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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
PARDON ASKED
FOR MURDERER
OF irwin WHITE

Petition for the pardon of Clarence
Parker, Richmond man serving a
term of life Imprisonment for murder
has been filed with the state board of
pardons by Attorney D. C. Harlan.
representing Parker's family. The
petition will receive consideration at
the next meeting Of the board, Septem.
Der 25 to %.
Parker is the son of Thomas Par
ker. a farmer living near Arlington
In the spring of 1913 he killed Irwin
White by kicking him to death follow.
ing dispute between the two men,
started in Main street saloon over
a card game. The assault made upon
White was at the corner of North
Seventh and A streets, opposite st.
Mary's school. Parker knocked White
down and then kicked him in the
head several times.
When Whites body was found the
police were baffled for time in locat.
ing his murderer. Three days after
the crime had been committed Clar-
ence Parker was placed under arrest
and was convicted of murder in the
Henry circuit court, the case having
been taken there on a change Of
venue.
White had been employed in a livery
barn. Parker was shop worker. The
men had disputed over the payment
of a card game. White finally paid
and left the saloon. Parker followed
him and attacked him.
What grounds the plea for pardon
are based on are not known, nor is 1t
known whether there will be opposi-
ton to the pardon petition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
FIXES ITS TAX LEVY
FOR YEAR At $1.15

Next years tax rate for Franklin
township will be $1.15 on each $100
This was the amount decided upon by
the advisory board Tuesday afternoon
upon the recommendation of Trustee
William Curtis This is a reduction of
fifteen cents below the rate set a
year ago for 1916.
The township levy was set at twelve
cents tit was fifteen for 1915; tuition,
thirty-six cents: special school, forty
five cents tit was forty); cash road
levy, eight cents Gt was ten); work
ing road levy, fifteen cents cit was
twenty-five); bond fund, five cents ~lt
was eighty
All recommendations made by the
trustee for the next year were accept
ed. There will be no extensive chang
es from the program followed last
year.
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--..MAaxor Robbins as well as other city
officials were greatly disappointed
over the failure Of the county council
J1ppropriate for the construction OF
bridges over the river at Main and
South G street.
q. Mayor Robbins said he realized the
county council had merely postponed
the inevitable; that it was only a
question of a short time before it
would be an imperative necessity to
provide for the two structures, and he
thought it was mistake for the coun.
Gil to take the action 1t did yester-
day.
Materials Won't Drop.
"Mr. Bockoff, one of the council
men, told me that he thought it a wise
plan not to begin the construction Of
the two bridges next year because OF
the high cost of materials" Mayor
Robbins said. Perhaps 1t would be
advisable to postpone the construction
of the proposed south end road i'm
provement, under the three-mile-road
law, which is primarily for the benefit
of Mr.. Bockhoff's factory"
High cost of materials could be
used as an argument for the postpone
ment of such an improvement. AS far
as the cost of bridge materials
is concerned, is there any assurance OF
lower costs in the near future"
President Bavis, of the board or
public works, expressed the opinion
that the dispute as to the kind OF
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
FRIENDS TO RESUME
MEXICAN ACTIVITY

Following conference Of the
Mexico field committee Of the Ameri-
can Friends Board of Foreign Mis-
sions at Indianapolis, yesterday, Ross
A. Hadley, assistant secretary of the
board and member of the committee,
declared that the personnel of both
the Mexican and American commits
sions appointed to adjust the situation
has encouraged the missions board to
expect the return of normal conditions
in their field in Mexico.
Mr.. Hadley and Secretary Charles
E. Tebbetts of the Foreign Mission
Board attended the meeting. Mrs.
E. P. Trueblood, of this city, who is
secretary of the committee, also at
tended.
Missionary Tice, who has recently
gone into the interior, sent a very
encouraging report. The people, he
says. are planting their crops, expect
ing to be able to harvest them. Last
year. following the depredations of
soldiers, no crops we're planted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
bOCKHOFF and DRULEY KILL BRIDGES:
SOUTH SIDE DISAPPOINTED IN MAN:
COUNCIL TO ACT IN SPECIAL SESSION

