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RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 10, 1917.
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RAIL CENTER
IS NEW GOAL
FOR GERMAN
EAST THRUST
Russians Lose Bridge Head
at Fokshani Which Pro
tects the Sereth Central
Sector Lines.
DRIVES FALL SHORT
Field Marshal Von Mackensen is
rapidly developing his attacks north of
Fokshani and already has succeeded
in forcing a passage of the Putna
across over' which the Russians In
southern Moldavia retreated after los
ing the Fokshani bridge head position
protecting the Sereth line In this im
portant central sector.
Von Mackensen's thrust here ap
parently has for its objective the rail
road town of Pantzln, which lies some
thirteen miles north of Fokshani.
At last count the Teutonic forces
were only some five miles from Pant
rln the capture of which would irter
.fere seriously with the movement of
Russian troops and supplies to the
railway running northwest through
Ocna and virtually paralleling the
Moldavian frontier line.
Vicinity ia Cleared.
While the German headquarters
statement today only claims the gain
ing of a footing on the opposite bank
of the Putna Immediately north of
Fokshani, the Russians have been
forced to retreat back of the Sereth
river Itself the last of their defensive
positions along this line.
Near the Danube Berlin Indicates
that stubborn counter attacks have
been made by the Russians but de
clares the Austro-Oerman positions
have been maintained against these
thrusts.
Add 1,450 More Captives.
In the battles of the .past two days
the Teutonic armies have added some
1,450 prisoners to the 5,500 they took
in the previous operations around
Fokshani.
Considerable importance is attached
to entente military commentators to
the offensive! the Russians have open
ed in the Riga region at the northern
end oft he Russian front, which is be
lieved to have the capture of the Im
portant German base of Matiu for Its
objective. Berlin however declares
that the assaults along the line in this
sector were without success.
CHURCH IS OWNER
OF MANY MILLIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. A reorgani
sation of the system of managing the
huge real estate holdings of Trinity
Episcopal Parish, with the installa
tion of more modern methods by
younger men, was announced today.
Trinity, the wealthiest protestanl
church In the United States, if not in
the world, owns three hundred and
sixty houses in the Greenwich village
district of New York city and these
holdings are assessed at $15,000,000.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
MAKE PEACE APPEAL
AMSTERDAM, (via London), Jan.
10. The German socialists Vorwaerts
association has declared emphatically
against unrestricted submarine war
fare, according to a Berlin dispatch to
the Bheinische West Phalische Zei
tung of Essen. The dispatch quotes
Herr Ebert a socialist member of the
Reichstag, as saying ai a meeung or
the organization on January 8:
"We expect the German govern
ment to leave no stone unturned in
support of President Wilson's efforts
for peace."
PHONE COMPANIES MERGE
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan: 10. A
merger of practically all telephone
companies operating in West Virginia,
has bpen formed under the name of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone company of West Virginia, ac
cording to an announcement here.
The companies In the merger are the
Consolidated company, which haa
been operating in the Panhandle and
Northern West Virginia, the West
Virginia, the West Virginia Central
district company and the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone company.
SPEAKERS APPOINTED
Speakers for the various Y. M. C. A.
shop meetings the remainder of the
week follow: Thursday, Elliott &
Reld. Rev. C. M. Woodman; F. & N.
Lawnmower factory, Rev. J. P. Cham
ness; National Automatic Tool com
pany, Rev. W. F. Rohlfing; Friday,
Mile S. McGuire Lawnmower factory,
the Rev. Mr. Probst.
FILES $3,000 SUIT
Richmond Loan and Savings assoc
iation brought suit for $3,000 in circuit
court today against Charles H.Hase-
coster et. al. on a promissory note.
Weather Forecast
For Indiana Overcast in south and
probably snow flurries in north por
tion tonight. Much colder tonight
with a cold wave. Thursday fair.
' Colder in south and central portions.
s Temperature Today.
! Noon 33
Yesterday.
(Maximum 47
i Minimum .............30
GERMAN RAIDER SINKS
NEW YORK. Jan. 10. Persistent re
ports that a German raider was met
In the Atlantic and sunk by a Brit
ish cruiser this afternoon were cur
rent today in well informed steamship
circles. Details are lacking as is the
identity of the vessels engaged and
the location of the encounter.
