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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
Mrs. May Durydea Refuses
to Return From Columbus,
O., Without Requisition
Papers Filed.
TOOK RIG IN FALL
Dayton Police Captured Fe-
male Horse Thief Who
Drove Animal Belonging
to William Marsh.

Mrs. May Durydea, the only woman
ever arrested in Wayne county for
horse stealing. has failed to take ad-
vantage Of the leniency shown her by
Judge Fox and Prosecutor Keller, who
had hoped to accomplish her reform.
alton by dismissing the charge of
grand larceny which had been pre-
fered against her.
Last night Mrs. Durydea. alias May
Webster, with her child departed for
Columbus, O.. taking along about $50
belonging to Mrs. Aurelia Thomas.
matron of the Home for Friendless
Women. who had been her best friend.
giving her employment at the Home
and aiding her in many ways to better
her condition.
Takes Hidden $50.
Some time yesterday afternoon or
last evening the Durydea woman went
to Mrs. Thomas room and opening q
trunk secured about $50 Mrs. Thomas
had placed there. About $50 in the
evening Mrs. Durydea told Mrs.
Thomas that she was going to take
her child up town and attend picture
shows. About $3.50 Mrs. Thomas dis
covered that her money had been
taken from the trunk and she at once
suspected Mrs Durydea, who had not
yet returned to the Home. The police
were notified and they finally ascer-
tanned that woman answering Mrs.
Durydea's description and accompan-
led by a child had purchased tickets
at the Pennsylvania station for Colum-
bus, o. The Columbus police We're
at once notified and upon her arrival
in that city was taken into custody.
Refuses to Return.
Today the Durydea woman refused
to return to Richmond without requis-
ition papers being served upon her.
Prosecutor Keller at once made ar
rangements to secure "a requisition,
which Sheriff Steen will serve on her
at Columbus as soon as possible.
Last fall while employed ~ house
keeper by William NJ. Marsh, farmer
living near the city, Mrs. Duydea. or
May Webster az she was then known,
took q horse and buggy belonging to
him and with her child took French
leave. Mrs. Durydea and the stolen
outfit were located near Dayton, O.,
and she was returned to this city. 1t
was the opinion of Judge Fox and
Prosecutor Keller that the woman, If
given a little encouragement, would
reform so the charge against her was
withdrawn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
ALLIES RENEW
BELCHINC FIRE
ON TURK FORTS
Dardanelles FOrtificatiOns
Return Shots in Greal
Duel-26,O0O French to
Attack Smyrna.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE,
European Manager Of international
AAvva RApvIeA

News Service.
LONDON, March 26.-Another great
duel between the Anglo-French fleet
and the Turkish forts on the Darda'
nelles has opened, says dispatches re-
ceived here from Athens today.
The gale which for several days pre-
vented operations by the main forces
of the allies has completely ceased
and it is believed that the supreme
effort to smash the Turkish fortifica.
tions at the Narrows of the Darda'
nelles is in full swing.
A Tenedos dispatch sent via Paris
brings q report that $4,000 French
troops have been landed on the coast
Of Asia Minor to attack Smyrna from
the land side. These troops are be.
lieved to be part Of the expedition
commanded by General d'Amade.
The latest attack upon the Darda-
uelles is said to have opened at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. One of
the dispatches from Athens states that
two battleships entered the Straits at
that hour and bombarded Fort killed.
Bahr until darkness fell, then with
drawing and returning to the attack
early today with several other war
ships.
The fire Of the warships met an
energetic response from the forts and
from the Krupp guns mounted on
Erenkoi heights.
The warships which entered the
|straits yesterday were accompanied by
| 80 mine sweepers. There remained in
he Dardanelles during the night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
Rescue Fleet Works Frantic
ally in Hope of Saving
Twenty-Five Men Aboard
Submarine F-4.
FEARS LOSS
Boats Performance During
Trials Leads Rescuers to
Hope for Recovery of Sail
Ors Alive.

