Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 252, 30 August 1913 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELE GRAM, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1913

PRICE OF CHICKEN COHTIHUESJO SOAR No Excuse for Such High Prices, Marketmaster Taylor Stated Today.

The high price of chickens is due partly to the great demand for this fowl in Eastern markets, according to a local produce dealer. "The Eastern market wants chickens and the shippers are paying big prices for them, which forces our price up accordingly. The matter of feed may enter into the cause of high prices, for the grain is worth more to the farmer than it used to be." The meat prices may also affect the chicken market some. We can never tell exactly what causes the rise and fall of prices." John Taylor, marketmaster, said that the high prices were the fault of the people who bought the chickens. "It don't cost any . more to raise a chicken now than it did ten years ago, and the chickens are just as plentiful. The farmers and chicken dealers know that they can get the high prices and they demand them. There is one person who sells from a hundred and twenty-five to a hundred and fifty chickens every Saturday afternoon. The people will pay the price. Chickens used to be twenty-five cents apiece, now they are thirty-five cents a pound, dressed. A poor man can't have chicken any more, and it's because other people will pay exhorbitant prices." The best morning market held in Richmond this year was at the East End place this morning. There was a great variety of produce of all kinds and the market was busy for several hours. The market of fresh produce is crowded with home-grown melons and corn is also plentiful. Potatoes and tomatoes are scarce, this week. The prices are normal. Green stuff of all kinds is plentiful. Important to Dyspeptics. Bear in mind that Chamberlain's Tablets improve the appetite, strengthen the the digestion and regulate the liver and bowels. Just what you need. For sale by all dealers. ( Advertisement) ANCIENT SKYSCRAPERS. Horn an Houses War Tall and Flimsy, th Streets Narrow Lanes. ' The tenement house is no new thing. Bo ; great - was the number of such houses and so badly were they put up la ancient Rome that in 69 A. D. the Emperor Otho, who was then marching against Vltellius, found his way barred Tfor twenty miles by the ruins of buildings that had been undermined by an Inundation. The spontaneous collapse of tenement houses was so common an occurrence that little attention was paid to it The tenants of these houses have been described by a writer of the time ' as fearing to be buried or burned alive. Companies existed for the purpose of propping and sustaining houses. In comparison with the tenements of most modern cities, those of Rome were excessively 'high. Martial alludes to a poor man. a neighbor, who had to mount 200lsteps to reach his garret That garret must hare been perched nearly 100 .feet above the level of the street , - x It is possible that Martial exaggerated, but it is certain that Augustus, to make less frequent the occurrence of disasters, limited the height of new houses that opened upon the streets to about sixty-eight feet. As this was a remedial regulation and referred only to now houses fronting on the street. It follows that some houses must have .n'UlTll 1 iltl 1. 1.1 IT I I I.J L. This, moreover, was irrespective of MB 1 1 HI) f I ! 1 1 ni inn HLlt?L- J 11 1111 1 1 11wo meters, miu iu raris ui umruwst streets are nearly eight meters side, while the streets of Rome exCknAftA nnlo rut alv matAtm ond nrt luese narrow streets ue lau uouses were built Light and air must have . . . JlD ...U 1 . i .t A 1. liau Borne uiiin-unj iu eiieirniiug muse narrow, walled in passages. SARDOU AT REHEARSALS. He Worried the Actors to Scowls and the Actresses to Tears. Sardou, the great French playwright knew how to profit by the views of other people. Jerome A. Hart writes in his book, "Sardou and the Sardou Plays:" "Like Alexandre Dumas pere, Sardou was extremely sensitive to the opinions of the less subtle sieetators of his rehearsals. He closely watched and heeded the impressions and comments' of the stage carpenters, scene painters, firemen, supers and other humble people behind the scenes. They represented to him the average niiud of the average audience. To the opinions of actors of his unproduced pieces he paid little heed; to the opinions of critics, none at all. At rehearsals no details escaped him. lie would seat himself u the stage chairs and sofas, open and hut the practicable doors, go to the sback of the parterre to study the per spective of the scene, climb to the highest gallery to see if the audience there could hear, and then hasten back to the stage. "There he would seat himself, jumping np during the rehearsal thirty or forty times to show the actors his idea of the action. In doing this he would laugh, would cry, would shriek and would even die a mimic death. Coming to life again, he would call for his overcoat and hasten to muffle himself op as before. He was very sensitive to cold and always came on the stage with a heavy coat a muffler and cap to protect him from drafts. He would rehearse from 10 in the morning until 3. when he would take a sandwich and a glass of wine. After this he would resume his work until 5. at which hour be would go blithely forth into the street, smiling and hnmrolng. 'followed. ns one resentful player put it. by scowlinc actors and weep lug actresses.' V . ... -

