Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 145, 1 June 1915 — Page 1

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DAY NURSERY WILL BENEFIT BY "FOLLIES" Benefit Performance Given to Help Outfit Establishment Devoted to Children of Working Women.

LOCAL TALENT PLAYS Minstrel and Dancing Acts, "School Days" and Musical Numbers on Program Given Tuesday Night. The stage is set, the curtain drawn; only a signal to the orchestra and the "Richmond Follies of 1915" will start its first performance at the Gennett theatre at 8:15 o'clock tonight, open ing with a short minstrel performance and going through seven snappy acts. The show will be given again tomorrow night. The show will be different from other local talent productions in that (the principals have been instructed in stage presence, how to act instead of merely how to recite their lines. The type of show is also different, the acts being run off in vaudeville order instead of minstrel form. Modern minstrelsy will start the i performance in a lively manner, with short bits of harmony and good jokes. Some of the best ballet and minstrel singers in the city are in the cast. They include George Hodge. Ray Geier, Uurban Gausepohl, Joe Wessell, Harry Pilgrim, Fred Wiehmeyer, Rudolph Gausepohl, Raymond Jones, Bert Kolp. Robert Taylor, Howard Messick. Clarence Turner, Ted Ryan, George Bayer and John Deardourf. Dancing Act. The closing act. with four or five of the most graceful dancing couples here, instructed by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kolp, will be the favorite, not only because it is a novelty tthe city, but. because of the effect on the watcher. Colored spots, footlight and floods and other electrical effects changing on the quick, noiseless movements of the dancers, give an atmosphere which could not be created in any other kind of act. The act illustrates what intricate steps can bo mastered in the art of terpsichore. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Kolp. in this act are John Deardourf, Elizabeth Shriber. Mary Canby. Mary Iliff. Justin McCarthy. Dorothy Bates, Howard Messick and Raymond Jones. For a number of years, local talent productions of the nature of "The Follies," a public benefit, have been confined to acts with young men. In "The Follies" some new talent is developed. The act "School Days," a farcical takeoff from the well-know old act by its name, brings in for the first time a number of girls. Members of Cast. In "School Days" are Misses Meta Pfafflin. Mona Porter. Nelle Becher and Marie O'Brien. Ted Ryan, McKenzie Monarch, Red Turner, Bob Taylor and John Deardourf take the other parts. . Miss Ruth James, who has just returned from Chicago, where she has taken vocal training, will sing several boIob. Another act will be violin solos bv Miss Ruth Scott. "The most talented of the Spanish dancers in the spring dancing festival at the Coliseum recently were chosen and instructed by Konert ionr, jr., m aesthetic dances, which will be given tonight. "The Siciliano," "The Fairy Dance" and "The Espanlto," are the numbers composing the act. In this act are Juliet Nusbaum, Maxtne Murrav, Marjorie Gennett, Ruth Pfafflin, Vera Pfafflin, Camilla Haner, Janet Seeker, Helen Johnson, Mildred Nusbaum, .Tune Robinson, Thelma Robinson, Elizaboth Shriber. Winifred Comstock. Helen Robinson, Gertrude Williams, Catherine Reed. Lois Ward, Jane Carpenter and Alice Gennett. Studv in Music and Song, byHarry Frankel and Roy Parks, is expected to be one of the favorites. Runge's orchestra will play for all acts. The proceeds of the show will be used in outfitting the day nursery, and a. part will be added to the visiting nurse fund to continue the work carried on her sinve January, 1314. under the direction of the Domestic Science association. The show is being directed by H. R. Deardourf and John Deardourf of Jamestown, N. Y. Weather Forecast FOR INDIANA Fair in north. Cloudy and unsettled. Probably rain south I portion tonight and Wednesday. I Light northeast winds. v, Temperature. Noon 71 Yesterday. Maximum Minimum 00 For Richmond Unsettled tonight or Wednesday. Probably thunder showers. General Conditions The barometric pressure continues low over the western section of the United States with thunderstorms in many places. It will cause rain during the next 36 hours. V. E. Moore. Weather Forecaster.

