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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25
City Circuit Court.
Law and Equity Court

The City Circuit Court is not
session.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
FOREIGN MISSIONS
up BEFORE BOARD

The relation OF the American Board
of Foreign Missions to their mission
aries. home church. missions. natives
and to other boards Of foreign miss
ions, was pointed out by DR.. Henry T.
Hodgkin. general secretary Of the
Board OF Foreign Missions Of the Lon.
don. England Yearly Meeting in 4
brief talk to the members of the Am.
erican Board which concluded. its
business session held in the South
Eighth Street Friends church this
morning.
DR.. Hodgkin emphasized the need
Of missionaries possessing a strong,
attractive personality and spiritual life
In their work among the people of
Africa, Mexico, Cuba, China and else
where. He advocated thorough pre-
paration by the missionaries before
they undertake the work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
MISS BeNTLAGE'S Note

following written H.
Attorney Henry johnson and introduced - evidanoe
Hasemesrl don't b9hed tha best part Of
fs by keeping situation Of affairs Tho first
Siekman
eveyhedy dsiked would succeed
loss. 4 &
In keeping bills
know will be puzzled how theu and
EsEastpleE ~
ask Ter extensions all the bills and than quit sunes
knowing nerceiy 1t.
think anything
tell them the OF affairs think
gather the tell It would
Of high cost Of living often
enjoyed things
too small to permit anything
harder to meet anything with small
had only at the time Mr. siekan left all this
from you the true situation feel ke ere viii be urgent
possible tell all face to face took this method
feel anything.
and just getting fair build
[sgned1 L. B..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
SWALLOWS MATCH HEADS
IN Vain EFFORT TO STAvE
OFF POvERTY'S DISGRACE

received Monday. Caplan arrived In
Richmond yesterday morning.
When informed Of young Caplan's
condition certain local Jewish mer-
chants called upon him and offered to
forward money to Mrs. .Caplan 1t once.
Caplan, however, refused to give his
Wife's address.
my wife. like myself, would rather
die than to accept charity from
strangers" the young man said. 'She
would not accept the money II It were
sent to her"
offered 9ome Money.
Caplan was then informed that II he
would write to her himself he could
inclose the money with the letter;
that he could represent to her that
he had earned the money. Caplan,
however, refused to do this. He then
became hysterical and they could no
longer talk with him. This afternoon
another effort will be made to prevail
upon Caplan to give his wife's address.
It is the opinion Of those who have
interested themselves In Caplan that
he refuses to disclose his wife's ad-
dress because Of his fear that she will
learn OF his suicidal attempt.
sam Fred, Main street merchant,
said today that Caplan appeared to
him to be clean.cut, deserving young
man, rendered desperate by his fam
ily's plight and his inability to assist
them. He was quite neatly dressed
and is, apparently, quite we'll edu-
Gated. -~"
"Capian called upon me yesterday
6ana Vigran, another Main street mer-
chant said today. He asked for
work aad / told him could not en-
pioy him. He never mentioned the
tact that he was In need of money"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
.llsoi ORDERS
ARMS EMBARGO

WASHINGTON. Dot. 2o-Prssideut
Wilson today declared IN EMBARGO on
al arms and ammunition shipments
into Mexico. They Will be Instructed
that all shipments Of arms and am
munition are to be held up. Special
permits will be issued to those desired
by General Carranza, yesterday recog-
mixed az the head Of the de facto gov.
ernment OF Mexico.
With the placing Of the, ammunition
embargo on Mexico officials here be-
heve the collapse OF General Villas
cause is near.
Joseph w. Folk special counsellor
to the Interstate Commerce Commiss-
ion, is still regarded ~ the probable
selection for ambassador.
John r. Stllimans consul, was today
ordered to return at once to- Vera
Crux and wind up his work there and
then proceed to Saltillo his former
post.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
OPEN
FIRST NATIONAL
MEMS MEETING

