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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
ev STAFF CORRESPONDENT

NEWCASTLE, Ind. March IA
Great difficulty is being encountered
in providing proper care for the
scores Of people who were injured in
the tornado which swept this city,
Sunday.
Newcastle has two very small hos
pitfalls, neither one of which is ade-
quately equipped: These institutions
are crowded and many Of the injured
are being cared for at private homes.
There appears to be scarcity Of bed
linens, cause bandages and certain
hospital equipment. st ''-'fa
Also there are not enough trained
nurses to care properly for the in.
jured. For some unexplained reason
a number of trained nurses sent from
Indianapolis have been returned to
that city. A number Of Newcastle wo-
men are acting as volunteer nurses.
At one hospital only three trained
nurses are en- duty.
Find Woman In Field
A woman whose name has not been
learned has been found in field near
the city still living Notwithstanding
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
WOMEN HOLD FIRST
OF WARD MEETINGS
TO STUDY POLITICS

A girls quartet will sing at the
Fourth ward meeting to be held Fri
day evening at 1880 in the Pythian
Temple under the auspices of Esther
Griffin White and Mrs. nellie Barnard
district and county chairmen respec.
lively, of the Woman's Franchise
League Of Indiana.
The latter organization is holding
meetings Of this character in all the
cities and towns of the state for the
purpose of Informing women of the
provisions of the suffrage bill passed
by the legislature giving women par.
tial suffrage.
The first of the ward meetings will
be held in the Fourth ward and a
meeting of a similar nature will be
held under the same auspices in every
ward Of the city. Miss White and
Mrs. Barnard will be assisted by Mrs.
Edward Dye, vice-county chairman
and Miss Alice Hill, secretary.treas-
urer of the county organization.
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss the voting privileges the wo.
men have under the suffrage law and
will be addressed by several women.
Candidates for council from the
Fourth ward and all candidates nom
mated for counc1lmen-at-large have
been invited to be present. All wo-
men of the city as we'll as the Fourth
ward will be welcome as we'll as any
men who may be interested In attend
ing.
For the information Of the women
of the Fourth ward, it can be stated
here that the ward includes all that
part of the city from the east side
Of South Seventh street to the west
side of South Twelfth, south of Main
and extending to the corporation line.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
Captain Relates
Story of Sinking
of u. S. Vessel
(By associated Press)

LONDON, March 14.-"It was just
after daylight on Monday when we
were attacked" said the captain of the
Algonquin as quoted by the press as
ISOLATION. There was no warning
The submarine started to fire at
range of three miles. When about
twenty live shells had been fired at
the Algonquin of which four hit her
forward the crew started to take to
the boats and pulled away from the
sinking vessel. ." N'-f
Then with only her periscope
showing sailed around the steamer
several times. Finding that the crew
had abandoned the ship the subma-
rine came to the surface. Some of the
Germans boarded the ship and placed
bombs aft. These were exploded and
within quarter of an hour the steam
er disappeared. .s t*s 'ss-
81 appealed to the submarine CON-
mander for. a tow towards land in
view of the roughness Of the weather
but the German gruffly replied, No
am too busy" -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
TELEGRAPH SERVICE
PARTIALLY RESTORED

Almost normal wire service be-
tween Richmond and Indianapolis and
Richmond and other points, affected
by yesterdays. sleet storm. has been
restored Lines between Richmond
and indianapolis. and Richmond and
Cincinnati, which were particularly
hard hit, were in working order today.
Some trouble was experienced in
getting through wire service to Chi
cago. The trouble to this routing is
at Kokomo where miles of telephone
and telegraph wires we're leveled. M.
A. Ryan, Of the Western Union, antici-
pated that normal conditions would be
restored by O'clock this evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
POLICE !! SEND i: SQUAD
TO AID NEWCASTLE

