Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 339, 12 December 1914 — Page 1

RIGHM0M3 PAIJLABIUM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 339. c:VBAB7,in-Te,e gram RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, D ECEMBER 12, 1914. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

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GERMANS SHELL YPRES STATION HALTING ALLIES French Attack at Langemarck Costs Enemy Loss of 200 Killed and 340 Taken Prisoners.

FRANCE FORCES TEUTONS FROM GANALOF YSER Allies Occupy the Positions Evacuated by the Kaiser's Troops in Short Retreat in Region of Flanders.

CRUISER

DRESDEN

RUPE PUBLISHES FOULKE POSITION ON GUESTHOUSE Lawyer Details Difficulties and Legal Questions Which Arose Over Offer of $10,000 Donation.

BERLIN PRAISES NAVAL HEROES OF SPEE FLEET Kaiser Able to Take Stroll on Grounds of the Imperial Palace, Ready To Return To the Front.

FOULKE GIFT DECLINED BY GUEST HOUSE Association Refuses Plan of Mrs. W. D. Foulke Detailing Selection of Trustees For Home.

REPORTED IN HIDING ALONG SOUTH COAST

PROGRESS AT ARRAS

Many Allies Slain When Teutons Explode Mine in Battle Raging in Region of Argonne. BY FREDERICK WERNER Staff Correspondent The International News Service. BERLIN', Dec. 12. (By wireless) All attacks by the allies in the western theatre of war were repulsed on Friday, says an official announcement Kiven out here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. It shows that the Franco-British troops are on the offensive along almost the entire front, but declares that the Germans have made progress at Arras. The Germans'have brought their artillery to bear upon the railroad station at Ypres tohinder the movements of the allies troops. The official statement follows: "In Flanders yesterday, the French attack in the direction of Langemarck was repulsed, the enemy losing 200 in killed and "10 prisoners. Our artillery bombarded the Ypres railway station to hinder the movement of histile troops by rail. "We have made progress near Arras. The French made unsuccessful attacks at Souain and Perthes and in the Argonne, but everywhere they were repulsed. We took an important position, many of the enemy being killed by a mine. We also took 200 prisoners. South of St. Mihiel the French repeatedly made stubborn attacks, but were repulsed. We similarly repulsed attacks at Markirch (In the Vosges.( "On the frontier of Fast Prussia, our cavalry repulsed all Russian attacks. There we took ?,T,0 more prisoners. "In north Poland, south of the Vistula, the operations are resuming greater importance. On the south of Poland a Russian attack was repulsed by Austrian and German troops." BISHOP DISTRIBUTES 75 PMRSJDF SHOES Truant Officer Finds Lack of Apparel Keeps Children From School. The duties of the truant officer finding out why children arc? not in school bring out some of the most touching incidents charity, correction or social service workers find. George Bishop, the Wayne county truant officer, said today that the attendance throughout the county it better this year than ever before, but the pupils who are absent are in many cases being kept home for good cause. Mr. Bishop has given out seventyfive pairs of new shoes this school term. He buys little new clothing as most of the demands for wearing apparel aside from shoes can be filled by social service workers. "Yesterday I went into a little homo that made my heart ache." Mr. Bishop said. "There in the kitchen the lather was sitting before a little work table, fixing the children's shoes, while they sat in their stocking feet before a lire that was hardly burning. "1 believe that organized charity is keeping a great many children in school who would be out. There are more worthy people being reached quietly than ever before and I have lewer demands than I expected."

5 BATTLES IN POLAND TO DECIDE SUPREMACY

Germans Persist in Drive to Warsaw Whose Strategic Railways Make City Important Point in Teutonic Operations Battle of Cracow Still Without Result.

BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY. PKTROGUAD, Dec. 12. --Five separate battles art1 raging in Poland and Galica. where Field Marshal Vim 1 1 inden Imrg. who is now in Mipreme command of all the German and Austrian armies, is struggling desperately against tin1 Russians counter assaults to maintain the offensive. Enormous losses are marking the German drive toward Warsaw, but the German field marshal holds his present plan of campaign to be of such vital importance that all regard for the cost in human life lias been lost in the gigantic struggle which is now tinder way. For the time being, flanking operations have ceased, and over the greater part of the long battle front it is now a linht for strategic railways over which the troops and supplies ran he moved. "More men! More men!" is the cry the German commander-in-chief is constantly sounding in the ears of the Iierliu government. The five .ones of action are located on te line which now extends in the form of a vast, semi-circle. The line, roughly speaking, as as follows: Southeast to Mlawa: in the Vistula valley north of Lowlcz; along the