GAR TURNS OVER

AFTER COLLISION WEST OF TOWN Riders Escape Injury Although Pinned Under Auto After Damaging Voyle Martindale's Machine. MANY HAVE TROUBLE Disabled and Wrecked Automobiles on National Road Mark Path of Returning Speedway Visitors. The old National road between Richmond and Indianapolis looked as though it had been the scene of a disorderly retreat of a defeated army Monday evening. Scattered here and there along the broad highway were damaged and demolished automobiles, mutely telling a tale of reckless driving by people homeward bound from the Speedway race. Several accidents occurred on the road between Richmond and Cambridge City but only one in which much damage was done. Fortunately there were no accidents of a serious nature. Early last evening while Voyle Martindale of this city, was driving his new Pilot car west along the National road, near Centerville, an eastbound Marmon car in which were two Dayton young men, names unknown, dashed into it, tearing off the left front and rear fenders and the running board of the Pilot and turning over the Marmon car on its top, pinning the two men beneath it. The Pilot car was not overturned. The two Dayton youths were pulled from underneath their car by Martindale and his companions. They only received a few cuts and bruises. The front wheels of the Marmon car and its windshield were demolished. Steering Gear Breaks. J. G. Hyman of Cincinnati, and a party of friends, while approaching Centerville, had a narrow escape from death when the steering wheel of Hyman's car broke. The car plunged into a ditch, throwing out its occupants. Hyman's legs were painfully bruised and he was taken to a local hotel in another machine. None of his friends was hurt. While Ed Hunt of this city, was driving toward Richmond between Cambridge City and Centerville, the axle of his machine broke. He was not driving fast, however, and escaped without any injuries. A car, driven by a Dayton man, crashed into a bridge west of Centerville when the clutch broke, but the car was only slightly damaged and none of its occupants hurt. In Richmond a Ford car smashed into a Packard car on Main street, slightly damaging the larger machine. No one was hurt. The drivers of both cars do not reside in Richmond and are not known. Skid Into Ditches. Several cars went into ditches when they skidded and the local garage people were kept busy most of the night pulling these cars back on the road and repairing damages. Every hotel in the city and practically every boarding house was filled to overflowing last night, the guests being people who were returning to their homes from Indianapolis. They said they preferred to spend the night in Richmond than to remain over in Indianapolis because they were not held up in this city. By midnight every garage was completely filled with machines and a number of cars had to be left standing on the streets adjacent to garages. VILLA SPURNS PEACE OFFER FROM WILSON Will Oppose With Arms Any Interference by United States in Mexican Territory Held by His Army. EL PASO. June 1 Any effort of the United States to interfere with the conduct of affairs in Mexican territory held by General Villa will meet with armed resistance, according to a representative of the department of foreign affairs in Villa's government who arrived here. Villa is reported to have become highly incensed when he learned that Wilson has classed him with Carranza and Gen. Guitterrez. Senior Lombardo, the foreign minister in the Villa government, has drawn up a protest to be forwarded to Washington. Its chief clauses are: 1 The American government has been misinformed as to conditions In Mexican territory held by Villa. 2 General Villa would refuse to become a party to a peace conference to which Carranza is admitted. 3 The only solution of the Mexican problem is the recognition of the Villa government and the support of the United States on Villa's side.

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Though Bulgaria has let it be understood by the world at large that they intend to remain neutral, her recent agreement with Rumania to refrain from attacking that country should Rumania intervene is being used to chow her real feelings. Now that Italy has intervened and Rumania seems bound to go to war and the Allies are getting nearer to Constantinople it would be entirely to Bulgaria's interest to come in and realize her own national aspirations. The central governments are making every inducement to keep Bulgaria neutral. The next few weeks will show whether all these offers have been made in vain. The picture shows Czar Ferdinand and his Queen. Insert is of Crown Prince Boris.

TEUTONS PLACE 2 GIANT GUNS AT PRZEMYSL Russia Bolsters Galician Army With 500,000 Men Along Dniester River to Check Teutonic Drive. AUSTRIANS HOPEFUL Believe All Galician Territory Will Soon Be Freed of Muscovite Troops and Czar's Forces. AMSTERDAM. June 1. Two 42centemitre guns have been placed in position before Przemysl and have begun the bombardment of that fortress, according to advices from Berlin. If this report is correct, the Russians may have to abandon Przemysl. RUSSIA SENDS AID. VIENNA, Via Berlin and Amsterdam, June 1. That Russia has sent 500,000 fresh troops to the Galician front is the information transmitted here by correspondents of the Austrian staff headquarters. These forces have been concentrated behind the Dniester river to stop the Austro-Ger-man drive in Galicia. The correspondent states that the disposition made of these troops indicates, in the opinion of the Austrian commanders, the intention of the Russians to make their last stand about fifty miles east of the San river, at the same time attempting to withstand a siege of Przemysl. in order to hold troops there for sorties against the rear of the Austro-German lines. Despite the reinforcements received ' 1 j.J . . ' .1 . lf C ov me tt.ussia.iis, me auii iui war jifice believes that the re-capture of all j Galician territory lost in the early j months of the war is inevitable. The ; Russian artillery is declared to be j vastly inferior to that of the Germans j and Austrians and the nature of the ; ground will prevent any extended trench warfare. On the Italian front no general battle has yet developed. Several small skirmishes are stated to have result- j ed successfully for the Austrian troops. RATIONAL WEDDING PLANNED BY GROOM CHICAGO, June 1. Mangasar Mangasarian, the widely known preacher and free thinker, has written a "ra-1 tional" wedding ceremony for his own wedding, which will be used next Sunday when he marries Miss Mary Edna Glendon of Oak Park, a suburb. A precedent was established for this two years ago when Delia F. Dana, a grand-daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet, was married to Robert H. Hutchinson with a "Socialistic" marriage contract. It is understood that Rev. Mangasarian aid his bride will colaborate in drawing up their own marriage contract

