Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 167, 26 June 1915 — Page 1

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RALSTON LAUDS CELEBRITIES OF IIOOSJERJTATE Indiana Day is Celebrated at

Panama Exposition With, Chief Executive Deliver ing Principal Address. PRAISES FAIRBANKS Moral Qualities of State Backbone of Progress Making Steady Advance of Hoosier Commonwealth. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June 26: Indiana's long list of achievements and the excellence of her present standing among the states of the nation were told by Governor Samuel M. Ralston of the Hoosier state In an address here today In celebration of Indiana Day at the Panama-Pacific exposition. Beginning with Indiana's natural resources .and her pioneers, Governor . Ralston described the various steps in her progress, bringing the narrative down to the present day at the close of his address when he said: "Just now, Indiana is most solicitous of universal peace. All her moral strength is backed by President Wilson in his tireless efforts to heal the bleeding wounds of civilization and reestablish the golden rule and the open door between the nations of the earth. Indiana would love her neighbors as herself and she would find her neighbors wherever she can serve in promoting civic righteousness among men." Lauds Fairbanks. The governor let politics slip when in the same breath he paid tribute to Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. and Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president. Speaking of Indiana's able . men he said: "Indlanians take pride in the fact , that the present vice president of the United States, the scholarly and brilliant Thomas R. Marshall, is a native born Hoosier, and that one of Indiana's commissioners to this exposition, the well-poised and conservative Charles W, Fairbanks, occupied that office not .long before him." Indiana's greatness - is based on t moral qualities, according to the gov ernor. "They nave not tnougni oniy of their natural advantages and material , progress," he said. ."Back in Indiana we have learned that material progress is safe progress so long as wealth does its part in suppressing vice, eradicating disease and maintaining and enlightened democracy, properly safeguarded by law and order. Lawlessness, vice, disease and ignorance unbridled," he said, "do not exist where society is sound and democracy sane." U. S. RENEWS PROTEST OVER BRITISH NOTE England Expresses Intention to Persist in Maintenance of Blockade and Prize Court Order. FIRM REPLY NEEDED State Department Takes up Task of Framing Rejoinder to Unsatisfactory Memorandum. WASHINGTON. June 26. A renewal of the protest against Great Britain's interference with neutral commerce on the high seas, following the government's unsatisfactory memorandum on the subject sent to Washington this week, was the important task ahead of the state department. The British statement as to the intention of that government regarding the maintenance of its blockade and its adherence to the objectionable order in council is regarded by oficials here as entirely out of harmony with the administration's announced principles. England's argument that Bhe is not violating International law in detaining neutral cargoes, and that every facility possible is being accorded the movement of American shipping Is not regarded by this government as meeting the issue raised. Vigorous Reply Needed. Containing a virtual declaration by Great Britain that her blockade is to be rigidly maintained and that the prize court rather than diplomacy must seek the status of suspected cargoes, the British government calls for a vigorous reply fsom this government. This rejoinder still is in course of preparation at the state department. It is learned that additional facts regarding the seizure and detention of American cargoes by the British fleet are to be gathered in order to make the second protest as strong and comprehensive as possible. The administration, confronted with increasing protests by American shippers, is understood to appreciate that the issues between the United States and Great Britain as now drawn, are of greatest consequence.