BANKS FORWARD SAVINGS CHECKS IN SUNDAY MAIL Citizens Will Receive $150,000 for Xmas Shopping When Postman Arrives at Door Monday. On Monday morning the mail carrier will bring you a welcome letter if you are one of the fortunates who started Christmas saving funds a year ago. The First and Second National banks will mail out checks totalling $150,000 tomorrow to several thousand residents of Richmond. The money will be welcomed, not only by the bank patrons but by merchants. The flood of money is expected to cause an era of unusual prosperity. About $100,000 probably will go into commercial channels, some to pay

j for what was purchased in the past on credit. The banks will retain some of the ! money in savings accounts but the merchants are offering every inducej ment to have the cash placed in circu lation, some of the merchants will send out their December statements tomorrow so that accounts probably will accompany many of the savings checks. An element which enters into the sending out of Christmas savings checks, is the joy the money will bring with it into homes where the provider has been unemployed for some time. While many substantial business men have such accounts in the banks. It is said that a large portion of the money will go into homes where it is badly needed. All of the banking establishments in the city are announcing Christmas savings funds for next year. CHURCH TO GATHER SUPPERJOR POOR Grace Methodists Plan Relief Work as Part of Christmas Exercises. Contributions of food and clothing will be received at the Sunday school of the Grace M. E. church, Sunday morning, Dec. 20 for distribution among the poor of the city. A large donation is expected. A committee will have charge of the distribution. The Sunday-school entertainment will also be held that morning, when a program of songs and recitations will be given. On the Monday afternoon following Christmas, the children of the Sundayschool will be treated and entertained at the church. In the evening the church members will have a supper and be entertained socially. The plan is to make this event a big church family gathering, where all the members will enter into the holiday spirit, and meet, socially. The 'Weather FOR INDIANA Sno w tonight and probably Sunday. Temperatures. Yesterday. Norm 30 20 23 Maximum . . Minimum . . LOCAL Unsettled tonight and Sundav with snow or rain. GENERAL CONDITIONS The two storms are now central over the West, one on the Pacific coast and the other over the Rocky Mountain plateau. As the Rocky mountain storm moves eastward unsettled weather will result for several days with rain or snow. Colder weather will follow sometime next week. W. E. MOORE, Forecaster. Rzura valley; southwest to Piotrokow and around Cracow, in Galica, to which point the Germans arc constantly sending such reinforcements as they can spare from the campaign in East Prussia and Northern Poland. The German efforts in Western Poland to roll back the Russians and relieve the ever-growing pressure at Cracow, ha ye been checked, the Russian general staff announces, and the Russians are pushing forward fresh troops to follow up their advantage'. Stormy weather, which has brought added hardships to the soldiers, has turned the roads into lanes of deep mud, making it almost impossible to move troops and artillery with any degree of speed except in regions where the railway lines may be utilized. That is why the German army, which advanced southward from Mlawa, chose the route of the MlawaN o w y 1 ) w o r railway. The Russians admit that the battle which is in progress south of Cracowis still w ithout result, but on the other hand, they claim that the advance of three of the German armies that were moving in the direction of Warsaw fro mthe north and west has been checked,- and that the Germans will either have to stop and entrench or fall back.