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CABINET TAKES KAISER'S NOTE UP FOR STUDY Wilson Asks Press to Refrain From Conjecturing on Reply to Prevent Possible Complications. NO ANSWER READY Chief Executive Expected to Back Up Original Demand and Insist on End of Submarines. WASHINGTON, June 1 President Wilson told callers today that he has not yet drafted a rejoinder to the German reply to his Lusitania note and no such draft would be presented to the cabinet meeting. The chief executive, however, intimated that his reply will not be delayed many days and he said his discussion with the cabinet today would go far in determining his attitude on the question. He made a special request that the newspapers quit conjecturing on the reply, because such conjectures might be accepted across the water as final and prove embarrassing to the government. The president said he had received the German note only yesterday and that it was too early for him to give any hint as to his answer. The meeting was one of the most important held in many years and either of the perplexing situations presented was sufficient to cause deepest concern. The members of the president's official family approached the session with unusually grave demeanor, for it was known that the reply cf this government to the evasive answer of Germany was to be determined and the presidential statement probably meaning a complete change in the Mexican policy of the administration approved finally. Wilson To Stand Pat. That the president, backed by his cabinet members, would adhare to the "strict accountability" attitude announced before Germany began its wholesale submarine warfare, was not doubted here today. The official text of the German reply, in which that nation evades the issues raised by the United States following the Lusitania tragedy has been studied by the president. No official inkling has come of the exact course mapped out by him for presentation to his advisers, but it is stated authoritatively that the American reply to the German note will be dispatched without delay and that it will be firm and vigorous in character. Method of Settlement. The president, it is understood, will insist that Germany make reparation for the loss of American lives. Little sympathy will be expressed, it is believed with the issue raised by Germany that the Lusitania was an armed auxiliary cruiser of the British navy and that she carried contraband of war for the allies. The information of the United States is otherwise.

ASPHALT FIRM GETS CONTRACT FOR A STREET Works Board Gives Job to Andrews Paving Company of Hamilton, at Property Owners' Order.

25 SIGN THE PETITION Improvement Will Cost $36,000, of Which City Pays $12,000 Hicksite Friends Must Expend $1,300. After hearing the protests of J. F. Hipskind, an unsuccessful bidder, and his attorney, Paul Comstock, the board of public works today acted under the instructions of the resident property owners and awarded a contract for the paving of North A street from Fifth to Sixteenth streets, with Trinidad lake sheet asphalt. The Andrews Paving company of Hamilton, O., which submitted a bid of $1.80 a square yard for Trinidad asphalt, received the contract. Technical points were raised by Hipskind and Comstock in objecting to awarding the contract to the Andrews company. It was asserted by them that the Andrews company ignored the city engineer's specifications by submitting a blanket bid for Mexican asphalt, which rendered null and void all the bids entered by that company on the ground that the bids were not submitted in good faith. Company Makes Reply. A representative of this comDanv

quuieu uum uie speculations snow- ( avf,rage of $37 an acre to $40 an acre ing that as a matter of fact bids on ' . ... , ... tn c Mexican asphalt were not called for. , thirteen of the fitteen townships. He also denied the charge that the The lowest assessments are in Dalcompany purposely submitted ridicu- ton township where land values are lously low bids on Mexican asphalt to j not as high as in many other towneliminate Hipskind, who bid only on ; ships. Land valued above an average Mexican product, and then inaugur- ... ... . . ated a campaign to interest the prop- of ' a 3Cre improvements, is erty owners in selecting the higher assessed, with improvements at $31 priced Trinidad product, on which the an acre.

