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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-21
new YORK REPORTS
UNUSUAL SAILINCS

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The biggest
days sailings since the war started
was noted here today. Five great
transatlantic liners carrying LII
passengers. left for various European
ports Among the passengers were
226 Americans.
Three of the ships are armed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-21
GERTSON MAKES FLIGHT
SHORTLY after DUSK

make night flights close to earth be-
cause of the great risk l run in doing
SO, but it looks as though | would not
be able to get up very high tonight"
Gertson will attempt the loop the
loop in his Illuminated flight this
evening
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-21
MILTON PREDICTS
TWENTY SHOWS

MILTON, Ind, Oct. 21.-The first
snow Of the season fell here Fri
day morning about 9 o'clock. 1t
10 said that it fell on the twentieth,
and thus there will be twenty
SHOWS this winter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-21
PAY $s,314.51 TAXES

Taxes collected at the county treas
urer's Office Friday amounted to
1914 81
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-21
Weather Forecast

For Indiana by United States
Weather Bureau: Fair tonight with
heavy frost Sunday fair.
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FARMERS CAN DO BETTER.
VIM. J. Gcntes Says They should
Deal with Commission Men.

william j.. Gentes of the license
bureau OF the state Board OF Agriculture
produced records at the hearing OF the
Wicks Legislative committee yesterday
which. he said. convinced him that ship
pers do not do SO well by sending their
produce to the top market quotation"
as they would by shipping II direct to
a straight commission merchant. The
top market" receivers. he explained. are
men who solicit food consignments.
claiming to pay top market" prices and
not charge commissions. These men do
not have a State license to do "a COM
mission business.
MIR. Gentes produced records which.
he said, showed that the firm OF :. Bet
man d Son received "A consignment Of
a case OF thirty dozen gigs and paid
for, them at the rate of 46 cents "A dozen,
minus I Ocents for expressage. making
a return OF $3.50. The private profit
book. Gen,es said. indicated that The
firm sold the eggs for 50is cents n
dozen. II the eggs had been shipped
to "A commission house and SOL. cents
per dozen had been obtained. the witness
said. the shipper would have received
$l5.l5. less ) per cent. commission and
40 cents eNpressage, or Sl3.99 instead
Of $3.50.
Gentes said a large group OF FOOD
dealers are operating In this way. Many
Of these were formerly commission men.
but have not renewed their licenses with
the Department Of Agriculture. claiming
they do not do a commission business.
The committee Will continue it's in
quiry at 10 80 A. NJ. to-day.
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TIA. Plenty 81 Money

According 20 the story Wax told this
detectives on the way from Chicago. II"
has been all over the United States and
> England and South Africa as we'll
uurIuG the last two years. They are IN
".ncd 20 doubt that he was assistant
manager " the Savoy Hotel In London
TWO months in 1915. as he told them.
ET' they say he apparently has all the
.i"ncy Re needs. and he said yesterday
H. 'ould sign his cncch for "A large sum.
The ease with which he avoided detec-
ton was evidenced when he told how he
had been in New York during the world
series and had attended one game in
Brooklyn before going to Boston 10 see
another game. He laus he'd when asked
how he had dared to do this and said
the description given Of him in the police
circulars didn't worry him very mach.
After he had eaten his dinner in the
marshal's office tie was taken bach u
the Tombs to he held as n material wit
ness in the Tanner case. His bail has
been fixed at 100000. so II is not likely
he will get far away from New York for
a while.
The SHADES. attorneys for Rae Tanner
had nothing to say for publication yes.
'erday beyond limiting that they had a
big surprise In store 'o.' Osborne Il he
takes the stand. II became known tina,
that brought Wax from Chicago. M,
what they learned Of advantage to them.
selves could not he found out.
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BETTER BROADWAY
BY NEXT SUMMER
Borough President Marks Tells
Merchants Thoroughfare
Will Be Restored Then.
URGES PIPE GALLERIES
Believes This Will Prevent the
Constant Tearing Up Of
Pavement in Future.