The national conference Of men
Friends, the first convention Of it's
kind ever held under the auspices OF
the American Society Of Friends, will
open tonight in the East Main Street
Friends church with an attendance of
several hundred. delegates. representa-.
tives Of nearly every yearly meeting
in the United States, Canada and Eng
land, and will hold sessions until Fri.
day night.
The convention has as It's purpose
the awakening of enthusiasm of the
male members Of the Friends church,
their appreciation of its needs and a
full assumption Of their part Of re-
sponsibilities in It's activities.
The registration at noon today had
reached nearly four hundred, with In.
dications that an equal number would
increase the total attendance to eight
hundred before the end of the session.
Tonight two addresses will be de-
Hvered by Charles NJ. Woodman OF
Portland, Me-, and DR.. Henry T. Hod-
gkin OF London. Eng. The latter is gen.
eral secretary of the board of foreign
mission OF the London yearly meeting.
S. e. Nicholson, editor Of the Ameri-
can Fried, and chairman Of the exec.
utive committee, will open the con.
ference by giving brief outline Of
the plans and purposes of the meeting.
There will be program delivered
each forenoon, afternoon and evening,
the final session Friday night closing
the conference. William c. Taber OF
New York will preside on Thursday
night instead OF James Wood, whose
wife's illness prevents his attendance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
STIvERS WANTS
LYNCH TO QUIT

Charles w. stivers, editor Of the
Liberty Herald. and one Of the most
influential Republican leaders In Union
county. while In. Richmond today took
occasion to ceneure +, j, Lynch, Re
publican chairman OF Sixth district and
candidate. tor The o. n1pe9qfoovo H1 1l1.~
alton. because 0f his persistent relsIsai
10 resign from the chaifnaHship,
BY retaining the ehaiEAaAshib Mr..
Stivers holds the epiniea that Lyaeh
is placing ether candidates for the Re
publican congressional hasainatiea 1T
disadvantage.
The concens,ls Of opinion among
the Republicans OF Union county 10
that Mr.. Lynch should resign from
the Craftsmanship without further loss
OF time" Mr.. Stivers said today. "Mr.
Lynch has been in politics. long enough
to know that the position he now occu-
pies IL unethical to say the least.
That Judge D. W. Comstock Of Rich.
smond will receive very substantial
support from Union county Republi-
cans In his candidacy for the congress
,sional nomination Ia the opinion held
by Mr.. etivers.
IT have always been a Comstock
man." the Liberty editor said. HE is
q brilliant, thoroughly trustworthy
man and would make very excellent
congressman, am sure"
| Mr.. Stivers also announced that he
would like to see his fellow townsman,
walter Bossart. succeed Mr.. Lynch as
district chairman. He said Bossart
was thoroughly dependable and en-
Ithusiastic young Republican, and ex-
'perienced in politics.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
MRS. SPEkENHIeR
REPORTED BETTER

W. H. Kinder, whose automobile hit
and dangerously wounded Mrs. Frank
Spekenhier at Tenth and Main streets
yesterday, reported to the police this
morning and gave his version of the
accident. -. -
Mr.. Kinder has not recovered from
the shock OF the accident and is In a
very nervous condition, being under
the care of physician.
Reports from the hospital and from
Mrs. Spekenhier's physicians are that
she Is resting as comfortably as could
be expected and that there is little
doubt of her ultimate recovery.
The physicians do not believe that
Mrs. Spekenhier was injured inter
nally and they think that 1t will take
the normal time for her to recover.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
100000 STAMPS
SENT FOR SALE
IN THIS COUNTY

One hundred thousand Red Cross
stamps have been assigned to Wayne
county to be sold during the holiday
season. They will be placed on sale
by the Domestic Science association.
November TO- The society will secure
$1,000 from the sale Of the stamps.
which will materially aid the tubercu-
losis campaign In this county.
In addition to the stamps. the State
Society for the Prevention of Tuber-
culosis has sent to Secretary Melpol-
der OF the Wayne County Tuberculosis
society, six stereopticon slides TO be
used In the moving picture theatres
as advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
HASEMEIER IDENTIFIES
letter HE RECEIVED
FROM MISS BENTLAGE