INDIANAPOLIS KEN ARRAIGNED JULY 7

INDIANAPOLIS. June 26. The ar raignment of Thomas Taggart, Demo cratic National committee. Mayor Bell, Superintendent of Police Samuel C. Parrott and the 124 other officials and politicians. Indicted on a charge of conspiracy to commit a felony in con nection with elections in Indianapolis and Marion county will take place July 7. The date was fixed by Criminal Judge Collins todaysafter a conference attended by Prosecutor Ruckers and attorneys representing practically all the men under the indictment. The defendants' attorney advised the court that an early trial was desired by all Mr. Taggart was ready to go to trial tomorrow if possible. The matter of demanding separate trials for each de fendant has not bet been determined according to the defense. SMILING VOICES CATCH HUSBANDS FOR OPERATORS Telephone Chiefs Discuss Means of Keeping Cheerful, Efficient Girls, Miss McGreevy Reports. "The voice with the smile wins" husbands for the cheerful, efficient operators at . telephone exchanges. While the phrase, -"The voice with the smile wins" is popular at the switchboard as the standard by which operators and chiefs govern their conduct, the chief operators who assembled at Muncie this week for a three days' convention, found it necessary to discuss means of keeping the genial, reliable girls, because the voices appeal to eligible young men as well as to patrons. Richmond was represented at this conference by Miss Stella McGreevy. Operators from forty-seven stations who assembled fof the sessions which lasted from Tuesday noon until Thursday noon, were guests of the Central Union and A. A. & T. companies. Links Voice With Person. Miss McGreevy says chief operators are always glad to attend these conventions and connect voices which they hear coming over the wires from a distance with the owners. The meetings create a bond of fellowship which makes business relations more pleasant and enjoyable, she said. Hearing so many voices, expressing all moods, Miss McGreevy said, operators learn to read character from the tone and inflection almost as readily and accurately as If the person were standing before them speaking. When she met chiefs at the Muncie convention she was not surprised that a voice which expressed dignity went with the sedate and austere woman from such and such ft station, and that "the voice with the smile" belonged to the jolly, jovial operator from another station. C. L. Sawyer, district traffic superintendent, located at Indianapolis, presided at the sessions. The visitors were treated to an automobile tour of Muncie Wednesday afternoon. They were also guests at a theatre party at which the Muncie operators, an enthusiastic body of young women, introduced specialties in the way of songs and yells. VON TIRPITZ MEETS WITH VON JAGOW ON REPLY TO AMERICA BERLIN, June 26 (via Amsterdam). Admiral Von Tirpitz, director of Germany's submarine warfare, was called into conference today by Foreign Secretary Von Jagow on the reply to the American note. The conference lasted two hours and later the admiral visited Chancellor Von Beth-mann-Hollweg. The fact that the admiral went .direct from the foreign office to that of the chancellor led to rumors that the naval head and Herr Von Jagow were at odds over the tenor of the reply to the American protests. The admiral Is said to oppose making any concession, while the foreign secretary, it Is reliably reported, advocates certain modifications in the submarine campaign which will prove satisfactory to the United States. The chancellor is understood to share Von Jagow's views at this time, but events are being watched with interest to learn whether he will alter his position in view of an appeal from the Admiral.

OLD TRAILS ROAD fJEfJ TO MAKE BOOSTER TRIP

All Wayne county will participate in the booster auto parade next Wednesday afternoon which will culminate at Hagerstown where the Teetor band will give a concert and leaders in the Old Trails' Road movement will deliver addresses, preparatory to the big Fourth. of July celebration at Centerville. Reports which have come to Richmond from out-county townships indicate that all of them will have representatives at the Hagerstown gathering. The meeting there is to arouse and kindle enthusiasm for the Centerville meeting.

