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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06
WOULD MAKE INDIANA DRY"
Statewide Prohibition Bill Introduced
In House.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Feb State
wide prohibition was placed before
the Indiana Legislature yesterday by
a bill Introduced in the House.
The bill would prohibit the manu-
facture. sale or giving away OF spiritu-
ous malt, vinous or Intoxicating
liquors but provides for their use for
sacramental. scientific. mechanical and
medical purposes.
The manufacture OF home made
wines and cider is legalized by the
bill
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06
RUSSIAN ARMIES WEST OF
WARSAW TAKE OFFENSIVE

Petrograd. Feb. 5.~The Russian ar
mics west OF Warsaw took the ofYen-
sive today before the Germans could
recover from their defeat in the bat
tie OF Goumine Dor jimow
Having broken the onslaught of
seven divisions of Won Aiackensen's
. infantry In the rghting OF Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. the Russians
crossed the Bxura, at its junction with
the vistula today, and dtsiedged the
{C3ntinued on Second paSel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06
English Journals Say Germans
Can Do No Better Than They
Have Done Past Five Months
Russians Move On
Won Hindenburg
Warsaw's Defenders. Assumes
Offensive in Attempt TO Drive
Germans From Positions in
Central Poland

Berlin. via Wireless tn sayViIie.
L., L., Feb, 5.---Thc chief OF the
German naval general stan is
sued the following statement to-
day:
England j. ON the eve OF ship
ping numerous troops and large
quantities Of war material To
france. Against these English
transports We will proceed with
all the means of warfare at our
disposal.
Neutral shipping l. earnestly
cautioned against approaching
tho northern or the west coasts
of France. and In these waters
such vessels would run the Sc
rious risk of being eDnfoundcd
with ships whose purposes are
uariike.
The hest route Tor the North
~ra II around Scotland"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06

Greatly reduced fares. February ?
TO Is. New Orleans. <2s.T5 round trip:
Mobile and Pensacola, s23.35, Final
limit February 2s. I9t5. with. exten-
sion to March r.. stopovers, Best
service. so7 East Main Street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06
TILTED YOUTH
STAYS SWEETHEART
JACK ATKINS FIRES Fatal NIL
LET ENTo 8ODY or MISS
HESTER DunsaN

After r1sjrs from his seat in the
sitting room where the girls family
were seated and asking Miss Hester
Dodsen, OF @32o y Street. his seven
teen -Iear-oid sweetheart. 10 accom-
pany him 70 the door as he wished
TO bid her Coodnight. Jack G. Wat
kins nineteen years old. Of 2512 NJ
street shot aud Killed her last eve
ming aS s(l- reached the hall from
The sitting room. because Sse told
him that she was tired of his COM
pany. The shooting occurred ABOUT
. 40 O'Clock. Watkins WIS standing
IN the hall Just few feet from the
door leading into tho sitting room
when he pulled the pistol and fired
as the girl came uul into the hall
The bullet entered her breast just
above her heart and she haif-turued
toward the door falling through il
into her sisters arms, dead.
Watkins walked calmly back into
the room. gave he pistol TO Benton
Dodson. the girls brother. and went
over to a bed, falling across il. He
was still in this position when Pa
trolman Bosquet. Of the First Police
Station. arrived Al the home in ar-
swer to Il telephone cali put in by
neighbors.
The family seemed dumhfounded
by the startling affair
When Bosauet entered the sitting
room of the little home he found the
family upon their knees around a
couch upon which the body Of the
dead girl was lying. They were af-
fectionateiy sfrokiug her hands. WhIIe
the elder sister. with loose hair
streaming down her back, pushed
back the golden curls from the beau
ufu; young girls face as she rubbed
her forehead.
and upon arrival of the patrol wagon
he was taken TO the First Police sta
ton. where he was locked up for the
night. on the charge OF murder
Marie Dodson, an elder sister Of the
stain girl said that her young sister
had been going with Watkins for some
time. They both worked in Whitlock S
tobacco factory
The Mothers story.
According to the girls mother. Mrs
Lizzie podson. who is a widow. Wat
kins called Al the home last nigft
about y o.clncl>, He MAS In tho room
with the family ON the second floor.
Another family resides on the first
fioor OF the home.
Ear some time AR Watkins and my
daughter sat and talked to us about
different things Of interest. Finally
he said thar IL was time for him TO go.
and arising from his seat, he asked my
daughter to accompany him 10 the door
downstairs. as he wanted TO bid her
good night
'Suddneiy We were startled BY the
report of pistol as my daughter
reached The HGnr ~ lha sitting
leading out Into the hall Hester
screamed my God and fell backwards
into the arms OF her sister who had
followed her towards the door,
The. whole thing came so .suddenfy
that hardly knew what to do i
tcontinned on Fifth Pagel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06
While Declining to Make For
NAL Statement Now. Says
viii Abide by Report
Next Move One
of Great Interest
1t VIII Be the Ordering of All
Immoral Houses Closed and
the Cleaning Up of Rich
mond Cess-pooIs