prise to the other councilmen, al
though they had anticipated Book.
hoff's stand.
Will Build Bridge Anyhow.
The action of the council does not
necessarily mean that the bridge will
not be built for another year.
"The Main street bridge will be
ordered within one month";" said En-.
gineer Mueller. "As soon as the com.
missioners can, they have agreed to
call an emergency meeting of the
council to consider the same appro-
priation for the Main street bridge
Only four votes will be required to
pass the appropriation at this session.
and II Bockhoff and Druley have not
changed their minds, it will be passed
without their votes.
"Bockhoff might as well give up
that idea of his about level bridge.
1t will never be built Citizens in
general would never stand for it,"
said Mueller.
The commissioners are firm in their
opinions that a new slanting bridge
should be erected Immediately at Main
street, and will not listen to Book
hoff's proposal of repairing the old
one, because they think that such
would be waste of money.
Opposes Sianting Bridge.
When asked by the other council
men why he and Druley voted against
the bridge appropriations, Bockhoff
1--WE are not entirely satisfied that
the present Main street bridge cannot
be repaired. We will advocate that
CONTINUED On Page Three.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
FRIENDS Plan
JOINT SERVICE
ON centennial

In response to the request sent out
BY the Indiana and Western Yearly
meetings of Friends that Friends
churches throughout the state cele-
brate Centennial Sunday, October 8,
with particular reference to the part
played by Quakers in the history OF
the state, local Friends churches have
appointed committees to consider the
matter
The Whitewater monthly meeting.
representing the East Main Street
Friends, Whitewater Friends, New
Westville, and Orange Friends, has ar
ranged for an al! day celebration.
Rev. Truman Kenworthy will preach
the principal sermon in the morning.
A dinner will be served at the church.
viii Review History.
In the afternoon representatives
from the four meetings in the society
will recount the history of each meet.
ing.
The South Eighth Street Friends
church has appointed committee to
consider such a celebration. At a
meeting tonight it will decide whether
or not the congregation will observe
Centennial Sunday.
Rev. Francis Anscombe. pastor Of
the South Eighth Street Friends
church, said that he expected all the
Friends churches in the city and vicin-
ity to unite in a single celebration.
Action has been taken by the West
Richmond Friends church favorable
to centennial observance, but no
definite arrangements have yet been
made.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
REV. DAVIS RETURNS
FROM W|N0NA LAKE

Rev. E. E. Davis, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church, has re-
turned from Winona Lake, where he
has been spending his vacation. Dur
Ing the summer Rev. Davis underwent
an operation for the removal of a
growth from his vocal chords.
He is recovering satisfactorily from
the operation and will regain the use
of his throat completely. but for the
present he will be unable to conduct
the services at his church. Until he
is completely recovered, substitutes
will be secured to fill the pulpit.
Rev. Davis had been suffering from
throat trouble for some time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
MUELLER ESTIMATES
COST OF new BRIDGE
AND COST INCREASE

The following divided estimate OF
cost and percentage of the total on
different items included in the plans
for a slanting Main street bridge was
presented by Engineer Mueller to the
county council yesterday to show the
members that there was but little
force in the objection offered to the
erection of the bridge at present be-
cause of the increased cost OF ma
terials:
Total Estimate, $4,000.
Labor, $S1, 900; As per cent. of total.
Cement, $4,000; 1873 per cent. OF
total.
Sand, gravel or crushed stone, $16,-
900; 80 per cent of total.
Steel reinforcing bars, 240 tons,
$11,2S0; 62 per cent. of total.
Form lumber and centering, $4,000
s per cent. of total.
Plant equipment and depreciation,
$500; As per cent of total.
Tncidentals, contract bond, insurance
timekeepers. bookkeepers and con-
struction office expense, $1,000; 4 per
cent of total.
Net profit to contractor, $500; 10
per cent of total.
Total-100 per cent.
Cost of materials for a period of
four years: Steel bars for reinforcing
per hundred pounds-1913, $1.50; 1914,
$1.35; 1915. $40; 1916, $3.50.
Cement per barrel, F. o. B. Rich
mond-1913, s1.25; 1914, $1.2O; 1915,
$13s; 1916, $1.54.
Total amount of cement needed in
bridge, 10000 barrels.
Total amount of steel bars for rein
forcing, 240 tons.
Probable cost of cement in 1917,
$3.50 per bbl,'
Probable cost of steel bars in 1917
s2.1O per hundred pounds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
RAINS Greet
HUGHES ON new
ENGLAND TOUR