HONOLULU, March 26.-Hope that
the American submarine F-4. which
sank off Honolulu yesterday might be
brought to the surface and her crew
Of twenty-five men saved from death
was revived early today when the gov.
ernment tug Navajo reported that it
had hooked the submarine with its
graphing irons. The other ships in
the little fleet trying to save the sub
marine, hastened to assist in pulling
the F-4 to the surface.
The work last night was carried on
under the glare Of searchlights. Twice
during the night the graphing irons
touched the F4, which lay 72O feet be.
low the surface, but each time they
slipped off from her iron shell with
out catching in the large iron rings i'm.
bedded In the hull for that purpose.
Fear First Loss.
When 1t became apparents that ef.
forts to flush the submarine had been
unsuccessful fears were entertained
for the safety of the crew. and it was
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
CITY PLANT TO USE
union STATIONARY

The Labor Herald has the following
to say on Light plant stationery:
"The article relating to the use of
scab envelopes by the Municipal Light
plant, appearing In last weeks issue Of
the Labor Herald. has had its desired
effect Superintendent Kleinknecht
claimed ignorance on his part relative
to the fairness of the firm manufac-
turing the envelopes, and said that he
had always been in favor Of unionism,
and would discontinue the use of these
envelopes as soon as those that he
had on hand we're used up, and they
would only last a few days. He also
said that he wanted to apologize to the
printers Of the city, and hereafter
there would be no stationery used by
his department that did not bear the
union LABEL
-, /. -. = ss. - = =. .
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
GERMAN CRAFT
SINKS DELM|RA

LONDON, March 26.-Within four
hours after admiralty officials had de-
clared Germany's submarine losses
would result in an abandonment of the
underwater warfare on English ship
ping, news reached here today Of the
destruction Of another British ship in
tn, British channel. -~-~
The latest victim was the British
steamer Delmira, a vessel of 2;211
tons. She was torpedoed and sunk in
the English channel yesterday after
noon. All the members of the crew
were saved and landed at Portsmouth
today. They had no complaint. to
make as to the treatment given them
by the Germans. g. ...
The sailors of the Delmira were
given fifteen minutes to leave their
vessel. They took to their boats and
these were towed by the submarine
until another ship was sighted. This
latter was too near Portsmouth for the
Germans to attack. The sailors rowed
to the vessel and were taken into
Portsmouth today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
Good Roads Advocates
Start Plans for General
Fourth Of July Celebration
All Over Country.
HAAS OUTLINES WORK
Branches Of Commercial
Body Resume Constructive
Work After Annual Re-
organization.

Legislation effecting the plans Of
local civic Improvement organizations
in efforts to secure cluster lights for
Main street will be taken up for study
by the Commercial club public i'm
provements committee next week.
It is understood the lights must be
installed by the board Of works IL a
majority Of the resident property own
ers petition for them. Secretary Haas
said. The cost, according to the local
Interpretation of the law, would be
assessed at the rate Of fifty per cent
Of installation costs to the property
owners and fifty per cent to the city
and like plan for maintenance.
Takes Up Harold Plan.
The good roads committee expects
in the near future to take up the plans
advocated by DR.. I. 8. Harold for q
county good roads organization to
take up the plans advocated by,Dr l.
S. Harold for county good roads or.
ganization to bring together good
roads advocates of the county in q
general Fourth of July celebration.
In this plan is also included a plan
to make the organization a national
affair by counties touching national
old trails from the east coast to the
west.
Secretary Haas will call the public
health committee together soon to
take up plans for fly swatting this
spring. A campaign will be started
early in April to kill all flies and pre-.
vent the rapid multiplication later
The committee will also cooperate
with the county tuberculosis hospital
committee.
start May Cleaning.
May yard cleaning plans advanced
by the Aftermath will be taken up by
the public welfare committee as soon
as it organizes. This committee will
assist In carrying out the cleaning day
proposition and in working out the
summer garden plans. s.l
The publicity committee Of the club
has not organized but will have boost
ers' trips in charge later The com
mittee will take up the work OF pre-
pairing for the entertainment Of the
state conference Of Charities and Cor
rection October 80 and 81 and NQvem
Der and 2.
Since the merchants have shown nc
desire to have a fall festival this year
the committee probably will devote It's
efforts entirely to planning for the
Richmond centennial in 1916.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
CLUB WILL ADVISE
ON PENSION PLANS
Commercial Body Studies
Objections to and Merits of
New Law.