Four Richmond police officers are
now on duty in Newcastle. They are
Patrolmen Gully, Parks, Stephens and
Yingling. These men were taken to
Newcastle in police department car
last evening following request for
officers received from Mayor Watkins
Of Newcastle.
There are now squads of policemen
from Indianapolis, Muncie, Anderson
and Richmond in the stricken little
city. The police patrol that part of
the city not visited by the storm.
National Guardsmen are patroling the
storm wrecked district.
Six extra officers have been called
to duty to take the place of the four
officers sent to Newcastle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
Kokon1o Rumors
Still Conflict

Conflicting reports came into Rich
mond today, concerning fire in the
business district Of Kokomo. It was
impossible to verify reports because
Kokomo is shut off from the world as
far as telephone and telegraph COM
munications are concerned.
: Pennsylvania railroad officials said
that crews which came through Ko-
kono last night said nothing about a
fire. Interurban men coming out of
Indianapolis said that there are two
rumors at the terminal station, one
that the Kokomo business section was
badly damaged by fire and another
that there was no big fire in the north
ern Indiana town r.r. .--+ -.' IL <<.t'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
PHYSICIAN REGARDS
W0MEN'S CONDITION
AS VERY SERIOUS
TBULLETiN1

pr. Huffman, city physician, said
this afternoon that the condition OF
Mrs. Charles Howard and Mrs. Isaac
Floyd, both of whom were shot by
Isaac Floyd this morning before he
committed suicide, was serious. He
fears that in each case blood poison
Ing will develop In the event the
two wounded women avoid this COM
plication they probably will recover as
their wounds are not necessarily fatal.
1t was the bravery of Mrs Howard
that saved Mrs. Floyd from being shot
to death by her husband. When Mrs.
Howard saw Floyd enter her home
she sprang in front of her niece and
grappled with Floyd. who shot her in
the face and shoulder and then fired at
his wife. -a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
GERMAN FINANCES
GOVERN MEx|CANS
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. March 14.-Confi-
Dental diplomatic reports from the
representatives of neutral govern
ment'in Mexico, passing through here
on their way to Europe say the Ger
man banks in Mexico City and the Ger
man legation there are guiding vitually
the entire financial and diplomatic at
fairs Of Mexico " a &Ei.a g.,
According to these reports the action
Of Mexico in sending recently to the
American republic a note on the sub
ject Of peace in Europe was directed
by officials OF the German legation,
while the German bank is said to have
come into control Of the Mexican fl
nancial situation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
lRy Associated Press,

NEWCASTLE. Ind. March II
Newcastle soon will resume It's normal
business affairs after the interruption
caused by the disastrous tornado Sun
day. The total number of dead today
was twenty-one, ]. w. McClain having
died during the night.
Factories which had been closed
since last Saturday resumed opera
ton this morning. Much Of the debris
has been cleaned away. Many Of the
houses damaged beyond repair have
been removed from their sites, and
work Of repairing those which can be
made habitAbles again is progressing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
SHOT MADE FUTILE
TROY MANS ERRAND
Especial Palladium Dispatch)

Especial Palladium Dlspatch)
TROY, O.. March 14-Frank Shar.
ritts, stepfather of Mrs. Isaac Floyd,
who was shot by her husband and ser.
iously wounded in Richmond today,
had departed for Richmond to bring
his stepdaughter to- his home shortly
before word was received here Of the
attack Floyd had made on his wife,
Sharritts had been notified by Mrs.
Floyd that she did not intend to live
with her husband any more and had
asked her stepfather to come to Rich.
mond to get her. Floyd and his wife
were married in Union City several
years ago. the girls parents living
there at the time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
Tornado Victim Discouered on Field
Alive After Exposure to Sleet

last night. She was exposed to the
violent sleet storm Of Monday night
and is in a very weakened condition.
Whether the cyclone carried her into
the field is not known.
All schools in Newcastle have been
closed and spung vacation has been
announced. This action was taken
because several of the schools have
been damaged considerably and others
cannot be properly heated. HE j
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
!. -.te9ss 500
Clad in Pajamas,
Man Found on Dead
in Vawters Home
81 -,st5sL - tt;asss
(By Associated Press)