when asked last night what
steps he would take eoncerning
the vice commissions report. Mayor
AipsIte said that h~ would not he
ready to make a statement until
he had read the report and studied
Its contents.
The Mayor said that he would,
eff eeurs~. carry out his express
sions made during the Mayoralty
campaixn--thst after having ap-
pointed the commission. embrace
Ing hfte~n of the most representa-
tive citizens h~ could Rad to han
die the proposition, he would abide
by whatever report canr fren
them
The report is long and comprehen.
slve,' said MAYOR Ainslie at IL a.
important document. | am sure that
those who worked upon IL and whC
have doubtless studied the proposition
have taken eNery phase of the situation
under consideration, and that they have
had assistance from experts, who, also
know how to get a, the facts
AN this will. of course, require some
study and thought, ansl | VIII prob
ably be ready 10 make statement
soon"
would Abide ny Report.
Mayor Ainslie iu his campaign last
spring. took frequent occasions to tel
the people that he would abide b. the
report Of the commission. lie eaid al
many OF his meetings that the segre.
CATION question had been one Hhicr
had been discussed aud debated 70,
thousands OF years. and that 1t woulc
possibly be discussed for many years
to come
He said that I'm III ming the commits.
sion, at the request of many Of the
leading and most estinable citizens
he had selected men and women whom
he felt satisfied would make n renor,
commensurate with the Importance or
the subject. and that what they recon.
mended would be done by himself
II is believed that Mayor Ainsli,
will proceed with as little DELAY A,
possible inv taking steps toward tn,
abolition OF the segregated district
as we'll as the elimination Of disrepu.
table places throughout other see.
tions Of the city.
He intimsted last night thaf he
would probably direct the Police he.
partment "a clear out the disorderly
localities within the next three months
This will give the inmates and the
property owners the opportunity OF
making other arrangements
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06
--~-----a-------s---@-~s--
WFNTHEN

which reminds you that
you should read the Rieh.
mond Virginisn
EVERY DAY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06

.tcontinned on Fifth ragel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06

The extent of the social evil In Rich
mond. according 10 the camnissiaH's
report. is astounding. While the advc-
Gates of the policy of segregation have
claimed that suca "A district would con :
fine the evil and render Il easy OF cos1-
troll Inc commission fndA that An3y
TWO hundred of six hundred kp4Fm
Iewd women rnsid4 Ia the pkt<S ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06

Between those two sentences his
fumor dubbed over at every oppor-
ltunity. a roar Of laughter greeted
levery sally Of the witness. Chairman
| Walsh and his colleagues exploded
with the rest Of them Mr.. Carnegie
iknew the house was with him. and he
fstudded his discourse with anecdotes
and proverbs that upset every effort -
restore the customary dignity of these
proceedings
Newark post., 1915-04-14
State School News

School District 1875, Kent coun-
ty, Alice Jump Gray, teacher, re-
Gently organized a boys Corn
Club with these members: Dewey
Sapp, Philip Marvel, John Wins
law, James Wilson, Lloyd Armour,
Thomas Cahall, Arthur Wilson,
Webster Winslow, Clinton Mar
vel. Also a girls Garden and
Canning Club with these men,
bers: Anna Townsend, Margaret
Wells, Mildred Wells. Mr.. Pence,
the Farm Adviser, writes, "This
enrolment is due to the earnest
efforts of the teacher"
The enrolment in the Corn
Club is now more than 25 boys for
Kent county.
The first president of the Town
send Parent-Teachers' Associa-
ton accepted the Office recently in
most unique and effective way.
Having been elected to the office
of president, Mr.. M. P. Hutchin-
arose in his seat in a church full
of people and said: Friends, I
thank you for the honor you have
shown me by this election. Wheth-
er or not | shall assume the office
and it's responsibilities depends
on what you may say and do in
response to my request. All those
who will support me and cooper
ate with US in making this Asso-
citation effective for school better
Newark post., 1915-04-14

