Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 326, 27 November 1914 — Page 1

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NEW CITY BANK TO WORK UNDER STATEJ5HARTER Backers Assure Organization of Financial Institution With Capital Stock of $100,000.

CONSIDER LOCATION feeter Brothers of Haterstown May Establish Plant Here for Making Motors Says Latest Rumor. Organization of a new basking institution in this city, with a capital stock of $100,000 and operating under a state charter, is to be successfully consummated, it was learned today from authorative sources. An active canvass for stock subscriptions has been made throughout the county with success gratifying to the promoters of the new bank, although they have met with some oppo sition, it is stated. It was learned today that some of the men solicited to subscribe for stock in the new bank have also been approached with offers of stock of the First and Second National banks of llichiuond, stock hitherto held in reserve by these two institutions. Consider Central Site. No effort to secure a Main street location for the new bank will be undertaken until the required amount of stock has been subscribed to and sirticles of incorporation applied for, but it is understood the promoters have in mind a building in the center of the Main street business district lor which they are prepared to make a flattering offer. As was stated in the Palladium a few days ago the Teeter brothers of Magcrstown, manufacturers of a light inspection railroad "hand-car" and one of the most generally used automobile engines on the maiket, are taking an active part in the organization of the new bank. The activity of the Teeters in this project today gave rise to a report current in business circles that they were contemplating an expansion of their business and had in mind the location of a large plant in Richmond. As t! Teeters refuse to make any utatt i-.t at the present time no confirmation of this report is obtainable. In both branches of their manufacturing activities the Teeters have made a remarkable, success. Their inspection cars are sold to railroads all over the United States while the Teeter gasoline automobile engine is recognized as one of the best on the market.

Prince of Wales Off to the Front

The young heir to the throne o the British Empire has crossed the English Channel from Folkstone t o Boulogne, and a magnificent reception was given him by the troops o f the Allies who saw him disembark. Several wounder men were held up to the windows of carriage to see him, and he shook hands with some of them. The Prince will b attach4. to the staff of Field Marshall Sir John Freaah,

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Part of the Japanese contingent which captured the Germa their successful work.

E FOUR IN PREBLE EATOX, O., Nov. 27. Four Preble county farms, upon which cattle suspected to be infected with hoof and mouth disease are held, have been placed under quarantine by State and Federal authorities. One of these farms is owned by George G. Sauer, whose $G,500 herd of cattle was slaughtered a few days ago. The other farms are in the same neighborhood, and the infection is thought to have been contracted from cattle Sauers purchased in Chicago. Charles Mountcastle has one cow and 20 head of hogs; Mrs. Melissa Wolf owns 7 head of cattle and 20 : hogs; and Charles James has 7 head1 of cattle and 15 hogs. In these herds' the disease has appeared, and authorities probably will arrange for an early slaughter of the animals held at each place. Aside from the big herd killed at tne Sauers home, authorities are ar- i arnging to kill twenty head of cattle which he has had on pasture upon another of his farms south of the home place.

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FR0MJ01LING VAT Will Wickard Saves Lloyd Hill From Instant Death at Centerville. Lloyd Hill, 40, is in a serious condition at his home in Centerville from burns received this morning when he fell into a tank of scalding water at the Long slaughter house. He was saved from what would have been almost instant death by Will Wickard, his fellow workman who pulled Hill from the tank before his body became entirely immersed. Hill's right side is badly scalded and his chest is burned. The flesh on his right arm, shoulder and thigh is almost cooked. Physicians could not say today that he would survive the accident. v PROVIDE FOR POOR IN RICrMD FIRST Relief Committee Place Duty to City's Worthy Above Belgians. "Our first duty is to our home people," members of the Belgian relief committee of the Commercial club said in a letter sent out today to the ministers of the city. The committee which consists of Adam H. Bartel, H. R. Siekman, W. J. Robbins and C. W. Jordan, asked the ministers to announce from the pulpit Sunday that the newspapers and banks are agents to receive donations and money for Belgium relief. "We do not expect any Belgian giving to interfere with local charity plans," the committee said. GARFIELD OUTLINES COURSES FOR YEAR Printing classes at the Garfield school, have issued an eight page outline of the work that is being done this year. The outline shows that in following the plan of Junior high school work a closer union has been established between the high school and the grades, and has developed departmental organization, credit systems of pro motion and the introduction ot high school subjects in the seventh and eighth grades. The enrollment of pupils is now more than 500 and the teaching force includes 19 members and an office clerk. STRONG JAP FORCES IN KIAO CHAU HOLD FORMER LEASEHOLD BY LEASED WIRE. TOKIO, Nov. 27. Official announcement was made today that General Kanyo has been appointed commander of the Tsing-Tao garrison. Kiao-Chau, the former German leasehold, is now held by a strong Japanese force and the British troops who are cleaning away the traces of the recent siege and bombardment. Heavy Japanese guns have been mounted to defend the harbor of KiaoChau although there is no possibility of a German attack from that quarter. The German prisoners who were taken when the fortress fell are being given the most considerate treatment. They incurred the deepest respect of the Japanese by reason of their brave