BLACKSBURG, Va. March 1.-THE
circumstances surrounding the shoot.
ing of Stockton Heth. Jr., prominent
society man OF Virginia. in the home
here yesterday Of Charles K. Vawters.
a professor IN Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, had not been cleared up
early today "e'@" -s--'-s '--a.''' --'r =
Young Heth was near death in a
Roanoke hospital where he was rushed
Immediately after the shooting and
Prot. Vawters. Offered no explanation
OF the finding OF Heth, who is said to
have been clad only In pajamas and
suffering from three bullet wounds, in
a hallway OF the Vawters home. Prof
vawters made bond last night at
Christianburg for appearance before
the grand Jury. "'-' '-''''a'ss'-''-'' '~'s''''-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
NEWCASTLE SOON TO Be NORMAL;
FACTORIES start WORK AGAIN TODAY

nicely. There is open communication
with every part Of the city today. III
The holdings OF the funerals Of the
victims began today. Those Of Gray
Davis. his mother. Mrs. John Davis.
and his son. Orville Davis were held
at Mooreland today. Other funerals
will follow quickly now.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
Fort Hamilton l'mli''
Guarded Against
German! ], Corps
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, March 14-While the
garrison of Fort Hamilton was peace,
fully sleeping late last night. Gordon
OF 300 police reserves was thrown
around the fort upon orders Of Police
Commissioner Woods. The police
were told that German reservistS'
we're modelling to attack tie fort and
they must be repealed. Police boats
patrolled the waters In the front OF
the fertilization. 'F" 10 -@ 1875. 81"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
RESTORE WIRE SERVICE
(BY Associated PreSsl

(By Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, March 14-Large
gangs OF workmen we're making siren
uous efforts today to repair the thous-
ands Of dollars worth of damage to
property of traction, telephone and
telegraph companies caused by the
sleet and wind storm in the central
and northern part of the state Monday
night. The indications today were
that normal conditions may not be re-
stored for several days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
(BY Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, March 14-ln the
absence of official dispatches on the
destruction Of the steamer algonquin,
officials withheld comment but the un-
official view was that nothing in the
incident changes the situation be-
tween the United States and Ger.
many. ''''
President Wilson already has taken
steps to place the nation in q state
Of armed neutrality which with the
breaking of diplomatic relations with
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
TAXPAYERS DISCUSS
METHOD OF PETITION

Taxpayers Of Franklin township to
the number Of ten met with County
Superintendent Williams today to re-
ceive instructions and to consult as
to the legality OF circulating petitions
for the township school wanted for
Bethel. The Franklin township resi-.
dents favored the location of the town
ship high school at Whitewater as~l r'-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
OFFICIALS WITHHOLD COMMENT
ON SINKING OF ALGONQUIN

Germany is the last measure possible
short OF war.
Tie circumstances that the Algon-
quin carried food-stuffs which are con-
traband and that she recently was
transferred from British to American
registry, a transaction Germany might
plead she would not recognize, are not
taken to outweigh the fact that the
ship was reported destroyed without
warning. ss
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
HARRY FALck INJURED.

Harry F'alck. Sr., Of Millville. Ind,
one of the Newcastle tornado victims,
is the father Of John Falck, 1850 North
y street. this city. The senior Falck
was perhaps fatally injured. The fam
lily OF William Davis, brother-in-law
of Mr.. Falck, suffered heavily from
the cyclone. f's' -.i"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
INDIANA RIVERS
APPROACH FLOOD
STAGES RAPIDLY
(By Associated Press)

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March IA
Following a rise in the Wabash river
here of 1913 feet in twenty.fouf hours,
flood warnings were Issued for this
vicinity by the weather bureau this
morning. The river reached the 1877
stage this morning and Meteorological
w r. Cade said the flood stage of 16
feet probably would be passed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
HOLD CHECKER TOURNEY

