Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 39, 26 December 1912 — Page 8
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1012.
PAGT, EIGHT.
ARTILLERY BATTLE IS RAGING TODAY
Between Greeks and Turks in a Sleet Storm Peace Plans to Fail.
A CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
In Bulgarian Army Outside of Constantinople, Russian Officer Says.
Hurricane Waif Found on Tree
(National News Association) ATHENS, Dec. 26. In a heavy sleet storm the Turkieh army defending Janina and the attacking Greek forces are fighting an artillery duel today. This is the second day of the battle which began at dawn on Christmas. Within the last 24 hours the Turks have made three sorties from the city but each time have been thrown back with heavy losses. The Greeks have taken some of the outer defenses of the city. The aim of the Greek gunners has proved extremely dangerous. Thus far the Turks have gained no headway according to the latest advices from thefront.
CHOLERA IS RAGING. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2G. Cholera is causing terrific havoc among the Bulgarian troops encamped along the Chatalja defenses of Constantinople, according to Gen. Guichot'f, chief of the Russian forces. An epidemic of typhoid is also raging in the Bulgarian camp, the reports received by him today from his agents at Chatalja, state. Twenty-five thousand soldiers have been attacked by the cholera and typhoid since the contagion reached the Bulgarian lines from the Turkish camps and the death rate is heavy. Every possible effort is being made to stop the spread of the disease, the greatest cholera experts in Europe having been engaged by the Czar Ferdinand and sent to the front to fight the epidemic and direct the sanitation of the camps.
TO REJECT TERMS. LONDON, Dec. 26. The Turkish peace envoys will reject the terms offered by the Balkan allies for when the conferences Is resumed on Saturday they will immediately present their refusal and will then submit a counter proposal which they will declare their final terms. The allies will reject the terms presented by the portes plenipotentiaries although several days may elapse before the rejection is announced. Then, according to the program outlined today by a diplomat in close touch with the envoys of both sides, the failure of the neace negotiation will be announced to the ambassadors of the powers in London, with the request that they arrange for mediation. Steps will at once be taken to this end.
Sale Hoerner property tomorrow, 2 p. m. See ad page 4.
" EASY TO GUESS IT. What Do You Think Is the Answer to This Puzzle Question? With the rent six weeks in arrears Scribbler sat trembling lest the landlady should hear the beating of his heart and call for a reckoning. Presently there reached his ears the sound of fierce words, as of two striving together in deadly argument. Scribbler became aware that Mr. and Mrs. Slumpkins were engaged in unraveling one of their domestic tangles. At length there came a light tap on the door. Scribbler looked toward the window as a possible avenue of escape. However, before he could make up his miud to try the rainspout route the door opened cautiously, and first Slumpkins' bald head appeared and then the rest of him crept slowly in. In a whisper he advised Scribbler not to pay Mrs. Slumpkins. insomuch as she was not the head of the house. Scribbler acquiesced and Slumpkins disappeared. A little later another rap on the door, this time more insisteut, caused Scribbler to look up. It was Mrs. Slumpkins. "Say, don't pay my old man any mon
ey, Mr. Scribbler. He wout do nothing but drink it up. This morning I had to let him know who runs this house. We ain't speaking to each other now." Again Scribbler acquiesced. That was six months ago. They haven't spoken to each other yet. and Scribbler goes on his way rejoicing. Puzzle question: What will be the first question they ask when they start speaking again V Satire. A CLEAR COMPLEXION Caunot be had with cosmetics. They don't go deep enough. A clear skin, without blotches or pimples can be had only with pure blood. Certainly a prescription that cures even the worst cases of blood disease, clears up eczema and scrofula and cures inflammatory rheumatism and catarrh will produce a rosy complexion. Dr. A. B. Simpson's Vegetable Compound has for forty years been known as. the most powerful of all alteratives or blood purifiers. There has never been a case of blood poison (even syphilis) or skin disease that it could not cure. Thousands of women take it regularly to keep their blood healthy and their complexion clear. It is purely vegetable and harmless. It was originally the prescription of Dr. A. B.-Simpson, who was one of the most celebrated physicians of the middle west. Inflammatory rheumatism, catarrh, scrofula, eczema, pimples, erysipelas and all troubles arising from impure blood yield to it readily. Sold at $1.00 per bottle at all drug stores. (Advertisement)
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EXPRESS WAR UPON THE PARCELS POST Started Today by Reducing the Rates on California Grown Prunes.