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept L.
Charles Evans Hughes invaded New
England today in the interest of his
candidacy for president and for the
first time since his swing around the
circle, began encountering rains It
was cold, dark, rainy New England
day, but unmindful of the weather the
Republican candidate was up when
his train reached Boston at 7:05 this
morning, eager to plunge into the
Maine campaign.
On arriving here the party proceed.
ed by automobiles to Hampton Beach
for noon meeting This afternoon
Mr.. Hughes speaks here and the night
will be spent at Portland, Me.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
ORULEY and BOCKHOFF COMPEL
COUNCIL TO SLICE HOSPITAL FUND
FROM $40, 900 ASKED TO So, 600
Upon motion Of Jesse Druley and the

Upon motion Of Jesse Druley and the
second Of William Bockhoff. the appro.
priation asked as a starting fund for
the county tuberculosis hospital by
the county commissioners was reduced
from $4,000 to $4,000, when 1t came
before the county council late last ev.
ening. On the first vote the proposed
$4,000 appropriation failed but It was
passed on reconsideration vote.
On the first vote the altered ap-
preparation was voted down, because
Of the negatives Of Lee Nusbaum and
Richard Davenport. These two men
arose and stated that they had voted
against the $4,000 appropriation be.
cause they had not thought 1t sufficient
but that they would have voted in ia.
vor Of tho $4,000 appropriation orig.
inally asked by the commissioners.
Prefers $4,000 to Nothing.
William Romey, chairman Of the
health committee of the Commercial
club, told Mr.. Nusbaum that he would
rather have $4,000 than nothing. The
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
CORRUPT PRACTICES
BILL CAUSES FIGHT
ON SENATE FLOOR

WASHINGTON, Sept. THE Sen
ate today resumed it's battle over the
corrupt practices bill, which yesterday
precipitated the bitterest debate of the
session
The progressive Republicans were
still glued tight to the Democrats in
the alliance supporting the bill. They
have served notice on the "old guard"
of their determination to aid in push
ing the bill to a vote at the risk of pro-
longing the session.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
ASKS COOPERATION
OF RICHMOND SCHOOL

To what extent the Richmond pub
lie schools will participate in the Edu-
cational Day centennial observance at
indianapolis, October 13. will be de-
termined at conference of state and
local school officials soon, Superin-
tendent ]. T. Giles, of the city schools
today. In a letter to Superintendent
Giles, cooperation of the Richmond
school system is urged
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
BOY CITY FINANCES
WORRY MAYOR HARRIS

Methods for financing the Junior
Municipality will be discussed before
the Boy Council tonight by Mayor Har-
ris. A finance committee has been ap-
pointed but has made no report May
or Harris announces that he intends
to place before the council tonight
his plans for providing funds, from
which the expenses incidental to. the
administration may be met
The matter of an election will be fin
ally decided tonight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
DISTRICT DELEGATIONS
TO HEAR VICE PRESIDENT

With the blare Of brass instruments
the shouting OF marching partisans
and the glare of red lights, the Dem
ocracy of the Sixth Indiana congress.
sional district will formally open the
fall campaign in Richmond on the ev.
ening of Friday, September %.
On that occasion no less party
headliner than Thomas r. Marshall,
vice president of the United States,
will address a meeting to be held at
the Coliseum, and this address will be
the only one delivered by him In the
Sixth district during the fall cam
paign.
Vice President Marshall will speak
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
TANCLES PREVENT
CONGRESS ENDING
LENGTHY SESSION