UTILITY BOARD DELAYS ACTION IN CTTS CASE Members May Announce De

cision Late in November After Hearing Arguments Sometime in September. WYER TAKES STAND City Officials Will Install Bookkeeping System Reccommended by Commission at Hearing. It is probable that no rulings will be made by the. Indiana Public Utilities commission on the Richmond electric rate-making case and the condemnation proceedings filed by the city of Richmond for the acquisition of the electric plant of the Light, Heat & Power company until the latter part of November or the early part of December. When the rate case hearing closed at Indianapolis yesterday afternoon the commissioners announced that they would not be prepared to hear ar guments in either case until some time in - September. The commission also announced that it would probably make a ruling in the purchase case first. Evidence was represented in the rate, case by the Light, Heat & Power company at the concluding session yester day, the principal witnesses being S. S. Wyer and Mr. Ferrendou, company engineers. Their testimony was confined for the most part to advancing arguments why the "going concern" value of a plant should be given as much consideration in formulating rates as the actual physical or "present" valuation. Wyer had previously placed a "going" value of $43,000 on the Light, Heat & Power electric plant and a "going" value of $46,500 on the municipal plant. Cites Court Decisions. Wyer admitted that "going value is something which is very little understood, even by experts," but he cited decisions of the Wisconsin supreme court and the United States supreme court to uphold his contention that a plant is possessed of a valuation beyond mere physical yaluation. City Attorney Bond has insistently maintained that there is no such a thing as a "going concern" value, and from the cross fire" of questions directed at Wyer yesterday afternoon by Commissioners Duncan, Clark and McClure it would indicate that "going value" was something they were not inclined to attach much importance to. Ferrendou devoted a considerable part of his testimony to the subject of rate drafting, which was technical in detail but of much interest to the commissioners. Answering an inquiry of Commissioner McClure, Wyer declared that a reasonable return for dividend purposes, in the case of an electric plant, would be the legal rate of interest, six per cent, plus an additional two per cent for the hazard of operation. Will Change System. The severe rebuke given to the city officials by Chairman Duncan Thursday because the commission's bookkeeping system was not used at the city plant, a rebuke which included a threat of fine and , imprisonment, has been taken to heart by the officials. Today they announced that the commission's bookkeeping system would be installed. Superintendent Kleinknecht thinks the Richmond City Water Works company and the Richmond Home Telephone company should have been included in this abuse for, he says, these companies have not been using the commission's system. He further alleges that the system adopted by the state is too complicated and not as satisfactory as the system now used at the plant. Under the new system, he says, two additional clerks will be required. Furthermore the city plant superintendent thinks it strange that the chairman should become so irritated over the failure of the city to install the commission's books and, at the same time, pass off without comment the admission of N. H. Johnson, superintendent of the Light, Heat & Power company, that preferential rate contracts entered into by the company prior to the establishment of the state commission were still being carried out by the company. WORK POSTPONED CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Junl 26. The degree work of the Pythian Sisters, which was to have been given last night, (Friday) has been postponed, on account of sickness among the members of the local lodge, and of the Richmond degree team which was to have conferred the degree. The Wayne township delegation of autos will gather at Tenth an Main streets at 3 o'clock; leave at 3:30 o'clock, and make Middleboro at 4; Whitewater 4:20; Fountain City 5; Williamsburg 5:30; Economy 6; Dalton 6:30; Hagerstown 7 Persons with automobiles intending to join should send their names to the Commercial club. Whitewater is expected to join the Wayne township boosters with its band to help arouse enthusiasm. The committee on arrangements for the booster trip .has already begun work.

GARMENT. WORKERS

PREPARE TO STRIKE MM BARNiSS Miss Gertrude Barnum, after a year's work with the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations, is back in New York ready to organize the huge strike of 50,000 garment workers which now seems imminent. Miss Barnum is one of the chief organizers in the various garment workers union, and in the past several, years has engineered some serious strikes, in every case the unions being successful. Interviewed regarding the threatened strike she said that the manufacturers themselves were to blame for the conditions which brought about a desire for the strike on the part of the workers. She said: "The present attitude of the Manufacturers' Progressive Association is due absolutely to the1 irresponsible leadership of that organization. Had responsible men remained at the head of the organization there would be no need for a strike." . She charges that the manufacturers are not living up to a protocal signed some five years ago. GERltttfARMr RETREAT BEHIND DNIESTER RIVER Despite Setback, Teutons Continue Attempts to Cross River From South Bank in Hard Fight. TAKE MANY PRISONERS Austria Takes Offensive and Heavy j Artillery Blazes Away at Fortifications of Italians on Border. PETROGRAD, June 26. German troops have been cleared from the north bank of the Dniester river in the Kozany district of Galicia, the Russian war office announces, and in the Martynow region the Czar's troops have captured remnants of the Teutonic forces who were trapped on the north bank when General von Linsingen's forces were hurled back. Despite the victory of the Russians in the early stages of the fighting on the Dniester, however, the Austro- Ger man forces are continuing their at tempt to cross the river from the south bank. . The latest official report from Grand Duke Nicholas records successes for the Russian forces at several points along the battle front extending from the Baltic provinces to Bukowina, but admits a German success in the valley of the Orzyc river, northern Poland, where the Russians evacuated fortifi cations which the Kaiser's artillery had completely destroyed. AUSTRIA TAKES OFFENSIVE. ROME, June 26. Austria's counteroffensive against the Italian forces on the frontier has begun. According to advices received from the front four new corps of Austrian troops have joined the armies of the dual monarchies, increasing to" ne'arl 500,000 the strength of Italy's enemy. Practically every position taken by the Italians in their advance during the early days of the campaign is now under fire from Austrian artillery. The Austrians have mounted guns high in the mountains which sweep everyroad. AUSTRIANS ASSIST. VIENNA, June 26. Chodorow, a town of Galicia, southeast of Lemberg at. which four railroads center, has been captured by Austrian troops who are now proceeding down the Dniester to assist the German troops of General Von Linsengen. ; Though the Russians have gain a slight success, near Hallicz forcing back to the south bank of the Dniester the German troops who have crossed, the, arrival of the Austrians is expected to terminate the Dniester campaign.