COMMISSION WILL BE OF USE HERE
a new contract was drawn up. The new contract provides that the successful bidder shall have a franchise
! for twenty-five years. And in the pre- t
pared contract the interests of the city j
seem to be pretty well guarded except that the successful bidder will not have to ray anything for the fran
chise. j Must Agree To Sell. j The company that gets the franchise must agree to sell the plant to the city
i at any time five yt-ars after tne sign
SHOW IS HEEDED Canadian Town Short of Pro-' visions on This Account.
(National News Association)
City Attorney Favors Establishment of Public Service Commission.
ing of the contract, and the franchise provisions at i.rouaru. io-n i .vw . , 'Br f.-,rth i:,st how the sale and pur-1 population at the head of Lesser Slave
luj Aiwiae) umuu is quuieu a. . . . , iuu ,st .th f KJmniiton.
chase shall tv made, it is in section . ..v...- -
(Palladium Sp"ial) GROCARD. Alta, Dec. 26. Unusually high temperature is the. princi
pal cause assigned for the shortage of
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shot in the war of the express com- Indianapolis newspaper and prepared 24 of the j roposed contract mat me , --. panies against the parcels post was by a slaff writer, on the value of a Pub- city finds the stumbling bkck regard-
r: 1 - . Ini th C;l ! g f fl A T !Ji Til T ISO.
iiiu iuud) v.uKii a. wo t-uL qic uii iic service commission. . " w. t, . - Vi fiAid.
prunes from California to Chicago was if there was a public service com- Corrpany May OBjct. . ,k., rnv.rn. announced. Charles P. Grandfield. rai6sion with proper powers we would is expected that the hrafd first assistant postmaster general, re- not have a bit of trouble." remarked Gas Company will oppose a public nun t He M. th e jj Xb cently received notice from a San A. M. Gardner, former representative rvn e comm ...on also. Thts com-; rhleH, on wn hl Diego fruit grower, that he intended from Wayne county, and present city IW 1 -ork,nR under - Z' LTlZr Zl L.Z'utt
mat was granted many years aico to -
James M Starr and associates, all of i winter, nas occome exnausiea. inert,
whom were Richmond men. It is a isMnunruus.rmnmrr.in-m
to ship two carloads of prunes to New attorney. "Our contract with the wa
York by parcels post in eight ounce ter company has expired and we have packages. The parcels post rate on not been able to do anything. We pot these packages is K cents. The ex- up what we supposed was a first-class press companies heard of the letter contract, and no one bid on it. and we and reduced their rate today. , will try it again in January, after we . have been compelled to make some Star Distance. .changes in the franchise. And there is
. . . . i i ,Annnti.i rtrt rfrtaintv that w. v i 11 par nnv Htria
"7 ZrrU Tbavlh: Richmond" is at the mercy of the better than that. They relieve that the!
wide open franchise one of the Kind nea in r.aniomon. r.uson ana Ainathat gives the company all the best of baaca to make trip to the north counit. The consumer does not have a look ry as there is snow to corer in except as the company makes thelne roads.
t hink to look through and the people j
nere are anxious to nave
something RICH GEM FOUND
use the rate of light
second in covering the mighty spaces contract expires
(National News Aftsoclatlon) WASHINGTON". Oec. 26.
Th
1S4.O0O miles a water company. In two years our gas i""""
and I rinn't know sumi i. inK ut-n... ..-
with w hich they are forced to deal what the outcome will be." o.nnuuf ,mm vm.vv ,,.,,. wo aiamono oroocn. lost o Mimm Even then we cannot half understand. ' Who owns the Richmond Gas Com- honhx ,he bnds of th, oK1 4"m l-cy Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator let us say. the immense distance oi pany?" pany some of them for o. cents on the Smith of c.mtf. at the navy yard Gamma, in the constellatiou Virgo. "No one around here knows." ans- do,lar an,i ,hev bave made a blg lot t,8nce last Saturday night, was mnm-
Manv. manv rears must light travel wered Mr. Gardner. "We understand '- . eu to .miss amuu mu.j u T'"'1'"
la order to reach our little world from that it is owned in Philadelphia and
It is well known here that the law f . d vho founj the ornament. It
firm of Laml. Heasley & Crawford ' hnH tt.rmtk .rtaneled in the friend's
these two suns. They might even have that the same people who own the gas l.oon tt incuislKut hlinrlrPlta Of VeUTS nhn at Torm Uanto rn-n (hlo rnr
tigo. and yet we should still "see" John T. Beasley. of the law firm of lerre i,ame Hna ,nai au ",c vullt I them, so vast are their distances. In Lanihi Beasley & Crawford, of Terre utilities of Terre Haute are against RFCIIPERATING -o . . 1,1 . ... u nnhli.. r-rvif rnnim ission Hence. VCV J I CdWllIiU
tiie year jsk h new mui i-uum-m, Haute, was nere the other day looking " , ... u '
shone forth in the "Swan, but many over something, but we don't know did not know that the star really came what ne was doing." into existence hundreds of years be- To Avoid Dealing, fore, but its light did not reach the -probably getting things ready so a? oarth until it was seen by the observer tQ avoid any Palings with a public in 1877. New ork American. 'service commission," was suggested to jthe city attorney. t-e- I I
wny wire wanoa. "Perhans I don't know." he ans-
represent all ihe public utilities ' dress.