H. c. Hasemeier, president of the
H. C. Hasemeier company, who Is
suing the estate of the late Louisa
Bentlage for an alleged shortage in
accounts of the former bookkeeper and
cashier, was placed on the stand for
a few minutes this morning to identi-
~ a letter written to him the day
Miss Bentlage took her life by drink
ing carbolic acid, August II. 1914. No
objections to the reading of the letter
were raised by the counsel for the
defense.
In many respects the letter is in
coherent, and ends with sinal state
ment that 'T will finish telling you, as
1t is 30 hard to explain on paper"
The letter is signed with the initials
81. B."
It is believed the letter was mailed
a few minutes before she took her life,
and was written the morning of I.u-
gust r. Mr.. Hasemeier received the
letter from, his postofice box at z
o'clock in the evening.
Handwriting Identified.
The handwriting, Of the letter was
identified by several employees Of the
store as the original handwriting OF
Miss Bentlage, and when Mr.. Hase-
meier took the stand he was not cross
examined by the defense. He will be
recalled late this afternoon or tomor-
row. In the letter Miss Bentlage ad-
mits holding back bills. She says.
however, that her purpose was to make
it appear that the firm was solvent.
The tone Of the letter indicates that
she was despondent.
Elavon yyftnesses were examined
Several of the witnesses were not even
cross-examined by the counsel for the
defense.
The method Of taking the inventory
Of the stock annually was explained
to the jury by Blanche Bowen and
Harry Holmes. former employees of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
DISCUSS BIBLE STUDY

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Oct 90
The wide difference of opinion among
the thinking people of this commu-
nifty exists as to the propriety of using
the Bible as text book in the public
schools. 1t is the belief, perhaps, of a
majority OF the citizens that religious
instruction should be confined to the
homes and to what are known as the
religious institutions; that it would be
q difficult matter for the teachers to
keep from interpreting the Bible in
accordance with their own religious
views: that in determining the stand.
ing OF pupils. credits should not be
given for the study OF the Bible as
they are given for the studies Of Eng
lish, Yatin, mathematics. No action
has been taken on the subject by the
local school board.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20

Boston Store. In the cross-examina-
ton of the defense it is evident that an
attempt will be made to prove that the
method of inventory allows il to ap-
pear on the books that larger profit
is being made than is actually received.
Account 10 Overdrawn.
George Gates and John Shroyer Of
the Union National bank were called to
testify relative to the account of the
Hasemeier company. George Gates
testified that on August 1. 1914. two
weeks before Miss Bentlage commit
ted suicide, the account of the store
was overdrawn to the extent of $l.100.
Both Mr. Hasemeier and Miss Bent
lage were informed of this condition.
The attorneys for the defense then
asked him to present to the court the
amount and number of notes issued
to the company during the last ten
years
H. C. Hasemeier signed all the
checks as far as I can remember" !"
said George Gates.
Sam Jaffe, a junk dealer, was called
to the stand to testify relative to the
purchase OF q bale of waste paper. al
legged to have contained books de-
stroyed by Miss Bentlage. He eaid
that a search was made after her death
but he was unable to find the books.
DR.. J. A. Conkey. the druggist. and
Dr. F. w. Kruger. the physician who
attended Miss Bentlage before she
died. testified relative to the carbolic
acid she purchased at the drug store.
Harry .Tutwaller, messenger boy
at the store. testified relative to get
ting the mail each morning. 1t has
been alleged by the plaintiff that Miss
Bentlage would receive the mail and
would hold out letters she believed to
contain bills.
The delivery boy testified that every
noon when he got the mail, Miss Bent
Icontinued On Page Fwo.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20

TRENTON, N: j.; Oct. 20-The
magnitude Of the defeat administered
to woman suffrage in New Jersey yes
terday was increased by returns from
outlying districts today. Election Of
fioials as a result estimated that the
"antis" won by from $4,000 to 10000.
Though the suffrage leaders were
bitterly disappointed by the result Of
the special election, they asserted that
they would continue the fight This
will be five-year contest, as 1t will
be impossible to submit suffrage
amendment to the voters until 1920.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20