Manhattan borough President Marks
g,ya .r,o,r,como,, 90 On. pro.Av.w
.~N."-.
Associa'ioh at 'he secoho uahy iu"cne0"
Of Its membership campaign In the Hotel
Martinique Yesterday. NV predicting that
N..u.... ..u, =. 80. 40. 40 81.
.''ue w" oe an" ~
subway trenches by next summer.
This organization should not be salts.
sea with less thap I n members NJ the
-, a. -. :. 80.
very 'eaS'' MI MAINS "e"' y" " '~''
"When 1t Is made truly representative
of Broadway, its every request will b. Q
douard"
Unn ,ho roovos,.-or A.m.rA-
r,hich ,ba associa,ton ha, In wind IN tina
rautnn 30 ,ha ,ho,an.hrar. u,,th the Mt
,na,arioI ohtatnahIa when ~. v,os6en
.harinn.;s o,aaraJ ovav 70 vv. nts the
., raa, 20 II. h.,,or a,.n than ,t$vas he.
,nro ,,a a,.yina ~, ,ronchaa h.gan'
TN. pnro,.h Ipros,,,c,t nro,r,..a That
,ha an,hor,,Ia. ,,,i, ,nd.r,aLs IN. m v,n~
ims, as sonn a.. ,ha s,hu,y wort a. com.
'ia,oa H. o,I,ana,aJ ,ha ,,ao,n1 40 r,r.
ga,l.rie. beneath tho snrfp~a Of the
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INFECTION LAID TO
GERMS FROM BORDER
Miss Anna Peters, Who Han
died Cultures From Guards
men, May Have Paratyphoid.

ALBANr. Dec. 6.-Investisa,ion Of the
nature of The ailment from which Miss
Anna Peters. SO Myrtle avenue. en-
ployee OF the State Health Department
laboratory who handles germ tubes"
In suffering and just what was Its cause
was begun yesterday by DR.. Llnsly r.
Williams. Deputy state Health Com
missioner. Coincident with this an
nouncemeht came one from the hompo-
pathic hospital where Miss Peters is a
patient In which II was declared that
the young woman Is being treated for
p~sratyphoid."
1t was admitted at the health depart
ment laboratory yesterday that Miss
Peters had handled p~aratyphoid cultures
from national guardsmen who returned
from the border. Miss Peters believes
she contracted the disease while han
ding germ tubes" at the laboratory.
In announcing the start OF the health
department investigation OF the case
Dr. Williams declared that no matter
what the findings might ~ there would
be no c~oncealment.
1--WE began our Investigation to-day
when we received n statement of symp-
toms from the physician attending Miss
Peters, said DIR. Williams. w eN-
pect to determine just what the disease
Is within a few days. No diagnosis
has been made yet by the physician In
charge
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AIR TRIP TO IRELAND PLANNED
Tive Foreign Filters Herr for
Transatlanti Flight.

Lieut.. Kiel Nyegaard. citizen Of france.
but native OF Norway. who has been
skyhghting for his adopted country. and
Lieut.. Henry Sundstedt OF the Swedish
Aviation Corps. m holds the record for
sustained Night. going 1000 miles from
Stockholm to Paris. arrived yesterday
from Bordeaux by the French steamship
Espange to 90 In training for a trans
atlantic flight in the spring. Meanwhile
It il likely that Lieut.. Nyegaard. h
has sent for the plane In which he did
battle with German air warriors, may
make an effort to ny. without stop. from
Chicago to this city.
The plan Of the fiers Ia to sail from
New York to st. Johns. Newfoundland.
In a ten ton machine with two mechanics
and then set out from st. Johns to a
point on the Irish coast not yet selected
They will inspect the Curtiss plane built
for Rodman Wanamaker for the trip
to Europe Of Lieut. Porte. indefinitely
p~ostponed because the Lieutenant re-
turned to his regiment after the declara-
tIon Of war. II they find that the big
Curtiss machine does not suit them they
will have n built.
Lieut.. Nyegaard was wounded three
times, the last when he volplaned with
his machine aire from a height OF 1000
feet and smashed into a tree. He was
honorably discharged from the French
service.
The sun., 1916-12-07
NINE IDENTIFY MAX
AS ELUSIVE OLIVER