GUN DUELS CONTINUE

Infantry Engagements Continue in the Forests of Grurie and in the Region of Perthes. BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, Staff Correspondent The International News Service. PARIS, Dec. 12. The German forces in Flanders have been compelled to evacuate the west bank of the Yser canal and the allies have occupied the positions occupied by the foe. This was officially announced here this afternoon. An official statement issued by the war office shows that the French artillery continues to show its superiority over that of the Germans. One of the German howitzer batteries has been completely destroyed, the official statement says. The statement follows: "The enemy has been compelled to evacuate the western bank of the Yser canal to the north of the house of the ferryman. We are occupying that bank. "In the region of the Arras there are artillery conflicts. In the region of Nampcel, our batteries have silenced the batteries of the enemy. "In the region of the Aisne, our heavy artillery has silenced the German feld artillery. One of their batteries of howitzers has been completely destroyed. "To the northeast of Vailley, in the region of Perthes, and in that of the forest of Grurie there have been artillery duels and some infantry engagements which have turned to our davantage. "On the heights of the Meuse the enemy's artil'ery has been less active. On the contrary our troops have destroyed at Deuv-Nouds (to the west of Lesh-Hatton Chatel) two of the enemy's batteries, one of heavy calibre, the other used for firing upon aviators. In the same region we have blown up houses and sereval trenches. "Between the Meuse and the Moselles there is nothing to report. "In the Vosges, there are artillery combats. In the region of Senones we have strengthened the positions taken the day before." ARREST OF COUNSEL Italy Demands Explanation From Turks for Holding English Official. BY BRIXTON DALLAIRE, Staff Correspondent The International News Service. ROME, Dec. 12. Italy has demanded from Turkey an explanation of the steps taken by Ottoman officials at Hodeida to arrest the British consul there. The Turks entered the British consulate and the consul fled to the Italian consulate for refuge. Despite the fact that the Italian flag was flying over it, the Turks forced entrance into the building and carried away the British official. The action was a violation of Italy's neutrality, and the Italian foreign office lias pointed this out in its demand for an explanation. TURKS SHELL BATOUN. CONSTANTINOPLE (Via Berlin and Amsterdam), Dec. 12. It is officially announced that the Turkish fleet on Thursday bombarded the Russian port of Batoim on the Black Sea coast. One hundred Russians in the fort, were killed and a large number wounded. Batoun is a town of about three thousand inhabitants and is strongly fortified. It was ceded to Russia by Turkey in 1873. RAILROADS EXPECT HEAVIERJUSINESS Freight Departments Believe Outlook Bright for First of Year. Freight business of the railroads operating through Richmond will begin to pick up shortly after the first of the year, officials predicted today. At the Pennsylvania offices today it. was stated that while there had been no noticeable difference in the freight business of the Pennsylvania lines, information received from various sources indicates increasing business soon after the holiday season. The business outlook at the present time was said to be in a doubtful state. With many factories over the country booking satisfactory orders, the prospects are not discouraging. At the C. & O. offices it was said that there had already been an increase in the business of the road, and the same optimisim prevailed there. LODGE ENTERTAINS CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Dec. 12. At the conclusion of the Pocohontas Council, Thursday evening, the families, at the invitation of the members, joined them, and a pleasant social time was enjoyed by all. Music and dancing added to the pleasure. Cream, cake and coffe were served during the evenina.

AROUSES

ITALIANS

BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Dec. 12. A dispatch from Valparaiso, Chile, to the Evening News says that the German cruiser Dresden is reported to have taken refuge in an inlet on the Patagouian coast. The International News Service received a dispatch yesterday from Montevidio, Uruguay, saying it was reported there that the Dresden had reached Santa Cruz, Argentine. This port is an inlet on the Patagonian coast. The Valparaiso dispatch indicates that a similar report has beeii received there.