Unable to secure work and too proud
to beg, Morris Caplan, 80, Of New
York, swallowed the heads Of box
Of matches late yesterday afternoon
while seated on the steps OF the First
Christian church, South Tenth and A
streets. Passersby found him In an
unconscious condition and he was re-
moved to Reid hospital IN the police
ambulance. His condition today was
fairly satisfactory but there Il very
little chance for him to recover.
Apparently Caplan spent his last
nickel for the box OF matches Al he
had no money IN his possession when
the police took charge Of him. Caplan
had been employed as salesman in
New York store for several years
but recently lost his job. A few days
ago he started west In search OF en-
ployment First going to Cincinnati
and from there !. to Richmond. His
funds were exhausted whom he ar
rived II this city.
Family 10 Destitute. .s
A letter found upon the young man
after ha had beon taken to the hos.
tempt to kill himself, 1t was from
his wife. She stated that she and the
children were In destitute circum-
stances and that the grocer had re.
fused to extend credit to her any
longer. She said she could not even
obtain milk for the baby and that all
the children were crying from hunger.
The letter concluded with the state,
ment that his former employer had of.
fered to give him q Job again and she
urged him to return to New York az
soon as possible. The letter was ad.
dressed In care OF the general delivery
Of the Cincinnati post office and was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
MOUNT FILES REPORT

Finley p. Mount, receiver for the
Rumely Products company and the NJ.
Rumely Manufacturing company filed
the itemized list of all the outstanding
debts OF the two Laporte concerns yes.
terday in the United States District
Court at Indianapolis. According to
the receivers statement. the Rumely
Products Co. has $10,777,533 outstand-
ing debt and the NJ. Rumely Manufac-
turing Co., has liabilities Of $780,
323.. The products company has
$4,000 and the manufacturing com.
pany $26,630 In unpaid tax claims.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20

Guests from Chicago and all other
parts OF Illinois were gathering in
Springfield today for the wedding on
Wednesday of Miss Eileen Mary
Dunno, daughter of Governor Edward
F. Dunno, to William ]. Corboy OF
Chicago. t.- .-
Every train today brought guests.
Every express car brought costly gifts
for which large room in the execu-
tive mansion has been set aside. All
the telegraph wires carried messages
of congratulations.
Every incc11ing mail brought bun
dies Of letters.
All day the excitement was increas-
ing and tomorrow the trains will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
TEACHERS TRAVEL
IN SPECIAL CAR

Teachers who desire the use of a
special interurban car leaving at z
q. m. next Thursday for Indianapolis
to attend the Indiana State Teachers
association convention. have been no.
titled to state their intentions to Prin-
cipal F. G. Pickell of the high school.
The round trip II q special is hired
will cost $2.O5 and will permit OF three
days attendance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
ENGLISH WASP BUSY

COPENHAGEN, Oct 20.-The Ger
man steamers Pernambuco and Soc
derhamm have been torpedoed In the
Baltic by q British submarine. The
Sdederhamm is OF $500 tons and the
Pdrnambuco displaces $500 -4oaa,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
EXPECT LATE GUESTS

S. E. Nicholson said today: Those
who have opened their. homes for
guests or roomers for the Mems Con-
ference. should In some cases expect
late arrivals on Wednesday evening
after the first session of the confer
ence, possibly as late as 1O:30 p. m.
Assignments will be made early in
the evening II possible"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
Postoffice Depl Aeps0 q
Modify Resent Or1w Re-
ducing and NotoEiixiing Rup
ral Routes.
GRAY ENTERS A Plea