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Alfonso Washington Pezet the son of the Peruvian minister to the United States, whose play "Remaking the Raleighs," was presented before a distinguished audience of society leaders and the diplomatic corps at Washington. Mr. Pezet is known in . the theatrical circles of New York, where his plays had much favorable criticism.

United States Ready For Mexican Invasion

General Staff Has Two Plans for Entering Troublesome Republic in the Event President Wilson and Congress Find Intervention Is Necessary.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 30. The United States Military authorities have in their possession complete plans for the invasion of Mexico by two different routes. Don't alarm yourself. That fact doesn't necessarily mean that there is going to be war with Mexico or armed intervention. Probably the War College has also drawn complete plans to meet an invasion of California, Oregon and Washington by the Japanese. It is merely a little precaution that the War College takes to be prepared for anything that might happen, and anything is within the range of possibilities. Plans For Invasion. If by any chance invasion of Mexico should become necessary, the United States would be as prepared as it is possible for the United States, with its non-military policies, to be, according to the blue-printed plans of the War College, invasion of our Southern neighbors would be made via El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, to Mexico City and Vera Cruz, Mexico. The latter port would probably be attacked by the fleet first and after submission, troops would be landed, and the advance to Mexico City begun. The two columns would then meet somewhere near the capital of Mexico. Down at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., is located the headquarters of the Southern Department, U. S. A., with Brigadier-General Tasker H. Bliss in command. If Congress should authorize the President to act against Mexico and the President should direct that American troops cross the Mexican border at once, General Bliss and his men would do the crossing. Probably they would be reinforced by regiments from other departments after they had crossed the border, or, if there were time enough, before crossing. Commanding Officers. Besides General Bliss, the officers w ho would be in command of this first invasion of Mexico, would be Brigadier General James Parker, commanding the First Cavalry Brigade of the Southern Department, Brigadier-General Hugh L. Scott, Commanding the Secend Cavalry Brigade of the Southern Department and General Bliss's staff, consisting of the following line of ifficers: Aid-de-Camp, First Lieutenant Matt C. Bristol; Chief of Staff, Major Robert A. Brown; Adjutant, Lieut.-Col. John W. Heard, Inspector, Major Alonzo Gray; Judge Advocate, Major Henry M. Morrow; Quartermaster, Col. Gonzales Bingham; Surgeon, Col. William D. Crosby; Engineer, Captain Henry H. Roberts; Ordnance Officer, Major John H. Rice; and Lieut. Col. William S. Rice. Officer in Charge of Military Affairs. All plans of procedure of the provisional army of invasion would be in the hands of these officers. Of course, all of the principal instructions for the movement of the brigade would come from the General Staff Corps of the army at Washington. Many minor matters would have to be settled on the scene of action, however, by Brigadier General Bliss and his staff, calling into action the colonels and majors commanding the individual regiments and the brigadier generals commanding the brigades. General Staffs Duty. Not only would the general staff corps direct the movements of General Bliss, but it would, under the direction of the president and the secretary of war, direct the movements of troops all over the country and actually do all of the planning of the campaigns. The president, as commander-in-chief, would be supreme, of course, but inasmuch as he is not a military man, as neither is the secretary of war, practically all of their directions would be given at the suggestion of the officers of the general staff. Here is the personnel of the might