WASHINGTON, Sept. "A badly
tangled legislative situation and a
general spirit of strife today threw
into chaos the carefully made plans OF
leaders for final adjournment of Con.
gress.
The leaders threw up their hands
and declared they would adjourn
when we can" but declined to fix any
date for getting away.
They we're prepared to side track
the fight for the corrupt practices bill
when the revenue bill could be laid
before the conference.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
.F|NANC|ERS PROTEST
BRITISH CENSORSHIP

WASHINGTON, Sept THE New
York financiers with foreign connec-
tions, today supplemented their re-
peated informal protests to the state
department, concerning the Difficult
ties imposed by the British censor
ship, with formal complaint, asking
that immediate representations be
made to permit the free transmission
of American securities between the
United States and the banking houses
of neutral countries.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
SPEEDS
STRIKE BREAKER
TO METROPOLIS

ERIE, Pa, Sept. flames A. Wad-
dell, noted in labor circles as the
King of Strike-Breakers." is break
ing all records between Chicago ard
New York in his endeavor to get to
the latter place and take command
of the employers forces in the Inter-
borough strike there. The special
Lake Shore train that Waddell char
tered in Chicago last night at cost
of $4,000 has averaged well over 60
miles an hour SO far on the trip.
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president of the council then instruct.
ed that his vote be changed to an
affirmative. Mr.. Davenport followed
his example.
After the appropriation had passed,
[continued on Page Two)
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commissioners. Had the appropria.
tions been added to the budget the
first week in August, both would have
passed, as only four votes would have
been required, but inasmuch as they
were not added until about the mid
die of the month, the law requires six
out of the seven votes for their pas
sage.
The acton of Druley came as a sur.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
MAYOR APPLIES BOCKHOFF'S VIEWS
SOUTH SIDE IMPROVEMENTS
: MEANT TO Benefit HIS PLANT
- " .'

bridge to be erected at Main street
was the primary reason for the county
councils action yesterday. He said
the only advantage to be gained by
further delay in the authorization of
the two bridges was the opportunity
afforded for the disputing factions to
reach some definite decision as to
the kind Of bridge desired for Main
street,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
GREC|AN SOLDIERS
STAND FOR ALLIES

SALON1KI, Sept. 7.-Twenty-seven
officers of the Greek forces stationed
here today joined the revolutionists
who favor Greece's Intervention in
behalf Of the allies. They are organic
ing complete division to cooperate
with the Anglo-French troops. Volun-
teers continue to arrive to swell the
revolutionary ranks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
RAISE BREAD PRICE

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. Fort
Wayne bakers today raised the price
of bread to six cents a loaf. A city
ordinance fixing sixteen ounces as the
weight of the loaf prevented the bak-
ers from reducing the size of the five
cent loaf. The price of rolls also was
raised from 10 to IL cents dozen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07

WILSON DEMANDS
BORDER PROTECTION
ASSURED TO j. S,

WASHINGTON, Sept. president
Wilson today served notice on the
Mexican members of the joint COM
mission that he expected them during
their conference with the American
members to comply with the stand of
the administration that American
property and life in Mexico must be
guaranteed and the border protected
before permanent peace between the
two nations can exist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
RUSSIANS FORCE
CROSSING OF DvN|A

PETROGRAD, Sept Russian
troops have forced a crossing of the
Dvnia river north of Dvinsk capturing
prisoners. This was contained in an
official report of the war office today,
indicating a renewal of fighting on
the northern part of the eastern front
In Galicia the Russian advance con-
tinues.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
RETURNED MILITIA
IS MUSTERED OUT

WASHINGTON, Sept THE first
step toward gradual withdrawal and
mastering out of all military troops
on the Mexican border was taken to-
day when Secretary Of War Baker
ordered all militiamen so far with
drawn from the border to be discharg.
ed from the Federal service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
WANTS HERO MEDAL