- . . A. 1 C II . t ... -"'-' " " vuin (eili V w as aiSO Uie IOWest bidder. The company represents live declared that the petition for Trinidad asphalt was drafted by a property owner and was circulated by property owners. He said the company's actions had been regular in every particular.

There is no disputing the fact thatlera?inS about ?100 an acre. ?nrthrefid?t Ppert; 'ners 011 ! Jackson Heads List. North A street favored Trinidad as- j T , t . r phalt. Twenty-five of the twenty-! Jackson township is tar out of pronine property owners living on the : portion to other townships. The asstreet signed the petition. ! sessment there is $48 an acre. The The total cost of the improvement : land in Jackson township is of greatwill be approximately $36,000, of : er selling value than in any other which amount the city will pay township, except Wayne. $12,000. The average cost to property! A table showing the acreage, assessowners will be $3.36 a running foot. ! ment and assessment per acre in

me yiuperiv wnicn win be assessed tne most is that owned bv the congregation of the Hicksite Friends church. This church will have to pay between $1,200 and $1,300. CHARITY HELPS 52 FAMILIES FOR 30 YEARS That charity or pauperism becomes chronic disease similar to hookrm. will be shown bv Secretary I .vieipolder by tigures and history he is ! preparing of Richmond cases. j One family has been living on char - I ity forty years. Fifty-two families which received charity this year, having been receiv - I ing charity from twenty-five to thirty

edrs- to bring them up to the standard for I As the number of years decrease, j the county. The increase there is the ! the number of families increase until biggest in the county this vear, and 1 it is almost unbelieveable. probably will be slightly lowered by ; "It is inborn," said Mr. Melpolder. ! the board of review tp equalize with ! "I am making up a report that will other townships. , stagger the people of Richmond to The bcard of review win start a show them the effects of pauperize . forty.dav session Mondav. and probtion of their citizens by unsystematic ably will raisP the townshipS under : cnarit . ! $40 an acre average on real estates. I had to. verify ray own report when Xo comparison has been made on perI completed the figures which showed sonal property assessments this vear. -that fifty-two families have been sup- within a week or two. Auditor Bow ! ported by charity for a quarter of a man compile comparative tables

i century that is, they received a large j portion of the family tf.rom the donations ct tne citizens ot t.icnmona ana trom tne taxes paid into tne township trustee. "I am preparing these reports for the state charity conference. The figures will be used to show the reason why cities can never free themselves of charity. If only these families were supported it would be a small item, but they have influence in bringing others under charity's care. In many cases, members of the family work and use the charity to add to their incomes, in some cases, depending on charity for the entire food supply." GILES ANNOUNCES SUMMER SCHOOL Superintendent Giles has announced that besides Garfield school, summer school will also be held in Whitewater school. This is the same arrangement as was carried out last year. The pupils of Whitewater school re - new their courses in manual training and cooking and sewing only. No other studies have been announce The classes are instructed in morning sessions.

CITIZENS WARN POLICE

Apparently Cles Jordan is a pretty popular fellow in his home town, Blountsville. Ind. A telegram addressed to the police department and signed, "Blountsville Citizens" informed the police last night that Cles was on a C. & O. train enroute to Richmond and was contemplating "self destruction." The. police were instructed to take charge of him. Cles was corraled and given a chance to sober up over night in the city jail. RAISE TAX LEVY TO $40 AN ACRE IN 15 TOWNSHIPS Dalton Shows Lowest Assessment With Average of $31 Wliile Jackson Tops List With $48. BOARD TO CONVENE Bowman Will Prepare Com-! parative Table on Personal Property Showinj tion in 1914 Levy. Propertv Showing Rela-j The orders of the state tax commissioners and instructions of the auditor and other tax experts to secure a ten per cent increase over previous real estate assessments, probably resulted in a slight increase from an Xho lrt average, taken without Wayne and Center townships, the latter report having been made by the assessor without acreage, is on improvements and land, this real estate selling for $75 to $125 an acre or av- ; townships which have reported to the county auditor, follows: Acres. Ass'm'nt. Abington 13.40;; $ 497.070 Boston 14.731 584.JS1 Clay 12,616 455.720 Dalton 9,94! 307.860 Franklin 17.958 726.950 Greene 18.675 762.850 Harrison 10.590 438.900 Jackson 16,460 791.920 Jefferson 17.117 66S.950 New Garden .. 14.049 SlIOHO Perrv 10,'jt2 421.600 Washineton . . 26.357 1.126.810 Av. $.:7 39 36 31 40 Webster 9,351 348,390 o. In Center township the assessor failed to tabulate the number of acres in ( i the township recapitulation. The re-1 nort of Wavne township has not been completed, but will be filed Thursday , or Friday. ' Expect Lower Levy. , In Tari,snn townshin. where the aspessment is the highest, by acreage, jthe board of review last vear increffSed assessments 15 per cent in order showing the increase or decrease in assessment in each taxing unit in the county, which includes fifteen townships and thirteen incorporated towns or cities. The total assessment, including real estate and personal property in all taxing units filed, follows. r Abington $ 698,870 Boston 809,970 Center Clay 1,407,770 605,190 Dalton 401,030 Franklin 990,930 Greene 933,315 Harrison ' ' . . . ' 565,450 Jackson t . 1,067,440 Jefferson 951,000 New Garden 698,850 Perry 614,170 Washington 1,423,470 Webster 467.030 ; Boston corporation 36,730 1 Cambridge City 1,182.630 ; Centerville 340,530 Dublin 240,590 i East Germantown 130,960 ; Fountain City 203,330 i Greensfork 101,270 Hagerstown 459,880 Milton 214,600 Mt. Auburn 38,230 Whitewater 33,300