who had called at the office when James
w. Osborne was first sued by Rae Tan
ger. Then came MF. Osborne. who had
seen him at her home. She also ldenti-
fed him.
There vas n considerable wal. while
Oliver dictated his statement. which Mr..
Wood refused to give out. and while
assistants ~endeavored to get In touch
with others who had known Wax as
Oliver. Finally Rose Helen Kayser. who
met Oliver in the Seventy-second street
subway station In November. 1914.
reached the Federal building and was
taken in TO confront him. She walked
nervousiy into the room and then as
she saw Wax stopped and a deep flush
spread over her face.
She nodded and. walking forward.
reached out her hand and said:
I'm SO sorry"
Wax laughed and murmured his pleas
ure at seeing her again and then she
left. A few minute later she was found
In a nearby office and explained that
she had nothing but the kindliest feeling
for the man who had made love to her
and then left her a few weeks later.
Hes the handsomest man | ever
saw" she said. and q nice fellow. 20
He treated me fine"
Identified by Hotel Man.
Miss Kayser was followed by ].
Kitchen. proprietor OF the Kensington
Hotel In Plainield, ". j.. where Rae
Tanner said Osborne took her. Kitchen.
n stocky, self-possessed person. walked
past Wax two or three times before he
said he thought he was the same man.
Then he sat down opposite Wax and
they began to ak and recall incidents
OF their meeting. when was represented
himself as n man Interested In New Je".
sey real estate and DESTROYS OF buying
a home in Plainaeld. At first Wax said
he did not remember Kitchen at all.
said IL as IL he were merely doubtful.
but later he said suddenly
"Oh, ! believe | do remember now.
You owned the hotel"
Then he described the hotel, the room
he occupied and the dining room, TO al.
Of which Kitchen nodded affirmation.
Kitchen said he remembered that Wax
had a diamond pin in his tie. and Wax
said he had worn a diamond pin at that
time. There were few doubters after
that meeting.
But after Charles Smith, n policeman,
had identified Oliver as the man he had
found fishing I'm the Delaware at Lacka-
waxen. Pa, In 1914, the climax Ia a per-
feet day was furnished by Mrs. Stewart
Denham. who kept the boarding house
at 16l East Sixtieth street, where Oliver
Osborne stayed for a time under the
name OF Charles Bacon.
Mrs. Denham. a round little woman,
when she caught sight of Wax went NJ
to him with an cfusiveness that caused
a burst OF laughter in the room.
'Oh. I'm so glad to see YOU" she said,
putting out her hand. Il see you're still
getting fat"
And Wax. leaning forward, put his
hand on her arm and heamingly
whispered something in her ear. Mrs
Denham put up her hand and whispered
back. and so they exchanged con-
fdences. undisturbed by the roars OF
The sun., 1916-12-07
61POLICE ROCKIES
PASS FINAL TESTS
Drills Feature Commencement
Exercises Of Prexy Woods's
School.
TO BE ON POSTS
Commissioner Warns Men to
Resist Temptation and Keep
StOmachs Flat.

Without disparag!ng any Of the insti-
tttions where Latin orations are spouted
" the month OF June. no commencement
exercises moro interesting to a New
Yorker could be imagined than the nan-
ner in which s%ixty-one new patrolmen
were turned into the streets from the
training chool at Police Headquarters
yesterday afternoon. Spectators got IA
glimpse into the reasons why other cities
yearning for better policemen are send
make them.
Army officers In the gymnasium ao-
plauded. bluecoated old timers wished
they had had such advantages In their
hov!tiate and the families Of the recruits
almost wept with pride as their prod,-
gies marched and drilled and wYestled
and climbed ladders In khaki trousers
and gym shirts and then. disappearing
for a moment. thumpcd down the big
room In uniforms never worn before and
stood before the Commissioner while he
gave them a man-to-man talk which
amounted to a summa cum laude for
every one of them n told them their
probation days were over.
There were nc frills In the Commi,-
sioner's speech. He told the slxty-one
to keep their stomachs fiat and their
arches up. and wound up with n word
or two about temptation and resisting II.
When he finished a lot OF 40 inch chests
we're heaving in a way that was not
caused by the calisthenics that nae gone
before.
Drill with Rides.
First the rockies, commanded by the!:
driilmaster. Lieut.. Schofeld, with In
spector Cahalane. headmaster OF the
training school. signalling the start,
showed how they could march in both
plain and fancy evolutions. They car
ricd Krag-Jorgensen rifles. Then they
stripped of their khaki shirts n in
pairs gave a demonstration OF boxing
and modified jiu jitsu taught them by
Sergt. Shaw. One man OF each OF the
pairs rushed at his comrade and tired
to throw him. but his hold was instantly
broken and he was Topped to the mat.
The practical value OF these stunts
was indicated when four OF the recruits
In sweaters and peaked caps slouched
nto the room. Gunner. Two uniformed
po~licemen-also rookles-tackled them
without gun or club. II was two against
four. The job OF the two was to capture
the four. With his left han n policeman
seized one OF his advcrsaries by the arm
with his right arm he made a crook
around the other adversary's neck. In a
5iny the four thugs were squealing for
mercy and the policemen were LEADING
them of. Jiu Jitsu did II.
The sixty-one. one at a time, finally
leaped from the floor to the bottom runs
Of n ladder. hung from the balcony.
"ch!nned" themselves and scaled the lad
der. Any one who thinks this IL easy
for n big man or any man to do should
go to Police Headquarters and try it. II
was the final test OF condition, Prexy
Woods intimated that the graduating
class deserved uniforms after that. 50
they went to the dressing rooms and put
them on.
You have shown u.s." the Commits
s.oner said. facing the ranks. what the
The sun., 1916-12-07
DAMROSCH I'LL IN BALTIMORE
~ mphony Orchestra Leader Recov-
er.. In AppIause of Audience.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 6.-While leading the
New York symphony Orchestra at the
Lyric tonight. Mr.. walter Damrosch be-
came suddenly III n had to be assisted
from the stage. He soon recovered, how
ever, and seemed to be perfectly bright
Treating his unexpected collapse light
iy he returned to the stage and again
took the baton from his assistant. re-
marking pleasantly to the audience.
which had given him an ovation. that
evidently he wasn't missed.
However. he was soon afterward
Obliged again to retire. He returned
again, put this time did not return to
the baton. He sat at the plano and
played during the remainder OF the pro-
rramme. Mr.. Damrosch remained here
overnight.
The sun., 1916-12-07