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DUTCH MAIDEN FINDS LOVER IN REIDJIOSPITAL Hollander Slowly Recovering From Pneumonia Overjoyed Today When Sweetheart is Brought to Room.

SEPARATED TWO YEARS Expert Florist Pines for Company of His Girl and Employers Bring Her to America. John Sterling, aged 24,' a Hollander, is slowly recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia at Reid hospital. For the past week he has been telling the nurses that if his sweetheart, Anna Eimerins of The Hague, Holland, could be with him he was sure her blue eyes would do him more good than all the medicine in the world. "What would you give if your sweetheart could step into your room now?" one of the nurses inquired of Sterling today. "I would give anything in the world I own or ever hope to own," he re plied. "Well you owe a great debt," the nurse replied. "She will be with you in about five minutes, and you must hurry up and get dressed so you will be able to receive her. She has come all the way across the ocean by herself to see you and her train is due to arrive in Richmond right now." Two Lovers Meet. So overjoyed was the young Hollander over what his nurse had told him that he had much difficulty in restraining' his emotions. Five minutes later the two lovers were locked in each others arms, their first meeting in two years. Sterling is an expert florist and has been employed by a floral company at Falmouth, Ind. His employes arranged for Miss Eimerins to come to this country to see him. Miss Eimerins speaks fairly good English and is a very pretty young woman. She said that she arranged to come to her sweetheart as soon as she was notified of his illness. The nurses at the hospital have known for over a week that she was coming and it has been a difficult thing for them to keep from sharing the secret with Sterling. Visits Her Brother. . Miss Eimerins sailed three weeks ago on a Dutch steamer which went through the perilous mine fields of the English channel, which is also infested with German submarines, without mishap. On arriving in New York she went to Washington to visit a brother, who is employed in the treasury department and from there came to Richmond. The young woman, who appears very small by the side of her very tall lover, says, with many blushes, that she does not know exactly when the wedding will occur but hints that it will be postponed until Sterling is able to leave the hospital, which will not be for several weeks. The hospital nurses are taking as much interest in the romance as if it were their own and Miss Eimerins is already as much a pet with them as big John Sterling. WORK OF LAUNDRY COSTS CUSTOMERS TOO MO IN CITY President of Union Asks for Investigation With Fair Treatment for Employe and Patron. "Vicious lies were contained in the editorial regarding the laundry girls' strike which appeared in the June 19 issue of the Little Paper," declared James F. Brock yesterday, commenting on an article in that paper. Mr. Brock is president of the International Laundry Workers' Union, and is endeavoring to affect a settlement between the union employes of the Richmond Union laundry and the management. "The story which appears in this issue," said Mr. Brock, "is entirely misleading and erroneous in many statements. The editor has failed to investigate, to ascertain the facts. Yet she claims to champion the cause of women. It is tough sledding for laundry girls when she gets a wage of $6 a week, with a family to support. Some of them must clothe and feed themselves besides providing for others on that salary. At the very least, they deserve a consideration of their case. "The cost of laundry here to patrons is triple that in the larger cities. Collars should be washed and ironed for v2 cents each, shirts should not be more than 10 cents each. "There is a big profit in it for the managers, even if they charge -the minimum prices. Yet the management of the Richmond Union laundry and other laundries in this city, too, are charging more than a reasonable price, and paying their help no more than is paid in other cities. "The public should investigate and demand a re-adjustment, with fair treatment not only to the employes, but to patrons." BLOW UP AMMUNITION. PARIS. June 26. British aviators have blown up a large German ammunition depot near Routers, according to advices received here today. Many soldiers are reported killed by the explosion. After blowing up the depot the aviators also dropped bombs upon an ammunition train, killing many German soldiers. '