FORT WAYNE. Ind, Sept 7.-An
effort is being made to obtain recog-
milton by the Carnegie hero commiss-
ion for Lee Shirk, a young man who
plunged into Sylvan lake Monday and
rescued Mrs. w. E. Forsyth and Ar
thur Underwood
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
GETS NEW FURNITURE

COLUMBUS, Ind, Sept. THE
United States army recruiting sta
tion here has been equipped with COM
Portable furniture. a piano player,
books and magazines. It has been
made free club Cor young men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07

Negative votes Of William Bockhoff
and Jesse DFuley killed the proposed
appropriations of $1S0,000 for the
Main street bridge and $1S5,0O0 for
the South d -atreet bridge when they
came up for passage before the county
council in an extended session yes
terday.
All other councilmen voted "yes"
on the appropriations asked by the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
MILE Of GERMkNtfNEE
CAPTURED BY FRENCH
IN DRIVE AT VERDuN

PARIS, Sept German first line
trenches over a front of one mile were
captured by the French in a new drive
that was made last night northeast of
Verdun.
The war office in it's statement to-
day says that the French broke
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at one place in each congressional
district Of the state during the cam
paign.
w. S. Chambers, Of New Castle,
CONTINUED on Page Three1
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For Wayne County by W. e. Moore
Local showers. Probably severe
thunder squalls tonight or Friday.
General Conditions--Great area OF
low berometric pressure Is causing
severe local storQs over the central
states. Raining at noon in north part
OF Wayne county and also rained last
might. Center OF storm is now over
Great LakAa
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-07
INFANTiLE PARALYSIS
KILLS BOY OF 10

ELKHART, Ind, Sept. dwight
Thornton, 10, an Elkhart graduate OF
high school, died early today in the
home of his parents of infantile pa
ralysis. He had been i'll two weeks.
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Weather Forecast

For Indiana by the United States
Weather Bureau Probably local
showers and thunderstorms tonight
and Friday. Cooler Friday and in
north portion tonight.
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through the German lines on the
aux-Chenois front, east Of the Meuse
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Temperature Today
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-07-14
RUSSIANS BUILDING
ON ROCK NOW SAYS
HEAD OF COMMITTEE
Continued from Page u

CONTINUED from Page ~
ciety organizer, building on rock"
because the foundation of the nation,
the peasants who constitute 80 per
cent of the population, are progress
ing.
I found Tchaykovsky at his desk in
the headquarters building Of the Cen
trail Cooperative committee, 38 Thu
kovskago. His snow-white head was
bent over pile of. papers and his
long silvery beard fell below the edge
of the desk by some inches. AS
entered he looked up, his rather deli
cate face beaming with pleasure.
"Please sit down." he said. Light
ing Russian cubeb with patented
lighter, he told the story of the
greatest cooperative institution in
the world, an institution which il
working wonders for the peasants,
consequently for the empire as a
whole.
1t seems that the first attempts at
cooperation began, as did the Gems
two institutions, about 1865, shortly
after serfdom was abolished and half
the land turned over to the now free
peasants. These attempts took the
form of cooperative credit for long
time quite feeble.
In 1870 Prince Vassilchikog be-
came interested and with M. Yakou-
lef of Moscow founded in that city
committee for village cooperative
society work, the object of which
was to promote cooperative socie-
ties all over the empire, get them
started, advise them and help them
keep going.
Grow Like Mushrooms.
The Petrograd department, as it is
called, was opened two years later
and soon outstripped the parent con-
Germ which for many years stood
practically still. The Russian gov
eminent encouraged the movement at
first, helping it get under way though
until recent years progress was still
below.
In the last ten years the societies
have grown like mushrooms. There
are now over $4,000 Of them and, in
addition to the credit co-operatives,
there are agricultural (producers')
and consumers societies from one end
of the country to the other
In Siberia alone there are more
than 1900 societies, all three kinds
credit, producers and consumers
being strongly represented. They
own their own lines of steamers, do
these Siberian societies; have their
own bank in London and despite the
war did an eighteen million dollar
business in 1915.
You have heard a lot about ST.
IBERIA. What about this one?
The growth Of the Siberian COOP
erative societies is typical of the rest.