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iest military army of the United States of America: Major General Leonard Wood, chief of the general staff corps. Major General William W. Weatherspoon. Brigadier General Albert L. Mills, chief of the division of military affairs. Brigadier General Erasmus M. Weaver, chief of the coast artillery. Colonel John Biddle, engineer. Colonel William A. Mann, infantry. Colonel Edwin Groble, field artillery. Colonel William A. Nichols, infantry. Lieutenant Colonel John E. McMahon, field artiMery. Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Hodges, Jr., cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel Harry C. Benson, cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel William H. Haan, coast artillery. Lieutenant Colonel H. T. Allen, cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel H. T. Allen, cavalry. Minor Staff Officers. In addition to these officers there are thirteen majors and twelve captains, selected from every branch of the army. All of the members of the general staff corps are chosen because of their expert knowledge of some individual branch of military service, and not because of their rank. It will be noted that General Bliss' brigades consist principally of cavalry. Such troops would be excellent for the first invasion Mexixcan soil. Having crossed the border, the cavalry brigades could later receive the support of regiments of fresh infantry and artillery. The regiments under General Bliss are: Regiments Under Bliss. First Battalion 3rd Field Artillery; Fifth Field Artillery, less Battery D.: Battery C, 6th Field Artillery; Second Bpttalion 10th Field Artillery; Nineteenth Infantry; Twenty-second Infantry; Co. 1 Signal Corps; First Cavalry Brigade, consisting of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Cavalry regiments; Second Cavarry Brigade, consisting of 5th and 9th Cavalry; Third Cavalry Brigade consisting of 12th Cavalry, 13th Cavalry, 11th Cavalry. 15th Cavalry, Co. A, Signal Corps; Field Hospital No. 1 and Ambulance Co. No. 1. A Formidable Force. This is not a very formidable force, to be sure, but it should be sufficient to make a very imposing demonstration against a country like Mexico. If Russia lay to the south of the United States such a border brigade would be ridiculous. A handful or two of cavalry and some scatterings of field artillery would not stand much chance 3 I m i

A CLASSJF LIONS Will Be Taken Into the Order Sunday.

A class of eighty-five will be initiated into the local chapter of the Royal Order of Lions Sunday afternoon by the degree team of the Cincinnati Lodge No. 202. The local lodge was installed two weeks ago with a membership of twenty-two. Dr. Goldberg, the Supreme Royal organizer for this district, has notified ' M. E. Rockwell, the local organizer. 1 that he will attend the work toniorrow. j Rockwell announces that he has ar- ! ranged with Charles Retterman, i Cincinnati, editor of the "Fraternal ! Guard" to deliver an address on ths i history of fraternal organizations. Rotterman's meeting, which will preicede the initiation, beginning at .2 o'clock, will be open to the public. against the hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers Russia or any other European country always has ready for quick movement to the borders. If Russia did lay to the South, however, it is probable that she would have no more powerful an armed force at the border or ready for mobilization than would the United States. Ntxt to the President of the United States, the Secretary of War and the Assistant Secretary of War, MajorGeneral Leonard Wood, Chief of the General Staff, would be the highest commanding officer. Officers who would probably play an important part in event of a serious war are: Department Commanders. Major General William Crozier, Major General Thomas H. Barry at present in command of the Department of the East; Major General Arthur Murray and Major General J. Franklin Bell, General Wood would probably take charge of the field forces as direct Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Invasion. General Murray is at present iu command of the Western Department, which embraces the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, as much of Wyoming as includes Yellowstone Park; California, Nevada, Utah and Alaska, with headquarters at San Francisco, General Barry's department, with headquarters at Governor's Island, New York City, includes all of the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, the post of Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., the coast defenses of New Orleans and Galveston, the Panama Canal Zone and Porto Rico with the keys and islands adjacent thereto. Major General J. Franklin Bell has command of the Department of the Philippines, embracing all of the islands of the Philippine Archipelago, with headquarters at Manila. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank all those who in any way assisted us during the sickness and death of our dear wife and mother. We wish also to thank them for the floral offering. Clem Alexander and Children. The Idler Works Hard. Work, ideally, should be congenial, fruitful, and the worker aware of bis worth to the world. Nobody works harder than tbe idler. He has on bis hands the dire task of killing time. Knowing tbe awfulness of vacuity, he fills the day with a semblance of activity and while gnawing at his peace is conscious of the barren folly of it alL The finest argument for real work is the spectacle of its counterfeit presentmentRichard Burton in the Bellman. Long Felt Want. Yeast I see a man has patented a head rest to be fastened to the arm of a car seat to aid the comfort of passengers obliged to sleep in day coaches. Crimsonbeak Wbat is most needed in day coaches is a chin rest for the man who happens to sit next to you. Yonkers Statesman. SSI