KARLSRUHE IN BATTLE. LONDON, Dec. 12.- The German cruiser Karlsrhue has been in battle with the British warship Glasgow off j the coast of Brazil, and has been damaged, but managed to escape, says a dispatch received here today from Rio I Janeiro. I It stated at the admiralty that no official report of such a battle has been j received, but the news also comes in i a message from Buenos Aires, which ; says that "part of the Karlsrhue's stern was shot away by the Glasgow's six-inch guns." Attaches of the admiralty expressed full confidence today that the Karls rhue, as well as the converted cruisers Prinz Eitel Friederieh and Kronprinz Wilhelm, would soon be "accounted for." The colliers captured by Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee's fleet off the Falkland Islands, are believed to have supplied these fast German vessels with coal, as well as those which were sunk, and it is thought that the Karlsrhue, Prinz Eitel Friederieh and Kronprinz Wilhelm will be unable to get supplies any more for an extended period. LECTURER DEPICTS SUNNY SOUTHLAND A large audience enjoyed a personally conducted trip through sunny lands last night at the Grace M. K. church despite the outside cold and snow. Embarking at the Panama canal, John P. Clum the noted travelogue lecturer, by means of stereopticon slides and moving pictures, led Jiis followers through the great Gatun Locks, and the great tropical panorama, up through the vineyards of southern California, and north California. Here again the pft'rty tool: ship for the Hawaiian Islands, for a brief sojourn, where the world's greatest active volcano Kilauea, was seen in action. Returning to San Francisco, the party was taken through the grounds of the Panama Exposition. The collection taken at the close of the lecture was sufficient to defray the expenses of the lecture. JOBLESS AUSTRIAN PREFERSJMERICA Expresses No Desire to Return to Land of Birth and Warfare. "I can't find a job anywhere, but 1 would rather be in America than in Austria, where 1 was born. I don't want to be a soldier and I haven't any interest in the war, declared Charles Mindick, 20. after the charge of vagrancy against him had been dismissed by the mayor. The young man. who speaks remarkably good English, although he has been in this country only four years, is "beating" his way from St. Louis to Johnstown, Pa., where he has relatives. He is a coal miner. Mindick speaks German, Hungarian, Russian, Servian, English and some Bohemian. The officer who arrested him was not pleased with the leniency shown him. "You are a loafer and you know you are," he informed Mindick after he had been discharged. "You told the bums in the basement last night that you didn't, like to work and you almost had to be forced to help sweep out the basement." Mindick blushed and denied the charge. He might be a "loafer" but he was voted a very bright and entertaining one and earned a breakfast from a reporter. Mindick said Bohemian friends of his had received letters from relatives announcing the Austrian authorities were forcing Bohemian troops to fight the Russians and Servians against their will. "Bohemians are dissatisfied with Austrian rule," Mindick said, "because they cannot teach their own tongue in their schools and for other unjust measures. When the war broke out Bohemian troops would not fire at the enemy and in some cases one out of every ten men in Bohemian regiments were executed." TICKET SELLER DIES AS WOMAN SHOOTS BY LEASED WIRE. DAYTON, ()., Dec. 12. Little hope was held out today for Earl .1. Llewellyn, 24 years old, ticket seller at the Union Station here who was shot and probably fatally wounded last night, by a woman who gave her name as Mrs. Myra Kratzer of Muncie, Indiana. Mrs. Kratzer called at the ticket office and asked to see Llewelyn. When he appeared she fired five shots, all taking effect. Mrs. Kratzer was arrested.

TWO SIDES DISAGREE

Mrs. Foulke and Association Fail to Reach Terms to Determine Votes in House, Business. The position of Mrs. Mary T. R. Foulke on the guest house proposition is explained in the following statement by John L. Rupe: To the Citizens of Richmond: The ladies who have organized and carried forward the plan for establishing the Guest House in this city, have asked me to make a statement for the j purpose of giving information to the puDiic, or the legal uitriculties encountered, which have necessarily caused much delay and complication. I first prepared and tiled incorporation papers, organizing the Guest House, upon a plan then agreed upon by the ladies, and under the general statute of this state, authorizing the formation of corporations for benevolent and other purposes, specifying in the articles the plan of organization, the selection of its governing body, etc. Mrs. Foulke's Offer. At this stage, Mrs. Foulke made her very generous offer to contribute $10,000.00 to the enterprise upon certain conditions which were specified in the offer, one of which was, that the title to the property proposed to be purchased should be found satisfactory; another was a reservation of a right to representation on the board of trustees and the popularizing the organization in other respects. In this situation it was manifest that the title to the property proposed to be conveyed should be investigated and ascertained to be satisfactory, and that the plan of organization be changed to conform to the conditions upon which the proposition of Mrs. Foulke was made. The Question of the title to the property was first taken up by the counsel of Mrs. Foulke and myself, and this examination resulted in much delay because official action was required, to authorize the sale of the property, by both the Quarterly and Yearly Meetings of the Friends church. Form New Corporation. The question of the title to the property satisfactorily settled, the next question which arose was. the changing of the plan of organization. It was first contemplated changing the existing articles of incorporation, but it was found that there was no specific authority in the statute authorizing the changing of the original articles under which the Guest House was incorporated. In this situation 1 prepared articles for the formation of a new corporation making such new articles conform to the plan necessary to embody the conditions of Mrs. Foulke's proposition. The ladies interested desired and thought it important to retain the name "Guest House" under which the original incorporation was formed and this could not be under our statutes without first getting rid of the existing corporation. I therefore brought a proceeding under our statutes, in the circuit court and dissolved the existing corporation and had the decree of dissolution certified to the secretary of state. This cleared the way for forming tha new corporation and retaining for it the name, "Guest House" and conforming to the wishes expressed as conditioned by Mrs. Foulke. Abandon Last Plan. The articles for the new corporation were prepared by me as stated and the question was then raised, whether under the laws of Indiana a corporation could be legally formed, the plan of which provided for the election or selection of any part of its trustees or governing body, by any other than the incorporators and upon this question Mrs. Foulke, under the' advise of her counsel, was not satisfied that the rights she wished reserved to herself and the plan she had suggested for adoption as to the selection of the governing body of the corporation could be legally and certainly secured and as the new plan for the corporation could not be carried out without Mrs. Foulke's approval, it was necessarily abandoned. In this situation Mrs. Foulke proposed to the ladies as 1 am advised two plans of organization, viz: That a voluntary association be formed, similar to that, of the Morrisson-Reeves library or, that a corporation be formed upon a plan providing that the trustees or governing body, be selected by those contributing, the voting power to be in proportion of their contributions. I am advised that the ladies interested in the enterprise, declined to accept either of these plans so offered, and that thereupon Mrs. Foulke's offer was withdrawn, and thus the matter stands so far as my connection with it is concerned. JOHN L. RUPE. WILL HOLD EXAM FOR FIELD AGENT L. A. Handley, civil service examiner here, has been notified that an examination for agricultural and field agent will be held in the post office Dec. 29. The office pays $2,640 and to be elegible for examination the applicant must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited university and three years experience in field demonstration work. The questions relate to conditions in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky. The office is attached to the buread of plant industry, department of agriculture.