said he must have her again and would
make arrends to her and the children.
Finally. after long persuasion. I brought
about a meeting between them and told
Margaret II was her duty. because Of her
children and their need OF support. to 20
back to him. And At last she said to
me For the sake OF the children l will
make the sacrifice. but It will be very
hard to do"
As The nuns went out they stopped and
embraced the prisoner again.
The sun., 1916-12-07
Jumps To Death From Bridge.

An unidentified man about 40 years
old. poorly dressed. committed suicide
Yesterday afternoon by leaping from tho
Manhattan Bridge. He was picked up
by Capt. John J. Flannery of he tuc
Graselle and taken TO the foot Of Wash.
ington street. hut when an ambulance
arrived from Holy Family Hospital ne
was dead. The body was sent to the
Morgue.
The sun., 1916-12-07

laughter. for several minutes. Then Mrs.
Denham waved "A last good-by and
bounced out OF the room. There was no
doubt that Wax had been IA ~favorite
boarder OF Mrs. Denham's. even II he
did leave her somewhat unceremoniously.
Tells Of Army service.
THE girl across the way as Blanche
tnger, an employee OF Bloomingdale's.
was known TO Wax. then came in. Does
he want to shake hands with me- she
asked before he stepped forward and
smilingly said Hello"
Then she shrank back AZ wax's re-
ply when he was asked IL he knew her
name and said he used TO. hut had for
gotten 1t. She had been only one OF
many girls to him he had never gotten
beyond an across the street Irritation
with hes.
When Wax had feed all the persons
the United States Attorney could pro-
duce Yesterday TO snow that there was
no doubt hat Oliver osborne had been
caught at last. he settled back in his
chair TO smoke and chat with reporters
about his army service and the way In
which he had wandered back and forth
across the continent since he dislp-
peared from New York. There were
some marvellous tales.
The men who had come with him from
Chicago. Inspector swain and Serg:.
Duny of the Chicago police. put in 4
few good words for Oliver here. II was
evident he had succeeded In captivating
his captors as thoroughly as he had the
shopgir.s on whom he bestowed MS
Establishments. They pointed out that
he never sambled. that his only game %
cards was hearts. appropriately enougr.
Worried" pucr!cd Wax. NO. Irl
glad TO get back to the regular stun.
I've danced long enough perhaps IT'S
time | paid the piper
lie showed a certain c~2llantry too IN
his references to the women he hal
..own. and when he was asked wherr
h" had met Miss kayser. he turned
away and said brJsquely
Il won't talk about hat before al.
these peoplc."
The sun., 1916-12-07
ws.la Reduce Deer Shooting.