HOUSE RECEIVES
DRY MEASURE
FROM SENATE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. The fight
for a "dry" national capital was trans
ferred to the House today from the
senate where the appeared prohibtion
bill for the District of Columbia was
passed late yesterday by a vote of 55
to 32. Advocates of the measure ap
parently confident of favorable action
in the House.
As it goes to the House, the bill
would abolish saloons in the district
and presents the manufacture or sale
of liquors within its limits, but would
not prohibit their import for personal
use. The measure would take effect
Nov. 1, next.
One of the final acts of the senate
was to reject by a tie vote of 43 to 43
an amendment providing for referen
dum of the prohibition question to citi
zens of the district.
MILLS AND HAROLD
LEAD ROAD FIGHT
At a meeting of the Indiana State
Highway committee yesterday at In
dianapolis the bill just presented to
the legislature calling for the creation
of a state highway commission was
unanimously indorsed.
J. H. Mills, a Richmond manufactur
er and president of the Wayne County
Motor club, attended the meeting and
was elected one of the vice presidents
of the good roads organization. L. H.
Wright of Columbus, prsident of the
Indiana State Grange, was elected
president.
Dr. I. S. Harold of Richmond, the
man who promoted the state good
roads day celebration during the stata
centennial at Indianapolis last Octob
er, was elected a member of the board
of directors.
The highway commission , bill pro
vides for a non-partisan, nonsalarled
commission of four members authoriz
ed to appoint an expert who shall have
supervision of the building and repair
of roads ,
MORE COAL PRODUCED
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 10.
The production of coal in West Vir
ginia during the year which ended
June .30, 1916, increased more than
15,000,000 gross tons over that of the
previous year while the coke tonnage
showed an increase 1.000,000 tons,
compared with the same period, ac
cording to the biennial report of the
state department of mines which was
made public here today. The total
production amounted to 79,443,768 tons
of coal and 1,957,632 tons of coke while
last year the tonnage amounted to
64,118,667 and 854,628 tons, respective
ly
NON-PARTISAN
LAW ASKS FOR
CONSTITUTION
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 10. The first
proposal for a new constitutional con
vention in Indiana came with the in
troduction of a bill, jointly, by Sena
tor Negley, of Marion county, Repub
lican, and Senator Abrara Simmons,
of Adams, Wells and Blackford, Demo
crat, In the upper house of the general
assembly today.
It Is. therefore, looked upon as a
non-partisan measure. It was referr
ed to the committee on constitutional
revision which meets this afternoon to
take up its consideration. In all four
teen bills were introduced in the sen
ate and seventeen in the house before
adjournment was taken until 10 a. m.,
tomorrow.
Provides For Election.
The constitutional measure provid
es for the non-partlsian election of 115
delegates, two from each of the sen
atorial districts of the state, and 13
at-large, on the third Tuesday of Sep
tember, 1917.
Nomination of candidates for dele
gates to the convention shall be. made
by petition only, signed by 200 voters,
none of whom shall be permitted to
sign more than one petition.
The convention so-called shall meet
the second Tuesday in January, 1918,
under the provisions of the act On
demand of forty-five of the delegates
any provision of the constitution then
prepared shall be submitted to a pop
ular referendum, separately.
Bill Provides Per Diem.
Senator McCray, of Marion county,
revived the plan to abolish capital
punishment In the state In one meas
ure and In another proposed that me
chanics liens on property must be
stricken off the record unless satis
fied within one year from the date of
their filing.
The delayed report of the senate
plunder committee was presented by
Chairman White. It provides employ
ment for forty-seven, including twenty-one
clerks, nine doorkeepers, seven
stenographers, clerks and doorkeep
ers get $5 per day and are for the
session. The pages get $2.50 and the
janitor and matron $3 per day. ,
LIGHT PLANT HEAD
TURNS DOWN OFFICE
IN MANAGERS' BODY
Clarence Kleinknecht superintend
ent of the Richmond Municipal Elec
tric plant, said- today that he would
decline to accept the position of vice
president of the state association of
municipal plant managers, which was
organized yesterday at a meeting
held in Indianapolis.
