rich
mond as worthy of their support and
cooperation.
WM. ]. ROBBINS,
Mayor of Richmond.
Tomorrow from all the pulpits of
the city. pastors will call for volun-
teers to take part in the two-hour cam
pain which Is to cover the entire city,
reachin each home and placin In 1t
an invitation to attend church. Sta
tistics concerning the religious prefer
ences of citizens will also be collected
at this time to be turned over to pas.
tors at later date,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
PENNSY WILL BUY
$2o,0o0,0oo WORTH
OF CAR MATERIAL

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 1.-THE
Pennsylvania railroad went into the
market today for $20,00O,000 worth of
equipment and for material for cars
and locomotives which 1t will build in
its own shops. This Is the first equip
ment buying OF any magnitude by the
road in more than a year.
The company now plans to build IA
locomotives in it's shops at Altoona.
Bids will be requested for the material
to build these. The program calls for
LAG all steel passenger cars. Bids also
will be asked on 1,744 freight cars
which the company plans to have built
by outside companies and on material
for 2,102 freight cars to be built at
Altoona, as will as Sc passenger cars
{ be built at Altoona.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
Fred Hollowell Represents
Earlham With Grafton
Rated as Best Work of His
College Career.
WARD LONG SPEAKS
Mrs. Vayhinger Glasses Foes
of Liquor as Heroes at An
nual Collegiate Prohibition
Contest.

The annua, convention Of the
Indiana State intercollegiate Prohibit.
ion association opened at Earlham
college Friday evening with program
in the Earlham chapel, at which Mrs.
Culla Vayhinger, president Of the In
diana w. c. T. U. was the principal
speaker. Her address was on the
progress prohibition is making.
The annual prohibition contest
which has been entered by represen.
tatives from six colleges in the state.
will be held at the Presbyterian
church this evening. Fred T. Hollo-
well, is the Earlham representative.
His Grafton will be on, "The Birth
right Of Civilization"
Grafton Rated High.
DePauw. Butler, Taylor, Valparaiso
and Wabash are the other colleges rep.
resented. The Earlham orator won
the state peace contest two years ago
and his Grafton for this contest is
rated better than any Of his former
orations. The contest is held at the
First Presbyterian church to be con.
venient for a large number Of Rich
mond people who are expected to at
tend. The Richmond public is invited
to attend.
The program for the initial meeting
of the convention last evening opened
with the invocation by President Rob-
ert L. Kelly. This was followed by
the audience singing America" The
welcoming address was given by Gar
field Cox, Of Earlham, who won the
state oratorical contest last February.
State President Ward w. Long, made
the response and thanked the students
and faculty Of the college for the hos
pitality shown the delegates.
Raps Liquor Traffic.
"The one reason why the liquor
question has not been solved is that
while there is sentiment on the mat
ter. there is little conviction. The pro-
hibition cause is not to be apoligized
for" said Mrs. Culla Vayhinger, presi-
dent of the State w. c. r. U. "The
men who are prominent in the cause
of driving out the liquor traffic are
just as great heroes as the heroes of
the Civil war? The saloon is the only
institution in the world that dares
not let women and children have first
place."
A temperance mass meeting ad-
dressed by Mrs. Culla Vayhinger, state
W. c. T. U. president for twelve years,
will be held Sunday afternoon at the
Reid Memorial Presbyterian church
Rev. Hanna. acting pastor at the
church will have charge of the de-
votional exercises. Rev. U. S. A.
Bridge will introduce the speaker.
The Reid church quartet will furnish
the music After the address several
Richmond people will accompany the
speaker to Milton where they will be
entertained at supper. Mrs. Vayhinger
will make an address at the Christian
church in Milton at o'clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
FRIENDS NAME CITY
FOR MEMS MEETING

mems conference of the Friends
church, which originated with S. E.
Nicholson, editor of the American
Friend, has been set to conform with
the dates of the annual meetings of
boards of the five years meeting in
October
The mems conference will be held
in Richmond and only the date remains
matter of question. 1t is understood
there is a sentiment for various rea-
sons to have the mems conference here
at the time the church boards hold
their annual meeting
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS
HOPES TO END STRIKE

CHICAGO, April 17-Gov. Dunno
was expected to arrive in Chicago to-
day to spend the entire day in trying
to bring the warning factions of capi-
tai and labor together and avert dis
astrous strike of the building trades
union. With $4,000 carpenters on a
strike. demanding 20 cents an hour
or locked out by their employers, and
fully 125,O0O other members of the
building trades organizations forced
into idleness, Governor Dunno had
mapped out a program which he
hoped would terminate the labor bat
tie and permit the resumption of work
on $20,00O,0O0 worth of buildings now
under construction in Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
HuRTY ADVISES
HEALTH survey
TAKEN AT ONCE
Club Federation Asks for
General Appeal From Soci-
cites and Officials for En-.
pert's Services.