Under the auspices Of the Richmond
Checker Club. city open checkers
tourney will be staged at the Y. M
c. A. Thursday evening, March o.
Joe McConaha, president of the club
is making arrangements for the event
Entries may be made either with Mr.
McConaha or at the "Y"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14

an incubator at the home OF Thurman
Daggett. breaking every egg. but do
ing no other damage. The same bolt
fired a bed In the home of Lyman
Kneipp nearby, but did no other dam
age there S
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
REACHES MFoor STAGE
(By Associated Press)

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March. IA
With stage OF 46 feet probable in
the Ohio river at this point according
to the United States weather bureau
announcement, extensive measures
have been taken to protect corn and
other property endangered by high
water Fair and colder weather, pre-
dicted for this section in the next "a
hours was expected to check the ris-
ing river despite the fact that it was
still raining upriver.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
LIGHTNING HITS HOUSE

(By Associated Press)
MT CARMEL, Ind, March IA
Lightning during a storm here struck
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
RED CROSS APPEAL
RAISES STAT FUND
FOR RELIEF LII: WORK <

Response to the Red Cross appeal
for funds FOR the Newcastle storm SUI
ferers has been generous.
Thus far STAT has been contributed
by Wayne county residents to this
fund. Following are the contribu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-14

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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-09
STILL INSISTS FLORIDA is A
CATTLE STATE

With apologies to the gentlemen
whose names ! mentioned in my first
letter, whose influence was not con-
ducive to the rapid growth of my res
olution to reform, | will own up Tint
| have looked over the $4,000 acres
of land mentioned. / will further nc
knowledge that visions of cutie up-
oil thousand hills frequently stand
out before me when / think of what
saw last week during my automo-
bile ride Of al miles through n part
of the 18,000-acre tract. 1t has less
than per cent. waste land. The pos
sibilities for raising cattle. in this sec
ton are wonderful and the young cnt-
tie raisers of Tazcwcll Gun do worse
than to take little time off to cx-
anime these possibilitica. 1t is shown
by statistics that it costs less to raise
cattle in Florida than i'm any other
State of the Union.
The effects of the recent freeze arc
not, as bad rs they were first thought
to be. Many groves which were
thought to be killed or greatly dam
aged are putting forth green foliage
and some are putting on bloom. We
spent the 23rd inst. mt Ynlnba, on the
south side of Like Harris in an or
ange grove which showed little eff
fects of the cold. The leaves are
green and the air in and around the
grove is laden with perfume of the
orange blossoms. Lake Harris is
about one fifth size of Tazcwell coun-
ty. 1t is one of the chain of five
lakes linked together which form this
wonderful lake region.
1t takes an effort on my pnrt to
keep from going in the real estate
business down Eeic. Sometimes nm
tempted to 20 home and sell out my
little interests in coal lands and come
down here and grow up with the
country. The trouble about this is
That l was born about years too soon
and have already grown up once.
VIII Keep out OF these entangling al
llances with the dollar and be content.
Then when l think that one NAV pro-
long his life from ID to 25 years by
spending his winters in Florida. / feel
very much like fixing up little homo
here.
We are solving the high cost of
living by eating fish. In this con-
nection l may venture to cav That we
have used 80 fish during February.
and that the largest one was n black
bass which weighed (weight deleted
by censor.) / will further say that
! have not bought these fish and that
the man who caught the aforesaid
----pounder is Virginia gen.
tleman of veracity who sat Mt my
bountiful table and helped eat the
big fish.
And further this deponent sayeth
not ]. NJ HARTMAN
Tavares, Fla. Feb. 81.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-09
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied WMh
Thsdfozd's Blaek.Draughs.

McDuH, Val suffered for several
years." says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, Of
this place, with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend told me to try
Thedford's Black-Draught, which | did,
and found it TO be the best family medi-
cine for young and old.
keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel q
little bad, they ask me for a dose, and Il
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have long spell OF sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using lack-Draught."
Thedford's Black-Draught is purely
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II has been In constant use for more
than 10 years, and has benefited mora
than million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
eackasc To-day. N. C. "a