"I am not in sympathy with the
aims of the organization so I cannot
be identified with if'KIeinknecht said.
'This organization desires the state
utility law amended so that the utility
commission will have no control over
the management, of local plants. If
the law was so amended a rate-slashing
policy would be possible. If it is
fair to have privately owned plants su
pervised by the commission then it is
fair to have municipal plants under
the same supervision."
Kleinknecht takes the position that
while the state commission has not
been a perfect one, the principle of
having all utilities under the super
vision of a commission is correct
Kleinknecht did not attend the meet
ing. BLACKMAIL THEORY
IS LATEST FEATURE
OF COLBERT MURDER
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 10. De
tectives working to clear up the mys
tery surrounding the murder in her
apartments here of Mazie Colbert, the
advertising art model, advanced the
theory today that one person and
possibly two, besides the girl and her
slayer, were in the room when the
crime was committed.
While they still adhere to their be
lief that Bernard W. Lewis, of Pitts
burgh, who committed suicide in At
lantic City last Thursday night, beat
Miss Colbert and afterward strangled
her to death with a silk stocking, the
police say that discrepancies as to the
time the model was last known to be
alive and the time Lewis was seen ip
a Market street haberdashery has led
to the supposition that there was at
least one eye-witness to the murder.
No explanation, however, as to how
these discrepancies in time figure in
the theory that others were present,
was forthcoming. ,;v.
-Lata Evidence Malwd-"
. It was also stated that the latest
evidence, obtained by ' the detectives
leads them to believe that the crime
was committed several houTSearlier
than heretofore supposed. The girl's
body was discovered late on the night
of Dec. 30 and the supposition was
that she had been killed the night be
fort. The detectives now believe she
met her death around noon or possibly
earlier on Dec. 29.
Another theory that is again engag
ing the attention of the detectives is
that blackmail was the motive for the
crime.
RED CROSS STAMPS
WILL BRING $650
Receipts from Red Cross seals prob
ably will reach $650 it was indicated
today by Mrs. A. W. Roach and Miss
Mary A. Stubbs, who have been super
vising the collection of the seal-sale
money In Richmond and the townships.
Richmond schools, due possibly to
the lateness of the arrival of the seals
for distribution among the pupils, did
very little, one school selling only 11
seals. The township schools did much
better work. All of them have not
been heard from and Mrs. Roach re
quested that township chairmen can
vas all schools in their district and
send the reports to Miss Stubbs.
The Wayne County Anti-Tuberculosis
society is still undecided as to
what policy to pursue. It Is believed
the reported resignation of County
Superintendent Williams, who issued
an order against health work in the
county schools, would clear the situa
tion but it is said he will not accept
a state position so no change in super
intendents will be possible.
NEW FOOD SWINDLE
WORKS IN GERMANY
BERLIN. Jan. 9, (via London), Jan.
10. 5:45 a. m. Neukoelln. a suburb
of Greater Berlin, has been the vic
tim of a clever flood swindle and is
mourning the loss of 210,000 marks
which it paid three crooks for non-existing
carloads of sausage and bacon.
The swindlers informed the suburban
officials that the food, supposedly mil
itary property, was at Aix La Chaple
but could be procured quietly for the
mentioned sum. The officials agreed
on the purchase and to pay the money
through the Essen bank on presenta
tion of duplicate bills of lading.
SCOUTS TO HOLD DRILL
Military drill will be exemplified by
Boy Scouts at the Y. M. C. A. from 6
to 7 o'clock tonight The business
meeting will be held at the council
chamber at 7:30 o'clock.
HAS 206,359 MEMBERS
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. The report
of the supreme secretary of the Royal
Arcanum shows that on January 1, the
order had 206,359 members in the
United States, a decrease of 35,000
since July 1, 1916. The large number
of resignations is attributed to the in
crease in the cost of certain classes
of insurance announced last July, but
the officers say that the falling off in
membership is considerably less than
they had expected, - .
NATIONAL BANKS
REPORT INCREASE
IN 1 9 1 6 EARNINGS
National banks in towns surround
Ing Richmond reported good earnings
for last year and Rood increases over
the previous year, when they held their
annual meetings yesterday. Almost
unfailingly, old officers and directors
were re-elected, many having held
officers for 10 years or more.