Al . result q DGuDunNe1vD Huov
0ray's co0ferencs yesterday With -
post oddee depastmeat aakAasA1us q
Washington It 10 quite probable that
four Of the small towns Of WAYNE
county, which were 70 have lost thGef
rural mail routes under the provisions
Of an order recently Issued moaosising
the rural man delivery h Wayns
county and reducing the number iron
2s to II. win have At least one route
radiating out Of each OF their post
offices These towns are Fountain
City. 0reensfork. Centerville and MI
ton.
SO great vas the protest raised
when the order was issued aholtsAfnI
the routes NOW T1dtattnE cut oe
Fountain City. 0eeosfoek. Center
vile. Milton. East Germantown. Dub
lin. Economy. williamsburg. Webster
and Boston. and providing that the
twelve new motor routes should be
out OF Richmond Cambridge City and
Haeerstown. that Representative Gray
decided that . modification Of the
order was essential II he did not want
to jeopardize his political fortunes In
Wayne county. His conference With
yesterday reaanod.
nseivo Routes Planned.
It b understood that the ewsRvp
motor routes win Be peovidea foe In
the modified order bat they Win b
dfstRicted differently than provided In
the original order.
Under the provis3ons oe the urfefnsl
order there were b be seven instsDd
OF eight rural routes out Of Richmoad.
AZ at present. but these aevan routes
tho preoent a1GAt ro1ta8 cover bat the
Greenao1g6 We&G1oe, WUNamshQrx.
Fountain City. CenAogvl1lo cd Dueeoo
te1tltoFi1es a ven Under this ar.
rangenaent 01oensfork would have last
Nh two routes. Webster QUE. Williams
burg one. Fountain City two Center.
Vile three and Boston one.
The routes out OF Camhr1deo City
were to have been redneed from three
to two. covering the present territory
| OF that postoffice and In addition, the
Milton. Dublin and East Germantown
territories. This rearranEement
would have lost Milton its two routes.
East Germantown and Dublin one
each.
The Hagerstown routes were to
have been reduced from three to two
to serve that territory and the Econ
omy territory. This would have re-
suited In the abandonment of the one
Economy route.
Contemplated Method.
Under the anticipated modified
order one OF the two contemplated
motor routes for Cambridge City will
be taken away from that town and a.
signed to Milton. Greensboro will
probably get one Of the seven routes
which were to have been assigned to
Richmond, and It 10 also probable
that Fountain City and Centerville will
each get a route originally intended
to be operated out of Richmond.
Such redistrictfng would provide four
instead Of seven routes for Richmond.
A Washington dispatch states that
Representative Gray informed the
postal authorities that the small towns
which would have been robbed OF
| their rural routes under the original
! order. issued several weeks ago, fear.
ed this would be the initial step In
taking away from them their post
offices and prove a decided baskset
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20

carry more guests and gifts. A great
party of Chicagoans will 60 to Spring
field tomorrow. And from other parts
Of the state. and from many points
outside Of the state. more Of the happy
of invitations are assemb-
ling. Springfield this week is the
social mecca
All the fashionables, all the polit-
ical powers. all those who merely
think they are political powers. or
hope to become political powers. are
bending their steps toward the cap
ital. Officialdom at Washington. fol-
lowing the example set by President
Wilson, who same days ago sent q
congratulatory letter, is busy writing
and sending gifts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
BIBLE STUDENTS
ENJOY SUPPER

The Y. n. c. A. Bible classes un-
der the leadership OF J. J. Somervflle.
head OF the boys department.. were
held last night at the building, pre-
cry Tuesday evsning st $40 O'Clock.
before Tueaday nooA :G. :.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20

Local Forecast-Unsettled tonight
Thursday partly cloudy, followed by
fair weather. Cool wave tonight and
Thursday.
General condltions-The storm is
now crossing the Great Lakes attend
ed by showers and Is being followed
by cool wave which suddenly ap-
peared this morning over the north
western states. Fair weather will pre-
vail for the next SO hours, except for
possibly local showers tonight.
! w. 3. Moore, Weather ToFecaeter,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
VISIT CITY GRADES

Twelve teachers, departmental
heads OF the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades Of the schools of Shelbyville.
Ind, Were visitors 1T the Garfield
school today observing the methods Of
teaching OF those grades In Richmond
Throughout Indiana the teachers are
perpitted one visiting day In each
year and the Shelbyville teachers
chose Richmond
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
ADVANCE CONTINUES

SOFIA (via Berlin and Amsterdam),
Oct. 20.-The war office announced to-
day that Bulgarian troops had cap
tured the Servian city Of Egn Pa
lanka. This town % 80 miles from
the Salonika-Ni Nish railway and its cap
tute opens the route for another ad-
vance upon the railroad.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
MARLATT IMPROVES

Charles Marlatt, member Of the
board Of works. who was taken sud
denly Ill Sunday night, is resting COM
fortably at his home on North Ninth
street, and while still very Ill, his ply
sicians report that his condition has
improved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
MOVES HEADoUARTERs.

The Central Trades Council has de-
cided to move its headquarters and
win meet In future at Carpenter hall
on the first and third Friday OF each
month. 49,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-20
Weather Forecast

United States Report-FaIr tonight
and Thursday. Cooler tonight. Prob
ably frost.