The advisability of adopting teach
ers pension system for Richmond and
Wayne county will be studied by the
education committee of the Commerc-
ial club in the next few weeks and
the investigation probably will result
In recommendations to the school
board and county board Of education.
The teachers pension bill as it was
presented to legislature did not meet
the entire approval of local parties.
The objections will be thrashed out
and If they are overcome by the good
points, the committee will recommend
that the school boards of the county
and city take a vote on the adoption
of the system. 1t will have to go to
the teachers for majority vote be-
fore adoption and after that it will be
optional with the individual teachers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
Robbins Will Recommend
Appropriation to Defray
Expenses Of Centennial for
Richmond.
WANTS COMMISSION
Committees May Go to Work
at Once Arranging Details
of Elaborate Program for
1916.

Mayor Robbins announced today
that at council meeting Monday, April
s. he would recommend to that body
to place itself on record ~ being fav-
orable to plan to have the centen-
NAL anniversary Of the founding of
Richmond appropriately observed next
year. under the auspices Of the city
government.
He said he would suggest to council
that 1t give him the authority to ap-
point an executive committee Of rep
resentative citizens. both men and
women, and city officials, this COM
mittee having authority to make ar
rangements for the celebration Of the
important event, and to appoint var
ious subcommittee to work out de-
tailed features of the celebration.
Should Observe Day.
Richmond is the best city Of its
size in the United States and its one
hundredth birthday should not pass by
without some fitting observance Of the
event." Mayor Robbins said. 'It will
not be difficult to plan and carry out a
very satisfactory celebration program
at no great expense. and such cele-
bration would be a splendid advertise
ment for Richmond. I am sure all of
our citizens will enthusiastically en-
dorse the contemplated celebration
and / know they will do anything in
their power to make 1t complete
success"
as the proposed celebration is COM
pletely civic in its nature 1t should
be carried out under the auspices of
the city government, under the direct
lon OF an official centennial commiss-
lon. To further emphasize the offic-
tal character of the proposed event the
mayor also favors Incorporating into
the 1916 budget, which will be made
out next September, an appropriation
OF a few hundred dollars as the
nucleus Of the centennial fund. the re-
mainder to be raised by popular sub
scrfptton In the same manner a. FAN
Festival funds have been subscribed
In the past. He thinks the celebration
should extend over a period Of one
week. some time during the summer or
fall of 1916 ,-.
Wants Action at Once.
II think the centennial commission
should be appointed as soon as pos
sible," the mayor said, so that the
members can begin work on the pre-
liminary arrangements without loss of
time and having all these details dis
posed Of by the first of next year.
"That will give the commission and
its sub-committees plenty Of time to
carry out the plans formulated this
year."
Superintendent Giles of the city
schools has given the proposed CEN
tennial celebration his hearty indorse-
ment and has assured the cooperation
of the school authorities in the work
Various civic organizations. lodges and
women's clubs are also lining up back
Of the project.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
CLERKS JOIN union
IN LARGE NUMBERS

The membership campaign of the
Retail Clerks association which was
inaugurated last Wednesday, Is prov
ing very successful. and many new
members have joined the organization.
-Four teams are at work. and each team
has been successful in securing mem.
bers. The city has been divided into
districts, and all retail clerks will be
solicited. To make the campaign more
interesting, a special dispensation has
been secured, allowing the local to re.
duce the initiation fee for a period OF
thirty days. The initiation fee with
the first months dues will be $1.40 for
women, and $1.60 for men.
At the close of the membership cam
paign, banquet and dance will be
held for all clerks in town, whether
they belong to the association or not
H. J. Conway Of Lafayette, Ind, who
is president Of the National Association
Of Retail Clerks, will make the ad.
dress of the evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
PENNY ANNOUNCES
SECTION WORKERS

President Penny Of the Merchants
Section has announced his committees
for the coming year.
The advisory committee, correspond
ing to an executive committee will be
composed of Fred Kennedy, Edgar F.
Hiatt, Philip Brick. o. P. Nusbaum, NJ.
J. Quigley, J. F. Hasemeier, Lon Ken
nedy. 49, -,-.,
The committee on rating and col
lection will consist of j. F. Hasemefer,
G. w. Jordan and H. Goldfinger. The
sanction committee is a secret body.
The entertainment committee will
consist of Charles Igelman, Howard
Schneider and William Rindt.
The date for the April meeting has
not been fixed. .s> t-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
CLUB INTERESTS men
IN TRACTION BRANCH
New York Capital May Ex-
tend Line to Richmond
From North.