CALLAWAY GIVEN PLACE
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Jan. 10. In
cumbent officers and directors, but
one, were re-elected here yesterday at
the annual election of the First Na
tional bank of Cambridge City. On
the board of directors, O. L. Calla
way succeeds Edwin T. Bertsch, who
died within the year. Other directors
are Claude "P. Kitterman, the presi
dent; Lincoln H. Jones, Oliver H.
Beeson and Charles Ferguson, vice
presidents. F. J. Hardy was re-elected
cashier.
At the Wayne National Bank here,
the officers and directors who were
elected when the bank organized in
1907 were re-elected. They are J. K.
Smith, president; W. Bent Wilson,
ice-president; R. A. Hicks, cashier;
t'irectors, the officers, and James A.
Boyce, A. Boyce, W. A. Creitz and
Sanford Wilson.
REPORTS ARE SATISFACTORY
HAGERSTOWN, Jan. 10. Highly
satisfactory earnings for the past year
and a good increase over the previous
year were reported yesterday when
the First National bank reorganized
by electing the same directors and
officers. They are: John H. Teetor,
president; Horace Hoover, vice-president;
A. R. Jones, cashier; Frank
Dennis, assistant cashier; directors,
the officers and Thomas G. Milligan,
of New Castle, Harry E. Jennings, of
New Castle, W. N. Stout and John G
Clark.
NO CHANGES ARE MADE
GREENSFORK, Jan. 10. No
changes were made in the First Na
tional bank here yesterday, and at
the annual meeting, where a good in
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DICKINSON TRUST
MAKES BIG GAINS
IN YEAR'S BUSINESS
; Unprecedented business was ; done
by the Dickinson Trust company in
the past year in its new hjiilding at
Eighth and Main streets in which it
completed its first full year Monday.
The stockholders re-elected the direc
tors and the directors re-organized by
electing incumbent officers and filling
two new positions.
Miss Elizabeth Krueger, 130 South
Fourth street, sister of County Health
Officer Krueger, was elected assistant
secretary. She is the second woman
in Richmond to be elected to an offi
cial position in a bank, the first hav
ing been Miss Petronella Ringhoff, of
the German American Trust & Sav
ings bank. She was formerly con
nected with the bookkeeping depart
ment of the George H. Knollenberg
company.
Other officers are Edgar F. Hiatt,
president; Howard Campbell and
George H. Eggemeyer, vice-presidents;
Everett R. Lemon, secretary;
Jesse A. Wiechman, treasurer; .Rob
ert Wiechman, a new assistant treas
urer. Directors are Adam H. Bartel,
Howard Campbell, Edwin H. Cates,
Joseph Dickinson, of Indianapolis,
George H. Eggemeyer, Samuel W.
Gaar, Henry Gennett, John J. Har
rington, E. G. Hibberd, P. W. Smith,
H. C. Starr and E. F. Hiatt
REDUCES EPIDEMICS
BERLIN. Jan. 9, (via London)', Jan.
10. A noteworthy decrease in epi
demic disease in the German armies
has been scored during the second
year of the war. According to official
reports just published the number o
cases has dropped from 51 per 1,000
during the first year of the war to a
trifle over 38 per 1,000.
COMMISSION MEN MEET
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 10. Vir
tually every large city in the country
was represented at the twenty-fifth an
nual convention of national league of
commission merchants which opened
here today. Nearly one thousand dele
gates were expected to attend the ses
sions which will continue for three
days.
MACHINE WASHES COINS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Director
of the mint Von Engelken is experi
menting with a coin-washing machine,
designed to clean silver coins much
after the manner that paper money-is
laundered at present The machine 13
largely Mr. Von Engelken's Invention
and is designed also to dry and count
the coins. ,
CONDUCT MISSION WORK
Organized mission work of the per
sonal kind will be started soon by, a
band of local church workers, it was
learned today. The men will make
a personal appeal to residents of RIv
erdale to establish friendly relations
and to Interest them in church activi
ties. Further announcements will be
made as soon as details are perfected.
