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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
ASKS
STATE TO VOTE
ON BASIC Law

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 27-Gov-
ernor Ralston today was presented
with petition asking that the ques-
ton of holding a constitutional con-
vention be submitted to a vote of the
people of the state. The petition was
presented by Ross F. Lockridge of
Fort Wayne, Secretary of the citizens
league of Indiana; Charles Fox. presi-
dent of the Indiana federation of la
Dor; DR.. Amelia r. Keller, of the fran
chise league of Indiana; Charles Do
ney of the Indianapolis real estate
board and E. S. Shumaker of the In
diana anti-saloon league.
When the house committee on judi
ciary met today the subject of woman
suffrage was brought up Representa-
tive Pierce of Marion county moved
that the committee report favorably
the Senator Maston suffrage measure
which has already been passed by the
senate. Chairman Sare declared the
committee meeting adjourned without
putting the motion.
A bill was introduced in the house
this afternoon by Representative
Waltz providing that the committee on
railroads be given power to grant an
increase of passenger rates in Indiana
If the committee finds it advisable.
Senator Van Nuys' bill appropriate
ing $125,000 to reimburse stock rails
ers whose cattle were killed on &C.
count of the hoof and mouth disease.
was passed by the house by a unani-
nous vote of S4.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
Former U. of I. Comptroller,
Ousted for His Engagement
to Work in Chicago.

George Enfield Frazer's matrimonial
problem has been solved. He can go
ahead and marry Miss Helen James,
daughter Of President Edmund ].
James of the University of Illinois. any
time he pleases. He needn't worry
professor of public accounting. He has
found another job. Or rather another
job has found him.
His new position is in the auditing
department of Montgomery, Ward &
Co. in Chicago 1t is better position
financially than his old one with the
university. So his future as man OF
family is assured.
How the new job found Professor
Frazer is romance in itself He
had no idea there was such position
in the world. But j. I. Zook, treasurer
Professor Frazer's predicament. He
admired the young pedagogue for his
manly course in a delicate affair.
When President James, arch enemy
of nepotism in institutions of learning,
position" Professor Frazer had not
HeSlldIeu. ne hopI LIS SWeelhSdIC anu
let his position go.
Mr. Zook did not know Professor
Frazer, but in sympathetic desire to
make smooth the path of true romance
he wrote letter offering him a
position. Professor Frazer it is under
stood, will come to Chicago at once to
enter on his new duties. When his
wedding will take place has not yet
been announced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
CALDWELL SAYS
POLITICS CAUSED
LOSS OF PLACE
Street Employe Flops Back to
Republican Ranks and
Starts Little Boom for Zim-
merman.

J. S. Caldwell, 214 Charles
street, in a signed statement is
sued today claims that he has
been "fired" as a city trash
hauler, by his foreman, John
Hidelman, acting under the in
struction of Mayor Robbins and
a member of the board of public
works, whom he believes to be
his brother-in-law John McMinn.
Caldwell also announces that he
has flopped from the Progress
sive party back to the Republi-
can party and he devotes some
space to boosting DR.. w. w.
Zimmerman for the Republican
nomination for mayor in 1917.
Caldwell declares that he has been
divorced from the municipal pay roll
because he was 'injuring the Pro-
gressive party, or something like that
upon which he comments: "Now I
would like to know who is injuring the
Progressive party any more than this
city administration is? Well, l, my
self, am going to be a good old Re-
publican from this on"
Frees Albert Bavis.
Caldwell says he knows President
Bavis was not the board member who
connived with the mayor to separate
him from his job, because Hidelman
told him so. He is equally sure that
Mr.. Marlatt is not guilty, "for he is a
Democrat, and there is more honor in
a Democrat than Bull Moose" Hence.
by the process of elimination he points
the finger of suspicion in the direction
of McMinn.
Somebody asked me few days ago
if John McMinn wasn't my brother-in-
law" reads the concluding paragraph.
Il told him that McMinn's wife was
my sister, but / guessed that was as
far as the relationship went"
In the introduction of his communi-
cation Caldwell states that several
CONTINUED on Page Six)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
Acting as Motor1nan, Brake
man and Passenger Will
Jenkins Starts Home With
Valuable Street Car.
CREW GIVES CHASE
Driver Leaves Moving Car at
Seventh Street as Motor
man Steps On-Jenkins
Tired Of Waiting.