A letter received by the Commercial
club today from DR.. Hurry at Indian
apolis, urged the health committee of
the club to make arrangements to
bring a government man here for a
ninety day survey of the city.
Dr. Hurry set forth his reasons for
wanting the survey made here in two
closely written pages In which he said
he wanted this city to be the prime
mover along those lines in Indiana
since interest has been aroused to a
high state by the visit Of DR.. Cofer, as
sistant surgeon general of the United
States health bureau.
The Commercial club public health
committee will hold meeting Tues
day to study the contents of the letter
and decide what action shall be taken
along the lines directed.
At meeting of the special commit
tee appointed by the Women's Feder-
ated Clubs it was decided to ask the
city officials. the medical society. the
anti-tuberculosis society and the Com
mercial club to send kilograms to Sur.
geon General Blue of the Department
of Public Health at Washington to
urge that a special representative Of
that department be sent to Richmond
to make a health survey of the city.
The committee believed that II the
department of Public Health is as
sured Of the cooperation it will act
favorably in the matter. DR.. Cofer
stated that lie would ask the govern
ment to make this survey so that this
community could be used as IN exam
pie as to what might be done In every
state. DR.. Hurry has also made the
request to the government office and
stated that the work In Richmond
will have the full cooperation Of the
state health officers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17

FOR RICHMOND Fair tonight.
Sunday fair and warmer with increas-
ing cloudiness. Warmer Monday.
GENERAL coNDITiONS-The cool
wave over the Great Lakes caused the
fall in temperature over Eastern In
diana and Ohio, but warm weather
prevails west of the Mississippi Tenn
peratures will begin to rise by Sun
day. The storm in the southwest is
causing rain in parts OF Texas, New
Mexico and Colorado.
W. z. Moore, weather forecaster.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
UNITED STATES
ORDERS PROBE
OF JAP ACTIVITY

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE crui-
ser New Orleans today was ordered
by Secretary Daniels to proceed from
San Diego to Mazatlan to investigate
reports relative to the Japanese oper-
ations at Turtle bay on the coast of
Lower California. The New Orleans
was directed to report by wireless to
Admiral Howard the number and
names of Japanese warships in the
bay and what their activities are.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
SCHOOL TERM ENDS.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, April IT.
Miss Evelyn Hayes, teacher ut the
Kiser school. north OF town. will enter,
the Muncie Normal for the spring term;
ono week from Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-17
|WeatherFOrecast
FOR INDIANA-Fair tonight and Sun
day; rising temperature.

Temperature.
NOON oS
Yesterday
Minimum ................... 42
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-05

forgotten, all about his fears: Death
was imminent now, the tongues of
fire were licking hungrily at his face.
Red passed his hand weakly over his
singed pate and laughed weakly.
81 guess they've copied me again"
he muttered, and, handing the girl
to the nearest fireman, fell fainting
back toward the flames. 1t was In
the very nick of time that the sec
ond fireman dragged Red out and
down the ladder to the cheering
crowd below.
"Who is he?" the people asked
each other as they pressed around
him.
my husband" were the words that
fell upon Reds ears. He opened his
eyes. Over him kneeled the girl he
had saved and he recognized Lizzie,
looking at him with new tenderness
in her eyes.
Copyright by W. G. Chapman.)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-05

overlooked the garden.
Red tried to collect his thoughts.
Yes, he saw the situation now. He
must reach the front of the house,
where the firemen had erected the
ladders. He turned back and raced
toward a swing door that seemed to
shut off the residential part from the
servants quarters. He passed an
open door-somebody stood there in
the curling smoke, with arms out
stretched, Keeling, cropping, sobbing.
Red did not hesitate an instant.
He tore off his coat and wrapped it
about the girl. He snatched a blan-
ket from the bed and placed it about
her, covering her from head to feet.
Then, carrying her in his arms with
out much difficulty, he turned to find
that the whole wing had grown a
fiery hell.
And Red burst into the furnace.
Tongues of flame caught at him, the
binding smoke seemed continuance
to drive him into that seething,
molten chaos of fallen timbers and
corroded metal, which had once been
an elevator shaft, up which the fire
tongues burst with yellow and red
banners. They drew at Red as beasts
with hungry maws. But he evaded
them. And now he was painting I'M
der his burden at window, looking
down into the street, and behind him
the tongues were uncoiling.
The mob saw him. They yelled.
The firemen had left the wall, for it
was thought all the inmates were res
cued. The hose was playing upon
the building right and left - no
chance to save that one.
A brawny fireman leaped for the
ladder, followed by two more. The
structure was within Reds grasp,
but he was too faint to feel for it, too
weak to use it. He chung to the win
dow frame and held the girl out to-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-05

$780,
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