Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 172, 2 July 1915 — Page 1

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Pets. OTHRS COMPLAIN Managreof Wild West Show and fire-Eater Demand Salarjs Performance to Contjue The canval business, apparently, Is Just one time attachment after anoth er. The cajival now showing on the Rlchmondk venue grounds is one of the best lich ever came to this city. but that Is not insured it a kindlier fate. To y this company, operated by L. B. ickenstoe, Wlllard BackenBtoe and " lliara Murphy, is in the custody of a eputy sheriff but the various attra ve shows will be operated the remalier of the week. None ojthe various shows at the carnival je owned by the carnival managemtt. They operate on a percentage tils, with the exception of the Wild rest show, the manager of which recpves a percentage of the receipts of show and, under his contract, shojd receive a salary in addition. Bufhe asserts the salary feature has ben overlooked and that the carnival tenagement now owes him $770, conlquently he brought attachment profedings last evening and in a short tiie the grounds were over run with attorneys, deputy sheriffs, constablefand policemen. Inds Prior Claims. 1 When t)e officers sought to attach ! the compaiy's share of the receipts of j each one I the various shows they dis- ! covered liat the managers of these shows hai prior claims against the company br money advanced for trans portation expenses into Richmond. The offices also discovered that the Backenstots and Murphy owned very little of ths equipment on the grounds. In the ourse of their investigations many hari-luck stories were uncovered. For instance the woman who has the educaied dog, a high priced vaudeville act, as her former contracts revealed, jo.i.v'd the carnival for a salary of $60 a week, but, she says, she has almost forgotten what money looks like. She stated that the company owed her $265. Her husband, formerly a Kansas City police officer, was to receive $13 a week and handle the advertising but his pay envelope has failed to locate him. Boys Catch Sparrows. Even the snake charmer offers a pitiful tale of woe. She has been so shy on loose change of late that her snakes, peeved by hunger, began to nibble her. She was finally obliged to admit boys to the show free of charge in return for sparrows they would bring to her to feed to the reptiles. The company owes her $45, she says, antf her husband has a claim of $75 against his employers. Last night, to add to her troubles, a large rattler got boisterous and frightened a colored man into hysterics. But the human fire eater has the prize tale of woe. He says he has had so little to eat of late that his stomach is of the opinion that his throat has been cut. "I have received just fifty cents in two weeks and last Sunday I didn't have a bite to eat," he told a police officer. The woman who operates the merry-go-round says she has been unable to collect $75 she loaned the management last week and last Wednesday night some one set fire to her cook tent, destroying it. Yesterday afternoon a very angry looking woman appeared at police headquarters and said she was trying to locate her husband who was supposed to be operating a "cat joint' with the carnival. This translated into English means a show where the spendthrift public propell baseballs at vsml'h of dummies. She further stated I that he married her at London, O., recently and that he departed hurriedt Iy after she had purchased for hira his : concession equipment. Whether she has been able to locate him the police do not know. Weather Forecast U. S. Report Cloudy tonight and Saturday. Probably showers tonight. Temperature. Noon 79 Yesterday. Maximum .Minimum 77 58

t! For Richmond Showers this after"noon or tonight. Saturday probably 'fair. GENERAL CONDITIONS The unsettled weather of the past few days continues over the central states. Gen'erally fair weather In the west. W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster. ' .

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rop : First Operation in Attacking a Trench. Bottom Second and Final Operation in Attacking a Trench. Colonel Repington, of the British army discloses the fact that the British army of 700,000 men has been unable to advance because the war department has not supplied them with the proper kind of high explosive shells, giving them instead, shrapnel which is practically useless in trench warfare. In an attack upon an entrenched enemy there are two separate and distinct operations. The first consists of a tornado of artillery fire from heavy guns, using high explosive shells. These shells leave a crater from fifteen to forty feet wide and ten to twenty feet deep. They destroy barbed wire entanglements or dirt embankments or even fixed fortifications. This devastating volcano of high explosives is immediately followed by an infantry attack. Then comes the second operation. As the attacking infantry charges, the heavy artillery behind it changes from the high explosive to shrapnel. The shrapnel shell is a metal cylinder containing bullets, which scatter in all directions when it explodes. They are intended solely to kill men, not to tear up earth works. Col. Repington says that the British have not been supplied with the high explosives, as have the French, who hate made a better showing in attacking German positions.