Either the street car which
Will Jenkins, 600 National ave.,
junior member of the insurance
firm of Dougan, Jenkins & Com
pany, kidnapped at the corner of
Eighth and Main streets at II
o'clock last night was a low
geared contraption, Or Jenkins
did not know how to slip the
"juice" up to high speed.
II he could have got her going
above eight knots an hour it is gen.
orally agreed, the indignant motorman
who led the van of the pursuing posse
OF street railway employees in their
thrilling and vociferous dash west on
Main street would never have been
able to catch up with the pilfered pub
lie conveyance by the time 1t had
reached the corner of Seventh and
Main streets, causing Jenkins to dis
embark through front platform door
as the motorman swung himself onto
the rear platform.
Those who witnessed the unusual
spectacle state that Jenkins evacua
Continued on Page Three.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
Mrs. Florence Benner Linton
Reports Loss of Fifty-five
Per Cent of tuberculosis
Patients.
FUND SHOWS BALANCE
office Expenses for Year
Amount to $916-Few Per-.
sens Help Pay For Medi-
cine Used.

Ten of eighteen tubercular pa
tients in the last stages which
were handled by Mrs. Florence
Benner Linton, visiting nurse,
died in the last year, according
to the report for the year closing
December 81.
Mrs. Linton said there were only
six deaths from all other diseases or
less than four per cent while the per
cent of tubercular patients dying was
fifty-five.
Mrs. Roach and Mrs. Lamson also
made reports. The Domestic Science
members are we'll pleased with the
work Mrs. Linton has done. That the
work has been popular is indicated by
the fact that there were eighty-five
donations amounting to $1,215.5O be-
sides forty-nine contributions of gar
ments and sundries to the loan closet.
Fund Shows Balance.
The total expenses of the office for
the year were $91676, leaving a bal
ance on January / of $298.74. Mrs.
Linton worked for about nine months,
receiving salary Of $721.25 and Miss
Henderson and Miss Bell acted as sub
stitutes during Mrs. Linton's sickness
at salaries Of $21 and $23.50 respect
lively.
The other expenditures were for ar
ticles, many of which were loaned out
and are the property Of the visiting
nurse office. The drugs cost $17.41
Patients who could, paid small
amount These payments for services
amounted to SLABS for the year
Mrs. Linton started to work January
20, 1914 and up to January l. 1915
worked about nine months. During
this time, she made total of 1922
visits Of which 1869 were home visits
and 253 social service visits.
The remainder Of the report fol-
lows:
New cases, 1S1; dismissed, 90:
deaths, 16; transferred. 8; received by
transfer, 1: retained, 81; tubercular
cases, Is; infants, 30; other diseases,
30; tuberculosis deaths, 10.
Relief was given twenty-seven fam
lilies as follows:
Cash, $50 to one family; clothing, to
sixteen families; suit case to one fam
lily; provisions to four families; baby
outfit to nine families; beds and I'm.
sn to three families; coal to one fam
lily; baby blankets to seven families.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
Edward Barrett Places Blame
for Poor Highways and Ex-
cessive Cost of Mainte-
nance in State.
BRINGS EXHIBIT HERE
Expert Says WaterbOund
Macadam Will Not Stand
Strain of Traffic of Cars
and Trucks.

The pork barrel was blamed yes
terday for Indiana's heavy road ex-
pense and comparatively poor high
ways by Edward H. Barrett, state
geologist who brought the government
road exhibit here.
Mr.. Barrett and L. w. Duffy, one of
the trainers of the bill to create a state
highway superintendent, and others
who came with the road exhibit, spoke
heartily in favor of the county high
way superintendent rather than the
county commissioner supervision
which was the object of bill in legis-
lature.
Exhibit Interests.
The exhibit which was set up in the
Commercial club meeting room was
interesting even to persons inexper-
fenced in road building. It is an ex-
hibft sent out to every state by the
government 1t is the work of corps
Of engineers and experts who collect
ed data from all parts of the county.
Mr.. Barrett's statement that water
bound macadam is no longer practical
and inexpensive for an improved high
way was a surprise to some of the
Wayne county road men who attended.
with the wear and tear of the
automobile and the more frequent use
CT automobile trucks, water bound
macadam cannot stand the strain of
modern traffic." Mr. Barrett declared.
"Of course brick is the most practical
in the end but is most expensive.
From a standpoint of both cost and
stability, counties able to construct
water bound macadam roads should
CONTINUED on Last Page.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
HOUSE DELAYS BILL
INTRODUCED FOR CITY