ASKS WORK FOR INVALIDS
BERLIN, Jan. 9, (via London,) Jan.
10. The war ministry has made pub
lic an appeal on behalf of war in
valids asking especially that they be
given work whenever possible and
never "false sympathy."
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
READY TO ASSIST
NATION'S BUSINESS
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Jan. 10.
Business preparedness in the United
States is not so much the concern of
the government as it is of business it
self, Secretary of Commerce Redfield
today told the Philadelphia chamber
of commerce. The American govern
ment, he said, already is doing more
than that of any other nation to aid
business.
"Preparation for conditions to be ex.
pected after the war," continued Sec
retary Redfield, "is not in its most ef
fective form something that the gov
ernment can do. An official can at
most from his broad outlook over the
industrial field suggest the presence
of things, needing correction.
SEARCH FOR THAW
IN EASTERN CITIES;
BEATS YOUNG GUMP
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Search for
Harry K. Thaw, indicted on charges
of kidnapping and assaulting Fred
erick Gump, Jr., of Kansas City, Mo.,
was particularly active today in New
York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and
Washington. Thaw, was known to be
in Philadelphia Monday, but it was
said there he had left Monday night
for Washington and that he had in
tended to leave Washington last night
for his home in Pittsburgh.
It is charged that Thaw enticed
young Gump, who is 19 years old, to
a hotel here on Christmas night and
beat him with a whip until the youth
was covered with bloody welts. Frank
P. Walsh, formerly chairman of the
federal commission on industrial rela
tions who is here as attorney for the
boy's father, said that Thaw's ac
quaintance with young Gump goes
back to December, 1915. Thaw, he
said, had written Gump a number of
letters, sent money and offered to pay
his tuition at the Carnegie Institute
in Pittsburgh.
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
DEFENDS HIS ACTS
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 10.
Governor H. D. Hatfield in his second
biennial message which was read at
the opening session of (he state legis
lature here today defended his admin
istration, reviewed the finanical condi
tion of th ntntt. recommended an
:'Tefiaiffenf 'td"The" constitution" which
would permit a new budget system
modeled after that now used in Mary
land and the establishment of a state
board of equalization.. The state exe
cutive did not touch upon the Virginia
debt case except to announce that a
special message on this subject would
be sent to the legislature.
GAINS NUMEROUS RECRUITS
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. A record in
naval recruiting was made by the of
ficers of the battleship Pennsylvania
which left the New York navy yard
yesterday for the annua! manoeuvres.
Three hundred, or more than one-third
of the ' entire crew, were recruited
since Christmas. Despite these ef
forts it was said that both the Penn
sylvania and the Wyoming, which also
left the navy yard yesterday was
manned by crews considerably below
their normal complements.
REVOLT. AGAINST CLUBS;
START NEW SOCIETY
PRINCETON, N. J.. Jan. 10 Those
members of the sophomore class of
Princeton university who are leading
the revolt against the club system
here plan to establish next fall a Uni
versity clib to which all upper class
men who have not been invited to
join any of the existing clubs may be
long. MILLIONS IN ORDERS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Unfilled or
ders of the U. S. Steel corporation for
the- month ending December 31, reach
ed $11,546,286 tons an increase of 4S8,
744 tons over the previous months.
REPORTS ADVERSELY
ON PROBE OF LEAK
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. After an
other brief session today the House
rules committee suspended public
hearings on Representative Wood's
resolution to investigate whether
there was a stock market leak on
President Wilson's peace note. Many
congressmen believed the committee
will report against an investigation.
, ,No formal action was taken by the
committee at its executive session.
Members stated, however, that the
Wood resolution probably would be
adversely reported to the House.
FEDERATION TO ACT
ON MAYOR'S REFUSAL
A final report on the demand for a
police woman for Richmond will be
made this evening by a special com
mittee of the Federation of Women's
clubs. Mrs. E. E. McDivitt, president
of the federation, would not discuss
the report today, announcing that
nothing will be divulged until the fed
eration decides its action on the re-1
port. The report is the most import
ant business to come before the
meeting.
DAGGETT VISITS SCHOOL
R. F. Daggett Indianapolis archi
tect who is planning the new Garfield
school addition, consulted with Super
intendent J. T. Giles yesterday. Mr.