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Senator Alfred Cummins, of Iow, i and one of the staunchest leaders of the Republican party in Congress who J has written a request to Charles D. I Hilles to arrange for a meeting of the leaders of the various elements of the G. O. P. for the purpose of agreeing on a place and date for a convention at which the complete re-organization of the party will be attempted. A Bachelor's Blunder. "If it wasn't for carfare and luncheon." says a bachelor, " woman wouldn't have any need of money when she goes shopping." But every married man knows better. Chicago News. NOTICE State of Indiana, Wayne County, ss: Ella P. Hendrix vs. Elphemy Withrow, etal. Wayne Circuit Court. April Term, 1913. No. 16507. Quiet Title. BE IT KNOWN, That on the 29th day of August, 1913, the above named plaintiff, by her atorney, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court her complaint against said defendants in the above entitled cause to quiet1" title'- together with the affidavit of a competent person, that said defendants are not residents of the State of Indiana. Said defendants Elphemy Withrow, Theodore Withrow, Euphemia Withrow, Elpheney Withrow, David Withrow, Mc J. Withrow, the unknown heirs, legatees, devisees, personal representatives and of next kin of Elphemy Withrow; of Theodore Withrow; of Euphemia Withrow; of Elpheney of David Withrow, each and all deceased ; therefore are hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint" against them and that unless they appear and answer or demur thrcto, at the calling of the said cause, on October 22, 1913, a day of the next term of said court, to be begun audybeld at the court house in the City-'O'T'ltlehmond, on the first Monday of October, 1913, next, said complaint and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be taken as true, and the said cause will be heard and determined in their absence. WITNESS, the Clerk, and the seal of said Court at the City of Richmond, this 30th day of August, 1913. GEORGE MATTHEWS, Clerk. WILLIAM A. BOND, Attorney of Plaintiff. 8-30; 9-6-13

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SMOKERSJISTRIKE? Kick Entered By a Travelinj: Salesman.

"There's no use trying to sell pipe smoking tobacco this season of the year," said a care-free young drummer, as he checked his sample cases of tobacco at the hotel and stepped outside to wait for a car that would carry him to the Chautauqua grounds. "I am drawing my salary for covering my territory and calling on the trade just in order to keep in touch with it. The house does not expect me to pull down very many sales during the summer months, so there is no reason why 1 should not combine a fair percentage of pleasure with business. "The winter devotees of the briar or meerschaum will cing tenaciously to his worse half through the spring, and in casos of rare strength of character, well into the summer. But when the mercury begins to bubble tn the thermometer, the pipe is usually discarded for a fragrant Havana or tho seductive cigarette. "I am handling one of the most widely advertised and popular brands of smoking tobacco on the market today, but it is as hard to sell as mining stock in a rural region, where some prominent citiren has been recently gold-bricked." fcra

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