Senate Bill No. 372, which l intro
duced some days ago in reference to
the disposition of the funds of the city
light plant, passed the senate without
opposition, and will go before the
house this evening.
Il trust to have it carefully looked
after in that body so as to be able to
get it though this session.
This letter, written by Senator Nc
Conaha yesterday afternoon, was re-
ceived by a member of the public SER
vice committee of the Commercial club
today.
At noon news service dispatch sta
ted that the duplicate of the McConaha
bill in the house was not acted upon
by that body at the session last night.
1t will probably be passed by the
house Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
CITES JAIL RECORD
MADE BY SPOUSE

Her husbands Jail record was re-
cited in a divorce complaint filed in
circuit court today by Marie Ruth
Austin. She says she married Harry
Austin in March, 1913. and in Febru-
Ary, 1914, he was arrested. In March,
she says, he was sent to the county
Jail for IAN infamous crime" About
week ago he was again sentenced,
his time for petit larceny. She said
her maiden name was Marie Ruth Win
burn and asked that it be restored.
Her address was given as lis South
Sixth street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
British Admiral Reports the
Steady Reduction of Forti-
fication Guarding the Ap-
prOach to Constantin0ple.
SWEEP MINE FIELDS
FOrty-five Miles of Defenses
Still Separate Allies Fleet
From Capturing Capital of
Sultan.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE,
European Manager of lnternatieaO
Neua Service

VNS"9 SCsVISSs
LONDON, Feb. 27.- Serious
damage has been inflicted upon
the inner Turkish forts guarding
the Dardanelles by the interna-
tional fleet of French and Brit
ish warships, according to ad-
vices received from Athens and
Tenedos. Thirty big men-of-war
are hurting a tornado of shells
against the Turkish works. The
fleet is opposite the ruins of
Dardaneuis, ii miles from the
entrance. .-. ...--
In his official reports to the British
admiralty Vice Admiral Sackville H.
Garden. reports that the allied fleet has
made steady progress in its attacks
upon the forts and that the work OF
reducing them IS proceeding -,.,-.
The fact that French. cruiser has
been able to enter the. strait and
sweep up some of the mines shows
that the forts guarding the western
entrance have been rendered practical
ly helpless. They were equipped with
heavy Krupp guns. .-.- -....
Even if it is true that the forts on
both the European and Asiatic sides
of the Dardanelles entrance were
silenced and the fleet is able to enter
the waterway, it is still distance of
45 miles from the sea of Marmora and
it is still 100 miles from the sea OF
Marmora to .Constantinople.. The. en-
tire waterway is lined with forts and
thick with floating and submerged
mines. .... ....-
Both sides of the Dardanelles are de-
Tended by new Notifications, built at
the direction of German engineers.
There is a continuous line of these
works at the narrowest point of the
waterway where the Dardanelles is
only a mile wide.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
City Officials Hear Argu.
ments of A Street Property
Owners for Patching Road
With Stone.
M'MINN VOTES mo"
Marlatt Changes Stand and
Moves to Place Final Ac-
ton in Controversy With
Council Session.

BY a vote of two to one the
board of public works at an ad-
journed meeting last evening
voted to refer the resolution for
the paving of North A street to
council. This improvement had
been demonstrated out of the
jurisdiction of the board. John
McMinn was the one who cast
the negative vote. He was in
favor of resembling the motion.
Il would have voted for it if one
of the papers hadn't made an at
tack on me-" he said.
The board took this action after
hearing arguments against the i'm
provement advanced by a committed
representing North A street property
owners, John J. Harrington, Dr. NJ.
F. Johnson, Ulrich Stanton, John Foley
and d. G. Stott.
Hear Compromise Plan.
The committee members, who had
suggested this meeting to see if some
compromise" could not be effected,
oileIeu dS tneiI compromise proposal
the plan of having the street either
patched with crushed stone in the
worst places, or of macadamizing she
street from Ninth street to Sixteenth
street at the city's expense. At the
conclusion of the arguments Mr. Mar.
latt, who refused to second the motion
of Mr.. Bavis at the Thursday meeting
to refer the improvement to council.
aS did Mr. McMinn madQ a motion
CONTINUED on Page Ten.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
ZEPPELIN DESTROYED.