ment, raise their hands, please.
When a large number of hands
had been raised Mr.. Hutchinson
thanked them and remarked upon
these conditions l accept the office
and promise you that We'll do
something for the school,"
After an attendance of meet
ings to organize such Association
in many counties and in several
states, the Commissioner of Edu-
cation reports that he has seen
nothing as spontaneously inspir-
ing and as happily appropriate as
this speech and procedure.
To the meeting of delegates at
Harrington to arrange the pro-
gram for a Convention at Newark
this summer, at least 70 associa-
tions were invited. By this time
the state has at least 100 working
Parent-Teacher organizations in
rural schools.
Newark post., 1915-04-14
Dover Planning
Cleanup Campaign

City Council of Dover has ap-
pointed two of it's members, john
I. LeFebre and John c. Hayes, to-
gether with the secretary of the
Dover Board of Health, Herman
C. Taylor, to act with DR.. Brown,
recently state bacteriologist in
Ohio, now a resident of Wyoming,
Del, to make an inspection of
Dover with view of cleaning up
an exterminating flies and mos
quitoes.
A few weeks ago DR.. Brown, in
an address before the Dover Cen
tury Club, claimed that mosquitoes
could be exterminated from any
community under proper condi-
tions. Acting on his suggestion,
City Council has taken up the
matter and with the cooperation
of the Board of Health will endea-
vor to rid Dover of the mosquito
Newark post., 1915-04-14
Highest Men To Date

In the recent trials for the Del
aware College relay team Crock
ett ran 220 yards in "a 2-5 seconds,
going the last 11O yards in frac-
tion less than II seconds. Mar
shall and Manning made the same
distance in 25 seconds fiat, Cap
tain Smith of the relay team in
25 1-5, and Smart in 25 As.
The time made by the other can
didates over the 220 yard route
was as follows: Cleaver, 26 1-5
Heinel, 26 3-5; Edgar and Seeley,
27 fiat; and Davis and Taylor, 27
2-5.
The distance the candidates ran
was just half of the quarter-mile
track. On Monday they were sent
over the entire quarter in the
elimination trials.
Newark post., 1915-04-14

the inspector warned the parents
that they must not allow the child
rem to do any work.
Assistant Child Labor Inspector
Miss Mary Malone is spending
several days in the lower part of
the State looking over the field in
Sussex county. Inspector Grant
land has succeeded in getting
Professor Reuben H. Freidel, of
Newark, to take charge of the
work in that district, and is en-
deavoring to secure someone to
handle the work in the east dis
trict of Brandywine hundred.
Newark post., 1915-04-14
NEW CHILD LABOR
INSPECTOR AT WORK
Many Changes In Method
Reported

Charles H. Grantland, the new
Child Labor Inspector, has desig-
mated the office of the school sup
erintendent of Wilmington as the
place from which all employment
certificates shall be issued. The
children calling for certificates
are required to bring their parents
with them, and come armed with
their employment ticket, birth re-
cord, school record, and physic-
ian's certificate.
Mr.. Grantland has arranged to
devote most of his time to field
work. This week the inspector is
devoting to rounding up the news
boys of the city, to see that all of
them are legally entitled to sell
papers on the streets.
Last Saturday night the in
spector made a visit of inspection
through the street markets on
King street and found many vio-
lations, especially among the for
eign population. In all these cases
Mr.. Grantland warned the parents
or employers of the children that
they must dispense with their SER
vices. In some of these cases he
found that the children were in
the markets with their parents,
who preferred to have them with
them than to leave the children at
home by themselves. In such cases
Newark post., 1915-04-14
Lively Blaze In Garage

Two young men brought an
auto car to Moore's garage, lO2l
Gilpin avenue, Wilmington, last
Monday night and called for gaso-
line. One of them lit match to
look at the gauge. An explosion
followed causing a blaze which
damaged the car and other ma
chimes as we'll as the building. The
young men ran away and were ar
rested in Philadelphia on Tuesday
charged with stealing the car,
valued at $4,000, from c. E. Walsh
of that city. They gave their
names as Albert Thompson of
Philadelphia, and Arrie Kennedy
of Chicago.
Newark post., 1915-04-14

Lewes High School seniors gave
a play in the Auditorium last
Tuesday evening which yielded
them $40.
Newark post., 1915-04-14

and fly pest, which is generally 50
prevalent in the summer months
in lower Delaware.
Newark post., 1915-04-14
Read about
these conveniences that
made the HOOSIER neces-
sary to over 100000 women.