as that firm represents the Richmond' CJas Companv it goes without the say-1 Word has been received here by re!ing here that the Richmond Gas Com-; atives of Miss Orpha Williams, formnanv will add its fort e acainst a law s erly a saleslady in one of the local
to establish a public service commls-, stores, that she la in good health in sion that will be something more than ( Denver. Col, where she recently went a title. U recuperate.
WILLIE GEE AND CHIEF OFFICER M. A. DONNELLY. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. When the steamer Foxton Hall arrived in New York from Calloa the other day the most interesting passenger was a little ten year old colored boy named William Gee who had been rescued from the Carribean Sea while astride a cocoanut palm after the devastating hurricane which swept over the island of Jamaica last month. On November 14 last, the youngster was swimming about in shallow water when a terrific gust of wind alarmed him and he took shelter in a small hut on the shore. The next fierce blow struck the shack and carried it far out into the water. As Willie came to the surface he grasped a cocoanut tree floating nearby. He climbed astride the tree and worked his way up to the fork and foliage where he wedged himself. He spied a lone cocoanut in the branches, and after munching on this he fell into a sort of coma and was unconscious when picked up by Chief Officer Donnelly and his men, who rowed from the Foxton Hall to the tree in a gig.
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A certain marrieu mixu nu duumj wered wearilv to the boys that his wife never sits The' Richmond Water Companv ,s a up for him slipped out for a e.gar the loca, concern It ,B owned amo8t ox. other evening after supper and failed clusive,v and entlreIy managed by to notice that his wife had her part? ; Richmond , but in some ins(an. trown on When he softly tiptoed reg acts game gs ,f jt Ipto the house at 2 a. m he V!,J : belonged to C. H. Geist or some of the slightly surprised to see a dewy .vej !other philanth i8tg wno own water lady trip down the sta may. turn her j pantsn indiana. The presbj'k to h iu and tearfully say: i -7 ! o v a . , i ,.. . .i' . ent city administration of Richmond There are two hooks I Just couldn t - , ,,,, , i thought it would be a good idea to arreach: won t vou unfasten tuenj so I i . . . p
to bed?" range a trancnise so tne oenents can go o e . . . . . i would not be all on the side of the war ortuiuitely he could and did. Chi-1
cagj Record-Herald. : ' . ...
amvi auic iiuit iii vw i.uvi, tj i i j were asked for, but no one bid. This created a suspicion that there was a community of interests somewhere. So
Alcohol for Boys? Co To Your Doctor Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoholic sUmulanr lor children. He will probably say. "Very, very nirely. Askhta
how often he prescribes a tonic lor incm. nc wm Uiuuauijrn , nr (rom,ntlu ' Then ack him about Aver S nOfl-
alcoholic Sarsaparilia as a tonic for the young.
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HAD TRAGIC SEQUEL Four Deaths Follow a Xmas Wedding.
(National Xews Association) CHAMPAIGN. 111., Dec. 26. Four persons are dead and one is dying today as the result of a collision between a covered wagon carrying a party of wedding guests and an Illinois Central train at Savoy near here. The dead are: Edward H. Miller. 34. Mrs. Maude Miller, 34. Ruth Miller, 8, their daughter. Wayne Miller, 4, their son. Opal Scott, aged 11, a neice of the Millers, was fatally injured. The party was returning from the wedding of Mrs. Miller's sister when the accident occurred.