CENSOR CHECKS

NEWS OF RAID ACROSS LONDON Four Killed, One Fatally Hurt and Five Seriously Injured in First Visit of Zeppelins. START 3 BIG FIRES Capital in Panic as Giant Airships Flying 60 Miles an Hour Drop Many Bombs in City. Bulletin LONDON, June 1 Four peo- ! pie killed, one fatally injured. and five other persons seriously hurt is the total fatalities of the long expected German air raid over London which took place last night. One infant, one I man and a bo' were killed out i 4- U.. U J l f i,1"" "pp j irom a of them of an incendiary character, were dropped. Three big fires and several smaller ones were started. No public buildings were damaged. In addition to the seriously injured more than a score of other persons are suffering from wounds. The attacks threw sections of the city in a panic. CENSOR SUPPRESSES NC'.VS. LONDON. June 1 All England anxiously awaited word from the government today as 10 the effects of the Zeppelin raid upon London last night. Even the people of London were kept in ignorance for manv hours because the censor forbade the publication of details other than those issued by the press bureau. At 1 o'clock this morning the press bureau announced that Zeppelins had passed over the outlying districts of London, but up to noon today no definite information that could be published or transmitted by correspondents here was forthcoming. Put Out Lights. The first news of the Zeppelin raid reached London from Ramsgate on the coast of Kent. As soon as the German air ships were sighted all towns of England were notified to extinguish their lights, the special constables of London and other cities were called to their posts and the military establishments took complete control of the s-ituaiion. Soon after the Zeppelins paseed ndiuaie tney wer rf-ported flying over Brentwood, only 17 miles northeast of London. Tliev were ann.r.

41jently traveling at a "s peed of more 41 1 than sixty miles an hour. 4S Several fires were reported to have o9 broken out in towns over which th 3. Zeppelins passed, indicating that thev 40 were employing incendiarv bombv 43 ; but it was impossible to learn durin?

n.r, iuri-noon me extent of the damap caused by th? flames ALLIES REPORT STEADY GAINS AT DARDANELLES French Colonials Capture Turkish Forts .and Beat Back TVq Counter Attacks Made by Turks. PARIS, June 1 Steady gains for the allies troops at the Dardanelles are announced in official statement given out today. "French colonials captured an important Turkish fort last Friday and two counter attacks made by the Ottoman forces were L repulsed. A French cruiser i-as bombarded and destroyed the German consulate at the Syrian city of Haifa. the.f?twstry of marine announced todav. TMs action was caused by the fact that tho German consul had incited Turkish soldiers to fire upon a boat bearing a flag of truce, and also to violate the graves of Napoleon's soldiers according to the ministry's official statement which follows: "Advised that the German consul at Haifa had incited the Turkish soldiers to open fire upon a shore boat carrying a flag of truce had caused the violation of the tombs of the soldiers of the Bonaparte armv, and had scattered their bones, the admiral commanding the French squadron on the Syrian coast, sent there a cruiser which destroyed the German consulate after having acquainted the Turkish provincial authorities with the reasons of the bombardment. "Only the consulate property was aimed at by the cruiser and "not a single nouse m the vicinity struck." was