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SMITH MAY SUE CITY FOR INJURY IN BRIDGE SPILL Auto Driver Says Absence of Light Caused the Crash Which Hurled Him Into River Valley. Robert Smith, the only man who ever fell off the Main street bridge to the river valley fit'ty feet below and lived to tell the tale, and who actually went through this thrilling experience without the fracture of a bone, was arraigned in police court this morning on a charge of exceeding the speed limit and entered a plea of not guilty. The case was set or trial next Monday. After his arraignment and release on bond of $50 Smith stated that he was -contempla in?, bringing suit to recover damages from the city for injuries sustained when he dived headforemost from the ri?at of the automobile he was driving, after it collided with the bridge railing. May Sue Threewitts. Later Smith's attorney stated that it was probable that a request would be made for the issuance of an affidavit against Alvin Threewits, with whose rig Smith's unto collided before it struck the bridge railing, charging that he had violat?d traffic regulations by turning to his left on the bridge when Smith's car, approaching from the rear, is a'leged to have attempted to pass him on that side. This attorney said that in his opinion Threewitts was responsible for the affidavit filed against Smith, chargirg him with violating the speed limit the night of the accident, the complaint being made when Threewits found that he cou'd not bring civil action against Smith.' "If the street light at the east end of the Main street bridge had ;iot been out, the accidert would have never occurred," Smith said today. "I think the city is )iab!e, because of this fcr the injuries I sustained and the the accident occurred." Smith Blames Light. "I entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of fast driving because I wi's not exceeding he speed limit. When I approached the bridge from the east I was only going at a fair rp.te of speed. The approach to the bridge was exceedingly dark and the m:. chine was fairly upon Threewitts' rig" before I saw it. I turned to my lei, the south side of the bridge, to pafcs him, which is one of the rules of the road, and he turned in the same direction. When thr car hit the rig the tie-rod was broken and I lost control of the machine. It crashed into the bridge railing and threw me into the valley. It was not my fault that the accident ocurrod." ANNOUNCES SERMONS For his sermons- at the evangelistic services which he is conducting at the Elkhorn church the Rev. C. W. Swift of Indianapolis has announced the following subjects: "The Fellow Who Can Fight," Friday; "Something of Which Everyone Is Owner," Saturday; "A Hard Command," Sunday evening. "Christian Sorrow" was the title of the address last night. The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair in north. Rain in south portion tonight and probably Saturday. Colder tonight TEMPERATURE. Noon 52 Yesterday. Maximum 60 Minimum 38 GENERAL C O N D I T I ONS Coo wave covered lakes this morning and is moving southeast. A storm covers the southwest where unsettled weather will exist for the next 36 hours.

Tsing Tao

Japs were aided by the British in RUSS HELP AVAILS LITTLE IN SERB Austrians Able to Inflict Heavy Punishment Against Combined Forces. BY STEVEN BURNETT, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. VIENNA, via Berlin and Amsterdam, Nov. 27. Russian forces have been sent to reinforce the Servians, but the operations of the Austrian troops in Serb territory continue to be success ful, according to an official report from the general staff under date of Nov. 26. It follows: "The battle in Russian-Poland has assumed the proportions of a continu ous conflict. We have gained ground at seveTal points particularly north of Cracow, where heavy losses are inflicted on the Russians. In Galicia we have repulsed all the Russian attacks. "In Servia our operations proceed successfully. The enemy is worn out, by our heavy attacks and Russian troops now fighting with the Servians have had to fall back. "South of the river Lijig we captured the eastern heights and took 300 Russian prisoners. From Valjevo we have advanced in the direction of Kosjevici (19 miles south of Valjevo). JACKSONVILLE HIT BY $150,000 BLAZE BY LEASED WIRE. JACKSONVILLE. 111., Nov. 27. Two blocks in the northern edge of the business section of this city, were destroyed by fire early this morning. It. is supposed the blaze originated in the rear of B. P. Andrews & Sons lumber yard and rapidly spread. A shift in the wind aided the firemen in their fight and at 7 a. m. the fire was well under control. No figures on losses are available, but the loss will probably reach $150,000.