IN Mrs. Christine Frederick's famous
~ "Housekeepers' Food Guide"-on
the upper left door-answers the eternal
problem: "What shall we have for
dinner1'
(0l The Cookbook Holder on the mid
W die upper door holds your cook
book securely when not in use. When
you are cooking, simply open up the
book to the proper page behind the
holder. 1t is on level with your eye,
always clean, never in the way.
Newark post., 1915-04-14
There are 40 special conveniences
in the NEW HOOSIER-17
are entirely NEW.

(2\ The Hoosier Metal Flour Bin holds
w fifty pounds. 1t is low and easy to
fill. The sliding glass front enables you
to clean the entire bin easily. The in
side is entirely of metal, with no corners
to hold -four. First -four in is always
out first.
IN The New Shaker Flour Sitter is
NJ the most wonderful of all the new
Hoosier inventions. 1t is the only -four
sitter ever made on kitchen cabinet that
shakes -four through instead of grinding
it through. II cannot Uear ont and can
not grind through any grit or foreign
substance that might be in the -four.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
FAVOR CITY MANAGER PLAN.
Hampton Business Men Investiq ate
New Form of Goxernn,ent

Hampton Business Men Investigate
New Form, of Government.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Dec. 9.-F'or- some time
there had been a growing sentiment in
Hampton in favor of the adoption of
the city manager form of municipal
government and unusual interest has
been taken in this manner of handling
the business affairs Of the city. This
sentiment crystalized this week at a
meeting Of business men when COM
mittee was appointed to investigate
the plan and report its Recommended
tions.
The committee visited Iowa Falls
yesterday and canvassed the situation
here where the city manager plan has
been in force for nearly two years. The
committee found those who have OBJ
served the operation of the plan
strongly in favor Of this form Of mu-
nfcipal government, one element es-
pecial!y commencing the plan and that
is the Capitalization of responsibility.
The plan has worked admirably here
and has resulted in many changes and
improvements under the direction Of
City Manager f. L. Marriage and the
present mayor and council. that COM
mends this form Of administration Of
city affairs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
GETIT FIRST NET net LAST

When a cold grips your system it IS
convincing proof that your condition is
weakened-remember that. It is risky
indeed to simply trust your strength to
throw i off, because neglected colds
have brought more serious sickness
than any other one thing, while weak
eningcathartics and stimulatingsyrups
are often depressing and dangerous.
The one best treatment for any cold
the one SO often relied on when others
fail, is the powerful observation-disclosures
in SCOTS Emulsion, which feeds the
very sources Ct bodily strength to sup
press the present cold and generate
STRENGTH to thwart further sickness.
Get SCOTS first, not last--and insist
on the genuine always free from al
cohol and injurious drugs.
Scott & BOVINE. BlooinEeid. n. ]. ISIS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
Iowa Falls Items.
O Tirnes-Republican,

Special TO Times Republican.
Iowa Falls. Dec. 9.-James o. Gregg
has been chosen one Of the Jurors to
serve at the next term of the federal
court to be held at Waterloo. beginning
Jan. IL.
Harry E. Yaw, of Cedar Rapids. was
in the city on business Wednesday.
Mr. Yaw is now in the Wholesale coal
business in Cedar Rapids and doing
yell.
A delegation Of knights Templar
from St. Elmo Commanderx No. as. OF
this city went, to Radcliffe Wednesday
to attend the funeral of William
Wiener. Mr.. Weimer was for many
years a member. of the local command
cry. 800,
c. H. Burlingame has been named as
councilman from the first ward to sue
coed E. A. Westbury who resigned be-
cause OF his removal to his new home
in the Estes Park Addition and into
another ward. Mr. Burlingame was
evidently, chosen because Of his ex-
,perience having formerly served on the
council and at the time giving the
city splendid service especially along
the line of finances &c
= Mr.. and Mrs. Kennedy are planning
on leaving the middle of next month
for the Pacific coast, where they, will
spend the balance of the winter. A
side trip to Honolulu has also been
planned; the itinAry Of which will give
them about a month on the Islands. J
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
New. q AIsora and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
Algona, Dec. ed Adams. who has
made Algona his home for the past
several years. was one Of two Iowa
passengers who joined the Ford party
on the peace mission.
w. w. Raney injured one of his eyes
seriously few days ago While as
sisting his son on a barn, he under
took to drive a spike and it few. strik-
Ing the eyeball Mr.. Raney hasn't been
able to see out of the injured eye since.
There were only fourteen deaths In
Kossuth county during the month OF
August.
Archie Hutchison is planning trir
to New Zealand and Australia, where
he has number OF relatives.
Dwight Andrews. The 10-year-ol son
of DIR. and Mrs. L. V. Andrews. got a
fail while skating on the tee sunday
that caused him to loose his memory
for q couple OF days. He was able to
attend school again Tuesday
The fire company was called to the
]. J. Heiserodt home Yesterday by a
small fire which started in the kitchen.
but was extinguished before any great
damage was done.
DR.. v. NJ. Gregg, who has been oper-
ating dental parlors here the past year
or SO. has sold his practice and NIX.
lures to DR.. L. G. Baker, Of Spencer.
who will take possession of the busi-
ness next Monday. DR.. Gregg, who
has been suffering from a nervous
breakdown. has decided to so south
about Jan. /, with his family to spend
the winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
WOLFE CASE TO JURY.
Defense Rests Case Of Alleged Inahii
ity of Wolfe TO Form, Intent.