AUSTRIANS PUSH ON

French Use Tower of Rheims Cathedral to Make Observations and Germans Shell the Structure. BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent The International News Service. BERLIN (Via Amsterdam), Dec. 12. "The death of our sailors was a glorious one. They died fighting for i their fatherland and upheld on the sea its honor as their brothers have on the land." This tribute to the German sailors who perished w hen the vessels of Rear Admiral Graf von Spee's squadron were sunk off the Falkland Islands by a British fleet, appears in the North German Gazette, official organ of the German government. The admiralty has received no detais as to the battle except those given out in London. The grief over the death of Admiral Von Spee is widespread, and it is intesified by the fact that his two sons were aboard the Schorihorst. As the British admiralty has said nothing of any survivors from the Schornhorst, it is believed both ( perished. It is stated here that Emperor William was so far improved yesterday afternoon that he was able to take a short stroll on the grounds of the imperial palace. He is already making plans, it is said, to return to the front, but no information has been given out as to whether he will go to the eastern or western theatre of war. A dispatch from Vienna says that the offensive is proceeding to the south of Belgrade, though the Servians are offering strong resistance. The official German news bureau announced today that Captain Ringler, commander of the German artillery at Rheims, had reported that he was compelled to fire on the steeples of the cathedral there because it was being used for military observations. TURKISH BOAT SINKS. CONSTANTINOPLE, (Via Berlin Amsterdam) Dec. 12. A Turkish gunboat was sunk when it struck a submarine mine at the entrance to the Dardanelles today. It is believed that the mine was placed there by a British ship. KENTUCKY GRANTS LOVERSLICENSE West Manchester Man, Refused in Ohio, Gets Permit in Covington. WEST MANCHESTER, O., Dec. 12. Miss Blanche Banfil!, who with her mother, visited relatives near here last summer, was married recently to Glen Hamilton of Eldorado. Mr. Hamilton met Miss Banfill in St. Louis and brought her to Ohio, where under the marriage laws they could not secure a license until a resident of the state thirty days. They went to Kentucky and were married at Covington last Thursday. Miss Banfill is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Banfill of Dexter, Mo. They are at present at the home of Sam Hamilton, near Eldorado. JAPS BIG CANNON SENT TO EUROPE Russians Transport Mikado's Siege Guns Across Siberia to Battle Front. BY MERRIT F. PRESTON. Staff Correspondent The International; News Service. j TOKIO. Dec. 12. A wonderful wel- ! come was accorded by Japan today to Brigadier General Nathaniel W. j Barnardiston. commander of the British forces which aided Japan in the capture of Tsing Tao. upon his arrival here. The railway station was gaily decorated. Thousands of school children assembled at the station and greeted him with cheers, and the route that led from the station to the Imperial hotel, where General Barnardiston took up his quarters, was lined with cheering thousands. SEND BIG GUNS. COPENHAGEN. Dec. 12. The master siege guns with which the Japanese battered down the German forts at j Tsing Tao, are being transported i across the Trans-Siberian railway to j reinforce the Russian lines and to be used against the German fortresses in East Prussia, according to information received here today. Some of these heavy cannon are said to be fully as powerful as the famous 42-centimeter guns of the Germans. Expert Japanese gunners are said to be with the guns to man them when they get into action against the Germans. PENSIONERS GET $2,500 NEW PARIS, O.. Dec. 12 - Ical pensioners received their quarterlyvouchers the early part of the week. Something over $2.5no.OO is received in pensions in this locality every three j months. 1