Daggett was here with a party of De
catur, 111., school authorities who were
inspecting the junior high school.
"WATCH US GROW"
Population Jan. 1....
Population yesterday.
Gain today
Lou today ..."
Present population ..
...... 27,460
27,461
5
6
27,460
MRS. CONWAY
TOO ILL TO COME
BEFORE JURORS
Manzella Conway, principal witness
subpoenaed for the grand Jury investi
gation today of the tragedy at Penn
vtlle, Dec. 30, which claimed the lives
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Valentine Kaufman,
sent a physician's statement to Judge
Fox stating that her physical con
dition made it impossible for her to
appear.
Judge Fox excused the witness but
he said that the case would 'be con
tinned until Mrs. Conway will be able
to testify to the Jury. Bronchial
trouble is given as the cause of the
illness.
The coroner has announced that his
verdicts will show that Mr. Kaufman
shot his wife and then committed
suicide.
Data ic Collected.
The grand jury investigation is made
necessary by the fact that letters bear
ing united States mail stamps, de
posited in a rural mail box by Kauf
man before his death, have disappear
ed
The letters were traced to Mrs. Con
way, relative of the deceased woman.
Practically all residents of Pennville
were in the court house this morning
awaiting their turns to be examined.
Strayer announced that he has sub
poenaed eighty-siv people to date for
the Kaufman and other cases.
Margaret Doyle, Mrs. Conway's
daughter, and Carl Kaufman, eon of
the deceased couple, were the only wit
nesses examined this morning.
Prosecutor Strayer has announced
that if evidence gathered by the grand
jury is sufficient to warrant, he will
turn over the part of the case having
to do with the disappearance of let
ters to the Federal grand jury.
Blind Tigers to Suffer.
In the sixteen minor cases which
will be called to the attention of the
grand jury, small towns of the county
will figure prominently. Almost every
town and city will feel effects of the
investigation.
HELMAN FUNERAL
WILL BE PRIVATE;
MEMORIAL PLANNED
In tribute to the memory of E. R.
Helman, head of the high school com
mercial department who died yester
day after a relapse, schools were dis
missed at 1 o'clock this afternoon and
scores of school children and the fac
ulty members visited the home, 240
North Twenty-Second street.
The services at 7:30 o'clock tonight
at the home will be private and early
tomorrow the body will be forwarded
to Bradford, O., in charge of his par
ents, two brothers and the widow.
Receives Floral Tributes.
The gifts of flowers were unusual in
number, coming form many unexpect
ed sources. Former pupils, office em
ployes, associates in business and civic
work and his school colleagues sent
tokens of respect and affection and
the condolences offered to the family
were many.
Later memorial services will be held
in honor of the instructor, either at
the high school or at the First Presby
terian church. He was a Dunkard but
was a close inena or ur. j. j. ttae,
the pastor, who has charge of the serv
ices tonight.
COLONEL CODY DIES;
FAMOUS AS SCOUT
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 10. Colonel
William Frederick Cody, (Buffalo
Bill) soldier, hunter and scout died
at 12:05 p. m. here today at the home
of his sitser.
With Colonel Cody, when he died,
were his wife and daughter, who had
hurried down from Cody, Wyoming,
the family .home, last week to be at
his bed side, and his sister of Denver.
Colonel Cody had been unconscious
since this morning.
KING RENEWS CONFIDENCE
MADRID, Jan. 10, (via London).
The king's renewal of confidence in
the Romanones ministry has produced
an excellent impression, the more so
as it was only given after the soverign
had consulted the highest personales
in the country who were unanimous
in advising the retention of the gov
ernment in power.
ATTENDS STATE SESSION
City Health Officer S. G. Smelser
attended the annual meeting of the
state board of medical registration
yesterday at Indianapolis. The board,
of which Dr. Smelser has been a mem
ber for several years, examined five
candidates for medical registration.
WHISNAND SUBSTITUTES
Prof. R. A. Whisnand has been given
temporary charge of the high school
commercial department Inasmuch as
a successor 'to Mr. Helman, deceased,
will not be appointed for some time.