CROWN PRINCE LEADS ARMY IN ARGONNE ZONE French Report Bloody Battles and Violent Attacks in New Offensive Launched by Teutons. RUSSIANS RECOVER Claim Turning Movement Will Force Abandonment of Kaiser's Offensive in Polish Campaign. PARIS, July 2 Crown Prince Frederick William is continuing his efforts to pierce the French army in the Argonne region. With the finest of the Prussian troops, heavily reinforced, his army is maintaining its attacks, but the French claimed to have repulsed them all. The statement issued by the war office this afternoon characterizes the fighting of last night as "most violent." In their attacks the Germans used big bomb throwers and poisonous gases. The Germans have also taken the offensive in the Arras district. They made attacks on the French position on the Ablaine road during the night. CLAIM GERMANS CHECKED. PETROGRAD, July 2 In the opinion of Russian military experts the Austro-German drive in Galicia has been definitely checked. They now look for a great turning movement by the Russian troops that will force the abandonment of the German offensive between the Vietrz and Bug rivers in Russian Poland where hard fighting is still in progress. In their withdrawal before the superior forces of the enemy, the Russians have shortened the distance over which it is necessary to transport reinforcements and ammunition. The Germans and Austrians have lengthened lines of communication. DESTROY AEROPLANE. NISH. Servia (via London), July 2 Destruction of an Austrian aeroplane that bombarded Belgrade was announced today by the Servian war office. The following statement was issued: "Early Sunday we forced a landing and captured Micharska. We took 185 prisoners. The enemy lost heavily in killed and wounded. Our booty includes a field telephone, 106 rifles with bayonets, and five ammunition wagons. "Early Monday four hostile aeroplanes flew over the suburbs of Belgrade. They were attacked by our artillery. One was forced to land on the Benjania heights where it caught fire and burned. The others bombarded Obrenovatz without result." SHELL TROOP TRAINS PRETORIA, South Africa, July 2. Two British aeroplanes successfully bombarded German troop trains at Otavia, German South Africa, it was announced today. Nearly 100 German soldiers are believed to have Jen killed.

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BOWMAN CONSULTS WITH STATES OFFICIALS ON TAX ASSESSMENTS Auditor Will Ascertain How ' Wayne County's Assessment Rat in Order to Es tablish a Fair Basis for This County.

Auditor Bowman appeared before the state board of tax commissioners today in behalf of the Wayne county board of review, to obtain figures from other counties of the state on the new assessments. The purpose of the trip is to determine finally whether Wayne county's assessment rates coincide with other districts in the state. Should it be found that this county, after being equalized within itself, is higher or lower than the standard which the state board will fix for the entire state, the board will take action accordingly. While no drastic action has been taken by the board 'of review here- to equalize various towns and townships, the program is entirely mapped out and ready for action, should it be found that the general standard in the county is correct. Estimated Increase. It is estimated that the increase this year will be from 6 to 10 per cent. No authoratative figures will be obtainable until after July 19, when the board closes its 1915 session. The first change required of the board in its assessment of corporations was made yesterday when the Iserman Veneer Door company, whose 1915 assessment was fixed at $8,900, was lowered to $4,950. The Richmond Light, Heat and Power company was assessed at practically last year's figures. There was an ad ATTORNEYS BAFFLE DOCTOR WITNESSES FOR MRS. DANNER Arguments in the suit of Iva I. Danner of Cambridge City against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company were started today and it was expected that the jury would retire to consider the evidence at 5 o'clock. Attorneys yesterday accomplished an unusual coup when they stumped physicians on questions of anatomy and nerve centers. The two physicians appointed by the court to examine the plaintiff, both testified against the statement made in her complaint regarding the physical effects of the traction accident, sustaining the Traction company's claim that Mrs. Danner is not permanently injured. Attorney Shiveley for Mrs. Danner, gave the physicians one of the hardest grillings recently given professional men on the Wayne county witness stand. One of the physicians admitted he could not answer the rapid-fire Questions unless given time to refer to medical authorities. Each side was given two and onehalf hours for argument today. The time was equally divided between Attorneys Robbins and Watson for the Traction company, and Shiveley and Shiveley for the plaintiff.