ROME, Feb. PA Zeppelin airship
was caught in gale at Pola, the Aus
trian naval base in the Adriatic, Thurs
day, and blown out to sea, according to
dispatches received here today. The
airship was lost and her crew of twen-
ty-six were drowned. The aircraft was
making a trial flight preparatory to
sailing for an attack upon the Monte
negrin port of Antivari when the disas-
ter occurred.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
TAKE EXAMINATION
OF SCHOOL JOBS

About 13O applicants for teachers
positions took the teachers examina-
ton at the high school building today
Most OF the applicants were high
school students or students from Earl
ham who were taking their first ex-
aminations. -s..-.
The first examinations on agricul-
tural and other vocational subjects
were given today, and several OF the
young people took these subjects. Full
next examination.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27

Miss Mary Ann Kaufman of Chicago,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Kauf-
man of West Richmond, will appear in
recital Wednesday evening, March 5,
ditorium, under the direction of the
Domestic Science association. The
proceeds will be placed in the visiting
nurse fund.
After leaving Richmond and gradu-
ating from Madame Tecla Vigna's
SehOol=0fs MHsics=in~- Cincinnati, Miss
has been studying.
During the seasons of 1913-14-'15,
Miss Kaufman has been soloist for the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra. She
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
Miss Mary Ann Kaufman Makes Rapid Rise in Career as
a Vocalist of Ability.

was secured for the Evanston North
Shore Festival. and is now teaching in
the North Shore school. This season
she is singing with the Apollo Musical
club of Chicago, and last season was
successful in her appearance with the
Evanston Musical club. Her other en-
gagements which reflect creditably
upon her musical ability have been
with Schiller-Liedertafel, season 1914
Is; Chicago Lehrer Chor, season 1913
IA; Junger Maennerehor, season 1913
IA, and Germania club, season 1914.
She is the soprano of the Chicago Con-
cert Quartet, First Congregational
church of Oak Park and B'nai Sholom
Temple Israel
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
ASSASSIN TRIES
TO END LIFE OF
TURK MINISTER
TBYtLEASED WlRE.1

cONSTANTiNoPLE, Via Berlin
and Amsterdam, Feb. 27.-An un-
successful attempt was made to
assassinate Taiat Rey, minister Of
the interior, last night in Stam-
boul. Three shots were fired by
the. assassin. One Of the bullets
narrowly missed Talat Bey and
Djavid Bey, the minister Of f.
nance, but the other two were
fired wildly as the assassin was
seized by a policeman. The man
who tried to kill TaIat Bey was
tried by court martial this MORN
ing, found guilty and executed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
GETS FINE OF $40

Trouble over some chickens cost
$40 and costs in circuit court today.
Winters was charged with assault
and battery on Mrs. Bessie Cassidy.
He is alleged to have struck her with
his first following an argument about
some of Mrs Cassidy's chickens.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
ASKS FOR DIVORCE

Charging that Glen r. Scott does not
support her, although his earning pow
er is $500 year, Edith M. Scott of
Cambridge City, filed suit for d.
svorce in circuit court today Mrs.
Scott asks for the custody of two-year-
old William Doney Scott and asks that
her husband be compelled to pay
reasonable sum for the maintenance
and education of the child.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
TAUeEs DESTROYED,

PARIS, Feb. 27.-Three German mil
itary aeroplanes of the Taube type
were shot down by French gunners on
Friday, one in the north of France and
two on the eastern frontier near Bel
fort. The three pilots and three OBJ
servers were taken prisoners.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
CONDITIONS-Fair /;

LOCAL CONDITIONS-Fair and
continued cold tonight. Snow or rain
Sunday afternoon or night. Probably
Monday. ..
GENERAL coNDITloNS-The cold
wave is now over the Great Lakes and
has temporarily retarded the advance
of the storm now central over the Rio
Grande valley with a diameter of over
10000 miles. This storm is expected
to take north easterly course and
reach this section before 48 hours is
passed. The temperature is below
zero over upper Michigan. 1t is quite
warm over Texas and the southwest
w. Z. MOORE, Forecaster
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-27
WeatherFOrecast
FOR lNDIANA-Fair tonight. Sunday
Increasing c!oudiness. Probably
followed by snow by night.