ity Of Wolfe to Form Intent.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, Dec. State of Iowa VS..
Charles w. Wolfe went to the jury
Wednesday after week of legal bat
thing in the district court here. The
former mayor of Scion, who shot Edi-
tor Frank Kregoi, Of the Scion Econ
omT, twice in the chest, did not take
the stand himself. The defense decided
to rest its defense as to his drunken
ness and delirium tremens, and inabil-
ity to form an intent, on the testimony
Of others, doctors and laymen. The
state introduced one boy and one man,
however, in rebuttal. to show that
Wolfe was not drunk from five minutes
to half an hour before the shooting
and was able to joke and talk intelli-
gently on business and other matters.
The case went to the jury Wednes-
day at sunset. after the court had in
structed the jury that it may find one
Of five verdicts-not guilty. assault and
battery, or assault with intent to COM
NIT one of three things-great bodily
injury, manslaughter or murder. The
court hold that if the man were adj
he could be acquitted Of all three Of
the greater evils. The assault and bat
terry charge is not contingent upon
drunkenness or sobriety, or intent,
however. Wolfe thus faces anything
from thirty days in Jail to thirty years
IN the penitent;Sry
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
To Charles Greenwood.

To Charles Greenwood.
You are hereby notified. that on or
before the End day Of December, A. D.,
1915, there will be filed in the office OF
the clerk of the district court of the
state OF Iowa. within and for the coun-
ty of Marshall. the petition of Blanche
Elenor Greenwood. claiming of you
that the marriage ceremony made and
entered into between yourself and
plaintiff on the goth day OF May, 1914,
was Illegal, invalid and void by reason
of the fact that you were then mar
ried man, with wife then living, and
Incapable of contracting marriage.
For further particulars you are re-
ferred to plaintiffs petition to be on
1lle as aforesaid.
Now. unless you appear ind make de-
Tense thereto, at or before noon of the
ssson assdsay OF next January term
Of said court, to be begun and held at
MarshaIltown, Iowa, on the ard day OF
January, Il. 8, 1919 yon default Will
he entered and a decree rendered
thereon as prayed for in said petition.
Dated this 30tn Gay on e.
A. d.. 1916
BLANCHE ELsNoR GREENWOOD.
Plaintiff.
By F. z. NoRTHUP.
IA Her Attorney
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
OPPOSITION TO M'cLAuoHRY.
Anamnsa Warden May Not Be Re-
appointed Saturday.

n1annsa Warden May Not Be Re-
appointed Saturday.
Des Moines. Dec. 9.-Warden c. c.
McClaughry. of Anamosa prison, Yale
man and former Chicagoan, may not be
reappointed warden. it developed here.
He has made no formal application for
reappointment depending upon hts
record to establish his claim for the
position, Marcus Barr, warden at
Anamosa, preceding McClaughry, is
candidate for the place which will be
allotted by the board of control, prob
ably Saturday.
McClaughry, when told of rumors
that he would not be reappointed, said:
L know of no reason why l should
not be reappointed. ! have given the
state of Iowa good and unremitting
service as can be testified by COM
petent judges. My conscience is clear
on the matter 49, . ID .r.E.
Though a strict disciplinarian Nc
Claughry has instituted many reforms
at the Anamosa prison, which is the
institution for first termers. He has
built up the prison school till it is
recognized as one of the best Of its
sort in the country. One of the former
attendants at this school now holds
$4,000 year position at Kansas City.