Mrs. W. O. Lewis is substituting for
Mr. Whisnand in the history department
RURAL FOLK
REVIVE CROOK j
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Three Unknown Men In Ma
chines Remove 1,200 Feet!
Copper Wire From PolesJ
During Day.
ONE THIEF SHOCKED:
In one of the boldest robberies eveH
committed In Wayne county, the thefti
of 1200 feet of No. 4 copper wirej
valued at $80. one of the robbers wast
so badly shocked while assisting in
the removal of the wire from the poles i
that it was believed for a time that he
would die.
The wire robbery took place on tbej
Mlddleboro pike a short distance north j
of the New Paris pike, about 4 o'clock!
yesterday afternoon. Several people
living: near the scene of the robbery, i
believing the three thieves were work-
men employed by the Robert Ashe;
company, the Liberty Light & Power
corporation, came to the assistance of)
the injured robber when they saw idm !
fall from the pole and assisted thei
man's two companions in resuscitating j
him.
Robbers Drive Away.
It was almost an honr before the '
injured robber recovered from his '
shock. He was placed In a five-pass-j
enger Ford car, the twelve hundred j
feet of stolen wire was placed in aj
Ford delivery car, and the robbers)
drove away. The robbers came after!
the wire m the two cars.
Mr. Ashe said today that he had not !
been able to ascertain the direction !
taken by the thieves when they depart-1
ed with their booty and their injured '
companion.
I believe that the thieves would
have taken several thousand feet of
wire If one of them had not been so
badly Injured," Ashe said. The wire
taken was a part of a low tension line
which happened to be idle at the time
ft was taken. Strung along the same
poles with this low tension line was
2,200 volt line. While one of the
thieves, who was called 'Doc' by his
two companions was., taking down a
section of the stolen wire It came into ,
contact with the high-power wire and
he was hurled to the ground.
Attracted to Scene.
"People living in the neighborhood
naturally thought the three men were
my employes. They were attracted to
the scene of the accident by the brill
iant display which occurred when the
injured man got mixed up with the
live wire and they did everything they
could to assist in reviving the injured
thief. It was not known until this
morning that wire had been stolen
from the poles."
Police officers are today conducing
a search for the wire thieves and
physicians are being questioned to dis
cover whether the injured robber re
ceived medical attention in this city
in the hope of securing a clue as to his
identity.
POLICE AIDES TELL
HOW CHIEF LEVIED
UPON UNDERWORLD
CHICAGO, Jan. 10. Investigation
of the alleged police graft "ring" led
to the taking into custody early to
day of Thomas Newbold. wealthy ho
tel and cafe owner. Maclay Hoyne,
state's attorney, who is conducting the
investigation, refused to make publi-j
the reason for Newbold's detention,
but pointed out that several of the ho
tels controlled by Newbold have been
the scene of police raids.
Newbold was taken Into custody
shortly after Mr. Hoyne announced
that Thomas Costello and Lieutenant
Augustus M. White, both under arrest
had confessed, directly connecting
Charles C. Healey, chief of police,
with the system which, h charged
levied tribute, amounting to thous
ands of dollars annually, on the un
derworld. Chief Healey who was ar
rested Monday night charged with
extortion, bribery and conspiracy, is
free on bonds of $25,000.
WHEAT BRINGS $1.85
With wheat selling at $2 on the Chi'
cago market and other big markets,
even as close as Cincinnati on certain
kinds, the product was bringing $1.85
for first-class shipments. Wheat
reached the $2 mark two days ago la
Chicago, dropped slightly yesterday,
and rose again today.
INSPECTS JUNIOR HIGH
J. O. Engleman, superintendent of
the Decatur, III., public schools was
the guests at a dinner given by L. J.
Driver of the Richmond high school
faculty last night. Mr. Engleman as
here with a party of Decatur school
authorities who inspected the Garfield
junior high school yesterday. Mr.
Engleman and Mr. Driver were class
mates at Indiana university.
NIGHT 8CHOOL ADJOURNS
Out of respect to the memory of E.
R. Helman, deceased high school in
structor, no session of the night
school will be held this evening. The
next session is Monday evening, Janu
ary 15.' v ' '."' ';" "" r ' " : ; '
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