There is a strong feeling among
members of the committee on electric
railroads that Richmand may be en-
tered from the north by a traction
lin, plans for which will be started
not later than June. The committee
has been named for only a short time
but c. w. Jordan, chairman, is at work
on some information which he handled
q year ago as secretary Of the Com
mercial club. This is regarding the
sale of the Fort Wayne, Springfield
and Decatur Traction lines at auction.
including the gradings for a spur to
Portland.
1t is understood New York capital
will buy the line in May and is already
negotiating for the construction Of the
Portland line and is figuring on push
ing down to Union City and other
points.
The club worked on the matter a
year ago but the receivers sale was
delayed and action was stopped local
ly. Other details Of the new plan are
kept secret until further correspond
ence Is had with the New York tract
ion capitalists.
Another committee which wifi start
activities at once is the new industries
committee. In the next few days.
Secretary Haas will turn over to
Chairman Leeds ten factory propo-
sitions which the club will investigate
with the idea Of bringing the new In
dustrieS to this city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
CITY RENEWS FIGHT
FOR Low INSURANCE

In an effort to force the state in.
surance bureau to act in Richmondf
favor in giving the promised lower
rating, the newly appointed insurance
committee of the Commercial club
headed by George Eggemeyer, chair
man of last years committee, is pre-
pairing complete statement of the
activities in Richmond in the past
several years for better insurance
rates.
1t has been estimated that several
hundred thousand dollars have been
spent since the insurance bureau made
certain recommendations in 1908. The
bureau has since amended its require
ments and made more severe de-
mands, which the local committee re-
CARDS partly as an attempt to delay
the promised action
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
y. N. |. BOOSTS
RICHMOND FOR
next MEETING
Local Council Will Invite
Supreme Convention of
Fraternity to Assemble in
City in 1916. ~

A special car will take local mem
bers Of the Y. M. l. to Indianapolis to
connect with a special Y. M. l. train
to Louisville in August, where the
Gonzaga council will try to swing the
1916 supreme convention to Richmond
1t was decided at the Y. M. I. meeting.
The organization also revised plans
for the minstrels and there will be
fifty in the circle and twenty-five ad-
Citional chorus members on the stage
in addition to the quartets and acts in
the olio.
A resolution was passed thanking
advertisers in the Y. NJ. I. program and
voting to patronize the advertisers. A
record will be kept for six months fol-
lowing the minstrel to ascertain II the
advertisers derived benefits from the
advertisements. .. i.
The program will be big feature.
It now contains twenty pages, includ-
ing the cover page, and is practically
ready for the printers. 1t will not be
printed, however, until it is decided
whether two more pages will be added
for Y. NJ. I. history.
The Ladies' Auxiliary took the
same action on the program Tuesday
night.
Joseph Waterman and F. B. Taube
were elected delegates to the supreme
convention. 1t is expected that be-
tween fifty and seventy-five local
members will make the Louisville trip.
The convention includes all Y. M. I.
councils east of the Mississippi river.
The official delegates number about
25O and the other members in attend
ance usually number twice that many.
In order to make the prospects bet
ter and to advertise Richmond as a
convention city, a Richmond reception
room will be opened in the conven-
ton center of Louisville and all dele-
cations will be asked to make use of
the room. !
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
BAvIS DIRECTS
CITY RATE CASE