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Richard Croker and Indian Wife

Richard Croker, former czar of Tammany hall, and Miss Beulah Benton Edmondson, descendant of Chief Bluejacket, one of the most famous leaders of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, were married in St. Agnes's rectory in the presence of a few friends. The bride and Mr. Croker met for the first time in Kansas City at the time that William Jennings Bryan won his second nomination for the presidency. Mr. Croker is seventy-one years of age. His young bride is a singer of no mean ability, having had her voice cultivated at conservatories In Boston and Paris. Tby will spo4 their honeymoon in Florida. ,

EXPLOSION SMASHED BATTLESHIP BULWARK ADMIRALTY ASSERTS

BY HERBERT TEMPLE, European Manager of International News Service. LONDON, Nov. 27. The "explosion that shattered the great battleship Bulwark and sent her to the bottom only a few miles from London was declared today by attaches of the British admiralty to have been accidental. They asserted there was no truth in rumors that she bad been torpedoed by a German submarine and branded reports that she had been blown up by a German 8py who had gotten aboard the vessel as "entirely false." The concensus at the Admiralty j which withheld its final verdict pending the inquiry called for this afternoon at Chatham was that the disaster resulted from the bursting of a lyddite shell that was dropped while the warship was taking on ammunition. The officials believe that in a moment of carelessness the men carrying the 12-inch shell permitted it to drop in the magazine. Many bodies are being washed ashore today near Sherness, off which the Bulwark was lost. Only fourteen survivors have been accounted for in the official reports. The complement of the vessel was 750 men. JUDGES TO SELECT BEST CRAFTS WORK FOR m EXHIBIT Wood Prints by Gustave Baumann Attracts Attention to Many Visitors at Opening of Display. A large crowd attended the opening reception of the Arts and Crafts exhibit at the high school gallery yesterday afternoon to inspect the collection of articles on display. The wood prints by Gustave Baumann of Nashville, Ind., attracted a great deal of attention, many persons expressing wonder at the results obtained in the coloring and detail of the pictures. The collection of handmade jewelry is also considered very good, and was the subject of much favorable comment. Miss Edna Johnson who has charge of the exhibit, announced today that the gallery would be open from -o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and from 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The judging committee consisting of Mrs. J. E. Cathell, Mrs. Elmer Eggemeyer, Miss Edna Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Sands, Mrs. E. F. Hiatt and Miss Kiturah Parsons, will pass on the exhibits tomorrow afternoon. The winning articles will be sent to Indianapolis to compete for a place on the exhibit of work by Indiana women, which will be sent to the PanamaPacific exposition. On Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, Gustave Baumann of Nashville, Ind., will give a lecture at the gallery before the Art Study club, on .wood engraving, using his own work to illustrate the talk. The public is invited to attend this lecture. TRUSTEES TO MEET. Township Trustee James Howarth Erd Trustee-elect Edgerton will attend a meeting of the state township trustees association at Indianapolis December 7. 8 and 9. Several other trustees in this county will attend the meeting. The program for the convention has not been issued. ..?S-:-.??.:-.

LONDON. Nov. 27. The British battleship Bulwark, which was mysteriously blown up in the harbor at Sheerness yesterday went down in .thirtyseconds. This information was contained today in the first witness accountant of the marine disaster.. Th narrative was given by an officer on a vessel which was lying near the Bulwark at the time of the explosion. "Just before 8 o'clock in the morning I heard a thunderous report" declared the officer. "I saw a pillar of fire which rolled upward to a height of from 200 to 300 feet. The upward rushing column at first seemed to be white fire, but almost immediately the flames were obscured by a dense cloud of black smoke. "I realized at once that the thick, oily fumes came from the ammunition stored on the Bulwark and my first thought was that the vessel had been torpedoed by a daring German submarine. The cloud of smoke hung low over the vessel, but within thirty seconds it had lifted sufficiently to show me that the Bulwark was no more. Only seven members of the Bulwark's crew escaped without any injuries at all. and they were not on board the battleship at the time."

2 BRITISH VESSELS ADDED TO VICTOR LIST OF GERMANS BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON. Nov. 27. The Admiralty announced late this afternoon that the British collier Khartoum had been blown up by a mine off Grimsby. The crew was landed at Grimsbuy. The British steamer Primo has been torpedoed and sunk in the English channel off Cape-D'Antirer. France. The Primo was built in Stockholm in 1S9S and was owned by a New Caatle, England, firm. A report from Petrograd that the Russian battle cruiser Fliba had been blown up in the Gulf of Finland by a min and 450 men lost was found to be untrue. STUDENTS PROVIDE FOOD FOR SCCRES Donate Liberally to Schools Efforts for Relief of Richmond Poor. Through the school children of Richmond, sixty families had Thanksgiving dinners yesterday. Enough supplies remain to furnish dinners for 100 families and there is a supply of jellies, preserves and canned fruit to furnish sick and convalescent persons under the care of the visiting nurse until next spring. The supplies were taken to the old Associated Charity rooms where bushels of potatoes and other substantial are now stored until further distribution is made. The supply equals last year's giving. The Penny club and Women's Relief corps sent out the supplies which furnished the sixty Thanksgiving dinners yesterday. At every school, long tables placed in the halls were filled with small di-. nations which were made in such numbers that the large t-upply resulted. It is estimated that seventy-live per tent of the families represented by school children became givers Wednesday in cash, if not in supplies. The cash has not been entirely collected but there will be about f 20.