WILL RETURN GIFT

Contributors Desiring Refunding of Cash Donations Will Receive Money on Application to Treasurer. The Richmond Guest House Association makes the following statement of the proposed project, which was exclusively announced by The Palladium a few days ago: To the Public: The ladies of Richmond, -who hav been laboring to promote and establish in this city the Guest House, for the benefit of worthy, self-supporting women and girls, feel that the public, and especially the very large and encouraging class of our citizens -who have manifested generous Interest in the enterprise, are entitled to knowhow and why our work has been delayed and why It is temporarily suspended. We have asked our counsel Mr. John L. Rupe. who has served as our counsel from the beginning on account of his friendly interest without compensation, to make a statement of the legal complications and difficulties we have encountered, and the delays necessarily resulting therefrom. His statement will be published with this and we feel assured will satisfactorily account for the delays in our work, and will show that such delays have been unavoidable. Plan Unsatisfactory. When we had, as we thought, overcome the difficulties set forth fn the statement of our counsel and were ready for the formation of the new corporation upon a plan to embody the wishes expressed by Mrs. Foulke, she under the advice of her counsel, was not satisfied that her plan could be legally carried out and the rights she w-ished secured to herself as to representation on the governing board certainly and legally secured to her. Mrs. Foulke through her counsel then proposed to us two plans of organization viz: That a voluntary association be formed, similar to that of the Morrisson-Reeves library or, that a corporation be organized, upon a plan, providing for the selection of its trustees or governing body by the contributors to the enterprise, they to have a voice or vote therein based upon the proportion of their respective contributions. Differ With Donor. The ladies who have had charge of the enterprise, were unanimous in the opinion that it would not be wise to organize upon either of these two suggested plans. It is our belief that an organization upon any plan which does not meet with general favor of our citizens would at least be of doubtful success and the expression of views of citizens generally, which have come to us in our work thus far leads us to believe, than an organization upon either of the two plans suggested by Mrs. Foulke would not meet with, popular favor. We have therefore notified Mrs. Foulke that we could not accept cither of such plans and her offer made to us conditionally has been withdrawn. These numerous difficulties we hare encountered have necessarily delayed our work, have been discouraging, but wp have not given up the work, or abandoned the enterprise. Suspend Work. We have been very generally advised by our friends, and it is furthermore manifest to us, that In view of business and financial conditions nowexisting, it woujd be unwise to make further canvass for contributions just now. We have therefore determined to suspend our work temporarily, with the expectation of resuming it actively at as early a date, as the return of normal business conditions will seem to justify; and until then we ask. and trust that all citizens who have given us pledges, will allow them to stand effective, without any call for payment, until our work is resumed. Any citizen who has made a cash subscription, or has paid his pledge in whole or in part and who wishes us to return the amount of cash paid, will receive the amount he may have paid on written demand therefor from the Guest House treasurer, Ida Bart el. Oil North E street. We ask all such however, and trust that they will be willing to give us a pledge card for a like amount to be paid when other subscriptions are collected, upou the resumption of our work. We are grateful for all the kindnesses, encouragement and generous help of all our citizens, in promoting and forwarding this worthy enterprise: and our work is suspended temporarily in the confident belief, that when the early time seems opportune, we may resume our work and find the same generous response and interest, which have already given us assurance that our hopes are to be ultimately realized, in the establishment of this excellent and worthy institution in our city. RICHMOND GUEST HOUSE ASSOCIATION. COMMISSION RESTS f BY LLASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. After a conference with Secretary of Labor Wilson today, the Colorado conciliation commission of labor, through Seth Low it's chairman, announced that it will not visit the Colorado strike zone for the present. The commission, which was recently apjwinted by President Wilson to settle the trouble in the Colorado coal fields is composed of Seth Low of New York. Chas. W. Mills of Philadelphia and Patrick GUdajr. at Mncr.iadalft FcniUU