At meeting Of the members Of
the committee appointed by Mayor
Robbins to conduct the city's case
in the electric rate-making pro-
ceedings before the Indiana Pub
lie Utilities commission. held at
the city building last night. Alfred
Bavis, president Of the board Of
public works, was elected chair
man and Charles w. Jordan was
elected secretary. The other men,
bers are Pettis A. Reid. William
Fahlsing, w. K. Bradbury and
Lawrence Handley, with Mr.. Nc.
MINI and Mr.. Marlatt of the board
serving as ex-officio members.
Besides organizing the commit
tee instructed Superintendent
Kleinknecht of the municipal plant
to sumbit to the committee all
necessary data SO the committee
can proceed intelligently in pre-
pairing the city's case," Chairman
Bavis said today. "A tentative
program of action was outlined
but it would be manifestly unfair
to the plant If the committee made
public what lines it intended to
proceed along"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
GILES PLACES ESTIMATE OF $40
FOR EACH DAY AS APPROXIMATE
VALUE OF WORK IN HIGH SCHOOL

Education is worth an average Of
$40 day after graduation. This fact is
shown on circular posted on the
high school bulletin board by Super
;ntendent Giles.
The circular is headed, For the
Consideration of Our Friends, the
Boys and shows that the average
yearly income Of an educated man is
$1,000 a year, and that of an unedu-
Gated man is only $3.50 year. In
forty years the earnings Of the former
would be $4,000. and Of the latter $751;
600, or a difference OF $4,000. To OBJ
tain an education In high school re-
quires twelve years of nine months
each, or 2,160 days: $4,000 divided by
also, is equal to SO, which can be
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
TAKES FLAT BULLET
FROM CULLY'S THIGH

Removal Of the bullet imbedded In
Patrolman Cully's leg when he was
fired on by Nathan Killing. wife mur-
derer and suicide, required almost an
hour. The ball was flattened and i'm
bedded in the muscle Of Mr.. Cully's
thigh making it almost impossible for
the probing physicians to locate It,
Eight stitches we're required to close
the wound. Mr.. Gully who is at Reid
Memorial hospital spent a restless
night following the operation yester-
day afternoon.
Mr.. Gully was wounded when he en-
tered q barn in West Richmo0d
searching for the fugitive murderon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
REPAIR OLD BRIDGE

One Of the oldest and strongest
bridges in Wayne county will be re-
paired with a new roof and otherwise
repaired by Highway Superintendent
Iones, he said today.
1t is the old National road bridge
EAST of Germantown. The bridge has
,een standing since the civil war and
today better than many of the
modern ones. A ten-ton road roller
las crossed it repeatedly without fear
II accident, waile It is forced to 60
lround some Of the newer bridges.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
TROOPS BATTLE
FOR -FOUR DAYS

BERLIN, March 26.-The battle of
Hartmanns Weilerkopf which has now
been going on for four days is still un-
decided. The French have made many
attempts to capture this German po-
sition but have thus far been unsuc-
cessful. The general staff report
states that fighting is still going on.
French troops have also renewed
their attacks on the heights of the
Meuse but have been repulsed. In the
eastern theatre of war the Russians
are attempting to force their way to
Augustowo on the narrow strip of
land between the lakes in that region
but their attacks have been repulsed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
COUNTY TO CONSIDER
TRUCK FOR HIGHWAY

A meeting of the county commits
sioners to consider the purchase Of an
automobile truck for county road work
has been called for Saturday morning.
The question was dropped last Sat-
urday when the two members in fa-
vor were unable to swing the third
member and cause a solid vote in ia
vor of the purchase.
1t is expected that plans for the
flooring af the bridge between Milton
and Cambridge City will be adopted
and negotiations will again be opened
with the traction company to pay its
share of the improvement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
CLASS TAKES EXAM

The catschumens Of the First Uuo'
lish Lutheran church were examined
last night BY the Rev. d. q. Howard.
Twelve Of the GLASS took the sxamip.
alton. while two were kept away By
sickness. An oral examination was
givou. covering the work Of the last
two years. and the pupils gave salts.
factory answers 70 all questions. Many
relatives and friends Of the candidates
attended the examination. which lasted
about IN hour.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-26
MRS. BARTEL SINGS
AT LENTEN WORSHIP

At the First English Lutheran
church tonight, the special Lenten
service will be addressed by the pas
tor, the Rev. E. g. Howard, on the
subject, "Odor of Ointment or the
Pervading Beauty Of Self-Sacrificing
Service" Mrs. F. ]. Bartel will also
sing and an offering will be received
for the needy Of the congregation and
community. The service Is open to
all