OOARD OF REVIEWERS SET ASSESSMENTS

The board of review holding annual session in County Auditor Bowman's office yesterday continued the fixing of assessments for Richmond corporations. Quite a number of personal complaints were heard during the session. Some of these were taken under advisement and on others the assessments were allowed to stand. Following are the corporations and their assessments: Campfield Raggle Block Co....$ - 300 Champion Roller Milling Co... 29.960 J. M. Coe Printing Co ; . . . 3.920 Chauncey Cleaning Co. 710 Craighead Plumbing & Electric Co. 2.930 Clendenin Fertilizer Co.... 4.420 George W. Davis Carriage Co. 39.590 Dickinson Wall Paper Co 3,180 BOYS RETURN FROM CAMPS AUUSIIVILLE Healthy, Happy- "Y" Members Report Outing Free From Accidents Dollins and Eubanks Lead Teams. Ater ten days camping on the banks of Flatrock river, nine miles south of Rushville, J. J. Somerville, head of the Y. M. C. A. boys' department, and A. J. Roach, physical director, have returned .with the twenty-five boys who participated in the outing. The camp this year was one of the most enjoyable to all held under the super vision of the association leaders. No accidents marred the enjoyment. Each day's activities were outlined in advance. The campfire each evening was unanimously held to be the most entertaining feature of the event, with swimming ranking second and ath letics third. During the campfire the kind of stories which are usually told at these events were related, and during the rest hour each day, talks were given on forestry, rivers and streams, diges tion, first aid and other educational subjects. The Bible study consisted. for the most part, of talks on Nature. Two Teams Chosen. Soon after arrival in camp baseball teams were chosen, captained by Ken neth Dollins and Vernon Eubanks. The team of Eubank won all the games played during the ten days. Two field meets were held by Mr. Roach, and the boys were divided into Classes A and B, according to size. In Saturday's meet, Rolland Dollins won the 75-yard dash, the running high jump, the 50-yard das and the standing broad jump, while Willard Morgan took the running broad jump. For Class B, Ralph Motley won the 75-yard, dash and running broad jump, and James Sackman was winner in the running high jump. In Thursday's meet for Class A boys Robert Rees won the running broad jump and Roland Dollins carried away honors in the running high jump, 75 and 50-yard dashes and standing broad jump. For Class B Paul Quigg won all of the events. Gives Day's Program. The program each day was as follows: Swimming under supervision of Director Roach for 45 minutes after awakening in the morning; breakfast at 7:15, Bible study from 8 until 9, athletics from 9 to 11:30, swimming until 12, followed by dinner. From 1 to 2 p. m., rest hour, 2 to 4:30 athletics; from 4:30 to 5 swimming: 5 o'clock tent and camp inspection; 5:30 flag lowering; 6 o'clock supper; 8 o'clock campfire and 9:30 bed. All of the swimming events were held under the supervision of Mr. Roach. The physical director secured the pennant the majority of times in awarding it for the neatest tent each day. The pennant adorned Mr. Roach's tent four of the ten days in camp. On the Sunday the boys were in camp they walked to a church a half-mile distant, and attended both Sunday school and the morning service. TEST AUTO INJURES CHARLES HARRISON Charles Harrison, proprietor of the Westcott Pharmacy, was severely injured about eleven o'clock last night when the rear end of a test car driven by Mr. Arntz, struck the bicycle he was riding on Main street between Ninth and Tenth. A deep gash about an inch and a half long was cut in the back of his head. He is confined to his bed. Harrison was riding between the car rails preceding a westbound street car and the test car swept around in front of the car. striking the bicycle. Weather Forecast For Indiana Fair tonight. Warmer northwest portion. Sunday partly cloudy. Temperature. Noon .........;....... 81 Yesterday. Maximum i..... 80 Minimum 58 For Richmond Unsettled this afternoon .tonight and Sunday. Thundershowers and continued warm. GENERAL CONDITIONS A great area of low barometric pressure controls the western part of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains and will cause unsettled weather during the next 36 hours. . ' " v W. E. MOORE. Weather Forecaster.

RECORDS FALL IN BIG RACE AT NEW SPEEDWAY Races Get Off to RecordSmashing Start in First 500-Mile Grind on Chicago Track.