BUFFALO. n. Y. Dec. 1.-Two hundred
delegates attended the opening session
here to-day Of the New York state Fish.
Game and Forest League. A reduction
from two to one In the number OF deer
that may be shot In a season by each
hunter Il proposed In an amendment TO
the state game laws which will como
before the convention for Endorsement.
The sun., 1916-12-07

NEW LONDON. Conn. Dec. 6.-Rear
Admiral John +. Merrell. L. S. ". re-
tired. il critically III at the Mohican
Hotel. DR.. Charles II. Graves Of this
city. who Is attending hmi. said tonight
that the Admiral IL in a precarious con-
ditiOn.
The sun., 1916-12-07

sister GATHERINGS testimony was re-
hAreed AZ most important. a. estnbiish-
ms reason for Mira. Beutinger's re-
marriage TO the man who had abused
anr, She testified that Christof Bsut-
mser' finding out by questioning chill
uren In the street that his children were
" inc ". Clair school. came to her re-
ses'edly to obtain her influence 70 Get
ns wife who had divorced him the
PREVIOUS spring. to lake him hack.
He told me that II Margaret ala not
soIns back to him ne would Kill her." The
uun SAID In her soft voice. Tie eeeDo1
Iu'y eo"tri's for sis absss = ~. -
The sun., 1916-12-07

training school has done In three months
except for time you were IN strike
duty-to help you to At yourselves physi-
cally. Now It's up to you to keep At.
There are two things that impair a po-
licemen's bodily ntness-letting your
stomach get too big and letting the
arches Of YOU feet drop. Keep your
stomachs fiat. Don't eat too much. Keep
up these exercises. Keep your abdoml-
nal muscles hard. Keep the muscles Of
your feet exercised. as you have shown
to-day you know how to do. Keep prac-
Using those grips we ave seen when
ever you can fnd an unfortunate person
to practise on. II a big. dope crazed
crook comes at you with murder In his
y you've got to use those grips in
st!nctively.
For the first time to-day you have
been seen drilling with guns. ont get
Il Into your heads we are trying to make
soldiers out Of policemen. We merely
drill you with rifles SO you win be bet
ter policemen. SO you will be better
fitted 10 keep the peace.
only the physical part Of your in
struction has been shown here. We
cannot show what you have learned In
the classrooms. It's been a pretty tough
grind. Almost any one would feel hope
heSs u hc Hdu " iedTn HI inc laws anu
ordinances that YOU have had to mas
ter In three months. The people who
think a policeman's Job IL walking up
and down the streets singing have nc
conception Of what he has to do.
We used to hear OF police tyranny.
A policeman Is not a tyrant. He Is a
slave OF the law. You and I are SER
wants OF the city. hired to do the most
Important job In the city. Keep up your
studies. Know YOU rights and the limi-
tations OF your rights. A policeman who
doesn't know them is a dangerous man.
The city expects Of you and me
more important work than is contained
In the old fashioned idea of a police
mans duty. When you SOC a chance to
do some one a good turn do 1t. When
you find n n in trouble get him II
II there's any proper way to do so. IL
Is good police work. Remember tina
the best possible police work is the pre-
vention Of crime.
The sun., 1916-12-07
Charged 10 BE Honest,

Another thing The city expects you
and me to be honest. There are great
temptations to dishonesty. to improper
favoritism. You may not ind them soon,
but great numbers OF men are subject to
these temptations. know your salary
Is not what It should be. We got a little
raise this year. and will get more or
know the reason why. Meanwhile I want
you to spurn any temptation to do a dis
honest act. l want You to rise to the
level OF what your uniforms signify-to
be spotless. above suspicion. Hold to
that. Don't let anything shake you.
Keep absolutely honest and do your work
In such a way that the city and those
dear to you will be proud OF you. That's
all"
The 200 guests ciapped loudly as the
commissioner walked back to his chair,
but the rookies-policemen now-stood
at attention with shining eyes until In
spector Cahalane. saluting his chief with
his baton. dismissed the class.
Mrs. Woods was one Of the guests.
Another was Col. Thompson. president Of
the Police Commission OF st. Louis. who
said II seemed almost incredible that
civilians could acquire such form" in
three months. and that he was going to
have one Of his officers take a course +. IN
the school so st. Louis could have one
like II. Others on the side lines were
Sherman Day. Harold Vanderbilt. Fran
CHS II. Appleton. Jr., Richard Whitney,
Roger Poor. Capt. Leon II. Beth OF the
British army. Chester II. Burden. James
Barnes. Thomas l.. Leem!ng and Charles
l.. Appleton.
Formerly the new crop OF patrolmen
was assigned to the bush league pre-
cincts in the suburbs. Those graduated
yesterday will be scattered at 8 O'Clock
this morning among the busiest posts In
the city.