.Temperature-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-11-13

N'..h zoe. 20 show th't human ma
'"'' b'''''S' al times. 10 trust IN the
U1h'I'"h' t"'" T i.in IN that with
.,''" w. 'I' ''."l''"'
nut "''n you '"i'o 20 think of it,,
'h'I' is a responsibility do"ling with
our own '''''"'a, and th" fortunes of
'I.''' WHO ".I' i''Io" MS in this life.
".I'h "''# h'' permit us - always
'o..O" "'. '"'.'"''I'h@. We must
'''. .' '''' 'u'ure a. wen as Tor the
No 'N' ~ a community together
with a i.' Of r"ig1h0r5. We mc"t
t.'n Old connection with our everyday
'"t.'-' 10" "' have opinions that dli-
Yer WIN r'' r.."h'orf- There Is no
on, r"'j'.. tn '"' whole world upon
"'''' W., .' '-,''. therefore II is b"'
na'u''I '''' We nave many differences.
" can '"nione the differences OF
o'''''N aNI ''CIlH' L" enter INTO CON
uaF'Is''5' or "" can argue whenever
We nav" inc chance. and engage in
constant S'-he.
winch rs The best way to get along?
The man who argues all his life has
little time fer other affairs.
The man who declines TO become in
volved in N,r1y discussions has plenty
OF time to attend to his own business.
AGi in this world it is the man who
attends to his own business who pros
pCra
This life is made m Of disputes and
arguments. You can arruc with your
bost friend until you become a pest
and an Unwolcomc visitor. You can
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-11-13
Wild Horses,

True wild horses, intractable and
terrified In mans presence, have been
the subject OF some interesting eX.
perimcnts II was long believed that
true Wild horses with unbroken wild
ancestry were extinct, but the animals
discovered by PrjevalsH in the Cobb
desert, in Asia, have been pronounced
by Russian naturalists wild horseg OF
a distinct kind, with no relationship
to the ass A few years ago about
thirty Of the horses were captured.
They were mere colts, most Of which
have grown TO maturity in Russia, but
q few were taken TO the estate Of the
duke of Bedford IN England They
have developed from their shaggy and
awkward youth into animals Of good
appearance. They have some resem-
b!anca 90 the domestic horEe. with the
same neigh and frightened snort, hit
all attempts TO tame them and make
them useful have failed, aid they ere
still badly frightened when any per
son comes within several rods Of
them. Efforts Of the Mongolians TO
tame the horses have been equally uu
successful
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-11-13
Now is the Time to Thing
About Playing Safe in the
Farming Game.
By I. II. Casanova.

With decreased cost OF produc-
ton, larger areas in cultivation,
high cost of living on the farm, the
farmer is squarely up against the
most modern in scientific farming
Each year businesses fail, fortunes
are lost and gained, land changes
hands and the princes become paup-
ers. In Nature, in business, every
where we find the question OF the
survival of the fttest ever in ope-
ration How is the farmer going
to meet these changes favorably,
how is he going to survive with
his old methods with such competi'
ton play safe in the farming game,
Do not pnt all of your eggs in
one basket, this maxim is more
evident to the farmer each year.
One crop farming has always been
and will always be gamble be-
tween failure and possibility to
break even. At best a one crop
system has always been a hit and
miss game. Those states that
followed the one crop system I'M
derwent a period of poverty and
after some cropping about finally
took up diversifcation and one in
particular, Wisconsin, after all
corn has the greatest productions r I
butter after in the states. Her
dairy cattle are known generally
for their excellence.
Diversity, intensity your farming
methods, improve the fertility of
your land by judicious cultivation
and rotations growing legumes.
Plant cover crop of oats and clover
in winter to maintain stock cheaply
in winter and get early feed; grow
a home garden. keep a good COW,
a good sow and a couple of brood
mares, and plenty Of nice poultry.
First live at home, then the pro
ducts sold come i'll as clear money.
Show me the man that diversifies
and will show you a man making
money, has been we'll said. This
10 a good time Mr.. Farmer to think
about safe farming.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-11-13
Biggest Sweet Potato.

We have a sweet potato on view
at our office, handed to Us 10y Mr..
!. a. Summers, which was raised
hy Mr.. Olcma Chatenier. The
potato is the largest we have ever
seen. 1t weighs seven and one
quarter pounds, j. - inches long.
and measures 10 in circumference.
In consideration OF the drouth this
rotato grew to be very large, and
lad it raincd more it no doubt
would have been much larger.