EARLY TIRE TROUBLES Races Speed at Rate of 107 Miles an Hour Before First Ten Minutes of Long Race Are Up. CHICAGO, June 26. Twenty-one automobiles got away to a flying start In the first 500-mile derby staged at Chicago's new two-mile speedway, promptly at 10:30 o'clock today, paced by Resta In a Peugeot, favorite in the race. Before they had gone ten minutes the speed was 107 miles an hour. The pace told on some of the entrants before ten laps. Tom Alley. In a Deusenberg; Chandler, in a Ogren. and Henning in a Mercer, and Carlson In a Maxwell, stopped for tires or other troubles. Earl Cooper's Stutx at the end of twenty-four miles was forced to . stop for a tire. On the next lap Anderson changed a tire. Resta, who had been In front for twenty-eight miles, also lost thirty seconds changing a tire. Billy Chandler's Ogren was forced out at the end of twenty miles on account of a broken crank shaft. The first twenty miles were reeled off in the record smashing time - of 11 minutes and 40 seconds. At this period Resta in his Peugeot wss first, with Howard Wilcox in a Stutz only one second behind him. After thirty miles Wilcox of the Stutz team, who had snatched the lead from Resta. was forced to change tires. At the end of eighty miles Porportia in a Sunbeam was leading. His time for the distance was 49 minutes and 11 seconds. Howard Wilcox of the Stutz team was out of the race after he had gone ninety miles, when a broken piston put his engine out of commission. Standing at 120 Miles. The standing of the leaders st the end of 120 miles. Earl Cooper. Stutz; Resta, Peugeot; Porporato, Sunbeam; Van Raalte, Sunbeam. Earl Cooper was leading the field at the end of 100 miles. This wins him $1,000. The speed was 11 miles an hour faster than the record set by DePalma at Indianapolis. At the end of 140 miles Restc. had moved into the lead again. At this, stage of the race the hardwood track had become slippery and coated with oil. It was very dangerous on the turns and the drivers were compelled to cut down their speed. Following Resta was Porporato. Karl Cooper had dropped back to third place. Make Fast Time. Resta retained his lead at the 160 mile point. The time for the distance, 1:36:44 and average of 99.23 miles an hour. Porporato of the Sunbeam team who was in second place lost 44 seconds taking on a new tire and gasoline. Bob Burman in a Puegeot, although not driving a spectacular race was holding his own, not far behind the leaders. The wood track was hard on tires. The most severe strain was on the right rear tire of every machine, the entire weight of the heavy racing machine being thrown on that wheel in negotiating the turns. The car driven by Resta was in first place at ISO miles. Cooper of the Stutz was second and Porporato third. Resta's time was 1:49:32, an average of 98 miles an hour. Every standing speedway record for every class of car for every distance had been broken up to this point. With 220 miles of the race completed, Resta. Cooper and Porporato were running in order ahead of the field. To this distance Resta's average was 97.95 miles per hour. Cooper of the Stutz team was at the fence for seven minutes on account of a punctured radiator after he had finished 200 miles. This cost him second position and be dropped to sixth. Porporato moved into second and Grant in a Sunbeam into third place. By 12 o'clock an official announcement said that S0.000 persons had paid admission into the enclosure. There were thousands of vacant seats in thegrandstands and bleachers. "Many of the crowd preferred to walk around the infield rather than sit. After 240 miles had been run. Resta was still In front. His time was 2:21:23 an average of 96:02 m.Tes. Behind him came Porporato, Sunbeam; Grant, Sunbeam and Van Raalte. Sunbeam. Resta was leading by two and onehalf laps at the 230 mile mark.. Records are falling with every lap. Resta's average for the 300 miles was 98 miles an hour. Harry Grant was second and Cooper third. DePalma's record for 300 miles at Indianapolis May 31 was 3:19:32.87. Resta's time today for the distance was 3:15:00.65. Porporato pushed into second place at the 333 mile post and was leading Grant, his partner, by 40 peconds. Resta in first place, was eight miles ahead of Porporato. At 340 miles Resta was steadily increasing his lead. He was . driving at an - average speed of 98 5 miles an hour for the distance. The condition of the course was extremely dangerous. Most of the drivers were taking the- tarns with power shut off. Rests and Porporato were taking chances, making every carve at top speed. Since the early stages ot -the race the crowd has been manifest- ' ing only casual interest BIG FIRE LOSS. PEORIA. III.. June 26. Revised estt mates today do not materially changs the loss in last night's fire, which destroyed the Wilson Provision company at the foot of South Water street. -The ; loss is $200,000