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dition of $50 to the total. Its assessments for the last five years follow: 1911 '. $104,940 1912 . . x 90,360 1913 100,000 1914 325,000 1915 325,050 Park Assessment. The Richmond Lake and Park company, owners of Morton Lake and park, was assessed $11,000, the new assessment having been made on the platted ground in Morton park. Last year's assessement was made on the farm land as a whole, before being subdivided into building lots. The list of corporation assessments fixed yesterday follows: 1915. 1914. Rich. Brick Co $ 3,770 $ 4,890 Rich. Elec. Co 4,500 New Rich. Furn. Co 4,910 4,700 Rich. Piano Co. ... 50 50 Lake and Park Co.. 25,750 14,020 Country Club 350 300 Rich. Lamp Co 15,840 15,830 Rich. Casket Co 51,910 50,350 Rich. Water Soft. Co 2,340 5,600 Rich S'ty Gat Co... 14,870 12,000 Rich. Realty Co 33,600 30,520 Rich. Underwear Co. 47,960 38,000 Rich. Baking Co. .. 18,490 15,500 Rich. Chair Co 6,500 6,500 Rich. City W. W... 425,000 Rich. Athletic As... 12,600 10,700 Rich. Home Bldrs.. 100 4,100 Rich. Motorclcle Cb. 110 100 Remingfn Piano Co. 50 60 PET DOG ENVIES FIREMENS' GATS "Nellie," the blue-blooded and pampered pet Boston terrior of the city building firemen, is the most jealous and disconsolate canine in the city right now. Without invitation two very young and very handsome kittens have taken up residence at the city building fire station and despite Nellie's open hints that their presence is not desired in the quarters she has ruled over for so long they brazenly and impudently decline to move on, with the result that Nellie is now threatened with nervous prostration. She could promptly eliminate the intruders if permitted to exercise her own will but her friends the firemen refuse to permit her to do anything more than to intimate to the kittens that she does not want them around. Whenever any firemen pets one of the objects of Nellie's loathing hate, her eyes, fill with tears and she cries pitifully. It Is as difficult for her to restrain her jealous passions on such occasions as it is for her to. control instinctive antipathy toward the entire cat family when one of the little balls of grey fur disdainfully walks under her nose, tickling her with an impudent tall. . 'v' si

SHRAPMEi. BOMBARDMENT 0T2MO TRENCH PREVENTS GERMANS FROM AIOINO COMRADES IN 1T. TRENCH SEEDING PLANT RESUMES WORK WITH 400 MEN Official of Local Factory Says Indications Point to Increased Trade in South America. GOODS ARE ADAPTABLE Automobile Industry and the Purchases by Farmers Decreases Sales of Agricultur al. Machinery. The material increase in its South American trade is believed very probable by officials of the American Seeding Machine Co., as a result of the generally optimistic reports from southern representatives based upon the evident success of recent ship ments of their products to Argentine. Walter Bates, representative of the company in South America reports that the prospects for business with South American farmers is very favor able. Last January, Mr. Bates visited the Richmond factory and accompanied a shipment of twenty implements, grain drills and wheat seeding machines, to Buenos Aires. These orders had been slightly changed from the standard make of the products of company, to comply with conditions in the south em states. Their adaptability to the conditions after they were modified is evident in the reports of Mr. Bates who intro duced them to their purchasers. New Orders Expected. It is expected that as a result, new orders will be received from other Argentine farmers and farmers in other South American states in the fall. In the past the foreign trade of the local concern has been approximately five per cent of the total business. During some weeks in the spring, employes of the factory were laid off because of the business depression but work in all of the departments has been renewed and approximately four hundred men are employed. The company is constantly increasing its working force and expects to reach its normal strength of seven hundred men. The automobile industry has made such an inroad into the rural sections of the United States as to materially effect the sale of agricultural implements, an official of the company declared this morning. The farmer he said would repair a seeding machine each year for several reasons rather than purchase a new one and place the difference in money to the purchase of a motor car. Trade with South America and other foreign nations offers a substitute for the . loss of business through this cause. BLAST KILLS 15 MEN. , MARSEILLES, France, July 2. Fifteen men- were killed and many injured by an explosion in a government fuse factory here Thursday.

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BEN HUR TRANSFERS $500,000 IN FUNDS INDIANAPOLIS, July 2 Judge Baker In Federal court today sustained the Ben Hur Insurance association with headquarters at Crawfordsville in the action taken by the board of trustees in establishing a Class B membership system and transfering $500,000 of the order's funds and certain members into the new division. The decision was rendered in a suit brought by 400 members of the order in 1913 asking that the Ben Hur organization be restrained from taking such action on the ground that preferred rates to certain members would result. Today's decision Is of widespread Interest, the Ben Hur company having lodges all over the United States.