COURT NEWS
William J. Hiatt today tiled a com
plaint in the Wayne circuit court against Elizabeth Samms. The suit is a complaint on account and to fore
close mechanic's lien. The plaintiff alleges that on January 3, the defendant was indebted to him to the amount of $50 for labor and materials. The complainant asks the sale of real estate on which he has a lien. Inventory of the personal estate of the late Benjamin F. Craig was filed in ths county clerk's office this morning by Lillian W. Craig, administratrix. The report shows the value of the personal estate to be $688.12.
A REGULAR ROUTINE
Board of Works Orders Num
ber of Improvements. .
The Average Man. A foreign visitor in an interview in New York told the truth about the average mau
"Jour country," he said, "is made j nn. like mine, of average men. The!
average man," he added, "is a man
lllj Uliu.7tll i .... .i. . ..... . ibove the average." Washington Star.
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NEW YEAR GIFTS
Friends are often overlooked during the rush of the holiday season. Then, too, unexpected gifts may come to you, placing you under obligation of making some return. New Year's Day provides the opportunity. More and more gifts are given on this day each year. Our stock of suitable gfts. always too large to be entirely exhausted before Christmas, will provide any New Year tokens you may desire to give. New Years Cards from 1c up. Ask us for Calendars and Almanacs.
Answered. Schoolteacher What farm papers does your father take? Son of the Village Tightwad-First mortgages! Puck.
sore muscles, stiff or swollen joints. It
i quicKiy relieves tne severe pains; reauces
the fever, and eliminates the poison from the system. 50c a box at druggists. Wrlta Tor A From Triml Bom. Dr. WHITEHALL MECRIMINE O. 253 N. Main St., South Bend, Indiana.
The Drug Feller"
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Routine business was transacted iu the meeting of the board of works this morning. The Home Telephone
company did not reset its poles after
placing a conduit underground at the
intersection of North Eighth street and the railroad. The board ordered the company to make the required changes. Resolutions to gravel West First and West Seventh street were passed A resolution to improve South West A street from West Fifth to West Eleventh street was passed by the board. The proposed improvement calls for grading, graveling and macadamizing the roadway, making sidewalks, cement curbs and gutter. The cost of the improvement will be over $2,000. A resolution for a sanitary sewer in the alley between North Fourteenth and Fifteenth street and the alley north of G street to the river was favorably considered.
The resolution to build a storm sew-!
er west of the C. & O. railroad from South J to H street was held up pending a further investigation by the city engineer.
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uy Our Pocahontas GUIIine Cudd
It makes most heat, holds fire longest and is most economical. Just now we have several cars that are VERY LUMPY. This is a good time to fill up your bin. The price is $4.75 per ten.
FILE A SUIT
WANT 500 FARMERS FOR THE COURSE
(Palladium Special) CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind., Dec. 26. Special efforts are being made by the committee having in charge the farmers' short course to be given here un-
jder the auspices of the Purdue agri
culture department. February 3 to .". to secure a large attendance. An urgent appeal has been sent out to have about 500 persons attend the course. Farmers who ant to enroll are requested to send their names to B. F. Wissler, Cambridge City.
(National Xews Association) WINCHESTER, Ind., Dec. 26. Robinson & Co., a corporation of Richmond, has filed suit in the Randolph circuit court, naming Alva E. Hernly defendant. The suit is over a promissory note, which the plaintiffs aver Hernly took out April IS, 1912. The principal of the note was f 171.50. They state it is long past due and they ask damages in the sum of $225.
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UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
During the two days preceding Christmas, thirteen marriage licenses were issued by County Clerk Matthews. This number of licenses does , net equal the number issued during ; the same period of previous years. I The majority of the weddings were
celebrated yesterday.
Accuracy is the twin brother of bonify. Simmons.
NOTICE. The same not having been either waivered or paid in cash within tho time required by law. notice is now given to the persons interested that, unless the assessments for public improvements known by the various names ghen belcw against the divers pieces of real estate there described, and owing by the respective persons there named in the several amounts there stated, are paid within twentyone days from December 26, 1912, suit will be instituted for the recovery of the amounts due. ..Name by which Improvement Is Known- Trunk and lateral Sewer, West of Ridge and North of Landen Avenue, etc. Description of Real Estate 10 feet of Harris Street, O. M., No. 14 N. W. 32-U-l, 13-100 acres. Name of person: Anna K. Batter. Amount Owing: S5S.15. A. R. Albertson, Treasurer. 26-2S-50
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