MEXICAN MOBS HOWL FOR BREAD IN MEXICO CITY Anarchy Feared and Foreign ers Expect Bloodshed and Arson as Citizens Fail to Get Supplies. SITUATION IS WORSE Carranza Accused of Refusing to Let Messages of Diplomats Get Through Lines to Home Countries. WASHINGTON, July 2. With the foreigners in the Mexican capital threatened by conditions of famine and anarchy, graver than at any time since 4repe-T ras1 -thrown' into revolu tion, serious consideration was being given to new plans to forward the required supplies. The state department also had before it the question of making representation to General Carranza about alleged interference by his oficers with diplomatic messages from Mexico City. The Brazilian minister in the Mexican capital sent out a report by courier that the cable representative of Carranza refused to let the message go through, and the cable had not been cut as claimed by Carranza. It is understoow that the first chief will be asked to explain. Secretary of State Lansing and President Wilson at Cornish were considering carefully the report of the Brazilian minister telling of rioting and looting in Mexico City, and declaring the situation was growing worse daily. Meanwhile officials believe the efforts to establish peace in Mexico would depend on the outcome of military operations. A special train with twelve carloads of corn left Vera Cruz yesterday for Cachauca under an armed escort, furnished by the Carranza government. GET MEDICAL SUPPLIES. GALVESTON, July 2. Consul General Shanklin and Red Cross Agent O'Connor entered Mexico City last night with two tons of medical supplies for hospitals in the capital, according to a cablegram received here today. The men and supplies passed through the lines of the Carranzistas and Zappatistas without molestation, the message stated. The cablegram from Mexico further states there would be no attempt to bring about peace negotiations between Generals Villa and Obregon, as stated in dispatches of yesterday. BMCKENSEN SWEEPS on IVANGOROD PETROGRAD, July 2 Field Marshal von Mackensen has determined to make a sensational coup in the direction of Warsaw, according to latest advices received by the war office. The German commander has sent his main army toward Cholm, the junction of the Cholm-Brestlitovsk and Cholm-Ivangorod railways. . His pur pose is apparently to capture the Russian railways on which Ivangorod depends and then advance to the rail roads that reach Warsaw, completing an investment of Ivangorod and Warsaw. The Russians are falling back toward Cholm, resisting every foot of advance by the Germans. PORT BOMBARDED STOCKHOLM, July 2. Several Swedish ships in the harbor of Windau, Russia, are reported to have been sunk when that part was bombarded by German warships.

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BY SUBMARINES ! . S Caucasian, Inglemoor, Wei-1 bury, Towers Join Fleet of I British Vessels Resting on i Ocean's Bottom. ALL CREWS ESCAPE German Wasp U-39 Alone Wrecks Two Steamers Off Lizard Welbury Carried Sugar Cargo. LONDON, July 2. The British steamer Caucasian and Inglemoor were sunk by a German submarine during the night. The Caucasian, a vessel of 4,656 tons was bound from London for New Orleans when attacked. The ship was owned by the Petroleum Steamship Company. Ltd., and was built in 1S99. Her length was 365.3 feet and her beam 49.8 feet The Inglemoor was a steamer of 4,331 tons owned by the Moor Line, Ltd. She was 363.1 feet long and 51.1 feet in breadth. London was the home port of both ships. The Caucasian and Inglemoor were sunk off Lizard, the extreme southwestern point of England by the submarine U-39, sister ship of the U-38 which sank the Aremian. The Caucasian was the first attacked. After she had been sunk her sailors were picked up by the Inglemoor which in turn was attacked and sent to the bottom. Welbury Torpedoed. DONDON, July 2. The British steamer Welbury. bound for England from Matanzas, Cuba, was sunk by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland last night. The members of her crew were landed at Castletown, Ireland, today. The Welburv hailed from WMt Hart. Tepool and was a vessel of 3,591 tons. It was built in 1907. The sailors of the Welbury were given ten minutes in which to leave their ship. They took to the boats and were later picked up by a trawler. The Welbury carried a cargo of 5.400 tons of sugar. Captain Peterson said on his arrival at Castletown that the submarine's commander expressed his pleasure on finding that the steamer carried sugar. Before the Welbury sailed from Matanzas some one had painted in white letters inside the forehold this warning: "You have a cargo of sugar for England. You will never get there." FRIGHTENED HORSE

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Richmond Man, Figures in Serious Accident on Highway in Kentucky. Richmond friends of Charles Buntelle, of Dayton. O., formerly of this city, where he lived for many years and was prominent socially and in business circles, received -ord today that he had a narrow escape from death in an automobile accident Tuesday near Louisville, Ky. His wife, whom he married after leaving Richmond, was slightly injured. Buntelle also escaped with slight injuries, but Mrs. Millie Ruffin of Shelbyville. Ky., was seriously injured. She had two ribs fractured and received internal Injuries. The other two occupants of the car, Eugenie and Mary Reed, nieces of Mrs. Ruffin, received slight injuries. Buntelle was driving his machine from Shelbyville. Ky., to Louisville, where they were to visit Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Reed. While driving across a narrow bridge a horse ridden by a farmer shied and threw one of its legs into a wheel of the automobile. This caused the machine to plunge down a 25-foot embankment. The car turned over five times, throwing out all the occupants with the exception of Mrs. Ruffin, who was pinned beneath it, J. B. Wathen of Louisville, who is an occasinal visitor in Richmond, was the first to reach the scene of the accident. He happened to be driving by in his car. He assisted in removing the injured to Louisville. $500,000 DAMAGE TO WESTERN CROPS HASTINGS, Neb., July 2. Crop damage in western Nebraska resulting from the violent hail storm of Wednesday night, was estimated today at $500,000. The storm struck an area of about twenty five square miles between Giltner and Fairfield. A few days before a crop loss of $250,000 was done by a storm west of this city.